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Chapter 2: New Faces, New Places, New Clothes, New Everything

Island of Berk, Berk Village, 333 AD

While riding with Hiccup on Toothless, I managed to take a better look at the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut.

Tuffnut was a little taller than Hiccup if by an inch or two and was toned like him too, but his body was more muscular than Hiccups. His face was more oblong with a nose that stuck out like a clowns, with a pair of dark blue eyes that almost looked black in certain lighted areas and ivory skin to match. Bleach blonde, long dreadlock braided hair was separated into three areas, two by his face and one in the back. His outfit consisted of a tight woolen dark grey tunic that went to his mid-thigh tied with a belt of black leather and iron belt-buckle. A vest of chestnut brown covered his upper torso and he had matching furred boots on his feet. He had forest green fingerless gloves that went up to his mid-biceps and apparently had the same color of leggings in his lower area.

Ruffnut was definitely like her brother, but different at the same time. She had the same blue eyes, but her skin was more like alabaster than ivory. The hair was the same color, but hers were in messy fishtail braids and tied at the bottom with what looked like a tightly braided hair knot the size of a fist. Two of those three braids framed her diamond shaped face while the other one flew in the wind. Like her brother, she was toned and muscular, if not thinner, being a girl. She wore what looked like dark brown tube top that reached a little past her waist area with an ash grey and gold woven cloth belt at her stomach. A black leather vest covering her upper torso and white fingerless wrapped gloves glazed her hands up to her shoulder. The crimson red skirt graced her sand colored leggings and matched well with her chestnut red colored fur boots.

Overall, both twins looked like fighters, but reminded me more of crazed-obsessed pranksters and action junkies. I'd have to keep my eye out on them, not because they look like trouble, but they may cause it unexpectedly in their fights. But I may leave it to their dragon instead, the Duel Gasfreak that the twins called Barf and Belch. I could understand why they were called that, since one head heaves gas like barf, and the other seems to ignite the gas in a small amount like a belch. Not just that, but the coloration of green and yellow on the dragon reminded me of barf. Gross.

As we flew, Hiccup gave me a tour of the place, even though I figured what each area was. Regardless, I let him tell me the places and what their most famous for. Then he told me of the dragons that resided in the areas and I found myself rather confused.

"I take it you never heard of these names huh?" Hiccup asked. I nodded my head in response. "Well," he started, "if you want, you can have a look at the Book of Dragons later. But for now, it may be best to get you to the village and maybe have some clothes made for you so you don't stand out like a flower in a cabbage patch" I nodded my head again, saying that I couldn't agree more.

It wasn't much longer that we arrived in Berk. The village spread for about a mile and a half, almost covering much of the rock formation it occupied as well as the side of another standing rock off to the east behind the main village. Over all, the place seemed well occupied and booming with life as both Vikings and dragons move about the village. Hiccup had Toothless land right in front of one of the many houses in the Village, and helped me off of Toothless.

"Hiccup! There you are!" a female voice cried out.

Both of us turned to see a teenage Viking around the same age as Hiccup, but slightly taller by a half inch. Her thick blonde hair was tied in a rough braid with her bangs swooping off to the side, pinned by a small thin braid. She wore a crimson red top with a fur and leather skirt consisting of skulls and points made from metal. There was a fur-metal shawl combo that covered her shoulders and draped down her back. Dark blue pants covered her legs while light brown furred boots blanketed her feet and thickly stuffed fingerless gloves graced her hands. I looked back at her round face and saw a set of blue eyes that almost made my knees shake. I could tell that she had a history with Hiccup, seeing the scowl upon her face as she looked at me.

"What is going on here and who is this?" she asked Hiccup, who at first looked a little worried but then calmed down.

"Astrid, Lorena. Lorena, Astrid" Hiccup stated. I gave a nervous glance at her and nodded my head in greeting.

The strong blonde looked at me strangely, "What's wrong? Terror got your tongue?" she asked.

"Astrid," Hiccup said, grabbing her attention, "This is gonna sound weird, but Lorena is actually from another time. The year 2013 as a matter of fact and-"

"2013?! What?!" Astrid asked, keeping her voice down to prevent attention, and looking at me, probably wanting to learn more.

I looked at Hiccup and nodded for him to continue.

"Lorena was brought here by some human-dragon demon and she has no way of getting back to her time. Toothless saw her while we were relaxing at the cove and apparently saw her as a threat. He was about to kill her when I stopped him. The situation caused her to get so scared that she can't talk now. So I brought her here to try and get adjusted to everything while finding a way for her to return home" Hiccup explained.

Astrid looked in disbelief but then examined my clothes, starting to believe the story. I saw a hint of guilt in her eyes as she let the story sink in.

"Wow. So you can't speak at all?" she asked. I nodded my head sadly, while holding my left arm with my right and looking down. "Man, I'm sorry that I sounded mean. I didn't mean to make you nervous. Maybe we better start again" she held out her hand to me, "Astrid Hofferson. Friend of Hiccups and top contender in the Berk Dragon Races. It's a pleasure to meet you Lorena…" she trailed off.

"Her full name is Lorena Fett" Hiccup added in.

I took Astrids hand and shook it with a large smile on my face, glad to have made a female friend. I then heard wings flap and saw what looked like a red and black Billchomp, a dragon with a long wingspan and long snout with teeth surrounding it all, with a very muscular male Viking on its back.

"Down, Hookfang" the male cried out. The dragon obeyed and the rider dismounted. He had thick short black hair that seemed to stick out under his helmet. A noticeable black stubble was on the chin of his square face and a few strands of hair could be found on his massive chest or what was shown in the V-neck of his stringed dark blue tunic. Dark brown pants covered his legs and sandy white fur boots with dirt stains covered his feet. Over his chest was a grey vest that reached his mid-back and appeared to be made of some sort of animal fur. From his elbows to his wrists were two forest green arm bands woven from cloth. He looked over toward us and raised his eye brows.

"Hello guys. So I heard from the twins that someone has lost their voice?" he said casting a flirtatious glance at me. I raised my eyebrow and looked in different directions with an expression that said 'Are you talking about me?'

"Snotlout, are you saying you want to help out? That's actually kinda nice coming from you" Hiccup said sarcastically at the newly mentioned Snotlout.

"Yes, and I actually have a cure. I'll show you" he said as he quickly grabbed my arm and pulled me into a surprise kiss on the lips.

I went stiff and wide-eyed as I felt his hands snake around me, one to my back and the other to my butt. Moving my eyes, I caught Hiccup and Astrid staring wide eyed and opened mouth in shock at the scene, but they didn't move. After a minute he pulled away, a smirk of victory clad on his face.

"Well?" he asked, looking at me like he just pulled off the best move ever. My shocked face turned quickly into a scowl and I rammed him in the shin with a kick of my leg and gave him a good punch to the face, making him fall to the ground holding his leg. I walked to his face and kicked dirt at it, making him cough and sputter as it cleared.

"That's what you get for lip-raping me, you suckling pig!" I suddenly shouted, grabbing the attention of the villagers in earshot.

"Well, apparently either the kiss got her voice back, or beating the stuffing out of Snotlout worked" Hiccup stated, surprised by my sudden actions, but smiling all the same.

"Ok, now I like her" Astrid said, grinning wickedly.

I was panting when I realized what I had done and looked around the area where every villager was staring right at me. I started to slink back towards Hiccup when a few cheers came from nearby. Turns out that Ruffnut and Tuffnut were doing the cheering.

"YEAH! THAT WAS AWSOME!" They shouted. Another cheer came from behind me, Hiccup, and Astrid as a large boy in what I thought was a fur dress but it turned out to be a furry tunic that reached to his brown furred feet. A thick stone and leather belt secured his stomach area. He was riding what I was told to be a Rock Grounger.

"Fishlegs? I thought you were working on the Dragon Book?" Hiccup asked.

"I just finished up when I saw the scene of Snotlout kissing an unfamiliar girl and that very girl giving Snotlout what for! It's about time a girl did that" said Fishlegs, obviously happy that Snotlout was put in his place. "And of course I should introduce myself and my dragon to this newcomer," he said turning to me and bowing slightly, "I'm Fishlegs, Dragon Manual expert and bookkeeper, as well as the librarian for the Berk Archive building. This is my Gronkle, Meatlug" he said as he gave his dragon a pat on the side, "It's a pleasure to meet you miss…?"

"Lorena, Lorena Fett. And it's a pleasure to meet you Mr. Fishlegs" I say, returning his proper gesture with a small curtsy. I then looked at Hiccup, "Boy am I glad to have my voice back" I replied, relieved to have it again.

"We're glad too. Now then, it's best to get you those clothes made. I gotta run and see my dad before that helmet goes flying off his head. Astrid, could you help Lorena get her clothes and get something in her stomach? I'll meet you at the great hall later" Hiccup said with slight worry in his voice.

Astrid nodded and Hiccup took off on Toothless back to his home.

Inside the clothes building, I was hidden behind a cloak with one of the females working there taking measurements of my body. I was told by Astrid that if I was to have proper fitting clothes, I had to strip down. My uniform and other amenities were being folded by Astrid and were placed aside in a chest that the women were willing to donate. My carrier bag was also placed with my clothes in the chest, left closed for concerns of privacy. As I was getting measured, Astrid and I started talking.

"So, you obviously have some fighting skills, are your parents fighters?" Astrid asked.

"Well, both of my parents work in the Military, which would be considered warriors who work under our chief, or president as we call him, and protect our country. My father is an air-force general, he's like a leader of his part of the army. He works as the leader for the air, or flying squad if you want to say that. He's also a top pilot, or if you would rather put it, fastest and most strategic dragon rider" I stated, feeling awkward about explaining the future to those who have never heard of what I tell them.

"And your mother? What about her?" Astrid asked.

"I guess you could say that she's like Fishlegs, smart and strategic. My mother works with other military strategists and mathematicians to ensure that everything goes according to the plans she makes and sees them through. She's also helped in some of the biggest events in the 2000's that changed history and the bond of people spread throughout the world" I explained, hoping that what I said was making sense.

The measuring lady then stepped out with the paper and the workers started making my outfit. I was handed a long white tunic to cover my bare body and made my way to sit by Astrid.

"Any specific colors you prefer, dearie?" asked one of the ladies.

"Oh, it doesn't matter. Just as long as the colors match and all. Nothing else" I stated.

The woman only nodded and went into another room, shutting the door and leaving me and Astrid alone.

"Huh, so your parents are both top warriors, do you have any other family members?" Astrid asked.

"Yes actually. Four brothers, they're all older than me. The oldest is 34, then 31, next 27, and finally 22. I'm the youngest, and that didn't get me a lot of respect as a child, but then again, teenage boys picking on their little sister is common" I thought back to my past and heaved a heavy sigh, "Little did they know their sister would be a sensitive weakling"

Astrid then looked at me, "Weakling? Sensitive? I didn't see that when you fought Snotlout. I thought you were a strong willed woman"

"Yeah well, had I been younger I wouldn't have done that. And I should have done something else in place of that. Argh, me and my stupid self-criticism" I said as I placed my head in my hand, unbraided black hair covering my face like a curtain.

"Self-criticism? You mean you're really hard on yourself?" asked the blonde Viking, shocked to hear that.

"You have no idea. There was a point in my life where I was so critical of myself that suicide may have been the option of my acceptance" Astrid looked at me in shock at that word, but she kept quiet, "My family and friends kept me from that and I started to accept myself for who I was and who I am" I explained to Astrid, "I'm still critical, but I'm better than before. All throughout my life, I isolated myself from everyone because of the criticism, even my family. Although my friends and family accepted me as sweet and caring, while some saw me as weak and naïve, like my parents at times. I became fragile and well, I may seem strong, but really deep down, I'm as weak as dead leaf when touched" I gave another heavy sigh as I sat up to dry the tears falling from my eyes.

The blonde grabbed a nearby chair and sat near me, "So you were so disappointed in yourself that you isolated yourself from everyone?" She paused and looked to the ground, then back to me, "That is almost the opposite of what happened with Hiccup" I gave her a confused look and she started explaining to me about Hiccup's story from 5 years ago.

Apparently Hiccup was trying to prove to everyone that he could be a Viking, but everyone, including Astrid, turned him down when he only brought nothing but trouble. He tried for many years to prove himself as a Viking and was hoping to gain that when he shot down Toothless, who apparently lost his back tailfin because of that. Hiccup instead spared the dragon's life and, in secret, both man and dragon learned about each other. Meanwhile he was gaining top status in the dragon training and was chosen to kill a Monstrous Nightmare, which apparently now belonged to Snotlout and is named Hookfang, but Hiccup showed that he didn't have to kill in order to live. While having a talk with his father, he accidently slipped the fact that Toothless showed him the dragon's nest. Stoick, the chief, took that as a tool to finish the dragons off for good and used Toothless as a sonar-like compass to go to the dragon's island. In an attempt to save Toothless, Hiccup showed the teens how to get along with dragons and thus leading Berk to where it is now. With this bond, Hiccup managed to lead the group to take down the Queen dragon, also known as the Red Death, and kill it with Toothless. The only injury he came out with was losing his left foot, the same side that Toothless had a missing tailfin. Hiccup proved himself as a strong and compassionate Viking and has helped the clan out ever since.

"Wow" I said, speechless of what was just told, "So Hiccup's story is almost the exact opposite of mine. In fact, his story sounds so….familiar…" I looked down, trying to remember where I heard that when it occurred to me. Hiccup and Toothless's story sounded so similar to that of the Dragon King and the Guardian! I quickly grabbed my bag and looked through to find my book, still as fresh and clean as the day I got it, two days before the trip to the museum. I flipped through the pages until I found the Dragon King.

"What is that?" asked Astrid.

"This is a guidebook on what was seen at the last place I was before I came here" I explained as I looked at the picture of the Dragon King and his Dragon buried together. "Tell me Astrid, doesn't this look like Toothless and Hiccup?" I showed her the picture and she did a double take. She gingerly took the book in her hands and traced the picture. I only hoped I didn't mess up the timeline of the future by showing this, because I could see the worry in her eyes. "These two are known as 'The Dragon King' Viking and 'The Guardian' Dragon. The more I thought about that story, the more I thought about this burial. I'm actually starting to think that Hiccup is 'The Dragon King' and Toothless is 'The Guardian', because of the bond these two have. Researchers in my time believe that both of them died at the same time either in battle at the age of…57 I think…somewhere in his 50's, or the two of them died at a later time from the injuries they received in battle"

Just as I was to explain more of the book, one of the ladies came out with a pile of clothes in her hands.

"Here you are, dear, your new outfit. I hope you like the colors" she said as she handed them to me.

I set the pile on the chair and picked up each item and examined them. I turned to the lady and nodded my head in approval, "These colors are great. Thank you" I said as I made my way to the place behind the curtain and pulled the curtain so I could change. I took off my tunic as Astrid looked more into the book. After a few minutes, I took a look in a dusty mirror that was in the dressing room and examined what I had on.

My outfit consisted of white, no-sleeved undershirt, a pair of tree brown leggings, a dark sea-green short sleeved tunic that reached my waist with mahogany trimming, a mahogany belt that held a fur waist scarf and was secured by thick darker sea green cloth, a pleated spiked skirt of sandy tan, and tan knee high boots with fur covering it all. I also had a pair of crimson red fingerless gloves that went up to my elbows. Seeing as how my hair was, I decided maybe I should wear it a different way. I turned and opened the curtain, showing a rather book-intrigued Astrid.

"Well Astrid, what do you think?" I asked, getting her attention.

"Hey, it looks great, but you should probably wear your hair differently" she said.

"Yeah, I was thinking something different than a fishtail braid. Just not sure what else to do with it" I said, rubbing my arm.

Astrid took a good look at my face and thought for a few minutes before snapping her fingers and smiling, "I have an idea. Here sit in the chair" she gestured, waiting for me.

Over the next hour, Astrid worked on my hair. She placed my bangs in front of my eyes and used some strange liquid to keep them in place, then combed them over my left eye so they swoop over my forehead like a pulled curtain. Then she placed my hair in three separate areas, two long strands in the front with one long strand in the back. The back ponytail was tied with a white cloth, possibly a scrap from the leftover clothing the women worked on before. She did the same with the two front strands but weaved the cloth in an area that started at my eyebrows and ended at the middle of my cheek. After that was secured, she loosely tied the rest of the cloth around the body of the strands and secured it with a bind on my tips similar to the ones up by my eyes. She took a nearby brush and smoothed the back strand, while I took a look in a hand mirror that was on the dresser.

"I'm liking this so far Astrid. But it still feels like something's missing. Something…like a band of some kind" I said, getting a better look.

"Hmmm…Oh!" Astrid then moved to a nearby table and handed me what looked like a leather band, "How about this?"

I placed the band on my head. It was a simple gold-colored band that had chestnut red details. I nodded my head in approval but then went red in the face as a loud growling was heard.

"Sounds like you need a good meal" Astrid stated while laughing, "Come on, let's go to the great hall. There's bound to be food ready by now. Who knows, maybe Hiccup is there too" she then started to smile like she had an idea, "Maybe you could tell Hiccup about-"

"No! Not yet" I broke in, "He's already got enough going on with his life to know about this. I'll tell him when he's ready. And besides, it's not til he's in his 50's that this happens. It's not like it's gonna make that big of a difference. But there is one thing that I am concerned about" I stated as I grabbed my book again. I turned to a page that had the skeletal remains of a Viking we called 'The Snitch', an enemy spy giving the appearance of a good-natured man when he was really sending secrets of dragon training to the rival tribe. I showed Astrid the picture, "It may be old, but does he look familiar to you?"

She closely looked at the picture and first shook her head, but then saw the staff by his body and went wide-eyed as she said a name that felt like fish oil on a cookie.

"Mildew" she whispered with venom in her voice.

"So you know him?" I asked.

"Oh you bet we do. He's been trying to get the dragons off the island for years. Last we heard from him was 5 years ago when Hiccup got captured by the outcasts with Toothless. Mildew was left behind, but even now I don't trust him" she said, "But judging by the title of Snitch, I take it he did something that involved betrayal?" Astrid asked, sternness present in her voice.

I nodded my head, "He's called the snitch because when he was buried, a letter to the neighboring enemy contained secrets of certain training. Since we found dragons in the area, we figured that he was a spy sending the secrets of dragon training to the enemy. I don't know when he started, but it looks like he tried playing with someone's trust and started learning about the dragons" I explained, but then I realized something, "If Hiccup or his father decide about Mildew learning dragon training, someone needs to convince him out of it. It'll cost you all unnecessary deaths, blood that shouldn't be shed and a battle that should never be fought"

"Right. I'll see if I could talk to him about that. Anyway, lets go to the great hall. I heard that they're serving seafood stew tonight" Astrid said.

I perked up at the sound of that, "Seafood? I love seafood!"

Astrid looked surprised but then laughed all the same, "Well then what are we waiting for? Let's get going- wait, do you know where you're staying?"

"I was told by Hiccup on the flight here that I'd be staying at his place. He said he had an extra bed, somewhere" I explained.

"Ok then, grab your chest and let's get going. Don't want the stew to run out do we?" Astrid said as she ran outside. I quickly got my chest and was about to jump down the stairs when a large blue head got in the way.

"Whoa! Spikeflame!" I shouted, stopping in my tracks.

"Spikeflame? Is that what you call a Deadly Nadder in the future? Sounds childish to me" Astrid said with a huff.

"Same with me. I like Nadder better anyway. Is this your dragon?" I asked.

"Yep, this is Stormfly, my best partner and friend. Don't worry, she's friendly, aren't you Stormfly?" Astrid asked as she petted the Nadder's snout. Stormfly purred in response.

I made my way gently to the large Nadder and gently laid my hand on her snout, "Easy girl, easy" I said. The blue dragon just purred and nuzzled me as I scratched her under the chin, easily gaining her trust.

"Do you want to ride her to Hiccup's place where you can drop off your stuff?" Astrid asked.

"That sounds like a good idea, besides, this thing's getting heavy" I said, readjusting my grip on the chest.

The Blonde Viking then jumped up onto Stormfly's back and held out her hand, which I took and the two of us were off to the Haddock house, where Hiccup and Toothless were exiting the building along with two other men.

The first was a man with two limbs missing, his right leg and his left arm. He was wearing a pale gold top with a black vest, striped pants that had two shades of grey, and a single black furred boot on his left foot. His face was chubby, if one could say, and had a thick, blonde, rope-like beard that extended to his stomach.

The second was a man with all limbs, but he had the biggest beard that I had ever seen. I first thought that he had a red octopus on his beard but it was only braids. He stood about six foot three, not including the helmet on his braided head. A dark green tunic surrounded his body down to his knees and was covered with what looked like dragon-skin, but it was all metal, possibly chain mail. A thick brown, metal studded belt was clad around his waist and a pair of metal shoulder pads cascaded his shoulders. He looked intimidating and one you definitely want on your side.

Astrid then had Stormfly land right in from of the house and Hiccup noticed right away.

"Hello girls. Lorena, come on down. I want you to meet someone" Hiccup said as I jumped off Stormfly, "and you look great by the way" he added.

"Thanks Hiccup" I said walking with him toward the larger of the two older men.

"Lorena, I'd like you to meet the chief of Berk and my dad, Stoick the Vast, and the village blacksmith and dragon doctor, Gobber the Belch" Hiccup introduced.

"So this is the girl from another time eh?" Gobber asked as he examined me more closely, "Hmmmm, she's different alright. I can see why Toothless pushed you into her, obvious that she's a keeper"

I felt my face heat up as I turned to look at Astrid, who looked shocked and confused at the same time. I gave her a look that said I would explain to her later. I then turned my attention to the other man, Stoick.

"Lorena, isn't it? It's good to meet you. Hiccup told me of your situation and I have to say that it is a rather weird one. But, in the time being, you can have a warm bed here. However, I just have to ask, do you do well on a wood bed?" Stoick asked.

"If you got an animal skin to provide some softness, I should be fine" I stated, more used to soft beds from the future, "Anywho, could I possibly see where I'll be sleeping? I'd like to place my stuff down before I head to dinner"

"Yes of course. Right this way, m'lady" Stoick said, gesturing to the door.

"Please don't call me that, seems to formal. Instead, call me either Lorena or Lori. Either one is fine with me" I then turned to Hiccup and Astrid, "You all can call me either one, too. I won't mind" I said. I then turned to follow Stoick into the house.

So here's the end of Chapter 2. Tell me what you guys think and I will keep writing. Remember more reviews mean more chapters, even if it's just that you love it or like it or just a few small words, they help. Please let me know what you think and chapter three will be up as soon as I can write.