Tapdancing Giraffe, thank you for your comedic, they really help add some lighthearted fun to a otherwise dark and gritty story. Please continue making me laugh with every review of this needlessly overly dark story.

The next day Poppy saddled up on Starfire and made her way to the forest tribe where Raider and Jo lived, taking Scarlett along with her. The day before Poppy sent out a letter to her friends in the forest tribe alerting them of her arrival and Poppy was excited to see her old friends again. She hadn't seen them since Scarlett was born, both being busy helping take care of their tribes so she knew they would be super excited to see how of big Scarlett had gotten over the past five years.

It took four hours to get the forest tribe but once they got there they were greeted with the warmest hug by Raider and Jo.

"Oh my Gods it's been to long," Raider replied wrapping her friend in a giant hug.

"It has been a while," Poppy agreed.

"Look at you," Jo noticed how big Scarlett had grown since she last saw her. "Last time I saw you, you were no bigger than a grape. Of course you was just a day old then."

"I'm Scarlett," Scarlett replied offering her hand, which Jo gladly offered.

"Names Jo."

"So what brings you all the way here from the Troll Tree?" Raider asked curious.

"What? Can't a girl decide to visit a couple of old friends?"

"Well yes, if that girl wasn't married to the legendary Chief Branch of the Troll Tree. Come on, he sent you here for something didn't he."

Poppy sighed "You know me and Branch to well I'm afraid."

"Comes with being your allies, now come on, what do you need?"

"Okay this might sound kind of crazy…"

"Coming from you and Branch I doubt it," Jo interrupted.

"Okay are you familiar with the legendary hidden dragon world?"

"The one that many trolls tell stories about but has never truly seen?"

"Yes but Branch believes it is really out there and he kind of wants your help to try to find it."

"Question," Jo replied raising her hand "Why?"

"We have been fighting the dragon hunters for more than a decade now, since we were teenagers, and despite all our efforts every time we think we have finally won the war they keep coming back. Branch fears eventually they will find a way to actually beat us, and with Scarlett in our lives now he's afraid of something happening to one if not both of us. He wants to find the hidden world and move all of us plus all the dragons there and live in the hidden world.

"Wow, never knew Branch to get paranoid," Jo replied.

"I have sailed every part of the sea Poppy," Raider replied "Not once have I stumbled upon any hidden dragon world."

"Well the stories didn't just come out of nowhere, someone had to see something for these stories to come to light."

"Even if they are true where are we to even begin looking?" Jo asked.

"Wait," Something just donned on Raider, "Come with me, I think I might have something."

Poppy, Scarlett, and Jo followed Raider to her hut where there was a map laying on her living room table.

"I never gave it to much thought until you brought up the hidden world but there was something I saw many years ago when I was working for Oaken, something I couldn't explain but swear to the gods was real."

"What was it?"

"There was a huge batch of fog, so thick you couldn't see through it, and it went on for miles, I didn't dare sail into it because I was to scared of what I might find. I had never sailed that far out to see and when I turned my ship around I swore I would never sail that far again."

Raider took out a quill and some ink and circled a area on her map on the tip right end corner. "The fog is surrounded by a huge patch of giant rocks. Getting past those alone will be risky but if this place is real than it makes sense that it is in a place that is well hidden and no troll would be sane enough to sail into." Raider pointed at the spot she circled. "That's where we look.

"I hope your right, the survival of all dragons depends on it."

"I will say now though that we aren't moving our tribe down there or our dragons. Your tribe might approve of this, but I think it's crazy and extremely risky since we have no idea how these dragons will react, something tells me they have never seen a troll before."

"You find this place for us, and that will be all we will ask for you."

"Well then," Raider rolled up her map and put in her shirt pocket before turning to Jo. "Set up the boats, it's time to set sail."

Hundreds of hunting ships made their way to the land of the rocky islands, the home of Heathers tribe. The ships was armed with catapults, canons and harpoons to fire at any dragon who tried to flee. Standing on the crows nest of the leading ship was Grim, staring through his telescope he turned to his men and pointed towards the islands signaling them to fire. With that they lit the boulders that was placed on the catapults on fire and launched them at the island. Dozens hit homes and businesses lighting them on fire almost instantly causing terrified trolls to run out of their burning houses.

One of the homes that was hit was Heather's. Grabbing her double wielded ax and her shield she ran outside to see almost every house on her block was on fire and ships filled with hundreds of hunters stormed out onto the islands and started attacking the civilians.

"Mom!" Heather screamed, instantly fearing for the safety of her parents when she saw the burning rocks crashing down on the homes "Dad!"

Boarding Windstorm she flew towards her parents home, only to realize to her horror her worst fear, the house was already on fire.

"No!" Heather flew down and ran towards her childhood home only to watch as it crumbled to the ground before she could do anything. "NO!"

Suddenly she felt a arrow graze by her shoulder. Turning around she saw nearly a dozen hunters charging towards her with bows and arrows.

"Oh you guys just made a horrible mistake." Heather growled unfolding her double wielded ax. She then charged and buried one of her ax's into the arm of one of the hunters, slicing his arm clear off him as she then buried her ax in the hunter's chest. She then lifted her shield and blocked several arrows that fired her direction before lowering her shield swinging her ax low and slicing a hunters foot off from behind his ankle. The hunter fell to the ground and Heather sliced off his hand making him unable to use his bow. Heather then did a one eighty turn and sliced another hunter across the chest.

Raising he shield to block the arrows of the remaining husters she ran back to Windstorm and hopped on her back.

"Windstorm, fry them!" Windstorm then blew out a wall of flames frying the remaining hunters in her path. Heather then took to the air and surveyed the attack on her home, the entire island was burning, and most of the other trolls wasn't near as lucky as her. As she flew over her island she gasped in horror as she saw many of her friends and their dragons slain right in front of her eyes.

"Why are they doing this?"

Windstorm quickly barreled rolled as she avoided getting hit by a arrow. Heather grabbed Windstorm by the reigns and noticing a group of hunters that numbered about fifteen. She steered Windstorm in their direction and had Windstorm fry them in anger. Watching as they screamed while burning to death. She then turned to the hundreds of ships that was lined outside her home and charged them, staying low to make herself a harder target. Windstorm fired at the ships blasting holes in several of the ships hulls as they flew by. If she could sink their ships then they would have no way to escape the island then she could fry them all at once.

She then heard Windstorm scream in pain as a arrow struck her in the side. Grabbing hold of Windstorm's reigns for dear life Windstorm nose dived towards the water and landed with a huge splash. Extending her hand out towards Windstorms face to keep her calm she grabbed Windstorm by the reigns and they both swam under the boats back towards the shore, making sure to avoid the nets that was being dropped in the water trying to retrieve Windstorm.

As they quickly resurfaced to catch a breath of air they hid behind one of the ships and stayed totally quite as they heard Grim talking to his crew. "Don't worry about that one girl or her dragon, we need one of them alive in order to send Branch the message. Besides there is nothing she can do by herself."

As much as Heather hated to admit it Grim was right, by herself there was no way to stop that mass number of hunters. The both of them made sure not to make a sound as they made it onto shore they both hid behind some rocks and Heather pulled the arrow out of Windstorm's side.

"Your going to be okay girl, your going to be okay." Knowing that there was no way she could continue to fight these hunters on her own, and no where to escape at the moment without being spotted Heather quietly led Windstorm to a storm shelter and the two of them hid out, Heather staring at the above action through a small crack through the shelter door.

Her entire island was up in flames, and just about all of the islands inhabitants and their dragons had been wiped out. She gasped when she saw Grim walk onto the island dressed in his robe and helmet, several other hunters followed behind him as they walked towards each troll laying on the ground. He ran his sword through the chest of each one, making sure they were dead. He did that with each and every troll he saw, and Heather couldn't help but sob at what she witnessed, she had survived the war with Blood, watched as her brother died right in front of her, but witnessing Grim run his blade through the bodies of every citizen on her island then watching helpless as the hunters skinned and beheaded every last dragon was the most horrifying, most terrifying thing she had ever experienced. She couldn't help but throw up as she smell of blood polluted the air.

Windstorm accidently bumped into the wall causing a hunter outside to hear a noise from inside the shelter. Taking out his sword he slowly made his way to the shelter. Heather gasped and reached for her ax, her heart pounding in fear as the hunter reached for the doorknob and twisted it only to find it was locked. The hunter slammed his body against the door trying to force his way in. He then took out his sword and raised it hoping to cut off the lock when Grim grabbed his arm and stopped him.

"Get back to the ship."

"Grim there is something in there, what if it's a villager or a dragon."

"Then they can warn Branch that I'm coming for him and his dragons. We have done enough here, we have enough dragons for now. It was successful hunt. There is no need for anymore bloodshed today."

The hunter nodded and put away his sword, Heather watched as Grim loaded the dragon heads and bones on their ships and sailed off.

Heather stormed out of that shelter as fast as she could and made her way to her childhood home. That is when she fell to the ground and sobbed, laying in front of the porch, dragged out of the burning rubble and laying on the charred bodies of her parents, having burned to death in the fire. Grim had killed everybody on her island, slaughtered them all and their dragons for nothing, she was the only survivor.

She lost her brother years ago, and now she just lost her entire home, Grim was going to pay for this, she was going to find Branch and together she was going to ensure Grim burned for his actions.

Brutal I know. Let me know if this ever crosses into the M rating because I can easily change it if it does.