Hey, sorry everybody for not updating earlier, i have had a lot of troubles with internet and it has only started to work for me now. Once again, sorry for the wait. I hope this chapter makes up for it. Now, the next chapter is half written, but I need some input. Ok, I could really use some help. And leave a review to keep me motivated.

"Into the great beyond…" someone droned. Heads drooped and grips went slack. "Into the great beyond…" everyone echoed. People were slowly nodding off in the saddle. Meatlug was practically sleep flying.

Shadow shook her head, at their behaviour and to clear her mind from drowsiness. Their low energy mood was making her sleepy. Normally, she could fly for days at most without stopping or getting tired, but the last time she flew this long or this far was years ago.

There was no land in sight, nothing but endless ocean and grey, morbid skies. The sea of grey was ominous, and through the dull environment, Shadow was free to think. That man, named after this very colour, was still out there. That traitorous, treasonous, murderous bastard was still out there, somewhere in this grey sea. The realm between known and unknown, light and dark. They grey area.

Shadow shook her head again and flapped her wings. She needed something to keep that disgusting slime of a man off her mind. And if the dragon riders didn't find some way to occupy themselves soon, she believed that they would fall off their saddles.

As she flapped, the air collected under her wings made a small booming noise, like a tiny thunderclap, or the beat of a drum. An idea slowly formed in her mind, and she smiled.

The sound of the rhythmic beat of her wings roused the dragon riders from their naps. The drum-like sound echoed throughout their minds with a steady beat. Shadow made music with her winds, and with their growing excitement, their dragons began to increase their speed, replicating her sound and keeping in time.

Shadow clapped her talons together, adding to the beat with a slight clicking sound. The beat was lively in their hearts, matching their speed, if not faster, and added smiles to their faces, then Shadow began so sing.

"Let the wind carry us, through the clouds hurry up, alright… We can travel so far, as our eyes can see… We go where no one goes, we slow for no one, get out of our way…"

"Awake in the sky, there's no break up so high, alright… Let's make it our own, let's savour it… We go where no one goes, we slow for no one… get out of our way…"

"We slow for no one, we go where no one goes… We slow for no one… we go where no one, goes."

The musical sound continued to echo all around them as the clouds began to disperse. Warm sunlight heated their backs, and a fresh breeze blew in their faces, while sweet musical sounds echoed on the air. The enchanting noise drew them onwards, and soon, land was sighted.

As soon as the lush green island came into view, something stirred inside Shadow's subconscious. She was no longer making musical sounds, meaning that the origin of the flute-like music was not her.

The music echoed inside her head, louder with every beat of her wings. It put her on edge. But to her surprise, the dragons beside her seemed lulled by the noises. Hiccup misinterpreted their attraction to the island for a longing to rest, and sent their formation on a beeline for a wide, open beach.

Once they landed in a safe spot, the riders disembarked, their rear ends aching from their many hour long flight. Shadow remained in her full dragon form, with a sense that she would need its strength.

As the sun began to set over the island, the teens unloaded the saddlebags strapped to Shadow's harness, but she refused to have her harness taken off as well. They set up a small camp, ate some food around a fire once it got dark, then fell asleep on their bedrolls.

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Sometime in the night, Shadow was awoken by that mysterious flute-like sound. It echoed around inside her head, like a beacon towards an unknown location. But instead of following it into the night, She shook her head violently and forcibly dismissed the sound. Whatever creature was out there, she would not fall prey to it.

The noise was persistent, and didn't cease, forcing Shadow to concentrate on keeping its mind numbing influence from overtaking her logical mind. So focused she was on keeping the sounds outside of her own mind, that she didn't notice the sounds of the dragons leaving the camp, heading towards whatever creature lured them to their demise.

The force was strong, and she nearly succumbed to its embrace, but she forced it out of her mind with a growl and a violent shake of her head. To further force the intruders influence from her, she stood up and moved around the camp while the riders slept. It was a powerful sound that made her legs tremble slightly, but her powerful mind was beginning to fight back and match it.

Hiccup stirred in his sleep and his eyes fluttered open at the same time that Shadow noticed that the dragons were gone. She practically pounced on him to wake him up. Instantly he was on alert and waking the other riders. Toothless, Stormfly, Meatlug, Hookfang, Barf and Belch were nowhere to be seen.

The riders set out into the strange forest as dawn broke over their heads. Without their dragons, the walk seemed much longer than it was. Only a few short hours went past before they got tired.

All the while, Shadow was conscious of the siren-like song that came in the night, which lured her towards the carnivorous dragon living on the island. When the group came across a giant pile of dragon bones they realised just how dire the situation had become. They had to find their dragons, and fast, before they became prey to the cannibalistic dragon which called this island 'home'.

Some rustling from behind them made the group made them whip around and draw their weapons, but a growled command from Shadow halted them, and just in time too. Toothless jumped out from the bushes and knocked Hiccup over. They sighed in relief.

But the other dragons were nowhere in sight. No rustling signalled their proximity, and Toothless's warbles alerted them that the dragons were captured. So now they ran towards the ravines and caverns between rocks, following the flute-like call of the mysterious dragon.

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Shadow was the first to react. Whereas the others had ran towards their dragons trapped in amber, in a vain attempt to get them out, Shadow roared in warning as the creature approached.

The others were too late, and too exposed to its onslaught, and were trapped within minutes next to their dragons in golden amber cocoons. Thinking fast, Shadow ran out from her covered position to where Hiccup and Toothless were standing. She didn't have enough time to save the Night Fury, but she had just enough to grab Hiccup in her powerful jaws, turn tail and run to safety before the Death Song caught them too.

Its furious shrieks followed them into the forest, but after a short amount of time, it gave up the pursuit. It had other victims to feed upon. This gave Shadow and Hiccup enough time to escape, although Hiccup had no choice in abandoning his friends. He was forced to leave them behind while he was carried away in the jaws of the Black Moon.

Finally, she dropped him on the ground in a slobbery heap. He tried to stand up, but he just slipped back over again. The next time he stood, Shadow helped him up.

"Great, what are we going to do now?" he cried, mostly to himself. The dragon behind him growled in response. "I know that type of dragon… I should have figured it out before, I could have stopped us all from getting into this situation." She growled to herself. "It's known in many places as the Death Song, hence how its' sweet call lurers you to your death. It uses the same techniques as an Alpha or Beta dragon, mind manipulation. While not as powerful as a Seadragonus Giganticus Maximus, it uses a mind controlling call to lure its prey to it, then traps it in amber cocoons for it to devour."

Hiccup started pacing in front of the great black dragon, trying to think of how he could defeat it and get his friends and their dragons free. That amber substance was too tough to cut through, and barely anything his friends tried had worked to break it, before they in turn were captured.

"How can we get them out? No wait, before we think of that, how come you weren't lured by the Death Song's call?" he questioned. Shadow almost smirked. "The Black Moon dragon far surpasses all dragons in superiority. We have the ability to resist the calls of Alpha and Beta dragons such as the Bewilderbeast and the Red Death, and by extension, the Death Song as well. We have the ability to 'scramble' their calls using vibrations in our throats that echo through our heads. When I activate this ability, my horns act as a receiver to the call of the Death Song and scrambles it so it doesn't affect me." She explained.

Hiccup looked at her blankly, then his face changed into one of curiosity and interest. "Huh… interesting." He stopped to think for a minute or two to mull over what she said. "What's a Bewilderbeast?" he asked.

"I'll tell you some other time." She replied. "So now that you know how I can prevent myself from being affected by the Death Song's call, we need to come up with a plan to get the others free."

Hiccup hummed to himself as he thought about a rescue mission. That dragon was dangerous, and the others wouldn't stand a chance if they waited too long, but he had no idea how to break them out of those amber cocoons. And despite Shadow's amazing fighting skills in all her forms, if she got hit with that amber stuff, she would be stuck too.

"I haven't got much of a plan on how to get the others out, but I might be able to give you time to figure something out yourself. I can fly you over to the trapped dragons and drop you of, then I'll fly around and keep the Death Song occupied." She suggested.

Hiccup tried to protest, but there was nothing else they could do. They were running out of time to save them. So with that, Hiccup climbed up onto the saddle part of her back and gripped the reigns. He also made a mental note to make the harness more comfortable for passengers. Every small movement jostled him uncomfortably.

He held on tight as Shadow's massive wings unfurled and she took a running start into the air. Her powerful wings made them shoot into the air at high speeds, and he almost fell off. Riding a Black Moon was so much different to a Night Fury he found out.

Her kind were much more uncontrollable and violent whilst in flight. He felt like he was getting bucked around on the back of a stallion, one that was at least four times the size, covered in tough scales and could fly that is.

Within minutes, they were flying overhead of the trapped dragons and riders, and the Death Song was nowhere to be found. Hiccup launched himself off Shadow's back and ran to the closest person to break them out. He started whacking it with everything he could fins, but nothing was breaking it.

Suddenly, a shadow passed over the ground, and he heard Shadow growl threateningly. When he looked up, he could see the brightly coloured wings of the Death Song, and it was looking for its next meal.

Shadow roared in challenge and launched herself into the air after it. It screeched at its challenger and dived towards her. They collided mid-air in a flurry of wings and talons, attempting to swipe at each other and knock them out of the air.

Those who could move slightly looked up at the skyward battle, the contest between the bright and colourful dragon, and the pitch black monster. Shadow managed to head-butt the rainbow coloured dragon with her ivory horns, forcing it back and towards the ground.

Hiccup watched, horrified, as it was given a clear shot at Shadow's torso. Sticky golden amber shot through the air towards the black dragon, and stuck to her body, cooling almost instantly.

Shadow struggled to keep herself in flight whilst the added weight to her chest dragged her down. She was infuriated, and in response, she filled her fire lungs and opened her jaws. But instead of firing upon the dragon itself, she turned her jaws towards herself and blasted apart the cocoon with blue hot fire.

The amber practically exploded apart in burning chunks, and Shadow was free. Now, she charged up lightning in her throat, and shot it towards the Death Song with more strength and force than a Skrill.

Back down on the ground, Hiccup shielded his head as flaming pieces of amber landed around him. In that moment, an idea came to mind and he rushed over to the saddlebags for a bowl.

Once he had that, he ran over to Hookfang and asked if he would give him some saliva to help break them free. Eagerly, the Monstrous Nightmare donated as much as he could, then Hiccup set about covering the amber cocoons with the flammable gel.

Toothless ignited the gel, and within minutes, everyone was free and mounting their dragons once more, and taking to the skies to help Shadow with her battle.

The Black Moon dragon was winning the battle, dodging the blobs of amber and firing upon the Death Song, however, her own body was covered in burns from escaping from the cocoons. With the riders combined help, they forced the dragon to the ground, where Shadow pinned it with her large size. To end the fight officially, she held its mouth down with one paw, and held her other over its wing, ready to slash it open.

She roared in its face as a sign of victory and wrapped her jaw around its neck. The Death Song surrendered and submitted to the might of the Black Moon, allowing her to walk over it as she chose.

The Death Song was defeated.