The Archipelago Academy (or: my HTTYD modern AU fics)
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Hiccup, Viggo and Fishlegs revise Chemistry by neutrondivergent
Fandoms: DreamWorks Dragons (Cartoon), How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies), How to Train Your Dragon - All Media Types
20 Jun 2026
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Imagine how surprised anyone at Berk High would be if they stumbled across Hiccup Haddock and his best friend Fishlegs Ingerman chatting amicably in an empty classroom with Hiccup's longtime arch-nemesis and sworn academic rival Viggo Grimborn.
Now imagine how unsurprised that person would be when they realised what the hot topic was: Nuclear Magnetic Resonance spectroscopy.
While I was revising for my Chemistry A-Level recently, I came across a piece of advice: take a topic you struggle to understand and write a fanfic where your characters discuss that topic. Unfortunately for everyone who reads this, I followed that advice.
Read at your own risk. Contains lots of chemistry, and not the relationships kind.
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The Archipelago Academy; or What Happened When The Dragons Returned by neutrondivergent
Fandoms: How to Train Your Dragon (Animated Movies), How to Train Your Dragon - All Media Types, Hiccup Series - Cressida Cowell, DreamWorks Dragons (Cartoon)
29 Aug 2026
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AU where the RTTE characters (with a few exceptions eg. Stoick and others who are a generation apart, like Gobber, Gothi and other adult Berkians) are at the same secondary school. Set in a modern world; after Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third’s long-ago reign over the Wilderwest, dragons are in hiding and are generally believed to be extinct or mythical. When a wealthy businessman starts threatening the school, the teens must find out what it is that he wants...
...before he ends the world.
Set in the Archipelago of the books, but all environmental details including ecology, where not direct references to either the books or film franchise, are inspired by nonspecific parts of the UK. The school system is like that of the UK overall, so for the benefit of non-UK readers, Year 12 (or lower sixth form) is when you're 16-17 and Year 13 (upper sixth form) is when you're 17-18. These are the two "years" of education after compulsory education finishes but before university starts; the alternatives to sixth form include college (different to university) or doing an apprenticeship, since while none are compulsory, it is mandatory to be in education or employment until you're 18.
25 chapters and counting!
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