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Quake's burst through the Great Hall's floor meant he had also destroyed Gobber's prosthetic leg in the process. The Hall itself had been greatly expanded to accommodate dragons and Vikings for such events as to what was happening out doors but never mind that now.
Twist was wide awake and bounded towards his fellow Boulder-Class dragon. Quake greeted Twist like always but looked at Halburg in his rather familiar worried expression. Halburg walked over, feeling rather uncomfortable with the eyes of other Vikings and dragons being pointed in his general direction. Quake however, despite his normal timid nature which differentiated him from other Whispering Deaths, was either ignoring or unaware of all the Vikings and Dragons, aswell as occasional Livestock, looking in his general direction.
Gobber grumbled and glared at Quake when Halburg finally arrived over. "Ooh, sorry about that Gobber" winced Halburg after spotting him using his. "Ya sure you are" the old man replied in a sarcastic manner. Halburg stalled before placing his hand onto Quake's snout, calming down the Whispering Death down a bit.
"What is it boy, is it the other dragons?" quizzed Halburg. Quake grumbled and picked up Halburg with his tail before placing him onto Twist's back. The Whispering Death gestured to his fellow Boulder class dragon to follow him down the hole in the floor of the building.
Halburg had only a second to grip onto Twist's back spines for grip, due to his saddle being taken off him a while ago, when the Grapple Grounder bolted after the Whispering Death down the hole, leaving a very speechless crowd in hall aswell as a couple off people glaring at the hole, which was creating a cool breeze.
Halburg, Twist and Quake could care less as they exited one hole to the village island and then into another which would take them to the Thorston household. Halburg was hunkered on Twist's back down to avoid the tree roots, loose rocks and other debris that littered the tunnel. Fortunately, Quake cleared a path in most areas he could.
Soon, they arrived in Halburg's main entrance stable through the roof where he found Lash, Crash, Bash and Dash being coaxed down by Arrow, who was watching over the Thornridge, Devilish Dervish, Prickleboggle and Windstriker.
As Twist landed, Arrow rushed over, nudging her trainer affectively. "Hay girl, you alright?" he asked to which she nodded in response. Arrow then squawked to the two Boulder class dragons to which Twist began walking off, Halburg was still on top of his back, while Quake slithered behind them, leaving the 'Ash' gang with Arrow.
Halburg realised they were going to the Boulder stable, dubbed by his parents as 'Whips Nest', after the Changewing herself. However, they did pass through the Dream stable that was between that which had Coral, Frostbite and pretty much all the dragons except Belle, Spines, Frill, Smoke, Spark and Blizzard.
"Wait, boys go there now" Halburg ordered practically to Twist and Quake when he heard a sharp screech followed by comforting chirps from 'Whips Nest'. The two dragons sprinted/slithered in that direction and stopped just in the front of it, behind the torches. Halburg ran when he saw what he knew was the reason Quake had been sent him for in the first place.
Frill and Belle were all surrounding one stable while Spines was bringing three buckets of water, which she found lying around, to Blizzard, Smoke and Spark. Both of the latter dragons were on the straw, hyperventilating with their scales shedding off their skin, Belle using her mist to put out any fires that Blizzard's scales would cause.
The two dragons also had their eyes shut tight and their teeth grinding against each other. Their tongues darted out of their mouths to scoop up water. Halburg however had sprinted over; he was now kneeling between Spark and Blizzard.
Spines, Frill and Belle had all nudged him before they went back to comforting the two panting dragons. Beneath their scales and onto their skin, Halburg could see both dragons sweating. The boy took off his helmet, fur coat, weapons and satchel, putting them all in the next stall before returning to his dragon's sides.
Halburg, along with the present dragons, all darted their gaze's to the attention of Frostbite, Coral, Arrow and the Snaptrapper sisters, all heads poking around the door frame. All of them looked terrified about the predicament. "It's alright girls and boy, they will be fine" comforted Halburg, leaving the other dragons and petting Frostbite and Coral. "If only I could believe that" though Halburg about his words.
Halburg then spoke to Frostbite "Frostbite, go through Quake's tunnels and go to the Great Hall. Bring back Valka with you ok boy?" requested Halburg. Coral, Arrow and the sisters all were upset but Halburg spoke "I know you want to help girls but Frostbite is the fastest dragon so it makes the most sense. I need you six to go comfort the other dragons, ok?" requested Halburg.
Frostbite flew off while the girls went off to resume reassuring the other dragons that were present. Halburg then went back to the dragons at hand. All the dragons there were the ones who knew Blizzard, Smoke and Spark the longest and thus refused to leave either's side.
A while later, Halburg and the others darted their heads when they heard a familiar wing-beat, followed shortly by Frostbite bounding into the room with Toothless and Cloudjumper behind him, with Valka and Hiccup on both respectively.
Frill, Spines, Twist, Quake and Belle all growled at them when they moved closer, clearly not wanting anybody who wasn't a member of their small pack to so much as look at Smoke, Spark or Blizzard, never mind touch them. "Down guys, let Valka and Hiccup see them" spoke Halburg who then gestured at them to all move back a bit. Halburg then motioned the two Haddocks to the two dragons.
Valka put down her staff and moved closer to them, placing her hand on Blizzard's snout while Hiccup looked at Smoke and Spark. "Mom, are you thinking what I'm thinking?" asked Hiccup. "I think so son, we had only a couple in the Sanctuary" Valka replied. "Ya, we only have some at the school, mostly these species, Gronckles, Nadders, Whispering Deaths, Razorwhips, Thunderdrums and Skrills" replied Hiccup.
"Care to tell us what 'some' and 'couple' are?" asked Halburg to which his dragons, now joined by Frostbite, the sisters, Coral and Arrow, all nodded in agreement. "We need to get them to a Volcano as soon as possible" replied Valka. "Me and Fishlegs found a place which we use to help their pain ease a little bit and accelerate this phase. Most dragons use it for this procedure, trained, tamed or wild regardless" replied Halburg.
"Alright then, if somebody doesn't start telling me something soon, there will be a staff to their head" Halburg growled, his hand firmly grasped around his staff's hilt. "Halburg, bring along your dragons as they may wish to see this, trust me, it will be necessary for them to see this" replied Hiccup.
Halburg went along with it, bringing along the ten dragons after he got his uncle and his uncle's wife and daughters to look after the remaining ones. Hiccup, picked up Fishlegs, and they flew in their massive convoy to their destination.
Halburg, up at the front on Quake's back, was deeply confused about the situation as were the dragons. Valka hung back with Halburg, reassuring him while Fishlegs and Hiccup were geeking out over their current situation, although Halburg couldn't see any reason to be excited at the moment.
The place they were heading was about a two day trip, due to Smoke, Spark and Blizzard going to need a break half ways there. They stopped on an island on their way there to make camp, just a bit away from Changewing Island. Frill and Spines, who were carrying Blizzard, set down their dragon they were holding while Twist and Frostbite did the same with Smoke and Spark.
The two dragons were being transported in massive tarpaulins that were strong enough to support the weight of a Scauldron. The humans set up their camp while the dragons all slept. Meatlug, Toothless and Cloudjumper all remained by their trainers while Halburg's dragons stayed with the two sweating and shedding dragons. "Are they going to survive?" asked Halburg, still not told what was happening to them. "Trust me, you will love what's happening" Fishlegs giggled. Halburg rolled his eyes and went over to sleep next to Frill and Spines, for their body heat and their comfort.
The convoy however woke up earlier than expected, when some Changewings spotted them and made to attack. Frostbite, Twist, Spines and Frill took off with Meatlug and Fishlegs leading them with their respective dragon cargo while Hiccup, Valka and Halburg fought off the Changewings with their dragons.
Only Petal got damaged, with a blood-shot eye from a stick into it. Halburg hung at the back of the convoy on Belle's back instead to examine Petal and was unaware of what island they were at, even when it was in all their sights (Umm, except for Petal, sorry about that girl).
Halburg had only just finished putting ointment onto Petal's eye aswell as an eye-patch, Tuffnut inspiration right there, when he looked at the island. "Ummm, what island is that?" quizzed Halburg, all his dragons looked (sorry Petal) in awe of the island.
The island was surrounded by icebergs with a volcano making up most of the centre of the island. The island was fairly small, probably about two minute flight around the base. However, Halburg knew what island it was, as did his dragons.
However, while he and the others had slack-jaws over the island, Blizzard, Smoke and Spark where being taken up by Cloudjumper, Toothless and Meatlug to the heart of the island with an ancient alter standing there.
When Halburg and his crew arrived up there, Hiccup, Valka, Fishlegs and their dragons were staring in awe as mist and ash from the volcano circled around both dragons. "Ooh, this is the first ones for a long enough time" squealed Fishlegs. Halburg rolled his eyes and watched, his staff dug into the earth to support him.
Soon enough, the mist cleared and where a normal Monstrous Nightmare and Hideous Zippleback once stood, now there were two Titan Wings of those two dragons with the same colours. "Ummm, I did not expect that, that is, well, awesome if I be honest" Halburg stuttered.
Smoke, Spark and Blizzard nudged their affectionate trainer while the rest of the Thorston's crew nuzzled them. Valka, Hiccup and Fishlegs got on their respective dragons and took off, leaving the Thorston and the others on Titan Wing Island. "Should we leave, he may get lost?" asked Valka. "He knows his way home, besides he does have a little squad of dragons to protect him" Hiccup pointed out. "If Ruffnut kills me, I'm blaming you" Fishlegs stated.
Halburg however wasn't far behind them. He was however on Coral who; though not the slowest, certainly wasn't the fastest dragon in the world. Nevertheless, he had his two new Titans to guard the sides of their convoy. Frill and Spines lead the convoy as they went around Changewing Island. Fortunately, the return journey wouldn't require a stop so would only take a single day
Their peaceful passing was then followed awhile later, by the named 'Chair Rock' off of Berk when a white Snow Wraith came flying towards them. "Really Swift, was that necessary" Halburg quizzed, referring to Jhrpiy by the nickname he gave her, others called her Skrill also. "It was as a matter of interest. While you were gone, we managed to get a lot of the snow and ice melted. Aswell, some ships arrived back in the docks" replied Jhrpiy, rolling her eyes at the green haired boy's nickname he had given her.
Halburg, Smoke, Spark, Blizzard, Twist, Frill, Belle and Spines all had wide eyes and they; after Belle had picked up the boy and put him into her saddle, shot off like a bullet with Jhrpiy to the docks, with a very confused group behind them.
Several people were walking up from the docks with their parents and their dragons, leaving Halburg to rush down with his dragons, while Jhrpiy went to find her own. It didn't leave much to work out however when Halburg, who had gotten off Belle since, had found himself being lifted off the ground by an invisible force.
Halburg smiled as Whip revealed her colours but then got knocked to the ground by Sprint and Crawl, both licking him like a mad dragon each. "Hi boys, yes it's nice to see you both aswell" gaged Halburg, struggling to breath with both Speed Stinger and Terrible Terror.
Smoke and Spark lifted them both off while the others nuzzled Whip. Halburg coughed but then Halburg saw a noticeable Scauldron and two people unloading off supplies. "Mom, Dad" Halburg exclaimed Halburg who ran up to them both. Steam perked up as Halburg ran, staff in grasp, while his dragons stood behind him.
"Hally?" quizzed his mother but she dropped a piece of heavy luggage onto the ground. She cared not and gave her boy a hug, Halburg's father doing the same. However, the dragons that had raced here were now diving in to nuzzle and great Halburg's parents. "Well, good to see your dragons and one question, what happened to Blizzard, Smoke and Spark?" quizzed Halburg's father. "They are now Titans, literally since yesterday. However some other faces you may wish to see" Halburg replied sheepishly.
His Mother, Father, Whip, Steam, Crawl and Sprint all turned their heads in shock as Quake nervously came out from behind Spines, the Raincutter pushing him along in support. "Halburg, that is that who I think it is?" questioned his mother. "That's Quake" Halburg spoke.
His mother and father walked up to him, placing a hand each on his snout. Halburg swore his mother shed a tear for the Whispering Death as she pushed her head against his snout, both hands holding the dragon's enormous head. Steam waddled up with the other four dragons and nuzzled Quake.
"Son, this is a surprise I will say that" smiled his father. "Ya, just a couple of other things" Halburg responded shyly before pointing with his finger to the Snaptrapper, Woolly Howl, Deadly Nadder and Tide Glider that were waiting at the end of the peer, all hanging around idly. Although, Petal was occasionally hitting her head against Bloom due to her blind side. "Ok, we'll talk about this at home" his father responded.
An hour later, in Halburg's Home
"… and that concludes how I got Arrow and crew along with Quake and the staff" Halburg said. He sat opposite his parents in their home and the dragons were as if nothing had changed. Sprint was hanging from the rafters by his tail, Belle and Whip lying by the fire and Crawl was on the table. All the others were outside, either in the stables or doing a chore for the family. The 'Ash' gang, Slate, Splitwire, Spiral and the Groncicles had all left since Halburg's departure.
"Right then, well it is only a couple of extra dragons to our little gang" his mother spoke. "True, besides I think that these dragons are a good bunch. Although I want no more without me and your mother hearing about it, got it" his father spoke. "Yes dad" replied Halburg, twirling his staff.
"Right then, let's see that staff of yours" his father smiled. Halburg laughed as his father retrieved one of his broad-swords. The two then went outside to spar while Halburg's mother smiled from the sides, petting Crawl who was cradled in her arms.