"So Gabriel the former All-Father made his way to the Upper Yard alone?" said Wyper holding his bazooka. "This will not sit well with Enel."

"You think that Gabriel was trying to take back what he lost?" Kaapo asked.

"No way," said a large man, who went by the name of Genbo. "That old fart never had the guts to try before why would he now?"

Aisa was listening to their conversation when suddenly she sensed the fall of Gabriel and the defeat of Selhen. This sudden surge caused her to scream into the tent riding the middle of their meeting.

She looked up and saw Wyper looking down at her with that famous scary look of his and then quickly hid behind Rachel.

"What's the matter Aisa?" Rachel asked gently.

"Two voices, they're gone," she said.

"What did you say?"

Wyper looked at her. "You're mantra?"

Aisa nodded timidly. "Yes. It just happened."

Wyper looked at her closely causing her to hide more herself behind Rachel. "You're saying that you heard two voices and now they disappeared suddenly? You need to be honest with me, is this true?"

Aisa was too afraid to answer, but Rachel stepped in for her. "I assume that yes. We should believe her ever since she was born she was able to use her ability of mantra to sense people, even those who are far away from her. There's no mistaking her gift." She then looked back at Aisa. "You sure you don't hear them? They're not there anymore?"

"Yeah, I think it stopped," she nodded. "But it seems Gabriel was fighting a Gothar and they—"

"Killed each other?" Kaapo interrupted.

"Nicely done old man," said Genbo.

"There's only three left now," said the man in the hat, who went by the name of Branham.

"Which is good for us," said Wyper as he rose to his feet. "I guess the gods have answered our prayers, it is time for us to crush those Gothors once and for all."

"Yeah," Genbo agreed.

"On your feet!" Wyper ordered. "We're launching a full-scale attack on the Upper Yard!"

With that, all of them rose to their feet and got prepared for battle. Rachel hanged back and looked down at Aisa, who still looked terrified.

"Wyper still makes you nervous, doesn't he?" she said. "You have to grow up sooner or later."

She then shoved her aside and made her way out of the tent.

"Rachel, wait please!" Aisa yelled.

"What is it?" Rachel asked looking back at her.

"It wasn't Gabriel, who defeated that Gothar," said Aisa. "There are others on the other side of the island and they're the ones that did it."

"Other people? You mean the ones that entered Skypiea from the Blue Sea?"

"I don't know who, but they're very scary to me. So… be careful."

Rachel sighed. "I'll try. Now be a good girl and hand over your bag."

"No, I can't," said Aisa pulling it away from her. "This is my super special bag, it has treasure in it!"

"I know that," Rachel smiled hugging her. "And it'll have even more inside when I bring it back."

"Yeah?" Aisa beamed.

"Yeah."

Aisa then happily gave her the bag.


Hiccup and the others were looking over the unconscious body of Selhen, it looked as if he would be out for a long time.

"The guy went down in one hit?" said Tuffnut as he poked him with a stick.

"A guy claiming to be super strong, he went down easy," said Ruffnut.

"You call that an easy?" Snotlout questioned. "I just couldn't live with myself being humiliated by a guy who looked like that."

"I'm a little bit more concerned about his little trick," said Hiccup folding his arms. "Like that little trick of his predicting our movements before we even knew them. I wonder if this Enel uses a similar ability, it might explain how he was able to attack Arial so precisely."

"I see you guys finished things here," said Ragnar as he rushed towards them. "I managed to find the boat, but if we don't move it fast we'll be stuck here."

Before than then began climbing out of the crater while Ragnar placed himself in a position towards the boat, which was still sailing down the Milky Road.

"I can fly about two of us to the boat, but I don't know if I can make it back to pick the others before it reaches the exit," said Hiccup.

"You just take Snotlout and I can take the twins," said Ragnar.

"And how are you going to do that?" Hiccup asked as he transformed into his dragon form.

Ragnar smiled. "Just watch.

Ragnar then pulled out one of his pistols and then fired a grappling hook which attached itself to the boat.

"Nice shot," said Ruffnut.

"More like a lucky shot," Snotlout muttered as he mounted Hiccup.

"Can we discuss this when we get on the boat?" Ragnar asked. "Now just hold onto me!"

The twins did exactly what he said and grabbed hold of him. Ragnar then press down on the trigger and began reeling himself and the twins towards the boat. Hiccup then immediately talk off and Snotlout hung on to him as they headed towards the boat.

Ragnar had to position himself to avoid hitting the trees, but he and the twins managed to land in the boat perfectly. A few seconds later Hiccup and Snotlout land on the boat and soon they were sailing down the Milky Road.

"I say it's safe to say that we've passed our first ordeal," said Hiccup.

"Yeah, but you can be certain that there will be more on the way," said Ragnar as he placed his pistol back in his holster.

"You mean that it's going to get even more dangerous?" Snotlout gulped.

"You heard what that Gothar said, he made it clear that they will do whatever they can to kill us," Hiccup pointed out.

"And if that guy was any indication, the fighting will get harder as we keep going," said Ragnar.

"Knew I should have stayed on the ship!" Snotlout grumbled.

"And become a sacrifice?" Hiccup asked raising an eyebrow.

"I—shut up, Hiccup," Snotlout grumbled.

"Let's just be glad that you're out of the forest and back on the boat," said Ragnar.


At the sacrificial altar, Chopper was still sinking to the bottom of the sea.

'Oh yeah, I can't swim,' he said, he looked below him and saw that Gabriel and Swift was just below him. 'The Sky Knight and his weird bird too who also has the power of the Devil Fruit. I couldn't do it, I couldn't save anyone.'

Then something large dived right into the sea and a huge shadow began to approach Chopper.

'This is it,' said Chopper. 'I can feel myself slipping away.'


All across Upper Yard, the other Gothar had since that Selhen had fallen thanks to their mantra.

"Selhen has fallen," said the Gothar with the wet hair. "Losing control over his mantra only shows his inexperience with it. It would seem as if the intruders this time from the Blue Sea, but they behave strangely. The sacrifices are now moving around freely as well, however, even if we leave them alone they won't find a way of this island."

His name was Gable and he was the Gothar of the Ordeal of Swamp. He was currently standing on a ruined statue surrounded by a cloud which moved as if it was some sort of swamp.

He then began raising to his feet. "More importantly—"

He then for some reason sealed his mouth completely shut with his bottom lip making it impossible for anyone to understand the end of his sentence.


The other Gothar who was the one with the bald head and went by the name of Cadman and was the Gothar of the Ordeal of Iron. He was currently sitting on a rock overlooking a plain which had skulls on wooden pikes. Sitting next to him was his large dog, who he called Toby.

"Do you hear the voice of a soulful warrior Toby?" said Cadman.

Toby nearly barked and he interpreted that as a yes.

"It doesn't matter how many times we walk this road, things always end the same," Cadman continued. "Selan defeated Gabriel, but the Ordeal of Spheres was broken. That is where luck or end for our new challenges, for them to attempt to see the All-Father is insolence at its greatest and the punishment at my hands will settle things upon the Upper Yard. No one here gets out alive."


Selan was now flying back to his domain and it since the fall of Selhen.

"It would seem the ones that have escaped sacrifice are off my list," he said. "It would seem as if there are others roaming around who are more worthy of my anger."


Wyper and the rest of the vanir were riding on their waver skates and boards towards Upper Yard ready for war.

"All of you listen up, today we catch up with Upper Yard at her most vulnerable," said Wyper. "This is the opportunity of a lifetime! We move. Ahead and don't stop until we reach the All-Father's shrine and do not fear Enel! The great warrior Kaarle, our one and only saviour, only to him we are true!

All of them were in formation and armed to the teeth, nothing was going to stop them into the retook what was theirs.

"Branham!" Wyper yelled.

Branham had two pistols at the ready. "Ready."

"Kaapo?"

Kaapo was spinning his spear

"Genbo?"

Genbo had a bazooka resting on his shoulders.

"Rachel?"

Rachel was armed with a rifle. "Right!"

"Be careful, we split up here," said Gabriel as he strapped his shield to his back and then loaded his bazooka and fired. "We vowed the great warrior Karrle to write the fire of Vaniheim!"

All of them cheered as a huge explosion, from the cannonball that Wyper fired, struck Upper Yard. This alerted all of the Gothar to their presence.

"So the vanir have come for a fight," the three Gothar said in unison.


Fishlegs was still carving his own path while the others followed him, that they had no clue to where he was going. He was so fixated that his fear seemed to have completely vanished as he walked over one of the large tree roots.

Then suddenly they all heard the explosion from Wyper's attack, though at the time none of them knew what it meant.

"That sounded like an explosion," said Astrid.

"I thought that I heard some earlier, but this one seemed bigger," said Heather.

"Well, either way, we have to keep moving forward," said Fishlegs as he kept on walking.

"You seem to be in an awful hurry," Toothless noted.

"Indeed, even acting odd for some time," Heather agreed.

"I don't suppose you can tell us where you're taking us?" Astrid asked.

"If I explained it, you wouldn't understand," said Fishlegs and then he slipped, but he managed to regain his balance just in time. "Why can't I just stay on my feet?"

"You're the one that suggested we go this way," Heather reminded him. "Something about it being faster."

Astrid looked at Fishlegs. "Fishlegs, I'd really need nowhere were going. I'm still concerned about leaving Chopper behind."

"It will become clear when we get to the seashore," said Fishlegs.

"The seashore?" Heather frowned.

"Yes," Fishlegs nodded. "It's the only way we can get close enough to check this thing out, because to be honest, I won't believe what I saw until I see it up close."

"If it's that important, then lead the way," said Astrid.

"It might also explain something which has been bothering me for some time now, but I still can't prove anything yet," said Heather. "Of course a theory is only a theory until it is proven, but what I dream up turns out to be true it would be interesting… very interesting. The one thing that I always wanted in life, doesn't feel so out of reach any more. Although it's only a theory."

Astrid just gave her a suspicious look.


Chopper opened his eyes and found himself resting on the altar, he was soaking wet but somehow he was no longer the water.

"What's going on, I'm alive? What happened?" he said trying to make sense of everything. When he sat up he saw the next to him were Gabriel and Swift, both of whom were completely out cold. "Sky Knight!"

Immediately placed his ear against his chest and heard a faint heartbeat and then came a grown from Gabriel.

"He's alive, that's good," said Chopper looking relieved.

He then heard a weak squawk from Swift, indicating that he too was alive. Though Chopper was still confused on how they were alive, the last thing he remembered was sinking in the white sea.

"This makes no sense, jumped in after him," he said shaking his head. "I figured that we would sing to our deaths, one who could have pulled it out of there."

He then heard a noise directly above him and it was approaching fast.

"Hey, what was that?" he said and when he looked up he saw a giant shadow flying down towards him.

Fearing that it was coming for him, he quickly took cover, but then he heard a low deep squawk which sounded familiar. He looked up into his hole he saw more of these giant shadows looming over the altar.

"But why?" he stared.


Astrid and the others were still following Fishlegs, though they still had no clue why.

"We're nearly there," said Heather completely out of the blue. "I can hear the waves breaking on the shore, listen."

Astrid and Toothless listened and indeed they heard the sound of waves hitting bedrock. However, they could also hear small explosions erupting around the island which was concerning.

"We're almost there," said Fishlegs.

"Are you going to tell us what you saw?" Toothless asked now starting to get impatient.

"I'm hearing more than just the tide rolling in," said Heather.

"Yeah, we heard it as well," Astrid nodded. "It sounds like a charging army and some explosions thrown in for good measure. With any luck it to distraction from what we're doing."

"Or they could be attacking our friends," said Heather.

"Chopper?" Toothless asked. "That little guy is tougher than he looks, when the time comes you can handle himself."

"And what about the others?" Heather asked.

"You mean Hiccup?"

"He won't sit still after knowing what happened to us."

Astrid nodded. "I'm counting on it and I know that nothing is going to stop him until he gets to us."

"I don't know what this god has out here, but I doubt we'll let our captain walk-through," said Heather.

Toothless folded his arms. "Between that, your theory, Fishlegs' mental breakdown and this other battle…"

"This whole battle has gotten much more complicated," Heather agreed.

"Sounds like a perfectly normal day for us if you ask me," Astrid smiled. "I wouldn't be too concerned about our crewmates, we always get out of trouble somehow another. Getting bent out of shape over things that haven't happened is a waste of time."

Heather smiled. "Good point."

It was at that point that they saw that Fishlegs was still making his way towards the coast for some reason.

"Wait for us!" Astrid yelled.


Hiccup and the others were still sailing down the Milky Road, unaware of what was happening to the others.

"I half expected us to be attacked by now," said Hiccup folding his arms.

"Yeah, with three more Gothar waiting in the wings we have much more challenges ahead of us," Ragnar agreed. "The sooner we get to that old the better I'll feel."

"You really expect us to be attacked?" said Snotlout as he continued steering the boat.

"If you had wanted criminals trespassing on your land, wouldn't you want to do whatever it took to get rid of us?" Hiccup questioned.

"Yet he has and struck us down yet," said Ruffnut as he looked up to the sky.

"Yeah, if you really want to get rid of us why doesn't he just blast this was some lightning?" Tuffnut asked.

"Because he's toying with us," said Hiccup simply. "I get the feeling that he thinks that all this is a game."

"Some game," Snotlout muttered.


Fishlegs had run off ahead leaving Astrid and the others to do catch up and he still hadn't explained what was going on.

"He certainly took first," said Heather.

"Meaning he saw something, something very important," said Astrid.

"Still would like to know what it is that's so important," said Toothless.

Fishlegs was standing in front of some sort of building. "I was right, it's exactly what I thought I saw."

Heather was the first one to reach the coast and suddenly realised what Fishlegs had seen. "Unbelievable."

"Fishlegs, I am been remarkably patient, especially for me," said Astrid looking impatient. "So will you please tell us what is going—"

Astrid then stopped when she saw the building and Toothless were completely speechless.

"Speaks for itself doesn't it?" said Fishlegs. "Look at it almost unreal and it's no fairytale, we've all seen whether it belongs to. But how did it get all the way up here?"

"It doesn't make any sense, why would it be here it looks exactly the same it's like a copy?" said Toothless.

"But it's not," said Heather.

"This certainly would explain a few things," Astrid nodded.

"Indeed, this is the other half of what we saw before," said Heather. "It's been bugging me for a while, why is it that we walk on soil here instead of island cloud? This dirt there's nothing in the make-up of the White White Sea that would allow for its existence so the ground that we're walking on should exist up here. Upper Yard was originally on the ground."

"I knew that house was off the moment I saw it," said Fishlegs. "The thing is it's a two-storey house and there was no staircase leading up to the second storey and what would make you build a house on the edge of a cliff. But there again it wasn't a cliff at all."

All of them were now facing the other half of Cricket's house, it was slightly overgrown and there was a staircase leading to the second floor but there was no mistaking.


Chopper was staring at the creatures that had saved him and Gabriel, to his utter astonishment they were South Bird but they were much much bigger.

"There South Birds, a whole flock of them," he said bewildered. "Their huge, I didn't know they get so big. You guys are the ones that saved our lives, thank you."

The South Bird's merely squawks.

Chopper's eyes widened as he turned towards Gabriel. "What you mean he's the All-Father?"


Astrid and the others were still confused by seen the other half of Cricket's house.

"This is the half of the island that was ripped away, this island used to be part of Jaya," said Fishlegs.

"So what that means a few hundred years back the island below was split in half and one side of it rose into the sky," said Toothless.

"But the question remains on how it got up here in the first place," said Astrid folding her arms. "I don't suppose any of you have any ideas on that?"

"It had to be the knock upstream that did this," Fishlegs theorised. "It sounds ridiculous, but it's the only logical explanation."

Astrid eyes then lit up. "That means that the city of gold that Noah described that sunk in the ground didn't sink into the ocean like a guessed. This part of Jaya, it's been floating in the sky for 400 years!"