Hello guys! Since it is Thanksgiving break and I literally have nothing to do this week, I plan to end this story within the week! So I present to you the big battle. Excuse my errors since I have been working hours on this chapter and am posting this late at night, so my tired eyes won't be able to see the mistakes. Anyways, enjoy!
The sun was high above the sky, embracing all under it an a blanket of light and warmth. The militia was on edge, ready to defeat the emperor of the Song dynasty, Gaozong. The militia formed a blockade, awaiting their orders. Just then, Windwalker perched herself on a tall rock and roared, alerting the dragons of her presence. On her back was her rider, Chris. Windwalker waited a few moments, until she felt satisfied that everybody was quiet.
"There is no mistaking this day, as just any other day in your lifetime. Today is the day that will change the our lives, and most definitely our future. Today is the day, that we end our suffering, and our despair. We will stop this madness, this wave destruction-not just for our sake, but for the sake of others. We will be the ones to change it all!"
The group roared in agreement, the fire in their hearts igniting.
"Let us prevent our future selves from watching our brethren, our young, our loved ones, from dying in front of our eyes. Let us plant the seed for a better future. A brighter future!"
The crowd's yelling grew even louder.
"Now remember this: No person has ever won a war by dying for his cause. He won it by making the other poor, dumb person die for his!"
The militia hollered into the air, eager to win this war! Windwalker sprang into the air with the militia following close behind. She took off into the clouds, leading the group towards the battle.
As they were aloft in the sky, Hiccup steered Toothless next to Re. "Whatever she said, it sounded pretty inspirational, even though I heard nothing but roars".
Re faced Hiccup and smiled, "Yeah, it was. She makes an excellent leader".
The group flew for another hour and a half before they saw the enemy village on the horizon. Surprisingly, it looked more like a fort than a village. A heavily fortified fort. In the middle of it, lay a square-pyramid like building. Windwalker dove for the cover of the surrounding trees. The group followed suit.
She landed on the ground, about 200 yards from the base. She analyzed the fort in front of her while the rest of the group landed.
"Everyone, listen up. Based on what Chris told me, Gaozong will arrive in a fancy kart of sorts. Once he arrives and settles inside the for, we will attack. We will attack from both the west and east sides. Tiir will lead one pact and I the other. Avoid flying, as to not be seen, until after I give the signal. Everybody got this?", she stated once everyone was settled on the ground.
They nodded, understanding the plan.
"Break!"
Tiir and her group moved around the base, getting into position. The allies (the Berkians and Draconians) divided themselves up evenly. Re, Aurora, Cloudjumper and Valka, Stormfly and Astrid, Meatlug and Fishlegs, and Hiccup and Toothless with Tiir's group, while the others were with Windwalker and Chris.
Tenor was starting to get frisky, yearning for the battle to start. Windwalker noticed and approached him.
"Don't tell me you're nervous", Windwalker sighed.
"On the contrary. I am impatiently waiting to sing my claws into those Song scum", Tenor growled, flashing his black teeth.
Windwalker grinned, "Is that you, or your male ego talking?"
"I'm surprised you don't know the difference", Tenor shot back, smiling.
"Oh I do, I'm just worried that you don't", Windwalker said chuckling.
They smirked at each other and laughed. Once they came down from their amused highs they stared at each other.
They were locked into each other's gaze for a moment….that is until Chris caught their attention.
"Guys! Gaozong is arriving. Check it out", Chris harshly whispered as he kept lookout, not noticing Windwalker and Tenor's moment. They broke out of their intimate moment, and quickly averted their gazes off each other, scales flushing with embarrassment.
The three crouched behind their cover and watch intently as Gaozong's horse-drawn cart pulled into the fort.
"Alright. Let's wait 30 minutes, before we initiate the attack", Chris decided.
Tenor and Windwalker nodded in understanding.
The other group noticed as well, but Tiir held them back, reminding them not to do anything until they get Windwalker's signal. Both groups said nothing within those 30 minutes. All were cautious and tense, waiting for their most important battle to begin.
What felt like eternity finally ended when Windwalker's side burst through the foliage, screaming their battle cries. Re, Aurora, and the Berkians were about to rush forward, when Tiir stopped them.
"Windwalker has not given the signal! Wait!", Tiir ordered.
"The battle has begun, there is no waiting!", Re said, frustrated.
"Wait", Tiir snarled.
Re was about to say more, but was cut off when a plasma blast came their way and exploded.
"CHARGE!", Tiir boomed. And with that, her group sprinted out of the surprised soldiers were preoccupied with Windwalker's group that almost all of the soldiers from the east side went to the west side to help defend it. Much like Windwalker's group, once they were close enough, Tiir gave the command 'scatter' and everybody fanned out in all directions. The few soldiers on the east side could not alert and defend their side once they saw Tiir's group advancing on them. They were easily overpowered as the soldiers were not quick enough to do anything. Tiir's group quickly entered the base and flamed everything in sight. They were soon joined by Windwalker's group, and together they battled the oncoming soldiers. They slashed and bit their way through the base, but proved to be more difficult than expected. The soldiers were throwing what looked like hand-held bombs most likely filled with Huo Yao. That was throwing the dragons off guard.
"Activate your Titan Wing now!", Windwalker screeched. In a moment, most of the dragons transformed. The few who didn't weren't so lucky… They either didn't have enough time to change with all the explosions going around, or were killed by Song soldiers who took advantage of the dragons' confusion.
Toothless found a good cover spot for both him and Hiccup, and closed his eyes, trying to change. He had some trouble, but thought back to what Windwalker had to him. In 10 seconds, he went from a Night Fury covered in black scales, to a Night Fury covered in black scales, glowing blue along his spine and the middle of his forehead.
He joined in the battle and used his boosted abilites to his advantage. A second later, he found Re fighting 13 soldiers by himself. He too activated his Titan Wing and one could only see a green-and-yellow blur slashing its way through the enemy.
Chris, in the meantime, slashed and stabbed his way to the tall building, figuring that's where Gaozong would be. He eventually burst into a room filled with 9 men. They all dressed and looked the same, except for one man. That man was clad in a long, flowing green robe with dragons etched into it. He wore brown sandals and had on many rings. He bore a stern face and had a long, thin, dark beard that stopped short of his cheeks. He had beady eyes and his hair was tied back in a ponytail. He wore some type of hair piece into his ponytail, which was probably a crown of sorts. Whatever it was, Chris could immediately recognize it as Gaozong.
The group of men looked at Chris with confusion. Gaozong spoke boldly, "Zhè shì shénme? Cìkè? (what is this? an assassin?)"
"Méiyǒu. Wǒ shì yīgè shuí jiù huì bàofù nǐ shēngchēng zài nǐ de zhēngfú quánlì de shēngmìng, yóuqí shì lóng (no. I am the one who will avenge all the lives you claimed in your conquest for power, especially the dragons)", Chris replied harshly.
"Lóng? Wǒ lǐjiě de rén, dàn lóng? Nàxiē kězēng de shì? (dragons? I understand the people, but dragons? those abominations?)", Gaozong scoffed.
"Nǐ zěnme gǎn? Tāmen zhǐshì jǐn kěnéng duō de rén, nǐ hé wǒ (How dare you?! They are just as much people as you and me)", Chris shot back.
"Wǒ bù zhīdào nǐ shì shuí, dàn nǐ zhǐshì làngfèi wǒ de shíjiān.Wǒ dānxīn wǒ de huǐmiè huò yuē gōngyìng cāngkù, ér bùshì yīxiē lóng de gōngjí hé yúchǔn de nánhái... Shāle tā (I don't know who you are, but you just wasted my time. I have to worry about my destroyed Huo Yao supply storages, not some dragon attack and a foolish boy...Kill him)", Gaozong ordered.
3 nearby guards went in to kill him, but were soon slain by Chris. As he finished that, he once again eyed Gaozong. "Nǐ xūyào quèbǎo nǐ de jīdì shì lóng de zhèngmíng. Wǒ hé wǒ de lóng jūn qīngsōng de chāoyuèle nǐ nà kělián de zhènyíng (You need to make sure that your bases are dragon-proof. My and my dragon army easily overtook your pathetic camps)"
The Song emperor's eyes went wide, "Nà shì nǐ?! (That was you?!)".
Chris grinned, "Wǒ de xiǎolóng hé wǒ de lèqù kànzhe tāmen bàozhà rù yèkōng (My dragons and I had fun watching them explode into the night sky)".
"Nǐ jiāng zāoshòu jídà! Nǐ kěnéng yǐjīng sǐwáng 3, dàn ràng wǒmen kàn kàn nǐ rúhé miàn duì fǎnduì de 6 bèi, zhège shùzì! (You will suffer greatly. You may have killed 3, but let us see how you face against 6 times that number!)". With a flick of his wrist 18 men all rushed towards Chris, aiming their weapons at him.
"Wán dé kāixīn (Have fun)", Gaozong chuckled darkly as he and his top men left the building.
Chris growled, eyeing his new assailants as they closed in on him.
Then, out of the tall, square-pyramid-looking building, Gaozong's men came rushing out with their weapons. They obviously earned that title, since they were able to slaughter any dragon that came their way, even with their Titan Wing's activated. Windwalker flew over to Re and Aurora, who were currently fighting side-by-side.
"I need you two now!", she ordered.
The pair finished up their attacks and flew alongside Windwalker. "Can you two handle a guy or two each?"
"Yes we can", Aurora said firmly.
"Good. Hey Tenor, get up in the air and provide some cover fire for us", Windwalker shouted from up above as she saw Tenor finish sinking his venomous teeth into a soldier.
"I'm on it!", Tenor huffed as he sprang into the air.
Windwalker and the king and queen of Draconia all landed in front of the group of men, just as one of them slashed a dragon in the throat, watching it slump to the ground, dead.
They regarded the trio of dragons and smirked. Windwalker flattened her ears and growled. "You will pay for killing Tsade you monsters", Windwalker seethed.
The group chuckled darkly and spread themselves out, eyeing each of them with killer intent. The trio mirrored their actions. Re and Aurora had 2 men each while Windwalker had 3.
Each side charged at each other with no remorse. Aurora spat fire at them before she jumped in the air and caught one in her claws, before slamming herself back on the ground, crushing the guy in her talons. She then whipped the other in the face, temporarily stunning the guy. Re simply charged one at full force, but the soldier was too quick and sidestepped Re. He saw the other guy coming from behind but acted like no one was there. He preoccupied himself by dodging his opponent's attacks. Once the guy behind him was close enough, he wrapped his tail around the soldier's leg and swung him into the soldier in front of him. He then repeatedly bashed that soldier on the ground with the soldier in his tail. They soon were dead. Windwalker did a quick 360 spin and knocked one of the soldiers into a building. She then fired a plasma blast into the house, causing it to explode. However, one of remaining soldiers knocked her in the face with a meteor hammer. She was stunned for a bit but shook it off. The other one though, was able to get on her back and tried stabbing her. Windwalker took notice of this and started to buck him off. Tenor saw this from up above and right when the soldier on top of Windwalker looked like he got the upper hand, he shot a plasma bolt at him, knocking him off of her. Windwalker then rushed the soldier with the meteor hammer. He was trying his best to kill Windwalker but to no avail. Windwalker avoided all the attacks and pounced on him, ripping him apart. They were all about to regroup when Aurora hissed out in pain. the soldier that she temporarily stunned regained his senses and stabbed Aurora in her back hind paw with a spear. She wrapped her tail around his neck and lifted him off the ground. She then hissed and squeezed her tail around his neck. Aurora watched as the man struggled for breath before she gave a strong squeeze which effectively broke his neck. The rest of the Draconians approached Aurora.
"Are you alright?", Re said worriedly as he removed the spear from her paw, with his jaws.
"I'm..fine", she hissed in pain. Aurora, being the dragon god's daughter, used a bit of her magic to make the pain go away. She took a deep breath of air and let it out a warm breath on her injured paw. In seconds the pain was nothing but a mere tingle.
"We will get it checked out by Serenity when this is done", Re said as he nuzzled her.
Aurora chuckled and nuzzled him back. "Alright my love. We will".
At that moment, Chris exited the tall building, covered in blood and bruises. He turned his head everywhere, trying to find Gaozong. He then spotted him getting into his royal cart, where it then sped off escaping the fight.
"Windwalker! Gaozong is getting away", Chris yelled.
The mountain-nest alpha lifted her head, looking for her rider. She saw him running toward his carriage, which was speedily making its escape.
"Tiir, wrap things up!", she barked as she zoomed toward her rider. She pulled up alongside him, and Chris swung himself into her saddle,and they then flew off after Gaozong.
The duo sped up to the cart, which was currently speeding down the cliff of a deep valley. Two men then pulled themselves from out of the cart and onto the roof. They pulled out their bows and arrows and started firing at them. Chris, swords already extended, did his best to block those arrows. Windwalker on the other hand, steered them out of the paths of any arrows that came their way.
Then one of the bowmen threw one of the Huo Yao bombs at the duo. The other bowmen fired an arrow at the bomb and it exploded right in Windwalker and Chris's faces. It threw them off-course and they crashed down. They yelled, trying to shake off the blast. Once Chris regained his bearings he saw the cart pulling away from his view.
"Come on Windwalker!", he urged his dragon.
Windwalker shook her head a couple of times before she growled and ran, preparing for take off. Chris mounted her as she did so and within seconds they were in the sky again. They were behind the cart and once again the bowmen fired at them.
"I'm getting sick of this!", Chris shouted.
"Let's end this", Windwalker snarled. She maneuvered herself to the side of the cart and did a quick loop around the cart, giving Chris just enough time to separate the horses from the cart. She then shot a plasma blast in front of the cart, which then threw the cart and the bowmen off balance. Finally, she rammed into the cart, which sent it flying over the cliff and into the valley. For extra measure,she did a quick dive and fired her strongest bolt of plasma she had which caused a massive explosion. The duo hovered in the air, watching the cart fall into the deep valley. They didn't move until they heard the thud of the remains of the cart.
"We did it", Chris barely whispered. "WE DID IT!", Chris said again but with more confidence
Windwalker gave a roar of victory before shooting her last blot of plasma into the sky, shrouding the air with a brief, purple haze.
All the dragons were waiting in the center of the base, waiting for their alpha's return. They didn't have to wait any longer as Windwalker and Chris landed in front of them.
"My friends… the dragon-Song war is over! We destroyed their Huo Yao camps, destroyed their elite men, and just now Windwalker and I killed Gaozong!", Chris declared.
The entire militia burst into cries and roars of joy. Some dragons did quick loops in the air and some shot fire into the sky. Astrid went up to Hiccup, pulled him by the front of shirt, and gave him a big kiss. Hiccup was initially shocked, but kissed her back with twice as much passion.
Tenor and Windwalker butted heads, and Re and Aurora nuzzled each other again.
"Friends, family...we can go home, without fear, but with relief. Let us celebrate back at the nest!", Chris shouted valiantly.
The militia couldn't have agreed more. The militia gather up their wounded, and happily flew off into the sunset, homeward bound. All that was left of their battle was a scorched, black field, full of fire and dead soldiers.
Nothing was left at the base, everything was reduced to ashes. Along the road where Windwalker and Chris gave chase, a sole figure emerged. He was dressed in a long green robe. The figure brushed all the dirt and twigs from his robe and stared at his destroyed base. It was Gaozong. He thought back to how he almost would've died, had he not told his bowmen to give him a distraction. When the bowmen exploded one of the Huo Yao bombs, Gaozong lept out of the cart and rolled into the bushes alongside the cliff road. Everyone was distracted by the explosion, so nobody noticed him leaving. He then hid, and waited the whole battle out. He smirked as nobody noticed his absence and Windwalker and Chris sped after the cart, thinking he was there.
But when he walked back to his destroyed base and looked around, he was furious and slightly sad that those pestering dragons killed his most elite men! He sat down on a rock, wondering what to do next.
Just then Gaozong was approached by a man. This man was just another Song soldier. All Gaozong saw was another man waiting to be slaughtered. In fact he would have, if it wasn't for Hiccup sparing his life!
"È, tánggāozōng. Rúguǒ zhè yìwèizhe shénme, wǒmen kěyǐ zhuībǔ tāmen (Uh, Gaozong. If it means anything, we can hunt them down)", the man said as he bowed his head in respect to his emperor.
Gaozong snapped his head at him. "Nǐ zěnme xiǎng, wǒmen zuò dào zhè yīdiǎn? Wǒmen shénme dōu méiyǒu xímiè de. Wǒ de dǐngjí nán zhuāng dōu zǒuliǎo, wǒ de huò yào gōngyìng bùjiànle! (And how do you suppose we do that?! We have nothing to go off of. My top men are gone, and my Huo Yao supply is gone! We are in a positions where we cannot do anything!)", Gaozong berated.
" Diànxià, wǒ yǒu zhèxiē (Your highness, I have these)", the man said as he opened us his pal to reveal some black scales, that just so happened to belong to a male Night Fury alpha. "Wǒmen suǒyào zuò de jiùshì yuánle yīxiē gǒu, shōují nǐ de jūnduì de qíyú bùfèn, ràng gǒu dàilǐng nín dào lóng. Jiù zhème jiǎndān. Cóng nàlǐ, nǐ kěyǐ zuò rènhé nǐ qǔyuè tāmen, diànxià
(All we have to do is round up some dogs, gather the rest of your army and let the dogs lead you to the dragons. Simple as that. From there, you can do whatever you please with them, your highness)"
Gaozong pulled his face back into a smirk. "Xiǎohuǒzi, nǐ huì rúhé xiǎng yīqǐ dǎ wǒ, kànzhe wǒ cuīhuǐ yīqiè, nàxiē lóng yǒu? (Young man, how would you like to fight alongside me and watch as I destroy all that those dragons have?)"
"Zhè jiāng shì wǒ de róngxìng, xiānshēng (It would be my honor, sir)", the man bowed.
Gaozong started to chuckle darkly, he and the young man set off, ready to enact their plan of revenge. Those dragons won't know what's coming for them!