Hello everyone, Sporedude135 is back with another chapter. What will happen this chapter? Dunno, let's just see... oh, did I forget to tell you that Cosmo can speak to Dragons? Me neither. This chapter will be the end of the Lone Dragon Arc, and will be going into a new arc that encompasses the Riders of Berk TV show. Anyways, let's begin...
The Lone Dragon
Chapter 12
As Vokun and Azalea fly through the air, they preform a little dance. Despite this being his first time, Vokun seems to know what to do. He spins and dives, Aurora copying his movements. When the ritual was over, the two nuzzled each other happily.
"Ready to tell the others?"
"You just read my mind," Aurora joked. They flew to the portal linking this island to Berk and went through it, flying off to the academy. They land outside the gate, and Vokun looks at her.
"I recommend you stay out here. They'll be more surprised about my new body than us being mate." Aurora nodded and sat down. Vokun walked inside the academy, noticing the riders doing their own thing. Hiccup was looking out at the sunset, Astrid was trying to repair some targets, Snoutlout was trying to flirt with Lyria while Blaze was out in the sanctuary, Tuffnut and Ruffnut were carrying a large bag of unknown contents, and Fishlegs was trying to get Meatlug to move so they could go home. Vokun walked up to Hiccup.
"Sup weakling, I bet today was a good day."
"Yeah it was," Hiccup said. He was also apparently drinking some water. Hiccup looked at Vokun for a moment, only to spit out his water in shock. This got the attention of the other riders.
"Vokun!? What's happened to you," Hiccup asked in shock.
"I got a mate. Crystal dragons get this body when they accept a female's love."
"Wait... so that means we got a mommy now," Vivi asked. Vokun looked at her and nodded. Vivi squealed happily as she hugged Vokun's leg.
"So, who's the lucky lady," Cosmo chirped. Vokun smirked and looked out at the entrance.
"You can come in now." They noticed a pair of glowing eyes in the darkness of the gate. The female walked through the gate, showing that the dragon was actually Aurora!
"Oh yeah, two dragons to call our own," Tuffnut said as he and his sister banged their helmets together.
"It makes sense though, they're both crystal dragons," Astrid said, having her arms crossed around her chest. Toothless stared at Vokun in shock. He already has a mate? Vokun looks at him and smirks again.
"What's wrong Toothless? Surprised I have a mate?"
"Well I hope you and your mate have a bright future," Meatlug croons.
"Thanks Meatlug, but now I should take Aurora to our new home. Azalea, children, you can come as well." The children, including Bella, got on with Lyria as Blaze got on Vokun. He had recently became Vokun's rider, but Vokun still has a lot of freedom. The riders wave at them as the crystal dragons and Azalea lift off into the air, following Vokun while Sapphire struggles to keep up.
They fly for a little while, and Azalea soon began to wonder where they're going.
"Erm...Vokun. I'm happy that you have a mate and all that, but is it necessary to bring us all the way out here to celebrate," Azalea crooned. Vokun simply looks at her.
"Were here." They enter a clearing in the fog and see a beautiful sight. An island, comepletly made of crystals, wth multiple towers seemingly glowing with defensive energy. A large crystal wall surrounds the entire island, the wall itself is made of beautifully cut crystal. A large tower sits in the middle of the crystal island, emitting a feeling of royalty.
"So this is what you've been working on this whole time, a literal crystal island," Blaze said. Sapphire flies off to another part of the island as the dragons land. They're then surrounded by a crowd of people, along with crystal versions of werewolves! In fact, most of these people didn't have Viking clothes.
"Who are these people," Lyria asked. Vokun looked at the crowd and spoke.
"I have returned from my trip to Berk fellow citizens of Crystonia! Now we have royal family! Let's here your cheers!" a roar of cheering and howling erupted from the crowd.
"Vokun, who are these people," Lyria asked. Cosmo looked at the crowd with curiosity. He hasn't seen this many people before. Elusk and Vivi hid behind Lyria to shield themselves from the bombardment of admiration. Sapphire comes back, but was being followed by a man riding a crystal griffon.
The man has ginger dreadlocked hair. He himself looks like he had just awoken from a good nap. His eyes are lidded and colored amber. His skin looks soft, softer around his eyes and mouth. Despite the soft look, he also looks tender.
"King Vokun, you have returned," the man said in a weird accent.
"Anbara, tell me how the districts are doing."
"All the districts are doing fine sire. The Crystadome in the Armenian district has been completed and is suspected to begin their fights in about two days," Ambara said.
"That fast?"
"A lot of people joined the workforce because they wanted to see this arena built," Ambara stated. Vivi looked at the strange man and cowered in fear. He didn't look that trustful to her. Vokun looks at Aurora, and then back at Ambara.
"Give my family a tour of the kingdom. I have kingly business to attend to." Vokun flew off to the big tower, and Ambara motions the others to follow him. The group dispersed and goes back to their daily routines as Ambara shows them around. They all looked on in awe.
They explored the districts, each one more interesting than the last. Aurora was pleased to see the livelihood of the people in the German district. Bella was given a Japanese-style lantern from the Japanese district by a nice man. Blaze admired the French district, as they were really smart for their population. Sapphire approached Ambara and whispered something in his ear. She flew off as he looked at the royal family.
"King Vokun would like to see you all." Ambara's griffon toon off into the air with the dragon riders following behind. They enter a large entrance, and meet Vokun.
"Vokun, I'm...really surprised you rule a kingdom now. Why didn't you tell us this," Azalea crooned. The others nod in approval, except for Bella, she hasn't learned Dragonese yet.
"This is because, first off it wasn't finished, and second, I thought you weren't ready yet."
"But this is really important! You should've told Berk you were doing this," Blaze said. The others nod in approval.
"Berk isn't ready to learn of this place yet. I expect that you will keep this place a secret." Azalea was about to say something, but grumbled and nodded her head in approval. The others also nodded.
"Good. Now I should show you around the castle, or your humble adobe." Vokun turns around and walks off, the others following them. The tower was beautifully constructed, with cleverly cut crystal slabs made for the floors, walls, and ceilings. It looks like an actual castle inside! They got to the apparent throne room, where multiple, smaller thrones are fastened beside two big ones. Vokun sits inside the largest throne and looks at them.
"Your all free to go wherever you please." They nod and fly off, except for Aurora. She sits down beside Vokun in her own throne.
"So your the king of a kingdom eh? And one where the population is mostly human. How about that," Aurora said. Vokun smirked as he nuzzled Aurora affectionately.
"Well, humans are way better than most of my old 'soldiers.'"
Hiccup and Toothless fly through the air, soon landing on a sea stack, where Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, the Twins, Lyria, the kids, and Blaze wait for them with their dragons. Vokun wasn't there however, as he is in a meeting with the Crystonia Council.
"Okay, guys. Best Trick Competition. Who's up first," Hiccup asks. Fishlegs was about to say something, but Snoutlout beat him to it.
"Me! Time to show Lyria that I'm the one she needs, not Blaze," Snoutlout said. Lyria faceplams while Blaze only crosses his arms across his chest. Snotlout insisted that he go first, to which Astrid told him to go in annoyance.
"Oh don't worry, we'll go. And when we go, Hookfang and I are gonna light the sky on-" Hookfang plummets off the sea stack, scaring Snotlout who wasn't prepared for his,"-FIRE!, Oh no!" Hookfang begins to preform tricks, scaring his already terrified rider to almost wetting himself. Hookfang circles back around and lands back on the sea stack with a thud.
"I'm alive...? I'm alive!" The riders stare at their fellow rider blankly, their dragons laughing their tails off.
"Oh man, Vokun should've been here to see this!" Hookfang has long been inspired by Vokun, not because he looks powerful, but how he treats Snoutlout and the fact that Vokun took a liking to him.
"Of course I am," Snotlout said. Next in line is Fishlegs. He mounts Meatlug and prepares to fly off the sea stack.
"Ready Meatlug?" The gronckle shakes her head in approval," here we go!" Meatlug flies around in a simple circle and lands back on the sea stack.
"Wow, Meatlug stayed up in the air for a minute, much longer than your previous record," Blaze congratulates him, holding a piece of paper and a feather.
"Yes! New personal best," Fishlegs cheered. The twins begin to argue on who's turn it is, to which Hiccup tells them both that they have the same dragon.
"Oh right." They get on Barf and Belch, who takes off. The twins however, began to argue about which direction they should go. Barf and Belch were getting tired of their riders argument, also because they almost caused them to crash into another sea stack, and flung their riders off of them.
"OH NO! Woah! This is awesome and scary!" The twins scream as they plummet down to the ocean. Barf and Belch caught the two before they could hit the salty waters and flung them back up on their necks.
"Now that trick was Vokun's idea," Barf roars.
"No, that was my idea you nincompoop!" Before the two heads could continue their argument, they land on a sea stack.
"Your alive? I expected the Zippleback to let you fall into the water," Blaze joked.
"WE ALMOST DIED!"
"Yeah, I know... come again," Tuffnut said.
"Hey! It's my turn! You'll might want to take notes! Let's go! Yah!" Astrid And Stormfly shoot off the sea stack and fly down towards the ocean.
"Okay Stormfly, tail flip!" Stormfly flips her tail into the salt water," now twirl!" The Nadder then barrel rolls and shoots forward.
"Quick, upward spiral," Astrid orders. The two finish their routine with a final spin high into the air.
"Alright Stormfly," Astrid cheers. As the dragon and her rider land on the sea stack, the other riders congratulate her, with Elusk, Vivi, and Bella holding signs that say 10.
"Yeah, but can you do it without a dragon," Snoutlout asked smugly. She responded with a good, hard punch to his shoulder, "OW!" Astrid turns and gestures to Hiccup, telling him that its his turn.
"Looks like we've got our work cut out for us there, bud," Hiccup said. Toothless takes off vertically and then dives down the sea stack, right to the ocean. Hiccup pulls up at the last second, and shoots forward at breakneck speed. The two boys skillfully swerve in and out through a maze of sea stacks before coming across two conjoined rocks. As soon as they get close enough, Hiccup unhooks his metal leg, and jumps onto the bridge between the two rocks, while Toothless glides under. Hiccup runs across the rocky bridge, then jumps onto Toothless on the other side. The boy and the Dragon rocket towards the sky, leaving the other riders amazed and awestruck. Toothless then shoots out multiple plasma blasts, which explode like fireworks. It's obvious who won the competition.
"They're still the best," Astrid said. Suddenly all eyes fell on Lyria.
"Erm...is there something you need," Lyria asks.
"Yeah, it's your turn," Astrid said. Lyria nodded slowly and got on Azalea.
"Let's see if we can do this," Lyria said. Azalea leapt from the sea stack before shooting off into the air at full speed. Lyria pulls down before they could touch the clouds and turns Azalea around. The dragon and her rider easily maneuver through the rows of sea stacks before coming across an opening.
"Okay Azalea, let's do this," she said. Azalea grunted in approval and Lyria unhitched from the Night Fury. She fell gracefully as they both got into a pencil pose. They went through the water, Lyria keeping up with Azalea by holding on to her tail. The two soon appear out of the water, earning a cheer from the riders. They fly over the water a bit before they realized they were about to crash into a sea stack. The riders were shocked and calling out her name. Azalea however, let's out a pink blast, the fireball itself looking a lot like a flower, cut through the sea stack before exploding, causin the stone pillar to collapse. Lyria masterfully jumped from rock to rock as it fell, jumping back on Azalea's back before landing in front of the riders.
"Well...looks like Hiccup as some competition."
It is done! Man, this chapter is way longer than I thought it would be. Anyways, yes, the Lone Dragon Arc is over, now the new arc, Riders of Crystonia, will begin. Hope you enjoyed this little chapter. My phone is almost dead now, so I'm gonna end this authors note here.
This is Sporedude135, signing off...