Dragon Friend (sequel to the dragon boy) Chapter 24 - A Life Changing Moment
frostcup fanfic

Authors note: I'm not going to say much here- I'm struggling to contain myself about this chapter because of what happens and uuurrrggghhh! I so badly want to tell you! Okay so please enjoy and let me know what you thought I'll be back with more tommorow but I'm going to go now before I reveal any spoilers.

Hiccup's first thought: he wasn't dead. His second thought: what was going on?

Everything was so dark. He couldn't even tell whose wings were shielding him- were they black or white? After that initial flash of white light, he saw nothing. Wait... that flash of light... why was it so familiar? When had he seen that before?...

Never mind that, were Toothless and Jack okay? Whoever was shielding him had to be entombed in ice- even Jack, who was practically made of the stuff, wouldn't be unscathed from that. Hiccup, himself, was also trapped. Would he be stuck here forever?

A high pitched whistling began to sound, as a blue light started to light up the darkness. It was the same colour as the Night Fury's fire... Toothless? But wait, whatever was shielding him... it didn't look black.

The light built up, until he had to shield himself from the glare. What was going-. BANG!

The ice exploded outwards from sheer force. The Night Fury wasn't about to be contained.

Toothless uncoiled himself from Hiccup, the spikes all along his back were glowing with the strong, blue light of his fierce fire. A second figure drew away from Hiccup a pale, blue eyed boy, with wind swept hair, white as his name.

Hiccup looked up at his two friends, in all their impossible glory... and he was awestruck. Jack had, somehow, managed to become human again, and the Night Fury was, somehow, glowing. That flash of light... It had given Jack back his human side, which meant Toothless was back to his full dragon self.

The black dragon roared defiantly at whatever gods had tried to trap him. He wouldn't be captured, and he wouldn't be stopped! Not by the ice, not by anything! Jack just glared at the giant Alpha, a certain acceptance in his eyes, and determination set hard in his jaw. Before he could do anything, though, Toothless leapt forwards, shooting a blast of fire at the Alpha, and roaring a challenge for that title.

Hiccup just stood there, stunned. Toothless was challenging the Alpha... and he was doing it, for him. To protect him, and protect Berk.

He felt relief sweep through his Sky Dragon buddy... Wait- had Jack actually been about to... Wow. He knew he'd do anything for him, but become Alpha! Jack, the irresponsible, bound by no duty, or leadership, dragon of the sky, willing to become Alpha, to protect those he cared about. Toothless doing it was one thing, but Jack openly avoided any responsibility- it was a big deal for him.

Still, Toothless was the one actually doing it. His dragon brother, who he'd flown with for oh so long, was now battling the Alpha to become leader of the dragons.

He noticed the pressure instantly recede from Jack's mind- he recognised Toothless as the new Alpha, immediately. He changed into his dragon form, and launched himself towards the battling dragons. He couldn't directly interfere, but he would do what he could, to aid his friend.

The white dragon was also glowing- the horns around his head, and along his back, neck and tail, were all lit up with a similar, blue glow. Only this glow was lighter- more of a sky blue. Was he meant to be able to glow like that? Hiccup wondered- he had absolutely no idea, but he got the feeling it was unique to Night Furies.

He was right. Sky Dragons didn't normally glow. But as Jack had given Toothless the ability to turn human, he'd given him a bit of himself, and as he got it back, he'd gotten a piece of Toothless with it. Jack had gained some of the Night Fury's affinity with fire- not enough to control it, or breath it, but enough so that he wasn't scared of it, anymore. He'd also somehow got the glowing thing- which he didn't understand, but thought looked rather cool.

Toothless had got some of Jack's protectiveness, and mental strength. His attempt at challenging the Alpha would have soon failed without it- his mind would have been overcome, if not for that extra strength... and Jack had overcome his greatest fear, thanks to the Night Fury.

They had both become stronger, because of each other... and grown closer because of it.

Even as Toothless fought the Alpha with a steady barrage of explosive blue flames, the white dragon zipped about the enslaved dragons, and helped free them from the Alpha's control. With every blast of fire, Toothless gained more and more dominance over the dark Bewilderbeast, and more and more dragons went over to his side. But the Alpha wasn't going down easily. He was forcing the dragons to stay under his command- almost destroying them in the process.

Jack could release them, but he was only one dragon, and the Alpha had enslaved hundreds. He began to feel overwhelmed. The only way the dragons would go to Toothless now is for him to help them out, and that was taking far too long. Toothless only had so much fire, and once he run out... without his biggest asset, he would, most likely, fail.

He didn't know what to do. He couldn't help them all at once! He didn't have enough time! He was only one Sky Dragon.

Then a different glow lit up the sky- a golden one. A glowing sphere of swirling flames.

The symbol of the Sky Dragons.

But Jack's element was ice- he couldn't control fire...

A great roar sounded from behind Berk's peak, and a dragon flew out from behind the mountain... A hundred of its brethren accompanied it.

Jack just stopped, and stared at the reinforcements. Numb disbelief freezing his mind and body. It was... it was... But it just couldn't be... But it was... By the clouds in the sky, he felt it in dumbstruck bones.

Each dragon let out a powerful call, and created a swirling elemental sphere of their own: fire, air, earth, water- even some ice like Jack.

It was the Sky Dragons. All of them.

Amongst them, Jack thought he might have even spotted a serpentine dragon, and a golden one. But it couldn't be. He hadn't even hoped- he'd never dreamed- he... he...

He couldn't ever finish his thoughts, he was just so overwhelmed by emotion. He was stunned so completely he might as well have been paralysed. He just barely kept himself from falling from the sky. He just couldn't... Couldn't take it in...

They all charged forwards- several air masters zipping ahead of the others- into the massive collection of dragons above the Alpha's head. Pretty soon, they were rallying to the Night Fury by the dozen. Jack just hovered there, through it all, watching Sky Dragon after Sky Dragon, fly past around him. Was this all a dream? Surely, he had to be dreaming. But, he knew in his heart, that this was real. They really were here.

With the Sky Dragons freeing the regular dragons from the control of Drago's beast, things quickly swung to the Night Fury's favour. The, now losing, madman was crawling up to his pathetic dragon's head, and shouting at it do something, but he didn't stand a chance.

With the dragons all free, and rallying behind a new Alpha, the Sky Dragons took their place alongside them. All except one who remained by the old Alpha, unable to bring himself to move from shock and disbelief.

The air surrounding Berk was now filled with dragons- sky and normal alike, there was no distinguishing between them-... and at the heart of it all, that incredible Night Fury, who'd stubbornly fought, and done the impossible, all the protect his friend.

Hiccup took his rightful place atop the Night Fury's back, as Jack watched the awe inspiring, amazing sight. Hiccup, and his Night Fury, the dragons all free, his people returned, and Berk safe. It was just... he didn't even have the words. He just watched it all unfold, with wonder in his eyes. An ocean of emotion swelling his chest as his heart melted- that same water sparkling in his eyes. He wasn't breathing but that didn't matter, his throat was blocked by a thick hard lump anyway.

"This, is what it is to earn a dragon's trust." Hiccup was telling Drago. The skin stealer growled, and pointed his staff at him, in response.
"Get them!" He yelled. The previous Alpha readied himself to shoot a blast of ice at the assembled dragons, but Toothless was expecting it.

He roared to all the fliers surrounding him.
"With me!" He yelled, shooting a blast of fire at the Bewilderbeast- it growled in protest. Each, and every, one of the several hundred dragons on his side followed suite. A thousand blasts of fire rained down on the dragon from all angles- along with a few boulders, and ice spikes, from the Sky Dragons in their midst. Until, finally, with one final, explosive blow of powerful Night Fury flames, the dragon was finally overcome.

The blast had broken one of the dragon's tusks clean off. Ridiculed, and his main weapon gone, the once-Alpha had finally recognised the superior dragon.

Toothless yelled at it, roaring his dominance, and banishing it away. But Jack didn't pay attention to the words- he was focussed on Drago. The madman was lining up a sharp, broken end of his staff at Hiccup, like a spear.

That finally snapped him out of his reverie. His eyes sharpened and he jotled ack t himself. Quick as a flash, Jack shot a blast of ice towards him. It knocked the spear from his grasp, and hit his arm with such force, it whacked the metal attatchment off, and knocked him off his place on the dragon's head.

Finally, the Bewilderbeast turned tail and sank beneath the ocean, and he lost sight of Drago. He didn't know what had happened to him, and he didn't care. People like that weren't worth wasting time thinking about.

The dragons were all swooping in to land at Berk. Jack just hovered there, a bit longer, staring out over the ocean.

He was still not quite sure what to think, or what to feel, but he knew one thing. Drago was gone. He was shaking, overwhelmed, filled with so many thoughts and feelings that mashed together in a senseless muddle he didn't even know where to begin to sort himself out. But Drago was finally gone.

It was over.

He flew in to land with the other dragons.