Chapter eleven

Confessions

Cutter felt extremely guilty, he knew that they wouldn't understand why he would run off like that, but it was better than facing the alternative.

"Well, young fella, what are you doing in here?" Cutter jumped at the sudden sound, and looked all around the clearing he was hiding in. He used his super-sight to scan the trees until he found a small dragon with brown scales, it was extremely thin and seemed very old. "Well done, young one, you found me," He said as he flew down from the tree, "I had a feeling you would."

"Who even are you?" Cutter asked the old dragon as it landed in front of him, "what are you even doing here?"

"Oh, names aren't important, what is important is why you aren't helping your friends?" Cutter looked at the ground for a moment before quietly muttering,

"It's my fault," before continuing louder now, "that thing is coming to Huttsgalor because of me!" The dragon didn't seem at all phased by this, he just sat there with a neutral expression on his face,

"Go on," he said, clearly he was expecting a story,

"Well… one of my ancestors once had a run in with the Green Death. His sharp claws and spikes are actually what saved him from certain death. They cut through that armoured skin like it was paper! And just before it disappeared it vowed it would end our bloodline. And seeing as my parents are gone, it knows that I am the last one."

"And so you believe that it wants to kill you, hence why you ran away," the old dragon finished, still not showing any sign of joking or disbelief, "but listen to me, I once knew a dragon who was young like you and all he ever wanted was to have fun and have no responsibilities, but one day a war broke out and he had to pick a side; either fight alongside the dragons, or fight alongside the humans. Do you know what he chose?"

"Dragons?" Cutter guessed, wondering where this story was leading,

"No, he chose to stay with his human family, and sure bad things happened to that dragon; he got hurt, kidnapped, imprisoned, and was even sentenced to death by a cruel tyrant. But because he had chosen the right side, that dragon made it out alright and even was the key turning point for the end of the war. He took risks to save his family, and I know, Cutter, that you can too…" and as Cutter blinked, the dragon disappeared! He looked all around the clearing, but it was as if he was never there at all. He could hear the crashing and banging of his friends attempts at stopping the Green Death, and he knew in his heart of hearts that they wouldn't stand a chance.

Burpy was completely bamboozled! He had been so sure that the Green Death was after Toothless, and now it turned out that it was after the only dragon left on the island! Cutter!

"We need to try something else!" He heard Joules shout out to him, "something MEGA!" And with that, Joules urged Burple to go higher into the air, and as they rose Burpy understood what they were doing.

"Aggro!" He called, "get us higher!" And he was certain that in normal scenarios, she would have argued, but this time she obeyed and flew higher and higher, until they were almost touching the clouds! Joules had stopped there too,

"You ready?!" He called to his friend, resulting in a thumbs up from Burpy,

"Ready for what?" Aggro asked as Burpy and Joules carefully stood up on their saddles.

"THIS!" They both shouted as they jumped off of the dragons' backs!

As they plummeted towards the Green Death, Burpy and Joules reached into their backpacks and pulled out a medium sized glowing yellow ring, which were instantly absorbed into their bodies giving them a sudden burst of speed as they zoomed downwards! Burpy could feel the power of a transformation surging through him but he held on, as did Joules. It was extremely hard, but they needed more speed to make this plan work! It was when their whole bodies were so full of power that they were staring to see white that they let the power flow free and at the same time they reached out a hand to each other, took it, and started spinning around and around each other! Until finally…

BOOOM!

They both transformed into immensely powerful versions of their normal transformations! They had turned into their MEGAMORPH forms! These forms were way more powerful than their normal transformation forms, and they were now combining their powers into an unattempted, overpowered, Fusion Shot! They blasted a humongous blue and orange energy orb right down at the Green Death's head! The crackling energy slammed into the monster and sent it crashing to the seabed. They all assumed that they had done it, and just in time too, for the Green Death had just made it to the cliffside and all it would have taken was a single breath of flame to end the village and everyone there! Burpy and Joules zoomed at the cliffside and de-transformed right at the edge. They looked down at the crashing waves covering the green dragon, half celebrating their victory, and half hoping they hadn't killed it. But they instantly regretted that last hope, because a huge dragon paw's talons crashed to the side of the cliff as the Green Death pulled itself back up and faced the town!