"Hey, wake up." Hiccup heard, but he simply ignored it and tried to not let go of the comfortable bliss of sleep.

"Wake up." The voice said again, hiccup still ignored it and rolled over. "Ok, you brought this on yourself." The voice stopped its pestering after that and hiccup felt at peace once again, but that peace only lasted for a few minutes.

"GET UP MAGGOT! I DIDN'T GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO SLEEP IN!" A loud voice that Hiccup didn't recognize shouted out in that weird language. Even though he didn't know what was being said, the tone of voice scared him to near death.

"AHHHH!" Hiccup shouted as he jumped out of his bed and landed beside it on his back. He looked over and saw Ragnar standing next to a large man.

"Thanks Sergeant, you may leave," Ragnar said to the man, who then left after bringing his hand to his head, but not saying anything.

"What was THAT?" Hiccup shouted at Ragnar once he had stood up.

"That was your one and only pass, I know you're not used to waking up this early so that's why you get a pass," Ragnar informed him.

"Why how generous of you for the free pass." Hiccup replied in that sarcastic way of his.

"Hey, it's a lot better than the punishment that you would have received; now get dressed, breakfast starts service in a few minutes and only lasts 30 minutes," Ragnar told Hiccup before he left the room. Hiccup got up, changing into his uniform and out of the night garments that had also been provided to him. Once he finished he walked out of the room and then over to this place's version of a great hall, which was apparently called a "mess hall". He still did not know how they lighted everywhere; there were no visible fires or candles, and the lights were turned on and off with the flick of a switch on one of the walls.

Once he arrived, Hiccup got into the line for food after grabbing a tray. The food here seemed to have an equal taste to the food back home, so he wondered if everybody ate this bland tasting food. After getting his food slopped on his tray, he found Ragnar sitting at the same table as last night. Strangely enough, there was nobody sitting with him at the table.

"Is it ok if I sit here with you?" Hiccup asked once he arrived at the table.

"Ya, go for it." Was the reply from the boy. Hiccup sat down across from him and started eating his food. After a few minutes, they both finished eating and took their trays to the collection place for the dirty trays.

"So where are we going now?" Hiccup asked as they left the building.

"Training." Was all Ragnar said as they kept walking away from the mess hall and towards another building that was right behind where our sleeping quarters and the big dragon area was. They walked in and Ragnar turned on the lights; it was an old hangar that had been converted into a personal gym for Ragnar, and now Hiccup, so they wouldn't have to deal with the special forces trainees that came and went every six or so months.

"What's all this?" Hiccup asked as he had never seen any of the gym equipment before.

"This is a gym, a place to work out, or as I, and soon you will come to know it by, hell." Ragnar ominously said.

"Why is that?" Hiccup asked as he stopped and turned to look at him.

"Because that's what it's going to feel like once we are done in here. Now I'm are going to start you off easy, four laps around the perimeter." Ragnar said to Hiccup, who just kept looking at Ragnar. Ragnar had moved to the start of the track that ran the perimeter of the old hanger before he realized that Hiccup wasn't following him.

"HEY! Get over here!" Ragnar shouted at Hiccup, who nearly jumped out of his own skin before running over to where Ragnar was standing before following him as the boy took off and started the run. Hiccup simply followed after Ragnar; who set the pace slow enough for Hiccup to keep up, yet fast enough that it wasn't a slow jog. It took them a bit to finish the run, and when they did Hiccup was winded while Ragnar was only slightly out of breath.

"How can you do that?" Hiccup asked as they finished the run.

"As I told you earlier, I have already been through this hell and I was the demon that climbed out of it," Ragnar replied to him as he handed the boy a bottle of water. Hiccup just looked at him as he drank the water.

"Come on, next exercise," Ragnar said as he walked away from where they were standing, and over to a rack. Hiccup just watched as Ragnar put a 45-pound bar and two 25 pound weight plates per side on the rack.

"My job here is going to be making you stronger, but until you commit to the program I can't be as tough as I can. Now watch what I'm about to do, it's called a back squat." Hiccup watched Ragnar as he did 12 back squats. Once Ragnar finished he stepped out of the way and gestured for Hiccup to take his place. Hiccup got under the bar, but before he tried to lift it Ragnar stopped him and fixed his stance.

"Whenever you squat you should have your feet below your shoulders and keep your chest puffed out. If you don't then it could hurt your back." Ragnar informed him after fixing his stance. Hiccup tried to lift the heavy bar off the rack, but couldn't. Ragnar noticed that he couldn't lift it so he took off two of the four 25 pound plates. Hiccup tried once again and lifted it slightly off the rack, but still couldn't lift it.

"Why don't we take all the weight off?" Hiccup suggested. They then took all the weight plates off the bar before Hiccup tried again. This time he was able to lift the bar and do some squats. He did 12 squats before he couldn't do anymore, though the last few with some struggle.

"Now for some push-ups," Ragnar said once he had finished putting the bar away.

"What's a push-up?" Hiccup asked as Ragnar came back.

"Wow, you must really be out of time."

"What do you mean? What year is it?" Hiccup asked. He guessed he was still in Midgard, but that these people were more advanced than them, so the concept of being from a different time was a new way to think about it to him. He didn't remember going through a vortex unless the large storm barrier had something to do with it.

"I can't tell you. Though it will all be explained in good time; most likely tomorrow night over dinner with the Colonel," was the quick reply before Ragnar got to the ground, "now back to the workout, this is a push-up."

"How many do you expect me to do?" Hiccup asked after watching Ragnar do ten.

"Just as many as you can do," Ragnar replied. He then watched as Hiccup tried to do some push-ups, but only managed one before he fell flat on his chest trying to do a second. Ragnar just watched as Hiccup picked himself off the ground and stand in front of him. There was a clear scowl on Ragnar's face that slightly reminded Hiccup of the scowls he would receive from his father.

"Sorry, I know I'm weak." Hiccup said, apologizing as he would to his father for being weak or doing something wrong.

"Hey, it's ok, no need to apologize for nothing. Everybody has their own strengths, some are physical and others mental. This just means I got some work ahead of me until you are as physically fit as I am. I have picked up you are pretty smart if you designed and built the prosthetic tail fin for Toothless by yourself, so not much training needed there." Ragnar replied.

Hiccup just stood there, dumbfounded, never before had somebody said there was no reason to feel ashamed of being the opposite of a Viking. Vikings were big and strong, but not that smart. Hiccup, on the other hand, was small and weak, yet possessed a very sharp mind. He never fit in and was constantly treated as an outcast on Berk, so to be in almost the same position and be told somebody would train him to be stronger was a very odd moment for him.

"Hey, snap out of it," Ragnar said while clapping his hands in front of the dazed boys face, snapping him out-out of his stupor.

"Ah, sorry, what's next?" Hiccup asked once he snapped out of the daze. Once Hiccup came back from his daze, Ragnar kept on performing his physical evaluation of him. Needless to say, Ragnar will have his work cut out for him. By the time they finished it was lunch time, so they headed back to the mess hall and had lunch. Once they had finished, Ragnar took Hiccup to the big building that held his living quarters and the dragon's area as well. Once they arrived in the building, instead of going to their rooms or all the way down to the ground floor, they got in the elevator and went on floor up.

"What are we going to do up here?" Hiccup asked him once they stepped out of the elevator. They had stepped into a room that had multiple tables and chairs with diagrams all over the walls.

"This is something we call a classroom, it's for teaching and learning things," Ragnar explained to him.

"What are we going to do here?" Hiccup asked as he kept looking around the room. The only teaching and learning that happened back on Berk was dragon training or on the job training in specific trades such as blacksmithing or boat building.

"In here I will teach you how to speak English, advanced battlefield tactics, modern technology, and anything else about our times that you would need to know," Ragnar explained.

"Well that all sounds exciting. Are we going to start right now?" Hiccup asked with noticeable glee in his voice.

"What are you so giddy about?" Ragnar asked as he had never seen anybody so happy about learning.

"It's just that where I come from learning is looked down upon unless it is a trade skill and like you said, I'm more brains than brawn." Was his explanation.

"Well then, let's get started. To start I am going to be teaching you to read, write, and speak English. Now if you would gladly take a seat then we will start." Ragnar said while gesturing towards one of the tables. Hiccup went over to the table and sat down just before Ragnar placed a book with strange writing on it in front of him.

"What's this?" Hiccup asked. Even though he guessed it was a book, he didn't know what it was about due to the strange writing.

"This is a textbook and it's going to help me teach you," Ragnar explained. Hiccup at first was confused by how a book was going to teach, then he realized it was the same as the dragon manual.

"Ok, can we get started?" Hiccup asked, clearly excited about everything.

"Well then, turn to page one and let's get started," Ragnar said, getting the lesson started. For the next few hours, Ragnar taught Hiccup the alphabet and the number system. It surprised Ragnar how quickly Hiccup picked up on the new language.

"Ok, that's it for today. We are having dinner with the Colonel tonight so you better get cleaned up." Ragnar said as he closed his book.

"Ok," Hiccup said with a hint of sadness in his voice, "Are we going to do this again tomorrow?"

"Most likely, though it will all depend on how the dinner with the Colonel goes," Ragnar replied as they entered the elevator. They took the elevator down to the living quarters where they both took a shower before changing into fresh uniforms.

Here there guys, I know it's been a bit but I never did have a normal updating schedule before. I hope the next chapter answers some unasked questions y'all have. Well if you have any questions, just ask me in a review and I will answer it to the best of my ability.

Semper Fi,

Thearizona