So, another chapter. Woo!
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"Dragons don't exist?!" Stormfly exclaimed shocked.
"What will happen to us?" Tuffnut asked his hands flying to his face in horror.
"Will we just slowly face away from existence?" Ruffnut continued their stupidity. Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"Just because dragons don't exist here doesn't mean that we're going to die."
The twins just crossed their arms in a huff. Gobber beckoned the group to follow him and they headed off towards the town. The walk through the forest was nerve racking. No one knew what to think. The only ones that knew where they were headed were Hiccup, Toothless and Gobber.
Gobber used to bring the two Night Fury brothers to the strange world when they were younger. They did up the mill together and he used to take them into the town for a special treat the humans there called ice-cream. The two boys loved going on their trips with their 'Uncle Gobber'. They never told Stoick or Valka so Hiccup wondered how his father knew. Maybe he just knew Gobber well enough to know that he would take them.
Soon they came to the edge of the forest and to the backs of the houses. They walked along until they found a road that led into the town. After wondering around the streets they eventually came to a clothes shop.
They all walked in and immediately went separate ways, the girls looking for the women's clothes and the boys looking for the men' clothes. Stormfly quickly found her way to all the colour clothing and soon had a bundle of bright clothes in her arms.
They all met up again at the cashier who seemed greatly surprised to see a bunch of teenagers buying what looked like an entire new wardrobe each. None the less she tallied up the cost and watched amazed as the all walked out with the strange man with a peg leg and a hook for a hand, wondering if she had imagined the entire thing.
"So, did you find anything you liked?" Gobber asked as they exited the building. They all nodded and he then told them how he had asked someone where the nearest library was. He led the way through the town.
As they neared the centre they came across more and more people. They started to become more and more self conscious. They knew that these people had no reason to suspect that they were any different but it was still unnerving to be surrounded by so many humans.
When they finally reached the library they were relieved to find that it was mostly empty. Once again they all went in separate directions looking for different books. They all met up once again at one of the larger tables and sat down placing the book that they had found on the table, or in Fishlegs case, books.
They sat around flicking through pages looking for information and looking at any name they came across. They went back an forth a few times to get more books or to put others away.
Then the twins started arguing. But not normal arguing. No, the had to start arguing in Dragon's Tongue.
Dragon's Tongue was their natural language which they used when they were in their dragon forms. They couldn't pronounce the human words that they used when in human form but they could pronounce their natural sounds in both forms.
"Hey!" Hiccup whispered at the two trying to gain their attention. "If you're going to argue, argue in human." The two stopped, glancing around, and shrugged deciding to stop arguing and just elbow each other instead.
"I think I've found the name I want," Toothless said to his brother as he looked up from his book. Hiccup nodded for him to go on. "I like this one. Tyler." Hiccup smiled approvingly.
"I like it," he said ruffling Toothless hair. Toothless punched his arm and they laughed. "I think I've found mine too."
"What did you find?"
"Henry. What do you think?"
"I think it suits you," Toothless replied with a smile.
The two went back to looking up information. Hiccup found out a lot regarding what they would need to do if they were to keep up their cover. While back on Berk, younglings were taught by their parents or had a mentor for a particular job, here they went to 'school' where they were taught different things that they didn't necessarily need. If they wanted to hide in plain sight, they would need to be just like the other younglings of this world. And that involved going to school.
"Found it!" he heard Snotlout call out.
"Found what?" Stormfly asked.
"Steve," he replied with a smile.
"What's that!" Fishlegs asked confused.
"My new name," Snotlout replied with a huff. The few glanced at each other nodding at the sound of the name.
Eventually they had all found their new names and enough information to hide successfully. The names in this world were strange. On Berk, names odd, yes, but at the same time, that was their normal. Children having names like 'Fishlegs' and 'Snotlout' was very normal. Here, not so much.
Stormfly, after going backwards and forwards a lot, decided on Sarah and her brother became Frank. The twins became Rachel and Theodore, Tuffnut enjoyed saying his newly picked name way too much. And Gobber, for the few short days he would be helping them settle in, would be Gerald.
Once they left, they knew exactly where they had to go next. After all their research, well, those who had done research. Ruffnut, Tuffnut and Snotlout had quickly fallen asleep. But after all their research, they realised that school was very important and that they needed to be enrolled as soon as possible. So, they were headed to the closest school to do just that.
Once there, they found their way to the principal's office. The teens were all told to wait outside while the woman had a chat with Gerald.
Another thing that they had had to do was come up with a cover story. After realising about the twins surprisingly amazing story telling skills, they had come up with a story that wouldn't get them caught and that could explain why seven teenagers were living with a man with a peg leg and a hook for a hand.
"It's nice to meet you Gerald," the woman said as she sat down in her chair. Gobber looked sat down in the chair the other side of her desk nervously. A name plaque sat on the desk that read Mrs S Johnson. Gobber sat wondering where these people came up with their names. "I hear you're looking to enrol your children in our school. Is that correct?"
"That's exactly right," Gobber said with a smile.
"And would you mind explaining to me how you have seven children all a similar age?" The woman looked confused as she read down the list of names and ages of the Berkian younglings.
"They were adopted," Gobber replied. The curiosity on the woman's face grew and he carried on. "My wife and I could never have kids so we decided to adopt. We wanted Henry and then found out he had a younger brother and, not wanting to separate them we adopted both of them. Then we heard about Frank and his little sister Sarah and the things that they went through and we felt like they needed a good home. Then came along Steve and then the twins, Rachel and Theodore. After that we realised that we couldn't take in any more. That was years ago now though." Mrs Johnson nodded with a faint smile.
"And your wife?" she asked. "Was she not able to make it today?" Gobber feigned sadness and looked down at his lap.
"She passed on last year. That's why we moved. I couldn't bear being around everything that reminded me of her. The kids miss her too. She was a wonderful woman."
"I'm sorry for your loss," Mrs Johnson replied sadly. Of course, Gobber had never actually been married but this was the best story they could come up with. "I'll have your kids enrolled for tomorrow. Just have them come in my office before eight thirty and we'll have everything sorted."
Gobber smiled up at the woman across from him happily. "Thank you so much for your help. I'll make sure they're up bright and early ready for their first day." She nodded and the two shook hands before he stepped out of the room to find Hiccup and Toothless holding the twins as they had obviously just started fighting, while Snotlout, Fishlegs and Stormfly sat laughing behind them. They all looked up as Gobber exited the room and quickly shut up and stood away from each other feigning innocence. Gobber shook his head and smiled at the principle before wishing her a good day and ushering the younglings out of her office.
The trek back to the mill was longer than expected. They walked in silence as they realised that now that their cover story was set up and they had all that they needed, Gobber would be heading back to Berk.
Once at the mill, Gobber changed into his Berkian clothes and they each said their goodbyes, some having messages for their parents. They waved him off at the door and Hiccup decided to walk his mentor to the crack in the cliff face.
"Just keep an eye on them for me Gobber," he said as they walked alongside the river. "My dad acts tough but I know he's soft on the inside. Just make sure they don't do anything stupid while I'm here."
Gobber laughed and clapped the boy on the shoulder. He smiled as he turned to face the boy.
"Don't worry, I'll keep my eyes on them. You just think about your friends here. They're more likely to do something stupid than your parents. Keep 'em safe, alright lad?"
Hiccup nodded and the two hugged before Gobber pushed his way through the crack to get back home.
So I just wanted to say, I know that the odds of them speaking the same language on the two worlds are really slim and that even if they did they wouldn't write them the same, but this is fan fiction so…
I really love doing the 'twins overreacting stupidly' parts. It's so much fun!
ToxicGirlfriend: Yes this is the modern world and seriously, thank you!
darkshadey01: A mill! A cliffhanger! *dies* I'm sorry… I have no idea what that was…..
midnightsky0612: Somewhere terrifying!
Dreamydragonrider: Did I say that Astrid was Stormfly?... *wink*
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