The sapphire-eyed Viking girl looked at him expectantly.

Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck, shifting from foot to foot. "I'm not sure yet," he said. "But my friend is coming by and maybe he might be able to help us."

Astrid didn't say anything and instead flung her double-edged axe at the tree behind them, making Hiccup jerk in surprise.

"What are you-"

Astrid withdrew the axe from the bark and then sliced it open anew.

If anyone were to walk by, they might call the police seeing how real and lethal her axe looked. If Hiccup was honest, he was bit weary of the weapon himself.

He took a hold over Astrid's arm before she could proceed any further. "Um, hey.. what are you doing?" he asked, smiling nervously.

Astrid blinked, letting her shoulders sink. "De-stressing, what else?" she said with a exasperate sigh, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

Hiccup coughed back a laugh, moving his hands back and forth awkwardly as he spoke. "Oh.. um.. okay. Why don't we.. err.. go inside while we wait?"

"What's inside?" she asked skeptically but nevertheless lowered her axe, letting Hiccup lead her indoors and back into the living room.

Hiccup flopped down on the couch while Astrid glared at the empty space for a moment before sinking down next to him.

They sat in silence, listening to the clock on the wall tick. Finding the stillness awkward to bear, Hiccup cleared his throat and he reached for the remote, intending to put on the next episode of Game of Thrones. He had some catching up to do and it didn't hurt to have some company to watch it along with.

As soon as the TV screen lit on however, Astrid all but freaked out.

Hiccup mentally facepalmed at his own carelessness and pulled the axe out of her clutches before she could throw it at the offensive, and immensely expensive, screen.

Still feeling out of her element, Astrid resorted to ducking behind the couch where she curled into a fetus position.

Hiccup rushed over to her, kneeling by her side but also keeping his distance. "You are used to fighting dragons but scared off by the TV, really?"

"Hey, I don't know what a 'TV' is!" she hissed, tightened her fists. "I would like to see you stuck somewhere where you don't belong."

Hiccup held up his hands in defense. "You are right.. you are right. This is all foreign to you. You have never been around technology.. what was I thinking?" he muttered to himself.

The doorbell rang and Astrid let out another surprised yelp.

Hiccup hurried over to answer it, finding Frankie on the other side of the threshold, looking beyond elated.

"Oh Hiccup, I can't believe it worked!" he exclaimed. "I always hoped it would. Wait, what am I rambling on about? Of course it would-.. I.. uh, why are you holding an axe?"

Hiccup let out a nervous laugh. "Yeah, about that.."

"It's my axe!" Astrid's voice interjected and Frankie's eyes widened as he registered her presence.

"Hiccup, if I'm not mistaken.. um, is that a girl hiding under your dining table?"

"Why, yes it is," Hiccup said, shutting the front-door and leaning against it.

Frankie stared at him in puzzlement.

Hiccup sighed.

"You might want to sit down for this."

-,-

"How long have you been visiting this 'cove'?" Frankie inquired, still appearing a bit sceptic of the entire ordeal. He scrunched his nose at what remained of the generator they had built together, picking the pieces up and studying them.

"For a week or two," Hiccup replied, setting his laptop back on the desk. "At first I thought it was all just a dream, no matter how vivid it felt," he mused. "But then Astrid shows up and she is very much real as you can see."

"And now you are no longer able to see Toothless?"

"No."

Frankie pursed lips thoughtfully. "I will need some time to absorb.. all of this. It's a bit much to take in."

Hiccup nodded, watching his friend pace back and forth. "Yeah.. I understand."

Frankie closed his eyes for a few seconds and then reopened them with a wide grin.

"Okay."

Hiccup looked at him incredulously. "What..? Just like that?"

Frankie pulled him into side-ways hug. "Hiccup, you are my best friend in the entire world, we known each other since kindergarten and spend almost every hour of every day together. You have never lied to me before and I know for a fact you would never make something like this up, and besides.. how cool would it be to see a real life dragon!"

Hiccup returned his smile. "You have no idea."

There was a moment of awkward silence.

"I'm not sure how you are going to uphold your promise to Astrid though," Frankie continued in a wistful tone.

"What do you mean?"

Frankie grimaced. "Like you said, we don't know for sure what caused this accidental 'time-glitch' or whatever this is, and this thing looks beyond repair," he pointed out, dropping the chunks down on the ground. "We worked on it for years, Hiccup."

"I know, I know," Hiccup sighed. "But I have to try. There has to be some other way."

Frankie leaned back against the wall, watching his friend curiously. "But you also have to entertain the idea that there might not be anything that can be done."

"So you mean I'm stuck here?" Astrid blurted out, surprising them both with her sudden presence by the doorway.

Frankie shifted nervously. "We don't know for sure yet but it's possible.."

"Ugh!" Astrid's expression hardened. "Well if you can't help me find my way back home then I will find it myself!" she exclaimed and then practically burst out of the door.

Hiccup glared at his husky friend.

"What?" Frankie said, shrinking under his gaze. "She deserves to know the truth!"

-,-

"Last time, she didn't get very far on foot," Hiccup said. "But then she didn't have the broad daylight to her advantage."

They searched on their bikes through the whole neighbourhood without as much as a sign to the Valkyrie in training.

"Hiccup, we will never find her this way," Franke whined, panting while they took a break outside the town-mall. "She could be anywhere by now!"

Hiccup tightened his lips. "We are not going to stop looking for her, Frankie," he said determinedly. "She has got to be here somewhere."

As the boys left their spot by the parking lot, a red, slick dragon became visible for a fleeting moment before vanishing into thin air.

AN: More ridiculousness and nonsense ahead!