Swept Away
Right now specifically where the Dragon Kingdom "Saviors" where they're relishing a careless August afternoon in the Berk District dog park of Dragon City; a city that was still in the rehabilitation stages following the violent furthermore psychopathic deity Loki almost duplicating history by inducing Ragnarok a second time and obliterate all existence. Furthermore, there would be no reincarnation for anyone human or dragon a second time around.
Though that was over two months ago and everyone was gradually improving and picking up the pieces and striving to make Dragon City shine once again. It did help tremendously that they presently had Spirit Days where for 24 hours they could create a small pocket dimension over the city. Throughout those days everyone could revert to their previous Viking and Dragon selves for the day and enjoy themselves as they had done in their first lives.
Otherwise, everyone was just their modern average 21st-century oneself. Which meant they presently were venturing to deal with two sets of lifetime memories, rediscovering their special abilities if they had them. Furthermore, their canines which their dragons had been transformed into were also going through a comparable transformation of mind, body, and spirit.
It at least benefited everyone in Dragon City that the Gods and Valkyries of Asgard were still continuing to watch over and would continue to do so. Even though now that the threat of Loki had been neutralized everyone in Asgard agreed that they'd keep their oath to them and their city. That they'd still keep their careers within Dragon City and still guard the souls that dwelt there. That would never change not now and not ever.
Though right now the Valkyries were a little distracted with something else. Something that been on their minds for the last 1018 years. One thing Loki had stolen from them was the fact watching over him in a specifically devised penitentiary plus defending all of Dragon City had left truly no time for conventional love lives.
It was true that all the humans and dragon-dogs had discovered after the conflict had been won that all the Valkyries that they had known only as the extensive "Wings" family all were associated with someone. However, presently they could finally be wedded and have children of their own.
Hiccup and his little brother and sister Boden and Una had been especially exhilarated for their godmother Kara. Kara was an extraordinary special Valkyrie for multiple reasons. She was the only one with gold-colored wings, she was the first to cease being a reaper and instead become a guardian, she was the leader of the Valkyrie and ultimately her true love turned out to be Azrael the Head of the Angels of Death in Heaven!
They'd been practicing using their rediscovered endowments of love, empathy and being a bridge between world to uncover the whole story of Kara and Azrael plus questioning what their expected children would be like.
The precious feathered couple hadn't minded that much other then they hadn't desired to be told anything about their future children if any of them with their powers got an inkling of what they might end up having which Kara's godchildren had promised they wouldn't if she let them name them which she had agreed too.
It was the same deal that the entire Sisterhood of the Valkyries made with all kids who lived in the five Districts. Everyone had been reincarnated the Dragon Riders, the Soul Riders and their adopted younger siblings who were the children of the Haddock's siblings mother's Brunch Club.
Also reborn were, of course, Dagur, Heather, the twins true loves Hawly and Eret, plus the Loki's daughter Hel as her human self Helena and her bodyguard a raven given human form named "Raven"
Also, their friends Skullette and Firefang Anquetils whole family been reborn too. Additionally, to their happiness for their mother's sake, her best friend Frigha had been reborn likewise and this time around their mother had succeeded in stopping her from committing suicide. Now Frigha was married to her true love Alvin and according to Odin's wife, Frigga would have a daughter.
Consequently, there had certainly been countless miracles when they'd all been reincarnated, finding their friends along with their true loves once again. Therefore pretty much everyone kind of knew they ended up married to their true loves once more one day then bring forth their children again and it would be like just before Loki annihilated the Barbaric Archipelago.
But for now, that was still a great many years away. For right now everyone was just focusing on living in the moment and thinking about enjoying what was left of the summertime before the new school year started which was still about two and half weeks away from starting.
Right now it was a bright sunshiny August day and things seemed to be going alright. All five districts leaders along with all other important city executives were down at City Hall in heart of the Dragon City which had been named Dragon's Edge. After all of Dragon City names came from their first life one way or another.
Valka Haddock was with her friends in the Brunch Club having a girl's day out. The Asgardians were in their home realm taking care of their own personal business for the day. Finally, all their other friends were appreciating a free pass at Dragon Island the amusement park located on the seashore portion attached to the Edge.
Which just left the Haddocks, Astrid and their dogs to savor the Berk District dog park to themselves. Which was just fine for them to enjoy some peace and quiet and time alone with family and their best friends.
They'd spent hours playing with Toothless and Moon Shadow's large family of ten puppies. Five daughters and five sons. Luna, Selena, Lucelia, Sari, Hope, Majestic, Black, Gray, Firethorn, and Lightning. Boden was occupied playing with Stardust and her family. Her husband Moondust and son Comet. While Una was playing Nightrainbow his wife Melody and daughter Harmony.
Stormfly was by herself as her pups had grown up enough to be with Astrid's adopted siblings who were taking excellent care of them and her husband Day Glider was with his owner today. Stormfly seemed a tad down without her family today nevertheless was still appreciating being with Astrid and her friends on this gorgeous summer afternoon.
"So, has it been an entertaining afternoon or not, Hiccup?" Astrid questioned her boyfriend cheerfully as Stormfly whose dog form looked like cockeraian or half cocker spaniel and Pomeranian was balancing a maroon ball on her nose.
"It's been just the kind of day I needed to get a little way out of my depression. Which has been getting worse instead of better," he replied sincerely to his gorgeous sweetheart as he petted Toothless who as a Night Fury dog looked like a husky.
"Hiccup, I know you already suffer from depression in general along with an anxiety disorder and ADHD and I'm sure what happened two months ago isn't helping," Astrid started to say when a young voice very similar to Hiccup's interrupt.
"I'll say what happened to my brother isn't helping his moods any, Astrid! And I'm supposed to be the moody one being a Type 1 bi-polar! It's ironic to be both an empath and a bipolar, you know!" Boden cut in abruptly as he then attempted to fix his ponytail given the fact that his long hair had grown yet another two inches longer over the course of the last year.
Stardust his dragon-dog then snuggled up next to him affectionally. In this form, she looked like a greyhound nonetheless was still obviously just as lovely as her dragon form. Elegant, poised and refined that was Stardust to a T no matter her form. She was a lady in many ways, one that could fight but still a lady nonetheless.
"Hey, let's not have both my BBBFF moody! Neither is a good thing! I rather we think of happier things. Can't we try to start thinking about the positive or just try to think about starting the new school year on a happy note and not think of what Loki almost took from us a second time?" asked their six-year-old sister Una to her 11-year-old and 16-year-old brothers.
The two brothers who looked nearly identical other than the fact Boden wore his auburn locks long and in a ponytail both sighed and looked at their little sister who was spitting image of their beautiful mom, Valka, except for the blond and lilac hair. She was the only who was a blond in the family and again her hair had been affected by these odd lilacs in her first life that been exposed to a otherworldly energy. It carried over when she'd been reincarnated and thus part of her eternally.
"Once again your spot on and straight to the point, little sister." Hiccup sighed softly but smiled lovingly at her and she smiled radiantly back her big brother best friend forever or at least one of them.
"I may be the youngest in this family, with most unique powers and also have to suffer from Asperger Syndrome, but like I've said enough times I ain't an imbecile!" she shouted in a loud clear voice and her dragon-dog Nightrainbow who looked like a rainbow-colored Golden Retriever barked loudly in joyful agreement.
"Well, why don't we take a break from talking about your guys' mental illnesses and do something else? Besides seems to me all the doggies want to go to nap city," Astrid pointed out as the dogs were all going to a nearby oak tree and curling up for a long nap.
"Well considering we've been playing and doing tricks for the last 4 hours, not surprising. Come on let's go over to the ash tree and read a book," suggested Hiccup which made his brother and sister yell in euphoria and race each other to the tree and he tried to run only to trip over and fall to the ground.
Astrid ran over to him and look at him. "Are you alright, Hiccup?" she questioned with great anxiety coloring her voice and worry in her cerulean colored eyes.
"Oh, yeah great! Good as a cripple can be!" he shot back her in resentful contempt knowing exactly why he tripped and pulled into himself as hot fiery droplets fell from his emerald green eyes and onto the grass and soil.
"Hiccup..." she began when he scowled at her so furiously it terrified her.
"Don't say it! Don't try and cheer me up!" he snapped at her wrathfully.
Astrid sighed softly and sat cross-legged on the grass for a moment as Hiccup threw himself his pity party. Hiccup did suffer from clinical depression, yes and he and his siblings went every Wednesday to therapy for their different mental illness, however, despite everyone's best efforts to help him, he really couldn't get out of this one.
Not with the reminder of what he lost looking at him every day when he woke up. When Loki had ventured to conclude what he had begun a 1018 years ago he'd intended to use Hiccup's death as a trigger to set off these mystical explosives to slaughter Dragon City and bring around Ragnarok.
Loki had gone from being a simple god of mischief to a psychopathic sociopath because Hiccup, Boden, and Una had brought about the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment. They had converted all the Nine Realms way of thinking and how they viewed themselves in a way people no longer felt their destiny was written in stone or they had to act as the myths portrayed them.
That they're free to make their own choices and be whoever they wanted and write their own destiny and thus changed the course of the whole Nine Realms and history forevermore. Transforming so many lives and souls from the inside out. Mind, body, and spirit.
They'd been such a turning point, so much a turning point it exceedingly strengthened the side of good and considerably undermine the side of evil and Loki's daughter Hel had chosen on her own free will to leave the Council of Evil her father had formulated to take a human form and marry Dagur whom she'd fallen in love with.
Loki then became devoured by his resentment and animosity for the Haddocks for them changing everything which is what led to where their lives had led them now. Although he had thoroughly intended to assassinate Hiccup the one he indicted for it all and with his death bring about the end of the world.
After a horrific and turbulent battle, they'd saved the city and Loki had been slain by Kara in a life or death battle. Although though there been no mortality there had been some lose nonetheless Again Dragon City was still in the process of rebuilding and multiple individuals were striving to bring new life forth.
But for Hiccup, he'd lost his left foot and he was greatly distraught about. Even more troubled that Kara had revealed that it didn't matter what timeline, world, reality whatever he would evermore lose it.
The only reason he thought he didn't lose it 1018 years ago was that due to the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment Valkyries had gained new powers. To do small and big miracles concerning death.
The Big miracle was they could prevent one death and only one death. Kara used that up when in their past lives when Hiccup, Boden, and Una had taken down the Red Death and she'd brought back to life Hiccup's lost foot before anyone saw it was missing.
Still comprehending he would've lost it in any lifetime no matter what wasn't helping Hiccup accept the loss of his leg or accept being an amputee. If anything it made him more discouraged, unhappy and dissolving into resentment and cynicism.
Even with everyone being supportive, giving him love, assistance and lots of reassurance as he did physical therapy and doing all the could cheer him up he was just hostile and acrimonious about the whole deal.
"Hiccup, can you try just for one day not to be bitter? Just try and be happy and count your blessings instead?" she asked him sympathetically as he gripped the grass so hard in his fists.
"You don't understand what it is like Astrid. How can you possibly understand what I'm going through? You're whole! You don't have a piece of you cut off! You don't deal with phantom pains or people staring at you with signs of pity!
And you were not nearly murder by a crazy god either! Why does my life have to be so messed up? Both of them? Life has never been easy for me! Not my first life or my second! When do I get a break?" he demanded harshly to his one true love.
She looked at him hating to seeing him like this. Then she weighed her next words with her heart and spoke them with care and hoped they were the right words.
"I don't know if you will or will not get a 'break" you want, Hiccup. I just know you and your siblings are meant to do good things because that's what you meant to do. You can't escape that fact ever. This life or your past life you're meant to be heroes. That's what you meant to do," it was all she could think to say to him. She didn't know if it was what he needed to hear or not but it was all she had at the moment.
"Is that why you love me? Because I'm just the hero?" he asked her while still looking down at the ground.
"You know I love you for so much more than that," she lifted his head and made sure she was looking at him squarely when she said that. That he knew she didn't pity him and loved him for all that he was and always would.
Sighing, "Yeah, I know. I guess I hope that some things don't get repeated like in my first life. Like I don't want to lose my father again when I turn 20 which is four years away. I want him to know our future children, this time around," he confessed some of his anxieties and hopes that been bugging him since their memories had returned from their first lives.
"Well, fates can be changed when given a second chance you know that," she spoke in a bright and optimistic voice with a big smile on her face.
"How that?" he inquired in a clueless fashion.
"Your mom didn't lose Frigha a second time, did she? No, she lived and is the best psychologist in all of Dragon City. She now happily married to Alvin and they're gonna have a daughter according to Frigga.
So yes fate can be changed sometimes and it was you three who taught all the Nine Realms nothing is written in stone, remember?" she pointed out the biggest fate that was changed that they all knew.
"Yes, thanks for reminding me of who I am." He gave her that smile she loved so much coming from him. She leaned down and kissed his forehead.
"You're welcome. Now let's get to your brother and sister before they kill us because you're not reading them the book they want to hear," as she ruffled his chestnut hair.
"Can you help me up?" he asked her as he held out his hand and she took it.
"Yep, lean on me," as she helped him up and they walked over to the ash tree where the two youngsters were waiting impatiently with the book clamped in Una's hands "Valkyrie The Runaway" by Kate O' Hearn
"You want me to read this again?" Hiccup asked in a little bit of a weary voice as he and Astrid sat down under the tree joining them.
"Well, Hiccup until we all save up enough dough to give Mom to get book three "Valkyrie War of the Realms" off Amazon since the Dragon Den Mall bookstore ain't got it we're stuck rereading it till that point in time!" Boden sulked about the truth about why they'd been obsessively rereading this book since finding the series only a short time ago.
"And we do know Valkyries and one happens to be our GODMOTHER! So it's not like we don't have a personal reason for really liking this!" Una pointed out emphatically who clutching the hardcover book tightly to her chest.
"Okay, okay I get it and I want to know how it ends too. But paying Mom to use her credit card to get us the last book still isn't gonna be a piece of cake as she told us we must each give a fair share or she won't buy it or anything else we might want from online, remember?" he reminded his siblings who nodded in agreement.
"Understood! Now you gonna read it too us again or not?" demanded Una holding out the hardcover book with two winged beings with swords fighting on the cover.
"Of course I'm gonna reread it. Now which part did we leave off at?" he asked as he opened the book and Una immediately replied.
"Maya and Skaga just carried out Skaga's plan to find Freya by using Freya's Reaping Mare Sylt to locate her while their mother Eir distracts the rest of the Valkyries at the reaping and are about to encounter Freya, Archie, Orus and Vonnie at Valhalla Valley!"
"Okay, let's see," and just Hiccup was opening the book to the part where Una told him to start reading something happened that changed everything.
They'd heard the normal sounds around them. Birds, sounds of the city and the dogs snoozing but all of sudden it was deadly silent. As if someone had a remote control over life and hit the mute button and all the sound in the world had been switched off. Then they took that same remote control and used it somehow to change the colors on their TV by draining them all away.
"Hiccup? What is going on?" Una asked apprehensively as she squirmed into his lap and hugged her big brother tightly.
I don't know, Una. Boden get over here!" he ordered his little brother who immediately got in his big brother arms too.
For a few moments nothing more happened and then BOOM they're all screaming and the dogs woke up barking as a huge hole in the heavens opened up. It was a writhing black vortex with the outer rim made up of odd colored lights with even foreign symbols.
"What the hell is that?!" yelled Astrid loudly over the howling tempest as the vortex got huger and started to try and pull them all inside it.
"I've no idea, Astrid! Just hang on!" Hiccup yelled back as Una was gripped her brother in a death grip around his neck nearly choking the life out of him. Boden was clinging to his back also trying not to get sucked up. Which they all seemed to be failing at inadequately.
Hiccup and Astrid were trying to hold onto the tree for dear life but the gravitational pull was only getting more powerful as if whatever this thing was was determined to have them one way or another and wouldn't give up till it had them.
When they lost their grip and start to fly away their dogs formed a chain and tried to keep them from soaring away but ultimately they failed as well and could only watch as they went screaming into the sky and once they passed into the vortex it closed up. Once inside the vortex, they're shrieking and being hurled about like they're on some demented amusement park ride.
On the other end, they had not come out of yet was Mystic Azurewings who was in a particularly heated dispute with King Toothless about the finer points of incorporating magic and science together.
"I TOLD YOU King Toothless they're is MULTIPLY variables with amalgamating this transportation spell with science! Do I really have to go over them with you for the 100th time?!" she screamed at him and he glared at her with narrow green eyes.
"As I'm the King and I'm worried about our people yes!" he shouted back at her.
She looked disgusted and sighed. "Ugh! Do you really not get that neither magic or even science is an exact art but mixing the two is even harder?
Magic has its own restrictions moreover rules that cannot be altered or cheated at! Furthermore, King Toothless, one thing about science and sorcery energy is energy and everything has its limits!" she stomped her foot in a slight tantrum as she continued on with the description.
"When you combined the two even they still have limits. Then you have to take into account the complexity of the spell, the wording, and counter-spells and all possible outcomes!
Moreover, with science, you have to think of everything among calculations, physics, theories and hypotheses and all of it together could go wrong in so many ways!
Therefore please understand opening a trans-dimensional gateway to locate three people isn't exactly walk through a meadow of daisies, sire!"
"Well, is someone coming through the portal or not?!" he demanded while bearing his teeth at her.
"Yes, we've found the Saviors, we're able to locate them. Except I've detected a variation in mass and the energy surrounding them is different too. I can't tell you why though. They should be arriving in a couple of minutes." she replied in a fatigued tone.
"Well, we should give them some breathing room then, so everyone back up," suggested Queen Moon Shadow which everyone did as she commanded.
"You know I'm still wondering what Silver Queen meant they are same but different?" queried Sister Pearl aloud as they backed up a good way.
"Well, we shall soon find out, won't we?" Azurewings pointed out as the portal crackled and they all shield themselves and heard screaming it was followed by the sounds of moaning, groaning and the putrid smell of one vomiting the contents of their stomach forcefully.
King Toothless glared at Azure who flushed and smiled embarrassingly. "Um well, yes, I should've warned you that they would experience extreme vertigo and nausea being ripped from their world and traveling across the dimensions. But no lasting harm is done. It will wear off," more vomiting was heard. "Um in a couple of hours?"
"I want you and your daughter to get working immediately on a pick-me-up potion to set them right, Azure!" ordered King Toothless and wrinkling his nose. "And also have the Terrible Terrors clean up this mess immediately."
"Um, King Toothless? You may want to see how they are doing before we do anything else?"
"Good point, Sister Pearl. Hiccup? Buddy? You okay?" asked King Toothless as he bent down to the tangled mess of arms and legs that Stardust and Nightrainbow had rushed forward to get untangled which was not an easy knot to get untangled to be truthful.
But that's when everyone got shocked and gasped and looked at each other and was like this can't be right.
"Who are you?!" demanded Astrid first as she sat up first holding her stomach and glaring at the Draco Beings who were shocked to see her there.
But then looked at Hiccup, Boden, and Una who were younger and in different clothes then they saw them a year ago.
"Hiccup? I want to get off the ride!" moaned Una as she was holding her head. The Draco Beings looked at the little girl in the pink hoodie, jeans and purple ankle boots with the headband and pink studs.
They also looked at Boden who wore a long-sleeved teal shirt with a silver dragon on it with jeans and teal and silver sneakers and Hiccup with a green shirt with a night fury on the front under an open brown shirt, green jeans and brown shoes though his fake leg was clearly visible.
"I think the ride stopped Una. You okay, Boden?"
"I'll live. But my hair is a mess!"
"I'll make sure to fix yours and Una's hair later. Astrid, what's got you so steamed?"
"How about the funny looking people in the Renaissance costumes gawking at us?!" she pointed at them and the three of them looked up and for a few moments, they stared at them like they didn't know what they're looking at and then Hiccup cracked a smile before looking at King Toothless and asking.
"Hey, Toothless! Been so long since I seen you with a crown! How're tricks?"
Odin: James Garrett- Avatar Roku ATLA
Frigga: Eva Marie Saint- Old Katara LOK
Hel: Grey DeLisle- Azula ATLA
Kara: Nicole Oliver- Princess Celestia MLP
Eir- Carrie Keranen- Kisara Yugioh
Mist- Janet Varney- Avatar Korra
Rota- Laura Bailey- Lust- Fullmetal Alchemist
Freya- Della Reese- Tess Touched by an angel
Sjofn-Roma Downey- Monica- Touched by an Angel
Heimdall-John Dye-Andrew- Touched By an Angel
Loki- Tom Hiddleston
Sari: Brooke Goldner- Rebound- Pound Puppies 2010
Luna: Jessica DiCicco- Patches PP
Selena: Candi Milo- Irma-WITCH
Lucelia: Kali Troy- Taranne- WITCH
Hope: Liza del Mundo- Hay Lin- WITCH
Black: Logan Wells-Meelo- LOK
Gray: Nicholas Barico- child Tarrlok- LOK
Firethorn: Zach Callison- Prince James- Sofia the First
Majestic: Jacob Bertrand- child Noatak-LOK
Lightning: Alexander Martella- teen Noatak-LOK
Day Glider: Nathan Fillion- Steve Trevor- WW
Hellfire: Jennifer Hale-Cinderella
Dusk: Jane Wiedlin- Dusk of the Hex Girls
Sunburst: Kimberly Brooks- Luna of the Hex Girls
Bright Star: Elijah Runcorn-young Zuko- ATLA
Una's Friends
Brimstone Anderson: Cathy Weseluck- Spike MLP
Bloodfire Anderson: Andrea Libman- Fluttershy- MLP
Birger Milun: Gabe Eggerling- Fluke Sofia
Anranria (Ria) Milun: Katie Zieff- Calista- Cedric's niece Sofia
Lanon Luka-Conner Wise- Kazeem- a Kid Genie- Sofia
Larkin Luka- Todd Haberkorn- Elfonso- Sofia
Alle Sarryck-Merit Leighton- Lucinda- Sofia
Velika Sarryck- Zoe Robb- Teeni- the troll child in Sofia
Creel Carlieff-Kiernan Shipka- Princess Oona mermaid princess Sofia
Gala Marta- Abigail Mavity- Princess Lani- Sofia
Mrs. Breezy Milun: Alex McKenna- Senna Avatar Korra's mother
Mrs. Lily Luka: Stephanie Shen- Zhu Li- Legend of Korra
Mrs. Ewe Sarryck: Maria Bamford- Pema Tenzin's wife
Mrs. Romi Carlieff: Tress MacNeille- Avatar Yangchen
Mrs. Remi Marta: April Stewart- Raava aka Avatar Spirit
Chief Leontes Travis Willingham-King Roland II-Sofia the First
Lady Lelane- Sara Ramirez- Queen Miranda- Sofia the First
Hawly- Tuffnut's secret fiancée-Kelly Macdonald- Merida Brave
Raven Broadwing- Anna Hullum- Raven Branwen RWBY
Frigha- Johanna Braddy-Princess Yue
Odyis Agreeable- Fional Hughes- Lara El (Superman's birth mom 90's animated series)
Oswald Agreeable-Christopher McDonold -Jor-El- (Superman's birth dad 90's animated series)
Thor- Chris Hemsworth- Thor from the movies. What do you expect?
Balder- Matt Dallas- Kyle XY
Skuld- Jamie Alexander- Jessie XX- Kyle XY
Svipul- April Matson- Lori Trager- Kyle XY
Reginleif- Kirsten Prout- Amanda Bloom- Kyle XY
Olrun- Kelly Sheridan- Starlight Glimmer MLP
Bryhildr- Valerie Bertinellie- Gloria- Touched by an angel
Geiravor- Britt McKillip Princess Cadence MLP
Azrael- Dan Steven-Beast- Beauty Beast 2017
Moondust- Billy Crudup- Prince Ashitaka-Princess-Mononoke
Comet-Frankie Jonas-Souk-Ponyo
Melody-Lena Hall-Rara MLP
Harmony-Clarie Corlett-Sweetie Belle MLP