A/N: Yay! Finally, a computer! I had been writing on my phone. Now, hopefully my chapters will be MUCH longer.

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As soon as Hiccup felt the rope wrap around his mid-section, he knew that something was very, very wrong. His eyes widened on realization as he saw Toothless's wings fold in, and they fell towards the ship below them.

"No!" Hiccup yelled. He scrambled around for his hunting knife that he always kept in one of the saddlebags, but with his dragon twisting and turning in the air, that proved to be no easy task. Toothless was screeching, might he mention loudly, so that definitely did not help his concentration.

Just as they were about to hit the deck, Toothless managed to flip over so his chest took the brunt of the impact, sparing Hiccup, but also probably cracking a few ribs in the process. Even with the dragon's efforts, Hiccup still managed to hit his head on Toothless's. Figures ran over to them, pointing glowing weapons at the mass of tangled limbs and rope.

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Percy ran over to where the monster had fallen. Annabeth and the rest of the crew had joined them, including Coach Hedge, after they were woken up by the creature's blasts. They circled the creature cautiously, having seen first hand what it had done to the Argo II in the short time it had attacked.

It was lying on its stomach, with its wings clearly displayed, but tangled in the rope. There was something rigged to its body that was attached to a red tail fin, but that was as much as he got to saw before his attention was drawn to a figure groaning on its back. It sat up and took in its surroundings. He could see now that it was a person (or, at least he hoped it was), and just about Percy's age. "We have you surrounded," Annabeth called out. Gee, now I feel like a police man, Percy thought. The kid slowly untangled himself and got off of the dragon's back, only to stand in front of it in a defensive position.

Percy stepped forward. "Who are you?" Percy asked.

"Hiccup," the kid answered hesitantly.

"Hiccup? What kind of a name is that?" Leo exclaimed.

"Mine! And it's a fine name. My parents named me that to frighten off nomes and trolls," Hiccup said indignantly.

"Still, what kind of parent names their kid Hiccup of all things?"

"Well, in my opinion it's much better than Snoutlout."

"Snoutlout?"

"Alright, we're getting off track. Where are we, and why did you attack us?" Annabeth stepped in.

Hiccup stoop up a little straighter and crossed his arms. "You are in the Barbaric Archipelago, and you attacked me."

Just as he finished saying that, the dragon behind him groaned. "Toothless!" Hiccup exclaimed. Immediately, as if an electric shock went through all of the half-bloods (in Jason's case, it probably had), they raised their weapons and pointed them at the dragon. Hiccup's hands went up in a placating gesture, like one would use to calm a scared horse. "No! Don't do that! It'll only make it worse!" he exclaimed.

"Worse? That's a dragon!" Jason said.

"Oh really? I haven't noticed," Hiccup said dryly.

"Alright, alright. We need answers," Percy interrupted,"I'm pretty sure this ship has been knocked off course, and if you could possibly give us directions, maybe we can leave. First, where exactly are we? Like, really north or really south?"

Hiccup laughed. "Well, I think we're about a few degrees south of freezing to death, so I'd say pretty far north."

Annabeth and Percy glanced at each other. "Okay, next question. What are you, and how on earth are you flying a dragon?"

He sighed. "Well, for starters, I am a Viking. And long story short, I managed to train a dragon and ended a 300-year-old war between my tribe and the dragons. Happy?"

"Wait. Vikings? Didn't they live around 900 years ago or so?" Piper asked.

Hiccup looked at her curiously. "No, we didn't."

Percy felt Annabeth pull him to the side. "Well, if he's telling the truth, which I'm pretty sure he is, judging by his clothes and accent, that would explain the constellations. These shouldn't be around, they're too old. What I really don't get is how we got here," she stated. Percy looked up at the stars and back to Annabeth.

"That would explain why the water feels weird. I can still feel it, but it's almost like something's trying to block me from it. That feeling's been getting stronger."

They turned back to the others and noticed that the dragon was staring at them, its emerald green eye piercing their sea green and gray ones. It started to try and push itself up onto its feet, but started struggling as soon as it realized it was still trapped in the bola. Its rider immediately whipped around.

"No! Toothless! Stop, you're just getting yourself more tangled up," Hiccup tried to reason, but the dragon had already seen the weapons pointed at it. It struggled even more violently, trying to break the rope to attack, until Hiccup took something out of his pocket and rubbed it across its nose. The dragon immediately calmed down and sank to the floor, a blissful look on its face.

"What just happened?" Hazel asked from beside Frank. Hiccup sighed again from his place beside "Toothless".

"This, is dragon nip. No, I'm not going to tell you all what it does or where to find it, although you've probably figured that out by now," he muttered. "Now. Who exactly are you? And why did you shoot us down?"

Frank stepped up and answered,"We're just travelers from Greece. We got lost in a storm and found ourselves up here." Hiccup didn't look convinced. Percy groaned internally.

"Travelers on a huge war ship? Not to mention all of these weapons and armor, I've never seen technology like this before. Also, you were heading straight towards one of the islands. The people there won't take kindly to huge war ships turning up on their shores unannounced," he warned. Hiccup then proceeded to walk around the dragon, running his hand down the harness. It connected to the red tail fin, which Percy could now see was a prosthetic. "Okay, since I can tell you won't tell me the real reason you're here," he said as he leaned down to check on it, "Why did you shoot us down? Wait, never mind. Dragon." He stood up, apparently unpleased with his inspection, and walked back up to Toothless's back to the saddlebags. "Just so you know, we only attacked because you did first. We're not sky pirates or anything. Now, since I'm expecting to stay on this ship for a while, since Toothless's tail fin is broken, I'd suggest we get to know each other better."

The half-bloods exchanged confused glances.

"What do you mean?" Annabeth asked.

"Well, you see, the tail fin controls flight. So, since his is broken, I'm rather stuck," Hiccup explained, rummaging around in the bags.

The dragon started waking up just as he finished saying that, groaning and shifting his weight.

"Well, this should be interesting," Percy muttered.