Note about the world of 7thSea:This is a world of magic and monsters, we have different kinds of Sorcery for almost each country, monsters on land and at sea, the ruins of the mysterious pre-human Syrneth cultures. Anyone who is unclear on what fantasy countries parallel the ones in our world, please feel free to PM me!

P.S. I will try my darndest to update Rebels of the Ringsoon!

Half-an-hour to departure, Grace of Theus… Swab, Swab, Swab, Swab, Sing that Swaby song!" sang Phil, who was balanced on the capstan while his mates swabbed to the tune he played out on his concertina (accordion), among the swaby's was Astrid and Hiccup, Astrid had been relieved from the Crow's nest and Hiccup had finished his first navigational lesson and were both now lending a hand to swabbing the decks.

Captain Scott came out of his cabin and saw one of the native Longboats pulling up aside The Grace. He yelled "Aye! Someone toss a rope, we have visitors!"

Hiccup and Astrid rushed to obey and to their surprise Stoick and Gobber climbed the rope and thudded onto the deck.

"Dad?" asked Hiccup "What're you doing here?"

"Just come to make sure that ye all have what yer needin for this little' adventure of yours." Answered Stoick.

"I think we've got everything" Hiccup said and the pulled a list out of his flight suit "yep…clothes, weapons, books, Dragon Nip… yep, we've got everything!"

"Well, then I suppose yer goin to come ashore to say goodbye and grab the dragons, right?" asked Stoick

"Well, as it's about time we gets goin, I'd say that that is a fine idea." Interjected Scott, then he yelled "Earl!"

Earl came up from below and said "Yes, Captn'!"

"Gather a couple of sailors and take the Drachen Riders ashore to get their Drachen, Then ye come back, they'll be flyin' to the ship" said Scott

Ashore… Now Astrid" said Mrs. Hofferson "Make sure you keep your axe nice and cleaned, and don't over-polish the shaft again…"

"Mom, I know" said Astrid, rolling her eyes

The other riders were getting last minute pep-talks like hers before hugging their loved ones and hopping up on their Dragons. Heather was already on her Dragon.

"Everybody ready?!" shouted Hiccup

The riders looked behind them as the whole of Berk waved, then they shot off into the sky.

A minute later they landed on-deck and dismounted.

"Captain Scott, we're all here." Said Hiccup

"Great!" said Scott, then shouting "Raise anchor! Unfurl the sails! We head for Carleon!"

Hiccup and the other riders, led by Abigale, took their Dragons down through the ship until they reached an area of the hold that had been cleared for the dragons.

"Lady Abigale" said Astrid "Why do we put the dragons in the bottom of the ship?"

Abigale laughed and said "That's so they don't make the ship top-heavy and keel us over in rotten weather."

When the Riders were back on deck… Alright" said Captain Scott "We're movin at a fine clip, so me, Adrian, and Angelina are gonna teach you about how we fight in the mainland."

"You fight different?" asked Astrid

"Aye" said Scott "Ye see that thin sword at Angelina's hip" Scott pointed to the rapier that Angelina had "That's the main weapon that people use to settle disputes."

Astrid and the others watched as Angelina withdrew her sword, that thing looked less like a sword and more like a big sewing needle!

They all walked forward, confused, Angelina pressed into Astrid's hands, she tested the edge of the blade "It's not even sharp!" she exclaimed

"Aye" said Scott "That's a thrustin' sword, meant to poke into yer opponent, fast and light, that's how we do things."

This was a large learning curve for the riders, for whom brute force and not finesse was usually the order of the day in battle.

Scott then paired up Hiccup and Astrid, Snotlout and Fishlegs, Heather and Ruff and Tuff, and then assigned each group to either himself, Adrian, or Angelina.

They spent the next six hours practicing with the new kinds of swords, finally stopping when the dinner bell rang.

"Alright!" Scott shouted, after hearing a bell ring "Enough practice fer today!"

He then led the Riders down to the mess, where the Riders found an unoccupied table and sent Snotlout up to get the food.

When he came back they were surprised of what the food consisted of a rock-hard biscut, hard cheese, and gag-inducing- salted meat.

Right before Hiccup bit into the hardtack and broke his jaw, one of the other sailors grabbed his arm, though not in a confrontational way, and said "Yer new here, ye soak the biscuit in yer rum first, otherwise ye'll break yer teeth…oh, and look out for the bugs in the older biscuits."

Hiccup and the others took delicate time making sure their biscuits were bug free, and Fishlegs didn't eat his altogether. Then they soaked them in the Rum they had been given and ate rather slowly, as the food wasn't really that good.

Later that night they all climbed into their hammocks, gentlemen fore and lady's aft, and let the rocking of the ship and the sound of the sea lull them to sleep.

Another adventure is about to begin!

(Not the End!)