I'm really sorry for the delay. I was sick this past weekend so I wasn't able to do anything that required moving. I also have to thank all of you for your support. And I am giving you a head start on this. I will be using this story as kind of a base for all of my other HTTYD stories. Hopefully you guys like this chapter. It took a very long time to write.
JeremyVD: That is a very good question. But if I told you, I would give – Okay, you'll have to read to find out.
The Final Battle
Toothless looked up worriedly at Hailey seeing her eyes filled with shock. She was still clinging to his neck but she was staring out through the window. He tried to move her and snap her out of her shock, but it didn't work. He could understand though. She had just gotten her leg injured, and now Vorpent was coming to battle. Toothless knew Hailey didn't want to battle right now, especially now because of her leg.
He could let her lean on him, but then both of them would be a target. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Hailey reach for her necklace and grasped it tightly. A moment later, Firestar appeared. Toothless turned around to see Hailey's mentor carrying a bow and a sack of arrows. He was also cloaked in chain-mail armor.
"Thank the gods you're here Firestar!" Hailey breathed. Toothless blinked gratefully at Firestar. Then, Toothless' eyes wandered to the two sets of dragon armor in his hands. It seemed like Hailey saw them too. "Firestar, why do you have two sets of dragon armor when there's only one dragon here?" Toothless understood immediately. When Hailey would transform into a dragon, her human injuries wouldn't affect her dragon form. But how would Toothless fly?
"Hold on," he said as Hailey pushed herself off his back. Though, she left her arm over Toothless' neck. "How would I fly? I need her to fly." Toothless looked to Hailey to see her confused. He didn't understand why. Even though he could read her mind right now, it would take too much energy. So, he swore he wouldn't enter her mind anymore.
Firestar put his hand up. "Do not worry about that. I have it all taken care of." Reaching behind him, he pulled out a mechanical tail fin that looked almost identical to Toothless' real one. He also pulled out a saddle that seemed to be covered with Night Fury scales. Toothless wondered just how he was able to get them. "Let me see your tail." he said. Toothless swung his tail around, allowing Firestar a clear view.
"What are you doing?" Hailey asked. Firestar didn't answer. All he did was unbuckle the current saddle and tail fin, and tossed them aside. Then he attached the mechanical tail fin to Toothless' tail and connected the saddle to his back. Firestar stood up, looking proud with his work. Toothless looked to Hailey for approval, but all he saw was a blank look on her face as if she didn't understand what in the world was going on. When Toothless was about to explain, Firestar did it for him.
"Hailey," he began. "You have the ability to turn into a Night Fury, yes?" Hailey nodded, still probably not seeing where this was going. "Well, Vorpent's powers have grown and you still have not grown you're full powers in human form. But in dragon form, you have full powers and you can attack Vorpent from the air." Finally seeming like she understood, she nodded. "Do you think you can do it?"
"I don't know," she replied, looking down at her feet.
"Come on Hailey!" Toothless encouraged. "You can do it. I know you can!" He nudged her hand. She looked down at him, a grateful gleam in her eyes. Taking a deep breath, she rolled over her bed, grabbed the crutches and walked – using the crutches – over to Firestar. She nodded. Firestar reached for the crutches and slowly pulled them out from under Hailey's shoulders, causing her to balance herself on one foot.
Firestar placed the crutches to the side. She looked like she was about to do it until the doorbell rang. Sighing, she grabbed her crutches and made her way down the stairs. Toothless followed closely behind, ready to dash forward in case she fell. Firestar was walking beside him. The doorbell rang again, causing Hailey to groan.
"I'm coming!" she shouted irritably. She hurried down the stairs as Toothless watched attentively. Thankfully, she made it down the stairs without hurting herself. As she made her way to the door, Toothless saw Firestar hide in the hallway, out of sight. When Hailey opened the door, Toothless could have sworn she fainted right on the spot.
At the door was a girl with amber eyes, brunet hair, and dressed in a deep green t-shirt, blue jeans, and brown Sperrys. She smiled at Hailey and waved. Hailey just stood there, her arms dangling over her crutches like she had been turned to stone. Toothless hoped that she hadn't.
Finally, Hailey broke the silence. "Autumn?" she asked, sounding surprised. This caused the girl, or Autumn, to laugh joyfully and hug Hailey. She, in return, lifted her arm up and hugged her back. When she pulled away, the questions began. Toothless saw Autumn's eyes drift towards Hailey's leg.
"Oh my gosh!" she gasped. "What happened to your leg?"
Before Hailey could answer, a male voice sounded behind Autumn. "That would be our fault." Toothless recognized the voice as Adam's. He growled as he stepped closer to Hailey. Autumn turned around to reveal Silvia, Robin, Travis, Adam, Dylan, and Frank. Hailey moved her eyes over each of them. Adam and Dylan looked extremely guilty. They were about to say something until Autumn burst out, "I almost forgot!"
"What?" Hailey asked.
"I'll show you." then, in Dragonese, she shouted, "Glory! Come here! I need to show you someone!" Toothless saw Hailey's eyes fill with shock.
"You found her?" she asked. Toothless was confused. Who was this Glory? His question was soon answered when he saw a dragon with golden scales, amber eyes, and two small horns on the top of her head. Her scales had a slight tint of orange in them. "Oh my! The Glorified Shifter Dragon! I can't believe it!"
Suddenly, an evil growl sounded in the sky. Hailey's eyes filled with fear. "Come on, everyone! Inside quickly." Moving out of the way, everyone who was standing at the door came inside, as well as the golden dragon whose name Toothless couldn't remember. Hailey closed the door and locked it. Toothless guessed she didn't want Vorpent to come in.
Hailey turned towards Autumn. "What are you doing here in Berk?" she asked.
"North Dakota sucks!" Autumn replied. She stepped closer to Hailey. "Besides... my mom is gone so I came to see if my dad was here." Autumn looked down at her feet.
Hailey gasped. "What? Aunt Sara's dead?" Toothless could see the small tears forming in her eyes. "How?"
"In a car crash," Autumn replied. "I'm not exactly sure how. Anyway, is my dad here?" Hailey nodded as she pointed to the hallway. Autumn walked towards it, only to run into Gordon. He looked down and gasped in surprise. He hugged her tightly.
Then, Gordon looked around, probably expecting someone. Toothless saw Autumn's eyes fill with sorrow as she explained what happened to her mom. After that, Gordon looked like he was about to cry out in sadness. Hailey looked at Gordon with sympathy.
"Well, why exactly are you all here?" Hailey asked, shattering the silence.
"We heard about the battle you were going to face so we came to help," Autumn replied. "I also noticed that they didn't have dragons. So I was able to help them with that." They nodded as Hailey turned to them. Toothless then heard Firestar come out of the hallway. Hailey turned to him, then faced the others.
"I can explain everything later." she said quickly. "Right now, you all have to see this. After that, we go into battle." She walked towards Firestar and handed him her crutches. She took a deep breath. Toothless sensed her focusing all of her powers to transformation. Then, there was a flash, and Toothless saw a female Night Fury standing where Hailey was.
Her scales were a deep sapphire color, her eyes the same as they were on her human form. Her leg didn't seem to be hurting at all. She looked over to Toothless, proud of her success. Toothless was stunned at how lovely she looked. Though, something at the back of his head kept pestering him about how someone would be very angry with him, but he shook it off.
Toothless walked up to Hailey. "I told you that you could do it." he said, brushing his wing up against hers. Toothless looked up at the window, and so did everyone else. That was when Autumn said, "Ready everyone?" Toothless saw everyone nod. That was when he knew that all of this training would finally pay off. He looked over to Hailey to see full determination in her eyes.
"Let's go," she said. Quickly, she pushed her head against his. She then looked to everyone else and gave a signal to show that it was time to battle. Firestar walked over to the door and unlocked it. He went outside while everyone else followed. Once they were outside, Toothless saw everyone summon their dragons. Even Firestar was signaling his. Fireworm appeared next to Silvia. A bright blue Deadly Nadder and a green Nadder appeared next to Adam and Dylan. An amber colored Gronckle came flying in next to Frank.
A deep green Zippleback flew over to Robin and Travis. Autumn signaled for Glory to come. Then, Firestar called his dragon and to Toothless' surprise, it was a Soulpeace Dragon (1). It was a male because of his large wings. He had the three colors blue, purple, and beige mixed in his body. The Soulpeace Dragon was very rare. Firestar mounted his dragon. Toothless also noticed that Gordon had mounted on Glory as well as Autumn.
Then he gave the signal. "Charge!" he shouted and the dragons lifted themselves into the air with their riders on their backs. Hailey and Toothless flew side by side. They all flew towards Vorpent who currently had his back turned to the oncoming riders. Hailey and Toothless put on a burst of speed and both of them let out a fire bolt which hit Vorpent square in the back. He turned around, anger clear in his eyes. Toothless sensed the others gasp in fear. He also felt Hailey brush closer to him.
"Hah!" Vorpent laughed. "You think you can trick me by turning into a dragon? HA! You will still die. Whether you are in dragon form, or human form." Toothless' breath got caught in his throat. No way would he let that happen. So, he charged forward, knocking Vorpent out of the air. Hailey gasped, causing Toothless to turn around. What he saw horrified him. The Green Death was flying up to her, his teeth ready to bite.
Then, Death was in close enough range to bite Hailey's tail which he did. Hailey roared in pain as her wings stopped flapping and she plummeted down to the groun. Toothless dived after her. He watched as she transformed back into her human form. He flew even faster. He managed to catch up with her and grasped her arm. He pulled her into him and descended slowly to the ground. He gently laid her down on a soft patch of grass.
Toothless nuzzled her head as he laid down next to her. One half of the group went after Death while the other half went after Vorpent. Toothless turned his attention back to Hailey. Thankfully, she had her eyes open, but they were filled with pain. Her eyes drifted towards her leg and so did Toothless's.
Her leg had a gash alright, but no green poison was seeping through. The poison hadn't effected her let alone had been there. She was completely immune to the poison and the poison was killed. Toothless licked Hailey's gash in hopes of making it feel better.
Then, Toothless faced Hailey. "Oh gods, Hailey!" he exclaimed. "Quit scaring me like that." Hailey laughed and stood up very slowly. She leaned on Toothless for a brief moment. After that, she transformed back into her dragon form.
"Let's try again!" she said, licking the side of Toothless' head. The two flew up into the air to join the battle. Soon enough, Toothless heard a roar of fury. Turning his head around, he saw Green Death fall to the ground and turn to dust. The wind swept the dust away, leaving no traces behind.
"One down, one to go," Toothless muttered. He turned around and flew next to Hailey. They were soon joined by Silvia, Robin and Travis as well as their dragons. They joined Autumn, Frank, Dylan and Adam who were currently backing Vorpent into a corner, literally. Soon, all of them had enclosed Vorpent which kept him from escaping. Hailey flew closer. Vorpent just laughed evilly.
"You want to know something, Braveheart?" Vorpent asked devilishly. "It wasn't just a random driver who killed your mother. It was ME!" Toothless was shocked. It looked like Hailey was about to explode. But instead, she rushed forward and smashed her paws on to Vorpent's head, killing him instantly.
He blew away into ash as the wind carried it away. Toothless heard sniffling and confirmed that Hailey was crying. Before he had a chance to comfort her, she was already flying towards her house at a rapid speed. Toothless looked to the others, wanting to know if he could have a few minutes alone with Hailey. They seemed to understand since they nodded. Autumn signaled them to follow her. Once they were gone, Toothless rushed towards Hailey's house.
When he got there, he saw the door wide open. He entered the house cautiously. He looked around for some sort of sign that Hailey was still here. He soon found a sign when he heard her upstairs. Quickly, he dashed up the stairs to see most of the furniture shifted, a couple tables flipped and her bedroom door open. He walked into her room to see her lying down on her bed. She was in her human form and tucked in tightly. Toothless made his way to her bedside. She opened her eyes and looked into Toothless's.
"I should have known, Toothless," she murmured. "I should've known it was Vorpent who killed my mother. If I would've know it was him, then I would've killed him sooner." Toothless saw tears streaming down her face. He laid his head on top of hers.
"You know it wasn't your fault, Hailey," he said to her. "There are some things where you can't do anything to stop it. But you did avenge her death, right? I know it must be hard for you, but I know things are going to get better. I mean look! We defeated Vorpent and the Green Death. We've freed the dragons from the curse! By those standards, we can do anything. You just have to believe in yourself." He moved his head in front of hers. "And since we've done all that, the talent show should be a breeze." Hailey smiled at him.
"Thank you, Toothless," she said gratefully. "The talent show is in a couple of days. You think I'm ready for it?" Toothless nodded.
"Now get some sleep," he ordered. "You've been through enough today." Hailey smiled. She pecked his nose and then laid her head back on her pillow. She closed her eyes and for the first time that day, it actually seemed like she was at peace. Toothless lied down on the floor and closed his eyes, letting sleep over take him.
Wow! That was pretty long.
(1) "Soulpeace Dragons aren't easy to spot in the wild, but their rather rare appearances are said to be good omens. Folklore speaks of them as being able to cure curses. Though this has never been been confirmed, humans often set up traps in hope of catching feathers from a Soulpeace Dragon's wings. As a result of their hunting, these wise dragons have become scarce over the years; they have migrated to remote regions where they can live a more carefree lifestyle." {dragcave . Wikia . c . o . m / wikia / Soulpeace_ Dragon} remove the space and don't capitalize anthing!
Hope you enjoyed. The story isn't over yet, though. The next chapter will have Hailey's performance at the talent show.