Growing Pains

The sun hadn't even broke over the horizon for half an hour when an urgent knocking came at the Haddock's door. Valka was still busy trying to make breakfast with the help of her daughter-in-law Asta whilst Astrid and Orus made certain the children were all right and that they're properly doing the morning routine.

Which meant making their beds correctly, that their rooms were free of clutter and no-one was in the either of the bathrooms longer than ten minutes doing their morning grooming or that no fights broke out.

Her own children were busy getting the extremely enormous table set for breakfast. After all 17 mouths were a lot of mouths to feed. Therefore the table and chairs had to be methodically cleansed as did the tableware before they'd be placed on the table itself.

Not to mention everybody had to make sure they washed their hands exceptionally meticulously as well as well as had taken their morning medicines before they got to even eat and that was put in their own journal as well.

With that many people in that house there was no need to spread a lot of germs back and forth. Valka had really crack down on both the cleanliness and that before one could've fun work had to be done and done right.

Therefore all ten of the grandchildren knew the same thing that their parents and grandpa had known. Their grandma had no problem embarrassing them or giving out creative punishments if they didn't do their chores correctly or step a toe out of line or worse got involved with poisons.

Consequently the ten of them respected their parents with their teaching and rules alright. Nevertheless they also knew their grandma demanded just as much respect and rules and not to mess with her. She may be 63 on the other hand she was not to be trifled with one bit.

Therefore it was a huge surprise someone would be knocking when the sun had barely graced the skies above. "Asta, keep stirring the porridge and then get started on the eggs and toast. We'll see what this about. And make sure the apple juice is nice and cold," Valka instructed her daughter-in-law.

"Alright, the juice is in the ice box thingy that Boden and Hiccup came up with right?"

"Yeah, my love. It's surprisingly easy to make a box out of Gronckle Iron and then put a huge block of ice from the mountains inside and keeps things cool for a week.

Then we just go put the melt ice into our water system that system that cleanse it and we just make some more ice and just get more ice for a week." Boden replied in a calm rational way as he headed to the door with his mom and siblings.

Every now and then things that would've been credited centuries later to be invented are really simple to invent when you thought about the basic principle and had the help of dragons and their talents to make it easier on you to build them.

For three of them it was how they'd invented their own things that according to history books would not have been invented till many millenniums later and by other people.

On the other hand the people of Berk, did in fact have a printing press, ice boxes, working clocks, indoor plumbing, their own primitive telephone system, a loud speaker, microphones, a power plant, a clothing factory and a water purification system to name just a few things that was way ahead of their time.

They were beginning to understand the concepts of including some highly advance mathematics and more than a few different branches of science. They knew about biology, ecology, geology and were even exploring psychology as they're aware of mental illness and even found advancement again for their time periods in treating it and other ailments.

All of this would've given both the history books and the COE countless reasons to put an end to them. Plus more than a few reasons to raise their eyebrows about how advance a small group of Vikings could be in just one isolate area for their time period.

All though being way ahead of their time was neither here or there at the moment when Hiccup opened his front door and saw Tuff and his wife Hawly and their children Merida and Harris.

Tuff was clearly not a morning person as he was being support by his wife and was clearly not fully awake, though the children looked wide awake and troubled about something.

"We're so sorry to come at the break of day to disturb you, Hiccup, but what my children just told me cannot wait. And as you can see we left in a hurry as Tuff here not even had his morning pick-me-up drink yet. Tuff honey! Stop drooling all over me!"

"Oh, can we please have some of those scrumptious treats that Bloodthorn dreamt up last week with the sprinkles? And then can I've my morning cup of fuchsia juice with the three drops of chocolate?" he mumbled incoherently while still drooling on his wife's right shoulder.

"As you can see, we'll have to stop at the bakery after this," she said in a slightly annoyed way. Then snapped to attention and looked down at her children at her feet.

"However, Merida and Harris have something important to tell you first. Merida? Harris? Please tell the Chief and his family what you told me. Don't be shy and don't be smart about it either," she told them both with encouragement and a warning in her strange accent.

Both of the children clutched their rune stone necklaces and looked pale as they grabbed each other hand for strength. Then and there they took a deep breath and began to tell their tale in the same strange accent that came from their mother.

"We felt a very strong compulsion before the morning sun even rose above the horizon," Merida start to say as she took the lead. "It was such a strong force we had to heed it. You must understand how that feels?"

"We all do, Merida. What happened when you and your little brother heed the call you felt?" Hiccup asked in a gentle voice to the 12 year old who took another deep breath and continued on.

"Well, it was clear to us we need to cast the stones right away as our own rune stone necklaces were also pulsating which meant it was vital to do it right then and there.

So grabbing our bags we took out our stones and cast them together and a most peculiar story full of unexpected twist, turns and secrets was revealed to us. It was like slipping a great deal of secrets of this mysterious Council of Evil that Frigga told our departed loved ones we must fight!"

"Oh my Gods!" Valka was most shocked and Boden had to steady his mother who was trembling. "Its okay, Mom, I've got you. Take a deep breath and let it out."

As Valka did some deep breathing exercises, Una looked at the children and kindly pressed them, "What did your stones tell you? Your mother's stones always tell past, present and future when she cast them. So what did you get?"

"Well the past the stones at least told me about was the COE had a betrayal within it! Someone betrayed them in the past and it was personal. For it wasn't an act of just disloyal, but a personal betrayal of a family!" Merida exclaimed the revelation the stones had provided her with.

"There was traitor to the COE?! That is news and it was very personal you say? Can you offer more details on that?" Hiccup wanted to know to which the fair haired Harris spoke up timidly.

"All that I was able to decipher on that was we cannot determine the identity of who it was, but it was such a personal betrayal the COE want this person to pay in their red blood as their blood no longer blue. It seems evil bleeds blue not red."

"Wow, they hated this person so much they wanted to murder them? And they will do this to anyone who turns on them? So it's either a lifetime commit or death?"

"And this is gonna be torture and death for whoever betrayed them. The present we able to determine in their hell-bent on continuing with their mission which is spreading their evil crimes." Merida informed them with a scared look on her face.

"Are you able to determine what sort of evil crimes they have commit or what they plan to commit in the near future?" Valka asked them and again they shook their heads but Harris looked up.

"The stones couldn't reveal the exact details, though our guts tell us the many evils of both our parents and your generation and all acts of evil are of their doing one way or another.

That they are one way or another responsible for spreading the ways of disharmony, chaos, violence and war. As a result anything our families have strived to change with the Age of Transformation and Enlightenment and this Golden Age that is spreading?

They've been trying to counter with the exact opposite. Ultimately what we think their plan is? They want to bring it down and revert it to the way it was before; only worse! Consequently the Nine Realms would all be war-ravaged and full of anguish, agony in addition to endless misery." Harris finished and shivered at thought of that kind of future.

"How do they exactly plan to achieve their goals? Did the stones give you any hints?" they asked and the little ones shrugged.

"We don't know where they meet or how they plan to carry out their wicked deeds. Only that their anger and evil is at a nauseating level and they have commit the deadly dead of mass murder once and plan to do it many times more."

"So killing it's a problem for them? And apparently torture is a form of fun for them as well," Una concluded from what she got.

"They're deadly dangerous and they seem to be getting ready to strike soon. We only got that much. But know this the evil is really center right now on the DHA and Asgard and Valhalla as the primary targets for now." Merida concluded.

"I guess they figure if we fall the rest of the Nine Realms will be easy pickings." Harris said in his bravest voice yet.

"Thank you for sharing this information. If you get anymore report it right away. And tell the other children any and all they can find out will be useful, no matter how insignificant it may seem."

"Thank you for your, Chief Hiccup. We'll bring the children and their dragons to the Arena in two hours for training with the other children, okay?"

"That be great, Hawly."

"Good, now to get my husband his pick-me-up. Come on Tuff! Pick up those feet!" and they left.

"This is really bad, my BBBFF! I mean it's really serious! What are we gonna do with this information?"

"I don't know sis, I just wish we had a better idea what we are dealing with. I wish we could see what they're saying instead of just hearing words."

"You need thoughts and words turn into a picture, Uncle Hiccup? I can do that!" called out a young voice and everyone turn to see the children coming down for breakfast.

It was Vali who had spoken and it was the youngest in the family at age nine but he was very good at the mind reading empathic power he'd gotten from his father.

"Just repeat to me what you just heard and words and their energy I can turn into a visible image for all of us to see," the little boy promised with his big green eyes full of eagerness.

"Well, you know it could work. So let's give it a try. Hiccup you and Boden repeat word for word what Merida and Harris just told us and let's see what my little boy can do," Una suggested as she went over to her son.

"You sure you can do this important job though, son? I mean it be the first time doing it without the person in the room?"

"Believe me, Mommy, I know I can do this."

"Okay, but I want you to hold my hand just the same, okay?"

"Okay, Mommy."

"Alright, we are ready!" Una said a moment later as she was clutching her son hand tightly and her older brothers repeated word for word and in the exact same mannerism how Tuff's kids had told them their report.

Vali took a deep breath and breathed in through his mouth and let out through his nose and with his eyes glowing using his right hand made gesture to summon sorta of a thought bubble so to speak.

"Okay, these are what Merida and Harris thoughts and feelings looked like in their mind's eye as they're reading their rune stones. The first part is the betrayal they saw," and everyone in the house could see two shadowy silhouette.

One was clearly a feminine silhouette and had a heliotrope in color and the other was taller, leaner and masculine silhouette and it was very dark browns and purples.

It played out a few moments of some type of silent fight and it was escalating till the female silhouette walked off and disappeared. Leaving the male one looking evil and threatening and burned with a flame around them.

The next set of shadows showed various random acts at a very rapid pace with so many shadows no-one could take it in.

But the final shadows revealed ultimately the Cosmic Tree being both burned and cut down and then a new twisted and ugly tree grown in its place and one long nightmarish howling endlessly from it.

"I don't think any of those images they saw in their mind's eye from their stones bode well for us, Mommy," Vali said looking up at his mommy.

"No, they surely don't sweetheart, I'm afraid they don't…Siri? What's the matter sweetie?" Una turned fast to face her youngest daughter who was tugging at her rainbow dragon scale skirt.

"Pardon me, Mommy, but I think I can shed some light on what Merida and Harris stones told them and what little Vali's own powers just showed us. I had a dream last night."

"A dream? Was a dream of the past or future or couldn't you tell, honey?"

"Not totally sure to be honest, Mommy. And I can't really describe it too well. You know I've a bit of a hard time verbalizing my visions. I get so tongue-tied at it."

"It is true, Una. Of all our daughters, Siri has the most problems trying to describe her dream vision. Mostly since they come out very fuzzy in her mind to begin with," her daddy remind her mommy.

"Maybe I can help this time, Uncle Orus. I've been practicing on how to project memories outward and recalling dream memories is a talent I possess that Brant and Breena don't.

Maybe if Siri and I worked together we could see what she saw and it could aid us? What do you think Mom? Dad? Worth a shot?" Erico looked up at his parents hopefully.

"Well, it is worth a try isn't it, Hiccup? He is the only one talented in recalling memories of dreams. Breena can't do that and she's the oldest."

"It's true, Dad, I can't. I can find perhaps the most forgotten of golden memories, but forget it when it comes to recalling lost dreams." Breena replied and Brant added "The only memories I'm good at helping people recalling are short-term memories for those who are forgetful."

"Well, I'd say, bro, desperate times call for desperate measures. No fooling around when both the living and dead are threaten as well as both mortal and gods as well," Boden reminded his older brother.

"You sure you can do this Erico? And not pass out? I mean you're just starting to learn about your abilities and this will take a lot of energy on your part."

"I can handle it, Dad."

"Well, I'll feel better if both of you are sitting down at the kitchen table and not standing up just the same," their grandmother stated and both 12 year old boy and his 10 year old cousin quickly hurried over to two chairs.

"Okay, now hold hands and if you feel like you're about to pass out let us know," cautioned their mothers and they nodded and got ready to begin.

"Okay, now think back to your dream last night, Siri, let your body relax and your mind become free of all distractions. Let it flow," Una instructed as her daughter closed her eyes and took a few calming breaths and held out her hand. One hand in her mother's the other hold her cousin's.

Her cousin also was doing the same as her in being in a relax state and hold his father's hand with his other hand.

Very gradually an image arose to fill their minds of the dream Siri had had last night, however as her father had spoken so wisely, it was very out-of-focus and the voices were muffled.

You couldn't really make out defined shapes or what anyone was speaking. Then Boden joined in by grabbing his brother and sister's free hands and they'd absorbed the emotional aspect of it, which was of assistance to a degree.

Little by little with the help of their parents they were able to clean up the dream memory to some extent. An adequate amount of it they got a clear enough picture that they could see at least defined silhouettes; on the other hand no sounds or colors at all.

It was apparent was Siri had been dreaming about last night was the first gathering of the COE in 23 years and what had just taken place in Hel's palace in Helheim, and yet without out sound or color or any real knowledge of who the players were it didn't really give them much to go on.

The only thing it did do was warn them that they needed to be on high alert since obviously the COE was planning something and they're pissed off about more than a few things and it wasn't just that the side of good was doing a great job at being good.

After that they did finish breakfast quickly and their parents said they needed to hold an emergency meeting at the Great Hall with the rest of the parents. The children should proceed as planned to the Academy to get started on their training as they may be called to duty soon.

Though they did ask their children to watch each other's back and that of the other children which they understood was a major responsibility of theirs as it was up to all ten of them to lead Berk together one day.

Short time later all the Next Generation Riders were crammed together in the Arena all a little on edge since even if the internet was beyond their capability of inventing they still could spread bad news faster than that one way or another.

"This is very serious, if the COE is getting ready to strike soon. We need to really get right on this and truly come together now. Just as our parents came together.

So I think it's time we learn each other strengths and start working to teach others them and help each other in areas that they are weak," Breena declared as she was the oldest and everyone figured if anyone was gonna be called team leader it might as well be her as oldest and Hiccup's daughter.

"Well, I for one cuz, would like to say we work as a team and that we listen to all ideas and that we are all equal. No-one holds any greater power or not. That we are a team and we all take leadership in the time it's needed," Edyis suggest in a shy but firm way.

"Yes, that sounds better than just one person having the whole responsibility or say so. That we all have equal say and we all work together with what we think is best as a group," agreed Freja and turned to rest of the group. "So all in favor as one group of equality and everyone plays their part to their strengths raise their hands!"

"Yes! We do what is best and whoever best suited takes the lead and we help each other and decided together and raise and fall as one!" both the humans and dragons shouted as well.

"Good. Alright, so who here got the most combat experience that can best teach the rest of group how to fight and defend themselves?" Breena asked the group at large and Falcon came striding forward holding a long glaive; his 12th birthday present from his mother.

"I'm the best warrior on Berk; everyone says so. Not to try to brag but it true. I know every island style of fighting and I'm the best with every kind of weapon. And my mom made this glaive for my 12th birthday like a rite of passage into become a warrior."

"Well, Falcon no-one on Berk can say anything to discount your claim on being a very skilled warrior. You can best all our mothers who train the young ones in warrior skills," Breena acknowledge.

"And you're a true warrior both mind and body so that's good. So if you'll help train up the rest of us that be the best we can ask for if you'll help everyone out. Though don't be nearly as savage as your mother can, be okay?" requested Edyis to the 12 year old boy.

"Sure, I can start the lessons at the basic and help work everyone up," turning to face everyone. "Is this okay with everyone that I'm in charge of warrior training? You know hand to hand combat and weapons?"

"Everyone looked at each other and then Odyis spoke up. "It does seem to be your realm of expertise cousin. We should all do what we best in this group. So who else here knows would be most beneficial to the group as of this moment?"

"Well Esme and I know when it comes to plans we both are very gifted when it comes to strategy and creative planning. So you can leave that to us," Whitely offered and doing a bit of a little dance was Esme.

"Yeah, thinking outside the box and seeing things from all sides and up and down and inside out is totally my game. I can do that and my older cousin is able to analyze any situation and come up with a strategy for it like that!" snapping her fingers. "Though he's also gifted in figuring out the other side strategy quickly and being able to counterattack it too."

"Okay anyone else want to offer up their talents and how we can work with them and then we can move on to improving our dragons?" Odyis was asking when they all felt some kind of shockwave resonate and knock them flat on their butts.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!" cried their dragons at once in a panic.

"Don't know our winged friends! But we need to close the gates right away or something bad gonna come into to play! Wicked things are on the way and we need to get them at bay and away!" cried Buttercup and Daisy as they sprinted over to the gate with Tove and Unn running with them.

"I can feel the evil coming faster than a dam breaking! Hurry!" Tove yelled loudly.

"I hear you sis. Buttercup you take that side with Tove! Daisy you're with me!" Unn as they quickly locked themselves in and then the four girls held hands and where speak in low voices but obviously saying some kind of ancient rhyme as Tove and Unn's sister stones were glowing and the choker necklaces of the Twins were glowing too.

Whatever they're saying everyone could feel and almost immediately see a soothing lavender energy cover gate and the ceiling forming a protective spiritual energy shield around them.

Not content with just being temporary safe Destin and Embla jumped on Firedrake and Shimmertail and did a quick flight around the top of the arena and came back down.

"We like to report to you that the village is utter chaos by a shadow wraith in the form of a giant wolf. He's moving a top speed and spreading what appears to be a curse of insanity among the folks of Berk," Destin report first and then his cousin added.

"The screaming we are hearing are from the people he's penetrating at the core. It seems his curse is like a plague that fills everyone with primal rage and from what my cousin and I were able to see and hear he's trying to make his way quickest through the village and head to the New Island," Embla reported.

"He'll likely save our family for last in the Great Hall and then try and find us or possibly some other target. But this wraith is going after everything. Non-living objects are rotten and destroyed and living objects become insane with primal rage."

"We must act quickly and stop this and fast!"

"How are you able to determine all this from our current position?" the three eldest Haddocks wanted to know.

"I've the keenest of sight of anyone on Berk. I see everything. And I do mean everything down to the last individual blade of grass. My eyes are that good." Destin informed them of just how good his eyes where.

"I'm the keenest of hearing my hearing is just as good as his sight. So I can hear literally everything that he sees. So we have beyond normal human sight and hearing.

We just don't talk about to anyone, but if we are to help this team we can't hold back our secrets now!" Embla told them the truth.

"Now we can right now. And there no holding back right now that everyone on Berk and New Island hearts are crying out for help!" Brant and Erico screamed clutching their hearts.

"Or that this is a divided and conquer attack! The dragon souls are screaming they're under attack!" Garth and Geir seemed bent over double holding their ears as if their bleeding.

"And so are the human souls! So that means another wraith is doing the same thing and attacking Asgard and Valhalla right now! And we can't get through the Spirit Portal to help the Gods or Grandpa!" cried out Freja and Gyda.

"There got to be a way around this and something we can do! This got to be our first test and we cannot fail! We've got to save both Realms and get rid of this evil before it succeeds!" Eureka declared loudly as she was busy wrangling all the dragons back under control with Hertha help.

"We want to help but how are we gonna do? I mean my cousin and mine's special talent is being contortionists! How is being extremely flexible gonna help matters right now?" demanded Oili.

"Not fighting will be a great start Oili," Jary suggested and then turned to the other.

"Okay we all know what we are good at or not. Let's just take a deep breath and think about this. Right now we are protected by this lavender energy. What else can we do?"

"Can we possible use this energy that the Twins and Tove and Unn used in a different way?" asked Haldor to the girls who looked up.

"Well, we do know of a protection spell. Our moms wrote a lot as did our grandmothers and great-grandparents give our whole line been spiritual blessed," admitted Tove.

"Yeah, and one of those protection spells was used to help safeguard Moon Shadow's eggs so not even supernatural baddies could get at the last Night Fury eggs." Unn informed them.

"Really we were under supernatural protection?" the ten young Night Furies asked and their Riders all said. "Not the time!"

"Okay, well, it's also seem we've had a drop of blessing in our blood too. Like our mothers and great grandma always knew about danger, spoke in verse and had like healing energy and could sense mystic energies," the flower Twins admitted.

"Do you think you can use that protection spell to get rid of the shadow wraith?" was what the others wanted to know.

"Well normally when our family banishes evil we have to do it one by one. But if we were do it at the highest point and over the Dragon Lung Speaker and with as many people as possible saying it with us?" Tove started to say and Unn finished.

"It not only would cleanse the whole island and that includes the New Islands it would forever banish the wraith too." Unn explained.

"But what about realm of Asgard? We can't leave them hanging either? Is there was way to do both at the exact same time?" Whitley wanted to know.

"Yeah if we can somehow get someone to the other side and do the protection spells at the exact same moment at the highest point with half our people at each location it be double the power and kill two birds with one stone," Esme pointed out.

"Well I can project my soul. If I was at the Spirit Portal I could perhaps send my soul to the other side and take the others with me?" Edyis suggested in a desperate way.

"That's a good idea cousin, but how would we know both teams are in a position and know it is right time to do it?"

"Well we can tell you!" Mercury and Emerald spoke up for the first time.

"You?!" everyone looked at them.

"Well, don't tell our Dad as he might think we bonkers, but we've always know what birds are saying." Emerald confessed and everyone stared.

"You can talk to birds?" they all asked shocked.

"Well your father talk to dragons! Why is us chatting it up with ravens most of the time so weird?" demanded Mercury to Boden's kids in particular.

"Point taken. Okay here's how we'll break up the teams. The team that will work to keep Berk under control get in position to say the spell will be myself, Brant, Geir, Siri, Vali, Eureka, Merida, Mercury, Destin, Haldor, Jary, Oili, Runa, Esme and Tove.

Those heading to the Spirit Portal to trying execute the plan to save Asgard and Valhalla? Erico, Edyis, Garth, Freja, Gyda, Falcon, Harris, Emerald, Embla, Hertha, Whitley, Buttercup, Daisy, Odyis and Unn." Breena ordered.

Then everyone quickly got on their dragons and taking a deep breath the safety shield fell and everyone zoomed out to do their first test as the Defenders of the Realms.

They perfectly executed some very daring and impressive dragon formations that took their parents years to perfect, so they did well under the pressure for sure.

Containing the damage throughout the village and New Islands was not easy. But working together things were quickly contained and trying to trap that wraith.

Breena was leading the girls across Berk and her brother Brant was covering the New Islands.

Breena was able to use her own powers to help her and Selena's own gift was helpful as well. Night Furies each had one unique inborn talent and Selena's power was the ability to control one being like a puppet for a short time.

Using the brilliant plan of Esme, they along with her cousin Siri and Merida would use both Selena's talents of make someone a puppet and Hope power over luck to get the spelled dragons into a stronghold where Eureka who talents were being a distraction and dragon wrangler with the help of the two contortionists Oili and Runa would get them under control and Tove would at least give them a small calming spell.

Brant's dragon Majestic could shot bolts of energy from his birthmark and he shot these at the dark wraith's leftover energy before it caused more damage and further destroyed the New Islands.

Geir and Vali had tag teamed with Firethorn and Black as Black could travel through shadows and Firethorn could send a burning sensation just with his thoughts at trying to catch the wraith with Destin's help.

Haldor and Jary were teaming up as Haldor was actually very good pickpocket and stealing everyone blind of their weapons and Jary while he was naïve and easily confused had knack for finding just the right thing when needed.

So as they swooped from the village they're the perfect team for getting the cursed villagers weapons and Jary finding just what they needed to help get them away and dispose of them temporary and safely.

As for Mercury he kept his ears open to what the birds were telling him.

The others had had one hell of a battle as Falcon with Whitley help to fight to protect the secret entrance to the Spirit Portal where Tove and Unn's fathers at with Azure and her daughter.

Odyis stayed at the close entrance ready to fight and defend. She didn't know what her special talent was right now. Nevertheless felt she wasn't gonna let any evil get by her and Hertha was staying by her side as well.

Hertha's skills were she was a copycat. She merely had to see someone do something just once and she could copy it flawlessly. Not that she could copy the mystical blessings, but anything physical or mental, yeah. It's like her mind and body could remember everything in perfect detail.

Quickly racing to join them was Embla as with her keen hearing she felt she was more useful out at the entrance and report how things were going down by the spirit portal.

She told them Harris had cast the rune stones to help strength the contact to the other side and send them a code message they're coming.

That the other Night Furies had formed a protective ring around the other NGR and were all ready to use their gifts. Lightning was ready to light up anyone who came near to the children, Lucelia could at least hopeful turn evil to good still, Gray could strike one deaf, as Sari brought nightmares to life and Luna struck people blind.

Edyis and her brother Garth be taking the Twins and Unn to the other side. Freja and Gyda trying to communicate simply normally. Erico and Emerald and Harris would have to watch over them and Emerald have to send word when all was in position.

Well it wasn't pretty on the other side. It almost looked like Ragnarok and it was clearly that Grandpa Stoick and Soulwings had been caught off guard and that their dragons own parents weren't holding up well.

Luckily the Calvary had shown up and they told them they had a plan. Since they'd definitely got around the rules.

Soon everyone was in position on both sides and then all the families and their allies speaking in loud clear voices said the protection spell at the same time loud and clear and made sure it was spread across the lands. On the Dragon Lung on Berk and echo loudly magically in Asgard/Valhalla.

""Do you have faith?
When the nightmare becomes reality.
What do you have left?
All you have left is hope and love.
So even if that hope and love withers away,
or even if it dies out
the hope of us all
will shine and banish this evil darkness."

The moment they said that everyone and everything was cleansed from the insanity cruse that Fenrir and Jormungandr tried to infect everyone with and all that they'd destroyed was restored as good as new and they're sent pack pretty far and hard.

It was a huge victory and one to be proud of for the children both the human and their dragons because this was team effort and it really showed they're really ready to take on what was to come.

The next step was to put that protection spell in everyone home and building on Berk, the New Islands and on their home islands and the same in Asgard and Valhalla which they did promptly.

So as there were feast for the first victory of the Next Generation of Riders there was a roaring upset in Hel's old palace as Viggo wasn't one to normally say "I told you so." But he did say "I told you so"

And now the COE realized they had a whole new generation of too deal with and they're already showing they're just as much a thorn in their sides as their blasted parents!

This was gonna be a big problem if a whole new generation of children were gonna get in their way and for that they'd have to die too. No-one regardless of age was gonna get in their way! They'd all die!