Author's Note:

Hello everyone and firstly I'm really sorry about the huge gap since the last update, in all honesty I just lost my will to keep updating and I'd moved onto other stories instead. Now however I have felt my desire to continue this return and I've finally posted another chapter, it's kind of a filler chapter but I'm treating it as me trying to get back into the swing of writing this story after so long. Future updates might be sporadic since I'm currently working on three stories including this one and I might not update any of them for a while due to Christmas stuff happening. Thank you for your continued support of this fic and I'm sorry again for leaving it for so long.

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Studies and Progressions

It had been several days since his unexpected appearance in Berk but Spock could tell that many of the villagers still didn't really trust him.

His arrival had, quite understandably, caused a lot of uproar and it seemed that a few of them were going to attack him there and then, fortunately their Chief Stoick had stepped in before such a thing occurred and he was soon standing before several members of the village council. That discussion had proven…interesting to say the least and had required a fair amount of his diplomatic training throughout it. Initially it had been more akin to a criminal interrogation as it seemed that Chief Stoick was already certain that he'd been responsible for Hiccup and Snotlout disappearing, having heard Hiccup's story when he told it on the Enterprise Spock was aware that both boys were the Chief's family therefore it was logical for the man to be greatly concerned. Spock might not have got a chance to properly explain what had truly happened if it weren't for Elder Gothi and the Chief's apparent second in command Gobber, between them they managed to calm the Chief to the point where he was actually listening to what Spock was saying and the talks went much more smoothly from there.

What information Spock could or couldn't give proved to be a slight problem in the discussion but in the end he revealed more about the Enterprise than he usually would. While well aware of the Prime Directive he could understand Jim's point about it being harder to implement for this particular scenario, from what he'd learned, both from his own observations and what the people in this universe had said, he saw that these particular events had already gone beyond the point where they could be explained away or dismissed by those involved. This village was well aware that something not of their own world was going on so the most logical option now was to tell the village council an understandable version of the truth and request that they keep much of it confined to Berk itself.

Since then Spock had spent the last few days intensely studying the two devices that had been found in both universes, one from the damaged shuttle and the other from out in the oceans of Berk. They were obviously a pair and it was clear that their purpose was to act as a bridge between universes by connecting across dimensions and creating rends, unfortunately they could no longer be utilised to return to the Enterprise because they were now both in the same universe but Spock was curious to see if he could use them to at least track or predict the rends so he wasn't definitely stranded. Another possibility was that the Portable Rend Generators (it seemed the most logical thing to call them temporarily) were the latest in a series of similar devices and one of the original ones was still present in this universe. Spock was certain that the PRGs (a logical abbreviation) could not be responsible for the other rends that brought Hiccup and Snotlout to the Enterprise since neither device was active when the two boys had crashed through the rends. As such it was highly likely that a larger device existed which was active and causing the rends, it was also likely that the device was somewhere near Berk and while Spock had been studying the PRGs the remaining members of the Berk Dragon Training Academy had been out searching for it.

The sound of heavy footsteps approaching brought Spock's attention away from where he'd been working on the PRGs with what tools that could be provided and he looked up to see Chief Stoick approaching him. The Chief had been very persistent in almost constantly asking whether Spock had made any breakthroughs yet and while he understood the chief's reasons for doing so it was proving to be a bit of a distraction from his work. The Chief remained silent for a minute before asking the same question that he had many times before in just that one day, "Have you got any further with these things?"

If he'd been anyone else he might have snapped at the man in frustration but he was Spock and he replied with his famous patience, "I have not. These devices were not created using tools such as the one you're used to and I am having to improvise in many different areas. However I do believe that I can reconfigure them to help find the device that is causing the rends but it will take time."

"How long?"

Again it was another question that the man had already asked many times but Spock remained as patient as ever, "I am uncertain at this moment but when I have a more definite measurement of timescale I shall inform you immediately." Stoick sighed in frustration and turned to leave but Spock then said something he hadn't said the many previous times the chief had asked these questions, "I understand that feel you a need to protect them but I can assure you that both Hiccup and Snotlout are safe aboard the Enterprise. My Captain will go to great lengths to ensure that they are well cared for and protected and he and the rest of the crew will also be working to understand and deal with these rends in order to return all those involved to where they belong."

Spock couldn't actually say for certain why he'd said those words or whether it was simply an attempt to get the chief to stop bothering him but either way Stoick turned back and seemed to think about Spock's words for a moment. He then gave a small nod before turning away again to attend to his duties leaving Spock to continue his study of the PRGs.

Drago's forces had also been working hard over the last several days and the island Lientov had scoped out was well on its way to being converted into a suitable base of operations.

The sea entrance into the island's cavern had been enlarged by a Whispering Death to allow Drago's smaller vessels access, these ships had then brought the already constructed pieces for the temporal gateway and work on it had continued. A wooden dock had been built on the large pool and the area for the stores was nearby, rough sleeping quarters had been created on the far side of the pool and between them and the stores were the cages for the dragons.

Lientov was feeling satisfied with how the work was progressing and he'd since got the Whispering Death to start creating an opening in the ceiling to allow lightning to come in to power the gateway. The other dragons under his command had mostly been on guard duty under his Skrill's watchful eye as the men he had worked to create their base.

As he watched them build the gateway Lientov couldn't help but give a smile, everything was progressing just the way he wanted it to.

PS-So please let me know what you thought and I'll try and update soon (or at least in less time than this one).