Author's Note:

Hello everyone and welcome to chapter seven. I have decided on the OCs I am using and they all either appear or are mentioned in this chapter. I promised I would also post a list of the authors that gave me the OCs I've used so here it is:

Shamira The Guardian, Charr2003, GuestDreamer88 (gave two), Lunessa Mysteria, TidePoolAngel, MilaSongRide, Midnight Wonders, DeathDragonovaOverlord and the core of justice (who gave Alister (renamed)).

Thank you for your OCs and I hope I use them well and also thank you Sarnakh the Sunderer, Silvercoal and Great (Guest reviewer) whose OCs I didn't use, your input has been greatly appreciated.

This of course means that I'll no longer be accepting any more OCs but any suggestions with regards to the story are still appreciated and I hope you enjoy this chapter.

I own nothing.

Titans in the Nest

The Nest, the centre of the Fortress and the home of the King and his most loyal subjects.

Inside the Nest was a great dining hall with several large tables, its walls were decorated with murals of dragons and humans being both subjugated and slain and at one end was a row of twelve paintings depicting twelve dragons with a blank space directly in the middle. Slaves were positioned around the edges of the hall waiting to serve their masters, a mixed group of six teens and children. These were some of the Twelve Titans, the most powerful people in the King's forces, excluding the King himself, and all were called the King's children.

At one of the tables sat a ten year old, dark haired girl beside an older boy with dark red hair. The boy was devouring the food before him while she delicately picked at it as she addressed him, "Haven't you had enough yet Dagur?"

Dagur cackled slightly, "Some of the slaves are helping me with target practice Heather, I have to make sure I've got a lot of strength in case one of them annoys me and I have to punish them."

Heather rolled her eyes, "Just make sure you don't kill any of them this time, it takes so long to train a new one properly."

Dagur grinned, "Can't make any promises sister, some of them make such good screaming sounds. Especially when I fill them with my Skrill lightning powers."

"I guess the standard of some of your slaves has really been quite shocking then."

Another girl with auburn, hip length hair had spoken and Dagur laughed manically, "Heeheehee…'shocking'…nice one Amber! That really cracks me up!"

He went into another round of cackles and Amber smiled her bright green eyes lighting up, "I thought you'd like that one Dagur."

The muscular boy with red spiky hair beside her smiled, "And once again we sit here while Dagur laughs his head off, is anyone willing to take bets on how long he'll keep it up this time?"

Amber looked thoughtful, "I think I will Nova. I bet five gold pieces that he'll last fifteen minutes."

Nova nodded, "Fine, I see your bet and say twenty minutes. What about you Akila?"

A younger girl with wavy, golden brown hair bounced excitedly in her seat, "Oooh…I say half an hour and ten gold pieces."

Nova nodded again, "Okay then…Leif?"

A slender boy with short, fair hair and freckled skin snorted, "I think I'm above wasting my time on such lowly means of entertaining myself."

Nova shrugged, "Well I guess I expected that from you. Too bad Anthea is away on a mission right now, she'd have been willing to place a bet."

Heather re-entered the conversation, "She should be back soon since it was only a dragon capturing mission but I'm not sure where the rest are."

Akila began listing them off, "Kadlin and Arina are also on dragon capturing, Newt is scouting out Dragon Island and Erika has been sent to keep an eye on Gustav during his Fledging as he searches for those dragon riding kids with Savage."

Leif gave a scornful snort, "So Erika's been forced to babysit Gustav, that boy's pathetic."

Dagur had finally finished his laughing fit and snarled at Leif, "Gustav has more power than you Leif and I remember that Nova had to babysit you during your Fledging and he almost had to do your mission for you."

Leif had cringed back at Dagur's tone and he spluttered out a reply, "Gustav only exists because our father forced two slaves to conceive him, if he didn't have the Potential than he would've been left as a slave like his birth parents."

Nova sighed, "You can be really stupid at times Leif. Father did that because the two slaves had the Potential themselves but were too old to go through the Hatching. He knew that any union between them would result in a child with Potential, so he made sure it happened. Gustav was born to be one of us Titans and he will prove himself worthy."

Leif scowled before getting up from his seat and stalking out of the room, Akila glared at him as he went, "He's far too arrogant for his own good."

Nova shrugged, "He's always been that way and I doubt that's going to change anytime soon."

Upon Dragon Island a lone figure moved silently along the ground in the dusk.

At first glance it looked like a boy but closer inspection proved that it was actually a girl in boyish clothing. Her black hair was cut short but swept to one side across her forehead and a braid hung down in front of the right side of her face.

This was Newt, and she was the expert of stealth among the Twelve Titans. Her small build allowed her to move unnoticed by many and slip in through small gaps and spaces. Being light-footed allowed her to move with almost no sound and she had a final ability that clinched her mastery of stealth.

The powers of a Changewing.

It had taken a lot of training and practice but Newt had mastered a Changewing's camouflage skills to the point where she could make herself almost completely invisible, clothes and all, and it was one of her greatest skills.

Moving skilfully Newt approached her target, a small cave entrance into the volcano that dominated the island. Her mission was to scout out Dragon Island and discover what kind of dragons lived there and what type of dragon was the alpha, this island was the King's next target for conquest and Newt needed to uncover all the information she could. She cautiously approached the cave entrance making sure that no dragons were present to discover her, while she could become invisible it took its toll when used continuously so she tried to be careful in how she used it. Satisfied that her way was clear she stole into the cave and moved swiftly and silently down the tunnel.

Night had fallen upon the Sanctuary and Snotlout and Hookfang were slowly making their way home. Snotlouts thoughts were largely on Alister and in all honesty he found the other boy really annoying.

Ever since they'd met him Alister had often spoken down to them when it came to dragons, suggesting different ways of interacting with them, telling them how to fly the dragons, stating different dragon habits like they were fact when all of them knew otherwise and even saying that Snotlout knew nothing about Monstrous Nightmares and refusing to listen when he tried to point out that his parents weren't the way Alister said they were. That one had really irritated him and even Hiccup turned incredibly cold to Alister at that moment, Hookfang had barely held back from sending the boy flying with his tail and Snotlout and the others had moodily left the arrogant boy alone with Icebolt. Since then the two brothers had gone back to play wrestling to burn off their annoyance and as night fell they'd finally decided they should head back home.

Snotlout's thought drifted away from Alister and onto the events of several days ago. Even now what had happened still scared him slightly and knowing that Hiccup and Auntie Valka had rescued Alister from the same men made him worry. What if they found their way here? What would happen then? Occasionally dreams of those men somehow sneaking into his home and stealing him away would haunt his sleep and he'd wake to find either his mother or father comforting him but the worries remained.

Sensing his emotions Hookfang nuzzled his younger brother and Snotlout felt his tensions ease slightly, he nuzzled his brother back, "Thanks Hookfang."

The Nightmare gave a happy rumble and they finally reached their home cave, their mother came over as they entered and greeted her two sons. As she nuzzled them both she sniffed Snotlout and gave an instructing growl, Snotlout knew exactly what she was ordering and he attempted to protest, "Mom, can't my bath wait until tomorrow?"

She crouched down and gave him a no-nonsense look and his father added a commanding grunt of his own. Knowing further protest was pointless Snotlout sighed, stripped down to his smalls and sat between his mother's wings allowing her to wash him, Hookfang sauntered past sniggering and the Snotlout called after his brother, "Just because you're considered old enough to sort yourself."

Hookfang threw an amused growl back in reply and vanished into his connecting cave leaving his brother to put up with his bath. Eventually Snotlout's mother was satisfied with her son's cleanliness and she began ushering him towards the slightly raised stone slab that served as their bed. His father was already settled down there and Snotlout curled into his side, his mother joined them and soon Snotlout was comfortably snuggled between his parents.

Settled safely and securely between the two Nightmares, Snotlout instantly drifted off to sleep and let his worries about the men from several days ago slip to the back of his mind.

PS-So the Twelve Titans have been named and Dragon Island is now involved. Please let me know what you thought and I'll hopefully see you soon.