Ultear had just informed the two girls that she could increase their magic power, but of the cost of giving up their magic power and she began to explain in more detail.

"You can unlock a source of magic known as the Third Origin," she explained. "This technique will allow you to access all the power you have the potential to gain your entire life. But once you tap into that power it will be gone forever, you'll never be able to use magic again. The Ethernano in your body will be completely distinguished, it cannot be regenerated. I know it's a difficult decision to make, however, to stand any chance of beating her this is the option you have."

"If that what it takes," said Merrill.

"Okay," Shanyla nodded.

Ultear was quite surprised by their reaction. "I anticipate that you would both have strong reactions to this, but there is a caveat. I can only do this for one of you, the other must keep her magic to heal Stormfly."

Merrill looked at Shanyla. "Make sure she's okay."

Shanyla raised her hand. "That's your job."

"I know! Which is exactly why I have to fight for her now! Let me!"

"I think that's why you should keep your magic, so you can heal her and fight together for another day."

"But if you do this you'll never be able to use magic ever again!"

"Yeah, and it's the same for you, you know!"

"I came out here today because I wanted to help you. If you lost your magic I would never forgive myself." She then immediately turn to Ultear. "I'm ready to make the sacrifice, Ultear."

"And you're sure? Is this what you truly want?" Ultear asked.

"If this is what it takes to save my friends, then I'll do it."

"Don't throw it away from me," said Shanyla.

"What are you quarrelling about!" Griselda roared and dashed towards them.

"She's coming!" Merrill yelled shoving Shanyla out of the way. "Come on, Ultear I'm ready!"

"All right then, here goes," said Ultear raising her crystal ball.

A massive surge of magic then rushed out of the crystal ball and into Merrill's body and she immediately took on her Dragon Force form.

"I'll take care of," said Merrill.

The two of them then immediately clashed and Merrill slammed her water covered fist against Griselda.

"Sea Dragon's Tsunami Claw!" she yelled.

Griselda, however, withstood the attack. "Hark to my voice, I am a guard who has control over time itself. And time remembers all the pain that has been inflicted on your body over the years." Merrill then suddenly felt a massive surge of pain rushing through her body. "Âge Scratch!"

'What's happening?' said Merrill as she screamed. 'I've never felt pain like this.'

"Please don't do this," Shanyla pleaded to Ultear. "You've got a stop before it's too late, before Merrill uses up all of her magic power."

Ultear just looked down at her.

Merrill meanwhile was fighting through the pain. 'If this is what it takes to save my friends then so be it!'

She then shot forwards and slammed her fist against Griselda, but she didn't even flinch it was as if she had just given her gentle tap.

"You have made a grave mistake," said Griselda. "Do you not understand the folly of mortal trying to touch a guard?"

Merrill then screamed as a massive surge of pain rushed through her arm. Griselda then pointed her finger directly at her and then fired a magic bullet which went straight for her leg. Merrill fell to the ground utterly exhausted while Griselda didn't even have a single scratch on her.

'What's going on?' said Merrill through tears. 'How could I already be running out of strength?'

Griselda then slowly walked towards her.

Merrill looked up at her and clutched her leg. 'Has my Third Origin not been fully released yet?'

Griselda then pointed her finger at her. "Now pierce to the very edge of time."

A magic bullet then shot out of her finger heading straight towards Merrill and she was too wounded in order to avoid this attack.

'I'm so weak, but I've got to move,' she said to herself.

Then suddenly jumping out from out of nowhere was Shanyla and she deflected the bullet catching Griselda off-guard.

"Shanyla?" Merrill stared.

Ultear was now at her limit and she was falling towards the ground with her body breaking up. 'I did it, just in time…'

"I'll be handling this one, Merrill," said Shanyla with a determined look on her face. "There's no way I'm going to lose."

Merrill then suddenly realised what was going on, Ultear had, in fact, used her magic to Shanyla unlocking her Third Origin.

"Sorry," said Shanyla reading her mind. "But we needed you to buy a little more time while she used the Third Origin spell on me."

Merrill turned and looked back at Ultear, who was now on her knees. "Is that true?"

"Shanyla and I both agreed that this was for the best," she said panting.

"It was her idea?"

Shanyla had practically pleaded to Ultear to use her magic on her.

'You and I both know that Dragon Tail's battle won't be over after this, which means Merrill is going to need all the power she's going to get in the future. So if there is still time I want you to use your technique on me instead. We're fighting a God so we have a better chance of winning if you make me stronger. Or I want is for everyone to survive this so please use the Third Origin and me.'

Merrill began bursting into tears. "No."

"This will be my final performance and I've never felt better because I am happy to fight for my friends," said Shanyla clenching her fist.

She then struck Griselda with a powerful punch of black water which have way more effect than Merrill's previous blow.

"Hubris!" Griselda snarled.

Shanyla didn't stop there and punched her in the face once more.

"How dare you defy a god!" Griselda roared slamming her elbow down on top of her head.

"The only thing I'm defying is evil," said Shanyla as she spun around and swung some powerful spin kicks. She then immediately began striking her with a barrage of fists. "But the fact that you're a god is actually good for me because my Powell works best against people like you. It's God Slaying Magic!"

Griselda's face then briefly returned to normal as she looked at her horrified. "So that power is real? I thought she was just bluffing!"

"She's cruising grasp over her God Soul!" said Ultear.

"Curse you!" Griselda yelled rushing her palm towards unleashing a powerful gust of wind.

However, an Enchantment appeared around Shanyla protecting her from the worst of it.

"But how?" said Griselda stunned as her face reverted to normal. "I hit her with everything I have…" She then noticed the Enchantment shielding her and realised that Merrill had been the one that cast it. "An Enchantment?"

Shanyla then picked herself up. 'I've screwed up a lot of stuff in my life, but there's one thing I've always been good at… magic. Thanks to magic I met so many wonderful people and gone and tons of adventures, I love it so much and I know I always will.'

"Hang on please," said Merrill with tears in her eyes.

'Even though that'll never change, I'll have to go back to an ordinary world where I'm just a regular person,' said Shanyla she began to channel all her magic for one final attack. 'This will be the last spell I'll ever use.'

"I swear to you… I swear I will always be your friend!" Merrill cried.

"And you'll be mine," said Shanyla.

Griselda was absolutely frustrated and attempted to attack them once more.

'Everything I've been through has taught me what's really important in this life,' she said putting her hands together then slammed her fists towards the ground. "Deep Gathering of Water!"

Then a massive tidal wave of black water slammed right into Griselda knocking her out of her God Soul. Ultear smiled as she began to fade knowing that they had succeeded in their mission.

'My world, is crumbling around me, it's over,' said Griselda as she fell to the ground.

Shanyla then fell to the ground utterly exhausted.

"No, Shanyla!" Merrill cried.

"Hurry… help… Stormfly," said Shanyla weakly.

Then time returned back to normal and then they heard the sounds of fighting going on all around them.

"Times moving again," said Merrill and immediately rushed to Stormfly's side and began to heal her stomach. "Stormfly… I'm using my healing magic and you so you're going to be okay."

Stormfly coughed rather violently and looked up at her and noticed that she was crying. "What's wrong? Why in the world are you crying this time Merrill."

"Because I feel bad," she said. "It's all my fault, I wanted to help Shanyla that's the main reason I wanted to come here and now—"

Stormfly was rather confused. "Did I miss something?" She then noticed that time was moving forward again. "Wait a second, where did Ultear go?"

"It's okay, Merrill," said Shanyla gently. "Please don't cry, I'll be perfectly fine living a normal life…" She then turned and looked at her and smiled. "…because love is a whole lot better magic."

Merrill just couldn't stop crying.

Far away Ultear was living in a wooden hut within the snowy mountains and she smiled outside the window.

"Those girls… they're are so strong, if only I could have experienced love that powerful when I was there tender age," she said.

Meanwhile back at Dragon Tail, Hiccup was still in a coma in the infirmary and both Ruby and Toothless watching over him.

"Poor guy," said Toothless.

"It's okay, he'll wake up before too long," said Ruby trying to reassure herself more than anything.

"You're right," Toothless nodded.

Within the Guildhall itself, everyone became aware that Griselda had just been taken down.

"Another Drake Twelve is off the radar," said Speedfist. "That's one more down!"

"Wow, that means almost half had been taken out!" Helga cheered.

"That's awesome, we've got this guys," said Wartihog.

"Yeah!" everyone cheered.

"The eternal optimism of the young," Stoick sighed. Master Hiccup then sensed something which in go unnoticed by Stoick. "What's wrong? Is there a problem, Master?"

"The East, the two remaining Drake Twelve members aren't moving," he noted.

Stoick noticed for the first time that he was right. "Have they stopped their advance?"

"I have a strange feeling about this."

The doors of the Guildhall then opened and everyone turned as they saw Grimmel entering the Guildhall.

"Well, it's nice guild you've got here," he said looking around. "Wood infuse with the fragrance of alcohol, I had heard this was an old Guild but it seems as if you have done a spot of remodelling."

"Who are you!" Gobber demanded.

"I am one of the distinguished members of the Alvarez Empire's Drake Twelve, the name is Grimmel the Ghastly if you're curious."

"Oh no," Wartihog gulped.

Speedfist looked at his screen confused. "But how? My radar says—"

Stoick noticed that there were still two dots on the map to the east where Grimmel had been reported to be.

"It was a good idea to track us like that, but you see we have this crafty old Viking name August in our ranks," Grimmel explained. "He realised that our movements were being watched so he had to go and fix it didn't he."

"You're seriously going to take us all on by yourself?" said Wartihog.

"It's what I prefer, makes more sense for me. No soldiers and nobody else getting in my way, now don't get me wrong I do rather like travelling with August, who I mentioned earlier, because he can really hold his own. But I was feeling charitable so I came ahead of him to your country in respect of the Aged Day."

He then sat down on one of the chairs casually. "Judging from your silence, that's a no but back in Alvarez that day is today. A time where we can let our elders know that we cherish them and everything they have done for us. That's why I decided to come here first and get rid of you Dragons and give old man August the rest he deserves."

Everyone just merely narrowed their eyes at him.

"Poor me a drink, make sure it's a strong one," said Grimmel.

Stoick narrowed his eyes. "We're not giving a monster like you a drop of alcohol."

"Oh well, that's a real shame ain't it? I was gone and you to Stoick, I thought sharing the very last drink of your life might mean something."

"And this will be my last one?"

"You should know that I'm an assassin by trade, although I find it unbecoming to brag my targets never meet me twice."

"I've never heard of an assassin that worked out in the open like this," said Wartihog.

"Perhaps there is no one else like me, your typical assassin spend hours looking around hiding in shadowy places waiting for the moment to strike. But that's not the way I do things, can you guess why? Because I don't need to hide, the bodies and witnesses all disappear it is so simple that there is no one left to tell the tale."

"So you make them all go away?" said Speedfist.

Grimmel then clapped his hands together they then suddenly felt a massive surge of magic coming from him.

"What's happening?" Stoick yelled.

Seconds later everyone disappeared leaving the Guildhall entirely empty, the only ones that were left inside were Grimmel and Master Hiccup.

"This can't be," said Master Hiccup in shock. "Stoick! Gobber! Agatha! Where did everyone go?"

"One more left," said Grimmel looking directly at him. "It would seem as if we have a ghost on our hands."

Hiccup turned towards him stunned. 'That's strange, no one outside of Dragon Tail should be able to see or hear me.'

"There you are," said Grimmel pointing his fingers at her like he was holding a gun.

It then looked as if he fired a shot and then suddenly Hiccup felt a massive surge of pain rushing through his body.

'I'm just a spirit, how is he able to hurt me?' he said as he fell to the ground.

Grimmel then clenched his fist and Hiccup felt another surge of pain rushing through his body as if he was being crushed.

"Hey, are you just refusing to talk to me or what?" said Grimmel starting to look annoyed and then ceased his spell. "I think I know who you are, you are the one that the Emperor is talking about… the one they called Dragon Heart. My guess is somewhere your body is around here, now talk!"

He then clenched his fist once again and once again Hiccup felt as if he was being crushed. At the same time, the lacrima covering Hiccup's body began to crack and blood was pouring out of his forehead.

"Tell me where and I'll bring back your friends," he said ceasing the magic. "I made them vanish by pulling them into a place near death, but not quite all the way there. But if I decide to leave them there they will be dead before long."

Hiccup only took one thing he said to heart. 'They're alive.'

"So I want you to tell me what to do with them," said Grimmel looking down at him.

Hiccup looked up at him. 'If I choose my friends, that means the world could be doomed. But I have no reason to trust that this guy will bring them back. I don't know what to do.'

"Tell me!" Grimmel roared.

Then suddenly Ruby appeared out of nowhere and kicked him in the back of the head, wearing her Taurus Star Dress. She struck him with so much force that he was sent flying into one of the tables and then Toothless dived down right on top of him in his battle form dealing a powerful punch to the stomach.

Ruby then looked at Hiccup. "Hey, are you okay? Did he hurt you?"

"Ruby? Toothless? You're still here?" Hiccup blinked.

"Speaking of which, where is everyone?" Toothless asked noting empty Guildhall.

"He made them disappear and he's going to kill them," Hiccup explained hysterically. "We have to stop him!"

"That must have been the spatial magic from before," said Ruby.

"You had better let our friends go now!" Toothless threatened.

"Star Dress Change!" Ruby then pulled out Leo's key. "Time for Leo style."

A few moments later she was standing in her Leo form.

"What bullocks, I was sure that I cast the spell throughout the entire Guildhall," said Grimmel as he picked himself up. "So how'd I miss them?"

Ruby and Toothless then explained what had happened just a few moments ago. They had heard screaming coming from the Guildhall a rather confused about what was going on.

"What is that? Sounds like something crazy is going on in there," Ruby frowned.

"You think we should check it out?" Toothless asked.

Then suddenly they felt a massive burst of magic passing over them, but then they vanished and only their clothes remain behind.

"It seems like I got here in the nick of time, Miss Ruby," said Horologium.

Ruby and the others were inside him and completely naked, if that wasn't the bouncing enough the fact that they were all squashed together made it even worse.

"'What are you doing here?' she asks with surprise," said Horologium. "Well, you see I detected a major spatial distortion right now. 'Hold on, why am I naked?' she asks embarrassingly. Like it or not this is just part of this defensive spell. 'It's too cramped for three people,' she disconsolately exclaimed."

With that embarrassing episode now over Horologium opened his clock in the free of them fell out. The first thing Ruby did was grab the sheep from the bed and covered herself up and then looked up at him.

"Well, once again I owe you one," said Ruby.

"I will be able to use this defensive spell for a while so I ask that you exercise caution," Horologium advised.

They then heard screams coming from the Guildhall. "Was that the First Master?"

"Let's go," said Toothless.

"And that's what happened," Ruby finished.

"Well, if you had vanished with the rest you would have avoided what about to happen," said Grimmel, he then turned his eyes to Master Hiccup. "Listen up ghost, and changing the terms of the deal. I think it would be more fun to tear this bird and cat into pieces until you make up your mind. When the feeling strikes you, I suggest you surrender otherwise she might be just a pretty redhead!"

Grimmel then reached into his jacket and toss out a dagger which flew directly towards Ruby.

"Ruby, get out of the way!" Master Hiccup yelled.

The dagger was moving too fast for Ruby to avoid it, but then jumping in front of it was Hiccup and he took the blow. However, it in pierces skin as the blade immediately melted away everyone was shocked to see him up and about.

"Even if she was just ahead, she would still be our friend Ruby," said Hiccup as the blade fell to the floor. "But since you have threatened her like that, I'm going to have to turn you into a pile of ashes."

"Hiccup!" Master Hiccup smiled.

"I knew he would be okay," said Toothless with tears in his eyes.

"I hope you've had a nice nap," said Ruby.

"I'm fully recharged and ready to fight," said Hiccup.

Grimmel just stood there as he watched Hiccup charging towards him with blazing spin kick. He then quickly blocked it and in look phased in the slightest.

"Flames, huh," he said and then swung his fist towards him. "You should have remained asleep!"

Hiccup was then sent flying to one of the support beams, but he quickly recovered and bounced off it. Using the extra momentum he punched Grimmel hard in the chest, but then he grabbed him and performed a Suprax cracking the wooden floor.

"Would you start tearing up our Guildhall!" Hiccup yelled. That's when he noticed that Grimmel was nowhere to be seen. "What that? He disappeared!"

"Where did he go?" Toothless asked looking around frantically.

"Can't you even smell him any more?" Ruby asked looking at Hiccup.

Hiccup sniffed the air and shook his head. "No, it's like he doesn't exist."

Grimmel then suddenly appeared directly behind him. "Here I am."

He then slammed his elbow on top of his head, but when Hiccup turned around he had vanished once more.

"He's gone again!" said Hiccup.

"It's Stealth Magic," said Master Hiccup. "He can make himself completely invisible."

Grimmel then appeared once more and placed his foot on top of his head.

Hiccup turned around. "First Master!"

"But it's a bit more than that, I can also see things that are invisible your friendly ghost for example," Grimmel explained.

"Don't you dare touch him!" Hiccup threatened.

Grimmel merely smiled and then vanished once more.

"He's not going anywhere, he's just using a camouflage spell," said Ruby pulling out Leo's key. "Which means he still here! Leo!"

Leo then immediately appeared instantly created a golden light. "Lion Radiance!"

"Now what," said Grimmel blinded by the light.

"I see you," said Leo and then struck him with a glowing fist.

"This guy might be a problem," Grimmel growled.

He then quickly counted and slammed his own fist against Leo sending him flying across the room.

"Leo!" Ruby yelled.

"That hurt, what did you do?" said Leo.

Grimmel merely smiled and then began attacking them all with powerful magical slash attacks. It was almost as if they were being struck by some kind of whip.

"His weapon is invisible," said Master Hiccup.

"I hide and see all, I send away and snuff out, those of the things that my magic can do."

He then turned to face Hiccup and then swung his arm, Hiccup quickly braced himself expecting the attack to strike him. However, the attack hit Ruby instead of how he was able to do that he had no idea.

"Ruby!"

"You blocked because you for that I was throwing something at you, right?" Grimmel smiled. "I was actually cracking me with behind me."

'This level of power is what I expect from one of Drago's twelve swords,' said Master Hiccup.

"Then you can watch me punch you," said Hiccup charging towards him.

However, he immediately vanished and then before he knew it he reappeared behind him. Before he could do anything, Grimmel then grabbed his head and pinned him to the ground.

"Hiccup!" Ruby cried.

"If you want to know what hell's like I would be happy to show you first hand," said Grimmel. "Now pay close attention to the young lady in front of you."

Hiccup expected him to inflict unknown torture to Ruby while he was helpless to help her. However, to his utter bewilderment, he watched as Ruby's dress began to disappear leaving her in her underwear.

"Hey, wait! What's going on?" Ruby cried embarrassingly as she covered herself up. "Why me?"

"How do like that?" said Grimmel. "I made her clothes invisible."

"Cut it out! Turn them back to normal!" Ruby demanded.

"Uh, how about making them invisible forever?" Leo asked.

"Okay, I'm closing your Gate!" Ruby snapped and Leo vanished.

"Now this is hell, don't you think?" said Grimmel.

"Yeah, it is for me!" Ruby snapped.

"You have a weird concept of hell," Hiccup noted.

"What you mean by that? There's a half-naked girl squirming in front of you, don't you feel tormented? Embarrassed? I mean do you look away or not look away, it has to be hellish?"

"Well, I admit I feel uncomfortable, but this is not the first time this is happened to Ruby."

"You're saying this doesn't bother you in the slightest?"

Ruby then noticed something strange about him. "I'm a little bit confused here… What's wrong with your face?"

Grimmel had his eyes firmly shut and it looked as if he was in utter agony. "It's obvious! I mean I can't just look at you like that can I? This technique is something like a double-edged sword, it puts both me and my target through an incredible amount of anguish and torture."

Hiccup looked at him. "You're the only one being tortured here, pal. And just to point out I've actually slept with my girlfriend."

"How deprived can you be?" said Grimmel as he raised his finger. "In that case go straight to the killing."

The tip of his finger then glowed and Ruby's close returned and when he opened his eyes he realised his mistake.

"Regulars…" Ruby yelled raising her leg.

"Meteor…" Toothless yelled clutching his fist.

"Fire Dragon's…" Hiccup yelled as flames covered his fist.

"Kick!" Ruby yelled slamming a kick covered in a golden light at him.

"Punch!" Toothless yelled putting as much force into his fist as it struck him.

"Blazing Claw!" Hiccup yelled slamming his flame covered fist into him.

The three of them struck in with enough force that he was sent across the room, but he was able to hold his ground.

"You brats… you've made this grown-up very angry!" Grimmel snarled.

Master Hiccup just laid there. 'I know what to do. How we can take down Drago.'