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Athena woke up to Talon shaking her awake, again. "Come on. Get up." He whispered.

"What are we doing?" Athena asked, getting up sleepily.

"You wanted to know why this place was called this whispering forest, so I'm going to show you." Talon told her, leading the way through the tunnels.

They left through a cave and went into the forest. When they were going through the forest, Athena noticed that some of the grains from the fields were still growing among the grass. Talon stopped at an old willow tree, hanging upside down from one of the branches.

"What now?" Athena asked.

"Quiet." Talon said. "Listen."

"Listen for what?" Athena said, and then she heard it.

It was just faint enough that you could hear it, but quiet enough that you had to focus to hear it. It was the wind, speaking.

"It's supposed to tell you what your destiny is, and what your fate is." Talon said. "The last thing it told me was that I was going to find a true friend, which was the night before I met you."

Athena listened to the voices.

"Leave the life you know behind."

"A living legend stuck in time."

"A place once known but now is lost."

"Are you willing to pay the cost?"

"What does it mean?" Athena said.

"What does what mean?" Talon asked. "The wind is speaking to you, isn't it?"

"Does it always speak in riddles?" Athena asked again.

"It's supposed to be different for everyone." Talon said.

Athena continued listening to the wind, but was disturbed when they heard a twig snap and many voices shooshing someone.

Talon looked at Athena, motioning for her to follow him. They silently crept through the forest to where the voices had come from.

There was a large group of about 50 guards and knights, as well as Joel, Finley, and Avedis. All of them were in armour, and ready for battle. At the front of the group, beside the two princes and the king, was another Night Fury, but its face was hidden from view.

"How did they find us?" Athena whispered.

"I don't know. Can you see who the other dragon is?" Talon answered.

"No. Their face is hidden. But they're leading the others to the caves." Athena said.

Talon nodded. "We've been spied on."

***** 5 minutes later *****

Talon and Athena ran into Zaltana's cave, where she was organizing small coloured rocks in patterns on the floor.

"What brings you here with such urgency?" Zaltana said in her soft, wise voice.

"There are intruders heading towards the caves." Talon reported.

"Who?"

"The king and prince of Darkoba, the prince of Shakola, and some of their troops." Athena answered.

Zaltana looked at them with worry. "Go wake the others." She said urgently, gathering up the stones and placing them, along with other artifact's, in a leather bag.

"Wait. There's someone leading them here." Athena said.

"Their faults are our fates." was all Zaltana said. Then she ran out of the cave to wake up Aleron and the three Nadder sisters.

Talon and Athena went to wake up everyone else. "Go get my brother. Meet me outside on the tall rock." Talon told her.

"Tall rock?"

"Toothless will know where that is."

Athena nodded and headed back to the cave. Talon went to wake up the others.

When Athena reached the smaller cave, the younger Night Fury was awake and staring at her with curious eyes. "We have to leave, don't we?"

"Yes, but it'll be okay. We just have to meet your brother at the tall rock. Do you know where that is?" Athena said. Toothless nodded and led the way.

"How did you know we had to leave?" Athena asked.

"I could hear you through the caves, they echo." Tothless answered.

Athena nodded. They flew out of the cave system and onto a huge boulder.

"Good, you're here." Talon said, flying up to meet them. Behind him were Zaltana, Nakeya, Zack, and Stuart. Other dragons were flying out of other caves and hiding up in trees and rocks on the mountain.

"Aleron, Satin, Savvanah, and Sari are on their way back to the castle." Felix said, flying over to them. "I told them that we were going to contact them when everything was safer. I can't find Tess, though."

"I wonder why?" Talon said sarcastically.

Nakeya growled. "I always hated that…" Felix coughed, cutting her off. Nakeya rolled her eyes.

"So Tess is a traitor, we've got royals from not one but two countries after us, and we're being attacked for the first time in 50 years." Stuart said, summing up the situation they were in.

Everyone nodded, and then the first fire ball exploded into the mountain.

Alright, hope you guys like this chapter! The adventure has begun! And I get that earlier behind and time don't really rhyme, but it's close enough. Please review!