A/N: Hello, everyone!

Since Log Horizon is one of the closest anime/novel in my heart at the moment, and RBTD as one of my first cross-over obsessions, I end up to this story.

It won't follow the exact story line of any of the involving stories but you may find some familiar scenes (just like some here in this first chapter).

So, let's drop this conversation now! Please free to leave comments. It would be a very big help to me. This is my first attempt in writing fan fiction so please bear with me. I'm a complete newbie. XD

Btw, I can't write using Merida's accent. So, I apologized for that part now.

(And I hope Mamare-sama would not kill me.)

*All characters are owned by their respective creators.

Hiccup inhaled the scent of the tides as the view of the coastline came in his sight.

Along with other 35 people, they are the main party heading to the designated camp site on the ZantLeaf Zone where the Round Table Council is holding a "Summer Training Camp For Beginners" like him.

He looked at his comrades on the carriage, laughing and excited for the new adventure awaiting all of them. It was such a sight.

Most of his companions were ex-members of the guild Hamelin, including him.

It was a very rough experience for each of them that some ends up traumatized.

They can't be blamed.

After the catastrophe, most of those kids wanted shelter. Shelter means a place providing emotional comfort, company, a place to stay.

Hamelin, saying that they were going to provide aides for beginners, could easily lure young players into their trap.

It was indeed a heavy sight.

If Hiccup isn't trapped on that situation, he would never be lure by those maggots.

Everyone knew him knows he's a smart guy. And with Monk as a class and survival experience in the real world (courtesy of his father), he doesn't need such kind of aides. He couldn't easily be fooled too.

But Hiccup has a different story compared to all of them.

He was forced to join Hamelin so he could protect someone that willingly joined the guild and he was really happy that nightmare has ended.

Someone caught his eyes from the other end of their carriage.

Rapunzel, the Bard, slightly wave her hand with a slight smile.

That girl, with her innocent eyes and friendly nature, who in their sane minds that already sense the danger would let her go all alone?

He smiled and nodded.

"If I just warned her right away when I first hear the news", he whispered to himself. Yet, he knew those things can't be helped. They were not really comrades before being in Hamelin.

"She changed a lot."

"Huh?" He looked at the flaming red-haired girl sitting beside him. It was a Merida, an Elf-race Assassin.

"Rapunzel. Must've been the days in Hamelin cause her to lose all her smiles. I've spend times with her before the catastrophe. She's nothing like that. "

He nodded. "It was a prison." He answered indirectly. He changed the topic, "Are you a member of any guilds?"

"Nah, I individually roam around. Thou, I'm planning to join D.D.D. in the future", she answered with gleaming eyes. "So, uh, Hiccup. Are yeh one of those Hamelin kids, too?" he just nodded as an answer, "Such awful guild. They've come to me, too. Good thing I'm loyal to D.D.D."

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Their headquarters is an ancient school 500 meters away from the ZantLeaf River.

Along with the advance party, their group was divide to do different task.

Hiccup, along with Merida, Rapunzel, and three others were appointed to clean one of the classrooms that would be their sleeping area.

Hiccup busied himself by cleaning and scrubbing the floor, trying to ignore some thoughts that's crippling inside his head. He doesn't want to think about it at the moment. He wanted to enjoy everything.

There are times when he helped his companions like moving heavy things around. At some point, Merida or the now too quiet Rapunzel would kneel beside him while scrubbing the floor.

By suppertime, the food is sumptuous, thanks to a group of chefs led by a Were Cat named Nyanta of Log Horizon. For them that only ate foods that taste like soggy crackers since the catastrophe (well, almost everyone experienced it, too), even barbecues like this taste like heaven.

Everyone is lively.

This is the first time Hiccup experience this kind of feeling ever since he's trapped in this alternate reality. It warms his heart, making him temporarily forgot his problem. Though, he knew it'll haunt him again. Worries he must face.

The reason he will train hard.

( to be continued…)

Sorry, guys. Need to cut it for now. Don't know when would be the next update.

Ciao, minna-san!

I.C