Author's Note: I do not own the "How to Train Your Dragon" Movies, Animated Series or Book series. Those characters belong to DreamWorks Animation and Cressida Cowell. My original characters are mine and if you wish to use him please ask me first.
So this ends the Prophecies and Allies Arc of Elemental Fury Saga folks. What a wonderful ride I've been through with this. All the fans that have reviewed, read and just been so great. Arc 2 is titled Earthen Search and is currently in the hands of Betas. I hope to get something from them soon, but I'm going to wait for them to get back 10 chapters before I post.
Reviews:
Jayden wilkes: Whatever you say man.
Vonstewart: Unfortunately, I don't have any more chapters that have been through a Beta Reader and I'm not going to post unless I get chapters back from them. Both are busy and I don't know when I'd get stuff back from them.
thearizona: Yeah I did bring Drago back, but he won't be around for long *winks* The previous chapter was mainly filler because I had to move forward onto the next arc. Also Toothless is still an Alpha so don't worry about that.
yesboss21: I think I do a decent job leaving him as a mix of both Mythology and Marvel movie Loki. Just be ready to see him again in the series.
Notes on how my writing style will be below:
Words like this are scenes/locations where it is occurring
Words typed like this is Dragonese
Epilogue
Unknown Cavern far north of Berk - 2 Days after the Battle of Berk against Drago
The Bewilderbeast that Toothless had just defeated surfaced in an underground cavern and let the injured Drago off of its remaining tusk. The large man took in a deep breath and let out an ear shattering roar. Before the echoes had even dispelled themselves, he turned to his slightly panting dragon.
"Insignificant dragon, how could you lose to that Night Fury?" Drago howled at the Alpha as it cowered back into the water slightly. Drago felt the pain from his wound aggravate him and he grabbed his side. Bringing his one hand up, he frowned at the sight of fresh blood seeping from the wound. He let out another groaned in pain as he heard light footsteps echo throughout the cavern, effectively cutting through and silencing the howls he had just unleashed.
"So it seems my plans for you have failed. Such a failure you turned out to be, pitiful human," an unknown voice sneered, echoing throughout the place. Although the volume was barely above a whisper and exhibited extreme calmness, Drago couldn't help but feel his heart slightly freeze with fear. His Bewilderbeast sensed the unassuming threat as well, and crouched itself lower into the water.
"I start you on the path you needed to take, gave you the Alpha to take control of that Night Fury, and yet you still fail…" A sudden silence fell across the cavern as the air itself seemed to hold its breath. Just as Drago was about to chalk it all up to his imagination when the voice boomed out, "Pitiful!"
The word exploded around the pair, shaking the walls with enough force to cause small fragments to dislodge and rain down around them. A lithe figure slowly appeared from an entrance away from the pool where Drago and the Alpha cowered at, footsteps still light but managing to beat out the still booming word in great volume. A finely carved staff held in a seemingly delicate hand let off a small gleam as the figure looked down his (for the shape definitely appeared masculine) nose at them.
He didn't wear any armor, just seemingly normal clothing, though one could see even from Drago's angle that his ears were slightly pointed at the top. His skin was noticeably pale, but not in any way suggesting he was sickly or lacked in any strength. If anything, it just made him appear more intimidating under the low light they were under. The Alpha cowered down more as the figure moved more into the cavern and approached into view.
"Who are you?" Drago asked, stifling his growing uneasiness. He had met his fair share of strong, twisted men and women, but there was definitely something about this one that set off primal fear in his mind. The person raised his hands and a ball of light flew into the air, stopping in the middle between them before lighting the entire room. Once he came into full view, Drago took a step back and gazed upon the man as his form changed, feeling his skin suddenly heat up when he immediately recognized the features.
"Oh, you don't recognize your old chief, my 'most loyal warrior'?" The person then changed forms in front of Drago again. "Or perhaps you remember me as the man who told you about your Alpha back there?" The large dragon hunched down further at being addressed by the being. The man changed back into the form he had assumed when he first appeared in the cavern. "No? Then I guess I should officially introduce myself then." He took a deep bow, moving his staff behind his back and somehow appearing even more dangerous.
"Depending on your fancy, I'm either Hveðrungr, or Loptr. Though, I believe you humans commonly know me as," he suddenly stood back up and banged his staff on the cavern floor, eliciting a shocked movement from the already tense audience. "Loki, the trickster god. I'm here to take what I need for my plan, since you failed miserably in the simple task I gave you."
For probably the second time in his life, Drago looked clearly scared as Loki took slow, deliberate steps towards him. "Oh, quit your annoying trembling." Drago immediately shouted to himself to regain control, to bring his steel mask back on. It took way more effort than he could ever imagine. "Relax," the voice gently cooed, coming across more as a threat. "I won't do anything to you… yet. I simply need to get back at that boy and his dragon, which will require some more time."
Stopping way closer than Drago could find comfortable, Loki looked at the man as he raised his staff and pointed it at Drago. "You're time is up. I'm going to take both you and your Alpha for my plans. Don't be overly frightened, though. I sense you want to get back at that boy, Hiccup, as much as I do. Well… I'm giving you that chance. You both will be transformed into beings stronger than you could ever hope to be." His reassurance only added to their uneasiness, and he must have silently enjoyed their terror because he added, "But I cannot afford for you two to continue holding me back. To make sure my plan actually goes accordingly this time, I will be the one ultimately in control."
A dark energy shot out from the staff and struck Drago in the chest, passing through him and out his back, striking his Alpha as well. "I will rip out your souls and replace them with myself," he asserted as a white light was pulled out from each of the bodies and torn asunder. They let out silent screams at the feeling of something powerful reaching in and yanking out their souls. Loki merely looked on with a bored expression as started to disappear. "I will be weak for a while but once I'm strong again, I will end that pesky Elemental Fury's life and then nothing will stop Ragnarök. That Lightning Fury is the key to my plans failing, and he must be killed."
His words echoed in the cavern as he fully disappeared from view, not casting another glance as both the human and dragon bodies become engulfed fully with the dark energy. "Now, it is up to my daughter to keep things moving forward while I strengthen you two. I make no promise that this won't severely hurt," Loki's incorporeal voice annunciated as the light in the cavern dulled until the two hurting figures were surrounded by darkness.
An island a week away from Berk to the East - Three days after Razor saved Toothless
A small light green Terrible Terror flies towards a small clearing on the island, a small parchment attached to its leg meant for someone specific. The Terror landed softly on the ground and walked towards a man and his dragon, chirping and hissing to announce its arrival. "I wonder what word Åsmund is sending us," the man questioned out loud as he reached out and untied the parchment from the Terror's leg. He threw the Terror a small fish as payment as it took off and flew away. The man read over the parchment and flashed a smirked when he finished. "Well buddy, according to our friend Åsmund, we may finally have a fight to test us out on. Let us pack up and begin our journey to Berk," the man proclaimed to his dragon. His dragon simply replied, "Alright…"
Author's Note:
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First off, I've probably got a ton of you hating me right now with this epilogue. My Beta Readers have all said they couldn't believe how I ended the first arc, so I'm guessing I have people screaming at the computer screen right now. That just tells me that "Yep, I've got people hooked." I've posed more questions then answers and made people wondering who this friend is and who his dragon is. Well sorry, answers won't arrive soon enough for everyone.
Alright folks, this is the end of Arc 1 of 3. Arc 2 is completely written, but I am going to wait until I get 50% of it back from Beta Readers before I start to post. So it maybe a while or it maybe sooner. I am still writing on other projects and thinking other things through as well. I have started writing Arc 3 and I will bump the rating up to M once I start to post that because of violence.
So sit back, relax and wait for Arc 2 to come out hopefully soon. While you wait, you can read my other story "Legend of the Dragon Rider" and hopefully that will tide you over until the second arc comes around.
