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Toothless looked around the metal room of the second trial to see the ceiling starting to come down on top of him. He raised his arms and pushed on the lowering ceiling to keep it from crushing him.
"The second trial is designed to see if you can endure, this room and specifically the next one are the ones no one can EVER get past," the old man from before stated. Toothless continued pushing against the ceiling.
The ceiling lowered a tiny bit more, and Toothless lost his grip. The half-dragon hit the floor with a thud as the ceiling lowered closer and closer to him, getting ready to crush every bone in his draconic body.
Then he spotted a button in the far corner of the room, and pushed against the ceiling harder and harder until he was in a perfect position.
Toothless shot a small plasma blast at the button and the ceiling slowly raised up to its normal height as the door into the third and final challenge opened.
"This is easy, how come no one ever beat this before?" Toothless mumbled as he walked into the third chamber.
Inside, his parents were strapped to two separate tables. The old man was behind a bullet-proof glass window. A huge laser was charging up as a clock counted down.
"This laser was built for surgery and medical applications, but it was repurposed for this test. You must say the name of the person you want the laser to kill, only then will the door open," The old man told Toothless, and the half-dragon stood there shocked.
"Toothless! Chose me!" Stoick yelled while struggling against his restraints, the laser getting closer and closer to firing.
"No! Chose me!" Valka yelled while struggling as well.
"What if I chose neither!?" Toothless asked, lost and panicked as the countdown reached twenty seconds.
"If you chose neither, the laser will kill both and you will fail the test," The old man told him calmly. Toothless sent a plasma blast at the glass window but it didn't shatter.
Toothless looked around the room for some sort of hidden button or lever or something, but there was nothing. Nothing at all.
The countdown reached ten seconds as Valka and Stoick were shouting for Toothless to choose one of them.
The old man was watching calmly as Toothless started panicking but then quickly calmed down with a few deep breaths before opening his eyes.
"Shoot Toothless, shoot me..." Toothless said. The laser went off right into his chest, sending the half-dragon flying into the stone wall as smoke came from his chest.
Valka and Stoick's restraints immediately unlocked, and the two rushed over to Toothless, who was ominously still and lifeless.
As they stared at Toothless, their hope of him surviving turned tail to the east as they saw the absolutely massive smoldering hole in Toothless' chest.
"No..." Stoick whispered weakly as he and Valka stood there next to the body of their son. The old man came towards them with a smile.
"He passed the trial of sacrifice. Even if he chose one of you two he would have still lost. The true title is actually the trial of self-sacrifice," The old man told them and then carefully studied the very still half-dragon's features.
"He is nearly dead, but a part of him is still alive and fighting...but not for long. He needs the liquid, and he's earned it," The old man said.
The two parents quickly picked up the nearly dead half-dragon.
They ran through hallway after hallway until they found themselves in a huge room containing transcriptions on the walls and a water fountain in the middle.
But it was not water coming from the fountain but a blue liquid with a slightly purple glow to it.
The old man got a cup and filled it with the glowing liquid before slowly making his way over to Toothless, who was lying on the floor with Valka and Stoick watching him.
The man gently pressed the cup to the half-dragon's lips and made sure Toothless swallowed every last drop of the liquid.
"Come on, breath!" Valka said in worry. Eventually, Toothless started wheezing and coughing as the hole in his chest quickly healed.
"What happened?" Toothless asked as the two helped the half-dragon stand-up, and then looked at him in shock.
"Toothless, take off your shirt," Stoick told him. Toothless was confused but did as told.
Toothless' spine and back spikes were glowing a bright neon blue while electricity seemed to flow through each scale like a dancing light-show.
"Hold on, l-let me try something," Toothless mumbled and approached a wooden training dummy which was rotting in the corner of the room.
He then squeezed his fists as tight as possible, and they caught on fire, flaring up in blue and purple fire, but they didn't burn because of his scales.
Toothless then sent his fist into the training dummy, a lightning bolt entering the wooden stand along with his fire.
The training dummy broke into over a hundred pieces before it hit the ground, and Toothless turned to the rest of the group with a smirk.
"Oh they are so screwed now," Toothless told them with an excited tone evident in his voice.
The old man stumbled over with a smile that quickly turned to a frown as his scales went almost pure white.
"I'm afraid...that since you are now King of the half-dragons and the trials are not needed...that I have no purpose anymore..." The old man said while sitting down on the ground.
"Don't say that, you could always take up...woodworking or something," Toothless mumbled. The old man smiled while lying down.
"Let me rest, I believe it is my time," The old man said and closed his eyes. A moment later his chest stopped moving and his heart stopped beating.
All three of them stood there in silence for a moment before Toothless stood up at his full height while taking deep breaths.
"We must find and rescue Hiccup, while I figure out how to truly lead half-dragon kind," Toothless told them and they nodded.
Toothless held out his hand towards where he could sense his sword was, and a bolt of lightning came from his palm.
The lightning seemingly flung the sword towards Toothless, and the half-dragon grabbed the handle out of the air.
The lightning from Toothless' arm was flowing through the metal of the sword now, making its blade burst into a bright vibrant blue and purple fire that would melt even the toughest steel.
"This sword needs a name...I was thinking a good name would the Fury's Fire" Toothless remarked while staring into the fire on his sword.
Toothless sighed while remembering that he was now King and that he would have to talk to all the other half-dragons.
"Let's go," Toothless said and they left the chamber as the liquid stopped flowing and the lights went out.
As Toothless entered the chamber filled with the other half-dragons, they all approached him carrying objects and devices.
One of them handed him a bandolier, another handed him a dark blue leather chest plate and tunic, and another handed him a twelve gauge shot-gun with ammo.
Toothless quickly worked all of this onto himself, while also holding onto Fury's Fire with a grip that not even a God could break.
Toothless then stepped onto a high podium with a seat for a King,and raised his sword into the air, lightning hitting the ceiling.
Everyone bowed and Toothless took in a deep breath while looking at all of his subjects as they bowed.
"E-everyone w-we need to...um...we..." Toothless started with a stutter, nervousness creeping up his spine as he stared at hundreds of eyes all looking at him for guidance and leadership.
"What I think Toothless is trying to say is, is that we need to rescue his brother Hiccup from the Grimborn brothers," Stoick interrupted and gave a knowing supportive look to Toothless, who took in a deep breath.
"We need to find my brother and rescue him from Viggo and Ryker, even if we don't then the Grimborn brothers may become powerful enough to wipe us all off the face of the Earth," Toothless told them calmly with a hint of nervousness in his voice.
All the half-dragons began whispering and chatting to themselves as Toothless took in a deep breath and continued.
"We have to put a stop to Viggo and Ryker before they rule the Wasteland, which they are very close to doing!" Toothless told them. Everyone continued whispering.
Toothless took in a deep breath and decided that he had to go for the heart, it was the only way to rally them all together.
"If we don't stop them, then everyone will die or become slaves. Friends, family, loved ones...can you really tell me you would sit back and let them be enslaved...OR WILL YOU STAND UP AND FIGHT!" Toothless roared and thrust his sword into the air.
Surprisingly, this worked in winning over all the half-dragon's support, all of them standing up and cheering in agreement.
Toothless took a few deep breaths while letting his sword go back down to his side, all the half-dragons preparing for war.
"Alright, I need a team of the STRONGEST half-dragons to help me, who is the STRONGEST?!" Toothless roared and a few half-dragons stepped up.
"I'm Hookfang, this is Stormfly, Meatlug, Barf, Belch, Skullcrusher, Cloudjumper, and Windshear," Hookfang said as he walked up to Toothless, six other half-dragons following.
"Well, get your armor and weapons, we move out in thirty minutes. We don't have time to waste," Toothless told them and everyone nodded, kicking into overdrive in preparation mode.
Toothless sat in a chair, waiting for everyone to finish preparing. He himself was thinking and reflecting on all of the events of the past week or two.
"To think, I started out in a rusted car fort with Dawn, and now I'm fighting with an army of half-dragons to rescue my brother from two evil men who are close to ruling the world...not to mention I have to be King after this," Toothless whispered to himself with a sigh.
Slowly, Valka and Stoick made their way over to Toothless, who was sitting and contemplating everything.
"Son, how are you...doing?" Valka asked lightly and Toothless sighed while staring into the flames on his sword.
"I-I don't know...it's just all...shocking and sudden, just a week ago I was in a base made of cars with a robot, now I'm King and trying to save my brother and the entire wasteland," Toothless told them and let his sword hit the ground.
The sword bounced with a clang as the fire was extinguished, the blade rapidly cooling down and returning to normal.
"You're not just a King, you're an Alpha and a Chief to all these half-dragons. And remember that saying..." Valka said comfortingly and Toothless sighed.
"A Chief protects his own, yeah I remember...It's just that I'm not sure I've got what it takes to protect my own. I mean, I couldn't even stop Hiccup from getting captured..." Toothless weakly responded.
"You and Hiccup were always destined to rule side by side, you as King of the Dragons and him as Chief of the Humans," Stoick told him. Valka laid a hand on Toothless' shoulder.
"You don't have to do this alone, you've got us and you've got the other half-dragons. You can trust us, we won't hurt you," Valka whispered comfortingly. Toothless looked up with tears before hugging the two.
"Thank you...so much," Toothless whispered weakly as he hugged them with the strength of Dragon, which even Stoick thought was a bit too much.
"Ok son, you can let go before you break our backs. You're stronger than you think, physically and mentally," Stoick commented and Toothless let go with a smile.
Toothless picked up his sword and smirked as he turned to them.
"Let's go get my brother back," Toothless stated and they smiled, all of them quickly going out to the prepared half-dragons.
"ALRIGHT! LET US MOVE ACROSS THE WASTES TO FREEDOM AND VICTORY!" Toothless roared as he stood upon his throne, raising his flaming sword into the air.
All the half-dragons cheered and raised their swords into the air as well. The top of the cavern quickly opened as the mechanism was activated.
All the half-dragons climbed ladders and staircases, making it quickly above the surface, Toothless being the last one up.
"We must get to my old base first, there might be a chance that Hiccup escaped," Toothless told them and he quickly plotted their course using a map and compass.
They quickly set out across the wastes, preparing to fight a battle unlike anything the Wasteland has ever seen.
Toothless climbed up a hill, his claws digging into the dirt below and his sword allowing him leverage against the hill.
Once he reached the top, he took four deep breaths and looked out to see 4 huge stone walls with a drawbridge gate and a few buildings contained within.
"Well, this is a sight for sore eyes," Toothless mumbled and quickly raced towards the base, the army following behind and taking out anything that was a danger.
Toothless approached the gate, and he sent a lightning strike into the sky to alert Dawn, who start investigating the source.
"Master Toothless? You're alive! Good heavens, I was ready to initiate my search protocol when you didn't return!" Dawn told him. Toothless sighed while walking into the base.
"Did Hiccup..." Toothless began but Dawn just looked down.
"Master Hiccup didn't return, but I did receive a radio message from him! It was short and frantic but did give me some dire info that you may need," Dawn told him and played the message.
"D-Dawn! I know you're gonna receive this message, and that you'll get it to Toothless. Listen! Viggo and Ryker have an army and are preparing to take over the Wasteland! Their army is stocked with swords and bows and spears, as well as having thin metal armor" Hiccup's voice came through the speakers and then a yell.
"Oh crap, they've found me. Listen! YOU DON'T HAVE MUCH TIME! THEY'LL BE READY IN THREE DAYS! TOOTHLESS, HURRY UP AND...AHH AHH!" Hiccup yelled through the speakers before the recording ended.
"This message was received two and a half days ago," Dawn told him and Toothless quickly grabbed a bow and quiver full of arrows from the armory.
"Then, we've got to get going...we don't have much time. Dawn, guard the base until we return...if we return" Toothless told Dawn, and the robot beeped.
"Yes Master," Dawn said. Toothless sighed while rolling his eyes.
"Can you please stop referring to me as Master? It's getting annoying, please say Sir instead of Master, hell I'll even take King" Toothless told him and the robot nodded.
"Sure sir," Dawn told him and Toothless was gobsmacked.
"What, all I had to do was tell you to refer to me as sir instead of master this whole time?!" Toothless asked. The robot nodded.
"Well, now I feel like an idiot...ok, no time for sarcastic remarks, got to go!" Toothless yelled and ran out of the base, Dawn going on guard duty.
"EVERYONE! FOLLOW ME!" Toothless roared and they all ran through the Wasteland, towards Viggo and Ryker's base.
They just hoped they wouldn't be too late.
Alright guys! That's it for Chapter 6! Chapter 7 should be out before next Monday for sure, I just need to write it and get it beta-read. So...
Yeah, this is JustANormalHTTYDFan, over and out.