AN: Hello loyal readers, followers and fellow authors. Thank you for your patience in waiting for an update to this story. I am currently at a new university and am trying to properly adjust. I am enrolled in the civil engineering program and as such have very limited time to do anything. I will be sure to update my other story very soon. Also if you are the first to guess what the zoo is named after, I will put in a character of your choice or I might even put you into it. Also, whoever is the 210th reviewer will also receive this reward. Remember more reviews equals quicker and longer updates.

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I Swear I saw a Dragon

If Aster had thought that North drove recklessly then he was surely mistaken. Toothless was able to make it all the way to the animal park at an average speed of 90 mph (145 kmph). A trip that would have normally taken 30 minutes only took about ten. When he had first seen the car, he had been amazed that these two had such a pristine and amazing vehicle stored in their garage. When he wasn't keeping his head down and trying to hold on for dear life, he was watching jack and hiccup both act like maniacs as they put their arms up like this was a runaway rollercoaster of sorts. When they got to Passamaquoddy Animal Park he began to take in the surroundings. Neither he nor jack had ever been here as it was a good distance and it was hard to find the free time to spend the time needed to fully enjoy the park. It wasn't like your typical zoo, where the animals were kept in exhibits like some kind of living museum. Instead some of them were allowed to roam free in areas where the public could interact with them. While others were in a more open concept area to allow for more of an easy movement. Instead of standard fences they were separated by walls and barricades that were disguised as shrubbery or as ruins. Sometimes the staff would even bring out some of the more tame animals for people to look at and you could sign up to feed some of the not so deadly animals in the park. The park not only had the typical animals like lion, tiger, elephants, and pandas, but they also had an aquarium building, an arctic section, wolves, and even some endangered species like the Liger. As they neared the front of the park they drove under the curved sign and the car veered off to left towards a well disguised gate. It read "Employees Only" in animal print letters.

It was at this point when jack and aster looked at each other and they had very different expressions. Jack looked like a kid in a candy store with enough energy to run a power house and aster, well he looked like jack had taken all of his energy and that he was about ready to pass out. That had been the second most exciting ride that jack had ever been on. The first of course being when they rode with north. As they parked the car he began to wonder if hiccup was anything like toothless with his driving skills. After the car was turned off and they had put it in the employee underground parking deck, toothless told aster that he should probably leave his things in the trunk of the car. Jack then glanced over at hiccup for any guidance and hiccup said that he should bring a notebook but that it was up to him. In the end jack opted to leave everything except for a small notebook. As they began walking through the deck to the main office they passed by a strange assortment of cars. The first they saw was an old and beat-up red pick-up truck, parked next to it was a car that appeared to be made out of candy, next was a Prius hybrid, and the final car was a bright yellow VW beetle. When they eventually got out of the garage, they were led to a door that had "Employees Only" in big bold letters on it. As they entered they were greeted by the person at the front desk whistling like it was the best day ever. The person standing there made the entire room seem small. He wore a name tag that said "Ralph" on it. He finally looked up to acknowledge his coworkers and to tell them that the Princess Anna and Elsa would be visiting today to check in on their favorite animals. The two teens clocked in like it was nothing at all and then they proceeded to walk over to the board to check what jobs needed to be done to prepare for the princess.

Jack and aster suddenly felt really self-conscious. They hadn't been expecting to meet royalty just yet in their lifetimes. After their two crushes had finished checking the board they split off to their different jobs. Each went with their respective crush. Jack followed hiccup in one direction while toothless and aster went in another. He hoped that his friend would be okay but if he was truthful with himself he would admit that he was scared of some of the things that could happen to him here. He would hate for his friend to get eaten by a lion or some reptile. Then he jokingly thought 'well the only thing worse than that would be getting teased by your crush' but jack had no idea what was in store for him. Once hiccup had put on his uniform, he handed jack a name tag that said "Intern" on it. He explained that this way no other staff would look at him strangely if they were seen in an "Employees Only" section of the park.

As they exited the building jack was greeted with marching band music and with several bright colors. As his eyes adjusted to the light he realized that the buildings and attractions were all painted in bright colors to better illuminate them. After he finished marveling at the architecture of the park, hiccup grunted behind him. "Are you done now?" Jack responded with a peeved look but soon it transformed into a smile. He really couldn't stay mad at the small teen. Hiccup then told him that they needed to head over towards the arctic area and the reptile house. As they passed through Africa, they came into contact with three female staffers. Jack immediately recognized two of them as Rapunzel Solarus and Merida. He was unaware of Merida's last name as he never had any contact with her before. Rapunzel was fairly tall and she had hair that appeared to be a mix between a bright gold and a slight brown. She tended to wear flowing dresses and she had a miniature frying pan on her key chain. There was even a rumor that it doubled as a stun gun. Jack had no intentions of finding out if said rumors were true. Merida was a headstrong girl would was very colorful with her language. It is said that she had bears for pets and that she was an avid horseback rider. She had unruly red hair and she preferred to wear hunting clothing or loose fitting clothing that allowed for ease of motion. Finally jack turned his attention to the final staffer. She was a short individual and she appeared to be wearing candy in her hair. She looked like she was maybe 12 or in her early teens. She had black hair and wore colorful clothing and a teal hoodie. As they walked closer jack noted the smirk on hiccup's face. "Good afternoon, your majesties. So how are things going for you all today?" The three in question instantly blushed a bright red. The first to react was merida. "'iccup, I thought we told ye to not call us that. We left home for a reason laddy." Jack had a perplexed look on his face and he looked towards hiccup to ask about this. "Gee, thanks hiccup, now we have to tell him about our pasts." It was then that she rounded on jack and gave him a death glare. "Now you listen good and well frost. If word gets out about our lineage then you will have hell to pay." Jack didn't really want to cross the Scott now and he nodded that he wouldn't say anything about the information. "Fine, well the three of us are from different kingdoms and it just so happens that we are the princesses. I am the princess of an area of Scotland, Rapunzel is the princess of Solarine in Southern Spain, and this is Vanelope Von Sweets who is the princess of the CC kingdom in northern Italy. We all moved here to avoid our royal lives and originally the only ones that knew were our family and hiccup. Now I guess you are a part of that group and that I hope we can trust you to keep this secret for us." Jack could tell from her tone that it was all true and he also knew that he would never tell anyone about their true identities. "And to answer your question hiccup, we were just checking on the gorillas and the lions." "Well you three have fun, we're off to the artic area then to the reptile house. Make sure you say high to turk for me. She tends to get grumpy when I don't see her too often. (AN: Yes turk from tarzan was a girl. Shocking isn't it. If enough people ask me I may change the gender from female to male for this fic.)

As they continued on through the park, there were many questions buzzing around in jack's head. Sooner rather than later they came to the arctic center. As soon as they entered jack was enraptured by a cool crisp air that reminded him of the most perfect of winter days. He was immediately drawn towards the penguins and he practically dragged hiccup over with him. The first one that he saw was named Mumble and then there was a portly one that was named Lovelace. Mumble was an emperor penguin that hadn't lost all of his baby feathers yet. He had been recently brought here from to arctic to be in a scientific study about using foot movements to communicate with penguins. Hiccup told him he could stay there if he wanted for a few minutes. Jack happily obliged as hiccup left him to go tend to the animals.

Hiccup was happy to see jack so amazed by the animals there. He almost got lost in the moment of seeing his 'friend' smiling for once. He just needed to feed the penguins, the polar bears, and the arctic foxes before getting jack so they could go to the reptile house. He made sure to give mumble plenty of fish and made sure his amigos were doing well too. Originally the zoo only wanted to study lovelace and mumble but the other penguins refused to leave mumble's side and actually attempted to hurt a staff member by flinging small pebbles at him. Needless to say after that occurrence they decided to just bring them along with the two subjects. The next animal to check in on was Iorek (AN:golden Compass). He had been shipped all the way from russia when his previous zoo had closed down. He may look tough on the outside but towards those that he trusts he acts like a teddy bear. He had only recently been put into this enclosure. After arriving he was sent to interact with kenai and koda, two brown bears. After two months of interaction the group was separated and iorek was put into his enclosure. He appeared to be adjusting well and was set to become one of the more popular exhibits in the arctic section. The final animal to check on was a small arctic fox. He was rescued from the wild when he was discovered by a young Anna. His mother had died from the cold and thanks to a fall from a cliff be had a broken leg at the time. The girl decided to call him Olaf and he had apparently taken to the name quite well. He make sure to give the fox his rabbit and a carrot. Apparently he had taken a liking to them after his encounter with the ice merchant's reindeer, Sven. Just as he was about to go back to jack, hiccup received an urgent call from merida. "Hiccup, come in, come in hiccup!" "What is it merida?" "We just got a call from vanelope and she says the sultan and his family are also coming today. Apparently the two royals have met recently and they decided that they wanted to see their animals at the same time. I need you over at the tiger exhibit pronto. Rajah is being very playful and we need to clean out his sleeping area. Apparently he was so excited to see jasmine again that he toppled his food and water stations. You are the only one that can work with him without injury and we don't want to tranquilize him." "OK, I'll be right over." Great, now he needed to deal with a hyperactive 200 lb kitten, this day just kept getting better. On the bright side it had been a while since he played with the tiger and he was looking forward to seeing him again. Rajah had come to the zoo when the prince and princess had decided that he would do better if he lived with some of his own kind for a while. Princess Jasmine and Prince Aladdin were royalty of the country of Agrabah located near Yemen in the Middle East. Raja had been jasmine's only friend for most of her life and she knew that he would be happy here. Her new advisor, Genie Williams (AN: I had to, it's more of an homage towards him.), had known the owners of the zoo for most of his life. He had assured the princess that rajah would be happy there and that she could visit whenever she felt like it. The Bengal tiger was housed with an older tiger named Shere Khan. He had been brought from india and had been at the zoo for most of its existence. Recently khan had been placed in an enclosure when two of his friends were donated to the zoo. He was a more energetic and problematic animal than the other two and as such he was given to another facility when the 'King Louis' zoo was met with financial crisis. Baloo, the bear and Baghera, the Black Panther had been friends with him and the zoo was unhappy when the other two were not given with him. However the zoo kept in close contact with their original home and when the owners decided that they needed to retire they opted to ship the animals here. Needless to say the reunion was joyful and the three of them had not stopped playing since the reunion two days prior.

"Ok Jack, sorry but the reptiles will have to wait. I need to go take care of a tiger." He visibly noticed how the white haired teen's shoulders slightly slumped when he heard the news. Then he saw those same eyes widen with apprehension and excitement. "Hiccup, are you sure that you should be going into the enclosure of one of the most deadly animals on the planet?" "Don't worry, he's nothing more than an overgrown kitten. Rajah has never hurt me and I doubt he ever will. The worst 'injury' he has ever given me is a small scratch on one of my arms and not to mention all of the tiger saliva, which mind you does not wash out." Hiccup had to fight a smirk when saying this because he merely thought, 'if he thinks this is dangerous, just wait until he meets Elliot.' Soon enough the two boys began walking back towards where they had seen the girls from before.

Once they arrived, hiccup approached the cage and prepared to enter into the habitat of a 200 lb kitten. He signaled to Rapunzel to open the sealed cage door so he could get into the habitat without entering through his sleeping area. Jack decided that he would watch from the viewing window near the bottom of the habitat. It included a view underwater where rajah was often found playing with a stuffed parrot named Iago. It was a bright red color and it had been purchased by jasmine as a present for the tiger so he wouldn't be as home sick anymore.

Once hiccup was in he nodded to Rapunzel and Merida that it was safe for them to enter the sleeping area to fix the water dish. He continued looking around to make sure rajah didn't sneak past him to get to the girls. He doubted that the tiger would intentionally hurt them but that was a chance that he was not willing to take so lightly. Just as Hiccup was starting to feel relaxed, jack noticed something moving in the tall grasses near the edge of the enclosure. As he looked closer, he noticed that there were two bright yellow eyes peering mischievously out of the grass. He tried to warn hiccup of the cat's presence but apparently only he could see the feline and hiccup was none the wiser. Finally, the two girls got the dish back where it needed to be. They gave hiccup the all clear and now he was a little worried about the tiger. "I'm going to look for him. To make sure he's okay." Hiccup was worried that rajah had possibly hurt himself or that he had gotten stuck in something. As he approached the back of the enclosure he entered the tall grasses. Suddenly he felt something rub up against his ankle. As he looked down he didn't see anything. Next he felt something rub against his legs. Now he knew the tiger was playing with him. "Okay Rajah, enough of this. Jasmine is coming to see you and she can't do that if you stay in the grass." As he was talking he didn't notice the car standing on its forelegs behind him. Jack and the others tried in vain to warn him of the impending tackle but by the time he saw them it was too late. Rajah tackled him and the two of them rolled out of the grass and to the shore of the small pool near the viewing glass.

"Nice try, bud. But this time I won't be taking a big cat bath." Rajah gave him a look that begged to differ. He then lent down and proceeded to cover hiccup's face in tiger saliva. The other teens burst out laughing and after rajah was sure there was no spot left dry, he let the exasperated teen up. He rubbed up against hiccup to say that he was happy to see him and that he had missed him. "Yes I missed you too, but I need to help the other animals. Besides, I'm sure jasmine will bring some treats with her." At the mention of his owner and life-long friend, the tiger instantly jumped for joy. He was so excited about seeing her that he didn't try to trip hiccup as he exited the enclosure. Hiccup soon found jack, and they once more resumed their trek to the reptile exhibits. "So what's next on this wild life safari?" Joked Jack. He had only been slightly worried when the two rolled out of the grass but now he was understanding that this was something that hiccup tended to do a lot. Hiccup smirked at him. "Well most of the reptiles were taken care off by Mulan and Shang. They really wanted to make sure mushu was presentable for the royalty and it needed to be done. However, they did leave Elliot for us." Jack gave hiccup an intrigued look. "Who's Elliot?" Hiccup gave a mischievous grin and said "I don't want to spoil the surprise. Just know that he is going to be a lot harder to locate than the kitten that you just saw." As they neared the reptile house, hiccup veered off to a small building that was off to the side. He told jack to go in through the viewing area and to watch the show. He had been looking forward to this all day. When he entered the enclosure, he was wearing the suit that was needed when interacting with the lizard.

Before entering the building, jack noticed that it was made from bamboo and that the sign read "Rare chameleon Komodo Dragon". Now jack was slightly scared for his crush. He really didn't want him to be crushed by the mammoth creature. When he got into the viewing area, he saw hiccup scoping out the interior. He was clad in some clothing that appeared to be made primarily out of cushions. He soon appeared to find his target as he went into a crouched position and proceeded to tackle what appeared to be a rock. Jack was amazed when the rock sprang into action and tried to dislodge the boy from its back. The rock had actually been Elliot and he appeared to be surprised that hiccup had found him so easily. However, he wasn't going to go easy on him. He rolled onto his back crushing the boy and staying that way until the boy released his grip. Then he rounded on him and attempted to pin the teen down. The rules of their little game was the first to be pinned was deemed the looser and so far Elliot had never lost. However, he soon discovered that was about to change. With the speed that no lizard of that size should possess, he charged the teen in an attempt to end the fight quickly. But he had miscalculated and he forget how slippery the floors could be. As he neared his target he began to skid on the floor and when hiccup moved the dragon was unable to stop himself from crashing into the glass that jack was standing near. He was dazed by this and was unable to stop hiccup from effectively pinning him in a position where he couldn't move very easily. Jack could not stop laughing. Between the comical scene he had just seen and the look that the dragon had on its face, there would be no stopping his laughing any time soon. As hiccup stood up and pumped the air for his first ever victory, he gave jack a thumbs up. He then checked Elliot to make sure the reptile was not seriously injured in any way. He received a few reptile kisses in thanks and on his way out, the dragon attempted to trip him. "Nice try, Elliot. Next time maybe you should try avoiding the glass." If reptiles could give dirty looks then Elliot would have been giving the worker the dirtiest look imaginable. He was shocked that he had been overpowered at his own game. And by a toothpick, none the less. Hiccup exited the staff area and he found jack still struggling to breath from all of the laughing. "Well, that's one thing to check off the bucket list. I thought I would never beat him." Eventually, jack was able to control himself and he proceeded to pepper hiccup with questions about the reptile. He answered them swiftly. Just as they were heading back towards the front of the park, an announcement blared over them. "Attention all staff members, please report to the front of the park. They royals have arrived and they will be inside any second now. Hiccup then looked at his companion and asked him something that truly shocked him. "Well jack, are you ready to meet real royalty?" And for once in his life, jack wasn't sure how to answer that question. He just hopped this experience wouldn't be one that he would regret.

AN: Once more, I am really sorry about the absence. It's been a little hectic and although most of this was finished two months ago, I couldn't find the time to finish it properly. Now here is the standard replies to all of your lovely reviews as promised.

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