So now we have part 3 and things go a bit south... Enjoy
For - Dracologistmaster
Ch. 4 - False Start
After less than an hour Hiccup and Astrid came in for their landings near the arena. From afar they saw a blast of fire, and couldn't help thinking something wasn't right back with Fishlegs. They turned out to be right as they looked down into it to see Tuffnut being chased by the purple dragon with its horns while Fishlegs and Ruffnut were cornered by the black one. "Fishlegs!? What happened?!"
The Viking looked up and let out a breath of relief. "Thank Thor Hiccup! You gotta help us!"
Ruff gave a nod as well as she clapped her hands together. "Yes please! I'm really sorry we tried to Loki you!"
As Hiccup ran around towards the entrance he couldn't help but be confused by his fellow riders responses. They've been in worse situations, but he'd never seen them so scared before. "So much worse than a Yak!" Tuff yelped as he flew across the arena holding his butt. The purple dragon growled at him in anger and let out a snort. Tuff scrambled to his feet and started running again. When he noticed Hiccup and Astrid enter he made a bee line for them and jumped behind them. "Save me!"
"What did you do!?" Hiccup demanded as he watched the purple dragon approach with a glare.
"Is that really important right now?" Tuff asked as he peeked over the young rider's shoulder.
"Yes, now what happened!?"
"The twins jumped down into the arena with a cloud of Zippleback gas and it ignited causing an explosion!" Fishlegs shouted as he struggled to practically imbed himself in the stone walls of the arena as the black dragon approached.
Hiccup let out an agitated sigh as he moved to calm the dragon glaring him down. He held out his hands in a pacifistic manner as he took a step forwards. "Alright, just calm down…." The dragon's anger seemed to shift a bit to curiosity, but their glare never faltered.
"Snotlout to the rescue!" Hiccup could feel his stomach sink at the shout. One look over head and his dread was realized. One Nightmare sored up into the arena coated in flames. "Alright Hookfang, let's get 'em!" The nightmare roared before spewing out a stream of flame at the black dragon. They jumped back and sprayed a toxic green substance up at the offending pair. It only really coated one of Hookfang's wings but the effect was immediate as his flight faltered. "Hookfang!?"
"Stop Snotlout!" Hiccup protested. Spyro's confusion increased as he continued to watch. Maybe he'd jumped the gun….? The explosion caught both him and Cynder off guard, but maybe it wasn't supposed to be an attack?
The Monstrous Nightmare slammed to the ground with a whine. "Come on Hookfang! What happened?"
Cynder continued her approach as her mouth glowed a toxic green once again. Snotlout was definitely intimidated despite his reaction as he reached for a mace from his saddle. "You want some of this dragon!"
As they both moved to attack two voices of reason rang out to stop them. "That's enough!" Both Hiccup and Spyro shouted in unison. While Hiccup jumped in front of Snotlout, Spyro stood on his back legs while holding one claw up to block Cynder. Silence was all that came out at first. Confusion was evident, but it took several minutes to voice as Hiccup turned to the Purple dragon behind him. The other teens also seemed intrigued, but for a less clear reason.
Hiccup seemed to be the only one to notice the second shout to cease. As Spyro came back down on all fours, Cynder stepped back in response. Spyro took a quick glance back at the one legged teen and then pushed Cynder back towards the cage opening. Since the exit itself was blocked by dragons, it seemed much easier to simply get back into a nonaggressive position. As the two dragons went on their ways, Hiccup finally noticed something with how the black one walked and quickly turned back to the twins who were basking in relief. "All right, what is up with you two!? Can't you go one day without pulling some crazy stunt!?"
They traded glances and then shrugged. "Of course not." "We're professionals." They seemed apathetic and amused as they made their case.
Hiccup could only find himself rubbing his head in frustration. "Then go find somewhere else to terrorize please!" He practically demanded as he pointed towards the exit. The twins seemed annoyed, but left anyway. It wasn't like they didn't have all of Berk to amuse themselves with.
Fishlegs seemed to finally calm down as he trotted over too. "I need to go find Meatlug."
Hiccup turned to him with a curious brow. "Where did she go anyway?"
Fishlegs shrugged. "I don't know. When that black dragon screeched, both Meatlug and Barf and Belch hightailed it without a second's hesitation. It was really freaky….." He ended with a shudder. "I just couldn't think of anything else to do but run myself." He then jogged off to find his missing dragon.
Hiccup next turned to Snotlout who was inspecting Hookfang. "Fangster?" The Nightmare looked queasy as his head rocked back and forth.
"You might want to get him home Snotlout. I'm thinking that may have been some kind of poison it sprayed Hookfang with."
Snotlout immediately grabbed his neck. "Is he gonna be alright?"
Hiccup shook his head. "I don't know. Just take him home for now, and we'll see if he gets worse." He then turned to Astrid. "Could you give him a hand? I'm going to try and calm the other dragons down."
Astrid gave him a nod as she called her dragon over. "Alright Hiccup, but just give us a signal if they attack again." She finished as she gave an angry glance towards the dragons in the open cage.
As soon as he saw them start up the ramp he turned towards the two strange dragons, and started over. He first sent down the door to the cage enclosing them in. He then moved to stand in the middle of the door and look over them. They seemed just as wary of him as he was of them. Toothless stepped up to join his rider, but he gave them a more friendly expression. He looked up at Hiccup and trilled contently. He knew what Hiccup had noticed, and proceeded to move his mouth as if talking. "I get it now bud." He then turned back to the dragons and kneeled down. "You, the purple dragon, you can talk can't you? Like us?" Spyro took a passing glance back at Cynder before looking back at Hiccup. Instead of speaking though he just gave him a serious expression as if contemplating his next move. Hiccup sighed and raised on of his hands to grip the bars. "Stop pretending, I heard you back there. You were right next to me, there's no way I couldn't hear you shout just then."
The dragon was wary still of the strange creature he'd awoken to the day before. He and the others were very strange. He couldn't tell if they were violent or peaceful. Toothless grunted at them before opening his mouth to reveal his toothless grin. His goofy smile seemed to break some of the tension as he turned to Hiccup. "Yeah, that's what I think too." Hiccup expressed as he pat the dragon's head. "I can tell you two aren't aggressive dragons. If you were, we would have never let you out earlier, and Toothless would probably have a different opinion of you." He then gave a lite laugh. "So you can speak right? Both of you probably can." He deduced as he looked back at the black one as well.
"Yes." Spyro responded as he let out a breath.
"Spyro.." Cynder tried to cut in, but he shook his head.
"No Cynder, he heard me. Lying now would be pointless." Though Hiccup knew what he heard before, hearing it so plainly was still quite a surprise. A dragon that could speak like a human?! That was crazy…. Right? Apparently not. Spyro let out a sigh as he turned to address the human. "My name is Spyro, and this is Cynder." He introduced in recession. "I'm sorry about attacking before, but we didn't really know what was going on."
Hiccup held up his hand. "No, that's not your fault. The twins do that to pretty much everyone around here. I'm sorry I left you alone, and let that happen." He then moved to scratch the side of his head. "Anyway, I'm sorry about this too." He expressed as he moved back over to the lever. He opened the cage and then moved to stand next to Toothless again. "My name's Hiccup, but maybe you already figured that one out?"
Spyro gave a nod. "And Toothless."
"I was wondering about that name myself." Cynder expressed as she approached the dragon. When she had first seen the dragon he most certainly had teeth.
Hiccup once again noticed her strange walk and knelt down. "Oh hold on, what happened with your leg there?" He looked over her left hind leg which seemed to have a burn right below where it joins with the abdomen.
Cynder pulled away and looked at it herself. "That was when those two others jumped down and exploded."
Hiccup slapped his own forehead. "Then it's no wonder you were both so aggressive just now. Those muttonheads…" He groaned as he stood up and headed towards a supply chest. "Just hold on right there." He dug through the chest a little bit before pulling out a jar and some bandages. "This will do the trick." He informed as he came back over.
Cynder immediately stepped away in caution. "What is it?"
"This? It's for burns. Considering all the dragons around here, we do have our fair share of burns." Hiccup responded as he pulled off the top.
Spyro took a look before turning back to Cynder. "Come on Cynder, he's just trying to help."
She seemed reluctant, but Spyro's expression eventually swayed her. "Alright…" Cynder was probably the most cooperative dragon Hiccup had ever had to bandage, and he was finished after only a couple of minutes. Cynder was immediately feeling a little relieved as she looked at the tight cloth and then the human. "Thank you."
"Like I said, it's no problem since it's our fault it even happened." Hiccup returned. He then took a seat at a nearby bench, and beckoned the two dragons to follow him out of the cage. Spyro jumped up to sit next to him while Cynder lay on the ground next to where Toothless sat. "So since you can talk and all, why not say anything before? I'm sure we could have avoided that whole misunderstanding if you'd said something yesterday." Toothless agreed as he grunted at the dragon. He'd tried to get him to talk for Hiccup, but was refused.
Spyro took a look around as he responded. "I wasn't sure it would be a good idea. When I woke up, I was in a cage, and had no idea where I was." He then looked towards Toothless. "Then the only other dragon I see seems to only growl and snarl."
Cynder gave her agreement as well. "Sypro thought we should wait a bit longer since we had no idea of what was going on. To be honest, I couldn't tell what you were so I didn't know what to expect."
Then Spyro took a curious look at the young Viking as he held himself up higher on the table top. "Exactly what are you? Some kind of ape?"
"That's kind of what I thought, but he doesn't really look much like one." Cynder countered. "He barely has any fur for one."
Hiccup couldn't help but laugh at the dragons' observations. "Of course not. I'm a human, though there are lots of hairier guys in the village."
Spyro continued to look him over all the same. "Human? What does a human do?"
Hiccup didn't really know how to answer him right away as he thought about it. "Uh well… we fish… build villages, hunt….. I guess we do a lot of things. It really all depends on where you go." He then gestured to the village only barely visible through the chained canopy. "This village is called Berk, and we're Vikings."
"Vikings….? What's a Viking?" Cynder asked from her spot on the ground.
"Well we're sailors, warriors, and more recently, dragon riders." He stated while only really covering the basics. When the two dragons seemed to be giving him wary looks again he realized what he'd said. "Oh, but only dragons that want to be ridden once we train them. We don't really force them into letting us ride on their backs."
Cynder then took a look at the Nightfury at her side. "So you want to be ridden? Why?" Toothless let out a soft growl as he rubbed up against Hiccup. Hiccup was his best friend, and flying with him was one of his favorite things to do.
"Alright, how about I get a question now?" Hiccup cut in. "We can take turns asking each other questions if that works for you?"
Spyro and Cynder traded glances, and seemed to agree. "Sure I guess, we can still say no if you ask the wrong question?"
Hiccup seemed intrigued by the concept but agreed. "Sure, that works for me." The dragons had a right to secrets too right? "Alright then Spyro, what kind of dragon are you?"
The young dragon raised a brow at the question. "I'm a purple dragon."
Hiccup, who'd pulled out his notebook, dropped the charcoal pencil he was holding at the statement. "I can see that, but I want to know what kind? You know what species are you?"
Spyro didn't seem to really get what he was asking at all. The earlier conversation he'd overheard only left him confused as he thought about it. "Species? I'm a dragon. I just happen to be a purple dragon." Hiccup let out a sigh as he scratched his head. "What do you mean by species? Dragon is the species." Cynder tried to clarify.
Hiccup shook his head as he gestured to Toothless. "I know that he's a dragon… and purple, but I was talking about the kind. Like Toothless here. He's a dragon, but more specifically he's a Nightfury."
Spyro traded another glance with Cynder. "Uh…. I don't know?" He let out with a lingering confusion. "In the Dragon Realms, all dragons are the same species. The only real type difference is the element they use like fire."
Hiccup seemed to get the gist as he started to write. It hadn't really occurred to him that his question would be so strange. as he thought about it though, classifications were given by humans, but who's to say dragons wouldn't call themselves something different? "So you're a fire type then, okay-"
"No I'm a purple dragon." Spyro corrected with a raised claw.
Hiccup turned to him in confusion. "But you breath fire don't you?"
Cynder let out a sigh. "Yes, but Spyro is a purple dragon. Unlike other dragons, he can use any element as long as he knows it."
Hiccup was still confused, but wrote it down all the same. "So that's what you meant when you said that? Okay, purple dragon." Hiccup then turned to Cynder. "What about you?"
She seemed lost for words as she thought about it. Exactly what kind of dragon was she? She wasn't a user of any of the typical elements. "Cynder's a poison dragon."
The dragoness in question turned to him in surprise. "How would you know that?"
Spyro turned to her. "Well, Master Ignitous told me back at the temple. Just because it's uncommon doesn't mean it isn't a real type."
Hiccup took note as he nodded. "That would certainly explain what you did to Hookfang. Is he going to be okay?" He asked as a side note.
Cynder gave a nod. "Yes, he should. I only hit him once so it should wear off in a few hours."
"Thank you." Hiccup expressed as he finished writing the information in his notebook.
"Alright, our turn again." Spyro said as he began. "So we're in Berk, but how far away are we from the Dragon Realms?"
Hiccup furrowed his brow and scratched the side of his face. "Well….. I don't know. I've never heard of these Dragon Realms before. Where are they?"
Both Spyro and Cynder looked horrified by his answer and seemed to ignore his question completely. "How could you have never heard of them?" Cynder questioned as she stood up.
"What about the dragon city, or the temple, anything!?" Spyro asked with less composure than he'd been displaying.
Hiccup raised his hands in a defensive manner. "I'm sorry, but I don't know any of those places. You two are the first dragons I've ever seen like you, and the first ones that could talk like humans do."
"How… how can this be?" Spyro muttered in shock. All of the earlier questions and conversations were slowly starting to make far more sense. If none of the dragons here could talk, they could be seen more as animals. The dragons here are all different species instead of one unified race. Never in any of the records Ignitous talked about, were there dragons like these. "Where are we….?" He trailed off as he turned to Cynder who also wore a somewhat panicked look.
"Alright, I'm not exactly sure of what's going on, but you both seem a bit riled. How about we take a break?" Hiccup suggested as he stood up. Toothless agreed with a sympathetic whimper as he joined his companion. "I'm sure we can figure this out a bit more when you both calm down. I can go get the others-"
"No!" Spyro cut him off.
Hiccup paused at the command. "Huh?"
Spyro, while still emotional, shook his head. "Please don't tell anyone else."
Hiccup furrowed his brow and took a quick look at Toothless. "Why? We can help you know-"
"Please no." Spyro pleaded. "We…. This place….." He let out a breath as he tried to find the right words. "I'm not exactly sure how, but we're not from here. We don't need to be upsetting whatever natural balance this world has."
Hiccup didn't really understand what he was talking about, but he understood what Spyro wanted. He scratched the back of his head a bit before nodding. "Alright, I guess I can just keep it a secret, but I obviously can't keep it all." He picked up his pencil again. "How about this? I'll keep where you're from, and specific things like that. I can also keep the fact that you can talk a secret so that none of the others try and question you."
Spyro shook his head. "No, you need to not say anything about us at all." He then stood up and hopped off the bench. "It would be better for all of us if you just let us leave here." Cynder agreed with a nod as she too stood up.
"Now hold on there." Hiccup requested as he stood up as well. "Just let you leave? That would be crazy. Not only would the others think something was up, but my dad would kill me, especially if I didn't tell him why."
Cynder turned back to Hiccup. "Then are you going to put us back in that cage?" She seemed on the verge of anger as she spoke. "If we're prisoners you only have to tell us so!"
Spyro turned to her. "Calm down Cynder." He then turned back to Hiccup. "I don't really get it, but you don't have to let us go. We'll just escape."
Toothless raised a brow as he stood to block their way. Hiccup saw the determined look on the young dragon's face and relented. "Down bud, it's okay." Toothless whined in confusion. Was he really just going to let them go? Though he wasn't really against the idea, it was strange coming from Hiccup. Though he never sought to enslave dragons, he always made a point to try and train them at least. The Nightfury lowered his wings and sat patiently as Hiccup turned back to Spyro. "Alright, I'll let you escape. Considering what happened just a few minutes ago, it's not very unlikely anyway." Both Spyro and Cynder seemed happy as they began to approach. "But I will warn you," Hiccup started as he revealed their way out. "While here in Berk, we try and work with dragons whether we ride them or not, anywhere else will be the opposite. When it comes to humans and dragons, everywhere else it's kill or be killed." He finished with a grim expression. He knew all too well that was the case, and Berk was the same until a few years before.
Both Spyro and Cynder seemed shaken by the revelation, but no less ready to leave. "We'll take our chances then.." Spyro stated with relative confidence as he and Cynder walked past them.
Just as they began up the ramp, Hiccup left them with one more piece of advice. "If anything happens, you're welcome to come back. More than a few dragons call Berk their home."
Both dragons seemed to pause at that before dashing up and taking flight outside the arena. "My home is the Artisan World."
The young Viking heard before losing sight of them. Hiccup let out a sigh as he slumped back down on the bench. "I guess there goes that plan, eh bud?" Hiccup lamented as he slipped his note pad back into his armor. Toothless seemed to stare off after then as he answered with a low growl.
So, it took me awhile cause I forgot, and I'm playing through a new game. Hope ya'll enjoyed it anyway. Just a few things I want to make clear:
HTTYD and TLoS worlds are different for this fic. That was done for a very specific reason so bare with me. (And it would be hard to put them together don't you think?)
Also, as I mentioned earlier, I'm using some stuff from the original Spyro series. Before the crazy legend of the purple dragon, Spyro was actually an Artisan Dragon from the Artisan home world. I mentioned this for a special reason too, but it'll come up later.
Last thing, anyone notice how there aren't any humans in TLoS games? But in the original series there were. Ex. monks from Ripto's Rage. Anyway, so since they'd never seen one before, they'd be wary of them and what they did.
Thanks, and I hope you all enjoyed, but especially Dracologistmaster.=^-^=
