Tales from the Salty Dragon Bar

by JustANormalHTTYDFan

It's not every day that the walls between the universes suddenly break down and someone gets sucked from one universe to another, much less people who all know each other from a Discord Server. Now they're stuck in the How To Train Your Dragon universe, some have ended up as Dragons or other species, and this is just going to be a clusterfuck ain't it?

1. 1) Falling with Style

Ok so, if you don't like THW, you aren't gonna like this fanfic. Like, at all.

This fanfic is a translated form of a Discord Roleplay between me and my friends (cast list below), and thus new chapters can only happen as fast as we can hold a roleplay session and I can translate said session into written form. Chapter 1 took a few DAYS to translate, for reference. Anyways, I hope you enjoy all eight of us ending up in the HTTYD universe and most likely fucking things up.

CAST LIST:
arourallis
Blackout
GamingChickens
JustANormalHTTYDFan
Kidzbop Despacito
Leor
L0K1
Trookay

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It was a late afternoon on the Isle of Berk, the sun only a few hours from settling on this busy island. Whilst everyone in the village went on with their day, enjoying the new peace with Dragons, they were completely unaware of what events were about to transpire.

Deep in the forest, the Cove sat undisturbed ever since Toothless had left it to save Hiccup from the Monstrous Nightmare named Hookfang. It was quiet and covered in snow, the pond frozen and blocking off access to food. It had been like this a long time and had seemed like it'd stay that way barring some unprecedented event.

And that unprecedented event arrived in the form of a loud crack ringing through the air as, about one hundred feet above the cover, a small bit of space began to fracture like glass. Slowly, a multi-color swirling vortex of energy formed, creating a hole to some location that could barely be comprehended by living minds. And within seconds, out of that portal came shooting a big dark-purple almost black dragon with silver horns and spikes, glowing orange eyes, and easily as big if not a bit bigger than a Monstrous Nightmare.

*RRRRRAGGGGH!* The dragon screamed as he fell the one hundred feet distance between the portal and the ground of the Cove, landing on his side. Unfortunately for the poor unsuspecting dragon, he landed right on top of a large rock that hit him in the ribs. *Aghhh, fu-rrr gods damn it that HURTS!*

The big dragon withered in pain on top of the rock for a good thirty seconds, waiting for the aching in his ribs to finally settle down. Once it finally began to fade, he shook his head and begin to get up like a Human would, trying to stand on two legs. Unfortunately, he was not meant to walk naturally on his hind legs and ended up falling off the rock and onto his back, groaning.

*Wh-what?* The large dragon questioned in confusion and then, for the first time, looked at his dark purple forelegs and the large silver claws on the end of them. The dragon's orange eyes widened in shock, he glanced down at himself and then around at the environment.

*I'm... I'm a dragon... and this is the Cove on Berk from How To Train Your Dragon...* The dragon said in dumbfounded shock, struggling to believe what he was seeing. He looked down at his tail and slowly began to figure out how to move it, moving it around experimentally before slapping him quite hard. It stung but confirmed what he was seeing.

*This, this isn't a dream! It's real!* Slowly, shock faded to pure joy and excitement, the dragon not seemingly bothered by the apparent loss of his former human body. *I'M A DRAGON! THIS IS THE BEST FUCKING THING TO EVER HAPPEN IN MY LIFE!*

The orange-eyed large dragon paused, thinking for a moment before continuing. *Which is, kind of sad if you think about it but still, THIS IS AMAZING! AND I'M ON BERK!* No sooner had those words been said that the orange-eyed dragon paused, seemingly realizing something, and now he looked annoyed.

*Wait, Berk. Oh, fuck please gods do NOT let me be during the events of The Hidden World. Or do, and let me punch Hiccup and the Horny Asshole Douche in their faces. Or I guess tail-slap them in the faces,* The orange-eyed dragon said to himself seriously, for you see he hated the Hidden World with every atom of his being. He'd literally joined a Discord server because of how much he'd found wrong with that third movie.

Suddenly, it hit the orange-eyed dragon that he should be prioritizing his survival, and he shook his head to clear his thoughts. *OK FOCUS! You are stuck in the Cove, which Toothless couldn't get out of without flying. And I don't know how to fly. And it's snowy and the pond is frozen.* The orange-eyed dragon took a deep breath to calm himself.

*Ok... ok, first things first, I need to learn to walk on four legs. It's fine, the legs may be slightly differently shaped but I've walked on 2s and 4s before,* The orange-eyed dragon muttered to himself, taking a deep breath and then rolling over onto his smooth belly. Slowly, the dragon planted all four paws beneath himself and shakily began to stand up, working on balancing himself with two wings and a tail.

After figuring out how to balance himself, he took a deep breath and slowly began to try and walk forward. *Ok, one foot in front of the other... one in front of the-* And after only two steps, he ended up tripping and falling flat on his belly, his snout getting covered in snow. *...other.*

The orange-eyed dragon sighed and picked himself up, standing up shakily. *Ok, I had it there for a moment. Just gotta do that but... all the time.* And with that, the dark purple large orange-eyed dragon began to slowly figure out how to walk and run with his brand new body.

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Meanwhile, in another part of the forest only a light walk from the Cove, another multi-colored portal opened, this time only slightly above the ground compared to the previous one. Out of this portal came an orange dragon hybrid which ended up smacking into a nearby tree and getting stuck in its branches.

*Oh what the actual fuck!* The orange dragon hybrid complained and tried to struggle, flailing about but not making much progress in freeing themself from the tree. *Am I in a tree? Why do I feel so weird?* This dragon apparently also wasn't always a dragon, just like the orange-eyed one.

This orange dragon was a Speed Stinger and Scuttleclaw hybrid, looking like a Scuttleclaw but with the addition of a Speed Stinger's tail, raptor-like arms, and an extra claw on each foot similar to a velociraptor. This dragon was also rather small, only around the size of a Speed Stinger, and its wings looked like they wouldn't work well enough for actual flying.

Unbeknownst to the small dragon hybrid, a second portal had opened up only a little ways from their location and just a tiny bit off the ground. And this time, instead of a dragon, a human came flying out of it, landing face-first into the snow-covered ground. He shot up to his feet, cleaning the snow off his face. "Motherfucker, what just happened?! And why is it so fucking cold?!"

They looked similar to Hiccup a little bit but also different, standing at about 5"8 with green eyes and shoulder-length brown hair. They were wearing all black, from their shirt to their jeans to even their hiking boots and jacket. Although it seemed like the jacket was not thick enough for the coldness of winter on Berk.

In the distance, out of sight, the orange little dragon heard this and popped his head up only to hit it on a branch. *Ow, what the fuck?* The orange dragon grumbled to himself. Meanwhile, the human heard this and questioned to themself. "Ok, what the fuck." After a few moments of consideration, the human began to walk in the direction of the noise.

Meanwhile, the orange little dragon struggled a bit more and then eventually brought one of their front-paws up to the face, and this cause them to pause. And then loudly start shrieking. *OH WHAT THE FUCK, WHAT THE FUCK, WHY AM I A DEMON?!*

The human heard this and paused, considering whether or not to continue towards the shrieking. After a moment of deliberation, they continued, slowly making their way towards the noise. Just as they reached it, the small orange hybrid flailed one last time and fell out of the tree, hitting the ground on their belly. *Ughhhhh, I am a fucking demon now and I got kidnapped into a random forest, worst day ever.* They grumbled.

And the human was just standing there, staring at the small dragon in shock. After a few moments, they finally questioned it. "Ok, what the actual fuck is happening?" The orange dragon snapped his head around to look at the human, eyeing them from their spot on the ground.

*Wha- hello? Um, do you know where I am? And why I'm a fucking demon all of a sudden?* The orange hybrid questioned seriously and the human responded quickly. "One, you look more like a dragon, two, I have no clue where this is, just that it's really fucking cold, and three, why the fuck can I understand you?"

After a pause, the human continued. "Actually, why wouldn't I be able to understand the magic reptile? Not like this day could get any weirder, one second I'm taking a shit and procrastinating, and the next I'm in a god's damn portal." At the human's words, the small dragon twisted around to stare at his wings and his barbed tail.

*I'm, I'm a dragon? What the fuck- actually no, I refuse to freak out, this is awesome,* The hybrid said to themselves as they began to wiggle like an excited puppy, happy at the prospect of being a dragon. He turns to look at the human. *And you can understand me, no longer worst day ever, this is officially best day ever!*

The hybrid tries to flex and move his own tail, only to end up smacking himself in the face with it. Thankfully not with the barbed end. *Hmm, needs a bit of work.* The hybrid commented, seemingly filing away figuring that out for later.

"Well, great, somebody's enjoying themself," The human commented and the dragon flipped over onto their back, wiggling even more violently than before as they responded. *You kidding me, I'm a dragon, this is like a dream come true!* They pause, stopping their wiggling. *Well, except for the fact that I don't know where I am or what's happening.* Another pause and they resumed wiggling. *Still, dragon .*

"Wait, you weren't always a dragon? This is just getting weirder and weirder; How the fuck did you spontaneously become a dragon?" The human questioned, trying to figure out anything about this situation that they could. The hybrid that was being questioned stilled and looked up at the sky, responding. *Mmm, nah, about like, I dunno, 20 minutes ago I was just a normal human, y'know, then, boom, portal, magic, blah blah blah; And how am I supposed to know why I'm a dragon? I just got like kidnapped by aliens or something.*

The human shivered, reminded of the cold. "Actually, the specifics don't matter right now. Can you walk? Because I need to find shelter soon so I don't freeze to death and I don't feel particularly good about leaving a tiny new dragon to whatever may make a snack of it," They said to the hybrid, who attempted to stand out by splaying their legs out and crouching.

*Uh, I guess I'll try, I've watched quite a bit of Jurassic World, so it's kinda like that… but with wings… and a weird tail… and a weird head,* The hybrid remarked and hunched over slightly, trying to take a step forward only to instantly trip, falling on their belly. *Ah shit, yeah, tail.*

"Fuck it," The human cursed as they shivered again, and just moved over and picked up the dragon-like it was a child. The hybrid obviously realized this, letting out an embarrassing squeak noise as they cried out in response. *I AM NOT A CHILD!*

"You're tiny and helpless, close enough to a child; And you can't walk without tripping, so that makes you closer to a toddler," The human told the squirming dragon hybrid, pausing and then continuing as they looked around the forest. *Anyway, time to go... Somewhere."

*I am not a child! I will have you know that I am like, 5 years away from becoming a child, which is very close to being old!* The hybrid ranted before pausing and cursing as they realized they mixed up one of the words, and the human commented on it. "5 years away from becoming a child?" The hybrid looked away.

"I assume you mean 5 years away from becoming an adult, meaning your 13; So still a child in my book," The human told the young small orange hybrid, who turned to face him with eyes narrowed in confusion and suspicion. *Where is this book? I will burn it in the fires of hell,* The hybrid commented.

"Up my ass, you're welcome to look for it if you so choose," The human responded dryly and the hybrid's tail and eye twitched, and they took a moment to respond with a slight stutter. *I- I will pass on that,* They said whilst continuing to squirm in the human's grasp.

"Good, now stop squirming or I'll drop you," The human commented as they began to walk deeper into the woods, and the hybrid grumbled but stopped squirming.

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Meanwhile, while all of this was going on, on the massive mountain of Berk another portal opened, pointed out at the cliff edge. Shooting out of the portal was another human, who screamed as they fell. Thankfully, they landed on the cliff and didn't go flying over the edge, but they did hit their head lightly. "Owww…." He said and rubbed his head.

He winced in pain and lifted his arm to rub the back of his neck. "Ugh, where am I-WOAH!" He yelled as he turned his head and realized that his head was over the cliff, and he could see the ground far below him. His life flashed before his eyes before he realized he wasn't falling, but he was still so close.

"Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit!" He shouted as he crawled back from the cliff edge in a panic, taking deep breaths. After he got away from the cliff, it took him a moment to climb to his feet and look around. "Alright, where in the world am I?" He questioned shakily, still not fully recovered from the previous experience.

It was as he was looking around that he realized just how cold it was, shivering he wrapped his arms around himself. "Fucking hell whatever this place is, it feels like I'm in Canada." This human, unlike the previous one, is 6'2" with blue eyes and brown hair, wearing a gray t-shirt and black shorts with black sneakers. He was easily in his 20s.

This human looked around and eventually spotted some lights and a small village on one side of the mountain, although he didn't fully realize it was the village of Berk he didn't recognize it as being familiar somehow. "Well at least I'm not stuck on an island all by myself, question is how am I going to get down there without falling to my death?" He questioned and then slowly began to traverse around the mountain area he could walk on.

On the East side of the mountain, he found a part that wasn't as steep as the other parts, one that just maybe he could climb down if he was careful. "Well it's either I climb down or freeze my balls off," He remarked to himself and carefully weighed his options, and came to a conclusion. With a bit of hesitation and a heavy heart, he took a deep breath and started to climb down the mountain.

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Back in the Cove, after quite a bit of time, the orange-eyed large dragon had figured out how to walk and even lightly run and was running around the Cove at a decent speed. *Ok, ok, I'm doing it! I'm actually walking and running and stuff!* He said to himself happily, eventually coming to a slow stop just beside the frozen pond.

*Now how do I get out of here... think...* The orange-eyed dragon muttered to himself, looking around the Cove. After a few moments, he heard a voice yelling from the forest beyond the top of the Cove, calling out to someone. "Hello! Is someone there?!"

The orange-eyed dragon looked up to the top of the Cove in surprise, caught off guard by the voice. It didn't sound like one of the Riders or the Scottish inhabitants of Berk, but given his fall the orange-eyed dragon couldn't be sure he didn't have a concussion. Still, better answer. *Hello? IS ANYONE UP THERE?!*

After a good few minutes of waiting and silence, the orange dragon almost thought he'd imagined it but realized it was real when, through the bushes, came the human in black shorts. This human came up to the edge of the top of the Cove, looking in and trying to find the source of the voice, but missing the orange-eyed dark dragon who'd relocated to a dark shaded spot.

*HEY! I SEE YOU! AT THE TOP OF THE COVE! You look, hey, um, what's the last year you remember?* The orange-eyed dragon questioned as he saw the modern clothes on the black-shorts human. After a moment, the orange-eyed dragon realized it might be slippery for a human to walk up there. *Also make sure you don't trip and fall INTO the COVE! Cause it's... well, it's a long way down.*

Meanwhile, on the other side of the top of the Cove, the human in all-black clothing came out from the bushes carrying the orange small hybrid. The human stares at the shorts-wearing human, whilst the orange hybrid perks his head at the sounds of yelling. *Chaos? Where is it, I must be closer to it...* The hybrid said and the human grumbled in response. "Useless reptile." The hybrid turned his head away, sulking.

The human wearing shorts looked into the Cove again, looking closer at the spot where the voice came from but just not able to place the origin. After a few moments, the shorts-wearing human responded. "Um the last I checked, 2021, but I don't know after I fell through a weird portal and landed on top of a mountain!"

*Oh so you ended up here too then?* The orange-eyed dragon questioned before pausing, eyes widening. *Wait... that voice... Do you have a Discord by any chance?* He questioned.

Meanwhile, the human in all black clothing heard this all and yelled to them. "Damn, how many people fell through fucking portals?!" The hybrid looked at them all and snorted loudly, catching the attention of the shorts-wearing human and orange-eyed dragon. *Apparently quite a fucking lot.*

Right as the hybrid said this, the orange-eyed dragon also said something similar. *Apparently a lot! And some ended up as Dragons too to boot.* After a pause, the orange-eyed dragon chuckled. *Wow, same brain cell there.*

"Yeah, still wondering how that happened; Anyway, can you use your body? Because this sack of scales I'm carrying can't," The human wearing all black questioned, catching sight of the orange-eyed dragon's glowing eyes. The orange-eyed dragon responded with a shout. *Yes, I can walk and run but not much else.* The original question, however, made the hybrid squeak angrily and say, *Hey! Movies and stuff make this seem much easier than it is!*

"Yeah, but why is that suddenly important?!" The shorts-wearing human yelled incredulously in response to the previously asked question about Discord, and the orange-eyed dragon took a deep breath before asking another question. *Is your Discord name by any chance Blackout!?*

Meanwhile, the human wearing all black looked around and his eyes widened as he finally recognized the terrain. "Wait a second, is this Berk?" He asked and the orange-eyed dragon turned to him in excitement. *YES! Wait, you've seen How To Train Your Dragon too?* The big dragon asked before pausing and realizing some potential connections between them. *I'm starting to form a theory...* He mumbled.

"Enough to quote the whole movie, line for line," The human wearing all black told him, and the small hybrid looked up, realizing just where they were. *Wait a minute… this is Berk? We're in a fucking movie? Wait a minute, does that mean we're going to die? When is this?* The hybrid questioned. The human holding him remarked. "Let's hope after the first movie."

Meanwhile, the orange-eyed dragon had stepped into the light and the human wearing shorts was shocked. Both by the dragon and by being called by his Discord name of all things in this place. "How the hell do you know that name? Who are you?! Also who the hell are those two?!" He shouted.

The orange-eyed dragon's eyes widened and he almost screamed. *OH MY GODS, WHAT THE FUCK ARE THE CHANCES?!* The big dragon shouted and then looked the shorts-wearing human, Blackout, right in the eyes and pointed to himself with one claw. *I'M JUSTANORMALHTTYDFAN! REMEMBER ME?!* The orange-eyed dragon- or rather JustANormalHTTYDFan shouted.

*Also MY THEORY SEEMS TO BE PLAYING OUT!* JustANormalHTTYDFan remarked excitedly and then turned to the human wearing all black, who was still carrying the hybrid, and shouted to them. *You two new people, you also have Discord and Discord names?*

"Loki" The human wearing all black, or rather Loki, said and the hybrid grumbled and eventually answered. *Yep, GamingChickens, do not make fucking fun of it.* The hybrid or rather GamingChickens said, and after a moment Loki spoke. "Well, you're the right size for one."

"Chirp chirp," Blackout teased GamingChickens before laughing at his own joke, and the teased hybrid snarled weakly in response. *HOW DARE YOU I AM A DRAGON NOW I WILL FUCKING BURN YOUR HOUSE DOWN-* GamingChickens began to yell before pausing and then questioning something he just realized. *Wait, can I breathe fucking fire?*

Meanwhile, JustANormalHTTYDFan was recounting his theory. *We all know about How To Train Your Dragon, we're all on Discord and the Salty Dragon Bar and Grill server because we all hate The Hidden World.* He said and then finished. *That's the connecting thing between ALL of us.* As this was all going on, Loki carrying GamingChickens made their way over to Blackout.

"Hey, tall guy, mind holding this," Loki asked and held out GamingChickens, who turned to face Loki as they breathed in... only to sneeze all over Loki. *Oh.* The glare delivered by Loki was downright murderous. "If this shit is poisonous, I'm going to kill you."

*Can you guys come down here now so we can hold this conversation face to face?* JustANormalHTTYDFan yelled up at them, tired of having to yell to hold the conversation, yet he was ignored. After this, GamingChickens spoke up. *And seriously, call me Ash, the whole gamingblahblahblah is far too long.*

Blackout reached out to grab GamingChickens or rather Ash, taking him from Loki yet holding the little hybrid at arm's length to avoid getting bitten. "If you haven't noticed I don't have a house or any other possession besides what I had on me which was my phone, keys, and wallet so have fun burning items that are competently worthless now." Blackout told Ash in response to the previous threat.

Ash narrows his eyes, the look of absolute rage defeated and made laughable by the snot still on his snout. *Well… are you flammable?* Ash questioned and Loki gave him a look. "Can you even breath fire?" Loki asked and, from within the Cove, JustANormalHTTYDFan heard this and yelled to them. *Well, I'm not even sure what kind of Dragon I am, much less if I can breathe fire.*

"Are you yeetable?" Blackout asked Ash with a smirk, suddenly compelled to yeet the hybrid into the Cove. "The answer is yes" Loki butted in, saying with an evil smirk on his face. Ash's eyes widened, and he tried to inspire pity. *Well, you, you wouldn't just yeet me, would you? I'm just a poor defenseless dragon.*

From in the Cove, JustANormalHTTYDFan yelled comfortingly. *Don't worry Ash, if they throw you I can HOPEFULLY catch you. Hopefully. Maybe.* Then, after a few minutes, he remarked to himself. *I haven't tried catching a yeeted dragon before.* And hearing this, Loki turned to him and shouted with a smirk, "Never too early to learn how!"

Blackout smirked to Loki and then got into the position to throw the little hybrid into the Cove, "Ready to fly little man?" He asked the little hybrid as he aimed to throw him at the pond in the Cove, the pond which was also frozen. Being held out, Ash looked at his wings and spread them out. *I mean, maybe I can fly? They look pretty small, but maybe I can glide?* He said hopefully.

"Oh, this is gonna be good," Loki remarked and Ash began to shriek, whilst from below JustANormalHTTYDFan yelled up at them. *Hey the pond is frozen! Like, completely frozen solid!* He yelled but it didn't seem to stop them, as within one-second Blackout used all his strength to throw Ash into the air.

*Oh SHIT-* JustANormalHTTYDFan swore and ran to catch Ash, stumbling a bit due to the sudden acceleration. Meanwhile, in the air, Ash was tumbling and failing to spread his wings, yelling. *NOT COOOOOL!* Just before Ash could slam into the snow ground, JustANormalHTTYDFan jumped in the way and Ash slammed into his side, making the bigger dragon grunt.

"TOUCHDOWN!" Loki yelled as JustANormalHTTYDFan let Ash down, turning to glare at Loki and yelling at them. *I THINK THE QUALIFIES AS DRAGON ABUSE!* Loki just smirked. "I call it comedy." Rolling his eyes, JustANormalHTTYDFan called out to them again in annoyance. *Ok will you two come down here now?*

Meanwhile, Ash got up and shrieked before headbutting JustANormalHTTYDFan with his horn, yelling *FUCK YOU ALL!* as he did so. JustANormalHTTYDFan leaned back, caressed his snout, and growled at Ash, *HEY I CAUGHT YOU!*

Ash shrieks even louder in an attempt to assert his dominance, only to end up sneezing once more, thankfully this time not on anymore, especially the ticked-off JustANormalHTTYDFan. *You really wanna piss the dragon that's like ten times your size off? I might be able to eat you in a single bite and I haven't had anything to eat in hours.* JustANormalHTTYDFan told Ash with a light growl. *So don't tick me off.*

"Hey, you're fine, maybe next time don't try to threaten a guy twice your size," Blackout told Ash from the top of the Cove, a smug smirk on his face. He lifted his hand to receive a fist bump from Loki, who complied and return it. Ash growled and swung his tail up into JustANormalHTTYDFan's eyesight.

*I have a tail barb, I can poison you bitch,* Ash growled and attempted to swing it, only to end up failing and hitting himself in the face again. Thankfully, again, not with the barb. As Ash yelped, JustANormalHTTYDFan delivered him an unamused stare. *I'm very scared,* JustANormalHTTYDFan said with a deadpan tone.

"Ok, what the fuck, you never warned me you were fucking poisonous!" Loki yelled from the top of the Cove, and after a moment continued. *You could have stabbed me!* Blackout looked as if he was thinking the same thing before both shivered as a cold gust moved through the area.

*If you two don't want to freeze to death in the cold, you might wanna come down here! I am literally now a living space heater!* JustANormalHTTYDFan yelled up to them before becoming distracted with Ash, who began to squirm and attempt to fight him, much to the large dragon's unamusement.

"We should probably get them out before we all freeze to death," Blackout whispered to Loki with a slight laugh, as both watched the two dragons 'fight' with the size difference between the attacker and the 'attacked.' Loki responded. "Yeah, but how do you suggest we do that? Fan probably weighs well over a ton, and we don't even have any rope."

Snorting arrogantly, Ash began to swing his tail and its barb around randomly. *The fuck you gonna do about it bitch-* Ash began to growl but was cut off as he accidentally stung himself in his side with his own venom, his body freezing up due to the effects of it. JustANormalHTTYDFan smirked in amusement, setting Ash aside.

*Look, now I got a dragon statue; This is called karma and it's what happens when you're an asshole to the dragon who saved you from going splat,* JustANormalHTTYDFan told the frozen Ash in amusement, meanwhile Blackout gave a slow clap and said something sarcastic to Ash. "Woah I'm so impressed by your show of dominance."

Remember hearing Loki's earlier statement about getting him out of the Cove, JustANormalHTTYDFan turned to Loki and remarked. *A ton? Just based on how big I seem to be, I'm probably a few tons.* Loki gave him a look. "Semantics, doesn't change the point. We can find the village, it's probably safer to approach without dragons with us anyway in case it's before the peace,"

JustANormalHTTYDFan glanced at the sky, which was overcast as the sun was now only a little bit of time away from setting. *It might snow. And it's very fucking cold, which again, I'm a Dragon and it's no problem for me anymore; But it is a VERY big problem for you two,* The orange-eyed dragon told the two Humans.

"Well, they could blow a hole in the side with the entrance to the cove and use the rock slide generated from the explosion to climb up," Blackout suggested to Loki, who responded. "Do either of them know how to shoot explosive fireballs?" From the Cove below, JustANormalHTTYDFan answered.

*Ash is still frozen, and I don't even know WHAT kind of Dragon I am,* He said before pausing, and then saying, *Wait, maybe I can see my reflection in the ice...* The orange-eyed dragon got up and walked over to the frozen pond, and tried to make out his reflection. Behind hints of orange, silver, and dark purple, he couldn't make out any shapes or distinguishing features due to the ice not reflecting back good enough. *Nope, not clear enough.*

"I don't know," Blackout said to Loki, "But it's either that or for them to sit in there together and wait for us which I don't think is smart with little speed stinger reject over there," Blackout gestured to Ash, who was still frozen as still as stone. Meanwhile, Loki answered JustANormalHTTYDFan's question. "You're black and a quadruped."

JustANormalHTTYDFan just sent him a deadpan stare. *Loki I already knew that, I'm not blind, I can't see my head or parts of my back however which might tell me what kind of dragon I am,* the dragon said and Loki answered back. "You have horns and orange eyes."

*Horns, two horns? It feels like two; Also orange eyes, kinda uncommon but alright,* JustANormalHTTYDFan muttered to himself, reaching out with his claws and feeling the two silver horns on his head. Meanwhile, Blackout turned to Loki.

"So I guess we are going to the village Loki; We should probably come up with new names for ourselves so people don't get too suspicious," Blackout said as he strengthens his arms and back, getting ready for the long hike to the village of Berk.

"Yeah, going by the name of a deity that's foretold to help cause the apocalypse probably isn't the best idea," Loki remarked.

"I'll go by Rune since it means mystery," Blackout, or rather Rune, said as they shuffled their feet in the snow. Meanwhile from below, JustANormalHTTYDFan heard the renaming session.

*We should probably call ourselves by different names anyways, I'm pretty sure you guys don't wanna say JustANormalHTTYDFan all the time to refer to me,* JustANormalHTTYDFan remarked and Blackout responded whilst crossing his arms. "Agreed, what would we call you?"

*Let's see, either Fan, Jarvis, or Shadow. Which one sounds better?* JustANormalHTTYDFan suggested and then took a deep breath before muttering to himself. *I'm not going by my old human name, cause that STAYS back in our old world.*

"I think Shadow will work since it sounds cool and sounds like a name for a dragon," Blackout said, liking the name. Loki also nodded. JustANormalHTTYDFan, or rather Shadow, nodded and stretched his wings a bit.

*Alright, Shadow it is then,* The orange-eyed dragon responded and then took a deep breath before continuing. *Don't worry about me, you two can go to the village. I can handle little Dragon Statue here if he unfreezes anytime soon... Also, If it's around the time of The Hidden World, punch Hiccup and the Horny Asshole Douche for me, would you?*

"Alright me and Loki should get going before we waste too much time, just don't eat Ash, please," Blackout begged Shadow to not eat the little paralyzed dragon. *I won't eat him, he might give me indigestion or something; Or poison me,* Shadow remarked sarcastically, but serious about not eating the smaller dragon.

"Also, if we around that time, I'm making sure that none of them can have kids," Blackout told him before kicking a pile of snow with his right foot, showing what he meant by that statement. Loki perked up and spoke. "I volunteer to sock Hiccup, and anyways just call me Lok; So, let's get a move on."

*Alright, make sure to leave enough for me to kick, you two get going; Hopefully bringing back something or someone to help get me out of this hole,* Shadow said and Blackout nodded. "That's the plan, sit tight down their big guy," The human said before him and Loki, or rather Lok, disappeared through the bushes.

After a few moments, Shadow moved into a laying position, resting his large head on his paws. He didn't sleep, but rather kept his eyes on Ash just in case the little guy unfroze. After a few minutes of being alone, the big dark purple almost black dragon began to hum a song to himself, a song from his favorite video game, Portal 2.

*Cara Bella, Cara Mia Bella... O' Cara Mia, addio...* Shadow whispered to no one in particular, forgetting that Ash was in attendance of his singing.

---

Meanwhile, unseen by anyone, another multi-colored portal opened above a beach near the village of Berk, and tumbling out of this portal was another hybrid, this time an unconscious Night Fury and Deathgripper mix. They were a slightly dark purple, much brighter than Shadow, and had the tail stinger and retractable tusks of a Deathgripper, a few more Deathgripper bits, and bobs here or there.

The unconscious hybrid hit the beach and remained unconscious for a good minute. But after a good long minute, the new dragon began to stir. *Agh...* They groaned as they dealt with a pounding headache, not thinking too much of how their groan sounded different than a human's. Slowly, they opened their eyes and looked around with blurry vision, confused as they realized they were on a beach.

* How the hell did I end up here?* The hybrid thought to themself, their vision still blurry from what they thought might be from waking up from unconsciousness, although they weren't sure. * It smells like the ocean, but there are no saltwater beaches where I live, * They thought.

As they thought this, their vision began to clear and they thought of the possibilities as for why they were on a beach. * Holy fuck I swear if I got kidnaped in freaking Canada of all places, I will bite someone,* They thought to themself before trying to get up, only to realize that something was seriously wrong and different about their body, especially when standing on two feet seemed impossible now.

* What kind of shitty drug did I- * They began to question only to stop as they caught sight of their purple scaley paws. And it was as they realized that they definitely were not in their normal body, that they began to scream.

*Que mierda que cojones me cago en todo que mierdas esta pasando,* The hybrid said aloud, although it didn't sound anything like the human speech they were used to. To human ears, it would sound more akin to an animal, yet the hybrid understood their own words perfectly. Maybe this was a really odd dream, the hybrid debated.

* Is this a dream? Feels too real to be a dream, the snow and sand feel real- wait a sec, * The hybrid thought and then put their paw into a nearby bank of snow, feeling the texture of the snow surface yet without the usual biting cold that came along with it. The cold was still there, just more tolerable and numb.

* This is weird, I normally couldn't do this without feeling I will lose my hand; Is this a dream then? You shouldn't feel anything on a dream though, * The hybrid questioned to themself, looking around with now clear vision and realizing that not only were they on a beach but that there were docks and Viking ships not too far away.

* Wait a damn minute...are those- are those Viking vessels? * The hybrid questioned, taking a moment to recognize the Viking designs of this world. * Not any Viking boat, I doubt those designs are accurate, in fact, they look like- * They began and then stopped, eyes widening and the wings going slightly limp as they realized just what those ships looked like. * Those look like How To Train Your Dragon ships! *

Taking a deep breath, the hybrid looked around and took in more details about the environment. The ocean water wasn't frozen, yet was calm enough that they might be able to set their reflection. They moved over to the water a bit shakily, getting used to walking on four legs, but managed to reach it and looked at their reflection.

They saw that they looked like a Night Fury, but colored purple instead of the near-black of Toothless, and they had a bit of a smokey eye that reminded them of a lot of the complaints they'd heard about the Light Fury having make-up. Moving their mouth, they realized something felt off with their jaw and used their tongue to search the inside of the mouth before their tusks came out.

* Tusks? Well that is definitely not part of a Night Fury, * They thought to themself, turning their head to stare at the rest of their body. They could see their wings and some backplates, as well as a stinger that looked familiar to them. * This-This is from a Deathgripper! Am I a hybrid? ...Sweet! *

They turned back to the world and angled themself so they could look at their body as best as they could. * Well, doubt anyone would think I am a girl like this, if the case of Meatlug is anything to go by; I could survive with he/him pronouns. Hold on, this is why I am not cold? * They thought and then looked around, before realizing that the cold no longer affected them as they were now a dragon. They barked out a laugh, although it was a dragon laugh and not a human one.

*Suck it winter! I am stronger than you now!* They said aloud, the words still not sounding human but consisting of dragon noises, although they still could understand the meaning of them as if they were actual words. They didn't think much about it, considering there was no one else there anyway.

* Okay, I am a dragon, I must be in Berk. Looks like Berk at least, the original one, which is great. And...no way to go but to the village, that connects with everything else ,* They thought to themselves, studying the village of Berk, which looked just how it had after the events of Gift of the Night Fury, although the hybrid didn't realize that. Slowly, they move their head to look around, nervous. * Not sure what I am going to do if I encounter a Viking, or another dragon- I guess it would be fine if I am not aggressive? oh shit I don't know how to fight, I don't think I know how to use- any of this .*

They looked back at their tail, wondering how to move it and control the stinger. After a few moments, they managed to gain control of their tail and, with concentration, they were able to close the bulb so the stinger was secure and hidden away. * Well, better not to poison anybody ,* They thought.

With nowhere else to go and no specific destination in mind, they began to walk towards the outskirts of the village of Berk.

---

On the outskirts of the village of Berk, in a dark and dingy alley out of sight of anyone, another portal opened, and coming out of this one was another Human, a young woman in a green and white ball gown, and they fell onto the dirt of the alley-way floor.

"Ow! Dammit I'm wearing HEELS, you stupid interdimensional thing!" The young woman cursed the portal, which had closed just like all the others before. Realizing she was no longer where she had previously been, the human looked around from her place on the ground. "Where... the hell am I?"

Slowly, the young woman picked herself up from off the ground, being careful of her hoopskirts as she dusted herself off. "Okay, Carpy old girl, baby steps; Where were you when this happened," The human, named Carpy, questioned herself, trying to remember after the ride through interdimensional space.

"I was at a cosplay photoshoot... I took my wig off cause I was getting a hairnet headache... big scoopy portal..." Carpy said, yanking on her hair and running her hands through it as she thought about it. She stopped and looked around at the wooden walls of the Viking huts. "And now I'm lost, great."

Carefully, Carpy peaks out of the alleyway and looks out over the very busy Viking and Dragon traffic of Berk late in the afternoon. As she sees this, her face goes pale. "What the time twisted tanglefuck is this; I'm... on Berk, in my victorian hanayo dress and accessories... oh fuck I'm gonna get MUGGED!"

Carpy moved back into the alleyway, panicking as she looked at the various fake jewelry and finery. "Oh fuck, how do I explain what PLASTIC is?" They questioned. Unsee by Carpy, the Night Fury Deathgripper hybrid walked by the alley, stopping and looking in as they caught sight of the human in modern clothes, which definitely didn't fit with the How To Train Your Dragon aesthetic. *What the hell-* They began to question, only to catch Carpy's attention.

"GYAH!" Carpy screamed and patted around the hidden pockets of her dress, looking for anything she might be able to use as a weapon against the dragon which definitely wasn't native to Berk. "D-don't get any closer, I've got..." Carpy began and felt around some more, eventually finding a folding fan and pulling it out with a wilting expression. "A... fan I got from the dollar store..."

Suddenly, Carpy paused to stare at the hybrid. "Wait, dragons don't talk, typically," They said and then seemed to come to a conclusion. "I've finally died. I've lost it. I've biffed it. I've been handed my pink slip," Carpy said to herself, seemingly thinking she was dead and this was somehow the afterlife.

*Well, if you lost it then so did I; This day is getting weirder and weirder,* The hybrid said and glanced around to make sure they were alone, before pausing and turning to Carpy. *Wait- So you understand me? I barely can make sense of what I am saying, either in Spanish or English,* They said.

"It's weird for you too?!" Carpy shouted under her breath, mainly to not attract attention from any Vikings or Dragons of Berk. "This! Is! Great!" She shouted whispered again, hitting her head with the folding fan with each word. After a moment, the human took a deep breath and calmed down, finally using the fan for its intended purposes of being a fan.

"Okay. I think we got off on the wrong foot; Hi, my name's Carpy, and I am very, VERY lost; Can you help me?" Carpy asked and then, after a moment, remembered her manners. "...Please?" She added.

*Carpy?* The hybrid questioned, the name sounding familiar as they normally didn't call anyone that, except for one person that they did. *Look, this may sound crazy, even though what I am saying is already crazy, but...are you perhaps Kidzbop from the Salty Dragon Bar? Is a discord server that-* The hybrid paused, realizing that saying they hate the ending of this world is going to sound even wackier than the rest of this situation.

Carpy's face paled even more. "Dis... Cord? The Salty Dragon Bar?! You KNOW me?! I mean, yes I am Kidzbop Despacito, oh god I never thought I'd have to say that out LOUD-" Carpy covered her face with her fan. "Just, urgh."

*Kidz! Or well, Carpy,* The hybrid said happily, smiling although it probably didn't look the friendliest with their new set of teeth, yet they didn't care as they were too happy. *Is me, Leor! I guess you couldn't recognize me, well I never gave you guys any pictures so even if I was still a human you wouldn't know me,* The hybrid, Leor, explained.

"LEOR?!" Carpy screeched loudly and then promptly slammed her hand over her mouth in shock. "Oh god. I finally meet you, you're a lizard, and the first thing I do is threaten violence to you."

*I mean, I am not offended, at least the fan is not really intimidating,* Leor responded, and then they looked around, hoping that no one had heard Carpy's shout. *I am, not sure what is going on? This looks like Berk, the old one at least; but I have no clue how I got here, or why I am a dragon. I was planning on going to the forest as a safe spot, but I woke up on the beach so I needed to walk here first. Any idea of what to do?*

Carpy rearranged the gloves on her hands, thankfully the gloves keeping her fingernails protected from her biting them. "We're really on Berk. Okay, alright, okay. No pressure, we just gotta... think... right," Carpy said and then glanced out of the alleyway again, wincing. "Well, we have a dragon, and we have a girl... so... we're gonna have to fake it 'til we make it. Make it out of here, that is. You know the way out of here, right?"

*If you mean the village, I can guess it, this place is not that big. If you mean to our world...* Leor said and then paused, wings and tail dropping whilst they tried not to look too nervous for Carpy's sake. *That well, I don't know,* The hybrid told her.

After a moment, Leor took a deep breath and spoke. *Ok, you are right, this is serious. So, considering I don't look like any of the dragons here, and your clothes also don't look like you are a Viking, we could just, pretend we are dragon and rider? I don't know how to fly, but I doubt we need to make a demonstration and is only if someone asks. We could just go hide in the forest, or well maybe the Cove? Not sure if we could rest there, but Toothless did it.*

Carpy sighed heavily and her head dropped slightly. "Well... Better than nothing," She said and then paused, blushing and looking away from the dragon. "But, um... If you don't mind, I've kind of been wearing high heels all day, and it'd kind of help sell the image... could I... maybe... um, only if you want to..." She paused and then continued in a rushed whisper. "Could-i-sit-on-your-back-please?"

Leor snicked and lowered one of his wings down so Carpy could climb on his back. *Sure, I was going to offer anyways, considering is winter and that doesn't look like snow gear. Hop on,* The hybrid said and Carpy squawked happily. "Yay!" The human said and climbed on, sitting side-saddle with her legs hooked above the wing shoulder.

"Let's get the fuck out of this gross alley. I think we're starting to grow mold. Onwards!" Carpy said excitedly and Leor laughed loudly, shaking. *Just remember I am not your loyal steed,* The hybrid said and walked out in the village with Carpy, looking for some form of shelter from the cold of winter on Berk.

"Aw," Carpy said with a laugh, using her fan to cover her face as they passed by many staring Vikings and a few Dragons who glanced in surprise at the hybrid. "Can you be my disloyal steed?" Carpy asked jokingly.

Meanwhile, as Carpy and Leor walked through the village, Rune and Lok arrived in another nearby alleyway, Rune sighing in relief as they were finally here even though he was basically frozen. "Of all the times that I wish that I was wearing some pants and a jacket," He angrily muttered to himself, rubbing his hands together in an attempt to stay warm.

"So I think that we should head to the blacksmith first and get something to get them Shadow and Ash out of the cove," Rune said to Lok, who responded with a shiver and vocal answer. "Uh, same, t-shirts are not very insulating," Lok said and Rune nodded before answering back. "At least I'm used to cold weather but god when they said that it was cold on Berk they weren't kidding."

Just a little ways away, Leor stopped and turned their head in the direction of Rune and Lok's alleyway. "That sounds like English," Leor said and began to move in the direction of the voices, talking to their passenger. "I don't think we are the only ones here Carpy."

Carpy readjusts her handheld fan to not cover so much of her field of view, peering around with caution. "You think so? I still got dinky human ears," Carpy told the hybrid. The two turned the corner into the alleyway and caught sight of Lok and Rune, and realized they were also from the same reality due to the modern clothes. *Well, looks like the condition to end here is to be a salty bar member,* The hybrid remarked.

"Oh? More people? Let me guess, more confused members of the discord server teleported into a movie?" Lok said, and Carpy and Leor nodded in answer. After a second, Leor suddenly snickered and said, *How jealous would the THW defenders be.*

Carpy snapped her fan shut with a grin, speaking, "Oh, I DO love making them jealous. Hi there, fellow bar patrons!" Then Lok responded to Leor's question, "I don't think many people would be jealous of us considering we're now in a glorified version of the middle ages with dragons; Though, I admit, dragons are pretty cool."

"They would only be jealous because they won't be able to simp on the light bitch," Rune remarked with a small chuckle, whilst Lok continued speaking. "Actually, really cool; Ok, dragons are a win. The middle ages still suck though. Modern technology is pretty cool, like indoor plumbing, and heaters... Oh, how I miss heaters."

"Yeah, no phone, no power, no internet, no plumbing, no advanced medical which all suck." Rune followed up and in response to Lok's words, Carpy shivered and covered her bare shoulders with her hands. "Don't say it out loud! I was almost ignoring it..." Carpy said to them and Rune winced. "Oops sorry," Rune apologized.

*I am a dragon though, so I am still winning,* Leor said to them with a smile, although that smile faded into a pout or at least something similar before they continued. *I will miss a lot of things, like internet.*

"But you get all the dragon bitches and you can fly and breath fire I say that a good trade," Rune tried to joke in an attempt to lighten the mood, and it seemed to work slightly. Carpy spoke up, "Speaking of bitches..." She said and gestured to Rune and Lok, "Who the heck are you two? I'm Carpy, and this is Leor... In lizard-form."

"Loki," Lok clarified his Discord name, and so did Rune who spoke, "Oh I'm Blackout but you can call me Rune; Nice to meet you." Leor tilted their head thoughtfully, "Well we already met before, this is just for real, or as real as it can get, meeting in a fictional world."

"Is it really functional if we're living it?" Lok questioned and Rune nodded, "Good question" Rune said. Carpy held her head in her hands whilst speaking, "I'm trying to not think about it too hard. I JUST got over wig-headache."

Rune suddenly remembered why they were even in the village. "Anyway, we're losing time, the reason that we came here Lok, we needed to find something to get Shadow and Ash out of the cove," He said to remind Lok, who nodded as he also remembered. "Oh, yeah, they're here too."

"Perfect timing! You know the way then! We're trying to get TO the cove for shelter," Carpy said and tapped her finger against her chin in thought, thinking about the two individuals they had been told about. "...Don't know what to do about stuck individuals though."

"We were planning on getting some rope or maybe some explosive to blow a hole in the side of the cliff or lift them up the side of the cliff," Rune explains and then adds, "And maybe find some warm clothes cause bloody hell, it's cold here." Upon hearing mention of the temperature, Carpy shivered again.

"Stop saying it! I'm ignoring the cold! Lalala can't hear you!" Carpy said loudly and covered her ears, to which Rune angrily whispered to her, "Shhhhh, shut the hell up, do you want the entire village to hear you!" Carpy, hearing this, brought her hands away from her ears and spoke again. "Oh, they can't even understand us! We're just visiting tourists having a POLITE CONVERSATION, cough cough, in our native tongue!"

*Can we even speak with the locals, come to think? Not sure if they would understand me, but last time I checked we all are speaking English, not Norse,* Leor brought up and then paused, before adding, *So you guys were going to steal shit from Vikings?*

"Yeah, I know, not the brightest idea but we don't have a lot of options to go with, we either die freezing our ass off, try to ask some Viking for help, or steal what we need to survive, guess which option we picked," Rune said whilst starting to grow irritated with Leor.

*You heard English, I am speaking dragon. Doubt they would worry too much about dragon noise considering they have fish where the towers used to be. Whatever this time is, they are friendly to dragons,* Leor said and then sighed, *I will see in what I can help, I don't look normal, but at least I could distract some people while you guys steal shit.*

"Well, thanks for the update genius but we didn't know that until five seconds ago," Rune retorted, "Besides we don't have any money to buy the stuff that we need, our money doesn't work here." After a few moments, he sighed and spoke again, this time kinder. "Alright, I appreciate the help, but just don't get cocky and get yourself into trouble."

*I bet if Hiccup sees me, he would be distracted enough that you guys can raid his house,* Leor suggested and Lok and Rune glanced at each other. "Yeah, definitely," Rune said and then Loki spoke up, "That's actually not a bad idea; Depending on the time period, he'll either fawn over you or try to kill you ineffectively."

*I mean, if I act non-threatening it should be fine, right? I don't have any pride, I can just show my neck and he should be merciful,* Leor spoke up and then Rune did as well, "I'm just more worried about Toothless, if this is before the third movie he's a pretty intimidating dragon."

"I am NOT raiding the heir of the island's house in HEELS," Carpy whispered loudly, hiking up her skirt to prove her point. "I can barely walk in these!"

"Not my fault that you choose that ridiculous fashion choice; What were you even doing before you got here?" Rune questioned as he looked Carpy up and down, looking at the outfit.

*To be fair none of us choose which clothes to wear in this situation, not that it would have mattered for me at least,* Leor spoke up, reflecting on how they hadn't seen any clothes on the beach, although they had been asleep when they arrived.

"The benefits of only ever wearing black t-shirts and black jeans, I'm never stuck in impractical clothing," Lok reflected and Carpy looked at Rune before answering him. "I... was at... A PHOTOSHOOT," She said and then crossed her arms, looking away and adding, "And fuck you, I look good!"

"Doesn't matter here now, does it? Unless you want to get robbed by some thugs you should probably get rid of that," Rune said and gestured to the dress, and Carpy covered her chest with her arms before answering, "This was a GIFT! A very EXPENSIVE gift! Do you even know how much victorian Love Live cosplay COSTS on eBay?!"

"Don't know, and don't care; All I care about is getting our friend out of the cove, you can whine about your expensive clothes later," Rune said and Leor spoke up, *Not sure if she looks rich, she definitely looks like a foreign; but those clothes are still too modern for this time period.* Leor then seemed to remember the fake jewels, *...Not sure what they would do with the jewelry, though.*

"Smelt them or sell them probably," Rune pointed out and Leor looked closer at the jewels, narrowing his draconic eyes, *I think the jewels are plastic, maybe she could impress someone which such rare material?* Leor choose not to comment on the cost of the dress, avoiding touching the topic with a ten-foot pole.

"Yeah, they are..." Carpy said, confirming they were plastic, as she looked around cautiously. "But who's stupid enough to fall for that?"

"They're Vikings, they are pretty stupid," Rune said and then Leor spoke up, *I mean, no one has seen plastic around, someone would be interested if only because they haven't seen that before.* After a moment, they then added, *I have seen people pay for stuff that is shit, if only because is odd to see.*

"Maybe we can try to sell it to a few Vikings to get what we need?" Rune suggested and after a moment, Carpy took in a deep breath and clasped her hands together before exhaling, saying, "Alright; Game plan."

All of them turned to look at Carpy, and Rune said, "Let's hear it." After a moment, Carpy told them her plan. "We pretend I'm a foreign dignitary with my also-foreign dragon and my two retainers," She said and after a moment, Leor spoke, *...you know what, that is crazy enough it may work.*

"We offer them these rhinestones as payment for help getting our other, still-also-foreign-dragons, out of a poorly-placed ditch; But I? Am keeping my dress. Deal?" Carpy said as she unclasped the plastic necklace from around her neck, holding it out in a tight fist.

"Fine by me, the plan sounds solid, we should do it since we've got nothing else to lose," Rune answered and then Leor spoke, *I am honestly ok with you keeping that dress, and hey I just need to keep pretending I am your ride, so let's go.* However, Rune had something else to say to that, "I don't hate it but it just draws all the wrong kind of attention, which makes me feel uncomfortable, especially around a timeframe like this," He said before giving a nervous glance over his shoulder.

"First, we should check if anyone can actually understand us... nose goes!" Carpy said and placed both hands over her nose. After a moment, Loki raised his hand and spoke, "I volunteer as tribute."

*Wrong movie pal, at least we ended here instead of there, that would be a nightmare; If I ended up in the hunger games I would commit suicide than deal with that bullshit,* Leor remarked, and in response to this, Rune said, "I wouldn't have lived within the first seconds of the game."

"Aw geez, would they try and give me a love interest there?" Carpy remarked and wrinkled her nose in disgust, "Blegh. Heteronormativity." In response to this, Lok said, "Disgusting," whilst Rune asked, "What?"

"Don't worry about it," Carpy said and after a moment of silence, Lok spoke up, "Anyway, time to go talk to some Vikings! Or at least try to." With that Lok began to walk out of the alley, and Rune followed him.

"Good luck, try not to get anything important chopped off!" Carpy called out to them, and Rune turned around to say, "The only thing important is my neck." With that, the two walked out and deeper into the village, quickly coming across a Viking and his Zippleback.

"Hey! Can you understand what I'm saying?" Lok asked the Viking, who looked at him as if he'd grown a second head, ironic with their dragon being a Zippleback. "...Aye?" The Viking responded, clearly confused about this.

"Oh well that's good, at least we won't have the language barrier fucking with us," Rune remarked as he stared at the Zippleback and its two heads. "And we also know that Berk is dragon friendly," Lok said and Rune turned to him, whispering, "Don't think that was necessary as we have a dragon with us, but okay."

From the alleyway, Carpy and Leor watch, peaking around the corner. Carpy hides her mouth with her fan before whispering to them, "Sh! Be careful!" As she said this, Leor also whispered to Rune, *Dude, if it's the entire village against us we are toast, I cannot fly and I barely know what is going on, and they had been killing dragons for centuries.* Rune whispered back, "What? He has a Zippleback with him, I don't see why they would attack us unprovoked like this."

As all of this goes on, in another nearby alley, another portal opens and this time coming out of it is a creature neither human nor dragon, but a fictional troodontid dinosaur species. It had a reverse hallux like some birds, sable feathers with paler rosettes, a tuft of thick bristles in between its shoulder blades, a strange, charcoal gray helmet-esque casque, eight pairs of external ear organs (auricles) akin to a Night Fury's, a blue striped tail ending in three iridescent black tail vanes like that of fletching on an arrow, two, small and triangular secondary wings alighted on its hips, scaly shins, a lighter face mask, and massive, iridescent black draconic wings-arms with dual digits on the forepaws.

The Trodrake hit the side of a wooden Viking hut before sliding down it and falling, landing on a barrel and crushing it. This finally managed to stir the creature, making them open their new eyelids and begin to observe their surroundings. Feeling their face was off, they raised one of their new paws and gasped in surprise, seeing the very not Human hand.

After moving it and realizing the paw was intended theirs, they squawked and jolted back, kicking their legs out and realizing they were more like a dinosaur's than a human's. As they began to glance at themself, they realized just what they were, surprised.

They squalled, confused, exhilarated, and bewildered. * This had to be some kind of fever dream ,* They thought to themself, before managing to stand up, realizing they were between two Viking huts, although they didn't recognize them as belonging to Viking architecture. They attempted to walk only to end up tripping and having to catch themself with their new strange forepaws.

* Okay, this could work, just gotta hobble on all fours like a dog… * They thought to themself before shakily exiting the alleyway like that, looking around and realizing they were in a village of some sort. They were caught off-guard by their sight being so clear now, even when it was getting dark and the sun was barely visible on the horizon.

Eventually, they heard voices and flickered their brand new auricles up, listening and then realizing it was coming from some figures gathered just a little ways away. Slowly, they began to walk with an awkward footing, speaking aloud, *H... Hello?*

Meanwhile, Leor and Carpy had come out of the alley and were next to Rune and Lok when all of this happened, and Leor's ear-fins moved up and they tilted their head as they heard the sounds. The Viking didn't hear the noises, and the hybrid looked to the nearby alley and saw the new creature. *What are you?* Leor asked in a near whisper so the Zippleback didn't hear, the hybrid squinting to get a better look.

Rune heard it as well and turned to look as well, speaking, "Hey did you guys hear that?" He nudged Carpy on the shoulder, who spoke, "We're trying to sell an image!" Carpy paused and looked around, "...Let's go check that out. Goodbye, friendly local! Thank you so much,"

Carpy waved demurely at the Viking as the group walked away, heading to the alleyway and approaching the new creature, who looked at them. *What do you mean 'what are you'? L... Leor? Is that you?* The creature said as they scented the air, taking in the scents of the four others as well as the smell of the nearby Viking and their Dragon, who had since begun to walk away.

*Trookay!?* Leor shouted in surprise, recognizing the fictional species as being the one created by Trookay; Leor walked over to Trookay, Carpy still on their back, surprised. *Leor!* Trookay whispered as loud as they could without it being considered a yell, ambling closer to them and then looking at Carpy before speaking, *Wait, Carpy?*

"Kay?! That's Trooks?!" Carpy squeaked happily, pocketing away her paper fan, "Look at you! You're, your... Little dino thingy! You're so cute!" As she said this, Leor looked up at her and spoke, *You literally tried to fight me when you saw me, but Trookay gets a pass?*

"This is such a clusterfuck," Lok muttered and Rune nodded, speaking. "Well, what did you expect," Rune said and gestured to Trookay, "Well, looks like we got another one stuck in this shit hole with us."

Trookay bristled at being called cute, their sable down feathers horripilating defensively, *I am not cute and you know it!* They said whilst raising an arm to point, coming unbalanced and wobbled like a crow. Suddenly, it clicked with them what Rune said and they turned their multi-color eyes on the human, *Stuck!?*

"Don't scare me next time," Carpy said with a giggle, patting Leor on the head, meanwhile Rune turned to the group to joking ask, "Nah you're fucking adorable; Can I keep him?"

*That's 'them',* Trookay corrected and righted themself, standing on all fours akin to a Monstrous Nightmare. Leor spoke up next, *Well, at least no one would ask if they could ride you Trooks, especially not girls who threaten you with a fan,* the hybrid commented.

And upon hearing this, Trookay turned to look at Carpy, saying, *…Why am I not surprised you would do that?*

---

Meanwhile, back up near the mountains, the eighth and final multi-color portal opened, and this time coming out of it was an orange Stormcutter, purple back spikes, and purple detailing on the end of their tail. For one moment the Stormcutter was dreaming, and the next they awoke and realized they were falling.

*Ah, one of these dreams,* The Stormcutter thought to themself, believing they were still dreaming. To them, they thought it wasn't that much of a stretch for them to just stretch their arms and stop the fall, and fly like a superhero or something. They'd done it before and dream logic always prevailed. But the air was cold, and they didn't HAVE arms, which they found odd.

It was only then they finally realized they were no longer human but a dragon, a familiar one at that with a very familiar island below. Out of instinct, they spread their wings and began to fly, which they found odd for a dream but choose to ignore it, writing it up as just being something like walking, that you do without thinking about it.

Their double-wings were linked by both wing thumb-claws, and they decided to leave those be, and their tail managed to catch the air much easier than a Night Fury's would, they realized. Looking around, they wondered where they should go in this dream, what with all of Berk at their disposal. The village? Or maybe the Cove?

* The Cove was... west? They never really specified, did they? * The Stormcutter thought to themself, before deciding to try going west, heading around the island and towards the Cove even if they didn't realize it.

---

Meanwhile, the group in the village had broken into a long argument over what to do, going back in forth as they slowly moved from alley to alley, heading a bit deeper into the village as the sun had basically disappeared. Eventually, Carpy looked and saw something which would finally end their endless going in circles.

"Maybe it won't have to be random... look!" She said and pointed to the Forge, where a plume of thick smoke was emerging from the chimney, light coming from within the building. "Fifty-fifty shot that its Hiccup or Gobber," she added.

*What if it's someone else?* Trookay playfully speculated, as they all looked at the Forge and tried to determine if they could figure out who was inside. Carpy, hearing this, answered with a shrug, "Then... We pick a god, and pray that they help anyway?"

"Ooh, this is where the fun begins," Lok remarked and then thought about what Trookay said, turning to the Trodrake and speaking, "Who else could it be?"

*Hope is Hiccup,* Leor remarked and Rune heard this, and spoke up kinda nervously, "I kind of don't. cause where there's Hiccup, Toothless is close by."

*We'll just tell Toothless we're wanderers,* Trookay told Rune, waving him off, and then Leor spoke up as well, *If this is truly the time where dragons are accepted, Hiccup would lose his shit with Trook and I.* After a pause, the hybrid continued, *Relax, as long as we don't threaten Hiccup, we are Gucci.*

Trookay or Trook winced and said, *Don't say 'Gucci'.* Hearing all this, Rune told them off, "I'm not that scared," and then followed it up with, "I'm just not dumb enough to try and piss off the over-powered dragon."

"Anyway, let's do this," Lok said and began to walk towards the Forge, the group following behind and Carpy speaking up as she rearranged her dress and hair to look as proper as possible, "Okay. Okay! Okay... Almost showtime... What do I say?!"

*Okay, you are a noble from far away lands, we flew away from some pirates, got stranded here and we want to trade,* Leor made up on the spot, pausing and then adding, *...pirates or hunters, something like that.*

"Pirates or hunters, pirates or hunters... okay. Okay. Eep," Carpy said as they approached the Forge, almost within knocking distance. Lok turned around, telling them, "Y'all are horrible at planning cover stories." Lok turned to the Forge and approached it, Rune following close to him.

"Hello! Is anyone in there!" Lok called out and Leor scream whispered to him, *Oh I am sorry, do you have any suggestions?* Trook stayed beside Carpy and Leor, briefly flicking their narrow skull to gesture for them to close.

"Don't fuck it up, Carp, don't fuck it up..." Carpy whispered to herself from behind her fan, hoping she wouldn't have to do any of the talking. Rune stood next to Lok, who reached out and knocked loudly on the door of the Forge, asking, "Hello, anyone in there?"

From inside the Forge, there is a sudden loud thud like something falling over, followed by the faint muffled sound of a dragon laughing. After a few moments, they hear the sound of irregular footsteps approaching the door, and it's opened by...

"It's the middle of the night, what do you..." Hiccup asked in tired confusion before pausing upon seeing Leor and Trook, Leor widening his eyes intentionally in an effort to appear cuter and less threatening. Rune coughed to get Hiccup's attention, while Trook stood there chittering and looking with disbelieving eyes as they saw the sixteen-year-old who'd previously been a fictional character. Hiccup barely looked different from how he was in the first movie, indicating they were very early in the timeline.

Hiccup straightened himself out, quickly losing his tiredness as he saw the new strange people AND their Dragons, and of course Trook. "Uh, hi there! Sorry about that, I was... Well, never mind. You seem to be new here! How can I help you? ...And your dragons," He quickly stammered out, obviously shocked.

*Hi, we kinda got stuck here; We're from far away, but some of our dragons got injured on the flight here, and are stuck in a Cove in the woods," Lok explained, which mostly wasn't actually a lie, and Rune nodded to help Hiccup believe it. Meanwhile, Leor struggled to maintain his pose and thought to himself, * Hope we can explain how we really don't have any injuries .*

It takes Hiccup a moment as he blinks in surprise, but he eventually speaks up, surprised and just a hint excited. "A Cove in the woods? You have more dragons there?" The one-legged teenager asked, somewhat excited by the new dragons, and Lok answered, "Yeah, two more; But one of them is too big to hoist out ourselves, and he can't climb his way out."

"We can pay you for your services, young sir; Your help would be much appreciated," Carpy said as she held out the plastic necklace, and Leor whispered to her, *I think he would do it for free, Carpy.*

" Those gems will not hold up under inspection; We're gonna be labeled charlatans for sure, " Lok thought to himself whilst Rune also thought to himself, " I just hope that we can also ask for warm clothes at some point or at least be given some warm shelter. "

Hiccup raised his hands in a respectful but denying manner, shaking his head. "I couldn't accept that! If your dragons are hurt then you've come to the right guy," He said and turned to look back inside the Forge, calling out, "Hey bud, wake up! Wanna go for a night walk?"

"Is that a Night Fury? I've never seen one up close!" Lok said in excitement, trying to look inside the Forge to get a good look at the Night Fury which had also previously been fictional, thinking to himself, " It pays not to have a survival instinct. I get to enjoy this! "

" I'm going to really see Toothless, this is almost like a fanboy moment if I wasn't completely terrified of getting roasted or executed by Vikings ," Rune thought to himself whilst Leor really, really tried to appear friendly and not threatening, thinking, * If he wants to fight me, I am toast. *

Toothless shouldered his way past Hiccup, both of them exiting the Forge and Hiccup climbing onto the saddle on the Night Fury's back. Hiccup turned to Lok, elated upon hearing his words, and asked hopefully, "Yes he is! Does up close mean you've seen more?"

"Well, never a Night Fury sadly, but other fury species," Lok answered and Leor moved their head around, to showcase they were technically part Fury and could pass as a subspecies. Meanwhile, Rune shuffled nervously as he knew the truth about the 'canon' timeline and he didn't want to tell the one-legged Rider and his Night Fury the truth just yet, especially since they just met.

Hiccup, upon hearing this, visibility deflated. "Oh, alright then..." He said and then continued, "I think I know which cove you're talking about; Lead the way!" Hiccup gestured for someone to take the lead, and Lok did so, walking in the direction of the Cove they had come from.

Carpy sighed in relief, thankful for the talking seemingly being over. Toothless carried Hiccup and walked side by side with Leor and Carpy, and Carpy mentally swore as she saw Hiccup's face, " Crap. "

Hiccup was looking at Leor and Trook in amazement before asking, "These dragons! I've never seen them before, they're magnificent! What species are they?"

---

A while early, when there was still some sunlight out, Shadow had reached his fifth repeat of singing Cara Mia Addio, this time much louder and obvious. Unseen by him, Ash's leg twitched and his dewclaw slowly curled downward, and the little dragon groaned and shifted onto his belly as the freezing venom wore off.

*Ughhh, what the actual fuck,* Ash complained as the venom wore off, bringing his tail barb up to his face and glaring at it, *Traitor.* After a second, the little dragon realized just where he was laying, *Huh, I'm sitting in the snow, but I'm not cold, cool.*

Shadow finally realized Ash was unfrozen and cut off his singing, embarrassed and turning to face the little dragon with a small stutter, *O-oh, hi! You're unfrozen.*

Ash's eyes narrowed as he looked at Shadow, the quills on the back of the little dragon's head and neck rising, speaking, *You...* The little dragon opened his mouth to say something else before pausing, *Whatever, I'm hungry.* The little dragon turned away, grumbling to himself as his dewclaws tapped on the ground consideringly, asking, *Hmph, where would the food here even be?*

*The only food we could get is from the Pond... When it's unfrozen,* Shadow told him, glanced at the frozen pond and the fish hidden underneath. Ash, hearing this, glared up at the sky and spoke, *Wha- there's not even like, rats and stuff? I'm starving.*

*Lok and Rune went to go get help to get me and also thus you out of here,* Shadow explained and then shifted, his stomach grumbled lowly, *And yeah I'm hungry too, I haven't eaten in... I can't even remember.* Shadow's last memories of eating had been from when he was Human, and he was beginning to lose track of just how long ago that'd been.

Ash glanced at Shadow and then down at himself before saying, *Well, if we're stuck down here we might as well figure out how to move properly,* and then added after a moment, *Maybe we can even fly!*

*I can already walk and lightly run,* Shadow explained, *Flying might be a bit more challenging...* After a pause where he considered just how hard flying might be, he added, *Ok a lot more.*

*Yeah, and I have two legs, so it'll probably be even harder for me to learn to walk due to this fucking ridiculous looking head,* Ash complained and tilted his head again, dewclaws tapping again before they spoke, *Well, I suppose this isn't really unlike those shitty Jurassic Park fanfics I used to read, maybe I'll take some advice from those.*

After a moment, the little dragon stood up unsteadily, trying to rest his weight on his toes whilst hunching over, *Not that bad.* After the little dragon said this Shadow spoke up, *Nice, try walking now; And be ready for falling on your face... I did that.*

Ash grumbled but shuffled forward, raising his tail and folding in his wings as he did so, *This is gonna take a while,* the little dragon commented by tilting his head, *Well, speed stingers are supposed to be fast right? What if I try going fast before I try walking normally?*

With this said, the little dragon leaped forward, stumbling and nearly falling on his face before picking himself up again and beginning to run, going so fast that he didn't even have time to fall, *Woohoo, I'm doing it! Lets g-* Unfortunately for him, he then proceeded to trip and land in a snowbank with a loud thud.

*You ok?* Shadow asked concerned and Ash popped his head out of the snowbank, coughing before answering, *Abso-fucking-lutely fantastic.* The little dragon climbed out of the snowbank, snorting snow from his nostrils and shaking himself, *Y'know, maybe we're just overthinking it, the whole 'don't think, do' thing?*

He shook himself again and took another step forward, this time much more confidently, and surprisingly didn't end up tripping immediately. *Oh wait this is awesome! Hah! I was right!* He said and shook his wings out in pride, hopping up onto a nearby rock and flaring said wings.

*Nice,* Shadow commented, *Maybe flying is the same way? Although I'm not sure I'd risk jumping off a rock and hoping to fly.* Hearing this, Ash studied Shadow's large body consideringly and spoke, *Hm, well your pretty big, so I don't think it would really do anything, maybe you should learn to swim and then jump over a cliff?*

*I can't swim, the ice is frozen,* Shadow pointed out, quite literally pointing one silver claw in the direction of the frozen pond, to which Ash remarked with, *Hmph, logic.*

Shadow turned to the frozen pond, studying it with a curious expression before speaking, *I mean, I weigh probably around Hookfang's weight, maybe more and Hookfang is five thousand pounds or over two tons; So maybe I could smash the ice if I tried?*

*Hmm, but then you might get trapped under it or something,* Ash pointed out and then thought of something, *Can you breathe fire?*

*I, don't know,* Shadow admitted, *Let me try.* With that, the large dark purple dragon turned to another side of the Cove away from him and Ash, the large dragon taking a deep breath and then forcibly exhaling in that direction only for nothing to happen. *Ok, that isn't it,* They said and then turned to Ash, *Can you think of any suggestions on how to?*

*Hm, well I don't think I can breathe fire since I'm a speed stinger hybrid, but maybe there's like some muscle in your chest?* Ash suggested and Shadow shifted in place before answering, *Hmm, let me see.* Shadow shifted in his spot again, trying to get a good feel for his chest and what was inside of him that was different beyond the obvious. After a few shifts, he finally realized one spot felt different like there was something new on the opposite side of his chest from his heart. *I feel... something.*

Hearing that, Ash lightly shivered, *Oh that must feel so weird.* Shadow shrugged and answered honestly, *I don't know, I didn't really feel it until just now and almost forget it's there unless I focus on it; But when I do, yeah it does feel odd.* After a few moments, Shadow titled his head thoughtfully, *Hmm, maybe I should try what I did before but focus on that new thing?*

Ash tilted his head curiously, crouching on the rock as a bird would before speaking, *Maybe.* Hearing this, Shadow turned to look at the same spot he'd tried to shoot before, taking another deep breath but this time focusing on the new thing in his chest and trying to make it shift. It did, and he breathed out forcefully as a small compact glowing purple ball come from his mouth, flying and hitting the ground before breaking into a purple acidic cloud mist that burns the grass, lingering for quite some time.

Shadow's eyes widened, *Wait, I recognize that kind of fire...* And suddenly it clicked, and Shadow shouted at the top of his new dragon lungs, *I'M AN ENDER DRAGON!*

At the sudden roar and the surprise of the species, Ash fell backward off his rock with a yelp, his wings flaring in surprise as he shouted, *YOU'RE A FUCKING ENDER DRAGON? LIKE FROM FUCKING MINECRAFT?*

*APPARENTLY!* Shadow shouted back in surprise and happiness, before pausing and turning to look at themself, realizing they were more organic and less cube-like than the Ender Dragon from the game. *Although less boxy and cube-like.*

Ash managed to get up and trotted over to Shadow and the burnt grass, inspecting it for a moment before speaking. *That is fucking awesome.*

*Well, at least we aren't defenseless,* Shadow commented happily and Ash nodded, flicking his tail up and flaring his wings before he spoke to the large Ender Dragon, *Yeah, and I have my stinger, and if it all gets fucked, I can just shank someone with my horn.*

*Speaking OF your stinger,* Shadow spoke, *You need to practice aiming it, cause if you can't aim it, it'll be more of a hindrance to you than a use.*

*Yeah...* Ash answered whilst coming closer to Shadow, studying the bigger dragon's square-ish dark purple scales. *I want to test something though,* And with that, he tried to stab his tail barb into Shadow's side only for it to bounce off uselessly, *Huh, interesting.*

Shadow, however, was not amused. *HEY! WATCH THE SCALES! I just GOT 'EM! And I don't need a hole in 'em so soon, I can add the holes myself, thank you very much.*

To this, Ash just squawked with laughter, *It's not like it's gonna kill ya!*

*Yes, just lock me up frozen like a statue,* Shadow dryly stated, *I can't sit completely still for like two minutes, can you expect my sanity to survive staying still for like thirty?* Upon saying this, an interesting thought passed through both Ash and Shadow's minds.

*Although, I wonder if the venom would even work on me, considering, you know, Ender Dragon,* Shadow questioned at the same time Ash said, *Well, if your an Ender Dragon, it might not even affect you, you're not from this universe.*

They paused for a moment and then Ash said, *Hey, same brain cell.*

*Yeah,* Shadow chuckled as he thought about it, only for his train of thought to go in a complete other more worrying direction, *Wait, oh gods, Bewilderbeasts exist and they can mind control dragons from THIS universe.* He looked at Ash as he continued, *I might be safe, maybe, but you and potential others won't be.*

*Ah, shit, well, the ice nest one didn't seem that bad, but the red fucker one wasn't that nice,* Ash remarked and Shadow nodded before saying, *Yeah, if this is before the second movie then you should avoid Drago no matter what.*

Ash looked unsatisfied, *But I want to sneak up behind him and shank him in the ass with my stinger, that'd be hilarious!*

Shadow had to try his hardest to suppress a snort at that mental image, *That would be hilarious, so long as you don't get mind-controlled by his Bewilderbeast before you do,* He pointed out, and upon hearing this Ash wiggled his butt furiously as he spoke, *Then he would forever have an ass-scar.*

Shadow chuckled, a slight smirk forming on his draconic maw, *I don't know why I find that so funny,* He remarked and then grow curious about something, *Hmm... I'm quite big, I wonder if I could bite Drago in two?*

*The big-bad dragon master Drago with a fucking ass-scar from a chicken,* Ash said and this finally made Shadow crack, the Ender Dragon laughing and cackling heavily whilst falling on his side. It took a few moments, but Shadow calmed down enough to speak, *Oh thank you I needed that, it's getting quite boring waiting for the others to get back and get us out.*

Suddenly, Ash shrieked a battle cry and jumped with a flap of his wings onto the Ender Dragon's side, just above their belly and beside their uncovered foreleg. *I have defeated the mighty Ender Dragon!* The smaller dragon shouted.

Shadow, seeing the opportunity of a lifetime, shrugged his foreleg in the same way Toothless did to Hiccup in the first movie, shrugging Ash off of him. *It would've been better if you said 'I have defeated this mighty beast!' like Hiccup did,* Shadow pointed out, and Ash gasped in offense.

*You mean to tell me the fucker with the name of Hiccup had a better line than me! Never!* Ash said and Shadow rushed to explain, *No, no, just figured it'd fit in better with the whole, being stuck in the How To Train Your Dragon universe thing? Like, when are you gonna get the opportunity to say that, in that situation, in the same universe?*

*Hmmm, true,* Ash said.

Suddenly, Shadow felt a pang in his side and wondered if it was bruising from the fall, his stomach complaining, or possibly something else. *You know, I fell like a dozen feet and slammed side-first into a rock when I first arrived here, I wonder if I have internal bleeding or damage or something... I mean, nothing hurts but still,* The Ender Dragon explained.

*Well, you're a fucking Ender Dragon right? You can break through like anything that's not obsidian or endstone,* Ash pointed out and Shadow hummed.

*I'm not sure I can do that, I don't know; The Ender Dragon in-game just auto-deleted the blocks whilst flying face-first into them,* Shadow explained, *Maybe I got something like super-strength?* With that, the Ender Dragon glanced over at the frozen pond and the fish underneath, *Let's see if I could break the ice.*

*We might finally get some fucking food…* Ash said as he moved to watch, observing as Shadow got up and walk over to the frozen pond. Shadow laid one paw down on the ice, his claws clicking against the frozen surface. The Ender Dragon took a deep breath before speaking, *Here goes nothing...*

Shadow reared his paw up and slammed it down, mentally prepared for the potential that he was about to break his paw. However, the ice instantly broke into pieces with a loud echoing crack, tiny fragments flying through the air as the surface of the actual pond was uncovered. Shadow stared at his paw in shock, *Ok so now I'm super strong.*

*Oh wow,* Ash said and Shadow began to speak to himself, *When I was Human that would've broke my fingers... And my hand... And my arm... Maybe even my ribs; I was a fucking twig, but I am now Super Dragon or something.*

*FOOOOOD!* Ash shouted and jumped into the water, snatching a dozen dazed fish. Shadow slowly moved part of himself into the water, using his claws to spear some fish before moving back out of the water and glancing at them, concerned, *Can I even eat these as is? Can the Ender Dragon eat raw food?*

Ash snorted, glancing up at him, *Food is food.* The small dragon tilted his head back and chugged the fish down, waiting a moment before coughing it back up in smaller chunks and swallowing it again. *Oh that tasted good,* The little dragon commented.

Seeing food and someone else eating made Shadow's stomach audibly grumble, and the Ender Dragon shift uncomfortably in place. It was raw fish and eating that as a human had been a bad thing, but now he's a dragon and very hungry... He shrugged. *Fuck it,* The Ender Dragon remarked and popped the fish from his claws into his mouth, swallowing it in one go and being pleasantly surprised, *That wasn't so bad.*

Ash leaped into the pond, swimming through and grabbing a few more fish before jumping out, *What do you mean 'not bad'? These are great!* The little dragon began to tear into one, swallowing quickly before chugging down another whole.

*Eh, just the new taste is all; I've always been a very very picky eater, and I've never really eaten fish before now,* Shadow explained and then added after a moment, *Well, unless fish sticks count.*

*Hmm, true, I didn't like fish before this either,* Ash commented as they continued to demolish the fish they'd manage to get. Suddenly, an idea struck Shadow and the Ender Dragon turned his orange eyes to the shield left stuck in the Cove's entrance from the beginning of the Forbidden Friendship scene.

*Wait, I wonder if I could break the shield stuck in the Cove's Human entrance?* Shadow questioned curiously and Ash flapped his wings to gain height, jumping onto Shadow's head and squatting down like a chicken whilst speaking, *Oooooh, yes, blow more stuff up.*

Shadow rolls his eyes at the fact his head was being used as a perch, but didn't remove the smaller dragon; The Ender Dragon began to move over to the shield, speaking, *I won't fit through it, cause Toothless couldn't and I'm probably just as if not bigger than him I bet; But I can still try to destroy it.* Upon hearing this, Ash grinned and began to chant, *Chaos, chaos, chaos!*

Shadow stopped in front of the shield, taking a deep breath and then swinging his claws into it. The claws sliced right through the wood and metal shield like it was made of wet paper, turning it into tiny pieces and freeing up the Cove's entrance. Shadow glanced at his paws, *Ok I am now really Super Dragon.*

*CHAOS!* Ash yelled as he reared up on Shadow's head, flaring his wings. Shadow looked up at the little dragon, asking, *Anything else I should break?* And Ash just grinned, replying with, *Everything.*

Shadow glanced at a nearby rock and decided to change it up this time, tail-slapping the rock with as much force as he could generate. And the rock exploded into tiny pebbles, only one or two large-ish chunks left behind after getting smashed. Shadow hummed to himself, *Note to self, I need to watch my strength if I end up slapping Hiccup and the Horny Asshole Douche if we are around the time of The Hidden World.*

After a moment, Shadow then angrily grumbled, *Although maybe I SHOULDN'T watch my strength and just go ham...* Hearing this, Ash perked up, telling him, *Hmmm, if it's around the time of The Hidden World, then sure go ham, although I don't think I should be giving advice on murder.*

Shadow hummed thoughtfully, *The only one I might murder is the Light Fury, and Grimmel obviously... Also maybe Drago if he doesn't die from getting an ass-scar; Maybe I should start making a shit list of people to kill in this universe,* The Ender Dragon began to pace, *Who should I have on that list... eh, I can figure that out once I know when we are in the timeline.*

With that, Shadow stopped near the Cove wall and glanced around, *So what now?* At this, Ash glanced around bored and decided to get some sleep, *Well, I'm going to try to sleep, it's been a long long day.* With that, Ash hopped off of Shadow's head and flapped his wings to reach an alcove in the rock wall, curling up in it.

*You... do that. I'm... I don't know,* Shadow said lost, sitting down and glancing at his claws, looking over what he called the silver weapons of doom. *What to do now? When are Lok and Rune gonna get back and get me out of this hole? Should I learn to fly and get myself out? And Ash of course.*

Hearing this, Ash blearily opened his eyes and poked his head out of the ball he was curled up, telling the Ender Dragon, *I mean, I dunno how you'd learn to fly, most birds get kicked out of their nest to learn, no way to do that here.*

*So what, I gotta jump off a cliff and hope to everything I figure it out?* Shadow asked without feeling concerned about the potential implications of not succeeding after jumping off a cliff, and Ash nodded sleepily before answering him, *Yep, it's harder if you don't have the instincts and shit, but hopefully it'll work.*

*So, I gotta do a leap of faith, like Miles in Into the SpiderVerse?* Shadow asked Ash, the last movie the Ender Dragon watched before coming here having been Into the SpiderVerse. Ash let out a little mhm, and Shadow sighed, glancing at his paws. *I just hope it ends up like What's Up Danger, and not the first attempt Miles made...*

Suddenly, an idea popped into the Ender Dragon's mind, and he glanced at the stone walls keeping him from freedom. *Wait, can I climb up walls like Spider-Man? I got pretty sharp claws that can obviously break through pretty much anything.*

*Hmmm, maybe, I'm small and my forearms are pretty long, so I can definitely climb,* Ash commented as Shadow moved over to the wall, laying both of his front forepaws on the stone wall, sinking his claws into the stone. The Ender Dragon took a deep breath.

*Ok, let's try this...* Shadow whispered and proceeded to try and climb up the wall, seemingly actually succeeding only for him to slip and fall, landing on his back with a loud thud. *Ow...*

Ash snickered and got up, gliding down and landing right on Shadow's belly. *I think this is an L moment,* The little dragon said and Shadow just let his head go limp, replying, *Yeah, I'm just gonna stay here for a moment; I don't know if that worked and I just slipped, or it wasn't working at all.*

Ash hummed and moved more up the Ender Dragon's body, curling up at the base of their neck, *Huh, you're pretty warm.* Shadow lifted his head, bringing it to look at Ash as he spoke, *I did say I was basically a living space heater; Lok and Rune should've stayed, they weren't dressed for this weather at all and I am a living space heater.*

Ash grumbled and lightly headbutted Shadow, *Sleep.* Shadow shifted uncomfortably as he spoke, *Ok, but on my side cause I usually sleep like that. You can use one of my wings as a blanket.*

*Hmph, fine,* Ash said and Shadow rolled onto his side, Ash sliding down and landing on one of the dragon's wings to use as a sleeping surface. Shadow curled around Ash, using his other wing as a blanket for the smaller dragon, who hummed and curled into a smaller ball.

Everything was silent for a few minutes, and both of them nearly fell asleep before a loud thud echoed from the top of the Cove, and Shadow raised his head tiredly to look, only for his eyes to widen as he spotted an orange Stormcutter with purple spikes. The Stormcutter had landed in a heap in a snowdrift, but was getting up and onto a tree at the top of the Cove whilst saying, *Ha! Could've gone worse; Wonder if I can get down this tree...*

*What,* Shadow questioned in shock, and then snapped his head around to look at Ash under his wing, whispering, *Get up, there's a Stormcutter here.*

Ash's eyes shot open and the little dragon shot upright with a shriek, which made Shadow wince whilst the little dragon yelled, *WHY THE FUCK IS THERE A STORMCUTTER?!*

*I don't know, let me find out,* Shadow told Ash before turning to the unfamiliar Stormcutter, *Why hello strange Dragon I have never met, who are you?* With that asked, Shadow turned and whispered to Ash, *Sorry I couldn't help but try to sound like Hiccup did when talking to Eret.*

*Why can't I just sting him?* Ash asked with a glare, and Shadow answered in a whisper, *Because they haven't attacked us; Yet.*

The Stormcutter had been shocked to see the big black non-'How To Train Your Dragon' Dragon in the Cove but choked it up to dream logic. The Stormcutter then winced at Ash's shriek, before snarling at the two dragons, *Would you stop that infernal screeching - !* They began only to pause and stare in shock. *Why can you talk.*

*You won't attack us, right? And yes, we can talk; I mean, is it abnormal to hear fellow Dragons talking? That seems odd considering YOU are talking,* Shadow pointed out and the Stormcutter answered their first question whilst tilting their head nearly sideways, it would've hurt as a human but as a Stormcutter it felt like nothing, *I- no? Why would I?*

*Well, I don't know, your a strange random dragon I meet literally five seconds ago,* Shadow pointed and Ash growled at the Stormcutter, telling them that they were a, *Owl bitch.*

*That's Ash, you'll get used to him,* Shadow dryly said, hoping Ash might not have just provoked the Stormcutter into attacking. The Stormcutter shuddered and spoke, *Don't know why I'm surprised, last week I dreamed I was evading a zombie apocalypse in an art museum; Full of cats... Always, with the zombies.*

*Wait, you're also from 2021?* Shadow asked, eyes widening as he realized the chances of their being art museums in this universe was very low, much less the concept of a Zombie Apocalypse. Ash growled again and this time attempted to sting Shadow, but it just bounced off the Ender Dragon's scales, whilst said Ender Dragon said to the Stormcutter, *And did you just say this is a dream? This ain't no dream, my aching ribs from when I fell from the sky confirmed that.*

*Of course this's a dream, I'm a talking dragon! Pro-tip, never learn to lucid dream, takes all the fun out of it,* The Stormcutter remarked as it was the most obvious thing in the world, and Shadow knew words wouldn't work in convincing this dragon. Ash snorted and spoke, *Well, I dunno what you're talking about with this dream shit, but I'm very much comfortable.*

*Come down here, right now; This ain't a dream, trust me, what's your Discord username?* Shadow asked, trying to hide the demanding tone in his voice. He felt the urge to do something and he knew it'd solve this little issue right now.

*...my Discord username,* The Stormcutter said whilst craning their neck deeper into the Cove, *Oh that has to be the weirdest way my subconscious regret over spelling it wrong has ever surfaced. Arour-RI-allis or Arourallis, 12-year-old me thought they were so clever, couldn't spell 'aurora' and then didn't spell the spelled-wrong invention right for good measure-*

Ash smirked and spoke, *Well, if it were a dream, would you be able to feel this?* With that, the small dragon climbed up the wall and headbutted Arourallis's side, causing a light scratch. Meanwhile, Shadow spoke, *Ok, Arourallis, I remember you so get down here now; It's me, JustANormalHTTYDFan? Currently going by Shadow?*

*Little bra-* Arourallis was speaking as they moved to swat Ash but paused mid-swat, frills perking as they turned to face the black dragon with orange eyes, *You're who now?*

*I just said, I'm JustANormalHTTYDFan; Remember me?* Shadow said, *You wanna come down here now? Also, bring Ash down with you, and please don't try to hurt him.* Meanwhile, Ash had climbed up Arourallis's side, landing on their head.

*And I'm GamingChickens! Don't make fun of the name or I'll shank you,* Ash threatened, waving his tail and its barb threateningly.

*Well, REM sleep has concocted stranger...* Arourallis muttered to themself and positioned themself more carefully along the edge of the Cove's top. They spread their wings and tried not to think about it too hard, relying on instinct as they leaned out, pushing away from the ground gently. They took one loop around the rim of the Cove, coming to a running stop in order to keep themselves from the land on their face, and now they were face to face with Shadow. *Well, here I am. This place is bigger than it looked in the movie...*

*Do you still think this is a movie, er, dream, I meant dream?* Shadow asked, mixing up his words like he sometimes did when unfocused or stressed, before glancing towards Ash, *Ash, climb on my back, please.* The little dragon grumbled, but slid off of the Stormcutter and glided onto the Ender Dragon's back with a muttered, *Fine.*

*What else could it be? This is a perfect recreation, too perfect,* Arourallis said as they turned their head all the way around, swiveling to look over their own back, *The dirt, the snow, the moss; I'm certainly not playing with a VR set.*

*Good, Ash, trust me you wanted to do that cause you don't want to be on Arourallis for what I'm about to do,* Shadow told Ash and then turned to Arourallis, *Well, if this is a dream...* Suddenly, Shadow enacted on his urge and 'gently' tail-slapped Arourallis to the face, gentle enough that the Ender Dragon's innate super strength didn't kill or seriously hurt them. *Then tell me that didn't hurt.*

*What are you 'about to do-'* Arourallis had begun to say before the strike, the hit sending the Stormcutter to the ground with a thud, yelping as they did so. *HAH, GET EM!* Ash shouted but the Stormcutter didn't hear, their vision spun and their ears rang for a good long moment before they snarled and climbed back on their feet and claws, *Why the hell would you do that?*

*To show you this ain't a dream; This is fucking real, as real as that slap felt,* Shadow explained calmly and Ash stiffened up, flaring their wings before asking Arourallis, *Do you need me to sting you as well? Because I fucking will.* Shadow turned to Ash with a disapproving look and whispered, *Only if they attack.*

Arourallis snarled and then groaned, flexing their sore jaw as they stormed away on foot, *Then how are we here? I was asleep one minute and falling the next!*

*I don't know why we are here, I just know we got here through multi-color swirling portals. And we aren't the only ones. Loki and Blackout, or now referred to as Lok and Rune, ended up here as well,* Shadow explained and took a deep breath, closing their eyes and focusing. *Last thing I remember... before getting sucked through the portal, I was programming at my computer; Then, this weird swirling vortex opened on the ceiling... I tried to grab onto something but it pulled me through. There was... endless balls of multi-color light that I shot past, then pain, and then I feel 100 hundred feet as an Ender Dragon.*

*...on second thought, I think I got the better deal,* Arourallis said with a wince after having heard Shadow's recount of the travel between universes, *What're you still down here for then? Haven't figured out all the bits and bobs?*

*No, I still haven't figured out how to fly and it's kinda hard in an enclosed space like this,* Shadow answered, *And yeah if you fell and didn't hit the ground, you got a WAY better deal, I slammed my ribs into a rock, It hurt, a lot.*

*Well, I haven't figured out takeoff yet myself, but it'll be easier up there,* Arourallis said, gesturing upwards with one claw before looking around and spotting something, *Here, the rocks look just-right on that side, you could get your claws in the little crevices.* They stretched hard before slinking over, scanning the cliff with focused eyes.

*I tried climbing and I fell on my back,* Shadow pointed out, painfully remembering that last experienced. Arourallis had begun to climb, *You've got jaws too, even if you just get your chin over a branch that'll keep you from overbalancing,* They grunted and flapped their wings once, getting all their claws into a firm grip on the wall, *Don't think too hard, whatever dragon brain-meat we've got now knows what to do, same as a human body.*

*I'm not sure I got the dragon instincts, I'm an Ender Dragon, not a regular 'How To Train Your Dragon' Dragon,* Shadow pointed out, trying to feel inside their mind for any form of instincts only to come up blank, mentally they didn't feel that much different from when they were human. The Ender Dragon sighed and got up, stretching and jostling Ash a bit, *Ash, you wanna stay on for this next attempt at climbing? *

Ash glanced down at Shadow warily, seemingly picturing just how much it would suck to die getting crushed by the multi-ton Ender Dragon, *Nah, imma just go sit up there and watch.* With that, Ash got up and glided over to the wall, beginning to climb it, tilting his head as he does so.

*Thank you so much for your vote of confidence,* Shadow said with a deadpan tone of voice, looking at the wall and taking a deep breath before moving a paw... only to instantly turn around and start walking away. The Ender Dragon took another deep breath, closing his eyes for a moment, *Ok... this can only end well. Leap of faith, Shadow, a leap of fucking faith.*

*See? The Chicken gets it,* Arourallis pointed out as they spider-crawled higher up the wall, *Its a bit strange, only having four-* Arourallis cut themselves off with a yelp as Shadow suddenly burst into a full-on sprint at the wall, flapping his wings once and leaping into the air. The Ender Dragon just barely managed to dig his claws into the top of the Cove's wall, just enough that he could pull himself up if he got a good grip with his hind legs.

*COME ON!* Shadow screamed and tried to dig his hind paws claws into the wall, continuing to flap his wings to try and gain more height, however, he kept trying. Arourallis had slipped a few inches from the surprise of Shadow hitting the wall, but had recovered and was giving the Ender Dragon advice, *There you go! Short flaps now, get your back legs into it, and tail out! There's a rock to brace on!*

Shadow took a deep breath, closed his eyes for a moment, and then opened them, doing as Arourallis had instructed. This time, with one more push and flap of his wings, Shadow vaulted completely out of the Cove with a roar, *FUCK YEAH!* ...Only to hit the ground outside, digging his snout deep into a pile of snow, *Not so fuck yeah...*

*Out is out, graceful or not,* Arourallis snickered as they slithered through the snow as they crest over the edge. They looked around and found the direction of the wind, *Now, the wind is coming from that direction, we'll need that to get up plus a running start...*

Shadow pulled himself up onto his paws, shaking his snout clear of snow before speaking, *Wait, up as in... fly?*

*Well, we could walk. If the talking fishbone can, so could we,* Arourallis pointed out before experimentally flapping their four wings, getting used to the feeling. Meanwhile, Ash, who'd just gotten out of the Cove, looked up at the sky with wide eyes, *Could, could you really fly?*

*Arourallis, I really wanna question how you mastered flight so quickly but... screw it, it's probably your new dragon instincts; I didn't get that cable package, unfortunately,* Shadow sarcastically remarked before turning to Ash and answering, *Probably, the Ender Dragon in-game can fly and I got the same wing-span, and this is the How To Train Your Dragon universe where physics are probably different enough for flight... so yeah, I might be able to fly.* With that, Shadow decided to reveal to Arourallis his old plan to learn how to fly, mumbling, *I was kinda planning on learning to fly by... jumping off a cliff.*

Arourallis winced at that idea, *Sounds a bit drastic, don't you think? This plain is big enough to try a little running and jumping, get a feel for gliding first.*

*Hey, if jumping off a tall thing worked for Spider-Man, both Peter Parker and Miles Morales, then it should work for a dragon with actual wings, right?* Shadow suggested kinda weakly, knowing it wasn't the best argument to make.

*That was a movie , if this is real, you have to think like a real critter!* Arourallis huffed, *Birds flap from branch to branch, the next best thing at this scale is hill to hill; Or, just running on flat ground, at least you have proper forelegs to run on , gonna have to see if this upper pair is enough to keep my chin off the ground...*

*Hey we're in a universe with flying Dragons and mind-controlling Bewilderbeasts, and this universe WAS a movie not one day ago for us,* Shadow pointed out but then conceded, *But yeah, I guess that does make more sense.*

*I give it a go first then,* Arourallis said and then they drew in a deep breath, spreading their upper wings wide and high. The wings caught air, dragged in it as they took their first few steps before there was lift. Faster and faster, their second set of wings flicking in little half-flaps, they were actually flying!

Shadow stared in awe and desire from his place on the ground. He'd always wanted to fly, to touch the sky without the aid of machinery, and now here he was practically only a few steps away from what he'd always wanted. Arourallis had gotten the sky so easily, why couldn't he? *Ok... I guess I can try...*

Shadow took a deep breath, focused, and ran, picking up momentum and then jumping, throwing out his wings and flapping them as intensely as he could. On instinct, he closed his eyes for a moment but forced them open because he figured he needed to be able to see to fly. And it was then that he realized, he was flying... well, gliding in circles but still. *I-I'm actually doing it...*

Ash whooped from his spot on the ground, leaping into the air and landing in a stutter step, *LETS GOOOOOO!*

*Don't think , just do!* Arourallis called out, beating all four wings now that the ground was beginning to fall away, *If walking is falling and catching yourself, so is flying! Your body knows the rhythm, just let it work!*

Shadow took a deep breath and felt inside himself mentally for the part of him that had always wanted to touch the sky, to be let loose. He couldn't let it out as a human but as a Dragon? He needed it. *Ok, let's try something new,* He declared and slowly turned, diving towards a line of tall trees, landing on top of one with a lot of momentum. He used that momentum to launch himself to the next, and the next, going from tree-top to tree-top before jumping off the last one, roaring as he climbed higher into the air.

From the ground, Ash cheered, *Woohoo! You're doing it!*

*Good, progress!* Arourallis said and turned as tight as they dared to fly off their right flank, mirroring each wingbeat, *Pull, from the chest! Feel where all the pressure is?*

*I don't know what you mean about pulling from the chest!* Shadow shouted, unaffected as he continued to rise higher until he suddenly stopped, albeit intentionally. He let himself fall belly-up for a few seconds before suddenly flipping around and diving down, twisting to fit through a narrow gap between two large trees, coming out the other side unscathed.

He threw his wings out and rose higher, and when he finally stopped rising with his gained momentum he stopped flapping and pulled his wings in, letting himself do a flip before throwing his wings out again, this time settling into a glide around the top of the Cove, *THIS IS FUCKING AMAZING!*

Meanwhile, Arourallis was pulling a few stunts of their own, wheeling and turning hard mid-air, but they still kept close to Shadow just in case. They were roughly equal in size, with the Stormcutter being maybe a measure bigger, which could be enough for an emergency assist should something go wrong. Arourallis debated leaving the Cove, but thought about the supposed other two and if they were coming back, deciding they should stay by the Cove just in case...

Suddenly, Arourallis saw a flicker of something through the naked snow-covered trees, coming to hover mid-air. *Wait, who's that?* They questioned.

*What?* Shadow pulled into a hover as well after a few moments to figure out how, coming up beside Arourallis and trying to see what the Stormcutter had seen, *What did you see?*

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That's it for Chapter 1, I need a break before I translate Roleplay Session 2 into Chapter 2, but I will do it soon. Do note that due to the nature of how this fanfic is made, new chapters can only come as fast as we can hold roleplay sessions, and there are eight of us with our own lives and jobs and stuff. There is no consistent set of time between Chapters, nor can there be, so I'll just say I hope to see you guys again soon.

This is JustANormalHTTYDFan, over and out.