Dragon Warriors

in Let's roll this Dragon

At the catacombs, Alicia is updating the maintenance on the computer system so the Warriors can be on high alert when it's active.

"Hey Alicia!" Luu Luu came. "How's the updating going?" she said to Alicia.

"I've been trying to upgrade the system so we can have thermal vision and infrared vision." Alicia answered has he plugged into another socket. "And I asked Grave to help me out. But instead, he's doing something else." she explained.

"That's because he's doing some dragon fire experiments on the Dragon Eye." Luu Luu said to Alicia.

At Grave's room, Grave is taking notes on the maps that were projected by the Dragon Eye.

"Alright, next experiment. River stone." said Grave and he fed Bomber a river stone rock. And then Bomber spitted lava which changed the projection. And that's where the Warriors came in.

"Hey Grave! What are you doing?" asked Vault.

"Just made the greatest discovery ever." said Grave, and he showed the Warriors three new maps with pictures of Gronckles.

"Whoa!" Maia said in amazement.

"That's right, I checked the landmarks of the map and the borders which lead to North Carolina, which is the ancestral home of the Gronckles in this dimension." Grave explained.

"Like all the other ancestral home to all of the dragons in this dimension where Origa came to thousands of years ago." said Luu Luu.

"Yes, we know that Origa came to this dimension before us so drop it." said Prim.

"Yes, and in Eostia the home of the Gronckles never existed, and it's not in the Book of Dragons. But in Thomas's papers there is a mention of it, but only briefly and in context to a completely different species in this dimension." Grave explained. "If we head to North Carolina we could unlock so many secrets not only of Gronckles, but the entire Boulder Class of dragons." said Grave.

"And we're gonna go there." said Vault with a smug look on his face.

"Actually. It's only Connor and Grave." Celestine came.

"What?" the Warriors questioned.

"With both Origa and the Ancient Guardians on the loose, I can't take any risks. That's why I'm only allowing Connor and Grave to North Carolina, while the rest of you stay here and improve the catacombs defenses, for this city's sake." she explained.

"Don't worry, we'll be back in a flash." said Connor.


The next day, both Connor and Grave are flying to North Carolina to see a herd of Gronckles and any other Boulder Class dragons.

"This is going to be exciting I haven't slept last night, and I hope staying up let at night was worth it." said Grave in excitement.

And they landed in the forest somewhere in North Carolina and got off their dragons.

"Perfect." said Grave as he fed a rock to Bomber. "A place where Gronckles eat rocks." he said.

"And speaking of Gronckles, where are they?" Connor questioned. They turned and heard Bomber growling to get their attention, they followed him and behind a bush they found, three Gronckles eating rocks.

"See, I told you there were Gronckles in this state." said Grave feeling proud. And then they went to the Gronckles but suddenly, they started to growl, like they're ready for a fight. Which got two of the Warriors confused.

"That's strange? Gronckles are friendly, why are they acting like this?" Connor questioned, and then they felt something, like an earthquake.

"Could be an earthquake." Grave suggested, but Shade growled like it's more than an earthquake. They turned to the direction Shade is growling at, and they spotted a boulder coming right at them.

"Boulder!" yelled Grave. And he mounted on Bomber and flew away with the rest of the Gronckles while Shade blasted it, but the boulder didn't shatter. So Connor mounted and Shade and flew away as well. But the boulder was getting closer to them.

"Guys! Split up!" yelled Connor, then Shade flew to the side while Bomber flew to the other side along with the other Gronckles just as the boulder went past them.

"That was close." Grave said in relief as they saw the boulder going downhill. But it stopped, and it rolled uphill.

"Grave? What are the odds of a boulder rolling uphill?" Connor asked fearfully.

"Zero percent." Grave answered fearfully. Then they flew to get away from that weird boulder, they split to let the boulder pass again. But it turned around, and to their surprise, the boulder changed shape. The boulder was really a dragon with spikes all over its body, and it roared which also revealed it's two jaws, like its a bug. Which causes the two to scream.

Then the dragon began using its tail to shake the ground.

"Looks like we found a new Boulder Class dragon." said Grave. "Let's name it the Catastrophic Quaken." he suggested to Connor.

"Name it later, right now we need to go!" said Connor. Then Shade began to blast the Quaken with his Plasma Blast, which gave them enough time to escape with the Gronckles. But then the Quaken flew up and changed into its boulder form and it crashed into the ground creating a powerful tremor where it causes the dragons to almost lose their balance. "Well that was something you don't see everyday." he said, as he, Grave, and the other Gronckles retreated while the Quaken roared.


Later, Connor and Grave went back to the catacombs to explain the situation to the Warriors.

"So, not only did you two discover a new dragon, but you brought back stray Gronckles!" said Beardsley in anger.

"That's right. We were chased off by a Catastrophic Quaken." said Grave.

"And those Gronckles aren't the only ones." added Luu Luu. Which got Connor and Grave's attention.

"What do you mean?" Connor asked Luu Luu.

"When we were patrolling, we discover a herd of Gronckles that aren't habited to East Liverpool." said Kaguya.

"So they've been chased by the Quaken too, huh?" said Grave.

"Well, couldn't you two just fight back?" said Vault.

It's not that simple Vault." Claudia began. "This Quaken has to be the strongest Boulder Class dragon ever." she explained.

"That's correct Claudia." Celestine said in agreement. "But we have bigger problems, and that's by wrangling up the wild Gronckles and that's why I put Luu Luu in charge of the mission, since she's an expert on Gronckles." she explained to the Warriors.

"Yeah! I can wrangle those dragons like cattle!" Luu Luu said with a smirk.


Later that night, the Warriors are sleeping peacefully, except for Grave who is tossing and turning.

Dream:

Grave was at the forest looking for something, he held onto his sword tightly. And then he heard a roar, he turned and spotted the Quaken, it roared and changed into its boulder form and it rolled towards Grave. Grave prepared himself for the attack, so he swinged his sword at the dragon, but its skin shattered his sword then the Quaken turned and began to roll after him again.

But Grave didn't move, he just stood there, frozen in fear and just as the Quaken was getting close, everything went dark.

Dream end:

Grave shot up and panted heavily as he sweated, he looked around and noticed that he's still in his room. He began to process on what's happening, the Quaken has caused the Gronckles to flee their home leaving them without a home, so he looked at his sword and began to think.

"I've got to do something." said Grave with determination.


The next morning Claudia spotted her father-in-law training sword fighting with a stone block, like he's trying to cut it in half.

Next he fed Bomber some rocks, and he mounted on him and he flew and began to blast at the boulders for targets.

And then Bomber dive down and Grave jumped and took out his sword, and sliced a boulder in half.

And after his training, he grabbed an energy drink from the fridge and once he closed the door.

"Grave!" Grave screamed in fright, he turned and spotted his daughter-in-law Claudia, who is giving him a stern look. "Have you been training to fight the Quaken?" Claudia asked.

"Yeah, so what? I can't just sit around and letting that dragon take over all of North Carolina. The Gronckles want their home back, so I'm the one who's gonna give it back to them." Grave explained.

"Come on, you're just one knight. You can't fight that dragon alone." said Claudia.

"Oh yeah." Grave said to Claudia. "Bomber! Battle ready!" he ordered, then Bomber growled like he's ready to fight something. Only to be scorched by Shade.

"Grave, you're not a lone knight. You just need everyone to back you up." she explained to Grave, which causes him to sigh where it looks like she got through to him.

"Sorry Claudia, but I can't just do nothing." said Grave and he mounted on Bomber and flew off.

"Grave!" Claudia called out, but it was too late.


Grave and Bomber made it back to the forest of North Carolina and are ready to face the Quaken again.

Grave got off of Bomber and took out his sword, while Bomber is taking a stance, they looked around the forest to listen to the Quaken's rumbling.

"Where are you Quaken!" yelled Grave. And then they heard a rumbling sound, and it's coming in front of them, and there they spotted Quaken in its boulder form rolling towards them. But it stopped and changed its form and it growled at them, but both Grave and Bomber just stood there and glaring at it and the Quaken roared at them, but they didn't flinch.

Then the Quaken flew to attack them, but Grave and Bomber split up to avoid the attack.

"Bomber! Eat those rocks!" Grave ordered, then Bomber began to eat a bunch of nearby rocks, and Grave mounted on him. "Grave! Magma Shoot!" he yelled. Then Bomber began to blast at the Quaken, but it just shook the remains of the shot off of its face and began to chase them.

Bomber flew as fast as his little wings can to out fly the Quaken, he managed to flew past a few trees but the Quaken just knocked them down to the ground. And just as the Quaken was bout to catch up, he's been blasted, they looked up and spotted the Warriors.

"Guys! What are you doing here?" Grave asked.

"We're trying to help you!" said Luu Luu.

"I told you, I can face it!" Grave argued.

Then the Quaken flew up and changed into its boulder form and did its tremor attack, which causes everyone to shake both in the sky and in the land. Then the Quaken continue to chase Grave and Bomber, but Grave jumped off of Bomber and landed on top of the Quaken and began to strike him with his sword, and just like his dream it has no effect.

Then it shook Grave off of him, which causes Grave to crash land at a tree the two glared at each other, and the Quaken left. And Bomber went to Grave to see if he's alright, and when Grave got back up to face the Quaken again he spotted an old trail that was left by the Quaken which leads to a cave.

"The Quaken's cave?" said Grave. "He must've lived there alone." he said, and just as he and Bomber was about to leave the Quaken appeared, it changed into its boulder form and rolled towards the two, and the Warriors soon noticed in shock.

"Grave!" yelled Connor in shock, as he and the others looked away to avoid watching a nasty scene.

And then Bomber moved in front of Grave to face the Quaken itself, and just as its getting closer it changed back into its dragon form and stopped, where the Quaken and Bomber are now facing each other.

Where it looks like it's gonna be a showdown between two Boulder Class Dragons, but then the Quaken starts to soften which causes Bomber to smile and began to nuzzle it which causes the Quaken to smile.

And then the Warriors landed and mounted off their dragons, while the rest of the Gronckles came back.

"What happened?" asked Maia.

"The Quaken was just being defensive." Grave answered. "It was scared and alone, it wasn't angry at all." he continued.

"Wait. So the Quaken wasn't aggressive, it was just protected its home, and it just wanted friends?" said Vault.

"Yes." said Grave, as everyone saw the Quaken smashing a boulder and began sharing a meal with its new friends.