Chapter 9- Monsters:

Third Person:

Keir felt a bit bad when Dimitri told her of the dream. It wasn't like Keir's- Dimitri's dream actually happened. That was rough and she hated it when her best friend/sister cried. It didn't suit the tough image of Dimitri, yet Keir knew that even a demigod cried every once in a while. It was practically in the job description- along with losing people you cared about, fighting monsters, and having a weird Greek parent.

They flew over a small island.

"Here," Keir pointed out, "Fidi!"

"Thanatos!"

The two dragons obeyed and landed on the island gracefully. The two girls hopped off and looked around. There wasn't too much to the island- a lot of rocks on the coast that they landed on, but it looked like the rest of it was just one large forest. However, due to the minor fog that had settled through the air, it gave off a more creepier vibe. The fog makes all the difference, Keir thought, Without it this is an island that you would see in a Disney film, with the fog it's the island from a horror movie. Yeah- pretty big difference there.

Unknown to them, the gang landed as well and had similar to thoughts about how eerie the island felt. The dragons, sensing something uneasy and unsafe in the air, moved closer to their riders in an effort to protect the humans from an unknown danger.

"I wonder what they're doing here," Hiccup whispered.

"Probably to talk to their contacts," Astrid said snidely.

Snotlout and Tuffnut both glared at her as they all hid in the bushes, ordering their dragons to hide as well. Keir, thinking she heard something, titled her head slightly and then shook her head- there was no way that she heard Hiccup and Astrid.

"Fidi," Keir said, a bit startled.

The dragon was wrapped herself around Keir protectively, looking ready to fight. Thanatos did the same with Dimitri, who looked annoyed.

"What are you doing? We're perfectly fine!"

Thanatos gave Dimitri a look as if to say, 'no you aren't. You don't know what I can sense...' Picking up on the signals, Keir gave a shout of acknowledgement,

"Ah! They must sense something. As for what, I'm not sure. Maybe... No, that's crazy..."

"What," Dimitri asked, a bit upset.

"Well, I was just thinking... The book said everything within that radius would come to... So isn't it possible for a monster or something to have followed us here?"

While the others weren't too sure what the girls were talking about, they understood the last part of Keir's sentence.

"That doesn't sound good," Hiccup commented, "Toothless, what are you doing!?"

The dragon jumped out of its hiding place and was in front of Hiccup, facing away from his rider, Toothless circled around, looking for the threat. The other dragons followed suit and did the same- even Fidi and Thanatos were doing it.

"What's going on," Dimitri shouted, "What the Hades is getting into them?"

"I told you, there's something here," Keir shouted back, "Just... can't you feel it?"

"We aren't all tuned to the magic-ness," Dimitri snipped.

Keir just rolled her eyes as Tuffnut watched, confused.

"Magic," Tuffnut muttered.

"...uhh guys," Astrid said, "I think we have a bigger problem."

"What," Hiccup asked, "- uh-oh.."

The group gulped slightly as a large monster stood before them. Keir and Dimitri noticed the monster from their location and quickly jumped to help. They drew their swords and jumped over their protecting dragons. They stood in front of the group, swords pointed towards the beast.

"What the Hades are you guys doing here," Keir asked.

"Following you," Astrid answered bluntly, "We knew there was something up!"

"Following us was probably the most stupidest thing you could have ever done!" Dimitri shouted back.

The two girls glared at each other for a brief moment before Hiccup stepped forward.

"Look, we can settle this later. Right now, we need to leave."

Dimitri had stopped paying attention and had ran off towards the Minotaur. The monster roared, and she roared right back.

"Come back for more, eh?!" She yelled.

The others shared looks of confusion.

"You've fought that thing before?!" Fishlegs screeched.

"Yeah, and I ended up killing him. He's the one who gave me the badass looking scar on my face."

"Wait," Hiccup said, "If you killed it before then why is it here again?"

"Because the monsters we fight regenerate in a place called Tartarus," Keir answered.

"Oh my Thor," Fishlegs said in realization, "They're Greeks!"

"Well duh," Dimitri said, dodging another attack.

The monster swung its fist and smashed Jupiter against the cold hard rock. She groaned in pain as the Minotaur did the same to Keir, but not as hard. Dimitri shook her head.

Keor grabbed her sword and swung it at the monster. It cried out and pushed her back roughly. She let let out a hiss of pain as her back hit a large rock. She knew there would be a bruise tomorrow if they survived this. Then it hit her.

Her nightmare was becoming a reality.

"Beast!" Dimitri shouted, "You'll pay for that!"

"Dimitri, wait!"

She didn't listen. Instead, Dimitri charged towards the monster again, but it saw her coming. It took its sword and sent it straight through her chest.

"Dimitri!" Keir screamed, tears running down her face.

In a fit of denial and anger, Keir shouted every single spell she knew in Latin and Greek. The monster roared in lain as it was attacked with fire, wind, and other elements. Taking its disorientation as a chance, Keir lunged, taking pleasure as she took her sword and sliced its head clean off, turning into golden dust.

Keir ran to Dimitri and knelt beside her. Behind her the others stood solemnly. Snotlout was shouting, on the brink of crying.

Keir had tears streaming down her face as she began to mutter every healing spell she knew so she could save her sister.

"Oh Hecate," Keir said in Greek, "Please let this work..."

The spells worked, and they all watched in happiness as Dimitri's breathing returned to normal, the color coming back into her face. She coughed and opened her eyes. Their eyes widened as the wound closed magically by itself.

"Have I ever told you how awesome you and your magic is?" She croaked.

Keir laughed slightly, and Snotlout knelt down next to Dimitri.

"Don't do that ever again," he shouted.

Dimitri was taken aback by his fierceness, but nodded. Snotlout gave a small smile before hugging her,

"I'm glad you're okay..."

Tuffnut ran to Keir and hugged her tightly. He gave her a long kiss before he pulled away,

"How did you do that," he whispered.

"It's a long story," she laughed, "But at least it worked!"

Thank you Mother, Keir thought, ant the sound of thunder in the distance, Keir added a thanks to Zues.

"Man," Dimitri said as she stood up slowly, "Now that it's over, we can get back to what we were doing... Unless Zues throws a hissy fit again."

"Zues," Ruffnut asked.

"Greek god," Keir answered, "One of the main three actually, but trust me- there's a lot more."

"So you are Greeks," Fishlegs asked excitedly, "I haven't met a Greek before! I have so many questions!"

"Well, they'll answer them," Astrid said with a hand on her hip, "Because they owe an explanation."