Hiccup was happier than he ever thought he could be. He was out there. He could explore this entirely new part of the Archipelago, discover new dragons, and experience it all with his friends. Sure, things didn't exactly go the way he had planned. There was the incident with the Death Song, the Night Terrors and the Rumblehorn, but other than that, Hiccup thought that Dragon's Edge was the best, and that he was so grateful that Stoick let him go and explore.

He was on a dawn patrol, scouting Dragon's edge for any danger or Dagur, when he saw something strange. A really bizarre looking object was speeding towards the island, and as Hiccup squinted, he saw small dots that looked like other people. As Hiccup watched the object crash onto the beach, he decided to observe their actions first, to see what they wanted.

He watched them move about, he heard a noise from the object that they were on. That can't be good. He wanted to inspect them, to know what was going on, but something kept him in the air on Toothless. He watched as a pale blue-green Gronkle burst out on one of them, licking him. They have a dragon, Hiccup realised. Are they other dragon riders? Hiccup decided to find out. He swooped down lower on Toothless, hearing snippets of their conversation.

"What do you mean, 'we're not in Costa Rica's oceans?'" One of them loudly asked.

"Look around, Kenji," a smallish, dark skinned person said. "Does this island look like any we've seen before? And look at Bumpy!" He pointed to the Gronkle.
"She doesn't look the same!" Hiccup felt confused, but watched as they walked off the object and onto the rest of the beach.

That's when Hiccup dived down and landed right in front of them. And they all promptly screamed. Guess they haven't seen a Night Fury before, Hiccup thought.

Then they all reached out for their… interesting weapons. A few sticks and a spear. "Whoa, whoa, whoa," he said as he got off Toothless. "I don't mean any harm!" They all gasped at him. This is getting weirder by the minute. "Who… who are you?" The black skinned person said nervously.

"I'm Hiccup," Hiccup said while showing them his friendliest smile. "Who are you guys?"

"Um, hi," he responded. "My name's Darius, and these are my friends, Ben, Brooklyn, Kenji, Yasmina and Sammy," he pointed to each one as he spoke.

"Nice to meet you," Hiccup continued. "Might I ask what you're doing on this island?" Darius looked relieved when Hiccup asked this question. "Well, it's a long story, but to summarise, we just escaped an island full of killer dinosaurs, and we were heading back home, and accidentally crashed here." Hiccup shook his head. "Wait, wait, wait. What's a 'dinosaur'?" Darius looked shocked. "Y-you don't know?"

"No," said Hiccup, feeling even more confused. "Is it a type of dragon?" Darius looked even more shocked. "Excuse me, I'd like to talk to my friends." And he turned away, leaving Hiccup feeling even more confused into what he just walked into.


When Darius turned back to his friends, he immediately thought the worst. "Guys, did he just say 'dragon'?" Everyone nodded, but he didn't feel even slightly reassured.
"That thing he was riding," he pointed to the black scaled lizard, with wings. "That couldn't possibly be a dragon?"

Silence.

"Well, it seems like it," Brooklyn proposed.

"But since when do dragons exist!?" Kenji asked, really confused. Suddenly an idea popped into Darius' head. "What about the dinosaurs?" He asked. "They exist. This person could have brought dragons back to life, just like the scientists did!"

He turned back to Hiccup. Time to test this theory. "Hey," he started. "Do you have a phone? Or anything else with a GPS on it?"

"Phone? GPS?" Hiccup echoed. "What are you talking about?"

That was it. The final clue.

Better ask now before it's too late.

"Do you know what a sundial is?" Hiccup's face changed from confused to relieved. "Of course I do," he said, sounding brighter. "They've been around for ages."
He looked at him curiously. "Why? Do you need one?"

Darius turned to his friends, realisation sinking in. "Guys, we've gone back in time."


Writing this took a bit of a while, but here's the second chapter! Hope you guys enjoy!