A New Age

The Defenders of Cape Girardeau

Introduction – A Sickly Soothsayer

Two years have passed since the defeat of Drago Bludvist and his Bewilderbeast and things on Berk have returned to normal under the rule of the Hairy Hooligan's new chieftain, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock and his newly wedded wife, Astrid. However Gothi, the Hairy Hooligans' elderly soothsayer for many years has come down with a mysterious illness which has made her bedridden that the village's healers have been unable to cure despite their best efforts making Hiccup and the rest of the village worry for her life, however unbeknownst to Hiccup or the rest of the Hairy Hooligan tribe, Gothi's illness is only just the beginning of something much larger which not only effect their world, but another one as well.

Chapter One: The Transitioning

The Isle of Berk – Hairy Hooligan Village; the Barbaric Archipelago

June 18th, 987 AD – 0743 Hours CST

Hiccup Horrendous Haddock had been awake for most of the night reviewing a treaty with another tribe signed by his late father, Stoick the Vast, that was soon due to be renewed while his dragon, Toothless the Night Fury, the alpha of the dragons living on Berk, was curled up asleep in front of the fireplace with his wife's dragon, Stormfly the Deadly Nadder while Astrid was asleep in their bed upstairs after coming down with some nausea

"First Gothi gets sick and now Astrid…I hope this isn't the beginning of some kind epidemic." Hiccup thought to himself as he reviewed the treaty with his increasingly tired eyes when the village's blacksmith, Gobber the Belch busted through the front door, waking Toothless and Stormfly and surprising Hiccup, who fell back in his chair

"Hiccup! Something's going on with Gothi!" Gobber shouted worryingly

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked him as he got up

"I don't know Hiccup, her eyes are glowing and everything, I've never seen anything like it before!" He replied, "Your mother is already up there and she's scared to death!"

"Glowing?!" Hiccup asked as he motioned for Toothless to get up while Astrid came down the stairs

"Hiccup, what's going on?" Astrid asked Hiccup as he grabbed his fire sword, Inferno and placed it in its sheath before walking out of the house with Gobber where the blacksmith's dragon, Grump the Hotburple was laying on the ground, already half asleep while Toothless followed Gobber and Hiccup out of the house

"I don't know, but stay here!" Hiccup replied as he began climb onto Toothless' saddle and engaged the tail flap into the proper position to allow Toothless to take off into the air toward Gothi's house which sat on top of the mountain which housed the village hall

"Is she saying anything?" Hiccup asked Gobber

"She's saying she wants to see you!" Gobber replied as he and Grump trailed behind Hiccup and Toothless as they toward Gothi's

"Perfect…" Hiccup said as Toothless landed on Gothi's porch where Cloudjumper, Hiccup's mother's Stormcutter already was

"Stay here Toothless!" Hiccup said to Toothless, who sat down as Gobber and Grump landed next to him while Hiccup rushed into Gothi's house to find his mother, Valka, sitting on a the stairs leading up to Gothi's bedroom upstairs

"She's…up there." Valka said to Hiccup shakingly

Hiccup carefully stepped past Valka and continued up the stairs to Gothi's bedroom where he found the elderly soothsayer laying in her bed, her eyes glowing a bright blue as she stared up at the ceiling

"Go-Gothi?" Hiccup asked the Soothsayer, who suddenly sat up at a unhuman speed and looked at Hiccup, who jumped back

"Are you Hiccup Horrendous Haddock, the chieftain of this tribe?" Gothi asked him in a strange spirit-like voice

Hiccup nodded, his heart racing

"We don't have much time, you must prepare your people for the transitioning." Gothi said to Hiccup

"Transitioning?! What transitioning?!" Hiccup asked her

"Tell them to stay indoors as being caught outside during the transitioning will be knocked unconscious." Gothi replied, "When you arrive in the other world, look for a man by the name of Blake Emmonds, he will help in your journey to reunite the shattered union."

"Other world?! The shattered union?" Hiccup asked her, "What do you mean?!"

"Dragons are doomed to extinction in this world young Chieftain, in the world we're sending your tribe and them to, they will be safe if you successfully reunite the shattered union." She replied, "And for your troubles we will reunite you and your family with two very close to you."

"What?!" Hiccup asked her, but before he could get answer, Gothi's eyes returned to normal before they closed and she fall back, asleep

"HICCUP! SOMETHING IS GOING ON OUT HERE!" Gobber shouted to Hiccup from outside, making him rush down the stairs to the porch where Gobber and Valka were looking up at the sky as Berk was slowly enveloped by a massive field of green energy

"GET INSIDE! NOW!" Hiccup shouted to Gobber and Valka

"What's going up Hiccup?!" Valka asked him

"Just get inside, I'll explain later!" Hiccup replied as he got onto Toothless and flew back toward his and Astrid's house as below him, villagers let their homes to see what was going on

"GET BACK INSIDE!" Hiccup shouted to them as he and Toothless flew over

The villages began to rush back into their homes and slammed their doors shut as Hiccup and Toothless landed in front of the house as Astrid, now fully dressed in her everyday attire was standing outside watching the energy field

"ASTRID GET INSIDE!" Hiccup shouted as sphere was about to fully envelope Berk

"What's going on Hiccup?!" Astrid asked him

"JUST GET INSIDE!" Hiccup shouted as he grabbed Astrid and rushed with her into their house with Toothless and Stormfly right behind them before Hiccup closed the door behind him as the field completely enveloped Berk and everything went dark