Hey guys. In this chapter we meet Kitty, Kurt, Tandy, Ty, Merida and Clara. This will be the last chapter to focus on the meetings after that we have the scenes in Rapunzel's tower that start the team's journey. Yes there will be meetings in it but it won't just be meetings and intros. It May be quite a long one. And as I have implied Hiccup's pairing is with Clara, sorry hiccstrid fans but I do have the Phantom riders in the works, which will feature the big 5 plus Astrid, Eugene and as the title, my username and the running theme of my stories suggest Danny Fenton and it will feature hiccstrid.
Anyway onto.
Chapter 6: Scottish marvels.
The screen fades to high above Merida's old castle.
Danny (VO): Our next tale of heroes leads us to Scotland where we meet a warrior princess, 2 cursed lovers, 2 unlucky teens and a stubborn girl. We will start with Kitty and Kurt.
We fade to see Kitty and Kurt in their human forms (imagine them as their X-Men Evolution appearances with Clothing similar to the characters in Brave).
Danny (VO): You see Kitty and Kurt came from families between whom marriage was forbidden. This was not enough, however to stop Kitty and Kurt from falling completely in love at the tender age of 12.
We see Kitty and Kurt talking to each other, each clearly smitten with the other.
Danny (VO): They kept their love a secret for 6 months but it was discovered.
We see Kitty and Kurt stood in a Scottish medieval courtroom equivalent, their parents looking down sternly. As the 2 plead their case people's eyes started to soften.
Danny (VO): The couple were nearly in the clear when a bitter Sharman, realising what was going to happen, cursed the par to walk in the body of monsters for the rest of their lives. It was this that gave Kitty the power of intangibility and Kurt line of sight teleportation; however it came at a cost.
We see Kurt transformed into a blue furred demon while Kitty was turned into a sort of cross between Kurt, herself and a cat. (Kurt looked like a 5 fingered version of his XME appearance while Kitty had cat like eyes and a catlike tail and ears. Instead of blue fur she has pale brown and whiskers)
Danny (VO): Considering their new appearances the couple believed themselves no longer welcome in their society so the fled together.
We see the pair run away into the woods.
Danny (VO): Cloak and Dagger were really simple origins. Falling into a pit infused with light and dark energies the pair were irradiated, transforming them into what they are now.
We see the events above.
Danny (VO): Clara's origin was very close to Peter, Jess, Ben and Kaine's except for one change. The spider that bit her lay on a sensing stone, a crystal whose radiation is said to give the power of clairvoyance. This power was passed to Clara when she was bitten, giving her spider and physic powers.
We see Clara get bitten by the spider. In her minds eye she suddenly, but only briefly, glimpses every mind on earth.
Danny (VO): And as for Merida. She was born a princess but she, truly, was a born warrior, specifically an archer. And she was good at it too, second only to myself.
The girl huffed but had a smile on her face. It was true that Danny was most definitely the greatest archer in the group, able to hit a bulls-eye at 2000 yards on Skyfire's back going at full speed without even breaking a sweat. On dragon back at full speed even Merida had massive trouble. (Keep in mind that night furies can go supersonic so Danny's accuracy is truly amazing.)
Danny (VO): Anyhow she wound up running off after a fight with her mother who wanted a more princess like daughter. The ironic parallels between her and Hiccup are not lost on me. One is a girl who acts too much like a warrior for her mother's approval while the other is a boy who doesn't act enough like a warrior for his father's approval. Anyway this lead to a major fight when Merida deliberately shows up all her would be suitors at the highland games. After this the girl ran off into the forests, unaware of a party of dragons and riders, a cursed couple, a couple who represent light and dark and a spidery psychic were wandering the woods, all bound for the same path as she was.
We see Merida at the archery tournament and arguing with her mother. We then see her running off into the forest.
We then cut to Hiccup and the gang wandering along a path.
Hiccup: Ok so we stop for a night at the lake and then we fly on to the forests around Corona and then walk into the kingdom. It is important that it happens like that cause they'll freak out if those guys land near them.
Peter, Jessica, Ben, Kaine, Felicia, Laura, Elsa: Right.
As they got to the lake they saw 4 figures passed out. One was a blond girl with yellow hair and cream coloured clothes stained with mud. The other one next to her wore a black cloak over similar coloured clothes with odd brown skin (Before I get any comments about the previous comment I am talking in ways of the characters reactions and back then that part of the world would not see black people often so Ty's skin would be seen as quite odd. I mean no disrespect to black people and I am not racist). A little way away were another couple also wearing cloaks. Their hoods were down exposing their heads. The boy had pointy ears and blue fur while the girl had cat ears, brown fur and whiskers. 4 of the rider-less night furies went up to them and started licking them. A 5th ran straight into the water before bursting out with a girl in a long red coat, over a read tunic a brown skirt and some brown pants. She had tanned skin and soft brown hair. Hiccup's eyes widened at the sight of the girl, his eyes carrying a similar look to that which once was focused on Astrid.
"Ooh! Hiccup's in love!" Gobber said in a girly mushy mocking voice as he looked over to Hiccup and Clara on the balcony.
The young couple smiled at each other and kissed.
Hiccup: They're starving. Kaine, get some food into them ASAP.
"ASAP?" A lot of the audience asked.
"As soon as possible." The Avengers recited.
Kaine: On it.
Kaine quickly created a basic broth. The travellers then fed the 5 passed out teens when they heard a scream from behind them. They see a young girl their age in a torn blue dress rolling down a hill. A 6th rider-less night fury ran and grabbed the girl. She saw the 15 dragons and Felicia as well as the 2 fur covered passed out children and screamed.
Merida: Ah!
Hiccup: Hey! Hey its okay it's okay. You're not in any danger. At least not from us.
Merida: Who are you?
Hiccup: Um I'm Hiccup, that's Elsa, Peter, Jessica, Ben, Felicia, Kaine and Laura. There is also Toothless, Cryofire, Felicity, Otto, Jackal, Sarah, May and Andy.
Hiccup gestured to the others.
Merida: What about the others?
Hiccup: We haven't actually met the passed out teens they were here when we got here. The other dragons are rider-less so we are waiting for their riders to name them. And this one seems to have taken a shine to you, um.
Merida: Merida.
The night fury suddenly shot a fireball into the lake and hit a fish.
Merida: That's a nice shot you've got there. I think I'll call you Deadeye.
Hiccup and the newly named Deadeye grinned and the night fury took off to go tell the others of its new name. As the 2 walked back to the group they saw that the 5 unconscious teens were awake.
Kaine: We've told them who we are but we don't know who they are yet.
Hiccup: Okay well I'm Hiccup, this is Merida.
Kitty: I'm Kitty.
Kurt: Kurt.
Ty: Tyrone but you can call me Ty.
Tandy: Tandy.
Clara: I am Clara but I also go by Madame Web.
Clara's eyes met Hiccup's and both teen's cheeks lit up red.
Gobber snickered.
Hiccup: As I told Merida these night furies seem to have taken a liking to you so I guess they're yours. Do you have any names you might like to use?
Kitty: This guy looks lick a Lockheed.
Kurt: I was thinking Amanda.
Tyrone: Darkforce.
Tandy: Psyon.
Clara: Idris.
The 5 night furies looked excited at their names. The last one (Freezblast) looked down at being the only one not to have a name or rider.
Hiccup: Hey big guy. Its okay, you'll get a rider eventually.
The former Viking turned to look at the others.
Hiccup: So do you have any specific plans or destinations.
Kitty, Kurt, Tyrone, Tandy, Clara and Merida: No, not really.
Hiccup: Okay so you were just wandering about. Well you're welcome to come with us. We're of to Corona to see the lantern festival.
Peter: (jokingly) We also thought we might try looking for the lost princess. Hiccup and Toothless seem to be good at finding well hidden things.
Rapunzel chuckled lightly knowing that they found her quite by accident without realising like the rest of them. The question remained who Danny had found them at the tower. The others were clearly thinking the same as they all glanced curiously at Danny and Skyfire.
Kitty: Why not.
With that the 7 existing riders and 6 new riders mounted their dragons and, along with the one nameless, rider-less dragon, the shot into the sky and towards their next objective.
Fergus and Eleanor looked down in despair that their daughter, like their niece had willingly left their homes with these people.
Berk was sombre as they saw that Hiccup was actually a good planner, even if he was a bit awkward at leading. Now they saw what they had driven away.
Hiccup chuckled as he saw back when he was the team leader. He was glad to step down to Danny's right hand with Elsa as his left hand. Once the young Phantom arrived.
And that's 6. Next chapter we seen Rapunzel's origin and Jack's, Flynn's heist and the meeting of the Avengers. We will also see Danny's life with Skyfire and how he wound up in Rapunzel's tower. This will borrow from concepts in band of misfits quite a bit, as did the relationship the 3 former princesses share as stated indirectly in this chapter. Anyway get ready for next chapter when I can finally stop writing Danny (VO): and go on to simply Danny:!
See you next time.