The Next Generation
Outside the night was clear and beautiful with only a few of the most enchanting melodies could be heard drifting lazily upon the warm nightly zephyrs that blew through enchanting city that made up the Realm of the Gods.
Asgard was forever and a day enchanting along with exquisite without a doubt. Thanks to the extraordinary talents of the individuals talented in nature magic as well as the dwarfs, light elves who'd constructed and used their magic to assist the Realm in its ongoing prosperity.
Likewise one couldn't discount the hardworking servants who all were treated not as servants but as equals to the Gods themselves. For they're just as valued members of the community to make sure their captivating home was well-kept, gorgeous and running smoothly.
No-one's part was greater or lesser then another's. All and sundry played an equally vital role in making Asgard as well as those in Valhalla the paradise it was for all whom called it home. For that reason not a single soul was more important than another.
Everything was in perfect balance and harmony. Furthermore all who lived in this Realm strived to live in unity, harmony, friendship and equality. That one and all was accepted for who they were and no greater expectations were then just to be true to yourself and try you best each day.
That had been the only goal and really expectations since the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment that had taken place over an Earth Time of a Millennium ago.
All the Nine Realms flowed at different time and that itself was continuously fluctuating as it was meant as a method of protection. Just in case somebody found a way to meddle with time it was to some degree protected.
That being said and taken into account there was no doubt that the couple currently slumbering in the gigantic bedchamber were undeniably extremely important given the size and grandiosity of their bedroom.
Or the fact that the four dragons that were also sound asleep with them in the room had very huge and ornamental beds in addition were wearing jeweled collars around their necks. There was no uncertainty the occupants of this room were clearly highly significant.
The eye-catching woman with her waist-length strawberry blond tresses was starting to stir and as she did two of the dragons did as well. One had a crescent moon with a rose weaved around it on their forehead. The other had gleaming silver eyes.
Their collars with were cherry pink and silver with a rose and star shaped gem respectively. The dragons alongside them must've been their husbands since they had a more masculine look to them.
The female with the rose collar husband's collar was bluish white with a matching lightning bolt gem. The other's husband collar was mauve with matching stone that looked like a starburst.
The females left their beds first with catlike grace and even stretched like cats before one fetched an emerald green silk bathrobe and the other matching slippers for their mistress.
"Thank you so much, Luna Rose, Star Lancer. I hope this isn't such a bother waking up so early to watch the night give way to new day," she addressed the beautiful jet black dragons who only smiled toothlessly.
"It's not a bother at all, Lady Frigga. We love watching the daily miracle as much as our children and grandchildren too." Luna Rose the one with crescent moon and rose replied pleasantly.
"Besides it's something all of the Three Dragon of Legend Races share and it not only makes us and our children happy, it makes our children's Riders and their own children happy.
It's a bonding activity we all love. As a result that makes us all feel we all together for one moment watching either sunrise or sunset." Star Lancer the other female explained also in a pleasant tone.
"They do have a point my beloved. It is a miracle and a magical spell that can't be beat when the sunrise or sets. There is no magic like the orb of gold and copper skyfire that is the enteral torch of hope and faith for all of us in the Nine Realms," spoke an aged and wise voice behind her and whirling around the other dragons had brought her husband his robe and slippers.
"You are very wise and it's a good thing you didn't really have to travel to Well of Urd and trade your eye to gain such wisdom, my beloved. That you just learned from a long life and let time and life teach you," Frigga smiled with relief as she gazed into her husband Odin's stunning azure eyes.
He gave her a warm smile before kissing her gently once and gazing into her attractive teal eyes "I'm so glad you're not just dressed in crazy fur and armor either. That we did in fact have the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment.
That we ended up choosing our own fates and own appearance and didn't feel forever bound to continue on with the nonsense of the humans imaginations of what they were telling of us," he paused one moment before finishing with his thoughts of the wisdom of that time that had changed everything for all the Nine Realms.
"Just because there was some truth here and there didn't mean we had to let it completely dictate who we were and meant to be. That even we Gods or any of the people in any of the Realms can chose to be who they want to be."
"Yes," agreed his enchanting wife in a warm kind voice as she snuggled closer to him and wrapped her arms around his neck. She kissed him once as they continue to talk about one of the best things to ever happen to them and all of the people around them.
"Even though I must still guard and watch over the Tapestry of Creation which sees and knows all we do have free will and still have the power to choose who we wish to be and how we can find our own destiny," she paused a moment to look away from her husband. She let herself gaze at the room around her and their dragon companions before saying her own profound wisdom and the truth that'd elude countless others and still elude several souls although not them any longer.
"I've been told in many myths to know everyone's destiny. I only know of the countless possibilities. How one ends up with their final fate? That is for them to decided and even I cannot fully understand what that Tapestry has its own mind.
I'm merely a caretaker and interpreter. I only do my best to watch over it and do what I think it's asking, though its ultimate plan is a mystery even to myself."
"As it should be, Lady. No-one should know their own fate. Even if our fate led to our three species being murdered by that monstrous Red Death even if we had known about her coming, would had made any difference in our fate?" inquired the Night Fury on Odin's left that has zigzag markings all over his body.
"The answer to Strike Flyer is question is we don't know. No-one can second guess the past just as no-one can foretell the future. It's too complex as is time. Even one small action could make the biggest different in the most unforeseen ways.
Which is why you can't worry or think about the what ifs of life. Only deal with the what is and not what ifs. Butterfly really do change the weather in many ways as you've so eloquent put it so many times, Lord Odin." Lighting Storm praised his master as he scratch him behind his gray ears.
"You're very wise yourself, Lightning Storm. Night Furies are undoubtedly very intelligent. Now let's watch our friends bring the night to the close and bring forth the dawn," suggested Odin to the group who all nodded in agreement.
Accordingly the group walked leisurely to the very enormous balcony that was covered in glowing massive vivacious colored flowers and gazed upward to watch the miracle of night into dawn.
Two dragons both collared could be seen zooming across the night skies side by side. One was the most brilliant shade of silver with a gold collar with a ruby, the other was all the colors of the rainbow with a multicolored collar with a rainbow gem.
As the long serpentine silver dragon flew with grace, fluidly and elegance the night skies seemed to be pulled behind him as outflew the night. Whereas the moon which was that night a waxing gibbous was lowering as it sung down by the rainbow dragon's special lullaby which was one of the most beautiful songs ever heard.
Then just as they'd disappeared beyond the horizon haven taken the night away with them two of the most beautiful females came to take their place and bringing with them the dawn and sun.
The females wore the same collars as their husbands only the Silver Phantom's was a diamond not a ruby and she was even more beautiful. Though she still flew with the same, grace, fluidity and elegance as her husband as the dawn followed her as she flew.
The incredibly beautiful singing rainbow female sang as beautiful an aria as her name to bring forth the golden orb of skyfire as she raised the sun with her voice.
The two mated pairs then did a special aerial ballet they did every sunrise and sunset to celebrate their love and that were at least together forever here in Asgard and Valhalla. That they hadn't be sentence to oblivion when the Red Death had massacred the Night Furies, Silver Phantoms and Aurora Borealis Singers.
That the Gods had seen they'd suffered enough and granted them a second chance to live alongside them in this paradise and given them a sense of purpose and that they did live good lives. And they at least got to celebrate the fact that at least for their collared ones their children lived and did miracles on Earth every day.
"Beautiful! Well done! Magnificent! Wonderful!" called out Frigga jubilantly to the four dragons who swiftly flew in close to the Lord and Lady of Asgard.
They bowed respectfully to the Lord and Lady of Asgard. All the dragons gathered were forever in the debt of Odin and Frigga for without them they'd not have any kind of life at all.
They'd have been thrust into oblivion after the Red Death genocide on their nesting grounds. Just dead and gone for good. Not even having soul bodies like they did now. They just be dead and gone forever.
Nor without them would they'd had purpose to their lives or know that their children had lived and done and continue to do great things.
Therefore they're eternally grateful to the Lord and Lady of Asgard and were also extremely respectful to them and always did their best to please them for their debt couldn't be repaid all the same they did try.
"Greetings Frigga and Odin. Glad you enjoy us working us doing our job. Even if it's a bit magical every time we do it." Yvaine whom was Stardust's mother spoke in a refined and virtuous voice just like her daughter.
It was clearly evident that Stardust had gotten her attractiveness and virtuous personality from her mother and yet her fighting and deadly accuracy with her lighting clearly came from her father Draco.
As he sat on the balcony he was able to shoot lightning to light all the sources in need of fire with pinpoint accuracy. "I still got it. I never miss," he boasted only for a moment before his wife look daggers at him.
"Draco," she warned him in a low voice, "I told you once I've told you a thousand times. It's alright to take pride in a good job. Not when it goes to your head and it becomes gloating and arrogance. Think of your daughter and how it be a bad example for her."
He shamefully hung his head and glanced at his wife. "I know, I know. I wish we could've raised her. Not that Boden and the other Haddocks didn't do a good job raising all our children," he gloomily repented to his wife.
"No, we couldn't ask for better best friends for our children and that all our children were foster siblings to each other," acknowledged Spectrum though he sang it with melancholy in his voice.
"Well, as we can't change the fact we are here and they are there we must accept it. Nevertheless we can't overlook that we all share the same heroic fact that those three children our children bonded with father has," spoke up Aria in a brighter happier voice.
"What's that?" asked all dragon fathers in confusion given they'd too much grief to think straight at the moment. On the other hand their wives all smiled and said proudly with great love in their hearts the simple answer.
"We all gave our lives for our children so they might live. We also know if it wasn't for Stoick's current dragon Soulwings at least getting one of our eggs none of species be alive at all."
"It's true, what your wives are saying, you know. My husband and I played our parts well as too do what the Tapestry want done. We cannot change the fact your people were killed.
Or sadly for you that the rest of your children were killed in their shells and had to grow up here as souls," Frigga expressed with her deepest sympathies.
"We know you understand our pain. You've many sons of your own so you're both married and with children. Therefore you do rightly understand us and we are the same." Luna Rose and Star Lancer nodded in an understanding way as she also wiped the tears from their eyes.
"It's true, my wife and I have sons and we'd grieve and feel terrible if we lost them and were put in your position which is hard. To have the families split between two Realms and the line of life and death.
Still we've done the best to make sure both halves have had good lives and that at least bended the rules of the dead with the Spirit Portal so you can be at least together during certain days. Thus it's not forever." Odin continued on with empathy in addition to thoughtfulness.
"Yes, speaking of the Spirit Portal we must get to it to guard it. It's our sacred duty to guard it," Aria reminded them in her beautiful voice as she got ready to take to the sky.
"Along with our other duty which is writing songs and training the Dragon Valkyrie Choir. They'd both be singing out of a rusty bucket no matter how good they think they are without us," Spectrum pointed out a truth they'd long accepted when it came to who knew the most about singing and music.
"Well, then off you go to do your sacred duties for the day till you're released by nightfall for helping bring the night and rehearsals," Frigga commanded as the two Singers bowed before they flew off leaving trail of dazzling rainbows behind them.
"We best be off as well, my Lord and Lady. I must oversee Asgard's weather conditions today and make sure it's appropriately balance and it doesn't come to be imbalanced," Draco informed the pair in a gentlemen like way.
"Which means I must go to the Wilds of Valhalla and oversee that they are flourishing and that the dragons are caring properly for the weather needs there.
Everything must be in balance. Yes, sunlight is enjoyable. On the other hand, we also do require the rain and snow, however we still need to make certain it is appropriately balance and not out-of-control tempests that could put an end to the Realm!" Yvaine proclaimed passionately with a dragon bow as she and her husband also flew off do their obligations.
"We'll check on the rest of our children and see how their doing while you've your breakfast. Then we'll do what whatever you wish us for the rest of the day," the remaining dragons informed them as they quickly flew off to check on their remaining children.
Smiling and with a quick kiss Frigga and Odin each took a long hot bath and got dressed before heading to have breakfast to meet with the other who called Asgard home.
This was one of the days you just felt you had to stop and smell the roses. A day you should be thankful for all that you had and that should appreciate the gift that life was and understand it could all vanish in an instant. And be really thankful for what actually matter in life and not about what didn't matter.
For that reason and feeling Frigga and her husband made sure to spend extra time at breakfast that morning with their sons. Thor and Balder. It was not a normal thing for them to have their parents be so affection and involved with them as they were that morning.
Nor were they used to their mother suddenly acting like they're mere children again and fussing over them and wanting to know what they plan to do that day or if they'd been treating each other well.
Though their father reminded them both a parents job was never done. It didn't end when the sun went down or when the child was grown or even when a parent had left the world of the living. That was eternal commitment you make when you have a child.
Therefore they let their mother continue to fuss over them as if they're small children and promising to spend a little more time with both her and their father before they went about their own days and duties with in the new Asgard after it had undergone the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment.
"I just feel something is gonna happen today that is gonna change things for one and all. I've not had this feeling for a long time. But I remember the last time I had it and that day did in fact change everything for everyone everywhere. Remember?" Frigga reminded her husband as they walked down a corridor where they would meet up with their dragons.
"I know what you're talking about. You speak of when the Haddock children birth brought forth a turning point that changed the whole Grand Design of the Tapestry of Creation."
"Yes, I could never forget that feeling. You know what happened. That coming of their births brought their timeline into existence before it was meant to be? That's Tapestry is what blessed them with their gifts and showed they're a turning point?"
"And how they've already created the ultimate butterfly effect that still being felt to this day? From their Realm to ours? And it's because of them the Age of Transformation and Enlighten was even brought about?
That we owe the thanks for helping us and in turn we could help them and the dragons and now they're busy creating a Golden Age of Peace and Prosperity."
"Or how about I and my sisters are no longer just reapers of souls? But we now also protect lives not just take them and all souls can come here? Not just whom we think is 'valiant' and the afterlife isn't a meaningless battlefield of killing and drunken fools?
That we have a real purpose to our lives and meaning to who we are and what we do?" called out a voice behind them and they whipped around to see a very beautiful golden winged Valkyrie smiling behind them.
"Kara? Were you eavesdropping?" Frigga asked sternly.
"Not on purpose my Lady. I came to tell you a message on behalf Toothless and Moon Shadow's families that they'll be a little held up for about an hour."
"Oh, why?" Frigga asked curiously.
"The Valkyries had to reap today and one soul they reaped was a 'redeemable soul'. You know a soul who commit many bad acts but died doing a righteous act."
"And with the deal with have with the Realm of Helheim. Only truly evil souls who have no chance of reforming and no remorse within them go to the frozen world of evil souls.
Redeemable Souls are brought to here to the Asgardian Hallow. To hopefully have a chance at being Transformed and Enlightened," Odin gave the answer of how the souls were taken care of.
"Yes, that meant Strike Fire and Moonlight Blaze had to escort the "Redeemable Soul" themselves as they are only thing stronger enough to contain those souls who can swing either way.
From what I was told by my sisters who collect the souls this man was an abuser who abused everyone in every sense of the word, but for some reason his last act was to save a little girl from drowning in a river. He died from putting too much strain on his heart.
Thus he counts as a "redeemable soul"
"I sense there more than one soul going into Hallow. Am I sensing correctly?" Odin asked and Kara nodded and explained why the dragons were further delayed.
"It's not just Strike Fire and Moonlight Blaze having to escort a Human Redeemable Soul. Jasper Sky and Star Dancer must escort a Dragon Redeemable Soul as well."
"Two Redeemable Souls at once? We don't get that often. What kind of dragon is this? As the same rules apply to dragon souls and human souls."
"It's a female dragon, no idea of species off-hand. Though what I heard from my trio of sisters who are the Dragon Valkyries. This is a female who is very shallow not done much good or bad but that's why she's redeemable. She can become good if she tries."
"So the both sets of Night Furies must deliver these Redeemable Souls to the Asgardian Hallow where their youngest siblings Luka Star and Star Gazer await to see if they can be redeem and be Transformed and Enlightened?" Odin finished for her.
"Yes, their fathers went to one pair each while their mothers are already at the Hallow waiting inside with their youngest. As you know how the Hallow magic works," Kara paused for a moment to catch her breath before continuing to explain about the magical place within the palace known as "The Asgardian Hallow"
"It's a gorgeous idyllic nature setting. Very tranquil and serene. Excellent location for reflection as well as relaxation. Once the souls are inside the doors vanishes for 24 hours. They're given one night to think it over if they wish to be redeemed with the only company in there with them are Luka Star and Star Gazer.
If by the next morning if they choose not to continue they go to the bad place. If they elected to carry on on the path of redemption they must stay a full lunar cycle in the Hallow with Luka Star and Star Gazer guiding them on their journey for the Transformation and Enlightenment to work," she finished explaining the purpose of the room.
"Though by the end of it they'll be free and happier. We've not failed any redeemable souls yet since we created the Hallow after the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment.
There no doubt these two souls will both be Transformed and Enlightened as well. I don't think we have anything to worry about, Kara. Just simply go tell them to stand together as a family and my husband and I will carry on our duties without our dragon companies for the day."
"Very well, I'll pass on your message and I'll get to my own duties. You know how to summon me if need me."
As they watched the golden winged Valkyrie fly off the couple could only feel a stronger sense something was coming and now more than ever Frigga knew she needed to get to her Tower of Foretelling. That's where the Tapestry of Creation was kept and she needed to find out why she was feeling inside a feeling she had only felt once before.
Therefore she quicken her pace to her tower and took a deep breath pushed open the doors and stepped over the threshold.
The room she entered was a room that was so implausible it blew your mind. It was such a mystical and otherworldly space. As soon as you crossed the threshold into the chamber you couldn't even tell you're in a room at all!
There were no walls, floor or ceiling at all. You're entirely surrounded by colors both known and unknown to all the Nine Realms. Where it seemed to be night and day simultaneously with the moonlight and sunlight crisscrossing.
All over the place were what gave the impression of being billions of multicolor pulsating lights scattered like stars. Likewise flouting weightlessly all over the place around her were millions of orbs and other shapes in zillions of colors.
It was truly mind-blowing and what it was would blow anyone's mind even more for what this was it was the grand design this was the tapestry of all creation.
Everything, time, space, past, present and all possible futures, basically all of creation was in this room and it was her personal responsibility to make sure the delicate fabric that held it all together was not torn, ripped or damaged in anyway.
In the center of this Tapestry was an orb the size of a Night Fury egg. It under an extraordinary glass dome that seemed to be made of an amalgamation of stardust, water and rainbow light.
The orb was the most beautiful gold in color and seemed to be thriving with great euphoria, lots of love and a great deal of laughter. For some reason this seemed to be the center piece of the whole Tapestry as it was in the heart of this improbable room.
Dancing around it was three supernova bright lights the colors of green, teal and lilac and they burned brighter than a million suns.
As Frigga got a closer look at this orb she saw something extraordinary take place. This orb had been the timeline for Hiccup, Boden and Una Haddock's lives and it done a miracle when it had come into existence before it's time and that was their soul's lights dancing around it.
Now she watched as another miracle was taking place. The Orb levitated and the protective glass removed itself and there was an explosion of colors and from the original Orb was born a second orb.
The two orbs rested side by side in the heart of the of Tapestry both beating like heartbeats in sync but now hovering above this second golden orb were many more soul lights each starting out small but starting to glow brighter.
She watched as other twin stars that signified couples brightly glowed for a second with each soul light and then a golden web linked the two orbs and all the twinkling stars together.
But then she also saw a great black mass trying to swallow up this golden web and the new Soul Lights coming together to fight it off from the web and all connect to it.
Frigga after a very long lifetime of protecting the Tapestry understood instantly what this was about and only paused long enough to conjure up a second dome of magical protective glass over the second timeline orb before leaving to get her husband.
She didn't even make it halfway down the corridor when he came rushing to meet her with their dragons. His Eye of Odin amulet he always wore was glowing brightly and she knew instantly it already told him what she'd just witnessed.
"You know, don't you?"
"Yes, I do. I already sent Kara to fetch Stoick and Soulwings and bring them immediately to the Council chamber and our dragons were just about to also go get Stardust and Nightrainbow's parents as well."
"We actually felt we should also have a bit of speaking pool with White King if you could perhaps be able to arrange that as well? Making a mini viewing well that we could communicate with him since he's far too to come into the palace?" suggested Toothless's father Lightning Storm.
"More to the point he can't leave the Dragon Soul Sanctuary and leave it leaderless or it will descend into chaos within seconds," pointed out Moon Shadow's mother Star Lancer.
"Make it so. Lightning Storm? You and Luna Rose go fetch Aria and Spectrum and Star Lancer and Strike Flyer you go collect Yvaine and Draco. I'll go set up a mini viewing well to make contact with White King.
We'll all convene within the Council Chamber within the next hour. Let's go forth and do this!" declared the beautiful goddess and everyone quickly left to execute the orders.
Just as it was so ordered everyone was ordered to show up was within the Grand Council Chamber of the Gods sitting comfortably and enjoying delicious food and drinks.
Stoick looked healthy and well or to be more precise his soul body did. When you died and came to Valhalla your soul become corporal and was capable of all it had been during your time on Earth.
However, unless you went through the Spirit Portal you'd be nothing more than a ghost. Without a body or substance and only those who could truly "See" and "Hear" you'd be invisible and unheard. That went for both human and dragon souls.
"I'm guessing you're wondering why you're summoned so urgently to Odin's Palace, Stoick the Vast?" Frigga asked to the Viking Chief who shook his head.
"Frigga, my good and lovely lady, after all that gone on in both my life and my afterlife thus far, nothing really shocks me.
Learning the truth about my children, having Kara watch over me and my family and learning about the prophecy and how my family has thus far played such a pivotal and key role in changing not just the world we inhabit, but all the Nine Realms?
Truly nothing really surprise me. After all knowing we're watched over by the gods and how we are also so closely connected and everything else? Nothing you have to share with me will truly surprise me," the late Viking Chief replied truthfully.
"You know, Frigga, he does make a very fair point. After what has happened thus far on both sides should even this surprise us or them?" Kara asked as her golden wings fluttered about in her specially designed chair.
"I suppose not, no. Still I'm sure it's not gonna change the fact for all who gathered here you are gonna be extremely concerned and worried about your loved ones and their friends."
"One is always worried about their babies and their loved ones. It never wanes and only grows stronger every day. That's nothing new. With each passing day and year that only grows. So telling us it's about to get stronger is nothing new either," countered all the mother dragons.
"Yes, whatever you have to tell us we are truly ready to hear it. So please explain what is going on."
Frigga took a deep breath as she drew herself with great composure to look strong and regal; though truly inside she was just like the rest of them an extremely worried wife and mother. For she truly wish didn't have to tell them what she was about to tell them.
"As you all are well aware many, many years ago a verbal prophecy was foretold to me, well to be more accurate the Tapestry spoke through telling of all your children's destiny and how they would achieve all the great and miraculous things they've done so far, correct?"
"Yes, you've told all of that and you also revealed that to them all as well once we figured out how to work the Spirit Portal," Stoick pointed out to refresh everyone memories.
"Yes, I also explained the circumstances of what proceeded and explained how all your children were a turning point in the Grand Design and how their lives were such an impact that they wove a completely new pattern that literally changed all the Nine Realms and all the lives within in them forever?"
"Yes, we are all well aware of that fact as well. It was a true butterfly effect. And that it led to the Age of Transform and Enlightenment here in Asgard and Valhalla and our people getting their second chance of new life.
And that creation of the Dragon Soul Sanctuary of which is my new kingdom and I serve my purpose. Are you saying something has happened that now threatens this peace and wonder?" asked White King.
Nodding she explained. "A new prophecy had just been foretold, not verbally this time. This was foretold through actions but nevertheless just as significant in meaning.
It's foretelling the return of the greatest evil to ever threaten the Nine Realms and it's now up to the next generation; your children's children to become Defenders of the Realms to protect both the Golden Age of the Earth Realm; but also protect all the Nine Realms or all Realms will fall."
"WHAT?! WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
Odin held up a hand for silence which took a few moments before he got it and then he explained as his amulet's power projected a magical image for all of them to see to tell the history behind this particular story.
"You're all well acquaint with the fact evil exist in many forms in all the Nine Realms. Some greater than others as well there is a seed of truth in all myths and legends.
So even the dark forces in the Nine Realms that were mentioned in the old stories of Earth were true. Even if the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment is not known to most humans or dragons, this is even less known.
Not all people accepted becoming Transformed or Enlightened. Some rejected it and stayed true to their mythical selves and only let evil and darkness consume them more."
"You mean there still evil gods and beings running amok?" Stoick asked in a shocking voice and Kara sitting next him nodded.
"Not just evil being like dark evils, but there still the fire and frost giants and Loki's sons and Loki himself. That does even amount to how much evil still lives on Earth.
We have a tough enough job trying to keep our eyes and ears out and making sure they don't attack or ruin our peace or threaten us or the good your families have brought about."
"But that about change, isn't it?" White King called out from his viewing well pool.
"Yes, the Council of Evil as they've called themselves have laid low since about the time of their last great act of evil. Yours and Stoick's murders. That was 23 years ago. It seems all that time they've been lying in wait for the perfect time to strike and now that time has arisen." Frigga spoke in a soft but terrified voice.
"It's too ironic they'd choose today to start up again and our grandchildren and their friends' day to start on their path of destiny would be on the 28th anniversary of the founding of Dragon Harmony Alliance," growled Stoick in anger.
"Evil doesn't care about anything but the sense of irony is there favorite form of humor, Stoick.
You know you must contact your children and inform them it is time for their children to begin their training to become defenders. We don't know when, where or how the Council will strike, but they must start their training ASAP," Odin and Frigga stressed clearly.
"Leave it to us great Lord and Lady. We'll contact are children and their allies who'd be gathered on Berk to celebrate the DHA anniversary. We'll get the message through."
"Good, we'll keep you update-to-date with any further information as it comes in. Hurry the fate of all the Nine Realms and all our future depends on the Children of the Next Generation.
Right now that next generation of children whose ages were between the ages of 14 and 8 were sitting as still as they could to get as massive portrait painted in celebration for the 28th anniversary of the DHA.
The painting was so massive it was taking the two best artists of Berk working together to paint it. Breezy was working painting the left half the canvas and her daughter Ria was painting the right half and meeting in the middle.
Sitting on the left side being painting going from the far left inward were the Riders' younger siblings children.
Starting with Brimstone's 11 year old Destin. He was the spitting image his father physical with his mother coloring with dark red hair and dark blue eyes. He was hugging close to him 11 year old cousin Embla. She was three months younger than her cousin. Just he looked like his father she looked physical like her mom with her dad's coloring of crimson red hair and brilliant lime eyes.
It should be noted the sons of the siblings were on top and the daughters were the bottom in this pattern.
So Breezy's own grandson 11 Haldor who had curly raven black hair that fell past his shoulders with the greenish hazel eyes she'd given her son and he'd given her grandson gazing back at her as she painted at him she had to smile.
She also gazed proudly at her granddaughter his cousin Hertha who was 10 years old. She had short dusky black hair and honey colored eyes like her daddy but she otherwise looked like her mommy and really loved red too.
The other cousin as Haldor's mother Alle's little sister Velika was also married to the brother of Ria's husband Lanon. So Larkin and Velika's son 10 year old Jary was also their cousin.
Jary had short somewhat curly brownish blond hair with pale blue eyes with his mother's smile and nose and his father's build.
The last two were two girls whom like their mothers and grandmothers been born on the same day and time so they're almost sisters and best friends but actually were cousins as their father's were twins. But both the spiting images of their mothers. Only thing they didn't share with their mothers was they had their father's eye color.
As a result the two 11 year old daughters of Creel and Gala each had a different eye color. Creel's daughter Oili had blue-gray eyes and Gala's daughter Runa had bronze eyes.
On the right side that Ria had been painting so far was the allies of Berk. The Soul Riders and Dagur and his wife Helena's daughter.
Starting with oldest to youngest was 13 year old Whitley son of Ase and Leif. He had the white-blond hair of his mom with he wore in the same ponytail with the startling green eyes of his father.
Next to him was his cousin and adopted 13 year old daughter of Elof and his husband Tue Esme. She had jet black hair in pigtails that ends were dyed a brilliant gold with warm gray eyes.
And the final member of their family was the Buttercup and Daisy who were born out of the three-way relationship of Torben and the twin sister Eira and Erica. Both had given birth to their daughters at the same time and day.
The two girls did look identical and acted like twins and like their mothers had to dress in reverse colors to be told apart. Only if you looked at their choker of who wore the buttercup charm or the daisy charm could you tell them apart really.
Otherwise they looked exactly like their mothers in miniature other than they wore their hair long and loose and not in high braided ponytails.
As for Dagur and his wife 12 year old daughter? She had been as planned named after her murdered grandmother Odyis. She had her mother's honey blond hair with she wore in long pigtails with jeweled hair accessories and also like her mom eyes had this funny thing about them.
Every so often her eyes looked lime green and other times they looked ice blue. It seemed to depend on the light or her mood. No-one could really explain it properly. However Una had pointed out her and her own mommy's eyes could look light green or blue depending on the light as well.
Now mother and daughter started to work on the children ringing the around the center point of the painting. For it was the Riders and Skullette and Firefang's children making a circle around the main focal point of the picture.
Starting at the top the picture was 12 year old Falcon who was Heather and Fishlegs song who had short messy blond hair and startling green eyes.
Going down from him was a 12 year old girl who looked exactly a dark haired Ruffnut with brown eyes. Her name was Eureka and she was Ruff and Eret's daughter and she had a steady hand on the first of her two cousins.
The first was a curly auburn haired 12 year old girl with dark forest green eyes and smart mouth who wore a rune stone around her neck. She looked and talked with her mother's strange accent and thus she'd been named after her mom's Hawly's own mother Merida.
Her 8 year old fair haired brother Harris named for his grandfather looked very uncomfortable having to sit with so many kids to get this painting done but he did his best with both his sister and older cousin to keep him protected and reassured.
Though he was also clutching his own rune stone necklace tightly as if hoping it would help protect him or something.
That's been Ria's job to paint them. Breezy's job was to paint Skullette and Firefang's daughters Tove and Unn who'd been born on the same day
The two 12 year old girls were as inseparables their mothers and very much sisters too even though again cousins. They already had sister's stones that were black and white gleaming in their helmets. Their names had come from their mother's middle names.
Tove had short jet black hair and the same two different colored eyes of her mother. Unn had the same sandy blond hair of her mom but with brilliant blue highlights as opposed to her mother's scarlet ones and with brilliant blue eyes to match.
Beneath them to complete the framing of this circle were the twins of Snotlout and his wife Raven. 10 year old Mercury and Emerald who most resembled their beautiful sexy mother.
They'd her reddish brown eyes and raven black hair which they wore in very long braided ponytails but they there was a uniqueness to their hair style and dress style all together. Their bangs had been dyed, Mercury a brilliant blue and Emerald the same green to match her name.
They also wore matching feathers as an earring in their left ear and at the end of their ponytails as well and matching leather vest as well as part of their outfits.
Snotlout never questioned his wife how she came up with the hair dye or other things when it came to how she dressed their kids. That wasn't a battle he was gonna have with his wife at all.
And now for the ten who most figured the most important children on Berk sitting in the center from oldest to youngest. The ten grandchildren of Stoick and Valka. Hiccup, Boden and Una's children!
Starting from the top where Hiccup and Astrid's three children. Their 14 year old daughter Breena, her 13 year old brother Brant and their 12 year old brother Erico.
Next was Boden and Asta's 13 year old daughter Edyis and her two brothers 12 year old Garth and 11 year old Geir.
Finally Una and Orus's 4 children. Their oldest daughter 12 year old Freja next daughter 11 year old Gyda, their last daughter 10 year old Siri and their only son 9 year old Vali.
Both Breezy and Ria were working together to get the details of their leaders children correct.
Breena looked exactly like an auburn haired version of her mom teenage-self other than she dressed in red and had bluish green eyes and wore red flowers in her hair.
Brant looked very much like his dad with reddish blond hair that always looked like it needed a haircut but his emerald green eyes gleamed brightly despite the wild unkempt hair covering those most of the time.
Erico looked like what their mom would've looked like if she'd been born a boy and had short hair.
Going through Boden's three children starting with his daughter? She looked like her mother with her moonless sky dark hair only she wore it in long pigtails, though she'd gotten her father's eyes. Otherwise she was her mom perfectly.
Her brothers on the hand? Garth had longish auburn locks with large midnight blue eyes and Geir had rather curly black hair with bluish green eyes.
There was gonna be no mistaking who Una's children were since all of them had inherited her lilac part of her hair. It seemed the magic that changed her hair now made it possible to be inherited as all four of her children had both a natural color with at least four inches of their hair lilac as well.
Her oldest daughter Freja was the one who resembled her the most. With the same golden blond hair only her eyes were teal not blue. She wore her hair in a thick braided ponytail and the ponytail was where the lilac was.
Her next daughter was Gyda who had her father's Orus's strawberry blond hair. She wore her hair in two circle hair buns with and the pigtails hanging held the lilac. Her eyes were the shimmering blue of her mommy's.
Her last daughter had gotten her grandmother hair color and was already attempting to copy hairstyle though her hair wasn't nearly long enough yet but the three short braids were all lilac and her blue eyes were determine to grow her hair out too.
Their brother little Vali was the spitting image of his father only of course his ponytail was lilac as well.
Still it all the children had undoubtedly gotten the good looks that were well-known for the Haddock clan.
If they'd gotten anything else at the moment wasn't important as the two painters were finally finishing with the portrait. Which was good as everyone was getting ready to explode from having to sit still for over three hours while this was being done.
Sure it was fine and dandy while their parents had been busy with their boring meetings and all that dumb stuff; however this was supposed to be a festival; a party. They're kids and they want to party and have fun!
"Alright, thank you for your time and patience. The painting is done being painting, but it will not be done drying or for showing till tonight's celebratory feast." Breezy informed.
"So please don't stampede out of here just because you're all antsy and waiting to go have fun. Please leave in a calm and orderly fashion before you go enjoy the rest of the festival and all it has to offer outside," ordered Ria and she shot a look at her own child as she said this who cringe.
The children did as they're told and quietly left in an orderly fashion where their dragons looked as exasperated as they are to having to wait so long for them. They're all speaking loudly and at once about what took so long and it took a loud whistle from Breena to calm them down.
"Look I know that wasn't as much fun as we wanted but imagine how good we will all look once the painting presented at the feast? Now let's go have fun! How about we all do one Dragon Race once around the island?
You know we are all related one way or another. So I say let's say first family to have all the members race the whole island is the winner!"
"Your own! Let's saddle up and do this!" everyone both kids and dragons yelled at the same time.
The Haddock grandchildren ran to saddle up with their Night Furies as each had bonded with one of Toothless and Moon Shadow's kids.
All the girls rode the daughters and the boys rode the sons. So Breen and Selena, Edyis and Lucelia, Freja and Sari, Gyda and Luna and Siri and Hope. The boys were Brant and Majestic, Erico and Lightning, Garth and Gray, Geir and Lightning and Vali and Black.
The Soul Riders Children climbed on their gemstone colored dragons who were named after the gemstones that reflected their colors.
Whitely rode a male Nadder named Garnet. Esme a female Whispering Death named Opal and Buttercup and Daisy on a Zippleback named Bloodstone and Moonstone.
As for the Riders' children?
Falcon's dragon was his mother's dragon daughter whom he'd named Silvertip.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut' kids rode the three children of Ruff's husband dragon Skullcrusher Stoick's former dragon who was mated to Orus's dragon Sylt.
Their daughter Maya who'd been named in honor of Orus's mother went to Eureka. Their firstborn son Heimdall went to Merida and their second born son Balder went to Harris.
Snotlout and Raven's twins rode the twins of their mother's Nightmare Cobalt. Her son Indigo went to Mercury and her daughter Periwinkle went to Emerald.
Skullette's daughter Tove rode her own dragon Wind Dancer's daughter Windrider.
Firefang's daughter Unn also rode Airclaw's daughter Medli.
Though Medli's siblings were rode by Bloodfire's daughter Embla whom named the daughter Shimmertail and their brother been named Twiggy by Lanon and Ria's daughter Hertha.
Brimstone's son Destin a male Nightmare named Firedrake was the son of his dragon Ash just as Larkin and Velika's son Jary's female Nightmare Rosy was the daughter of Velika's dragon Scorchclaw.
Continuing that fashion both Birger and Alle's son Haldor's female Gronckle Sorrel was the daughter of Breccia and Creel and Gala's daughters Oili and Runa's Zippleback Sunset and Sunrise was the daughter of Chaos and Havoc. Even
Odyis's dragon Spirit was the daughter of her father's dragon so yes this truly was a next generation group all around and in every sense of the word.
The race was a lot of fun and quite a bit of showing off though no-one lost their head completely and got over-competitive and put anyone in actual danger. Though it still didn't mean things didn't get a tad bit carried away as everyone did strut their stuff nonetheless.
Even if it was meant to be just one race around Berk as one could have predicted that not what happened. Everyone got too caught up in things and they ended up staying out way late till the call over the Dragon Lung was heard demanding they return to the village for the feasts ASAP.
It was a bit of a surprise when they didn't see the rest of their people gathering at the Great Hall. That should've been the first clue something was up. As this was supposed to be a great feast to honor all the five tribes that started the DHA.
What they got when they came into the Great Hall wasn't a huge feast or even the party they're expecting. They're greeted by their families, dragons and all who held and important position of leadership.
"What's going on?" was the collective questions all the children both human and dragon at once.
"You'll want to sit down for this. It's very important and if you don't sit down you'll be passing out on the floor, trust us." Hiccup informed the group at large so everyone took a seat and listen to what their elders had to say.
They explained very slowly and calmly what they'd been told from the other side by both the gods and their loved ones and now the time had come for all of them to begin the journey to their destiny of becoming Defenders of the Nine Realms.
Naturally everyone was very freaked out and like are you freaking kidding us?! Though all of them had grown up hearing about the amazing things their parents and grandparents had done and could see from the way their family was looking at them it wasn't a joke.
"You're training begins tomorrow. Get a goodnight sleep. You're gonna need it. The torch that carries the responsibly of protecting and saving the world just been passed to your generation.
Not an easy burden to bear but we all know you're more the up to the challenge. See you all in the morning. Sleep well and we love you all."
And with that ended their lives as they knew it and start the beginning of their new lives that they had no idea what they be like at all!
Once again given a voice cast. This time it's anyone actually speaking or mention for this chapter. Some were for the siblings as children. It still be the same only imaging them as grownups is all.
Una Haddock: Tara Strong- Melody's voice from LM2
Boden Haddock: Jay Baruchel- Same as his big brother Hiccup
Odin: James Garrett- Avatar Roku ATLA
Frigga: Eva Marie Saint- Old Katara LOK
Kara: Nicole Oliver- Princess Celestia MLP
Toothless: Vincent Corazza- Tuxedo Mask- 90's Sailor Moon English Dub
Moon Shadow: Wendy Lyon- Queen Serenity- 90's SMED
Sari: Brooke Goldner- Rebound- Pound Puppies 2010
Luna: Jessica DiCicco- Patches PP
Selena: Candi Milo- Irma-WITCH
Lucelia: Kali Troy- Taranne- WITCH
Hope: Liza del Mundo- Hay Lin- WITCH
Black: Logan Wells-Meelo- LOK
Gray: Nicholas Barico- child Tarrlok- LOK
Firethorn: Zach Callison- Prince James- Sofia the First
Majestic: Jacob Bertrand- child Noatak-LOK
Lightning: Alexander Martella- teen Noatak-LOK
Nightrainbow: Skyler Brigmann- Kai Jinora's boyfriend LOK
Stardust: Seychelle Gabriel- Asami Sato- LOK
Soulwings: Robert Brockstael-Helios- 90's SMED
Scorchclaw: Kelly Stables- Will- WITCH
Ash: Max Charles- Kion Lion Guard
Breccia: Jessica Flower- Toph- ATLA
Chaos and Havoc: Serena Bermen Elyon- WITCH
Brimstone Anderson: Cathy Weseluck- Spike MLP
Bloodfire Anderson: Andrea Libman- Fluttershy- MLP
Birger Milun: Gabe Eggerling- Fluke Sofia
Anranria (Ria) Milun: Katie Zieff- Calista- Cedric's niece Sofia
Lanon Luka-Conner Wise- Kazeem- a Kid Genie- Sofia
Larkin Luka- Todd Haberkorn- Elfonso- Sofia
Alle Sarryck-Merit Leighton- Lucinda- Sofia
Velika Sarryck- Zoe Robb- Teeni- the troll child in Sofia
Creel Carlieff-Kiernan Shipka- Princess Oona mermaid princess Sofia
Gala Marta- Abigail Mavity- Princess Lani- Sofia
Ase Caxel: Vicki Lewis- Persephone-WW 09
Asta Caxel: Rosario Dawson- Artemis WW 09
Eira and Erika Niva: Diamond White- Ruby- Sofia
Elof Skarpin: Jason Marsden: Many Roles Kovu LK2
Leif Skarpin: Marcus Toji- Su Beifong's Twins
Torben Skarpin: P.J. Byrne- Bolin- LOK
Tue Feniul- Andrew Caldwell- young Roku
Night Fury Souls
Moon Shadow's biological family members
Mother Star Lancer: Nicole Oliver
Father Strike Flyer: Brian Dobson (Keldor (blue-skinned man) in He-Man and the Master of the Universe 2002
Sister: Star Dancer: Tabitha St. Germain
Sister: Star Gazer: Lara Jill Miller Kari Kamiya (human girl) from Digimon Adventure
Brother Strike Fire: Veronica Taylor (Ash Ketchum from Pokémon Season 1. No, it won't be EXACTLY like Ash's, just a bit deeper and crazy. This was hard one!)
Toothless's Biological family
Mother: Luna Rose: Moira Kelly Nala Lion King
Father: Lightning Storm: Shawn Meunier (Emperor Barodius)
Brother: Jasper Sky: Alexander Gould Bambi (Bambi 2)
Brother: Luka Star: Anthony Ghannam Ronno Bambi 2 (Bambi's Rival)
Sister: Moonlight Blaze: Kari Wahlgren.
Mrs. Breezy Milun: Alex McKenna- Senna Avatar Korra's mother
Breena: Ashley Jenkins (she voices Coco Adel).
Brant: Neath Oum voices Lie Ren
Erico Michael Jones voices Sun Wukong.
Boden's kids:
Edyis: Arryn Zech voices Blake Belladonna
Garth: Howard Wang voices Whitley Schnee (yes this is Weis's brother)
Geir: Adam Ellis voices Cardin Winchester
Una's kids
Orus Unn (Her husband): Miles Luna Voice of Jaune Arch
Freja: Kara Eberla voices Weiss Schnee (later episodes)
Gyda: Samantha Ireland Voice of Nora Valkyrie
Siri: Taylor McNee voices Penny
Vali: Aaron Dismuke voices Oscar Pine
Soul Riders' children
Ase and Leif's son Whitley- Andrew Rannells- Sky the flying unicorn of Sofia the First.
Garnet- Carlos Alazraqui- Skylar Elena of Avalor
Elof and Tue's adopted daughter Esme-Ellie Kemper- Crackle- Princess Vivian pet Dragon on Sofia the First.
Opal-Jillian Rose Reed- Naomi Turner- Elena of Avalor
Torben and Eira and Erica's Twins- Buttercup and Daisy- Gabriella Graves- Young Cordelia Cedric's sister from Sofia the First
Bloodstone and Moonstone- Aimee Carrero- Princess Elena of Elena of Avalor
Fishlegs' family
Fishlegs and Heather's son Falcon- Zach Reino-Roma Princess Ivy's pet skunk on Sofia the First
Silvertip- Marsai Martin- Princess Caterina Elena of Avalor
The Twins' family
Ruffnut and Eret's daughter Eureka- Harley graham- princess Clio Sofia the first.
Hawly- Tuffnut's secret fiancée-Kelly Macdonald- Merida Brave
Tuffnut and Hawly's daughter Merida- Susan Sheridan- Princess Eilonwy
Tuffnut and Hawly's son Harris- Wilber Zaldivar- Nico Elena of Avalor
Maya- Zoe Hendrix- Amara Elena of Avalor
Heimdall-Jorge Diaz- Gabe Elena of Avalor
Balder- Joe Nunez Armando- Elena of Avalor
Dagur's family
Dagur and Helena's daughter Odyis-Brennley Faith Brown- Lily one of the witches on Sofia the First
Helena Dagur's wife- Grey DeLisle- Azula ATLA
Spirit- Kitana Turnbull- Olivia- Elena of Avalor
Snotlout's family
Raven Broadwing- Anna Hullum- Raven Branwen RWBY
Mercury- Yuri Lowenthal- Mercury Black- RWBY
Emerald- Katie Newville- Emerald Sustrai RWBY
Indigo- Shannon McCormick- Ozpin RWBY
Periwinkle- Kathleen Zuelch- Glynda Goodwitch RWBY
Riders' younger siblings' families
Brimstone's son
Destin- Lincoin Melcher- Avion- Elena of Avalor
Firedrake-Cheech Marin- Quita Moz Elena of Avalor
Bloodfire's daughter
Embla- Noel Wells- Marimonda Elena of Avalor
Shimmertail- Genesis Rodriguez-Amalay- Elena of Avalor
Birger and Alle's son
Haldor- Keith Ferguson- Zuzo- Elena of Avalor
Sorrel- Chrissie Fit – Princess Valentina- Elena of Avalor
Lanon and Ria's daughter
Hertha- Gia Lopez-Estrella- Elena of Avalor
Twiggy- Maximus Riegel- Zoom- Elena of Avalor
Larkin and Velika's son
Jary- Desmond Gerber-Mingo- Elena of Avalor
Rosy- Rosie Perez- Dulce- Elena of Avalor
Creel and Gala's daughters
Creel's-Oili Kimaya Thais Young Carmen- Elena of Avalor
Gala's Runa- Isabella Cramp- Vamprina show of the same name
Sunrise and Sunset- Rebecca Shoichet- Sunset Shimmer
Skullette and Firefang's families
Tove- Jenna Ortega- Princess Isabel Elena of Avalor
Unn-Willa Holland from Kingdom Hearts does Aqua
Auden- Joseph Haro- Mateo Elena of Avalor
Sora- Hailey Joel Osment
Windrider-Yvette Nicole Brown- Luna Elena of Avalor
Medli- Cree Summers as Kida from Atlantis
Aria- Celine Dion
Spectrum- Peabo Bryson
Yvaine- Claire Danes
Draco- Charlie Cox
White King- James Earl Jones
