Zak is a normal kid who travels around the world with his parents Doc and Drew Saturday, an eight foot tall gorilla-cat called Fiskerton, and a genetically mutated komodo dragon called Komodo. He helps his parents keep the world safe from cryptids and also keep the cryptids safe from the world. Zak also has special ability's that allow him to control any cryptid he wants and he uses an item called the Hand of Tsul 'Kalu that he calls the claw.
Right now he along with the rest of his family are on the run from a group called the secret scientists who want to lock Zak up due to the fact that he is the host of an ancient cryptid called Kur. So far the family had managed to avoid the secret scientists for a few months but time was wearing thin for them due to this.
That was until one day six months after the whole discovery of Zak is Kur a strange portal opened up inside their airship. The ship was hidden in the jungle for some much needed rest and everyone was in one of the cargo holds. The whole family jumped at it suddenly opening and after a few seconds of inactivity Doc spoke. "This could either be a trick by the secret scientists or a random freak accident of nature."
Everyone was quiet after that and Doc just continued to look at it with his one good eye expecting something to happen at any moment. It was only after a good five minutes of solid nothing did everyone relax and the two scientists started to examine the portal. Zak and Fiskerton went to play video games while Komodo went and started to wonder around the ship.
"Doc is it just me or is the portal giving out a frequency that seems to resonate at different level than the one our universe resonates at?" Drew looked at her husband as he continued to examine the data they had collected so far. "Hm? Oh! Yes it does seem to be connected to another universe, but the only way to find out would be to send a probe threw." Both had no clue about extra dimensional portals and the only one who did was a secret scientist that was hunting them down.
Meanwhile on the other side of the portal a signal boy and his Night Fury were on a quiet flight path of no destination in particular. The boy was a viking threw and threw, with the exception of his second set of Night Fury ears. As for the Night Fury it had a big scare going down one of it's eyes that bothered it every now and again but was for the most part just an old scare. "We better find a place to land soon Knighter I fell like a storm is about to break out at any moment around us."
Around the boy and the dragon he called Knighter there was a build up of energy like that of lightning in a thunder cloud. The two started to speed up cause of this when the energy finally broke and they were right in the middle of the cosmic explosion. Supernatural energy swirled around them as a portal opened below them sucking them in. "Hang on Atlas I can't escape this thing!" The dragon was yelling in it's own language that was different than the one Atlas was use to speaking. But due to the ears that Atlas had hidden under his helmet he could understand Knighter as they were sucked in.
The portal swirled around them as it connected to another that had already formed in the Saturday's air ship. Zak and Fiskerton were playing Minecraft which Fiskerton had proven quite good at building stuff in it. To say they were not expecting Atlas and Knighter to come out of the portal and somehow end up in their living room on the air ship would be an understatement. Atlas hit Zak and Knighter hit Fiskerton sending them all flying into the window behind them with a loud thud.
At this time the portal also closed before the Saturdays could send a probe threw, but they were to distracted when the intruder alarm had gone off. When they reached the living room Atlas, Knighter, Zak, and Fiskerton were in a daze piled on the floor with the TV still on in the background. At first the Saturday parents were confused by the whole mess until they all separated, and Zak spoke. "OK first how on earth did they get in, and second what is that thing behind him?" Fiskerton murmured in agreement to what Zak said and Atlas who had two daggers drawn suddenly let down his guard and spoke.
"OK first of all how did I get here, second what did you say, and third what is that thing?" No one spoke at all and due to Atlas still being attached by one hook of his harness Knighter pulled him around growing at the group in front of them. "Did any of you just catch what he said?" Doc was looking at the boy as he looked around obviously confused by what Doc said, because he didn't know what language he was speaking. Drew though did and even though she kept up a good front in front of Atlas who had no clue what was going on her family knew she was fazed. "It's Old Norse like what most people would say the vikings would speak."
"Well do you happen to know what he said than?" Zak was still keeping a careful eye on Atlas with his claw ready just in case something happened. "Sorry Zak but that language hasn't been spoken in almost 1000 years. It's extinct and I wouldn't have any clue where to begin, because I didn't catch what he said." Zak shook his head knowing that it was a stupid question to ask for his mother did know how to speak the language. Than as best as she could in a very slow way she spoke to Atlas in his native tongue trying her best not to make him mad.
"Hello... welcome to our home... what... is your... name?" Atlas shook his head knowing that his only link to understand them was having a hard time speaking. "Atlas... and this is Knighter." He gestured to the dragon as it continued to look around at the group in front of them. "Well?" Doc was still curious as to what Atlas was saying and hoped that his wife had gotten the whole thing. "He said his name is Atlas, and from what I can tell he calls the dragon Knighter."
Atlas shook his head knowing that this was going to get them nowhere fast and as a result he spoke to his dragon. "You don't happen to know a way for me to understand them and have them understand me do you?" Knighter still glared at them as he spoke to Atlas obviously having no clue what was going on around them. "No I don't, but remember those odd charms we found with those strange markings on them that last year?" Atlas nodded and the Saturday family watched curiously as the dragon and Atlas communicated. "Well I just realized what they are right now. If I'm not mistaken than they might act as a way for you to understand them and have them understand you. It also will allow me to understand them but it won't allow them to understand me."
"Wait... how did you just figure that out right now?" Atlas looked at the dragon letting his guard drop completely and the dragon spoke to him again. "I spent a lot of time in my predawn flight trying to figure out the writings on them." With that Atlas just shook his head wondering why he didn't realize that sooner and took out two charms out of the whole bunch he had. With some work he managed to put one charm on part of the saddle for Knighter and he than put the other around his neck.
"What is he doing?" Zak was just out creep by the whole casual conversation that Atlas was having with Knighter and his mother spoke to answer the question. "I think he's talking with his dragon." By this time they watched as Atlas pulled out the two charms and put one on Knighter and the other on himself.
It was than another strange moment as the family lowered their weapons realizing that the two weren't a threat at that moment. "How do we know if it worked Knighter?" Atlas spoke to the Night Fury who just shrugged and the Saturdays were left speechless as to what they just heard. Than in the language that only Atlas could understand Knighter spoke. "I think they can understand you now... wow I'm hungry." It was just like the dragon to suddenly realize it's hunger right in the middle of a very bad situation.
Fiskerton though had animal instincts and a deep curiosity of other things, as a result he instantly calmed down and was friendly toward the stranger and his dragon. The rest of the family had calmed down by now and Atlas shook his head not believing his friends hunger at a time like this. "You don't happen to have any fish or eels that Knighter could eat do you?" Though very skeptical of the boy and his dragon the Saturday parents personally showed them to an area that they kept some food in. Reluctantly they managed to talk Atlas into letting them run a few tests on him and Knighter who proved to be quite an interesting find for them. Though Knighter still didn't trust them Atlas kept the dragon calm long enough for the scientists to get a blood sample.
Some time after when they decided that he wasn't a threat Atlas was wondering around the hallways of the air ship looking at all the things of interest he could find. So that was pretty much the whole ship and he watched in amusement the most simplest things that they all took for granite. He didn't pay attention to where he was going and walked into a wall thanks to Knighter pushing him to the side. At least that was what he thought it was until it slid open and he fell into the living room with Knighter right beside him.
Zak was once more playing a game with Fiskerton and this time it was a racing game which Fiskerton was falling behind in. "Hay Atlas care to play a game?" Zak had just noticed Atlas had come in, but Atlas just walked right on by and out the other side of the room. "That is of little amusement to me kid I've seen something like it before." Zak was left dumbfounded by this bit of information and thanks to this Fiskerton had managed to get in front of him and steal away certain victory. "Hey no fare I was distracted... Best two out of three."
Knighter stayed and watched the two obviously amused by the TV and all the moving pictures knowing that he could easily track down Atlas later. As for Atlas he had walked into one of the side rooms of the airship and was currently trying to fix his harness that he had to cut in order to get loose from Knighter. So with that he started to put the whole thing back to gather with little to no luck, one of the harness straps that hooked onto the saddle was cut and he needed to get a replacement.
Every now and than his Night Fury ears picked up the noises around the air ship and from what he heard he could tell they were no where near the ocean. Than there was a commotion from outside the room he was in and curiosity got the better of him so went to investigate. Doc Saturday was on the floor and Komodo was chuckling as the mutated komodo dragon walked away. "We really need to get a collar for that one so he doesn't trip anyone anymore." He got up and Atlas gaze just followed the invisible trail of Komodo speaking to himself. "Why do I get the picture that they never dealt with a Changewing before?"
Doc over heard this commit and spoke very confused by it. "Changewing? What exactly is a Changewing?" Atlas shook his head before taking out his book and opening to the page he had information about Changwings on. "This is a Changwing... Wait a minute you know what? I let you study all the information I have in this book if you can get me something in return." With that Atlas closed his book and held out a hand that a hesitant Doc took slowly. "The scientific value of that book of yours could be priceless. OK so what do you need from me?"
Atlas held up in his other hand the strap from the harness that wasn't broken and spoke. "I need a thing of leather with the same dimensions as this one in order to repair the harness that I had to cut to get loose." With that Atlas tossed the leather strap to Doc and went on his way to try and find something else to do to pass the time. By now Zak and Fiskerton were done playing video games and Knighter was just following them around wondering what they were going to do next. Of coarse the latter decided to try and pull a prank on his companion who also wanted to pull a prank on him.
With that Zak brought out a bag of popcorn and started to eat it than before turning around to offer Fiskerton the rest he put some hot sauce in the bag. "Oh! Sorry Fiskerton I forgot to ask do you want the rest of the bag?" He held up the popcorn and Fiskerton's red eye's lit up in the sight of his favorite snack food. So he obviously took it forgetting about the prank he wanted to pull on Zak and took one big handful which was the rest of the bag. He than ate the whole thing in one bight completely ignorant of the hot sauce on it.
Zak waited a bit and Fiskerton was still fine which confused him so he walked away thinking that his prank failed. Fiskerton waited a bit after Zak left to make sure that he was alone before letting to hot sauce burning sensation finally hit him. He freaked out and ran in the opposite direction trying to find some water or something else cold to drink. But unfortunately he step on Knighter's tail causing the dragon to lash out but shoot a plasma bolt at the gorilla-cat. So that caused Fiskerton a new problem and he had no clue what to deal with first the burning sensation on his back or inside his mouth?
Atlas meanwhile walked into the lab that Drew was working in unaware of who was in it, because he was completely lost. Upon him entering she turned around just in time to Fiskerton running into the lab as well knocking Atlas' helmet off in the process with his flailing arms and run to the decontamination chamber and activate it. There was a lot of steam from his back and his mouth as the cold water came into contact with him. Drew just shook her head and went over to help Atlas with his helmet who was on the floor crawling around trying to hid a bit.
"You loosing something Atlas?" She picked up his helmet that had rolled into the corner and Atlas completely forgetting about his Night Fury ears looked up in confusion. Cause of this confusion one of the Night Fury ears on his head went up and the other went down to show it. This caused Drew to be at first shocked but after a few minutes she was trying to hold in laughter that formed cause of the sight in front of her. Atlas took the helmet and left, but after making sure Fiskerton was OK and out of the room Drew took one last look around before falling on the floor with laughter.