So... How the Heck Are We Getting Home?

The person who said this was someone no one had expected would say such a thing. Especially in such a tone. But sure enough, Snotlout was looking at the girls earnestly.

"What?" A very befuddled Mary and Silkmouse said together.

"I believe you." Snotlout told them again, this time louder. "You have proof and it makes a lot of sense, sorta."

"I believe you too." Hiccup added. "Even though it seems impossible."

Mary raised her eyebrow. "As opposed to the scrawniest, kinda-sorta worst Viking in his whole tribe befriending a Night Fury and ending a war?"

Hiccup grinned. "Touché."

"Well, I believe you too!" Tuffnut declared in his smug, self-confident tone of voice.

"I believed you first!" Ruffnut countered.

"Nuh uh! I believed them before you did!"

"No, I knew they were telling the truth first!"

"No, I did!

"I did!"

"I did!"

"I did!"

"I did!"

"I did!" The twins threw themselves at each other and began scratching and hitting and kicking each other. Mary and 'Mouse looked a little frightened (if awed), but everyone else just rolled their eyes.

"I guess I b'lieve ya too, then." Gobber said. "I mean, ya don' look like trolls in disguis'." The girls snorted at this.

"Well then, I s'ppose if ev'ryone else thinks i's true, I do as well." Stoick said begrudgingly.

'Mouse did a little jig and high fived Mary. "Yes!" They grinned.

"But!" Stoick added, causing the two to instantly deflate. "We still need te figure out how te get you two back 'ome."

"That reminds me, can I borrow your cell, 'Mouse?" Mary asked, knowing she was being a little random.

"Sure, I guess..." Silkmouse handed her the phone. "But why?"

"I have family too you know." Mary grinned. It quickly disappeared when she thought of her situation. "I can't say I'm looking forward to talking to them that much, though." She walked off grumbling.

Everyone looked back at Silkmouse. "So, any ideas?" Snotlout asked. The girl opened her mouth to reply when a new voice cut through.

"Hi there guys. Wow, weird how I would get the machine, huh? Well, um, I know I've been gone a long time, but I swear it wasn't my fault!" She paused and added, "Mostly."

"Anyway, I'll be home soon. I'm not sure how soon, but hopefully a couple of days. A week or two a the latest, I think. Anyway, love ya! Bye!"

She shut the phone very quickly and sighed before dramatically wiping at her forehead. "Whew. That was a close one!"

Silkmouse looked at her friend sympathetically. "Tough 'rents?"

"Sometimes." Mary replied, coming back to the circle and handing her the phone. "I'm worried they'll be tougher on me than they would've my bros, though."

"Really?" 'Mouse looked at the girl curiously. "Why's that?"

Mary allowed a small grin. "I'm the good child."

Silkmouse smiled "Me too!" she stopped smiling "But we still need to figure out how to get back."

Mary Penelope started pacing "He said something about some sort of mission right?"

"Maybe we're supposed to accomplish something." Silkmouse guessed.

"Like what?" Mary pondered "We've already tried riding dragons."

"Other than managing to fall off over a dozen times, we didn't really accomplish much." Silkmouse pointed out.

"Have you tried anything else?" Astrid asked.

"Not really." Mary admitted.

"What about sailing?" Fishlegs suggested.

"Ugh." Silkmouse groaned "I've never been on a boat. I'd probably get seasick."

"What else is there to do on this island?" Mary asked Stoic.

'Mouse grabbed a notepad and a pencil out of her backpack "We should probably make a list."

Mary nodded "Good idea."

"I'll cross off 'riding dragons'." she said scribbling on the pad.

"Hey." Hiccup noticed "You're left handed?"

Silkmouse stared at him for a second "Yeah." she answered.

"So am I! I was starting to think I was the only one." Hiccup smiled.

"I hate to interrupt your moment guys, but we still need to come up with a plan." Mary pointed out. "And we need to d o it fast. My family is already liable to kill me and I don't want to make them angrier. Plus, I promised I would be the Guide's assistant, so I'm going to need to disappear more. That means I need to earn my family's trust, more or less. A good way for me to do that would be getting home. Soon."

Silkmouse nodded. "But what do we do? What can we learn from here that we can't back in the real world?"

Mary thought back to her encounter with the being that had sent them there. "He... said this was a test..." She murmured softly. "And from what I've learned about him, he helps balance worlds..." Her head shot up in realization and slight panic. "Guys... He sent us here as a test! Something is going to happen to upset the balance of this world!"

Silkmouse looked at her friend with worry. "You don't think... Dragons?"

Mary thought about it. "Could be. But remember what happened to Vikings in our world?"

Silkmouse looked confused for a moment, but then remembered suddenly and looked at her friend in horror.

"Wha' 'appens in yer worl'?" Stoick demanded.

Mary glanced at her friend and then the Vikings. "They're attacked by Christians. They're forced to give up their faith..."

"And... Many are killed."

Dun dun dun duhhhhh! Anyway, so I know you all want to kill us...

Took us long enough, I'd wanna kill us too.

And anyway, it's not really our fault. 'Mouse's comp was acting up...

Not to mention I got distracted.

And I've been really stressed with school and everything... Plus, my muse is being a butt. So yeah. There you go. Enjoy this chap, 'cause I'm not sure when we can get the next one up.

Hopefully soon.

Penelope, over and out!