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10 Years later (lol Retrokill)

Cael's Age = 15

The cave was dark, only four were present. The youngest of the three was on the ground, sitting on their haunches. The other three, sitting on a podium. The largest and oldest in the middle, to his left, one just smaller, the larger ones second in command. To his right, one about the same size as the first, the largest ones son. They were discussing Important matters with the youngest one on the ground.

"You have completed your training" The largest one boomed. His flaps flaring, tightening his alpha control on the young one."I have been observing you, and have deemed you fit for mating with my son, Deca" His son, who was to his right, wore a sick smug grin on his face, eyes filled with lust for the absolutely gorgeous female Nightwalker sat below. "But, following tradition, you have to perform an initiation right." The female nodded. "Now usually you have been sent out to kill a dragon at another nest. But we have gained some information that is important to attend to."

"The Northern Nest has an heir who has turned fifteen recently." The largest one stated. "We cannot let this Nest gain another Nightwalker alpha." The largest one grew restless at his words."You must go a kill him, you must kill the one named Cael, that is your Initiation."

"Yes my alpha" The young female said, her voice monotone. The alpha sensed something within her mind, but shrugged it off. "I will do as you command." She stepped towards the cave entrance, Deca stared at her behind, even more lust filling his eyes, which you wouldn't think was conceivably possible.

"And Aurora" The largest one boomed, causing the grown Aurora to stop and turn. "Good luck and don't fail me." Aurora nodded and leaped up into the sky, the alpha's hold still strong on her.

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Cael hasn't been the same since Aurora left, never quite as happy.

Cael was flying fast, really fast. His mother was training him, challenging him to go faster than his mother could fly, who is the fastest living Nightwalker. He was currently skimming the water, traveling as fast as his mother would at her top speed. He now had to push his body further than any Nightwalker could.

He angled up spreading his wings, flapping his wings and pulling them back in. Slipstreams started to fade in at the tips of his wings as he leveled out. HE was going to do it. This time, this time for sure! He was so close. Only the dragon gods had flown this fast. A funnel of mist formed around his neck, one more wing beat. He spread his wings, and beat them once more.

That did it. The funnel burst, and a deafening boom pierced the air, and then silence. Cael only heard the wind whipping past his ears, and the strain on his wing and fin membrane was a little painful, but he never felt more free than he did now, no limits to hold him back. It was amazing.

Eclipse and Shadow were on a sea stack. This was the last of Cael's training. They were discussing things when they saw Cael rise into the sky. This was it, Cael was going to do the impossible. Both stood in apprehension, breaking the barrier which the gods placed. But barriers are made to be broken, right…

You could see the streams of mist coming off the tips of his wings, a funnel basing itself at his neck. The watched anxious as he beat his wings one more time. The funnel disappeared and a near invisible shock wave emanated from him. It took nearly three seconds for them to hear it, the massive sound blast, louder than thunder. Cael had done it. He speed of faster than anything. He had one more thing to do. Eclipse and Shadow could see him off in the distance banking to the right. His last part of his training was commencing.

Cael's plasma blast were strange. He spent three months being unable to fire blasts. Gorgonbrae said that he had no gas in his fire sacks. He couldn't make a flame. Then three days after his eleventh birthday, he could again. They were different, no long plasma blasts, but something else, more powerful. His fire sacks had no gas in them but were filled with a strange essence, that replenished astonishingly fast. He had infinite shots, and Eclipse and Shadow knew all too well when he got a cold, he couldn't stop sneezing.

Ceal was coming in on the sea stack that they had set a target on, that shrill scream whistled through the air. Eclipse and Shadow took off moving away from the stack. The turned back a witnessed the blast exit Camel's mouth

Brighter than anything, the blast ripped through the air at astonishing speeds. Cael banked up and out of range. The continued until it hit the stack. The following explosion shattered the top of the stack. The blast survived and continued through the base of another, knocking a second stack down. The blast continued through till hitting the water where it hit a ruined, sunken viking long boat. The boat cracked under the immense strain of the blast but didn't survive the explosion as the blast was finally quelled by the sea floor.

That was no Plasma Blast, leaving only carnage in its wake. Cael swooped low towards the beach which his parents were sitting on, before looping back up and around to land on all fours with thud and a dust cloud. He raised his head, his face supporting a smile, his eyes filled with joy and pride.

A crowd of dragons had come to support him on his final exam. the all came along with his parents to congratulate him on his success. He was fully alpha material. Now capable of being supreme alpha of the nest when his parents stepped down. As well as being the first to be capable of running it himself.

Usually the jobs would be split between two alphas. But under the fear that Cael would be alone, they trained him to be capable to run the nest alone. of course he would need the help of his second in command which he will chose. He always said he would choose Flare, his best and first friend he made at the nest.

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Flare was a Fire-Wing, and was the son of Blazer, the current second in command. One day Shadow and Blazer were on a mission to scout out a viking island. They took the sons along to teach them a thing or two. They were both twelve at the time. The landed in a forest opening south of the village, which was on the northern shore. (Not Berk.)

The fathers went ahead, while the sons stayed behind. The parents had been gone for less than an hour, and the young males ran into trouble. A one-man Viking scout party found them in the clearing waiting for their fathers to return. He attacked Flare first, making him suffer before mercilessly killing him.

Cael snapped. The Viking turned to Cael, who had a look of bloody murder in his eyes. The Viking could barely react when Cael leaped on him smacking the weapon away and pinning him to the ground. Only then did Shadow and Blazer arrive, unbeknownst to Cael. Cael roared and bit down on the Vikings head. With the whole head in his mouth, he twisted. A sick snapping sound could be heard has the Vikings neck not only broke, but his whole head tore of.

Cael backed off the viking and spat his head out, blood dripping from his mouth. he turned to Flare and raced over to him, crying over him. The fathers were in shock, not only was one of their sons' dead, but the other brutally killed the Viking responsible for his death. Cael has had a hatred for Vikings ever since.

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Celebration had begun, in the name of Cael's hier right completion. Piles of fish had been built up, yet it was not only fish. Sheep and yaks had been taken from nearby Islands, and roasted. There hadn't been a party like this in a while.

It was late, the party had been raging on for hours. Cael had snuck away from the crowds up to a tunnel near the top of the volcano. It led to a ledge on the outside of the volcano. The ledge was higher than the tallest sea stack, giving a great view of the night sky. Cael wasn't in the mood for partying. He was fifteen. His father warned him of this. He's at mating age, and without a mate he felt as though there was a piece missing in his life. It just something that Nightwalkers feel without a soul mate. Cael lay down, leaving his head raised. He looked to the stars, he always found comfort in looking to the stars. It had been ten years and he still longed to be with her.

She promised.

Yet part of him wasn't hopeful that she would return. Maybe she wouldn't be able to. Maybe she found someone else. Why couldn't he just get over her. He was a nest to run, patrols to do.

Cael sighed before laying his head down on his paws. His life was great, fulfilled, he could ask for a better one. Loving parents, happy nest, great friends. Yet he feels so...lonely.

His father, Shadow told him that when he turns about fourteen, he will start to feel lonely. It's only Nightwalker instinct. Nightwalkers mate for life, and can only mate with their soul mate, making it only more difficult for Nightwalkers to mate.

Cael knew he had to remain strong, he was trained to run a nest, alone. If he has to he will, instincts or not. Cael continued to look up at the flickering stars from his prone position. Maybe he'll just sleep out here tonight. His parents would understand, they knew he was not feeling good at the moment. Shadow had been through what he was going through. It's the males of the species who get affected by it the most. Shadow said that you get used to it, but it will never go away. Just that feeling in the back of your head and the pit of your stomach, it's the worst.

Cael looked out onto the horizon, Berk was the closest island to the nest, and if you looked hard enough you could see it on the horizon. The one place he dreads ever going again. In his mind, Berk was the physical embodiment of Hel. He even managed to get his parents to stop sending raiding parties there. The last raid they ever sent was to collect nets, although not very many. they still raided, mainly for winter though.

Cael's eyes grew heavy. How long was he in his own thoughts. The party had died down, and the nest was falling into slumber. Cael thought maybe it was best he slept as well, it get his mind off his issues.

Cael continued to look at the shimmering starlit sky, his eyelids closing on his vision. Cael wrapped his tail round his body and covered his face with his tail fins. His last thought as he fell asleep, he'll find someone. Won't he.

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Cael hadn't returned last night, Eclipse had seen him amble off, away from the crowd. But it worried her when he didn't arrive in the morning for breakfast. Maybe he was tired, as a part of their celebration he sparred with several warrior dragons including Shadow, even whole groups of dragons. He bested them all. Shadow still aches from sparring with Cael. Cael is considered a very large dragon. When standing next to Eclipse, he's about 2 feet taller, and when next to Shadow, he's about a foot taller, and Eclipse and Shadow are older. They should be taller than him. Cael is approximately the size of an elder Nightwalker. He shouldn't be as agile as he is, but that's where people falter. Those who fight him think he'll rely on brute strength, due to his large size. Their in for a shock when they find how agile he is.

Eclipse knew why he wasn't here, he was suffering from Missing Half sickness, a sickness which only Nightwalkers suffer from and will have till they find there mate. If they leave their mate from more than seven hours, then it comes back, and will stay till they are in the vicinity of their soul mate again. This also means if their soul mate were to die, then the sickness is to come back and would never go away.

He was probably trying to get some rest, the sickness can take it out of you when you first get it. But Shadow and Eclipse had something Cael had to do. It will take his mind off things.

Eclipse was just returning with breakfast for the three of them. Food abundant at the moment. Have to have lots of food for winter, which began in a few days. Several species of dragons in the nest go into hibernation during winter. Nightwalkers where not one of them.

"Shadow, get up. I brought dinner" Eclipse tried her best to speak in a commanding tone, but she couldn't help but giggle at Shadows sprawled out form on the floor. Shadow groaned, aching from his spar with his son. "Told you, you shouldn't have sparred with your son" Shadow only huffed.

"I trained him, so I knew he was good" Shadow grunted "But I didn't realize he was that good" Shadow sounded envious, of his own son! "His size, he's so heavy" Shadow rubbed his chest, where he was obviously pinned by Cael. "He didn't need to pin me that hard, did he?"

"He was fighting Blazer, you, Stormfly and Hookfang." Eclipse giggled. "All of you are our best fighters. He pinned you hard because he was moving quickly to defeat you all."

Shadow moaned as he got to his feet and moved to the pile of fish, gulping down a whole fish. Eclipse joined him, swallowing her own. Their eyes passed a glance at each other, causing both to smile. That moment was interrupted by a quiet thud. How can such a large dragon land so quietly.

Cael walked up to fish pile, greeted his parents, picked out a salmon and swallowed it. He looked down, both his parents knew why. Time to get his mind off things.

"Cael we need you to do something." Shadow started. Cael sat on his haunches and gave his undivided attention. "We need you to scout an island, east of here"

"It's about 2 days normal flight" Eclipse cut in. "If you travel your new speed, you'll cut the time in half." Cael nodded. His parents gave him a bit more information before giving him farewell. Cael gave a farewell back, his parents asked him if you want to eat more before he left. Although they noticed he ate the rest of the fish, and didn't even know about it. At least he still as stealthy.

Cael set off, his flight was a long one. It would get his mind off things.

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Cael had finished his frustrating annoyingly long survey of the island. It was completely uninhabited. he was on his way back to the nest when he ran into some...trouble.

Another Nightwalker decided to make an entrance and try and kill him. They were both hovering over the island, about twenty meters between them. The Nightwalker had been sent to kill Cael. They weren't the best fighter, with basic-advanced training (if that makes sense), easily defeatable. But it was who it was that stop Cael from killing them all together. He looked at the dazed yet angry Nightwalker. They were female, absolutely gorgeous. Cael only saw one person, they one person he's been longing to see again.

"Aurora?"

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There we go

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