This is Berk. The primary home of the dragon riders and. But who am I, I'm the son of Stoick the Vast, the former chief of Berk. I was known as the embarrassment of Berk till I shot down and trained the one dragon grown Vikings feared to go near. I trained a Night Fury. And together, we changed the future of Berk. I took on a new title, The Pride of Berk. I'm The Dragon Master, the husband to Astrid 'Fearless' Haddock and cousin to Snoutlout Jorgenson. My name is Hiccup, Chief Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third to be exact. And this, this is the tale of how a billion year old alien war came to our doorstep, how we fought and won the Seconded Great War for the Cybertronian race. This is how.
Hiccup Pov
It was a warm summers day on Dragon's Edge. The cool but warm breeze blew through my auburn brown hair. I was seated by my hut overlooking the Edge, my legs were hanging out over the edge, behind me, the door to my hut was open wide. The sun was getting lower with every second that passed by. Sitting alone offered me time to think, plan and reflect over the past.
I soon found myself smiling as I felt something nudge me. Smiling I chuckled as a cheerful growl could be heard. "Hey bud." The Smooth black streamline build of Toothless. The one and only Unholy offspring of Lightening and Death alive, the last Night Fury, smiled as I rubbed his nose.
He gave a small purr in showcasing his satisfied feeling glancing past me. A new voice soon spoke. It was female in origin and the way in which it sounded meant it could only belong to one person. The wonderfully deadly yet divinely beautiful Viking, Astrid 'Fearless' Hofferson.
"Hiccup, have you taken time to admire the sunset?" I allowed myself to glance up at her, a small smile forming on my face. Raising an eyebrow in curiosity as to where she was taking this. "No Astrid. I can't say I have, not for a long time." Astrid chuckled, I noticed Toothless had taken off somewhere, most likely to give us time alone.
Astrid placed sat down next to me, her legs swinged over the edge like mine. Placing my right arm around her waist, she responded with a chuckle and placed her left arm around my shoulder and neck. Resting her head on my right shoulder, she sighed. "It's wonderful, the sun setting in for a nights sleep. Resting itself for the next day to give us warmth."
"It is indeed wonderous Astrid. And it seems..." Astrid was quick to cover my mouth. Glancing over, I caught her smirk. "Don't say it Hiccup. You know what happens when you do say it." She slowly removed her hand before I glanced back at the sunset.
"Yeah, you're right, I shouldn't say anything. The twins or Snoutlout come by and ruin it." She nodded in victory as we rested our bodies against each other. Watching the sun slowly set. Not long after we had settled down, an orange glint of rock or metal, I wasn't sure which, caught my eye.
"Astrid, do you see that orange glint in the distance?" Astrid was quick look up. She searched over the distance before I slowly directed her head towards the orange glint. "Yeah, what do you think it is?" I, in truth, had no clue what it could be. "Why don't we find out?"
Astrid was against the idea of investigating. I could tell by the way in which she held my body down, refusing to let me get up. As the orange glint continued to shine more after the sun had all but set for the night, did she sigh in defeat.
"Fine, but we're going along." I smiled with a grin, it was rare for me to win a battle with her when it came to words. "I wouldn't have it any other way Astrid." Getting up, I began my search for Toothless.
I eventually found Toothless playing with Stormfly. Astrid soon came to a stop by my side and muttered something under her breath. Stormfly was quick to walk to her side. "Hey bud, come here. We're going for a flight."
Toothless bounded over before standing tall with puppy dog eyes. He always loved going for a fly. I chuckled before he bent down to allow me to harness up. "Ok, let's go Astrid" We took off into the dusk sky. Flying straight for the orange glint.
As we slowly approached the orange object, we noticed that the colour belonged to a strange metal. It was like nothing I had ever seen. "Hey, Astrid, we could use Fishlegs right now." Astrid smirked, but I could tell that she wasn't happy about us heading back for the others. After a quick turn around, the rest of the gang were flying by our side. Snoutlout, he was once again attempting to flirt with Astrid.
Our dragons landed with a thud. Fishlegs was quick to run over to the metal and flip open his book. He had made a recipe book of every metal made from a Gronckle.
"I've never seen anything like Hiccup. It's not from any known Gronckle recipe. It seems almost...alien in nature." I walked up to the metal placed my right hand over it. It did feel cold, but it was smooth, like carved stone or wood. I couldn't help but agree with his statement.
"I agree, it feels too smooth to be a natural element either. And judging by the way in which the mountain's rock layers have formed, it's been here a long time." This metal structure must've been stuck here for millions of years. I wasn't sure how to progress. But perhaps whatever was inside held the answer.
"What do you say gang, should we see if this thing has more to it then meets the eye? If it hold's the answer we need within?" The gang was quick to nod. Walking with Astrid by my side, we eyed the metal structure. It seems to have been here for a long time, that was for sure. Vines had been growing over it and it appeared that a few dragons had nested here before but left after something happened. But there were also burn marks and dents, as well as holes. Either this thing has been in battle with dragons or a few dragons attempted to get in, or it is alien and whatever did this came from beyond our world, but this thing's seen action before.
"Hey guys, I think I found a door." We all glanced at Tuffnut. He was smirking with a large prideful look. I sighed and shook my head as I made my way over to him. It did seem like a door. But it was unlike any door I had ever seen. He had no handle's, and appeared to have no holes in the sides, no hinges or anything. The thing was about as tall as a hut back on Berk, perhaps larger.
"Well, let's get this open and see what's inside." I nod in agreement with Snoutlout. Standing back. I looked at Toothless. "Ok bud, give us a blast to open this door." Toothless obey with a quick plasma blast. We waited for the smoke to clear.
Seeing the that the blast had indeed created an opening. We stepped inside and had a quick glance around. A few gasps of awe escaped our mouths as we ventured further inwards. After coming to an intersection, we stopped. "Ok gang, time to split up, Fishlegs, go with Ruff and find out what powered this ship. Tuff, you and Snoutlout, go and explore the outer hallways, perhaps you can find out what weapons they carry." I glanced at Astrid, she was giving me her 'you're serious look'. I sighed and continued. "Astrid, you and I are going to see who or what's in control of this ship. I presume it's a ship."
Walking onwards, we couldn't help but be in awe at the size of this ship. Whatever it was, it must house some pretty large guys. Perhaps it was the gods who built this, a safe haven within the Archipelago when they're away from home visiting Earth. But what caught our eye the most were the giant metal Vikings lying about.
They appeared to be dead, and must've been dead for a while. "Wow, these Vikings are huge. You think they serve the gods?" I shook my head in response to Astrid. "No, I don't they do Astrid, look at them, they're ancient. They must outdate gods in age. I've just got this feeling that these guys don't even belong to this world."
As we moved further in. We started to approach one of them. He sat in a chair, so he held a high positioned, he must be their leader. His legs and helmet were this blue colour. Two pointed like towers came out from a small circle plate on each side of his head. He had a grey faceplate over his mouth. His arms appeared were a red colour, the same tone as the blue.
His left side shoulder had an unknown face like crest. A tribal crest of sorts. On each shoulder were two grey pillars, they had holes in them, was this so he could breath? His hands were the same blue as his legs. His upper torso had the same tone of red as his arms and housed two black rectangles separated from each other. His waist was a grey with his crotch region being grey. Two bright yellow triangles sat above his upper thighs while two squares in the same yellow sat between them. He appeared to have an angled rectangle in the center of his waist. It had lines going horizontally across it and stopped above the crotch plate.
Astrid looked up and spoke. "What do you think they are?" I shrugged my shoulders in response. "I don't know Astrid, but look at them. They all appear to have that same crest on their body somewhere. You think they belong to the same tribe or something close to that?" Astrid nodded while she stared at them. I was quick to place my hand on what I assumed was the their leader's leg.
"It's smooth, like the metal of this very structure like ship. Whatever they are. I have a feeling they've been here far longer then we have. Perhaps even longer then Berk itself." Fishlegs was quick to walk over with the others. "Hiccup, these guys, they litter this ship. Who do you think they are?"
I bit my lip as I glanced over towards Fishlegs. "I don't know Fishlegs. But I get the feeling that whatever happens next will change everything." Almost in an instant, as if the gods had heard me speak, a voice spoke out. The voice itself was male in origin. But what was odd, was that it didn't come from one of the guys, but rather the structure itself.
"Teletran 1 activated. beginning to scan for emergency vehicle forms." I widen my eyes as fast as I glanced up. Vehicle forms? What the heck was a vehicle?
"No emergency vehicle forms found. Activating emergency backup stores." The structure rocked as something activated, window like tiles were quick to activate and come to life. Then, in an instant, the guy before us opened his eyes. They were a bright blue and lit a small area around them. The same blue as Astrid's top right now.
"Mighty Thor. It's alive!" Snoutlout screamed. He screamed so loud that we had to block our hears to ignore him. It seemed the guy didn't take it kindly either. "My audio receptors, quit that screaming."
I was quick to looked over at Snoutlout before Astrid held her axe up. Snoutlout was fast to gulp and stepped back. He Motioned a zip over his mouth. Looking back. I sighed while looked up. The guy looked around.
"The Ark? What happened? Autobots, report?" Another voice soon spoke. It was rough but seemed like he had been in combat, the way in which he spoke just gave this odd sense of age. He seemed to be coming into an old age, old age like Gothi. His body was red in colour, the same toned red as the guy before us. He had a black rectangle angled out from his chest. He had two black cube shoulders. His hands were black also. He had a light grey crotch and upper thighs. His face skin metal was also a light grey. His eyes were a bright pale blue. His waist was the same black as his shoulders and hands. He had two cylinders on each side facing out on his lower thighs.
"I don't know Prime. Last thing I remembered was that we wer being bombarded by them Decepticreeps. After that, it's nothin. But bein in stasis lock for so long must've left an aching in my old joints. I gonna need to go an take a visit to Ratchet to get em loosened up." I looked up. Was he called Prime or was that just a nickname like bud or girl.
"Ironhide, I need you to go and round up the others. I need to find out where we are and what world we've been stranded on." The red guy, now known as Ironhide nodded as he walked off. Looking up, I spoke. "Excuse me. But who are you?"
Prime glanced down at us before he responded. "I am Optimus Prime, leader of the Autobots. And who might you be young one?" Young one. I'm 20 years old for Thor's sake, that's adulthood. "Young one, I'm an adult, I'm 20 years old. But my name, is Hiccup, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third."
Prime, his full name now revealed as Optimus Prime. It appears that Prime was a short and quick name to call him by. He bent down before he responded. "Well Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third. You are young by our standards. Yet I can not judge, I have not had much contact with your species before. Thus I do not how long your race can live for." I chuckled. This guy definitely wasn't from around here. "So, what brings you to the Earth, to the Archipelago, Optimus Prime?" Prime stood back up.
"A unidentified amount of time ago, we were shot down over your world. Our foes, the Decepticon's followed us though space and caught us here. Low on fuel, we were forced into combat to defend ourselves. I do not know if Megatron managed to escape the gravitational pull of your world with such low Energon supplies powering his vessel."
Megatron. What in Odin's beard was he talking about. "Um, can you please explain what you're going on about?"
Prime looked down before he sighed. "Our race was once a single unified empire. We had colony worlds spread across the cosmos. Around several billion years ago. One who I came to know as my brother, in his rage at not being declared the next prime, shot and killed the senator of the city state we called Vos. He openly declared war shortly afterwards with the formation of his new army, the Decepticons. My mentor, Alpha Trion gave me a single mission, to find and retrieve the Matrix of Leadership from Cybertron's core. Soon, our war engulfed the entire world. No where was left untouched."
I noticed Optimus pause before he sat down on his chair. "Many city-states were reduced to dust and rubble. Tarn, Vos, Helex, Tesarus, they were among the first five to suffer war and be completely destroyed. Crystal City, Polyhex, they were targeted for their massive scientific importance. Kalis, Nyon, Rodion, They too fell, poor city-states with little to nothing to offer either side but act as a battlefield, But so many more City-states were left in rubble. The few city-states that managed to last till the end of the war of Cybertron were the two capitals of each side, Kaon, the first to fall to Megatron, served as the Decepticon capital. While Iacon, it served as our capital and held a secret that all but two of us knew."
Now those were serious, if a war could tear through many homes like that in a short amount of time, them this was huge. But Optimus wasn't done yet. "But as the war continued on, we began to discover that our world was dying. Our very core, had to shut down to heal. Those who stayed behind continued the war for Cybertron. But those who left, we went to find a new home. To find a new beginning. But Megatron wouldn't let us get away so easily. He pursued us across the cosmos. Coming across many of our long forgotten colony worlds along the way. Eventually, we ended up here. Were we were shot down and entered stasis lock for the next few years."
That was something else. I had heard of loosing a home, loosing your tribe, a few homes of friends. But...But to loose your entire world, that...that was something on an entirely different level. I was now curious. Questions raged through my head. Questions I would get answers for another time.
Astrid pov
They lost their home, their world to a war. A war that may now threaten our very home...and world. "So, if you're here. Would that mean our world is next in line for this grand war you speak off?" We waited for Optimus Prime to respond.
"Perhaps, perhaps not. It is hard to tell. Megatron may see this world as a useless ball of dirt and water and leave, or he will see it as a world to build his empires capital upon. Whatever he does, I fear that he knows we're here. And I fear this world has a larger connection to Cybertron any other's." Our world has a connection to their world.
What in Thor's name was going on. I was about to ask another question before a quiet yawn escaped my mouth. I thought it wouldn't be heard. But I was wrong. "Astrid, you seem tired?" I shook my quickly, desperately attempting to deny it.
But Hiccup, he saw right through it like he does every time I attempt to deny something. "Come on gang, let's get back to the Edge, we can ask more about them on a later date." I sighed in defeat as I let him guide my tired body out.
As we approached the door. I saw two Autobots working on the door. "No respect I tell you. Just blast open the door. Don't even attempt to ring the bell. I can't believe this world Grapple?" I looked over at the yellowish orange Autobot holding the door open. He had black around his crotch and down his upper thighs. His hands were black also. His face metal was a light grey along with several detailing around his waist. He had a dark grey rectangle on his torso and the same crest centred below it. His left hand was a cylinder like shape that grew narrow the further it went down. On his back was a large long rectangle like shape with a hook at the end. On either side of his lower legs, were two light grey cylinders. Below them, facing out from the body were two narrow cylinder black circles. They were located behind his toe.
He must be the one called Grable. "Shush it Huffer. Here they come now." Opposite him was an aqua blue Autobot.. He had two light grey cylinders for his arms that narrowed of into a cone at the top. He had a large orange rectangle overhang behind his head. His lower legs were the same orange. His upper thighs and waist were a bright aqua blue while his torso and crotch were a dark aqua blue. His helmet was also a dark aqua blue. He had light aqua blue in a U shape on his chest with the Autobot crest located in the middle of the U. His face metal was a light grey, a brighter grey then that of his arms. His eyes were a darker blue.
The two appeared to be the construction guys around here. Whoever they were, they really hated it when Toothless blew open the door.
As we came outside. Stormfly squawked as she and the other dragons greeted us. "Hey girl, ready to go home and get some sleep?" She tilted and bent her head down to allow me on. Upon arriving back at the Edge. I gave Hiccup a quick kiss on the cheek before heading to my hut.
It was odd. Nothing ever seemed so unreal. But were the gods hiding things from us? Did Gothi know about this? Did anyone know about this? How long can they lived? How old are they? I had so many burning questions that need answers. Answers that I would get, one way or another. But like Hiccup said, we could ask them another time.
Autobots introduced
-Optimus Prime-described
-Ironhide-Described
-Ratchet-Mentioned
-Huffer-Described
-Grapple-Described
Notes
-Cybertronian alloy is unable to resist certain heats. Older, more ancient Cybertronian alloy would most likely be able to resist the heat of a extremely hot star. It only makes sense so that the Cybertronian's are not INVINCIBLE!.
-The crest upon the Autobots is the Autobot insignia. I refer to it as a crest here as it is Hiccup who views it. Whenever a Viking character is in POV. I will use terms that they most likely had back then. So insignia was most likely not around back then. Also note that I refused to say glass, because I don't think there was glass back then.
-In an act of Irony, Astrid is convinced by Hiccup, as in RTTE. Astrid seems to always win the talk things. Most Notably in Blindsided where they come together.
-Several of the mentioned City-States are from the IDW universe, notably Rodion. Of course, my Cybertronian cities are not a strong point of mine.
