Duties of the Soul Keeper
Once again it seemed the worlds of the living and the world of the dead were become parallel as what seemed to be happening on Berk was roughly happening in Valhalla. Nevertheless whist that was disconcerting enough on its own; there was something no-one was conscious of thus far that would have much more ominous consequences.
It was a well-established fact that time between all the Nine Realms under no circumstances flowed at the same rate and was continuously changing and was unpredictable. But for some unidentified reason it was little by little becoming synchronized. Despite the fact that might not seemed bad there was an unstated reason that there was such a radical and unpredictable difference in the flow of time.
Just as there was a reason it wasn't made known to anyone that it was possible to be reborn along with a vast many other secrets were made to be unknown by a vast majority of souls for extremely good reasons that they're better off not knowing.
Nevertheless right now their ignorant bliss was costing them exceedingly and right now the people who did have all those answer were also ignorant as well. Or at least at the moment they'd no clue about the danger happening to the difference in the flow of time, though they needed to realize that quickly or very bad things were going to happen, that much could be said at least.
Still none of the souls of Valhalla realized that at all nor did the Gods of Asgard so right now all were clueless, so they're just living their strange lives unaware that more danger was approaching them.
In the Haddock Spirit House Stoick had plenty to worry about for he was worry about exactly the same things his wife was worrying about on Berk.
Whilst Valka was doing the wash and soon would be conversing with Astrid on how to trap their eldest child so they could have each other for their first time, Stoick's mind was still troubled with the same thoughts of his beautiful wife.
Stoick always said to everyone on Berk and he said this also to everyone in Valhalla he knew personally the two most beautiful women in all the Nine Realms and the first was his wife and the second was his daughter. That neither of their loveliness would ever be matched by anyone's in any of the Nine Realms not even by any of the goddesses of Asgard themselves would compared to the beauty of Valka or Una. He always said that proudly when spoke of them which would probably make both of them very happy to hear that if they actually heard him say that.
Still right now as he whittle some ducks to calm his nerves he was thinking the same troubling thoughts that were consuming Val so much on Earth. About how their children's powers were growing, how there was this sense of great danger on both Berk and in Valhalla, how identical their lives were still. How things were getting even harder on Hiccup to try and keep it together for the whole family. How the family was being put through a lot and trying to be there for each other in these dire times.
There was at least the comfort that their experiment to see if it was possible for them to have a visit to Lover's Cove when the Realm couldn't let them in due to the increasing danger would work and it had. It was during this time between that Realm visit and the test visit to Lover's Cove the children had made some very special gifts for souls of the Shardas and Moralien Clans.
Just like on Berk all the Souls of Valhalla had found one way or another to accessorize with the Night Fury Eggs that Hiccup had given his father on that first visit after Una's birthday.
However, the children had crafted special medallions of gold, part of the enchanted rainbow bridge and Night Fury Eggs for the Soul Riders, the Shardas Clan and Merchant Audun Arjas as to make up for the atrocious way they all perished, which for some reason they blamed themselves for; even if it was a 155 years before their births.
So with so much happening on Earth and in Valhalla to the Haddock children it was no wonder both parents were freaked out on so many levels. So Stoick had no idea on Earth right now his eldest son was making love for the first time while his second child was busy distributing the gifts nor did he have any clue what his only daughter was doing.
All he knew he'd be spending a lot of time that week making a lot ducks because of how shot his nerves were from all it and they're about to be even way more shot then they already were.
Even with the flow of time little by little synchronizing it still wasn't exact just yet. All the same it was pretty matched up come September first when Stoick was having almost a meltdown and running out of wood to make ducks to try and calm him.
He was still consumed with a lot of anxiety and was about to get even more when someone came bounding down the stairs so fast they're a blur he just managed to grab his son by the scruff of his shirt having had plenty of practice grabbing his eldest child.
"Dad! Let's go! I need to get going! Time's a wasting! Let go! Geez! No wonder Hiccup hated being thrown about like he was a ragdoll! Let me go!" Boden yelled defiantly as he squirmed wildly trying to get free.
But even in death Stoick was still very strong and had a very firm grip and he saw Stardust coming down the stairs not looking happy either about Boden being so full of manic energy that he was not slowing down.
"I'll put you down, son, if you'll settle down and take a deep breath. You need calm down some and breathe."
"Dad, need I remind you yet again we are dead? We don't breath! Now put me down!" Boden demanded but his father gave him a look and he then tried to take a breath and calm down before his father let him go.
After taking a few more moments to calm down his father looked him again before asking him, "Now you mind telling me, Boden, where you are off to in such a hurry?"
"I'm off to finish mapping out the Dragon Soul Sanctuary, duh! Stardust and I've been doing that for the past week after we gave the medallions to the Shardas and Moralien Clans, of course," he added, "But we've got two-thirds mapped and I like to have it fully mapped out before my birthday so I can show it off to Mom!" he finished in a rush.
"Boden! Be more respectful to your father! No need to be so disrespectful!" Stardust swiftly reprimanded him for his rude way of speaking.
"Sorry, Stardust, Sorry, Dad, but can we get going? We're burning daylight and we still have so much to map out!" he was pleading with his father who looked troubled and asked him a question instead of giving him an answer.
"Do you intended to go finish the map on your own? Are you going to the DSS without anyone to help you? If you do get hurt your mother will find a way to come here and kill me again and you know she will."
"Dad, you already know that answer!" Boden waved his hand away impatiently and looked more agitated and annoyed, "Why do you ask that question even? I always go to the DSS by myself it's just me and Stardust. I told the Soul Riders to do patrol business like usual and you've the rest of the Village to look after.
Don't worry about me, I'll be fine! I'm dead! Honestly! What's gonna hurt a dead person? Besides how many times has Mom threaten to kill you? Though I see why she wanted to kill you for wanting to give a newborn baby an ax!" he said with a snarky laugh and then continued on laughing
"I can only image what she do if you were that thoughtless when I was born or whatever gift you had in mind when the only daughter in the family be born!" as he collapsed to floor unable to stand up anymore from laughing.
Even while he was laughing he was talking as if this was still just some big joke. Like he couldn't take his father's concern for his wellbeing seriously. "It's be so amusing to see Mom make fusses and go a bit bonkers and all. That would be worth the laughter and all. But still what harm can be done to someone who's already kicked the bucket? I'll be fine!" he finally answered when managed to stop laughing for more than five minutes.
His father however was not amused at his son's behavior at all, and again as mental illness was far from being made known in this time era and it wasn't known right now Boden's bi-polar was in the manic phase which would explain his behavior at this moment.
However even if it had been know in this time era it would be no more acceptable or excusable in Boden's time then it is in the current day and age because regardless of one's mental state your still a 100% responsible for your behavior and this just wasn't tolerable behavior and Stoick was about to make it clear how intolerable he was finding his second born child's behavior.
"Boden Barricade Haddock this is most certainly isn't the time to make a joke out of such a serious matter! Even in death we must still try and be serious and every now and then I regret that you and Una learned to have your brother Hiccup's sense of humor.
Nevertheless you should learn that even in death some things aren't meant to be joked about and your personal safety is one of them, as you fully know even in death a soul can be physical harmed to some degree, and yes we can feel pain!
So yes I'm very worried about you getting hurt and I'm dead serious your mother will kill me again if you do get hurt! So please don't treat that like it's a joke because it isn't!" he said in a very loud, stern and angry voice.
That made both Boden and Stardust shut up and stare since it was the first time Stoick had ever used the middle name that he and Valka had given Boden jointly when they'd visit the Realm the first time ever which had been Snoggletog last year.
It'd been Valka and Stoick's Snoggletog gift to their children to give them full names which they both had been thinking about and been of the same mind since finding out about Boden and Una from Hiccup. Like the minute they'd heard about Hiccup's brother and sister they instantly already knew what their middle names would be and just bestowed them to them that night as their gift.
Una's middle name was Sjofn after the goddess of love since she was a gift of love and being the only daughter EVER in the family she was a very blessed gift of love.
Though it was true no-one outside the family even knew Boden and Una had middle names. Not one person on Berk or in Valhalla knew of their middle names not even their friends knew their middle names so that might be something they might want to share in the future sometime.
However for Boden at that moment? He knew perfectly well when your parents get angry enough to use your full name they're pretty pissed off and you need to quit clowning around and act mature enough to listen to them before they behead you.
"Sorry again, Dad, I'll try and be more serious," Boden apologized looking a bit uncomfortable now that he knew his father was that angry with him. But he was still a bundle of manic energy and still eager to get the sanctuary and finish mapping it out.
Stoick took his own calming breathe and then looked at his son once more before resuming speaking to him. "Sorry for losing my temper, son, but I need you to understand that I don't feel very comfortable with you going off by yourself. Especially not with what's been going on here and on Berk. Could you at least take one of the Soul Riders with you? I feel that Asta Caxel be a good choice. You two get along so well."
Boden looked very uncomfortable at the mention of Asta's name and was fidgeting nervously and tugging at his ponytail a little, "Um, Dad, I don't think right now is a good time for me and Asta to be spending alone time together. She's been behaving well weird around me lately."
"Weird? Why do you say that? How has she been acting?" he inquired curiously to which his nearly 16 year old son looked even more uncomfortable explaining.
"Well she's just acting so weird lately. The Soul Riders and I have always had good relationships and our bonds of friendship only got stronger after the party and when I gave them the medallions.
But it seems once I gave Asta her medallion she really starting acting weird. Every time I get near her she get so clumsy and then it's like she can't even talk anymore. Also she just makes so many mistakes that she never used to make and then tries to be overly sweet when she tries to make up for them and I get the feeling she's too eager to impress me for some reason which just leads to further mistakes.
I honestly don't get why she's behaving this way or how come I seem to be making her so nervous or whatever I'm doing but I don't think it's a good idea right now for us to be alone if I'm causing her to panic for some reason," he finished explaining and then turned away for a moment to check his satchel full of his supplies while his father and dragon exchanged a look.
It was perfectly obvious to them what was wrong with Asta and what Boden was obviously oblivious too. Looked like Valka was right when she told Astrid men are big idiots in matters of the heart since Boden obviously didn't comprehend what was all too clear to his father and dragon. That Asta was without a doubt in love with Boden and was only a bundle of nerves trying to keep it together and hoping he might feel the same way about her if he even picked up first she liked him.
Stoick was looking forward to informing Valka that someone was in love with Boden when his attention was brought back to Boden who was still ready to go and finish mapping out the DSS by himself.
"Well, I'm off the DSS, Dad, see you at dinner time. I forgot is Kara stopping by tonight? If she is I'll be back sooner."
Stoick still looked very troubled but knew as he'd told his wife who had told Astrid while the children had all inherited their attractive looks from their mother they'd all unfortunately as she'd pointed out gotten his pigheaded stubbornness. He knew there no arguing with Boden into forcing him to take someone with him into the Sanctuary even if he order it Boden wouldn't do it.
"If you really won't take someone with you to do this mapping then just please, please be extra careful and do try and be back before it gets dark. I want you back an hour before Spirit Sunset. Do you understand? Not one moment later. Do you understand, son?"
Boden looked at his father and sighed and said as seriously and maturely as he could, "I Boden Barricade Haddock second born of Stoick the Vast and Valka Haddock younger brother to Hiccup and elder brother to Una hereby promise to be extra careful today in the Dragon Soul Sanctuary and promise to be home by the time appointment by my father and Chief of the Village of Valhalla," he promised and that seem to satisfy his father who turned to look at Stardust who said even if Stoick couldn't hear it.
"I Stardust younger sister of the Alpha Toothless and elder sister of Nightrainbow and Aunt to Night Fury Babies hereby swear to watch over and protect my best friend and rider with my life and may give my life before any harm befalls him."
"She said…" Stoick held up a hand.
"I know what she said, I don't need you to translate everything some things don't need words.
With that Boden took off towards the DSS and his father sighed and prayed to the Gods to watch over all three of his children and still prayed for the day his own third dragon came to him before he started walking towards the Valhalla village to start his day of being Chief of the afterlife.
But no sooner was Stoick out of sight did another wraith shadow appear around the corner of the Haddock house. It was like the wraith that was attacking Berk at the moment in the sense it was an evil shadow with a mind of its own.
However, this wasn't a wolf in shape, but a snake or a serpentine like dragon one might call it. Nevertheless it was obviously the same kind of a dark wraith as the one on Berk and when it spoke it made clear it had the same agenda.
Looking its cold blood red eyes at both the fleeting backs of Stoick and Boden its spoke in its own voice that also made your blood run cold.
"I hope Hiccup that you and your little brother and his little brood of ugh friends," it spat as if the word friends was poison, "are ready for more hell then either of you can handle. For my brother and I will make sure you have more than double even you can handle!
You think you're so brave and tough? You've never faced true evil but," laughing sinisterly the shadow licked its lips bearing fangs, "you will now! Stupid little boy you know nothing and what we are about to throw at you you'll never overcome it and you will never fulfill that prophecy!"
Then turning once more to face the Village of Valhalla it was also very clear that this shadow was also too a predator and all of Valhalla was its prey. "Now the time has come to do what I do best. Unleash mayhem, savagery, fury and most of all unbridled rage! Make these weak and pathetic souls behave like beasts and give into their foulest instincts!
The ugly side of human souls will be all too soon be rearing its ugly head! Oh how that makes my heart soar! Time to get too it!" and with this the wraith of this snakelike dragon took bounding off with lightning speed towards the village.
It was very much déjà vu in the sense what this wraith did and what its actions to the Village of Valhalla and the Souls. This snake/dragon wraith moved at the same lightning speed of the wolf wraith on Berk.
Everything that wasn't a person it touched instantly fell to a million pieces and anyone it passed through was instantly filled with its spell of animalistic insanity and rage turning that individual into the foulest and cruelest forms of themselves.
It was like an epidemic and the Souls were falling even more rapidly to the wraith's curse then the people of Berk were!
Stoick was shocked as the souls he'd come to befriend and lead were turning into monsters and demons around him and he didn't know what he could do to help them.
He attempted to get the Soul Riders and the Villagers he'd befriend to help him, but it was like they're strategically hit first and were now wrapped up in very violent confrontations with each other rendering them unless to help him.
However just as Berk had found unexpected help to deal with their unwanted guest so would Valhalla to deal with their own unwelcomed guest. It would also be a bit of a shock to see who it be coming from.
It was just after the Soul Riders had used their dragons to burn half the Market place and Thora along with Endre, Unna and Audun were fighting back that help came.
Stoick was just not knowing what to do and feeling powerless when a house he'd never paid any attention to before front door burst opened. Out of it flew two people a man and woman riding a pair of Nadder Souls.
Both the Riders and their dragons gave the impression right off of being married the way they flew and acted. The man on the male Nadder had short gingery hair with a long mustache and dark green eyes; his body showed a man who worked hard every day of his life with a strong build and tanned skin. His Nadder sorta looked a little like Day Glider to be honest.
The dragon's mate looked very much like Wind Dancer and Airclaw mixed together like half of each of their coloring thrown into her body and her Rider was a woman who looked remarkable a lot like an older Firefang without the scar and no scarlet tips in her hair.
It also looked like this woman was on a mission and she too had a gem in the center of her helmet and it was glowing brightly.
"Hurry my love! There isn't much time! We must hurry or all will be lost!"
"Yes, I understand! I know my beloved I know."
Stoick was about to call to them when someone called to him from the house these two had come out of. "Stoick! Get in the house before that bastard attacks you! We must protect you before it strikes you!" and he turned and saw a short old man he felt he vaguely recalled.
He did as he was told and the man hurried him in and called to the woman, "Firestorm? You know what to do right, my daughter?"
"Yes, Daddy! I know what to do and Dragonfang and I will take care of the village you protect Chief Stoick for now. Dragonfang will take the west side of the village and I'll take east. We'll reconvene as soon as possible. Hurry we don't have much time to stop the darkness!"
"Go then my daughter and I just wish I could only offer your husband more power but I only could give him so much."
"It will be more than enough, sir, I can feel it. Now let's hurry! Moltar uses all the speed you possess to outfly that bastard!" Dragonfang commanded his dragon.
"Your wish is my command. Kasume? You know what to do my beloved?" the dragon called to his mate who nodded.
"I know what to do my beloved! I'll help Firestorm! Let's get to it! Now fly!"
"May the Gods protect you both," the old man said as he locked the door behind them and turn to a very confused Stoick who was about to demand some answer when the man supplied them quickly.
"I know what you're about to ask, Stoick the Vast, you were my chief when I lived on Berk and you are still my chief in death and I've nothing but respect for you as I do for all three of your extraordinary children.
I only wish as do all my family we had spoken up for your eldest and made him not have to suffer so by being brave enough to point out it wasn't right for the village to treat him as such.
An everlasting regret I still carry in this world I'm afraid. Let me reintroduce myself. My name is Olaf the Fasttalker. I lived on Berk for many years and was known to live up to my name of talking fast and also getting to the point and being insightful when I spoke.
You do know my granddaughters very well as they're close friends with your children particular your daughter Una. Your eldest son Hiccup chose them to run the Berk Dragon Nursery. My granddaughters are Skullette the Firetamer daughter of my eldest daughter Dotta the Sheeptipper and my second granddaughter Firefang the Beautiful daughter of my younger daughter who you just saw Firestorm the Beautiful.
Firestorm and her husband Dragonfang the Woodmaster bless their souls have been here in Valhalla since their daughter was five after they died in a dragon raid. Though neither they nor any of us ever held the dragons responsible.
But I'm not here to bring up my whole family past. I'm here to get to the point of what's happening here and now and the danger we are in. I've some very important information for you. My daughter and her husband with some help are doing something right now that my granddaughters are also doing not that they know they're doing right now and this is a matter of life and death and there are some very important things you do need to know."
Stoick was for once living up to his name of being stoic and just listen to what this man was telling him and what he had to say was about to change everything not just for him but it would change things on Berk if what Olaf had to say ever got back downstairs.
Though at the moment there was someone who was in more danger then any soul in the village. It was Boden and it really was very bad now that he was all alone without anyone to protect him as it was clear if that wolf wraith had had a mission to hurt Una to get to Hiccup then this wraith would surely do something similar to Boden as well.
Boden wasn't thinking about anything other than the great beauty around him. As he approached the DSS everything seemed beautiful and peaceful and perfect. The air was sweet and the mountains that were the outside the DSS touched the sky and what laid behind the DSS gates?
Rugged and magnificent beauty beyond measure where it seemed man and nature lived truly side by side in beauty, joy and love. It just filled your heart and soul up with so much life and you felt just at peace and full of profound wisdom and understood what really matter and how the stupid shit people thought matter didn't and in the end everyone was really brothers to each other in a the worlds we all share.
That what he liked the most about the DSS just the splendor, tranquility and just how you felt you find an adventure as well as enlightenment that something special was awaiting you once you're within its magical walls.
If life was about transformation for Boden he felt that the DSS offered him a place where he could find the transformation he sought in himself. Being only able to evoke the memory of four incomplete days of life, then spending gods knows how many years alone, neglect, an outcast and homeless, he was still seeking to find answers about who he was. He strongly felt he would find them more in the DSS which he felt was his place.
Like how Una's tree house was her place, Lover's Bloom was Hiccup's and Lover' Cove was their parents. For Boden the main reason he didn't want anyone to come with him to the DSS was he want a place that was just his domain and a place he could figure out who he was.
He'd flown from east to west on his quest to map this place out and he knew it was a dangerous and difficult place to be alone. Still he was trying to find his own identity his own voice and answer his own question. Who was Boden Barricade Haddock? What made him, him?
Finally arriving at the DSS he was still full of the crazy manic energy being so pumped up he felt invincible and was way too overconfident so as he played the tune that acted as the key to open the Gate he wasn't even thinking of what he'd be doing normally.
Normally he'd do a methodical sweep of the surrounding perimeter to make twice as sure that everything was safe and secure prior to opening the gate and he'd also make certain to double-check to it locked securely behind him.
However today he didn't do either. His manic behavior wasn't helping him think clearly among other things and Stardust was distracted trying to keep him from being distracted.
So he just played the tune on the panpipes that acted as the key to open the Gates and Stardust sang the lyrics to the tune she alone knew that combined were the key to the DSS.
"We have a land of promise ahead that was once so far away. We've made such a long and hard journey with all our friends to this place we can leave our worries behind and stay.
For a new life after death awaits! It a Sanctuary of peace and place of souls and beauty as we keep moving forward from one hard life lived to the next life's journey.
We followed this new trail to freedom and hope and found new life once again with peace, love and happiness and now as the sun rises again our new afterlives have only just begun!"
The locked forged from Toothless's soul energy undid itself and they slipped inside but because Boden did repeat the tune the gateway didn't lock completely behind itself it was open just a sliver of a crack and that wasn't good.
Not realize yet the dire consequences of his mistake in judgment Boden had Stardust ascend high into the skies about the DSS to get a good aerial view so they could recount what they'd mapped out and what they still had to do.
Pulling out his map that he was just as proud of as his brother was of his he started to look at it.
"Okay let's see what we've so far. We know that the ring of mountains that encompass the whole Sanctuary we've named the Wyrmroost Mountains and the huge waterfalls that are at the most northern part of the mountains is called Dragon Tears Falls," Boden was recalling slowly as he glanced down.
"We also know there is a network of crystal caves were the dragon souls sleep that they've described like a labyrinth throughout the mountains. We settled on the name the Gareth Crystal Cave Labyrinth.
You also allowed me to choose the name of the forest that is found throughout the Sanctuary as well and I chose the name Gawain's forest."
"Yes, you chose beautiful names, Stardust and thanks for allowing me to choose the name of that very enchanting meadow we discovered when we're mapping the east side of the forest. Gwilanna's meadow is quite a lovely little meadow, isn't it?"
"Yes it is, now we better move a little or one of floating Darkfire Islands where they do send souls who cannot behave will hit us."
"Good call! Follow the Golddeath River a little till we get out of their flight path."
"Okay, but you know those floating isles have minds of their own!" Stardust said as she zoomed quickly out of the way following the river that flowed throughout the whole Sanctuary.
They flew till they're near the middle of the Sanctuary where you could see the giant lake where White King lived below and to the west the ocean and beach.
"Well, looks like White King is sleeping in his favorite spot of the Great Lake of Octesian. We shouldn't disturb him today. We need to finish mapping the west side of the Sanctuary then also map the further southern part where we still have to name the lake were the eels live for the few dragons that actually eat them are kept."
"Okay heading to the beach and the beautiful ocean, do you want to name them when we get there or before?"
"I've got a name for the beach already just by looking at it from up here. I'm calling it Icefire since the sand is blue and reminds me of Hel's blue icefire when imprisoned me during the Siege of Valhalla. So Icefire Beach, I'll let you come up with a name for the ocean when we get there," Boden informed her as they took off fast.
By this time though something very bad had happened. That dangerous wraith had gotten to the Sanctuary and was cackling with joy at its good luck. It was calling Boden very stupid for leaving the door unlocked just a crack and managed to sneak in when normally it would never get in.
Though it was clear that even though the wraith was in the Sanctuary the protection spells and other magic within would causes it sooner or later to leave but if it had its way it be later then sooner. Either way plenty of time to causes a lot of chaos and mayhem and it was dead set on finding the Soul Keeper and harming him a great deal. So it went hunting!
Boden was blissfully unaware of the danger he'd brought in by his foolish mistake as he was finishing up with mapping the west side of the DSS. They'd christened the brilliant azure ocean Raxtus and the nearby hot springs Firestar and a lovely little lagoon the Blue Moon Lagoon.
Now they left to finish mapping the last part of the Sanctuary the lake full of eels. The wraith missed them by moments but it was still causing colossal devastation and an uproar everywhere it went.
Though it didn't take long for that pandemonium to catch Boden and Stardust. They'd been flying peacefully for ten minutes or so when all hell broke loose. One minute everything was fine and calm and then next thing they knew in every direction dragon souls of every kind were screaming deafeningly and in all of them were in an incontrollable state of terror and it was overwhelming!
Boden's head was exploding with way too many voices filling it with ear splitting screams of petrifying panic times a thousand! His body was bursting with a tidal wave of thousands of overlapping emotions from the hysterical and panic-struck dragons and it was just turmoil and pandemonium to a whole new level, and you couldn't make sense out of anything!
In all of this it was no surprise at all that Boden fell off Stardust in all that confusion or she took off trying to escape it all and didn't even notice he was falling from a pretty big height. His own screams couldn't be heard over this din and he just plummet below fast and hard.
If he was still alive this would've killed him again for sure falling from 75 feet in the air among that much chaos but he of course didn't die again. Though he might still get 'killed' again by his mother though.
By the time he hit ground he was very badly injured as souls go and he was out cold for at least a good 15 minutes. By time he woke up the dragon souls had gone away for the time being but he was only able to hold back his own howling scream of pain for like five seconds.
Souls yes could feel pain while they couldn't bleed it was established they could get hurt in their own unique way and Boden right now was as hurt as a soul could get and while he was screaming he swore very loudly as even though he knew that would also get him in trouble too but at the moment his pain was too much.
His injuries included a massive bruise matching Una's to his head and he had smaller bruises and his clothes were cut up and he'd lost his hair tie so his medium length auburn hair was loose and full of leaves and other debris and the most ironic injury he had was to his left foot.
He hadn't lost his foot like his big brother lost it for good when he fell into the fiery inferno of the Red Death's body. But he at the moment pretty much lost the use of it right now. His left foot was so badly injured it was like it wasn't even there so in the sense right now he didn't have a left foot right now.
"Oh the Gods hate me! Now Hiccup and I are perfectly identical! Now we both don't have a left foot! Ugh! I fight so hard to be different from my brother and now my left foot is useless it's like I don't even have it! Perfect! And if I even manage to get back to the Spirit House if Dad doesn't kill me Mom gonna do it! Great! Why does life or in this case death have to be so full of irony?!" he yelled at the skies above as he tried to get up and get his bearings.
He fell over right away since he couldn't bear any weight on his left foot at all and had to hobble over to a strange lake nearby. He realized he wasn't anywhere on the map he knew and while he tried to soak away the pain for a second he quickly withdrew his feet when he realized what lake he was at.
This was the eel lake he was setting out to map and those eels were about to bit off his foot and then he and his brother really be alike. "Ugh! I don't need to be one legged like my older brother! Still I need help! Again irony! If I had taken someone with me someone could help me right now."
He managed to hobble some more to the other side of the lake and sit down on a carpet of nice red flowers. As he contemplated what to do and also what was causing the dragon souls to panic like that he realized that Stardust wasn't around.
He first tried to call her by name, when that didn't work he used the dragon call Hiccup taught him but that also failed. This caused him too really panic and he tried to mentally call her but that ultimately failed too. He was alone once more. He was seriously injured, alone and completely lost in the part of Sanctuary he hadn't mapped yet.
To make matters worse he didn't have his satchel at all with any of his belongings or the map even! That satchel had somehow miraculously stayed on Stardust and he had no idea where she was after she'd taken off in that chaotic frenzy.
So this was just about the worst-case scenario there was. It was even worse than the time his brother and Snotlout had gotten trapped on Outcast Island and Toothless's tail wasn't able to be used.
Feeling pretty sorry for himself he at least knew that wouldn't do him any good. He'd at least need a plan and figured the best thing to do was head to the center of the Sanctuary and ask White King to summon Stardust. Though to do that he'd at least need to make a crutch since his left foot was useless.
So he was looking for something to make an improvise crutch and saw one by the lake and got a bit nervous because it was very close to where the eels were and he didn't want to be bit by one but he needed. So he ran as fast as he could then snatched it even as the blood bane eels snapped at him and he collapsed to the ground.
He then had to hide as some Typhoomrangs came to feed and he knew he was in no condition to try and talk to them to help him nor were they. He'd learned when Typhoomrangs ate eels you didn't really want to bother them or they even in the Sanctuary go wild.
He did hear the pair talk about different eels they'd tried over their lives and while these blood bane ones were good like the ones found on Eel Island they remembered the extremely rare delicacy they had the rare privilege of eating once that so few had had. The unbelievably rare Navarog Eel a true delicacy and very delicious eel that wasn't found here at all. They finished eating and admit they better take off quickly before 'it' came back.
Boden didn't know what they meant by "it" but did decided that the lake full of eels should be named Navarog Eel Lake from that point on. Though pushing that unimportant thought aside he knew it was time to try and get his bearing and try and make it to the Great Lake of Octesian and ask White King for his help and see if he could figure out what had the Dragon Souls so freaked out to begin with.
But an hour later he hadn't made much progress given the extent of his injuries and the treacherous terrain around him. Also his powers were still way overloaded because the souls all around him were still in such a heighten state of panic.
He'd barely made it a mile and he knew the Lake was at least six miles on foot from Navarog Lake. This was starting to look hopeless and the sun was starting to go down and now he was really gonna get it.
"Dad is gonna murder me and so is Mom. Why did I have to feel like I did this morning? Like I was so all-powerful? So overly happy that I couldn't feel happier? What do I have to have such crazy moods? What is wrong with me? OWW!" as his crutch broke and he fell down on the ground and just cried in despair.
"Oh, Mommy! I'm sorry! I've never been sorrier in my life! And that was only four days I can remember! It was foolish of me then to leave the cave after three days of nonstop rain but this is even more foolish of me! Oh! I'm never gonna get out of here! And I'll never get to celebrate turning 16! As if it even matters anymore!" he just started to cry and he was crying as bad as Una was crying on Earth that moment.
He was so distraught he didn't realize at first that the wraith had tracked him down and it was looking at him with a murderous lust in its glowing blood red eyes. It was going to make sure the Soul Keeper was out of the picture and didn't aid in helping with some kind of prophecy that these two wraith kept muttering about.
Boden may not normally have a danger sense like his little sister did but he felt it just the same when that wraith was about to attack him. He just knew right before it attacked it was coming and he tried to run but couldn't and he fell even further and injured himself more.
He screamed once more knowing that this monster was about to do him in for good and take away whatever gave a soul a life to live in the afterlife but just before it was to strike something else struck first.
There was a large crack like a bullwhip and an agonizing scream of and the whip sound was heard again followed by the sound what sound like razors cutting through flesh as if it was a thin as a tissue.
Boden chanced a look and gasped in surprise for what he saw was something he couldn't believe. Before him was the most regal and majestic dragon he'd ever seen. It was a dragon he'd never seen before and he knew no-one in his family had ever seen the likes of him before not even his mother.
The kingly dragon had to have been 75 feet long with an 85 feet wing span meaning he must have weighed at least 1200lbs! His colors were all the color of royalty.
The majority of his body was royal purple with his horns being gold and red with a ring of gold and red flames around his neck and along his side. His razor-sharp talons were royal blue and had to be three inches long with golden ankle blades and gold and red blades up and down his tail. His giant wings had the patterns of shooting stars and crescent moons on them; also in the center of his forehead was almost like a jewel like scale and his eyes were also royal purple.
It was also obvious this guy was no stranger to fighting as he fought with the proficiency of one who must've fought at least a 100 battles. Boden watched in amazement as this dragon and this wraith dueled more and the more he watched the more Boden comprehended this dragon rivaled all his family dragon in all their areas of expertizes to the max.
He was undoubtedly as intelligent as Toothless, as agile as Stardust, beautiful as Nightrainbow, as serious and mature as Cloudjumper, compassionate as Moon Shadow, strong as Thornado and with senses equal to that of Skullcrusher.
All in all this was one amazing dragon and right now he was fighting to defend him and he was right in front of him and he fired a rapid succession of bright purple fireballs trying to get this wraith to back off.
The wraith wasn't about to back down despite it was very badly hurt and was clearly losing this duel even though the wraith had been fighting dirty and using any underhand tactic it could the noble dragon still found with honor and still managed to keep the upper hand.
Finally in one last attempt to get to Boden the wraith was going to go for the dragon's jugular vein and even though it was a soul felt its insanity spell in that place would 'kill it' but the dragon seem to have anticipate that and just when it was about to bite him he twisted and pin him to the ground and stared at him and the jewel like scale on its forehead glowed brightly causing the wraith to shriek in agonizing pain as if it was the one dying.
It started to slither away as fast as it good and the dragon chased it away keeping its light shining brightly till it was long gone and waited a few more moments before the light on its jeweled crest dimmed away.
Feeling like the danger had finally passed the dragon turned around and walked over to Boden who was still shocked and unable to move or speak and then watched as the noble dragon that had saved his life bowed its head and spoke to him.
It was a very soothing velvety voice an almost dreamlike quality but it still was very regal and respectful. Very suiting to this dragon.
"That evil bastard is gone and shall not return. He shall not harm you or any of the other souls again. I can assure you of that, Soul Keeper. I apologize for not getting to you sooner.
I sensed that great evil and was tracking it down and then I heard your cries and I knew instantly what that evil thing was planning and I knew I had to save you. For if it had succeed it in what it planned to do all the Souls in the Sanctuary would be without their protector and there would be greater danger to the many worlds then you even realize child.
I apologize once more, Soul Keeper for not coming sooner to your aid, but it's not been easy trying to help so many other souls so many frantic souls and trying to find you and that evil bastard at the same time.
But I am glad you are safe now."
"Thank you for saving me, but what was that thing? And how do you know me? And what do you mean what it was planning to do?"
"You are known here by your title as the Dragon Soul Keeper are you not? The Dragon Whisperer? We all know you are the one who protect us as we know your brother does that and we know your sister is the bridge between worlds. We dragons know more then you humans give us credit for."
"Okay, I'll give you know my title but my name is Boden, Boden Haddock."
"Pleased to meet your acquaintance Boden Haddock, but why are you here by yourself? Surely you've felt and sense all the signs of the approaching time of danger that is coming upon us? You shouldn't be here alone.
That wraith was sent here to do you and all of Valhalla harm and I would not be surprised if its own brother was not doing the same dark deeds to your brother's home.
No-one should be alone during these dark times even I who spent my whole life as a loner shouldn't be alone right now.
You may think your safe here in this place you think of as your own. That you may think you know each rock and stone and feel no fear to roam where others don't dare to go.
You may feel only you are welcome here that you alone know each breath of everything in this place this sanctuary for souls in death. That this place is perfectly perfect and just for you. That this is your place to stand alone and on your own. But that is very foolish thinking Boden Haddock.
You are a human soul and not a tree standing alone in a forest. You cannot live in your own little world and hide here. Don't think the whole world is blind and stupid and you can hide even here. People are meant to share the world with each other and souls whether they be living or dead need to be with others.
No-one should stand alone, you can stand on your own but you should never stand alone. Because trying to do this all on your own is what got you in trouble today.
Believe me I know what it means to be alone and I spent my life alone but just because I spent it alone never meant I was truly alone, Boden."
"Well you couldn't have been alone too long you don't look like your very old. My mom can tell any dragon's age and I'm guessing she say you only maybe 30 if that.
The dragon gave him a queer look before answering. "I'm much older and wiser then I look, Boden. I'm most likely the most long lived soul to roam this land. I lived to be exactly 233 years old."
Boden was shell-shocked and fell backwards and the dragon picked him up and put him on his back. "You are very badly injured and we need to get you out here. Where do we need to go and anything else we need to do?"
"We need to find my dragon Stardust then we have to get me home to my father Stoick and then I'm gonna have to be prepared to be yelled at for not listening to him. He told me something like this was gonna happening for not having someone to watch my back. Can you help me find Stardust and then take me home?"
"I can and I can also cast my light to ensure that wraith has been chased out while we search for Stardust. Let's go Boden."
As they flew to find Stardust Boden listen to this dragon tell him more about himself and make sure they cast out the malevolent energy in the Sanctuary. Una may have been the one in the family who really enjoyed stories but even Boden was loving this one.
He learned that this dragon was born all alone on a small island during sunrise one spring and spent his long life as a wandering nomad so he'd never had a place to call home.
He'd devoted his long life to one mission; his mission had been to selflessly help, protect and defend those in need; no matter if they'd be human or dragon. If anyone had needed him he'd been there. That had been his purpose in life and apparently in death as well. To help others out it's what he dedicated himself to doing.
As a result he was an accomplished fighter in addition to peace marker who without difficulty made friends. He was also very good with children as well. Many of the souls he'd befriend over the course of his long live which his excellent memory recalled described him as generous, self-sacrificing, empathetic, magnanimous, merciful, faithful, patient, honorable and humble.
His long life had likewise made him unbelievably sagacious. Plus although he'd fought countless battles for numerous whys and wherefores he'd under no circumstances ever took a life. Even more astonishing despite his flamboyant appearance and princely charisma and the fact he'd defend numerous females he'd never mated himself.
Hearing all this had left Boden very stunned and he was just in wonder and awe. It was more than enough to make him forget his own pain from his own injuries as he listened with baited breath to this dragon speak. He also figured out something that this dragon who had lived so long didn't have to tell him he must've had to do numerous time in those 233 years of life.
He'd undoubtedly witness the death of many of his beloved ones and had had to mourn many times. Despite never having a permanent home he did say he'd numerous friends and he must've seen more than his fair share of deaths in the course of living nearly 3 centuries! One could only imagine the grief one must carry in their hearts from living that long when all your friends perished long before you!
He paused for a moment to study the position of the Spirit Sun which was just about getting ready to set which was sending Boden into a panic since he knew he really needed to get home before that happened.
"Is something the matter, Boden? Do you not enjoy the enchantment of sunrise or sunset?"
"No, he's worried that his father gonna skin him for being late! Or worse I'll skin him! Boden! Thank the gods I finally tracked you down! Look at you! Thank Odin I manage to track you down! The whole Sanctuary been nothing but a chaotic mess and when I realized you're missing I wanted to find you right away, but White King called for me to help him first to help restore order and calm down everyone.
He told me someone had already informed him he'd find the missing Soul Keeper and I assume you must be the one sent by White King to find my best friend? Thank you for finding him!" Stardust gushed gratefully whilst still glaring furiously at her clearly wounded rider who was looking shamefully away.
"You're welcome, my lovely lady, and I volunteer to find the Soul Keeper because I sensed a great evil I've encounter before in my long life of 233 years causing trouble and I knew he was out on a mission to do great harm to the boy.
Just thank Odin I arrived in time before that malicious wraith was able to attack him! For the powers of this particular foul creature and all who affiliated with the brotherhood this disreputable fiend belongs to have powers you can only scarcely conceive. Far blacker and much more twisted then even your wildest and bloodcurdling nightmares I'll tell you that much!
I've lived 233 and I've seen and heard hints numerous times something of a greater plot, but never the whole thing from these fiendish beings. I fought them many times in my life long mission in protect others and I was often protect other from them!
Despite living 233 years I remember everything in perfect detail and I would know the energy of anyone from that brotherhood or whatever they call themselves anywhere. You fight something long enough you will recognize even in death you wouldn't forget what's been your personal foe since you're very young.
It was primarily because of this evil brotherhood I encountered at a very young age I made it my mission to protect others since it seemed to be their mission to do as much evil as possible and causes as much pain, annihilation, spreading the poisonous seeds of hatred, terror, and all the elements that represent disharmony as far and wide as they could and to as many people and dragons as they could.
Consequently because of them harming one of my very first friends that motivated me to devote my life to fighting them and helping others whether it be because of them or not. Though I feel they're the root to almost all the problems in all the Nine Realms one way or another.
That was and is my mission and I breathed my last breath doing just that. They're trying to exterminate the nest of a particular female dragon who was as black as night. She was trying to hide and I gave my life to defend that female and her eggs.
Though part of me feels it was for naught. I sense strongly the female and her eggs were destroyed with the exception of one egg. In the course of the terrible blood-spattered battle with that same wraith along with a second wraith that was in shape of a wolf something very peculiar was going on.
They're following the commands of a demented woman who looked like she was insane and half a decomposing corpse with no dress sense.
Though it was clear she was the one calling the shots and I believe once they addressed her as 'sister'," he paused for a moment to catch his breath and Boden and Stardust where just stunned to learn this information but weren't able to piece it together themselves yet but perhaps later with more clues they would.
After a few more moment the imperial dragon warrior continued on with the tale of his noble death and how it had led him to be where he needed to be to save Boden's life today.
"It was an extremely vicious and deadly battle; my last battle. They never saw this but one egg was knocked far out of sight and I know in my heart that one egg was never found for they never knew it even existed.
I've a strong feelings the gods went to extreme measures to protect that female's last egg. I've a feeling that in my heart that egg survived as did the dragon within it. I hope one day I met that dragon I helped play a part in saving their life before they hatched.
But I never understood why this species was being exterminated for it wasn't the first time I'd seen an attack like this. Many times in my long life I had tried to defend dragons that were as black as night and fought with great fury to protect one another.
Yet it was every time an ambush attack and extremely quick and brutal like they're dead set to slaughter them and then that demon woman would do something that I couldn't tell what, but she some kind of evil magic to them after the attack was over.
I live with the everlasting regret I was never able to save those dragons from being slaughter. Which is why I live with hope in my heart that I at least mange to at least save that last female's one egg," he finished tell this spine chilling story as by now they reached the gates.
"Well thank you again for continuing your mission to protect one and all whether they be human or dragon and I don't know what gift you have but are you at least sure that wraith be chased out of the Sanctuary?"
"The jewel I was born with in my brow seems to have the ability to send in times of crises the power of my soul's pure light and pure evil cannot bear that light. It banishes them once they are touch by it. It's like being burned alive to them.
I cleansed the whole land while we're trying to find you, Stardust with that light. It was forced out for now. So as long as we lock up properly it won't get back in, though I feel we'll need a protection spell of some kind to ensure the protection continues if the gate is ever left open again."
"That's another thing, how was the gate left open to begin with? We always make sure it's sealed tightly so my brother's soul lock keeps all evil out! What happened?!"
Boden hung his head ashamedly, "It's my fault, Stardust, I was on this unexplainable overly happy high that I wasn't thinking and didn't do the normal precautionary measures. So I didn't double check the outside and I didn't double check that we sealed the gateway behind us.
Don't say it! I already know Dad is gonna kill me! And so is my mother! And I'll never live this down in my death! And I'll never ever get to turn 16! I get it I screwed up and I'm paying for it dearly! So don't you dare say the words "I told you so!" I already got it! Okay?!"
"Understood, Boden, now let's seal this place up properly and go home!" they both said as they left the DSS and sealed it up properly this time.
They hurried home as swiftly as they could but did not manage to make it back before dark and the Spirit moon was already in the skies when they got home and Stoick was out of his mind with worry which was only made worse when he saw the condition his child was in.
"What in Thor's name happen to you Boden?! Oh my gods! Valka is gonna to find a way to murder me for sure again! This isn't good!" he cried out in shock and worry as he took Boden into his arms. Boden at this time was sort of semi-conscious due to the amount of injuries and just the exhaustion of everything had happened so Stoick looked to Stardust for an explanation.
Stardust though she knew she couldn't really speak to him without Boden to translate instead gestured to the dragon that had rescued Boden having a feeling he might somehow be able to offer the explanation she couldn't offer since she really didn't know.
When Stoick and that regal dragon's eyes met it was that magical bond that Stoick had been looking for since the dragon souls had come to Valhalla for their everlasting rest and it looked like at long last this dragon soul that had lived 233 years and spent how in limbo before being allowed to rest the DSS had finally found who he was meant to be with.
Stoick approached the dragon and placed his hand on his on the dragon's muzzle and it was once more that magical feeling and he utter his thanks. "Thank you, my friend for saving my son. I only thanked one other dragon before for saving my child. I'm thankful for all the dragons that guard and protect my three most precious treasures. Thank you."
Then to everyone surprise even without Boden out cold the dragon spoke once more in its magical dreamy velvet voice all understood him.
"I'm more then honored to protect the life of such a precious soul and saving a child's life is the greatest deed there is. I lived to protect and died defending a mother and eggs. I will always protect others.
And your son was in greater danger then anyone other than myself knows. I know this evil all too well and if I'm right your other children are targets as well from this same evil. As are many others we may both care about.
I'm proud to serve and protect and be more then honored to be your dragon, sir and together with a great protector such as yourself to continue my life's work. You are a man who lived to serve his fellow man and you obviously love your family more than anything else in any world.
A solider of love and a father to all that's how I view myself. It would be the greatest gift and honor to be your dragon. If I may be given that honor?"
"I'd be greatly honored to have a dragon who I've so much in common with and loves and protects and clearly knows so much to help and aid me. What is your name?"
"I have no name, but what is yours?"
"Stoick the Vast, but I shall give you your name as I bestowed my other dragons their names. The first name that comes to mind when I look at you is Soulwings. For your soul is forever winging its way on its mission to forever protect others, do you like that name?"
"I'm more then honored to accept that name. I shall now and forever be known as Soulwings. Now let's get your son inside so we may fix him up some. Also let him hear what your guests have to say. I can hear you have three people within home awaiting to inform us of their own important news."
Sure enough Olaf, Firestorm and Dragonfang were inside and Firestorm went straight to work fixing up Boden. She had tended to baby animals and babysat many children on Berk when she lived so she did have some medical knowledge and right now they couldn't take him to Helka the Healer.
She finished cleaning and dressing his wounds and was making a special boot for his left foot. "Well, this is peculiar but as souls how we do get hurt and is unusual as souls we are halfway between being alive and dead.
But the injury to his foot is the equivalent to a living person having stress fraction or a hairline fraction to the left foot. Meaning he'll have to wear a special boot for at least 6 and half weeks till his soul's body healed itself."
"There no way to hide this boot? Because let's just say that my wife has a way of finding out?"
"Stoick with everything we just told you and will repeat in a moment you don't have to dance around the fact about the Secret Realm alright? Yes, Boden's gonna have to wear a special boot for six and half weeks or his left foot will never heal right and then you'll have both of yours sons without left feet!" Firestorm snapped irritably at him.
"Great! My wife is gonna find a way to murder me!"
"Just let me make the boot and he'll be waking up after I'm done making it and we'll explain everything else. I'll need a couple of things to make this boot. Daddy can you and Dragonfang get me the things I'll need? You know I invented this when I was only 12 years old and had to help my sister Dotta out?" she mentioned as they gathered a lot of funny materials.
Well as she finished making a walking boot out what was available to them the pain of putting it on woke Boden up and he swore very loudly when he woke up. But that was the least of his problems.
"Oh, hi everyone! Ow!"
"Shush, Boden, it's almost done," Firestorm told him as she finished tightening the straps on the boot and tested it to make sure it would hold. "Good now listen up you'll have to take it easy for the next six and half weeks and no strenuous activities and please don't be foolish enough and make your injuries worse!"
"I won't madam. But who are you and can someone fill me in on the whole story about what in the name of Asgard was going on today?"
"Well Soulwings the dragon that saved your life today already informed me of your many follies in the DSS, Boden and from now on you are never going to the DSS alone, you understand. You are taking a Soul Rider with you always, got it?!"
"Yes, Dad, I get it, but who are these three people and what was that crazy thing that attacked me and Soulwings? Nice name!"
"I'm Olaf this is my daughter Firestorm and her husband Dragonfang. Their dragons are outside guarding the house making sure that evil wraith doesn't try to attack the Village again after we just finished cleansing it."
'You look very familiar, Firestorm, you reminded me of someone who is very dear to my brother and I's sister Una. Her name is Firefang. She and her cousin Skullette are very dear to our family on Berk."
"That's my daughter and Skullette's is my niece and we're telling your father earlier about the special gifts our family has that my daughter and niece have that they've unknowing been using to cleanse Berk of the great evil similar to the one that was attacking Valhalla."
"Huh?"
"Sit and listen carefully, Boden and I'll listen again since I didn't pick it all up the first time myself."
"Okay Dad."
"I'll explain as simply as I can. As you know your daughter Una Stoick is psychic and is the bridge between two worlds? She is blessed with many gifts of her own? As is your second son with his son with his own gifts?"
"Yes, both Una and Boden have special gifts, but Hiccup still has the great gift of having more love in him than anyone else I've ever know and if that's not a special gift all on its own I don't know what is."
"True someone one with as much love as your eldest child as great power too. But yes, your second son and only daughter have psychic abilities well so does our family. We're spiritual sensitives similar to Una but we don't have quite the same abilities as her." Olaf started to explain and Firestorm began to explain more.
"Our family has always had many abilities such as being able to sense the going-ons in the other Realms and really strong connection to the Spirit World. We can sense evil and tell when danger is coming. We tended to know things without having a reason for knowing them. We are able to really pick up other emotions quite well. We also have the rare gift of being able to expel evil from others and are immune from being affected by evil entities"
"Everyone in our family line at one point of their lives will find a special stone which we always put in the center of our helmets. These stones help us focus our spiritual gifts and when the bond of family is exceptionally strong it only makes our gifts extremely more potent." Olaf furthered explained.
"So at this moment my daughter and her cousin now sister are doing what they are meant to do even if they don't realize they have these gifts. It is tradition in the family when the children turn 18 to fully inform them of the family secret legacy and help them learn to use their gifts properly." Firestorm started to explain but her husband finished for her.
"Sadly we fear that Dotta didn't inform either Skullette or Firefang out sadness due to our passing so both are unaware of their gifts which they really need to hone right now if they wish to help protect Berk from future spiritual threats." Dragonfang finished.
"They must be informed then! And quickly! I've battle the brotherhood of this evil since I was only six years old and they will stop at nothing till they get whatever they want! They are ruthless and relentless! Do you at least have a protection spell that will banish the snake dragon from returning to either the Village or the Sanctuary?" Soulwings asked quickly.
"Yes, we do we're writing when we're waiting for Boden to get back. It will need to be placed in every home of every soul and will need to be cared into the wall on the inside and outside of the Sanctuary to be most effective but it will do the trick.
It's similar to what our daughter wrote as like with your family have a strong psychic connection so does ours. But we shall read it now and if Soulwings you use some of your soul's light energy mixing it with my father and I's spirit crystals will at least give us a huge burst of power right now to ward it off till we get it into everyone's home."
"I'd be honored commencing reading now."
So Olaf, Firestorm and her husband all read aloud and Firestorm and Olaf's crystals combined with Soulwings' jewel scale all cast a powerful light that pulsated brightly and a wave of power rippled throughout all of Valhalla.
"Do you have faith?
When the nightmare becomes reality
and all you have left is hope and love
so even if that hope withers away
or even if the love dies out
the hope and love of us all will
Shine and banish this evil darkness"
At the same time this spell was read it become magically inscribed on the back of all those medallions Boden and his siblings had made and by the end of that weekend the spell was in everyone's home and carved into the Sanctuary walls both on the outside and inside.
In the farthest corners of the wilds this wraith was doing exactly what its wolf brother wraith was doing on Berk and was also saying the exact same thing as well.
Once the wraith had been forced from the village from the spell he'd been forced all the way deep into the woods to be far enough to where the spell didn't reach him. He too was unmistakably extremely distraught and also sounding like he wasn't the only one gonna be in a foul mood.
Snarling and snapping viciously at the air the wraith spoke too brutishly. "This isn't good! Not good at all! The Council will not be pleased at all with this unforeseen setback or how it seems Valhalla got some very peculiar Souls in it.
Oh my sister will not be pleased at all with this development! And she's in a bad enough mood when she's in a good mood! I sincerely hope that that boy toy of hers will at least make her happy in the bedroom tonight when I've to tell her I cannot assault the village or Sanctuary any longer! Or there will be murder done and it won't be one I'll enjoy!
Whatever kind of magic is safeguarding this world we must overcome it and quickly! That prophecy must not be fulfilled ever! I only hope our other brother is having better luck attacking Berk and he isn't somehow warded off by some strange unforeseen magic!" and with that he let out the most vicious bloodcurdling roar worse and more terrible then even a normal dragon would make.
A small portal opened to his left that seemed to be made out of something that looked like fire and ice mixed together and he ran through it and was gone. But one thing was clear something very big and very deadly was going on and whatever it was one thing was clear. This would not end pretty for anyone!
Voice Actors
Olaf: Josh Gad-Olaf from Frozen who else would it be?
Firestorm: Kristy Wu-P'Li LOK
Dragonfang: Peter Giles-Ghazan LOK
Kasume: Moneca Stori-English dub Kagome in InuYasha
Moltar: Richard Ian Cox English voice actor for InuYasha
Jormungandr: Jason Griffith- Lord Darkar Winx Club 4Kids Version
Soulwings: Robert Brockstael-Helios- 90's SMED
Songs used 1. Great Spirits 2. Who you really are? 3. Trail of Hope 4. I stand alone
Inyuasharocks01862 wrote the protection spell again for this chapter as well.