Chapter 24
War part l
Jack and Elsa flew back to the sanctuary. "Jack,Elsa!" Valor is in sight!"Hiccup yelled to them. "Alright we're coming!"Elsa yelled back. "Stay safe."he said. "You as well."she said and left. Marlon and Violet walked up to him. "You ready,dragon god?"Marlon asked. "Ready as i'll ever be."Jack replied. "Hey,once you defeat Valor leave his head for me."Violet requested.
Jack looked at Violet,horrified while Marlon laughed at his horrified expression. "Um why?"Jack asked. "Just for old memories."Violet replied. "Sure whatever."Jack said. She nodded and flew off. "That's Violet for you."Marlon stated with a chuckle. He transformed into his dragon self and flew off. Jack followed him. They flew through the tunnel then appeared outside the sanctuary. He looked at the preparations. The dragon riders were all in the 'endless wave' formation with Hiccup in the lead. He wore a helmet over his head that looked like a dragon's head,Toothless's head to be exact. The rest of Hiccup's armour looked a lot like Toothless's body. Hiccup flipped the front part of the helmet from over his face and saw Jack looking at his armour.
"Impressed huh? I also made the armour for Merida,Punzie and Elsa."he said. Jack looked at them and saw that they were wearing armour that looked similar to their dragon. Jack looked out towards the sea and saw that Valor was much closer now. "Everyone stand their ground. Do not engage until I say so!"Elsa ordered. They held their stance and waited until Valor was close. He stopped walking and looked at all of them before smiling wickedly. Jack's anger boiled over the roof and he desperately tried to calm down. "Is this my welcoming party?"Valor asked,his voice deep and echoey. "If I had known I would've came sooner." Jack looked at everyone and saw almost everyone cower Valor. Even most of the dragons were trembling at the sight of him. "This is no welcoming party,"Elsa said boldly. "Unless you wish to be welcomed at death's door." Jack looked at her and smiled though Elsa didn't notice.
Valor laughed,a deep and thunderous laugh.
Jack's skin crawled at the sound.
"You really are a funny one,my lady."Valor commented. "But i'm afraid death's door won't come for me in a long time."He took a step forward. Everyone raised their swords in warning. "Relax. No need to get hostile."Valor said in a fake,calm,soothing voice. Suddenly he turned his head to Jack and stared at him. Jack stared right back. Finally Valor spoke. "So you're the dragon with Talos's powers."Valor said almost to himself. He tried to sound polite and unaware but Jack could tell he was angry. "Yes. Talos gave me these powers."Jack replied,emphasizing the word gave. Valor pretended not to notice. "Well i'd love to stay and chat but I have to pick up what's mine."he said. "And what would that be?"Elsa challenged. Valor's eyes flashed. "My powers."he said and with that blew a torrent of fire at them.
Jack,however,was ready. He raised his wings and formed a shield of water against Valor's fire attack. There was the hiss of fire and water meeting,Jack's only indication that Valor was still breathing fire. Once the hissing stopped Jack lowered the water shield just as Elsa shouted,"Attack!" Everyone raised their swords and charged towards Valor. Once they were in a close distance they broke apart in three groups. Two groups struck Valor on his sides and the third group struck his face. Valor smiled at the attack. He flung his wings open,knocking the dragon riders on his sides back and used his head as a bat to hit those in his face away. Time for action Jack thought. He flew at Valor then dove under him and blasted ice on his feet. Then he flew back up and blasted ice on his back and face. Valor,now irritated,growled and snapped his jaws at Jack. Jack dodged it easily. All the dragon riders reassembled and charged towards him as one. Valor took his wings and clapped them together,creating a huge gust of wind.
Everyone was pushed back,some even off their dragon. Jack summoned his water power. He forced the water upward through the sand and made quicksand just underneath Valor. Busy forcing away any dragon rider from him,he didn't realise he was in quicksand until he couldn't move his feet. He looked down at his feet. "What is this?"he asked. "I call it quicksand because it gets the job done quickly."Jack replied. Valor struggled vigorously to get out but it only made him sink faster. Not too long after,only his snout was above ground. Just before it disappeared he blasted a jet of fire catching a few unlucky victims. Everyone waited,tensed. Finally,when it was confirmed that Valor wouldn't be coming back,a guard cried happily,"We have won the battle!" Several others echoed the cheer. That was easy...too easy Jack thought. Everyone flew back to the sanctuary. "That was way too easy,"Hiccup said. "For a dragon god I expected more." "Yes same he-"Elsa said but was cut off by the gurgling of water.
Elsa and Jack turned around to the source. The water bubbled and gurgled then,abruptly,a dragon shot from the ground. "Valor!"Punzie exclaimed. He roared loudly. Water and sand flowed off his body. He glared at Jack in fury,enough to make Jack shiver. Then he ran at full speed towards them. "Fall back to the sanctuary!"Elsa ordered. They hurriedly flew back to the sanctuary. Jack stayed at the back to make sure everyone got in. Once everyone was in he then he flew in the tunnel just as Valor struck the sanctuary. Rocks and ice broke and fell Jack nimbly dodged the falling debris as he flew through the tunnel. He looked ahead and saw the opening of the tunnel about to close off. He flew faster. He burst out of the tunnel just as bits of rocks closed it up. The sanctuary shuddered and shaked as Valor kept hitting it.
Finally,the sanctuary gave away and a hole appeared making it look like a window for the sanctuary. "Foolish dragon,"Valor snarled. "One thing you should've learned is never anger a god!" He stuck his snout in the hole and snapped his jaws. He managed to get a few dragons and people in them before pulling away. Jack flew up and out the hole. He blasted ice right in Valor's face. Valor recoiled,blinded by ice and the mist when it hit him. After a few shots Jack ceased fire and tried to locate Valor through the mist. Unexpectedly a huge foot came from out the mist and struck Jack in his flank. His pinkie claw caught him in the hind leg. The blow knocked Jack back into the sanctuary. He landed heavily on the ground and rolled right over the edge. He tried flapping his wings but he couldn't get his body upright. He saw the water inching closer and closer and he shut his eyes closed.
Before he could hit the water Marlon grasped him with his talons. "Thanks Marlon."Jack said. Marlon grunted in replied. He heaved Jack up and lightly dropped him on the ground. Jack turned then breath ice on the ground. The base formed into small,sharp icicles pointing north and one of them Jack made much longer and slanted upward. He jumped into the long icicle and faced Valor. Valor roared angrily and Jack roared back in response. All the dragon,tamed or wild,stepped forward until they looked like an army of dragons. "You all are foolish if you think you can stop me. Accept your fate and I may just forget about all this."Valor said. "You may be a god but you are not our god!"Jack told Valor.
Suddenly Elsa's chest started to glow,a bright yellow-goldish glow. Then Marlon,Chloe,Violet,Rachel,Louis until every single dragon's chest was glowing. But it was Jack's chest that was glowing the brightest. He closed his eyes as he spoke. "You be all big and powerful but what good is that power if you use it for evil?" As Jack spoke he heard Talos repeating the exact words in his head. Light from the other dragon's chests formed into small strings and moved to Jack's chest causing his chest to glow better and make the light spread across his body. "If you were really a god,"Jack said as the light started to envelop him. "You would know that a god protects them all." The light enveloped him completely then exploded blinding everyone.