Chapter 16

Summary: Modern AU! The Big Four...Guardians of the World. They say that they protect they protect the world from Darkness. So where were they when it took over? Without them, we were the last line of defense if they disappeared, but even we weren't enough and we were forced into hiding. But now that time is over. It's time to fight. For our hopes. For our dreams. AND FOR OUR DRAGONS!

(A/N: Rated T for death, swearing and teenagers)

(Story Begin)

"Wait, you want me to do what?" Shawn asked Shadow as she lead him to the training grounds. In front of them were four punching dummies.

"I want you to do what you did during your fight with Shira" Shadow says as she gestured to him and the dummy, "on these targets"

"What did I do?" Shawn asked himself aloud, causing the Guardian of Magic to sweat drop.

(Line Break)

"Alright Shawn" Magnus said as they stood on the roof of a house, "we've done this before and we'll do it again"

"What are we doing?" Shawn asked bluntly with a blank expression.

"Parkour"

"YAY!"

(Line Break)

"HAHAHA" North laughs with thick Russian accent, swinging his swords around "we have a new recruit! This is going to be epic!"

Shawn gulps nervously and shakes his head, trying to back away slowly, but Bunny smirks smugly and pushes him forward.

"Now, now" the freakishly tall bunny says, "you wanna kick Pitch's ass, right? Then you gotta learn how use a sword"

"I know that, but are you sure this is safe"

"Better than Gobber's teaching methods" Elli says as she rested on her dragon's back, reading a book. "Well how bad is his?"

(Line Break)

"AAAAAHHHH!"

Shawn narrowly dodges a Monstrous Nightmare's flames as he ran down a corridor. He then hid behind a barrier panting heavily.

"Tired already, laddie?" Gobber asked with a thick Scottish accent, "we've barely got started! If you get attacked by a dragon, you've gotta move faster than that!"

"Started what?!" Shawn shouted as a few tick mark appeared on his forehead and face, "what kind of teaching method involves the teacher watching his student get chased by a dragon?!"

"It's called 'learning on the job'" the old Viking said nonchalantly.

"Don't sound so care free!" Shawn shouted as his eyes turned white and teeth comedically turn sharp.

"Your one to talk" Shira says sitting next to Gobber, eating popcorn with Lapis sleeping next to her. "Why aren't you helping me?!"

"Shh! Lapis is sleeping, let your screams sooth her" Shira chastised with a lopsided grin.

"YOUR ALL EVIL" Shawn shouts as he dodges another blast of flames.

(Line Break)

A tired, burned and bruised Shawn stared at the tower of books in front of him. He turned towards Silver and pointed towards the books, "Eh?"

"Uh huh" Silver says reading a book with Midnight. Shawn sighs and grabbed a book and began to read.

(Line Break)

"Close your eyes, take a deep breath and clear your mind" Shadow says as she, Rebel and Shawn sat in a circle, meditating. In there laps were there respective weapons.

In Rebel's lap was her Keyblade, in Shadow's lap was her bow and in Shawn's lap was his sword wrapped in bandages. They were currently teaching Shawn how to compress magic into ones body and a weapon.

Rebel was there to show Shawn that his emotions can make him stronger.

He takes a deep breath and tries to clear his mind.

"Feel the magic particles within the area" her soft British accent echoes through his head, "and embrace it" He did feel something in the air and complied to her order.

Adrenaline roared through out his body and that tugging sensation in his gut returned.

"Hear the elements calling out to you" she continued, "water, earth, fire, air. They will answer your calling, but only one can be your signature element. Listen for it. Smell it. And when you know what it is, grasp it"

"$20 says he's a flame brain" Snotlout whispers to the twins, causing them to snicker as they including Astrid and Gobber watched them.

He did hear faint crackling ringing through out his mind. It sounded familiar but he couldn't recall what it was. As he tried to remember, he didn't know the crackling sound was actually small grey sparks coming off of his body!

He decided to sniff for it, but all he could smell was pretty much what you would smell at a campfire, which confused him. Until the answer hit him like a war hammer.

Fire!

The sparks around him grew as he found his answer. "That's it Shawn" Rebel says as she watched the sparks became stronger, "now grab it!"

In Shawn's mind, he saw a grey flame moving away from him slowly. He reached his right hand out and grasped it tightly. The flames swirled around his arm and lit his entire body on fire!

The Helpers and Guardians were star struck by how much power the flames held. The tugging sensation got even stronger, making Shawn embrace it even more!

The flames began to envelope Shadow and Rebel, who tried to protect themselves. But to there surprise, it didn't even burn them.

Instead they felt warm. It was as if the sun was smiling down upon them. The Helpers also felt the warmth, causing one of them to complain.

"Tch, you call this flames?!" Snotlout laughs, "it's weak. It's so weak, it can't even burn the grass!" Before anyone could respond to the comment, they flames grew hotter.

They swirled around Shawn's figure, swiping furiously at anything nearby; trees, rocks, grass. Even at the Helpers! They quickly ducked underneath anything that could. Except for Snotlout, who kept laughing.

A flame tendril slams into Snotlout, sending him flying and skidding across the ground until he crashed into a boulder.

"My flames may not be able to burn properly yet" Shawn says as he rose to his feet with his eyes closed, "but they are powerful"

He opens his eyes revealing his dragon's eye glowing dangerously.

He looks at Snotlout with anger and says, "Never underestimate me or my flames" The helper gulps before nodding his head vigorously.

"Good" he says before turning to the stunned members of G.M.A.D before giving a toothy grin, "what's next"

The Guardian of Magic smirks evilly, "Oh, we're gonna get along just fine"

(Line Break)

"Alright Shawn, it's simple" Magnus says as he made a shadow the size of himself appear, "catch the shadow and you win. Can you do that?"

"Probably" Shawn says as he reached for the shadow, only for it to move. He reached for it again, but the same thing happened. A tick mark appeared on his head as he continued to try and grab the shadow, but it he couldn't reach it as it kept moving.

The shadow back flips off the building before landing on the ground and took off running. "Get back here, you copy cat!" Shawn calls after the shadow before hopping off the roof and chased after him.

Magnus chuckles before sitting in a chair next to Dave.

"So how long do think it'll take until he realizes that it's almost impossible to catch a shadow?" Dave asked as he twirls his knife in between his fingers.

Magnus stayed silent before saying, "I'd say a day...day and a half just in case" The two rival/friends laughed as they saw Shawn trip as he tried to grab the shadow.

(Line Break)

Shawn gave a tired sigh as he continued to read the book in front of him. Silver notices and asked, "Is there something wrong with the book your reading"

"No..." Shawn says as closed the book and set it down, "it's just that the plot's cliche"

Silver looked both shocked and impressed, "How so?"

"Well..." Shawn begins as he leans back with his arms behind his head, "the princess is always kidnapped. Why doesn't she fight back? And why is the dragon the kidnapper? I find that to be a stereotype amongst dragons. And the prince rescues the princess and they live happily ever after?...well there's so many things wrong with that"

Silver looks at Shawn in pure shock, "You are...so, so, so, SO much smarter than you let on" The new Guardian sweat drops, "Is that suppose to be a compliment?"

(Line Break)

Above the cell of RandomFlame14, Pitch and his asset stared at the glowing red/orange cylinder in the center of the room.

"Why are we extracting magic from the old fool?" the asset asked, "what are we using it for?"

Pitch gave a malicious smile and says, "Do you know what ties family together? They say that bonds and loyalty bond each other, but that's all a lie"

The King of Fear holds up his hand and conjures a small tornado of black sand.

"It's power"

The door bursts open, revealing a panting viking guard holding a clipboard, "Sir...we-we've got a match...on the Guardian's power...There was another source across the Pacific"

Pitch looked at his asset with a smug expression, "See? Now that we know where he is, we know where the Guardians are. And we both know how much you love to hunt down Guardians. Don't you...Jokul?"

The asset, now known as Jokul, chuckles evilly, "When do I leave?"

"Tonight"