"It's too late to save them."

BOOM!

Danny sat on some random island in the Ghost Zone, crying his eyes out. He'd tried, he really had, but he'd been too late to stop the released Dan. The Nasty Burger had gone up in flames, taking his life with it, this time permanently. Instead of staying and letting his future become what he'd seen happen once upon a CAT test, he'd fled into the Ghost Zone. He planned on finding a random portal so that Vlad wouldn't find him. It would only work if the portal took him back in time enough and hopefully somwhere without any ancestors of his or Vlad's, also as long as Vlad didn't get his hands on the infimap again. He just hoped Danielle would be ok and wouldn't start destabilizing again.

He looked up at the sound of ice forming around him and noticed he was slowly starting to ice over, raining in his cryokenesis he stood up and flew full speed in a random direction. It didn't take long for a portal to open right in front of him and launch him into an unkown place and time. He landed in an ocean, the saltwater which he had to spit out told him that much, the coldness of the water and the waves crashing on and around him told him it was not summer, nor was the weather nice. In fact, it was raining and Danny was sure he could see lightning flashing in the ominous clouds above him every time he came back to the surface.

Going under again and holding his breath Danny saw something else in the dark waters, he could see a sinking figure that looked like a teen his age. Instincts kicking in, Danny swam to the sinking figure and noted the metallic pegleg before dragging himself and the body up to the surface. Once he broke to the surface he tried to hold his drowning companion's head above water and thanked the heavens that they'd learned how to do it in school, they even had to practice it in a pool. Thankfully he hadn't been paired with any of the jocks or he would have most likely drowned. Looking around, Danny wasn't sure where the kid had come from until he saw a Viking ship not too far away, faintly over the storm he could hear yells of "Hiccup!" coming from the vessel. He assumed that was the teen's name and started swimming towards the ship, hand under the teen's chin as they slowly neared the ship.

By the time he made it near enough to yell he was exhausted and ready to pass out, he didn't have the energy to call out to the people on board. Luckily one of the Vikings spotted them, since Danny heard an exclamation of "There! Gimme that oar!" before an oar splashed down near him. He had no idea what had just been said, though it did sound a little like English, a language of the same language family then. Danny took hold of the piece of wood and curled his arm around Hiccup's chest so that he had a good hold on him when they were lifted out of the water. When he felt the oar being lifted he clutched to it and kept a tight hold on his living cargo, he could feel Hiccup's chest rising and falling against his arm. Soon he felt them being lifted out of the water and being separated, dimly he could see a big man with red hair and beard cradling Hiccup while Danny was set down on the deck. The last thing he saw was a group of people looking at him and the one holding Hiccup staring at him in gratefulness before everything went black.

Stoick, Gobber and the kids were on their way back from leaving the dragons on dragon island due to Mildew getting everyone to pit against the beasts when the storm hit. It hadn't looked so bad at first, but they quickly re-evaluated that when Hiccup was thrown overboard. The boat bucked violently and it was a miracle no one else had been flung off the deck but that didn't make any of them feel any better.

"Hiccup!" Stoick yelled, peering into the dark waters as lightning flashed, soon the others were calling his son's name and looking around.

It was Gobber who spotted something and yelled "There! Gimme that oar!" while pulling one of the oars from Snotlout's hands and dropping it near the figure he'd seen.

Out of the water came not only Hiccup, but another boy who had obviously kept him afloat if the arm around his son's chest was any indication. Stoick quickly checked Hiccup to see if he was alive and after confirming this he looked at the second boy gratefully, this was the only reason he saw the teen pass out.

"Once we dock we'll take this boy to Gothi." Stoick said.

No one questioned it, after all, the stranger had saved the Chief's son, they were honor-bound to help him.

Gothi hadn't had to do much for the boy and had released him into the Chief's care with the order to keep him warm and dry since he didn't seem to have other wounds than the ones in his side, and those seemed to be a few days old and had only needed to be bandaged. A bed from somewhere had been set up on the floor against the wall furthest away from the door, behind the fire-pit, reminding everyone of the time Hiccup's bed had been moved to the lower level after the incident with the Red Death. This, of course, made Hiccup and the kids depressed because it reminded them of the fact that the dragons weren't on Berk anymore.

The boy didn't wake up for two days and Hiccup was getting worried, not only was he stressing about the Zipplebackfeet Mildew had thrown into the ocean and getting the dragons back, but also the fact that the teen who'd, according to his father, saved him from drowning wasn't waking up. He had no idea how things could possibly get worse. He really shouldn't have jinxed it.

When Danny came to, it was eerily quiet, he could only hear wood crackle in the fire-pit. He could see that it was dark outside and wondered whose house he was in and where the resident or residents were. The he heard the sound of people in armour walking, instinctively he rolled out of the bed and just as swiftly hid under it. He had a feeling the people outside weren't friendly. He winced at the pain in his side, where Dan had hit him with something, that memory was a little fuzzy but he knew there were cuts there, not burns. He could feel the bandages around his stomach and knew that the people who'd fished him and that Hiccup kid out of the sea were nice, no one would bandage up a prisoner and let them rest in their own home without supervision. The fact that he coul dhear what sounded like an army out there told him that the people had had to retreat and he's accidentally been left behind. Hopefully nothing had gone wrong for them.

Soon enough Danny could hear someone coming to a stop in front of the house and jerked when he heard the door being smashed off its hinges and hit inches away from the bed. He stayed still, not even daring to breate too much in case he was found.

"Stoick! Show your face." he heard, obviously, an intruder say in that same language he'd heard before, this time the words did not sound even remotely English.

"The old coward's turned and run." the man said again as Danny heard running footsteps.

"I spotted some fresh tracks leading into the forest, and I heard reports of a big guy with a bucket on his head heading for the beach." the new intruder said to who had to be the leader of the intruders.

"We'll split up," the leader said as his voice became fainter, meaning they were leaving "you four, go into the woods."

"Where're we going?" a third voice said, though Danny thought it sounded like he was asking something.

"We'll go to the beach." the leader said.

That's when Danny deemed it safe enough to leave the house and try to find anyone he recognized. Once outside he saw a fat kid starting towards the forest and a familiar skinny kid heading somewhere else. Without thinking, Danny ran after Hiccup. It took a while for Danny to catch up to Hiccup since he was wounded, but he found Hiccup hiding behind a tree while some evil laughter echoed not too far from there. Danny snuck up to Hiccup and covered his mouth, not wanting him to alert the intruders of their presence.

Hiccup jumped and let out a muffled squeak when a hand covered his mouth, but when he spotted the boy who'd been occupying a bed for the last two days he relaxed, he'd wondered where he'd been, since he couldn't have been inside the house or else Alvin would've taken him as a hostage. The black-haired teen had blue eyes and had a finger in front of his mouth, the universal sign for "keep quiet", once Hiccup nodded he removed his hand and peeked around the tree. The Outcasts had passed them by now and were leading Bucket and Mulch to the beach, where the kids and elderly were. Without Hiccup having to say anything, the boy beside him grabbed his sleeve and pulled him after him, heading towards the beach. Once they got there, they hid from sight to watch Alvin monologue.

"Danny."

Hiccup turned his head at the whisper and the boy repeated "Danny." while pointing at himself.

Hiccup nodded and pointed to himself "Hiccup."

The boy, Danny, nodded before offering a hand. Hiccup, unsure what to do, reached out his own hand but didn't jump when Danny grabbed it, not the palm like in a normal handshake, but at the forearm like a warrior greeting another. They shared a smile before they turned back to Alvin.

Danny sat quetly and tried to puzzle out what the man was saying, though at the last words, one of which sounded like dragon, Hiccup tensed, so he assumed he knew what the frootloop was talking about. The frootloop repeated those last words, "drage erobrer", and Danny thought it might be some sort of title, because it didn't sound like a name. Danny winced when a blonde girl, who'd thrown an axe at the man, was thrown in front of him, he felt Hiccup tense beside him, which told him he knew this girl, just like he knew the boy who'd tried to sneak up on the man before the hatchet was thrown. He was now asking the girl about the "drage erobrer" which only streangthened Danny's thoughts about it being a title of some sort. When he felt Hiccup tense he only realized a second too late that he was about to stand up and was too late to stop him, so instead he opted to facepalm.

"Leave her alone." Hiccup said.

"Hiccup! What're you doing?" came the voice of a girl and Danny assumed it was the blonde Sam-like girl.

There was a pause and Danny heard a thud and a metallic clink which told him that Hiccup had jumped down "I'm the dragon conqueror." it only took a moment for Danny to puzzle out that sentence, was Hiccup who the frootloop was after? He shivered, getting reminded of Vlad. There was no way he was going to leave Hiccup alone with a potential Vlad.

After a little bit of listening, during which Danny was sure they were talking about dragons, Danny followed as the intruders led Hiccup away from everyone, leaving others to guard the remaining people. Danny was curious what "Nattfarn" was, since that had seemed to convince the leader of the intruders to believe Hiccup. Danny stayed in the shadows, having no energy to use his ghost powers to make himself invisible, as he followed them to the docks. When Hiccup was pushed into a boat and the boat took off he silently dove after them, he was soon clinging to the ship as they sailed away from the island, towards an unknown destination.

It was silent at the beach, no one spoke as they waited for something to happen. Suddenly the Outcast's were taken out and Stoick glared at one of the Outcasts under his foot.

"Where's Alvin?" he asked.

The Outcast didn't answer, instead spitting at the Viking Chief. Stoick yanked him up and was about to punch him when Astrid rushed over.

"Alvin took Hiccup." she said.

"What?" Stoick asked, horrified.

"He gave himself up. They're on their way to Dragon Island." Astrid continued.

Before anyone else could say anyhting, one of the women said "And that boy you said saved Hiccup went after them."

"What!?"

So, what'cha think? I thought that this category needed some more fics.