A/N: IMPORTANT: This is sequel to the Deathwhisper Island, so I highly recommend reading it first. So yeah, this is the prologue to the story, a nice little piece of foreshadowing if I dare to say it myself :P, enjoy! DISCLAIMER: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon. Prologue
Other important stuff: Unlike in the DI, dragons can talk with each other in this story. Originally I didn't want to do that but this would be really hard to pull out without that ability, so my apologies if you don't like that. (Dragonspeak is marked with .::line::.)
Snarling hisses filled the air and tried to make her lose her focus. Fireworm ignored the countless pairs of glittering eyes that were staring at her from the trees around the dark glade. They didn't matter to her right now; instead she turned her head around cautiously as she approached the other end of the clearing. She squinted her eyes and tried to locate the thing that she was determined to take care of; everything depended on it. Monstrous Nightmares were not really night-active dragons so Fireworm had hard time trying to make out details from the trees that surrounded her. Nevertheless she knew that her opponent was somewhere there and she wasn't going to let it attack first, even though it had the advantage of blending in the midnight-dark trees…
Fireworm closed her eyes and focused in listening. The leaves were rustling faintly in the wind everywhere around her. "The audience", as she called them, were whispering in excitement behind her. A stick cracked some distance to her left. Got you! Fireworm turned to the direction of the sound as fast as lightning, but a ring of fire was already flying towards her. She quickly folded her wings and leaped trough the ring like it had been just a simple trick for her. Angry hisses came from the large tree in front of her. The whole tree was moving, deforming like it was alive. She could catch a glimpse of lime-green scales here and there. Long figure arched over the tree, barely distinguishable against the pitch-black, clouded sky. Two bright orange diamonds were glowing at the end of the serpent body. The Elder.
.::You, a pathetic Nightmare, dare to face me? I'll feed your body to my followers… after I have shred it to pieces!::. The elder hissed furiously, and Fireworm saw two large wings spreading out against the dark background.
Two years, two years of hard work and painful waiting had brought her to this. This was the final obstacle that she had to overcome to be ready for her revenge. Fireworm let her gas build up in her throat and then let the bright, devastating flames out. The large tree that was housing the Elder caught fire immediately and the whole tree was burning in seconds. The Elder let out a horrible screech and begun to uncoil its extreme long body from the tree branches. Oh, no you won't! With few strong wingbeats Fireworm tackled the upper body of the Elder and sank her teeth in its flesh. They both hit the ground, tangled up in each other. The Elder tried to do three things at the same time: free its other half from the burning tree, bind Fireworm and make her loosen her grip, while Fireworm just tried to bite the long, struggling mass of muscles in two pieces. She growled when her wing was bent in odd position by the Elder, and answered by biting even harder, so that he could feel her opponent's spine against her teeth.
From the corner of her eye Fireworm saw that the rather large head with respectable teeth and fire-like eyes was approaching her neck a bit too fast. She immediately gave up her biting attempt and dodged as well as she could while being tangled in the serpent body of the Elder. Seven rows of razor-sharp teeth sunk in the ground next to her. Before it had time to pull its head back, Fireworm had already taken the advantage of the situation and launched an attack against its weakly protected neck. It howled and tried to retreat its head but it was already too late. Warm blood streamed on Fireworm and on ground from the lethal wound. Whole ground was shaking a bit when the heavy body hit the ground. It didn't rise up again.
Fireworm tilted her bloody head upwards and roared her victory to the air. The audience went dead silent first, then they started whispering nervously. She enjoyed the feeling of blood dripping from her jaws for a moment, and then she turned towards the crowd.
.::What are you looking at, go back to your nests! NOW!::., Fireworm snarled.
The sound of rustling leaves and breaking branches filled the air for a moment when all the dragons rushed away. Then it was silent. She turned to look at the sky again. Soon she could make out three shapes flying towards the clearing where the dead Elder was lying. She took a few steps backwards to allow the heavy figures to land.
.::The dinner is served, enjoy!::., she grinned devilishly. In the light provided by the burning tree she admired the brilliant cyan scales of the three. All the preparations were now done.
The time is drawing near. Soon I will get my revenge!
Here was my part, now it's your turn to review :D I'll still appreciate reviews to the original story, too, so feel free to review it if you haven't already done so. First chapter will be up either tomorrow or next weekend, depending on many factors, but I'm hoping to get it done for tomorrow.