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Unknown Dimension, Nighttime

Darkness. Nothing but the cold, unwelcoming, blackened night. That was the last thing Toothless saw before blacking out. His eyes started wincing as Toothless began to regain consciousness. His head slowly started to hurt, aching like bruises flowing through his mind. It was probably the most painful headache Toothless had ever witnessed in all his years of living. Maybe even worse than what he had experienced after defeating the Red Death.

His senses started to come back to him. And the memories of the portal returned to him. He winced a little bit more before shooting his eyes out. Seeing the dark sky that cast over the warbled a bit before shooting up to all fours. He looked around and started to notice something completely off.

He was not in the Hidden World.

Instead, he found himself in between what seemed to be a narrow corridor. Or at least that's what it looked like to the night fury. And there was no natural light source in any part of the pathway. However, Toothless considered himself lucky that he could see in the dark.

When he looked up, Toothless saw that the walls which covered both sides of the passage reached up to twenty feet tall. From which were decorated with strange markings that he had never seen before. Shortly after, the dragon alpha observed his surroundings and began noticing that the alleyway was covered with smashed-up items and broken pieces of glass. Some of which were still very unknown to the king of dragons.

The night fury then sniffed, detecting a strange odor in an instant. He followed the trail until it led him to a large metal container. The container was adorned at the center with a mark, 'Waste Management.' Upon looking at the strange text, Toothless tilted his head, wondering what it meant. He pressed his nose inside the container and sniffed again, only to reel back and cringe. Finally, figuring out what the text meant, for it inside was revealed to be a pile of actual waste.

Toothless had seen that the waste was wrapped in dozens of black bags with a material he was unfamiliar with. Half a second later, a squeaking sound came from the dumpster. To which was revealed to be a tiny mouse. The night fury growled, watching it jump out of the bag and scurry off to his right.

However, when Toothless looked up after watching the small creature disappear, he saw a light source at the end of the corridor. He looked behind his shoulder and saw a brick wall covering up one end of the alleyway, which could only mean that there was only one way out of this passageway. His instincts urged the night fury to take the path, but at the same did, he did not trust it. There was no doubt in the alpha's mind that he was in a new world. And for all he knew, an unspeakable danger could lurk ahead of him.

To ensure, Toothless let out an echoed roar, unleashing his signature echolocation call. After a second, his left ear perked up to detect the sound bouncing back to him. And so far, nothing from that sound presented to him as a danger on the other side, which meant it was safe. Still, the night fury remained hesitant. In the long run, the possibilities of running into trouble were still unknown to him.

But at that moment, Toothless realized he didn't have any options. Plus, he would have no hope of finding the others or a way back home if he just stood there in this alleyway and did nothing. Looking both ways, the night fury moved cautiously, with each step being light and calculated to avoid stepping on the glass. The light on the other end started glowing brighter upon continuing his approach. Yet it wasn't enough to stop Toothless from going any further.

Finally, after a few more steps, he reached the end of the corridor. Only to be greeted by light glowing so bright he had to shield his face with a wing. There, the dragon king gave himself a few seconds to adjust his eyes before removing it. Only for his jaw to drop at what he saw next. For it was the most peculiar thing he had ever seen in all his years of living.

As he looked up, Toothless found himself standing before what would seem to be a large settlement—covered with mountain-sized buildings that stretched for miles. Each has its own set of lights that light the world bright as day. When he looked around, he saw more lights glowing, only this time smaller, and was attached to what he pictured to be tall metal poles. And before him, he could see giant metal monstrosities strolling down some carved road in a straight line.

The night fury was struck with awe in his new surroundings. He had never seen anything like it. Not even back in his home world. Though it also filled his mind with so many questions, with few answers to them. What is this place? Who made all this? Are all those metal beasts real? All of which plagued the thoughts of the king of dragons.

He let out a silent warble before turning to his left and started walking down what would seem to be a passageway that led deeper into this monstrous settlement. As he walked, Toothless had his eyes glued to the glowing buildings. He was still feeling mesmerized by the glimmering lights. As he kept walking, the ground began to feel softer and softer. And half a heartbeat later, he stopped, feeling something very peculiar from underneath him.

When he looked down, he noticed something very odd underneath his paw. As he lifted to look, he saw that a sizeable star-shaped symbol was marked on the ground. From which had a hard surface to it. Toothless narrowed his eyes, looking further into the star-shaped image. And noticed that there was another symbol at the center of it, which he had no idea what it stood for. And was adorned with yet another text at the top that said, 'Winnie the Pooh.' The night fury tilted his head for a second time, wondering what it meant.

This was all very new to him. He looked at unknown symbols in a strange world, in an undisclosed settlement. And had no idea if this should mean anything to him. Instead, it made him more curious. Perhaps, even more intrigued to learn more about it, or who it was behind the creation of the buildings or the symbol he was currently looking at.

Until it was covered with vomit, or, more specifically, the symbol was suddenly splattered by vomit that flashed before Toothless's eyes. The action caused the night fury to jump back, yelping in fright as he looked to see the perpetrator was. Though he looked slightly to his left, his expression dropped when he finally saw to whom the spew belonged.

To which resembled a familiar bipedal creature that Toothless had not for quite some time.

It was a human.

Or, more accurately, it was a human that wore strange clothes and had strange markings on his entire face. He watched as it finished spewing whatever it had in its stomach before falling flat on its face on top of the symbol. And at an instant, Toothless had been driven into a panic, knowing pretty well that the sight of humans was not always a good sign.

He started backing up, only to step on something with his back paw, only to look and see another human on the floor, as still as a corpse. Frightened, the night fury withdrew from the scene, a million things going through the back of his head. What are humans doing here? Are they the ones behind this?

While Toothless wasn't entirely new to the sight of humans, his experience with them had taught him a great deal about keeping his distance from them. And if there was anything he learned in his past life, it was that humans didn't take kindly to members of his species. Or any in that type of manner.

Fearing that he had overstayed his welcome, Toothless aimed to retreat into the passageway from whence he came, only to bump into something from behind him again. Though this time, when he turned around, he saw that it was another human. Only that this one was wearing what strikes to be a costume, with blue hair and a highly decorated face, he almost thought its nose was red. And from the look on its face, it was not happy.

"Hey, this is my territory, snitch!" it shouted, looking straight at the dragon with red eyes. "So take your stinking costume and get the flip off my corner!"

The human then shoved Toothless in the shoulder with both hands. The night fury retaliated with a back wing across the human's face, sending it flying a couple of yards before coming to a screeching halt. No way was he going to be pushed around by some human, especially when he was in a different world. And if this world belonged to them, he would ensure that no one would harm him or his friends.

The dragon king let out a growl as he stalked the fallen human, who slowly began to pick himself back up. He looked up to meet the night fury's gaze and glared at him. Toothless struck at the human as a warning, but instead, it would appear that he had only set the human off. Half a heartbeat after that, the human climbed back up to his feet and pulled out what would appear to be a small portable knife.

"Alright, snitch!" he growled. "You wanna dance?! Let's dance!"

Toothless responded with a growl. He could sense the human's strong will. But little did he know that he was dealing with a night fury of all creatures—the Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death Itself. And the most feared and respected dragon of all their race. Neither human nor dragon dared to challenge him unless he allowed it. However, this act of aggression was unprecedented to the dragon.

Most humans would usually quake in terror at his presence. With many others turning tail and running the moment they first lay eyes on members of his species. And even then, many humans where he came from knew better than to try their luck with a dragon as deadly as himself. Instead, this human looked like it was ready to fight him to the death. He didn't know if it was acting out of bravery or stupidity.

However, he could tell that the human was not like himself since he could see the human slowly wobbly in his stance. But it didn't matter to the night fury. Because, like all living creatures, both humans and dragons alike, they can easily be subjected to fear. And who was better at inflicting it than him? The man started shaking as the dragon alpha moved closer to the human male. He remained unsure if this was the best course of action before cursing himself and doing it anyway. At first instinct, the human moved first, charging at the dragon at full speed, bringing up the knife in an attempt to go for his throat.

Yet before he could even reach the beast, Toothless opened his mouth and fired a plasma blast, hitting the knife's blade and causing it to bounce out of the human's hand. A second later, Toothless pounced on top of the human after he let his guard down. The two skidded across the paved ground until they came to a stop. Toothless was on top of the man, growling menacingly as the human below him started quivering in fear.

A vast but predictable sight, especially from a human of all creatures. The night fury could see the terror in his eyes as he stood over the man. What was once filled with frustration and anger was replaced with ultimate fright. Toothless began to snarl at the man, showing his dagger-like teeth simultaneously. The man, quaking with agony, now started to plead for his life.

"No, please, let me go!" he begged. "I have a family! I have six kids!"

Toothless, in response, unleashed a thundering roar, letting the man know loud and clear who he was dealing with. And the man covered his face with his arm, fearing his life being taken from him before his own eyes. Though before that could be the case, Toothless relented. And instead stared at him with that devilish expression smeared all over his face.

In return, Toothless just saw how pathetic the man was. Even in another dimension, it would appear that humans have not changed. Their still their old and violent selves, as they have always been. Instead of feeling hatred for the man, he couldn't help but pity him. Just looking at him, he could tell that he was miserable. And had never experienced what it meant to be alive. Though, if what he said was true about his family, he would feel much more sorry for them if that was their father.

Toothless had remained undecided on what to do with the human. But before he could make a proper decision, a voice from a distance caught his attention.

"What is that thing?"

His ears perked up, and when the night fury looked to his left, he spotted something that would bring him more trouble than he already had.

More humans.

Great. Just great. This was precisely what Toothless needed as of right now. Just more of a reason to run into trouble without even having to do much. It had already taken the first two humans for the night fury to figure that he was in another human world. But it didn't help that there were more of them as of present and here. And what made things worse, he turned the corner to see more humans gathering around where he and the man were—only stopping a few yards from keeping their distance.

By then, Toothless lifted his paw and backed up while focusing on the growing crowd. The man that he stood over saw this chance and bolted. Hightailing across the corridor, calling for help. Meanwhile, the ensuring humans started to get closer and closer to him. Many of which held out tiny metal devices that were still new to the king of dragons.

As the number of humans increased, Toothless started to get agitated. He was in an unknown, alien environment filled with humans, one of which showed little to no fear at one point and had no way of getting back home. However, it didn't make any things better when little lights began to flash before him. Some of which started to dazzle him temporarily. At one point, one flash blinds him so severely that it reduces him to letting out a warning roar.

This caused the crowd to jump back a bit. Some of which screamed a bit. While others instantly took off, not willing to take their chances. Seeing that he had some leverage, Toothless spun around and roared again, causing the crowd behind him to jump back. Afterward, he turned around and screeched again, flailing his tail around. And then he did it again, and again, and again until the group got to a far enough distance away from the dragon alpha.

He was relieved that his strategy of holding back the crowd was finally working, but something was wrong. For starters, a majority of the group had refused to leave. And had taken a particular interest in observing the night fury. Though the only thing it did was stress him out even further. He could blast them all to oblivion but figured it would only cause more trouble. Plus, no one in the group seemed to have any weapons attached to them. So there was no real reason to open fire at innocent humans.

But suddenly, as Toothless continuously turned his head to face all sides, he noticed one human male in a unique uniform of black and blue colors making his way through the crowd. While also instructing the bystanders to clear the area. Naturally, Toothless would consider this a good thing, but deep down, he had a bad feeling about this. One of which could not be suitable for him.

"Everybody get out the way, please," the man said as he made his way through the crowd. "Get out of the way!"

As the man made it to the front of the crowd, there was still one younger human who had bravely managed to approach the night fury with his device in front of him. Flashing a bright light in the dragon's eyes, thus temporarily blinding him for a second time. Though the human remained satisfied, it only further enraged Toothless. Who then swiped a paw at the younger human, causing him to jump back and trip on himself in fright, thus landing on his backside as Toothless bellowed at him in anger.

This sort of action forced the man in the uniform to act quickly. He rushed to the downed man, taking note of the giant charcoal beast that stood before him.

"Sir," the man in black and blue instructed. "Step away from the animal!"

In an instant, the younger human turned heel and fled, disappearing into the crowd and leaving the man with the dragon. At first glance, Toothless didn't trust this human. He didn't trust any who were present here. And he had already been as stressed as he was now.

Instinctively the night fury growled, warning the man not to come any closer. And even though the man did not show it, Toothless could see the fear in his eyes as he gazed upon the black dread. He could tell this was his first time seeing a night fury. He probably figured this was all their first time seeing a dragon in general. The shocked looks and surprised faces of the humans around Toothless were enough to sell the thought that they had never seen dragons before.

But at the same time, that mattered little to the dragon alpha. Even though he knew this was their first time, this would probably mean that this may be their last time, knowing their destructive nature. And he was not planning on dying this day. Or any day, for that matter.

As the man approached him, Toothless cautiously took a couple of steps back, widening the distance between him and the man while standing his ground simultaneously. When he thought he had gotten too close, the night fury flared his wings, letting out another roar to tell the man that he was far enough.

This had proven to be a big mistake for the king of dragons. As soon as he flared out his wings, the man pulled out what turned out to be a small weapon and pointed it at Toothless, which caused the night fury to widen his eyes in alarm.

"You stay right where you are!" the man demanded. "Do not move!"

Yet Toothless instead responded with a snarl, baring his fangs as his eyes were fixated on the weapon that the man held out in his hands. To his mind, the weapon was smaller than a crossbow. But Toothless did not doubt that it was just as deadly as one. Instead of retaliating, the night fury continued to back up, snarling at the man in the uniform and watching his every move. Situations like this were always unpredictable to the dragon king. For he never knew the outcome of these types of circumstances.

Still, he wouldn't take his chances with the man. Even if he had a weapon pointed at him, there was no guarantee that the man would not use it if he backed down now. And there was no guarantee that the man would let him walk out of this alive. As Toothless continued to step backward, he opened up his maw with a bright purple glow illuminating from inside.

"Freeze!"

Instead, the dragon refused to cooperate as his mouth continued to glow. With a high-pitched sound raising, the man in the uniform slowly squeezed the weapon's trigger without firing. The night fury was nearly on the edge of striking when his left ear perked up, apparently catching the sound of a loud blaring approaching him from his blind side.

When Toothless turned his head to his left, his eyes widened as his gaze caught the sight of a metal beast charging at him at full speed, which was seconds away from hitting the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. And perhaps bring an end to his short but glorious reign. However, Toothless did not give it the opportunity as he re-opened his mouth and unleashed a powerful plasma blast.

Boom!

The explosive charge hit solely at the center of the metallic beast, setting off an energetic eruption in the night fury's wake. The power of the blast sent the metal creature sailing over his head. Toothless then saw land on the other side of him, watching it come into contact with three other small metal creatures. Thus hearing loud crashes and hammers, along with the collision of metal. A second after that, they became still. Though to his satisfaction, the night fury was surprised when he saw humans crawling out of those metal beasts.

Some of which were bruised and scarred beyond belief. One of them didn't even move at all. Darker news still came to the night fury, for as he turned his head back, he saw the crowd finally scatter, screaming and running away from the scene. And in their wake, eight more metal beasts rushed to his position. All were adorned with black and white markings, with a sizeable weird-shaped device strapped onto the top of the beasts. Which produced a loud wailing sound that nearly made the dragon's ears explode.

The metal beasts positioned themselves around the king of dragons, surrounding him on all sides. Shortly after, several humans came out of the sides of the beasts, pointing much more effective and nastier weapons than the original man solely at him, which caused Toothless to panic even further. As the armed humans started barking orders at each other, Toothless let out a screech in defense, causing the men to flinch, yet did not move an inch.

This was not good for the night fury. He was now outnumbered and surrounded by humans pointing lethal weapons at him that he did not know. And those humans continued to close in on him, like a pack of wolves encircling a lone sheep. He did not know what to do. His instincts told him to take flight, but he knew that if he tried to make sudden moves, he would die in a heartbeat. He let out another warning roar, trying to cause panic in the surrounding men. But they were pretty locked into their positions even to consider retreating.

Then suddenly, a bright circular light shined upon the night fury, causing him to shield his eyes with his wing. When he uncovered it, he looked up, only to see a giant flying metal creature hovering several feet above him—putting a couple of yards to avoid hovering directly above the dragon. In an instant, Toothless dropped his guard. He looked in briefly, tilting his head as he curiously wondered how a metal beast could achieve flight. He could tell that it wasn't a dragon. Nor did it resemble anything type of bird he had ever seen. It almost looked unnatural in his eyes.

Though as the dragon alpha continued to stare up into the night sky, his gaze fixated on the weird flying object, his focus was brought back to him when he heard a clanking sound. He turned his attention back to the humans surrounding him, noticing two humans flinging a pair of canisters to his position. When he looked down, he saw that the canisters were leaking gas. The night fury sniffed it, only to pull back when he realized the gas was poisonous.

Two more were dropped in, covering his flanks. Within a few seconds, the gas started spraying all around him until the dragon king started having difficulty breathing. And as the gas continued to spread, the smoke began to increase. Half a heartbeat later, the smoke had covered the dragon's shadow, only revealing his dark, gloomy form.

Also, two more were thrown, making it much harder for Toothless to breathe as he began to choke on them. They heard the dragon let out one last roar before hearing a thudding sound ring within the smoke. From which they would've considered being the sound of the night fury collapsing. Naturally, the humans considered this a victory, as cheers were heard from the crowd in the background. Though this did not mean that they wouldn't take caution, as the leader of the uniformed men sent two others to check out the smoke to be safe. And even though this would generally be the case, humans have betrayed a fatal flaw. One of which gave the dragon king an unprecedented advantage.

They could not see him through the smoke.

Or rather, the smoke was so thick that it became complicated for them to see him through the gas. Not even the light from the metal beast could reveal his presence. And as a bonus, Toothless's dense black coat made it easier for him to camouflage. Not to mention, Toothless prided himself on a dragon that was very good at being practically invisible. And what better way to be hidden was through a large puff of smoke?

The two men edged closer to the smoke, still weary over their foreign victim. One of the men was shaking, while the other kept his finger at the trigger of his weapon. Then, a whistling sound went off without warning, and a plasma blast shot right between them. Passing the two men and hitting right in the middle of the two metal beasts behind them caused an explosion that sent four of the humans nearest them flying.

Another blast followed shortly, this time in the direction of the humans behind Toothless. Thus causing another explosion and sending both men and beasts flying as well. The two men in front turned back to fire their weapons; the night fury took this opportunity to strike.

Thus leaping out of the smoke and at the two men, ramming one with his head and tail-whipping the other with his tail. To which knocked over a couple of humans to his left side. Though when he spun around to his right, the night fury saw four more humans locked onto him with their weapons. And had just heard their leader give the order.

"Open fire!"

Though before they could be given a chance to do so, Toothless quickly opened his mouth and shot another plasma blast, causing yet another explosion and sending the humans flying backward. But not before one of the men fired their weapons at him. Thus striking the night fury in his right forearm before he could be given a chance to block it. Toothless let out a roar in agony as he tripped over himself and fell on his right side.

Half a heartbeat later, the king of dragons climbed back on top of his feet. When he looked at his forearm, he was nearly devastated. There was no permanent damage, but he saw a large hole that penetrated his scales. Blood dripped from the edge of it. A second after that, his entire forearm went numb, leaving the night fury to limp on three legs instead of four.

As far as he was concerned, these projectiles were unlike anything he'd ever seen. For starters, they were swift. Maybe even faster than any crossbow bolt he had ever dodged back in the Archipelago. And while they didn't inflict too much damage, they felt extremely painful. What hurts the most was the burning sensation he started to sense from those wounds, which caused the night fury to howl in agony.

Seeing that the dragon had let his guard down, the human that shot at the night fury reloaded his weapon and fired again. This time, Toothless jumped back with the first shot being fired. At the same time, the moment he dodged the projectile, the dragon king watched it sail behind him and hit the metal beast in his place. There, Toothless began to notice that while the shell did a number on him, it did little to graze the metal beast, only giving it a scratch in its wake.

The night fury looked back to his wounded paw, then back at the metal beast and the human with the weapon. A second later, it finally hit him; if it could do some damage to him but inflict minimal on the medallic creature, then maybe he could use this to his advantage. Toothless leaped over to the metal beast when the other humans reloaded their weapons.

He hopped to the other side to shield himself from the upcoming fire. As he crouched over the giant hunk of metal, the night fury was relieved to find the bullets hitting the metal instead of him. But he was not out of this mess just yet. While the humans continued to fire, the flying metal beast started making its way to him, shining that bright light above the dragon king.

There, Toothless looked up to see a tiny human appearing from the side of the creature, pulling out a weapon and aiming at the night fury from above. The dragon released a yelp as the human fired a shot at him, barely managing to graze his prosthetic tailfin. He paused for a second, registering how lucky he was that it barely scraped the tailfin, before turning back to the flying metal creature growling viciously. To target the tailfin was to target the dragon king's only chance of escape. Let alone his only means of flying as a whole.

The man on the side of the beast was preparing to fire a second round when a familiar purple glow started to form inside Toothless's mouth. And before long, the dragon fired another plasma blast, not at the man himself, but on the metal beast's tail. Or at least, that was what he perceived, considering how it could keep the beast in midflight.

Upon contact, the beast's tail exploded, causing the metal creature to spiral out of control. He watched it spin a couple of times before heading to his right and crashing into the humans that were firing upon him from before. The collision caused chaos as the flying medal beast swept from three other metal ones before smashing into a building to the night fury's right. This triggered a massive explosion that even Toothless flew backward from the ignition.

Half a heartbeat later, there was complete silence. For the second time in a row, Toothless picked himself back up. He shook off the dust that clustered his hide before checking his surroundings. The night fury had landed on top of a nearby metal creature, who did not seem to move. Looking over his shoulder, he saw nothing but fire and ruin in his wake. The corridor from which the humans previously were was filled with batches of fire. Burned-up medal beasts, from which the men in the uniforms arrived, were burnt to cinder from the explosion. And the remains of the flying beast were seen, pinned up against a chunk of the building.

Before him, Toothless could see many humans scattered across the corridor. Many of them bore scars too severe for him even to comprehend. Some didn't move at all. The crowd that witnessed the scene unfold was put into chaos. Many of them fled the stage with the triggering explosions. While a brave few stayed and continued to watch.

Toothless could hear their screams and cries. Many of them ran and fled with freight while others howled in suffering. Many men in black and blue who had survived looked up at him and saw only horror. But that mattered little to the king of dragons. For he had other problems to deal with at present. Some of which were brought to his attention at this very moment. As he continued staring at the ruins he had created, a series of loud wailing noises sounded behind him.

When Toothless looked back, he saw a series of more medal beasts approaching him from the other end of the corridor, along with another flying beast directly in tow, which could only mean one thing.

More human reinforcements.

Which was not a good sign for the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself. He had already found himself vastly outnumbered by these humans. And just from that encounter alone, he could not afford another confrontation with these humans. Not with the kind of weapons they had on them.

Toothless would've been okay with taking on humans on any other day. But now, he knew it would mean certain death if he did. He had to get out of here. And he had to do it now. That being said, he turned back to the street and prepared to take off. Before he did, he looked down at his fight forearm, still taking note of the new hole that adorned the center of it. The night fury remained unsure if he could fly with only three limbs intact.

Of course, it was a pretty small wound, be he had to remember that not many dragons can fly while possessing injuries, especially if they were on the wings and tails. However, as he looked back at the approaching humans, who were getting excessively closer, he considered taking his chances anyway. Looking at the path ahead, Toothless spread out his wings, his paw nearly slipping off the edge of the metal beast. Then, he launched himself into the air, only getting five feet forward before landing back on the ground.

He jumped up a second time, flapping his wings to stay in mid-air. Half a heartbeat later, he shot up to the sky, putting as much distance between him and the ground as he could. While Toothless was pleased to be able to fly once more, his sole focus was to get as far away from this place as possible. He had already made a mess of things, and he hardly doubted that the humans would not forgive him for already shedding blood in their settlement. They'd surely call for his head after this.

As he fled the settlement, Toothless began to wonder if the others were in this same world, the same as him. He did recall seeing Stormfly and Hookfang being sucked into the portal before he did. He also saw a couple of others being sucked into that damned vortex. He also wondered if the talisman that contained the vortex was here too.

Well, whatever it was, he'll find it. And his friends also. And after he does, he'll find the one responsible for all this and perhaps get to the bottom. That is, if he had any chance of getting back home. And he will, for the sake of himself and his friend. Still, his mind kept gnawing at how this could all happen. How would traveling even be considered a possibility, and how he had anything to do with it? Though more specifically, why him? Why choose him, and deprive the night fury of being together with his family?

However, Toothless's thoughts and questions were interrupted when he heard a humming sound coming from behind him. When the night fury looked behind his shoulder, he yelped as he saw three flying metal beasts tailing him from his flanks. Unlike the one he shot down earlier, these beasts seemed much more prominent. And they were armed to the teeth with mechanized weapons he had never seen before. And before he knew it, the one in front started launching a ballista of tiny projectiles at him.

Yet Toothless was quick to dodge them and engage in evasive maneuvers. From this, the medal beasts continued to chase, thus engaging in a high-tail pursuit. Toothless immediately banked right toward one end of the corridor and turned left into another. He was using his lightning speed to try to lose his pursuers. Yet the humans in the metal beasts were so focused on chasing him that they made it imperative not to lose him.

He turned into another passageway and attempted to fly upward into the sky. Although, as soon as the night fury did so, he could hear the creatures are firing again. Yet when he looked over his shoulder, he saw they launched a different type of projectile. One that was much bigger than the smaller ones and looked just as deadly. And there were two of them being thrown directly at him. With a yelp, Toothless barrel rolled and flew back into the corridor, missing the projectiles by mere inches, before briefly watching them colliding into a large building in his stead.

The dragon alpha could hear massive explosions going off from behind him. But he did not stop to look back once he noticed the flying medal beasts continuing their pursuit of him. The king of dragons went down the corridor before turning right into the next. He could barely miss a barrage of tiny projectiles fired from behind him. He turned into another passageway a second later and flew as fast as possible.

Yet with each turn, it was almost like he was flying circles all over the settlement, like a boar and a pack of changewings in an open field. With the chase being endless at this point. And the buildings of this encampment seemed to be endless. It would almost be impossible for the night fury to shake these guys. But despite the disadvantage, this also brought a whole new opportunity, which gave Toothless an idea.

He banked right into another corridor, disappearing entirely into the buildings as soon as the humans turned the corner. They flew down the passageway, wondering where their target went. Only to come to a complete stop when they encountered a hole in one of the nearby buildings. When they looked into it, they saw it had been destroyed, with the echoing calls of the night fury being heard inside it.

With nowhere else to go, it would seem that the humans had Toothless cornered. The three beasts positioned themselves right in front of the entrance to the hole. Thus cutting the dragon king off from his only escape route. And then, with great determination, the beasts had everything they had at the spot: small and big projectiles.

As they bombarded the hole with heavy fire, they could hear the roars and howls of the dragon ringing from inside. The groans of agony filled the air with the continuous assault. The onslaught lasted for mere seconds, and when it was done, the echoing cries of the night fury finally ceased. Thus, ending the reign, and life, of the king of dragons.

Or did it?

As the men inside, the metal creatures began to revel in their triumph, the deception was finally revealed. A black shadow began to cast on the building behind the humans, thus giving away the night fury's actual position and unveiling his most devious idea.

It was a trap. And the humans had just fallen into it. Before they even realized it, Toothless made his move, firing a plasma blast at the metal beast to the right, hitting it by the back, and sending it toward the wall. Thus creating an explosion before turning to the next and firing another plasma blast, hitting the next chopper and sending it tumbling to the ground.

The last one was lucky enough to bug out as the other two went down, yet Toothless gave chase. Not willing to risk it doubling back and coming for another run. He chased the remaining metal beast down the corridor as it turned from one passageway to another.

For a moment, the night fury tempted to catch up to the metal machine, but this one proved more elusive than all the others, which began to frustrate the dragon to the bone. This ended up making Toothless work much harder to bring it down. At the same time, this presented another idea for the night fury as he continued his chase. One that may not need much work.

The pursuit lasted another minute as the man began to lose hope that he would never be able to lose the pursuing dragon behind him. At one point, he considered turning back around and fighting. Suppose it meant ending this goose chase so he could go back home. But after a final turn to the right, the remaining metal creature shook him off. The human inside sighed in relief. Thankful that he had finally lost his attacker.

However, this small moment of solace was short-lived when a high-pitched whistle shook the very foundations of the settlement. And before the man could second guess where it was coming from, Toothless flew up from underneath him. And fired a plasma blast right underneath the metal beast.

Thus cleaving the metallic creature from the underside and shooting up into the sky. Once he got far enough distance, Toothless watched the torn pieces of the metal creature descend back into the settlement, where it landed in one of the buildings and caused yet another explosion.

Afterward, Toothless found himself hovering over the vast settlement. Consistently flapping his wings to help him stay afloat. With the danger finally over, the night fury took a moment to register what he had just experienced—almost questioning why he constantly gets himself into these situations. Many of which nearly gets him killed. But on the bright side, he was finally out of danger.

He looked over to his wounded arm, still seeing markings scarred from both ends. The pain had gone away during his pursuit of the flying metal creatures, but the wound didn't seem to heal fast enough. Though instead of worrying about it, Toothless shrugged. He'll heal over time. He always does.

As the night fury looked down onto the settlement, he could see bits of it were still on fire. With many loud wailing sounds similar to the ones he heard during his encounter with the humans in the uniforms going off in multiple areas. He couldn't help but feel bad, hearing all the screams and cries below, and saw the fires and damaged buildings, many of which probably had humans in them.

But at the same time, it also mattered very little to him. He couldn't help these people even if he wanted to. Plus, it probably wouldn't do any good if he tried. Some of them wanted to kill him within the last couple of minutes. That alone should mean that they couldn't be reasoned with.

What mattered most to the king of dragons was finding his friends and s making sure they were okay. They were out here in this new world, probably alone, scared, and confused, just as he is now. And that was precisely what he was going to do, starting now. Toothless looked back at the settlement before turning tail and flying north. For which he believed to be the first direction to begin his search.

However, before Toothless could even be given a chance to fly off, a loud booming sound was underneath him. And before he knew it, the night fury felt something hard strike him from the chest area, which created a small explosion upon impact. He did not know what it was, but it felt like being with by the blast of a screaming death, combined with the power of a Shellfire. Shortly after, the dragon king found himself unable to move as he spiraled out of control mid-air.

His forearms and wings went numb, and the night fury slowly began to lose consciousness as he turned to his side and descended rapidly into the earth below. And all that was heard from him following that was one last painful roar before coming into contact with the ground. Half a heartbeat later, he saw nothing but black. And then, everything was still, leaving Toothless to feel complete, utter darkness.


Somewhere Above the Midwestern United States, 11:30 p.m., 2 Hours after the Blackout.

The flight from L.A. to D.C. was much longer than Dr. Terri had initially thought. Though in some odd way, she found that to be a good thing. Unlike most plane rides, she, Jenny, and Mr. X had to take a more specialized plane, which consisted of expensive military hardware. One of which Terri had never seen in all her years as a scientist.

The only downside was that there was no customary seating, meaning they had to sit alongside the plane on the metal rail seats. And it was only reserved for the three of them, meaning it was peaceful and boring. Luckily, they were allowed to bring their electronic devices to cope with the boredom. Plus, the plane had free access to Wifi. So that was a bonus.

Though the mere thought of going to the White House, one of which few ever get to go to in an entire lifetime, made Terri's spine rattle. And to think that only a couple of months ago, she was helping a family of alien-like frog people trying to get back home. As if things weren't getting weirder with her life already.

And because of this, she couldn't stop straightening out her jacket. Or at least the one she wore to the plane ride. She also couldn't stop checking her phone for the time being. Consistently checking to see what time they would get there. And she was silently praying that they would get there sooner. She also developed a habit of not staying still. Three times she counted herself occasionally getting up and pacing all over the plane.

At the same time, it also made her very nervous. To be in the White House was a great honor, which meant that she would have to be presentable to impress the president. As well as the vice president and all the other cabinet members she would have to meet with to confirm her theories and calculations, consisting of the next portal anomaly. And the possibility of another alien encounter, which may lead to another alien invasion, if she suspected these aliens of being unfriendly.

It was all driving her almost insane. Unfortunately for her, though, this didn't go unnoticed by the other two agents that accompanied her.

"You doing alright, Terri?" Mr. X asked.

She looks up to see X and Jerry staring at her, looking somewhat concerned. In return, she chuckles and smiles anxiously. Her cheeks reddened with slight embarrassment.

"Sorry," she replied. "I'm just a little nervous."

"I've been there, sister," X responded, trying to emphasize her tension. "The first time I was at the White House, I was so nervous that I had to get up to go to the bathroom every so often. And I was only there for a couple of hours."

Terri gasped.

"You've been to the White House before?" she asked out of curiosity.

"Yeah, a couple of times, actually," X answered disappointedly. "If I'm gonna be real, though, it's not as hyped up as everyone says it is."

The blue-haired scientist raises an eyebrow. Because X was an agent of the Fbi, it didn't surprise her to hear X talk about his experience with the White House. She didn't expect it to be so dull from his point of view. She figured he would've liked being in an environment that was just straight business and no slacking. But then again, this was his own experience, and Terri had yet to have hers.

"Really?"

"Yeah, sure, you get a grand tour of the Rose Garden," X explained. "And a first-class picture of the oval office. But in the end, it's all overrated. I've seen houses way grander than the White House."

"Oh," Terri's reaction was. "I never thought of it like that."

"Well, I guess the only exciting thing about it is the free snacks," X added, taking in what could probably be the only positive aspect of his previous experience. "Just don't let the President catch you."

"Hmm," Terri nodded. "I'll keep that in mind."

She then turned her gaze back to her phone. While also giving X's words some clear thought. Despite her history with him, which mainly involved hiding from him and his federation, Terri had always seen X as honest. And the man was entirely responsible for her being allowed to work with him and the Fbi. And has treated her well ever since. So in a sense, she trusted him even as he told her that the most fabulous house in the United States was overrated.

As she continued to scroll through her electronic device, she looked up at the top of the screen and noticed that she had gotten an email from a news app she had downloaded forever ago. This caused her to raise an eyebrow since the notification seemed urgent. Terri hesitated for a second but then shrugged after figuring she'd had nothing better to do.

However, the moment she opened the app, Terri let out an appalling gasp at what she saw. Almost to the point where she nearly dropped her phone.

"Uh, guys," she called out. "You might wanna see this?"

Upon hearing the scientists, the two agents quickly rushed to her. X immediately felt a sense of urgency in the scientist's mind.

"What is it?" X questioned.

"Remember what I said about that huge anomaly coming?" she asked rhetorically. "Well, as it turns out, there was a large electromagnetic pulse at the center of L.A. no less than an hour ago. The entire city was in a Blackout for only a few seconds."

The two agents were both surprised and confused. However, X's secondary agent seemed more concerned that it was already happening when Terri explained to the Director that they had a few days beforehand.

"But that's impossible," Jenny commented. "We were just there."

"That's because it's already happening," Terri explained. "Here, take a look."

She flipped her phone so that it was facing the two agents. The second agent gasped when she saw that Terri was right. The screen showed a large energy signature forming at the city's center. And a second later, they saw the pulse level of the entire town ranging from the Griffith Observatory to the Santa Monica Peer.

It was unlike anything they had ever seen before. Or at least, had not seen since the invasion of the Amphibians. However, it didn't help that they already knew this was about to happen. Thus giving them little to no time to prepare.

"Dear lord," Jerry whispered.

"And it gets worse there," Terri added before flipping the screen again to show more news. "This was taken only a couple of minutes ago."

When they looked, the two agents saw images and video footage of what appeared to be what came after the Blackout. Most of it came from chopper surveillance, civilian recordings, etc. It was all blurry, and they could barely see what was being shown. Though as the footage started to clear up, they saw what turned out to be giant lizard-like beings roaming about. And they witnessed many civilians screaming and running in terror while law enforcement engaged them in combat.

And this was happening in multiple places in Los Angeles. Each area has its reports on the sightings of these beings. Many of them possessed enormous wings. With a few having relatively slender, serpentine bodies. Except for two, one is extraordinarily plump and another extremely flat. But then there was footage of something they were not expecting. Many of these beings were seen breathing fire.

And they did so in a manner they had never seen before. One shot a gaseous substance first before igniting it with a spark. Another had its entire body coaxed with fire. Several others shot small bursts of fire, which produced explosive results.

"Wait," X said, taking a short pause before squinting his eyes. "What are they?"

"I don't know," Jerry answered. "But they seem to have a striking resemblance to..."

She paused halfway; her eyes widened when she finally realized what these creatures reminded her of. Intake X and Terri to figure it out also caused the scientist to gasp slightly, with the FBI agent furrowing his eyebrows. They took one last look at the footage. And slowly began to notice the similarities while denying that this was real. Unfortunately for them, the footage was authentic in their eyes. And the creatures the reports were wearing were just as accurate as they could imagine. And if the resemblances were precise, then that would mean these creatures had a similitude to a beast that would have once been considered a myth. From this, the three could only think of one that would best explain precisely what these creatures were. And what it was that they represented.

"Dragons."


Woooh, would you look at that? Already at chapter 5, and things are starting to get really interesting. Anyway, thanks to everyone reading and continuing to follow this story. I appreciate every ounce of support you give and highly encourage you to continue to leave reviews and even pm me if you have any questions. Before I sign off, I want to say a few things. Firstly, shoutout to all those who could spot the human amphibians from the actual show. I figured adding them to the fray would bring more depth to the story. Secondly, I know a couple of you out there may have some stuff you may want to offer. And honestly, don't be afraid to share it with me. I'm completely open to suggestions. Just make sure that you're clear on your recommendations. Thirdly, if there are any inconsistencies within this chapter, I apologize. I know it's not perfect, and I will do my best to see to it that it is better in the future. Fourthly, I also want to say that there have been some errors with posting the last chapter a couple of days ago. And I had to do it twice. However, it should be up and running now. Let me know what you think. And lastly, I cannot stress enough how important it is that you leave a review for this story. As I said a million times, I value your opinions. And that's about it. The only thing I have left to say is to expect big things to happen in the next chapter, which should be up as soon as possible. Alright, that's all for now, folks; gunslinger signing off!