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Once changed and cleaned up, Hiccup fell on his bed. "I'm tiiiired," He moaned, feeling the soreness from the day of training setting in. He could barely move.

In the corner, Ragnar couldn't help a small chuckle. "That'll pass. You've been doing well, Hiccup."

"Thanks," Hiccup's muffled voice said into the pillow.

Ragnar approached him, pulling him up. "But it's time to get going now. I want to check in on the dragons before we head to dinner."

When Hiccup stood, he felt dizzy and stumbled a bit, but Ragnar steadied him. "Come on," He said with a small smile.

As soon as the boys stepped inside the dragon's room, Toothless and Wraith ran immediately up to them.

"Hey Toothless," Hiccup said, as his dragon proceeded to lick his face. "No no, stop that! This is my good uniform!" He laughed, even through his fatigued voice.

Wraith, as usual, approached his friend in a more reserved fashion. "Hey there," Ragnar said, rubbing his chin. "What have you guys been up to?"

At this point, Toothless fluttered his wings and looked pointedly up to where the sky was; or would be if there wasn't a ceiling there.

"You want to get out and fly, don't you?" Hiccup said. Toothless nodded enthusiastically, Wraith agreeing.

"Soon, buddy, soon."

Toothless nodded, a bit downcast. Ragnar saw his reaction and spoke up, "Hiccup's right. We'll get you two out of here soon."

Ragnar glanced at his watch. "Well, we need to get going now. We'll see you two later."

"Bye Toothless!" Hiccup said, turning to walk away. As they made their way out towards the mess hall, he felt a surge of anxiety surge through him, making his palms clammy. What would the Colonel say? If he and Toothless did stay here, what would they do? Did he even want to stay? A small part of him still missed home, but because he now had no idea how to even return, Hiccup concluded that this would probably be the next best thing. Besides, Ragnar's training intrigued him today, as tiring as it had been.

Sensing the boy's unease and noticing his slower pace, Ragnar turned around to face him. "Hey, you ok?"

"Yeah, I'm fine. Just...thinking."

"What about?" Ragnar asked though he could already guess.

"Well..what do you think the colonel will say? About my being here."

"You'll only find that out by talking to him," Was the only thing Ragnar could say. He wished he could sympathize more with the boy, but it felt out of nature for him.

Hiccup continued, "I honestly don't know where I'd go or what I'd do if I couldn't stay. I don't even know how I got here in the first place, let alone how to get home."

Ragnar clapped his hand on Hiccup's back. "Hey, it'll work out. Come on."

Hiccup and Ragnar entered the dining area and took their place in line for food. Once seated and eating, Hiccup was suddenly struck by a wave of awareness of everything around him, and how much he didn't know about this culture. Though he matched almost everyone else in uniform, he couldn't help the feeling that he stuck out like a sore thumb.

At that moment, a young lad of about 25 or so approached their table and sat down. He had dark brown hair, neatly combed, and a curious gaze about him. He sat down in front of Hiccup.

"I haven't seen you around here before. What's your name?" He said.

At first, Hiccup tried his hardest to think about this new language that he had just begun to study today and see if he could somehow interpret what the boy had just said. However, in his limited knowledge, this task proved to be impossible. Not wanting to be rude and ignore him, Hiccup turned to Ragnar, who quickly translated. "He asked what your name is, and said that he hasn't seen you before."

"I'm Hiccup, and I'm...new here." He said, not quite sure how to respond. He didn't know if he was staying or going at this point. "What's your name?"

Ragnar translated again, and the boy responded, "Micheal Green."

Hiccup smiled, about to keep talking, but just as he was about to, a tall man that Hiccup had seen before walked over to him and Ragnar.

"Follow me please," he said as Hiccup and Ragnar got up, taking their food with them, and followed him to an empty table that was out of the way and private.

"So how was today Hiccup?" Colonel Underson asked the boy once they finished eating.

"It was really enjoyable, but tiring at the same time. Though I have questions for you Colonel Underson." Hiccup replied as they sat there waiting for dessert to arrive.

"Please, call me Ben. Before I answer any of your questions I have one for you, would you be willing to stay here and be apart of this program?" He asked. This caused Hiccup to pause and think about that for a minute.

"What would that entail I did stay?" Hiccup asked, he was happy that somebody was asking for him to stay and be apart of something after just a day, but he was not sure if he wanted to as bad memory's of the twins and Snotlout's tricking him came to mind.

"You would become apart of the Night Fury Program. For the next few years, you will be trained by Ragnar in everything you will need to know to be a special forces soldier and a citizen of this nation." Ben replied. That got Hiccup thinking even more as nobody had ever truly wanted him around or offered to train him. What if this was the place for him and Toothless to stay? There was another Night Fury, and the two of them seemed to get together well; he couldn't drag Toothless away.

"And if I say no and leave?" Hiccup asked, wondering what would happen if he did leave.

"There is nobody stopping you from leaving, but you can't tell anybody of what you have seen here and you won't fit in anywhere you go. Your best option is to stay here." Ben replied to him. Hiccup only thought about it for a few moments before making his decision.

"I will stay." Hiccup said.

"Good to hear, now what questions do you have for me?" Ben replied.

"First, what year is it? I know you are more advanced than anything I could think of, but all I did to get here was going through a thick storm bank. That brings me to my second question, where are we?" Hiccup replied, asking the two biggest questions on his mind at the moment.

"The year is 1987 and you are in Alaska, a state in the United States of America. Ragnar, could you go and get a world map and the globe from my office?" He replied as Ragnar got up and retrieved the requested objects before placing them in front of the Colonel. He then spun the world map around so it was facing Hiccup.

"This is the world?" Hiccup asked.

"Yes it is, and before you ask, this is where we are right now," Ben said as he pointed to a spot on the map in Alaska. Hiccup kept looking at the map as if trying to find something on it.

"Looking for someplace Hiccup?" Ragnar asked him before Colonel Ben could.

"Ya, I'm looking for my former home, Berk." Came the reply. Ben looked at the map and pointed out a spot on the map that was to the north of where they were.

"Here, this map doesn't show it as there is no reason to put your archipelago on the map. Only a select few know of its existence and to people who find it by accident it is an impassible storm wall." The Colonel explained.

"Then why haven't you come through the barrier and said hello or offered to help us with our dragon problem?" Hiccup asked, not understanding how they could know so much, yet not have been seen.

"You see that's the problem, we have been trying to get through the storm wall but we can't. Every time we try we have to turn back or risk destruction. The reason we know you are there is that the storm wall that encompasses the entirety of your archipelago is only a wall and so it has no ceiling; so we have used satellite reconnaissance to see what was behind the wall." Came the explanation from Ben.

"If your machines couldn't do it, why not send Ragnar and Wraith?" The boy asked, still wondering why they never tried anything.

"I didn't want to risk our lives as we knew you had a dragon problem," Ragnar said, finally joining the conversation.

"I see. Well is there a chance we could go back now that I'm here and could act as a guide?" Hiccup asked.

"Maybe once your training is complete, but until then my answer is no," Ben answered him.

"Why is that Ben?" Hiccup asked as he really wanted to help Berk out.

"Easy, I don't want to risk your life."

"But I will have Toothless, Ragnar, and Wraith to help protect me."

"The answer is still a no until you prove you can protect yourself I won't let you do anything too dangerous. Even though we just meet, you are now apart of my program so it's my job to keep you safe. That and I care about your safety." Ben said, sounding more like a father then the commanding officer of a top secret military program.

"How long will my training be?" Hiccup anxiously asked, still wanting to help out Berk.

"Your training will last two years before I trust you on a mission. It will be a further year of co-op missions before I trust you on a solo mission." Ben informed him.

"Well, it looks like you're staying after all," Ragnar said when dinner was over and the two of them were walking back to their sleeping quarters. Hiccup was walking at a slower pace than Ragnar, as he had earlier, seeming to take in his new environment.

"You have a tendency to walk slowly, don't you, Hiccup?" He said, amused.

Hiccup snapped his head up. "I am not walking slow."

Ragnar cocked an eyebrow.

"Ok, maybe I fell a bit behind. I guess I'm just thinking," Hiccup admitted.

"About what the colonel said?"

"Yeah." He paused. "I guess this is going to be a new life for me."

Ragnar noted a hint of sadness in his voice and guessed it was from homesickness. He had felt it too when he first arrived, and it had taken him a little while to break out of it. Now, it was almost entirely diminished. However, something about being around Hiccup struck a feeling inside him that he hadn't felt for a long time. Perhaps it was that the boy was still so obviously a citizen of Berk and that he spoke in their native tongue that Ragnar hadn't heard in years. It all reminded him of his previous home and life...

Not wanting to allow himself to go there, Ragnar quickly brought himself back to the present, and focused on the situation at hand; a coping mechanism that had become all too familiar since coming here.

"It will be a new life, Hiccup. And it will take some adapting and hard work, but you will eventually come to know this place as home."

Hiccup sensed a notable change in Ragnar's voice as he said those last words. Before, he had been starting to warm up a bit to him, but for some reason, he had changed in an instant. Something was clearly bothering him and had been for the past few days, but Hiccup wouldn't dare ask. Although, even though he couldn't ask the question outright, one thing was clear to Hiccup: the problem had something to do with him. Every time he was with Ragnar for any prolonged period of time in which they weren't busy accomplishing some task or training, there was a tenseness so thick between them, Hiccup could practically feel it. Though, to his credit, Ragnar did do a good job of hiding it in front of Hiccup and others. As far as he knew, no one suspected anything was troubling Ragnar about his new mission to train the newcomer. That is, no one suspected anything except for Hiccup...

Enjoy the chapter everybody? Well good cause it was fun to write and is the first that both Narniaqueen1300 and I wrote together. This is also the first AN we have done together so she is in italics. So what does everybody think about all the info we just dumped on you? Do you have any questions? You will see more of Ragnar's mysterious story unfolded in the future, trust us. I know it all seems a bit foggy right now with regard to that, but there is a reason. Thank you for the continued support, it means a lot! I have really been enjoying creating his character, and working on this story.

Thank you again, everyone! See you all later!