Hope you guys liked that little teaser
Here's the first official chapter!
Disclaimer: I do NOT own ROTG and HTTYD
Chapter 1
"Remind me again why we're taking a nature trek-in the Seasonal Gardens? We've seen every inch of this place already." Jack Frost asked Sapphire Aquamarie confused as he hopped over a rotting log.
"I dunno...Just feel like doing…nothing." Sapphire replied, smiling. Jack cocked his head quizzically.
Wasn't taking a nature trek something? The Guardian of Equality was a bit mysterious sometimes. But then again, so was he.
As they went into the summer season part of the Gardens, the two teens decided to rest under an old oak tree.
"So what've you been up to with Jamie and his gang?" Sapphire asked the Guardian of Fun, eager to start a conversation.
Jack smiled, looking up at the tree's branches. "Well, lately, Jamie's been obsessed with this new 'Dragonology' book his mom got him last week. Now he's searching for more evidence to prove their existence." he replied.
Sapphire raised her right eyebrow, curious. "You mean those dragon books that have a 'real piece of dragon hide' tucked in them?" she asked. "Yeah. But I'm pretty sure the hide's made out of leather though." Jack said thoughtfully.
Sapphire smiled a bit. "Well Donnie on the other hand, got this Viking helmet from a friend's birthday party and he's been wearing it wherever he goes. It's actually kinda adorable." She giggled.
"Did the Vikings really wear horned helmets?" Jack wondered out loud.
Sapphire shook her head. "People just made that up. Now what really interests me is if Vikings had anything to do with dragons. Did they fight them? Or did they train them?" she asked.
Jack shrugged. "World's full of mysteries, Saph. You never know…Maybe." He said. "I s'pose so…" the water spirit agreed with him.
Then Jack looked up at the oak's branches. "Wanna climb this?" he suggested. "Why?" Sapphire raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"Dunno…Just feel like doing…nothing." The winter spirit said giving her a coy grin. Smirking, Sapphire grabbed the nearest branch and hoisted herself up followed by Jack.
When they had climbed far enough, the two Guardians sat on individual branches close to each other.
That's when Sapphire noticed something.
"Hello? What's this?" she mumbled, thrusting her hand into an abandoned hollow. "Try not to get your fingers pecked off." Jack said jokingly.
Sapphire rolled her eyes as she took her hand out, clutching a half of a tooth of some sorts. "Any idea what this is?" she asked, curious.
Jack took a good look at it. "It looks like half of a fang. Wonder what animal had this kind…" he wondered.
"Weird…It's kinda warm… Here, feel it." Sapphire said, holding it out to him.
Jack carefully touched the tip. The fang did feel kind of warm.
"Who gets to keep it?" Sapphire piped up. "You're the one who found it." Jack shrugged.
Then he got an idea.
"Maybe we can share it. You hold onto it for one day, next day it'll be mine." He suggested.
Sapphire thought about it for a minute.
"Alright…But how about a race? To see who keeps it first." She replied, smiling mischievously. Jack grinned. "Now you're talking." He said excitedly.
"First one back to the North Pole wins the fang for today." Sapphire stated as she pocketed the fang for safekeeping. "What're we sitting around here for? Let's go!" Jack whooped.
Laughing, the two of them got down the tree and headed out of the Gardens to begin their race.
"Ready, girl?" Sapphire asked Marina, her trusted comrade. "Ready as a shark headed for the kill." The white swan said gamely.
"Ready…Get set…GO!" Jack shouted, swinging his staff.
And with that, they were off.
On Outcast Island, things were not going well. Another dragon attack meant another failed attempt to train them.
And Alvin the Treacherous, leader of the Outcasts knew that it also meant one more thing…another failed attempt to capture the Dragon Conqueror.
As soon as the dragons have been driven off, Alvin went off to vent out his fury at the dark side of the island.
"Curses! Curses, curses, curses! One simple task: Get the Dragon Conqueror. A simple job, no? But no… That boy and his accursed Night Fury just have to show me up every single time!" he yelled before flinging his hatchet into a dead tree.
Muttering swears under his breath, Alvin went to recover his weapon but a shadow suddenly appeared near the tree. The Outcast watched as a gray skinned man wearing a black robe rose out of the shadows and plucked the hatchet out.
"Quite a weapon you have here good sir. Tell me, who do you plan to use this beauty on?" the man asked nonchalantly. Alvin was suspicious as he approached this stranger. "Nobody in particular…yet." He said ominously.
"Incidentally my good man, who is this 'Dragon Conqueror' you're ranting about?" the dark man asked once more.
Alvin harshly took the hatchet away from him. "Mind your own business. Unless you know a thing or two about dragons get lost!" he said gruffly.
The man smiled mysteriously. "Let me guess…This Conqueror knows the secrets of the dragons and you wish to extract those secrets, hmm?" Alvin had begun to walk away when the man spoke again.
"Well my friend, look no further. I, Pitch Black would like to impart to you my own knowledge about these beasts."
At that last sentence, Alvin turned around.
"You have a way with those dragons? If you do, I, Alvin the Treacherous could supposedly let you get a high rank among us Outcasts…" he said thoughtfully. Pitch smiled once again. "Indeed I do Alvin. Indeed I do." He replied calmly.
Finally Alvin sneered. "Alright I'm listening Black." He said, stepping forward to Pitch, who grinned. "Excellent. How about we join forces? You want to capture the Dragon Conqueror and I want to exact my revenge on some…individuals. We can do both of those things in no time if we work together. And I would be more than glad to share my dragon knowledge. What do you say, Alvin the Treacherous?" he said smoothly.
Alvin was swayed by this man's charisma. "Deal." He said.
They decided to shake hands on it.
Pitch's dark gold eyes gleamed with malice as he shook the Viking's hand. "…Finally! At last!" he cackled as black sand suddenly began to surround Alvin!
"Odin's ghost! What is this magic?!" the Outcast roared before Pitch dissolved into black sand and entered his nose.
The black sand swirled furiously around the coughing, choking Viking and as sudden as it came, vanished, leaving Alvin's body on the ground. An hour passed when the Outcasts found their leader on the dark side of their island.
"Alvin, sir! Are you alright?!" Savage went over to his fallen leader.
Suddenly Alvin stood up and to his men's surprise, threw his hatchet on the ground and a black hole opened up. Thrusting his hand into the hole, Alvin pulled out one half of a dragon fang before black dragons suddenly flew out of the hole. The Outcasts uttered cries of surprise as the things flew around them.
"Don't be afraid men! With my Nightmares at our sides, nothing can stop us!" Alvin laughed facing the rest of the Outcasts.
Having faith in their leader, the Vikings cheered loudly in celebration.
If they had only paid closer attention, they would have noticed that Alvin's eyes were now dark gold and his voice seemed to have two tones…
Inside Alvin's mind, Pitch let his hands tighten around the dragon fang. If the legend was true, his plan will succeed…
"Now go! Celebrate! For in the next few days to come, we will make the Outcast name leave its mark. Permanently!" he proclaimed. Cheering, the other Outcasts left for their dwellings.
When they left, Alvin opened his other palm. Two figures made of black sand rested on his palm.
The figures of a boy and a girl…
"First this new world…Then I will hunt you two down!" he laughed cruelly before crushing the images in his hand.
Meanwhile on Berk, the Viking teens were bored stiff.
The only thing that kept them from dying of boredom was the news of visitors from the Shivering Shores headed their way to Berk.
So at the crack of dawn, Hiccup, Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, and the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut headed to the harbor with their dragons. Toothless, Stormfly, Hookfang, Meatlug, and Barf and Belch were bored as well. They had tried to coax their riders to fly with them but they didn't feel up to it.
"When's that ship getting here?" Tuffnut groaned.
"Whose idea was it anyway to come wait here so early in the morning?" Snotlout yawned. "Yours doofus!" Ruffnut exclaimed whacking him upside on the head.
Fishlegs looked up at the sky. "You guys wanna look for cloud shapes?" he suggested only to get bored looks from his friends.
"Who do you think's gonna be on that ship? Aside from visitors from the Shivering Shores, I mean." Astrid wondered out loud.
Hiccup looked through his spyglass. For a few minutes he only saw the blue ocean.
But then he saw a dot on the horizon which got bigger and bigger until it became a Viking long ship.
"I think we'll find out soon enough." He grinned at Astrid and the rest of the teens.
"Woo-hoo!" Jack whooped as he rode the wind, overtaking Sapphire and Marina.
"I'm gonna win!" he laughed as he went ahead. "Dream on Frosty!" Sapphire shouted yanking on Marina's reins.
Diving into the water below, the duo streaked past surprised schools of fish. They later burst out of the water and into the air, now ahead of the Guardian of Fun.
"Hey! No fair!" Jack protested. "All's fair in love and race Jack!" Marina giggled. "Looks like I keep the fang for today!" her blue haired friend smiled.
Suddenly a low rumble of thunder echoed across the sky and the wind began to pick up.
"Storm warning… Maybe we should call the race the race off…" Jack said a little nervous. "Good call… Let's just race tomorrow." Marina agreed with him.
Sapphire looked at Jack who was beginning to have a hard time controlling the cwind with his staff. "Jack you better get on. We have to get down low." She instructed as lightning split the sky.
Quickly, the winter spirit got on Marina's back. "Alright Marina, let's go." Sapphire murmured. The white swan began to descend.
Suddenly a bolt of lightning struck nearby with a huge flash of light and loud roar of thunder, startling Marina into accidentally flying into a rough patch of air!
Yelping, Jack and Sapphire tried to keep her stable.
But suddenly, the wind got out of control!
Even when Jack tried to control it with his staff, the wind continued to rage out of control until it turned into a full on storm!
"Hang on you two!" Sapphire hollered as she tried to guide Marina to a lower altitude.
Then a huge gust of wind slammed into the three of them and Jack, Sapphire ans Marina fell into the swirling ocean below!
Coughing and gagging on seawater, Sapphire frantically looked around as she surfaced.
"Marina?! Jack?!" the Guardian of Equality yelled.
Not too far from her, a white haired boy's head poked out of the water, gasping for air.
"Jack!" Sapphire quickly spotted his staff floating near her and used it to grab him by the hood of his jacket.
"I'm ok… Where's Marina?" the boy coughed before the two of them were suddenly plucked out of the water by a huge white swan.
"You two are lucky I surfaced first." The swan said while coughing out some leftover seawater out of her beak.
But things got worse for the trio as the wind began to swirl and made contact with the ocean's surface creating a gigantic waterspout!
"AAAAAHHHHH!" the two Guardians and the swan screamed, desperately holding onto each other. Lightning split the sky once again as they spun around in free fall.
Suddenly there was a huge flash of light…
And everything went black…
IMPORTANT AUTHOR'S NOTE: For those who are wondering why Alvin is a main villain along with Pitch in this story, allow me to explain.
I wrote this story BEFORE the season finale of Dragons Defenders of Berk. In the show's last episode, Alvin had already reconciled his differences with Stoick and the Outcasts seemed to have become Berk's allies.
I'll be keeping this story. But I DO have plans to make a second version AFTER I have watched HTTYD 2. The plot will be VERY different compared to this one but until I fully plan the story out, feel free to read and review this first version
Ciao!
-GuardianDragon98