{Harvey's POV}

I was not looking forward to moving back to the town of Berk but as Heather made me see, it was the best choice to improve my life and give Karina a better one than she had. My little girl did not deserve having to live in a trailer park home, and I was going to do all I could to give her the life she deserved, even if it meant moving back to my hometown to give her that, so be it. First thing was first, I had to tell Clinton my choice because the new school year started in three weeks which is why there was a rush to finding someone to fill the position of head dragon trainer. Reaching work the next day, I went right to Mr. Shaw's office and knocked on the door.

"Come in," he called to me as I put my hand on the handle and turned it to walk inside, then closed it. "Harvey, good to see you. Hope you are feeling better?" he asked with a smile.

"I am, and I also made my choice about that officer you gave me yesterday. I accept it, but I'd like to speak to the headmaster about everything so I can make arrangements for Kari and me to move, Heather is coming with us. As an assistant to me if that's okay?" Harvey told him.

"That is more than fine with me, Berktown said the head trainer was allowed an assistant. I can arrange a call between you two. Headmaster Trechdon is in by now if you'd like to wait a moment?" Clinton offered.

"I don't mind waiting, sir," I nodded as Clinton got on his phone and made a call to the University and spoke to a few others before reaching the headmaster. "Ah, yes, hello Mr. Trechdon. I'm calling about the inquiry you sent to my office yesterday, and I do have someone who will take the job, and he would like to speak to you about a few things if you have time?" Clinton said. After a minute, he handed the phone to me as I sat down in the chair.

"Hello, Headmaster Trechdon," I began.

"Hello, and no need to call me that. I'm Aiden Trechdon, headmaster of Berktown University. Whom do I have the pleasure of speaking with?" Aiden asked in reply.

"Harvey Haddock, Strike class trainer of Dreki Souls Sanctuary," I answered.

"Harvey Haddock? Son of Veronica and Stuart Haddock? They've been looking for you for a long time," Aiden informed, I sighed. Of course, they had been, I disappeared when I was seventeen and a junior in high school. Now I'm twenty-one, about to be twenty-two years old in February, a single father, and about to return to Berk and have to deal with everyone who knows me asking where I vanished to and why.

"Yes, that's me and please don't say anything about it. I had my reasons for leaving," I replied calmly.

"Understandable. I won't question such. So you're accepting the job offer?" Aiden wondered, "Clinton Shaw is an old colleague of mine, and he mentioned some of the things you can do with dragons, that you have trained all classes of dragons but are the main Strike class for DSS,"

"All true. My bonded dragon is a Strike class, and I have a Terrible Terror. I am accepting the offer, I just had a few questions about it," I mentioned.

"Well, most of the information is in the packet I faxed over to Clinton. You're free to live on campus in the staff dorms, or live off campus. You can get food from the cafeteria any time you want, but your breakfast, lunch, and supper will be paid for by the school as will your housing if you live on campus. Clinton mentioned you had a young daughter and we do have a daycare here for staff and students and no charge for that. You are also allowed to have an assistant trainer of your choosing, there are only eleven students per group so you don't become overwhelmed and the classes are an two hours each. Um, I'm not sure what else you'd like to know," Aiden told him.

"How much do the students know already, what exactly am I teaching them?" I questioned.

"The school runs on a four-year dragon program. As you may know, senior year of high school the student bonds with their dragon. When they come here; the first year is review of the four years in high school. Going over classes, species, state, habitats, and the bonus of learning about the laws of ownership. Second year is dragon care and health. Where you will be coming in is for third year as they will be beginning their training and riding courses; end of this year will be them receiving their rider/flier and trainer permits. Final year is review of everything, plus they go out for their licenses to train, ride, and fly." Aiden explained.

"I see. Forgive my curiosity but, what of the staff dorms. What are they like?" I asked next.

"There are two types. One is set up as a student dorm with a bed, closet, desk, small fridge and microwave, then of course a bathroom with a standing shower. The other type we have is set up to be like a one bedroom shack that has everything a dorm does, except with a separate bedroom. It also include a small living room and kitchen area, fully furnished." Aiden responded. "With this job you will receive medical and dental benefits, $1,300.00 per week but some is factored out for taxes and your meals. The daycare is free and you can grab your daughter for all meals so she can eat with you and then be returned for when class starts again. Your day will typically run from 8 am to 5 pm with breakfast at 7 am, lunch at 12 pm, and dinner at 6 pm"

"And your packet mentioned vacation, personal, and sick days?" I inquired.

"Yes. Every teacher is given one week paid vacation. Five personal and sick days each. Plus you will get the spring break and the summer where you can collect unemployment, but you're still allowed to live here as the school is open year round to staff," Aiden informed. "You just need to give me the type of dorm you want and dragons you're bringing, when you arrive I will have your schedule set up, and we'll get you ready for the start of the 2020 school year," the man added.

I took a breath, this was it. I was taking this job, I had to do better for Karina. "I'll take the one bedroom dorm. For my dragons; I have a male Terrible Terror named Sharphot and a male Night Fury called Toothless. I'll be bringing an assistant with me, her name is Heather Lanvik, former employee of DSS and she has female Razorwhip called Windshear. I will be in Berk in two weeks, thank you, Mr. Trechdon," I said and then handed the phone back to Clinton. "I guess this is my two week notice, boss," I shrugged with a small smile.

"I'll accept it. You take care, Harvey and don't be a stranger. Visit once in a while, and you always have a job here if things don't work out at the university," Clinton smiled as I shook his hand a few times before heading for the door.

"I will, Mr. Shaw. Thank you for everything these past three years, without this job, I might not have been able to do it," I told him as I left the room. In two weeks, I would be back in Berk and living on campus as a teacher for Berktown University.

(End Of Week)

Finally, I had a day off and could focus on more packing. I already told Heather that I had things set up for us and she would be getting a staff dorm without the bedroom and right near mine. Our dragons would be in the staff stables so wouldn't it be fun when everyone on campus found out there was a Night Fury living in the stables. Toothless was not friendly with anyone except me, Karina, Heather, and the staff of DSS. Toothless tolerated outsiders if I was around, if I wasn't then someone wasn't going to have a good time. I know that the staff was throwing Heather and I a going away party at the end of this coming week and then we were catching the train into Berk on Sunday morning at 7 am, the ride would be an hour and fifteen minutes so we would reach the university by 8:30 am at the latest. Students wouldn't be arriving for another week.

"Dada, why we moving?" Karina asked as I worked on packing up some of her toys and clothes.

"Well, Daddy got a new job in another town, so we're moving to be closer," I explained to her.

"Are Toofy and Sharpy comin'?" my daughter inquired.

"Of course they are," I smiled.

"Is Auntie going to watch me evy day?" Karina tilted her head curiously.

"Auntie Heather is going to be helping Daddy with his work in training dragons, but guess what? You get to come to my job with me, we're going to live in the place I work, and you get to go to daycare. There will be lots of other kids to play with, and toys too," I tell her.

"Will dey wike me?" Karina questioned.

"I don't know anyone who doesn't like you, princess. You'll make lots of friends, and we'll still get to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner together. It will be fun, I promise," I assure my three-year-old.

"Okay, Dada," Karina smiled wide as she started helping me pack up her toys and a majority of clothes. Karina loved to help me out, always trying to cook and clean. Karina had blue/green eyes and shoulder length caramel colored hair, she also had Courtney's smile but my nose and freckles, plus my personality. I loved my little girl, I was still surprised that I was raising her alone since Courtney walked out on us. I went through a lot of crap after that happened, many times thought I couldn't do it but Heather kept me going and told me to fight for what I wanted so I did. Now things were finally paying off and turning around for Karina and I.

I knew one thing I had to do when I got back to Berk; get in contact with my parents. I knew they were worried about me, how could they not when they came home one day and I was gone. With any luck, I might get my truck back if they didn't get rid of it. I only stayed in hiding so long to avoid running into Courtney again, wouldn't that be awkward and incredibly infuriating to me. Heather already told me that if she ever saw Courtney, she would be giving the woman a piece of her mind. My parents would want to know everything and I wouldn't lie about it, I'd also ask they didn't say anything to anyone. I'm sure they wouldn't mind keeping quiet for my sake.

"What should we do for lunch?" I asked Karina now after we finished her toys and clothes, we left some available to use but could fit in a backpack when we left. I already told the owner of Happy Homes about leaving, he said he was sad to see us go because we'd been some of his best tenants the last almost four years. I'd been there since I was seventeen in October 2016.

"Um, cheesemac with hotdogs!" Karina asked. I chuckled a little as Karina was referring to Mac and Cheese but had her way of saying it.

"Of course we can. Want me to invite Auntie Heather other to join us?" I asked.

"Yeah!" Karina cheered as I got off the floor and went to get my phone to call Heather and invite her over, I was sure she would agree. Heather loved coming to visit Karina and me, and I owed this woman my life for all she has done to help me out with Karina after Courtney bailed. I still had the ring and note, put away together in a box with pictures of us. I couldn't get rid of them, some had Karina and those were memories I didn't want to lose. I couldn't believe in a week I would be back in Berk, just seven days to go.

(Sunday; 6:45 am-Train Station)

Heather was having someone from DSS drive her car to Berk for her, then he would take the monorail back to Arc City. Windshear, Toothless, and Sharpshot were in cargo ready to go while Heather, Karina, and I boarded the train with our carry on bags and found the seats we were to sit in. Karina instantly pulled out her crayon box and coloring book to keep herself busy for the ride.

"Ready for this?" Heather asked me.

"Honestly, no. I never wanted to come back, Heather. I'm doing this for Kari, she deserves a better life," I smiled softly.

"That's all the matters then. Don't worry about people who knew you, Harvey. You had your reasons for running away four years ago, and they were for that little girl beside you," Heather told me with a smile of her own. I looked out the window as the whistle blew for the last call, then the door shut and the train began rolling down the tracks. In an hour and fifteen minutes, I would be back in Berk.

"Dada?" Karina asked.

"Yes, baby girl?" I replied to her.

"I wove you," Karina smiled broadly.

"I love you too little one," I responded as I gave her a hug and kiss on the cheek then she went back to coloring.

"Why don't you get some sleep, Harv. I'll keep an eye on her," Heather offered.

"Yeah, maybe I will. Thanks, Heather," I relaxed in my seat some, then closed my eyes and fell asleep soon after doing so.

(Berk; 8:20 am)

I did not mean to sleep as long as I did but I guess I was tired after all, the last few hours of making sure we had everything, getting to the train station, and loaded up were hectic as ever. I heard the whistle slightly and then Heather shook me awake.

"Harvey, we're here," she said. I nodded slowly and got up from my seat to help Karina pack up her things, I took her hand and carry-on bags as Heather had hers and we got off the train looking around.

"If memory serves, we're only fifteen minutes from the school from this station. Your car is going right to the school, right?" I asked Heather and she nodded. "All right, lets just get our dragons and fly to the school. Our personal things should have arrived there by now, I shipped them three days ago express mail and Mr. Trechdon said he would get it sent right to our dorms,"

"Sounds good. So all we need is our carry ons and dragons then, they should be letting them out at the end of the train which is where we're close to," Heather added. With that decided, we made our way to the end of the train as the dragons were being released slowly to the field to be picked up by their owners. After getting Toothless, Windshear, and Sharpshot, we prepared to just take off towards the school. I took care of registering Toothless as Harvey Haddock's before we left so now I had the ownership card, as well my license to fly him. I passed those tests with ease, got a lot of help from the staff of DSS, owed them a lot too.

(Bertown University)

Reaching the school, we landed our dragons by the stables first to cut down on anyone seeing Toothless. I did not want to deal with that first day here. A portly man with blond hair and blue eyes sporting an interesting mustache and beard limped his way over and waved.

"Ello there lad, lass, and lassie," he greeted smiling, "I'm Gibson Belmore, the stable manager for B.U, everyone calls me Gobber. Are ya staff or student?"

"Staff. I'm the new head trainer, Harvey Haddock and this is my assistant, Heather Lanvik. Our dragons, Toothless the Night Fury, Sharpshot the Terrible Terror and Windshear the Razorwhip," I introduced while shaking his hand.

"Ah, Aiden told me you'd be coming today. Got the two stables ready just an hour ago for them, they'll be safe, don't you worry. The kids aren't allowed near staff stables, I'll take care of them from here," Gobber informed.

"Thanks so much, Gobber. Be a good girl Windshear, I'll come see you later on," Heather smiled.

"Toothless, you too. Behave for Gobber, okay? We'll take our night flight after 7," I told my dragon knowing he didn't like strangers. Toothless gave a snort in response as the three dragons went with Gobber towards the staff stables and we moved towards the school to meet with Aiden Trechdon and get this underway before settling in. The walk wasn't long, eight minutes at best as we arrived at the main entrance and went to the office.

"Names and business?" asked the receptionist.

"Harvey Haddock, new head trainer," I said. "And this is my daughter, Karina Haddock."

"Heather Lanvik, assistant trainer for Harvey," Heather said afterward.

"The Headmaster has been waiting for you, come right in," the receptionist smiled as a buzzer was heard, and the three walked in while the headmaster came out. Large fellow, dark brown hair, and beard. He had brown eyes too.

"Greetings! I'm Aiden Trechdon, headmaster here. I'm so pleased you're here, your things arrived yesterday, and we placed them in your dorms which are as close together as we could get them. I assume your dragons are with Gibson and you had a good ride in?" Aiden shook their hands.

"Yes and yes to both. Thank you," Heather smiled.

"Well, let's get you settled in and then we can talk more about the job," Aiden offered as he grabbed two keys off his desk and shut the door to his office before leading me, Heather, and Karina to the staff dorms. I took a deep breath; this was it. The start of a new life with my daughter and dragons. I only prayed it went well.

'Here we go,' I thought.