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This is a long chapter and took a lot of time. If you have time, please read it, and more importantly, read the notes below. I like it, it shows another part of my character, a bit, and the many struggles he's coping with his life right now.

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Nik

I stared at the open book on my desk, the characters jumbling up in my head. Ancient Norse was never part of my strengths. I would go to my mate, well ex-mate Majapi but he pretty much hates me now. I was just hanging out with some girls and he immediately becomes jealous. Not to mention that neither Red or Cora helped.

But it didn't really matter. Losing Majapi was sooo worth it. Until now.

I kicked the leg of my table in frustration, confused with how to translate the book. Translations to Ancient Norse were nonexistent on Berk, and the Berk variant of Ancient Norse didn't exist on Google. This book was trusted to me, and I couldn't even decipher the simple code!

Wait, what am I talking about? ''Trusted to me? By a fourteen-year-old kid who fell from the sky. ''

What was his name again? Riley. It was a plot, of sorts, I knew it. The only way to translate this book was Majapi, but then Riley swoops in and beats the crap out of him.

I cursed under my breath and gazed out the window, watching Red and Cora chatting outside.

What was this Riley playing at?

It was obvious what he'd done that afternoon he'd beaten Majapi. He needed us to trust him. He had some dark secret, some plan, I don't know. It wasn't Majapi he was angry at, he was showing off. To Red and Cora, girls he'd just met. Low. Majapi was the victim. If only they knew how valuable Majapi was to have as an ally. I've only had glimpses of what he knows and what he can do with my okay relationship with him, but there was more to the guy than it seemed.

Oh, and there's Riley. Comes and goes at oddly convenient times when we're all together, to chat as up, save us, as if he was a superhero. I suspect he's also swooped in with the girls while I'm not there as well. A stalker, of sorts. He said he came with Verk, a trader from the Northern Markets. But asking around, no Berkian seems to know of him. At. All.

My head hurt. I looked outside again and the two girls had gone, probably up to the Mess hall. I groaned. Red and Cora were nice to hang with. It's been a LONG time since I've been this confident around girls. Then comes Riley. I kicked the table again.

I'm was suffocating myself here!

I looked up again and saw another unfamiliar face outside heading up to the hall.

Not another!

I squinted and saw the familiar messy blonde hair of a boy I knew too well.

Newt?

It was a LONG time since I'd seen Newt. We'd stuck together in my junior days, and Newt would always get in trouble if I didn't keep him in check. He'd had an intervention a few years back, and was forced to go to some boarding school interstate, to Glasgow or somewhere. I argued with myself whether to go meet him, but it had been 3 years, and I was older now.

I slipped through the living room to the front door but my little brother stopped me. "You going out with your two girlfriends?" With that, he began giggling his head off, clearly finding the fact that a girl-friend was hilarious. Well, I was older now. He didn't understand.

But to shut him up I replied, "No, Newt's back."

I noticed my brother's face go pale. I ignored it and left through the front door.

I heard my dad yell, "Did I hear two girlfriends?"

"Shut up dad!"

I raced after the figure strolling towards the Mess Hall, who was looking for trouble.

I neared Newt and slowed down to a walk. 

We were still 'friends', right?

Newt noticed and slowed down, matching my pace.

"How's my skinny failure going," Newt joked and punched my arm, showing his wild smile.

"F you, mate,"I replied lightheartedly, ignoring the usual insult, but really wanting to rub the place where I'd got hit.

"Using big words. So my little boy's all grown up now?" Newt replied, punching my arm again, with his same unassuming smirk.

"Couldn't say the same to you," I replied sneakily, and saw the flash of hurt on Newt's face.

"Ha. Funny," Newt answered, stone-faced. His face lit up and asked, 'So how's my Cora going?'

"Well, I know for one, she ain't yours."

Newt raised an eyebrow and asked, "Do I have some competition here?" Newt punched me a third time, a bit harder, and I winced in pain.

"Nah... I'm not there yet, I ain't looking for anybody or anything... " I replied calmly, heart racing, not wanting to go up against Newt on anything.

I'm older now...

There was a reason why Newt and I were 'friends'. Oh, and with my reply, I honestly didn't know whether that was true or not.

Newt believed me, and we entered the Mess Hall to see Cora and Red chatting with... him.

"Isn't she that loner kid, but more importantly... Who. Is. He?" Newt whispered to me.

"Firstly, that ain't cool to say, she's a pretty nice girl," I replied, still dumbfounded that Riley was right there.

"Yeah, she's cute, whatever, but who is he?" Newt replied hastily, as we both noticed people staring at us, still standing at the door of the hall.

"I did NOT say that, and he's some random new kid. Name's Riley," I replied, pissed-off at Newt twisting my words. Or was he saying the truth? I honestly don't know.

We walked towards their table, and I wiped my worry off my face. Newt. Riley. Girls. The book. My dead arm. Majapi. Everything. Gone.

I smiled again, as I greeted Riley, "Riley, my man. How are you? Any bruises from your little dance fight? That fighting was amazing, dude." I noticed the girls raise their eyebrow and remembered that I was not just with Newt anymore. I felt my insides burn with nervousness, even though I usually felt pretty confident.

''Why Newt? And what were you doing Riley? What are you up to?''

I felt like screaming but continued to smile as Newt introduced himself kindly to Red and Riley. He may be a bit of a bully, but he was smart, especially when speaking. Both Red and Riley looked nastily at Newt, Red from her past history with Newt, and Riley for another reason. Riley messed up his master plan, I think. What it was I don't know.

I stared at my watch, I had time to kill. I slipped next Red as Newt attempted to do the same next to Cora. Cora stared daggers at Newt, and Newt thought better of it and sat on the other side next to Riley. Newt glanced at me angrily, pissed off, but seemed more irritated about Riley being there.

That's one thing we could agree on...

I continued to smile as Riley dove into what they were talking about earlier. It was going to be a long afternoon.

NOTES:

1. Skylander, in your point of view, I believe everything you say and am excited when you ask me to do something. When you ask about the book I reply lightheartedly saying 'I'm working on it.' Don't get suspicious of me. We're good mates, Nik and Riley, ok?

2. Say hi to Newt! He's a 'friend' of mine. (How's his character?)

3. Also, I developed Majapi a bit in this section. I have some ideas about where he as a character could become (he's descendant of, character development), and you might to, but as the rules say, I won't say until we get that far in the story.

4. Make any references or developments to characters like Majapi subtle, not blatantly obvious.

5. '''IMPORTANT: Skylander especially, please don't make rapid developments to the story with your section. Take your time to flesh out your character, as a person, and his/her thoughts especially. '''Don't rush the story, and take your time (my story was just me in my house reading a book then walking to the mess hall with Newt.) Skylander, you can do a scene of you just staring at us from the bushes, deciding whether we trust you. You see us do something, and you think of your relationship with the kids of Berk (specifically or generally).

6. Me, in your character's eyes, is not the person you see in parts of this section. I'm always light-hearted and unassuming, while my brain is hard at work trying to analyse the growing situation.

To sum it up: ''We walked towards their table, and I wiped my worry off my face. Newt. Riley. Girls. The book. Majapi. Everything. Gone.''

6. Comment any queries about any slight changes I dropped in my section about me, other characters, and Berk itself.

7. Hope you enjoy!