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Chapter 6: The Journal
Berk Present Day
The Journal was very strange, it had the looks and pages of a regular notebook, but the words literally floated off the pages and formed in front of Hiccup and Astrid as memories of the person who wrote on the Journal.
"Whoa, this is amazing!" said Astrid
"I know, this notebook doesn't record writing, but memories!" said an astonished Hiccup
"Well then lets watch." Said Astrid
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Village of Dek
Unknown POV.
Entry 1
There shown on the Journal was the image of a farm with growing crops, a barn and a small house in the middle of everything. The entire farm rested on a high rock formation that was suspended by other formations, like a bunch of floating islands, only connected by wooden and stone bridges.
I love this place said the voice from the journal, who distinctively sounded like Thane.
The sky, the sea, and the rock I live on. Said the voice as it moved towards the picture of a little girl.
That's my sister Catherine. Said the voice, moving towards an image of a young man with short spiky jet-black hair and a large grin on his face.
That's me, Thanatos. Said the voice, directing Hiccup and Astrid's attention to the guy grinning.
"Wait, Thanatos?" asked Astrid, "Isn't this Thane's journal?"
"I don't know, why does Thane have someone else's journal, and why it that guy with Catherine?" asked Hiccup.
They saved most of their questions, as the voice on the journal continued to speak.
My sister and me live in the village of Dek, but most people call it the floating village, considering that our ancestors built the village on top of floating rock formations over the sea. Said the voice, From what I know, our ancestors built the village here for three reasons, 1: it's well protected, 2: the rocks are full of resource, and 3: to be able to kill Dragons.
See, this village may be well protected from Vikings, but not from Dragons said the voice, But the Deks have a certain hunger to kill the rarest and most powerful Dragons, call it a rite of passage.
And coincidentally, lot's of Dragons, especially the rare ones, come to the village to gather food from us. Said the voice as it shifted to the image of the village of Dek under a Dragon raid.
There on the picture Vikings were fighting Dragons, and the Dragons were some of the most rare Dragons ever seen.
The Dragons here try to take the food, but the Vikings always hold them back. Said the voice, shifting to a picture of some Vikings fighting a Snaptrapper.
It gets dangerous at times so Catherine always stays in her room, while I try to protect her and my parents' farm. Said the voice, shifting to the image of the guy Thanatos, fighting back a Nightmare.
Although most of the most rare Dragons come here, there is nothing more valuable to kill, than a… said the voice as a chilling scream pierced the air
"NIGHT FURY!" shouted one Viking
"GET DOWN!" shouted the other as a blue fire-bolt smashed a house
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Village of Dek
Thanatos POV.
Entry 2
Well tonight was shocking…wait, that's an understatement, tonight was…beyond possible and sane. Said the voice, It would take forever for me to understand what I did, but I'll tell you now.
The image on the journal was that of Thanatos' farm, but at night.
Last night, for once there was no Dragon Raids, but I heard something strange, a boom outside my house and on the field. Said the Voice, I decided to check it out, and was surprised…no…shocked beyond belief of what I saw.
Then the image showed Thanatos running outside of his house and onto the field, to see two Night Furies, one in battle position growling, and the other one on the ground whimpering.
I was fairly frozen, and I did what anybody would do, I drew my sword. Said the voice as it showed am image of Thanatos, drawing his sword and the Night Fury readying for battle. Then I did what nobody would do I threw my sword away.
The image shifted into one where Thanatos threw his sword away, and the Night Fury calming down.
And the finale, I did something anybody insane would do, I helped a Dragon. Said the voice, as the image showed Thanatos trying to get close to the injured Dragon to get it into the basement.
"Here Dragon, I'm not gonna hurt you." Said Thanatos, calming the Dragon, "I'm not gonna hurt you, I just wanna help."
The Dragon just growled a little bit more
"Cmon, I can see your friend is hurt, and I have some food and medicine back at my house where I can help him." Said Thanatos
The Dragon just growled even more
"Wait…where I can help her." Said Thanatos
Saying her seemed to calm down the Dragon, allowing Thanatos to be able to get close to the injured Night Fury, and drag it to his house.
"Mnuuh, damn you weigh a lot." Said Thanatos as he dragged the injured Dragon to his house.
It took a while, but I managed to get the injured Night Fury and the other Night Fury inside my cellar, where I could treat it. Said the voice
I managed to figure out that an arrow shot the injured Dragon, and it was stuck deep in her arm. Said the voice
"Oh this is bad." Said Thanatos, looking at the other, he guessed male Night Fury
"There is an arrow in her arm, this is gonna be risky to take out." Said Thanatos,
But the Dragon gave a face saying, "I don't care, just save her!"
"Wow, you really care for her huh?" said Thanatos, gaining a nod from the other Dragon.
"Alright, this is gonna hurt, ok." Said Thanatos, hearing a grunt from the injured Dragon.
I got some bandages, and medicine to try to prepare to save the injured Night Fury, and bandage myself if things go bad. Said the voice.
The image showed Thanatos cleaning the wound of the Night Fury, and then attempting to remove the arrow, without getting torn to shreds by the thrashing Night Fury. The other Night Fury attempted to hold down the injured one, to help Thanatos remove the arrow.
After a few minutes of intense medical procedures, the arrow finally came out, and the other Night Fury calmed down. Said the voice, And it took even longer for me to get Catherine to accept that the "monsters in the cellar" won't eat her for lunch.
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Village of Dek
Thanatos POV.
Entry 3
It's been about six weeks since I found those two Night Furies in my garden, and nothing has been the same. I soon learned more about Dragons in a few weeks than I could learn in a hundred years. Said the voice, And I've seen and done some things no other Viking would ever realize in their lifetimes.
The picture shifted to one where Thanatos and Catherine were playing with the Dragons, without attracting attention from the villagers.
I've grown attached to the Dragon I saved, it…no…wait, she has been the most loyal and friendliest person here in the village. Said the voice, Catherine also feels the same way about the other male Dragon, and we've grown so attached that we decided to name the girl Dragon, Blackbolt, and Catherine decided on naming the boy Dragon Zaf.
I've also done something that changed my view about Dragons for the rest of my life. Said the voice, shifting to the image of Thanatos riding his Dragon Blackbolt, I got to ride a Dragon.
"YAHOOOOO!" screamed Thanatos, as he dodged the different rock formations that made up Dek, "THIS IS COOL!"
Riding a Dragon was the most exhilarating moment of my life, but unfortunately for Catherine, she was only nine years old. Said the voice, So, letting her ride a Dragon could put her life in Danger, but not for me.
"YAAAAA!" screamed Thanatos, as he nearly dodged a rock arch.
"Whew, that was close." Said Thanatos as his Dragon Zaf slapped him on the face with her ear.
"Ow, hey!" said Thanatos, not seeing the large stalagmite hanging under a rock arch.
RAWR! roared Blackbolt, attempting to warn Thanatos.
"What…oh sh-gah!" screamed Thanatos, as he and his Dragon hit the stalagmite, causing them to both fly back home, with small bruises on their eyes.
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Village of Dek
Thanatos POV.
Entry 4
It was about a month since we found Blackbolt and Zaf and we have started to treat them like family. Said the voice, We've already tried setting them free, but they choose to stay with us, I think they also started to treat us like family to.
All life was well, until we found something unsettling inside the attic. Said the voice, as the image shifted to that of a dusty old attic, withThanatos coming through the trapdoor on the floor.
I decided to clean out the attic, and as expected, Blackbolt came with me. Said the voice
I started shuffling things around when Zaf started growling at something, and immediately pounced. Said the voice
"BLACKBOLT, WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" screamed Thanatos, watching Blackbolt come to him with some stuff in her mouth.
"Huh, what's this?" asked Thanatos as he removed the things, examining them.
They seemed to be ordinary objects. Said the voice, The first one was a strange orb, that gave off a warm presence to it, while the other one looked like a stick wrapped around in a cloth, and there was a strange deathly aura surrounding it, but there was a note on the cloth that was addressed to Catharine. It seemed to have been a gift to her, but no gift I had ever seen.
I decided to stop my cleaning mid way and bring the objects downstairs to examine both of them, before giving the strange stick to Catharine. Said the voice, But I had serious doubts about giving it to her, until I saw who the object was from.
The object had the names of my parents, who were killed by Dragons about three years ago. Said the voice, I've missed them since, but to have a gift from them was overwhelming, and I couldn't wait to give it to Catherine. My first mistake.
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Village of Dek
Thanatos POV.
Entry 5
As Catherine started ripping open the fabric that covered the strange objects, I couldn't help to think that my parents might have been deranged. Said the voice.
The image showed young Catharine and Thanatos, staring at the two strange objects brought from their parents' attic. The strange stick wasn't actually a stick, but a four-foot long katana with a skull ornament at the end of the hilt. The hilt was black with designs of red diamonds running along the front and the back. The blade was not very odd, just a regular sword blade, except that it was fairly broken, small cracks and chips were seen on the blade. Now the second item was an even odder gift, it was a rock about the size of Thanatos' head, and on the rock were strange blue inscriptions that neither Thanatos nor Catherine could make out.
"What is this big brother?" asked Catherine
"I don't know sis, but it was a gift from mom and dad, so it's gotta be important." Replied Thanatos
Just then the rock started to glow.
"Huh?" said Thanatos, drawing closer to the rock
I had no idea of what the rock would do, Said the voice, or what it was, but it started to act strangely and I decided to investigate, my second mistake.
As Thanatos reached out to touch the rock, a blue glow enveloped the rock, blinding me and my sister with a strange blue light.
"Gaaa!" screamed both Thanatos and Catherine, while their Dragons shrieked in surprise.
"I am FREE!" shouted something in the rock as a black mist poured out of the rock, taking a humanoid form, revealing a frightening man in a black cloak with strange armor on.
"Wh-who are you?" asked Thanatos weakly, causing the strange man to take a glance at Thanatos.
"I am Death." Replied the man, with a voice that literally almost sucked the life out of everyone in the room, "And you, you must be the blood of the pure."
He said those words pointing to Thanatos.
"Blood of the what?" asked Thanatos
"Ah…I forgot you puny humans don't have any knowledge whatsoever. No matter, I have no use for you anymore." Said the man picking up Thanatos by the neck and throwing him through a wall.
"THANATOS!" cried Catherine, causing the two Dragon Blackbolt and Zaf to charge at the strange man, but he merely deflected them with the flick of his wrist.
"*Kaaf" coughed Thanatos as blood drained from his forehead.
That toss did more damage than I thought it would. Said the voice, It broke my arm, and a about three ribs, Blackbolt and Zaf however, due to their Dragon scales and endurance, only sustained some bruises and a broken leg on each.
"Ha, puny humans, you can only take so much for your bodies to completely break apart." Said the man, averting his attention to Catherine
"Sta-stay away from me." Cried Catherine, while grabbing the katana and pointing it to the man
"Well this is a rather odd spectacle." Exclaimed the man, "A small child, wielding one of the most powerful weapons in the known world, come on, take your best shot."
"HAAA!" shouted Catherine as she attempted to swing the katana at the man, continually missing him.
"HAHAHAHAHA!" laughed the man, "Pathetic."
The man then clutched Catherine by her neck and held her up in the air.
"CATHERINE!" cried Thanatos
"Well now let's see how much this puny human can take before her neck snaps." Said the man
"Th-th-anatos." Muttered Catherine as the man choked the life out of her.
I felt my anger swell up inside of me, it took over and all the pain in my body left and I charged at the man, tackling him, freeing Catherine, but putting my life in danger once again. Said the voice, showing the image of Thanatos charging at the man.
"Grr, get away from me you insect." Swore the man, as he punched Thanatos in the gut, breaking one more rib.
"*Coff." Coughed Thanatos, coughing blood
"You will now face your end." Said the man, slowly crushing Thanatos' windpipe
"Gak, ur." Choked Thanatos
While I was there slowly being choked, Catherine was letting her emotions fly, grabbing the sword and channeling all her emotions into it. Said the voice
The image showed Catherine picking up the sword, tears in her eyes, and light grey energy surrounding the katana.
"LET GO OF MY BROTHER!" shouted Catherine, slashing the sword in the air, causing a large light-grey energy slash to charge at the man.
"What!" exclaimed the man, instantly dropping me and jumping to avoid the slash of energy.
"So, you learned how to use the Soul Cleaver." Said the man as he dodged another one of the energy slashes
"Well, let's see if you can handle this." said the man, as he deflected a slash back at Catherine.
I only had moments to save Catherine, and she couldn't dodge her own attack and I did the only thing any good brother would do. Said the voice, as the image showed the energy slash shooting back at Catherine, and her freezing from fear.
But instead of light grey energy slash hitting her, she was pushed by Thanatos himself.
Time just seemed to slow down in those final moments with Catherine. Said the voice
"B-brother." Said a wide eyed Catherine
Thanatos just gave her the final smile she would see from him.
"BROTHER!" shouted Catherine as the slash of light grey energy blasted Thanatos and surrounded him, but instead of Thanatos, two guys, who looked exactly like Thanatos came flying out in opposite directions, one slamming into the wreckage of the house, the other flying next to the man.
"Brother!" Catherine cried, heading over to the Thanatos in the wreckage of the house.
"Hmm, this one is still alive, he could be useful, and anyways I've got what I wanted." Said the man as he picked up the other Thanatos near him and sprouted large tattered Dragon wings and flew away.
"Brother hang on." Said Catherine with tears in her eyes as Zaf and Blackbolt limped over and looked at their masters.
They seemed to take pity on Thanatos and repay him for saving Blackbolt's life, and breathed blue fire at Thanatos' wounds.
At first Catherine was shocked, but she saw that the blue fire started healing Thanatos, and soon enough he woke up.
"Uhn, what happened." Grunted Thanatos
"You were injured, but Blackbolt and Zaf healed you brother Thanatos." Said Catherine.
"Thanatos? I'm not him, I'm Thane." Said Thanatos, or Thane as he called himself
"What? No silly, you're Thanatos, right?" said Catherine, worried about her brother's mental state.
"No, I'm pretty sure my name is Thane, why do you keep calling me that?" replied Thane.
"Oh no." exclaimed Catherine, looking at her brother, if it was her brother.
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Berk Present Day
No POV.
"Whoa." Exclaimed both Astrid and Hiccup in unison, as they both let out their feelings about seeing "Thane's" Journal
"So wait…from what I understand, Thane and Thanatos are the same person?" asked Astrid
"For once, I have no idea." Replied Hiccup
"Then maybe I can clarify." Said a voice behind them.
Hiccup and Astrid instantly turned around, only to see a pretty angry Thane leaning on a tree trunk.
"Th-Thane!" exclaimed Hiccup, "We…uh…didn't mean to-"
"Steal my…no…his Journal, peek into his secrets and think that I wouldn't find out?" scolded Thane, "I should tie you both together, stick you on a catapult and launch you at Death the moment he goes within range of this village."
Hiccup and Astrid both thought their lives were over, until Thane's angry look melted down.
"But I won't do any of that." Said Thane, relaxing Hiccup and Astrid, "I will only explain what the Journal didn't. After young Catherine explained everything, we decided to leave Dek, the villagers already found out about Blackbolt and Zaf, which made it even more difficult. We both decided if we were to leave we would take most of our parents' belongings, and I found the journal you were just reading in the attic. As Catherine and me were flying, we both dosed off, eventually waking in the Cave I found to be an ancient Dragonborn library. I learned all the knowledge of the Dragonborn and the stages of bonding, and eventually was able to cast the final stage on Catherine and myself. I also learned what Death meant by 'pureblood', it means the original Night Fury, the true son or daughter of lightning and death themselves, or specifically, my…no… our mom and dad."
Hiccup and Astrid were still wide-eyed and listening to Thane's story.
"I know this because I was able to learn Dragonese and ask Blackbolt, and I even tested my blood. But there was only one problem, when Malthazar and I broke away from each other, we each took a part of the pureblood of Thanatos with us, Malthazar became the son of Death, while I became the son of Lightning." Said Thane, "We also split some of Thanatos' emotions, for example, I got cold anger and calmness, but with a kind heart and mercy, while Malthazar may be cheerful and exiting, but he is sadistic and immoral. We both were able to channel our power into two weapons, my Sky Breakers and his Spirit Slashers and use them in battle. I soon also found out that the sword our parents gave to Catherine is called the Soul Cleaver, a weapon that could literally tear your soul in two, like what happened to Thanatos. And the stone was actually a prison for the rest of Black Death's minions, think of it as a prison for clones of Death."
Hiccup and Astrid were more shocked to hear that there was not one, but a whole prison of Black Deaths.
"Why were they all imprisoned." Asked Astrid
"Well you wouldn't want to keep a bunch of magic-powered warlords, crime lords, murderers and evil kings and queens roaming around the world would you?" said Thane
"Point taken." Replied Astrid
"So that is what Black Death is here for, to free the others trapped in that stupid rock!" shouted Hiccup, "You said he was here to kill us!"
"He was and is, but now I think his true goal has diverted from killing us, to freeing his people." Said Thane
"Well our lives just got a whole lot harder." Said Hiccup as they all looked into the distance, almost looking at their inevitable deaths.
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