(Chapter Two)

(With the Gang) (Turdas 26th)

The next morning the gang were hanging out in the Great Hall having breakfast before they went out to do their daily things "Have you guys seen that new guy around, my dad told me that there's been talk about someone new on the island, but I haven't seen him" Snotlout asked taking a bit of his bread "No, I don't think I've seen him" Fishlegs answered, the twins shook their heads.

"I've seen him" they all turned to Astrid "When?"

"Yesterday, he was in the blacksmith with Gobber, I didn't bother to ask why" they were all staring at her with interest "Do you think he'll be there again? I would like to ask him if he has dragons where he came from and what kind they are" She shrugged her shoulders.

"Who knows, maybe, but he has a strange looking sword… I think he called it a katana or something like that" none of them seemed to know what that is… well the ones who were paying attention, the twins were arguing with each other "Never heard of a weapon like that but I bet I could find a book with mention of it"

"I bet it's just to make him look good, whenever we get visitors with weird looking weapons that say they know how to use them but when tested against me they lose automatically" Snotlout boasted making his ego grow "That's because you choose those that are weaker then you but this guy… he's different, he seems like a person who could be a challenging opponent, I even told him if he ever wanted to spar he could come find me"

Snotlout looked at her with narrowed eyes taking her excitement the other way 'This new guy is trying to steal my girl, I better find him and give him a warning' Snotlout thought, standing up "Well, I better get going, I need to do some training to keep this good-looking body" Astrid let out a gaging noise and Fishlegs just rolled his eyes but made sure that he didn't see him. The twins eventually stopped arguing and went off to probably go prank someone leaving just Astrid and Fishlegs by themselves.

Fishlegs cleared his throat "Hey Astrid, do you think you could introduce me to this guy?" she looked at him "Um… I don't know, I just met him yesterday, it wasn't even for long either and I don't even think I know his name or even told him mine but you want I guess I could" she shrugged her shoulders standing up, Fishlegs followed.

They left the hall in silence not really having much to say to one another since they usually don't walk together without the rest of the gang. They could see smoke coming from the smoke stack. They walked in silence as they were approaching the forge now being able to see a figure or two inside "Hey Gobber" Astrid called grabbing the blacksmiths attention "Hey lass, what brings you here, already dulled your axe again?" he laughed, she shook her head followed by a smile.

"Not this time, Fishlegs was wanting me to introduce him to the new guy that was here yesterday, he wants to ask him a couple of questions about dragons" Gobber stroked his mustache with his hook "I haven't seen him this morning, I think he went back…" he eyes trailed over to the forest as he caught eye of someone walking out of it "Oh… there he is" he pointed.

"Thank you Gobber" he waved them off, watching them make their way towards Draco.

(Couple of minutes Earlier)

"Aanwo rund zey usliik dahsul" those words rang through his head all night and still do 'I wonder if that person told the village' he wondered deep in thought. He was so deep in thought that he didn't know that he was already out of the woods and walking into the village. Draco didn't notice the two people that were heading in his direction until he heard someone call out towards him "Hey!" he looked to see who it was 'It's that maiden from yesterday'

"Hey" he greeted back tiredly. He looked next to her and saw a heavy-set guy with short blonde hair and a few stubs on his chin "How may I help you both?"

"Fishlegs here wanted to ask you a few questions" Draco eyed the man but notice that he's making him nervous so he looked back at the blonde maiden "What kind of questions?" She shrugged "Dragons probably, he studies about them and rights down any info that he finds in the dragon manual"

"I guess I could answer a few of those questions but I want to go get something to eat" he walked around them heading for the Great Hall to grab some grub "Is it ok if I come with you?" Fishlegs asked nervously. Draco motions to the man to follow continuing he way to the Great Hall. Fishlegs scurried away from Astrid catching up to Draco but stayed a couple of feet behind him. Fishlegs scanned the man from the side as he took in his features, armor and the weapon that Astrid called a Katana "So that's what a Katana looks like?" He whispered. Draco heard this "Yes, it is, it's common in a land far east of here, the blade is folded to make it thin but it can hold its own in battle" he explained.

Fishlegs then noticed the braces around his wrists "Those don't look like any normal braces" Draco looks over his shoulder "They're not but hold the questions after I eat something" Fishlegs quickly nodded not wanting to anger him even though he spoke calmly Fishlegs felt like he was annoying him.

As Draco entered the Great Hall he was greeted by some courious stares from the few people that were already here. He paid no attention to them as he made his way through the massive hall "Where do you grab the food?" Draco asked scanning the room.

"I'll go get it for you" Fishlegs scurried off to go grab his food before he could say anything 'He's a weird one' he thought as he went over to an empty table. He waited for about a minute before Fishlegs came back with a plate with bread, chicken and a cup of mead. Draco eyed the food then dug in eating the chicken first.

He swallowed the piece of chicken then spoke "So, what do you want to know?"

"I want to know what kind of Dragons you have where you come from, if you have any that is" Draco took a bite of his bread then grabbed a small journal from underneath his robe placing it on the table "There are a couple of dragons from where I come from" he flipped through the pages until he landed on a drawing of a dragon flying in the clouds. On the sides of the drawing was stats. Size, what ability it has, strength, habitat etc. Fishlegs looked over the stats with excitement.

"The size on this thing is… it's huge, bigger than any dragon we've encounter so far, e-even the wingspan… it's big enough to cover up to five… no wait, six people" he stuttered. Draco just watched the man look at his book while he ate his food 'Raven could get along with this guy' he smiled hoping that one day he could see them. The man that sat in front of him was looking at him "Is 'Blood Dragon' the name of this species?" Draco nods

"They're common from where I come from but they're annoying to deal with"

"You've killed one before?"

"I've killed up to seven of them, like I said they're common but I didn't do it without help"

"How many of them have you killed, by yourself I mean?"

"Three" he bluntly replied taking a sip of his mead "The first one was the hardest since it was my first time fighting one, the second one was already injured, it's wings were torn so it couldn't fly, and the third was attacking a town I was visiting, it killed a few people I knew but I was able to help the rest"

"Did they come from a nest?" he shook his head "No, it would be complicated to explain" Fishlegs could tell that he doesn't want to talk about it so his going to drop it… for now, until he feels ready "Um…" he mentally facepalmed himself, he doesn't even know this guy's name, so stupid "Draco, my name is Draco Ryder" he could tell that this guy was trying to think of his name but remembered that he never told him or anyone else for that matter… well except for Gobber, now he feels stupid "Oh… um, Draco, um… did you perhaps write down any of the other dragon species that you've run into?"

He takes the book from Fishleg's hands, flipped through a couple of pages until he landed on another page with a different looking dragon. He handed the book back to Fishlegs "That dragon is different from others, most dragons go by the name of their species but this one goes by a name, like you and me. He goes by the name Alduin aka 'The World Eater' that's what his known"

"It was told that he was meant to bring the end of days to Midgard but a group of warriors chased him all the way up to the tallest mountain that's been named 'The Throat of the World' they fought the dragon with all they had but to their dislike he escaped. It took them days to find him again and when they did they had to fight their way through a horde of dragons. It took them about an hour or so before they reached him but this time he wasn't getting away. They made sure of it" Draco didn't notice that while he was telling his story people started to gather around.

He continued "They decided to trap Alduin. It took a couple of tries but eventually they did it, they trapped him. When he was trapped they surrounded him and attacked him with everything they had. Swing after swing, slash after slash they were cutting through his hide until one of them was able to slash his neck causing his blood to spill. He let out a painfilled roar before thrashing at them trying to shake them off but failed when his wing was cut straight off"

The crowd around him was so immersed with his story they didn't realize that the chief walked in "Alduin let out one more roar, shaking the ground under their feet before he fell going still. The life from his eyes faded and the warriors let out a victory cry knowing that Alduin's rein has ended" he finished taking one more gulp of his mead but froze when he noticed the others.

"Um… how may I help you?"

"Was that all true?" asked a viking with a bucket on his head. Draco scanned the crowed seeing that they're all waiting for him to answer, 'I guess it can't hurt to tell a little truth' "Yes it's true because my friends and I were those warriors" the crowed was shocked.

"Wait… so you fought that… demon?" Draco nodded looking down at the picture "We almost lost our lives fighting that thing" he took the book the book away from Fishlegs which was disappointed "Where are you going?"

"I need to do what I came here to do" he eyes landed on Stoick "I came here to see if there was any way for me to get a message out"

"Johann will be arriving within a weeks' time. If you could wait till then, then you could give it to him" Johann is one of Berks common traders that came by every so often with info, long stories of his adventures and usually had some interesting goods from distant lands "I can wait" Draco stood up to take his leave. The hall was silent as they watched him leave but when the doors closed behind him murmurs started to spread like wild fire.

"Who is that guy?" "What is that weapon that he carries?" "Where is he from?" the questions kept building. Outside of the hall Draco was standing in front of the doors of the hall listening in on all of the commotion 'I guess I should've held back on my story a little bit' he shook his head. He looked over the village from the top of the stone stairs 'I can't get to attached to this place' he thought thinking of his old home.

"Hey you!" Draco pulled his attention away from his thoughts then to the person that was approaching him "You the new guy, right?" Draco only nods "Good" the man standing in front of him had an evil glint in his eyes "My name is Snotlout, the heir of Stoick the Vast and soon to be chief of Berk, I'm here to say hello and it's good to have you on Berk" Draco could tell that this Snotlout guy was just being an asshole but didn't comment on it and just let the guy keep talking.

"Also, I'm here to give you a slight warning" he leaned forward and spoke in a whispered tone "Astrid, she's my girl. We're kind of a thing so don't think that you could come here and take her from me" Ohhh… that's why his bugging him "Never planned to" he pushed past Snotlout without another word leaving him with a victorious smile 'That guy's an idiot' Draco thought letting a sigh.

He decided to head back to the forge to see if Gobber would know of any locations where he could find some moonstone or ebony ore. On his way to the forge he could hear the blacksmith talking to someone but no one was outside so who is he talking to?

"Hey Gobber" the big man turned with a smile "What you doing in town today? Did you need to finish up your projects?" he shook his head "No, I finished them last night"

"They work?"

"Yes" He held up his wrist flicking it. The blade quickly came out of its hiding place startling the blacksmith. His eyes widened in amazement "That's amazing, how d'ya make that"

"It's quite simple, it uses a couple of springs and a small crank" showing him the underside of the brace revealing the underside and the small symbol that works as the crank that pulls the weapon back "See" he spun the small symbol as the blade was slowly retracting into the brace. A couple of seconds later the blade was completely hidden "That's… quite impressive lad but isn't it kind of small for combat?"

"It's meant for stealth attacks and close quarter combat"

"Are they able to hold in battle?"

"Yes, but if someone hits them in the right spot they can snap the blade off of the hinge"

"So why do ya need them? You 'ave that sword of yers so why need those?"

"Just in case" he shrugged. The blacksmith eyed him but didn't push the subject "If they're done then why ya 'ere?"

"At first I came by to ask Stoick if there was anyone who could get a message out for me. He told me that a trader will be coming soon and told me to wait and now I'm here to ask you if there were any locations where I could mine ebony or moonstone?" he groomed his mustache with his good hand thinking. The materials are rare and are not really found in places like this but it didn't hurt to ask.

"I've never heard of such materials, could you describe them for me?"

"Ebony is a rough blackish looking ore while moonstone is a smooth white ore" it was quite difficult to describe to someone who's never seen them before. He closed his eyes shaking his head "Sorry lad, I've never seen those kinds of materials but maybe Johann has, ask him when he comes in"

"Ok, thanks Gobber… oh before I go I was wondering to whom you were talking to before I got here?"

"I was talking to my apprentice, 'iccup! Come 'ere lad!" from the corner of his eye he could the cloth that covered the backroom start to shift revealing a thin man around his size but an inch shorter, auburn hair and emerald green eyes that carried so much life in them as well… sorrow? "'iccup this is Draco, his new here" Draco looked over the man then remembered what Galaxy told him last night "It was a young man with bright emerald green eyes, with reddish hair as well had a small scar on his chin"

So, it was him that found Galaxy. Draco held out a hand which Hiccup slowly took "N-Nice to meet you" his voice was shaky, filled with worry. Probably because he might have put two and two together as well saw the saddle on Galaxies back. He mentally slapped himself "I've heard you make some strange inventions, is that true?" Hiccup only nodded not really sure what to say.

"Cool, maybe someday you could show me some, I make small projects every now and again but only if they're necessary" he gestured to his brace showing him the underside of it "This is one of my few projects that I worked on yesterday, it's a hidden blade" Hiccup was examining the strange weapon slowly reaching out to touch it but stopped in mid reach when he remembered who he was talking to "H-How did you get that to work?"

"With a few small parts and…" an annoying voice cut him short "Hey useless, how's it hanging?" Snotlout… he is seriously getting annoying.

"O-Oh hey, S-Snotlout, what do you want?"

"I came to see my wonderful cousin, is that so wrong?" Draco watched the two carefully having a weird feeling that something is going to happen in the next couple of minutes "N-No I guess not but…" Snotlout placed an arm his neck putting him in a head lock "Come on useless, let's go have fun like we used to" the young man tensed up "You mean beating me to a pulp, yea that sounds fun" sarcasm dripped from his tongue.

"Ah good times" Snotlout was thinking back at all the times he has beaten Hiccup. Hiccup rolled his eyes pushing himself out of Snotlout's headlock "I've got work to do Snotlout so I can't 'play' with you today"

He let out a sigh "Well I guess that can't be helped, I'll see you later useless" that guys an asshole "Why do you let him treat you like that?" Draco asked staring at the young man "It's not like I do that on purpose or that I like that it's… it's because I can't fight, I'm not strong enough to make him back off"

"That's not an excuse, look at me I'm not that much bigger then you and I've taken people twice my size down, all you need is some training" Hiccup's eyes widened "W-What do you mean training, are you saying you're going t-to train me?" did it sound like that? Draco didn't think he made it sound like that, maybe he did but he knew deep down he couldn't get to close to these people.

"No, it's just a suggestion" he turned he shook his head turning his back on Hiccup "No one's going to teach me" he mumbled in a low tone looking at his feet. Draco sighed turning back around facing Hiccup "Meet me in the arena tomorrow morning and don't be late" Hiccup smiled quickly nodded. Gobber was smiling during that whole display "Which way is the arena?"

"Through there and over the bridge"

"Thanks, Gobber" he faced the direction of the arena 'This is not going as plan' he thought with a shake of his head. He didn't plan on staying long only long enough so Galaxy could heal up but he couldn't stand seeing someone get picked on for being weak or small 'I can't get attached to this place' he didn't hate the place but he needed to leave and find his friends.

(Time Skip)

Upon his arrival at the arena he could make out the faint sound of voices coming from within. It sounded like kids along with a woman 'I didn't know they had held training here' he thought approaching the metal railings. He looked over the arena and saw a couple of adults looking down into the arena watching as the kids and their teach… it was that blonde girl from earlier "Ok kids, line up!" the kids did as they were told and quickly lined up trying to avoid knocking each other over.

"Today's lesson is all about teamwork. You'll be paired up in teams of two" the kids faced each other then faced her one of the kids, a young girl rose her hand "Yes?"

"Um… didn't we do this just yesterday?"

"Yes, but this time you'll be up against a dragon" the kid's eyes widen not with fear but with excitement "Really!? Do you mean it?!" the children were cheering and giving each other high fives "Yes, yes now calm down, I've watched you grow into the young warriors you are and I think it's about time to put you to the test"

"Now then, each one of you will have a bucket filled with water" she gestured to the buckets of water that were sitting near the edge of the arena "Why do we need buckets to fight a dragon?" a young boy asked, "The dragon you'll be facing is a Zippleback, you'll be using those buckets to soak the head that sparks the gas enabling it ignite"

'A two-headed dragon?' his never seen one before so this will quite an interesting site. One of the kids seemed to have noticed his presents but didn't do or say anything just kept taking glances every now and again. Draco ignored the glances and continued to watch the blonde girl teach her class "Now everyone pairs up, grab a bucket and get into positions" they scrambled to grab a bucket.

Each of them grabbed a bucket of water then went off to form into groups of two. She approaches a switch next to one of the doors that were holding the dragons "Um… miss, are you sure we're ready?"

"Yes, I'm sure and I'll be right here just in case" she gave the little girl a reassuring smile before pulling the switch. The doors flew open and green smoke flooded the arena "Remember, the head that sparks not the one that spits the gas" you could hear the blonde women from within the gas. The kids were still visible… barely.

"Zu'u los GOING Wah Krii Hi!"

"Zu'u los GOING Wah Krii Hi!"

The dragon can speak? Interesting… who knew other dragons could speak like the ones back home. The dragon wasn't showing itself but could be heard slithering around on the floor making gurgle noises. The other bystanders stood on their toes watching the kids with slight fear in their eyes.

It didn't feel right to teach kids this way… putting them in danger especially up against a dragon 'I was eighteen when I fought my first dragon but these… these are only kids, this isn't right' he kept his eyes on the kids just in case he must jump in and save them. The pairs were cautiously looking around trying to catch site of the dragon.

The pair that was the closes to the doors were the one that were panicking the most and was constantly spinning around 'The dragon is playing with them' he thought catching some movement from within the cloud of gas.

"Zu'u los GOING Wah Krii Hi!"

"Zu'u los GOING Wah Krii Hi!"

It repeated the same thing 'Something doesn't seem right about this dragon' he noticed that the dragon seemed to be more… brain dead or unable to think for itself unlike the dragons he knew and seen. One of the kids panicked when they heard it moving around them and threw the water into the air hitting… the air.

"Sorry…" he lowered the bucket but kept a look out for the dragon. Right now, the blonde viking has moved towards the main entrance of the arena just in case of needing to quickly get the kids out.

The silence carried on for about fifteen minutes before something happen. The dragon used its tail to swipe under their feet knocking over two of the kids making them vulnerable "Kids!" the kids were trying to get up on their feet but one of them was grabbed by one of their legs then dragged into the gas letting out a scream before running out of the gas toward the women near the gate.

All the kids started to panic and ran, dropping their buckets in the process. The kids hid behind their teacher while she held her axe up ready to defend the kids with her life 'Should I jump in?' he was contemplating but decided to hold off just a little bit longer. The dragon slithered out of the gas showing its two heads 'That's a weird dragon but I've seen weirder things in the past' the dragon was slowly closing in on the kids and the blonde woman.

She was pushing the kids back towards the entrance standing between the dragon and the kids. She hates to admit it but she was scared… scared for the safety of her kids and herself. For years she's been trained to fight dragons and she thought training the younger generations would be a piece of cake and at first it was until she thought they were ready to take on a dragon 'What should I do' she wouldn't be so hesitant about charging for it but that would mean the kids would be left unsafe and if the dragon decided to… no don't think like that the kids will be fine I must stay calm and…

The dragon lunges forward with incredible speed. The blonde woman jumped a little weapon ready to defend 'Well I guess it's time for me to jump in' he thought slipping through the bars of the cage landing in between her and the dragon.