Ryan landed on the grassy ground, cutting the power to his jetpack. Dimitri landed beside him and asked, "Why don't we go on?"

Ryan explained, "I want to save some fuel in the jetpacks and I saw that the radar on my communicator caught something."

Dimitri turned his own on, a hologram radar projecting from it. After a few seconds, it showed a high frequency of players to the west of them. Ryan grinned, as if saying, "Told you so."

Dimitri rolled his eyes and walked forward, reaching the rest of the hill and seeing the source of the many players. They all milled all around a structure that Ryan identified in a questioning murmur, "Is that an airship?"

It did seem to be an airship. It was mainly made of obsidian but a vein of glowstone ran down its back. The prow of the ship was shaped like a dragon with brilliant green eyes. The head wasn't all that made it look like a dragon for protruding from the sides were four "legs" all holding glass orbs and adorned with purple wool. Two grey and green wings spread on the back, another structure seated atop them. Finally a long "tail" tipped with stone which was almost half as long as the ship itself protruded from the back. Dimitri shrugged and ran down the hill, his own curiosity getting the best of him. One person that sat by the ship saw him come down and started to walk towards him, their own curiosity showing. They greeted him, "Hi!"

Dimitri waved silently as Ryan caught up. Their greeter was scruffy, as if he had been working for a while and judging by the looks of the ship, Ryan wouldn't be surprised. The kid seemed younger than the both of them by a few years. Ryan offered him a hand to shake and said, "I'm Ryan, Sky Army Captain and this is Dimitri, Sky Army Sergeant and temporary leader."

The kid shook his head while introducing himself, "I'm Joshua, temporary spokesman of the Dead Army. We don't really have a leader as of now but I coordinate who does what and such."

Dimitri raised his eyebrows, "Dead Army? Good job on not falling apart...it seems you guys are doing really well!"

He ran his hand over the ship's exterior, the glassy obsidian shining brilliantly. Ryan scoffed, "You just miss the Butterfly."

Dimitri shot back, "You don't?"

Ryan sighed, "In the light of recent events, that is the least of our problems."

Joshua jabbed a finger towards the ship, "Do you want to go in? Though its more spacious out here."

Ryan sat on the ground wordlessly while Dimitri asked, "Do you have any provisions? I'm a little peckish."

Joshua nodded with a grin and left, going into the ship. Dimitri sat on the left of Ryan and asked, "What are you thinking?"

Ryan shook his head, "It's just a theory."

Dimitri pointed out, "Is it a good theory? If s, it's all we got."

Ryan rolled, "It seems dumb but I will tell it anyway. These mountains have seemed familiar to me until I remembered why. I heard these mountains, specifically, are renowned for dragon sightings. Not Enderdragon sightings, mind you, but actual regular dragons. They are said to have mysterious powers and can be swayed easily with the promise of treasure...like butter."

Dimitri's eyes lit up, "So a hunt for dragons? I like it."

Joshua returned, throwing a couple of apples at them. Ryan took a bite out of his, smiling at the taste. Dimitri had already cut to the chase and asked Joshua, "Do you have a couple of people that could come with us on an expedition?"

Joshua sat down on the grass and asked, "Depends on what you are doing."

Ryan sighed, "There's no easy way to say this but...we want to find dragons."

Joshua's grin twisted into an open mouth of surprise, "Why? How do you even know you can find any..if they even exist."

Dimitri shrugged, "It's a lead, though."

Joshua sighed a deep sigh, "There's Billie-Jean who seems bored with revamping Dragonsong. Jason sent someone to send us a message and she isn't due back until a couple days from now. She may be interested..as long as she can get back to the Stars before the week is over."

Ryan laughed, "I hope we will be done before a night after next! It's still early..right now we need to gather some things beforehand."

"Like what?" Joshua asked, turning his head.

"Diamonds for one." was Ryan's answer.

"We might have a couple to spare but that's it." Joshua replied.

The captain smiled, "We just need a few."

The next day came before anyone knew. It seemed that day had come in the few minutes after they went to sleep. The sun was rising when they met the two girls that would be accompanying them. Akira was Jason's messenger and Dimitri distinctly remembered her from the meeting that was held right after Sky went into the End. She seemed more mellow now and despite her lone wolf nature, was happy to be going on a trip. Billie-Jean was very like Akira in the regard of wanting to be more active. Then again, Ryan could not blame her. She certainly seemed the athletic type, for you tell she was a little more muscular than other girls. She also seemed to have caught Dimitri's eye but that soon ended when Ryan pointed out that her and Joshua were obviously dating.

Once they started trekking away from the ship, Akira asked the million dollar question, "What are we up to?"

Ryan answered bluntly, "We're going to summon some dragons."

Akira laughed "Seriously?"

Ryan's second answer was as blunt as the first, "We're actually trying to get our commander back and maybe Deadlox too."

"How are you going to do that though?" Billie-Jean asked.

Dimitri answered this question, "I'm not quite sure. When Herobrine was with us, he mentioned ripping Deadlox's soul out of his corrupted body but he did not answer if he would bring Deadlox back or if he would face his fate. I'm sure Herobrine would be able to do either. He's freaking Herobrine!"

Billie-Jean's eyes widened, "You met him!?"

"Somewhat." Ryan answered gruffly.

"He was only with us..."kids" as he would refer to us, for a short time. He said he had to return to his duties."

Akira commented, "So...deal with it, yourself?"

Ryan cracked a smile, "I think so. I have a feeling he's going to show up before this is all over though."

The group reached the crest of the hill they were climbing while this conversation was taking place. The rest of the mountain range stretched before them for miles out of sight. Waterfalls and lavafalls poured down the mountains' stony sides, pooling in small valleys. Ryan pointed to the peak directly in front of them which reached into the clouds and declared, "That is the one we will summon the dragons on."

No one spoke a word of protest and they moved ahead. Pickaxes were used to gouge holes in the mountain so that they may ascend to the peak. It took them most of the day, and the sky was becoming orange when they got to the top. Dimitri was the first to get there and when he did, he plopped onto the ground and sighed with relief. Billie-Jen was next and she stepped carefully over the exhausted Sergeant. Finally Akira helped a tired Ryan up. He sat by Dimitri and gulped down air as if his very life depended on it. Akira told him, "Slow down. If you breathe too fast up here, you may pass out."

He slowed down and Akira nodded with a sincere smile. Billie-Jean commented "Please tell me we are not summoning them now."

Dimitri shook his head, "We need the daylight."

She nodded, relieved, and began to start a campfire, placing some of the wood she had on hand and lighting it with her flint and steel. It lit almost instantly, giving off an orange warm light which they gathered around gratefully. Chilly air was already starting to set in as the sun lowered into the horizon. After these few minutes of bliss, Ryan began to place torches around their campsite so no monsters would come into the camp. Billie-Jean and Akira began to spread their bedspreads on the ground. Dimitri placed their dinner on the extra bedspread they had. Dinner wasn't much; just an apple for each, a couple pieces of bread for each and water. Akira asked as she sat on her own fiery orange bedspread, "Are we rotating guard shifts because I call first."

Dimitri nodded yes and he passed an apple between his hands. Akira took an apple as well and asked a different question, "What do you plan on doing when you summon these dragons?"

Ryan answered this one, "I want to meet with these two recruits who sounded like they have a plan. I believe their names are Annie and Miki. There was another with a green bandana but his name escapes me."

"Darren?" Dimitri offered.

Ryan added, "And the mage from the Yogscast wanted to tag along if his girlfriend was okay enough."

Ryan nodded. Dimitri continued with Ryan's answer, "If those kids have a plan to defeat Enderlox and save Sky then we can ask the dragons if they can take us there to the End undetected. If we go through the stronghold then the Enderdragon will sense us."

Billie-Jean asked as she stared on the ground, "The dragon that attacked your ship..and the current Enderdragon...do you think it is Captain Sparklez?"

Dimitri nodded gravely, "Yes. Sparklez disappeared shortly before we got attacked AND the dragon had the same glasses."

A long silence hung over the group like a fog and Akira yelled, "I'll hold first watch followed by Ryan, Billie-Jean and finally Dimitri. Now get to sleep!"

The night was fairly quiet; only a few spiders came near but they were picked off easily. In the morning they were awoken by Dimitri digging a hole in the stone. After he finished the hole, he poured water in it. Akira yawned as she wiped the bleariness out of her eyes, "What are you doing?"

He took the two diamonds Joshua gave him and placed them in the small pool. He answered, "I'm starting the summoning. Be a dear and get breakfast out of my bag and wake the others."

She rolled her eyes at his choice of words but did the task anyway. Next he placed butter ingots around the pool. At this point he joined the others for breakfast. About a few minutes later Dimitri said, "We need someone to call the dragons. Give them a reason to come."

Billie-Jean offered, "I will. It is MY commander we are trying to defeat. Let's get finished and I call."

After their breakfast the stood around the pool and Billie-Jean spoke in a commanding voice, "Dragons! If you are there we are calling for your help! Me and my companions come from three armies that have all been devastated by Enderlox. These armies would be the Sky Army, the Dead Army and the Stars. In fact, Enderlox used to be the commander of the Dead Army who was Deadlox. We want to defeat him and rescue the commander of the Sky Army, Sky. We have brought an offering of diamonds and gold...or butter as the Sky Army calls it. Please answer."

She finished and looked around. After a quick sweep of the mountain, she asked, "How long do you think it will take?"

Her answer was a lightning strike, lighting up the mountain vividly. A dark shape came from the mountains' side, its head being easily larger than any one of them. It's eyes glowed dark blue in the sudden darkness that newly-forming storm clouds created. A smaller creature, a dragon obviously, leapt over him. The dragon was a fiery orange with feral green eyes that it used to inspect a diamond in the pool. The larger dragon growled, "Felix! We are supposed to be threatening!"

The other dragon was long and wingless, like Felix. He had deep black scales but dark blue fur ran down his back and hung in his deep dark blue eyes. Felix looked at him and held out a diamond, "But diamonds, Thunderhead!"

Thunderhead rolled his eyes and greeted Billie-Jean, "You have us. What now?"

Billie-Jean asked them, "Can you fly?"

Thunderhead nodded, "I can for I am an Eastern dragon. I'm not too sure about Felix. I'm surprised he even came."

Felix growled, "This Enderlox guy is trouble. I'm surprised we weren't summoned before."

Dimitri approached Thunderhead, "Can you take us back to the Dragonsong?"

The dragon nodded and Felix leapt on his head with a cheerful roar. Once the other four climbed on his back, he leapt into the air. Of course the Dead Army recruits came into an uproar when the dragon appeared a few minutes later but Joshua calmed them down as Thunderhead landed. Joshua told Dimitri, "Wow, you did it."

Dimitri laughed, "I'm saddened by your doubt in me."

Joshua smiled and added, "A recruit of your called by from the Skyhold in the north. I told her you would be coming. I imagine this dragon will be able to get you there. Is the black one the only one?"

Felix leapt before him, easily taller than him, and cheerily said, "Nope I'm here too and I'm ready to sink some claws into that Enderlox!"

He lashed his tail at the prospect of the thought. Billie-Jean joined Joshua and told Dimitri and said, "Good luck."

Joshua added, "If you need help, don't hesitate to call."

Akira nodded, "Same with the Stars. I imagine Jason will not mind it."

Dimitri and Felix leapt on Thunderhead's back and waved farewell as they lifted off the ground and towards the north.

Billie-Jean belongs to Crimson Team on FF

Felix belongs to typhlosion136 on dA