A/N: Idea for Elsa's self-made Battle Armor came from seeing Jessica Nigri's cosplay. In my story I picture Elsa looking just like that except her entire midsection and thighs would be protectively covered as well.
The Final Battle: Into the Furnace
The air sounded surprisingly serene considering the ominous clouds that stretched out for miles above the rocky landmass. Something big was brewing. Its fire could be felt from deep within the core of the final volcano. What was worse was that the heroes did not even know. They had not the slightest clue. With their allied forces assembled, they honestly believed they had won. But great numbers would not be enough for what came next. Their premature illusions of triumph were about to be shattered into the flaming ruins of chaos.
Susano's worried gaze lowered into that of a man set on accomplishing his mission; A man who had come too far for anything less; A man who had nothing left to lose, but everything to gain. Above all, he was more than just a mortal man…he was a God. Nothing would stop him.
He and Kitsune shared an insightful glance. She already knew what extreme needed be done. Susano scowled onto the army before them, snarling through gritted teeth. "This changes nothing."
At that moment, Kitsune swung her hand down. A steamy red pond expanded beneath their feet.
"No!" Frost cried out.
The malevolent duo sunk into the magic portal. They were gone, nowhere in sight.
Everyone scanned the vast area, but spotted no sign of the two.
Riding the backs of their dragons, Astrid asked Hiccup. "Where'd they go?"
Seated behind Haddock on Toothless, Merida glared up to the cloud-covered peak. "Where else…" she answered her grimly and rather rudely.
All the way up on the very top of the volcano, Susano and Kitsune exited the other end of her hexed portal. The witch stumbled forward, woozily; transporting them to such a far distance really took its toll on her. The god grabbed hold of her to keep her from falling.
"I'm fine, I'm fine." She assured him as she brought her hand up to her temple.
"You must be." He told her, knowing the enemy was on their way. "We don't have much time. Begin the summoning."
She nodded and gathered what strength she had to proceed. After a quick healing spell, the glow of burgundy hexes emitted from beneath her feet. Her dark red aura engulfed her hands; she brought them together before her face as she chanted the ancient incantation in Japanese. The Witch then split her hands apart, and began swaying them all around her, gracefully. Her aura followed her palms' movements like trails of magical flames.
Susano turned his attention below. The air was beyond thin at such an altitude, but that did not bother these two immortal beings. The temperatures would normally be beyond freezing as well if it were not for the supernatural heat radiating from deep within the volcano. It sensed its time was near.
The peak from which they stood was far above the very clouds. What would normally be such a heavenly view, appeared to be more of a cryptic death omen due to the shrouds of fog that crept across the darkened storm clouds surrounding them.
Thousands of feet below, everyone raced up to the summit as fast as they possibly could. Rapunzel and Hachiman rode with Bunny on North's sleigh. Jack soared up beside Hiccup and Merida; Toothless focused on leading the army of dragons forward. Elsa and the rest of the Guardians flew above their allies.
Frost cut in between the chief and his fellow Vikings. He turned to the group of riders with an open smiled. "Happy you group of knuckleheads could join the fight."
On one long neck of the twin-headed dragon, Tuffnut boasted out. "Oh yeah! That sucker's goin down!" Ruffnut, his female twin on the other head of the same dragon, chimed in. "Finally something we can agree on." They snickered and fist bumped each other.
Fishlegs was worried though as he stammered, "I-I don't know guys. We've never faced a god before. Maybe we should pray to Thor or-"
"Ah, we'll be fine. Look at us." Astrid assured him.
Snotlout boasted. "Yeah! Us, with our awesome dragon army, and those super guardian heroes over there, plus with the hot scary ice chick on our side, no way we can lose."
Fishlegs gained a pinch of confidence. "Hope so. Let's just end this quick."
Tuffnut pounded his fist into his palm. "Totally, we won't let em run away again. I'm so gonna smash Susano's fist with my face."
Astrid and Hiccup rolled their eyes, embarrassed to be associated with them. Jack always found this group's little back and forth hilarious though. He shook his head in a chuckle, turning to Merida, "Always a group of knuckleheads."
He saw that she found it just as amusing. "No wonder why Hiccup likes hanging out with us more." She told Jack. He replied with a wide grin. Haddock could not resist cracking a little smile as well.
Everyone reached the blinding fog of the clouds. The time for their brief moment of levity was over. They were nearing the peak, and they knew what awaited them. Elsa furiously whipped her lashes, commanding the icy stallions of her war chariot. She was front and center, leading the charge. Then her horses panicked to a halt, sensing grave danger. "Oh no…" she uttered, eyes widening.
The misty clouds began to drift apart just enough to see the horrifying spectacle. They all bared witness. Blood-red rivers of energy were beginning to swirl over the peak of the volcano. The energies stretched across the dark sky, arriving from different corners of the Earth.
Rapunzel darted her daunted gaze up to the Warrior God. "Hachiman, what's happening?" She asked shakily.
"Kagutsuchi's spiritual essence from all the previously activated volcanoes are beginning to converge over the final one. They are about to set him free."
The energies surging above the summit were so powerful that it was conducting jagged streams of volcanic lightning down the black puffs of surrounding smoke clouds.
"Reach the summit!" Hachiman commanded.
Everyone flew to the peak in full force.
Susano saw the army thundering up the mountain. He planted his sword onto the ground and stepped forth. Kitsune left him to it, and concentrated her all onto her task at hand. Her magical red aura completely engulfed her as she continued the summoning ritual. Susano would buy her all the time she needed. He lifted his arms, pushing them out. His eyes sparked an electrifying pale white and with all his godly might, he cast the most vicious storm he had ever unleashed.
The dense fog returned. "I can't see a thing," Astrid said. Then strong winds pushed them back, but they recovered and continued their struggling venture. A crack of lightning struck down onto the surface, nearly hitting the Winter Guardian. "Jack!" Elsa shouted through the suffocating clouds. Then, an outburst of spontaneous lightning strikes cracked down throughout the army. Several dragons plummeted. "No!" Valka cried.
Hiccup steered clear of more random strikes as Merida held on tight to his waist. There was nothing she could do right now except hold on for dear life and she hated that fact. "Keep pushing forward!" Hiccup yelled. They tried to do so but did not get far at all. The rushing winds alone were unbearable. Now they had to worry about fatal electrical attacks from above. But Susano was not done. Heavy tornadoes smashed onto the surface of the volcano, blocking them off from going any further.
North found it impossible to maneuver in this weather. He spiraled out of control. Rapunzel hugged onto Hachiman and he wrapped his arms securely around her, keeping the princess from being taken away by the violent winds. Bunnymund clutched onto the back of the sleigh, his legs dangling high in the air. "Why do I keep riding on this crazy thing!?"
Toothless and the rest of the dragons got thrown back and forth by the harsh winds. "Someone has to pass through." Hiccup grunted out.
Elsa brought her war chariot up and shot her hands out. A large, snowy gust of her abilities crashed against the tornadoes. She shouted out, feeling the unyielding force of what she was trying to overpower. Yet, Elsa rifted her hands away to her sides, parting the cyclones with her blizzard just enough to create a small gap. She whipped her strenuous gaze to Jack, "Hurry!"
No time wasted, Frost rocketed through the disastrous blockade like a thunderbolt. "Go Jack, GO!" North yelled. With a strong, elongated shout, the hero in blue made it to the other side.
The Winter Guardian was out of the apocalyptic storm, but he kept going at full speed. Susano reached for his sword as his enemy flew up the slope, bur Jack blasted right passed him, knocking the deity to the ground. Frost curved up to the dark sky and twirled his staff over his head before slamming it down onto the witch. A large flash of her red aura engulfed them both.
Susano whipped around to observe. His storm ceased, and the allied army slowly advanced forward to witness.
Within the light of burgundy red, Jack saw he had accomplished nothing. The convergence still surged over him, and Kitsune did not even turn to look at him. She continued performing the ritual as if uninterrupted. Her powerful aura had shielded her. Frost ricocheted out of the ball of magical energy. His attack bounced right off, blasting him away. He headed towards the Storm God, and brought his staff in front of himself to block. Susano spun once to gain momentum and whacked the immortal boy further away with his blade.
Frost finally slowed down and retreated beside Hachiman. "Why couldn't I break through?" He panted.
Hachiman stared up at the blackened, lightning-filled sky of pure doom, "It's too late."
Kitsune finished the last of her chant and slowly brought her hands up. Her dark burgundy aura still engulfed her, and glowing hexes still surrounded her. She opened her eyes, revealing them to be a fully reflective red. A wicked smile spread across her devilishly pleased face, "Rise."
The final volcano erupted! The entire structure quaked as a beam of lava shot into the dark sky. Volcanic lightning struck down into the pit. The surge of energy was blown away, then quickly sucked into the beam. It spiraled down into the peak and another explosive eruption occurred as it entered. This time of pure fiery spiritual energy. The power of the loud blast sent out a massive red shock wave for miles and miles. The heroes were blown back.
Kitsune opened up a portal, transporting her and Susano to a safe distance. Elsa and Sandy threw their hands up, creating a protective dome of ice and sand around everyone. "Fall back!" North advised. They swiftly did so as the dome deflected chunks of falling rock and fire.
The powerful energy beam expanded, piercing through the clouds. It was relentless. Streams of lava oozed their way down the cracked surface of the volcano. More jagged cracks formed down the slope. The entity being contained inside was about to burst out. All the fiery red spiritual energy got absorbed into the peak. All that was left was the immense trail of black smoke from the eruptions. Its darkness consumed the already blackened skies.
Everyone had made it far enough away, but the heroes could not escape the scorching increase in temperature, nor escape what came next. They stared up at the smoking summit in troubled dread as volcanic ash fell all around them. Susano and Kitsune looked up in anticipation from a rocky range where they had a clear sight of both the assembled army and the peak.
They all waited. The dead silence agonizingly stretched out the moment. Then…a long and deep, thunderous roar ruptured the sky. The allied ensemble flinched at the earth-shattering roar; the likes of which no one had ever heard. What followed was an even deeper, monstrous growl that echoed throughout the entire valley.
Lava splashed as a gigantic hand of smoldering red emerged out of the burning pit. Its black claws sliced through the smoke cloud, becoming visible to everyone's eyes. The hand slammed onto the rim of the volcano, crumbling the rocky surface as it gripped on. Its veins, the size of rivers, bulged out as the creature lifted itself up. Waves of lava overflowed out of the pit as the rest of its body emerged. Its other massive hand swiped though the puffs of smoke that were shrouding its visage. Everyone got faint glimpses of this giant beast as the black clouds parted.
Another deep growl echoed throughout the entire volcano. It was building up. Then rims of the burning pit broke off, sending the chunks of rock flying out and tidal waves of lava running down. The monstrous growl built up to an even louder roar. A roar that completely cleared out the smoke clouds, revealing the beast hidden within.
It roared angrily to the heavens with its back arched, thick chest puffed out, and massive fists clenched back. Its tremendous roar was heard all around the world. It bared the head of a lion with a mane of raging flames. It stood upright, having the body of a man with a hulking form that was muscular with ripped detail. Its bronzed skin was crimson and scarred all over from stabs and slashes. It was equipped with razor sharp claws and fangs of obsidian. Continuing its thunderous bellow, the towering beast breathed out an enormous amount of fire. It then stepped out of the torn volcanic pit, uncovering its lower half. Black fur covered its pelvic area, and a sturdy spiked dragon tail swayed around from behind. Its bulky man-legs got furrier coming down to its long, hefty paws like that of a primal predator.
Everyone laid their eyes on the titanic hellspawn. It was not nearly as tall as the final volcano, but was still the size of a great mountain. Hiccup starred in terror; this creature was bigger than any Bewilderbeast he had ever seen. Suddenly victory did not seem so easily obtainable to anyone on the team. This larger than life entity managed to strike traumatizing fear into the souls of the world's bravest ensemble of heroes and warriors.
The colossal creature looked around its environment with its molten eyes; windows to the infernal regions of the underworld themselves. It had not been free since birth, since the dawn of all creation. Imprisonment and rage was all it knew. It then turned its attention down to the army far ahead and snarled. The titan made its way right towards them, leaving behind a trail of fire and brimstone.
The Fire God had awakened.