Ok, Ch. 6 of "For The Deaf and The Telepath" is out, what I should work on next? Chapter 7 maybe. *walks past window* wait, what? *backs up to look out a window to see a crowd of "Moving On" followers* Ahh, what are you guys doing here? How did you even find out where I live? *ducks under multiple thrown weapons* Ok, I get it! I will get back to working on this story.

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When Ragnar returned to the room the two shared he found Hiccup gone from where he had left him. The young man was slightly surprised that his friend was no longer there, though he had a suspicion on where he might be. He walked out of the room and into the small observation area that overlooked the "Forest". It was rarely used and the door was kept locked with only the Colonel and the Boys having a key. Ragnar looked down into the Dragon's area and saw Wraith hanging by his tail from a tree while Toothless was laying by the elevator with his wings wrapped around his chest.

There he is Ragnar thought, knowing that the pair would sometimes sleep with Hiccup curled up underneath the wings and up against the Night Fury's chest. The young man let the pair sleep as he knew Toothless wouldn't let him wake Hiccup up when they slept like that and so he went back to his room to sleep and wait for morning to tell the boy.

-Next Morning-

Ragnar woke up the next morning half expecting to see Hiccup in his bunk waiting for him to wake up so they could talk. Except he wasn't there. Well, Ragnar was only half expecting it. What he wasn't expecting though, was the manila folder sitting on his dresser. He went over to see what it was and noticed the words Top Secret stamped in red across the front of the folder. Not that it was an issue as the boys both had a high-security clearance due to them being in a program that only a select few knew about.

Upon opening the folder, he was treated to several satellite photos of the Barbaric Archipelago. The date on the photos showed they were only about a week old. The main islands had been circled and names put next to them, and each main island had a blow-up photo of said island. There were also data sheets with and force estimate and some other statistics. He was really grateful for the time the men in Military Intelligence took when they spent days on end analyzing the satellite photos. He took extra time in looking at Berk, not only because that was where they were going but because that was where Hiccup had grown up so he wanted to get a feel for the village. After a few minutes of studying the photos and data sheets, Ragnar collected the papers and walked to the elevator to take him down to where Hiccup and Toothless were sleeping.

When he exited the elevator, Ragnar noticed that the boy and his Night Fury were still in the dragon hug from last night near the door to the elevator. Though by this time Wraith had come over and was laying down by the pair, waiting for them to wake up as Ragnar now was once he walked out of the elevator.

"Should we wake them Wraith?" Ragnar asked the dragon he was sitting next too.

"I think we should. I mean it's been such a long time for them to sleep." Came the reply.

"If you two talk any louder than there will be no need to wake us." They heard Toothless say as they looked over to see both dragon and boy looking at them.

"Are you feeling any better?" Ragnar asked Hiccup as he stood up to walk over to the young man who was just himself getting out from Toothless's wings.

Hiccup rose to his feet and brushed himself off. "Better? Uh..." Hiccup paused, trying to recall what Ragnar was talking about. He recalled vaguely that something distressing had happened last night, but his memory was quite foggy when he tried to remember the specific events. "I think so?"

Ragnar walked over and stood next to him, leaning against the wall, arms crossed. He didn't say anything for a moment, and Hiccup spoke up.

"Well, you seem uncharacteristically quiet, Ragnar. Is something wrong?"

Sighing Ragnar stepped forward. "I'm afraid so. You see Hiccup...we got our next assignment."

"Oh?" Hiccup replied, pulling an apple from his satchel and taking a bite. "And what might that be?"

"I received a packet from the Colonel last night with the entire mission plans laid out in detail. Apparently, they are going to establish a new embassy somewhere... quite far from here, and they're sending us to make acquaintance with the people of that place."

Hiccup nodded for him to continue, chewing another bite. "Where?"

Ragnar sighed and cursed to himself in his head, knowing the reaction that would follow, before he muttered his next word, "Berk."

Hiccup coughed, dropping the fruit. "Wait...what?"

"They're sending us to Berk. That is where the new headquarters will be hopefully set up. If all goes according to the plan."

Hiccup slowly shook his head, a dazed look in his eyes. "No...you must be mistaken, you...they...they would never even let us into Berk. I know the people, they, they just..." Hiccup's lip trembled as he tried to grasp for the words that seemed to slip away on his tongue. Ragnar remained, standing, facing him, not knowing what to say. He questioned the mission himself. Of all the places, why Berk? Why now? Just when Hiccup was suffering through the aftereffects of the battle. He sighed. It was going to be a long journey to the island where Hiccup came from, but Ragnar would have to remain strong, for both of them. Hanging his head, he sighed again.

"I'm sorry Hiccup. I can't imagine you would ever have wanted to go back to that place. But," he leaned against the wall beside Hiccup, "Unfortunately a mission is a mission, and as you know we really have no place to question what is expected of us. As a matter of fact, it speaks volumes of your character that they trust us enough to be the ones to go and be the ambassadors on this mission at all." He said, trying to sound positive about the matter.

"Rag, it's just...I don't know if I can go back. I was sort of...disowned."

"I know, and I do have a plan for that that I'll tell you later. But for now, we need to be ready and prepared for the journey ahead. I've spoken to the Colonel and he is going to come and lay out the general details of the plan in a little while."

Hiccup shook his head and walked forward, staring away from Ragnar. "I'm sorry, between last night and now, I feel like I've just been no help at all to you, or really anyone here at the base. My attitude sucks, and my flashbacks have only gotten in the way of what needs to be done. I don't know if I'm cut out for this type of work, Ragnar."

Ragnar stepped forward. "That's a bunch of nonsense, Hiccup, of course, you're 'cut out for it'. You're actually superb in this field. And you do realize that everything you're experiencing is completely and entirely normal. As shitty as it is, I'd honestly be concerned if you didn't feel this way."

Hiccup sighed, and Toothless looked at him with pity. "I'm sorry too, Hiccup. But we're all here for you. We're all going on this journey together. You don't think I want to go back to a place where they wanted to kill me, do you?"

Wraith stepped forward. "I remember when Ragnar experienced the same thing but we made it through together, as you will also."

It was then that the Colonel walked out of the elevator to see the four of them standing by the wall closest to the elevator.

"I hope I'm not interrupting anything." He said, taking a step outside the elevator. Both Ragnar and Hiccup saluted him as he walked in.

"No sir, we were just finishing up," Ragnar replied back to their commanding officer.

"Good, now I do believe Ragnar and I have some news for you about your next mission Hiccup." Hiccup looked at the pair, who were now standing next to each other, with a small amount of dread in his look, fearing the news that he had already been giving but knew he would hear again.

"Your next mission will be to establish an embassy in the archipelago, more specifically on Berk." The Colonel said.

"But how will you staff and supply it and why now? We don't have anything but Toothless and Wraith that can get through the Barrier and I doubt they will be willing to do cargo runs." Hiccup asked, confused about the details.

"For the how, just before you returned we finished the modification of five F-16's and two C-130's so they could make it past the Barrier." Colonel Ben informed him. "As for the why, well we figured that it was the right time to do it now that we can actually fly things into the Archipelago."

"Ok, one more thing, why Berk? You know my history with Them." Hiccup said, pronouncing Them with disgust extremely evident in his voice.

"Yes I do, but the central location of Berk and the fact that you do have insider knowledge of the island outweighs the negative of the bad blood from three years ago." Ben once again informed the teen, though Hiccup didn't like to hear that as he knew it was true.

"It's been three years since you were last seen by them Hiccup, and you won't have to show yourself. I can do all the talking." Ragnar said, noticing how uncomfortable his pseudo brother was.

"Thanks Rag." Hiccup said as he started to sit back down against Toothless. "And thank you, Colonel, for the information."

"You're welcome, now you two are supposed to leave tomorrow. Ragnar has the rest of the briefing and Intel for you Hiccup. As always I will see you off before you leave so see you tomorrow boys." The Colonel informed them before stepping back into the elevator and getting lifted up and away.

"Now come on Hiccup, we have a briefing and then some packing to do," Ragnar said once the elevator returned to their level. Hiccup begrudgingly agreed and all four of them went up to the briefing room, which like all the rooms in the building were built the knowledge that there would be dragons in the room at one point or another.

"Now I know you know the layout of the village so we can skip that," Ragnar said as he rolled out a large map of the island. "And because of that, where do you suggest we land and hide Toothless and Wraith?"

"We could use The Cove," Toothless said.

"That could work, nobody should know about it and it's not like they ever go into the forest." Hiccup said, mumbling the last part.

"Cove, as in The Cove?" Ragnar asked, knowing how the two had bonded. Hiccup had leaned over the map and was looking for it.

"Yes, that Cove. It should be riiiiiight here." Came the response as Hiccup laid his finger on a spot on the map. "I also suggest we come in from the North-West so we don't get near the Village."

"Alright, now with that out of the way it's time to get down to business," Ragnar said as he wrote down the notes and circled the cove on the map. "Our mission is to establish peaceful relations with the nations of the Archipelago by starting in Berk due to its central location."

"How will I stay undiscovered though? Even though it's been three years, I don't think they have forgotten or forgiven me."

"Keeping that in mind, my role is to make contact and negotiate everything while you are to act as my guard. This will allow you to stay in your BDU's and in full kit while we are there."

"That's all good, but what about my face or even my name? Surely they would recognize both together, there aren't many Hiccups in the world." Hiccup said, prompting Ragnar to reach once again under the table for something. When he straightened back out again Hiccup saw he was holding a Ski Mask in his hands.

"You will be wearing this," Ragnar stated as he tossed Hiccup the Mask. On the front of the black mask was the white outline of a Night Fury Skull. Hiccup didn't know how to respond.

"Do you like it? I had it specially made just for you and the design is based on Toothless's skull." Ragnar said as Hiccup just stood there and admired the mask and the thought that went into it.

"Good going Ragnar, you just broke Hiccup again," Toothless said as he whacked Hiccup atop the head with his tail fin to snap him back into the real world.

"Sorry, yes, thank you, Ragnar. This is perfect." Hiccup rushed out his words as he put the mask down on the table.

"Good; now as I was saying, you will be in full combat gear and I will just have my M1911 on me. I will be bringing my gear as well but leaving it with Wraith. As for a name, I will leave it up to you and if you need to tell me you can just tell me in English so they can't tell you but your voice." Ragnar informed Hiccup as they finished up. "I almost forgot, the Colonel will be putting Thunder Company on standby to come assist us if we need it once we cross the Barrier. Now I suggest you go pack and get ready for tomorrow's flight."

"Come on Toothless, let's go get ready." Hiccup said as he turned to go do ask Ragnar asked, the mask in his hand.

"Do you think he will be ok being back on Berk?" Wraith asked once the pair had left the briefing room, leaving Ragnar and Wraith alone.

"I hope so. Though I'm hoping these past three years have changed him enough that it shouldn't affect him as much as he thinks it will, nor allow them to recognize him." Came the response.

"Well then let's hope you are correct. If he goes into another flashback while there..." Wraith started.

"If that happens then I will do my best to help him through it. We can't have him running back to Toothless and potentially dragging a few curious Vikings with him." Ragnar responded before sitting down at the table. Not a word was said between the two for a few minutes and Ragnar was deep in thought about the upcoming mission and all the problems that might come with it. All he could think of was Murphy's Law; If anything can go wrong, it will.

"Come on Wraith, we should probably get down and get ready as well."

"Right behind you Rag." Was the response as the pair got on the elevator to ride down to the main floor where the rooms where.

-Next Morning-

The boys had just finished putting everything they were bringing with them on their saddles when the Colonel and some other officers walked up to them.

"Good luck boys." He said as he shook their hands, leaving a small medallion in each. When they looked at them they saw they were Nordic good luck charms. "Never hurts to have a little extra luck on our side."

"No Sir never hurts," Ragnar responded as both of the boys, now men climbed onto their dragons and took off, bound for Berk. They flew in silence for a few hours, leaving the Alaskan shores behind.

"I never thought I would be going back so soon." Hiccup said, breaking the silence. "I knew I would have to go back someday, but not this soon."

"Don't worry Hiccup, I will be by your side the whole time and Toothless will just be on the other side of the island. Plus you know how to take care of yourself this time around."

"That is true." Came the response from the former Berkian. The rest of the flight was filled with either more silence or small talk between all four of them. They flew on for a few more hours before the sky started to darken around them and before them they could see a massive wall of clouds, the Barrier.

"There it is, the Barrier." Hiccup said as they flew ever closer.

"Any ideas on how we are going to get through?" Ragnar asked Hiccup and Toothless as those two had been the ones to go through the Barrier most recently.

"We just went through, so I guess just try and stay as close as you two can." Hiccup replied as the four preceded to enter the Barrier and get tossed around like ragdolls as they flew through it. They continued to fly through the raging storm wall that surrounded the Archipelago, getting knocked about due to the wind, rain, and gusts that buffeted them as they flew through it.

"Hiccup! How close are we!?" Ragnar asked over the radio after almost fifteen minutes of flying through the storm.

"We should be almost out of it," Hiccup responded as the storm started to lessen up on them. It took them another five or so minutes before they broke through the other side of the Barrier and into the Archipelago.

"Should we find land or just keep flying to Berk?" Ragnar asked, not having the same type of knowledge of the area as Hiccup did.

"What do you think bud, think you can make it to Berk from here?"

"Depends on if you want to arrive in the dark or not, but I say we keep going to Berk." Toothless responded to his rider.

"I agree," Wraith spoke up, adding in his thoughts.

"Then it's settled, we push on to Berk," Ragnar said, and they flew on towards their destination.

"Hey Ragnar, I know what name I want to use while there." Hiccup said after a few minutes of more flying.

"Continue."

"Hunter." Hiccup simply stated.

"That's a nice name, fits you very well my friend," Ragnar responded. They continued to fly onwards towards Berk in mostly silence but doing the occasional trick to help pass the time and ease the tension.

"There it is Hiccup," Toothless said. "Berk."

"Ok Hiccup, lead us in," Ragnar told Hiccup once they got a bit closer to the island.

"Copy that." Hiccup replied to Ragnar before muttering a reassurance to himself. "You can do this Hiccup, it's just an island." They flew in low and from the other side of the island then the village. They flew right above the treetops before landing in the cove.

"Let's wait until tomorrow to visit the village, it's late and with what we have done I think it's best we wait," Ragnar said, to which the other three agreed and so they set up the small tent that the two would share while the dragons would sleep outside guarding it. Once they finished setting up the tent there was nothing to do for the remaining two hours of sunlight they had left. Toothless then suddenly started to attack Hiccup's face with his tongue, knowing that he wasn't comfortable with being back on Berk and trying to lighten the mood.

"Toothless, you know that doesn't wash out." Hiccup said as he flicked some of the slobber back onto Toothless, much to the annoyance of the dragon who tried to flick it back, causing Wraith and Ragnar to laugh at the scene. Hiccup and Toothless shared a knowing look before charging at the laughing pair. Hiccup taking Ragnar before starting to tickle him as Toothless started to roll around and wrestle with Wraith. Eventually, the two different piles merged into one big mosh pit of human and dragon limbs.

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Oh gosh, I'm sorry guys. It's been so long since I last posted an update not counting the Christmas update. What, two months? Oh I am so sorry! Though we are back on Berk! What do you think about how I got them back there? We tried to make this longer than the average chapter but this was just a good stopping point for it.

In other news, this story now has more than 10K views with 10,563 views! Oh, that makes me so happy. Never did I think one of my storys would break 10K views so this is a huge milestone for me. Holy cow, "For The Deaf and The Telepath" has almost 7K and "Brothers in Arms" only has about 4K, so over 10K views...does this mean I have made it? This story is also up to 49 favorites and 71 follows, so let's get onto that section.

Thank you to LightiningFlameDragonSlayer, The yellow fox, mikawillems, ant-death, sigurdgh, mikawillems, ramsay, .921, spencerfrench22, Vrieling99 for the favorite/follow of this story or me personally. and a huge thank you to EVERYONE. All of you readers out there, if you favorite/follow or not keep making my day whenever I check the stats for this story.

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MMM: oh boy they are heading back to berk. what will berk say about the time line?

Yes they are. Well, what Berk doesn't know can't hurt them. Though they will find out eventually, let's let them get over how far the world has progressed before worrying about Hiccup, or is that what you were talking about the whole time?

Zero Fullbuster, always a joy to see your reviews. Here is what you have been asking about, the boys finally get back to Berk, though they have yet to go into the village yet, that will be next chapter. Hopefully it wont take another two and a half months!

Semper Fi,

Thearizona