- Village -

Onyx wings set to glide, the dragon, Viking, and flower descend to the freezing island below. With ease Toothless pawed at the ground until the three were at a stop. Rapunzel shuddered, staring at the sight of her warm breath. Considerately, Hiccup took off his fur vest and draped it over the shaky blond. "When we get to the village I'll get you better things to warm up with." She only noddes nervously in response.
The less graceful landing, courtesy of two 'children', go to Jack and Merida. As soon as the spirit was above land, at least a few feet above it, he tossed the princess into a thicket of bushes.
"Jack!" She shouts from under the leaves.
He merely sets his bare feet on the cold dirt and holds his sides laughing. Well, until Hiccup hops off, folds his arms, and gives him a stern look.
Jack throws his arms up and wades through the bushes. "You okay, Princess—-" He is interrupted by a boot flying out and kicking him in his face. He falls over holding his wound as Merida emerges from the bushes.
"I am."
Once Rapunzel gathers her nerve, she leaps off the dragon to hop into Merida's arms, hugging her tight. The redhead gasped. "Oh, Merida, this is so exciting!" In response, the princess pats her back and smiles warmly.
"Merida, can we talk for a second?" Hiccup asks after helping a sore Jack to his feet. Merida lets Rapunzel go and approaches the shorter male. "You told me your people fought off Vikings."
"Yeah… So? Yer not tellin me they were /your/ people, are you?"
"No no no… I mean, I don't know. Our people have settled at Berk for a while, before my father's time even, but if any other Vikings got their butts handed to them we'd know. I was never taught of it because I wasn't raised to be a warrior like everyone else… but say my old man and his friends do…?"
"You think they'd be weary of someone from DunBroch…? Oh, Hiccup, so long as no one says I'm a princess I'll be just as normal as any of you!" She extends her hands out to Jack and Rapunzel, a winter spirit and a girl with yards of hair.
"Uhm…" Hiccup starts, "Yeah… ok. Hear that guys? Merida isn't a princess, ok. Not here."
The crew nods. Jack rubs the back of his head. "What are the chances of me being seen?"
"Is that all you care about, snowflake?" Merida scoffs.
"He's lonely, knock it off, Merida." Rapunzel said, making Jack blush in embarrassment.
"I am not…!"
"I'd say the chances are high, but there are some stubborn folks who refuse to see things…" He runs his palms over Toothless's dark scales. "My father for starters."
"You're stubborn too." Rapunzel remarked. "Aren't you?" She smiled sweetly at him and he grinned, shrugging shyly.

The group found that Berk was much colder than Scotland. Often Merida would scold Jack for the weather to which he wound constantly remind her it's not his fault. Entirely. Hiccup made sure Rapunzel was riding Toothless on the walk there, seeing how she had no shoes on.
The village in Berk wasn't particularily interesting on it's own. Being cold and full of not so attractive people. But the dragons are really what set the place apart from others. Everyone's eyes, even Jack's, stared in bewilderment. Hiccup only smiled to the floor.
As they walked up the wooden paths, to Merida's curiosity looked newly placed, the large men (and women) watched. Not at the strangeness of the group, but at the return of one of their own. Among the folks 'Hiccup is back' could be heard whispered. Jack whispers to Merida, "Someone sounds like top dog…"
"Hiccup!" Everyone's eye's immediately turn to see a thin blonde girl in strange attire dashing their way. Hiccup threw his arms up before nearly falling back from the force of this girl's hug. This girl being: "Astrid!" Rapunzel gushed at the tenderness of the hug, until Astrid pulled away and punched him in the arm. "You idiot! You can't just run off without warning!"
"I did warn. I left a note!"
"Beforehand, Hiccup, beforehand! You don't— don't…" She blinked, raking her eyes over the odd assortment of strangers.
A girl with a thick mane of firey hair, an older looking boy with white hair, and a girl on Toothless with endless hair. "Who are these people and what is up with their hair."