Parenthesis = a character making a comment during first person or third person narration.

Parenthesis in bold = me ruining the flow of the story to say something, sorry ^^'

Normal text = story.

Hyphen = speaking.

Quotes = thoughts.

Hyphen or quotes followed by bold text = dragonese.

Centered text in italics = flashbacks* (clarifications about this at the end of the chapter).

Keep in mind that this is the second part of the first chapter. Technically you could refer the start to about when Thomas had arrived to the cliff, just to let you have a time frame to work with.

Oh, btw don't get too used to chapters going past seven thousands words or so (well, I will try to make them a bit lengthy but still), I usually make smaller chapters that counts around 3 to 5 thousands. Talking of word count I lost my progress when I had begun this part, had to restart TwT, lost 4k words but thanks the heavens it was shit anyway, phew! At least I could rewrite it in a better version with some tweaks and I could brainstorm some of the future chapters (btw if you have any suggestion for some chapters I'll consider them, might not put them in the story immediately or even put them in at all, but I'll consider), okay, now I'm done talking.

Ps : I haven't watched RTTE so I won't include it, sorry. BUT, I will include characters from it, I'll find a way, thank god this is what AUs and ATs are for...

Chapter 2.

Secrets and revelations.

[Meanwhile in Berk's village.]

Hiccup suddenly woke up from Toothless licking his face, leaving slobber everywhere.

- W-what?! Agh, Toothless! You know that dragon spit is super hard to wash!

But then his dragon made a weird noise.

He whined.

And that basically meant "Hel's gonna get loose so move your butt before we get in a very dangerous situation". And the face he was making wasn't helping either.

Toothless honestly seemed anxious, afraid even.

Hiccup immediately jumped out of bed and kneeled in front of the night fury.

- Hey bud, what's wrong.

He felt worry, or at least he thought so. Since their fight against the Red Death nearly four years (give or take a few months) ago, their bond had strengthened. So much it was disturbing at times, almost as if they could read each other's emotions like an open book.

To be honest, it would've just took Toothless beginning to talk and Hiccup would've asked himself if he wasn't going crazy.

Well, maybe he was, after all, who would've ever dared trying to take down a night fury in the past?

"But in the end it paid off," the boy thought with a soft smile.

- You wanna show me something?

Toothless nodded, looking relieved his rider understood him so easily.

- Then, he said while switching his prosthetic to be able to fly on the dragon, let's go, let's just be careful not to wake anyone, okay?

He lightly hopped on the dragon's back and they both took off.

In a nearby hut, a soft screech woke another Viking.

Two blue, icy eyes widened as they took in the sight of the duo leaving towards Raven Point.

A few minutes later a flash of white and blue passed in silence above the village, tracking down the black dragon and his rider.

Looking around, Hiccup had some difficulty to see if anything was off.

- Where are we headed anyway?

With so much as only a small glance to the boy, Toothless shook his head in Raven Point's direction, more specifically, the Cove's.

Hiccup's eyes widened a bit as he was slightly surprised.

- You sensed something going on there all the way from home?

The night fury gave a small nod and sped again in direction of the woods.

Barely a few seconds later a screech made both of them turn their head.

Hiccup paled and Toothless made an annoyed sound.

- Oh gods.

- Great, just at the worst time possible.

- Hey Toothless, a soft voice exclaimed, where are you two going?

- Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III!

- Oh please, he slumped a bit.

Astrid came into view, on top of her deadly nadder, Stormfly.

And she seemed all but happy.

- I hope you have a good reason for causing Stormfly to wake me up in the middle of the night!

He couldn't help but cringe.

- Ask Toothless, he mumbled, he's the one who woke me up looking all scared.

"Thanks for the support," thought the dragon, feeling mildly annoyed.

- C'mon, what's with that face? It's not as if Hiccup is going to punish you later, he loves you too much for that, the nadder chuckled lowly.

- Don't try and blame your dragon instead, replied the young girl.

- Actually it's truly my fault, whispered the black dragon, just don't tell anyone.

- Guess it will be worth it, the other simply shrugged, at least the equivalent of what dragons considered to be a shrug.

Hiccup pinched his nose and grumbled.

- I don't think I have the will to endure another argument with you right now, I just want to know what got Toothless so agitated.

- Yeah yeah, Astrid rolled her eyes, let's just get this over with and go back to bed.

Just below, the two dragons shared a look that said everything.

Astrid was more grumpy then they had thought when she was forced to get up early.

- Anyway, asked the older dragon, why are you out?

- Uh, there's… something weird…

The night fury looked away. If he had been human he'd be blushing.

Stormfly seemed curious.

- Weird how? I mean, I think I felt something, but it's mostly the sound you two made that woke me up.

- Weird like…, I am not sure…, Toothless was getting silent again.

- Oh no you don't stop the conversation like that mister! I swear Hiccup is rubbing on you recently.

- Whatever!

- Then just tell me, pleaded the nadder.

As the two Vikings looked curiously at their dragons growling, purring and whining at each other, Toothless finally decided to say what was on his mind.

- Storm, I think, he began with an uncertain tone, I think I felt draconic magic.

The nadder's surprised screech startled the Berkians (quick question : is that term even correct?).

- Any idea what they're talking about?

Hiccup shrugged.

- I don't know, but I have the feeling this is serious.

They looked over the forest, Raven Point coming closer as the dragons continued to discuss.

- But… but our magic, she wanted to say before being interrupted by a growl from the night fury.

- Storm, I know, we lost this knowledge when the Queen took over our island, but if the legends are true, then it is magic I felt.

There was no arguing against the tone he used.

- Yeah… but how?

- No idea, and that's what I want to find out.

All the other could do is agree, still hoping that Toothless was wrong.

She pondered for a moment if this world was ready to face such powers again. Those of a Queen or a King were barely the first fire of an hatchling compared to those magic could grant.

"I sure hope if it is, then this world will not make the same mistake our elders once did…"

As this thought crossed her mind, they landed in the forest, barely minutes of walk away from the Cove.

- I take it we'll have to walk the rest to the Cove, stated Astrid while Hiccup switched his prosthetic to walk correctly.

- Guess so, he was starting to get a bad feeling.

As they walked, looking around in case they would make an unfortunate encounter, Hiccup noticed how silent the forest was.

- Why didn't we gather the group first, he wondered while cursing himself for his impulsiveness.

- Why didn't you wait until morning before leaping on Toothless' back?

- Why didn't you do it?

All he got was a punch.

- Hey, what was that for, he said while rubbing his arm.

- That was for forcing me to go out in the middle of the night and having to support your complaints about your own stupidity.

Before he could reply she grabbed and kissed him.

- And that, she said with a smirk, is to make you understand you are in fact the most intelligent of us all, and that I love you, even if you sometimes rush straight towards a certain death.

He blushed, getting a few giggles of Astrid, still Hiccup knew said giggles were all but mean.

Both deadly nadder and night fury looked at each other, before they exchanged a few chuckles.

They quickly arrived at the Cove, but the ambience around the area was much different than usual.

If the forest was silent, then the Cove could as well have been the embodiment of the concept itself.

No wind, the water of the lake was still, and even the rocks that rolled under the group's feet and paws made no sound, as if a bubble encapsulated the place.

Though, for a moment Hiccup swore he had heard a low pitched sound, a kind of buzzing that rapidly faded away.

Behind their riders, the dragons shook their heads to get rid of the sound.

- Is it the magic making this?

Stormfly was gritting her teeth slightly, the buzz, not unlike that of the Red Death, was completely undefined. Through it, she and Toothless felt great sadness and hatred, who or whatever was emitting this vibration clearly may represent a danger to their riders.

- I am not certain, the night fury hissed, I know only what my parents once told me, but I feel like we are at the origin of that sensation I had earlier.

- Same, she agreed as they came closer to Hiccup and Astrid.

On their side, the Vikings had talked together.

- Hey, you heard that?

"Heard what," thought the girl as she looked around for any possible threat.

- I didn't heard anything, she replied.

- I'm sure I heard something.

Behind them, Toothless rose his head to take a look at Hiccup.

"How can he…"

Suddenly, a small light began to shine behind the waterfall.

- What, Astrid began before the buzzing came back.

It was, slowly yet steadily, growing louder and louder.

First Toothless, then Stormfly began to hiss and snarl toward the flickering glimmer.

- It hurts my head, the nadder managed to complain between two growl.

- Don't tell me, ugh, Toothless, on his side, had his teeth out and eyes shut, his hissing starting to be replaced by whines, I don't know how much longer I will be able to stand this kind of pitch.

- Let's hope our friends will come up with an idea, she grunted back.

The buzzing was now loud, too loud for the dragons, they were nearly paralyzed by the sound.

On his side, Hiccup was faring no better, though for some reason Astrid, despite panicking slightly at seeing her friends like this, seemed totally unfazed by what was happening.

Slowly, the group managed to approach the glow.

- Astrid, I don't think this is a good idea, going closer I mean, Hiccup had to focus to both advance, talk and not clutch his head between his hands.

- Then I'll go see myself, she said, taking her axe with her would have been a good idea now that she thought about it.

She didn't know what was affecting the others so strongly, but she could see that even her boyfriend seemed to have difficulties.

But she couldn't say that she wasn't surprised when the three of them went forward at a brisk pace.

"Why must we all be so stubborn on this island," she rolled her eyes.

- No, said Hiccup even as he began to pant, I think it would be best if we all go together, who knows what's behind the waterfall.

She simply nodded, not taking her eyes off the intensifying light.

By now the buzz was enough to send less intelligent or wild dragons into a frenzy, but the influence of the phenomenon seemed to be limited exclusively to the Cove.

Finally, the group managed to reach the waterfall, and was surprised at what they saw.

There was an inclined path leading to a small cave. Inside of the cave, a small light, bright as the sun, hovered in the air, and the buzzing seemed to emanate from everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

- My head… feels like Tornado's sonic blast but ten times worst, the nadder managed to joke.

- Oh shut up, I can't even think properly right now.

Still he had to admit, the nadder's comparison was quite accurate.

But now was the worst time possible to make a joke!

Suddenly, to Astrid's surprise and worry, the young Viking's eyes closed, and he finally clutched his head as the sound became painfully loud, the light too bright to look at.

- Hiccup… are you okay, she asked him softly.

She approached him but he held a hand to stop her.

- D… don't, he said through clenched teeth.

She stumbled back as if she had been hit.

- Hiccup… what is happening?!

He shook his head, trying to shut out the aggressive noise.

- I-I don't know… my head…

Suddenly the sound stopped.

Stormfly sighed in relief as the light began to falter.

Hiccup and Toothless' eyes snapped open at the same time.

Astrid could only catch a glint of emerald green before the light flared up in intensity and a blast blew the four of them around the small cave.

Unnatural gusts of wind forced them against the smooth walls, and Hiccup felt the back of his head connect painfully with the hard surface before going limp.

When the light died down, Astrid had to blink and wait for a few minutes before her vision went clear once more.

- Ugh, she grunted as she got up, rubbing her head.

"Ow, by the gods what was that blast? Didn't looked at all like a dragon's nor made by human means…"

She looked up, and was relieved to see Toothless and Stormfly getting up, still groggy from the shock.

Then her eyes landed on Hiccup's immobile body.

- Oh no, Hiccup!

She ran to him, worried he could be gravely injured. She was relieved to see his chest rise and fall normally and took note of the apparent lack of wound.

- Thanks Odin, Thor and even Loki, he's okay, she sighed.

Her dragon then screeched softly to catch her attention.

Turning towards the center of the room, she was stunned by the view exposed to her.

A boy laid on the ground, unconscious. He had strange clothing she had never seen before. And…

- Oh please, she murmured, tired from her short night of sleep and still shaken by the blast.

On the teen's chest, there was a growing red stain.

She wanted to get to the boy when the ground under her suddenly cracked. Rapidly, the fissure spread, and soon a rumble shook the entire Cove.

She realized what was happening and immediately bolted towards the exit.

- Toothless, Storm, she yelled, take them both outside!

The dragons complied and soon they were back in front of the path. Astrid turned around, only to see the cave's ceiling give up and create a miniature cave-in. She shuddered. The blast must've been really powerful, hopefully no one would be too worried.

On his side, Toothless had been nudging Hiccup, Stormfly looking with worry at her friend.

- Please, just wake up already, he couldn't help but whine.

- He's just knocked out Toothless, he will wake up soon enough.

With a huff, he sat down.

At least he was alive and without injury of any sort, that was already a good start.

But now they had a stranger with them, just escaped a cave-in and who knew if anyone had seen or heard the explosion.

- I know, he growled back, and I know that we may not have all the time we want to figure things out.

With that, he did the only thing he knew would wake up the boy.

He gave him one big lick, and then exhaled warm air, making the drying saliva stink of dragon, fish and other things no one would wish to know the nature of.

Toothless eyed the human for a few seconds, before he sighed.

- Guess there is no helping it, he mumbled.

He went to give another lick when suddenly, Hiccup began to cough.

The Viking and dragons watched as the coughing subsided and Hiccup opened his eyes.

As Astrid and Toothless tackled the still dazed boy, Stormfly became thoughtful.

"Did…," she began to ask herself when he let out a scream.

- Finally, took you long enough!

- Uh?!

[Hiccup's point of view.]

It was all black. I couldn't see anything.

But I clearly felt something wet, rough and… stinky, pass on my face…

Whatever was left on my face began to dry, and with its drying came an horrible smell.

I laid there, shocked, gods that was so awful!

Then I heard something.

- … no helping it.

"Wait, who's that? It's not Astrid, the voice is definitely male," I thought to myself.

Just then my body decided to cooperate with my brain again and I opened my eyes just in time to see a shocked Toothless, tongue out.

"Oh god he really…"

I began to cough, my mind finally registering that there was something heavily aggressive towards my nose, eeww.

I blinked off the slightly remaining blur of my vision and could barely understand what was going on when both Astrid and my friend tackle me (well, more like nearly give me a beating on her part and crush us both on Toothless').

Just what happened?

- Finally, took you long enough!

I looked with a shocked expression in the direction of the voice, it must've been one of Loki's tricks, might've decided to fool with me, right?

- Uh?!

I think it would be accurate to say that both dragons and me shared the same shocked expression while my girlfriend just stood there confused.

- Uh… Hiccup, you're okay?

I rubbed my forehead.

- I think I have to figure that out.

Then my eyes landed on the wounded teen.

Her's too, and I knew what she would ask.

- No, we can't take him back to the village, we have no idea who he is or where he comes from.

She raised a brow questioningly.

- Even if we only tell Gothi.

- Especially if we tell Gothi, plus we would need Gobber to translate her symbols.

- True, but then what should we do? Hide him in here like you did with Toothless back then?

Well, Toothless had not much of a choice back then, he couldn't fly by himself thanks to my great plan of firing a bola which ripped of one of his tail fins.

Also reminded me of that voice… did I really?

I was unsure whether I would prefer being right or going crazy at that moment.

- While we get to decide that, could you go and retrieve things to treat his injury?

I had to get time somehow and this stranger needed help anyway.

We eyed the other before she gave in and hopped on Stormfly's back.

- In the meantime examine him in case he's got more wounds, she called to me.

For a moment, everything was silent, excepted our breathings.

I looked once at Toothless, then at the boy, and back at my friend before deciding that if I had to look crazy, now might've been as good a time as any.

- Bud, I might be getting crazy but moments ago, did you…, I didn't dare finish my sentence.

But then, he had the weirdest reaction I ever had from a dragon.

His jaw dropped in shock.

He then shook himself, and began to pace left and right before turning his back to me.

I heard a sigh, and…

- What am I getting myself into?

I was seriously freaked out for a moment.

- Woah, you just… you just…

I was at a loss for words right now, Toothless just TALKED!

But how?

He turned around to face me and tilted his head, nearly like a dog.

- I had hoped I was wrong…

He then sighed.

- I think I owe you an explanation.

- Sure, was the only thing I could say, still in shock.

- You see, before the Red Death had taken over our island, some dragons had the ability to use magic, and long story short she had such a hold on each and every dragon that this knowledge basically got lost even to us.

"Guess that can make sense…"

- And, well, it seems like magic is what created this explosion from earlier, and it seems to have affected you.

- So that magic, I started.

- Is why you now understand what I say, he finished with a nod.

For a moment, all I did was blink, completely confused.

Magic, the Red Death, lost knowledge, the blast and now me thrown in the mix…

- A bit much to handle, right?

- Oh shut up, I couldn't help but exclaim at his smug grin.

Toothless simply rolled his eyes but the next moment he was looking at me in concern.

- Still, who knows what the blast might truly have done to you…

Honestly that line kinda creeped me out.

- I guess we'll have to wait then, and let's try to keep it between us, I asked him softly, okay bud?

- You know I would never betray you, he said while nudging me softly, purring.

I hugged him.

- Yeah I know, I just don't want the others to know that I can suddenly understand…

- It's called dragonese.

- Thanks. So as I said I don't want the others to know I can suddenly understand dragonese because I took a magical explosion right in my face.

- That's… one way to put it…

We shared a look…

And burst in laughter.

Still, I remembered to check the stranger.

I went near him and immediately noticed something odd.

- … limestone, I looked quizzically as I picked up fragment of white rock.

- Strange, as far as I know there was no stalagmite nor stalactite in the cave…

- I guess we will have to ask him when he wakes up.

I searched the rest of him, and even rolled him to look at his back, but there was nothing, only the still spreading red spot under his weird clothing.

As I turned him on his back, Astrid came back.

[Third person POV]

Hiccup recoiled as the nadder landed, and Astrid looked suspiciously at a small glance that he and Toothless exchanged.

But then her attention went back to the still unconscious boy laying on the ground.

- So, she asked, is he alright?

Her boyfriend nodded.

- Still, there's something strange about this whole situation.

She rolled her eyes.

- Besides the fact he just popped out of nowhere and has peculiar fashion tastes?

He chuckled and blushed.

- You might want to check yourself.

Raising an eyebrow, Astrid nonetheless went over and immediately understood what was "wrong".

- Is that, she said as she took a piece of white-grey rock in her hand.

- Limestone, he finished.

They looked at each other and knew words weren't needed.

Where could these even come from? Had he been hurt?

But as she eyed the wounded boy again, she saw him shiver.

She honestly didn't know how he could shiver only now (also given the fact it was nearly Devastating winter), she would never admit it from pride alone, but she would've liked to have a scauldron near right now, what would she not give just for a warm bath.

- Is he waking up?

Hiccup shook his head while Stormfly went over to Toothless.

- I don't think so, he looks knocked out solid, and if Ghoti's lesson is anything to go by, then we should first tend to his wound while he is not awake. At the same time, who in this village, except you, me and a few, has a working brain?

- Uh, so, began the nadder, feeling uncomfortable, what was the deal with everyone looking confused earlier?

Toothless sighed.

- I think he might have… well, from lack of a better term, absorbed a part of the energy released from the shock, and…, Hiccup had taken an opportunity where Astrid wasn't looking to send him a death glare, thought the Viking looked all but threatening, you can guess the rest.

She frowned.

- That still doesn't explain why there was magic, nor how a human, out of all living things, could absorb enough magic to actually understand us!

- And doesn't explain why the other human right there appeared just after that blast.

- You know, this is all so confusing, she looked away.

Toothless nudged her gently before he went over to the humans.

- We'll figure this out, he said with a last glance at the nadder, don't worry.

As Astrid was busy trying not to injure their "patient" even more by removing some bits of stone that had stuck in his skin, the night fury caught Hiccup's attention.

- Uh, buddy? You know we're occupied now, right?

- Obviously you dingus, but I just thought, the dragon went on without a care in the world about his friend's frown, we can't just stay here all night, we need a cover up in case someone asks what we were doing tonight.

A smile stretched the viking's lips.

- I got that dealt with, he whispered, Astrid has left a note for her parents to warn dad about our absence, something about having nightmare and she crossed us while flying to relax or something like that, he shrugged.

Where she was, Stormfly simply went to sleep, no without trying to make head and tails of what had happened so far as she drifted away.

"I just hope everything will turn for the best"

- So, asked the girl as she got opened a pouch.

Laying it's content between them, Hiccup took in the different objects. There were some bandages, a small quantity of alcohol, thread… and no needle to go with said thread… as well as some supplies that should let them be able to stay the night here.

Astrid saw the strange look Hiccup had shot alternatively at her then the thread.

- Couldn't find a needle and I had to gather all the stuff quick, couldn't make a ruckus and wake everyone, she said a bit drily.

- I guess we'll have to deal with it as best as we can.

"Thank the gods Gothi herself insisted to give us these lessons last year," thought the teen in relief.

They looked for a way to take the strange but apparently warm piece of clothing (Astrid had made a remark about how thick it was, yet there was no sign of wool or anything) off to properly help the stranger. In the end, not much could be done from a hole in a clothing.

Hiccup was busy looking for a way to get it off when Toothless came near and nudged him.

- Hey, what's that shiny thing near his neck?

As is eyes followed back along the black line in the middle, he noticed what looked like a miniature handle.

That made Hiccup frown.

"Maybe… could it be I have to..?"

Hesitantly, he reached out and took hold of what he didn't know was a zipper, and pulled down, relief washing over him when the weird coat split in two at the front.

- Guess it didn't took that much of a genius to figure that one out, did you, Astrid noticed with a smile.

He nearly started to sweat, thanking the gods she hadn't noticed their strange interaction.

- Y-yeah, the Viking couldn't help but stutter slightly.

To distract himself, he looked closely at the sliding part that apparently could stick together the front parts of the (now he was sure it was one) coat. Noticing the fact it was made of metal and some other material he couldn't identify, his eyes widened.

- I wonder how much time this took to make, he wondered.

- Probably a very long time, it looks like it's good quality at least.

- Yeah… Astrid?

She looked over to see him with a pensive expression.

- Could you get me my satchel (while I know it is technically the wrong word it is the only that can fit the mental image that springs to my mind when I think of Hiccup's bag)?

Seconds later he had it thrown right to his face.

- Ack, what in Thor's name?!

- That's for ordering me around when we've got a wounded individual on our hands!

- Guess I deserved that one, he mumbled.

Nonetheless he took a few minutes (that guy could surely survive a few more minutes just fine, right?) to sketch the strange mechanism that, once he found out he had to slip the strange flat end in the weird handle thingy until it clicked, would make the two sides of the coat stick together. Evidently, it was a crude drawing, what with having a certainly dying boy right next to him.

- So? What's the verdict?

She shot him a quick glare.

- He'll survive of we manage to get him rid of all that limestone, aaaand, she looked…

"No… Astrid being uneasy around a stranger? I'll have seen everything," thought a flabbergasted Hiccup.

But he understood why when she lifted his shirt and showed him a stone that had pierced right through his chest.

"He's lucky his lungs weren't perforated," surprise settled in his mind.

- … we'll have to act quick, he admitted while nervousness began to make him shake.

- Hey, it'll be alright, it's not as if he'd been shot through the heart with a blade.

Strangely, at the mention of the word "blade", something rang a bell in Toothless head.

"Wait…,"with that, the night fury scurried back towards the cave, much to the confusion of both teenagers.

- Odin help us, these dragons sure are acting weird tonight, complained the warrior.

Hiccup simply nodded.

Now in silence, they began to treat the boy's wound.

[Later]

The moon had long since vanished below the trees when they had finished.

To be honest, they had both been surprised at the well sharpened sword made of wood Toothless had brought them back, and worried at the sight of blood coating the weapon.

However, they still had to help the young boy, so they began by, with the fury's help, removing the largest chunks of limestone that had been caught in his flesh before using the alcohol to clean the now open wound, earning a few unconscious squirms from the stranger. Soon, Astrid had the injury stitched together, a slightly hard task to do due to the nearly perfect circle the wound made. Just to be sure, they had treated the twig they had sharpened with some alcohol since someone had forgotten the needle.

- That should do it, right, she asked as she started to shake.

Ghoti had taught them many things, but it was the first time they had to save someone who had been wounded so gravely!

She realised that when she saw her own hands shaking slightly.

Hiccup looked at her with a small smile.

And then Toothless yawned, ruining the moment.

The both of them simply chuckled weakly before Astrid unrolled a couple of furs she had brought.

Toothless made himself a warm spot to lay on and the humans took cover under the furs.

Despite the cold, they quickly fell asleep.

[Later, Toothless' POV]

I groaned softly as the buzzing made by uncontrolled magic woke me up. It wasn't as aggressive as before, but there was still this strange feeling to it, as if the one behind it was greatly distressed.

Getting up on all four and (albeit grumpily) shaking off any remnant of sleep, I immediately gasped at what I saw.

A shining light of pure silver had surrounded the boy we had rescued earlier tonight, after the blast had weakened the cave so much we had to leave the small room in quite the hurry.

Even more strange, the light seemed to intensify and dim along the boy's emotion, no doubt he was having a nightmare, if the glow alone was anything to base my assumptions on. He would occasionally twitch, turning one side then another.

Poor thing looked scared to death.

But as I watched the phenomenon, the light began to… twist is the only word fitting what I saw. The rays of light began to twist on themselves and others, intertwining and crossing as if solid, before they wrapped around the teen like bundles of rope. Still, I could (even if there was an annoying white tint due to the light) see the boy, his body twitching even more, and the light starting to becoming as blinding as ten suns.

Suddenly, the image of his body wavered through the veil of light, and what I saw for a moment made my jaw drop and froze me in place.

For a few seconds, his body seemed to melt in the light, reforming as nothing more or less then a deadly nadder, changing once more before I could react, now a night furry, like me.

I tried to shake myself, but then the light nearly exploded in intensity, now I was sure I would be blind, but it (luckily enough) didn't happened.

Instead, calm came back, and as the light abruptly vanished, the boy was back to being human.

Jaw still hanging uselessly, I fell on my butt, and anxiously, my tail began to swipe around, not curling right or left around me, always switching side.

When, a few minutes later, I managed to align two coherent thoughts together, I began to pace around, habit I took from Hiccup.

I already knew what I had witnessed. Among dragons, my species had a special place. The night furies had been known not for their stealth, speed or firepower, contrary to what humans believed (even if I had to admit it was flattering), but because we had been the keepers of the knowledge of our race.

And what I had just witnessed confirmed my doubts.

This boy wasn't any normal human.

He was a drake. One without any control over his magic.

"May the gods help us," I thought grimly.

We would need to go through the layers of mysteries surrounding him, eventually, but making him learn how to control his magic would be vital, before he accidentally hurt someone.

And powers so powerful they manifested during sleep? That was nearly unheard of.

That's when I thought of something.

"Wait… but how do I even announce this to Hiccup, Astrid and Storm? And the village?"

Shaking my head, I came closer to my friend, mulling over these questions all night would do me no good.

Casting one last glance at the boy, I laid down, trying to get back to sleep.

Hopefully everything would come off alright.

[*Poof*, magically switches the POV via writing magic, third person view and it's morning]

Hiccup woke up being surprised, not from what had happened overnight, not from Toothless licking his face in an attempt to wake him up (the dragon was still asleep anyway) or from Astrid jostling him for sleeping late, but because none of that had happened, so Hiccup could get up without being violently thrown off bed this time.

"And to be honest, it's a welcomed change," he grunted a bit as he stretched.

He then looked at everyone.

Stormfly was twitching slightly, surely she was dreaming of something nice.

Astrid… actually looked quite peaceful when she slept, the sight making Hiccup smile despite himself.

Toothless was on the border between heavy breathing and snoring.

And finally the stranger…

Wait…

The unknown boy wasn't there…

It took a few moments for the gears in the Vikings still half-sleeping brain to activate.

"Oh shit he's gone!"

The next moment, something sent him down on the ground.

The others woke up to an unexpected sight.

Hiccup and the stranger where rolling around before they separated. The stranger swiped multiple times with his wooden sword while the other ducked and barely escaped each strike.

After a moment of everyone staring there shocked, Hiccup finally tripped and the stranger jumped on him.

- Who are you?! And where am I, screamed the boy as he hesitantly put the tip of the blade against Hiccup's chest.

- W-what, asked the other, unable to understand modern English.

But the stranger seemed to understand him speaking in Norse.

His eyes widened and his grip loosened just enough for the other teenager to push him away.

- H… how, this time, he too spoke in Norse, adding to his own stupefaction.

After a few seconds, Astrid went to Hiccup's aid, rising a big stone she had picked up and intending to throw it as hard as possible at the boy if he so much as stepped toward them.

Which is exactly what he did.

Astrid launched the rock, but he simply had to duck and in the blink of an eye she was the one being held, only she now had a surprisingly sharp sword pressing against her throat.

Everyone froze, and despite the situation, both the boy and the group of vikings and dragons had the same emotion making their eyes shimmer.

Fear.

- W…, he tried talking in Norse, which felt weird to him, where am I?

He pointed at them, still holding Astrid.

- W-what are th-these… and who are you?!

Strangely, Toothless expression had quickly faded in one of his "here we go again" looks. Yes, he was scared for Astrid, but honestly without his sword the drake wouldn't be that much of a menace…

"Ugh… alright, minus the fact he's too powerful for his own good,"he silently admitted to himself.

Unaware of the dragon's thoughts, Hiccup made a calm gesture to the boy.

- L-look… we found you in a cave bind that waterfall last night, you were unconscious, he started, and t-then there was a cave-in so we had to get you out, and w-well, we kinda had to stitch you up, you had a nasty wound… right here, he hurried to explain before pointing at the boy's chest.

The other frowned, for all he could remember at the moment was…

"Oh… no…," his eyes widened.

Finally taking in his surroundings, he pushed Astrid as if she had burnt him.

- W-where… how?

Images flashed before him, working backward as his mind clued back the recent events that led him there.

Falling.

He was falling.

Suddenly an old man with a knife was before him.

"It's just a game!"

A cliff with the sun shining, another person barely older beside him.

"If we don't get him we're both dead!"

A wall of white, heat rushing through his body along the adrenaline.

Imperceptible cold, yet flurry after flurry of snowflakes blowing past him as the wind roared around.

A house, he and Niko standing with rage and fear as the man ran off.

The ceiling, dim light making the drenched old wood reflect with a yellow sick tint images of horror.

The man laughing with such a high pitch that it nearly hurt his ears.

"Look above, don't be afraid~"

As if time had stopped, he saw them.

His parents' dismembered, torn apart, hanged corpses.

Thomas felt as if he had been physically slapped, recoiled, and had to steady himself to avoid falling. For a moment, he heaved and had to fight the urge to vomit.

The stalagmites and the now dead killer next to him flashed as the last piece set in.

- Impossible, he breathed out.

"I…," tears formed in his eyes while he looked in disbelief at his hands, "why am I not… dead?"

The viking's words finally sunk in.

"Wait… "stitched me up"?"

Filled with apprehension, Thomas slowly tugged on his shirt to see stitches around what should've been a hole in his chest.

"I should be dead," his eyes were wide, shocked.

And became even more shocked when he saw an angry thing in front of him.

Heat suddenly blew his hair and he recoiled yet again.

Just as the creature was ready to do… whatever it was (still he was sure it was going to hurt a lot), the girl snapped at it.

- STORMFLY, STOP! ! !

The beast's narrowed pupils dilated slightly, and it turned its head towards the human, letting out an angry yet confused squawk.

Astrid had nearly been killed, and she wanted her to let this psycho live?!

"I'll never understand humans," Stormfly thought while narrowing her eyes at the stranger.

Surprising her, Toothless made a motion with his wing for her to come over. Hiccup may have tried to listen, but the dragons had been speaking to low for him to understand. Still, he knew the night fury had told the other something shocking, for the nadder flapped her wings and jumped backward, stunned at whatever news the black dragon had shared with her.

- You can't be serious!

She shut up when Toothless shot her a look that meant "I am dead serious".

- H-hey, don't ignore m-me, stuttered the teenager, bringing everyone's attention back to him.

His weapon was raised, but it was clear it was an half-hearted effort to look menacing.

Hiccup sighed.

- Listen, he said softly, first, lay down your weapon, and then let's try to discuss over the situation like civilized people, okay, he finished with an outstretched hand.

Astrid picked up another rock.

- The laying weapons down part includes you too Astrid.

She mumbled before letting it fall to the ground.

"You better know what you're doing Hiccup."

Anxiety momentarily made her tense as the teen lifted his hand holding the sword, and the two dragons each made a look that clearly meant not to mess around.

She quickly relaxed when he lightly threw the sword up and caught it by the blade, pointing the handle for Hiccup to get a hold of.

- Just don't do anything funny, he warned the Viking.

Hiccup casted one look at the weapon, having to admit it was quite nice for being a wooden one, and slowly put it behind him, kicked it and let Astrid intercept it.

- So, he asked, are you going to listen?

The stranger huffed and crossed his arms.

- Does it looks like I even have a choice?

"True enough," Hiccup realized as he remembered they were two Vikings and two dragon against a now disarmed boy.

Astrid stepped in.

- First things first, who are you? You clearly are not from around here, if not to say, not even from the archipelago, she pointed his clothing with the sword.

She only got a questioning gaze back.

"The archipelago? Did something happen for me to get here? Did one of those strange beasts found me in the other cave and brought me here? Then I must've been out for a while…"

For Thomas, it was clear that something was heavily wrong here. Creatures never heard of were behind two teens around his age who had attire belonging to Vikings… and clearly they didn't know what modern clothing was like… could it be..?

No, that conclusion would be too crazy to make any sense.

Either that or he was really dead.

For now, he decided it might be best to play along.

- I'm not from the archipelago, as you said. In fact, I come from a far away place in the mainland.

The Vikings exchanged a glare then shrugged, that was plausible.

"And even if I'm really THAT far from home, I need a way to get back to Niko," Thomas' mind began to conjure all sort of solutions to get off this island, must be one as the girl stated where they were.

But never an archipelago has been having such cold climate before, at least from what he knew himself.

- So, thanks for stating we're on an island, but does it have a name or..?

She just blinked in surprise.

- Uh… yeah, the Island, and the village on it are named Berk… Seriously, you came from the mainland and you didn't know that?

"Shit, she's getting suspicious…," he cringed on the inside.

With a sigh, Thomas sat down. He gestured at Toothless and Stormfly.

- And what are-

Hiccup nearly fell as he understood what the boy was going to ask.

- Woah, you don't know what's a dragon?! Do you think they have dragons on the mainland, he whispered to his girlfriend.

Astrid shrugged.

Thomas eyes widened.

- But dragons don't exist!

Everyone looked in surprise at him.

And then he noticed his mistake.

Scales, reptilian, wings and the heat that had come off the blue and white creature earlier confirmed it.

Dragons.

These people had bloody damned dragons.

Fire. Breathing. Dragons.

Thomas had a strong guess that his theory from earlier (the crazy one) was true.

But then no island had ever been named "Berk".

- What the, he barely whispered to himself as he slowly backed away with the group looking confused, is this some sort of alternate rea… li… ty…

He recalled.

The blinding light before the rock pierced his body.

Could it have been it?

"Have I been… transported to some other dimension?"

Sadly, as the minutes and seconds ticked by, the more he looked at what had happened (not mentioning the clothing of the duo standing in front of him and the fact they spoke Norse), any possible way, the more he realised…

Maybe it was truly what had happened.

He felt as if he had been impaled yet again by the stalagmite.

He glanced at the Vikings and the bea-no, the dragons, and swallowed, hard.

They were going to think him crazy.

"I…, he began, I think we need to talk."

Ugh, that chapter would NOT want to end, so I had to force it. Took me more then a few days for that one, but hey, at least it wasn't a month or so. Now I can finally post the chapters (I mean, both this and chapter one were supposed to be the whole prologue/first chapter after all), hallelujah.

Also I'm a bit sorry if anyone is still confused at my way of making dialogues. I hope the reminders at the start of the chapter can help a bit with that.

So, you might wonder "WTF is going on with the whole magic part?", and sadly… I mean, SOME of it will be explained in this story, but eventually I plan to explain the entirety of the deal about magic in a sequel (yeah I'm crazy I know). Just so you know, there is two terms to not confuse : drake and halfling.

Drake is the word used for any magic user that can shifts entirely in a dragon. So that would be Thomas for now.

Now, halfling is the term that defines any person that, while they possess magic, can't transform in a dragon, but have the ability to understand them or change some parts of their anatomy (usually eyes and hands), as of now this would be used for Hiccup.

Toothless will clear that up after Thomas has settled in the village, so don't worry. The Bewilderbeast is the one with ALL the answers, so until this story is finished and the sequel on its way, I'm going to keep the "why can Hiccup have magic and not any other dragon rider" for myself.

Also note that this is happening one year and a few months (two or three, not clear even for me), nearly day for day, before the second film.

I guess that's all?

Oh, and I would like to mash some parts of the book series in the mix for fun (mostly because of the Bog Burglars, I'm going to have one heck of a good time writing them), so the whole franchise is going to get involved at some point in the future. But before I can do that I need to do some research. Also as of now I just corrected (I admit I was a bit lazy with chapter 1) the chapters and did more research, I justly wanted to give Ghoti an important place in this (seriously the number of good ideas for her that have been ditched is just phenomenal)!

Now that all, remember to (if you want) leave a review, criticism will help me, ideas for chapters will be appreciatred and about any question (whether I answer or not may sometimes depend on how far the story is) you can think of I will see if I can answer in a satisfying manner, and even bad criticism is okay, telling my flaws will help me, but pointing out what I did good will too so I can know what I should be way of while writing.

Well, that's actually all there was (don't worry I won't be so chatty next time lol (unless you guys are okay with that?)), bye!

Ps : don't expect any update before late June-middle July, exams at college are gonna be taking a good chunk of my schedule for the next weeks (starting next Wednesday). And at the speed which I write, it will still take time to get the next chapter out. Plus I don't know yet if I'll have a summer job, so yeah, that's going to be fun…

End me.

*Flashbacks : I know, quotes were around dialogues, but when centering the text for these parts, hyphens get quickly annoying and for some reason it gets tiring for my eyes (and the change of line doesn't help AT ALL), so for aesthetic purposes (and for the sake of everyone's eyes) this will be the only exception for the dialogues.