Year 1032, Faroe Islands, Berk

Hiccup was in a tight situation. He could best describe it with the past tense of that dreaded swear word that starts with an f and ends with ucked.

In a short summary; He lives on an island, inhabited by vikings (he is one too, or so he has been told), whose most important tradition is killing the local 'pests', dragons. And Hiccup, with all the grace he could muster, managed to not only not do that, but its complete opposite: He befriended a dragon. In all honesty, Hiccup is neither surprised or regretful of this development. Out of all the vikings, of course it had to be him who would do something as scandalous and unheard of as this. But if he were honest, he has never been happier in his life, thanks to Toothless, his dragon. If breaking traditions is the only way he could be happy, than he will do just that.

The problem started when his dad and Hiccup made an agreement. (Who's he kidding, he was forced into a deal in a very one-sided conversation.) This agreement said that Stoick, his father, will grant Hiccup his (ex)life wish of joining Dragon Training to prove that he is a worthy Viking. At first Hiccup was having a… shaky performance, but after getting to know the dragons real-self, he decided that he wouldn't kill a dragon and get to know them better. But he still had to attend the Training if he wanted to keep up the façade and not make others start questioning him. Plus, it was an excellent opportunity to try the things he learnt about dragons (via Toothless) on different species as well, especially if these 'skills' can save Hiccup's, other people's or the dragons' life.

That did mean that his performance picked up, and started to even overtake Astrid, who seemed to find a newly born hate towards the scrawny boy. He was still not dead, so he was either incredibly lucky or Astrid is still planning to assassinate him. Point is, the day when the Elders choose one of the students to showcase their dragon killing skills in front of the entire village is getting closer and closer, and chances that Hiccup will be the one are high (89.54% to be exact, props to Fishlegs).

So now, as Hiccup was walking through one part of the village alone, he was contemplating on what he should do. He was a smart and creative boy, but this problem turned out to be tougher than what he was used to. He couldn't ask for help from anyone really, since they would either not believe him or banish him from the island with Toothless's head tied to him. If he kept silent and played it cool, he still had to kill the Monstrous Nightmare in front of everyone, which he just couldn't do. If he did, he would betray Toothless, and the guilt would eat him even if the dragon somehow forgave him. Running away was an option too, but Hiccup was uncertain of his skills to survive in the wilderness with the entirety of Berk searching for him. Still, if worst comes to worst, he would have no choice but to leave the island. But could he really survive?

Hiccup groaned and pulled his auburn hair as he got into yet another dead-end. There was literally no solution for this problem, and he was running out of time and patience. What should he do? He didn't want to run away, but he didn't want to kill a dragon either, but he has to if he doesn't do anything. But what? He couldn't ask for help, and the only one who he knew would help in any other scenario was a dragon who couldn't talk.

In his inner war, he didn't notice that he almost bumped into somebody. He would have done so, but this somebody was Gothi, who noticed him at the last moment and stopped the boy with her walking stick-slash-wand thing. Hiccup's eyes widened in surprise momentarily, but then he opted a sheepish expression and chuckled nervously.

''I'm sorry, Elder Gothi." apologized Hiccup nervously, getting a raised eyebrow from the mute woman. After a moment of awkward silence, Gothi smiled and nodded, signaling that all was forgiven. Hiccup smiled too and they went on their separate ways.

…That is, until Hiccup froze when a thought hit him. If there was anyone who would believe him and maybe help him, it was Gothi. She was a mysterious woman, no one knew anything about her except that she was expert at healing and probably had powers. In other words, a witch, but she could speak to the gods so she was a kind of priest too, which gained her an immense amount of respect instead of a burning at a stake.

It was a long shot, but he had no other choice. Hiccup turned around, but couldn't see the elder anymore. Now that he thinks about it, Elder Gothi never leaves his own little hut. What was she doing outside, walking in the middle of the village?

Shrugging, he changed his course towards the elder's hut, silently praying to Odin for this to work.

As he finally managed to climb the long stairs towards the Elder's home, he waited for his panting to cease and took a deep breath. This is it. It will either work or he just dug his own grave (which to be honest wouldn't be that surprising). He hesitantly raised his hand and knocked on the door twice. He heard absolutely nothing before the door slowly opened, revealing the short form of Gothi.

''Erm, sorry for bothering you, Elder Gothi, but can we talk for a second?" asked Hiccup, trying too hard to be casual. Gothi raised a questioning eyebrow but nodded nonetheless. Hiccup sighed in relief as he entered her hut.

It was rare to see Gothi's living place from the inside. Only the sick and the wounded had a chance to witness it, and for most of the time they were unconscious or being too indulged in healing themself. The whole place was full with books, shaman like totems, decorations and little potions, each having a different thing in them. Some had herbs and mushrooms inside, some had different coloured liquids in them, while some were completely empty. Hiccup didn't really know where she got her resupply as she never left her hut, but he had more important things to dwell on now.

''So, I came to you for… maybe a little advice that could help me with my problem." admitted Hiccup, getting an understanding nod from the Elder. She went over to her shelves, took out a bucket full of sand and poured it in front of Hiccup. Since she was mute, she couldn't communicate verbally so she had to use an alternative solution. Her solution was writing her say in the sand. Where she got sand was another mystery for Hiccup, as sand wasn't common up north where they lived.

Gothi knocked her staff twice on the ground, urging Hiccup to start. Said boy mentally prepped himself and started talking. He told her about how he shot down a Night Fury, which he later had the chance of killing, but decided against it and freed the dragon. Instead of being angry, Gothi seemed intrigued which did wonders in giving a confidence boost to Hiccup, who continued his story. He told her about how he discovered Toothless's missing tail fin and how he made a new one, which was rewarded by a smile from the Elder. Hiccup also told her how he 'trained' Toothless and helped him get back in the sky again while continuously emphasizing that dragons 'are not what we think they are'. Gothi nodded and Hiccup told her about his doubts and concerns about his current situation as a final part. The elder woman seemed symphatetic but didn't cut the boy off.

''…so that's why I decided to come to you for an advice since I'm completely lost." ended Hiccup, his voice hopeful yet somewhat defeated. Gothi scratched her chin in thought and went to the other side of her hut, where Hiccup noticed a small shrine-looking area. The boy guessed that that's where she supposedly communicated with the Gods as she was about to do now too. The elder woman stood before the shrine and closed her eyes as she started knocking her staff continuously on the ground with a steady rhythm. Hiccup was confused but decided against commenting and watched the elder perform her 'ritual'.

Soon, she was finished and turned around with an uncharacteristic broad smile on her face. She seemed almost excited. She walked back before the sand and started rapidly make runes in front of Hiccup. The boy concentrated on reading them, he was one of the few who could actually read runes. Gobber has taught him through the years of his apprenticeship.

Considering the length of the message, the Elder finished quickly and stepped back as Hiccup started reading the runes out loud;

Almond eyes,

full of spark,

a marshmallow dream.

1000 years,

almost there,

your kin brother's here.

The answer,

That you oh-so desire

lies within a boy full of fire.

Time's ticking

But he'll be there

and no one will break a friendship this rare.

Hiccup read the riddle once, twice, thrice, but he couldn't completely understand.

''So… what you are saying is there will be another boy who will help me?" asked Hiccup as he uncertainly looked up at the elder. Said Elder gave Hiccup a small paper with a bit of charcoal then pointed to the riddle. Hiccup was annoyed that Gothi avoided answering but he did as he was told; he didn't want to be turned into anything for ungratefulness. Soon he had the riddle copied on his paper which he pocketed in his tunic.

''Erm… thanks Elder Gothi… and y'know, can we keep it a secret? 'Cause I'm really not in the mood for getting banished while seeing my village kill my best friend." said Hiccup sarcastically getting a sincere smile and a nod from Gothi. Hiccup felt relief as he bid adieu to the old woman and left her hut. In his way to the Cove where he was hiding Toothless, he couldn't stop having questions.

Who was this 'boy'?

What did Gothi mean by '1000 years'?

Should Hiccup even take her seriously after avoiding his questions?

Now that he thinks about it, she didn't really gave him a way to solve the problems, she only told him through a riddle that some boy, or his 'kindred brother' will come and help him.

And what in the name of Thor are Almonds and Marshmallows?

Year 2032, the USA, San Fransokyo

Honey Lemon was starting to get concerned.

She was currently watching Hiro working at her chemical lab. This wouldn't have been much of a problem, if the boy genius wasn't glued to her station for half a month now. It would have been better if at least someone knew what the boy was doing, but Hiro has yet to answer any questions. Honey Lemon is the only who has some kind of intel on Hiro's big project since it was her lab in the end and she had to work there too, so she noticed things. Baymax was there too, but the girl didn't know how much a medical robot knew about chemistry.

In all honesty, she was kind of proud. I mean, she never would have guessed that the boy knew his way around chemistry and not just robotics and mechanics…

…

…then she remembered that it is Hiro Hamada we are talking about, and he wasn't called a child prodigy because his smile was cute. What made her really proud was that all too familiar maniac grin plastered on his face as he did his tests on the substances he was working on and he wasn't even hesitant to top it off. Honey needed years to feel comfortable near the more explosive chemical stuff, and this boy was moving like a pro at the age of 14.

As Hiro still haven't noticed her standing not one meter from him, she waited until his hands were far away from the chemicals in order to avoid an accident or mess up Hiro's work. When the boy went over to the nearby sink to wash his hands, Honey decided to pipe in.

''Hiro?"

Her voice made him jump, signaling that he really was oblivious of her presence to this point. He turned around with surprise still evident on his face, but it soon turned into a casual smile with that admittedly (even by Gogo) adorable toothgap.

''Hey, Honey Lemon, do you want to use your lab? I will pack up immediately if that's the case since I was already-'' he was cut off by a Gogo's voice.

''Actually we all came to see you, and we want answers." said the black and purple haired girl as she stepped next to Honey with her cool but still expectant look. Soon Freddie and Wasabi joined in as well, the former having his school mascot costume on. Both looked just as interested as their friends.

Hiro, seeing his friends' (rightful) curiosity, sighed and went back to his project while mumbling something similar to 'might as well'.

Instead of doing some spectacular chemical reaction that would make them gape at him, he proposed two small rods of wood. He held them in both hands for all to see.

''Hiro…" sighed Honey Lemon as she tried to find the words that wouldn't offend the boy. Gogo seemed to be in an impatient mood and after raising a questioning eye-brow and popping her bubblegum, she spoke up.

''That's two pieces of wood. What's the big deal with them?" deadpanned the girl, making Wasabi and Honey wince. In the mean time, Fred seemed to be actually excited by the rods of wood and already started mumbling about all the possibilities those pieces could do. Wasabi could swear he just heard 'alien invasion' along the lines.

Hiro casually leaned on the table and started playing with both rods in his hands. What caught everyone's attention was that cocky grin on his face, like he knew something they didn't. Which, let's be honest, was probably the case, since no one had any clue whatsoever.

''You are right Gogo. And what do we know about wood?" asked Hiro nonchalantly. He stole a glance at Baymax, who was silently watching Hiro work for the past couple of hours. Said robot knew that it was his cue, raised his matter-of-fact finger and spoke:

''Wood, or lumber in an other name, is gathered from different species of the perennial plant: the tree. Wood is one of the most common building materials next to iron, steel and concrete. Advantages include: lightness, easy ways of cutting, crafting or bending. Disadvantages include: extremely easy to cause damage to and extreme flammability-'' then he abrutly stopped mid sentence, but his fact-stating finger was still up. When he stopped, Hiro's smile broadened.

''Could you repeat the last part, please?" asked Hiro as he pushed himself away from the table and picked up a lighted candle.

''Extremely flammable." repeated Baymax, finally putting down his finger as he blinked at the confused gang.

''You actually downloaded plant-husbandry to a robot made for medical purposes?" asked Wasabi in the same incredulous and disbelieving tone that he used when he first saw Fred's actual room and where he lived.

''I have been observing Hiro's work and emotional state for the past weeks, and upon inquiring about his constant increase in his serotonin, dopamine and adrenaline levels, he told me about his work and I found it to be useful to store these information in my databanks. I seemed to have made the right decision." answered Baymax, one could swear that it was proudness in his monotone voice they heard.

''Thank you buddy." said Hiro as he put one of the rods into the candlelight. To no one's surprise, the wood caught fire immediately.

''As you can see, this regular stick wasn't that persistent against fire." told Hiro, showing up the black burn mark and the smoke coming from the end of the rod.

''Now watch this." and with that, he put the other rod into the fire, and much to everyone's shock, it didn't catch it. Not only that, but after holding it there for ten second, there were no burn marks and Hiro even touched the end of the wood like it wasn't just put through literal fire.

Even Honey Lemon couldn't find an explanation for such phenomena as she, Wasabi and Fred gaped at the reaction, while Gogo raised an inquiring eyebrow.

''As you can see, this piece of wood completely resisted the effect of the fire. And here is the trick." presented Hiro as he put the fireproof wood and the candle down and picked up a small vial with a blue liquid in it.

''A perfume?" asked Gogo as she walked towards Hiro's extended hand and looked at the vial closely. It looked like coloured water to be honest.

''Works the same way, actually. It's still not completely perfect, I have to look through its molecule structure once more. It still needs to be unnoticeable if applied, this means you shouldn't be able to feel it on your skin, smell it or see it. Then there is the fact that it would intervene if the the material you apply it on gets in a second chemical reaction with a third material." listed off Hiro while he picking up his notebook and started writing new ideas. Meanwhile Gogo passed the vial to Honey Lemon, who looked at it like it was the most exciting thing in the world.

''What's in it exactly?" asked Wasabi as him, Fred leaned in to get a better look at the vial.

''Mostly Helium and Neon with some adjustments. Both are the most fireproof materials on earth and only the heat of the sun's core can burn them. The liquid completely coats anything that it's being applied to, making sure not to leave a single patch. And since I don't think anyone is planning to throw anything into the sun, this Helium and Neon based structure will do." shrugged Hiro without looking up from his notebook.

''Wait, Neon and Helium? So this goo glows in the dark and if I drink it, my voice will become funny?" asked Fred, temptation on his face.

''Yes and I don't know. I still yet to try it on people or any living creature for that matter, so it very well could be poisonous for all I know. It's still in the experimental phase, but I got the gist of it, I think." admitted Hiro sheepishly.

''In other words, don't drink it man." said Wasabi as he snatched the vial from the pouting school mascot's hand and put it on the nearest table.

Gogo ruffled Hiro's messy dark hair with a proud smile on her lips.

''Not bad kid, this could be helpful to people." said Gogo, making Hiro's face light up in excitement.

''Yes! That's the point! If we could apply the perfected version to everything and everyone, there will be no more fire accidents!" exclaimed Hiro while digging his hand into his messy hair and smiling broadly. This was a signature move of his that he only did when he was really exasperated or on the contrary, excited.

''My censors indicate that Hiro's neurotransmitter levels had radically increased. His serotonin levels are especially high, a level I have yet to document. I believe that sharing his idea and process with his loved ones helped his emotional state." explained Baymax as he presented what he was talking about on his 'belly'.

Sadly, no one was paying attention to the robot as slowly everyone realized something. Hiro wasn't just doing it because he didn't want to have more fire accidents or arsons. He genuinely wanted nobody else to go through what he did when Tadashi died.

The four teenagers walked up to their smallest friend and gave him a big group hug. Hiro seemed surprised and a bit weirded out at first, but he soon let out a contented sigh and eased into the hug, especially when Baymax toddled over and joined in with his heating systems on. Hiro tried to play things cool if possible, but his friends' affection was on the list of things he couldn't say no to.

''Tadashi would be proud of you, Hiro." whispered Honey Lemon with adoring eyes as they disconnected the hug.

''Yeah little man, and so are we." added Fred, earning agreeing nods.

''Thanks guys, really." replied Hiro with a sincere smile, his toothgap showing thanks to his slight overbite.

After that, the gang of four teenagers said their goodbyes to Hiro and Baymax and left the building while telling Hiro not to stay for long since Aunt Cass would definitely start stress eating again out of worry. After accepting an invitation from Fred to a party scheduled for tomorrow, Hiro and Baymax were the only ones still in the SFIT building.

After the boy made sure no one was around, he grinned mischievously and bolted towards one of the drawers, Baymax following suit.

''I fail to see how hiding your other project from your friends would lead to any positive consequence." commented Baymax as he watched Hiro pull out a medium-sized purple disk from the drawer.

''Well… what do your database know about feeling overwhelmed?" asked Hiro distractedly while he put the purple disk on the ground and started connecting cables to it.

''Overwhelm: to overpower and to overcome. Connected to emotion levels, it's the state when your mind feels overcome completely by other emotions, thus creating a state where the mind becomes unable to comprehend any more information and turns into a 'fight-or-flight' mode. Are you worried of your friends emotional well-being?" asked Baymax while tilting his head in a sort of inquiring mode.

''Erm… Sorta. I mean, showing them some wishy-washy that can make things fireproof is one thing, but actual time travel? Now that would be a tad bit too much." agreed Hiro as he put the last cable into the disk and started calibrating on its remote controller, which was basically a black wristband with a circular panel in the middle displaying holograms in front of the boy.

''I can see the logic behind it. May I know, what you are planning to do with your time travel disk this time?" asked Baymax as he leaned in and looked at the hologram where Hiro was typing. The boy narrowed his eyes while his tongue was sticking out, which Baymax recognized as an expression of concentration and focus.

''Well bud, we are going to make a visit a thousand years back as a test drive." replied the boy as he dramatically pressed the last button for his calibrations and grinned at the robot next to him.

''I must vocalize again that I do not support this idea." said Baymax, his tone sounding oddly scolding, even though the monotony didn't change.

Hiro just smiled cockily.

''That's where you are wrong bud." replied Hiro as he cleared his throat, raised his finger in Baymax's fact-telling mode and started imitating the robot.

''I would support the idea if you made sure to properly prepare for such a journey. I would recommend enough food, water, change of clothes, a medical kit, and I would also advise bringing your personal healthcare companion too, which would include our upgraded armor and my new battery station as well." said Hiro in a monotone, Baymax-like voice, ending it with a smug, self-satisfied grin.

After defeating Yokai and agreeing to continue being super heroes, Hiro agreed to make some necessary upgrades on everyone's armor. The major upgrade was that the armor would kind of 'build up to the person', as in, it actually dressed itself on everyone. So instead of wasting time trying to get into their suit, they could just press a button on a specialized backpack and it would automatically wear itself on their users. In Baymax's case, Hiro actually upgraded the robot itself by adding the armor inside the robot's vinyl cover. It was connected ot its carbon-fiber skeleton and upon hearing a command word (or Baymax overriding his programing in emergencies) the armor would pop up from the robot's back and would coat the marshmallow man the same way as the other suits did. It turned out to be really effective, they could react to sudden emergencies in a blink of an eye now, then turn back to civilian mode like nothing happened.

Hiro also upgraded Baymax for this time travel project too by downloading necessary information from the internet, for the times when they would go back to a time where internet, or radio signals altogether weren't even in idea. His battery station was upgraded too, so it used the most technologically advanced solar panels, since the sun was the most powerful and constant source of energy Hiro could think of.

''From the monotone tone of your voice and the way you used my fact-stating finger raising, I believe you just did what my database calls: mocking." replied Baymax with a tilt of his head.

''You call it mocking, I call it gentle but entertaining reminding of your words." replied Hiro as he put the disk in position and put his two backpacks on his back and front. One for his armor and one for the necessities Baymax listed.

''So, buddy, you ready be the first time traveller robot in history?" asked Hiro as he proposed his fist towards his friend. Baymax looked down at the fist and he quickly followed his 'fist-bump' protocol.

''Ba-la-la-la-la-la-la!" came the silent exclamation from both boy and robot.

Hiro then pressed a button on his wristband, making the disk glow with electricity first, then a turquoise circle appeared and started growing from the middle. It stopped when it was twice as big as the purple disk was, making it enough for both Hiro and Baymax to jump in. Robot and Boy looked at each other, the latter smiling broadly as they both nodded and jumped into the portal at the same time with their own cry of cheer. After that, the turquoise circle gradually narrowed until it completely disappeared, the purple disk under it missing aswell.

It should also be noted, that an agape Fred witnessed everything. Everything.

So, this is it fellas. First chapter of this adventure.

After watching Big Hero 6 (and watching both HTTYD films beforehand) i noticed how similar the protagonists, Hiro and Hiccup were. I absolutely loved both franchises, but them and their more than amazing adorable companions really caught my attention. After noticing the similarities, I wondered if there were any works explaining a story with both universes that are somewhat canon. After scavenging the depths of the internet, I found 2 Fanfictions (and several pictures too), but both had a slight problem; One was a shipping fic, the other was… honestly boring (I think I just offended the people who know which story is this, pls forgive me)

This story is also my trial of how well I can write characters IN CHARACTER. This means that I will do my best on portraying Hiro and Hiccup as they were in their respective films. (I'm not kidding, I have entire Word Documents listing their personality traits, likes/dislikes, signature moves, etc.) If I still manage to fail and write them out of character, I will cry myself to sleep every night.

Now for some of the questions I'm sure you'll be asking.

1: Is this a shipping fic?

-No, I may be sick enough to ship a bunny and a fox, but I'm not about to ship 14 and 15 year old boys.

2:When does this story take place in perspective to the films?

-Post-BH6 but middle HTTYD 1. It's between Hiccup being chosen to kill the Nightmare and their first successful test flight.

3: How much screen time will Toothless and Baymax get?

-As much as possible. I adore both of them so don't worry of the lack of dragon and marshmallow

4: Is that 'Helium-Neon perfume' really a thing?

-Honestly, I have no idea but I doubt it is or will ever be. My web history is filled with pages talking about trees, inflammation, emotions and Chemistry, so I do hope that it makes sense to you guys. I wanted to show how much Hiro has learnt and matured from Tadashi's death.

If there is any questions you feel the itch to talk about, leave a review or message me privately.