How To Train Your Dragon: A Future Rider's Beginning

by MaxTV1234

Henry Haddock, a 15 year old teen always had a boring life until he was given a special golden bracelet by his grandmother the day he moves in. The day he moves into the big city, he finds a mysterious well in a big forest before being sucked into it and entering the world of Berk, where Vikings and Dragons are in war. With new friends by his side, can he end the Dragon War?

3. Chapter 3 - The Berk Misfits!

Note: The following is a nonprofit fanbased fanfic. HTTYD belongs to Universal Pictures and Dreamworks Animation Studios. All characters, except for my OCs, belongs to their respective creators. Please support the official release of HTTYD 3.

"Come on! Let's head over to Walmart and get the game!" A young red hair boy with freckles called over to an older light dirty blonde haired girl with light skin as the two were running through the street with excited looks on their faces. Their faces weren't fully seen, just half of their faces.

"Alright, settle down bro." The 12 year old girl chuckled. "I'm just excited as you are!"

"Oh yeah! Do you think that the New Super Mario Bros. U is gonna come out?" The young dark red hair kid asked curiously.

"You bet it is! I can't wait to get it! Not after seeing the Launch Trailer last night!" The girl replied, making the young dark red haired boy smiled happily. "Trust me bro, once you play this game, it'll blow your socks off. I mean, it might be a possibility that we might get it fully completed in 100%!"

"That's what you said the last time when we played New Super Mario Bros. Wii." The young boy retorted. The dirty blond haired girl rubbed her head bashfully with a sheepish grin before saying "T-True…but it's at least a shot. Besides, I have enough money to pay for it."

"That's awesome to hear Sis!" The dark red haired child grinned.

"Thanks bro!" The old blonde haired girl rubbed her head for a moment before softly smiling and patting him on the back. "Now let's go buy the game and get some ice cream! It's on me, what do you say?"

The dark red haired child smiled at that and nodded. "Thanks sis!"

"Don't mention it. Now come on, let's hurry before the game gets sold out and after that, let's get some…"

"Vanilla Milkshake Double Whip cream!" They both shouted in unison, causing them to laugh before they began walking towards the big Walmart store as the two continued talking with each other of what they were planning to do later with the game. They're quite amazing siblings, wouldn't you agree?….

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"U-Ugh…." What the? Where am I now? Huh, I'm on a bed. So…does that mean it was all a dream because if so then it has to be because of everything that I've been through. "Ooh mom, dad, I had the craziest dream ever. I was suddenly in a world filled with vikings and dragons fighting each other, and then I see some guy whose last name is Haddock, which is crazy because-"

"Uhh…who are you talking to?" Huh? I looked around before finally noticing the young buff blonde teen from before at the forge. No…if he's here then….

"…You've got to be kidding me right now…" I sighed heavily, slumping my head back on the bed. Then that means…this is all not a dream. This was reality…

"Hey, no need to be slumped down in the rumps." Jobber chuckled. I let out another sigh before getting up from the bed and asked "Where the hell am I?"

"Oh, you're back in my house. The chief and my old man thought you needed it after you passed out at the plaza." Passed out at the plaza? Oh right, I just remember…I did indeed past out, why you ask? Simple, because of realizing that the guy that saved me when I fell unconscious and helped bandaged up my sprain foot, along with that big burly guy of a chief…are my ancestors. Though now that I think about, why does that name 'Hiccup' ring a bell to me?

"But ooh boy, you should've seen yourself. Your whole face turned pale and immediately passed out." Jobber laughed, causing me to feel annoyed before I looked away from him. "Though, I helped bring ya back to my home just to wait for ya to wake up. You passed out for the whole morning."

"So…it's noon now?" I asked, which he nodded.

"Yep! Though you had Hics and the others feel shocked while the others felt surprised and confused on what just happened." Jobber stated.
"Gee, you think?" I asked sarcastically, causing him to chuckle. "What?"

"Nothing, it's just that the sarcasm." He smirked. "Normally that's Hiccup's way to deal with people who trouble him."

Trouble him? Hmm, guess he must mean bullying trouble.

"I see…" It would make sense really. It's…quite shocking and a little weird bumping into your ancestor while you traveled back in time and into the past. He and I might be similar in many ways….

"Oh yeah, I never did introduce myself fully, did I?" Jobber smirked before giving out a thumbs up with a smirk on his face. "The names Jobber, son of Gobber The Belch! Nice to meet ya, Hen!"

"Hen?" I questioned with a raised brow.

"Yeah, you know, it's a short nickname for ya, Hen." Jobber chuckled while I glanced away. Hen…been a while since I last heard someone call me that. "Hm? What's up with that glance?"

"Huh?" I looked at him with confusion.

"You know, that glance you're giving looks like you're uncomfortable with that nickname." Oh…well he's got me there.

"No no, nothing. Nothing wrong with such a lame nickname." I rolled my eyes sarcastically.

"Well alright, and besides, you might enjoy it." Jobber grinned. "But while at that, I gotta admit, you got some guts talking back to the chief like that."

"Chief?" I asked before realizing who he was mentioning. "Do you mean…that big burly guy with the large beard?"

"Yeah, Stoick." Jobber nodded before patting me on the back hard, nearly dislocating my spine. "I mean, telling him to use his brain was quite shocking yet hilarious! I think Hiccup was about to knock his socks off after hearing that on how true that was!"

"Well he kinda deserve it." I stated before getting back on my feet. "He was just blaming all this mess to him and the others were just agreeing and not even stepping up to talk back to him."

"Well true." He shrugged before smiling and said "But you have to understand that he's the chief, and while he may look like he's a jerk, he's quite the good chief. I mean, he and my pops are quite the good old friends with each other. Been friends with each other since they've been born."

Ah, so they're childhood friends or something? Well…that's good to know.

"Wow, that's so much better to know him. Thanks for letting me know that, Jobber." I sarcastically commented.

"No need for the sarcasm, it's a lot better when you're back-talking someone with it." Jobber grinned. "Oh by the way, while you were out, I looked over at your sword and went to fix it up for ya."

I looked at Jobber with a surprised look before he walked over to the side of his room and picked up the golden sword I found in the forest before throwing it to me, nearly causing me to lose my balance as I held the sword in both my arms.

"You…fixed it up for me?" I asked in suspicious.

"Yeah, I saw how rusty that old thing was during the raid and thought I could do fixed it up." Jobber rubbed his head bashfully before making a toothy grin and said "So, you like the shine I made? Kinda similar to what of Hiccup's works."

"…." I gazed at the sword before seeing the sword of Odin fully shined. I looked over and saw Gram's eyes were closed. Hmm…he must've been kept quiet to make sure anyone else could've hear him talk. Though, I barely know anything about that sword but this bracelet seemed to react to it, like it knew him or something.

"Huh? Something wrong Hen?" I shook my head before looking back at Jobber before replying "N-nothing at all. Just a bit…surprised that you would do something nice for someone like me, despite barely knowing me."

"Hey, I'm always opened to help others." He chuckled with a bright grin on his face. "Besides, I'm sure pops would've done the same thing for ya anyway, though he was busy taking Hiccup back home."

"Back home?" I asked as I gazed at my sword.

"Oh right, you were knock out." No duh. "After you were knocked out, the chief straight up told my pops to bring Hiccup back to his home and made sure he stays there."

"Jeez, he sure knows how responsible he is." I scoffed sarcastically.

"That's what I thought, but he's just trying his best. Not every parents is good." He rubbed his cheek while I glanced away in annoyance. Yeah, he's right about that. Can't say about my parents right now. I bet they're gonna forget me after trying to look out for me, but realize that no matter what that they can't find me anywhere, gonna confirm me dead, and just a month, they'll truly forget that they ever had a son. This already happened once, so I know I can't say about them. Ugh, what am I saying it to you all? Look. let's just get back to the main topic.

"…Whatever." I scoffed with a sigh.

"Good answer!" He chuckled. "Though, I never seen anyone wearing such a weird outfit. Are you from somewhere in the Archipelago? "

Uh oh…this could be bad. Why? Oh I don't know, maybe if I told him that I'm from the fucking future then he'll think that I'm crazy or something. Do you ever think of that? Hmm….it's best not to reveal that. Don't wanna cause any trouble or suspicion…or possibly to make everyone think I've gone crazy.

"…You can say something like that." I replied, placing my arms on my hip.

"Huh, we normally don't have that many visitors except for Trader Johann and other tribe leaders across the Archipelago." Archipelago? So what? I'm like on a region filled with different islands or something?

"Well I'm somewhere…far away." I said, glancing away before placing my hands into my pocket.

"Really? Where you from? Roman? Greek?" Do I even look Greek or Roman to you?

"…I said I'm from somewhere far away, that's all you need to know." I replied before letting out a sigh. "Look, I thank you for taking care of me but now I really need to go."

"Go where? Do you even know about Berk since you're new here?" Jobber asked, causing me to remain silent upon realizing that he had a point. I'm new around this place and I barely know this area due to running around from those crazy dragons. Jobber soon started to let out a chuckle before saying "Your silence speaks truth."

"Can you really sue me? I barely know this place, so yeah." I shrugged.

"Well don't you worry pal, you got me by your side!" Jobber snapped his fingers with a smirk on his face.

"What?" What is he up to now? Wait, don't tell me…

"I'll give ya the grand tour here on Berk!" Jobber toothily grinned, putting his two hands behind his head. "Trust me, you're gonna love Berk and while you're at it, you might meet some of the folks and the chief here. He was curious to learn about you."

Of course he would…

"Whatever…I'll take on your offer. Thanks." I replied with a soft grin.

"No problem Hen! You can leave it to this guy! I'm Jobber for Thor's sake!" Thor's sake? Who the hell even says that?

"Thor's…sake?" I asked in confusion.

"You know, Thor? The god of lightning?" Jobber stated, which made me realize that he was talking about that Thor! I've heard of him…well just by the movies, but I know that he's the god of lightning from Asguard. He wields a giant hammer and shows no fear in battle, and has a brother named Loki, the god of mischief. So yeah, I know who he is…well not in real life or from books, mind you, okay? Don't judge me just because I love that movie, okay?

"Oh right….Thor." I rubbed my head bashfully, looking away from him. "Isn't he that god that wields a hammer and commands lightning on his command?"

"Yep! Exactly! Berk's beloved god!" Jobber nodded with a grin. "You know, for a newcomer, you sure know our god, eh?"

"Y-yeah…" I nodded, crossing my arms. I better come up with something fast before he starts getting suspicious on me. "…Doesn't anybody? I mean, from where I came from, he's quite a beloved god….where my people worship him…"

Smooth move, Henry, smooth move. There's no way that he'll believe that.

"Well duh! All of Berk worships Thor for his many years of protection and punishment towards those who tries to destroy Berk! Who doesn't believe and worships the guy?" Oh my god, I can't believe that worked.

"Y-yeah…" I nodded before asking "So anyway, are you gonna show me about this place or not?"

"Oh yes! Come on Hen! Let's go!" Jobber patted me on the back hard, causing me to wheeze out some air.

"Dude, seriously?" I grumbled with an incredulous look.

"Oi, you get used to it." Jobber shrugged before walking downstairs and said "My old man should be working at the forge by now, so you should greet him and introduced yourself to him."

I nodded as Jobber walked out of his room as I looked around the place, seeing that rocked-like mattress of a bed, a window in front of me, and rickety floorboards. Well, nothing out of the usual.

"That is quite an unbelievable lie you have made." Oh great, look who finally decides to talk. I looked down at the golden sword of Odin, seeing Gram's eyes fully awakened as he looked at me with a stern and suspicious look on his face.

"What now?" I asked irritably.

"You didn't seem so sure about Thor. Tell me…you aren't a Thor worshipper, correct?" Gram questioned.

I raised a brow, still holding my deadpanned look as I asked "What gave it away?"

"Because I would tell who believes in Thor since I was made from his father." His fa…oh right. Odin.

"…Alright, you caught me. I'm not a worshipper of Thor." I sighed before looking at him directly at the eye. "So what? I'm not like those guys out there."

"So I noticed, and I am quite curious…" Gram looked at me with a stern look. "Are you really sure that you live far away?"

"Look, if its because I found you in the forest, wedged deeply into a giant hollow tree, and it makes you think how did I wound up there in the first place?"

"…Very good point. However, I shall not questioned it, squire." Is he seriously still calling me that? Ugh, well this is gonna be so annoying. "Well if it's alright, I shall not pressure you as you already are."

"What? I'm not feeling pressured." I replied, feeling a bit irritated.

"I could tell from your eyes. So don't lie to me." Tch! Whatever, I don't need a pep-talk from a talking sword. "Anyway, let us go and take that offer Sir Jobber gave to us on that tour. It's been a long long time since I've last seen this place. I wished to see how the Isle of Berk became before I went into my deep sleep."

"…Fine." I sighed. Oh well, since I'll be here till I learned more about my situation, we can get this crap over with. As we were about to leave, I looked upon on my bracelet, still seeing it plain as day. Well it's still a good thing to have it. It's…the last thing I have left from my family…Wait, what am I saying? My family probably don't care about me. Ugh, I'm just wasting time so let's just hurry up before I get bored. I soon took my leave out of the room and headed downstairs, where Jobber and his father, Gobber, was as they were discussing something in the shop where me and Hiccup were as Gobber was busy hitting a sword with his hammer. They soon noticed as the latter called "Oi, there ya are! About time you woke up!"

"Hello." I said, waving at him. "You're…Gobber, right?"

"Yep! Gobber's the name!" Gobber chuckled. "So I hear that my boy is gonna give ya the tour around Berk." I looked over at Jobber, who let out a shrug and smile.

"Yeah, what about it?" I asked in confusion.

"Nothing much, just wanna greet ya, Henry." Gobber smiled.

"Ah, so you still remember me, eh?"

"Well of course! I never forget a name!" Gobber nodded before looking over at my face, through my hoodie as he squinted his eyes a bit.

"What?" I asked, feeling a bit uncomfortable by this guy.

"Nothing it's just that…your face almost looks like someone I know." Someone you know? Who could you possible be referring to?

"You're probably mistaking me for someone else." I said, looking away from him. "Well either way, you should probably take off that hoodie." Gobber offered, placing the heated sword into the cool water. "Just because it's getting cold doesn't mean that you should keep it hidden. It makes anyone who sees ya suspicious."

"Whatever." I replied, crossing my arms and looking away from him. "I don't care what others think of me."

"Wow, that's a bold claim you can make." Jobber commented, causing me to give him an incredulous raised brow. What bold claim? That doesn't even make any sense.

"Who cares? Are you gonna show me around the place?" I reminded him, which he soon remembered.

"Oh right, I almost forgot about that. Come on, let's go Hen!" Jobber smirked as the two of us were about to leave till Gobber called us out.

"Hold up!" Oh great, what does this guy want? "You're seriously not gonna walk around carrying that sword in your arms, right?"

"What?" I asked before realizing that I was still carrying this hunk of junk in my arms. "Oh right…well I don't have my bag or anything to carry it."

"Well allow me to give ya something to help carry that golden sword of yours." What? He soon walked over, pasting by me and Jobber and taking something out of a nearby crate and showing it to us. "Here ya go! Just what it needs!"

"A…sheath?" I asked in confusion. "Well duh! Just to keep your sword in there." Jobber answered with a smirk on his face. "Nice idea, Pa! I kinda forgot about how he should keep that sword."

"Course I would know, I'm Gobber!" He tapped his helmet with the rock hammer hand he's using. And what the hell does that supposed to mean? He's 'Gobber'? I don't even know what the means.

"Of course because you're so smart…" I rolled my eyes, making up that sarcastic comment.

"Thanks!" Gobber smiled, patting me on the shoulder before walking over and taking the sword out of the water, seeing it finally cool off.

"Huh…you're pretty good at being a blacksmith, eh?" I asked.

"Yep, I've been doing this job as long as I remember." Gobber chuckled. "Besides, I'm not the only ones who good at this."

Really? Oh, he must be talking about them.

"You're referring about Hiccup and your son, right?" I guessed, which made the two laugh.

"You got that right! Pa here was teaching me and Hics about Blacksmith when we were young." Jobber grinned. "We've been making and fixing up any weapons for the vikings of Berk. In fact…"

He walked over and picked up a large hammer, but instead of it being made of metal, it was just a big boulder. I felt surprised and amazed that he could carry something like that.

"This here was a little something me and Hics made ourselves. It was a great day since he worked real hard on it and it was just for me." Jobber chuckled before putting it over his shoulders and walking past me and said "Now come on, let's go! Pa needs to work on the rest of the weapons."

"Weapons?" I asked.

"You know, all those swords, maces, axes, hammers, and crossbows." Damn, that's a lot of weapons. I looked around and saw that he was right, but really…that is a lot of weapons. I guess it would make sense what with those dragons attacking the town. But the moment I said the word 'dragons', I instantly began to remember how they attacked the village. It was quite shocking to ever see them in real life. I just don't understand…just how did I get here? I just don't get it.

"You alright?" I looked over to see Gobber and his son looking at me with concern looks. "You look like you've seen a ghost."

"I-I'm fine." I scoffed before looking over at the sword's sheath. It was dark blue with a symbol on it. Hmm…I guess it would be pretty useful to carry this annoying sword with me. I placed Gram into the sheath and luckily, it had a strap so I wrapped it around my back. Hmm…it feels kinda weird wearing this. It makes me feel like I'm a sword master or something.

"Well I see you like eh?" I looked at Gobber, who let out a toothy grin as he pointed his hammer hook at me and said "You're smiling. It's pretty if I do say so myself. It even got the Berk's symbol on it."

"Really?" I asked, feeling a bit intrigued by it. "Hmm…it does look kinda cool."

"Glad you admired that symbol." Jobber chuckled. "Now come on, let's go."

"Whatever." I rolled my eyes before taking leave of the forge before noticing tons of man and woman vikings minding their own businesses like some were pushing carts with food, some repairing their houses, and some doing their laundry. This place looks pretty normal around here, well for these guys anyway. The sky looks pretty well and…the weather looks pretty fine to me. In fact, I don't feel that cold and I'm just wearing my sweater.

"Welcome to Berk! Where we, the Hairy Hooligan Tribe, lives and fight off dragons!" Jobber shouted, seemingly gaining some of the viking's attention before they returned back to what they were doing, but I noticed a few staring directly at me. Great, so now I'm gonna be looked at weirdly by these people, just fan-frigging-tastic.

"Hairy…Hooligan Tribe?" I questioned. "Really?"

"What? That's the name of our tribe. Besides, it has a nice ring to it for some reason." And that is something that I wish to never know. We soon walked around the village, seeing vikings repairing their homes until I noticed many adults looking at me with weary looks. Is this because of what I said about their chief or how I look? It would make sense considering that I'm from a different time from them. Still though, I'm not so sure about how I ended up from my new hometown that I visited every year to my grandmother to a place where technology or anything I know don't exist at all. This doesn't make sense…last thing I remembered was…

"Aye, you alright?" I glanced towards Jobber, who looked at me with a raised brow. I let out a scoff and replied "I-I'm fine…"

"You don't look like you're alright." Jobber pointed out, irritating me a bit.

"Yeah, I'm not all right. I feel like I'm having a cold." I sarcastically commented, but he didn't get the message.

"Oh boy, well it is getting pretty chilly here if I do say so myself." I face-palmed myself at his stupidity. Oh my god, I get most people might not get my sarcasm sometimes, but that was plain obvious to know about it. Goddammit…

"I say…" I glanced towards the sword sheath's, seeing Gram's face were out of it since the sheath couldn't covered the entire sword, just the hilt and guard of it. "The boy wasn't wrong. It looked pretty sturdy despite the many houses that are in need of repair."

"Yeah, especially with the many dragons that attacked the place." I whispered back to him, which he hummed in agreement.

"Now then…" Huh? Whoa! I instantly dodged the way how he hold that hammer at the moment he turned to the right. Phew, that was a close one. We soon gaze upon a set of stairs before looking a giant building with two statues of two vikings standing on one side each of the tall doors as the two statues looked like they were blowing horns. "This here is the Great Hall!"

"The Great…Hall?" I asked, feeling curious about it.

"The Great Hall was here since the day we founded Berk from our fathers and their fathers' fathers, and their father's fathers' fathers-"

"Okay, I get it." I cut him off by raising my hands in surrender. "Look, it was here for a very long time and there's no use to do that."

"Right! Ha ha ha! You're quite smart! Maybe you should be the tour guide than me!" I gave the big viking an incredulous look, hearing what he said. I am not that smart, it's just your just plain stupid. "But anyway, the Great Hall is where we vikings eat together for breakfast, lunch, and dinner. It's where we held meetings about how to counteract the dragon raids, and make strategies. Mostly on just punching and hitting them with our weapons whenever the dragons come and steal our herd."

….No comment. I understand how low their intelligence where, but this is just ridiculous. I mean, who the hell comes up with the idea of just punching and hitting the dragons with only their weapons. That's just pointless. At least that Hiccup guy came up with an idea by making that weird device that allows the user to shoot bolas.

"Aye? What's up Hen?" Jobber asked, gaining my attention.

"…That last part you said about what they do was completely stupid." I rolled my eyes in a deadpanned tone. "What kind of strategies is that?"

"Ha ha ha ha! It's the Viking's Way on how we handle that kind of stuff!" Jobber laughed. "But oh well, we can't enter the place right now. The chief is busy with the other vikings on a meeting. Probably on another find on the nest."

"Huh? Nest?" I asked in confusion.

"Oh? You don't know?" Jobber asked, causing me to raise a brow. Do I look like I know about this nest? But…if I had to guess, it must be related to the dragons, right? "You don't know at all?!"

"If I'm not speaking then it means I don't know about it at all." I replied with a deadpanned look. "And you call yourself a good tour guide."

"AH!" Jobber gasped in shock, sweating nervously. "Y-you're right! How could it be?!"

"Whoa man, don't take it too personal." I said, feeling a bit worried about him.

"No Hen! You are absolutely right! I should've told you about it!" Jobber clenched his fists and gritted his teeth. Oh god, he's starting to take it personal. Jobber sent out a toothy grin and said "Alright Henry! I'll tell ya what it is!"

"Well that was quick…!" I said with a surprised look.

"Anyway, the nest is where the dragons came from." Jobber explained, much to my curiosity. "Where the dragons…came from?" I questioned.

"Yes, apparently many vikings have been wanting to find out about the nesting grounds and destroy it for good. However, finding the nest has been quite…difficult." He clenched his hammer tightly with a hard look on his face.

"Difficult? Is there something preventing them from going to their nesting grounds?" I asked.

Jobber nodded before he replied "Yes, there's a very dense fog that blocks our way on trying to get through the nest, and no vikings have ever gotten even close to it." Really? I guess that would make sense but…why do I have this bad feeling that there's something else in that fog? No, not just that…I'm just wondering much about this plan of theirs.

"I see…so what's the plan on getting past the fog? I doubt that it's just gonna be the fog blocking the way." I pointed out.

"Hmm…don't know. All I know is that the chief and some others are bent on destroying that nest. That way the dragons will leave and we'll finally end this war." End the war? Is that even possible? I've heard about wars like World War I and II for example. So…they've been to war for like, 300 years? Will that really work? Nah, I'm pretty overthinking it. Besides, I'm not involving myself in this nonsense. My real desire is ending the war.

"Well anyway! Let's move on!" Whoa! I instantly dodged from being hit from the edge of his boulder hammer, much to my irritation.

"Watch where you're going…" I muttered as I continued to follow him, ignoring the looks some of the vikings were giving me. Ugh, can't they just go back doing previously instead of looking at me? Just because I'm new doesn't mean that you all deserved to look at me.

"Find the nest and then destroyed it?" Huh? Gram? Now what does he want? "I'm not sure about this. Is it really gonna be possible to end this long-awaited war that these vikings have been talking about?" Gram thought aloud.

"What made you so interested in this war?" I questioned, which he soon noticed.

"Aren't you yourself? I'm just wondering about how they deal with the war between the vikings and dragons." Gram said, causing me to turn away and replied "Not at all. This isn't my problem and I'm not interested in it at all. I rather go and find a way back home."

"Ah, so you are curious to know how to get back home?" Gram asked, causing me to stiff a bit before glaring at the sword.

"Wow, never knew you care?" I sarcastically asked.

"Silence! I shall not need of your sarcastic attitude!" Gram scolded. "And besides, I want to understand between you, squire. You are my new wielder after all."

"Tch!…Whatever." I scoffed before following after Gram. Like I would get myself involve in this nonsense or try to get to know other people. I don't do all that friendship crap. It's not my thing…anymore. Huh? Just ignore that please.

Soon, we headed over to a small market place where the vikings were selling their food. Well it's nothing out of the ordinary here. It's reminds me like back where I'm from. Always buying things off from the store where many people were minding their own business, chatting with their friends, and such. Especially being with my family….what's the point? What got me think about that stuff? I just don't wanna hear about it. Oh boy, now I'm about to get you all wondering what I meant. Just shut up and let's just keep moving on, shall we?

"Well looks like the girls aren't here." Huh? What girls? "Man…and I just wanna meet up with them. Hopefully she ain't mad at me for what I've done." I noticed that sly grin and the massive blush on his face, including the drooling coming down on his mouth. Okay seriously, what the hell is wrong with this guy? "Umm…hello?" I waved my hand over and over in front of his face. "Earth to moron!"

"H-huh? Oh! So sorry about that Hen!" Jobber chuckled sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head bashfully. "I hope I didn't creep you out."

"Of course not. I don't look creep out at all." I rolled my eyes while he himself chuckled in delight.

"Ah ha ha! That's a relief!" Jobber laughed, gaining some of the viking's attention from the many stands. Ugh, he's seriously embarrassing me…just like my mom whenever she comes picking me up, especially if she kept calling me by that nickname of hers…..Ugh, I'm getting all mushed up. This isn't me anymore…I abandoned the old me. I…It's none of your business, so please don't press me on info about my past. You expect a guy like me to just instantly tell you what's wrong with me? Wow, you guys are really patient? Well just be quiet and let's move on.

"Hey Jobber!" Huh? That voice…I think I recognized that cocky voice anywhere. I glanced over to my right and noticed that they were five teens heading their way, walking towards us. I recognized those five since they were the ones who stopped one of the fires…well more like didn't do an absolute good job on stopping it.

"Oh, hey Snotlout…" Jobber greeted, confused on seeing them as the five walked over and they noticed me. I glanced away from their peering eyes, but I noticed that the blonde haired girl with the leather headband looking suspiciously at me. "What do ya want from us? If ya want Hics, he's busy off minding his own business."

"Ha, what's the point if Useless can't go anywhere after that whole embarrassment he pulled earlier?" Snotlout chuckled, causing me to feel irritated.

"And who's the new guy?" Tuffnut questioned. "He looks weird."

"Especially with those weird clothes he's wearing." Ruffnut added before snickering. "It makes him look like a girl."

"Do I even look like a girl?" I questioned in a deadpanned expression.

"Yeah Ruff, how can he be? If so, he looks more girlish than you ever were." Tuffnut snickered, causing his sister to punch him in the face which nearly gotten him unconscious.

"Anyway…" The girl who I recognized as Astrid looked at me with a suspicious gaze. "Who are you?"

"…..It's Henry." I replied, glancing away from her. "And you must be Astrid?"

Astrid raises a brow in surprise as I answered "I was told by Hiccup. He told me each of your names during that whole crazy raid that happened since the morning."

"Ha! Course Useless would tell you about that!" Snotlout grinned. "Speaking of which, I heard that you called out the chief a 'dumbass'! Man, it was hilarious! You've should've seen the angry look on his face, and seeing that must've caused you fall unconscious!"

I glared at him and replied "It wasn't that, idiot. I-it was something else."

"Hey! Who are you calling an idiot?!" Snotlout exclaimed.

"Obviously you. Who else could I be talking to?" I sarcastically asked, causing Jobber to grin and the others to look at me like that.

"Wow, I don't think anyone but Hiccup doing that to Snotlout." Tuffnut whispered to his sister, who rolled her eyes and replied "Well duh, it's so obvious."

"Right…wait what?" Tuffnut asked, causing me to raise a brow. Did he…not know what he was trying to say?

"Umm…" I looked over at the tall husky boy known as Fishlegs looking at me curiously. "Excuse me? I'm sorry if I'm disturbing you but I was wondering if I could a few questions."

"No." I replied. "Sorry, but I rather not be asked questions. I'm already getting tired of that."

"Oh…I understand." I glanced towards him and gaze over him. Hmm…he doesn't seemed to look like a bad person, so why is someone like him is hanging out with a guy like him? I'm talking to you, Snotlout. I may barely know him but one look at him and hearing him talk makes me realize that this guy is obnoxiously annoying.

"So old Hics told ya huh?" Jobber nudged me with a smirk on his face before whispering "Did he tell ya more about Astrid?"

"What?" I asked in confusion with a raised brow. Is he implying about Hiccup's secret crush? It was pretty obvious to know judging by how he looked at her earlier before.

"Hiccup told him about what?" Astrid questioned, overhearing what Jobber said. Jobber rubbed his head bashfully before saying "Nah, it was nothing. Just some…manly stuff."

Define manly stuff because I'm not interested into annoying stuff like that.

"Whatever, so you know our names." Astrid swift her hair a bit while I looked at her and replied "Yeah…I said that Hiccup told me who you all were."

"Pfft!" Snotlout grinned before flexing his muscles. "What? Did Useless tell ya how awesome and more cooler we were than him?" I narrowed my eyes, showing off my irritated state but I tried to hid it away for good.

"No…no he didn't. And besides, what makes you so cool?" I questioned, earning a confused yet smiling look on his face.

"Duh! Because I'll be the most strongest viking! Heck, maybe they should make me the next chief since I can be the best once I kill my first dragon!" Snotlout laughed.

"Yeah right." I scoffed, earning a glare from him.

"What was that?" I glared at him before saying "You heard me. That cocky attitude just shows that you're a complete idiot. Besides, there's nothing cool about you."

"Like a newcomer would know. What? You're taking Useless and the other's sides?" Huh? Others? What others?

"Look, how about you keep quiet and go fuck yourself?" I suggested, ignoring the gaping and surprised Snotlout before turning to Fishlegs and asked "And…you're Fishlegs right?"

"Y-yes sir!" He nodded, gulping in fear.

"No need to be afraid. I won't hurt you…unless it's necessary." I replied, frightening him a bit more. Jeez, this guy really is a coward.

"Yep, that's Fishy right there." Jobber grinned as he turned to me and said "He's known for being one of the smartest vikings I know here in Berk. Well the other being Hiccup."

"Yeah except that Fishface here doesn't screw things up than Useless." Snotlout laughed, causing me to glare angrily at him. The more I hear this bastard talk, the more how I really want to kick his ass.

"Well yes, my dragon knowledge is quite useful…if anyone bothers to listen to me." Fishlegs sighed while I looked at him with a raised brow. What does he mean by that? Is he implying that nobody like these fools don't bother to listen to him? Whatever, not my problem. Though…I'll keep my eye on him for a while when these idiots aren't around.

"Hmm…I feel kinda sad that his knowledge about many dragons is always being ignored by these vikings. It makes me wonder if these guys need to increase their knowledge themselves." Gram muttered in thought while I rolled my eyes. It just goes to show that these guys are so stupid.

I then turned to Tweedle-dumb and Tweedle-dumber and asked "You two are Ruffnut and Tuffnut, right?"

"That's us!" Ruffnut winked. "But you can just call us Ruff and Tuff for short."

"Yeah!" Tuff nodded before adding "And just let you know! I'm more of the awesome brother while my sister is not so awesome at all!" That caused Ruff to glare at him before kicking his knees, causing him to scream and hold his leg in pain, hopping up and down. "OW OW OW OW! My kneecap!…" He stopped himself before looking over at his sister with a smile on his face. "Ooh! That's new! Do it again!"

"Uhh?" I raised a brow at Jobber got close to my face and whispered "Just ignore them. Those two were known for being pranksters and the dumbest pair of vikings you would ever meet. Just be warned, whenever you see them…run."

Yeah….definitely gonna try to remember that.

"So…you're pranksters?" I questioned, which gotten the two attention as they grinned brightly at me.

"Yes! Yes we are!" Tuff grinned. "We do this in the name of the God of Mischief!"

"God of…Mischief?" What the hell are they referring to? Wait, are they talking about…"You mean…Loki, right?"

"Yep! We're Loki's worshippers!" Ruff added with a grin. "He's our beloved god and we do the pranks we pull in the name of Loki!"

"Oh my Thor…" Gram muttered. "Never since the day I was forged would I ever encountered a worshipper to the God of Mischief."

"Not a fan?" I whispered back, which he hummed in agreement and replied "Indeed, I am sure you've heard of his work, correct?"

Well not really. Though I think I've looked upon someone like him online…

"Yep and I'm more of a good prankster! Ruff here just loves being plain stupid and loves snorting like crazy in her sleep." Tuff chuckled.

"Okay, I do not snort crazy in my sleep!" Ruff argued.

"Yeah, but that snorting makes ya sound like a guy!" Well…he's technically not wrong considering she's looks likes the tomboyish type. Ruff glared angrily at her brother before smacking him across the face. "OW! Ooh yeah…"

Ooookay? What the hell is wrong with these guys? Are they some sort of masochists or something? It's making me feel more…irritated and yet weirded out by these two. Just in case…

"Hey, can you two answer a question?" I asked, which made the two turned to me. "What's two plus two?"

"Pfft! That's easy!" Tuff grinned.

"Yeah, what do you take us for? Idiots?" Ruff rolled her eyes with a smirk plastered on her face. Soon, five seconds past…then ten seconds past….and soon five minutes past.

"Wait, what was the question again?" Tuffnut asked, causing me to sigh irritably.

"Never mind, my question was already answered." I replied with a deadpanned look, shrugging a bit.

"Really?" Ruff asked eagerly before exclaiming "See! I told you that I'm smart!"

"Hey! I'm more smarter than you!" Tuff argued, causing Ruff to kept close to his face threateningly and retorted "Yeah right! I'm more smarter than you!"

With that, the two began kicking their asses between each other while the others sighed and I was face-palming myself. Yep, it's been confirmed that these idiots are 'idiots'.

"Shall we send these two off to help increase their brain levels? It makes them feel quite brainless." Gram commented, causing me to raise a brow. Can we even say that these two even have a brain?

"Ha! Why bother talking with these muttonheads?" Snotlout scoffed with a smirk on his face.

"Mutton…heads?" I questioned.

"What? You don't know that? Jeez, and I thought the twins were the dummies." Excuse me, I'm more of a smart guy than you are. I seriously didn't see you say anything smart.

"I rather not." I scoffed before turning to Jobber and asked "So what's the deal with this jackass? He just reminds me of someone that I just really want to avoid and/or kick in the jaw."

"Hey!"

"Well he's quite the type to make a huge ego and is quite overconfident in everything he does." Jobber explained before forming a huge smirk on his face. "Though he normally gets embarrassed at the last second by either the twins with their pranks or Hiccup making a sarcastic comment at him."

"Pffft! At least I'm more helpful and useful than Useless himself." Snotlout laughed.

"And may I ask why do you keep calling him 'useless'?" I asked irritably.

"Why? It's obvious what with his scrawny build and the way how he keeps destroying everything in his path." Snotlout replied. "Someone like you should've known what with the way he ruined the dragon raid earlier this morning."

"Really? Because I was with him the entire time and he barely did anything wrong." I retorted. "And besides, at least he's more useful than a douchebag like you."

"Hey! Shut it or else do you have a death wish with me?" Snotlout growled. "Because just let you know, I'm not the type to forgive and forget that easily."

"Funny, so am I." I added, glaring angrily at him.

"Squire, now isn't the time." Gram said, not wishing a fight to happen.

"You shut up." I whispered back with an irritated look before turning back to Snotlout. "So let me get this straight, you're telling me that he's useless because of how weak and scrawny he is? Are you serious right now? That can't be the only reason right?"

"What you expect? He's weak." Tuffnut pointed out.

"And useless." Ruffnut added. Unbelievable…are these idiots serious?

"And the whole village thinks of how useless 'Useless' is." Snotlout crossed his arms with a smug look on his face. "I don't see why the chief can't make me the next heir of Berk and just abandon him?"

"Shut up." I scowled angrily. "Why not you just fuck off and mind your own business? Besides, I can think of plenty of reasons why."

"Hey! What's-"

"I said shut up!" I glared angrily at him, causing him to widen his eyes upon seeing how tense I was through my hoodie.

"R-right…" Snotlout chuckled nervously before glaring at him.

"Though Snotlout raises a good point and yet I can't believe I just said that." Oh, look who's talking? I turned to Astrid as she placed her hand on her hip and said "Hiccup possesses no real strength and he can't fight back. No matter what, he ruins everything in the village during the dragon raids, why else he's called Hiccup the Useless."

"So what? Everyone here thinks of that?" I asked, feeling a bit upset on that fact. "You're telling me he's called that because he doesn't have strength and that he was weak? Is that you guys like to do? Pick on the weak?"

"What? A true viking is supposed to be focus, strong, and shows ambition and determination." Astrid pointed out with a hard look. "Hiccup doesn't possess any of that. He's just…weak and we're only saying those things in order to encourage him to be stronger."

"Really? That sounds like bullcrap there." I retorted with a scoff.

"I say! Show some respect!" Oh shut up you stupid sword!

"I know that may sound like bullcrap there…" Jobber turned to me with a sheepish grin. "But it's true. I mean, we are in war and we have to be strong."

"Oh what? Taking their side?" I questioned.

"Nah, course not!" Jobber laughed. "I take no one's side!"

"That laugh doesn't help me at the slightest." I growled angrily at bit. "Look, I'm just wasting my time with you idiots. I rather go somewhere alone instead of a bunch of people like you."

"Hold on!" Astrid looked at me with a serious look as she gripped onto the axe in her hands which I finally noticed. "You still haven't told us anything else about you? Where did you come from?"

"Squire, it's best if you don't try and go too far on this." Gram warned, but I ignored him as I glared at these guys.

"In case you forgot, I ain't telling ya nothing. Get that to your stupid head." I scoffed as I turned away from them while Astrid gritted her teeth angrily while the others backed away in fear, even Snotlout. "But I'll let you know one thing…I don't waste my time with bastards nor back away from a fight."

"And we are leaving!" Jobber chuckled nervously before grabbing me by the waist and lifted me on the shoulders with his hammer in his left hand as we were immediately ran out of the village, leaving behind a steaming Astrid and her shocked friends. If I stayed there any longer, I would've been dead. Hmph, like I would care. I don't care who I get myself involved, I won't let someone like that bitch get away and hurt someone who can't even fight back. This all sounds so familiar to me…no, don't dwell in the past Henry. It's nothing…

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Later

Now where the hell are we? He soon took me out of the village and instantly into a forest. It soon pretty creepy in my standards, but at the same time, it was a good place to relax. I'm sure you noticed but I love places and areas that allows you to be relaxed and remain calm in situations.

"Phew…that was a close one." Jobber sighed heavily as he dropped me on the ground, on top of a nearby rock as I dust myself off and asked "What? I was just telling her off."

"Look Hen, I understand that you might hate the gang…mostly at Snotlout, but if I were you I would stay away from Astrid for a long while." Jobber warned, much to my confusion.

"What? Why? She can't handle an insult?" I asked in confusion before sighing. "Look, I was just telling them to shut up and go mind their own business. I was just…irritated by what they said." Jobber sighed sadly and replied "I know how ya feel, but picking a fight with Astrid is like signing a contract of a death wish."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Because she's a strong shield-maiden that you never want to mess with." Jobber explained. "She's been dedicated to become a great shield-maiden since childhood. She said that she wants to dedicate her life as being one, and she was determined to become one and trust me, if you say something to her that insults her, you'll be sorry for ever messing with her."

"So it's more like obsession…" I sighed before glancing down. "Well…even so, I don't care. It just…doesn't give them the right to just taunt Hiccup like that. After all, I was just defending him."

"Well I understand that but Hics can handle them just fine." Jobber waved it off. "He always handle it with a smile on his face and sometimes uses his sarcastic attitude to backlash at people…mostly at Snotlout."

"Well…at least he's doing alright." I sighed with a soft grin on my face. "Look…I'm sorry for what I said to them."

"Nah, it's okay. It's understandable." Jobber assured, rubbing his cheek bashfully. "Sometimes those guys angered some of my friends for their attitude."

"Are all people around this island…bully Hiccup?" I asked in confusion. Jobber nodded before replying "It is true. Many people either ignored, scoffs, and be rude to him. Though he doesn't mind. Heck, they don't even notice or appreciate his handiwork due to the inventions he made. I appreciate the work, even my old Pa but the folks grew weary of him."

"Does this have something to do…because of who he is?" I asked, clenching my fists a bit.

"Yeah, you know it's viking tradition to name the runt of the litter 'Hiccup'." Jobber pointed out. "But me, Runa, Satsuki, and Dusty are the ones who respect Hiccup because he respects our talents, cares for us, and understanding our dreams and goals in life!"

"Dreams and goals…in life?" I asked in surprise.

"Yeah, it's a long story." Jobber chuckled before looking around the forest. "But now that we're here, I suppose we should go over to the forest. He and the others should be in our hideout."

"Hideout?"

"Oh right…" Jobber got closed to my face and looked back and forth before whispering "Listen, do ya mind not to tell anybody about our place? It's a secret hideout of ours."

I thought for a while, thinking about it. Hmm…well he did gave me a bit of a tour around Berk, and his dad did give me that sheath to hold Gram in. Plus, I'm not the type to just spill secrets no matter what. I'm not a bad guy…

"Sure, whatever." I rolled my eyes before getting up. "So…let's go."

Jobber looked at me with a surprised look before forming a grin on his face and said "Good answer!"

He patted me on the back, once again nearly dislocating my spine as he began walking off.

"Now come on! Let's go over and meet the others! Something tells me that you might love the gals!" I hear him chuckling weirdly as he kept walking off, carrying the big hammer on his shoulder. I raised a brow and just shrugged before following after him. While we walked through this dense forest, Gram glanced towards me and asked "You seemed pretty upset when that Astrid girl told you about the young Hiccup."

"So what? Anyone could've been upset on seeing someone get picked on. In case you forgot that he practically saved my life when I fell unconscious."

"True…but you seemed pretty irritated on their words." Gram pointed out. "They said that no one cared or even pay attention to the young boy except for Sir Jobber and thou friends. It is quite weird for someone new around the Isle of Berk to feel irritated and frustrated by the simplest words of insults."

"Wouldn't you do the same?" I questioned. "Like I said, anyone could've done the same. Look, just be quiet."

"I just wanted to learn more about my wielder." Gram stated. "Since we are together, I wished to learn about you and please don't deny it, I can sense that your feeling tense and irritated by the moment." I froze in shock before looking over at him, hearing what he said. So he can understand and sense what I feel in my heart.

"So what? Like I care." I scoffed, glancing away from him. "Look, let's just stop talking and just keep going before he might see me talking to myself or to you."

"You're quite avoiding the subject for some reason and it's not because someone might find us out, but is it for something else?" I gave the golden sword a glare before looking away in a huff. I don't wanna talk about it, you wouldn't get it. No one gets it…that's why I avoid people…

"Well here we are!" Unfortunately, I accidentally bumped into Jobber before falling down and looked up to see a big tree and a build up plank-like steps planted on the trees and looked up to see a giant tree-house and I was quite amazed by the texture and the size of it. Whoa, I've never seen a tree-house before and it's quite amazing. N-not that I'll admit aloud.

"Like it? It took us a few months to build it." Jobber laughed before he began climbing up the ladder. "Come on! Let's go!"

"O-okay…" I nodded before I began climbing up the tree and five minutes later after climbing up this large tree, we finally made it inside of the tree house, which kinda looked pretty like a workshop in here. They were many papers on the floors, and some were pinned on the walls. Heck, there was even a desktop and wooden chairs and table in here. Man, just how in the world did these guys get these stuff up here in the first place?

"Welcome to the hideout of the Berk Misfits!" Jobber laughed, settling his hammer down.

"Berk Misfits?" I questioned with a raised brow. Jobber let out a shrug and replied "Meh, that's what my Pa calls us when we were young."

"Oookay?" I raised a brow at him until we heard voices coming from the end of this room.

"Hiccup, are you seriously gonna go out there and try to find it? Do you know how stupid that idea is?!" I looked over to see a familiar auburn boy and three girls climbing down the steps from the room at the end, which showed that it leads more upwards of this tree-house.

"I have to do this Runa! In order to prove everyone that I'm a real viking!" Hiccup stated, his tone filled with determination.

"You don't have to prove anything, Hiccup." Dusty assured with a soft grin. "We know that you're quite a nice and caring person. You don't have to do this."

"I appreciate the optimism Dusty, but I have to do this." Hiccup said, having his mind made up. "I appreciate all of your concern, but right now that I have to do this.

"Tch!" Runa growled a bit. "As always, you're still stubborn as always."

"Well what do you expect?" Hiccup chuckled before turning around and noticing me and Jobber. "Huh? Jobber? And…Henry?" "Hey." I waved at him and said "How it's hanging?"

"Meh, just doing fine." Hiccup smiled. "I'm surprised to see you awake again after you fell unconscious. It almost made me feel worried and I wanted to help but my dad made Gobber send me back home. Sorry about that."

"It's alright man, I'm still okay." I smiled a bit. "Don't blame yourself. It's understandable since your dad is just…well…"

"What's that supposed to mean?" The blonde hair girl known as Runa walked over to me with a stern look. "I understand that his father is quite rude but if it wasn't for him, Berk wouldn't be standing right now from all those dragon raids!"

"Yeah! Old Stoicky may be a grump but he's a hilarious guy!" Satsuki added, letting out a chuckle. I remained silent and ignored her as I turned to Runa and said "Well…I suppose so. Look, I'm just annoyed that he blamed someone for something he barely did anything."

"Well true…" Runa sighed, realizing that I had a point before glaring at me. "Aw jeez, look at what you made do. I'm starting to agree with a boy."

"Excuse me?" I questioned. What the hell?

"Listen here, how about you start respecting the chief of Berk?" Runa scolded. "He may act like a jerk and while I don't agree with the way how he treats Hiccup, he still helps us on supplies and repairs on the village! Jeez, you're such annoying! You're a boy so you should take responsibility."

"….Are you some sort of feminist or something?" I asked, causing her to widened her eyes in shock along with the others. Soon, her face turned from shock to anger before she lashed at me with a whip. "OW! What the hell?!"

"Don't call me a feminist! I am merely stating my facts and opinion! Be silent!" Runa demanded before whipping me again.

"OW! Okay! Okay! God, jeez!" I exclaimed. "Sorry!"

"Good answer! Just remember that next time and don't disrespect a lady." Runa stated, crossing her arms with a serious look on her face.

"Jeez…" I rubbed my aching arm, still feeling sore from all that whipping. Seriously? I'm starting to think that she really is a feminist and that she doesn't want to admit it.

"Don't worry about Runa." Jobber assured with a grin, but his grin felt…creepy. "She always lashes at people and she knows how to whip it good."

Suddenly, Runa overheard this before whipping him in the hip, which caused him to shriek before he yelled out "Oh sweet Ma!"

"Shut it you pervert!" Runa exclaimed. Pervert? Well I didn't take this guy as a pervert.

Jobber rubbed his hip in pain as I raised a brow at him as Hiccup walked over and whispered "Yeah, really shouldn't have said that."

"Agree." I nodded before asking "What's her deal?"

"Well her name is Runa Johanson, and while she's quite all serious and angry looking most of the time, she's a very good friend of mine." Hiccup explained to me. "And if you're wondering what she meant by Jobber being a 'pervert', he's well known as Jobber The Perverted."

"Jobber…the perverted?" What the hell is with these damn names?

"Yeah, everyone knows about his reputation here in Berk and woman keep a close eye on him…for good." Hiccup stated, whispering to me on that last part.

"And you're friends with a pervert?" I questioned.

"What? Did you expect me to befriend a serial killer?" Hiccup asked sarcastically, causing me to smile a bit. Well…I guess he has a point. You can take what you have as they always say. "By the way, I was wondering if we could talk a bit."

"Huh?" I turned to him in confusion. What does he want to talk about?

"Oh my my!" Before Hiccup could say anything, I was immediately spun around before being grabbed by the shoulders by the clown jester girl. "So you're that new guy Hicky told us about! Nice to meet ya, Hen-Hen! I'm Satsuki Katamari!"

"Hen-Hen?" I questioned. I just love getting these damn nicknames.

"Yep-a-doodles! It's ya nickname matey!" Satsuki chuckled. "Man, you sure look stylish! How are ya? Feeling 'red'?" I went silent, unable to process of the joke she just told me. Was she referring to my hair color?

"Oh? You don't know? I'm referring to that bit of red hair underneath that hoodie!" Oh…she was referring to my red hair.

"…That has to be the worst joke I have ever heard." I said bluntly, much to her surprise.

"Whaaaat?!" She gasped before letting out a sigh. "What's got you under the weather? What? Did you sleep on the wrong side of the bed due to that right bang of your hair?"

"I'm sorry, but is that supposed to be funny?" I asked in confusion before blankly saying "Because it isn't."

"Ha! A challenge eh? Well I accept!" She said, her tone full of eagerness and determination. Seriously? What is wrong with her?

"That's Satsuki. She and her family are known for being famous clown jesters here on Berk. Her family is pretty friendly while at the same time, funny." Hiccup explained. "While her puns are so bad, she's still friendly."

"I'll admit, my puns are bad but they're just so 'punny'." What the hell does that even mean? "Woo-hoo! Satsuki makes another funny pun."

"Try annoying…" I muttered. "How do you deal with this?"

"Years of practice." Hiccup sighed.

"Wow, I'm sooo jealous of you." I scoffed sarcastically, which caused Hiccup to chuckle.

"Whatever you say." Hiccup rolled his eyes with an amused smirk.

"Umm…" I then turned around and saw the young petite girl standing behind me and she was just as nearly tall as my shoulder. "Sorry if I'm disturbing you. Nice to meet ya!"

"Umm…hello?" I raised a brow and waved a bit.

"Tee-hee! You seemed like a very nice person, despite the hoodie of course. Oh! So sorry for not introducing myself! I'm Dusty Ingerman! It's nice to meet you!" Dusty smiled brightly with a cute look on her face. She looks pretty nice and doesn't seemed to be pretty bad.

"Oi, optimistic as ever, eh Dusty?" Jobber chuckled.

"Well of course! It helps make me stay calm!" Dusty giggled before frowning a bit and muttered "Well…most of the time."

"Well…it's sorta nice to meet you." I greeted with a soft smile. Hiccup walked over next to me with a soft grin and explained "Dusty is a good friend of mine. She's one of the smartest vikings that I know and is quite knowledgeable on dragons. How else did she help me on studying the Night Fury's patterns."

"Oh, so you helped him out on this eh?" I asked, which Dusty nodded with a smile as she replied "Yep! Though I don't deserve all the credit. Jobber, Satsuki, Runa, and Hiccup deserved it all for helping me out studying the many dragon raids that's been occurring since we were kids."

"Really?" I asked, feeling intrigued by it.

"Yep! Tee-hee! It's nothing to be proud of. Anyone could've figured it out." Dusty assured with a soft grin. "Well…except most people here on Berk."

"Yeah when nobodies wants to listen to ya everyday and thinks of you different from others." Hiccup sighed. "Well don't worry Dusty, that'll end for today."

"Are you still planning out? Jeez, how stubborn are you?" Runa asked irritably. "Hiccup, this isn't something you can do alone. Let us go."

"Go where?" I asked in confusion.

"Yeah, what's up you gals?" Jobber asked curiously.

"W-well…"

"Hicky is planning to search out the Night Fury that he said that he shot down from the sky!"…What?

"Satsuki!" Runa exclaimed in shock. "The hell?!"

"What? Weren't we gonna tell them that?" Satsuki asked in confusion, which caused Runa to face-palmed herself.

"Oh well…there's no use on hiding it from you guys." Runa sighed before turning to me and Jobber. "Like Satsuki said, Hiccup is going off on finding that Night Fury that he claimed to shot down."

"And you're doubting him on that?" I asked in confusion.

"I-I'm not doubting him! It's just…shocking to learn that he did it." Runa stated before turning to Hiccup. "And please Hiccup, we're a team. We can't just let you go off alone."

"I know Runa, but I don't want the others to worried about the rest of you." Hiccup stated.

"B-but Hiccup…!" Dusty exclaimed in shock. "Come on! We know that this might be your only chance to prove everyone that you are a viking but we all should do this together! We want to prove ourselves that we're good to be vikings as well!"

"Yeah! You hold the stack on the Berk Misfits!" Jobber added, patting him on the shoulder, but he let out a wheeze from that.

"W-well…" Hiccup cleared his throat as he let out a smile. "Thank you everyone. I really appreciate that."

"What do you mean 'prove to be vikings'?" I questioned, gaining the other's attention. "You really want to know?" Runa questioned in surprise before narrowing her eyes in suspicion. "Why is that? You aren't gonna get nosy and start telling on us, are you?"

"Do I even look like a frigging five-year old?" I questioned. "Besides, I'm just curious."

"Well you're just too suspicious considering you just unexpectedly arrived the moment of the dragon raid." Runa pointed out.

"Now Runa…" Hiccup placed a comforting hang on his shoulder. "I helped Henry when he was unconscious so he's okay."

"Are you sure?" Hiccup nodded, which made Runa sigh before looking over at me with a smile.

"Well…I'm sorry for accusing you then." Runa sighed. "It's just hard trusting others when you're nothing more than troublemakers who are trying to fit in with viking society in a war against dragons."

"It's alright. I understand." I assured, raising my hands a bit. "Look, I understand that you guys find me suspicion considering that I haven't told you guys about where I came from-"

"Also your clothes! I don't think I've ever seen that get up before!" Satsuki added, cutting me off while I looked at her in a deadpanned tone before saying "Yeah…I understand that you guys find me suspicion, including the others back on Berk but I…I get it. I was just curious but I know that I wouldn't dare do anything that'll betray you."

The gang looked at me in surprise as Hiccup let out a smile and said "He's right, you know." "Huh? Really?" Dusty asked in surprise.

"Yeah! I mean, he stood up for me for when the village turned against me this morning…again." He coughed, feeling a bit embarrassed and awkward on being reminded on that again. "But overall, if he was suspicious, he wouldn't have answered any of my questions about his name nor told me where he came from. So if what he said is true, then I'll trust him."

"Yeah!" Jobber agreed. "You all should've seen what he did at Snotlout and Astrid for when they were dissing you off."

"Wait, you did what?" Hiccup turned to me in confusion as I said "I'll tell you a bit later. For right now, I was wondering about why you guys need to prove yourself. I don't think there's anything wrong with you."

"Aww…thanks for the support Hen-Hen." Satsuki smiled happily with a cute gesture before making a sad look. "But…we're different from the people of Berk."

"She's right." Dusty agreed, glancing down sadly. "We're all different from what people see in us and we're mistreated and bullied by them, well not from our parents."

"And people don't mind?!" I exclaimed in shock.

"Henry, it's okay." Hiccup assured with a soft smile. "I know what you saw from the plaza was wrong, but I'm used to it."

"And you're okay with it?" I asked in surprise. "But…"

"Hey, I know you're new here but I assure that everything will turn out alright." Hiccup smiled. "Soon enough, me and the gang will search out for that Night Fury!"

"Night Fury?" I questioned before remembering whatever he shot down from the sky. "You mean that dragon that you said is the 'ultimate prize'?"

"Yeah!" Hiccup nodded. "This could be a chance that we'll all become true vikings!"

"Hiccup, you don't have to do this for us." Dusty stated before smiling over him. "You need this more than us."

"But we're a team, right?" Hiccup chuckled. "We can do this together."

"He's right! We're the Berk Misfits!" Jobber laughed, wrapping his arm around Hiccup and nearly crushed him.

"Dude, let go of him or else you're gonna choke him to death!" I exclaimed, pointing at Hiccup's face as he started to lose some air. Jobber realized what he was doing before letting go of Hiccup as he tried to regain his breath.

"Sorry Hics."

"No no, it's okay Jobber." Hiccup assured before stretching his back. "Man, I am not gonna sleep well for a while."

"Anyway…" I spoke up and asked "You're going after the Night Fury in order to prove that you aren't useless?"

"Yeah, that's the sum of it." Hiccup nodded.

"Despite him being useful on making weapons." Runa pointed out. "But nobody ever thank him considering that Gobber always get the credit."

"True, but my old Pa never mean it and tries to tell them, but they're just too ignorant to listen." Jobber sighed before picking his ear. "But I guess it's no big deal considering we vikings are stubborn."

"Yep-a-doodles!" Satsuki agreed before making a squeaky noise from her detachable nose. "We Vikings are as stubborn as a mule!"

That wasn't a joke, that was just an expression.

"Ha ha ha! Good one Satsuki!" Jobber laughed, causing me and Hiccup to raise a brow with deadpanned looks on our faces. You have got to be kidding me, right?

"Great joke, Satsuki." Hiccup rolled his eyes with an amused smirk.

"Yeah, really great pun you pulled off." I added, smiling over her.

"Huh…" Hm? I noticed Jobber turning to me in confusion, causing me to feel confused.

"What?" I asked.

"You're smiling." Jobber pointed out, which I soon realized before looking away.

"O-oh…sorry about that. Not sure what got into me." I apologized.

"Hey, it's okay." Dusty assured with a soft grin. "I thought it was quite a cute smile."

"While I agree with Dusty…" Hiccup nodded in agreement before smiling over me. "It's okay. It's not like it's against the law to smile." "But…I rarely ever smile back then." Not since two years ago.

"Well don't feel bad!" Jobber laughed. "Smiling makes you feel joy and makes those who see you smile feel happy as well!" He then formed a perverted grin and a massive blush on his face. "Whenever I see a beautiful girl around here in Berk, I always go crazy for them! I want to know everything about them no matter what! I'm just crazy like the black panties Runa wears!"

As if on cue, Runa held her whip in anger before lashing Jobber with it multiple times.

"OW OW OW OW OW OW!"

"You frigging idiot! How the hell do you know that?!" Runa exclaimed angrily.

"And suddenly, it makes me wonder why I'm friends with a pervert." Hiccup shook his head before turning to me and said "But listen Henry, we don't mind seeing you smile."

I glanced towards Hiccup and let out a sigh, realizing that he had a point.

"Yeah…okay." I sighed. "Sorry, it's been a while since I smiled." "Been a while?" Dusty asked in confusion, causing me to look away from their peering eyes.

"Just ignore that." I said, trying to hide away my sadness before clearing my throat and turning back to them. "But…I get what you're saying. You want to find that Night Fury in order to gain respect from the others, well…I think differently from you guys."

"Ooh? Are you some sort of secret admirer?" Satsuki asked, looking at me in confusion and awe.

"No!" I exclaimed before sighing. "What I mean is that people here see you different, and so what? We're all different and we don't share same strength and talents. Those vikings are too dimwitted to understand that, but I'm sure you guys know that. However, we have different talents, personalities, and such that we have and if we can be able to find something that we find our talents useful, we can use them to help others and find ourselves comfortable with who we are. Who the hell cares what people say? Just be who you are."

Everyone looked at me in surprise, which I soon realized before looking away from them and said "I'm sorry. Didn't mean to interrupt you guys like that."

"No Henry…" Hiccup assured before making a soft grin. "That was quite a good speech. I guess you understand that as well."

"Well duh. Everyone knows that." I rolled my eyes.

"Well even so…" Runa made a soft smile and said "I guess…you are right. No matter what, we're all different." "Yeah….I just wished the other vikings see and understand that." Dusty sighed before smiling and said "No no Dusty! Stay positive! You just gotta stay positive and be happy!" Well…that's one way optimism to be useful. Never show off your fears and other problems.

"Yeah! We gotta do this together!" Satsuki laughed. "We're a team! We're the Berk Misfits!"

"Y-yeah…" Jobber soon got back up, having a bunch of slash marks all over his body. "We're the Berk Misfits and while we cause trouble and screw up many times here in our home, we'll always be able to stand in our ground in battle and never give up."

Hiccup soon smiled over at his friends and said "Thanks you guys."

"Well can I join?" I asked. "I got no where to go and I rather not go back to that village if what everything you guys said is true. Besides, the vikings keep looking at me weirdly and it's annoying me."

"Well true, but you are new here in Berk." Hiccup pointed out.

"Yeah, true." I shrugged. "But even so, I still want to thank you for at least saving my life from when I fell unconscious."

"Oh right, Hicky mentioned it!" Satsuki said, appearing right in between us, much to my surprise. "Did something happened?! Because if so, let me know! Nothing gets out of Satsuki's eyes!"

"H-h-how the hell did you do that?!" She wasn't even around us at all!

"It's sorta Satsuki's thing on appearing in front of others and other places by surprise, so you get used to it." Hiccup rubbed his head bashfully before smiling "But yeah you guys, I helped him out so it's not a big deal. It's not like the others believe me anyway."

"But still, that was quite nice of you Hiccup." Runa smiled. "Besides, we believe you Hiccup because you're the type to always to help others. Something the others lack." "Yeah…" Dusty sighed with a soft grin.

"Anyway…" I turned to Hiccup and said "I understand that you guys are too serious and stubborn onto changing your minds on searching out on that dragon and I don't mind. I want in on it because I got nothing else to do. Besides…"

I let out out a soft grin and said "You guys are pretty cool compared to the others and not waste my time."

"Well…that's quite a good reason." Hiccup commented. "But…I guess I see why not."

"I suppose so." Runa smiled a bit. "Alright, I'll put my trust in you Henry."

"Yeah! Same here!" Jobber agreed.

"Me too! I hope we become good friends Henry!" Dusty chuckled.

"If everyone believes ya, then Satsuki believes in ya in being friends, Hen-Hen!" Satsuki added.

I stiffened at the words they said. Friends? Why did they call me that? I'm no one's friend. I don't want that….Not anymore…

Hiccup soon noticed my discomfort as he came over and asked "Hey, you alright Henry?"

"I-I'm fine! That's all!" I said, glancing away with a frown. "A-anyway…we should probably find this Night Fury you guys keep talking about."

"Ooh right!" Dusty agreed. "And while we're at it, I have so many questions to ask you!"

"Is this about where I'm from and why I'm wearing different clothing compared to the rest of you?" I questioned.

"Huh? How did you know that?" Dusty asked in confusion.

"Trust me, I've been asked many times." I sighed irritably.

"Can't say I blame you for being asked like that." Hiccup sighed before smiling over me. "But hey, you're with us so maybe that'll help clear your mind. Besides, it's just us so you wouldn't mind asking us some questions if we want to get along."

I thought for a while before asking "Is it just boring questions?"

"Nah, just things about yourself like your favorite hobbies and such." Favorite hobbies? Hmm…while I don't see why not…as long as it doesn't ask me about pointless questions about whether or not I should be trusted. Trust me, many people who see me back from where I'm from just don't care about people considering I just stay away from them and isolate myself from a bunch of idiots who think they know what I've been through.

"…Alright, I see why not." I shrugged, much to their amusement.

"That's the spirits!" Satsuki laughed. "And just remember Hen-Hen! Just because we met doesn't mean I'm not gonna stop trying on making you laugh!"

I let out a small grin and replied "Alright…good luck on that." Considering her puns and jokes are so bad, then it won't be a problem. Wait, what am I saying? Why am I…getting this pumped?

Suddenly, I was then hit in the arm by a whip coming from a certain girl.

"OW!" I winced before glaring at the girl and asked "What the hell was that for?!"

"Look! We don't have any business staying around here! Who knows what's going on with that dragon!" Runa exclaimed. "If we don't hurry, then it might be possible that that Night Fury might escape!"

And that gives you the reason to whip me like that with your damn whip?

"That wouldn't be a problem." Dusty assured.

"What makes you so sure?" I questioned.

"Because the bola that we made for the Bola Launcher that we came up with is quite tough that it's durable against dragons." Dusty smiled.

"Are you even sure?"

"Course! Me and Hiccup worked on it all month." Jeez, all month? That's sorta a long time to make a bola that you claimed to be durable that a dragon couldn't break free.

"Well the more we talk, the more we'll lose it." Runa sighed. "Now come on! Let's hurry!"

"I'm on it!" Jobber gave out a thumbs-up before he climbed down the steps, along with Runa before she said "Alright, but you better not look at my…you know."

"What? Your panties?"

"I said don't look Jobber!"

"Oh well, let's-a-go!" Satsuki jumped out of the balcony, much to my surprise as I immediately ran over and saw her jumping onto branch after branch towards the ground.

"WHEEEEEEEEEEEE!" I can't believe that she just jumped and was able to do that. Wait, what am I saying? She's a clown so it would make sense that she'll be quite athletic.

"Yeah, you get used to that as well." Hiccup chuckled. I turned to him with a deadpanned look and said "You have the weirdest group of friends I've ever seen."

"Thank you for reminding me of that." Hiccup mumbled sarcastically before climbing down after Dusty headed down as well. "Now come on. Aren't you gonna come…friend?" I looked at him for a moment before nodding and gave him a thumbs-up.

"Yeah…let's do it." I nodded. "And still…thank you for helping me, Hiccup." That caused to make Hiccup smile.

"Anytime, Henry." Hiccup nodded before climbing down the steps towards the ground. While it was me alone, Gram glanced popped out of my sheath and floated towards in front of my face, causing me to yelp in surprise.

"Oh my god! Don't you ever do that again!" I growled, glaring at the sword.

"I am quite surprised that you are smiling, squire." Gram said, much to my surprise. "I think this is the first time I am sensing some joy in your heart."

"Y-yeah right…so?" I questioned, crossing my arms and looking away from him.

"I am just wondering squire. While you may sound stubborn and reckless, I know that you are quite a good person." Gram stated. "Also…correct if I'm wrong. The way how you told them your speech, it's almost like you were speaking from the heart." "And what does that supposed to mean?" I asked, not following what he meant.

"I'm saying is that…it was almost like you were speaking from experience."

I froze upon realizing what he really meant. Is this because of 'it'? Back two years ago, since 'it' happened? Why am I remembering those memories? I burrowed them away forever and I gave up the will to ever go close to anyone, so why me?

"It would seem that you are feeling guilty…" I glared at Gram before exclaiming "S-shut up! I don't need to hear your damn mouth! I'm fine! It wasn't out of my heart, I-I'm just saying that to cheer them up."

"Then may I ask why did you feel afraid when Hiccup and the others referred to you as 'friend'?"

"Like hell I would tell you!" I argued.

"But that wasn't a denial to my question." Gram retorted, causing me to feel upset.

"W-w-well…it's none of your business. Look, let's just go and find that dragon to see whether or not this dragon really exist." I'm not doubting that the dragon actually exist, I'm still just…shocked by the events that we're going through. I'm in a world where vikings and dragons exist but only in myths, meeting some new people who I found out are a bunch of arrogant assholes and those who aren't in the eyes of their predecessors. This is just…too confusing…I'm sure you're all confused and lost by all of this. Whatever, let's go follow after Hiccup and the others. After all, I do have asked questions to Dusty and the others since now I'm afraid that I'm being put into this. Oh well, it beats going back to that village and received so many stares from people. Besides, being called a friend…it's not that I hate it…it's just that I'm afraid of being called it.

Just…ignored that last part. Anyway, we should go.

"…Very well squire. Let us go and maybe soon…" Gram looked at me with a soft grin on his face. "We shall start some real training."

"What?" I asked in confusion. "Are you talking about wielding you?" "Yes and no."

"What?" What does he mean? What? Is he talking about powers that he has when I wield him?

"While you may wield me and try to use offence and defense in battle, you must also use the power that you posses right now." Gram explained, much to my confusion.

"What do you mean? What power? I'm just a normal human boy." I retorted, much to Gram's amusement.

"You should know considering that you were given to it." What? Is he…referring to my bracelet? Well…I can't disregard of it considering on it kept flashing and creating that bubble shield when I first awoken in this world. "Ahh…it would seem that you finally figured it out."

"So you noticed, huh?" I asked with a sigh before smiling a bit. "Well…I guess I'll accept that offer. For right now, let's go find ourselves a Night Fury."

"Hmph." Gram hummed with a grin. "Well…you seemed quite entertained."

"So?" I shook my head before grabbing him and placing him back in the sheath. "Now come on, let's just stop this conversation and keep going. We don't won't the others to wonder what's taking so long?"

"Agreed." He nodded in agreement. With that, we soon exited out of the tree-house by sliding down here and fell down on here, catching up with the others.

"Hey, what took ya so long?" Jobber asked in confusion.

"Yeah, we were worried about ya there palsies!" Satsuki added with an excited grin. "Ooh! Ooh! Were you scared of heights? Did you happened to be 'high in the skies' when in our tree-house!"

"….What the heck does that mean?" I questioned.

"Don't…it's not even funny." Runa sighed. "Come on, let's go find that Night Fury."

"Come on you guys! Maybe it wasn't my best joke but at least it had character!" Satsuki argued with a sad gesture. "Heck, even the other characters can come up with good running gags throughout the series."

….What?

"Anyway…Let's go." Hiccup said, which the rest of us nodded before walking through the dense forest. "Now Raven Point is just by ten minutes away so we'll go over and investigate the place to search out that dragon, got it?" "Got it!" We all nodded in unison. You know, this won't be a waste of time. I guess finding a dragon wouldn't be that hard considering how large it is, right?

"Great, let's go now." Hiccup smiled as we all began exploring the dense forest in search of a dragon which calls itself the 'Night Fury'. Berk's ultimate prize…I do wonder what does it look like.

"While we walk and search for that Night Fury…" I looked over at Dusty giving me an eager look on her face. "Could we ask you my questions? If we're gonna be together, we need to get to know each other! And don't worry, they're friendly questions."

I looked at her for a while before sighing and said "Alright…"

"Yay! We're gonna be BFF's!" Satsuki cheered with a happy gesture. "This is gonna be as funny than the day my younger brother learned how to use jazz hands!"

….Is jazz hands even exist in this time? Seriously, it makes me have second doubts that is a dream…

But overall, I should probably keep the fact on them not letting them know that I'm actually his descendant from 300 years in the future. In the meantime, time to find us a Night Fury.

To Be Continued