Imperfect Harmony

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(This will not have every episode in it, so, unless specified, Jack was in the episode. And the events in Rise of the Guardians has already happened and Jack is wearing his blue hoodie with a little bit of white fur lining.)

Hiccup had positioned the Dragon Eye with Toothless ready behind. Astrid and Fishlegs were about the only ones that seemed to be at the ready other than Jack. He had been with Hiccup when the boy had discovered what that cylinder thing could do.

As with most of their nights, they spent the time talking, and slightly goofing off, until Stoick got sick of it and ordered them to bed. Jack didn't have anywhere to sleep at night, so he always picked a nearby tree. But tonight was immensely different.

"Okay bud, go ahead," Hiccup told his Night Fury once everyone settled. Toothless lit up the Dragon Eye with a plasma ray, and caused a map to appear on the wall. There were gasps of aw and amazement from everyone.

"Definitely worth getting up for," Fishlegs gushed.

"Fishlegs, can you make any of it out?" Fishlegs walked up to the map, forcing Hiccup to take a spot next to Jack. He ran his hands over the wall, as if he could touch the words.

"They're parts of maps and symbols. Nothing I've seen before and there is writing but it is in a language I've never read before." Hiccup's eyes gained a shine that Jack had grown accustomed to, and always loved to see. It meant that he was getting excited.

"What's that thing?" Snotlout asked, pointing to a picture of a fist in flames. Hiccup shrugged.

"That must be some kind of tribal crest or something," he told him.

"Ooh, I like that way better than our tribal crest," Tuffnut said.

"Tuff, you guys don't have a tribal crest," Jack said, speaking for the first time. Ruffnut just crossed her arms.

"Well we should," she insisted.

"Yeah, and it should be that," Tuff chimed. Jack rolled his eyes.

"You can't steal another tribe's crest," Jack shot back.

"Oh, yeah? How do you know?"

"Because, you wouldn't steal the Berserker's or Outcast's crests, right?"

"Uhh, if they had one as cool as that, we would," Ruff insisted. Hiccup patted Jack on the arm to get him to stop arguing with the twins. Jack sighed, knowing that he was right in the fact that he wouldn't change their minds. They, however, took it as a victory and pumped fists in the air.

"Hiccup, this map, you realize it..." Fishlegs trailed, but Hiccup finished for him.

"Goes beyond the boundaries of the archipelago. Oh I know." Jack smiled at his tone, staring at the elated expression on Hiccup's face growing. The twins glanced to each other. Astrid looked them all over before stopping on Hiccup.

"So what's our next move?" She asked. Hiccup smirked.

. . .

Hiccup had called the Berk Council to the Great Hall for a meeting, Jack sitting up in the rafters, as it was only supposed to be the council and Hiccup. But wanted to support his best friend. He jumped from the rafters he was on to one with a better view.

"Look at this," Hiccup started, pointing the glowing purple map being projected onto the wall. "There are maps we have never seen, writing we can't read, dragons that we don't recognize." His excitement grew with each word, and with it, Jack's grin. "It's incredible. This Dragon Eye, this is proof that there is a whole other world down there, a world that must be explored."

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