Strange and Bizarre
For the longest moment, neither human, dragon nor pony moved as they all observed each other. Hiccup's first instinct was to pinch his cheek to see if he were dreaming, his logical mind telling him that he had simply crashed during the race and had passed out. Toothless, on the other hand, let out a roar that startled Twilight before lunging between her and Hiccup. With a snarl his teeth unsheathed themselves as blue fire began to well up in his stomach, getting the pony to back away with uncertainty in her eyes.
Hiccup was doing his best not to panic. One moment he had been flying through the sky, about to win another dragon race, when the next thing he knew he was in...wherever he was with a talking horse. Yet, since he spent nearly all of his days with strange and wonderful creatures, he wasn't sure if it was fear or curiosity that prevented him from hopping on Toothless and flying away. In the face of such a bizarre creature, he found that he wanted to know more.
"Hold on a moment, I need to see if I'm understanding this," Hiccup finally broke the silence as he placed a hand on Toothless' side, getting the dragon to give him a curious look before he quelled the fire in his body. "You're a horse...and you just talked?" Hiccup asked Twilight, who nodded in response. "Am I being pranked? Is Loki out there somewhere messing with me?"
"This is no prank human, I am in need of your help," Twilight explained as she took a step forward to meet the human, but once again the black dragon roared and placed himself between the two of them. Despite being cautious of the unknown dragon that looked like it wanted to kill her, Twilight saw both loyalty and the desire to protect its partner in the dragon's eyes, telling her that she had chosen wisely. "My magic is what brought you here, and it would have only done so if you were an incredible dragon master. And from the way this dragon seeks to protect you, it seems that you have trained it into your...pet...quite well?"
"Friend. He's my friend," Hiccup clarified for Twilight before he knelt down next to Toothless and scratched the scales on his head, calming him down to the point where he retracted his teeth. Hiccup then turned his eyes to Twilight with confusion. "And I'm going to need some serious answers right now. Where are we and why...how did you interrupt our race?"
"As I was saying...um...?"
"Hiccup."
"Hiccup? Er, as I was saying Hiccup, I used my magic to bring you here," Twilight stated again, but when both the dragon and the human gave her a disbelieving look she decided to be more direct. "Fine. I see that I owe you a demonstration." As she said this her horn began to glow with a strange light, one that caused both dragon and rider to open their eyes wide. In the next instant, Hiccup was slowly being lifted off of the ground, with the same light surrounding his body.
"Whoa, what's going on?" Hiccup exclaimed, slightly panicked as he struggled to keep from rotating. "Toothless, help!"
Toothless roared with fury before he hurled himself at the pony, wings extended and body glowing with a blue color as he tackled Twilight to the ground. Twilight let out a yell as her concentration broke, dropping Hiccup to the ground while she focused her magic on keeping the dragon from killing her.
Yet, in the next moment a rainbow blur appeared out of nowhere and struck Toothless in the jaw, sending him staggering back with a roar. Toothless snarled as he looked around for what had hit him, crouching low to the ground as he did so while his slit-like eyes shot in every direction. When he failed to find what had struck him, his eyes focused back on the pony who was just getting back to her hooves and he began to advance forward.
"No Toothless, that's enough," Hiccup ordered as he once again walked over to Toothless and placed a hand upon his head, shifting Toothless' slit eyes back into more round ones as Hiccup began to scratch the dragon's scales. While he did this, Twilight watched every movement and interaction before she began to look over the pair herself. She was interested in the black leathery armor that Hiccup wore, yet her attention was immediately drawn from the armor to Hiccup's foot...or lack thereof.
"Yeah, when you work with dragons you sometimes lose limbs," Hiccup spoke aloud as he followed her gaze, holding out the peg leg with a smile. "I lost this in a giant inferno that I only survived because of this guy here. He's very protective of me. So I would recommend that you don't try anything like what you just did."
"I apologize, I was simply trying to show you that I speak the truth," Twilight muttered with a slight bow of her head, yet when she looked up she found that both Toothless and Hiccup were looking away from her and towards one of the trees that surrounded the area. "The rest of you might as well come out. I think Rainbow gave away the fact that you're here."
Hiccup felt Toothless' wing wrap around him tightly as four more ponies of varying sizes and colors appeared from behind the trees, subconsciously gripping the hilt of his blade as they got closer. As the four joined Twilight, Hiccup looked into each of their eyes with a curiosity and caution that he found reflected back at him. The pink one with the poof mane had a huge smile on her face, hopping up and down with excitement. In contrast, a yellow one with a light pink mane hid behind one of her friends, yet peeked out to look at Toothless with starry eyes.
"Well, isn't he an...interesting specimen?" a white horse with a purple mane asked as she tried to get closer, but Toothless let out another snarl that forced her back.
"Yeah, well this dragon doesn't look that tough." Upon seeing the rainbow-maned pony that floated before him and remembering what had hit him, Toothless let out another snarl as he began to advance towards her and was only stopped by Hiccup.
"There are...more...of you," Hiccup said, trying to maintain as much of his composure as he could.
"Yes. These are all my friends. Pinkie, Fluttershy, Rarity and Rainbow Dash, who did not wait like I had instructed her to," Twilight introduced before flashing Rainbow a look that she ignored. Hiccup let out a sigh before sitting down on Toothless' back, running his fingers through his hair as he struggled to make sense of what was happening.
"Look, I come from a world of Vikings, dragons and gods, but this," he began as he motioned to the ponies with one of his arms. "Is really starting to freak me out. If you have an explanation as to what's going on, I would really like to hear it."
"Certainly. Let me start with this world. You are in the land of Equestria, a land that is home to many different ponies as well as other species. We're all sentient, we all can talk and we all mostly get along...until recently. As I was saying, I used my magic to bring you here from your world so that you can help us. The reason for this is...we have been having a dragon problem as of late." At this Hiccup's eyes became more focused and for a moment the shocked look that had been in his eyes vanished. He folded his arms as he and Toothless shared a look, Hiccup nodding to the dragon before motioning for Twilight to continue.
"Normally we are friends with the dragons and are on good terms with them, but recently...things have changed," Twilight began, her friends listening closely since this was also the first time they were hearing this news. "Some of the dragons now attack our homes, burn our villages and torch the land. My superiors believe that there is a force at work that is controlling or manipulating the dragons into attacking us, most likely against their will."
Hiccup's eyes narrowed slightly while a frown overtook his face, her words bringing back all too recent memories from his mind--memories of Drago, of the massive battle between the dragons and the Alpha...and the pain of loss with which he was still trying to cope.
"I am sad to say that none of us had made much progress in finding out who is behind this, but with the threat of dragon attack constantly looming over all of our heads...I thought it best that we seek the help of an expert on dragons and see if they would aid us," Twilight continued, looking up at Hiccup with her purple eyes. "And that's why you're here. Because my magic sought out the greatest dragon master and brought him here. So...I assume that you are the dragon master than can help us, right?"
'Okay...let's see if I got this right. These...talking horses...need my help in stopping an evil force that is manipulating dragons into attacking their homes and to do so they used...magic...to bring me here,' Hiccup recapped, his frown growing longer as he crossed his arms once again. 'Yeah...still not sure how I feel about that. Or any of this.'
Toothless then let out a small moan and pushed his head up under Hiccup's arm, looking up at him with quizzical eyes that seemed to question what Hiccup would do next. Hiccup looked down at his best friend with a sigh, knowing what he was asking. 'But they are right in saying that I know more about dragons than anyone else on Berk, and if they were so desperate for help that they used...magic...to bring me here, then things must be serious.'
'And I know better than anyone what it's like to have dragons forced against their will to cause destruction,' Hiccup remembered as he reached down and patted Toothless on the head, helping to make up his mind. 'So if something here is causing dragons to go crazy and attack horses...who can still talk...and they're desperate enough to come to me for help, well...helping others has always been something I'm good at.'
"So...will you help us?" Twilight hesitantly asked.
"Yeah, I guess I will, but I will probably never get used to talking magical horses," Hiccup informed them as he rose off of Toothless. "Alright Toothless, we're going to be helping these horses. So try not to accidently set any of them on fire."
"So, his name is Toothless?" Fluttershy asked as she squeezed in between both Rarity and Rainbow Dash to get closer to Toothless. She looked up at the dragon with awe-filled eyes while Toothless tilted his head and looked down at the pony, not sure what to make of her. "Wow, I've never seen a dragon before with such a pretty shade of black," then she gasped, "and look at his green eyes! They're so pretty! Can I touch him?"
"Whoa, careful there, it takes a lot of training to even approach a dragon this dangerous, let alone..." Hiccup stopped talking when Fluttershy, completely unafraid of Toothless, walked up to him and began to scratch underneath of his neck. Toothless' eyes rolled back in his head and he slumped over with a happy sigh, whereby Fluttershy began to scratch all along his neck and face. "You're lucky he's just a giant softy," Hiccup smirked with a roll of his eyes when Toothless let out a happy roar.
"Fluttershy can makes friends with nearly all animals. It's not that strange," Pinkie said with a huge smile as she got her face as close to Hiccup's as she could, seemingly looking into his very thoughts with her eyes.
"I'll...take your word for it," Hiccup muttered with hands up as he backed away from one crazy, only to bump into another crazy.
"Hello there darling," Rarity said with a beautiful smile and a bat of her eyelashes as she looked Hiccup up and down, causing her smile to grow wider when she got to his face. "Well, well, I may not know much about humans, but I do know when somepony is...quite the catch."
"Ahaha...yeah," Hiccup half-laughed nervously as he backed away from Rarity, nearly tripping over Fluttershy when he backed into Toothless. The dragon gave him a growl and raised a questioning eyebrow at him. "Look, Bud, I know that these horses are...strange, but helping people...horses...helping others learn how to train and live with dragons is what I do best. So if they need my help, I guess I'm the right guy for the job."
Toothless rolled his eyes at Hiccup before turning his attention to the ponies that began to crowd around the both of them, save for Rainbow Dash who seem to be acting too cool to care. Fluttershy had started circling Toothless while eyeing him with curiosity, but she let out a horrified gasp when she got to his tail.
"Oh my gosh, what happened to him?" she asked as she knelt down next to the fabric fin that had replaced the missing part of Toothless' tail, gently petting the dragon's tail while looking up at Hiccup for answers. "Did another dragon or human do this to him?"
"Well funny thing is...wait, there are humans in this world?" Hiccup asked with a slightly shocked look, but before any of the others could answer Twilight stepped in.
"No, there aren't any humans here aside from you, but I've met others before," Twilight explained before looking off in the distance, Hiccup following her gaze to see a small town with a giant crystal castle on the other side of it. "Alright, Princess Celestia and Luna, my superiors, will be here tomorrow, so until then I'm just supposed to make you feel at home. So if you would come with me, I would like to show you my home."
"Uh...sure," Hiccup agreed, waving for Toothless, who now had Fluttershy sitting upon his back, to join them. Once the dragon and the other ponies had joined with the princess and human, they all started to head towards the town with Twilight and Hiccup in the lead.
"That's quite the interesting suit that you have there darling," Rarity pointed out as she looked over the leather and metal masterpiece with an expert's eye. "Seems to have a number of different functions. Which tailor of yours made it for you?"
"Oh this? I made it myself," Hiccup proudly declared as he held up his arms so the ponies could see the suit. "It's my armor, my harness to Toothless, and I can even glide with it for short periods. Really one of my best inventions." His words got an eyebrow raise out of Rarity before she motioned Twilight to join her, pulling Twilight in close once she had done so.
"It's quite impressive that he managed to make that by himself. While fashionably it isn't that impressive, I can see that it serves numerous different purposes and functions besides the ones he mentioned," Rarity informed Twilight, who looked over at the black suit with interest. "Seems we have another little inventor on our hoofs. Not a bad looking one either, I might add."
"So now you're an expert on human fashion and looks as well as ponies?" Rainbow Dash smirked from behind the pair, but Rarity ignored her as she motioned for Twilight to talk to their humans some more, since he looked really out of place.
"So...Hiccup...can you tell me...why hasn't Toothless spoken to any of us yet?" Twilight asked, trying to get small talk started.
"Because he's a dragon. Dragons...don't talk," Hiccup replied with a shake of his arms as if she had asked him why is the sky blue, yet his response gained Hiccup both a small giggle and a look from Twilight.
"Okay, so dragons don't talk in your world, but I can guarantee that they talk here. Spike will show you that when we get back." Hiccup's jaw nearly left his mouth at Twilight's words, but before he could speak Pinkie leapt up in front of him with a smile.
"So Mr. Hiccup, you're taking this whole being teleported to a different reality by a number of talking ponies with magical powers to fight evil dragons awfully well," Pinkie pointed out excitedly.
"I'm used to the strange and bizarre...but I gotta admit that if I wasn't seeing this, then I doubt I would ever believe it. Not sure I still believe it," Hiccup muttered under his breath. "Still trying not to panic." If any of the ponies heard him, they didn't say anything because the six of them finally entered into the town.
"Alright then, Hiccup, allow me to be the first to introduce you to Ponyville!" Twilight exclaimed as she turned to face him, yet Hiccup's face remained emotionless as he looked down the streets to see hundreds of different ponies, each with a different color, mane and strange mark upon their flanks.
'Yep. I still don't know if I believe this is happening.'
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I can't think of anything to put here.
EDIT: First!
Color me impressed.
A well-written fanfic, that shows quality and promise for something great, while ALSO being fast uploaded and not take years to get updated?
I am sure to follow this one!
6230014 Welcome to Onomonopia's stories
..... I LOVE YOU!!!!
... wait where's Applejack?
6229488 My point originally was that she wanted someone who could impact them negatively, who could cause fear. While she did ask for someone who could track them, she probably meant as in hunting them. Hiccup could not be any more different while maintaining this skillset.
Also, could she have not levitated ANYTHING other than the otherdimentional being who has a firebreathing dragon on his side without warning? A rock. A twig. A clump of dirt. Herself. ANYTHING could've been preferable.
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In the background, where she belongs
Pretty good chapter having Hiccup meet most of the Mane Six, except for the whole "Count Drago" bit. Since when was he a Count?
I don't think Drago counts as a count (ha). A count is a European title of nobility; while his introduction in HTTYD2 states that he is "...a stranger from a strange land..." his name and the way he speaks indicates he doesn't come from any nation that would have been European in the Viking period.
The plural of hoof is hooves.
All in, I like this story. Needs some minor editing touchups on some dialogue, but this is really well done.
I'm loving this more and more with every chapter.
The real question is how will Hiccup handle all the strange stuff happening in Ponyville? Cause it only gets weirder from here on out for him.
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Looking good. Can't wait for more.
The concept is interesting, but the dialogue reads like a VCR manual.
I guess Toothless is small enough (and enough like a big kitty) to not set off Fluttershy's fear of dragons. I hope that her question about his tail fin isn't completely forgotten; I'd like to see how Hiccup explains that.
My thougs exactly
first thing to pop into mind was this song after reading this
I cant select the exact part from this video but go to 3:55 and you'll see what I mean!
Loving this story! Hooked and eagerly awaiting the next chapter.
... Vikings were familiar with the concept of magic. Loki was notorious for using it in his mischief. The Norse pantheon was full of magical items, most made to order at some point. Hiccup not being familiar with the idea of magic is like you not being familiar with the concept of religion.
Keep the updates rolling! I cant wait till the next one!
6230227 It is a bit stiff yeah. The trick to improving dialogue writing is really getting into the heads of your characters imagining how a scene would play out if they were really talking to each other. Not what you as an author 'need' them to say, per se - though that guides the conversation - but rather what they'd say and do without your input.
It's pretty similar to 'method acting' but done as a writer. :3
... Again, someone who doesn't know the difference, and it still irks me...
SAPIENT. The word you are looking for is Sapient! EVERY animal in the WORLD is Sentient, but only those who can think, reason, question their existence, etc, are Sapient.
So far, it's good and shows a lot of promise. That being said, there are a few things I would like to mention. Now, remember, this is meant as constructive criticism, to help you improve as a writer.
First off, there are three major instances of characters acting out of character. The first is Twilight levitating Hiccup without warning, despite seeing the obvious protective behavior from Toothless. This was a very stupid thing for her to do, and Twilight is anything but stupid.
The second was shortly after, when Rainbow Dash sucker punched Toothless and vanished. This is quite contrary to her nature. She would have stayed between her friend and what she saw a a threat. Honestly, she and toothless are very much alike in quite a few ways. I could see them being friends.
The third time was once again from Twilight, this time referring to Celestia and Luna as her 'superiors'. The problem here is two fold; first, they aren't. Celestia has made it quite clear in the show that they are equals. Second, even if she considered them her 'superiors' she never calls them that. If anything, she would call them her 'fellow princesses' or her 'mentors'.
The other major problem, and the one most prevalent, is the dialogue. While there are few instances where it's particularly bad, it often feels forced and unnatural. For example, Rarity just randomly saying he's attractive is way out of left field and comes off as rather creepy. Honestly, Rarity's dialogue tends to be the biggest offender, here. Her analysis of his outfit is also incredibly random and cliche for her. Everyone has characters they have trouble writing for, and Rarity is a common one, so you shouldn't feel bad. Try finding someone that knows how to write for her, and see if they can give you some pointers on her.
All in all, like I said, it's not bad and has a lot of potential, but it could use some polish. If you'd like, I might be able to help you out, reviewing and advising on chapters before they're released.
6230842 I have to agree with these points. But it is still engaging enough fo me to track it for more reasons than simple curiousity. (wich already makes it leagues better than most cross-overs I've read)
6230262 I just assumed it was because Toothless looks so different from Equestrian Dragons.
6231200 Exactly. This fic has far too much potential to just write off as bad just because of a few flaws. I've seen too many fics start out like this only to become fantastic epics that drew me in and still hold my interest long after its conclusion.
Wouldn't Fluttershy still be at least a bit afraid of Toothless? If I remember right I'd imagine him to be about the size of those teenage dragons (Probably larger) and If I recall correctly the only reason she wasn't afraid of Spike is because he's smaller than her.
Also about the Romance tag. The way you're making it seem I'm guessing it'll be Rarity/Hiccup or something similar (Maybe Twilight/Hiccup since when people put the Main 6 tag and then one of the Main 6's tags with the Romance tag it usually means that's the romantic partner, of course I'm probably just overthinking things like I always do), but what about Astrid? I thought Hiccup and Astrid were together? It might be best to keep the Romance tag off of the story until you actually start to incorporate it into the story though that's just my opinion.
I'm actually curious to see where this story goes.
A Ponified Hiccup, I don't think Toothless would like that 8D
hehehe.
I wonder how Flutters will react when she learns it was Hiccup who did that to his tail.
hehe
Awesome job so far! :D
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Oh man I LOVE IT!!! Great combo, I love the potential this story has!! And so far so good too! Maybe just a little advice (hopefully seen as positive constructive criticism) though not that it might be prevalent or relevant in this story as much, as I love it, don't be afraid to slow things down a little and add some meat to the bone. I DID kinda notice things seemed to move...a little fast for my taste but still done very well. Both series have rich characters and lore/backstories that could flourish in this crossover and I'd love too see that capitalized on by focusing on character development and interactions. Remember that even though we as readers know (probably) each character and who they are, but as an "in-the-story" character they are completely foreign to each other and it's going to be the differences and similarities these characters go through that are going to be the backbone and heart of the story and really draw readers in...plus the promise of wicked cool action and scenery (gotta set the mood). Just don't make the mistake some authors do and skip all that and just jump to the "good stuff". Although you might very well already know this, and have it planned out. I'd hate to see a potentially great story dampened by that. But so far so good, I'm digging it! Very much potential and i will be thoroughly tracking this story and awaiting the next chapter with gusto!
Sorry rarity, but hiccup's already taken.
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Ok so lovin the story so far, though I truly hope that there's no romance with Hiccup because well... there's Astrid for the most part.
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This is a crossover with How To Train Your Dragon. While they are called Vikings, Hiccup and his ilk aren't Norsemen (as we would understand the term), and not Germanic Pagans.
The pink one with the poof mane
1. Poofy.
This line and a few other are better italicized as to show these are thoughtthoughts than just using the apostrophes. Makes it confusing. Very. Confusing.
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... This is cool. Also Hiccup should not love any pony He loves Astrid.
6231705 You mean the Vikings in How to Train Your Dragon who make references to the Norse gods aren't followers of the Norse pantheon?
Took me three minutes to find two references in just the first movie. So, that's fairly half-assed but solid proof that they are in fact Norse Vikings who worship the Norse pantheon. Haven't read the books if you wanted to talk about those but I stumbled on several book references to the gods while grabbing the movie ones.
I think you need to work on being more descriptive when it comes to the setting. But, that's just me. I like the idea, so I'm sticking around.
6231291 i agree about the romance tag, i feel adding a romance plot would feel out of place for this story if it involves Hiccup.
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Well I'll be damned. I would have expected myself to have learned to check my facts before making broad, sweeping statements like that by now. Ah well, there's always next time.
That said, I couldn't find any reference to Hiccup specifically not knowing what magic was (via CTRL-F, so indirect statements could have slipped by), just several indications that he found it one of the most confusing parts of this whole mess. Stories or no, magic isn't exactly common, and most powerful magic users—according to those selfsame stories—aren't tiny, purple horses.
All that said, I should apologize for implying you couldn't tell this was a crossover. That was a rude on part. Unintentionally so, perhaps, but rude nonetheless.
Not sure where this is going, but I'll root for 'ya. Bartender, get me another beer, cheers!
6230097 Wow, Really?
6230097 real duchy
Hiccup sees a train, flips his shit, faints, and wakes up just seconds after Toothless blows it the fuck up.
6232707 I want that to happen so bad.
Okay, I have to say this, you let me down a little with this chapter.
It's so cliche
"Hey we're in trouble so we'll just pull you away from your friends and family so you can help us."
"No way, this is weird."
"But we need help!"
"Okay."
Can't he at least ask to be sent back to talk it over with his village so that they aren't freaking out thinking he's dead?
Sure I would offer my help to another dimension if they just asked before tearing me away from my universe.
Could he at least ask to talk to everyone to let them know he wasn't destroyed by a Norse god?
6230097 XD that was the best thing i read.
6230097 DAMN THAT BURN.
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