Hiccup and the twins were on their way back with Stoic to help drive the Whispering Deaths out and off of the island. That was until Toothless picked up the sounds of Knighter underground running away from the Whispering Deaths. That made Toothless suddenly react and change direction to an area above where Atlas and Knighter were trapped. "What is it bud?" Hiccup was surprised by Toothless' sudden change in direction as were the rest of the vikings.
Than all of a sudden Toothless started to fire charged plasma blasts at the ground above where Atlas and Knighter were. Meanwhile down below in the closed off section of the ground Atlas and Knighter were trapped with no way out. Both were ready to meat death from the hands of the Whispering Deaths that surrounded them. Until of coarse both of them picked up the sound of Toothless firing charged plasma blasts coming from above them.
Knighter and Atlas were both quiet as they thought that Toothless was fighting Whispering Deaths above them. "Well Atlas it's at least good to know that the island will be rid of the... Atlas?" Knighter got distracted as Atlas was looking up at the ceiling of their little cave not paying attention to dragon. Than Atlas moved and standing on top of the dragon got as close to the ceiling as he could and listened to what was happening above them. "Knighter start blasting the ceiling right... here!"
Atlas just realized what was happening and how close they really were to the surface and the dragon did as told. Above ground again the others who were looking for more holes found the chief, Hiccup, and the twins. Astrid got off Stormfly when the dragon landed and walked over to the group who was watching Toothless fire blast after blast toward the ground. "Is something wrong with Toothless?" "I have absolutely no idea Astrid. He just started blasting that one area for no reason at all... anyways how goes the search?"
Hiccup had crossed his arms as he looked at Toothless work at digging out the hole that the dragon had been making. By now though Stormfly, Meatlug, Barf and Belch, Hookfang, and Thornado had joined in the digging along side Toothless. "We found two other holes which makes a total of three Whispering Deaths on the island so far. Besides that there hasn't been any sign of Atlas, or Knighter sense they both went underground." Stoic who listened in on the whole thing spoke while in his mind he hopped that Atlas was gone for good, and at the very same time didn't want it to be true.
"This isn't good at all, I still don't like the kid but I don't want him or his dragon to be." He didn't even finish for the three Whispering Deaths suddenly came up from underground and attacked. The group all scattered and the dragons quickly went to their riders to protect them, but Toothless didn't get so lucky for the three Whispering Deaths surrounded him. Hiccup at that moment saw the familiar marks of a Night Fury bit on one of them and realized that it was the same Whispering Death that Toothless had a history with.
That one seemed to be the leader in the attack as the three prevented all means of escape for Toothless while also keeping Hiccup away. Thornado reacted to this by using his sonic blast to confuse them just long enough for Hiccup to reach Toothless. With that a Fight broke out between the Whispering Deaths and the riders as they tried to drive them away. If that wasn't bad enough though three more Whispering Deaths came out of the ground and they all set their sight on Toothless.
Atlas had decided to join Knighter as the dragon fired charged plasma bolts at the ceiling by using his daggers to try and dig. It wasn't going that so he had no choice but to stop and let the dragon do this on his own. They could hear everything going on above them as the other Whispering Deaths joined in the fight above them. "Come on Knighter we need to get out there and help them now." The Night Fury glanced at Atlas before returning it's focus toward blasting their way out of the hole.
Atlas was impatient wanting to get out and help his friends but as he couldn't he went and took out his journal to try and pass the time. Air was starting to run low for them and Atlas knew that if they continued they would eventually pass out due to lack of it. Finally after some thought and looking at his journal opened up to the page on Night Furies he came up with an idea. "Knighter stop at this rate your going to make us run out of breathable air."
The dragon did realizing that the distance was to great and laid down not wanting to do anything else until another option presented itself. "For the love of... Knighter get up I have an idea to help get us out of here." The dragon looked at Atlas and spoke not wanting to do anything else but rest. "What... have me charge up my blast for a very long time making it very volatile and possible powerful enough to vaporize the rest of the..." With that Knighter though of the very same thing Atlas did and got up to charge one last very powerful plasma bolt.
Atlas not wanting to mess their last chance up got out a dagger and took aim trying to pick out the right area for Knighter to blast at. Somehow he tapped into some sort of dormant instinct in him that he didn't even know he had and saw what the best area to hit was. It wasn't up instead Atlas threw the dagger toward their feet and Knighter not questioning his judgment took aim at it. Another five minutes of charging made the stress on the dragon great but still Knighter charged it, until he couldn't handle it anymore.
Up above the group was loosing and Toothless was on the run cause the Whispering Deaths were to much for them to handle. Most of the others were taken down due to the dragons ganging up them but somehow they had managed to drive away two of them. Toothless along with Hiccup were forced back to the hole that Toothless had started to make earlier and they went down. The four remaining Whispering Deaths stayed above them getting ready to make the final blow against Toothless.
That was until there was a very loud sound that sounded like thunder below them, followed by a quick earthquake. Than there came the explosion blasting slightly molten rock, dirt, and an unexpected Atlas, and Knighter out of their imprisonment. Atlas ended up landing in a tree, but somehow was able to make contact with a branch feet first. As for Knighter the dragon was sent flying into Meatlug, and Fishlegs who were just recovering from their wounds caused by the Whispering Deaths.
The two were fine, and Atlas along with Knighter were fine as well besides some minor burns and a few scratches from the explosion. Atlas jumped out of the tree and somehow managed to plant his feet into the head of one of the Whispering Deaths. It went and flee after than making Atlas fall, but he was able to land on his hands and flip himself up to his feet while keeping his helmet on. As for Knighter the dragon went and leaped into the air with it's teeth extended to bight one of the enemy dragons.
After being shaken off the Whispering Death went and turned around to flee in order to nurse it wounds from Knighter. As for the other two they were startled by the explosion and left as fast as they could not wanting to stick around. Hiccup who was close to the explosion along with Toothless was frozen in place due to shock, and Atlas walked over to Knighter like nothing just happened. But as he did one of the Whispering Death's decided to take another swing at Toothless and started to get ready to strike.
Knighter saw the dragon and tried to fire a plasma bolt at it only for a very weak and small bolt to come out that dissipated in the first ten seconds after being fired. Toothless saw it along with Hiccup and was so pitiful along with funny that they both broke out of their frozen state to laugh at it. Hiccup fell off of Toothless who went to one side rolling over in laughter while Atlas just shook his head and walked between the two.
Of coarse Knighter was very weak as the adrenaline wore off and as such the dragon didn't have enough time to warn Atlas about the Whispering death approaching them. When it dived down to strike Toothless though the dragon rolled out of the way still laughing and as such Atlas was hit instead. But it wasn't a direct hit instead the dragon just barley clipped Atlas sending him flying into a nearby tree. His helmet flew off in another direction and imbedded itself into a tree by one of it's horns.
It was five minutes later that Hiccup, along with Toothless had recovered from the pitiful blast that Knighter did and everyone else was for the most part able to move. Astrid walked by the tree Atlas helmet was stuck in and after a quick glance at it she jumped. "Whoa! Was not expecting that." She went and removed the helmet before continuing on her way helped by Stormfly over to Hiccup. "Everyone OK?" She spoke upon getting close to the group who were nursing wounds from their fight, except Atlas who was unconscious lying on the ground in front of the tree.
She shook her head which was still throbbing and spoke again holding the helmet up for all to see. "Anyone lose their helmet?" At that everyone shook their head and she started to look around before noticing Atlas lying on the ground. Everyone else noticed this to and they went over to help him, until that is they noticed his Night Fury ears.
Upon seeing them they all froze in place looking at him as they saw the ears twitch every now and than. Fishlegs spoke as Knighter wondered over to them causing the dragons adrenaline levels to rise again upon seeing Atlas without his helmet surrounded by everyone. "Either he really likes Night Furies and those are fake, or..." He didn't finish for Knighter quickly went and faster than any of them could see grabbed Atlas to return to their bunker leaving the helmet behind. The group was still in place and Astrid was holding the helmet still which was damaged from the explosion and had a few holes in it where the metal cracked and twisted.
They all returned to their homes without another word for the sun was setting, and Astrid carried the helmet with her never taking note of it. In the morning when she woke, she made sure that Stormfly was fine before grabbing noticing it was on her bed stand. She looked at it for a bit noticing the few areas where it was either missing bits or where it was split open. She thought about Atlas and even though the discovery of his Night Fury ears freaked her out she still thought of him as a friend.
So she grabbed the helmet and even though she was hurt she still went and left her house to head over to Gobber's forge. Upon arriving he spoke in surprise. "Astrid? I wasn't expecting to see you today." She glared at him a bit before speaking to show that she was for the most part fine. "Yeah I know, that's why I came to get this helmet fixed and modified a bit." Gobber's eyes lit up upon hearing Astrid say those words. "OK than. You know I like a challenge."
After a bit of explaining to Gobber on what she wanted done to the helmet she returned home to rest for the rest of the day. Meanwhile at Hiccup's place Stoic held up two blocks of stone to his aching head while he spoke to his son. "Hiccup... when you see Atlas again, can you tell him to stop my so I can have a little chat with him?" Hiccup was having a hard time hearing but he managed to get what his father was saying and nodded his head pleasing his father in the process.
In the Bunker that Knight and Atlas lived Atlas was lying on his bed while Knighter was out getting some food for when he woke. It wasn't that long though for three seconds after arriving Atlas was up and eating some food. He looked over at Knighter halfway threw and saw the look on the dragons face and spoke knowing something was wrong. "Knighter... what happened... also where's my helmet?"
The dragon looked at Atlas for a bit knowing that he wasn't going to like the news one bit. "The blue girl has it, and... the whole island knows by now about your ears." Upon hearing that news Atlas looked down and away from the dragon loosing his appetite in the process. "Oh... and I was just starting to get use to life here on Berk surrounded by people again to." Atlas Night Fury ears went and showed his depression like Knighter's were for the dragon actually like the island.
A day went by and no one saw Atlas or Knighter but the main topic around town was Atlas, and his Night Fury ears. Astrid was talking with Hiccup in the training arena while the others were out and about the town. "Why do you think Atlas didn't tell us about his... you know ears?" Hiccup was quiet for he spent more time around Atlas than the rest have. "Astrid... It might be why I didn't tell the others when I first met Toothless. I was afraid of what they would do to him, and me if they found out."
It mad sense to her so she walked over to the bunker doors where Atlas and Knighter lived before knocking. She than noticed the note stuck on the door with one of Atlas' daggers and took it down to read it. "Gone to my crystal cave to think with Knighter. Astrid if your reading this just put my helmet inside the bunker. Hiccup if your reading this please don't come and talk to me, I need to be alone." She looked over at Hiccup who was backing up slowly for he reconsigned when Astrid was planning something.
A few minutes later Astrid was on her way to Atlas in his crystal cave with his helmet in hand to give him. Stormfly was eager to be flying again so soon after being hurt, just like Astrid was to be on the move again after being hurt. Atlas and Knighter meanwhile were resting looking up at the dancing light above them trying to keep their minds distracted. So it came as a surprise to them when they heard Stormfly's wing beats getting closer to them before actually seeing Astrid entering the cave.
Atlas instinctively grabbed two of his hidden daggers at first until Astrid just smiled and held up his helmet. He was reluctant, but slowly he put away one of his daggers and reached for his helmet with the newly freed hand of his. "Hold on there lizard boy, first tell me why you came here." She pulled the helmet away and Atlas glared at her before speaking. "Isn't it obvious? I plan on leaving the island before a mob forms in order to try and kill me."
She nodded and than spoke again wanting him to do one thing before giving his helmet to him. "OK than... now do me a favor and toss all you daggers over to the other side of the room, and I might consider giving your helmet back." Atlas sighed at this and threw some of his more obviously hidden daggers over to the other side of the room. "All of them." Astrid was sure that he had a lot of hidden daggers and she was right when he sighed again and started to bring out even more daggers.
Knighter just shook his head knowing that it was going to be a while before Atlas was done getting rid of all his daggers. Though the dragon kept the light going for them it still watched Astrid's reaction when Atlas still kept getting rid of his daggers after a good two minutes. By now there was a good size pile on the floor and Atlas still had a few hidden on him that he was getting rid of. Every now and than he found one that he thought he lost and even a few that he had forgotten about.
When he was done at least 56 daggers were in a pile on the floor of the cave and Astrid was not paying attention to him. Atlas took this time to swipe his helmet from her and put it on his head, only to find out about the holes on it that Astrid had Gobber add. There were still metal over the holes but when Atlas put the helmet on his Night Fury ears moved the metal which were attached by a hinge to the helmet. As such it made the helmet a lot more comfortable and it no longer bothered him, so with that he went over to the pile and started to put away all his daggers.
"That is a lot of daggers Atlas." Astrid was still staring at them and Atlas took this time to ask a few questions himself. "So... Astrid, mind telling me why your not freaked out by them?" Upon saying the word them Atlas used one dagger to point toward his Night Fury ears, which was showing his curiosity by one being up and the other being down. The question caught Astrid off guard but she was able to keep cool while Stormfly chatted with Knighter. "Actually it did surprise me at first... but after dealing with the Red Death I don't think anyone will be attack you."
Atlas who never meat a Read Death turned around and Faced Astrid very confused at to what it was. "Oh! You don't know what it is do you?" She turned around plotting to keep Atlas on the island a while longer if possible. "To bad your leaving the island or you could talk to Hiccup about it, he knows more about it than anyone on the island and he loves to talk about dragons with Fishlegs. They normally talk about it from time to time."
Atlas bought it hook, line, and sinker so after grabbing the rest of his daggers and putting them away he stood in place pretending to think a bit while he actually listened to Stormfly talk. "Knighter can Atlas actually understand us?" At that Atlas turned around and walked over to Knighter, and the dragon could tell that he was interested in the Red Death. Before the two left Atlas turned around while on Knighter and spoke to both Astrid and her dragon. "I believe you should know , I can understand any dragon when they speak."
With that he turned around and Knighter quickly flew out of the cave leaving a surprised Astrid and Stormfly to process what he just said. Meanwhile Hiccup was in his room sitting at his desk along and Toothless was resting on his rock bed in the corner. Stoic didn't know he was there and was busy writing some papers as chief of the island. That was until the back door opened and Stoic thinking it was a sneak attack for he was sitting with his back facing the door reacted.
Stoic grabbed his battle Ax and than threw it at just the right angle so that it hit the middle of the door, part of it sticking out the other side. Atlas who wasn't expecting this was frozen in fear of nearly having his head chopped off by a flying ax. Knighter growled and his eye's narrowed as he gave Stoic a death look as if to say do it again I dare you.
Hello all you readers this is crai22 with news for you all. I decided to go ahead with my crossover story anyways due to my fight scene in it. I think it might be underrated or something due to the act that some of the characters were almost killed, but it's ratted T for I am bad at trying to rate things. Anyways if you want to read my Secret Saturday's and How to train your dragon crossover check out Dragons of Saturdays. It involves Atlas three years before he reached Berk and it shows some detail on his ever mysterious journal. Also I hope you all like my character in this story, and with this one chapter alone I surpassed the 27 pages on my laptop. Now I have to RUN! CRAZY PERSON WITH A MACHINE GUN MOUNTED TO A CAR!