AN: Hey everyone, it's been a while. I'm sorry for taking so long, but please, I ask just for a little more of patience with me and I promise I'll be updating the next chapter by next week or the one following. I know, waiting it's horrible, but I need time to get back on track. Remember this story's adopted and I'm writing everything entirely out of my own thinking and creativity, so please understand.
Anyway, I hope you enjoy the story.
DISCLAIMER: I don't own HTTYD or SW, they belong to their respective companies.
1. Leaving Berk
Hiccup loved going for a flight. It always helped him clear out his mind and sort things out better. If he recalled, the past few weeks he had been wondering around the village because he had nothing to do. The riders had mostly found what they wanted to do for their rest of their lives, but for some reason he hadn't. He had opted to go exploring lands of the archipelago he never had the chance of visiting before, and maybe find a new kind of dragon. Astrid had been the only one to have a free schedule, but even two riders couldn't do much these days.
He sighed. He missed the fun from the old days. If only things could last.
A growl snapped him back to reality, and it took him three seconds to realize Toothless knew something was wrong with him.
"Sorry bud. I just got a lot in my head," he said reassuringly, but even he couldn't miss the sad tone on his own voice as he spoke. He patted his dragon on the side and the latter responded with a purr, and Hiccup couldn't believe how lucky he was of having Toothless. The night fury had always been there for his rider the same way he had been there for his best friend in the worst moments. They have gone through so much together, and Hiccup couldn't think what would have been of him if he hadn't met Toothless.
After flying for a while, they decided to land on a nearby island to rest and watch the sunset. Hiccup realized they had been used to watch them for about three years now, and the memory of the first time made him smile. They had recently caught some fish for dinner after surviving a near-death experience, which initially had been a test drive to see how the artificial tailfin for Toothless worked.
He felt a nudge in his arm and he turned to see the stubborn reptile looking at him with a concerned expression.
"I just can't help it, Toothless. Why do I have this feeling telling me that something's going to happen? I don't know what it is, but… I know something is coming. Maybe I'm just being too paranoid, right?"
Toothless tilted his head in confusion, before shrugging. Hiccup shook his head and passed a hand through his face. The Sun was almost completely hid behind the mountains and they had to go back to Berk.
"Come on, let's go home."
Hiccup mounted his dragon and they took off once again. As they soared through the clear skies, Hiccup lay back and enjoy the quiet of the ride as they flew home. The night starts were beautiful, and if they were lucky maybe they would be able to see the northern lights dancing on the sky. There was a myth going around lately that the northern lights had a reason to be, but he couldn't remember how it went. His only worry right now was to relax and get to bed as soon as they arrived at his house.
Everything was going alright, until a strange buzzing sound interrupted the quiet. At first Hiccup didn't give much importance to it, but then it started going louder and his curiosity started to get the best of him.
He sat up straight and turned to Toothless, noticing his ear plates were twitching.
"What is it bud?" he asked. His dragon baring his teeth was not a good sign, which meant something was wrong.
He looked around, but he couldn't see anything in the dark. Ugh, great. Could it be some dragon getting that got away from their group and was lost in the middle of the night? Or maybe some insect that wouldn't leave them alone? Or maybe the sound could be coming from something else entirely, like the weird light coming out from the blue...
Wait a minute.
The young man rubbed his eyes and pinched his arm to confirm he wasn't dreaming. Suddenly more lights showed up, and then a weird bird came to view. Or at least it looked like one, it had two wings and a head for sure, but it didn't seem to have feathers. Then it had to be a dragon, like the Flightmare perhaps? No, not at all. It didn't seem to have scales either, but the sound was actually coming from it.
"C'mon Toothless, let's follow it!" Hiccup commanded.
Toothless roared in agreement. Soon they found out whatever they were following was like a hundred times bigger in size than Toothless himself, and all of it was made of metal. How was it able to stay in the air and defy gravitational pull, was beyond Hiccup's comprehension. They went under the strange artifact, and they were so close he could easily reach an arm out and touch it.
The young man looked forward, and narrowed his eyes when he saw a strange glowing blue wall. But what was even stranger, was that Hiccup could see through if he actually focused on it, like if it wasn't even there. Wait, was it actually inside? How was that possible?
Before he knew it, he and Toothless were inside it.
Hiccup gaped. It was unbelievable; he was expecting some sort of crash and painful landing, but they were perfectly fine and still in the air. Dear Odin, they had gone through a wall and haven't even felt it!
And to top it all, he couldn't even find the words to describe the inside. What they had seen from outside seemed big, but he'd never imagine it could actually be this big! There were a lot of smaller versions of whatever thing they were in scattered all around the place, and they all seemed to be bigger than Toothless. And there were also... people!?
The young man's eyes widened in realization, there were actual people in here, wearing some strange kind of suit and over-sized helmet that for the moment they had taken off. I looked like they were wearing the same thing - in fact, they even looked the same. Were they twins? And what were they holding in their other hand besides their helmets?
But anyway, the important question was: what were they doing here? Perhaps they shared the idea he had of exploring this thing? Could he go and ask them a few questions about it?
"Um, hello?" he called, cupping a hand over his mouth so his voice would reach further. But neither of the men seemed to hear him.
Hiccup started to follow the men as the two of them walked straight towards a wall. He tried to open his mouth and warn them, but to his surprise the wall suddenly split in half as it let them continue their way, before closing again after them.
"What the-?" he asked in shock, sharing a look with Toothless. This only got weirder and weirder as the minutes went by. "Uh... do you think we should go?" he asked his dragon, who only growled in response. Hiccup took it as a 'no'.
Out of nowhere their whole surroundings started to shake and the young man had to open his arms to keep his balance, but nothing seemed to calm down.
"Toothless!" Hiccup cried. The Night Fury ran towards his owner and shielded him with his wings until it finally stopped. After a few moments they both peeked over to see if there was any danger, and when they found none, they both prepare to leave as soon as possible.
"So much for trying to clear the mind," Hiccup muttered as he mounted on the saddle and clicked his prosthetic on the pedal.
They flew through the same blue wall and got as far away as possible from that metal machine, never wanting to encounter it again. To their relief, they soon lost it out of sight, but as they kept flying Hiccup felt that something was wrong. The feeling only increased when after flying for a while Berk wasn't at sight. They should had arrived by now. The young man eyed his surroundings, but nothing was familiar. As he looked back up, he screamed.
"LOOK OUT!" he yelled as he barely caught sight of something gray flying straight towards them. To their bad luck, they weren't fast enough to move out of the way and Toothless could barely throw a plasma blast towards it. There was a crash and an explosion, and soon Hiccup had a deja-vu feeling as they free-fell towards the ground.
