A Hogwarts Tale: Decedents of the Sun

Chapter two of my story that I amazingly finish despite all the workload that come with school and work. O.o I do hope you guys enjoy it.

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Last Time

"No it's fine!" Jack blurted out, surprised that he wanted some company. But he couldn't help but feel that this kid was similar to Stephanie in a way. Outcasted, bullied, and overall lonely. "Some company would be um fine you know." The kid sighed, relaxing visibly before closing the compartment door behind him and taking a seat opposite of Jack. He sat there looking at Jack a bit uncomfortably, his eyes glued to the floor, before looking up at Jack. "Well um what's your name?" "Jack…Jack Overland." Jack replied, giving his hand for the newcomer to shake. "So what's yours?" The kid before him hesitated before sighing deeply. "Hiccup. My name's Hiccup Haddock the Third."

Of course the wizarding world isn't just limited to the streets of London or even England in general. While some may have thrived hidden within the muggle world, there are other wizarding communities untouched by muggles for thousands of years.

One of these places would be Berk. It's an island off the coast of Norway and home to the largest population of dragons that are still wild. As my friend likes to describe Berk, it's twelve days north of Hopeless, a few degrees south of Freezing to Death and located solidly on the Meridian of Misery. Great description for an island isn't it? Makes me want to take a vacation there and relax.

Now his home isn't very typical compared to other wizarding communities. Instead of a mansion or a small town, his home, well village, is…Sturdy. From what he's told me it's been here for seven thousand generations, but despite new housing materials, they still prefer making their houses look old fashion. They surprising still fish, hunt, and farm like their ancestors did but of course with magic enchanted items. They even have a "charming view" of the sunsets, my friend made sure that I added that part at least. But despite sounding like a peaceful village, they are surrounded by dragons which like to cause a lot of trouble for the Hooligan clan. Yes, that's their name, blame their ancestors.

Dragons, not exactly the friendliest creature you'll come upon. While Berk doesn't house the most common dragons known to the wizarding world, they have the largest selections of breeds. There's the Gronkle, small compared to the other dragons on the island, but don't let its size fool you. They're as tough as they can get and only with an enchanted AXE can you even cause some damage to the Gronkle. Then there are the Nadders. They nearly resemble chickens if you just compared them to the way a chicken walks. However, despite the fact they walk on two legs they are fast creatures especially when they hunt. Not to mention they have poisonous spikes in their tails that they can throw at people. And their fire can reach temperatures that can melt enchanted metals in less than 5 seconds. Not something you want to be in the way of.

Next are the Zippleback. These dragons are very distinguished compared to other dragons since they have two heads. You would think they wouldn't get along with each other but they have excellent teamwork. Especially since one head spits out flammable gas which the other head ignites by shooting out a spark. The hooligans recommend having two wizards on the spot when facing this dragon. Then the Monstrous Nightmare is probably one of the toughest dragons on the island. While their name basically describes how they look like, they also have a nasty habit of setting themselves on fire. So physical combat with this dragon is nearly impossible and only the best wizards go after these dragons.

There's also a bunch of other dragons on this island as well. The Whispering Death, Timberjack, Skrill, Thundrum, Scaldren, Changwing are just some of the dragons that also inhabit the magical island and there's a bunch more that I can't remember at the moment. However, there's one dragon that nobody has been able to even land a hit on or even see. The Night Fury, the unholy offspring of lightening and death. They say that you should hide and pray that it doesn't find you but it's been several hundred years since one seen the outline of a Night Fury.

Now getting back on track, the Hooligan Wizards are known for their brute strength, fierceness, stubbornness, and have a Viking like personality. It also doesn't help that their clothing resembles much of their ancestors. While the children of these wizards share many traits of their parents, there's always the oddball in the group.

"HICCUP!"

And that oddball would come in the name of Hiccup. Hiccup Haddock the Third.

The boy called Hiccup winced as a loud booming voice called out his name. Compared to the other wizards on the island, Hiccup was noticeably different even compared to the kids his age. Not that there were many. Hiccup was small compared to his peers, thin, lanky, geeky looking, and despite this large green forest eyes and reddish and brown messy hair, many still despised him for a reason….he was a half-blood. His father, Stoick the Vast, or otherwise known as the Chief of the village, married a mud-blood who somehow washed up ashore after her ship got destroyed in a storm. Despite not really having any magical skills, she was quite athletic and well, give her an enchanted weapon and she could fight the dragons as well as the next wizard if not better. And one thing led to another and well Hiccup was born. He was officially the first half-blood on the island since many if not all the wizards on the island were pure-bloods. But enough about his past, let's get back to the present where our dear Hiccup, at eleven years old, was waiting for another lecture.

"Hey Dad." Hiccup squeaked as he ducked his head to avoid his father's glare. There had been another Dragon raid and Hiccup wanted to help but he once again made a mess out of everything. This time a Monstrous Nightmare followed him and burned up half the village which many of the wizards where still trying to put out with Aquamente.

Stoick looked at his only son before sighing deeply and rubbing his forehead in frustration. Unlike Hiccup, Stoick was much bulkier than most of the men in the village and at first glance you wouldn't think that Hiccup and Stoick were related unless you counted their forest green eyes. While Stoick did love his son, it seemed to be getting harder and harder to look at him without seeing his late wife. Shaking his heads of those hurtful memories, Stoick looked back at Hiccup and took a deep breath. It was going to be a very long lecture.

"Hiccup I told you to stay in the forge! Why can't you do what you're told to?" Hiccup looked up to his father and with all the courage he could muster he began to explain what he had meant to happen.

"Sorry Dad but whenever I see a dragon I just have to go out and take it down! It's um something I can't hold in!" Hiccup weakly demonstrated with his lanky arms the motions many wizards would do with their wands to perform spells to take down dragons. Stoick just sighed once again at his son who looked down as he noticed he wasn't getting to his father.

"Son you are many things, but a dragon warrior isn't one of them." Stoick groaned at his some who once again looked away in shame. "I have an entire village to take charge of. I can't be constantly worrying about you. Why can't you be just—"

"OWLS!" Someone yelled in the distance causing the large village leader to stop mid sentence and look up. The rest of the village followed his example and sure enough in the distance six owls began taking form.

"Must be Hogwarts letters." Stoick muttered before turning to the black smith of the village also known as Gobber or Stoick's right hand man even though he was missing his right leg and left arm. "Gather the rest of the youngsters with their parents and meet me in the meeting hall.

"Ay, but ya sure ya want—"

"Gobber"

" 'ight then. I'll 'ust get 'em then." Gobber huffed off to find the rest of the children of the village.

Just like every other magical child, Berk's children were offered a place at Hogwarts but most of the time, many refused to send their children off to Scotland. Berk had a…unique set of spells reserved just for fighting dragons and at Hogwarts, they wouldn't be able to learn these techniques so many just refused to send their children, preferring to teach them their own ways. However, today was going to be different for one small wizard.

"Um I guess I'll just—" Stoick quickly grabbed the escaping boy before he could even take two steps and carried him towards the Meeting Hall.

"N son, this is something you're not going to get out of. Besides I have a feeling that one of those owls is meant for you." Hiccup sighed as stopped struggling against his father's grasp.

"But everyone's going to say no. So why bother having this meeting at all?" Hiccup asked his father up surprisingly his father said nothing. "Dad?"

"Hey look who it is." A snotty voice sneered as they reached the Meeting Hall and Hiccup once again sighed. It was his cousin and his main tormentor, Snotlout. Not the greatest name, but the Berk wizards believe that a hideous name will scare off trolls. Not that they ever seen trolls since Trolls don't like the cold weather.

"Hello Snotlout." Hiccup replied as his father let go of him and entered the Meeting Hall, "I guess this won't go well considering you're here now."

"Got that right runt!" Snotlout snickered as he placed a well aimed punch to Hiccup's shoulder before heading inside with his father. Hiccup sighed heavily before running inside where the rest of the kids were waiting. There standing inside and around the large wooden table, stood eleven people, four kids, and seven adults counting his father. All with an owl in front of them and a piece of parchment unrolled. Hiccup quickly maneuvered himself around the adults and children in the room but he somehow managed to trip over air and landed on the floor hard. The children giggled mockingly at him while father merely sighed in embarrassment once again.

"ALRIGHT!" Stoick shouted to the group in order to get order back into the Hall again. His booming voice did the trick and the Hall was once again silent as his son scurried to stand at his father's side. "I didn't call this meeting so would could have a laugh. I called this meeting to deal with the Hogwart's letters."

"But Stoick," Spitelout, Stoick's brother, "None of us ever send our children to Hogwarts," He spat on the name before continuing. "We usually send the replies and be done with it. So why have such a formal meeting?" Stoick sighed before looking at his own son in anticipation and back to the occupants in the room.

"Because…Hiccup will be going to Hogwarts instead." Hiccup looked at his father hurt, shown clearly in his eyes before looking down to avoid the mocking glares of the children. In Berk, being a Dragon warrior was everything. If you didn't aspire to be one, then you would be looked down upon and possibly exiled. The only way to become a Dragon Warrior however was to take the dragon classes the island provided. The spells they learned there were much more dangerous than the ones learned at Hogwarts and they were only available here at Berk. To be sent off to Hogwarts where they taught lesser spells was just…a mockery.

Hiccup sighed as he walked out of the Hall, his father not really noticing his absence, and walked back home.

"Great, I'll never be like them now." Hiccup muttered as he ignored the sneers and insults thrown at him as he walked back to his house which was sadly at the edge of the village and at the top of the hill. All he wanted was to be like the other wizards, to be a Dragon Warrior, and fit in. Sure he was different in size, had ideals, not enough strength to even lift a barrel, and he couldn't really properly use his wand which was probably why he caused so much destruction.

Why did Hiccup have a wand so early in his life when other wizards didn't even get their wands until the age of eleven? Simple, the Hooligans wanted their children to understand magic at an early age and therefore gave them wands by the time they could walk and talk. However, unlike the rest of the wizarding world where each wizard had a different wand from their parents or ancestor, the Hooligans preferred to give their own wands to their children. Hiccup was wielding his Grandfather's wand but to his dismay, it never really answered him. Either the wand would not comply to his commands or act out on his own. Which in turn created many of the disasters that followed him.

"Don't be 'ard on yerself." Gobber's voice echoed behind Hiccup as he continued to walk to his home. Gobber must have noticed his absence and went after him to make sure he didn't cause any more accidents.

"How can I not Gobber?" Hiccup sighed drastically. "My Dad hates me and the only reason he wants to send me to Hogwarts is so he doesn't have to deal with a son like me. Oh excuse me barmaid," Hiccup began in a suddenly thick German accent "I think you brought me the wrong offspring! I ordered an extra-large boy with beefy arms, extra guts and glory on the side. This here, this is a talking fish-bone who doesn't even have pure wizarding blood!" Hiccup sighed sadly as he described what many of the villagers thought of him. Luckily, Hiccup had already arrived to his house so none of the villagers would hear his outburst. Gobber only sighed at Hiccup's behavior before saying,

"Now, you're thinkin' about this all wrong. It's not so much what you look like; it's what's inside that he can't stand." Hiccup stared at Gobber with a deadpan expression, wondering if he had really said that aloud and if he meant it to be comforting, before sighing.

"Thank you for summing that up."

"Look Hiccup, stop tryin' to be somethin' yer not—"

"I just want to be like one of you guys!" Hiccup nearly shouted as he turned to face Gobber one last time before heading in. "Is that really too much to ask?" Without giving Gobber a chance to say anything Hiccup closed the door to his home and slid down the wooden door.

"Why can't I just fit in? Why?" And for the rest of that day and night, Hiccup never came out of his room, just too tired with everything and how things just turned out.

"Hiccup! Are ye ready!" Gobber's voice echoed throughout the Haddock's house in the early morning.

"I'm coming Gobber." Hiccup called back as he finished packing the last of the necessities he would need while he stayed at the Leaky Cauldron. Something his father had decided for him beforehand. As he walked down the stairs, he looked around his house one last time, seeing that he would be back only for Christmas and the summer, before sighing deeply. He would miss his house and he would surely miss Gobber's company and dare he say it, his father as well. Stoick was the only family he had left and even if he didn't listen to Hiccup most of the time, he still loved his father. Would it have been too much to ask for his Father to see him off though? Seeing that his breakfast was already in the sink, it didn't look like it.

"Got everythin'?" Gobber asked as he replaced his hooked hand with a more normal prosthetic hand instead. It wouldn't do to scare the British Wizards with his weapon.

"Yeah…you sure you want to go out like that?" Hiccup asked hesitantly as he noticed Gobber's choice of clothing. While he wasn't wearing the normal outfit the Hooligan wizards wore, the robes he wore were definitely out of style. It was patched up with various cloths, none matching each other, and the color…he didn't even want to go into that.

"Wha'? This? Why it's me very first robe I wore when I went to London!" Gobber smiled proudly. "I'm not taking it off." Hiccup sighed realizing it was a lost cause. At least his outfit wasn't as bad. Sure it would still give him attention—after all he wore a long green tunic with brown pants, a woolen vest, and fur boots—but at least he looked somewhat normal.

"Fine…Odin kill me now." Hiccup muttered as Gobber grabbed his shoulder and Hiccup prepared himself what he deemed the worst way to travel…Apparition.

"Hold onto yer undies!" Gobber shouted. Hiccup closed his eyes as he felt the familiar pull from his stomach and his only thought at that moment was not to throw up when they made it to their destination.

"Oh mighty Thor," Hiccup muttered, nearly hurling his breakfast up as his feet finally made contact with concrete floor. They had appeared somewhere behind an alley and from the looks of it, in the dead center of London. Hiccup had read enough about the outside world—yes the Hooligan wizards did in fact read about the outside world contrary popular belief—to know that he was actually in a muggle city. "I hate traveling like that—"

"Ah lighten up Hiccup!" Gobber smiled, not the least bit affected by the travel method but then again many Hooligan wizards weren't affected by this method of travel. "Apparition ain't that bad. Come on then! We got a lot ter buy." Gobber smiled as he walked out of the alley, completely oblivious to the stares and whispers from muggle bystanders.

"Right." Hiccup sighed heavily as he followed his guardian into a tavern called The Leaky Cauldron. As he entered, the potent smell of alcohol flooded his senses that it nearly made him gag however, he willed himself to ignore the smell as much as he could and quickly followed Gobber to the counter where an older man stood cleaning glasses for customers.

"Tom! Still workin' here eh!" Gobber shouted, gaining the man's attention who smiled warmly at the Hooligan wizard.'

"Gobber! I didn't think you would come back here. Up for a drink? On the house." Tom offered, holding a drink out for Gobber, Gobber chuckled, pushing away the temping drink with his prosthetic arm.

"Ah I wish but I got to get Hiccup here his stuff. He's attendin' Hogwarts this year." Gobber smiled as he grabbed the scrawny wizard to his side. Hiccup awkwardly waved at the bartender who looked at Hiccup with surprise. After all it wasn't every day you meet an unusually small Hooligan wizard, not to mention is name was rather….different.

"I see…well if you're done early, I'll save a spot for you and little Hiccup here." Tom smiled as he put away the alcoholic drink.

"Appreciate it—oh one more thin'." Gobber exclaimed as he remembered why he was here as well. "You still have spare rooms for students attendin' Hogwarts right?" Tom nodded.

"There's at least five available rooms…are you and Hiccup planning to stay until the train boards at KingCross express?"

"Yup so I'll be comin' here more often Tom." Gobber laughed as he pulled Hiccup away from the bar. "See yer later Tom!"

"Who was that?" Hiccup asked as Gobber led the both of them to a door that led to a brick wall.

"That's Tom. He's in charge of the Leaky Cauldron. Not only is he a bartender but he also houses witches and wizards here. It's also the entrance to Diagon Alley." Gobber smiled as he pulled out his wand and frowned at the wall. "Now how did the code go again…"

"I can get Tom to—"

"Not necessary Hiccup!" Gobber quickly replied, "I got this." Taping his wand on several bricks, Gobber smiled as the wall began to pull apart. "See I told you I got—it."Gobber muttered as the bricks finally revealed what was on the other side of the wall. Instead of the brightly and bumbling streets Hiccup read so much about, they were greeted with a dark, looming street with hardly any people strolling by. And the people that were there…they were suspicious enough already. Their clothing were tattered, ripped, and so dark that they nearly blended into the walls.

"I don't think this is Diagon Alley…" Hiccup muttered, unconsciously moving closer to his guardian. A wizard took notice of their presence and sneered at the pair before going on his way.

"No but's close. It's Knockturn Alley, just a little bit off from Diagon Alley. Don't worry I remember the way." Gobber smiled as he pushed Hiccup forward, despite his protesting. Hiccup watched helplessly as the wall behind them closed and gave no way to return that way. "Come on Hiccup, We don't have all day!"

"Why does this always happen to me?" Hiccup muttered as he quickly followed Gobber—as fast as his skinny legs could take him—and avoided any other wizards he came across. Hiccup only prayed that this day wouldn't get any worse.

"See I told you I knew where it was!" Gobber proudly smiled as he placed a hand on Hiccup's shoulder as they finally reached Diagon Alley. Hiccup sighed in relief, glad that they were finally out of the darker part of Diagon Alley. However, he still sighed as he heard several witches and wizards muttering about their clothing. He still stuck out like a sore thumb and Gobber wasn't helping.

"Alright! Time to exchange our money." Gobber said as he motioned to the largest building of the magical market place. "Shame these places don't take our money."

"I wonder why." Hiccup muttered as he followed Gobber, ignoring all the muttering around them, aimed at them personally. He knew what most wizards thought of them and it bothered him a bit that even though he was going to somewhere new, he was still going to be judged.

Berkian Wizards weren't known to be the kindest nor the most sociable. They were tough, stayed within their clan and didn't bother to get to other people. So most wizards were surprised to see two Berkian wizards walking through Diagon Alley and tried to stay out of their way.

"It looks like I won't even fit in here." Hiccup muttered, his shoulders slowly sagging and lowered his head to avoid anyone gaze. However, in that moment he failed to notice a body heading towards him until both collided with each other and fell onto the cobble stone floor.

"Oh crap! I'm so sorry!" A female's voice apologized. "I got a bit lost and didn't see where I was going. Here let me help you." Hiccup opened his eyes to see a young girl, probably around his age, with short black hair and brown eyes giving out her hand for him to take.

"Thanks." Hiccup muttered as she pulled him up, nearly falling over again as she pulled a bit too hard.

"Sorry! You're just lighter than you look. Like my friend is." The girl muttered nervously. "I'm Stephanie. And sorry about earlier." Hiccup looked at the girl before smiling himself. She seemed very kind and caring.

"No it was my fault, I should have watched where I was going. I'm um…er…Hiccup." Hiccup sighed preparing himself for laughter and mockery. Instead he only heard her gasp.

"Hiccup? Are you by any chance from Berk?" While surprised that she could tell he was from Berk, he had a feeling that she would judge him like many other would.

"…Yes? How can you tell?" Hiccup asked slowly unsure of her reaction and scared to find out how she could figure out his nationality just by his name. He definitely didn't expect to hear her squeal excitedly as she grabbed his hands and pulled him closer.

"Oh my god! So is it true? That Dragons roam the island and that your clan keeps them in check?" Hiccup nodded slowly, shocked at her interest in his family's job. "And I probably sound weird…I should stop talking." Stephanie muttered, red dusting her cheeks as she realized her reaction. "Sorry about that. I've read a lot about the different wizarding communities and I was interested in Berk since it's the only place that has a large number of wild dragons. I love dragons…" She finished awkwardly. Hiccup chuckled as she pouted at him.

"It's alright, it's actually…refreshing to hear someone actually liking Berk." Hiccup smiled. "So um are you going to err Hogwarts too?" Suddenly the girl's smile turned into a frown as she looked away.

"No…I'm actually a muggle. My parents and I are helping my neighbor get his school supplies and also help them adjust to the wizarding world." Hiccup gave her a curious glance.

"But how can your parents—"

"They're half-bloods and they also adopted me. So yeah." Stephanie muttered. "They taught me about the magical communities so yeah, that's why I know so much about it." They stood there for a while, the rest of the wizards and Witches moving around them chatting about potions or school supplies and ignoring the small awkward silence between the two eleven year olds.

"So um…where are you headed to anyways?" Stephanie coughed to get rid of the silence. Grateful for the change of subject, Hiccup cleared his throat and answered her.

"Oh to Gringotts, but it seems Gobber hasn't noticed that I'm not there with him." Hiccup grumbled. However, Stephanie immediately brightened up.

"Oh I just passed that place a couple of minutes ago. Come on I'll show you." Stephanie smiled as she grabbed his hand and pulled him through the crowd of wizards and witches alike. "Mum and Dad had to help Jack's parents exchange some of their muggle money into Gallons and whatnot. The goblins scared Jack a bit but I just think they're just misunderstood creatures."

"Wait actual goblins?" Hiccup asked, curious that wizards actually trusted goblins to keep their money safe.

"Yup, according to mum and dad they're the best at keeping money or anything valuable safe. Don't you have goblins at Berk? I heard there's a lot of magical creatures on Berk." Hiccup shook his head.

"Not as much as you think, we mainly have dragons, a couple of man eating plants, and a few huge Venomous Spiders hiding in the forest of Fallen Warriors." Hiccup said casually, ignoring Stephanie's shocked look.

"Man now I really want to visit Berk." Stephanie laughed, "It sounds very interesting. Only if my Mum would stop being so over protective of me over magic." Stephanie laughed, before stopping abruptly. "Well here we are, Gringott's bank. It's a bit old and well you know but it's the best wizarding bank ever. Is that um…your guardian?" Stephanie hesitantly asked as she pointing to Gobber who was now frantically looking around him probably for hiccup. "He has a very um nice sense of—"

"Fashion yeah I noticed." Hiccup sighed as he tried to ignore the embarrassment his guardian was causing. "Thanks for helping me and I wish your friend luck. He's a muggle right?" Stephanie nodded.

"It's no problem and who knows maybe you two will meet and I can see you some more." Stephanie smiled before pulling him into a hug. "And I know it's gonna be tough trying to fit in since not many people have good opinions on Berk wizards but you'll do just fine if you ignore all the bullying." Hiccup stiffened immediately, wondering how she knew about his bullying when she whispered with a sad smile, "When you get bullied a lot you tend to notice when other people get bullied too. They have the same smile." Hiccup stared into Stephanie's face realizing that she too shared the same smile he wore whenever he met anyone. Guarded but also a bit open, hoping that someone would see the pain he endured and help.

"Well I think I should go and look for my parents." Stephanie said, interrupting Hiccup's thoughts. "Good luck at Hogwarts and if you see Jack say hello for me and who knows, maybe the two of will be great friends." Without saying another word, Stephanie waved goodbye before turning around and heading down an alley where a large orange joke shop attracted several dozen witches and wizards, although most of them were young. Hiccup stood there for a moment before realizing that he didn't know what this Jack person looked like and he really didn't fancy getting lost again.

"There ya are Hiccup! I've been lookin' all over fer ya!" Gobber said, slapping a hand on the skinny boy's back nearly sending him to the ground.

"Yeah getting lost was on the top of my do to list for Diagon Alley." Hiccup sarcastically said before sighing. "Let's just get this over with." The two of them started to head towards the Gringotts bank before he heard a familiar laughter along the lines of 'Jack! Give me my ice cream back!' As he turned around he saw the familiar blob of black hair running further down the alley chasing a small boy with brown hair but before Hiccup could get a better look at him, a couple witches stood in his way and blocked his view.

"Hiccup!"

"Coming." Hiccup said, jogging after his guardian, wondering who was Jack and if he would really meet him at Hogwarts.

"Yer sure ya got everything? That list seems a bit impractical. I mean when are ya gonna use some of the ingredients here? None of them can take down a dragon—"

"Because they don't teach dangerous potions making at Hogwarts remember Gobber?" Hiccup sighed as he pushed his cart of school items through the train station. He tried to ignore the strange looks many of the muggles gave him as he and Gobber walked through the train station but the whispering began to get louder. He wondered if the muggles would call the equivalent of aruors on them.

"You would think, the wizards here would 'ave chosen a better place to put their entrance to Hogwarts. Muggles here would 'ave noticed somethin' by now." Gobber grumbled before muttering something about muggles and wizards.

"For once you actually make a point." Hiccup muttered, shocked by his own choice of words before a small smile made it on his face as Gobber gave him a light slap on his head.

"Yeah, yeah, make fun of the cripple eh?" Gobber laughed before grabbing's Hiccup's shoulder, effectively stopping him from taking another step. Hiccup was about to complain to his guardian when he noticed that they finally arrived at the entrance of Platform 9 ¾. "Well…what are yer waitin' for? Go on." Gobber nodded towards the wall, motioning Hiccup to walk through it.

"Somehow I'm beginning to doubt the wizards' ability to make sensible entrances." Hiccup grumbled before he took a deep breath and stared hard at the brick wall before pushing his cart as fast as he could. Despite his scrawny figure, Hiccup actually had his share of muscles. After all he worked as an apprentice to Gobber who helped create the enchanted weapons the Berk wizards used to fend off the dragons. He carried heavy metals almost on a daily basis, but that didn't automatically make him muscular.

Even though Hiccup knew that the wall in front of him would open up to wizards, he still couldn't help but close his eyes as he neared the brick wall. There could be that 1% chance that the wall wouldn't open up to him and he would crash and he didn't want to dwell on that matter. He felt a cool breeze pass through him before he finally heard the high pitch train whistle.

Slowly Hiccup opened his eyes and gaped at the sight before him. Even though he lived on an island housing mainly wizards, KingsCross station held an aura of magic that he had never been able to experience at Berk. Everywhere he look, wizards and witches giggled, laughed, or smiled happily as they made their way to the bright red and black train. Hiccup let himself smile as he ducked his head to avoid destroying the enchanted paper dragon that flew above his head before heading towards a group of older children wearing Hogwarts robes.

"Well what do yer know. This place is actually breaktakin'. Not as great as Dragon Training but it has its own charms." Hiccup chuckled at his guardian's comparison to Berk's own opening ceremony for the children entering the Dragon Training Academy. Sure there were a lot more magic displays and more mead and lots of Viking like competition but the enchanted magic displays were always Hiccup's favorite for as long as he could remember. To see similar enchantments here at the Hogwarts train felt comforting to the Berk wizard.

"Yeah, it has its own charms…." The train whistle blew once more and as the duo turned to see the time, Hiccup gasped as he realized he only had about ten minutes to get his stuff on the train and find a compartment. Sensing his slight panic, Gobber helped Hiccup maneuver his cart towards the cargo and before Hiccup could even begin unpacking, Gobber muttered something and with a wave of his wand, all of Hiccup's belongings flew into the cargo, nearly hitting the train conductor who was helping another student to unload his luggage.

"Oh sorry 'bout that." Gobber said offhandedly as Hiccup winced as he saw the conductor's annoyed face. He tried to mouth 'sorry' but Gobber pushed him away and towards the entrance where the students were beginning to board the train. However, both of them stood at the side of the door, not really sure what to say to one another.

Hiccup knew that Berk wizards aren't really known for feeling compassion but Gobber basically raised him ever since his mother died and his father…sort of forgot his role as a father. He cared for the disabled wizard but he also wasn't known to give emotional statements. After all, he would be back for Snoggletog. "Well…this is it." Gobber stood there and cough awkwardly before giving him a small smile and patted him on the shoulder. "Well…study hard, and um make us proud eh?" Hiccup gave the Berk wizard a smiled.

"Thanks Gobber…for everything." The train whistle blew once more and Gobber gave him one last look.

"Well, go on then! Can't have you miss your train now." With a nod of his head, Hiccup turned around and boarded the train, not before taking one last look at Gobber.

"Bye…" He whispered to himself before entering the train compartment. He nearly tripped as he finally made it to the hallway, maneuvering his way through the crowd of wizard children, eager to enter their compartments.

"Hey did you hear about the Potter kid?!"

"Yeah My parents say that their second kid is gonna be in our year! How cool is that?"

"I hope I'm sorted into Gryffindor then! Maybe I'll become friends with them and…" Hiccup tuned out to the rest of the conversation knowing what the kid had in mind. Not to mention he really didn't want to listen to the gossip surrounding the Potter family. Even though Berk was probably one of the most secluding wizarding communities, even they knew about the story surrounding the Boy-who-lived and his heroics during the battle of Hogwarts.

It's not like I'll even make friends with him, I'll be lucky if I get ONE kid to even like me. Hiccup sighed as he opened a compartment door before being pushed roughly aside.

"Get lost first year, this is our compartment, a Slytherin, judging by the green emblem on his robes, sneered as his friends laughed, closing the door in front of him. Hiccup sighed heavily before making his way further down the train. As he looked through the remaining train compartments, Hiccup saw several students laughing amongst each other and despite looking much friendlier than the Slytherin student he bumped into, Hiccup didn't bother opening them up. They probably would tell him that they were full and Hiccup would be wondering along the corridors again. Finally as he reached the end of the corridor, he saw that there was a lone compartment with no one in it.

Finally a place. Hiccup thought as he opened the door thinking that he could have room all to himself only to see another boy laying on one of the large couches. Realizing that it was a bit too late to close the door and excuse himself, Hiccup said the only think that came to his mind.

"Oh um sorry I didn't mean to um…can I sit here? Everywhere else is full." Hiccup wanted to smack himself for sounding so nervous and weak and if he could, he wanted to crawl into a hole and die as he saw the bruntette boy—about his size, but definitely had more meat on him—sizing him up. After seconds of silence, Hiccup sighed and prepared to leave. "So I'll take that as a no."

It seems even a loner doesn't even want anything to do with me—

"No it's fine!" The boy shouted, surprising Hiccup. "Some company would be um fine you know." Hiccup let out a deep breath he didn't know he was holding in and his shoulders relaxed considerably. He gave the boy a small smile as he closed the compartment door behind him. Despite having been invited in, Hiccup still felt rather awkward and took a seat on the opposite bench. Now that he was now inside of the compartment, Hiccup's courage—the little he had—disappeared and just like every time he found himself nervous and uncomfortable his eyes immediately went to the floor.

"Well um what's your name?" Hiccup squeaked out peaking from the floor.

"Jack…Jack Overland." The boy—Jack—replied, giving his hand for Hiccup to shake. "So what's yours?" Hiccup winced as he realized he had walked right into that one.

Well there goes any chance of making friends with him. He's probably going to make fun of my name. Why don't you think of something to else to ask Haddock?

"Hiccup. My name's Hiccup Haddock the Third." Hiccup sighed heavily. "Yeah I know it's a weird name. Laugh it up." Hiccup muttered as he heard the boy in front of him trying to hold back a chuckle.

"Sorry, I mean. I really didn't mean to…it's just. Wow, your parents had um….it's a unique name?" Jack finished lamely giving him a nervous smile.

"Well, considering everyone on Berk has similar names to mine, it's not really that uncommon…." Hiccup muttered dejectedly before noticing a gleam in Jack's eye.

"What?" "No way you're from Berk?!" Hiccup gave him a slight nod, watching as Jack's smile increased before laughing. "Oh my god, Steph is not going to believe me when I tell her about you! She always had an interest in dragons and wanted to visit Berk! But since she's not magical her mom wont her near dragons." Hiccup's jaw dropped in disbelief as Jack continued to laugh.

"A-a muggle?!"

How does a muggle know about dragons? Let alone Berk!? How did he—

"Oh I guess I should explain." Jack smiled as he wiped away a tear. "Steph is my next door neighbor and her parents are half-bloods?...Yeah Half-bloods. She was adopted and grew up knowing about the magical world. She and her parents really helped me kind of adjust to the whole wizarding word."

"Wait so you're a muggle-born?" Hiccup asked, as Jack game him another eye smile, nodding happily.

"Yup! At least I think that's the term? I kind of tuned out of Steph's lecturing." Hiccup chuckled, picturing a nameless girl lecturing Jack as he looked out from a window before getting hit by said girl as she noticed his glassy eyes. "She probably would have fit right in Hogwarts." Jack's face turned somber as he looked out the window. "Yeah….she really wanted to go here…" Before Hiccup could say anything else, the door to their compartment opened once more, revealing a red head girl—her frizzy and outrageously curly hair took both boy's by surprise, they never knew such hair style could even exist—with blue eyes scowling as she saw both boys staring at her dumbly.

"Another compartment taken." She muttered, closing the door close before any of the boys could get a word in. They looked at each other before Jack shrugged his shoulders.

"Girls are weird like that. Trust me, Steph had her moments too." Hiccup just nodded, not really having any experience with girls whatsoever.

"I wonder who was that though…"

"Probably a stuck up second year…or maybe a pureblood? Steph told me that a lot of Purebloods were kind of like that. But occasionally there are a couple that are decent."

"Well…" The door to their compartment opened once more and this time a small girl with a long blonde hair, carefully peaked through the compartment door as her chameleon stared down the two boys. Despite being a small reptile, both boys couldn't help but gulp nervously under the reptilian gaze.

"That's creeping me out…" Jack muttered to Hiccup who could only nod.

"Um….do you think I can sit here? It's probably the only place that my hair won't take up much space." She squeaked out.

"Hair? What do you—oh Odin's beard that's a lot of hair!" Hiccup cried as he finally took notice of the blonde's hair. He had thought her hair when down to her lower back but as he twisted his body to get a good look at her hair, he saw how it bunched up at her feet before it went down the corridors.

"Damn, I never knew hair could even grow that long…" Jack muttered his eyes wide as he also saw the length of the girl's hair.

"Oh um, I guess I'll find another compartment then. Sorry for bothering you two." The blonde girl squeaked quickly turning around to exit the compartment. However, before she could even take a step, the hair bunched at her feet, tangled her foot together and she fell to the floor with a loud thud.

"Need some help?" Jack asked as he gave the blonde girl his hand to take. In return the girl smiled brightly at his kindness.

"Thank you. I um…it's kind of hard to get out of this hair sometimes…My name's Rapunzel, what's yours?" Rapunzel asked as Jack helped her get untangled from her hair and pulled it inside the compartment, taking up one seat by itself.

"He's Jack and I'm um…Hiccup." Hiccup introduced himself, blushing out of nervousness. However, Rapunzel didn't notice and smiled brightly back at the two boys.

"Hello Jack, Hiccup! I hope we become the best of friends!"

"Sure why not?" Jack smiled as he held his hands behind his head and smiled brightly at Rapunzel before looking at Hiccup. "What do you say Hic?"

"Hic?" Hiccup nearly choked out as Jack continued to smile, not really noticing Hiccup's bright red face. No one really gave him a nickname—ok they did but they were mostly insults—and it surprised him.

"Well, yeah I give all my friends nicknames. Like Steph. Her real name is Stephanie but that's really long and not that creative so I dubbed her Steph."

"Oh can I have one too?" Rapunzel smiled, eager to get a nickname as well.

"Sure! Let's see…Punzie! You are now Punzie!" Jack laughed as Rapunzel gave him a hug.

"I love it! Thanks Jack!" Jack laughed whole hearted as he patted her back. "No problem, that's what friends are for." Hiccup felt his face heat up again once more. He never really had any friends back and Berk and for someone to call him a friend so quickly, it made his heart flutter. "So to pass the time who wants to play cards?" Both Rapunzel and Hiccup gave Jack a curious look as he took out a deck of cards.

"How do we play that?"

And finite! Sorry that it's not that great—and probably not as long as the first chapter but I'm working on it. So please be patient with me. So anyways we have now introduced Hiccup and up next will be Merida! And then after that will be Rapunzel so please hold on. I'm still working on the chapters and having the life of a college student doesn't leave much time to write. Also I'm thinking of posting my SNK story that I'm writing with my friend up here to Fanfic. It's very OC so I'm not entirely sure if anyone will like it. So what do you think I should do? Anyways, thank you for reading this chapter and please Review, Fav, Alert, etc. They really make my day. Until next time.