GuardianDragon98 here with a brand new chapter of Dragons and Guardians
Keep your eyes peeled because there's an OC introduced in this chapter ;)
Disclaimer: All rights to ROTG and HTTYD go to DreamWorks Animation and I have no ownership whatsoever.
Chapter 2
Vikings crowded around the newcomers excitedly.
"Welcome to Berk. Not as cold as the Shivering Shores but make yourselves at home." Stoick the Vast said warmly to their guests.
The visitors were amazed at the multitude of dragons roaming around the island. For the visitors from the Shivering Shores, this was something they didn't see every day.
The six Viking teens were mingling with some Shivering Shores teens, exchanging stories of their own experiences and exploits lately.
"Yeah…Flying is pretty amazing. Being able to touch the clouds…It's a really great feeling." Hiccup told one red headed teen. "And I happen to be the best flier in all of Berk! Watch! Hookfang get over here!" Snotlout boasted before calling his dragon.
The Monstrous Nightmare then took off from the harbor.
"Greatest flier…" Tuffnut began. "But not the best Dragon Trainer!" Ruffnut finished for him.
Fishlegs was busy telling a group of Vikings about Meatlug. "Even though she looks fierce and deadly on the outside, she's as soft as a bed of rose petals!" he gushed giving the Gronckle a hug.
The Vikings were astounded at the dragons, especially Toothless. The Night Fury purred softly as he let some Shivering Shores kids pet him.
"I touched a Night Fury!" one Viking girl shrieked happily as she ran back to her parents.
A couple more kids were playing with Barf and Belch.
One brown haired girl was admiring Stormfly. "She's pretty…" she giggled. "Pretty and fierce." Astrid laughed.
"Unlike you." A voice behind her pointed out loudly.
The rest of the teens and Astrid spun around to see a girl Viking with reddish blonde hair, blue eyes and wearing a red tunic with leather shoulder pads, a studded leather skirt and brown fur boots strutting towards them.
Astrid immediately frowned. "Oh gods great. What're you doing here?" she grimaced.
The new girl laughed and punched her lightly on the arm. "What? A girl can't go back to her native land and stay with her family again?" she said nonchalantly.
The Viking teens stared at the two girls.
"She looks like Astrid…" Tuffnut said in a low voice. "She even got the punch right!" Ruffnut whispered to her twin brother.
Snotlout grinned and went over to the new girl. "So you're back from the Shivering Shores…Want me to give you a grand refresher tour?" he asked suavely. The girl rolled her eyes. "I'd rather see you smash your head into a boulder." She refused flatly before going past the young Viking.
Fishlegs leaned towards the twins. "She's got Astrid's ego too!" he said in awe before Astrid punched him on the shoulder.
Turns out she'd been listening to them.
Hiccup walked over to Astrid and gave her a quizzical look. "Uh… Astrid… Is there something you haven't been telling us?" he asked.
The new Viking turned to him. "Why, Astrid! You never told me you and the chief's son are already an item!" she exclaimed in fake surprise.
Astrid blushed violently. "Shut it, Angrid!" she muttered.
That made both the teens and their dragons stare.
"Hey don't talk to your big sister like that!" Angrid pretended to scold Astrid.
"SISTER?!" Snotlout, Fishlegs, and the Twins exclaimed in shock.
Astrid just groaned and got on Stormfly and flew off.
Hiccup looked at Angrid, a little surprised. "How come I've never met you before?" he asked, confused. "I left for my training at the Shivering Shores when Astrid was three. A year before my family met yours." Angrid said before going to the village.
Deciding to follow Astrid, Hiccup got on Toothless and they headed off.
Meanwhile, at Santoff Claussen (AKA North's Workshop), North was wondering where Jack was.
It was almost time for the winter spirit's lessons. Aside from basic high school learning, Jack was also North's apprentice. He was surprisingly, very talented in ice sculpting and toy making. Why just last Christmas, he helped make some of the toys!
"Where could that boy be right now?" North muttered to himself. Then Phil came over and said something in Yetish.
North understood. "Ah…On another date with Sapphire at the Seasonal Gardens, I see." He chuckled, putting on his coat and taking a snow globe out of his pocket.
"Palace of Beginnings!" the Russian boomed before throwing it to the ground.
A glowing portal revealing a shimmering image of the magnificent castle appeared. North stepped inside and was instantly transported to the throne room (Much to Mother Nature, Father Time and Millennium's surprise).
"Why hello North! How very nice of you to drop in." Father Time greeted the Guardian of Wonder. "Quite literally I might add." Millennium hooted.
Mother Nature looked at the Russian as a robin peeked out of her hair. "What brings you here to our Palace on such a fine day, North?" she asked. "Looking for Jack, Mother Nature. I was told by my yetis that he was here with Sapphire." North replied.
"I'm afraid you just missed them, North. The two of them along with Marina left the Gardens a while ago. Probably off to make some mischief. You know how the youth of today are…" Father Time said wistfully.
"And it's well past Sapphire's lesson time I may say so." Millennium said, slightly annoyed. The Whiskered Screech, you see, was also Sapphire's teacher.
North sighed. "Well those two have been working hard for the past few months. I think it's only fair we, cut them slack, as they say." He said, mixing up words again. The two great beings nodded in agreement.
If they only knew what had happened to the two young Guardians…
It took Hiccup a few minutes. But he and Toothless eventually caught up with Astrid and her Nadder. The two of them were just flying around, as Astrid was still fuming over her sister when the young Viking and his Night Fury approached them.
"Astrid, can we talk?" Hiccup asked hesitatingly. "If it's about Angrid, no." Astrid said heatedly.
Toothless let out a small whine when his rider looked at him, unsure on what to say next. Hiccup decided to try again.
"Well she seems pretty okay… And she's your sister. Why do you even hate her?" At that question, Astrid spun Stormfly around to face him.
If only they weren't flying, she could have very well given him a good punch in the arm.
But at last, she sighed. "I don't really hate Angrid. I just… hate that she keeps besting me in almost everything… Plus, she's never been there for me. She left when I was still little. I never got to experience what it felt like having someone standing by you whenever the whole world seems to have turned against you. That's why I taught myself to be tough." She sighed heavily.
Hiccup was a little surprised at that but he smiled mischievously. "And here I thought I was the only one who had a tough childhood." He said with a bit of sarcasm.
Astrid just rolled her eyes. But she had to admit…
She and Hiccup did have a few things in common.
Then Astrid looked at her dragon and smiled. The Deadly Nadder understood and gave Toothless a little slap with her tail. The Night Fury yelped and bucked.
"Gah!" Hiccup yelped, steadying himself.
"That's for teasing me." Astrid grinned. Then she flew a bit closer to Hiccup to give him a quick peck on the cheek. "And that's for hearing me out." She said, smiling. Hiccup smiled a bit.
Suddenly, they saw a glowing portal appear in the sky with a great flash of light a couple of meters away from them. Something flew out of the portal and began to fall.
Curious, the two Vikings, Toothless and Stormfly decided to investigate. The object became clearer as they flew toward it.
It turned out to be a huge white swan with a saddle on its back.
Along with two unconscious people.
The swan was unconscious as well. And it was falling fast!
"Hey! Heeeyy!" Hiccup frantically shouted as he flew down to keep up while Toothless roared in a panic. "Wake up you guys! Wake up!" Astrid yelled as Stormfly screeched at the unconscious swan.
The swan groggily opened its eyes, dazed and confused.
"Quick! Pull up!" Hiccup said frantically.
Puzzled, the swan looked down to see the jagged rocks jutting out of the ocean!
Squawking, the swan flapped its big white wings and pulled up in time, barely missing the rocks.
"Oh gee! That was a close one!" it suddenly said in a female tone.
Hiccup, Astrid, Toothless and Stormfly stared in shock.
It was, or more correctly, she was talking!
The swan then looked at the two Vikings and noticed what they were riding on.
"Are those d-d-…" she stuttered. It's ok. The dragons won't hurt you." Hiccup said calmly. To illustrate his rider's point, Toothless retracted his teeth to give her a gummy smile. Stormfly gave the swan a small whine to show she wasn't dangerous as well.
That seemed to calm the swan down.
Then she panicked.
"Are Jack and Sapphire okay?" she asked worriedly.
Confused, Hiccup and Astrid glanced at the swan's two unconscious passengers.
A boy and girl who looked like they were in their teens. They must be the ones the swan's referring to.
"They're still unconscious. We better take them back to the village for treatment." Astrid said urgently. "By the way, do you have a name girl?" Hiccup asked the swan. "Marina. Are you sure it's safe for me to go to your village? I mean, what if the people…" she replied before trailing off, feeling unsure.
"Freak out? Probably not. Ever since we've made peace of the dragons, weird on Berk is synonymous with normal." Hiccup grinned.
Feeling reassured, Marina picked up the pace with Toothless and Stormfly as they neared the village.
Villagers gazed at her in awe.
A huge white swan with riding gear and two unconscious teenagers?
That's something they didn't see every day.
Pretty soon, a crowd had formed around Marina, Hiccup and Astrid along with their dragons. The other Viking teens and Angrid were there as well.
"Whoa… How did that get so huge?" Fishlegs whispered in amazement.
"Big diet?" Tuffnut guessed. "Eats a lot?" Ruffnut guessed as well. "Those are pretty much the same you know." Angrid pointed out while looking at the creature in wonder.
"It's just a giant bird. So, what?" Snotlout said out loud.
Loud enough for Marina to hear him.
Snotlout looked at Marina and she glared at him. A little nervous, Snotlout took a step back.
"Alright, alright what's going on?" Stoick the Vast suddenly made his way over to the crowd along with Gobber.
The two of them had been discussing about new weapons for the armory when they noticed the crowd in the village square.
Hiccup spotted his dad and made his way over to him along with Astrid and Marina.
"Hiccup what is going on here and…what is that?" the chief said looking at Marina, his eyes wide. "Hoo-boy! That's one giant birdie'!" Gobber chuckled. "Hey! Offensive much! And FYI, I'm an aquatic 'birdie'!" Marina said, annoyed.
Stoick, Gobber and the villagers were taken aback.
The swan had spoken!
"Long story dad. Right now we have to…" Hiccup managed to say before the unconscious teens began to stir and moan. "They need help." Astrid said, gesturing to them.
Not wasting another minute, they brought their two unconscious newcomers to Gothi's house. "Hmm…No physical injuries here but how did these two end up like this?" Gobber translated the elder's runes after Gothi had examined the two.
Everyone glanced at Marina.
The swan shifted uneasily on her webbed feet. "I don't really know… We got sucked into a waterspout during a storm, there was this huge flash of light then everything went black…" she said.
The Vikings nodded understandingly at her.
"Well the best thing for now is to bring these two to someone's house where they can regain consciousness on their own." Gobber translated the last few runes Gothi drew.
Marina sighed. "That could take a while…And come to think of it, I forgot to eat breakfast this morning…" she said as her stomach growled. "Well come on down to the docks. I'm sure there'll be plenty of fish for you to nibble on." Gobber laughed.
Although still rather annoyed over Gobber's 'birdie' remark, Marina gamely followed the two limbed Viking out of the healer's house, eager to grab a bite.
Meanwhile, Hiccup and Astrid looked curiously at the two unconscious teens.
The boy was tall yet slim, had pale skin, snow white hair and wore a deep blue hooded jacket with frost like designs around the collar along with brown pants that were rather tattered at the bottoms.
The girl on the other hand, was of regular height and weight, had deep blue hair, lightly tanned skin and wore a simple blue shirt paired with a seaweed skirt that reached her knees decorated with all kinds of seashells and wore blue strappy sandals. Gold bracelets adorned her arms and a gold pearl pin was in her sea blue tresses.
All in all, they looked really mysterious.
Another thing Hiccup and Astrid noticed was that they had their own staff.
A tall, wooden shepherd's crook for the boy and a red metal staff decorated with gold and blue precious stones for the girl.
Curious, Hiccup reached for the boy's staff.
Bad idea.
Meanwhile, Astrid laid a hand on the girl's.
Another bad idea.
Suddenly the boy and girl bolted up from the table they were lying on and sharply drew their staffs back. The Vikings cautiously took a step back as the two of them stared, their eyes wide with confusion and suspicion.
They looked sharply at Astrid and Hiccup who were a little nervous.
What if they used their staffs to attack? What if they were hostile?
But the seconds ticked by and the only thing the boy and girl did was stare at them.
That was pretty much also the same time Toothless decided to poke his head into the room.
The boy and girl then shifted their attention to the Night Fury. Toothless trilled and gave them a gummy smile.
They looked at the black dragon for one minute and then promptly, fainted.
Hiccup, Astrid and the rest of the Vikings in the room glanced at Toothless, who had a look on his face that clearly said 'Whoops.'
Hiccup sighed.
This morning had turned out to be crazier than he thought.
Did you guys find out who my new OC is?
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And…seriously Jack and Sapphire, fainting? That part was such a laugh for me to write XD