The Sinister Society
Whilst things had been going on in the Realms of Asgard/Valhalla and the Isle of Berk something sinister had been going on elsewhere at the exact same time.
This location was as about opposite of the Realms of Earth, Asgard/Valhalla combined as you could get.
It was bleak, freezing with a constant snowstorm going on just ugly and lifeless. Dark, shadowy and miserable. No happiness at all just dead and full of negative energy for sure with great agony and pain.
This land was the Realm of Helheim it was Loki's daughter Hel's home. The only life you'd find here is the shadow wraiths. They're the dark souls of those who'd passed who were pure evil and didn't belong in the Valhalla where souls of good resided.
Unlike how the good soul or redeemable souls of Valhalla had were all they're in their live and had all they needed in their new home in their afterlife. The evil and unredeemable souls in their deaths were transformed into shadow wraiths and then wandered endlessly in the infinite desolate ice-covered wasteland.
There wasn't happy homes, comfort or friends for them here like in Valhalla. All that was found here was just anguish, misery and unbelievable pain for the rest of time.
There was only one building in all of Helheim and that was Hel's ice palace though it in truth was more of a citadel then a palace given Hel had no more an architectural sense then a fashion sense.
Basically what had been told in the past about Loki's daughter Hel in her stories and legends went like this. That she'd no sense of beauty at all when it came to anything. Not for making a home beautiful or herself.
She herself had been described as being half a rotten corpse with the other half a blue skinned woman of great hideousness. That she was the ugliest thing in all the realms.
Therefore it was no wonder she or her home were so foul and malevolent. Hard to be anything but twisted and ugly without sunshine and beauty in your life.
Consequently under the jet black sky with a full pinkish red moon radiating its evil glow down on the Citadel as all the evilest of creatures were gathering for a meeting of the Council of Evil. It was every single kind of foul monster you could possibly imagine gathering.
Dark elves, frost and fire giants, twisted ugly monsters from other Realms not really know, shadow wraiths. There was even malevolent humans as well as menacing gods in addition to malicious dragon souls. Everyone who worshiped the dark black light of evil.
Hel's Citadel was an extremely ideal place to hold the COE for countless reasons. The frozen Citadel which Hel called home was built into the highest mountain of Helheim.
One very important reason was to escape the most bitter and nastiest of the endless blizzards with their fatal temperatures. They're up high enough to deafen the sounds of the pitiful laments of the shadow wraiths; all that remained of the damned souls condemned to wander the infinite ice-covered wastelands of her realm forever.
The second most important reason was they're able to see in all directions at once so it was impossible to attack them without being seen first and the natural defenses would make an attack next to impossible to begin with.
Still Hel may've have originally intended this dwelling to be her palace; however in that aspect it was dead wrong. She'd had her powerful Icefire magic. Yet she did not have an artistic eye. The end result her 'palace' was not sleek, beautiful and charming in anyway. It'd been lackluster, crude, inelegant and beyond repulsive.
The inside was even more unattractive; as you went through the darkened halls of Hel's Citadel. For you saw she'd amassed a trove of stolen beautiful objects in a vain attempt to beautify her home to no avail.
And in spite of the strange fire that was seen burning in all the torches; a fire that was like fire and ice mixed together it was still below freezing. Thus no escaping completely the freezing temperatures of Helheim at all.
Fluttering and zooming about were creatures born from Hel's Icefire. Half of them looked like frozen flames of blue fire and these were Icefire Imps. They're the eyes and ears for the Councils and did most of the dirty work when it came to spying.
The others were the same size but more colorful then the other. It had short reddish pink hair with a streak of vivid purple with brilliant azure skin, catlike eyes, brightly iridescent jagged wings and a skimpy intense scarlet and heliotrope outfit.
They're the Seeds of Evil and as the name implied it was their job to plant the 'seed of evil' into other beings and get that person to be a puppet and do their dirty deeds for them.
They'd been some of Hel's greatest creations from her twisted mind. Truly for all her ugliness everyone on the Council had admired her as a leader and respected her as the leader as her father Loki who found the COE made her in charge.
Though given the whispering going on as they made their way to the chamber it seemed something had happen that changed that not long ago. As even though they're gathering in Hel's home and her powers still reigned her it look as if she herself was not here any longer.
This was clearly apparent when everyone was gathered in the COE chamber in the heart of Hel's home and the throne like chair that belong to Hel was unoccupied.
It was so unusual that they at first didn't notice as they first all had to sing what the mission of the COE. It was how they started each meeting and everyone's attention had been on their singing to mark the gathering had begun.
"A veil of night has put out every light
Not a star left in the sky
The Realms are lost to darkness
And it seems that so are we
For all these years we've kept our power locked inside
Now they've broken free, there's nowhere to hide
Keep a clear head, stay in control
it's time we reveal the darkness in our souls
we won't shut it out, or put up walls
for now the night calls
Let it fall, let it fall
Set free our dusky hearts
Let it fall, let it fall
we shall play our parts
Denounce the rules of good we're forced to obey
Let the night begin
the dark never frightened us anyway
In our new life of exile
We've never felt so free
And we're feel like we're becoming
The villains we're meant to be
Now we don't care that we're alone
In this new world we'll build our new home
The past has passed, we're moving on
We've gone!
Let it fall, let it fall
Let my shadows shroud the sky
Let it fall, let it fall
we no longer live a lie
this world of night is here to stay
Let the night begin
Our shadows stream in ribbons through the midnight air
the world is covered with an inky blackness everywhere
and as we gaze upon our nocturnal domain
we sense this is the start of the night's eternal reign
Let it fall, let it fall
Feel our power pure and strong
Let it fall, let it fall
Now we know where we belong
Say goodbye to the light of day
Let the night begin!
The dark never frightened us anyway."
"Where is Hel? Surely she isn't trying to make herself beautiful yet again? How many new dresses have you been trying to make her or other failed attempts is she trying now make herself look beautiful?" inquired several of the dark beings in annoyed tones knowing of Hel's normal behavior.
This was after all the first meeting they'd held in 23 years since their last great act of evil. The murders of those cursed Haddock Children's father Stoick and the Dragon King White King.
They'd been all biding their time, working in the dark and murky shadows and gathering strength, for when the time was right to strike again. When their enemies were least suspecting and now the time had come.
It was then Hel's brothers Jormungandr and Fenrir spoke and they looked downright outraged and like they'd swallowed poison after being force-fed it. They didn't look like they wanted to hear her name even.
"We know it's been over 2 decades since our last meeting and we would like to report some unpleasant news. News that we assumed you all were aware of, though apparently you were not," hissed Jormungandr to his evil brethren with his dead snake eyes.
"But our sister and your leader? She's betrayed our family and this Council of Evil! She's a traitor! She's no longer one of us and she broke her own vow of loyalty.
The one we all swore to her and our father. She's committed a betrayal so deep and so unforgivable we dare not speak of how unforgivable her treason was. Only know that she is now our enemy and you know the penalty of treason." Fenrir reminded them all with his a snarl on his muzzle with blue blood seeping from his sharp teeth. (Beings of Evil bleed blue not red)
"Death. All who betray the COE must pay for it with their lives!" everyone said in a dark voice of agreement.
After all they knew the song that said the oath of loyalty to COE and it was binding. Even Hel had sworn and she wrote it as she was the leader and now they find out she was a turncoat?
Her own oath?
The road ahead is deserted and dead, not a person to be seen
A kingdom of desolation and you shall be the queen
For our whole lives we've done exactly as we should
But from now on we are done trying to be good
They said 'be nice', they said 'be kind'
'Wear a mask and never speak your mind'
'Just wear a mask, pretend you care'
Well we don't care
Let it out, let it out
We won't hold it back any more
let it out, let it out
Shut them out and lock the door
We won't care if we cause distress
they will all bow down to our Queen.
Let the world know the depth of our Queen's wickedness!
We feel your power growing with every step you take
it's as if your sleeping spirit is finally awake
Let the whole world draw back in fear
your coronation day is here
there'll be no mercy now that you are here.
You shall be free!
Let it out, let it out
Let them beg and let them plead
Let it out, let it out
their complaining you won't heed
you shall the Realms' Queen
the Realms will obey
they will all bow down
Your power grows within you feeding on the Realms hate
The Realms excuses and apologies have come too late
They won't change your mind or force you to give in
You have begun a war that you intend to win
Let it out, let it out
Let your rage engulf the world
Let it out, let it out
you won't ever be a perfect girl
Here you stand, cold and merciless
they will all bow down!
Let the world know the depth of your wickedness!"
"Yes! And she knew both the penalty of betraying both the COE and also defining our father Loki who is the founder of the COE and she was to follow his will and help carry out his work for him!" her brothers snapped together.
"Well, she will just be added to our hit list. We already have a long list of those foul humans starting with those who are our main enemies who brought about this cursed Age of Transformation and Enlightenment!" cried out the dark elves and giants together.
"Yes, the Haddocks were always on the hit lists and all the lives they touched to set in motion this butterfly affect that is been far greater than anticipated. I'm not gonna lie they are truly impressive with that one.
However if we are to carry out our mission we cannot afford to let them continue to spreading this age of Transformation and Enlightenment. Their Golden Age of Peace and Harmony that it also brought on is a threat to all we've sought to blight and smite since the beginning of time." Viggo report calmly as he had always spoken calmly and apathetically.
"True enough, dear brother Viggo," Jormungandr hissed as his massive tail snapped. "You matched their wits and yet still they couldn't outsmart them and that's was bad enough! That three human children could be so smart!"
"And you! Drago! You're supposed to be our enforcer and muscle and yet even taking away both the King of Dragons and their Father didn't do the job of breaking their spirits!
You're the most intimating man ever and yet you couldn't do your job either! Both of you are our muscles and brains and you couldn't even do your jobs!" snapped Fenrir angrily.
"I did everything and I could and I was closer than that guy who plays his foolish games!" Drago bellowed looking at Viggo who merely smiled in his own way.
"Temper, Temper. From defeat we learn, victory not so much. We have spent a long time; very long given the many different times flows from the constant fluxion of time from all the Realms."
"Yes, we all know time flows at a different time!" snapped Loki's sons terrible.
"Well, again patience, perseverance and observation will be the keys to us finally succeeding in our plans. You learn again from mistakes and failure. Not success and victory."
"What are you trying to say?!" growled everyone in the COE looking at this annoying human who remained calm and apathetic.
"Your sister may have been a bitch, diva and ugly, but she see the value of my words. So simply let me spell it out," Viggo paused a moment and then took a breath in and out.
"Your sister's spies which there appears to be a handful here are quite useful. How did they even alert us about the Dragon Soul Prophecy? They were patient, slow and took their time to infiltrate Odin's palace. Then get past Frigga's tower's security system and waited many days till they're there when and where it happened," he glazed at the imps and gave a small nod.
They understood and went to the center of the huge table and threw a small bit of magic into the Icefire that birthed them and showed the memory of the first Prophecy and the events the Gods had later told the Haddock family about in private.
"Frigga looked beautiful and regal and most of all happy as she entered the Tower of Foretelling. She seemed to be a peace and seem to think it was going to be an unassuming day.
She was humming a romantic tune that was causing her to have the same look Valka had on her face when she'd sung her love song with Stoick which indicated Frigga was perhaps humming her own love song that she shared with Odin.
Frigga walked to the center of this amazing and impossible to understand room and how she understood the Tapestry was anyone's guess, but as she was its keeper and caretaker she must have some understanding of it.
They watched her hold a few orbs in her dainty hands, each glowing and beating in time with her heart. The saw her smiled a romantic smile as three sets of Souls Lights did a dance of some kind.
They became intertwined and then settled next to each other and began pulsating in tune with each other. As she was admiring those her attention was diverted to what appear to be the burst of a new star from set of another Soul Lights. It burst between them and it was a different color then the two and it was tiny only a small speak but she was crying with great tears of happiness.
"All is well today it seems. Three soul mates united forever in true love and a new soul is born. All seems to be flowing according to the proper flow of time and I don't detect anything out of place nor do I see any rips or stains. It seems things are as perfect as perfect can be," she murmured happily.
It was then the room shook violent and everything start to act crazy. It was like an insane storm and Frigga was knocked off her feet and tossed around like a ragdoll.
"What is going on?! I've never seen the Tapestry behave like this! What's going on?!" she screamed loudly as she tried to shield herself from the chaos around her as this already improbable room was acting crazier and then everything seemed to settled down for a moment and she tried to stand up.
But the second she stood up something was wrong again. It was like the Tapestry wrapped around and became infused with in Frigga herself and it only took a second to understand the Tapestry was now trying to speak through Frigga like spirits spoke through Una.
The Tapestry was trying to convey an important message, a message of great significant and also a warning it seemed.
Frigga was speaking but it was obviously not really hear talking it was the Tapestry talking through her and trying to really tell her again a message of great importance and warning her of a great danger to its very existence.
""Great fear for those born devoid of a soul's light as those with only darkness and shadows that dwell within heed thy warning.
For soon cometh the birth three mortal children born with the souls of dragons within them and when thy souls becomes one with the souls of a Guardian of Life and Death, a Guardian of Souls and the Guardian of the Bridge between Worlds, they shall cast away the ways of evil's disharmony and bring forth an era of everlasting peace, love and harmony for both the living and the dead."
And then after the second was out of her mouth and Frigga was in control of herself a new orb burst into existence. The golden orb of the proper timeline of the Haddocks but also bursting into existence was the three supernova blinding bright Soul Lights of Hiccup, Boden and Una and they were so bright the whole room was just illuminated with their light and you couldn't see anything for a few moments.
When it finally died Frigga saw the Soul Lights had dimmed down some but were swirling around this new timeline and she approached it and held it in her hands and the events of it played rapidly in her mind like a fast-forwarded movie and she was shocked she almost dropped it.
"It cannot be! A timeline born before the existence of its people? These three children with such intense Soul Lights? These images? What the Tapestry just said through me? It cannot be! It cannot be!"
She looked down at the golden dragon sized egg orb and immediately conjured up the protective glass and placed in the center of the room and dashed out of the room and returned five minutes later with her husband and it seemed she told him what had happened and showed him the golden orb.
He took it and felt the power and he looked at her shocked at what he was seeing and feeling. "How can three human children have such power? How can three human children change the course of all the Nine Realms and seemingly be destined to save the Tapestry of Creation?
How can the Tapestry even be in danger? I'm feeling strange and extraordinary powers from these three children and it's not just these blessed gifts they're to receive when they finally come into existence.
Their power goes behind that there something more to them then even gifts of love, empathy or being a bridge between worlds. But they could be more powerful than then all of us!"
"I know! I mean three Soul Lights with the power to outshine the whole Tapestry of Creation?! And bring forth the existence of timeline before the proper ways of its birth?!
This is something unheard of! There is something extraordinary about these three children who are to be named Hiccup, Boden and Una Haddock and these dragons that are tied to them as well. Toothless, Stardust and Nightrainbow.
I also never seen so many lives affect by just three people but these three seem to be able to touch nearly all the Soul Lights in the Tapestry. I really feel like they're a turning point, like they're gonna make a huge change and possible change both the course of history and even do something unheard more to the Tapestry!"
The two of them looked flabbergasted and were stunned and then heard something that told too late they're not alone and now the wrong person knew what was going on and more than anyone should know about this.
They're heard was sounded like crackling of a dying spark and flash of blue escape and they tried to catch it but it was too late the Imp had gotten away and they knew this was bad.
"Oh no! This cannot be happening! This room has too much protection! Spells, enchantments and everything! How did Hel get one of her Frozen Imps in here?! This is bad!"
"I think "bad" is understatement, my love. But for now let lock up the room and post extra security till we can figure out what to do about this and make certain no-one else finds out about The Dragon Soul Prophecy!"
Unfortunately even as they said that they knew it was too late the damage was done and the fight had only begun. However they'd no idea what just had begun or the toll it would take on the Nine Realms. Nor the resulting pain and suffering it'd mean for those three precious children, their family and all the lives they'd would touch in turn"
"We at least have tried everything possible that your sister's twisted mind could come up with your equally twisted father's mind to carry out our mission mind you both to prevent that prophecy from coming true!" once again roared Drago like a monster to Jormungandr and Fenrir; who didn't like be treated like this.
On the other hand, the other COE members were ready to lace into them as much as possible for what they perceived as failure on their part for failing to carry out their mission
"We've had a mission to carry out and we've done all we could to carry out the objectives of your sister laid out for us to do. What have you done to play your parts to carry out in any shape or form?!" demanded the dark beings in brash rageful voices as they all screamed out what parts they'd played to do their parts to the stupid brothers.
"Yeah, we've done our jobs as the Seeds of Evil to pass on the disease of evil to as many souls as possible to turn them over to the dark side!" retorted indignantly the Seeds directly above them as they soared around everyone wildly.
"And we've also helped them by forcing weak-willed beings to do acts they wouldn't normally do! Not just spying!" the Imps added to get their credit.
"We've all made sure to cause as much pain, anguish and suffering in all our Realms. Therefore all people would be suffering beyond imagination. The byproduct is it would cause others to make others suffer in a never-ending cycle of agony and suffering.
As a result the torment continues from generation to generation and the sin of being different only continues to be unforgivable as does people intolerance for it continues to grow. Thus the torture they inflect on those who are different strengthen on the victim and the rest involved get pleasure from their victim's pain and only the agony grows!" pointed out the rest of COE in unison.
A very large dragon hidden in the shadows spoke now as if he was speaking for all the dragon souls gathered, though he was clearly alive. His voice sound demonic in nature though and his eyes in the light of the Icefire look demonic red.
"We've before now caused countless deaths by egging on the Dragon Human War. Therefore we did at least accomplish at one objective of mass murder. So by the creation of the Red Death she at least did do that job well for us.
She furthermore accomplished the goal of very nearly preventing part of the Dragon Soul Prophecy by committing the genocide of the Night Furies, Silver Phantoms and Aurora Borealis Singings.
Although it was those pesky Asgardian Gods in addition to that infernal Soulwings as we later learned he was named that stole our full fruits!
Since though souls were supposed to be locked up in the frozen cells beneath this Citadel in your sister's dungeon of Purgatory! And yet thanks to those revolting Gods they grant them in its place a second life in Asgard!
If that wasn't enough to spoil our fruit of what should've be so ripe for us to dine on for accomplishing that long sought out goal? They've also created the Dragon Soul Sanctuary, Asgardian Hallow and have special Dragon Valkyries!
Makes me want to vomit as I'm sure it does all of you! For all of them and those locations are robbing us of filling up our dungeon and torturing those we seek to punish and destroy even in their deaths!" breathed the demonic dragon voice to which everyone murmured in agreement.
"You've stated your points quite clearly. That does included you Krashath," acknowledged the sons of Loki.
"We still have a few goals we've yet to accomplish that we must still accomplished if we are to truly succeed in what this COE was created to do by our father," started out Jormungandr.
"Yes, we still have to find some way to do what is deemed impossible. We have to find a way to do the most forbidden taboo and alert time to make it easier for us to make the Nine Realms ours.
Finally murdered all on our hit list and the top of the hit list is of course Hiccup, Boden and Una Haddock and their dragons. Kill them all of this cursed Age of Transformation and Enlightenment and their Golden Age falls and we can take over finally!
And make sure that the ways of hatred, violence and war reign supreme once more and all this bullshit of love, family and friendship and peace is forever forgotten!" Fenrir declared what their remaining objectives were.
"And for the final punishment of course is when we succeed in all that torment all the souls of our enemies both the living and dead whether they be human, dragon or god so much it will feel like their souls have been split in two for the rest of time!" everyone cried out as that was the ideal torture idea of theirs.
"Then it's time we strike! And we will strike hard and fast and they won't see it coming! We've an old idea of our ex-sister that may work. Even if we won't speak her name some of her plans may still be of use," her brothers allowed.
"What is this plan of yours? As the brains of this group I'd like to be informed of what you're planning?" Viggo wanted to know.
"We plan to place a curse of insanity on all of Berk and Asgard at the same time. My brother and I will become shadow wraiths to get around the normal rules of how to pass from Realm to Realm.
If we act simultaneously and attack everyone at their core and fill them with the curse brought on by what remains of our sister's Icefire it should work. They'll give into their most primal ways revert to their own savagery." Fenrir explained while licking the dark blue blood from his lips.
"It's a nice attack plan, Fenrir. Then again, have you thought about who might be able to counter it? Really thought any of this completely though? Have you thought about all the possible outcomes or any backups? All possible scenarios and things like that? Careful strategy and thinking of all possible outcomes is better than just attacking blindly." Viggo remind him calmly.
"We are doing this and don't need a stupid human telling the sons of Loki how to do our job! No-one will be able to stop two attacks going on at the same time! No-one can be in two places at once and they'll all be under a curse anyway!" shot back Jormungandr angrily.
"Okay, proceed, but if tell you I told you so, don't come crying when this plan goes up in smoke."
And with that the meeting adjourned and now it was time to see the COE in action and now everyone in both Asgard and Berk were going to be tested for the first time in 23 years!
Time to see if they're up to the challenge!
Little Imps and Seeds of Evil: Lisa Ortiz- Icy Winx Club 4Kids Version
Fenrir: Sean Schemmel-Valtor- Winx Club 4Kids Version
Jormungandr: Jason Griffith- Lord Darkar Winx Club 4Kids Version
Krashath: Dee Bradley Baker: many roles
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