Okay there was some pretty strong reactions to our last chapter. Lot's of sad faces. Yes some of my stories can get pretty violent but that's what makes my stories fun.
Riverajocabed1. I know this might seem hard to believe but not all of my stories has death and violence in them. In fact some of my stories are more lighthearted and kid rated. One of my stories I'm working on right now actually is rated K+. I'm at my best though when writing darker material so that is why the vast majority of my stories are filled with a good amount of violence and death. But I can write lighter material when I feel like it.
Branch sat on a hill watching the sunrise as he stroked Melody's feathers. Melody hung her head low and Branch could tell just by looking what was wrong with his dragon.
"You miss your friends don't you girl?" Melody let out a lonely grunt confirming Branch's suspicions.
"Don't worry girl, we should see them again soon. I'm sure they got that letter I sent by now."
Suddenly to large dragons flew right above Branch's heads. Curious Branch and Melody got up and followed after them. He spotted the dragons land on another hill just a half mile away, and as the dragons landed he noticed that the dragons were carrying riders. Not just any riders though, they were carrying Peppy and Grandma Rosiepuff.
"Uh oh?" Branch gulped when he spotted his grandmother. Considering Branch never told her he left or where he was going, he was really praying that his friends would arrive first, at least to try to give him some backup. But nope, Rosiepuff arrived first, which meant he was going to have to state his case without the help of his trusty friends.
Branch tried to turn around and run in the opposite direction but he froze in place when he heard Rosiepuff call out his name.
"Branch!" Branch squeezed his eyes shut and tensed up as he slowly turned around to face the music. Even as a adult Rosiepuff was still the one person who truly terrified him more than any dragon hunter could. Evil murderous dragon hunters he could handle, a angry grandmother however, that was a different story, and right at this moment he wished he was on a hunting ship taking on a army of hunters outnumbered a hundred and one.
"Yes Grandma?" Branch whined.
Rosiepuff got off her dragon, glaring at Branch with eyes stern enough to make the toughest man cower in fear Rosiepuff slowly marched over to her cowering grandson.
"Don't hurt him to much now." Peppy replied "Somebody's got to take over the role of chief for if you ever decide to finally kick the bucket." Rosiepuff turned and shot Peppy a pair of daggers as well, making him instantly shut up.
"Now Grandma just let me explain."
"Explain what, that you just abandoned your tribe and family without even telling any of us where you was going to go? Without even telling me you were leaving?"
"Okay yeah so maybe I didn't handle it the right way, but it was the only way to keep everyone safe."
"By going on a mission on your own? Are you nuts? Not even I have walked into a battle knowingly on my own, and I've been defending my home since before your own father was even born. And you think you can just take on a group of highly trained, highly skilled hunters by yourself and your dragon? And now we got a mad troll threatening our home looking for you."
"Blood?"
"Who else? He found out where you are from Branch, he arrived to the Troll Tree, and he threatened to destroy all of us if you don't give up Melody!"
"You aren't really considering it are you?"
"No, but I am sure as hell not going to just let you commit suicide by going after him alone either. You are to come back to the Troll Tree at once and fight for your home, that is a order from your Grandmother and Chief.
"I can't leave, not now?"
"Excuse me?"
"Grandma do you have any idea what we are standing on?"
"I don't know and I don't care?"
"It's a hidden dragon Utopia, filled with the rarest dragons in the world, many who were thought to be long extinct."
"I don't care," Rosiepuff grabbed Branch's wrist and started to pull him toward her dragon.
"Well I do!" Branch yanked his wrist away.
"Branch I don't care if you are fully grown I am about to..."
"I just can't leave Rosiepuff this is what Blood is truly after, this the dragon Utopia. If Blood finds this place all these dragons will go extinct, that's what he truly wants."
"And just how do you know that?"
"Grandma I know this sounds strange. I know you are going to find this hard to believe but let me just show you."
"I got no times for games Branch," Rosiepuff grabbed Branch again and started dragging him, Branch fighting back all the way. "Even if I have to tie you up on the back of Tornado and have him fly you back to the Troll Tree himself."
"Um..." Peppy spotted something at the bottom of the hill. Turning around Rosiepuff was confused why his eyes was as wide as saucers and his jaw was to the floor. His skin was also very pale.
"What the bloody blazes is going on Peppy, you look like you seen a ghost?"
"I think I just did," Peppy said walking the opposite direction and patting Rosiepuff on the shoulder. "I think you might want to take this one."
Grumbling to herself Rosiepuff released Branch and took out her ax, walking to the edge of the hill. She prepared herself for a fight but the second she saw what was waiting at the bottom of that hill she instantly froze and dropped her ax.
At the bottom of the hill was a small pond, but it was who was standing at the pond that made her freeze. Standing at the edge of the pond was her husband Oaken, who she thought had long died years ago. He was tending to a dragon but look up to see Rosiepuff at the top of the hill. Looking back down to tend to his dragon again he spoke.
"I know what you are going to say Rosiepuff, how could I have done this? Stayed away all these years leaving you to tend to Branch all those years when he was just a baby. Why did I never come back to you, to Branch? Well, don't you see Rosiepuff? I had to. You never listened, none of you ever listened to my reasons, to my pleas. I tried to tell you these creatures where misunderstood, that they needed our help instead of being killed, but did any of you listen no?"
"This is why I never married." Peppy told Branch as Rosiepuff walked slowly toward her long lost husband.
"Wait, then how was Poppy born?" Branch asked confused.
"Well, after this long fierce battle with some dragons me and some other trolls of both genders went to the pub to celebrate. Me and this beautiful pink troll had WAY to many drinks and next thing you knew in our drunken state we..."
"Okay okay, stop that is way more than I need to know!"
"I know, after the death of our son and daughter in law that disappearing meant you would be raising Branch alone, and I know you have every reason to be angry at me. But I promise you, never did a day go by that I didn't think about you, or Branch. Never did a day go buy that I didn't miss you."
As Rosiepuff kept coming closer and closer, Oaken just knew she was going to blow up, but he never said a word.
"Oh stop being so stoic Rosiepuff go ahead, shout, scream say something." Rosiepuff never did though, all she did was grab Oaken by the back of the head and pulled him in for a kiss.
"You are just as hansom and lovely as the day I lost you."
With that Oaken knew that Branch was indeed right when he said that Rosiepuff had changed, and he too returned the kiss and wrapped her in his arms. Peppy couldn't help but sniff and let out happy tears watching his two friends reconnect. He soon tried to hide the tears when he noticed that both Branch and Melody was watching.
"I'm not crying, I got a bug in my eye, seriously."
Later that evening all four of them were inside the cave that Oaken had been living in four the past eighteen years. Having caught some fish from the stream Oaken prepared all four of them dinner as Branch explained everything that had happened since he had been gone.
"So now every troll in the troll tree has dragons as pets, even grandma."
"It's true, and it's all thanks to your grandson."
"He takes that after me I suppose, well that and his father."
"So does this mean your going to come back now?" Branch asked
"We can finally feed you a real meal," Peppy replied, feeding his fish to his dragon. The dragon sniffed it and tried to eat it, but it was so tough he couldn't even sink his teeth into it.
"No offense to your grandfather kid but he wasn't exactly the best cooker." Peppy whispered to Branch "His meatballs could be used as a bowling ball."
Peppy's dragon tossed the fish to Melody. Melody scratched and clawed at the fish with her talons but not even her sharp talons could cut into the fish. Melody slammed the fish against the wall in a last attempt to rip it apart and it caused a huge hole in the wall. Embarrassed Melody covered the fish with the rocks hoping no one would notice then ran off.
Oaken pondered over going back, but returning to the troll tree would leave this place abandoned, and vulnerable to attack. He loved Rosiepuff and would love nothing more but to return but, she just didn't know if he could, at least not yet.
As he cleaned his fish he suddenly heard Rosiepuff get up from the rock she was sitting on and started whistling. She instantly recognized the tune she was whistling. It was the same one he used on her years ago when he first proposed to Rosiepuff. And now, she was using it on him.
"Oh I love this song," Peppy chimed in as Rosiepuff whistled
"I'll swim and sail on savage seas" Rosiepuff started to sing "With never the fear of drowning. And gladly ride the waves of life. If you will marry me."
A tear ran down Oaken's eye. He missed so many years with this amazing woman, he thought that she would have moved on and forgot about him. But no, here she was, singing word for word the same song he used on her many years ago.
"No scorching sun nor freezing cold...
"WILL STOP ME ON MY JOUR... NY" Peppy rudely interrupted "Sorry."
Rosiepuff glared at him for a moment before picking up where she left off.
"If you will promise me your heart, and love..." She stopped and hung her head down low, not knowing for sure if Oaken still held the same feeling she still did.
"And love me for eternity" Oaken suddenly sang. Rosiepuff lifted her head and was overwhelmed with joy, Oaken still did feel the same feelings. Oaken took over singing the next couple of lines as they took each others hands. "My dearest one my darling dear, Your might words astound me. But I've no need for mighty deeds, when I feel your arms around me."
The two of them started dancing around the cave, as Peppy got into the song as well he picked Branch up and swung him around, surprising the poor confused troll.
"Come on Branch dance with me."
"But I would bring you rings of gold" Rosiepuff sang "I'd even sing you poetry."
"Oh would you?" Oaken responded.
"And I would keep you from all harm if you stay beside me."
Oaken sang the next part "I have no use for rings of gold I care not for your poetry I only want your hand to hold."
"I only want you near me." Roseipuff added before they sand the next part together in sync .
"To love and kiss to sweetly hold for the dancing and the dreaming. Through all of life's sorrows and delights. I'll keep your laugh inside me. I'll swim and sail a savage seas, with never a fear of drowning. I'd gladly ride the waves so white, if you will marry me!"
"EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE I'M STILL GOING!" Peppy replied "Okay I'm done."
Rosiepuff took Oaken's hand and got down on one knee. "Will you come back my love, will you let us be a family again?"
There was no turning her down now, not after that performance, he still didn't know how they would handle the Utopia but he knew they could figure something out.
With tears in his eye he nodded "Yes!"
"Yes!" Branch cheered as all three of them gathered in for a family hug.
It was them that they heard a loud explosion coming from outside. The cave shoot from the explosion and small rocks fell from the ceiling. Oaken ran towards the exit followed closely by the other three plus their dragons. It was right as they got to the exit that they all froze.
Blood had found the Utopia, and he had brought a army.
Okay, so I know this chapter was a lot like the classic reunion scene between Stoick and Valka but that scene was so beautiful and perfect I couldn't bring myself to change it that much. But as different as this story has been overall I really hope you don't mind if I kept one scene like the movie.