A/N-And the start of the next "Mini-adventure" begins! There are a few details here that you may notice don't line up with what we've seen in the new movie, of course, but everyone has their own theories, right? And keep that in mind as we go along in the series. A few books down they will be explained a little more, and maybe a little differently...

Reviews, as always, are appreciated!

Chapter 17: Into My World

"Hey Mom?"

It had been a little under a month since my first disappearance, and as stated before, I had been visiting Berk practically every day I could. Now, I had decided it was about time Hiccup got the same chance, to visit the place I lived. Unfortunately he wouldn't be able to go anywhere else, seeing as he's supposed to be a movie character, but it's a start. However, like anything else that happens in my house, I had to clear the idea with at least one parent.

I walked into the kitchen, expecting her to be there, but the reply came from downstairs instead. "What is it?" my mom called up, walking up the stairs. I scratched the back of my head and looked around. "Well, you know how I've been going and visiting Berk a lot?" She nodded and walked past. "Yes, kind of hard to miss my son disappearing in the back yard every evening," she replied sarcastically. I sighed. "Well, I was wondering if, possibly, it would be alright for Hiccup to get a chance to visit here."

There was silence for a minute, and then my mom looked up at me from where she'd taken a seat. "Would the, uh, dragon be coming as well?" she asked. I chuckled a bit. "I thought I already explained that. Hiccup and Toothless are inseparable. They're never away from each other by more than 20 feet for any more than an hour. Of course the Fury would be coming with." She looked at the table, a concerned look on her face. "What about the dogs? You know how Barney gets around anyone he doesn't know, and a dragon will be worse." I sighed. "I'll make sure to introduce them, and if Barney goes off, I'll have Holly deal with him. The other two should be fine." (I think now would be a good time for me to explain this situation: I have three dogs, one of them being one of those annoying Mexican rats known as Chihuahuas, named Barney, and two heelers who would probably not care at all after meeting the strangers).

My mom sighed and looked out the door. Out over the rock bed we could see the shimmer from the portal. "Toothless is a bit large, though. He might knock something over, or overreact to something." I shook my head. "Hiccup and I will lay down a few ground rules. Besides, Toothless is rather well known for his good behavior. Well, unless there's a mountain of fish somewhere." "Alright, alright," my mom relented. "Just make sure not to attract any attention, and if either of them breaks anything, you're paying for it."

I nodded and bolted out the door. "Thank goodness for jobs," I muttered, thinking about anything Toothless might hit. As I ran past my garden, I slowed down and looked at the beds. "There's rule number one," I muttered, then turned and walked through the portal.

The familiar view of the cove greeted me on the other side, and I opened a pair of wings and sailed down next to the pond, hoping the duo would be somewhere nearby, relaxing or having fun. Not surprisingly, they weren't anywhere to be seen, and that meant either back at the village, or out flying where I'd never find them. I sighed and looked up, hoping Hiccup was just at the forge or something. I focused on an average Western dragon shape, and the wings came out, the tail extended out behind me, and I looked up and with one flap bolted into the air and sailed over the trees toward Berk.

A couple minutes later, the first houses came into view, and as I neared, I formed a plan in my mind. I didn't want to be seen yet, so I flew up higher, scanning the streets below. I flew past his house, looking into his window for any sign. When there was none, I decided to take a closer look, changing color to match the sky, a rare crisp blue for Berk, and dipped down lower. Nope, I thought, he's not here. I can't hear anything inside.

Eliminating that possibility, I headed for the forge. Finally, I spotted him a few buildings away, and heading for the shop. Toothless was a ways ahead, almost to the forge. Perfect. Silently I tucked my wings in and dove down. Still unseen, I flared my wings just above and behind Hiccup, and dropped down, grabbing him from behind and soaring back upward.

"AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!"

Hiccup screamed as I shot upward, and Toothless turned and bolted back toward us. Looking up and seeing me, he recognized me and started laughing. I executed a barrel roll, then dived back down toward the ground. "Oh gods!" Hiccup yelled, still not figuring it out, and as we neared the ground, he covered his face. About twenty feet up, I flared my wings, and slowly descended for a soft landing on the ground. I let go of Hiccup, who simply sat down and panted. Toothless sauntered up, still chuckling. ::You know, that's the only reason I can think of for wanting to fly on my own again,:: he said. ::All I can do is tackle him.:: I smirked and turned to Hiccup. "I'm sure you can come up with something at least a little more creative," I said to Toothless, which finally caught Hiccup's attention.

He looked up at me, and I could see everything click in his eyes. "Hawken? That was you?" I smiled as Toothless started snorting again. "One and the same," I replied, shrinking down to my human self again. Hiccup stood up shakily and leaned against Toothless. "Well, thank you so much for the Flight of Terror up there," he said. "I'm sure we have to plan another one, don't we?" Toothless nodded, and Hiccup looked at him. "Oh, great, now there's two of you, " he snarked. "You think that's funny?" ::Yes, I believe I do,:: was Toothless' unheard reply. Hiccup sighed and looked back at me. "What a great influence you are." "I try my best," I said nonchalantly.

"Anyway, now that that's over, thanks so much," Hiccup said dryly, "what are you here for today? Just another visit? You're a bit early for that." I chuckled. "How about we head to your house," I replied, and began walking in that direction. Hiccup raised an eyebrow, but followed, Toothless following right behind. "Well, that's not secretive at all," Hiccup commented. I shrugged. "It concerns your father as well, and I'm taking an educated guess that's where he is." Hiccup nodded, then hopped onto Toothless' saddle. 'Sounds like something important, so let's hurry up," he said, and they flew toward the house. I smiled, opening a pair of wings, and followed.

We walked in to find Stoick still finishing breakfast at the table. 'Didn't know it was still that early," I commented. Hiccup smiled, and Stoick noticed us. "Oi, Hiccup, Aren't ye supposed te be at the forge?" Hiccup nodded. "I was on the way there when Hawken found me. He seems to have something of importance to tell us." Stoick looked at me. "Well, what is it?" I took a breath, and said, "Well, I was talking to my parents, and arranged an opportunity for Hiccup and Toothless to, uh, visit my house for the weekend and, well, I came to see if that was alright with you two."

Hiccup, of course, brightened up instantly, and Toothless began squirming. ::I don't see a problem,:: he blurted. Stoick's reaction, however, was what surprised me. I expected an argument, a reason why Hiccup had to stay here for a while still, working at the forge, but instead I was greeted with a massive grin as Stoick said. 'Well, what're ye waitin' fer? Hiccup, get yer clothes!" Hiccup raced up to his room, followed by the Night Fury, but I stood there, a bit shocked at the reaction. Stoick looked at me and chuckled. "Hiccup forgot te mention he had some time off earned, didn't he?" he asked. I nodded. "Well, this makes things easier."

I waited outside for Hiccup to finish packing, and heard Stoick yelling at him to hurry up. A minute later Toothless came flying out the door, ready to go, and Stoick practically kicked Hiccup out the door while telling him to have a good time. Hiccup mounted Toothless and secured himself, and we lifted off with Stoick waving us off behind us.

As we were flying, Hiccup turned to me. 'So what's with the sudden invitation?" he asked. I shrugged. "It's what friends do. Besides, don't tell me you haven't wanted to visit." Hiccup laughed and said, "Yes, but I'm more polite than the other Vikings, who'll just tell you outright what they want." ::Agreed,:: Toothless commented. I looked at the dragon. "By the way, don't worry Toothless, you get to stay too, though you may have to stay in the back yard for most of the time." ::Why?:: "Because you're a bit big for the houses in my world, well at least my neighborhood. I promise you'll be able to come in at least occasionally though." ::Good,:: was the only reply.

The cove appeared below us, and we dove down to land in the clearing in front of the portal. I changed back and turned to face the other two. "Alright, first some ground rules," I said. "First, no one steps into the garden unless I'm there. I'm not risking anyone squashing the plants, as they've already had a rough time earlier this year. Second," I said, looking specifically at Toothless, "there will be no flying or breathing of fire." ::What?!:: Toothless protested. Hiccup nodded. "Toothless, remember? We're not supposed to exist there," he explained for me. "If anyone else sees us, they'll freak." ::Okay, so I get the flying, but why not the fire, at least even a little bit?:: "Because just about everything is flammable in my world," I explained. "Not to mention you have a fireball that not only blows up, but also can melt just about anything. Even a little fire could cost us thousands of dollars, a lot of money in my world. Kapeesh?" Both of them looked at me, clueless. I sighed. "That means got it?" "Oh, yeah, sorry, we get it."

"Now, the exception to that might be if I make a fire in the back yard," I continued. "Next rule: don't touch anything if you don't already know what it is. While it might be safe to me, I've got a lot of things that could hurt you in my house. Yes, that means you too, Toothless." "Got it." ::Got it.:: "Now that should just about cover…no, I take that back," I said, remembering a few other things. "Toothless, there's a lot of things that make loud noises where I live, so if I don't overreact, neither do you, okay?" ::I think I've heard plenty of loud noises thanks to him,:: Toothless said, gesturing to Hiccup, ::so that shouldn't be a problem.:: I nodded, and turned to Hiccup. "Also, have you ever met a dog?" Hiccup gave me a weird look. "Aren't they dangerous, being related to wolves and all?" he asked. I laughed and shook my head. "Only if you attack them. Dogs are domesticated wolves, and most are very friendly. I'm asking because I have three of them." "Three?" "Yes, three, and I warn you now, the small one won't attack you, but until he gets used to you, he'll be barking his head off, so just try to withstand the noise. And no scaring them, Toothless." ::What? Won't that help keep it quiet?:: I shook my head. "No, and it may very well get the older one after you. I'm not sure about the youngest, but she's usually pretty good. She jumps and chews on everything, mind you."

Hiccup sighed. "Can't be any worse than Toothless here," he commented. ::Hey!:: "Oh, quit growling. You know it's true." I held up my hands. "Alright, alright, let's just get this over with. Toothless, just do your best to ignore the dogs, and Hiccup, get to know them or they'll be at us all night." "Fine, Hawken. Let's go then."

I nodded, and turned to the portal, motioning to follow me. I stepped through and watched Berk's forests shimmer and fade, replaced by bright blue sky and my own familiar back yard. I didn't react, already having seen it a number of times, but I heard Hiccup quietly gasp at what he surely thought must have been some form of magic. We finally stepped all the way through, and the first thing Hiccup noticed was the architecture. "Very geometric," he said. I sighed and smirked. Leave it to the inventor to notice something like that. "Yeah, that's how everything works nowadays. No one really builds their own house, housing companies lay out a couple blueprints, and workers fill in the neighborhoods with the same house over and over again. Nothing much more to it. Now, don't step on anything in my garden."

We went around the garden, and walked across the yard. I could hear Toothless resisting the urge to roll around in it, as it was first of all not as robust as the "dragon-nip" he was used to, plus Holly still hadn't cleaned up the doggy "presents" everywhere. I sighed and stepped up onto the deck, right away getting bombarded with more questions about the structure. When Hiccup was finished, I said, "Okay, wait here," and walked up to the sliding door and opened it a crack, stepping through. Right away the youngest dog, Panda, came racing through the house to see me, jumping up on me and impeding my plan. "Mom!" I yelled, looking around. From downstairs….

"What!" came the reply. "We're, uh, we're back, and I'm going to attempt to introduce them to the dogs, okay?" "Alright, just make sure no one causes any problems!" I nodded, even though she couldn't see me, and went and called the dogs over. As they came into the kitchen, I stuck my head out the door. "Okay, just let the old one, Jesse, sniff you're hand, she can't see very well, and if the younger one, Panda, starts jumping on you, just push her down, okay Hiccup?" He nodded. I opened the door, and sure enough, Panda went racing out to see who it was with a quick bark, and Barney went nuts.

It took a full half hour to get the Chihuahua to stop barking and Panda to calm down. Of course the second goal never really happened, we just left her with Toothless, who found it amusing to let Panda chase his tailfin (we removed the saddle rig to make sure nothing was damaged). Hiccup actually became rather fond of Barney, mostly because the little dog was nothing like he'd ever seen, and Jesse decided that neither of the newcomers was really worth her attention.

After the situation with the dogs was sorted out, I led Hiccup inside to the kitchen table, where I began to get bombarded with questions. We ended up sitting there for nearly 3 hours, without even leaving the kitchen. Finally, dinner came, along with a welcome break from the Q&A, and Hiccup had his first taste of spaghetti (I made a mental note to teach the rest of the teens, were they to ever visit, how to eat in our world before they sit down to the table). "This stuff is great," Hiccup commented for probably his eighth time, after his third plate. I'm still trying to figure out how he managed to eat that much. "Is all the food here this good?" "When you're in my house, it will be," my mom threatened jokingly. "Depends on your taste, " I replied more seriously. "Some people hate noodles, while others, like you and I apparently, love them."

Hiccup had a second treat when we brought out the ice cream for dessert, and declared it to be the best thing he'd ever tasted (spaghetti apparently ranked second). I smirked and patted him on the back. "Remind me to teach you how to make football ice cream sometime."

Finally, after all that, Hiccup and I ended up in the living room, where he became enthralled with everything else new, especially the miniature house full of vegetation. "They look harmless," Hiccup commented, visually dissecting the sundew in his hands. "You sure they can eat insects?" I laughed and held up another plant, covered in the remains of its former prey, and proved to Hiccup once and for all that I really did have some of the weirdest things on either his or my world. After a while, things died down again, and I decided it was time to show Hiccup the source of my Berkian knowledge: the movie. Before I could start it, however, Hiccup held up a hand. "What about Toothless? He's part of this too, you know." I sighed and slapped my forehead. "He's been so quiet out there I forgot about him." I walked over to the door and stuck my head out. "Toothless?"

A dark shape moved off to one side of the grass. Toothless lifted up his head, revealing the puppy snuggled up against him. "Well, I see you two are getting along just fine," I remarked. Toothless shrugged. ::Hey, it's not my fault she tired herself out.:: I laughed, then motioned my head inside. "Come on, I'm about to start the movie." ::What movie?::

I gave Toothless a deadpan glare. He sat there for a second, then it clicked.:: Oh, right, that movie.:: I nodded, and said, "Come on, and make sure Panda comes with." Toothless stepped up onto the deck, and padded over to the door. It was a bit of a squeeze, but with his wings above him, he barely fit through, careful to bend around the table and not knock over anything, and sauntered into the living room. ::Should I just lay here?:: he asked. I nodded. "Just on the floor, up against the couch is fine. The living room should be plenty big enough." ::Why's it called that?:: "Because it's the most lived-in room, center of the house, yadda yadda yadda. Anyway, make yourself comfortable, okay?"

I turned and switched on the TV, popping in the DVD and closing the player. "If you two have any questions about how this works, try to save them for later, and just enjoy the movie for now." The menu came up on the screen, and Hiccup jumped at the sight of Gobber on the screen. I smiled and clicked play.

The opening part of the movie began rolling, and a thought popped into my head. "Watch closely at the stars behind the moon there," I said quietly. Hiccup and Toothless both leaned forward to see. The DreamWorks logo appeared, and a familiar shadow passed over the CGI stars. Both of them started. "Was that… Toothless?" Hiccup asked. I nodded, and then turned back to the movie as Hiccup started muttering about the shadow. He got another shock as the movie actually started, and he heard himself narrating the beginning. "How'd they get my voice? And I don't ever recall saying those lines," he remarked. I laughed. "You don't exist here, remember? So let's just say there's someone in this world who sounds exactly like you." Hiccup sighed and nodded, then turned back to watch the screen.

Throughout the movie, all three of us got to laugh at each other, both simply due to the funny parts of the movie, as well as the reactions on the two character's faces, especially Toothless. The look on his face during the "First Flight" scene was priceless. Hiccup had about the same reaction when he saw his new hairdo right afterward. As it turned out, watching the movie brought out some rather strong emotions regarding the connections between the pair and their friends on Berk. Surprisingly, and luckily, Hiccup didn't react too hard during the "disown" scene, as I had expected him to.

However, there was one question that really nagged me as the end of the movie neared, and I had to ask. "Toothless?" Said Night Fury turned to look at me. "How exactly did Hiccup-"" ::-lose his leg?::

I stuttered for a moment. "Well, uh, yeah, that's exactly what I was going to ask." ::It should be obvious that's the question as you paused the movie right after they showed the fight.:: Toothless shifted a bit, and let out a draconic sigh. ::We collided with the monster's tail, and Hiccup's leg was between me and… the tail itself. That's part of why he was knocked off. It didn't help that, due to the break, it twisted and I never saw it outside my wings. It was seriously burned.:: "So, when you crash landed on the beach," I continued, piecing it together, "The landing ended any chance of saving it." I looked at Hiccup, who had a bit of a distant look on his face. "I'm sorry I brought it up, Hiccup, but I wanted to know." He smiled. "Eh, I kind of expected it. Don't repeat what he said, I don't need to know the details, but it's alright, it was a while ago."

There was silence for a minute before Hiccup said, "Well, let's move on, shall we? Start the movie again." I smiled and obliged. After the movie finished, I decided we should watch the short videos that had also been made, and Hiccup had a great time going on about all the inaccuracies of them (mainly the names of the dragons, but you get the idea, lots that didn't happen). After that was over, it was getting really late, so I set up a small mattress and sleeping bag for Hiccup in the living room so he could sleep with Toothless, and retired to my own room. The weekend had gotten off on a great start, though I had forgotten one very important detail that would cause a whole lot of trouble the next day.