Chapter 4

New Friends

Hiccup's face burst into a smile. Finally, he'd made it to Krysse Island. His eyes began roaming around the village. It definitely looked less Viking like. More, colonial, looking.

Out of nowhere, a hand came down hard on his shoulder. Hiccup turned his head to see the man who had shouted welcome to him. He was tall, and lean with brown hair and a beard.

"Hello." Hiccup said.

"Hello! It's nice to meet you Hiccup, Chief of Berk!" The man gave Hiccup hand a hearty shake. "I'm Mr. Overland."

"It's nice to meet you as well, Mr. Overland, and it's great to get of that boat!" Hiccup exclaimed. Mr. Overland chuckled.

"While you're here, you'll need someone to help you get around. So, my son volunteered to be your… tour guide, you could say. He knows every inch of this island better than anyone, I'm sure of it." Mr. Overland smiled proudly, but then frowned. "Speaking of him, where is he?"

The crowd that had gathered looked around them and shrugged. Than they heard a girl laughing and someone else shouting. Everyone turned to look behind the massed crowd, revealing a teenage boy chasing a little girl.

"Aha!" The boy declared when he caught the girl, and she squirmed and giggled in his arms. The boy looked up and his eyebrows shot up when he saw Hiccup.

"Shoot." He mumbled, than jumped up, releasing the little girl. He bounded over to Hiccup and Mr. Overland.

"Hey, uh, sorry." He looked at Mr. Overland.

"I told you to be here before noon." Mr. Overland frowned at him.

"I said I was sorry. Clover wanted to play, and you know how hard it is for me to say no to her." He gave the grumpy looking man a serious, yet mischievous look. Mr. Overland sighed.

"I suppose." He then turned back to Hiccup. "Son, meet Hiccup, Chief of Berk. Hiccup, meet my son, Jackson Overland."

Hiccup shook hands with Jackson, and smiled.

"Nice to meet you sir, but you can just call me Jack." Jack said, then peeked around Hiccup. "Is that your dragon?"

Hiccup turned and smiled at Toothless. "Yes."

"Sweet!" Jack looked at his father and pointed a finger at him. "Ha! I told you he'd bring his dragon!" He held out his hand in front of his father.

Mr. Overland mumbled something under his breath as he slapped some money into Jack's waiting hand.

"Thank you." Jack said as he pocketed the money. He then gave Hiccup a mischievous look.

"Do you think I could ride him? Your dragon, I mean?" Jack gave Hiccup a hopeful look. He laughed and nodded his head.

"Definitely."

"Oh, yes! Wait till Vim hears about this!" Jack shot a fist into the air.

"Who's Vim?" Hiccup asked.

"Oh, a frenemy, of sorts." Jack said with a shrug.

"I can hear you!" A voice shouted from the crowd.

"Shut up, Vim!" Jack said with an evil smile. "Now, let's go! I've got show you around. Tell you the basics."

Hiccup raised his eyebrows in amusement as he followed the teen. Jack was tall, like his father, and lanky. He had unruly brown hair sticking out in every direction, and brown eyes. He also noticed that he was barefoot.

"Why don't you wear any shoes?" Hiccup asked.

"I don't know, I don't like them I guess. Why don't you have a foot?" He asked sarcastically. Hiccup rolled his eyes.

"I lost it defeating a bad dragon." Hiccup said. Jack looked back at him with an impressed smirk.

"How old are you?" Jack narrowed his eyes inspecting Hiccup.

"Twenty. And you are?"

"Six-teen." Jack crossed his arms over his chest. He stood the same height as Hiccup.

"Where are we going?" Hiccup asked once they started walking again.

"My house. Our island doesn't really have a Chief, but everyone likes to put my dad in charge. He's the harbor-master, and that puts him in high regard in the first place. But he is always very humble about his position. Since we didn't have any extra housing, he chose for you to stay with our family. We even made space for your dragon. What's his name by the way?" Jack asked.

"Toothless, he's a NightFury. The last one in fact! Well, that I know of anyway, we're still searching. Right bud?" Toothless warbled in response. Jack laughed and reached a hand out to pat the dragon on the snout. Toothless allowed him to, and rubbed against Jack more like a cat.

Soon, they reached a wooden house, about the size of Hiccup's own house. Jack's house had a sort of rustic look to it though. Jack pushed open the door and was immediately down on the floor. The little girl from earlier had tackled his legs and tripped him.

"Clover." Jack sighed as he pushed himself up and held the girl at arms length. "You can't go tripping me. A gentle hug would have been fine."

"Sorry Jack." Clover giggled and then hugged him. She looked up at Hiccup. "Who's that?"

"That's Chief Hiccup. He came all the way from Berk!" Jack poked her tummy.

"Wow." She smiled up at Hiccup.

"This is my little sister Clover." Jack said as he stood up. Hiccup crouched to Clover's level.

"And how old are you Clover?"

"Five!" She squealed.

"Wow! You're so old!" He chuckled as he straightened and looked at Jack.

"Let me show you where you're staying." Jack led them through the kitchen and Hiccup saw a woman, presumably Jack's mother.

"Hey, mom." Jack said. She turned around to look at them and her mouth dropped open. The ladle she'd been holding clattered to the ground.

"Jack!" Her eyes flitted between her son and Hiccup. "I believe you've found your look-alike."

The boys burst into laughter.

"I-I suppose so." Hiccup said with a smile. "Same wild hair, same hair color, same height, and both lanky."

"Are you calling me scrawny?" Jack feigned fake offense.

"No, I said lanky. There is a difference." Hiccup said with a wry smile.

Jack's mom rolled her eyes with a grin. "Supper will be done soon."

"Okay." Jack smirked. "Come on, we've been side-tracked again."

…

Hiccup spent his first day on Krysse Island getting to know the Overland house. Later, he ate dinner with the family.

"So, Hiccup, is Berk different than Krysse? A lot? A little?" Jack's mother asked.

"Hmmm." Hiccup thought as he finished chewing. "You guys certainly aren't as ferocious as Berkians. Thank goodness. Your buildings are very different, and nicer I guess. No chief. You dress differently, for sure. You don't have dragons." Hiccup said thoughtfully, trying to think of anything else.

"No, you don't say? No dragons? I could have sworn I saw some outside just a minute ago!" Jack smirked sarcastically. Hiccup gave him a silly grin.

"I see that you two already hit it off." Said Mr. Overland.

"Did you think we were going to hate each other or something?" Jack rolled his eyes.

"Another thing we have in common, Mrs. Overland. Sarcasm. Sar-casm." Hiccup said.

"I do believe you're right." Mrs. Overland said amused.

"Mom? Where is Hiccup's Mom and Dad?" Clover asked. Hiccup's fork clattered to the table. He snapped his mouth shut but didn't move any other part of himself. Jack jumped into action.

"Hiccup came here by himself to get away from everything." Jack said quickly, though he was just as curious as to where Stoick was.

…..

Hiccup yawned as he sat up in his bed, and stretched. Sunlight streamed through the windows. Toothless' head popped up when he sensed his rider's awakening.

"Hey, bud. Let's get going." Hiccup smiled, and got ready for the day. But once he went out of his room, no one was inside the house. He stepped outside and walked around, finding the whole village deserted.

"Okay, now this is weird." He said confusedly.

"Hiccup!" Came a familiar voice. Hiccup turned and saw Jack running toward him.

"Hiccup." He said out of breath, and he leaned his hands on his knees hunching over to catch his breath.

"What? Where is everyone?" Hiccup blurted out. Jack began laughing and wheezing. "What's so funny?"

"N-nothing." He said between a laugh. "Come on, follow me."

This sure was a strange island.

A/N

YEAH! I finally updated! Ugh, I'm so sorry that it took me forever though. I've had writer's block lately, and it was BAAAADDDDD! And now I watch three little kids every weekday from 2 to 7! AGGGHHHHH!

Okay, de-stressing now! I will be taking a big media fast soon, so I'll be gone for a while. Summer, you know! You think you'll have more time, but you DON'T! :D

Congratulations to Hiccstrid456 for placing 1st in the contest to see what guest DreamWorks character would appear here! And congratulations to Transformers 0 for placing 2nd! I will give you some more publicity later!

YES! It was Jack Frost! Well, Jackson Overland in this story. But, YEAH!

Can you guess where all the villagers are? HMMMMM? Can you?! :P

Oh, and just to let you all know, this NOT a Hijack story! I do not support gays or lesbians, and do not write any slash or incest. Not to offend anyone, but I'm just saying what I won't write and why.

Hope you all have a wonderful day! :D

God Bless!

~Annanarra