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Chapter 26
Astrid headed into the armory with her friends to see what was taking Angrid so long to come with those spare weapons.
But she didn't expect to see her sister frozen to the wall out cold with Magnus trying to safely melt the ice off her!
"Angrid!" Astrid cried as she and her friends rushed to the eldest Hofferson's aid.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut carefully broke the ice around Angrid's legs while Snotlout and Fishlegs cracked off the ice around her arms. Once Angrid was free, Hiccup and Astrid roused her awake.
"What happened?" Hiccup asked her although judging by the ice left clinging to the wall, the 16 year old Viking had a pretty good guess on what happened. "Jack and Sapphire happened. And they took it!" Angrid snapped, rather cross.
She knew how the two Guardians felt not being allowed to join the battle but they didn't really have to go so far as to freeze her and steal the dragon fang to join!
"We gotta tell the Guardians quick!" Astrid exclaimed in alarm and the teens rushed out of the armory.
But as they approached the docks, the seven Viking teens saw that the Guardians trying vainly to stop a male Himalayan Fury and female Scauldron from flying out to the ocean. They noticed that Blitz and Tridacna seemed rather nervous and unsure while Jack and Sapphire were determined.
They were even wearing helmets and had shields strapped to their backs! "Sapphire, you and Jack need to stay behind!" "What if something else happens to you two?!" Mother Nature and Father Time pleaded with the water spirit who fiercely shook her head.
"Jack, you two can't handle this fight all on your own!" North attempted to reason with the Guardian of Fun. But Jack glared at him and adjusted his helmet. "North, this whole mess is our fault. We gotta do something to make things right." He said defiantly.
"This fight guys, for me and Jack, it's personal. And we're gonna finish it ourselves." Sapphire said firmly.
Sandy shook his head and made a warning sign over his head.
"Sandy's right. You two don't even know what you'll be going up against!" Bunny translated the Sandman's images.
"We do know, Bunny. The dragon is Pitch Black, our mortal enemy." Sapphire replied sharply. "And it's high time Sapphire and I get rid of him, once and for all." Jack added.
"But you two just…" Tooth began to say before the two teens commanded their dragons to fire an ice blast and stream of hot water at the ground, creating a steam cloud, making Baby Tooth squeak.
The Vikings and Guardians were momentarily stunned, giving Sapphire and Jack a chance to fly away. By the time the other dragons had flapped the steam away, the two Guardians and their dragons were already long gone.
"What just happened…?" Marina was stunned and confused. "Our two youngest recruits have gone rogue, that's what happened!" Millennium hooted, outraged beyond words.
Suddenly Jamie and Layla arrived with Aim, Fire, Summer and Winter as well as Donnie and Sophie with their Terrible Terrors.
"What did they do?!" Jamie asked worriedly.
"We were coming here to wish you all good luck when we saw them attack." Layla seemed rather shocked at her sister's actions as well.
"Are they going to face the bad dragon on their own?" Sophie asked fearfully.
"We gotta help them! They could get hurt out there! Or worse!" Donnie exclaimed in alarm.
The Guardians looked at their Viking allies imploringly, begging them silently for their help.
"Let's go!" Hiccup commanded his team.
"RIGHT!" the rest of the Viking teens shouted in agreement and they all got on their dragons.
And the kids were finally allowed to join the battle with Marina as their bodyguard.
"Up, Nutcracker!" "Wings up, Molar and take no prisoners!" "Let's wipe out some Nightmare scum, Yolk!" "Prepare for battle, Blendr!" the Guardians encouraged their dragons bravely.
Sandy rubbed Snooze's head and fed him a large rock to ready his lava blast.
With the kids and their Snaptrapper and Terrible Terrors and the rest of the Berk Dragon Training Academy Riders, Chief Stoick the Vast and Thornado, the Guardians headed out, the warships of the Shivering Shores following in their wake.
Sapphire and Jack fearlessly flew on, getting nearer to the edge of Shivering Shores' waters, which had small rocky islets scattered here and there. As well as to the ancient dragon which they now reffered to as 'The Pitch Black Beast'.
And a fitting name it was too.
"Ahh…So you two have finally arrived…" Pitch's dark voice echoed in the two Guardians and their dragons' ears.
Blitz and Tridacna immediately forgot their fear and growled. Remembering how this evil thing hurt their Riders made them forget their fear and replaced it with pure loathing for the enemy.
"You expected anything less from us, Boogeyman?" Sapphire growled, her dagger morphing into a longsword in its sheath as she readied her bow and arrows.
Suddenly the Pitch Black Beast burst out of a bunch of clouds, its blood red eyes glowing with malice and sharp white teeth as big as sabres glinting in its gaping huge mouth.
"Shall we settle the score?" the evil dragon growled, its scaly lips turning up in a hideous smile. Jack pulled his staff out, the head glowing and covered with icicles as he pointed it at their target. "Be our guest, Pitch." He glared loathingly.
Uttering fierce battle cries, the Guardian of Fun and the Guardian of Equality spurred their dragons on ahead at breakneck speed straight for the Pitch Black Beast who roared with the power of a Red Death and charged at them as well.
Then all hell broke loose.
"Blitz, upward spiral!" Jack yelled. His Himalayan Fury obeyed and spun wildly up into the air.
"Come and get us, you unholy and ungodly beast! We're right here!" Sapphire proceeded to taunt their opponent as she and Tridacna flew in front of the Pitch Black Beast's face, distracting it long enough for Jack to double up behind and deliver a barrage of ice and frost blasts on the dragon's wings.
Roaring furiously, the Pitch Black Beast began breathing its violet-black fire. But Sapphire and Tridacna smoothly dodged, retaliating with boiling hot water shots.
This went on for a couple of minutes until their enemy roared, "That's it! You and your dragons will die NOW!"
The Pitch Black Beast's eyes flashed and then its whole body became engulfed in blinding red light! Yelping, Jack and Sapphire shielded their eyes while their dragons screeched and reared back in surprise.
Suddenly a blast of black sand caused them to reel backwards in the air. To their horror, Nightmares in the forms of both dragons and horses were surrounding them!
The Pitch Black Beast laughed a cruel dragon laugh, "Now the tides have turned! Ready for some fun?"
Almost immediately the Nightmares swarmed the two Guardians and their dragons!
Furiously flapping their wings, Blitz and Tridacna tried to fly their Riders away from danger while they shot arrow after arrow, frost, ice and water as well as slashed their swords as they valiantly fought Nightmare after Nightmare!
"There's too many of them!" Sapphire shrieked as she blocked a horse Nightmare's kick with her shield. "We can't give up! We have to keep fighting!" Jack yelled at her as he bludgeoned a dragon Nightmare with his staff.
Suddenly a couple of large Nightmare dragons zipped by Blitz and Tridacna and before the two dragons could react, they were struck on the sides, sending them careening down towards a rocky islet with their Riders!
"Mayday, mayday, mayday!" Sapphire screamed amidst Tridacna's panicked shrieks.
"We're going down!" Jack hollered as Blitz roared, frantically trying to stabilize his flight.
But it was too late.
Down the four of them went!
"Incoming!" Bunny hollered as he and Yolk plowed through a pack of Nightmares, setting them all on fire along with Hookfang and Magnus.
"Oh yeah!" Snotlout whooped, enjoying the adrenaline rush.
"Is that all you got?!" Angrid taunted the black sand creatures with her axe.
"Fire at will!" Mother Nature commanded Blendr who shot out a spray of acid at a Nightmare horse.
"Steady love, steady!" Father Time then guided their Changewing into a powerdive, luring a string of Nightmares down into the water before abruptly pulling up while the Nightmares following them couldn't change course in time and hit the surface of the ocean hard.
Millennium was working together with Marina, Terri and Sniper, the four of them furiously clawing and shooting sniper flames at every Nightmare within their range.
"Go Terri!" Sophie cheered as she perched on Aim's head alongside her big brother.
"Shoot 'em down, Sniper!" Donnie waved his helmet in the air as he sat on Winter's head.
Suddenly a dragon Nightmare swooped down at the Snaptrapper!
"Duck!" Layla yelped.
The four kids immediately hugged tightly on the four headed Fear Class dragon's necks and narrowly missed getting scratched by the Nightmares talons. Unfortunately a claw caught Donnie's helmet and it was snatched out of the seven year old's little hand!
"Let it go, Donnie! We can get you another one after this is all over." Jamie said when the youngest Aquamarie began to scream.
Nutcracker then let loose a sonic boom, blowing three Nightmares into dust.
"Klassno!" the Russian Guardian boomed as he and Stoick commanded their Thunderdrums to attack again.
Ruffnut and Tuffnut were having the time of their lives.
With Barf and Belch, they blasted all the Nightmares they could find.
"All yours, Toothy!" Tuffnut hollered to Tooth as Ruffnut yanked on Barf's horns commanding, "Barf, Gas!" before he yanked on Belch, making him spark and light up the green gas.
"Okay Molar just like Astrid taught us, Spine Shot!" the Guardian of Memories cried as her Nadder shot the spikes from her tail into the fire, turning them into flaming projectiles.
Baby Tooth chirped with excitement as they hit their marks, destroying a couple more Nightmares.
Sandy signaled Snooze as a large Nightmare dragon came within their line of view.
His Gronckle understood and at the right moment fired out a lava blast.
Down below the dragons, warriors of the Shivering Shores were also fighting off the Nightmares as they slowly advanced towards the big dragon.
Toothless had just launched a plasma blast when his ears pricked up at the sound of his cousin Blitz's panicked roars.
At the same time, Hiccup saw two dragons not far from the Pitch Black Beast falling down towards an islet!
"Guys they need help!" he yelled instantly recognizing Jack and Sapphire's dragon.
"Guardians, you go help Jack and Sapphire! We'll hold them off!" Astrid yelled as she swung her platinum axe along with Stormfly who shot spikes after spikes.
Nodding the Guardians flew as fast as they could towards the islet.
Groaning, Jack lifted his head up from the ground. They had crashed pretty hard on the ground that was littered with rocks and gravel so he and Sapphire had a bunch of scratches and scrapes on them. Sapphire woozily sat up, tending to a nasty cut on her arm. Blitz and Tridacna weren't too injured but seemed dazed.
Suddenly the two Guardians heard the trampling of hooves and wing beats.
More Nightmares had come for them…
Quickly limping over to their dragons, Jack and Sapphire readied their weapons.
But they were now backed up against the rocks and already beginning to lose energy…
Feeling scared, tired and hopeless, the two Guardians eventually dropped their attack stance.
Looking at each other, Jack and Sapphire held onto each other's hands tightly and hugged their dragons who sensed their fear and whimpered.
Shutting their eyes, they waited for their death.
All of a sudden…
"YAAAHHH!" Bunny swooped in, jumped off Yolk and began tossing his egg bombs and boomerangs like a madman as his Monstrous Nightmare lit himself up.
"Keep your claws and hooves away from our daughter!" Father Time and Mother Nature yelled as Blendr shot out her acid breath while protectively shielding the Guardian of Equality.
"Leave my son alone, you Nightmare scum!" North boomed slashing two dragon Nightmares while Nutcracker blasted a couple more, the two of them shielding Jack.
Tooth was shrieking like a banshee as she and Molar opened fire while Baby Tooth furiously pecked at the Nightmares.
Millennium and Marina looked like they wanted to claw the Nightmares' eyes out, which they did.
Sandy used his sand whips along with Snooze's lava to fend off any advancing Nightmares.
Blitz and Tridacna were relieved upon seeing their comrades again. Jack and Sapphire could only watch in open-mouthed awe as their fellow Guardians made quick work of the Nightmares.
As soon as all the Nightmares were gone, the Guardians turned to their two youngest members in concern.
"You guys…came to help?" Jack asked in surprise.
"After what we said…You came to help us?" Sapphire asked in shock as well.
"Of course. Like we said before, we are a family and family sticks together." North smiled warmly at them. "But we must reprimand you two for being stubborn and charging into the battle all willy-nilly like that." Father Time slightly scolded them.
"But stubbornness…I suppose you two get that from all of us." Mother Nature said knowingly.
Unable to say anything, Jack and Sapphire settled for hugging their foster parents.
"Thanks for saving us, Dad…" Jack said gratefully to North.
"I'm sorry Mom and Dad…I just couldn't help it." Sapphire said apologetically to Mother Nature and Father Time.
The three parent Guardians hugged them back tightly. They were about to let their children go out into the dangerous world and were surprisingly calm about it.
"Just remember that I am so proud to have both been your teacher and your father." North took Jack by the shoulders and looked into the winter spirit's icy blue orbs. Jack nodded silently thanking the Guardian of Wonder for everything.
"We've always known this day would come and weren't quite sure how to prepare for it." Father Time said, smoothing the water spirit's ponytail. "But now, it looks like we might as well make do with what little preparation we have made, my dear. And we are so, so proud of you." Mother Nature tenderly kissed Sapphire's forehead.
Sandy then made a signal flag over his head, alerting the others.
"Um…I hate to interrupt…But we still have an enemy to defeat." Bunny pointed a boomerang at the Pitch Black Beast raging nearby.
Jack and Sapphire were then nudged by their dragons, who were itching to get back into the fray. The two teens smiled and in a move that confused the other Guardians, took off their cloth strips, riding vests and their head adornments.
"What about your helmets and shields?" Tooth was holding the discarded Viking stuff and cocked her head quizzically at them.
"We don't need them anymore." Jack replied, grinning as he made sure his staff was securely strapped to his back.
In fact the staff holders and the weapons they had received from their Viking friends were the only things they kept.
"We know whose side we are on now." Sapphire then pulled something out from under her shirt along with Jack.
Their medallions were now proudly displayed for the whole Viking world to see that they were proud members of the Guardians.
Getting on Blitz and Tridacna, the Guardians of Fun and Equality gave a salute to their fellow Guardians who smiled and saluted back.
And with that, Jack and Sapphire were back in the game!
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