Well here is Chapter two, hope you enjoy it and please review it if you can, i would really appreciate your opinions to try and improve it to the best of my abilities to make it more fun for you guys to read.

A new name

After Alva, he had caught her name when she had gone over to greet Gobber the Belch who she seemed to get along with just like everyone else, had been filled in by Hiccup about what was going who seemed to be angry with his father and after being filled in on what was going on Hiccup was not the only one angry.

He was confused that Hiccup and Alva where standing up to him at all, he was an outsider, a stranger and he had headbutted Hiccup earlier and fought with one of their group two days ago. This wasnt making any sense at all to him and didnt help his already confused state, loosing your memory really sucks, everything was blank. Well not really everything, all he knew was that he was Roman and that he probably was in the army and that he knew how to fight.

He let out a groan wishing he hadnt come back to his senses at all but his self pitying was interrupted by the booming and commanding voice of Stoick the Vast addressing everyone in the mead hall "Enough fooling around, we will have the trial tomorrow at the break of dawn" before turning towards him "And you Erlendr(Norse:Foreigner), my son has convinced me to put you under his supervision and not throw you into our jail to await your trail. Do not make me regret my choice or you will regret it even more" and with that everyone except for Hiccup and Alva and Erlendr left the mead hall.

Hiccup was again the first to break the awkward silence "Well Erlendr...you dont mind us calling you that since your cant remember your name?" thinking it over for a some time before nodding in agreement "Okay Erlendr...I kind of like it" to his surprise both Hiccup and Alva smiled at him. After standing there in silence for a while Alva spoke up "Hiccup shouldnt we show Erlendr around the village or are we planning on staring at each other here for the rest of the day" this made both of the boys smile and chuckle to themselves before Hiccup responded "Yeah your right, so Erlendr let us show you around our humble and boring village" the sarcasm practically dripping off his sentences.

Two hours later the three where in the dragon academy showing Erlendr around what had once been the Dragon killing arena "And this is where Hiccup first became famous and popular" this surprised him and led him to asking "Wait Hiccup killed a dragon? I thought you loved dragons and wouldn't harm them?" at which hiccup quickly answered "No! I didnt hurt any dragons in here, I used what I had learned from being around toothless to make it seem like I could best those dragons. It worked until Astrid my friend -ouch- hey what?" at that moment Alva had punched his arm and was laughing "Your more than just friends Hiccup or do friends go on secret flights while everyone is sleeping" at this Hiccup blushed and tried to stutter an excuse which was hilariousness and funny enough to make Erlendr laugh a real and genuine laugh for the first time since he had found out he was to be trialed the next day at dawn.

Him laughing made Hiccup and Alva both stare at him in surprise as he only spoken a few words all day long so far. Alva then smiled at him with that perfect smile of hers that he had come to like in the last two hours "Wow, an hour of trying to make you laugh at my stupid jokes when all I had to do is that. I was beginning to believe you weren't physically able to laugh or something, I got to tell Astrid right away, HA, I cant wait to see the look on her face that I won our bet" and with that she ran off leaving a confused Erlendr with an embarrassed Hiccup.

Erlendr turned to Hiccup with a confused look before asking"Uhmm What was that all about?" at which Hiccup looked at him before letting out a sigh "Astrid made a bet with Alva earlier while we where in the mead hall that she wouldnt be able to make you laugh at any of her stupid jokes or comments and that she had until the end of the day to win, if not she would have to give her second favorite sword to Astrid, but if she won Astrid would have to hand over her second favorite Ax"

Erlendr only nodded in response both of them sitting there in silence. For a while they sat there looking at a group of Terrible Terrors fight over a mackerel a green one with a scar on its right front leg won and swallowed the morsel happily the others chirping angrily at him before flying away while the winner curled up on a crate letting the suns rays shine on as he was basking himself on the crate soon tiny snores emitting from the small creature.

Erlendr couldn't bare the silence anymore and he wanted to know more about dragons and what would happen to him "Hiccup, your father and the others said earlier I would be trialed for Attacking Snotface, what would be the worst case scenario for me and be honest" as soon as he had asked Hiccup seemed to deflate a little and had let out a sigh "Its Snotlout, and the worst that could happen is that they will send you of the island into exile for attacking a villager and being an outsider, or Snotlout will challenge you to a duel to regain his honor. It was kind of a low blow to his reputation to be beaten by a wounded guy with just a dagger. But we saw how that went and now with you back up and regaining health ill think Spitelout and Snotlout will try and kick you off the island if his father dosent pressure him into fighting you in a duel. You never know with Spitelout and Snotlout." as Erlendr heard all this he couldnt help but feel a pang of worry. He saw the harbor that day and the how the ocean seemed to go on forever, even if he did find an island he would probably starve sooner or later, or get attacked by those Outcasts Hiccup had talked about earlier, or dragged to the bottom of the ocean floor by a freak storm that where so common in this area.

Hiccup noticed Erlendr´s sudden silence and guessed he was thinking through different scenarios of what could happen if he got kicked off the island "Erlendr dont worry, Alva and I will speak up for you and so will Fishlegs and Astrid, we will talk my dad out off whatever Spitelout demands." at hearing this Erlendr grinned and nodded in thanks.

Erlendr thought for a moment before asking the question that had been wanting to ask already for a while now "Hiccup, if im allowed to stay may I join the Dragon Acadamy?" he looked at Hiccups face that was expressionless for a few moments before that kind of annoying grin appeared on his face "Took you long enough to ask, but I cant say yes yet, I will have to ask the gang about what they think of you joining but also we would have to find you a dragon first before you can join"

Erlendr felt excited at first but soon the excitement faded "Wait find me a dragon, dont you have dragons around I can pick from?" at this Hiccup let out a sigh remembering that Erlendr knew almost nothing about dragons and still had much to learn.

"Its not that easy Erlendr, a rider does not pick a dragon, the dragon and the rider have to pick each other just like Toothless and I are made for each other so are the gangs dragons made for each other" Erlendr let out a groan, with the luck he has had so far he would most likely end up with a Gronkle or a Terrible Terror. Thats when a beaming Alva walked back into the Arena followed by Astrid who did not seem to happy and who was walking straight towards him stopping before him glaring at him before punching his arm hard enough to make him flinch and hold his arm in pain.

"Ouch, What was that for?" he shouted at her at which she responded with a kind of smug smile on her face "Thats for making me lose a bet" and with that she turned to hiccup to give his arm a punch as well but not nearly as hard as she had punched his arm before giving his cheek a quick peck "And thats for being reacting so cute when confronted by that nosy git" at that Alva shouted "Hey who are you calling a nosy git" at which Astrid only rolled her eyes.

The four of them walked back to the mead hall as they where all hungry and it was starting to get dark while Erlendr and Hiccup talked about dragons that might suit him on the way to the mead hall and the two girls talked about weapons which kind of surprised him, but he shrugged it off because it was not even close to as strange as riding dragons and living with them in harmony, he didnt know why but he seemed to have thought it impossible for some reason, his head started hurting again the more he thought about it so he returned his attention to the others as they stepped into the mead hall.

While he had been in deep thoughts Fishlegs had joined their group. As they stepped inside they where greeted by the smell of good mead, roasted meat that made his mouth water and the sound of laughter. But as soon as the crowds turned to look at the newcomers the laughs died and where replaced by mutters about Erlendr. "They say the Riders found him at Raven point in armor as black as the night and that he beat Snotlout" whispered one of the Vikings with a long red beard.

As they sat down at an empty table Fishlegs tapped Erlendrs shoulder "Hey there not that wrong you know, you did kind of kick Snotlouts ass" this made Erlendr chuckle "Yeah well if you remember I was on the ground five seconds later after he hit me over the head with his hammer" Fishlegs nodded at him as the waiters brought plates of food and pints of mead for everyone. Fishlegs took a plate and took a bite out of some roasted yak chewing and swallowing the tasty morsel before retorting "But that was a cheap move, your back was turned to him and you where distracted, I think he would have no chance of beating you in a fair fight" at that exact moment Snotlout himself had walked up behind Fishlegs "Say that again Fishlegs, you think this piece of Roman trash can defeat the mighty Snoutlout Jorgenson in a fair fight, no chance at all."

Erlendr had to do his best to not choke on the sip of mead he had just taken as Snotlout puffed his chest to make himself look bigger and more impressive failing to do so only making him look even more ridiculous. Fishlegs seemed to pale a small bit but answered anyways "Yes I do Snotlout, you only one last time because he had his back turned and was distracted" Snotlout glared angrily down at Fishlegs, not for saying that he couldnt beat Erlendr in a fair fight but for speaking so loud what Fishlegs hadn't noticed is that the whole mead hall had gone silent and listened to him and where now watching the two boys glancing at Erlendr every now and then who looked down into his mead as if it had become very interesting all of a sudden. Snotlout fumed and snapped at Fishlegs "I could beat that Loser any time" and at this exact moment Erlendr was overcome by a feeling of foreboding

"Well Snotlout, Erlendr said he could beat you with his bear hands no matter what weapon you had" Fishlegs face had gone purple with anger but Snotlouts face had lit up with glee "In that case Roman, I challenge you to a duel tomorrow morning at the break of dawn, winner gets a to choose what to do with the looser." Erlendr was just about to say that he never said that when Fishlegs sealed his fate for him with these words "He accepts" and with that cheers erupted throughout the entire mead hall cheers erupted because what viking didnt like an upcoming duel with the chances of witnessing maiming and brutality.

Erlendr let his head hit the table cursing his luck and the Gods above, while the others at the table glared at Fishlegs who just now noticed what he had done and was blubbering to himself. It took him five entire minutes before Fishlegs had calmed down enough to apologize to Erlendr.

"Im sorry, I dont know what came over me, its just he keeps pushing me around and never takes me seriously I guess I just lost it." Fishlegs seemed like a wreck about what he had got Erlendr into.

Erlendr thought it over for a moment, this wasnt that bad, Fishlegs had embaressed Snotlout enough to make him challenge him and if he won he could make Snotlout break off the trial and that would be problem solved. But still going in the ring unarmed with Snotlout who would most likely pick his War hammer, not even he liked those odds and he was still limping slightly and his leg was far from being recovered. That reminded him of something, he still hadnt thanked Alva for fixing him up but cheering up Fishlegs was more important at the moment.

After telling them all about his plan to get out of the trial Fishlegs seemed less angry with himself and was busy calculating the chances of him winning based on the fight 2 days ago. While he watched Fishlegs with a smile he noticed that Alva was observing him.

"Uhmm Alva I just remembered that I never thanked you" at this she looked at him quizzically "For what?" he rolled his eyes before pointing at his leg "For patching me up of course, or were you to busy staring at my muscles to remember that" he chuckled dodging a cooked potato that Alva had sent flying at him in response but he saw her smile and blush slightly at his words trying to hide it by taking a quick drink from her pint of mead before getting up the leave "Well its late, see you guys tomorrow at dawn at the arena" They all waved her goodbye one after another leaving the mead hall until only Erlendr and Hiccup where left at the table.

He was just about to leave when he noticed something, he didnt know where he would stay for the night. He turned back to Hiccup "Uhm...Where do I go now?" Hiccup looked at him confused for a moment before understanding what he meant "DAMN IT, Argh I totally forgot to get you a room for the night, you can sleep in my house for the night" this made me raise an eyebrow "Are you sure your dad...I mean the Chief would be okay with that, last time I checked he looked at me as if I was a pile of dragon poop he found in a corner."

Hiccup just shook his head "What he dosent know wont hurt him, ill let you on Toothless´s back and he´ll climb in through the window with you" Erlendr agreed to the plan only because he was tired and ready to fall asleep on the spot hoping that Toothless had forgiven him somewhat for headbutting Hiccup earlier today, well at least enough to help him sneak into Hiccups house without Stoick noticing.

Twenty minutes later Erlendr was in Hiccups room and was examining a table full of sketches and designs each detailed and mesmerizing. He then helped Hiccup set up a place to sleep thanking him again for letting him stay here and trust him. Soon everything was quiet and the last candles had been blown out. He thought about everything that had happened today and what was to come, soon sleep overwhelmed him pulling him into a dreamless sleep.