*I don't own ANY of the Kingdom Hearts characters or How to Train Your Dragon characters, I only own Katie.
"So…what now?" Astrid's voice broke the silence.
Hiccup sighed, "I don't know…"
Katie was fiddling with Terra's Wayfinder. She growled, "Man, I can't make a D-Link with Toothless…must be those restraints your father put him, Hiccup. There's gotta be a way to get to the island."
Sora nodded. "Yeah. Is there any more boats left?" he asked Astrid.
"Nope. Stoik took all of them with him to the Nest." Astrid answered.
"There's gotta be a way…" Kairi mumbled. Her eyes lit up. "Hey, Hiccup! Don't you guys have dragons at the arena?"
"Well…yeah but I don't see how that'll—" Hiccup's brain clicked with an idea. "Kairi…you are a genius." He walked away from the group.
"Where are you are going?" Astrid called after Hiccup.
Hiccup turned around and rubbed the back of his head. "To do probably something stupid…" He said sheepishly.
Astrid rolled her eyes playfully. "You've already done that."
"Then something crazy…" Hiccup turned back around and ran to the arena.
Astrid smiled, "Now that's more like it." She followed him. "Come on, you guys! To the arena!" Astrid hollered over her shoulder. The Keyblade wielders looked at each other and shrugged. They took off to catch up with the two Vikings.
Hiccup was unbolting the pen that the Monstrous Nightmare was in. There were four other Vikings in the arena around the same age as Hiccup and Astrid. Two of the Vikings looked exactly the same, twins. They both had platinum blonde hair and identical clothing but the bad thing was that you couldn't tell the gender of either of them. Another Viking was short compared to the others and was wearing all black and had black hair and a Viking helmet. The last one was tall and very chubby; his body bigger than his head and wore a brown fur coat that went to ankles. The gang learned that the twins were Ruffnut and Tuffnut, the chubby one was Fishlegs, and the short kid was Snotlout. They were all watching Hiccup with folded arms.
"If you're planning on getting eaten, I'd definitely go with the Gronckle." Fishlegs told Hiccup half-heartedly.
Tuffnut walked up to Hiccup with a scowl. "You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadly weapon." After a pause, he cockily said, "It's me."
"Uh…" Hiccup started.
Snotlout pushed Tuffnut out of the way. "I love this plan."
"I didn't—"
Ruffnut pulled Snotlout by one of his horns on his helmet. "You're crazy." She told Hiccup, she leaned closer. "I like that."
Katie mentally faceplamed and shouldered past Ruffnut. "So. What's the plan, Stan?" she asked Hiccup.
Hiccup smiled then went into the pen that the Monstrous Nightmare was in. After hearing a low rumble, Hiccup steps back from the door, drawing the Monstrous Nightmare out of its cave. It snorts, stepping into the ring, calmed by Hiccup's outstretched hand - focused on him. The teens watched in awe, except for Snotlout. He slowly reached for a dagger that was lying on the floor. Katie and Astrid slapped him on the arm and glared at him. Afraid of the two girls, Snotlout dropped the dagger back to the floor. Hiccup slows to a stop in front of the teens, with the Nightmare inches from his outstretched hand. He reaches over and grabs Snotlout's trembling hand.
"Wait!" Snotlout exclaimed. "What are you-?!"
"It's okay, Snotlout. Just relax…" Hiccup told the Viking. Hiccup replaces his outstretched hand with Snotlout's, putting him in control of the massive beast. The Nightmare snorts, but remains calm.
Snotlout chuckled nervously, terrified yet amazed by the dragon's behavior. Hiccup walked away. "Hey—where ya goin'?" Snotlout called after Hiccup nervously.
Hiccup came back with ropes. "You'll need something to help you hold on." He said to the group of teens. As if on cue, three more dragons stepped out into the open. A Zippleback, a Gronckle, and a Deadly Nadder.
Sora frowned. "We only got four dragons…"
Hiccup laughed nervously as he rubbed the back of his head. "Yeah, sorry Sora…"
Katie lightly smacked Sora's arm. "We don't need dragons, smart one. We got gliders!"
"Gliders?" Astrid repeated, her eyes filled with curiosity.
Katie nodded. She was about to hit the red orb on her armor piece to summon her armor, but Riku stopped her by grabbing her hand. "No, Katie."
"Aw…why not?!" Katie pouted.
"Because, they don't have that kind of technology and if they saw this they'll know about…well, you know." Riku told Katie.
"I highly doubt that." Katie retorted to young Keyblade Master. With her other hand, she hit her armor piece and got engulfed in shadowy light. The other Keyblade wielders took this as a sign and summoned their armor as well, except for Riku. Riku growled at Katie's arrogance. It could get quite annoying… Riku couldn't see her face but he assumed she was sticking her tongue at him. "See? Nothing's wrong. You worry too much, Riku." She snickered. Riku sighed and summoned his armor as well. When they're armor finally appeared, they summoned their gliders as well. After mounting onto the hoverboards and bikes, they turned to the awe-strucked Vikings.
"How did you do that?!" Astrid exclaimed.
"That was AWESOME!" yelled Snotlout.
"I gotta find me one of those!" Fishlegs chirped.
"We'll explain later." Repliku lied. He took off to the sky. "Hiccup, lead the way." Hiccup nodded and commanded the Deadly Nadder to fly up. Everyone followed the young Viking to the home of the dragons.
As the group of Vikings and Keyblade wielders flew to the Nest, Katie remembered to ask V her question. 'You still haven't told me why you're in my head, V.'
V sighed, "Look, it's very complicated Katie. I don't know how to explain it to you…"
'Stop making excuses, V! Just tell me how you got in there!' Katie growled.
"Okay, okay! Fine, jeez, you don't have to yell…" V let in a deep sigh before he asked, "How much do you remember when you were four, Katie?"
Katie sputtered her lips. 'What kind of a question is that?! I was four! What do you expect me to have, an elephant's memory?' she retorted.
V chuckled, "Nevermind. Anyways…I was…let's say…wounded in battle…"
'Okay…and?'
"Well, my heart was damaged. Just when I was in the brink of oblivion, I saw a light and heard a tiny voice calling me. It was you. You offered me to come into your heart and stay there until I was fully healed."
'Talk about déjà vu…' Katie rumbled, 'That sounds like what Sora did for Ven.' Katie suddenly felt anger bubble inside of her but it wasn't hers…did she somehow offend V? 'Did I say something, V?'
"No—just…" V growled. "Nevermind…anyway, if you didn't find me…I'd be dead."
'But why are you suddenly communicating with me now if you've been in my head for…let's see…twelve years?' Katie asked.
"I sensed you were in danger and you didn't know how to fight…I was protecting you. I never talked to you before because you were one: a loud mouth. Two: annoying. And three: you would've freaked out." V explained. Katie nodded then she suddenly froze. Twelve years? V has been in her head for twelve years? Twelve years ago was when Ventus destroyed the χ-blade…and Vanitas. She knit her eyebrows as she thinked. V…V…was that really his name? Katie had no idea. "Now I'm sensing confusion from you…what are thinking about?"
'You said twelve years ago right?'
"Yes…why?" V asked.
'Did you own a Keyblade?' Katie asked.
"Yes…yes I did."
'What about enemies? Can you name me a few?'
Katie sensed uncomfortableness come from her mind friend. "You don't need to know, Katie. That's for me to know only." V said with his voice edged with irritation. V huffed, "That's it…let me know when you need my help."
Katie looked back ahead and her eyes widened, 'V! Come back!' She wielded her Keyblades. 'Giant dragon up ahead!' They have arrived at the Nest and to Katie's horror; the Green Death has emerged from its mountain but unlike in the movie, its eyes were blank and glowed yellow. On its chest was the Heartless crest, the Green Death has turned into a Heartless Monster.
Alright! Yet another cliff-hanger! Congrats to the guest who guessed (LOL, 'guest who guessed' xD) Katie's reference in the last chapter correctly!
Bless your face. And if you sneezed while reading this fanfic then bless you. Peace off. BOOP!
(OH! And if you know who V is...KEEP IT TO YOURSELF!)
