Night of the Dragons
The day was bright as the Gathering went up the trail of the volcano. The top of the volcano was covered in smoke and it was very hard to see. Also, ashes and soot rose from the top and were spraying down like rain. This pretty much assured everyone that this volcano was indeed active.
"Are you sure there isn't another way" a young girl in the Gathering asked.
Simon sighed, "We can always go around, but if we do…then we won't get to the Destiny Star in time."
Alvin looked back at the Chipettes who were talking to Sapphire. He shook his head and gave an annoyed grunt. Sapphire saw this expression of his and felt saddened inside.
The Gathering walked for about an hour up the volcano, then they started getting tired. Brittany sat on the ground exhausted.
"It's so hot and I'm so tired. Can't we take a break?" she asked trying to fan herself with her hand.
"I don't think this is the right place to stop, the volcano can erupt at anytime," Simon stated. "Maybe, we should continue on until we find an appropriate resting area."
Suddenly, a mighty roar was heard, causing everyone to stand perfectly still. After that, there was an eerie moment of silence.
"What was that?" Theodore asked.
"It sounded like…a dragon?" Jeanette said fearing her own words. As soon as Jeanette finished speaking, the clear day turned into night.
"No…no…it can't be. Dragons…they are rare. In all probable circumstances there is no chance that…," Simon started mumbling as he was rushing through Malix Tidialar's book
"What's going on?" Eleanor asked as just then, a huge fiery beast flew out of the smoke of the volcano and towards them.
"A dragon!" the Gathering screamed.
"Everyone, get into that cave in the volcano!" Simon pointed to a small opening in the volcano as he handed Jeanette his book.
The Gathering hid in the cave as Alvin, Simon and Theodore confronted the dragon.
"How do we beat a dragon if they are immortal?" Theodore asked his whole body encased by fear.
"We don't have to kill the dragon. There is more then one way to beat a dragon," Simon said as he tried to think.
The dragon came and shot out a deadly fire blast from its mouth. The three chipmunks dodged out of the way.
"Whatever you do, do not touch its fire. It'll kill you instantly," Alvin said as he took out his sword.
Theodore grabbed his bow and arrows. He shot an arrow directly hitting the dragon's belly, but was shocked when the arrow bounced right off not even leaving a scratch.
"We should have expected this" Alvin said to himself.
Simon put his hand together in triangle formation. Alvin and Theodore followed their brother's position. The powers of Fire, Water and Wind were released from their hands.
The blast hit the dragon directly in the chest, but the blast did not affect it at all. It sent out a mighty roar claiming it dominance throughout the skies.
"Alvin…Simon, I'm scared" Theodore said as his hands shook violently.
Suddenly, they heard more dragons roar. Then, ten more dragons came out of the smoke in the mountain. Alvin, Simon and Theodore stared into the eyes of eleven dragons in the night sky preparing for battle.
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The Gathering stood completely still. They did not dare to look outside under fear of what they might see. There was a long moment of silence, but everyone tensed up when they heard the roar of dragons. Eleanor hugged Brittany tightly.
"How do you think Theodore and the others are doing?" Ashley asked Brittany.
Brittany sighed and shook her head. "I honestly don't know."
Jeanette was trying her best to fight the tears that were trying to come out. She felt a tug on her dress and turned around to see Sapphire.
She was pointing to a small crack on the wall of the cave. Jeanette went up to examine it closer. There was some sort of symbol on it.
"This symbol…it looks familiar" she said. She took out Simon's Malix Tidalar book. When she opened the page where the symbol was shown, she gasped.
"Everyone! You must see this!" she said. The Gathering surrounded Jeanette as she showed them the page.
"Do you see this symbol? It matches the symbol just above that crack" she said.
"What does it mean?" Brittany asked.
"It's the symbol for the Dragon Slayers" Jeanette said with a smile.
The Gathering gasped. "Dragon…Slayers" Eleanor said slowly wiping the tears from her eyes.
They started to enter the small crack. There was a huge room with many pictures and weapons around the room. They saw a book in the centre of the room.
"This is amazing, we have to tell the Chipmunks" Brittany said.
Jeanette grabbed the book and flipped through the pages. She stopped at a page with an oddly shaped horn. She read the text out loud. "The Horn of Alexus holds the power to control the dragons on Dragon Mountain. One blow of this horn allows complete control of every dragon."
Eleanor gasped, "So…you mean, someone's doing this. Someone is control the dragons?"
"Of course, it must be that same person who wants to beat us to the Destiny Star. This is really bad" Brittany said.
"Wait…there is more. If a dragon is touched once, with any weapon in the Dragon Slayers' lair, they will return to normal" Jeanette said.
"We've got to tell them…if they are still alive" Brittany said as she hung her head.
Eleanor was the first to race out of the cave. Jeanette grabbed a sword, some arrows and an axe from the wall and followed her sister along with the others from the Gathering.
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Alvin fell to his knees. A dragon's fire had struck him. He cried out in pain as the fire started burning his chest. The Chipmunks had been battling with the dragons for about thirty minutes now.
A mysterious figure had been watching them from the clouds. "This is impossible, simple boys standing up to invincible monsters. I must find out their secrets. I will…"
"Alvin!" Theodore said as he ran up to him.
"Theodore, watch out!" Alvin yelled out as a dragon fired a fire blast aiming at them.
Theodore carried Alvin on his back and dodged the fire blast. "Thanks" Alvin said.
"Theodore! Are you ok?" Eleanor came with the others.
"What are you doing here?" Simon yelled as the dragons were attacking.
Jeanette gave the sword to Alvin, the arrows to Theodore and the axe to Simon. "We don't have time to explain Simon. Just use these weapons"
Simon grabbed the axe and got ready to strike. The dragon came in, but Simon attacked with the Dragon Slayer axe. The attack did not injure the dragon, but as soon as it made impact, the dragon retreated back into the volcano.
"It worked!" Maggie from the Gathering said with a smile.
Theodore quickly used his arrows towards five dragons. The five dragons had retreated as soon as they were hit.
Simon attacked four other dragons with his axe leaving only one final dragon. It was the first dragon they faced. He was about to send a powerful fire blast, but Alvin got up slowly, and in an instant, Alvin threw his sword, Simon threw his axe and Theodore fired his arrow at the dragon. The weapons collided with him at the same time. There was a moment of silence as they looked at the dragon staring back at them. Then, it flew back into the volcano.
Everything was quiet and the night had become the day once again. Everyone sighed in relief. Alvin fell to the ground; his chest was burning from the effects of the dragon fire. The Gathering went to Alvin, but it seemed as if he was only exhausted.
"I'll be fine…" he whispered.
Simon came up to his little brother and carried him on his back. "Alright, let's continue up the volcano"
"Simon...Thanks" Alvin said as he closed his eyes.
"Alvin…" Brittany said quietly.
Simon and Theodore began to walk forward, but Sapphire and Jeanette stopped them.
(We found another way of getting to the other side of the volcano) Sapphire gestured.
(We've been over this Sapphire; we can't go around the volcano. It will take too long)
(There's another way)
Simon turned to Jeanette. "What is Sapphire talking about? The only way we can get to the other side of the volcano is to go up"
"We can go through," Jeanette stated.
"Go through?" Theodore asked.
"Come with us" Ashley said.
Simon and Theodore followed the others to the area where they found the weapons.
"So you mean to tell me that, Malix Tidalar had been in this area and that someone used the 'Horn of Alexus' to call upon the dragons" Simon said after Jeanette explained what happened.
"Yes, and we believe it's the same person after the Destiny Star" Brittany said.
"This is becoming more dangerous. There is no telling what that mad man can do," Theodore said.
"And look, we can head through those doors. There is a tunnel that can lead us to the other side of Dragon Mountain."
"Great, we start right now," Simon said.
"Wait…what about Alvin?" Brittany asked as she stared at the sleeping chipmunk Simon was still carrying on his back. "He'll be fine."
After a few hours, they finally made it out of the tunnel. Theodore stretched out his arms and smiled. "Finally, fresh air."
Brittany, Jeanette, Sapphire and Simon looked at the Destiny Star. "It has gotten bigger, so that means it's getting closer to the ground," Brittany stated.
"We've got to get to the star fast, now that we know that there is someone out there that will do anything to touch it" Jeanette said.
"Not only do we have to reach it, we have to protect it, or else our world will be destroyed" Theodore stated with a slight tremble.
"Time's running out" Simon agreed.
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Author's Notes: Sorry for the late updates. I hope you like this chapter. Please read and review.
