"What do you mean you were attacked?!" Hiccup looked concerned and Toothless was suddenly on high alert, searching the room. I shook my head, trying to clear my thoughts and Hiccup's confusion at the same time.

"No, no, not right now. Someone attacked me back home, somehow sending me here…I have no idea how or why though." I said, distractedly.

"How did you figure that out?" I cleared my throat and sat up a little straighter, trying to banish my jumbled thoughts using my posture.

"I've been trained to observe my past memories through a different point of view. It's like I'm different person standing in the same room. It's a useful skill to remember Martial Arts techniques. But I've used it for other things, like if I lost something, I've looked back to where I've last seen it." I paused to try and gather my thoughts, "When I looked back to when I was walking home from the tournament, there was a figure in the alley I passed just before I was knocked out. The thing was…there was a black and purple…swirl? I don't know what it was, but that's when I started to panic, and dropped out of the process." The two of us humans sat there silently, thinking over what I just said. Nothing made sense, why would someone attack me? I did have enemies, but…what even was that thing I saw?

"Maybe it was someone at the tournament? I mean, someone might have been mad at the fact that you placed, possibly instead of them." A headache started coming on, and I shook my head again.

"I don't know…"

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It had been two weeks since I had arrived in the past, and things had been going well. I had gotten Hiccup's permission to move into the loft in the stables and set up shop in a corner. Snotlout had decided to back off at some point, understandably not wanting to lose the use of his hand(s).

Somehow the twins found me as their new idol after they figured out I could debilitate someone with a single pinch, and it took me an entire WEEK to get them off my back. Other than that, things seemed to be pretty quiet.

"OH GROSS!"

'…Me and my big mouth.'

"Come on Bud, really?!" I slowly rolled over and opened my eyes. I walked over to the loft door and looked through Hiccup's window to see Toothless licking Hiccup in the face, obviously trying to wake him up. And it was working. "Okay, okay, get off! You know that's gross." When I made the mistake of laughing, Toothless' head snapped around and saw that I was awake. His face broke into a gummy smile, and he started bounding his way over.

'Oh no…' I slipped on some left-over hay and was able to tuck into a flailing roll, just in time to dodge Toothless as he plowed in through the loft door. I rolled again as he tried to swipe at my feet using his tail and ran down the stairs.

Of course, Toothless, being a dragon, caught up with me easily, and I had to defend myself against his tongue after he tackled me to the ground.

"BAH! Oh tha-nasty! O-kay, gerOFF!" I pushed Toothless back so I could sit up, wiping the dragon saliva of my face. He sat back, giving me a gummy smile, and laughing. I gave him a deadpanned look. "You're worse than a dog…" I stood up and wiped a handful of saliva on his face. He jerked back and started wiping it off with his paws. Toothless and I hopped over to the platform of Hiccup's house and walked inside. He was leaning against the staircase with a giant grin on his face. Insert deadpanned look here.

"So…I'm guessing you tried playing tag?" He asked cheekily. I wiped more slime off my face and flicked it at him. He dodged it, his grin grew even bigger.

"You could've warned me."

"Nah, where's the fun in that? Come on, Astrid is on cooking duty, and I was gonna see if she wanted any help." I nodded and we walked over to the hall and asked if she needed any help. After confirming she didn't, Hiccup and Toothless tried to convince me to go on a ride. After some convincing they had gotten me on Toothless, and sooner or later I got comfortable sitting on a dragon flying up to hundreds of feet in the air. It was surprisingly relaxing for someone with a fear of falling.

««{{Time Skip ~3 Hours}}»»

(Most of this is direct dialogue from the episode A Time to Skrill (S2:E11 of RTTE))

A small island was seen in the middle of the ocean, parts of it were charred and smoking. The entire group of Dragon Riders, including myself, were searching the island for any clue as to what happened. I dropped to one knee and picked up a discarded sword.

"What happened here?" I whispered to myself.

"I don't see any arrows or spears." Hiccup said looking around.

"No boulders from catapults…" Fishlegs stated, having taken notice the lack of normal damage from the massive weapons. Or rather, lack of damage from any explainable weapons at all.

"This really doesn't seem like a Dragon Hunter attack…" Hiccup concluded, still confused.

"Well, whoever did this, meant business." Astrid said, walking up to us.

"And where did everybody go?" Fishlegs said what we were all wondering.

"They must have evacuated."

"What could possibly scare the Outcasts off their own island?" I shrugged my shoulders in confusion, leaning the sword against a rock. The twins were mumbling about bed bugs or something, and the rest of us just ignored them. Hiccup walked up to a large boulder and was looking at the burn marks on it. I followed his gaze and tilted my head in confusion.

'That looks like-'

"…I think this, has something to do with it…These scorch marks…Do they look familiar to anyone?" I noticed him and Fishlegs grow tense.

"Hiccup, do you think it could be…" I looked in between the two Riders, completely lost. Next thing I know, Hiccup and I were back on Toothless, and we were all flying in a new direction. Hiccup spotted a snow covered island in the distance and calls out.

"There, that's the one!" We all rushed down and landed. The others hopped off their dragons and walked over to a crevice in the frozen ground. They all gathered around it and seem to be looking for something. Snotlout shook his head in disbelief.

"Yup! The Skrill is gone." Tuffnut then says something about writing a song. I walk over as the Riders converse about something. I jumped in after Fishlegs said something about 'the Skrill' gravitating towards storms.

"Okay, Hiccup, what's going on? I'm completely lost. What's a Skrill?" They all remembered at that point that I was the new kid, and until about two weeks ago, I didn't even think dragons existed.

"A Skrill is a dragon who attracts lightning from the clouds, and either stores it in its body for later, or uses it to attack. A couple of years ago, we found Dragon Hunters digging it out of a block of ice. We scared them off and brought it back to Berk. These three," Hiccup points to Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut, "Let the Skrill out of the ice. It then proceeded to attack Berk, causing a lot of chaos. We were eventually able to lead it back here, trapping it in the crevice. We thought we would never have to deal with it again…but it appears it got out." I just stood there, letting it all sink in for a minute.

"So, you're saying we have a lightning breathing dragon," Pointing to the formerly mentioned Trio of Trouble, "Who, after these three idiots let it free attacked Berk. And after a while, you were finally able to trap back in the ice. But now, it's out, and probably wants to fry us all. Did I get all of that or…?" I let the question hang in the air with a few waves of my hands. Hiccup nodded.

"Yes, you did. Fishlegs, which way would the Skrill be headed?"

"Well, considering it's going to need to recharge, probably after that storm heading due south of Outcast Island." We all look in the direction he was pointing.

"Hey, isn't Berk…? Oh no." Snotlout stated the obvious once again! We are on the dragons and flying at top speed towards their home.

In the distance, lightning flashes in the clouds, then proceeds to strike the ground. Or, more accurately, a house. Ouch. As we get closer, I see multiple dragons fly out of Berk. Each one appears to have a rider on its back. I see the Skrill turn and fire a beam of lightning towards the riders, which they all barely dodge.

"Hey, look at that, the A-team already on the case." I look over at Astrid in confusion.

'A team?'

"Yeah, okay. You know, it might be a little early in their dragon riding careers to…" Hiccup trailed off as all of the other riders got struck down. Snotlout shouted "Dad!" and rushed to help one of the riders.

"Cover the downed riders!" Hiccup yelled as Toothless pulled up and hovers, growling at the Skrill, Hiccup yelled at him to stop. The Skrill roared and charged lightning in its maw. Toothless took the challenge and flew forward. The two dragons fired, causing a huge blast to knock Hiccup and I off Toothless.

Hiccup reaches for his ankles and pulls up some makeshift wings, slowing down and landing on a large man's passing dragon. I flailed my arms until a dragon grabbed me midair. I thanked Astrid and Stormfly as the dragon set me on the ground gently.

Toothless was pulling himself up from where he crash landed as Hiccup ran to him. They both checked each other really quick as Large, Red and Scary complemented Hiccup on his "strategy". I walk over, shaking my head. Both to get rid of the slowly forming headache, and at the fact that Hiccup played no part in that.

Hiccup introduced the large man and I to each other, and it turns out he was Hiccup's dad, Chief of the Hooligans, Stoick the Vast.

'I definitely see where Hiccup got his looks from…not.'

Everyone gathered together in the area, checking over any wounds. Hiccup and the others discussed the reason Stoick's house was the only one struck. Turned out, the Skrill was holding a grudge against Hiccup and Toothless for sealing it inside that crevice. I made sure everyone was done with their bits before I said anything.

"So…what now?"

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"No! No way are you doing this alone!"

"What choice do we have? The Skrill won't come out unless it's only me and Toothless that are here." I dropped my head into my hand and shook it slowly. Astrid and the others eventually gave up, mounted up, and flew off. Hiccup mounted Toothless and prepared to take off when I jumped up behind him. He spun his head around to look at me. "Um, what do you think you're doing?"

"If the Skrill wants to fight, let's give him one."

"First of all, absolutely not! How are you going to help? Not-not that you're useless, but…"

"I'll be fine, let's go! We don't have time to waste." Hiccup just rolled his eyes, and we took off. Soon we were hovering hundreds of feet above the ocean.

"Alright Bud, let's see if we can't get its attention." Toothless fired a few shots into the clouds. "Come on, where are you…" As Hiccup and Toothless were looking around, I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand. There was a crackling of electricity in the clouds behind us.

"Hiccup, behind us!" Toothless whipped around as lightning rushed through the clouds. We could barely make out the silhouette of the Skrill, partially blinding us with the bright lights. Then it moved out of the clouds, roaring a challenge.

"Okay Toothless NOW!" I held on tight as we dove, barely dodging a blast of hot lightning. "Nice move Bud! Now let's keep him close, but not too close!" I looked back as we dodged multiple blasts. The look in the Skrill's eyes wasn't complete and overwhelming rage like I thought it would be. I ducked under another bolt and saw the Skrill glaring as it charged for another attack.

'That's not just rage…that's…fear?' We swerved around another blast. 'Why is it scared…It doesn't make sens-wait!'

"Hiccup! Why is the Skrill after you?!"

"Wha-NOW?! Are you really asking that now?!" Hiccup had a half glare, half surprised look.

"Because I need clarification!" We made eye contact and he sighed.

"We had to trap him in the ice crevice…"

"So you trapped him back in the ice that you found him in?"

'That answers why he's mad…but still…'

"We didn't have any other choice. It was that or…" Hiccup and I tucked in as Toothless rolled to avoid another attack. I worked to hold back my lunch.

"I get it, I really do. But now it's time for us to fix this."

"But how? It won't stop shooting at us!" I looked down in thought.

'It's scared…let's give it something to not fear.' I slowly tucked my legs up and then got on my knees. Hiccup looked back when I bumped him by accident.

"Woah! Wha-what are you doing?!" Hiccup tried to reach around and pull me back into a proper riding position, but I slapped his hand away.

"Something you won't agree with. Toothless, stop and turn around!"

"You're right! It's definitely something I don't agree with!" Toothless glanced back to see what the commotion was all about, only to double take in confusion when he saw me balancing on my knees.

"Please?" He slowed to a hover and turned around.

"Rai?!" I ignored Hiccup in favor of looking for the Skrill. Lightning flashed as it came soaring out of the clouds. It hesitated for a second, seeing us just hovering there, then started to charge an attack, electricity racing between fangs. I shakily stood, trying to keep my balance on the flapping dragon.

As I stood, the Skrill stopped in confusion, then anger that someone other than Toothless and Hiccup would challenge it. It snarled at me, and I gave it a hard look.

"You need to stop this. Now." It snarled again and started to move forward. "I don't want to fight you, I just want to help…" It paused, seeming to think for a moment, then its scowl deepened. "I mean it, I don't want to fight you, but I will. Don't come any closer." It roared at me this time. I gave a short growl of frustration and raised my hand to grasp my sword.

"ENOUGH!" My shout rang across sky, stopping the Skrill in its tracks. It didn't expect a human to yell at it, much less threaten to pull a weapon on it. I could see it hesitate for a second, then look at me directly in the eyes.

A weird sensation made my body lock up, and I felt my left foot slip. I wanted to reach out and grab the saddle, but I couldn't do anything, I couldn't move. I felt myself fall off Toothless. Hiccup lunged for me, trying to grab anything he could.

"Rai! NO!" Toothless pulled into a dive but they wouldn't make it in time. I saw the water coming up for a hug and shut my eyes.

'There's no way I'll survive this, it'll be like hitting solid concrete…' Just before I thought it would end, I was blinded by a light that shone even through my closed eyes. Gravity multiplied as my coat was yanked upwards, feeling like it would pull my arms off. When I realized I wasn't doomed to death by blunt force explosion, I slowly opened my eyes. I looked up to see the underside of the Skrill. Without looking at me, it flew over to a tall sea stack nearby. It dropped me with an oomph, and I slowly got up, checking myself over.

I looked up as the Skrill landed, grumbling, and glancing in my general direction, but not doing anything other than shuffling its feet. I heard the telltale whine of a Night Fury's wings and spun around. I saw the duo flying closer and waved them off.

"No! Don't!" I heard the Skrill shift a bit and felt static flying through the air. "I'll handle this!"

"Are you crazy?! That thing will kill you!" Hiccup shouted.

"No, it won't! Why would it save me and then kill me?!"

"I don't know, maybe it wants an easy meal?!" My patience was wearing thin at that point. If Hiccup wouldn't see reason, I would make him. I looked around and saw another sea stack. I pointed to it.

"Land over there, this shouldn't take very long."

"Again, are. You. Crazy?! We're coming to get you, just hold o-" Hiccup stopped talking when I snapped my hand up to my sword. Toothless perked up and gently warbled. He was confused seeing his newest friend threaten his best friend.

"I will not move from this rock unless I have to. And you will NOT attack this Skrill. Last warning Hiccup." Hiccup hesitated. On one hand, I was in a dangerous situation. On the other, he wanted to trust me. "Hiccup. I will use force if I have to." As Hiccup tripped over his words, Toothless made the decision for Hiccup, and flew over to land on the other rock. He gave the Skrill a warning growl, at which it rolled its eyes. I dropped my hand from my sword and in turn gave him a warning glance.

"Toothless…" He gave me his innocent, big-eyed look. I shook my head and turned towards the Skrill. It looked like it felt the same way about its own situation as I did mine. It was in an unknown area, with complete strangers surrounding and attacking it. Even though I did consider these guys friends, I still had only met them two weeks ago. I slowly walked over, keeping my left hand partly outstretched. The Skrill was being understandably wary.

"Hey big guy…I gotta thank you for saving me back there. I thought I was a goner." The Skrill grumbled, shuffling its feet a bit. I shot it an incredulous look. "Yo-You're kidding me…are you embarrassed?" It gave a growl, turning away. I scoffed, "So the Big, Bad Dragon isn't so bad after all? You're scared…like me." The Skrill looked at me in surprise, its orange eyes widening a little.

"Yeah, I guess the clothing gives it away." I said, gesturing to myself. "I'm not from here. I have no idea how I got here. I remember getting attacked, and then waking up after Hiccup had found me. I'm in a completely different place than I was before I woke up. I'm scared, and I bet you're feeling the same way."

'Did I just spill the past two weeks' worth of garbage onto a dragon's lap?' The Skrill had an unreadable expression on its face for a while before looking away. I didn't know what to do other than stand there. It turned back to me, a growl in its throat. It had a strange look in its eyes.

Then it pounced.