"Wait how do you know all of this if you weren't there as witness" Rosie asked
"What part of all seeing and all knowing Cloud Guy do you not understand? Seriously your just like your grandfather was."
"Sorry continue."
"Anyway..."
The next morning after breakfast Branch saddled up on Melody and Poppy saddled up on Starfire before they both flew out to Dragon's edge, with Scarlett riding with Branch on Melody. With the dragon Utopia having been lost during the war with Blood, the riders sat up Dragons Edge to be the new safe haven for endangered and threatened dragons. But it was more than just a safe haven, With Reby as Oaken's assistant they turned Dragon's Edge into a breeding facility, with the lone purpose to breed endangered dragons in hope to one day have there numbers stable enough to be considered no longer endangered.
When not on missions with the riders Reby spent almost all her time down there at Dragon's edge, even building a house and officially moving all her stuff down there so she could put all her focus working on saving the future of these endangered dragons. As a result she sacrificed spending time with her friends outside of missions, and she put aside any possibilities of romantic relationships, dragons was her first love and she would put the survival of dragons before anything and everything.
Reby was at a lake on Dragon's Edge checking on some Salt Water terror monsters when Branch and Poppy flew up.
"We got your note," Branch replied when he landed "you wanted to see me?"
"Yes, I wanted to run by the different dragons we brought to the edge after yesterday's rescue mission. While not every single one of them were indeed endangered species like we originally thought we did have a good number of both fresh water and salt water terror monsters, a couple of Night Fury's a few shiny blinders, a pair of extremely rare unidragons and a male feathered fury."
"Wait did you say a male feathered fury?"
"Yes, the first one any of us had ever seen. Feathered Fury's are so rare that for a while I thought Melody was the only one, then we found a couple of females but we can't do anything with just females, we have needed a male for so long before we could do anything and …"
"We have one." Branch finished in excitement before turning to Melody. "You know with this means girl? We might have just found you a mate." Branch turned back to Reby "Take me to him."
Carrying Scarlett in his arms Branch and Melody followed as Reby led them and Poppy to a fenced in area on the north side of the island, that is when Branch's eyes met the dragon. A beautiful male Feathered Fury that sported sapphire feathers on it's head, teal feathers on it's neck and wings and violet feathers on it's torso, tail and legs.
"He's amazing," Branch gasped
"He's beautiful," Poppy added
"I want to ride him," Scarlett responded "Can I ride him daddy?"
"This dragon's not for riding," Reby chuckled rubbing her hands through Scarlett's hair "This dragon has a very important mission, one I can't really explain to you yet because of your age.
"Your going to have him mate with Melody so she can have babies."
"Hey your not supposed to know that type of stuff for several more years."
"That's okay, I seen mommy and daddy do it before in their room when they thought the door was fully closed and I was asleep, I'm surprised I don't have a baby brother or sister yet."
"Wait you saw what now?" Poppy gasped in shock.
"Am I in trouble?"
"Let's just leave Melody and the male feathered fury alone so they can hopefully bond and in the future possibly give us some new baby feather furies?" Reby replied feeling super uncomfortable and grossed out over what Scarlett revealed.
"Wait can I at least name it first. Every dragon needs a name."
"Well I suppose so,"
Scarlett studied over the dragon for a moment "He's beautiful like a gem, and has multiple colors that light him up like a rainbow. I got it, Rainbow Gem! That's his name."
"It's beautiful darling," Poppy replied "Now let's leave Melody and Rainbow Gem together so they can bond."
"While we're at it are any other of our riders here on the edge?" Branch asked
"Suki, Fuzzbert, Smidge, Guy Diamond, Cooper and Creek is, why?"
"I need to call a team meeting ASAP, it involves the future of all dragons and a possible solution that could finally end this war."
"I'll gather them up immediately."
Later that afternoon all the riders met up at Dragons edge as Branch called a meeting. Branched asked Oaken to watch Scarlett during the meeting, and Oaken showed her many of the different dragons they had on the island.
"Okay what's this meeting all about?" Creek whined "We just defeated a bunch of hunters yesterday and I was wanting one day to actually relax.
"Trust me it's important."
"Then what is it?" Smidge asked.
Branch sighed "Yesterday after the mission, and after I returned to Troll Tree I came to a realization, I can't do this forever, I cannot continue to lead you into war against heavily armed dragon hunters that outnumber us."
"And your retiring," Creek interrupted "Well that means it's time to nominate a new leader, I nominate me, all those in favor?" Everybody just glared at Creek.
"How come after all these years you are still so immature?" Suki asked.
"As I was saying," Branch continued "I have come to the conclusion that the only way we can assure that the dragons are fully safe from the hunters is if we move them somewhere where the hunters can't find them, move all of us somewhere where the hunters can't find us."
"Um Branch there is a small problem with that." Biggie interrupted
"Small problem?" Satin joined in "More like huge problem, how the Hades are you going to move every single dragon in the world to a completely new location."
"Not to mention every troll in the Troll Tree," Chenille added.
"The Troll Tree has been our home for several generations," Guy Diamond responded "They are not going to be easily persuaded in just packing up and leaving because you fear this war is a loss cause."
"I know this is not going to be a easy task, but we have tried everything against the hunters but even if we win one war another shortly follows, we can't do this forever, none of us can. Eventually, they are going to find a way to defeat as, and everything we have done over these years would have been for nothing."
"But Branch," Reby spoke up, "Even if we do convince the Troll tree to move to a new location, we aren't the only tribe that has dragons, there is also Raider's tribe, and Heather. Convincing three tribes to just pack up and move to a unknown location, it's impossible."
"And where is this new location anyway?" Cooper asked
"The Hidden World."
"Woah wait time out?" Chenille spoke up, making the time out sign with her hands. "You mean to tell me you are wanting us to pack up three tribe full of dragons and trolls, and move them to a supposed mythical place? And you guys say me and Satin are the crazy ones!"
"That's it the Chief has lost his mind!" Creek blurted out "The offer for me to take over as leader is still open."
"NO!" Everyone blurted out.
"Branch nobody knows if the Hidden world even exist much less where it is." Cooper spoke up.
"Nobody is going to be okay with this Branch," Smidge added.
"Look this is a long shot I know, but at this point I have nothing left to lose."
"Except the respect of your entire tribe!" Creek yelled out.
"Dude, you are horrible today." Cooper replied to Creek.
"How are we even going to start looking?" Biggie asked "None of us really know much about the other islands outside of Dragon's edge and where the hunters are hiding out."
"We don't have to." Poppy replied, "I know somebody who will be perfect for this assignment. If the Hidden World exist, she will find it."
"And who is this girl?" Smidge asked.
"Raider."
Far in the ocean A hunting ship went out and searched for it's missing vessel. When the hunting ship did not return on time, the hunters leader sent out another boat to search for it. After searching all day they eventually stumbled on some floating pieces of wood.
"Look ahead!" One of the hunters cried out pointing his fingers North. The other dragons looked ahead and saw floating toward them was a flag with the hunters insignia on it.
"Not again," one of the hunters growled, we got to get word back to Grim fast.
In a stone mansion sitting at a table a grey troll wearing a black robe stood over a map of all the surrounding islands. Branch and his band of riders had been pushing them farther and farther back, making it harder for them to operate. As he pondered on what to do next he was interrupted by a fellow hunter.
"Branch has sunken our ship Grim!"
Grim sighed as he picked up a helmet made out of the skull of a Night Fury and put it over his head. The mask covered his entire head and face, and made him look as ruthless and intimidating as he was.
"So it's true then, the dragon lovers has interfered with our business again, that's the third time this month.
"Sir we are running out of vessels, and our men is getting scared, we can't continue to run like this."
"Then it's time to bring in the other nations. Branch thinks because his Troll Tree is dragon friendly that he can interfere with the dragon hunting business of other nations, he will soon realize that his meddling will come at a cost. Branch's continued actions is a cause for war, and if he wants a fight, I will bring it, and bring in five other dragon hunting nations with us. Tell me my friend, is there any tribes out there that are allies to Branch?"
"As the matter of fact there is."
"Good, launch a attack, it's time Branch receives a little message."
And we now have our villain, and trust me when I say, he is going to be ruthless.
