So sorry Eret lovers…..

!WARNING!

Character Death and Gore will be present in this Chapter

YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED

I am Serious

The story will get darker from here.

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Cael never knew a day could go from great to very bad, very quickly.

It started off great, both Cael and Aurora had awoken at the same time, having awoken from one of the best night they had ever experienced. They were officially mates. The both lay together, their bodies pressed up against one another. They were both relishing the warmth that their bodies gave off. Cael eventually got up and went to retrieve some fish. A choice he regretted.

He came back to find Aurora pinned under a Nightwalker, who was screaming at her, demanding to know where Cael was. Cael was in the shadows, making a break down in his head of how this battle will play out. There were four Nightwalkers, and one Razor-Wing. Two of the Nightwalkers were Aurora's parents. There eyes slits and glazed over. Those two plus one of the other Nightwalkers were being controlled by an Alpha, probably Nightmare. The Razor-Wing and the Nightwalker pinning were not controlled, merely corrupt to the Alpha's leadership.

"Cael!" Cael heard the scream echo off the cavern walls. Cael grew more angry, the Nightwalker above Aurora was pressing down harder on her chest. He let loose, sprinting from out of the shadows, towards the Nightwalker hurt Aurora. The Nightwalker saw him, and fired a blast at him. Cael reflected his attack, firing a blast of his own. The blasts collided mid air, creating a powerful shock wave. which caught the wings of the Razor-Wing, knocking him back.

Cael quickly fired another shot, still in a fast sprint. The Nightwalker pinning Aurora, moved his wing to deflect the, what he thought was a 'plasma' blast. Cael blast are not plasma. In melted through the membrane of the Nightwalkers wing, carrying on through the Nightwalkers heart and exploding on the cavern wall behind him. The Nightwalker collapsed limp on the ground beside Aurora.

The Razor-Wing and the unknown Nightwalker joined in, having finally recovered from the shockwave. Before proceeding to them, Cael used his Concussive wave blast to knock Aurora's parents back, the trauma releasing them from the Alphas grasp. Cael was brought in to 'paw to paw' combat with the unknown Nightwalker His marking on his ears Going bright red before turning completely black. Their battle was ferocious.

The Razor-Wing slowly approached Aurora. Aurora knew those wings are fully capable of slicing through fully grown trees. Aurora remembered him from Nightmares nest. His name was Slicerwing. A Razor-Wing named Slicerwing. A bit generic. They were both cut off by a roar. the unknown Nightwalker had clamped his jaw around Cael's neck, who was roaring in pain. He to reached round and latched onto the Nightwalkers neck. But he pulled its throat out. The Nightwalker released Cael's neck, and began flailing around, blood pour from his neck like the nearby waterfall. Cael spat the Nightwalkers throat out, and fired a small blast between his eyes. The Nightwalker screamed in pain as his eyes boiled and popped, before collapsing dead on the ground.

Cael was disgusted by his own actions but what was he to do. Next thing he felt was a sharp pain just under his left wing. When he looked he saw a deep, profusely bleeding cut along his side. It stung, unlike anything. He looked at the smirking Razor-Wing. The Razor-Wing glanced at Cael, his smirk falling. Cael looked feral. Blood covered his maw. The wounds he endured on his neck were slowly methodically bleeding. The deep purple blood oozing out like the soft thick liquid it was. His eyes held nothing but death for those that were evil.

"I'm going to rip your wings off." Cael voice rang with death and hatred. Before Slicerwing could react his was being pinned by Cael. He was screaming in pain as Cael cut off one of his wings nothing but a stump was left. He brought his other wing around to slice at Cael, but Cael caught the wing his his mouth. And with strength no dragon should posses, tore off his wing, taking bone and muscle with it.. His screaming cut off as Cael stamped his neck, breaking it. The last thing Slicerwing thought; don't attack Cael.

Cael stood off the dead Razor-Wing. His adrenaline wearing off. He became dizzy, all the pain he was feeling became apparent. He collapsed to the ground wheezing. Aurora came bounding over. screaming at him, but his ears would receive nothing. Vision fading, the last thing he felt mas Aurora licking his wounds.

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Eret had just landed on the Island. His crew transporting the gear and equipment onto land. The scouts reported that the Night Furies had both entered a cave together at the foothills of the mountain. The larger one was injured from the fall, but who knows how fast Night Furies heal.

After having made a plan of attack. They were taking as much equipment and men to capture these two Night Furies as possible. Eret was not taking any chances. He would not fail his employer like his previous captain.

Eret and his crew moved on out, equipment on dollies and carts. Men of his crew carrying Swords, bows, bolas and nets. They were prepared, more than they were going to be.

Eret was the first to enter the cave, his nerves playing up, and butterflies plaguing his stomach.

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Cael's eyes opened again, much to his confusion. He thought he was dead. He felt something warm pressing against his chest. He looked down fighting the pain the was in his neck. He found Aurora, sleeping as close as she could get to the form of Cael. Tears staining her eyes and cheeks. Cael pulled his head to the side catching a glimpse of his wound below his wing. The wound had been sealed. Aurora saved his life, just.

He fidgeted slightly. But it was enough to awake Aurora. "Cael?" Her voice was pained. It begged for his reply. Her breaths were slow and staggered.

"What happened?" Cael's reply was a mere whisper. As hoarse as it was Aurora felt relieved. She stood nuzzling Cael's head.

"I thought I'd lost you" Aurora was tearing again, Her worst nightmare had been avoided. "I'm so glad you're alive."

Cael nuzzled back, although be it weaker. His strength was close to null and void. It had honestly been a tough couple of weeks for him. Finding the one he loves, falling out of the sky, breaking a wing and some ribs. Then to get in a fight, ending with him getting a severe bit on the neck and a deep cut in his side. What else could go wrong. (hehe)

The flapping of wings could be heard, followed by the hard landing of a dragon. Cael looked at the sounds location to find Aurora's parents, parading fish in their mouth. "Hey there. Good to see you alive." Knight, Aurora's father voice sounded strained to.

"We brought fish." Stella began "We hope you are able to..." Stella was cut off by a more, human voice.

"Well well well, What do we have here?" The voice was malicious. "Looks like more Night Furies have been added to the mix boys! Drago will be very pleased!" Drago? The Dragon 'Master'. The one who has a Bewilderbeast playing card. They must be dragon trappers. Stella, Knight and Aurora both prepared to fight the mass of Viking Dragon trappers. "And looks like you go into a fight with other dragons before we got here." The bodies of the other dragons had been removed from the cavern, the only evidence left was the pools of blood.

Aurora growled in warning. She would protect Cael to the bitter end. "And it looks like a job became easier, the big guy's injured." The group of trappers started moving forward. Carts holding crossbows aimed at the small family of Nightwalkers Knight and Stella Charged in one direction as Aurora did in another. Vikings fell and carts smashed in the short lived battle. But soon the group of trappers had the three in nets and bolas.

The sheer number of trapping equipment they had overwhelmed them. Eret was boasting about his catch to much to realize Cael had once again grown enraged. Eret turned to find Cael standing, marks on his Ears and snout turned bright blue. His mouth open, a shot being charged. It shrieked with a sound unheard of. Eret screamed out for a crossbowman to fire, which he did. Eret smiled as the bola flung with speed unmatched by a hand thrown one. His smile dropped when Cael performed one flap of his mighty wings, which had fully healed somehow, a forced all the momentum of the bola to stop mid flight, loosely dropping to the floor.

The shot Cael was firing was no shot, but more a beam that he unleashed on the crowd of Vikings, sweeping from right to left cutting everything in its path literally in half. He carefully avoided his family. No Vikings stood afterwards, none except for Eret, who had the common sense to duck. He looked around in shock, as his group of fifty men strong was nothing more than a pile of decaying, burnt and melted flesh. He turned back to Cael, taking a step back upon realizing that the super mighty Nightwalker was in front of him. It held so much hatred and death in its eyes it burned Eret. He had crossed a line into something he shouldn't have.

This was no Night Fury, no Nightwalker.

This thing was a war machine.

It was bred for war.

Cael knocked him down on to his back. Pressing his front left paw down on his head. Eret screamed as the pressure became too great for him to bare. He could feel his skull imploding. The pain was so great. His eyes popped from the sockets, and his jaw dislocated itself, tearing through his skin. The beast, the devil was torturing him.

He could swear he heard it talk in his head, 'Never, harm my family again!' It was over after that, Cael paw stomped down crushing his head. Brain matter and bone fragments scattered and splatted. The eyes crushed like an egg underneath the several hundred pound Nightwalker.

Eret the dragon trapper was dead.

Cael had enough, he was leaving. He freed his family from the containment. Aurora had an injured wing, again. Cael brought her into his back and took off down the entrance, followed by Knight and Stella, who were having a tough time keeping up with Cael and his mighty wing beats. The long flight had begun, and Cael would not stop.

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Valka and Cloudjumper wanted to intervene, but doing so would have ended in their deaths also. The large male Nightwalker killed them all, even the captain of the brigade. And it was injured! IT was obvious that the larger one had fought off other dragons before Eret. And it was younger than she expected. Its size meant it should be an elder, but it was no older than sixteen. The Night Fury was strange, it didn't have plasma blasts like most do, it had some strange 'energy' beam. Nothing stood a chance.

The Night Furies had left. The younger female, probably the mate of the large one, had an injured wing and was riding on the back of the large male. She did not see where they were traveling to but she will find them. Drago will learn of this Nightwalker, and will force it to be his pet.

Valka left soon after the Nightwalkers did. Not wanting to let them know they were being followed. She preferred to stay alive. For now.

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Cael had made Stella and Knight form into a formation. The would travel at the same speed Cael was. And Cael was traveling fast. Aurora was asleep on his back. Cael knew they were getting close, he could smell the Nests territory borders.

He suddenly felt a sharp pain on his neck. It caused him to flinch, pulling to the side slightly. Aurora woke, asking if he was okay. Cael told her he had a pain in his neck. He wasn't being stubborn this time. If he fell, Aurora was coming with. Aurora told him one of his bite marks had opened, and properly sealed it again. She could see over Cael's head.

The top of a volcano in the distance started peeking over the horizon. A thick fog surrounded it. She could practically feel Cael's relaxation, mixed with exhaustion. They flew over the fog that shrouded the sea stacks. Two patrol dragons climb to the same level as Cael, and escorted the rest of the way. They flew through a maze of tunnels before entering the inner cavern. Cael the orange glow of the magma far below. The glow he had come to hate. The escorts lead him up to the Alpha platform where they proceeded to land before Cael had gained the height need to go over the platform.

Shadow and Eclipse were confused to why the dragons who were on patrol had come in. The confusion was answered when a large black mass followed by two small masses came to a hard landing on the platform.

Cael had collapsed in exhaustion promptly upon landing. Eclipse gasped when she saw the state her son was in. Aurora leaped off the back of Cael. The patrol dragons had left, promising to collect Gorgonbrae on there way past.

About five minutes later Gorgonbrae had arrived, and began checking up on the injured and severely exhausted.

Cael had collapsed into unconsciousness. Just glad he was home.

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Nightmare roared in anger. His servants were continuously failing him. his best soldiers and assets being killed by some brat.

He began to plan out something...

An incursion.

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So that was it.

I am sorry that this turned to this. But this story was meant to be dark. It was meant to be more of a hidden dark.

Eret's gone

The dragon attackers were torn apart.

Valka stayed hidden, probably for the best.

And Cael has finally come home with his new mate and her parents.

We still don't know who I am though? Muhaahahah

Ok promise it'll get better (And darker). And don't worry Berk will be involved, it just won't end how people think it's going to end. Evil grin

Till next time

Attero.