Chapter 3 here, we finally get to see some of the other characters.

Two Worlds Collide

Chapter Three: Found

Unbeknownst to me as I was lying unconscious in the forests of Berk, two well known friends were making their way over to the cove.

"Alright Toothless, let's land." Hiccup helped the dragon coast down into the cove where their friendship started, and they landed just underneath the rock ledges. Hiccup dismounted and looked around at the scenery he was so very used to, and sighed. "This place definitely brings back memories, doesn't it bud," he said, and leaned back to rest against Toothless. Instead, he promptly fell backwards and landed in the dirt. "Hey, what the heck? Toothless, what are you doing?" The overly curious dragon was a short distance away, sniffing something on the ground and rumbling like he always did when something new presented itself. Hiccup walked over to see what he had found, and Toothless looked up at him, and then looked back down at the ground at whatever he had discovered. Looking closer, Hiccup saw that the dragon had found some sort of cloth, but from what Hiccup could see, it was too small to really be useful for anything, heck, it was even too small to be his own wash cloth! Something else strange about it was that Hiccup had never seen a cloth with such smooth weaving and coloration. It definitely must be expensive, so Hiccup decided that whoever it belonged to, must want it back. He picked it up and held it out to Toothless. "Think you can find the owner?" Toothless smelled it, and rather quickly recognized the main scent as human, but unlike any he had met. This human actually smelled clean, even cleaner that Hiccup (who was well known for bathing far more often that the other Vikings). He decided it would be no problem to find whoever owned this strange little cloth, and nodded at Hiccup. "Alright, then, lead the way!"

Toothless followed the scent trail up to the ledges, and found that it continued up the ledges and out of the cove. Once above the cove, the trail began to meander off into the forest, somewhat toward the village, but Hiccup soon realized that Toothless was heading more in the direction of the hills above the village than back to Berk. They hadn't gone very far before they heard a low, growling roar, and they looked up. Hiccup spotted what appeared to be a dragon about Toothless' size flying off over the mountains toward the other side of the island. Following the path back in the direction it came from, Hiccup realized it had come from somewhere in front of them. "Oh, no. Toothless, we need to hurry! Whoever we're looking for could be hurt!" Even though it had been nearly a year since the pair had ended the Viking/dragon feud, there were still dragons that were apprehensive about people, and Hiccup had even run across a couple that had no qualms about attacking people that got too close. If this person was unfamiliar with dragons and had come across one of these wild dragons, well…

Toothless began to follow the trail faster, and very soon, they cam across a small clearing with a very peculiar sight in it. There, lying in the middle of a patch of grass, was a teenage boy who appeared to be unconscious. The first thing Hiccup noticed were that physical characteristics of the teen: he was a bit taller than Hiccup, but about as thin, with dark brownish red hair that, if straight, may have looked somewhat like Hiccup's own hair in winter. Of course, unlike Hiccup, this boy's hair was wildly curly, and in the humid air of Berk, was very frizzed out and rather amusing looking. Another similarity was that this boy seemed to have that curious air of intelligence about him, and the strange glass spectacles he was wearing only added to that look. Hiccup had heard of people from far off countries wearing these spectacles, but he had never learned what their purpose was, or if they even had one. "Toothless, do you think he looks a bit like me?" Hiccup asked. The dragon looked between the two, and nodded. "That's what I thought."

Next Hiccup noticed that the clothes the boy wore were very unfamiliar, with an almost elastic look, the same smooth and tightly woven quality that the small cloth had, and definitely unlike anything Hiccup had ever personally seen before. He had occasionally seen small garments of silk sold by merchants and traders, and it had the same finely woven quality to it, but this clothing seemed to be a very different material. Also on the boy were a couple of weapons, at least one of which was familiar. There was a sword of impressive quality, at least to Hiccup, though it was a lot smaller than most he was used to, and shone like it was polished that morning. Around one shoulder there was also a rope that appeared to be made of woven leather. Hiccup had heard of whips before, but had never actually seen one himself, so he didn't recognize the weapon.

Hiccup decided that when the boy woke up, he'd ask about all of these new things, but right now, he needed to see if the boy was hurt. "Toothless, help me out here." The dragon came over and nudged his nose underneath the boy's back, helping Hiccup lift him into a sitting position. Hiccup looked over the boy, but at first didn't notice anything wrong: no scratches, no insect bites, heck, nothing worse than a couple of tiny scabs. Then he focused on the teen's head, and noticed an unnatural red color underneath the long hair. He brushed it aside, and gasped. In the very center of the boy's forehead, there was a small white dot with a barely visible spiral line slowly curling out around the dot. Around that, there was a fever red blush spreading across his forehead. "Toothless, bend down so I can get him on your back!" Hiccup said, and began straining to lift the boy up onto Toothless. "I think he's been stung by something, maybe that dragon we saw, whatever it was. We need to get him to the healers, and fast!" Surprised that such a thin teenager could weigh as much as he did, Hiccup took a couple of minutes to get the boy onto Toothless' back, and also grabbed the leather rope, which had fallen off. Then Toothless jumped up into the air and flew as fast as Hiccup allowed him to in the direction of the village. Little did they know that there were going to be many rather exciting events happening to the entire village now because of the mysterious boy they had found, and for everyone, life would never be quite the same again.