Hey sorry for the more than late update, I was just very busy and then suffered writers block. I had a lot go on for a while but now im back and also have more time to write. Ill try and post the next chapter Monday or Tuesday. Anyways thanks again for reading my fanfic and be sure to leave a review if you think there is anything that might need to be changed.

~Starting Anew~

Erlendr woke up feeling the same he had felt when he woke up on that beach that fateful day, only this time minus the cold and the wet clothing, he was lying in a bed covered in a fur blanket. He looked around finding his bearings, he wasn't in the Infirmary or Hiccups room that was for sure. Throwing the covers off he sat on the edge of the bed stretching his limbs hurting , he was wearing a green shirt that was most definitely not his as he had woken up on this island with only what he had been wearing at the time. He looked around the room noting that there where many jars and glasses filled with herbs and objects, there was a cauldron in the corner next to the fire place and a table with a monster of a book on top of it that seemed to be older than the house itself.

It was at that moment when someone entered the room, it was the old viking woman that had been there in mead hall the day he woke up in the infirmary, Gothi was her name and she was walking towards him a bowl of soup that was the color of mud in her hand pushing it into his hands before grabbing a spoon from one of the shelf's and throwing it towards him hitting him in the head "Ouch" he rubbed his head picking up the spoon before looking down at the bowl in his lap "Wait your not expecting me to eat this are you?" she just looked at him with the sort of look that says either you eat it on your own or ill make you. He was taller than her and most definitely stronger than her but she gave off a strange aura of power and knowledge and that it would be unwise to underestimate her.

He picked up the spoon and put it in the bowl raising the spoon to his face giving it a sniff, the stuff smelled like a legionaries sandals after a days march in the smoldering sun. He did his best not to think of the smell and put the first spoonful of soup in his mouth expecting it to taste just like it smelled. It tasted surprisingly good actually and once he got over its smell and appearance he wolfed it down hungrily, he hadnt noticed how hungry he was. He handed back the bowl and the spoon to the old lady "Uhmm Thank you, Gothi was it?" She nodded and started to walk out of the room but Erlendr called out to her "Gothi wait, I wanted to ask if I can leave" she turned and looked at him before gesturing for him to leave.

Erlendr got up and walked out of Gothi`s hut, as he walked outside he covered his eyes from the sunlight before his eyes adjusted to its light. He walked to Berks market which was swarming with the adults of the village who where bartering with merchants and farmers or sitting at tables with a pint of mead and roasted mutton talking and laughing hearty good laughs. He leaned against the wall of a house when all of a sudden he was tackled by someone from behind.

He was half expecting it to be Snotlout when he looked at his attacker but it was Alva "Hey your back up on your feet why didnt you come tell us your back up" she smiled at him and gave him a hug which surprised him and left him stunned for a moment in which Alva stopped hugging him and step back "Come on we need to tell Hiccup and the others" and with that she grabbed his hand and dragged him towards the dragon academy.

As the two walked into the academy he was greeted by the gang who where all present except for Snotlout. Astrid walked over to him giving his left shoulder a soft punch "Dont cut it that close next time Erlendr, I dont like to lose especially not to Spitelout" next was Fishlegs who ran over to him excitedly "How did you do that in the duel, i have never seen a person fight like that, is it a Roman fighting technique, could you teach me?" Erlendr blinked a few times to process the questions for a moment before answering "I dont know how i did it i just followed my instinct, and i dont know if its a Roman fighting technique i still dont remember anything and for your last question why not Fish" he could teach Fishlegs maybe a few things. Fishlegs walked off to meatlug grinning happily before putting all his attention on his gronkel.

Hiccup walked towards him last after the twins had asked him to show them how to correctly punch someone in the throat and cut off their air supply like he had with Snotlout in the fight, Erlendr was clever enough to lie saying that it had been a lucky hit at which the twins walked back to their dragon just to start fighting over something . Hiccup smiled at him "You know we where worried there for a moment, you have been out for 5 days already, Gothi said it was from the blood loss and the hits to the head." staring at Hiccup he asked "Five days, I've been out that long! What about Snotlout by the way?" Hiccups smile vanished "Oh he is steaming, he lost against you, an outsider, and Gobber had to make him three metal teeth to replace the ones you punched out." Erlendr watched the others with their dragons "Yeah well not like he didnt have it coming, so whats the Chiefs word, Can I stay or am I still going to get kicked off the Island?" Hiccup looked around kind of nervously "Well no, not really, your allowed to stay as the trial was called off but you still have to be uhmm punished for attacking Snotlout the night we found you"

Erlendr looked incredulously at him "What! What a load of Dragon Dung" slightly fuming he cursed the gods above "Alright what is my punishment, it cant be that bad can it?" Hiccup looked at him scratching the back of his head "Well you have been assigned to clean the dragon academy from now on and take care of the dragons and their sleeping places but dont worry, we feed, clean and take care of our own dragons and they tend to stay with us and sleep outside our houses and not stay here in their pens. So your only real job would be to clean up the place after training."

After cleaning up the Arena after the riders training session Erlendr sat down on a crate next to a barrel of weapons. Looking at the barrel he took out a Iron one hander, it was nothing special an ordinary sword with no kinds of decoration, he gave the sword an experimental swing and a twirl, finding it satisfactory he put up a training dummy and start to practice. He soon was stabbing and slashing at the dummy, performing harder and more complex attacks the longer he trained. He tucked and rolled, dodged and jumped, slashed and stabbed at the dummy. Erlendr fought as if the sword was an extension of his arm and not just a tool but a part of him, he didnt lead his sword like a viking would, no with ever slash there was strategy behind it, the blade always ready to counter an attack or dish out one itself. Erlendr seemed to be using speed, agility and skill before brute strength, while a viking would charge in to attack without much of a plan he waited and devised plans on how best to attack the dummy if it had a spear or how to get the upper hand if the enemy was wielding a war club.

An hour later Erlendr dropped the sword and sat down on the nearest crate drenched in sweat and breathing heavily. His arms and legs where burning, he doubted he could even lift a broom anymore. He got up after catching his breath putting the sword and dummy away before heading towards the Arenas exit. On his to the market he saw Fishlegs and a few other vikings down at the docks talking to a man who seemed just to have docked his ship and was selling various goods to the vikings. Walking down to the docks he made his way to Fishlegs through the crowd tapping him on the shoulder to announce his presence. Fishlegs turned to see who it was "Oh Hey Erlendr what brings you here?" The man who had been talking to Fishlegs was eyeing him which didnt really bother him "Just wanted to see what all this Fuss is about" Fishlegs nodded and gestured over to the man he had just been talking to "This is Trader Johann, he supplies us with everything we cannot make or grow ourselves here on Berk" Johann gave him a quick curt nod which Erlendr returned "So Erlendr is it?" Erlendr nodded for him to go on" Is there anything I can interest you in?" Erlendr shook his head "Even if there was I would have nothing to pay you with Johann." Johann sucked in the air through his teeth "Well maybe by the time im back again things will be different" with these last words Johann left and walked over to a Viking who was examining an Ax with decorated blades.

Waving Fishlegs good bye Erlendr walked back up to the Village. He didnt really know what to do now, he didnt want to bother the others and everyone else ignored or avoided him which didnt really surprise him, after all he was a stranger and a Roman at that and from what he understood vikings and Romans dont get along. Before he knew it he was standing infront of the Village Smithy the sound of a hammer hitting metal echoing out of the building meant that Gobber was most likely working on something in there since Hiccup was to busy now a days. Standing there for a moment listening to Gobber hammer away at the metal he decided to go out for a walk through Berks forest. He was walking down a small path, on his walk he saw a wild boar tearing up the forest soil in search of food before scurrying off into the bushes as he got closer. Not long into the walk Erlendr stumbled upon a beach, the place somehow seemed familiar but that made no sense, he hasent been to berk before, the only beach he knew was the one he had woken up on. Realization hit him like a fist, this must be the beach he woke up on, it was the only explanation he could think of. Erlendr ran onto the beach and started to scour the beach maybe he could find his sword or something that explained how he had gotten there. An hour later and all he had to show for his hour of looking was a sand dollar and a dragons tooth, sitting down on the sand letting out a sigh he looked up at the sky, he should head back soon or people would get suspicious of him and he was to tired to deal with any accusations so Erlendr got back up on his feet brushing the sand off his clothes before heading back.

It took him half an hour before he was back in town and the sun was starting to set. He started to head to the Mead hall for dinner but was blocked off by two figures who stepped infront of him, it was Snotlouts cronies Fishlegs had warned him about, Guth and Serven, the two where even dumber than Snotlout but made up for that in muscles and brute strength. Serven was the first to open his mouth "You the one who messed up Snots face" it wasn't a question but more of a statement. Erlendr just nodded before trying to walk past the two but Guth pushed him back causing Erlendr to trip over his own feet which those two buffoons found amusing causing them to bellow with laughter. Getting back on his feet Erlendr glared at the two "Im hungry so could you let me through already." The two just looked at each other for a moment before going back to laughing. Erlendr got tired of waiting and tried again to walk past them, Guth stopped laughing and tried to push him back again but Erlendr had been expecting that and before Guth or Serven knew what had happend they where lying on the ground with Erlendrs knee pressing down on Guths throat and Severn clutching his crotch "I said im hungry, so are you going to try and stop me or let me pass and you can save yourself the trouble of ending up like Snotlout" Guth just gulped and looked up at him "I take that as a yes" and with that Erlendr got up and walked towards the mead hall, he probably would regret attacking the two as soon as Spitelout got wind of it after coming back from the tribe meeting that he and Stoick had set sail to this morning, at least it be a week before they would be back.