I'm back! Alright, I know that you are all dying to know what happened to Emerald. Some of you might want to know if Hiccup and/or Stoick will meet FF. Is Silas going to be the main antagonist in this story? What will happen in the end? Read and find out... I don't own HTTYD, HTTYD 2, Dragons Race to the Edge, Dragons Defenders of Berk, Dragons Riders of Berk, etc. etc. P.S: There might be some mild language (not too bad, it's rated K+) and mentions of blood and violence such as gun usage, war, and bombs.
Chapter 25
Aster's POV:
" Then, who killed her?" Stoick asked. I felt my shoulders sag. Even though I was only 45, I felt so old at that point. The stress and fatigue that I kept to myself was suddenly weighing me down. " I think, before I tell you how Emerald died, I should start from the beginning." Stoick nodded his head. I sighed and leaned back in my chair, knowing that the story I was about to tell was long and dreary. " Questions at the end of the story, alright?" Another nod. " Well, it all started about 27 years ago, when Silas, Chris, and I graduated from our high school..."
Flashback
" Wow, she's really something, isn't she?" I heard a voice behind me and turned around. Silas was standing there, with a huge smile on his face. His crystal blue eyes gave an all too familiar sparkle of excitement. " And who are you talking about, Silas?" He pointed at a figure 10ft away from me. I noticed her right away. It was Emerald. I just stood there like an idiot, staring at her. " Well, don't just stand there! Go talk to her," Silas said. " I can't just walk up to her and say hi!" " Yes you can. What are you talking about?" " No, I can't-" " Yes-" " So, what are you guys talking about." Both Silas and I turned towards the new voice that entered the conversation.
It was Chris. Silas pointed towards me and smirked. " Aster here doesn't know how to walk up to a girl and say hi-" " It's easy for you to say! If it was a girl that you don't like of course it would be easy!" I exclaimed, frustrated beyond belief. Next thing I knew, I was suddenly pushed by a black and tan blur, and to make things worse... I was falling towards Emerald... Well screw you Silas!
Few hours later
" So, how did it go?" Silas said with the noticeable smile of amusement plastered on his face. I walked up to him, sulking sadly. It was already late on the island. The sun was setting, and Silas and I were sitting on a small hill. " She laughed at me and said I was adorable," I said, feeling my face heat up with embarrassment. Silas laughed and gave me a hard pat on my back. " You know how Emerald is. She's really innocent and quiet. I'm pretty sure in her dictionary, adorable is equivalent to handsome."
" Do you really think she likes me?" " I'm positive she does. Now come on, we have to get home." I felt my lips rise into a smile. I got up and stuck my hand out towards Silas. "... I don't trust you," Silas said, and he got up himself. I chuckled. Good old Silas, knows me so well. Then, we heard the flapping of wings and we turned around. It looked like a messenger. " The council requests both you and your friend to come to today's meeting, Silas." Confused, we both followed him towards the main building near the center of town.
" So, what happened next?" Stoick asked. " They asked us to join as soldiers, to 'serve a greater cause'." I scoffed at the words I just used. " The bastards. They made us believe that what we did, killing people, murdering human soldiers, was a good thing. If they left Silas alone, maybe he still would be the same Silas that I thought of as a friend. Maybe, Emerald would still be alive."
I looked down at the floor sadly. " 7 years later, from the day we graduated and became soldiers, Emerald and Silas got married. I, myself was pissed off at the council. They knew I loved Emerald, and Emerald loved me. Hell, even Silas stepped in to say that their judgement was unfair. But, the council continued with their decision anyway." I looked back up at Stoick. " But, the worst thing the council did, was let Silas fight one day, when we were both 29. This battle was the worst one I've ever fought in. Dragons called it, Kampen fra Helvete, which is Latin for, The Battle from Hell. That's when Silas changed..."
Flashback
Blood. Blood everywhere. I was running, looking for Silas. The humans must have gotten crazy. They began screaming, killing themselves. They even went so far as to make themselves human bombs, making their blood explode everywhere. Some successfully taking out some dragon soldiers. I gasp, I saw Silas standing there breathing heavily, a large blood-stained dagger in his hand.
He saw me running towards him and smiled. He slowly limped towards me. I cringed as I saw his leg. It was shattered. Chris can fix it. Chris can fix it. I know he can. Then, I saw a human running towards him. It was one of those suicide bombers! " Silas! Look out!" As quick as a bullet, Silas turned around and threw the dagger. It went through the man's throat. But, the bomb still went off, and Silas was still close to the human.
Blood flew everywhere. Most of the blood flew towards Silas and it covered him from head to toe. Silas just stood there, shocked. I was still far away from him, but I could still see him clearly. I saw Silas lick his lips and the strangest thing happened. I thought I saw Silas's eyes flashed red for a second, before he passed out. I shook the thought away and ran towards him. I grabbed his arm and slung him over my shoulder and started walking towards the base. But, I couldn't shake the feeling of uneasiness I felt towards Silas while we were walking.
" So, you say that when he licked the blood off his lips, that's when he changed," Stoick said. I nodded. " I believe that was the start of the change." Silence for a few seconds. "Stoick, you know that Night Furies are known as the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. In fact, I think that the name originated around your time, am I right?" A nod. " The Night Fury is a well known as a powerful and intelligent dragon. But, you don't know the half of a Night Fury's power."
Seeing the look of confusion on Stoick's face, I elaborated a bit. " Percy is a 14 year old dragon. In a few days he will turn 15. Did you know that when he was 7 years old, he already learned all of my fighting, and mixed it with his own style so his fighting will be more unpredictable. He also beat me and Chris at chess at age 9. He memorized all my moves and Chris's signature moves in chess after seeing us fight for only 2 years, starting at the age of 5." I sighed sadly. " I wish I could have seen the signs. Then maybe I could have saved both Emerald and Percy."
" But, Percy is still okay, isn't he?" Stoick asked. I shook my head. " Percy suffered a traumatic experience at the age of 3. He witnessed his own mother's death and two years later, he had to live by himself for a month on the streets. When I found him in that alleyway, I was horrified." "... You still haven't told me who killed Emerald. Was it a close friend of yours?" " Yes, he was. A very close friend of mine..."
Flashback
It was cold. Of course it was. It was in the middle of winter. The snow seemed darker than usual. It was as if this war has tainted everything pure, even the sky and snow itself. I shouldn't be here. I was in a human area. A human town. If any soldiers spot me, I could be killed on the spot. Even this huge winter coat, that hid both my wings and my tail, wouldn't his me for long. But, I needed to find FireFlame. He seemed more conflicted than usual. Even though I knew that FireFlame was way older than me, he still acted as if he was still 15. He seemed so lost, and so cold.
He lived in this human area. He was our double agent. It was like the council to use anyone so they can win this war. " CHOO!" I turned sharply, towards the sound. It came towards one of the alleyways. I walk through the dark alleyway, searching for the thing that made that noise. " CHOO!" I turned around and gasped. There, in front of me, was a small Night Fury. He was about 5 years old. His clothes were dirty and torn. His skin was bruised and scratched. He was shivering violently in the cold. He was really thin, so he probably didn't have enough energy to fly or make a fire.
I ran towards him and leaned in front of him, checking over his injuries. " God, what happened to you?" The kid opened his eyes and my blood froze. His eyes were lime green, with a hint of crystal blue near his irises. There was only one dragon in the whole world with eyes like this. " Arron? Is that you?" He nodded his head. " What are you doing here? Where's your father?" He didn't say anything. He just closed his eyes and continued to shiver. I picked him up and wrapped my arms around him, trying to warm him up a bit. " Come on, I'll take you to Silas." "N-no, d-don't," came his reply. I looked down, shocked.
His voice was barely above a whisper, but I heard him. " D-don't take m-me to Dad. H-he'll f-force me to d-drink..." Then, Arron started to cough violently in my arms. Until, he stopped. He passed out right in my arms. " I'll take you to my island then." I started walking out of the alleyway, planning to make a break for it the second I was out. Then, I heard a silky voice say," So, I see you found Arron." I turned around and saw Silas standing there.
" How do you do that?" I said jokingly. Silas chuckled softly and said," I see that you're the same as always, Aster." " I wish I could say the same for you. You've changed, Silas. Ever since Emerald died, you've acted more serious." " Well, I still look younger than you. You look older than me, even though we are the same age. Now..." Silas walked towards me. I felt my smile disappear. I noticed that he was covering his eyes with his hat. And the way he walked towards me was in a menacing way.
" Silas, are you okay?" I asked, stepping away from him. I saw Silas smirk and he slowly looked up. " Of course, why wouldn't I be?" My eyes widened when I saw the color of Silas's eyes. They were a deep crimson red. " Silas, what the hell happened to your eyes." " Oh, it's just a side affect, from the medicine that I've been taking." He took another step towards me, and I took another step back. " I never heard of a medicine that can change blue eyes to red ones." " It's a medicine that I made for myself. It cured an illness that I didn't know I had." He stepped forward.
" You know, I think that Arron said something about your 'medicine'. Something about you wanting him to drink some." Silas stopped walking towards me and looked upwards, his face twisted into a thoughtful expression. " Yes, I wanted to surprise Arron. I didn't want him to worry too much about it, so I planned on giving it to him in secret. However, I think he overheard a conversation about the medicine and he confronted me about it. We had a bit of a fuss, since Arron didn't want to take it. That's when he went missing."
" And you didn't bother to tell me or Chris about this new medicine, even when Arron ran away?" He shrugged. " Guess it slipped my mind." I noticed that Silas was now 1ft away from me. He still had that smirk on his face. If the way he's been acting wasn't a good clue, then the way he was glaring at me was a good pointer. " Now, can you give Arron back to me?" I unconsciously held Arron closer to me.
" You know, Arron must have hated the idea of taking that medicine. So much in fact, that he told me not to bring him home." Now, it was my turn to glare at Silas. " Care to tell me what that medicine is?" Silas looked surprised for a second. Then, his lips twisted into a twisted grin. " I don't think you want to know that, Aster." " Okay Silas, I know that you probably miss Emerald. I do to. But if this is some freaky way to find her killer, then-" " Oh, Arron already knows who the killer is. I do as well."
I stopped. I felt myself stiffen. I took a deep breath, and tried to control my anger. " Then, why didn't you tell me?" Silas was about to answer, but I cut him off. " You know what, forget it. Who killed her then?" I felt anger start to boil over when Silas's grin grew. I set Arron down near a box and I grabbed Silas's shirt. " This isn't funny Silas! Stop acting like you don't care about what happened to Emerald." " You know, I really don't care what happened to Emerald, and do you know why?"
Before I could even lay a finger on Silas, he disappeared for a few seconds, then reappeared right behind me. I was angry. I was angry at Silas for acting like this. I was angry at him, because he kept secrets from me. But, what he said next, made my heart stop, and my blood run cold. What he said, made me realize that the dragon standing in front of me, stopped being my friend years ago. Silas grin almost turned feral as he whispered out those 7 words I didn't want to believe.
" Because I'm the one who killed her."
Please read and review and I will make sure to explain all the crazy events that happened, in the next chapter. Remember, war is a terrible thing. It can make people go crazy and change them in ways you can't even imagine. Always remember this. And with that cheery note aside, all I can say is this: See ya guys later!