Note: Thank you all for reading, this chapter will have an interesting twist, and also a few surprises,
This will be a long chapter and have a few things that might not make sense but it will,
We will find out more about Shimmer in this chapter, so enjoy the story.
This chapter ended up being over 5K words, the longest so far…
Shimmer (OC)
I was laying on a beach, the waves hitting against something, a boat?
I felt a shear pain every ware in my body, I looked down to my hands, I were human again,
I looked up and saw a ship, the ship was broken in two, laying on the beach being hit by the waves,
I heard the beating of wings coming closer… and closer and then it stopped…
I looked up to the direction of the sound, and I froze, it was a dragon, but not just any dragon, it was another Shimmerscale, it only stood there watching me, watching my every move,
I barely got up to my feet, I still felt pain but mostly in my left leg, I looked down to my leg and saw a narrow bite mark, it was faintly glowing a light blue color, I looked up to see the dragon not more than ten paces from me, it was looking at me in a strange way,
It slowly took a step closer… then another and another…
I did not move from where I were standing, it was now standing very close to me,
It then opened its wings and …
I started seeing dark spots floating around and the ground quickly approaching and then there…
I woke up suddenly, I were shivering all over, I looked around to see that I'm in a small hut,
Storm was curled up next to me, which was strange, I got up carefully trying not to wake her,
I noticed that the sun was starting to rise, barely visible in the horizon.
I stood there watching the sun rise, but my mind continued to go back to the dreams I were having,
it felt so real, was it only a dream or was it some old memories,
But whatever it was felt too real, the pain felt too real, and who was this other dragon, is this other dragon the one who changed me?
I might never know…
Atali (POV)
It is still so strange to not have a baby Razorwhip on your back or to not have one nearby, even after we had done it so many times before, but we will have new hatchlings to care and tend for.
Now I have a new matter on my hands, one I did not have for over a year, to have another male present during the Grand transition, and worse of all a male dragon,
The biggest problem will be the female Razorwhips whom would kill him if they find him,
"I hope he stay away from the forest, I should warn him",
The sun is already up.
I should go get ready for the Grand transition, and maybe invite him, he did help heal the one baby…
I looked out to see a Razorwhip fly past my hut into the village,
O my they are early today… O no…
I hope he's not up yet, that would be bad…
I got up as quickly as I could and went to the hut he is sleeping in.
I hope he's still in the hut…
Shimmer (OC)
I tested my wing to see if I could fly again, and to my relief I could, so I took to the wing with only a slight discomfort in my left wing, but to be able to fly was enough to stop the pain.
I decided to fly around the village, exploring the village in a way, the islands vegetation is very dense, The Wingmaidens village is built of raised, dome-like structures above the trees, almost like tree houses. There are also sturdy tent structures.
The island has a few tall rock spires with the biggest and tallest being hollow,
I stayed away from the forest where the Razorwhips nest, because I know how dangerous it can be to get to close to nesting dragons, and also I don't know how they would react to another male presence, they will attack me if I get too close.
I decided to go back to the hut, and I were greeted by Storm halfway back, she looked very excited by seeing me fly,
"Hi their Storm, how is your new day",
"Good, nice to see you flying again, I thought that you were going to be grounded for long, I'm happy to see otherwise".
"Thanks, what brings you out here to me, Hmm?"
"The Human, Atali, wants to speak to you, she looked very troubled".
"I'm on my way there, let's go".
We flew back to the hut, and sure enough, Atali were waiting there for me.
We arrived at the hut, Storm landed first, I back winged a little to land on my back legs, I landed and were met by Atali with clear concern in her eyes.
"Atali? What's wrong?"
"It's the Razorwhips, you should be careful, they will attack any and all males they see, especially now after the breading season's over, and many eggs started to hatch, the mothers will now be very aggressive".
"Hmm it's a good thing I stayed away from there nesting grounds, and another good thing I did not encounter any yet".
Atali relaxed a bit, but I could tell that something is bothering her still.
"Is everything okay?"
"What… O… We will talk about it after the Grand transition".
"The Great transition? What…"
"It's when we get to bond with the new baby Razorwhips, to protect and care for then".
"O good when will that be?"
"Today, within a few hours, you are welcome to come and witness the transition if you want…"
"Yes I would, but I will be hidden, to not attract any… um… Unwanted attention…"
"That's okay, I don't think you will attract any, it's rare for the females to come into the village".
"I'll send for someone, if we are about to start, but I have to go to tend to my duties".
At that she departed.
Hmm I wonder what she wanted to talk about, and why do she look so nervous around me…
I'll ask her after the… transition…
But now I need to eat, I saw a few boars earlier on the beach, and I believe that Storm would also be hungry.
I looked down to my claws, noticing how sharp they are,
Well I have claws, teeth and fire, I just as well use them to hunt.
"Storm, you hungry?"
She nodded.
"Ok let's go get some boar".
Me and storm decided to ambush the boars, she would go and hide down the beach underneath the sand and I would separate the one from the pack, the one we decided to hunt,
She took her place down the beach and I changed my scale colors to blend in with the surroundings.
I went closer to them, they were digging around for slugs, and did not notice me, until the winds started to change, they started to run away and I blasted a ball of fire among them, one broke away from the others, running in storms direction, I decided to go after it, it was a big male boar, and it's got a few scorched hairs on its head, from my blast.
I ran after the boar, chasing it directly into a trap, but the boar changed direction and went for the forest instead, I blasted a ball of fire directly in front of it and took flight to catch up to it.
I knew that it's now or never, I went in for the kill, I sank my claws into its hide and tucked my wings in to make a roll, I bent down to the squealing boar and silenced it with a quick blast of fire to the head, leaving it still.
I knew that my jaws were not strong enough to break its neck, so I had to kill it with fire.
I started slicing open the hide to get rid of all the fur and to expose the Meat.
I sliced off the fur and left it in a heap of fur and blood, I decided to burn the boar a little bit to cook it but not to char it.
Storm joined me shortly after wards, it was the first time in my life that ever eating boar raw, half raw but raw nonetheless, but because if being a dragon changed it a bit and it actually tasted good, it was something different, something wild, almost as if my human self is fading away, the idea of that were… unsettling, I stopped eating and watched how Storm pulled out the liver of the boar, and a pack of Terrible terrors started to gather around us, waiting for their turn,
We departed a few minutes ago, on our way back to the hut when an Adult Razorwhip came to intercept us halfway back to the village.
I then knew in how much danger we were in, but it did not attack us, I decided to change my scale color to a metal grey to match the Razorwhips color, in an attempt to calm it a bit, it did calm down but was still looking intently at me.
I noticed the sound the Razorwhips wings were making. Almost a sharp slicing sound, or like the sound of a Waterstones being scraped on a sword to sharpen its edge.
I angled my wing a little to get ready to dart away,
"Storm, get ready to fly away, and as fast as you can, I'll distract it".
She only gave a slight growl of confirmation.
I started to charge up a blast, but not one I have done before, I combined the white fire flash and the smoke blasts together to cause a flash of smoke in front of the Razorwhip.
"Storm, Close your eyes now!"
She did, and I released the blast of blinding smoke,
I looked away just in time to avoid being blinded myself.
"Now Storm, Fly!"
We both darted past the now disorientated Razorwhip and went straight for the village without any more encounters.
We made it back to the hut and were greeted by one of the Wingmaidens to follow her to the place where they are going to do the Grand transition,
It was a short walk to the location and we were met by Atali who were also present,
"Ah, how good of you to be here, we are about to start".
Atali turned to the other Wingmaidens
I looked up to see a Razorwhip fly past,
"O no… not now…"
I changed my scale color again to become as invisible as possible, and stayed as still as possible,
I saw the baby Razorwhips emerge and come closer to the Wingmaidens, even the one I helped heal from its injuries.
One by one the Razorwhips chose their caretaker, all except for the one I healed,
Atali looked worried at the baby Razorwhip which were older than the others, but still small helpless and blind.
I went over to Atali to ask what's wrong, almost giving her a fright, I forgot to change my scale color.
"Sorry for the scare".
"I did not know you can become invisible; I'll have to ask you later about it".
"What's wrong with…"
The baby Razorwhip lifted its head and looked directly in our direction and started to walk to us.
I looked at Atali and noticed that she already has a baby Razorwhip on her back.
"Uuh… why is it coming this way? Atali?"
I backed up a bit after I saw it picking up speed and looking at me.
"Oh No… oh no"
I knew this was not a good idea, and I changed my scale color again to become invisible,
but it suddenly jumped on me and laid down on my back.
My scales changed to a shade of grey after it laid down.
"Atali, what just… happened, w… why…?"
I heard a few gasps and a few whispers, and I saw a few shocked expressions on a few of their faces, especially on Atali's face,
"We might have a bit of a problem…"
"You think"
Only reply I heard was a gurgling laugh from Storm,
"It's not funny",
"Yes it is".
She continued laughing.
O God why…
Atali came over to me and put a hand on my neck, before she answered,
"I think we need to talk, now".
"Yes Atali".
"Follow me, only us".
I nodded and followed.
She walked up to a big hut, and went inside, I immediately smelled the scent inside the hut indicating that it's her hut, she closed the door to the hut and sat down on her bed, the baby Razorwhip climbed off of her back and went to lay down on the bed next to her.
I made myself comfortable on the floor without disturbing the Razorwhip on my back, I looked at it and saw it sleeping peacefully, with its tail wrapped around one of my spines.
I looked up to Atali, staring at me.
"What...? Why…?"
"I don't know how or why, but is seems like it has chosen you, and they are never wrong, I guess".
"What are we going to do… I don't know how to… take care of a…"
"A dragon?"
"Yes… this is all still new to… I…"
Atali opened a drawer next to her bed and took out a small bag out of her drawer, it's my bag, she opened the bag and pulled out my book and froze in place for a moment, holding the book in her hands.
"This belongs to you?"
"Yes, if had it since… long, it's the only thing I have left om my h…"
Atali noticed me stumbling over the last word.
"Human life?"
"You read m… my book?"
"Yes, that's why I wanted to talk to you, about this, I wanted to make sure what you were talking about... do you care to tell?"
"I… It's…"
"What your name?"
"I… My name… is Shimmer".
"No your… Human name".
"I… Can't remember, I can't remember much anymore… it's all a blank now".
I looked down to my paws and saw that my scales have turned a dark yellow green.
"Do you know how… you became a dragon?"
"No, but I keep on having these strange dreams, strange dreams of… a dragon like… I am…"
I looked up to Atali and continued.
"I dreamed that I were chased by one, and then of where I were standing on a ship in my human body looking out to the sea and then of me on a beach among the wreckage of the ship and the dragon in front of me, watching me, and the pain in my leg…"
I looked back down, thankful that dragons can't shed tears.
It was silent in the room for a long time, none of us spoke during that time,
The Razorwhip on my back was the first to break the silence with a squawk before it went down to the floor and curled up next to me.
The sight of the Razorwhip made me smile and to my surprise, purr.
"How long have you been a dragon now?"
"I don't know, maybe three months, maybe more…"
Atali opened up my book at the back and took out the two maps, she opened the first map, the one I got from Dragons Edge.
"Where did you get this map from?"
"On an island called Dragons Edge, there were a few buildings there that were… abandoned, this map was in one of the buildings, why do you ask?"
"Because I recognized it from the writing, it was made by someone I know".
"Really who?"
"A young dragon rider named Hiccup, he and his night fury along with his group are one of our greatest friends and allies, He became chief of Berk two weeks ago, after…"
Atali went silent, and started unfolding Valka's map.
"This map at first… I did not recognize it until I looked closer, this is the only map with this island on it".
Atali pointed to the top right of the map where the dragon sanctuary was before the attack.
I looked down to the Razorwhip at my side before answering.
"That was… Valka's map… it…there were an attack… on the Nest…"
"What happened?"
"Valka rescued me and took me to the Nest, I woke up like… this a dragon, I learned and lived there for over two months, I went to find more information of what happened to me and… I were captured, I escaped along with Storm and others, we went back to the nest, it was destroyed and all of the dragons was gone and the Alpha dead, killed by another, we flew south west, came upon Dragons Edge and then went west past the storm to melody island and then south to breakneck bog, and we were attacked by smokebreaths and we barely escaped just to be caught in the storm and…"
Atali opened up the book to another page with a loose page and a black scale in it, a night fury scale,
She only looked at it and closed the book.
"I know who might be able to help…"
"Who?"
She looked at the map and pointed a finger at Berk
"Hiccup might be able to help, Berk was also attacked by those who attacked the Nest, they defeated the man who were controlling the Bewilderbeast and drove it off, I would look there".
"Thanks, there were a few trappers back at the Nest who told me that a few dragon riders were heading to Berk, I guess it's where I should go…"
I looked at the little Razorwhip on the bed and then to the one against my side.
"The problem is, is that the Baby Razorwhips can't leave their siblings or the island…"
"But aren't this one a rescued Razorwhip?"
"Yes…"
"So it's not one of them, they are not really siblings".
"I guess not".
"And I can't stay here either… And the first bond is the most important, Right?"
"Yes"
"We can keep it safe until it's able to fend for itself, then I'll come back".
"But you do not know how to care for a baby Razor…"
"Then teach me".
She looked up to me and nodded with a faint smile.
God… what did I get myself into…
Atali got up from her bed with her Razorwhip in her arms and went to the door and opened it.
"Follow me…". She went outside
I picked up my book placed it in my bag and hung the bag around my neck, the Razorwhip also got up and bounded up onto my back and wrapped its tail around one of my spine spikes,
"Let's go".
We later arrived at a large tent where many of the other Wingmaidens were, even the new recruits who needed to learn…
I guess I'm also one… Love it.
As soon as I stepped foot into the tent, all eyes fell on me…
Oh great, Center of attention…
it's maybe not too bad, I guess…
I made sure to only project my thoughts to Atali,
"Why is everyone… Starring at me…"
Atali only smiled at me before answering in a whisper,
"You are the first male dragon… or rather any dragon… to be chosen by a Baby Razorwhip as a… guardian… protector… It is very… strange and unnatural in a way".
"Hmm… I see your point, But… Well it is all strange to me too to be completely honest".
Atali nodded to me and turned to look at the rest of the people in the tent, most of who are new members, all of whom are very young.
"I hope you all are ready to learn how to care for your own Razorwhip, there are a few things you all should learn to do… "
Atali started to go through all what is needed to know and how to care for their own Razorwhip, from Cleaning it, to playing with it to exercise them to become stronger, let them know your voice and call to let them know where you are if ever separated, and then the worst… feeding…
"… A Razorwhips diet consists of fish and most of all, slugs, Razorwhips most favorite food is slugs".
Oh great, why should it be slugs, Yuck.
I looked over at the Razorwhip on the table in front of me,
She… so I have discovered… were staring right at me with its half closed eyes.
I picked up one of the slugs that were given to me, and I had to pick it up with my teeth… to my utter dismay… it was so slimy and gross and make it worse, it's still alive…
I went ahead and tried to give it to her… but she did not want to take it and only shook her head, it seems to not like it… moving, still alive,
Out of hope of that it would eat it without me needing to kill it by biting down I flamed it quickly, which also fried away most of the outer slime,
I hope this works this time…
I offered the slug again, she sniffed at it and suddenly snatched it up and downed it whole.
"Good to see you like it cooked also…"
"That's a first, I never thought to… burn it first… you learn well".
"Thanks… I guess, it did not like it… alive and still moving".
"Hmm… some can be very fussy about that, many like it alive where others not".
"Well I prefer my food dead and cooked, but a bit uncooked are not too bad…"
"Uh… Yeah… sure…"
At that point I started laughing and couldn't stop myself, the sound coming from me sounded more like a deep gurgle than a laugh.
The baby Razorwhip jumped from the table onto my back and wrapped her tail around my neck, but not tightly, it felt a bit strange.
Atali only looked over to me and then to the Razorwhip, her own Razorwhip, a male, were already on her back.
How strange…
A human with wings… well not her own but…
"Atali, it is very strange to see… humans with wings… even if it's not your own… but still strange".
Chuckle…
"Oh, wait until you see us fly", "I have seen and heard stranger things recently".
Atali waved a hand at me.
"Hahaha very funny, but I guess that's true… even for myself…"
Sigh
"Shimmer… How and where did you learn to… do all of that… what you can do… like heal or…"
"I don't know, mostly by accident or when I needed it the most, I only think of it when I need it and it happens, the fire change as I need it and my scales change by will", "And sometimes change without me even trying to… especially if my scales come in contact with fire or something… cold like snow…"
"The cold… hurts… but fire and heat is… much like… it makes me feel more… alive at times".
I lifted a paw and brew a small ball of flaming gas that stayed its shape in my open paw, my scales shimmered a bright yellow while in contact with the fire.
"Amazing what you could do, (chuckle) I know of someone who would like to meet you",
Oh great, just my luck.
I only nodded back.
Speaking off… I should see what I'm actually capable of…
but where should can I practice…
"Atali, is there any place where I can safely practice my… skills, I don't know much of what I actually can do",
"We have a training ground outside the village near the boar pit, few would be practicing there now".
"Thanks, where is the… Wait… What… You have a boar pit?"
"Yes and there are a few that are very good at it", "Oh and the ball of fire is still burning".
I looked down to the still burning flame in my open paw.
How do I…
The fire went out as soon as I thought of it going out.
Ok that's something.
"Okay let me go see the training grounds…"
I might as well test myself while I wait for the storm to pass, it will not be long now
I looked out to the south- east in the general direction of Berk.
I suddenly heard the beating of wings, I looked up to see Storm coming in for a landing next to me.
"Nice of you to join me here, I'm warmed to know that I'm not going to practice alone…"
I gave her a warm hum
"Wat for… wait… no… what?"
I broke out laughing.
"You don't have to if you don't want to".
"Was that a tease?", "O I will join you on that", with a hint of playfulness in her voice.
The Razorwhip decided that it would be a good time to join the other Razorwhips in play, leaving me and Storm.
This would be… fun and interesting, let's see what you got.
We faced each other of a few seconds later…
We both were keeping our distance and we were watching each other's every move, we continued to circle each other.
I tried to see everything I can that might help me against the other,
She was lower to the ground than I were, giving me a clear height advantage,
But I know not how much experience she have with fighting, and how fast she is…
She was the first to strike, swiping for my front left leg, which was the nearest to her, I dogged the attack and struck back with my tail, nipping her leg slightly,
She was about to pounce at me, I turned to my left and tucked in my wings to prepare for a roll,
She missed her jump and turned around to face me just as I faced her…
She swiped her tail right at my head and I pulled my head back and grabbed her tail as it passed by,
I pulled on her tail a bit and jumped over her as soon as she turned to fully face me,
I lunched myself at her as she turned to face me and I knocked her onto her back,
I rested my right leg on her chest, pinning her to the ground, and I gave I light nip at her to declare her defeat.
"I win!"
Growl
I got off of her as soon as she admitted defeat.
She got back up onto her feat.
"I have to admit; you are faster than I thought".
"Thank you Storm, but you are also pretty fast, that was a good fight, until you tried to hit me with your tail…"
Growling
"Obviously", "But I usually don't need to fight".
"Hmm"
"Well that was some impressive fighting, it was the first time I saw a fight like this…",
"Thanks Atali".
"Where have you learned to fight like that?"
"Umm I don't know, I just observe my opponent and try not to get hit, I also try to see my opponent's strengths and weaknesses, but other than that might just be speed, I think…"
"How is your shooting, Shimmer".
I looked over at Storm who were readying a blast a projectile at a big rock a few feet away from the training grounds.
She released a hardened ball of flaming sand at the rock, the ball made contact and broke a large piece from the stone.
"hmm very good shot… I did not know that you could shoot hardened sand", "Another thing to add to my book…"
"Okay, it's now your turn… give it your best",
"Is that a challenge".
She gave me a toothy grin.
Okay let's try something new.
maybe a combination off…
I readied myself, feeling the gas build up in the back of my throat and the changing of gasses,
Let's try something different, something shocking…
I felt something hard form in my mouth right before I released it
The blast I released was bright green with some blue with it, it struck the rock with a very loud explosion and then a second explosion releasing a shockwave of bright blue light, it was a cloud of dust a second later.
I went over to where the rock was… it was now only a few melted pieces of rocks and glass from the melted sand.
What was once a large rock in the sand was now completely destroyed and or melted down, the sand all around where the rock was is now glass, some of the glass was still glowing red from the heat…
"Wow that was one powerful explosion". "Well you defeated me with that one also",
I pulled my gaze from the impact site to look at Storm and Atali who were both looking at me.
"Well that's something new…"
Atali only nodded where Storm turned her head a bit skew,
"I think that might have been a bit… too much".
Suddenly Storm looked behind me and started to growl, where Atali suddenly froze.
O great there is something behind me…
I looked around to see a female Razorwhip walking closer to me, I changed my scales to a silvery grey color.
My baby Razorwhip Suddenly jumped onto my back without any warning and I tensed at that point.
O God, this is bad…
The Adult female was the same one me and storm met earlier,
What is it doing here?
It walked closer with no signs of any aggression.
She got close enough for me to sense her scent,
she was clearly calm and curious,
The Razorwhip was now looking at me with interest and then to the baby Razorwhip on my back.
I relaxed when I heard a purring sound from it, it then started sniffing at me, and I noticed why…
O no you don't
I gave a soft growl to let her know to stop
she looked up and took a step back,
"No" I growled to her.
It gave a slight growl before turning around and leaving…
"Well that's something new, they are usually aggressive towards any and all males…"
"Clearly not this one… And I think that this will not be the last either…"
"That would be a problem in a way…"
"A big problem indeed".
Storm suddenly broke out laughing.
"It's not funny".
"Yes… Yes, it is…"
"Atali, I think that I'll be flying to Berk sooner than I thought".
Atali gave me a smile of clear amusement,
"That might be a good idea",
"Well the storm is nearing its end, so is my stay", "it's anyway getting dark, tomorrow then…"
I soon took flight heading to the hut for some much needed rest…
Today was a crazy day…
Indeed…
Ok there you have it
The end of Chapter 6
This was a long chapter with much more that awaits…
We will soon be traveling to Berk
There will be a battle between Shimmer and someone else on Berk
But that will be a surprise for later…