That morning after some time flying with Toothless Hiccup was in deep thought about what he had seen. There wasn't any dragon training for today so his mind was running wild with the knowledge that Danny and his sister Dani could turn into dragons thanks to their amulets. He shivered a bit at the magic power that had to of been involved in something like that, and that it didn't have any weaknesses either. This thought made him freeze in place remembering the time that Danny had first come to the training program.
The teen had gotten very mad and suddenly stormed out while looking like he would tear the head off of the next person to talk to him. At this Hiccup shuddered before realizing that anger could bring about the transformation as well before clearing his head. "Hey Hiccup!" Looking up startled he saw Astrid walking up to him and nodded in greeting to her before going back into thought. "I know that look… that's you troubled look... what's the problem this time?" Astrid spoke as Hiccup let out a sigh due to losing his train of thought, while getting the feeling that he should keep this information he just learned to himself.
"It's just… Astrid I found out something about Danny and his sister, but… for some reason I don't think I should tell you right now and… there is a giant fish behind you." Hiccup spoke before realizing and pointing out the giant fish to Astrid who turned around just in time for it to fall on top of her. Behind it laughing was none other than the twins who had captured it on their dragon before flying away. This left a very confused Hiccup behind and one very angry Astrid who instantly got up from under the fish that was being attacked by dragons before taking off after them.
"That is one seriously big fish." Instantly the viking teen whipped around to see the same white haired person from the night before standing behind him looking at the fish. "Next time you decide to do some prank war as a form of exercise may I suggest trying to prevent the twins from playing along?" For a moment Hiccup looked at the person in front of him mouth open as they took a bite of an apple that they held before speaking. "How did… when did you… but she… I… twins… who in the name of Thor are you?" Upon saying this the teen chuckled at Hiccup and looked at him with ice cold fire eyes that looked almost lifeless.
"I won't tell you my real name for safety reasons, but I will tell you that for the time being you can call me Atlas. Long story short I'm what you might call a mischievous spirit, demon, ghost whatever that has taken to protecting Danny and Dani. Also before you do anything know that Demon's can't suck out your soul that is just a myth as much as sock stealing trolls." Hiccup who froze up upon hearing this looked at the white haired teen who gave a small smile before tossing the apple over his shoulder and into the ocean, never to be seen again. This was short lived though as the teen gave another chuckle before suddenly starting to walk away from the village and into the woods.
Though he paused for a moment to look at Hiccup who had the feeling that he was suppose to follow and so the viking did. "I'm just leading you away so that no one would think your crazy talking to mid air… now I don't want our conversation interrupted. Anyways you must have questions of some kind for me after all how often do you get to talk with something that attacked Danny's village on a regular basis?" That brought Hiccup to a halt who looked at Atlas wide eyed upon hearing that information and for a moment the viking teen stuttered out of shock.
The ghost looked at the viking teen for a moment waiting for something to happen while thinking about other things. He was also making sure that Hiccup didn't end up getting Eel Pox so that the teen could have his whole adventure thing where his dragon accidentally ate an eel. "You mean that… his village… you… Dani… this is starting to feel more unreal the longer it goes on… what exactly are you doing here anyways?" With that Atlas chuckled at the teen while walking in the woods for a bit thinking about what to say until finally settling on something. "Well for starters I'm protecting you from several stink bombs from Snotlout, and Danny along with his sister have a plan involving snow that I don't want to be on the wrong end of. Also as I have said before I'm a mischievous spirit that has taken to protecting the two of them from certain dangers."
Hiccup looked at the white haired spirit as it were in front of him as they walked through the woods stopping every now and then. "Anyways I know they won't like this, but I have some overly complicated plan in place involving the two of them in order to capture a high powered evil ghost. Unfortunately I need them to have at least one friend here who knows about their little secret as it were, and you are the only one that would be able to handle it and not turn on them." Atlas stopped and leaned against a tree to look at Hiccup who was now looking at him wide eyed before speaking. "But… but… but I… them… but why me and not Astrid or possibly even Fishlegs?" With that the ghost looked at him with a face that said 'Are you serious?' before letting out a sigh and speaking. "Does Toothless ring any bells?"
That said Hiccup was taken aback remembering the time that he had first met the Night Fury before slowly nodding. Atlas smiled before taking a look in a random direction and speaking to the viking teen knowing that something was about to happen. "Long story short Danny was involved in an accident and is now I guess you could say half demon. Dani isn't his sister either she is a failed attempt at making a copy at him, that I saved and as such have the same powers as him. As you know the amulets let them turn into dragons, that is just one of their abilities… now I suggest you go and do some research one demons and remember what I told you about them."
Suddenly there was a flash of light that caused Hiccup to cover his eyes and when he opened them Atlas was encased in ice. His face was one of utter shock and taking that as his cue to leave the viking teen turned around and walked away without a word. Once he was gone though Danny and Dani turned visible while looking at the ice where the full ghost was now visible. This caused both halfa's to blink a few times before looking at each other and without a word both of them turned around and walked out of the woods. They knew that Atlas would be okay and that the ice would melt after an hour, but what they didn't know was that Hiccup knew about their secrets thanks to the full ghost.
By the end of the day the twins had gotten everyone except Hiccup and the two halfa's and Hiccup had managed to only get Astrid, and Snotlout. As for Danny and Dani, they managed to get everyone before turning on each other, and this meant that the two hadn't been seen for the rest of the day. All in all they all had a good time actually acting their age for once before going back to acting as viking's. It would have gone on longer though if it wasn't for Fishlegs accidentally getting Stoic with one of his pranks. Right as the sun set though there was a small explosion in the woods, and fifteen minutes later both Danny and Dani came out covered in soot.
-|:-:|- Time Skip - Day of Eel Pox -|:-:|-
Two days went by and soon all the teens were in the arena getting their dragons ready except for Danny and Dani who didn't have dragons and as such had to stay behind. The two halfa's watched as the viking teens left rather nervous due to both of them knowing that they weren't exactly going to catch this illness. It also would raise questions as it were to how they were able to hold out and looking at each other they quickly took off. None of the teens noticed them take off, not even Stoic, but strangely enough Gothi did notice them and glanced at the retreating halfa's.
"Danny… how exactly are we going to describe us ourselves being immune to Eel Pox?" Dani looked at her older brother who glanced at her as he glanced over his shoulder at the retreating form's of the teens on their dragons. Both of them shivered slightly as the felt Gothi's eyes look down at them before continuing away from the villagers. "I have no clue Dani… though the best we could do is at least stay out of the village… maybe we should head to the cove that Hiccup told us about where he meet Toothless?" With that said the young female halfa looked at the older male halfa for a bit before both of them took off running through the woods to reach the cove and safety as it were. Mildew spotted them both but proceeded to ignore them like all other times, which confused everyone to no end.
For the rest of the day the two halfa's were at the cove relaxing unaware that Hiccup hadn't returned yet. "DANNY! DANI! Where are those two?" Both siblings as it were snapped to attention upon hearing their names right as Astrid hopped into the cove. "Finally! I've been looking for the two of you since I got back… I thought for sure the two of you would of been infected by now." Astrid spoke while the two halfa's looked at each other for a small moment before both speaking at the same time. "Shortly after you left with the others the two of us decided to head to the cove and try to stay healthy just in case something came up and the others couldn't handle it… though I take it something has."
They blinked and looked at each other as Astrid blinked once or twice and with a sigh she dragged the two rather reluctantly back to the village. Again she shivered in horror upon seeing Gobber and the two halfa's did as well before Stoic came up and spoke to them. "Astrid… glad to see you found them… (Cough * Cough) Danny, Dani… I'm sorry for bringing you back, but… (Cough) we need some help." The two looked at each other surprised by seeing the others acting slightly crazy, but they did laugh upon seeing Snotlout being attacked by a Terrible Terror before speaking at the same time. "Yeah… we can see what you meant Stoic sir… okay seriously how are we saying the same thing at the same time?" The two looked at each other while Astrid, Stoic, and Gothi looked at them rather surprised, before the two got an idea and started to spit out random words.
"Cat, Toothless, dog, wolf, Berk, outcast, tree, fish, bread, ghost, dragon, Walker, Stoic, corn dog… we need to stop doing this." Again they stopped talking and looked at each other rather surprised sense they said the same thing at the same time. Those that were still sane looked at the two surprised, along with some of those that had gone insane thanks to the Eel Pox. With that the two silently got to work trying to help those that were still sane round up those that have lost their minds. In the end the two halfa's ended up knocking all those that were insane out just to keep their sanity and the while saying the same thing as the other at the same time.
When Hiccup returned along with Fishlegs and their dragons he saw the two sitting on the ground looking at each other. "Okay so it's a double dose for Snotlout, triple for the twins, and some for the two of them… and again why would those two idiots freeze perfectly good milk?" Gobber who was now cured spoke and gestured to the twins when he mentioned the frozen milk and the two halfa's when mentioning giving some of the cure to them. Though something clicked in Dani's head and she suddenly shot towards the twins just as Danny grabbed hold of her waist in an effort to restrain her. "NO! Bad Dani! Bad Dani!" This caused everyone to jump as Danny's sister struggled against her older brother while trying to get towards the twins.
Hiccup looked at the two of them now realizing what Gobber had meant by giving them some while Astrid walked up behind him and spoke. "Okay… I think it's safe to say that Dani has finally become crazy… at least their not talking at the same time anymore, now that was creepy." The chief's son stayed quiet as he looked at the two halfa's struggle nodding slowly due to being creeped out by the look on Dani's face.
In the end Dani was given some of the medicine who calmed down a bit along with Danny, who was doing better than her sister before Hiccup spoke. "Uh… Danny… care to explain what just exactly happened to your sister?" The older halfa glanced at his sister for a moment before turning to face the viking teen and spoke. "Sorry about that… back in the village we both originally come from we have something similar to what the twins just made. Dani… has a sweet tooth as it is, and tends to go crazy about it… hence why I make sure we don't exactly get that much sweet foods. They tend to… make the two of us go a bit crazy at times due to the fact we can get a sugar rush real easy."
The teens all nodded before leaving to head home, though Danny had to make sure that Dani was tied up. Mink though had moved onto Danny's shoulders sometime along the way and was just enjoying the ride while watching all this happen. Though unknown to them all Hiccup was in deep thought about what Atlas had told him about Danny and Dani both being half alive, and half dead. This one though kept the teen up well into the night as he began to wonder if the two were even his friends until he heard a familiar voice. "They are your friends Hiccup… though it is tearing them up inside due to them not willing to tell anyone."
Looking behind him he saw the white haired teen leaning against the wall while looking at the two halfa's as they slept. Hiccup stayed quiet as Atlas looked at the two of them a hint of worry in his eyes before letting out a sigh and speaking again. "Hiccup… ask the two of them about the time that Phantom defeated the dark king, and if they ask how you know that tell them you just had a strange dream and it was just a random thought. This should be more than enough to convince Dani, Danny though… just act curious and give him your best begging face and he should fall for it."
For a moment Hiccup said nothing before looking at Toothless who was asleep on a rock and while looking at his dragon spoke. "Why… why exactly do you want to protect the two of them… and what exactly are you protecting them from?" Almost instantly Atlas looked down at the floor obviously in deep thought until he let out a sigh and spoke. "It is… complicated… for starters I am keep them both safe from a ghost known as Vlad Plasmius, or his human counterpart Vlad Masters. Unfortunately that very same man is their sort of but not really uncle and only real family that Danny has left… another reason is to keep him from falling too far, for if Danny does, everything everywhere burns. Call it what you will doomsday, Armageddon, end of the world… Ragnarok… Danny is the key, and Plasmius is the lock… that is who I am after as well Vlad Plasmius."
Almost instantly Hiccup was staring between Atlas and Danny out of shock as he imagined the old tales. That was until he noticed the ghost looking at Danny as well and for a moment said nothing until something came to him. "Your him… you're the version that caused Ragnarok and yet… you're still trying to prevent it from happening… why?" Atlas instantly looked at Hiccup surprised that the teen had figured it all out before shivering in response and slowly nodding.
"It's… more complicated than that Hiccup but yes I am the version that caused Ragnarok and am now trying to prevent it, but… the event that created me has already passed and I now exist out of time thanks to a being that I know as Clockwork."
Atlas let out a sigh looking at the two halfa's before glancing back at Hiccup and with a slight smile spoke again. "This is all the time I have for tonight Hiccup… now it is time for you to sleep, while I try to hold off the dangers as long as I can. Remember this, only Danny and Dani can stop the growing tides of evil, and they can only do it with help from their friends." Almost instantly Atlas disappeared in a flash of greenish-red light and Hiccup fell asleep where he sat, his head in his arms as he drifted off into a dreamless sleep.
-|:-:|- Scene Shift -|:-:|-
Clockwork looked up from a book he was reading just as a flash of light appeared in his tower, and there in it's place stood Atlas. He was looking at a time window that the time ghost had set up showing Vlad as he traveled through the Ghost Zone. For a moment nothing was said as the two ghosts watched the vile creature that was Vlad Plasmius fly on wards. "I already know your answer but… are you sure you want to go threw with this plan Atlas?" The time ghost spoke while looking at the white haired ghost who continued to look at the mirror before speaking.
"The answer to that question is no Clockwork… but it is time and I must move on if things are to be good for all. As soon as the vile creature that spawned the creature known as Vlad Plasmius is finally captured and destroyed I can rest. If I can even save Vladimir Masters from the parasite in the process that would be all the sweeter." With that said Atlas looked at the time mirror that showed the true face of the evil that was the cause of all of this.
The Vile creature whose face was beyond even Clockwork's ability to see sat in his chair while blobs of pink tentacles and ecto-energy floated around him. There was only one name that fit this creature and that was none other than Ragnarok, the harbinger of death and ultimately half of Atlas' origin. A look crossed the full ghost's face that showed anger and while his eyes stayed blue, his white hair turned into flames. Even the time ghost glared at the creature who turned it's head to look at it's own mirror before smirking. This creature was none other than the first halfa to ever exist, more powerful than Pariah Dark himself.
Almost instantly the picture fizzled out as both ghosts continued to glare at the thing before Clockwork spoke. "Well than… the best of luck Atlas… there is only one path ahead of us now… and somewhere along the way it splits into two." The time ghost gave an odd smile alongside Atlas for both knew that even though the chance of them winning was slim it was still possible and that slim chance was all that they needed. With that said Atlas turned around to face Clockwork and for the first time in forever he gave a genuine smile that reached his eyes before speaking. "No Clockwork… there is only one path and it doesn't split… we will win and call me by my given name… Dan Phantom."
Everyone: O.o
crai22: I know, I know alright. That cliffhanger was horrible and this doesn't even seem to fit in with the entire story, but hey at least I got the prank war thing done and managed to make people see where this falls in terms of the HTTYD TV series.
Miota: Dude... you seriously need to go outside more often that is kind of dark and this is coming from a goth of all things.
crai22: Hey like you weren't expecting that, it was kind of obvious if you look back on it really at least in my mind that is. This is also a huge and I mean HUGE! plot twist that no one was able to see coming unless they were able to read between the lines that is. ANYWAYS Please read and review people while I go and lie down, my head feels like it's about to explode for some reason.
Danny: I seriously didn't expect him to make Vlad of all people an unwilling host to some sort of parasite of all things that's controlling his every action. Though that would explain why he acted all creepy over me and even went as far as to clone me only for Dani to turn up.
Dani: Before Danny realizes that was actually Vlad and not the parasite talking please know that crai22 doesn't own a thing but the plot here and I wish you all a Merry Christmas!
Miota: You do know that it's October 15th right?"
Dani: YEP!