Chapter 1
Gasping, Marko found himself lying down on a very hard and bumpy ground. Groaning, Marko rubbed the back of his head, thinking, must've hit it really hard, and sat up. Looking around, he saw that he had somehow arrived on a very rocky and humid piece of land. Groaning as he stood up, Marko looked around and nearly fell back down in shock and fear: there was a river of lava flowing a few feet away from where he had landed. Taking deep breaths, Marko turned around and started walking away from the river of lava, which had started to lightly bubble small lava blobs. Squinting his eyes, Marko coughed at the amount of smoke that there was in the air, and roughly shouted, "Hiccup!" Looking around, Marko couldn't see anything, other than several rivers of lava and the mass of blackened ground. Trying to breathe in as little smoke as he could, Marko started walking towards the nearest pile of land, which had a thin river of lava on one side, and a gaping crack running down the other side.
Suddenly, Marko saw a flash of green amongst the mass of blackened ground, and started to run as fast as he could towards it. After a few more seconds of running, Marko came into a partly smoke-free area of air and immediately saw the small body of a young boy: he was wearing a light green shirt, which was covered with a brown fur vest, along with a pair of brown trousers, and a single boot: his other foot, and lower leg, was missing, and replaced by a fake leg of wood and metal. "Hiccup!" called Marko, and ran over to the unconscious form of the boy. Pressing his hand against the boy's neck lightly, Marko let out a sigh of relief when he felt a weak heartbeat from the boy. Hitting his face lightly, Marko called his name several times before the boy eventually woke up. Groaning, Hiccup woke up and immediately started to panic when he saw where they were. "Marko, where are we?!" shouted Hiccup as Marko helped him up. Wiping some sweat that had formed on his forehead, Marko said, "Well, we're someplace hot, but other than that, I'm clueless."
Suddenly, the wind picked up and the smoke and ash that surrounded them quickly moved away and they saw something that caused them to step back in shock.
In front of them, stood a massive volcano with small rivers of magma running down the sides of it. There was a massive column of sot and ash was hanging over the volcano, giving an ominous feeling and look when they looked up to it. Looking at Marko, Hiccup asked, "D'you it has something to do with that?" as he pointed to Marko's pocket. Digging around in his pocket, Marko pulled out a golden triangle with two green gems on it: the Earth Key of Life. This was one of four Keys that, legend had it, could give the person who brought them all together the powers of the elements, as well as giving life to the dead: Marko was living proof of that! Looking up at the volcano, Marko muttered, "Fire," under his breath. Looking at Hiccup, Marko said, "This must be where the Fire Key is." But before they could start to look for the Key, they saw strange writings on one of the natural walls. Walking up to it, Marko knelt down and studied them, while Hiccup stood a few steps behind him, and asked, "Can you read it?" Looking at the letters carefully, Marko said, "This is Human-Dragonese: the ancient language of the White Fury Tribe." Getting up, Marko said, "Whoever wrote this, they knew someone from my tribe would come to find the Key."
Suddenly, the blinding white light that brought them here consumed them, and dragged them into their light. "Marko!" shouted Hiccup, but no call replied. Mere seconds later, Hiccup felt a buzzing sound inside his head and before he could do anything, his vision was blocked by darkness. In the darkness, Hiccup saw several numbers and letters, all of which meant no sense to Hiccup, but the moment he thought that, the letters and numbers started to move towards each other, making words and directions to something. Looking them over, Hiccup read them, and they said, North of the Froze, East of the Cave of Fury, and two days South-East, the Key of Fire will be waiting for you." Hiccup had just enough time to remember all of what it said, before they disappeared and the breath was caught in his throat, and he fell into unconsciousness.
Berk
It had been mere minutes since Marko had been brought back to life, and he and Hiccup had disappeared by some mysterious white light. While Marko and Hiccup were gone, the survivors of Berk had started to clean up the dead bodies of Alvin's tribe: with the Dragons help, the Humans pushed the dead bodies into the water, and only hoped that the seas were as rough and dangerous as they could when the bodies hit the water. Rachel and Fradokos, two friends of Marko, were finding the keys of the cells and chains and started releasing the remaining of people who were still imprisoned. Sighing, Fradokos looked over to Rachel and said, "Hey, how're you holding up?" Rachel looked over at him, but Fradokos immediately looked away at the look of her watery eyes: she had been like this ever since Marko, her new found love, had disappeared into the light. So, she assumed that you can't fight fate, and thought Marko had truly died. Shaking his head, Fradokos said, "He is coming back you know? Nothing can kill Marko."
Fradokos was suddenly turned around and had a dagger pressed against his neck, threatening to break skin. "Don't you DARE say his name!" shouted Rachel, pushing the dagger deeper into Fradokos' neck, letting a single drop of blood drip out of his neck. Fradokos gagged in response: even he had never seen Rachel this angry before. Sighing, Rachel took her dagger away from his neck and walked away from him, leaving Fradokos rubbing his neck, a surprised expression written on his face. Sighing shakily, Fradokos finished releasing the remaining prisoners, and when he just managed to release the last one when he heard a number of gasps coming from outside, so he went to investigate. When he got outside, he took a step back in shock.
There was a massive wall of white mist, blocking anything beyond it from the people on the other side. Suddenly, a figure-no, two figures-walked slowly through the mists: it was Hiccup and Marko! Cheering, the survivors and Dragon Riders ran towards Hiccup and Marko, and started to shake their hands and clap them on the back. When Fradokos reached Marko, Marko looked over to him and smiled. He then said, "Hope you like going on quests, 'cause that's what where gonna do!"