A/N: *Sing-song voice* Here I go again on my own! Going down the only road I've ever know!

::AAUUGGHH::

Shush, I'm not that bad of a singer.

::Tell that to my ears.::

Welcome to The Worldgate 2: Into our World. Can't let Michael have all the fun, what with going to Berk and all. When the parents (and siblings and neighbors) are gone, the Vikings will play (or something like that). Hiccup and friends get a culture shock. Someone commented on the prequel that it seemed a bit short. I'll try to make this one longer, it's just the longer I make a story, the quicker I run out of ideas and the less believable (I think) it becomes. Still trying to find a balance.

This is just a short prologue. Expect longer chapters from here onward.

Legend:
::Dragon Speak:: - Michael can understand it, no one else can.
Thoughts – Private to the person having them.
"English." - I know Vikings speak Norse (or something) but I can't be bothered with translating.
[1] – Supplementary info, see A/N 2 for more info (only for things that you probably don't know but should if things are going to make sense).

Michael could barely contain himself. He managed to keep his face straight while his family packed their bags, got in the car, and left. As soon as they were out of view down the street, Michael let the grin form. They were gone! His mother, father, and two sisters were gone on vacation and he had been left to watch the house.

Every summer, Michael's family went on vacation for two weeks while one person stayed behind to watch the house and property. It had been the exclusive job of Karine but now that Michael was eighteen and old enough to stay home alone, it would alternate between him and his older sister. Normally, he would have been upset about being left out of the fun, but what his family didn't realize was that he was going to have fun of his own. Fun that involved five teens and their dragons.

Any other time, Michael would have dismissed the idea of having Hiccup and his friends over, but it seemed like whatever gods there were liked him, because the closest of his neighbors were also gone for a while (all summer). That meant no one would be around to notice the dragons. Michael smiled at his backyard. His dad had spent years growing tall hedges around the large yard [1]. They would keep any passer-byes from seeing inside. They were tall enough to hide even Astrid's Nadder, who was the tallest of the dragons when idling. They probably wouldn't hide a dragon when it reared up, but Michael knew that wouldn't be a problem. The teens dragon's were not the kind to get worked up about nothing.

Michael had been visiting Berk every week or so since his adventure in September. He had become a good friend of Hiccup since the two were so similar. Things went smoothly for the most part. Some Vikings still had misgivings about dragons and even more so about a half-dragon. More then one Viking had been dumped in the ocean after threatening Michael. About half of those had been Michael's doing, usually only when he felt like violence was going to happen. The other half were performed by Toothless who had, despite his continued grudge about being shot and then stuck in bed for a week and a half, had warmed up to Michael a fair bit. The two often had lively discussions about various draconic things, lively meaning they usually ended up being told to shut up or get out by Stoick and, on two occasions, had resulted in wrestling matches which had taken eight Vikings and Hiccup to separate them.

One such discussion had been about mating. Toothless and Michael had been discussing dragon behaviour when Toothless had brought the topic of mating up. He had been more then happy to talk about dragon mating habits, but Michael hadn't been comfortable. Toothless had picked up on his discomfort and, having a grudge, began to needle Michael about it. Michael eventually lost his temper in a rather spectacular manner which the Night Fury took personal offence to. Things had quickly devolved from there into dirt wrestling. Stoick and Hiccup had not been happy. Things had been icy between Michael and Toothless for a bit until Hiccup gave Toothless and earful. Michael hadn't heard that conversation, but Toothless eventually apologized after being hauled out of the house by an angry Hiccup (who had a firm grip on the dragon's ear flap). Michael had been rather pleased since Hiccup's reaction was a direct result of Michael explaining what had happened.

Michael pulled himself out of his memories and locked the doors behind him. With a happy smile, he made his way into the forest behind his house. These next two weeks were going to be a blast... Figuratively, Michael hoped.

A/N 2: And there it is. Part 2 starts.

*Sing-song voice* It's summer time, it's our vacation!

::Whimper::

Seriously, it's not that bad, GROW UP!

[1] Michael's yard is about half a hectare (50m x 50m) with 25 meters between his yard and his neighbors (forested) and 2 kilometers between the back of his yard and his school (all forested). Then the neighbors have the same sized yards + 25 meters to the next yard.