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Chapter 14
'Hold on…Why am I in bed? I was leaning against my sofa a while ago…' Sapphire felt the familiar silkiness of her quilt around her arms and instantly woke up completely.
Then she glanced at her manta ray clock.
It was 9AM.
"FISHPASTE, I'm late!" she shrieked in alarm.
Throwing on clean clothes, hurriedly brushing her tangled blue hair and brushing her teeth, Sapphire headed for the throne room to apologize for oversleeping and grab a quick bite.
To her surprise, Father Time and Mother Nature told her that classes were suspended, so she and Jack could have the whole day to themselves.
"Here I made you a lunch on the go special. In case you and Jack need to be on the move." Mother Nature gave her a lunch bag filled with her favorites (Roast Beef and Cheese sandwich, mixed berry yogurt, mixed veggies with nori seaweed and pineapple juice!) and something wrapped in blue cloth.
"The blue one's got a surprise in it." Father Time winked.
Sapphire inspected the contents and nodded approvingly. She could share some of her grub with Jack and her Viking friends.
'I wonder if Tridacna would like to eat vegetables…' the water spirit mused as she left the throne room and met up with Marina.
"I've got the axe for Astrid. Did you finish the necklace?" the swan asked her motioning to the wrapped weapon secured to her back.
Sapphire instantly remembered and began to panic before remembering the blue cloth in her lunch sack.
Carefully she took it out and unwound the small bundle. Her eyes widened when a perfectly, beautifully crafted seashell necklace fell out.
"How in Freya's name…?" she gasped. Marina smiled. "Mother Nature spent the entire night finishing it for you. Lucky she didn't change the measurements. She thought at first it was for Jack." She giggled.
Sapphire smiled a bit and noticed Millennium. "Um…Millennium…Can you thank Mother Nature for me? I have to get going." She said shyly. "Sure thing Sapphire you two be careful now." The Whiskered Screech nodded.
Quickly Marina and Sapphire left the Palace of Beginnings to meet Jack at the Pole. It was Sapphire's turn to keep the fang.
'Why did I fall asleep and leave the pendant on my desk out in the open?!' Jack frantically looked around his room for Toothless' gift for ten minutes before giving up and headed down to see if he could get some breakfast.
He bumped into Phil who merely grunted and handed him a small box before leaving. Confused, the winter spirit lifted the lid. And his mouth dropped open when he discovered the finished ice pendant in it.
Quickly Jack headed back to his room and grabbed the knife. Heading down the halls, Jack forgot about breakfast and decided to just fly down the halls.
Then he heard snoring coming from North's room and realization hit him.
North was the one who finished the pendant for him.
'Thanks a million…dad.' Jack smiled to himself before he saw Sapphire and Marina hovering outside a nearby window.
"Good news, free day for us today! We can have fun with our dragons the entire day!" Sapphire beamed. "Well that's good. I've been wanting to learn more about Berk." Jack grinned, handing his girlfriend the fang.
Together they flew out into the sky and opened the portal in the clouds.
Today was going to be amazing!
And the day truly was amazing, as in super-duper amazing.
It started as soon as Jack and Sapphire gave Hiccup, Toothless, Astrid and Stormfly their gifts.
Hiccup was awestruck at the dagger. It was just the right size for him and he was impressed by the bear carved in the handle.
Toothless looked confused at the pendant at first when it was fastened around his neck. Almost as if he was wondering if this was meant to be a weapon or meant to be eaten on the fly.
Astrid had to cover her mouth to stop from squealing at the battle axe's beauty.
Amazed at how lightweight it was, she tossed it around a couple of times.
It was absolutely perfect.
Stormfly meanwhile, happily paraded herself about like a proud peacock with her accessory. They don't call her kind the one with the most vanity for nothing.
The other teens well they were a little jealous, especially Snotlout. But his envy was forgotten when they all learned that their Guardian friends were going to spend the whole day here.
And that was enough time to let them teach them everything they knew.
For the whole day from morning to noon, it was all about their dragons and exploring the island of Berk. Of course, before that, Sapphire and Jack had to find a way to keep themselves on Blitz and Tridacna's backs.
And they found the solution…by stealing two of Hiccup's riding vests.
"Hang on…That vest looks familiar." Hiccup said when he first saw Sapphire wearing a visibly altered version of his vest. "Oh you have plenty of these old things. Jack and I are just "borrowing" them." The Guardian of Equality said, giggling.
"Borrowing and then changing them to suit your frames and never giving them back. So that's "borrowing" in your world?" the 16 year old said sarcastically.
"Sometimes it is. Anyway, what do you guys think?" Sapphire twirled around to let the others see her whole look.
Sapphire decided to wear her long blue hair in a ponytail with two semi braids (Ruffnut's suggestion, hey, she is a girl after all and knew a thing or two about looking nice) wore Astrid's old shoulder pads (the ones made of brown leather with spikes on them) along with the vest over her blue shirt. She also wore maroon board shorts under her skirt which could be seen a bit as she twirled, had made herself spiked knee guards to protect her knees from further injuries and had strips of light green cloth tied around her forearms.
"And check out my killer heels. Hoark made them for me." The water spirit beamed lifting a leg up a bit to show them the heels made from strong brown leather.
"New world, new look…I like it." Marina complimented.
"Think you can seriously hurt someone by kneeing them in the gut with those things on?" Tuffnut asked eagerly, looking at the knee guards with keen interest.
"I like the hairstyle. It suits you." Angrid complimented her.
Then Jack arrived.
His new look, didn't exactly get received with appreciation at first.
"Jack's gone pirate! He's gone to the other side, get him!" Snotlout shouted in alarm.
Hookfang prepared to incinerate and annihilate but Blitz promptly stepped in front of his Rider and roared a warning, making the Monstrous Nightmare back off.
"So it's really a crime here to experiment with your look?" Jack folded his arms and glared at the Jorgenson boy.
You see, Jack did look a bit like a pirate. While his new look only consisted of his jacket sleeves pulled up to reveal his well-toned forearms wrapped with light blue cloth along with his legs (He had long refused the idea of wearing boots) and the vest, it was the dark blue bandanna wrapped around his head that really made them think he had gone pirate. It was just a long strip of cloth tied around his hairline, the free part hanging to the right side of his head.
"Well pirates around here usually wear bandannas like that." Fishlegs pointed out. "And if you know us Vikings, we usually think of them as hostile." Astrid added.
"It looks cool to me." Ruffnut piped up. "I'm glad somebody here agrees with me." Jack grumbled. "Hey I like it too. It's a good look for you." Sapphire laid a hand on his arm. Jack blushed a bit as the hand moved to his shoulder.
"Thanks…You look great yourself." He looked at the water spirit from head-to-toe and smiled.
"Let's mount up! We've got an entire island to explore!" Hiccup clapped his hands.
Without wasting a second, the teens got on their dragons and with Marina, proceeded to fly around Berk. It was the most amazing flight for them all. It seemed to them that with new friends, new places, new secret nooks and crannies hidden around the island revealed themselves to them.
The best part of Berk that was new they found?
A small, peaceful clearing not very far from Hiccup and Toothless' Cove with a waterfall that fell from over a cliff on Dragon Tooth Mountain, near the edge of the island's border that Jack and Sapphire found first when they had gone ahead.
In honor of their new friends, Hiccup and the gang named the beautiful spot The Guardian Glen. Something inside them all told them that aside from The Cove, this place was going to be their go-to spot anytime they wanted to do something outside the Berk Dragon Training Academy or just wanted to escape from either the craziness or mundane happenings in the village.
Exploration of the island and nearby surrounding areas continued well into high noon.
By the time they arrived at the Great Hall, the teens and their dragons were all starving.
"It's not much…" Sapphire offered her lunch to them.
The small amount of fare was then contributed to the great pile of food set out for lunch and everyone ate heartily. Jack had managed to catch a couple of trout, Blitz's favorite fish, and with Toothless' help, had them nice and roasted for his Himalayan Fury.
"Thanks for your help, Toothless." The winter spirit gave the black counterpart of his dragon a pat on the snout.
"So seaweed's the only thing from the water that you eat?" Fishlegs asked holding up a piece of the green sea plant, looking at it with both confusion and hesitation.
Marina had dared him earlier to eat it once Sapphire's lunch had been contributed to their mini feast.
"Trust me Fishlegs, it's delicious." Sapphire smiled before feeding her own Scauldron a piece that was wrapped around a few vegetables.
Tridacna trilled at the new flavors. Fish was good but some new things like these green, weedy things were pretty good too.
Finally after some thinking, Fishlegs ate the seaweed. "…Hey…It's not that bad!" Fishlegs swallowed and reached for more. "And you were so nervous when I dared you!" Marina teased him.
Then Snotlout got an idea. "I got it! Let's have a dare-off! Winner gets…um…" he managed to declare before trailing off.
"A chance to blow something up? Because we wanna try blowing up Mildew's house." Ruffnut suggested with an evil grin on her face. "Or maybe something bigger, like the cliff Mildew's house is standing on!" Tuffnut agreed, getting excited.
"That's…quite an interesting prize." Hiccup grimaced, not liking where this was going. "I think blowing stuff up should be a dare, not a prize." Astrid piped up.
"How about this, the ones who lose will have to be the winner's "slaves" for an entire week and do whatever he or she wants to do. Sounds fair enough?" Angrid suggested.
Snotlout and the Twins were on board instantly. And even though they had slight hesitations, Hiccup, Astrid and Fishlegs agreed to it.
Only their new Guardian friends declined.
"We'd rather watch how this madness is gonna play out rather than risk making complete fools of ourselves." Sapphire said easily.
Truth be told, she wanted to participate in this soon to become full-on dare war. But as she had the premonition of her Viking friends doing who-knows-what, she decided to take a pass.
"But I have a feeling this is going to be very entertaining for the three of us." Jack grinned. He was itching to see what kind of crazy pranks and stunts the seven Viking teens were gonna do.
"Alright it's settled. We start this tomorrow at noon." Angrid stated.
"So what now?" Marina asked. "Now we get to train dragons." Hiccup smiled as they headed out to the Academy.
Today, it was all about learning about the various dragon species.
Wielding charcoal pencils, Jack and Sapphire copied illustrations from the Book of Dragons as well as a short summary of the history of Berk. From the island's founding, Bork the Bold's idea of classifying the different dragons into seven classes and now, the end of the Viking and Dragon War and enter into the new peaceful age.
In a short span of time, the two teenage Guardians had memorized every dragon in all seven classes. And Fishlegs got Hiccup's permission to update the book with additional info on the Scauldron and a new chapter for the Himalayan Fury.
"What'd you say again about Blitz eating ice covered rocks again?" the husky Viking asked the Guardian of Fun. "He eats the rock to strengthen his ice blast and apparently they also serve as a source of nourishment." The winter spirit was now freezing a bunch of small rocks and Blitz devoured them hungrily.
"He's like part Gronckle." Sapphire laughed as she gave Tridacna some Blue Oleander, which the dragon quickly ate up.
The next part of the lesson consisted of a quiz off to see who knew the most of the lesson with Gobber as the Quizmaster. Sapphire was leader of the Girls Team while Jack captained the Boys Team. Marina was recruited into the Girls due to member shortage and was an incredible asset.
"Hey they're not the only ones learning here." She stated after she correctly answered three questions in a row, much to everyone's amazement while gesturing to her Guardian friends.
Questions and answers volleyed back and forth.
In the end, the Girls won.
"Boys have brawn, we girls have brains!" Sapphire high fived her teammates triumphantly before glancing at her boyfriend, who calmly smiled and said, "I'll beat you next time."
Jack was always a gracious loser, a trait Sapphire greatly appreciated. Although he did sometimes have gloating moments when he and Bunny competed in anything but the water spirit always kept him in line.
"Now that we've got our mind muscles honed and trained, let's try a little weapons training to bulk up a bit. Everyone grab a weapon and find a partner! No need to be choosy!" the blacksmith yelled handing the teens some weapons.
The Viking teens excluding Angrid quickly split up and began practicing.
The Twins were enjoying beating each other up, Fishlegs bravely faced up to Snotlout, who hadn't quite forgotten about how wild the latter was during the Changewing incident and cowered behind his shield.
Jack was now having an easier time swinging the long sword around, the blade meeting Hiccup's sword with an almighty 'clang!
' "You're getting pretty good!" Hiccup remarked as they parried each other's blows. "Thanks! You're not so bad yourself!" Jack laughed blocking the knife again. They called this auburn headed genius a fishbone? To Jack, Hiccup was tough and had brains to boot, completely worthy of his respect and admiration.
Sapphire on the other hand, was now easily throwing her axe around at targets with Astrid who was having a blast with her new weapon.
"Let's try archery next time!" Sapphire suggested as she hit the bull's eye again. "We can start right now." Astrid grabbed a bow and quiver of arrows and tossed it to her. And the Guardian of Equality was just as good at archery as axe throwing, not missing a single target.
Both Guardians figured that whatever fighting skills they'll learn in the Viking world will be an incredible advantage for their training at home.
From fighting with weapons to hand-to-hand combat, Jack and Sapphire were always raring to go. And as they learned about the Viking way, the two of them and Marina taught their Viking friends about their modern way of life.
Tired but feeling fulfilled after combat training, the trio told them about their world. Their stories about their advanced technology and cool gadgets they've seen regular humans use made Hiccup's eyes widen in amazement and Fishlegs' mouth drop open in awe. And their tales of their recent exploits made the rest of the teens beg for more.
In return, Hiccup, Astrid, the Twins, Fishlegs and Snotlout told them how they banded together to defeat the Red Death. Hiccup and Astrid's description of the beast made both the Guardians and their giant swan friend shudder.
And Angrid told them of her experiences in the Shivering Shores. Her combat training, usual happenings and stories of the people she had met there…It made everyone want to go exploring even farther, especially Hiccup.
"One of these days, all of us are gonna have the whole world open up with no boundaries." He remarked. "Something tells me that day's going to come soon." Jack remarked. "And who knows, maybe you'll be able to invent something really out of this world." Sapphire smiled. Marina then piped up, "Like a way to fly alongside Toothless!"
That made everyone look at the swan in confusion, mostly the dragons.
Hiccup was thoughtful about it.
"Being the inventor you are, Hiccup, you'll definitely be crazy enough to try that." Gobber chuckled. "And you'll succeed. I'm sure of it." Astrid smiled and squeezed his hand, making the Viking teen blush.
Agreeing with Gobber and Astrid, the others began pitching ideas. Hiccup smiled. "They all seem promising…Maybe one day…" he looked at his dragon.
The Night Fury gave him a gummy smile.
"I think I will make the impossible possible." He finally said.
Giving whoops and cheers of encouragement, the rest of the teens began debating on what to do next. It was already late in the afternoon and Jack and Sapphire and Marina were going home soon.
Suddenly Blitz and Tridacna cooed at their Riders.
Sapphire translated her Scauldron's squeaks and whines. "Hey guys…If it's alright with you, Jack and I wanna have some alone time with our dragons. Is that okay?" she asked. Everyone else nodded.
"Alright, we'll be at the Glen if you need us." Jack got on Blitz and the four of them flew off.
Landing at the Guardian Glen, Jack and Sapphire lay on the grass near the lakeshore while their dragons flew about over the water, going through the waterfall just for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Finally Blitz and Tridacna settled down with their Riders who were looking up at the clouds as the sun began to set.
"I wish this day didn't have to end." Sapphire sighed breathing in the fresh cool air. "Me neither…But there's always tomorrow." Jack agreed with her forming a few snowflakes over his head.
"Yeah but…Tomorrow it'll be back to going back and forth all over again." Sapphire said before lapsing into silence as she took out the fang and stared at it.
"Hey Jack?" The winter spirit then glanced at her. "Hm?"
Sapphire took a moment to choose her words carefully. "Do you think we're…doing the right thing not telling anyone about this?" she showed him the fang, a semi-worried expression on her face.
The Guardian of Fun blinked back at her in surprise. But he seemed thoughtful and frowned a bit, mulling it over.
Finally he spoke. "Well we're not exactly causing any harm to any side by hiding it, are we?" he meant it to be an answer but for some reason, Jack began to question the reason for hiding the fang as well.
Call it gut instinct or a feeling, but apparently both Guardians were beginning to have doubts about their shared secrets and had the premonition that something was going to happen if this kept up…
A good thing or a bad thing?
They weren't sure but they felt like something was gonna happen…
Their troubled thoughts were interrupted by their dragons tickling them, sending them into hysterics.
"Hahahahaha! Blitz, cut it out!" Jack howled with laughter as the Himalayan Fury began licking him in his ticklish spot right under his chin. "Tridacna, stop! Hee-Hee!" Sapphire tried to playfully shove her Scauldron's face away as she tickled her tummy, laughing like crazy.
When both dragons eased up, tables were turned as the teenage Guardians began tickling them! Blitz and Tridacna roared with laughter as their Riders quickly found their ticklish spots and their fingers began to wiggle on them.
In short, it was an epic tickle fight.
When it ended both Dragons and Riders were flopped on the grass, breathing heavily.
"That…was…so…much…fun!" Jack wheezed, trying to catch his breath. "You can…say that…again!" Sapphire breathed her cheeks red from laughing so hard. "That was so much fun!" Jack repeated with a grin making Sapphire, Blitz and Tridacna laugh again.
Both teens then proceeded to petting their dragons. Blitz and Tridacna cooed and purred contentedly closing their eyes. The two teenage Guardians smiled.
"We've known them for what? Like five days?" Sapphire decided to break the silence. Jack shrugged. "Less than an entire week…But it's like we've known them for ages." He mumbled.
It was true. In just a few days, both of them have come to know their dragons and their dragons have come to know them.
'I promise you, Blitz. I'm not going to let anything bad happen to you no matter what.' Jack silently vowed pressing his head to Blitz's snow white head.
'I'll always be here whenever you need me, Tridacna. I promise I'll always protect you.' Sapphire hugged Tridacna's neck as she quietly swore it.
Their dragons smiled and trilled happily.
Jack and Sapphire may not know it but both dragons had heard them make their promises. And they both promised the same thing to them and to each other.
Through good or bad, through thick and thin, Blitz and Tridacna solemnly promised to remain faithful and loyal to Jack and Sapphire.
Until the very end…
Meanwhile at summer camp, Jamie and his friends were having a pretty good time.
But they were worried too.
Jamie and Layla had brought along their snow globe and water orb and had tried ever since their first day at camp, to contact Jack and Sapphire.
And neither Guardian had answered.
"Maybe we can't get a good signal." Donnie told them. "Or maybe they're busy." Sophie piped up reassuringly. Cupcake, Monty, Pippa, Caleb and Claude agreed with them.
Jamie and Layla seemed convinced that they were right.
"But it's not like them to be so busy to ignore us…" Layla had said our loud one night when she and Jamie were helping in the camp mess hall after dinner. "Yeah…But maybe when we get home, they'll be waiting for us. The bad signal theory your brother proposed could be correct." Jamie told her.
But inside, both of them were wishing their big brother and big sister would call them soon.
I'll be updating again on Monday guys
Until then, have a great weekend
-GuardianDragon98