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How To Train Your Dragon
Cast
Hiccup H. Haddock: Oscar Pine
Stoick the Vast: Ozpin
Astrid Hofferson: Ruby Rose
Gobber: Peter Port
Fishlegs Ingerman: Jaune Arc
Snotlout Jorgenson: Cardin Winchester
Tuffnut Thorston: Nora Valkyrie
Ruffnut Thorston: Neon Katt
Toothless: Himself
"All in all," Bat-Qrow began, rubbing his shoulder. "You're pretty good, my training regime should be in your scrolls in case you want to improve some more."
Many of the Huntsmen and Huntresses thanked him for the training and bid him farewell. Qrow walked up to him when everyone was leaving to return to the theater room. "So how are things in your world?" he asked.
Bat-Qrow sighed. "It's been three months," he replied. "I've officially stopped branding criminals."
Qrow nodded. "How are things with Robyn" he asked with a smirk.
"Oh not you too," the Batman variant of Qrow said in annoyance. "I get enough of this from Klein."
Qrow shrugged. "Think of it. At least for the future." he said in response. "You don't know what will happen if you don't try." He gave the Bat a two finger salute before taking his leave.
Bat-Qrow watched him leave before sighing. But his lips curled ever so slightly as he thought about the Robyn variant that he knows.
"So, what are we watching?" Vernal asked after the new comers and old members of the Audience got acquainted.
"As I said before we started the DC viewing," Darth Anarchus stated. "We are going into the DreamWorks universe of How To Train Your Dragon."
Many grew excited to see this universe of dragons, especially to see dragons like Cinder. The others like Kali, Summer and Blake were excited to see RoseGarden.
"This another universe where you're the focus?" Em asked Oscar who nodded sheepishly. "Well, I'm sure I'm going to enjoy this."
The screen lit up to show the ocean on a foggy night. The camera moved through the fog, past a sea stack before the Audience saw an island with a large mountain range, sheer cliffs and a torch-lit village in view.
"This is Berk," Oscar's voice said in narrating tone. "It's twelve days north of Hopeless and a few degrees south of Freezing to Death," Oscar continued
"Wow, sounds like home." Emerald says sarcastically.
Penny did not catch the sarcasm. "Really? Because that does not sound ideal to me."
"It's located solidly on the Meridian of Misery." The view changed to show a closer view of Berk. "My village. In a word, it's sturdy. It's been here for seven generations, but every single building is new."
"Really? Why's that?" Glynda asked curiously. If the village is that old, why were the houses new? "Just give a few minutes." Darth Anarchus replied.
"We have fishing, hunting and charming view of the sunsets." A view of grazing sheep was shown.
"The only problems are the pests."
Suddenly something snatches a sheep and it disappears.
Ruby and a few others jolted in surprise. "EEP! What was that?" she asked. Darth Anarchus holds up a hand. "Give it a few seconds." he said.
Instead of being worried, the sheep next to him simply moves to his spot and begins to eat the grass.
"You see, most places have mice or mosquitos. We have. . ."
Oscar was shown opening the door to his house. He sees a large, winged reptile flying in front of him that shoots a blast of fire towards him. Oscar quickly closes the door and holds the door as the flames hit it. "Dragons," he said in awe and fear.
Then they remembered what this viewing was titled. How To Train Your Dragon.
"Just to be clear, actual dragons, not Creatures of Grimm that look like dragons?" Cinder asked, also sounding excited. She was a big fan of dragons when she was younger.
"I assure you, they are the real deal in this viewing." The Host replied. He is reminded of the life of one of his variants. They may have gotten to a rough start, but they could agree on one thing. Whether they were benevolent deities or harbingers of death and doom, dragons are freaking awesome!
Outside of Oscar's house, dragons were swooping down and snatching livestock.
"Most people would leave. Not us. We're Vikings."
A man was shown, punching a dragon in the face before the dragon shook him off.
Nora perked up in excitement. "They're Vikings?! I want to be a Viking!" she declared.
Ren placed a hand on her shoulder. "Nora, calm down."
"We have stubbornness issues."
Oscar was shown running out of his burning house. He stops briefly when the man from earlier lands on the ground in front of him.
"My name's Oscar the Hiccup. Great name, I know. But it's not the worst. Parents believe horrible names would scare off gnomes and trolls," Narrator Oscar scoffs as some villagers shove past Oscar to battle the dragons. Suddenly a blast of fire knocks off Oscar and a Viking into the air. The former lands on his back and the latter lands on him. "Like our charming Viking demeanor wouldn't do that."
"RRRRAAAAAAAARRRRGH!" The man yelled fiercely at Oscar before smiling. "Morning," he said cheerfully.
"Why is he called the Hiccup?" Em asked after Oscar's counterpart introduced himself on the screen. To her and some of the Audience, that sounded a little insulting.
"He's the runt of the litter," Darth Anarchus explained. "For these Vikings, it's tradition to name the runt "The Hiccup.""
Oscar frowned at that as did most of the students. Neo suddenly showed up next to him. Don't feel too bad, she signed. Take it from me, the best things come in small packages. She ran a hand down her body with a proud smile.
Oscar nodded slightly, blushing slightly upon looking at her figure. Both Ruby and Amber frowned a little in jealousy at the interaction.
"Good morning, sir!" Penny waved with a smile. This caused a majority of the Audience to laugh. The students mainly while the adults chuckled.
Oscar continued to run through the chaos, towards the town square. On his way, he passed by some tall and burly Vikings.
"What are you doing here?" A man asked.
"Get inside!" Another man ordered but Oscar continued running.
"What are you doing out?" Another asked.
"Get back inside!" A woman said, running with a sword and shield.
Oscar didn't listen and continued to run. One Viking didn't say anything. He was simply picking his ear, completely ignoring the attack around him.
Oscar was about to cross another lane before a large hand grabbed him and lifted him off the ground. The road he was about to cross just got hit by a blast of dragon fire.
"Oscar!" A large and muscular Ozpin with a large silver beard exclaimed. He turned to address the Vikings around him. "What is he doing out again-?" He paused and turned to Oscar. "What are you doing out? Get inside!" He then shoved Oscar away from the immediate fight.
"These adults may sound a bit harsh," Summer spoke, "but it was a bit of a thing of protocol for children to remain indoors during attacks."
Most of the students understood that, having learn that in their History Class.
"Well, that's one way to get him out of the fight," Coco remarked when Ozpin picked up Oscar.
"That's Ozpin the Vast," Narrator Oscar spoke in admiration. "Chief of the Tribe." Ozpin surveyed the battle before he saw a sheep in the talons of a spiky dragon. "They say when he was a baby, he popped a dragon's head clean off its shoulders." Ozpin picked up a wagon and tossed it at the dragon, causing it to drop the sheep. "Do I believe it? Yes, I do."
Ozpin turned to a Viking. "What do we got?" he asked.
"Gronckles. Nadders. Zipplebacks," the man said. "Oh, and Hoarak said he saw a Monstrous Nightmare."
Ozpin frowned a little at his title. He's not that fat, is he?
Oscar snickered next to his aunt.
Cinder pulled out her Scroll and began writing down the names.
An explosion caused the man to duck under his shield, but Ozpin stood still and glanced up at the sky even as a piece of burning wreckage landed on his shoulders. "Any Night Furies?" he asked.
"None so far." The man replied from under his shield. Ozpin then brushed the fire off. "Good."
"Hoist the torches!" Large braziers were pushed up, lit by torches that were tossed into the braziers. The braziers burned bright and strong, allowing the Vikings to see the dragons in the night sky better.
Oscar rushes into the forge. He takes off his brown fur vest. He is greeted by Peter Port who has a large mustache than the one the students know. "Oh, nice of you to join the party," Port laughed. "I would have thought you were carried off."
"What? Who, me?" Oscar said in a jovial tone as he put on a leather apron. "No, I'm way too muscular for them." He says as he gives Port a heavy hammer. "They wouldn't know what to do with all this." He said confidently as he struck a pose to show what little muscles he had on his arms.
"Well, they need toothpicks, don't they?" Port asked in reply.
The mention of Night Furies intrigued some of the Audience. Especially when it sounded like Ozpin was worried to have Night Furies in this dragon attack.
"Ho-Ho-Ho!" Professor Port laughed at seeing himself. "And here I am!" Then he paused on seeing that he had a prosthetic hand and foot. "Oh dear. I'm missing a hand and foot!" Oobleck patted him on the shoulder.
The interaction of Oscar and Port made some chuckle. "I mean, he's not wrong." Emerald snickered with Mercury.
Oscar crossed his arms in a pout. Sure, he didn't train like any of them but working on the farm didn't mean he was skinny!
"Hey, you don't have to feel bad," Ruby said sympathetically. "There's nothing wrong with the way you are." Oscar slumped before mumbling, "Thanks, Ruby."
Port changes his hand for another tool, revealing that he had lost a hand. Oscar goes over and opens up the counter, instantaneously receiving chipped and damaged weapons from different Vikings outside.
"The meathead with interchangeable hands is Port."
He carries the array of weapons over the hearth before putting all his weight onto the bellows.
"I've been his apprentice since I was little. Well, littler."
Outside in the village, Ozpin was giving orders to other Vikings. "Move to the lower defenses. We'll counterattack with the catapults." He and the Vikings ran down to the lower levels of the village. As they run, a house is alight by the dragons.
"See? Old village, lots and lots of new houses."
"Meathead?" Port repeated in an offended tone, only to slump when his fellow teachers chuckled in amusement.
"Oh, that makes sense now," Velvet said at Oscar's explanation combined with the dragon shown attacking the house as most of the students laughed.
The adults however felt sympathy with the village. These dragon attacks seemed to be the equivalent of Grimm attacks.
"Fire!" A man shouted. "Alright, let's go!" A familiar voice said as Oscar leaned in to watch.
A group of teens were rallied and carried buckets of water to the burning house. All of them were introduced by Narrator Oscar.
"Oh, that's Jaune. Cardin. The twins Nora and Neon." Said twins briefly fought over the same bucket. Then Narrator Oscar's tone became dreamy as Ruby Rose splashed water on the fire. "And. . . Ruby." Ruby flipped her hair as the fire exploded behind her and she walked in slow motion, making her appear more beautiful. Oscar looked at her in a dreamy expression.
Summer cooed. "Aww, he likes you at this point, Ruby!" Ruby and Oscar blushed and looked away from each other. Ruby pushed her hair behind her ear while Oscar coughed into his fist.
Yang, Weiss and Blake shared a glance with Team JNPR and CFVY. They could make some arrangements when this was all over. Penny bounced in her seat excitedly.
Ilia briefly had the same expression as Oscar as she stared at the onscreen Ruby.
Em looked to Ruby and Oscar and saw their reactions.
"Anyone noticing that Ruby is smiling rather seductively at Oscar?" Qrow suddenly as he tilted his head at the screen. Robyn noticed it as well. "I guess the feeling's mutual here." she muttered.
This made Ruby and Oscar blush a bit more.
"Ah, young love," Ozpin said to himself with a sigh. Glynda sighed in exasperation. "As long as it doesn't end up like it did with Raven, Summer and Tai, I'm fine with it." she muttered.
Back on screen, the other teens walked beside Ruby as they walk away from the exploding fire with her. They all look ready for battle before Cardin starts wiping his nose in slow motion.
Coco gagged, "Ew." Cardin chuckled and made a note to not do that if he knew that someone was filming him.
"Their job is so much cooler."
"What's wrong with being a blacksmith?" Ruby asked after recovering from blushing. "You get to make weapons! And fix weapons! And make weapons!"
"Maybe he wants to be recognized?" Oscar attempted to speak for his counterpart. This was confusing for his aunt, he could see that.
Oscar onscreen tries to climb out of the forge's window, only for Port's hooked hand to grab onto the scruff of his tunic. "Come on, let me out please," Oscar said. "I need to make my mark."
"Oh, you've made plenty of marks," Port replied before jabbing his hook at Oscar's chest. "All in the wrong places."
"What is that supposed to mean?" Yatsuhashi asked in curiosity. "I think it means that he may have made these attacks worse?" Fox replied in a confused tone.
Roman looked back to the screen when they saw the attack was shown. "How can a little runt make any of that worse?" he asked.
"Please, two minutes," Oscar pleaded. "I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date."
Jaune laughed, "Ha! Relatability!" Oscar gives him a dry look. "How does that make me feel any better?"
Port began counting on his hand. "You can't swing a hammer, you can't swing axe," He picks up some bolas. "You can't even throw one of these." Just then a man grabs the bolas and throws them at a dragon outside. The bolas pins the dragon's wings down and it falls to the ground.
"Ok, but this will throw it for me," Oscar said confidently, placing his hand on a contraption that looks similar to a wheel barrow. This caused it to spring into action, launching a bola out the window into a Viking's head. "Uuhg!" the victim exclaimed in pain before falling down.
"Can't swing a hammer?" Oscar repeated. "If I couldn't swing a hammer, why would I be a Blacksmith apprentice?"
"I think he means something like a war hammer," Ren stated.
"Oof, that's unfortunate," Qrow said with a 'sympathetic' wince when Oscar's contraption sprung and launch something to whack someone on the head before being elbowed by Summer and Tai whacked him on the head.
"Ooh! What is that?" Ruby asked interested.
"A Bola Launcher," The Host explained. "He made himself."
"So cool!" Ruby gushed.
"Ruby, it just hit someone on the head." Wiess said pointedly.
"See? Now this right here is what I'm talking about!" Port said as he walked to Oscar.
"Mild calibration issue," Oscar tried to say but Port told him to zip it. "Look, Oscar. If you ever want to go out there to fight dragons you need stop all. . ." he paused and pointed to Oscar, "this."
"But you just pointed to all of me," Both Oscars said, offended.
"Yes, that's it!" Port replied. "Stop being all of you!"
"But that's not right!" Ruby said defensively. "You should always be yourself!"
"That's right he should stay true to who is and ignore what other people say," this came from Blake. "Be proud of who he is."
"Screw what other people say." Adam said in agreement.
"Oh. . ." Oscar said, scowling at his mentor with a nod of his head as Port nodded back. "Oh yes."
"You sir, are playing a dangerous game." Oscar "threatened." He holds hands as if holding himself back. "Keep this much raw Vikingness contained? There will consequences!"
"Well, he wasn't wrong," Darth Anarchus replied.
"What does that mean?" Oscar asked, sounding a little worried.
"Nothing bad, we've seen your counterpart when he's older," The Host said with a wave of his hand. "Most girls seemed to like it." he chuckled.
This caused Ruby's mind to wander. Her mind pictured what 'the girls seemed to like' about on an older Oscar before she shook her head. No, bad thoughts, Ruby! Bad! Think of cookies and strawberries! Amber thought the same thing as well.
"I'll take my chances," Port deadpanned before handing Oscar a sword. "Sword, sharpened. Now."
"One day, I'll get out there."
Oscar carried the sword to the grindstone, sparks illuminating his face as he sharpened the blade.
"Because killing a dragon is everything around here."
The Audience see a group of dragons with a horn on their snout and a frill of spikes on their heads destroying a building and snatching some stray sheep. "A Nadder head is sure to get me noticed."
"Really? They look like they could be a challenge," Ruby said.
"With having the hottest fire known to dragons, they would." The Host said in agreement. "Combined with the razor sharp tail spikes that launch from their tail."
Near them are a couple of bulky dragons with lumpy spikes on their bodies lifting some dry fish racks full of fish in their jaws. "Gronckles are tough. Taking down one of those will definitely get me a girlfriend."
"They don't look tough," Mercury stated.
"Tough hides that are hard to penetrate with most blades." Darth Anarchus explained.
Two dragon heads were shown slithering around a building. One head breathed gas down a chimney and the other ignited a spark in its mouth at the door and caused the building to explode. They flew off or rather it flew off. "A Zippleback? Exotic. Two heads, twice the status."
The Audience's view goes to Ozpin and a couple of Vikings on a catapult tower. "They found the sheep!" One man exclaimed.
"Concentrate fire over the lower banks!" Ozpin ordered. "Hurry up! Fire!" The catapult fires at a Nadder that tried to fly away and knocks it down.
"And then there's the Monstrous Nightmare."
Ozpin walked to the edge of the platform as the inside seems to be on fire.
"Only the best Vikings go after those. They seem to have this nasty habit of setting themselves on fire."
The Monstrous Nightmare burst out of the tower.
Yang grinned. "Now, that looks like my kind of dragon."
Teams RWB/JPR/CFVY rolled their eyes. "Of course, it does." Most of them muttered under their breath. Why, you may ask?
Its whole body covered in flames like a phoenix. It growls at Ozpin who picks up a hammer. "Reload." Ozpin ordered. "I'll take care of this." He then slams his hammer in the dragon's face twice, dodging its attempt to bite him.
The Nightmare backs off, but Ozpin's attention is to the sky.
"But the ultimate prize is a dragon no one's ever seen."
Cinder written more notes before she started making sketches of what the dragons looked like. Half will be for Salem and the rest will be hers. She then paused as she heard a faint noise.
"Blake, Adam, High Leader," Ilia called out. "Do you hear that?" she asked getting nods from them along with Ghira and Kali.
"I hear it too," Velvet said. Before anyone could ask what it was that they hear, they hear it too.
A whistling screech that seems to grow louder and louder. And Ozpin looks upward in fear.
WWWRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Oscar hears the sound from the forge and stops sharpening the sword and glances up. "We call it the-"
"NIGHT FURY! GET DOWN!" The Vikings shout in fear. Some look around the sky in fear before a plasma blast was shot at the tower Ozpin was on. The Audience briefly see the silhouette of the Night Fury flying over the tower.
"Jump!" Ozpin declared as he jumped over the edge. The catapult falls down passed him.
Back at the forge, Oscar looked around trying to get a glimpse of the dragon. "This thing never steals food. Never shows itself and," The Night Fury shot the tower again as it passed by, disarming it for good. "Never misses."
"Impressive." Cinder said as she written it down at her Scroll. "Very impressive." Most of the younger Audience couldn't help but feel nervous at Oscar's words of the Night Fury. It sounded like a creature not to be messed with.
"No one has ever killed a Night Fury, that's why I'm going to be the first."
Oscar moved away from the forge counter with a determined look. Port had switched his hook with a battle axe similar to his own weapon back in Remnant. "Man the forte, Oscar." Port said. "They need me out there." He paused and turned around, pointing to Oscar. "Stay. Put. There." He said as if talking to a dog.
Oscar gave him a blank look. "You know what I mean," Port said before raising his axe up with a battle cry and ran out of the forge.
Not a moment later, Oscar was seen running out of the forge with his bola launcher, ignoring the calls of the other Vikings. "Oscar, what are you doing?!"
"Come back here!"
"Yeah, I know!" Oscar replied. "Be right back!"
"Be careful, Oscar," Em said quietly to herself.
A group of Nadders surrounded a small group of sheep that hadn't taken shelter. Ozpin and his entourage casted a net over them. One Nadder tried to fire only for Ozpin jump on its head. "Mind yourselves," he warned as he pinned the dragon's head down. "The devils still have some juice in them."
"Go, Professor Ozpin!" Most of the students cried out. "Show them who's boss!"
"Students, calm down." Glynda said in amusement.
Oscar had set up his bola launcher at an unlit section of the village and next to an unmanned catapult tower. He scoured the night sky, looking for any sign of the Night Fury. "Come on," he muttered. "Give me something to shoot at. Give me something to shoot at."
Faintly he could hear a dragon roar. Squinting, he was able to see the Night Fury's outline as it flew under the stars. The whistle roar started again, signaling the start of another attack. Oscar took aim at the catapult, waiting for the right opportunity to fire. Soon the plasma blast was shot, obliterating the tower and the Night Fury's form was illuminated by the blast. Oscar fired shortly after, knocking himself down. He scrambled to his feet before hearing a dragon and the outline of the Night Fury was seen by Oscar and the Audience plummeting to the forest.
". . . He did it?" Mercury, Emerald, Weiss, Coco, Blake, Cinder and Adam asked in surprise and disbelief.
"He did it!" Nora, Jaune, Velvet answered and Ruby cheered, "Way to go, Oscar!"
Em laughed a little. That's her nephew.
Neo used her Semblance to send confetti into the air.
"Well, son of a bitch," Roman muttered. "The runt did it."
"I hit it?" Oscar asked himself in disbelief before cheering, "Yes, I hit it!" He turned around. "Did anybody see that?" He got an answer when a Monstrous Nightmare snuck up behind him and crushed his bola launcher under its foot. "Except for you," Oscar said sarcastically to its snarling face.
Immediately most of the students went silent. "Oh no," Ruby muttered while Oscar chuckled nervously. "I'm in danger."
"Oh, that's not good," Tai said.
"Run, Ossie, run!" Roman said.
"Uh, my name's Oscar actually." the former farm hand said.
". . . That's what I said." Roman said blankly.
"Bitch, just run!" Emerald snapped before realizing the kid may find it offensive. "Oh, uh. . . Sorry." Oscar just blinked before he waved her off. "It's fine."
Ozpin was securing the Nadders in the net before he heard someone screaming and saw Oscar being chased by the Monstrous Nightmare. He sighed in exasperation before he ran after him, ordering the Vikings, "Do not let them escape!"
"Right!" said one of the Vikings.
Oscar was shown running through the town center. A Monstrous Nightmare hot on his tail. (No pun.) The dragon fired two shots at the boy who managed to dodge both shots before hiding behind a brazier. The boy flinched as fire blasted the other side of the pillar. He turned to look around the pillar, unaware that the dragon was sneaking behind him. Before it could reach him, it was tackled by Ozpin.
Ozpin tucked and rolled before landing on his feet. He adjusted his helmet as the Nightmare roared at him. Ozpin stared unflinching as the dragon tried to fry him, but its flame went limp before turning into a burning coal.
This caused most of the Audience to laugh. Yang, Coco, Mercury, Nora, Qrow and Roman being the loudest. "He's face! It's just now thinking, 'oh shit!'" Jaune chuckled.
"What, did it run out of gas?" Raven asked.
"He did actually," Darth Anarchus replied with a nod. "You'll find out about that later." Cinder glanced to the Host with a raised eyebrow.
"You're all out," Ozpin onscreen said before he began to punch the Nightmare in the face. He gave a left and right hook followed by an upper cut and a kick to the jaw and jab to its nostril before it flew off.
"And that, children, I believe the saying goes, is how it's done," Ozpin said, sipping from his mug. Glynda rolled her eyes while most of the students clapped and applauded.
"Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know."
Ozpin turned around to the burning brazier. The base finally collapsed and fell to the side, revealing a sheepish Oscar. Vikings screamed the brazier fell and rolled to the lower levels.
Roman stared at the screen with wide eyes along with everyone and then remembered his earlier question to how a runt like Oscar onscreen could make a dragon attack worse. "Oh. . . " was all he could say. He didn't see any of this coming. Most of the students winced and grimaced similar to what Oscar's counterpart was doing.
Oscar winced upon hearing the screams and crashes. "Sorry, Dad," he said, not looking to the glaring Ozpin behind him.
"Dad?!" Almost everyone repeated in shock. Qrow spat out his drink.
Glynda and Ironwood looked between Oscar and Ozpin with wide eyes.
Both of them shrugged in response. Not much of a reaction all things considered but for different reasons. Oscar was just going with the flow of these different realities' rules at this point. Ozpin had reincarnated to be a father many times, (or mother in some cases.) so he was used to it.
Coco looked in between her headmaster and the farm boy before bluntly asking, "So who's the lucky woman?"
Jackson and Daenerys raised their eyebrows at the question before Qrow declared, "I'm betting it's Glynda."
"Qrow! For the last time, there is nothing between us!" Ozpin and Glynda said in unison, faintly blushing.
"Denial is the first sign of secret lovers!" Qrow said holding a fist in the air while Ironwood rubbed his head in exasperation.
Darth Anarchus rolled his eyes in response before sighing. "In the viewing, Oscar's mother was carried away by a dragon when he was still a toddler." he said and glanced to Oscar who frowned sadly. His aunt also frowned sadly, being reminded of her sister.
Coco lowered her shades and winced. "Oh. . . Sorry, Oscar." She said apologetic. Oscar simply waved his hand dismissively. "It's fine, you didn't-" before he could finish, Ruby and Nora gave him a tight hug that Oscar almost heard his ribs creak.
Ren sighed at his partner's actions while Weiss shook her head at her own partner's. They could be more mature about showing Oscar some sympathy. Or restrain some of their strength. Ren shrugged before standing up and walking over to Oscar and placed his hand on on the younger boy's shoulder.
From her seat, Emerald gave the young boy a sympathetic glance before looking back to the screen.
Whitley furrowed his brow. "Wait, if he's the son of a chief, why is he adamant on killing a dragon?" he asked. "Especially with the 'twice the status' comment?"
"It mainly has to do with the fact that almost every Viking in the village can fight," The Host explained. "And their ability to fight gives them respect. Oscar is a runt, he lacks the muscle to be a fighter and so tries to use his brain over what little brawn he has."
"But that doesn't make sense, Nora, Neon and Ruby hardly have any muscles in this universe," Yang pointed. "No offense," she said to the mentioned Huntresses in training.
"But they are able to fight because their parents have trained them," Darth Anarchus countered. "As Port pointed out earlier, Oscar can't swing any war hammer or battle axe, or throw a bola like a normal Viking can. In the eyes of the village, he is useless for defending the village other than making and fixing their weapons."
The burning brazier rolled to where the Vikings were holding the Nadders down. Upon seeing the brazier heading towards them, they were forced to let the dragons to escape. The Nadders used the netting to carry the sheep and fly off with more than usual. All the Vikings could do was watch them fly off with their livestock before glaring at Oscar.
"Hehehe, it was an accident?" Oscar chuckled nervously.
"I mean, you were chased by the dragon," Yang said, trying to defend Oscar's counterpart. "And it burned the giant torch."
"Which wouldn't have happened if I wasn't outside." Oscar said.
"Okay, but I hit a Night Fury." Oscar said but Ozpin grabbed him and dragged him through the village. "It's not like the last few times, Dad!" He spoke. "I really, actually hit it! You guys were busy, and I had a very clear shot. It went down just off Raven's Point." He continued as they walked past Port. "Let's get a search party out there before it-"
"Stop!" Ozpin said, raising his voice. He took a deep breath to regain his composure. "Just stop. Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can't you see I have bigger problems? Winter is almost here, and I have an entire village to feed."
"Oh, it couldn't be that bad," Amber said.
"And you are right, for the most part." Darth Anarchus said. "From what I've seen in this Multiverse branch, most 'disasters' are not always his doings."
It's clear that Ozpin is letting his frustration speak for him over other problems and his son knows that. But he is hurt at being on the receiving end of his anger and frustration. And he often covers his hurt with sarcasm. Oscar glanced to the side before remarking, "Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding. Don't you think?" This caused some self-conscious Vikings to feel around their stomachs, their expressions saying the unspoken question, "are you calling us fat?"
This caused Qrow, Roman, Coco, Yang and Nora to laugh.
"I mean, he's not wrong," Mercury chuckled. "Everyone there looks like they have Thanksgiving meals for every meal, every day."
"Besides, he has nothing to worry about," Qrow said, pointing to Winter. "Winter's right here and won't be coming anytime soon." He snickered with Robyn before Winter whacked him on the head.
"This isn't a joke, Oscar!" Ozpin barked. He then groans in frustration. "Why can't you follow the simplest of orders?"
"I-I-I can't stop myself!" Oscar replied. "I see a dragon and I have to just kill it." He did a twisting gesture with his hands. "It's who I am, Dad."
Ozpin sighed, holding his head. "You're many things, Oscar. But a dragon killer is not one of them. Get back to the house." He turns to Port. "Make sure he gets there." Port pushed Oscar with a cuff to his head as Ozpin muttered, "I have his mess to clean up."
Oscar couldn't help but frown as did his aunt and Ozpin.
As the duo walked, they passed the teens.
"Quiet the performance," Nora snickered before being shoved by her twin Neon. Oscar ignored them, looking at the ground as he walked.
"I've never seen anyone mess up that badly," Cardin said mockingly. "That helped." Jaune and the twins laughed and snickered while Ruby sat on a ledge, seemed to be focusing on her scythe.
"Thank you, thank you." Oscar remarked drily and Ruby glanced at him with pity. "I was trying so. . ." he trailed off as he walks out of view.
"I guess I'm a bully in this universe," Cardin sighed in disappointment at his counterpart.
"And ours too, apparently," Nora added with a frown shared with Jaune and Neon.
"The twins are less so," Darth Anarchus said. "They just glorify violence and destruction too much than they should as teens. Jaune is just scared to become a target of their bullying." This made Jaune look down sadly. "As for Cardin, well yes, he's Oscar's main bully and that hurts the most given that he is Oscar's cousin in this universe."
Cardin and Oscar looked to each other in surprise. The ginger haired boy slowly held up a fist. "Cousin?" Oscar blinked before holding up his own fist. Em frowned though, why was she letting her son bully his cousin in this universe?
"And what about my counterpart?" Ruby asked. She could see her counterpart feeling sorry for Oscar's as he walked past her.
"Well, I think that look of pity speaks for itself," the Host shrugged. "But that's more for that he doesn't need to be knocked down more after being scolded by the chief in front of the whole village."
Ruby frowned at that.
"Do not worry, young man!" Port said. "I shall defend you!" He points to the screen when getting confused looks.
On the screen, Port placed his hand on Cardin's head and shoved him to the ground. "Ow!" Cardin exclaimed before standing up and laughing it off. He glanced to Ruby who rolled her eyes and walked off.
"Yeah, I deserve that." Cardin said to himself.
The scene changed to Oscar and Port walking up to the house the former resided in with his father. The bright side was that it was no longer on fire. "I really did hit one," Oscar grumbled.
"Sure Oscar," Port said.
"He never listens." Oscar went on.
"It runs in the family." Port half joked and half pointed out. After all, Oscar was told to stay inside more than once.
Both Oscar and Ozpin, "What is that supposed to mean?" they asked, making most of the Audience to snicker.
"Well, Oscar said it himself," Darth Anarchus replied. "Vikings have stubbornness issues and you'll see that these two can be quite stubborn."
"And when he does, it's with a disappointed scowl." Oscar continued. "Like someone skimped on the meat with his sandwich." He stepped on the steps and turned around, looking to the right, speaking a deep voice, intimating what Ozpin sounded like. "Excuse me, barmaid. I'm afraid you brought me the wrong offspring." He gestures to the side. "I asked for an extra-large son with beefy arms," he squeezes his arms. "Extra guts and glory on the side. This hear, this is a talking fishbone."
Ozpin rolled his eyes and said to the people around him. "Go ahead. Laugh. It's funny." he grumbled.
Sure, enough the students and his fellow teachers began to laugh in amusement. Though Cinder, Winter, Glynda and Ironwood covered their mouths with their hands. Qrow, Raven, Summer and Tai didn't hide their mirth along with Roman and Sienna.
Adam struggled to hold in his mirth. He shoulders shook as he did, and his mask hid any laughter from the people. Neo was the only one that couldn't be heard in her laughter.
Em however wasn't laughing. Even if the impression was spot on for this universe's Ozpin. "That's just a joke right?" she asked. "Surely he doesn't think that's how his father feels."
This made most of those laughing to stop. She had a point, some of them realized.
"It's just a bit of tough love from Vikings in this age with a war against dragons for survival." The Host said. "That and this Ozpin is a Viking Chief first, a Viking warrior second, a stoic man third and a father fourth."
"No, you're thinking about this all wrong," Port said. "It's not so much what you look like, it's what's inside that he can't stand."
"Peter!" Both Ozpin and Glynda scowled to the screen as if the Viking could hear them. The other adults that are parents (Except Jacques wasn't showing it.) scowled as did Port himself. One does not just say to a child that their parent doesn't stand their personality.
Oscar stares at him in shock before drily saying, "Thank you for summing that up." He turned to the door. "Look, the point is stop trying to be something you're not." Port said sagely.
"I just want to be one of you guys." Oscar said sadly before he walked into the house and closed the door. Port sighed in response before he walked away. The Audience then see Oscar leaving through the back door of the house, heading into the forest.
Many frowned at that. They understood that it was tough living with dragons, probably similar to living with Grimm, but it seems they have pushed Oscar's counterpart away despite the fact that he was the son of the chief.
"You're suppose to stay home," Glynda said sternly. "Not go into the woods alone."
"No, Ozpin said for my counterpart to go to the house." Oscar said. "And I did. I just didn't stay there."
The scene changed again to the Great Hall where Ozpin stood with the rest of the village. Above them a golden chandelier of a dragon with a sword through its chest.
"Either we finish them, or they finish us," Ozpin declared. "It's the only way we'll be rid of them." He glared at the map on the table in front of him. "If we find the nest and destroy it, the dragons will leave." He then picks up a large dagger. "They'll find another home," he stabbed the dagger into the foggy parts of the map that was intertwined with dragon drawings, Helheim's Gate. "One more search. Before the ice sets in."
"Those ships never come back." One of the men said in hesitation.
"We're Vikings! It's an occupational hazard." Ozpin retorted. "Now who's with me?!"
Most of the Vikings look reluctant to venture out.
"Count me out."
"Today's not good for me."
"I have to do my axe returns."
"That's a big Great Hall," Tai said in awe and surprise.
"Bah. Cowards." Nora and Yang snorted.
"They have reason to be hesitant," Darth Anarchus said. "Their people have searched for the Dragon Nest for almost 300 years and have not found it. Helheim's Gate is filled with thick fog and as one of the men pointed out, most of their ships don't come back."
Yang and Nora sobered up at that and felt ashamed for that.
"Okay," Ozpin said before declaring, "those who stay will look after Oscar." That instantly made everyone change their minds.
"To the ships," A woman said cheerfully as the crowd raised their hands. "I'm with you Ozpin." Spitelout Winchester said jovially. "There, that's more I like it," Ozpin said, hands on his hips.
"Wow, really feeling wanted," Oscar said as he slumped in his seat. "What did he-I-we do to deserve this?"
"In my memory, Professor Ozpin's counterpart had said that disaster follows your counterpart," Penny said. "So, I suppose that fuels everyone's reluctance to look after-" she paused when she turned to Oscar. "Oh, you were being sarcastic. My apologies." She smiled brightly and turned back to the screen.
"It was rhetorical," Oscar grunted and slumped lower. Ruby patted him on the shoulder.
Ozpin scowled at his counterpart. Using the task of babysitting his supposedly trouble making son to get people on his voyage? That was low.
Most of the Vikings began to file out. Port rose from his seat, his hook replaced with a mug. "Right. I'll pack my undies," he said getting most of the students to gag. Ozpin shook his head. "No, I need you to stay and train the new recruits."
"Oh perfect." Port said in a semi sarcastic tone. "And while I'm busy, Oscar can cover the stall. Molten steel, razor sharp blades, lots of time to himself. What could possibly go wrong?"
"Oh, come on. He can't be that bad." Ruby frowned. Oscar smiled a little. "Thanks for the vote of confidence, Ruby." Ruby rubbed the back of her head with a bashful smile.
"He isn't." Darth Anarchus said. He nods to the screen. "Port's just planning something."
"What?" Em asked.
"To give Oscar a chance to prove himself."
Ozpin's expression changed into one of irritation, burdened and unsure. "What am I going to do with him, Peter?" he asked. "Putting him in training with the others." Port replied.
"No, I'm serious." Ozpin said.
"So am I," Port said sternly.
"He'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage," Ozpin said.
"Nice vote of confidence." Tai said, rolling his eyes. Sure, he was worried about Ruby and Yang when they first began taking on Grimm on their own, but he held more confidence that they'd be able to hold their own than the Ozpin onscreen.
"Is that a fear that the class would kill him or does he think his own son is that clumsy?" Willow asked with a frown.
"That is up to you how to interpret." Darth Anarchus replied.
"Oh, you don't know that" Port brushed Ozpin's comment with a wave of his hand. Apparently, the blacksmith had more faith in his apprentice than the chief did in his son.
"I do, actually."-Ozpin.
"No, you don't."-Port.
"No, actually I do."-Ozpin.
"No, you don't." Port said, turning to him sternly. "Listen. You know what he's like. From the time he could crawl he's been. . . different." Ozpin said.
"What's wrong with that?" Ozpin asked his counterpart. "Everyone's different."
Ozpin stands up and paces back and forth. "He doesn't listen. He has the attention span of a sparrow." he rants. Port's stone-for-a-tooth fell into his mug hand. He looked into his mug as Ozpin continued to rant "I take him fishing and he goes hunting for-for trolls!"
"Trolls exist!" Port exclaimed vehemently, facing Ozpin. "They steal your socks. But only the left ones. What's up with that?"
The Hos suddenly coughed into their fist, "Trollhunters." The Audience glanced at him, but they didn't say anything.
Ozpin sighed in response before he took a trip down memory lane. "When I was a boy," he began.
"Oh, here we go." Port said in annoyance and exasperation. "My father told me to bang my head against a rock." Ozpin said, ignoring Port. "And I did. I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him. And you know what happened?"
"You got a headache." Port said as he managed to get his stone-for-a-tooth back in his mouth.
"That rock split in two," Ozpin answered. "It taught me what a Viking could do, Port. He could crush mountains, level forests, tame seas!" He then sat down. "Even as a boy, I knew what I was, what I had to become. Oscar is not that boy."
"You can't stop him, Ozpin," Port sighed and said sagely. "You can only prepare him." This caused Ozpin to look to him confused. "I know it seems hopeless, but you won't always be around to protect him. He's going to get out there again. He's probably out there now."
This caused Ozpin to look away, mentally debating what he was going to do.
Ironic that my counterpart is getting parental advice from a variant of Peter, Ozpin thought amused.
"He brings a valid point," Summer said as she and Tai glanced at their daughters. Ghira and Kali did the same with Blake. "We parents won't always be around to protect our kids. The only thing we can do is prepare you to live in our world." Summer said, looking down sadly.
The screen showed an overview of Berk's forest before transitioning to a drawn map in a book held by Oscar who crossed x's on every spot. He took a deep breath as he looked at the forest in front of him, holding a charcoal pencil. He sighed as he walked, looking for any signs of the Night Fury. He began making more x's before scribbling across the pages in anger.
He sighs and puts the book in his vest's pocket. "Oh, the gods hate me." he said sadly, kicking the dirt.
"No one really hates you, Oscar." Velvet said supportively as if Oscar's counterpart could hear her. "And I'm sure the gods don't hate you either."
"Some people lose their knife or a mug. Oh no, but not me. I managed to lose an ENTIRE dragon!" he slaps a tree limb, only for it to hit him in the face. "Ow!" he exclaimed in paining, holding the right side of his face. He glared up to the tree angrily only to see that it looked to be struck down and split in the middle and leaning down a small hill that has a groove down as if something had crash landed.
A few chuckled at Oscar's misfortune onscreen, even Oscar chuckled and rolled his eyes, though Em was worried of how much that would hurt. They all grew tense as eerie music began to play.
Curious, Oscar follows the grove and climbs up the small hill. He glances around at the damage before looking over the top and sees a black dragon not too far away. He ducks back down fearfully before slowly looking back to see the dragon wasn't moving. Pulling out a dagger, he sneaks down to hide behind a boulder that was close to the dragon. He slowly walks out to get a better look of the dragon. He saw its body wrapped in rope, eyes closed and motionless.
It was the Night Fury he had shot down!
Coco hummed, impressed. "Huh, what are the odds?" she asked. Velvet shrugged. "I mean, we saw that he shot it down."
"Oh wow, I did it." Oscar said to himself in disbelief. "Oh, I did it! This fixes everything!" his fist pumps and he plants his foot on the Fury's front leg. "Yes! I brought down this mighty beast-" Suddenly the dragon growls and shrugs his foot off.
Nora, Neon and Mercury cried out dramatically, "It's alive!"
Oscar yelped as he stumbled back. He stands up, holding his dagger up again. He then looks to the Night Fury's hazel eyes. He loosens his shoulders before rolling them and gains a determined look.
"I'm going to kill you, dragon." Oscar said. "I-I'm going to cut out your heart and take it to my father." He took a deep breath. "I'm a Viking. I'm a Viking!"
The Night Fury groaned a bit as Oscar breathed in deeply and raised his blade above his head. He opened his eyes and glanced at the dragon whose breathing had quickened slightly, eyes filled with fear.
Oscar lost his composure slightly before he closed his eyes to regain it only to open his eyes to look at the dragon who lays his head down, clearly accepting death.
"I mean, this is how things are done," Yang said, uncertain yet trying to tell herself that it's what Vikings do.
"But. . . it looks so scared," Ruby protested.
"Certainly not like Grimm," Flynt said. "A Grimm would be snarling and trying to break free."
"If you're going to do it, do it now." Cinder said a little bored but reluctant to see a dragon get killed.
"I can't watch," Velvet said, covering her eyes with her rabbit ears.
Oscar closed his eyes again before pressing the knife against his head and slumped in defeat. He cannot kill the Night Fury. "I did this," he muttered as he turned back to the village but paused and looked back to the Night Fury. After a moment of staring, he closed his eyes.
The dragon's eyes snapped open as Oscar was seen cutting the bolas with his dagger.
Roman stared at the screen. ". . . Well, that was unexpected." he stated.
"But this is what my counterpart meant," Ozpin said. "He knows that Oscar doesn't have the will to kill."
The Night Fury glanced up surprised as one rope broke. The Night Fury's legs moved slightly as the second rope loosened around his legs before Oscar cuts the last rope.
With a growl, faster than Oscar could blink, the Night Fury pounced and pinned Oscar to the boulder.
"Oscar!" Ruby, Amber, Ozpin and Em cried out. Oscar grimaced, Well, should have seen that coming.
Gasping, Oscar looked at the dragon fearfully. The Fury's eyes were powerful and piercing. Oscar seems smaller now than he did before. The Night Fury reeled back, growling as if about to strike.
"No, don't!" Ruby cried out.
Oscar closed his eyes waiting for the killing blow, only for the black dragon to give an ear-splitting roar to his face before leaping away. Oscar opened his eyes in surprise and confusion. He and the Audience see the Night Fury flying away, badly, hitting some rocks and cliff walls before disappearing from sight. Roaring all the way.
Many of the Audience sighed in relief. And that's how he met his best friend, Darth Anarchus chuckled in amusement.
Oscar onscreen huffed a sigh of relief, slumping down further to the ground. Shakily, he stood up and glanced at the direction the Night Fury had disappeared to for a moment before he turned back to the direction he had come from. He only took five steps before dropping his dagger, letting out a whimpering sound and then fainted on the spot.
Oscar covered his face in embarrassment while most of the Audience snickered.
"Oh, I hope he's okay." Ruby said in worry.
That night, Ozpin was shown poking the burning wood of the fire pit in the house. Behind him, Oscar discreetly opens the door, sneaks inside and carefully close the door. At this point, it seemed that the boy's presence was unnoticed. He glanced at his dad, thinking of saying something before deciding against it. He begins to walk up the stairs quietly as possible. Near the top, he began to climb on all fours. Which caused some noise that Ozpin heard.
"Oscar." The chief said.
"Dad," Oscar said, trying to act surprised but sighed quietly. "I need to talk to you, Dad." He said, climbing down the stairs.
"I need to speak to you too, son," Ozpin said, rubbing his hands together. Father and son took a deep breath before speaking at once.
"I decided/think/It's time for you/I don't want/to fight dragons."
"What?" They looked at each other confused, causing some snickers from the students.
"Uh. . . You go first." Ozpin offered. "No. . . no. You go first," Oscar said, being polite but sounding unsure.
"All right," Ozpin grasps his hands in front of him again before taking a deep breath. "You get your wish. Dragon Training." he rose his eyebrows and placed his hands on his hips firmly. "You start in the morning."
"Oh man. I should have gone first," Oscar started to panic, forming a quizzical expression. "Cause I was thinking, you know, we have a surplus of dragon-fighting Vikings, but do we have enough. . ." he scratches his head and moves his arms, "bread making Vikings? Or small home repair Vikings?"
"Really?" Ruby snorted in amusement. Oscar crossed his arms. "Both of us don't do well under pressure, apparently."
"Pouting won't do you well, shorty," Coco teased. "I'm not pouting, I'm sulking." Oscar huffed.
Back onscreen, Ozpin picked up a detailed one sided axe and placed it in Oscar's animated arms. "You'll need this," he said.
Oscar yelped as he almost fell back. "I don't want to fight dragons, Dad."
"Oh come on. Yes you do," Ozpin chuckled in amusement as if he believed Oscar was joking.
"Rephrase," Oscar said. "Dad, I can't kill dragons."
"But you will kill dragons." Ozpin said cheerfully, thinking that the boy was just doubting himself.
"No, I'm really extra sure that I won't." Oscar replied.
"It's time, Oscar." Ozpin said, now speaking serious.
"Can you not hear me?" Oscar asked in exasperation. "This is serious, Son." Ozpin said with a frown before taking the axe and holding in front of him. "When you carry this axe, you carry all of us with you." He placed the weapon back in Oscar's hands and made him stand straighter. "That means you walk like us, you talk like us." He tapped the side of his forehead, "you think like us. No more. . . this." He gestured to Oscar.
Oscar's shoulder slumped. "You just gestured to all of me," he said in exasperation and annoyance.
"Deal?" Ozpin asked.
"This conversation is feeling really one sided," Oscar stated
"That's because it is," Ozpin said, frowning at his counterpart's actions along with the parents and some of the students in the Audience. Ozpin slowly stopped frowning when he was reminded that his counterpart was a single father and a Viking chief. Plus Oscar's counterpart had probably been trying to be a dragon killer for a while until he saw what Ozpin saw in the Night Fury's eyes. Emotions like fear for its life and had shown mercy.
"Deal?" Ozpin repeated sternly with a glare. Oscar gives a disappointed and defeated sigh before muttering, "Deal."
"Good," Ozpin replied, picking up a large basket and lug it over his shoulder. He holds a fist up. "Train hard," he said as he put on his helmet and walked out the door. "I'll be back. Probably."
Oscar remained where he stood, watching his father leave. "And I'll be here." Under his breath he muttered, "Maybe." And the door closed.
"Optimistic, I guess." Jaune shrugged.
"Sarcastic more like it," Fox stated.
The scene changed to Port lifting up a gate and turned to the teens, gesturing with his hook around the arena. "Welcome to Dragon Training!" he said, sounding cheerful.
Most of the teens have looks of excitement and awe while Ruby takes a deep breath and mutters, "No turning back."
Ruby in the lead, the teens walk into the arena and looking at their surroundings. The arena is round with iron gates at the entrance, six bar high fences with poles and chains on the roof.
The teens all have weapons. Melanie and Militia both have spears. Jaune has a sword. Cardin has his mace and Ruby has a scythe. All look hyped up for the sessions to come.
"Somethings never change," Yang said fondly to Ruby while Qrow gave a thumbs up. Ruby beamed a smile in response. While it wasn't like her Crescent Rose, Ruby did appreciate the craftsmanship put into the scythe.
"I hope I get some serious burns," Nora said excitedly.
"Wait, what?" Ren, Pyrrha and Jaune exclaimed in surprise.
Neon rolls her shoulder, "I'm hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or lower back." she said eagerly.
"What?" Flynt said in shock. Sure his partner was hyperactive, but she was never eager to get mauled.
"Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it," Ruby said with a shrug.
"What is wrong with these kids?" Junior asked himself.
"That better be sarcasm there, young lady." Summer said to her daughter who shrunk in response.
"Yeah, no kidding right?" Oscar's voice said from behind. This caused the teens to turn around and see Oscar. "Pain. Love it," he drawled with sarcasm, rolling his eyes.
"Now that's the sarcastic little pinecone I know," Em chuckled.
"Tree blaming the apple for its problems." Oscar snarked.
"Apple should be thanking the tree for shade." Em snarked back.
"Oh great, who let him in?" Nora asked in annoyance while some looked surprised to see him.
"Let's get started!" Port said. "The person who does best will get the honor of killing their first dragon in front of the entire village," he twists his hook hand for emphasis on the killing and gesturing to the arena's stadium.
"Oscar already killed a Night Fury, so does that disqualify him or?" Cardin asked with a mocking smile. The twins snicker while Ruby rolls her eyes and shakes her head while turning away.
"Can I transfer to the class with the cool Vikings?" Nora asked as they walk away.
Penny blinked. "I do not understand. There is only one class, is there not?" she asked.
"It's their way of saying that they don't want to be in the same class as young Mr. Pine, Penny." her father explained to her.
"Oh." Penny said before frowning. "Well that's rude." she crossed her arms and glared at the screen
Port walked up to Oscar and leads him to the middle of the arena, arm on the boy's shoulders. "Don't worry. You're small and weak. That'll make you less of a target. They'll see you as sick or insane and go after the more Viking-like teens instead." He chuckled lightly, patting Oscar on the back. He then pushes Oscar into Jaune who bumps into Nora.
"This Port might need to work on his pep talks," Qrow muttered while Ozpin and Glynda nodded in agreement.
"A lot of people in this universe need to work on their pep talks," Darth Anarchus snorted.
"Behind these doors are just few of the many dragons you will be learning to fight." Port said to the teens and began to walk and gesture to each cage he passed while Jaune began to state some facts he had read about the dragons.
Port-"The Deadly Nadder!"
Jaune-"Speed 8, Armor 16."
Port-"The Hideous Zippleback."
Jaune-"Plus 11 stealth. Times 2."
Port-"The Monstrous Nightmare."
Jaune-"Firepower 15."
Port-"The Terrible Terror."
Jaune smiled, "Attack 8, Venom 12." Port finally snapped. "Can you stop that?!"
"Nerd!" Mercury declared. "Hey, I'm not that much of a nerd." Jaune protested. "My counterpart probably just pays attention to class more than me."
"That's exactly what nerds do!"
Back onscreen, Port relaxed and placed his hand on the lever of the last cage. "And the Gronckle."
"Jaw strength 8," Jaune whispered to Oscar who nodded appreciatively while the rest of the teens' eyes widened at what Port intended to do.
"Whoa, wait!" Cardin exclaimed, walking forward. "Aren't you going to teach us first?" Oscar's face was briefly shown, his expression saying, oh you poor, poor child.
"I believe in learning on the job." Port said, pushing the lever down. As soon as the cage doors were unlocked, the Gronckle charged out causing the teens to scatter in different directions. "Today is about survival." He said to them all.
The dragon misses everyone in its charge and hits the wall. "If you get blasted, you're dead." Port said as the Gronckle fell to the floor and scooped some rocks with its jaws and ate them.
"Quick! What's the first thing you're going to need?" Port asked the teens.
"A doctor?" Oscar asked snarky.
Qrow chuckled in amusement. He liked this kid more and more. "Heh. No. That's after the blasting part."
"Plus 5 speed?" Jaune asked in fear.
Yang tilted her head in confusion. "Uh, are you still talking about the dragon stats or what?" she asked. How does someone get plus five speed? Jaune blinked. "Uh, I don't know." he shrugged.
Ruby was confident in her answer. "A shield."
"Shields. Go!"
The teens run to pick up shields that were scattered around the arena. Oscar grabbed a red shield off the floor but was having trouble putting it on. "Your most important piece of equipment is your shield! If you have to make a choice between a sword and a shield," Port helped Oscar with the shield and pushed him to the 'battle.' "take the shield!"
Jaune and Pyrrha chuckled, being the ones who use shields, that's a idea they can get behind.
Nora and Neon grab the same shield and began to fight over it.
"Take your hands off of my shield," Nora said angrily. "There are a million shields!" the Cat Faunus retorted.
"Take that shield." Nora said, gesturing to another out of view. "That one has a flower on it. You're more girly than me." Neon managed to pull the shield from Nora's grasp and whack her on the head. "OW!"
"Oops," Neon said mockingly and pretended to give it back to her twin. "Now this one has blood on it."
Flynt and the members of Team JNPR were surprised that their friends would stop to fight over a shield. Both Nora and Neon though could see themselves doing that.
"Uh, guys, dragon." Oscar said and pointed to the screen, as if the twins could hear him.
Said dragon flew in close and blasted a ball of fire at their shield, knocking them down.
"Nora, Neon, you're out." Port declared as the twins tried to gather their sense and comprehend, as much as they can, what just happened.
"What?" They both asked, dazed.
"Those shields are good for another thing." Port informed the other teens. "Noise! Make lots of it to throw off a dragon's aim."
The teens take their teacher's advice and start whacking their weapons against their shields. The noise instantly began to confuse the Gronckle. The screen switched to the dragon's view that became blurry and wavy on the teens.
"All dragons have a limited number of shots." Port spoke again when the teens stop making noise and the dragon regain its bearings. "How many does a Gronckle have?"
"Hmm, fascinating effects," Oobleck noted as he wrote it down on his notepad.
"So, dragons have shot limits," Cinder said. "That's what happened to the Monstrous Nightmare earlier?"
"Wasted ammo on trying to burn Oscar." the Host replied.
"Five?" Cardin guessed.
"No, six!" declared Jaune, holding his shield in the air, completely forgetting to focus on the Gronckle.
Ren's eyes widened while Pyrrha cried out in worry. "Jaune, behind you!"
Nora shouted, "Look out, Jaune-Jaune!"
"Jaune!" Saphron and Terra cried out. "Uncle Jaune!" Adrian wailed.
"Correct, six!" Port said cheerfully. "There's one for each of you!"
"I really don't think-" Before the blonde could finish, the Gronckle fired a fireball that knocked his shield out of his grasp.
"Jaune, out!" Port declared as the boy threw his sword in the air and screams as he runs away.
This caused some of the students to chuckle while Jaune slumped and Pyrrha patted him on the shoulder.
Cinder shook her head. "Not impressed." she deadpanned.
"Oscar, get in there!" Said boy was hiding behind one of the empty weapons racks. He took one step out but quickly hid back when a fireball hit the wall next to him.
Oscar shook his head. "Nope!"
Cardin and Ruby stood side by side as the Gronckle flew in front of them. "So anyway, I've moved into my parents' basement," Cardin said to the silver eyed girl in a flirtish tone. "You should come by some time to work out." Ruby jumped and summersaulted away. "You look like you work out." In his distraction, the Gronckle fired another fireball at his shield and threw him backwards.
"Cardin, you're done."
While some of the students and teachers of Beacon laughed and snickered at what happened to Cardin, Ruby stared at the screen in shock and mild disgust. Was Cardin just hitting on her counterpart? Granted it was another Cardin and her, but he was still the bully in their world. She mentally gagged at the thought. She wasn't the only one, Cardin didn't see her as his type and she was two years younger than him.
It was now Oscar and Ruby the last two teens standing. Oscar decides to walk next to her and try to make conversation. "So I guess it's just you and me, huh?"
Ruby's eyes widened slightly as she said, "Nope, just you." And ran to the side before a fireball flew to Oscar's direction. Oscar managed to hold his shield to block the shot to his head but his shield and axe was knocked out of his hands.
Ruby frowned as she realized her counterpart's actions. She was leaving them in the dust to get shot at. Granted they should be paying attention to the dragon and not her, but still, she shouldn't be leaving them like that.
"One shot left!" Port announced but the Gronckle flew after Oscar instead of Ruby. "Oscar!" he called out in worry.
The blacksmith on the screen wasn't the only to be worried. "Oscar!"
"Why does this always happen to me?" Oscar asked. First the Nightmare and then the Fury and now the Gronckle.
The boy runs to the wall and is cornered by the dragon hovering inches from him. The Gronckle rears its head back, fire building in its throats as its large jaws open up. When Oscar closed his eyes, the Audience see Port's hook reach in and hooked onto the Gronckle's mouth and forced it to fire at the wall above Oscar's head. Oscar looked up a little terrified as some rubble fell around him.
"And that's six," Port muttered as he dragged the dragon away from Oscar. "Go back to bed, you overgrown sausage!" he said to the Gronckle as he spun it around.
Many sighed in relief when Port came to the rescue.
"Huh, you know, it does look like a sausage," Roman said, tilting his head. "With wings, a face and limbs." This caused most of the Audience to find the dragon onscreen to be less intimidating in their eyes.
Port locked the dragon in its cage and walked away. "You'll get another chance, don't you worry." Whether he was talking to the dragon or the teens at the moment was unclear. He turned to the teens. "Remember, a dragon will always," he turned to Oscar with a stern glare. "Always go for the kill."
Oscar stands as Port and the others walk away. He looks to where the Gronckle had fired and to where the caged beast was with a curious and confused expression.
Many of the students and younger members of the Audience, as well as some of the older ones, including Oscar himself couldn't help forming the same expression. If that was true-
"So why didn't you?" Oscar onscreen asked as he returned to where he had found the Night Fury, kneeling down and holding one of the bolas. He asked a good question. If dragons always go for the kill, why didn't the Night Fury?
He looked up where the dragon had flown off and began to walk in that direction he had seen the dragon.
He jumped down a small creek bed that led into a cave and found a large inland cove that had a small pond. It was honestly a beautiful sight to the Audience and Oscar onscreen but it wasn't what the young Viking was looking for. "Well, this was stupid." he said to himself. What were the chances that the Night Fury stayed on Berk?
He glanced to the ground and saw black scales on the ground near the ledge. Intrigued, Oscar knelt down and picked up a scale to inspect it. Suddenly a large, black figure jumped up from the cove in front of the boy with a roar. Oscar jumped back in response before he slowly poked his head of the cave and saw the Night Fury trying to climb out of the cove's walls but it slide down and it turned around and glided to the other side of the pond.
Oscar stared at the dragon as he jumped down to a ledge lower than the entrance and watched as the Night Fury flew to the other side closer to Oscar's location. Or at least tried to before it fell to the ground. As it tried to fly/climb out Oscar pulled out his notebook and pencil and began to draw the dragon.
"It's like seeing a bird with a broken wing," Winter said with a slight sympathetic expression. Qrow shifted in his seat next to her while Raven raised an eyebrow at her brother's action. What was that about?
"But it's wings don't appear damaged," Penny analyzed, tilting her head. "Why is it behaving like that?"
Back onscreen, Oscar had finished his sketch of the Night Fury. "Why don't you just fly away?" he muttered in curiosity.
The Night Fury fired off a ball of plasma at the ground in frustration after giving up its attempts to climb and fly out of the cove when Oscar saw it. One of its fins on its tail was missing. To make his drawing match, Oscar used his thumb to erase the tail fin on the drawing.
"So it can't fly because it's missing a tail fin?" Jaune asked.
Pyrrha rubbed her chin. "Some animals have a tail that helps balance their weight." she said thoughtfully. "Perhaps its tail fins help make its tail lighter to fly without much trouble."
"That appears to be the case," Weiss said looking at the screen.
The Night Fury then flew across the pond and crashed down next to the water. A splash was heard and both dragon and Audience saw a fish's tail at the surface of the water. The dragon lifted his head up and slowly and quietly moved to the water's edge. Two fish swam near the shore. Unfortunately, with most of his energy used trying to get out of the cove, the Night Fury wasn't fast enough to catch the fish.
Blake went rigid upon seeing the fish and looked at the screen with apt attention until the fish weren't onscreen anymore.
Some of the students couldn't help but sympathize with the dragon. Trapped, unable to fly and apparently not getting anything to eat at the moment.
Oscar onscreen seemed to share the Audience's sentiments as he looked to the dragon from where he sat. Then he saw his pencil rolling towards the edge. He tried to reach for it but it was too late. The pencil had fallen off the edge.
The Night Fury had both heard and seen the pencil fall into the cove. The dragon glanced up where it had come from and saw Oscar at the ledge. Oscar went rigid, fearing that the dragon could fire at him. The Night Fury however simply grumbled. Oscar leaned back and tilted his head and the dragon copied his motion.
Scene changes to the Great Hall on a rainy night. The Hall was built into a cave in the mountain with a large statue on each side with fire pits in the mouths. Drenched from the rain, Oscar walked into the Hall after closing the door quietly. He could hear Port speaking with the teens, criticizing their performance in class.
"I mistimed my somersault dive." Ruby said. "It was sloppy. It threw me off my reverse tumble."
This did surprise most of the students that knew Ruby along with her family. The silver eyed red reaper wasn't one that criticize her performance. If anything that was what Weiss would do.
"Yeah, we noticed," Neon deadpanned. Cardin tried to woo the scythe wielder with compliments. "No, no, you were great." he said, trying to grab her hand but she pulled away with a scowl. "That was so "Ruby"." Ruby rolled her eyes at Cardin's attempts to win her over, hiding it by drinking from her mug.
"She's right," Port spoke up. "You have to be tough on yourselves."
Oscar is now noticed by the others as he nears the table. He grabs a plate with a drumstick on it. Cardin moves over on the two open spots to prevent the boy from sitting at the table, he and the twins smiling at the action as Port turned the attention to his blacksmith apprentice. "Where did Oscar go wrong?"
Oscar rolled his eyes and sighs at Cardin's tactics and walks to a adjacent table.
"Uh, he showed up." Neon said to answer Port's question.
Penny frowned. "Well, that's not nice."
Neon frowned at her counterpart. Being a Faunus in Atlas Academy, she had dealt with bullying herself and didn't like it that her counterpart was acting like one of them.
"Not by choice," Oscar muttered, reminding some that Oscar's counterpart did not want to be in class.
"He didn't get eaten," said Melanie.
Roman frowned a little. "Now that's just harsh."
Em scowled, "She better not mean that." Different universe or not, she wouldn't take any insults to her surrogate son.
"He's never where he should be," Ruby said, glancing to Oscar with narrowed eyes briefly.
Glynda frowned and lectured, even if the teens on the screen couldn't hear her, it was also for the students in the room with her. "I'm sure that's true for most of the time but there is nothing wrong with hiding from an enemy that you can't beat." Ozpin nodded in agreement. "Indeed, it allowed Oscar to last longer than Mr. Winchester, Mr. Arc and the twins."
"Thank you, Ruby." Port replied to the one who gave a sensible answer and elbowed the twins in the head as he walked to the gap between the two tables.
"You need to live and breath this stuff." He said as he pulled out an old book, holding it so all can see. "The Dragon Manual." The blacksmith Viking swiped a plate off the table and dropped the Dragon Manual in its place.
"Everything we know about every dragon we know of," he said. Oscar, Ruby and Jaune were the only ones listening intently or partly. Thunder booms outside, causing Port to pause and measure its strength.
"No attacks tonight," he said as he walked away. Nora is balancing a dagger on the table which has Cardin and her twin's attention. "Study up," Port added as he left.
At Port's words, Nora jolts, dropping the dagger. "Wait, you mean read?" she asked in disbelief.
"No, he wants you to eat it," Oscar said sarcastically, getting laughs and chuckles from the rest of the Audience.
"While we're still alive?" Militia asked, looking at the book incredulously. Ruby looked to the twins in surprise before rolling her eyes and returning to her mug.
"Oh no, it's perfectly fine to do it when you're dead," Blake continued, rolling her eyes.
"Why read words when you can kill the stuff the words tell you about?" Cardin asked in a angry tone.
"Well, that just shows that he knows next to nothing about dragons," Cinder said, looking at Cardin in annoyance.
"This Viking society rarely read and these teens don't think it's fun and relevant," The Host explained. "Well, save for,"
"Oh, I read it, like seven times." Jaune said excitedly, getting Cardin to look at him in irritation and disbelief while the Valkyrie-Katt twins give him dull looks. "There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at your face. And there's this other one that-"
"Yeah," drawled Nora as she closes her hand at him, signaling him to stop talking. "Sounds great. There was a chance I was going to read it."
"But now," Neon drawled, getting her sister to look smug. Cardin stands, ready to leave. "You guys read, I'll go kill stuff." The twins rise and walk away, Jaune follows them, trying to tell them more of his extensive listing of dragons that he remembers. "And there's this other one that has these spines like trees. . ."
Oscar walks over to Ruby, trying to make another conversation and hopefully be accepted into their group. "So I guess we'll share?" he asked.
Ruby pushed the book towards him. "Read it," she said before leaving with the others.
Ruby frowned. That was similar to Weiss rejecting Jaune or the time before Weiss became her friend. Plus she was really curious to what the book had on dragons.
"Uhh, All mine then," Oscar said drily. "Wow. So, Okay. . . uh. . . I'll see you-" the doors shut, leaving Oscar with the few adults in the Great Hall. ". . . tomorrow." He gives a disappointed sigh at being unsuccessful in trying to be accepted by the other teens.
Present and Future Ozpin and Em frowned. Oscar was the heir and these kids were either verbally bullying him or ignoring him.
Later that night Oscar is alone in the Great Hall with the large fire pit now died out. He carries a candle to his table so he could read and places it next to a candle already there.
"Dragon classifications," he read the contents. "Strike class. Fear class. Mystery class." He turns the page finding runes and a few diagrams of the dragons and their powers. Thunder begins to boom as he continues to read.
Cinder pulls out her notebook and pencil out again and glances up at the screen.
"Sounds nice and simple," Nora said with a smile.
"Thunderdrum. This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools. When startled, the Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range." To illustrate the point, a drawing is shown of the sea dragon killing a Viking before another showed the dragon being killed by a Viking. "Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight."
He turns to another page. "Timberjack. This gigantic creature has razor-sharp wings that can slice through full grown trees."
Qrow rose an eyebrow. "Is that for real?" He had seen a lot of things, but never a flying creature with wings that sharp before. He sure hopes Salem doesn't make anything like that.
"Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight."
"Scauldron. Sprays scalding hot water at its victims. Extremely dangerous." Thunder claps loudly outside the Hall, causing Oscar to jump. (Jaune: Hey, that's the dragon other me was talking about.) He glances at the door to see lightning flashing outside. The storm was getting stronger. Oscar slowly turns back to the book and continues reading.
"Changewing. Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight." Oscar starts flicking quickly through the pages (Much to Cinder's displeasure.) reading either the names of the dragon, its abilities or the continuous message.
"Gronckle. Zippleback. The Skrill." The sketches begin moving eerily in the candlelight.
"Trippy." Coco drawled.
"Boneknapper. Whispering Death." At this point, Oscar sounds and looks a little scared but steels on.
"Burns its victims. Buries its victims. Choke its victims. Turns its victims inside out."
Roman and a few others blink and falter at hearing that last bit. "Wait, the fuck?!"
"Extremely dangerous. Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight. Kill on sight."
"How is this book helpful?" Cinder asked, frustrated to be not given any relevant information the dragons. She personally would love to know and learn their feeding habits and where they live, what they do, what can they do? Breath fire? Ice?
Darth Anarchus chuckled a little. It appears Cinder was a dragon lover in this world.
Then Oscar flicks to a page devoid of drawings and very little information. The page that he was looking for. "Night Fury," he said in awe, the Audience faintly hearing the dragon's roar in the background. "Speed unknown. Size unknown. The Unholy offspring of Lightning and Death itself." Unlike the previous dragons, the Night Fury has a different message. "Never engage this dragon. Your only chance: Hide and pray it does not find you."
Oscar thinks about these words before pulling out his notebook and opened up to his sketch of the Night Fury and placed it on the Dragon Manual.
"Well, I guess the Vikings really fear the Night Fury." Ren commented.
"I'll say, the Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death," Nora shuddered. "I got goosebumps saying that."
"And yet a little misjudging," Flynt pointed out. "The dragon has been anything but towards the kid despite the fact that he was the one who shot it down."
The scene transitioned to Ozpin's voyage. The sails depicting a dragon with two swords thrust through it. Ozpin stands on the lead ship, looking at the map he had from earlier. "I can almost smell them," he growled. "They're close."
The chief makes his way to port side of the ship. "Steady," he said to the helmsman as he glanced to the looming fog. After a moment, Ozpin ordered, "Take us in."
"Hard to port" the Helmsman said as the three ships turn towards the fog. "For Helheim's Gate." Ozpin ordered.
"Hard to port!" With that all three ships are enveloped almost simultaneously, disappearing from view. A few seconds later a bright flash of light illuminates the are and the outline of a dragon is revealed and a screech is heard.
The students jolt upon seeing that. "Well, that escalated quickly." remarked Roman.
"You know, I just happened to notice the book had nothing on Night Furies." Oscar said back in the Arena. Shield and axe are in his hand. "Is there another book, like a sequel? Like a little Night Fury pamphlet?"
Weiss furrowed her eyebrows. "Were pamphlets even a thing back then?" she asked
Ozpin shook his head. "Not that I know of. . . ."
Glynda tilted her head. "Then how does Oscar know?"
A hot, intense blast of fire is shot to Oscar, hitting the wall next to him and destroying the head of his axe. "Whoa!" he exclaimed, looking where the blast had come from.
"Focus, Oscar!" Port called out of view as the Audience see that the Arena was filled with a large maze and a blue Deadly Nadder. "You're not even trying!"
The Nadder jumps into the passage, squawking at Oscar. "Today is all about attack!" Oscar swerved to his left before darting to the right. The Nadder jumps onto one of the walls, first choosing to follow the boy before abandoning the chase and scoping the area.
"Nadders are quick and light on their feet." Port said as Jaune poked his head around the corner before seeing the Nadder above him. "Your job is to be quicker and lighter!"
The Nadder tilts its head to look at Jaune before raising its tail, the spines poised and ready to be launched. Jaune runs away and yells as he raised his shield above his head as the Nadder launched some spines that either stuck to his shield or the wall behind him.
"I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods." Jaune said as he ran away. How did Oscar survive as Port's apprentice in the forge?
"You mean you didn't in the last session?" Weiss asked in disbelief. Yang grinned. "I don't know, this Port doesn't spend the whole class telling stories of his youth."
Cinder wrote in notebook about the Deadly Nadder's tail spikes.
Port stood outside of the arena, looking a little bored. "Look for its blind spot," he said.
"Every dragon has one." Oscar runs past the Valkyrie-Katt twins who turn to the direction he came from. Only to come face to face with the Deadly Nadder. "Find it. Hide in it and strike."
The twins stop in their tracks, luckily standing in the Nadder's blind spot: the center of its face. Being close to one another, Neon catches a sniff of her twin's smell and gags. "Do you ever bathe?" she asked as the moved in sync with the dragon as it moved its head side-to-side, trying to find the twins that it can hear.
"If you don't like it, then just get your own blind spot," Nora retorted, pushing her sister back. Neon spins her around and makes them lock heads. "How about I give you one?" she snapped, both twins trying to push each other back and forgetting the dragon who gave them a sideways glance.
"Uh guys, dragon in front of you?" Oscar said to the twins. "Not the best time to fight."
"It happens," Jaune said, recalling memories with his seven sisters. The Malachite twins, Ruby and Yang nodded in agreement as did Qrow and Raven.
The twins turn to the dragon as it gives a squawk. They book it just as the area they were standing and the path behind them is incinerated with dragon fire.
"Blind spot, yes." Port said. "Deaf spot . . . hmm, not so much." He chuckled at his own joke as Oscar ran in the path beneath him. The boy looked up to his mentor and continued asking questions.
"So how would one sneak up on a Night Fury?" he asked his mentor.
"No one has ever met one and lived to tell the tale," Port rubbed his temple in irritation from his apprentice's seemingly irrelevant questions for the time being. "Now get in there!" he said, pointing with his hand.
"I know, I know." Oscar said, walking backwards. "But, hypothetically-"
Oscar wasn't thinking that his counterpart should be asking those kind of questions, they could be seen as suspicious.
"Oscar!" He turned to the right at the whisper and saw Ruby and Cardin crouched against a wall before an opening. Both were looking at him. "Get down!" Ruby whispered desperately, gesturing with her shield and Cardin nods in agreement.
Ruby looks around the wall and sees the Nadder at a junction ahead, trying to look for the Viking trainees but not seeing Ruby. The silver eyed girl took a few short breaths before she executes a somersault maneuver. Cardin follows her lead. Both avoid being seen by the dragon noiselessly.
Oscar tried to follow suit but was not strong enough to lift the shield off the ground in his roll and it hit the ground with a loud clank that got the Nadder's attention. Oscar scrambles to his feet and scampers away, just avoiding the snapping jaws of the dragon.
"Oh no," Ruby and Amber said in worry as did Em.
Oscar rolled his eyes. "Great," he drawled sarcastically.
He manages to escape the dragon that runs into Ruby and Cardin. The former gets into a throwing stance, ready to hurl her scythe at the Nadder but before she could, Cardin pushes her aside.
"Hey!" Ruby exclaimed. "Watch out, babe. I got this!" Cardin said confidently. He throws his mace at the dragon. Instead of hitting its intended target, the mace clatters on the wall next to the Nadder who briefly paused to inspect the fallen weapon before turning back to the humans and laughed at Cardin.
Most of the students snicker at Cardin's throw. Yang though glared upon realizing that Cardin had been flirting with Ruby this whole viewing whenever they were shown.
Cardin looked to the glaring Ruby and tried to make an excuse. "The sun was in my eyes, Ruby." Both teens run to avoid a fiery blast shot at them.
"Sun? What Sun? It's a cloudy day!" Ruby snapped.
"What do you want me to do?" Cardin asked. "Block out the sun? I can do that, but I just don't have the time right now." His rambling trails off as they split up and the Nadder chases after Ruby. The dragon slides into a wall and knocks it down. This caused the other walls in the Arena to fall down in a domino affect.
Jaune and the twins run past Oscar who is trying to ask more questions to Port. "Has anyone ever seen one napping?"
"Oscar!" Port points behind him, redirecting Oscar's attention to the collapsing maze behind him.
Trying to escape the Nadder, Ruby climbed up a wall and jumped onto the next. She planned to jump down to a open area in the arena but saw Oscar standing there. She tried to maintain her balance but the wall she stood on wobbled more. She was forced to jump off the wall and fall to Oscar. "Oscar!" she shouted while Oscar yelped in surprise.
When the dust settled, Ruby was on top of Oscar and her scythe blade was embedded into his shield. The twins stood in the background and decide to make fun of the precarious situation Ruby and Oscar are in.
"Oooh. Love on the battlefield," Nora cooed.
"She can do better," Neon jokingly waved off.
This caused most of the students to snicker in amusement and look teasingly to Oscar and Ruby. "I don't know, the other boys are Cardin who's a bully," Nora said, "and Jaune who is Jaune." Ren turned to the blonde boy.
"Are you going to let her say it like that?" he asked with a raised eyebrow. Jaune shrugged. "She's not wrong."
Ruby and Oscar blush in embarrassment at seeing their counterparts situation. The former hid her face in her cloak while Oscar covered his with his hands.
"Well, Tai doesn't this bring back any memories with Rae?" Qrow asked with a smirk. Tai chuckled in remembrance to the memories Qrow was talking about. "Yeah it does," he said, both ignoring the glare Raven sent them.
Onscreen, Ruby tries to pull her scythe out of Oscar's shield who is stuttering as he tries to communicate with her and organize how they can get unstuck. "Let me-Why don't you-?"
Just then the Deadly Nadder emerged from the fallen walls. Ruby gasped and tried harder to pull her weapon free before placing her foot on Oscar's face.
"No, don't do that. Ow! Ow! Ow!" Oscar said under her boot.
Ruby managed to yank both scythe and shield off of Oscar and swings at the dragon as it nears them. She hits it on the side of its head, the shield shatters on impact. The Nadder spun around from the hit and walks away shakily.
"Well done, Ruby!" Port called out.
The silver eyed scythe wielder looks to her weapon with a shaken expression, thinking that she could have been injured or worse if she didn't act as quick as she did. She replaces her expression with one of anger before she turns to Oscar who's cowering on the floor.
"Is this some kind of joke to you?!" she snapped as Oscar looks up to her. Ruby took a deep breath to regain her composure. "Our parents' war is about to become ours." She held her scythe inches from Oscar's face. "Figure out which side your on," she growled. As she walks away, Oscar glances down to the floor. His face mixed with shame, disappointment, confusion and fear. But then it became thoughtful.
Ruby looked down, feeling ashamed for her counterpart's anger. She turned to Oscar next to her. "Sorry." Oscar looked to her confused before waving his hand. "N-No. It's fine. Really," he said.
"It shouldn't be. You-I mean, your counterpart is trying to help the village in his own way," Ruby said. "He was just asking questions about the Night Fury."
"Questions that he should have asked later," Oscar replied. "And maybe pay more attention to what was happening in the arena." He blushed lightly. "That could have prevented uh, well you know." Ruby blushed as well and looked away.
The scene changes to the afternoon at the cove. The Audience see Oscar walk down to a rocky entrance with a white shield in hand. He peeks over the shield before tossing a fish out in the open. He waited a moment to see if the Night Fury would appear but nothing happened. He stepped forward, only to get his shield stuck in between a rock and a hard place. Oscar jiggled it back and forth for a moment before he ducked under and tried to pull it out but it was wedged in tight. Sighing, Oscar went and picked up the fish and walked further into the cove, looking for the Night Fury.
"Is he really going to risk getting into the same cove with the dragon?" Em asked in worry. "Wild animals are unpredictable. Injured and starving animals especially."
Darth Anarchus sighed. "He's figuring out which side he's being on." he replied "He has tried his best to support the village. If even his crush, the best warrior in their generation is snapping at his efforts for trying to help and the Vikings are giving nothing but isolation, bullying and neglect, then he's going to see what the dragons have to offer."
Ruby blushed a little before frowning at the explanation given, as did the others. Like Em said, wild animals are unpredictable so it was sad that Oscar's counterpart was going to risk getting mauled in search for friendship.
Said dragon was perched behind a boulder behind Oscar. Sensing that he was being watched, Oscar turned around to see the dragon climbing down. He held the fish closely as the dragon walked in front of him, sniffing before stopping and growling cautiously.
Slowly, Oscar reached out and held the fish out. The Night Fury took a few steps forward only to glance down and then crouch and growl at the human. Oscar pulled his vest open to reveal his dagger on his belt. Upon seeing the weapon, the dragon growls more.
Oscar goes to grab the hilt, trying to stay calm at the dragon's growling before he pulled out and dropped it. The Night Fury shook its head to the side and Oscar picked it up with his foot and tossed it into the pond.
The dragon stared at the water for a brief moment before relaxing and tilting his head. No longer looking threatening, now looking curious and cute.
Oscar held out the fish again and the Night Fury moved closer and opened his mouth. Oscar and the Audience saw something different. "Huh. Toothless." Oscar noted.
"Wait, what?" many exclaimed at seeing the dragon without teeth.
"Could have sworn you had-" teeth suddenly unsheathe from the Night Fury's gums and it snatches the fish from Oscar's hand. It downs it in go and licks his lips.
"Teeth," Oscar muttered as it licks his nose. It then begins walking to Oscar with a tilted head. "Uh, no. No, no." Oscar stuttered as he stumbled back. "I don't have anymore." The Night Fury's eyes roll back and it begins gagging before it regurgitated half of the fish on Oscar's lap.
"Uh," Oscar said in shock in disgust. The Night Fury leaned back and sat on its hind legs and looked at him blankly.
Oscar himself blinked rapidly while everyone else gagged or grimaced in disgust. He wasn't the only one disgusted.
Strangely enough, (Or not) Qrow, Raven and Ozpin were not batting an eye.
Blake herself was even disgusted. Love fish she may, but she wouldn't eat it if it was covered in drool, slobber and inside the stomach of something like a dragon.
Back onscreen, Viking teen and dragon stared at one another before the latter glanced at the fish and back at the boy. Oscar followed its gaze briefly and slowly picked up the fish. He held it close as he looked at the Night Fury before he took a bite out of it. The dragon tilted its head to the side as Oscar held the fish up with a forced smile and humming.
The Night Fury stared at him before making a swallowing noise.
"Oh no. . ." many whispered as they realized what the dragon wanted the boy to do.
Oscar slumped in disbelief before steeling himself. He swallowed, only for it to try to force its way back out but he covered his mouth and forced it BACK down his throat. He shuddered and groaned in disgust.
"Well, there goes my appetite," Roman remarked with Neo nodding.
The rest of the Audience feeling discomfort at seeing what Oscar did and few gave him respect for doing it and not vomiting.
Strangely, Ozpin, Qrow and Raven were still not batting an eye at what they saw.
Fox didn't have much of a reaction given that he couldn't see it but hearing it was a little disturbing.
"Props for him doing it," Emerald said and Mercury shrugged. "True."
"That would be most unpleasant." Penny stated, shaking her head.
Ruby looked to Oscar whose face was becoming green. She gasped and emptied a popcorn bucket, dumping the contents on Yang's lap. Ignoring her sister's cry, Ruby held the bucket to Oscar who took wordlessly and and threw up into the bucket. He shuddered a bit before breathing deeply while Ruby placed her hand on his shoulder comfortingly. "Thanks," he said softly with a appreciative smile.
Ruby smiled back with a blush. "You're welcome." She turned back to the screen with Oscar.
The Night Fury tilted its head again and Oscar looked up at him with a smile. The dragon narrowed his eyes skeptically but Oscar's smile widened to convince him that he genuinely enjoyed the fish. The dragon then slowly makes a toothless smile, mimicking Oscar's first smile as much as possible.
"Aw, it looks cute." Nora said with a smile. Velvet nodded. "It's not that bad once you get to know it."
Cinder didn't want to say it but the pink bomber and Rabbit Faunus photographer had a point. The so called unholy offspring of Lightning and Death looked cute in her eyes. And given that she didn't bat her eyes at a box of kittens that was saying something.
Amazed, Oscar onscreen sits up and leans forward to touch the dragon. However the dragon reverts to its defensive attitude, growling and showing its teeth at Oscar before flying awkwardly away and across the pond.
"Well, Rome wasn't built in a day," Oscar muttered. It honestly made sense that the dragon would be distrusting of him, the boy who shot him out of the sky.
"The Hell's Rome?" Cardin asked in confusion.
"It's a metaphor."
The Night Fury shook its head briefly before looking down at the ground and breathes out a slow hot fire, burning the ground at its feet and moves in a circle. He stomps on the flames before lying down in the scorched ground and ashes. Just as he rests his head on his paws, he heard a bird chirping in the tree branch above him. He looks up and watches it fly off. He then glances down and sees Oscar, sitting near by and cross-legged.
Oscar gives the Night Fury a casual wave which the dragon responds with a dull look that said, "Oh great. It's that kid again," before it settles on the ground and covers its face with his tail. When it doesn't move, Oscar scoots closer and reaches to his tail. Just before he could though, the Night Fury raised his tail up to look at Oscar with wide awake eyes.
Oscar jumps back and makes it look like he was getting up and walking away. The dragon wasn't fooled though and moves to sleep at a different part of the cove.
Some couldn't help but chuckle. Though some adults were thinking that dragons were being misjudged creatures if the so-called deadliest could act like this when injured and starving.
Later that evening, the Night Fury hangs from a tree root like a bat. He flutters his eyes open slowly and looks to the side. He and the Audience see Oscar was still in the cove.
Said boy was sitting on a rock, stick in hand and drawing the Night Fury's head and shoulder. Much like the sketch in his notebook, he manage make the image in the sand realistic.
"Oscar, was it?" Cinder called out to the farm boy. "Uh, yes?" Oscar replied.
"Let's have a drawing contest during the next break." Cinder said. Oscar blinked owlishly. "Uh, draw what?" he asked.
"That will be up to you," she said with a smirk and a wink.
Both Ruby and Amber frowned and glared at Cinder.
Oscar onscreen freezes for a second as he sensed the dragon is now looming beside him, taking interest in his drawing. He quickly begins drawing again, the Audience seeing the dragon's gaze following the movement of the stick, purring as Oscar adds in more detail to the pupils in the drawing.
The Night Fury looks sideways at the drawing before looking as if a thought came to him and then plodding off, leaving Oscar to look at his retreating form. A crackling sound is heard as Oscar's eyebrows shoot up in surprise before the dragon walks into view, dragging a tree branch in his jaws along the ground. He starts swirling it around as it drags it behind him, sometimes rushing or slowing down and taking care.
Oscar leans in all directions to see what the dragon is drawing. Suddenly the Night Fury pauses, looking at Oscar excitedly. Oscar straightens as the dragon takes a double look before adding a dot to the picture. He then continues with its spinning, accidentally hitting the Viking teen with the leafy end of the branch as he traverses more ground. Oscar looks around in wonder.
The dragon finishes his work and admires it, immensely pleased and purring. A high angle show shows the Audience the masterpiece that is an incredibly large and long squiggle in the dirt.
Qrow rubbed his eyes and leaned to Robyn. "Am I really drunk or did I just see a dragon draw a big squiggle like a toddler's drawing on the wall?" he asked.
"No, I saw it too." Robyn admitted. Qrow nodded his head. "I thought so."
"I think it just tried to draw Oscar," Jaune chuckled. Pyrrha giggled behind her hand. "Given that he looked at Oscar twice, I believe so."
Coco snorts. "He looks so proud." Velvet cooed and snapped a picture of the dragon's smile.
Looking around curiously for a moment, Oscar stands up and moves to observe the Night Fury's creation from a different spot. He steps on one of the squiggles. This causes the dragon to snarl. Oscar jumps at the response, quickly taking his foot off the line. Instantly the Night Fury calms down and begins purring. Curious, Oscar steps on the line.
On. Dragon growls.
Off. Dragon purrs.
On. Dragon growls.
Off. Dragon purrs again.
Oscar finally steps over the line, making the dragon relax fully. He gives him a reassuring grin before moving again. He takes care to avoid stepping on the lines, zigzagging across the drawing. He pauses when he hears a huff of the dragon behind him. He turns around looking up at the dragon a bit fearful, the dragon looks down at him wide eyed.
Ruby couldn't help but squeal, holding her face in her hands, gushing when Oscar smiled to the dragon. So cute! They're both so cute! Why hasn't my counterpart befriended Oscar?
The students take a deep breath and lean forward while the adults look intrigued at what will happen next. Velvet slowly held her camera, ready to take a picture.
Darth Anarchus and his Clone Troopers though had wide grins on their faces as they watched the screen.
Oscar stretches his hand slowly but pauses when the dragon growls and eyes him slightly. Oscar takes a deep breath and turns away and continues to stretch his hand out. The Night Fury's eyes widen slightly as the hand moved closer before stopping inches away from his snout.
The Night Fury moved slightly in hesitation before closing his eyes and touches his snout to the boy's hand. (Cue Velvet taking a photo.) Oscar released a breath in relief before slowly looking up. The Night Fury opened its eyes and pulled his head back. He then shakes his head with a snort. His pupils returning to near slits before it darts out of view, silent as a shadow. Oscar glanced at the dragon, confused, relieved and full of wonder of what just happened.
Oscar himself felt like his counterpart. Filled with wonder, relief and confusion. "Wow," he whispered.
"Well, that was a thing." Yang said with a smile.
The scene changed to show Oscar and the teens gathered with Port at the top of a run-down catapult, sitting around a fire as Port tells the story how he lost his limbs. ". . . with one twist, he took my hand and swallowed it whole!" he said to the teens that looked absorbed in the story. All except Oscar who had heard the story before. "And I saw the look on his face," Port continued and gestured to himself with a smile. "I was delicious. He must have passed the word because it wasn't a month before another of them took my leg."
He lifts his wooden peg leg for affect. The teens, bar Oscar, look at it in fascination. "Wow," Neon muttered.
"Isn't it weird to think that your hand was inside a dragon?" Jaune asked as he flailed his drumsticks. "Like if your mind was still in control of it, you could have killed it from the inside by crushing its heart or something."
Pyrrha made a face of disgust. "Ew! Jaune, why did you ask something like that?"
Nora gives him a dull look while Ruby shakes her head. Oscar seems focused on cooking his fish. Cardin looks angry strangely. "I swear, I'm so angry right now." he growled, shaking his chicken. "I'll avenge your beautiful hand and your beautiful foot." he declared. "I'll chop off the legs of every dragon I fight, with my face."
Most of the students give him blank looks. The teachers from Beacon pinch the bridge of their nose.
"Not the sharpest in the class?" Ilia asked, Blake nodded her head.
Port onscreen makes disagreeing noises whilst his mouth is full. He swallows the food. "No. It's the wings and the tails you really want," he said, tearing the wing from his chicken for emphasis. "If it can't fly, it can't get away." The view changes to Oscar's face as his eyes widen slightly. "A downed dragon is a dead dragon."
Port stands up with a yawn and a stretch. "All right, I'm off to bed. You should be, too. Tomorrow we get to the big boys." This gets the teens excited and psyched up. Except Oscar who isn't there.
Blake whined, anime tears streaming down her face. "No, why would you leave a perfectly good fish?" Em lightly whacked Oscar on the head in response. "I taught you better than that." she scolded.
Oscar grumbled under his breath. It wasn't him that left the fish.
"Slowly but surely making our way to the Monstrous Nightmare." Port continued before asking, "But who will win the honor of killing it?"
Nora grins and leans back, hands on the back of her head. "It's going to be me." she declared. "It's my destiny. See?"
"Your mom let you get a tattoo?" Jaune gasps while Ruby glanced to where Oscar should be and notices him missing.
Oscar is shown quietly running down the stairs as Nora says, "It's not a tattoo, it's a birthmark."
Ruby walks over to the top of the stairs and sees Oscar's retreating form. "Okay, I've been stuck with you since birth and that was never there before." Neon said. "Yes it was!" Nora said defensively. "You just never saw my left side until now."
Cardin speaks up, "It certainly wasn't there yesterday. So is it a birthmark or is a today mark?"
Ruby opens her mouth to say something to Oscar before stopping herself and walks back to the group.
Later that night, Oscar enters his personal space in the forge. He opens his notebook to his first drawing of the Night Fury. Taking his charcoal pencil, Oscar redraws the left tailfin of the dragon.
Oscar stokes up the fire at the bellows, heating up an old, unused great sword.
He shapes a connecting rod with his hammer before blowing on it and lowering it into a cooling bucket with tweezers.
He lays the connecting rod on the design of the tailfin before he was seen pulling the nails out of a red shield and shapes them into metal balls.
Oscar weighs the balls before clipping them into some sockets. He then tightens a part with a concentrated expression.
Finally, he covers the metal in a strong, thin cover before he raised the finished project. An artificial tailfin for the Night Fury. He nods proudly before closing it to look at the design for it on the wall.
The adults nod with impressed looks while the students shared amazed expressions. It looked like a proper tailfin.
"How could he make such an incredible replica with his technology?" Weiss asked in awe.
Darth Anarchus smiled lightly, crossing his arms before replying, "He had a pretty great teacher."
"I doubt my counterpart taught him to make prosthetics for dragons," Port said humbly.
"True," the Host agreed. "But he still taught him everything he needed to know since he was eight despite his sink or swim method of teaching."
The next morning, Oscar walks into the cove carrying a large basket and a long object in his hands. "Hey, Toothless." He greeted in a sing-song voice. "I brought breakfast pal," he said as Toothless sniffs at the basket curiously. "I hope you're hungry." With that, he kicked the basket down and spilled various types of fish.
Blake, Kali and Ghira now went rigid upon seeing the fish. Adam, Sienna and Ilia looked in their direction and rubbed their temples in exasperation. These Belladonnas love their fish too much sometimes. Or all the time in Blake's case.
"But 'toothless?'" Roman repeated incredulously. "Seriously?"
"I think it's cute." Ruby crossed her arms. Nora nodded her head. "Yeah!"
"It strangely fits him," Velvet commented.
"I would have gone with Thunder but to each his own," Coco stated with a shrug only for Darth Anarchus and the Clone Troopers to round on her, fingers pointing to her and shouting sternly, "NO!" Coco jumps in response and stares at them with wide eyes as they slowly turn away from her.
"Okay, that's disgusting." Oscar remarked as Toothless begins creeping towards the fish, sniffing to try and detect anything poisonous. "We've got some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod and a whole smoked eel."
About to dig in, Toothless stops and pulls back, cringing when Oscar mentioned the eel. Confused a little, Oscar kneels down and picks up the yellow and black smoked eel, holding it in plain sight. Toothless spreads his wings and roars in fear.
"Why is that dragon scared of that small, long, dead fish?" Roman asked.
"No, no, no, no, no!" Oscar exclaims, tossing the eel to the side. "No, it's okay." He holds a hand out to calm Toothless down. The Night Fury twitches, calming down. "Yeah, I don't really like eel much, either." Oscar said, wiping his hand on his fur vest.
Toothless looks for any more eels before eating vigorously. Oscar slowly begins to sneak around the distracted Night Fury. "That's it," he whispered. "That's it. Just stick with the good stuff," he muttered. "And don't mind me. I'll just be back here, minding my own business."
He tries to sit next to Toothless' tail but the dragon moves it away from him three times as he pokes his head into the basket, pulling Oscar forward when he managed to sit on the tail.
Annoyed a little, Oscar turns around and begins attaching the new tailfin. He does the strap at the base of the tail before moving to the top of the fin. Toothless lifts his head up, letting the basket fall off his head. He flexes his working tailfin curiously. Realizing the weight of the boy on his tail, the sound of the strap tightening and something else makes Toothless drop his wings in shock, eyes wide and jaw dropped.
This caused some of the students to snicker or laugh at his reaction.
As Oscar finishes tightening the final strap holding the artificial tailfin in place, Toothless slowly begins to spread his wings and his sub wings.
Ruby and the others grew slightly worried. "Uh oh, Oscar, behind you." the red reaper said.
Not noticing this, Oscar sits up to admire his work and opens up the tailfin covered in brown leather.
"That's not too bad." Oscar said to himself. "It works."
"Prepare for take off, Oscar!" Nora shouted jovially.
No sooner than she said that, Toothless takes off from the ground with Oscar still on his tail! "Whoooaaaaa!" Oscar shouted in fear, holding onto the tail. "No, no, no, no, no, no!" he shouted as Toothless flaps harder.
Oscar stops panicking briefly upon seeing the artificial tailfin close up due to the wind. Unbalanced due to that, Toothless loses his flight and begins to plummet to the ground below.
Thinking quickly, Oscar pulls the tailfin open and Toothless pulls up at the last second and flies upward. He soars high through the air. "Oh, my! It's working!" Oscar exclaimed in joy before Toothless turns around back to the cove and they glide over the pond.
"Yes, yes! I did it!" Oscar said proudly, looking at the artificial tailfin. Toothless looks back at him briefly before turning around sharply. This whips a yelling Oscar off the tail and skim the pond once before plunging into the pond.
Toothless roars and glances at his tail. Which the artificial tailfin closes on its own before the Night Fury falls into the pond with a big splash. Both Viking and dragon surface on different ends of the pond. The former shouts, "YEAH!"
"Well, it's a start." Ozpin commented as some snickered at Oscar being tossed into the pond.
"Today is about teamwork."
The training arena is filled with gas and smoke as a dragon cage is opened. Port walks behind the teens who split into pairs. Ruby with Neon. Cardin with Nora. Oscar with Jaune. "Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire," Port said. "The Hideous Zippleback is extra tricky. One head breathes gas, the other head lights it."
Ruby searches through the smoke and gas for any sign of the Zippleback.
"Your job is to know which is which."
Oscar and Jaune stand back to back. The latter begins to give off the stats of the Zippleback in a fearful tone. "Razor sharp serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion. Prefers ambush attacks, crushing its victims. . ."
Oscar turns to glance at him in annoyance. "Will you please stop that!" he somewhat whispered to the teen.
"Not giving them weapons sounds like a terrible idea." Glynda said when she saw that all the teens had onscreen were buckets of water.
"Especially with a two headed dragon," May said.
Jaune chuckled nervously when his counterpart spoke.
Ruby and Neon stand back to back, looking a bit fearful before the Audience see Cardin and Nora. "If that dragon shows either of its faces," Cardin spoke confidently, elbowing Melanie a bit. "I'm going to-" he pauses when he sees a horned figure illuminated in the fog. "There!" He shouted before he and Nora throw the water from their buckets at the figure. Resulting a feminine yell from the victim, or victims it seemed as the clouds part to show Ruby and Neon.
"Hey, it's us, idiots!" Neon exclaimed in anger.
"Your butts are getting bigger." Nora remarked drily as Cardin smirked a little. "We thought you were a dragon," the twin snickered before Cardin tried to flatter Ruby.
"Not that there's anything wrong with a dragonesque figure," he said before Ruby walked up and punched him in the jaw, knocking him down to the ground.
Yang grinned. "Nice punch, Ruby!" Many women nodded.
Cardin shook his head. His counterpart should have known to not call on a woman's figure.
Neon chucks her water bucket at her sister's face also knocking her down.
Nora sits up before she is dragged into the unknown, her helmet falling off as she yells, "AAH! Oh no!"
Neon takes a step forward but Ruby holds her arm out in front of her. "Wait," she whispers. As they hear Nora's screams, Ruby gets ready to throw her water before a roar sounds and a green tail shoots out to sweep the girls off their feet and causes Ruby to drop her bucket.
"Oh, I'm hurt!" Nora screams as she runs out from the cloud, tripping over her sister. "I am very much hurt!"
Jaune and Oscar are shown, having seen everything and appear scared. "Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits now." Jaune muttered in fear.
"Oh, that's comforting." Mercury said sarcastically.
"That sounds like something I would say though," Jaune said, slumping a little.
"You should be more positive in situations like this, Kid." Fiona said. "Negativity draws in more Grimm."
"Just follow my lead." Qrow says cheerfully.
"He said positive, Branwen." Winter smirked. "Not crazy."
Qrow snorted before turning to her in surprise. "Wait, did you just-" he began before Winter's smirk disappears. "I was merely making a statement. Nothing more," she said as she turned to the screen. Qrow looks at her and slowly turns back to the screen. "Sure," he drawled. "Whatever you say, Ice Queen."
Onscreen, a yellow-eyed, green Zippleback head looms forth from the smoke like a snake. Pupils turning to slits as it swerves side to side toward the boys. Jaune begins to freak out as it inches closer to him, spilling some water from his bucket.
"You got this, Jaune!" Saphron said supportively for her brother.
He then splashes the water on the head when it was close enough. The now damp and dripping dragon head begins growling menacingly as green gas slowly emits from its mouth.
"Oh. Wrong head." Jaune said sheepishly.
"Oh really? You don't say." Roman said, voice dripping with sarcasm. Talk about bad breath, Neo signed.
"Happens to us all, Jaune!" Terra said.
The Zippleback head then barfs its gas upon Jaune full blast. "Jaune!" Port cries out in concern along with the students in the Audience.
Jaune runs, screaming as he escapes the gassy breath and leaving Oscar alone.
The smoke is now cleared as another Zippleback head shows up, belching sparks in its mouth in a taunting manner before both heads look at him. Waiting for his response.
"Now, Oscar!" Port says from the side.
Oscar takes a couple of steps forward as the dragon raises its heads high before Oscar throws the water. Only to miss its target and splash on the ground between them.
"Oh, come on." Oscar muttered, placing the bucket on his head as the Zippleback's heads bend down, mocking the boy for his attempt.
"Oh come on." Oscar muttered in unison of his counterpart.
The sparking head then growls before the dragon lunges, heads and body. Oscar stumbles back as the dragon spreads its wings open to make it look larger and scare Oscar more than he already was.
"Oscar!" Port rushes forth to defend the boy. He manages make a few leaps forward before he stops, eyes wide and jaw dropped, totally shocked.
The Audience see why. The Zippleback was beginning to back away from Oscar with fearful expressions. Said boy slowly got to his feet and thrusted his hands forward, making the dragon back up more. "Back, back, back!" Oscar said sternly.
The teens had now recovered from earlier and now watched the scene in shock and awe. "Now, don't make me tell you again!" Oscar as the village elder Maria Calavera watched from above in the stadium. The boy continued to corral the Zippleback into its cage. "Yes, that's it. Back into your cage." He glanced back before pulling his vest open to reveal the smoked yellow from earlier. "Now think about what you've done," he said as he tossed the eel into the cage. The dragon recoiled back, climbing up the back wall and leaning its heads back as far as possible from the eel.
"That was very clever, Mr. Pine." Glynda commented before turning to their hosts. "So all dragons are afraid of eels?"
"All but one species from what I remember," The Host replied. "No spoilers, it will be revealed later."
"That was also risky," Weiss said, referring to the screen. "He still could have gotten injured."
"But he didn't." Ruby replied. "But, uh, how is he going to explain this?"
"You make it sound like people are going to bother asking first," Darth Anarchus stated before gesturing to the screen.
Oscar closed the cage doors and turned to the others, wiping his hands. Everyone still looked gobsmack about the whole thing. Jaune even dropped his bucket.
"Okay, are we done?" Oscar asked, walking to the side and moving his arms around. "Because I got to-Yep, I-I'll see you tomorrow."
The teens watch him leave, eyes still wide, and Ruby glanced to the cage and back to Oscar.
That night Oscar hammers and sows something together before the Audience see that he had made a brown leather saddle. He picks it up and the scene changed to the next day in the Cove as Oscar holds the saddle to Toothless.
Toothless gets into a crouch before running away. "Hey!" Oscar shouted as he ran after him. Toothless roars playfully as Oscar chases after him, holding the saddle above him.
Many were impressed with Oscar's skills of sewing and the design of the saddle. Then most chuckled at seeing the dragon and human playing tag.
After putting the saddle on, the two glide over the pond. Oscar has a string in hand attached to the tailfin. He pulls on it but Toothless turns in a different direction with a startled roar and Oscar falls downward.
"Well, if you don't succeed, try, try, try again." Yang remarked.
Oscar creates a harness and a tether to hook him onto the saddle later that night in the forge.
The next day, he and Toothless fly above the forest. This time Oscar had the string tied around his ankle. This wasn't much of an improvement. "Whoa, whoa!" Oscar exclaimed as they crashed into a grass field. Oscar stumbled forward through the tall grass before turning to check if Toothless was okay. Only to pause to see the dragon rolling around in the grass.
"Okay, are we sure Toothless is a dragon?" Vernal chuckled. "Because he's acting like a cat in a catnip field." Blake and Kali shifted in their seats along with Sienna at that statement.
"Well, you're not wrong about the catnip field." Darth Anarchus replied with a chuckle. "That there is an plant in their universe called dragon nip. All but one species of dragons love this plant. As your about to find out."
Oscar held a handful of dragon nip and brought to training later. This time it was with the Gronckle. The dragon knocked one of the twins aside and flew towards Oscar with a glare. Oscar flinched and held out the blades of dragon nip. The Gronckle skid to a halt, inches away from Oscar's hand. Eyes wide and a smile on its face as it sniffed the dragon nip. Oscar smiled at the reaction and moved his hand around, the Gronckle following his movements before rolling onto its side.
Maria Calavera and other adults watched on what Oscar was doing in the ring.
"Sweet, I'm on screen," Maria smiled.
After class, Oscar was swarmed by his tormentors. However they weren't making jabs anymore. They were praising his performance.
"That was incredible!" Jaune exclaimed.
"I never saw a Gronckle do that!" Cardin said.
Neon pushed her sister aside and looked at Oscar with a sly smirk.
Uncomfortable, Oscar wormed his way out of the group and walked backwards. "Uh, I left my axe back in the ring. You guys go ahead." he said as he turned around and almost bumped into Ruby. "I'll catch up."
The teens watch him leave with awed expressions while Ruby had a glare. Apparently she was suspicious of Oscar's sudden improvement in class.
"Uh oh," Ruby muttered upon seeing her counterpart's glare. She had a bad feeling about that.
The scene changed to show Oscar scratching the back of Toothless' neck. The dragon purred at the sensation before Oscar scratched at his underside and the dragon fell down with a pleased smile.
Most grew worried at Toothless dropping down like that save for Ozpin. "Pressure point?" he asked.
Darth Anarchus nodded, "Yep. Most dragons have one."
Oscar looked at the dragon and his hands in surprise before he grinned and walked away.
Ruby was shown being pushed back by the Deadly Nadder who charged to Oscar. Oscar dropped his weapon, making the dragon pause and look at him curiously. It then went alert as it heard and saw Ruby charging with a battle cry and scythe in hand.
Seeing his chance, Oscar went to the Nadder's side and scratched its neck quickly and its pressure point. The dragon's eyes rolled back before it squawked and fell down to the Viking's feet. Ruby paused in her charge, her angry expression replaced by one of dumbfoundness, her scythe resting on her shoulder as she looked to Oscar.
That night, Oscar sat at a table alone in the Great Hall, like usual. Only for the teens and some adults to crowd him, asking how was he succeeding at Dragon Training. Ruby glared at the scene and slammed her mug down in anger.
"Aw, is Lil' Red jealous of the younger runt being in the spotlight?" Roman asked mockingly.
Ruby stuttered in response while Darth Anarchus replied. "Yes, actually. She believes that he's earning glory without breaking a sweat."
A light shined on the ground on the cove like a laser dot that Toothless chased after. The Audience see that Oscar made a laser dot by reflecting the sunlight off his hammer.
"Okay, it's official," Yang declared, chuckling and snickering with the Audience. "Toothless is a cat."
"A fire breathing cat with wings." Cinder chuckled lightly.
Blake though stared at the screen with an intense look as she watched the dot of light.
"Meet the Terrible Terror!" Port said as the cage barricade was being lifted up but the dragon exited out of a doggie door. The Terrible Terror was green and the size of a iguana. It licked its eye and looked to the teens curiously.
Mercury looked incredulously at the screen. "Seriously? What's so terrible about that?"
"Ha!" Nora laughed while the rest of the teens smirked confidently and arrogantly. "It's like the size of my-!" she screamed in pain as the Terrible Terror jumped onto her face.
The Audience offscreen and the Vikings gathered around "oohed" in sympathy while the teens scattered and Melanie shouted, "Ow! Get it off!"
"Okay, never mind," Mercury muttered.
"I want one!" Nora said cheerfully. "Actually I want one like Toothless but with lightning!"
The little dragon bit on the girl's nose while holding onto her face before it noticed a dot of light on its face. Instantly, it chased after the light like a cat. "Oh, I'm hurt!" cried Nora, rolling on the ground and holding her nose. "I am very much hurt!"
Oscar was shown leading the Terrible Terror back into its cage with the light reflecting off his shield.
The teens and the Vikings watch in awe. "Wow, he's better than you ever were," Nora said to Ruby who glared at her before turning to Oscar as the dragon went back into its cage. He held the doggie door down with his foot and looked to the teens with an innocent expression.
Later that day, Ruby threw her scythe in rage. Apparently her jealously was boiling over that she was lashing out.
Ruby whimpered. "Those poor trees. . ." she shook her head. "They never stood a chance."
"Never thought I'd see Ruby act like that," Maria said to Oscar who nodded in agreement.
Or trying to improve herself. Which ever works. She pulled her scythe out and rolled to her feet. She paused in reeling her arm back, anger replaced by surprise as the Audience saw why.
Holding a bundle of objects, Oscar had walked into her line of sight and she paused just in time before she threw her scythe in his direction. Both Viking teens stared at one another for a brief moment before Oscar waved at Ruby and jogged away and around a boulder. Ruby jogged after him and climbed the boulder and looked for Oscar, hoping to see how he improved in Dragon Training. But Oscar disappeared without a trace.
Angry again, Ruby lightly slammed her fist on the boulder.
The scene changed to show Oscar adding some adjustments to Toothless' saddle while the dragon was eating, head inside a basket.
Later, they hovered above ground on a windy day. The dragon was tied down to a stake while Oscar drew pictured of the artificial tailfin's positions. When Toothless rose to hover again though, the wind was stronger and the rope snapped. Both Viking and dragon flew back and crashed into the trees behind.
Oscar perked up, thinking his counterpart managed to get it right and that the duo were now flying, only to wince along with a few others when the crash happened.
Toothless rose to his feet, lifting Oscar off the ground with the tether and rope to his harness. Oscar tried to unhook himself but saw that the hook was bent down, preventing the tether from unhooking Oscar. "Oh great," he muttered.
The scene changed to the village of Berk. A Viking with a torch acknowledged Oscar as he walked pass the boy who was leaning on the wall. Toothless walked out of the alleyway and tried to follow after the Viking with a torch before Oscar pulled on the rope and lead Toothless to the forge.
Oscar and his dragon companion entered the forge quietly before Toothless stuck his nose in a bucket. Unsatisfied that it wasn't filled with fish, Toothless tossed the bucket to the side which caused a loud crash to be heard.
Unfortunately, the crash was heard by Ruby was walking by. She turned to the direction of the forge and began to walk toward the building.
Inside the forge, Oscar was fixing the hook when he and Toothless heard Ruby call out to him. "Oscar? Are you in there?" she asked.
A few thought Oscar managed to fix the saddle until they saw Toothless. "I suppose he needs tools to fix the hook." Joanna stated.
"The dragon should be more quiet being in a village of dragon killing Vikings," Flynt said.
Thinking quickly, Oscar jumped out the forge's window doors and tying an apron on. Luckily, Ruby didn't see Toothless despite that the doors opened wide enough for Toothless to be seen.
"Ruby, hey!" Oscar said, trying not to sound nervous and failing. "Hi, Ruby. Hi, Ruby."
Inside the forge, Toothless shook his head and glanced outside to see a sheep grazing nearby. The sheep paused in eating the grass upon seeing the dragon and slowly began moving away.
"I don't normally care about what other people do, but you're acting weird." Ruby said bluntly. Oscar chuckled nervously before he was pulled to the forge doors. "Well, weirder," Ruby added, raising an eyebrow at Oscar's actions unaware that they weren't his own.
Oscar was then pulled off the ground, chuckling nervously. It looked like he was hovering in the air before he was pulled into the forge with a yelp. Surprised, Ruby ran to the forge and opened the doors. Looking inside though, Oscar wasn't anywhere in sight much to Ruby's confusion.
The Audience see Toothless running behind Ruby with Oscar on his saddle. When they were far enough away from Ruby, they took off.
Most of the Audience sighed in relief.
Emerald looked to her "teammates" with surprised looks. "Are we really enjoying this?" she asked in disbelief.
Adam and Neo nodded their heads.
"I mean, what's not to enjoy?" Mercury asked.
"They've had me hooked since the runt first swallowed the fish." Roman admitted. Emerald looked at him with a expression that said, Really? before looking to Cinder.
"They have dragons," Cinder said simply, her toning saying, "Enough said."
Emerald supposed that it was. She looked back to the screen with her team, eager to see more. Only for their eyes widen.
Ozpin's voyage returned. With only one ship that was battle damaged so much that it was a surprise that it was still floating. Ozpin was greeted by Port as he stepped onto the dock.
"Well, at least you found the nest." Port said. "Not even close," was all Ozpin said as he walked past the blacksmith.
"Oh, excellent." Port remarked drily. "I hope you had better success than I have, Port." Ozpin said as they walked up the dock.
"Well, if by that you mean your parenting troubles are over than yes," Port said, getting a confused look from the chief.
Before he could ask, a group of Viking spoke to him.
"Congratulations, Ozpin!" A woman said. "Everyone is so relieved!"
"Out with the old, in with the new, right?" a man asked cheerfully before another said, "No one will miss that old nuisance! The village is throwing a party to celebrate!"
Many winced in sympathy at seeing the burned ship and that two were missing.
Oscar frowned at Port's next answer. Make it sound like his counterpart was a terrible son.
"Hey, you're all making it sound like he's dead or sailed away!" Em snapped at the passing Vikings.
"Not the best thing to say to a parent who hasn't seen their child in a while," Tai muttered. "Especially out of context like that."
Ozpin watched the Vikings walk away before turning to Port with a worried expression. "He's gone?"
"Uh, yes." Port replied, not seeing his friend's expression. "Most afternoons. But who could blame him?" he asked and Ozpin's expression changed to confusion. "The life of a celebrity is very rough."
Both Pyrrha and Weiss rolled their eyes. "Tell me about it." they both muttered.
"He can barely walk through the village without being swarmed by his new fans." He went on.
Ozpin grabbed him by the shoulder and made him face him. "Oscar?" he asked for clarification.
"Who would have thought it, eh?" Port chuckled. "He has this way with the beasts."
Yatsuhashi chuckled. "They have no idea."
Ozpin's eyes narrowed a little as he looked up in wonder and contemplation.
The scene changed to show Oscar and Toothless flying out. Time for the real deal.
"Okay now bud," Oscar said to his friend. "We're going to take this nice and slow." He then looked to his cheat sheet. "Here we go, here we go. Position 3-No, 4!" Using a foot pedal, Oscar adjusted the tailfin.
Briefly looking at his tail, Toothless looked forward with a determined expression before banking to the left. Let's do this. Oscar glanced back to check the tailfin before nodding. "Okay, it's go time," he muttered. "It's go time!"
Toothless let out a roar as he dived towards the sea. Here we go! "Come on, buddy! Come on, buddy!" Oscar urged as Toothless touched the surface of the water with the tips of his wings.
Both dragon and Viking glanced up at the archway of rock before they flew past it. "Yes, it worked!" Oscar cheered before Toothless crashed into a sea stack.
"Sorry!" Oscar said before they crashed into another pillar. "That's my fault."
SLAP!
Toothless slapped Oscar's arm with one of his ears. "Ow! Yeah, yeah. I'm on it." Oscar grumbled. "Position 4, uh, 3."
Toothless tilted up and began to climb high into the sky. "Yeah! Go baby!" Oscar cheered and Toothless stuck his tongue out happily.
Both Ozpins and Em were mildly worried about the boy flying his dragon that high in the air like so.
"Go, Oscar! Go Toothless!" Some the energetic students cheered.
"Fly, Toothless, fly!" Jaune sang. The Host turned to the blonde knight with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, this is amazing!" Oscar said. "The wind in my-Cheat sheet!" He reached for the paper frantically. "Stop!"
When he caught the paper, Toothless obeyed the command. This caused Oscar to fly forward and unhook from the saddle.
"Oh no/shit!" Many cried out upon seeing Oscar's counterpart unhook from the saddle.
"OSCAR!" Em, Ozpin, Ruby and Amber cried out.
"NOO!" Oscar screamed as he hovered five feet above Toothless whose eyes widened upon seeing the boy off his saddle, knowing what it meant before both plummet down to the ground.
Oh Gronckle shit! Red Death dung! Toothless roared up a storm as he and Oscar plunged down. "Oh gosh! Oh gods!" Oscar said before he managed to angle himself. "Okay, you got to kind of angle yourself!" he said to Toothless who was spinning out of control.
"Okay, come back towards me!" Oscar said, reaching out to the dragon. "Come back towards me-OW!" Toothless unintentionally slapped his friend in the face with his tail. Luckily, Toothless managed to stay still long enough for Oscar to climb onto the saddle. The ground was now closer.
"Pull up, pull up!" Most of the students said urgently.
"Come on, pull up!" Ruby said.
"What does it look like he's doing?!" Oscar retorted, waving his hands frantically.
Gritting his teeth with the cheat sheet in between, Oscar leaned back and pulled Toothless up just in time. The dragon spread his wings out, leaving streams of cloud behind as a maze of sea stacks came into view.
Eyes widening in fear, Toothless began roaring to Oscar to do something. Oscar held the sheet his hand and looked between it and the upcoming maze. Throwing it into the wind, Oscar leaned close to Toothless determinedly and quickly adjust the tail.
Just in time and Toothless swerved to dodge the sea stacks in sync with Oscar moving his feet and him leaning to the side. At one point, Oscar made Toothless barrel roll before they flew out of the maze.
Smiling in relief and joy, Oscar threw his hands in the air. "YEAH!" he cheered.
He wasn't the only one. The adults were more relieved that the young boy and his dragon managed to navigate without injury while the students were shouting, cheering and whooping in celebration at the duo's first flight.
And then Toothless shot a ball of plasma in front of them, with his tongue sticking out, and making Oscar stop cheering. "Come on," he whined as they flew through the explosion.
"Why are we still here?" Oscar asked in frustration. "Just to suffer?" This made some of his friends chuckle or laugh at his expense.
Oscar's face was shown covered in soot and his hair singed. The Audience snickered in amusement before they heard Toothless throwing up. And sure enough, the dragon threw up a fish head and looked to Oscar. Hungry?
"Oh no, not again." Velvet gagged.
"I'm not letting you eat something like that on my watch," Em said to Oscar firmly.
"Uh, no thanks. I'm good." Oscar said, holding up his fish on a stick that was cooked. Suit yourself, Toothless turned back to his pile of fish before the Audience see a small pack of Terrible Terrors.
They landed on the shore and scurried over to the duo. Oscar raised an eyebrow and glanced at the growling Toothless who put a foreleg around his fish.
When one Terrible Terror came close to the pile, Toothless' growl stopped it from moving closer. Don't think about it. But then another took the fish head he had thrown up. The two Terrors fought over the fish head before the red one blew the other away with his fire.
Suddenly a fish stoop up from the pile, making Toothless and the Audience to watch it move in confusion before it was revealed that a Terrible Terror had snuck past Toothless and was dragging the fish.
However Toothless grabbed onto the fish. The two dragons began a tug-a-war that was easily won by the Night Fury who ate the fish and laughed at the smaller dragon who had a bit of the fish's tail in his mouth.
The little dragon wasn't having it. He spat out the bits of skin and stomped his feet angrily while Toothless' expression became amused.
Coco and a few others were amused at the Terrible Terror. "You're not that dragon, little buddy. Don't do it."
The Terrible Terror stood tall, taking a deep breath, ready to fire. Only for Toothless to shoot a small ball of fire down its throat.
The little dragon's stomach inflated like a balloon before it fell down with a wheeze. Whimpering, the Terror walks away on wobbly legs as Toothless resumes eating his fish.
"Huh, not so fireproof on the inside, are you?" Oscar observed before grabbing his fish and tossing to the little Terrible Terror. "Here you go."
The little dragon smiled at the offered meal and quickly wolfed it down.
"Aww." Some of the students cooed at the little dragon.
As Oscar sat down, the little dragon began to approach him hesitantly. Seeing that he wasn't meaning any harm, the little dragon then curled up next to his leg.
"Okay, I want one of those dragons too." Yang cooed.
Oscar looked to the purring dragon with wide eyes before he slowly reached down to pet it. "Everything we know about you guys, is wrong." Oscar declared.
"Well, considering that their book only ever said 'extremely dangerous and kill on sight,'" Roman remarked. "Yeah. Looks outdated to me."
That night, Oscar sits at his desk in the forge flicking his pencil. Hearing footsteps, Oscar looks up to see Ozpin in the doorway.
"Dad! You're back!" Oscar exclaimed as he closed his notebook and tried to hide his drawings. "Uh, Port's not here. So-"
"I know," Ozpin said as he forced his way into the room. "I came looking for you."
"Y-You did?" Oscar asked nervously. "You've been keeping secrets," the chief stated emotionlessly.
"I-I-I have?" the boy stammered. "Did you really think you could hide it from me?" Ozpin asked with a glare. Oscar stammered a response before Ozpin stated with emphasis, "Nothing happens on this island without me knowing about it." He steps closer. "So, let's talk about that dragon."
"Oh no," Oscar said in worried.
"Well, it was bound to happen." Blake said. "Better to talk about it now than have it pulled out screaming."
"I wish that was the case, Ms. Belladonna." Ozpin said. "But its not. He is not talking about Toothless."
"Oh gods," Oscar said nervously. "Dad, I'm so sorry. I wanted to tell you but I-" Then Ozpin drops his serious expression begins to full blown laugh. Oscar laughs along with him nervously before asking, "You're not upset?"
"What? I was hoping for this!" Ozpin exclaimed with a proud smile.
"The recruit that does best will win the honor of killing his first dragon in front of the entire village," Sienna said when the students looked confused, recalling what Port said near the beginning.
"Oh," most of them said in unison.
Adam facepalmed. "We were so caught up with Oscar's friendship with a dragon, we forgot what the village does to dragons."
"You were?" Oscar asked nervously. "And believe me, it gets better." Ozpin said, a little giddy. "Just wait until you spill a Nadder's guts for the first time." he laughed, holding his head a bit. "And mount your first Gronckle head on a spear!" He punches Oscar lightly, well for him anyway, and knocked Oscar into a basket. "What a feeling!"
"You really had me going there, son." Ozpin continued. "All those years as the worst Viking Berk has ever seen! Odin, it was rough. I almost gave up on you." he admitted.
Most of the parents gave Ozpin's counterpart disappointed stares, Ozpin included. A parent should not say that to their child when they weren't meaning any harm.
Qrow glanced over to Raven upon that last part though. Despite the fact that she left Yang and their team for a tribe of bandits, Qrow still has a sliver of hope for his twin sister that got smaller after Raven met him after the Breach and said that she saved Yang but also pass the message to her that she'd only do it once.
"And all this time you were holding out on me! Oh, Thor Almighty!" Ozpin cheered while Oscar looked more and more nervous and felt a little guilty upon seeing Ozpin's cheerful and prideful expression. "With you doing so well in the Ring, we finally have something to talk about." he said.
Oscar wormed out of the basket and stared at Ozpin who scooted forward.
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"I believe that people would say, "Awkward."" Penny said, smiling innocently. Winter and Ironwood nodded in agreement.
"A father can have high expectations," Raven said after a moment. "But when the father is a chief, those expectations are higher than most." She glanced over to Qrow out of the corner of her eye.
Qrow was supposed to be the next chief of the Tribe but he chose to not come back. This led to Raven finding out that their father had cared more than he let on and that she had to prove herself worthy to lead the Tribe when trying to convince Qrow to come back didn't work.
Meanwhile Ozpin sighed. This interaction had told him enough that the relationship was distant between father and son. Port's counterpart was more of a father figure than Ozpin's own. Said person was treating Oscar more like a member of the tribe than his son until now. He now felt more sorry that the family lost the mother.
Onscreen, Ozpin's expression became somber slightly as he reached for something behind him. "Uh, I brought you something." he said as he pulled out a helmet with curved horns. "To keep you safe in the ring."
Oscar looked surprised and a little touched at the gift. "Wow. Thanks," he whispered. "Ay, you're mother would have wanted you to have it," Ozpin replied. "It's half of her breast plate.
Oscar blinked when he was touching the top of the helmet and moved his hand away and chuckled nervously. "Matching set," Ozpin tapped his own helmet. "It keeps her. . . keeps her close, you know?"
Oscar's face lit up in embarrassment. He covered his face while his friends either gave him looks of pity or laughed. The Ozpin in his head was sure finding it funny.
"Wow," Ilia drawled. "Just wow." It was a nice sentiment to give the boy something of his mother. But a hat made out of her breastplate?
Oscar placed the helmet on the desk. He shifted on his feet before stretching and forcing out a yawn. "I should really get to bed."
Ozpin blinked before nodding. "Yeah, yes. You should," he said in agreement. "Good, uh, good talk."
"Got a big day tomorrow," Oscar added as Ozpin made his way to the door. "Thanks for stopping by and for the uh, breast hat." he muttered while Ozpin said, "I hope you enjoy the uh, hat."
Ozpin then squeezed his way out the door. When he was out of view, Oscar put his hands on his hips and shook his head with a sigh.
While outside, Ozpin was in a similar stance but nodding his head, proud of his accomplishment. He then walked to the exit, knocking stuff down and making noise.
And I thought I had family issues, Weiss thought to herself. She paused and replayed the thought in her head. Actually, this would fit my family if we weren't rich. Sure my parents and sister would speak to me but, Whitley. . . oh gods. . .
"That could've gone better," Both Oscar and Ozpin said in unison before looking at each other a little sheepish. They looked away and cleared their throats.
Roman leaned to Neo. "Are we sure they're not related?" The mute girl glanced to the headmaster and the farm boy and looked to Roman blankly and blinked. "I thought so."
The next day, the Gronckle flew around in the arena. The Audience see that more villagers were watching than before. Oscar sat against a barrack before Ruby appeared next to him. He scooted a bit to the right with a nervous smile but she glared at him and slammed his arm down.
"Stay out of my way," she said in a menacing tone. "I'm winning this thing."
Fox rolled his eyes. "Oh, like he wants to win in the first place."
"Yes, please," Oscar said to her retreating form. "By all means." he said as he stood to glance up at his father. He adjusted his helmet and smiled up to him as if asking, "what do you think?" before frowning with a sigh. He is so done with this shit.
A few chuckled at Oscar's expression.
Ruby stalked the Gronckle as it flew to the other side of the arena. She got closer and closer, hiding behind the barracks.
"This time, this time." she said to herself, taking deep breaths. "For sure!" She then jumped over the barrack and charged with a battle cry, scythe raised for the kill.
She stopped in disbelief as the crowd cheered.
The Gronckle laid at its side with its tongue out next to Oscar who had dropped his weapon and shield with his helmet. He was covering his head before he looked to Ruby and gestured to the dragon next to him, this is not my fault or what are you waiting for?
Ruby didn't see it that way though. "No!" she cried out in anger before swinging her scythe. "No! Son of a half-troll! Rat eating! Munge bucket!"
"Ruby June Rose!" Summer and Tai said in anger. "Where did you learn to talk like that?!"
Ruby shrunk away from her parents' angry stares. "I-It's not me. I wouldn't say that!" she whimpered in fear. This was one of the rare moments she wished the floor would open up and swallow her.
The parents looked to Yang who shook her head, frantically. They looked to Qrow who held his hands up. "Hey, I'll have you know that when I curse around her, I curse using a language that only Ozpin would know," he said. Tai and Summer looked to each other and nodded their heads, knowing Qrow was speaking the truth.
Roman turned to the veteran Huntsman. "Really? You interested in telling me some of those words?" he asked.
Qrow stared at him before shrugging. "Sure, why not?"
"Again, Viking society," Darth Anarchus said to the angry parents. "It happens."
"Wait, wait!" Ozpin onscreen said to the crowd, holding his hands up.
Oscar tried walking away. "So, later." he bid farewell but Port caught him on the hook. "Ah, ah. Not so fast." the blacksmith said to his apprentice.
"But I'm late for-" Oscar protested, trying to walk in another direction but Ruby held her scythe to his neck.
"What? Late for what exactly?" Ruby asked with a wild look in her eyes.
"My own execution, that you seem eager to see," Oscar said sarcastically.
"I'm sorry!" Ruby said.
"Violent woman," Oscar fake scolded her but smiled and Ruby knew that he was just teasing her. She crossed her arms in a pout and a blush.
"Okay, quiet down!" Ozpin said. "The Elder has decided."
Ruby lowered her scythe, Oscar rubbed his throat before both looked up to the Elder and then Port held his hook hand over Ruby. Maria shook her head and some of the crowd gave Ruby sympathetic expressions before Port pointed Oscar who looked down to the floor. Maria nodded her head with a smile and the crowd cheered.
Oscar glanced over to Ruby who's expression screamed murder while Port was joyful and prideful for his apprentice. "Oh, you've done it, Oscar!" the blacksmith exclaimed. "You get to kill the dragon!"
"Sorry, Kid." Maria said. "Looks like I just made things difficult for you."
Oscar sighed. "What else is new?"
"I'd be more concerned about Ruby." Whitley said. "She does NOT look happy."
"Ha-ha! That's my boy!" Ozpin cheered.
"Great!" Oscar said as Jaune and the other teens ran up to him. The blonde teen picked him up and placed him on his shoulders while the others cheered. "Yes! I can't wait! I am so-"
"-Leaving!" Oscar said, walking into the cove with a basket. "We're leaving. Let's pack up." He glances around for Toothless. "Looks like you and me are taking a little vacation," he stated and placing the basket down. "Forever," he added.
"He just means for a long time, right?" Ruby asked the hosts with a hopeful expression. They don't answer right away. "Right?" she asked in a meek tone.
"Hard to say," The Host replied with a thoughtful expression. "I think he'd return if Berk asked him to but I can't really speak for the other timelines where he did leave."
"You mean he did leave?" Velvet asked, getting a nod. "In other timelines, yes."
Oscar briefly wondered if he himself was willing to leave his home and family without saying goodbye because they wouldn't accept his friend.
Onscreen, Oscar paused at seeing his outfit looking out of place. He stood up to fix it. He heard the sound of stone scrapping metal and looked up to see Ruby sitting on the boulder in front of him, sharpening her scythe with a stone.
A few jolted at seeing Ruby sitting in front of Oscar. "How did she get there so fast?"
"She's a witch!" Nora cried, pointing to the screen.
"Whoa! What the-?!" Oscar exclaimed, jumping back in surprise before instantly calming down somewhat. "Uh, what are you doing here?" he asked.
Ruby tossed her stone behind her nonchalantly. "I just want to know what's going on," she said before her expression became angry as she jumped down as Oscar began backing up.
"No one just gets as good as you do," she said. "Especially you. Start talking. Are you training with someone?" she asked.
Oscar stammered and looked around briefly. "Training?" he repeated. "Uh. . ."
Ruby grabbed onto to his flight suit. "It better not involve this," she said.
"Why is this important to her?" Jaune asked. "Didn't she say earlier that she didn't care what people do."
"Yes, but our host also explained that she believes Oscar is receiving unearned glory," Pyrrha replied. "That he's cheating when we know he's not. We saw earlier that she is pushing her self to be a great warrior."
"She's sees Oscar has competition now," Ren added. "Honestly, though I'm surprised no one else has tried to question how he's been doing so good in Dragon Training.
"I-I know this looks really bad, but you see this is a-" Oscar said before a cracking noise is heard. Gasping, Ruby threw Oscar to the ground and began walking to the noise.
"Uh, you're right. You're right." Oscar as he walked up to her side, trying to distract her from he knows made that noise. "I'm through with the lies. I've been making outfits. It's time everyone knew," he said, tone becoming sarcastic. He grabs Ruby's hand and puts it on his shoulder. "Drag me back. Here we go-" Ruby interrupts him by twisting his arm. "Ow!" he exclaimed and asked more in confusion and surprise than pain. "Why would you do that?"
"Oh great, now Ruby has joined the list of making Oscar Suffer," Oscar said sarcastically. "First Hazel, then Ironwood and then Salem."
"What?!" Em shouted.
"I'm sorry!" Ruby waved her hands.
"That's for the lies," Ruby said, pushing Oscar down and dropping her scythe's handle down on his stomach. "That's for everything else."
A growl is heard and Ruby looks towards its direction fearfully. "Oh man," Oscar sighed.
Toothless was shown walking out of the shadows. He had heard Oscar's voice in pain and came to investigate.
Upon seeing the Night Fury, Ruby gasped in fear before she tackled Oscar to the ground. "Get down!" she said as Oscar yelped.
Thinking that Oscar was being attacked, Toothless snarled as he bounded towards Ruby with immense speed. Intruder! Get away from him!
For a split second the Audience forgot how Toothless would react to Ruby. It was one thing to come into what could considered his territory but attacking his friend?
Seeing his face and hearing his snarl, Cinder couldn't help but smirk. Now there's the Unholy Offspring of Lightning and Death.
"Run! Run!" Ruby shouted to Oscar, rising up to buy him time to run.
Before she could swing her scythe or Toothless could pounce at her, Oscar tackled the former to ground. "NOO!" he shouted as Toothless roared and landed where Ruby once stood.
Oscar tossed Ruby's scythe aside and stood between an enraged Toothless and a frightened Ruby. "No. It's okay, it's okay." He held a hand out to Toothless to stop him from attacking and another to Ruby to stop her from moving.
He then held both hands to Toothless and whispered, "She's a friend."
She didn't look friendly, Toothless growled as he moved his head around Oscar who turned around to face Ruby and hold the snarling dragon's head back. "You just scared him."
"I scared him?" Ruby asked incredulously before freezing upon realizing what was said. "Who is "him?""
"Uh, Ruby, Toothless." Oscar said, gesturing to the Night Fury glaring at her. "Toothless, Ruby." He gestured to her. Toothless snarled, showing a mouthful of sharp teeth.
"Nice introduction," Mercury drawled.
"Great first impression too," Roman remarked, clapping his hands. "Bravo."
Ruby looked to Oscar in disbelief before shaking her head and ran out of the cove. "Da-da-da. We're dead," Oscar said drily. Toothless rolled his shoulders. Good riddance, he grumbled before he turned and walked away.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! Where do you think you're going?" Oscar exclaimed, turning around to Toothless' retreating form.
Ruby was shown running through the forest. She glanced back to the cove before climbing over a fallen tree. Before she could jump off the log, the sound of flapping wings was heard and something picked her up when she jumped off the log.
"OH GREAT ODIN'S GHOST!" Ruby shouted in fear as she was lifted higher and higher. "OH, THIS IS IT!" She grabs onto the scaly paw that held her shoulder and began screaming on top of her lungs.
Emerald and a few winced at Ruby's screaming. "Girl's got some lungs, I'll give her that."
Toothless carried the screaming Ruby as he turned around and flew above a tree. Ruby's scream is cut off when she is dropped onto the tree abruptly but she manages to grab onto tree limb. Toothless and Oscar land on top of the tree above her, making it bend over the cove below.
"Oscar, get me down from here!" Ruby demanded in a mixture of anger and fear.
"You have to give me a chance to explain," Oscar replied while Toothless eyed her with narrowed eyes.
"I am not listening to anything you have to say," retorted Ruby as she moved close to the tree trunk.
"Then I won't speak," Oscar promised. "Just let me show you. Please, Ruby." She glanced down to the cove below for a moment before she pulled herself up and moved towards the duo with Toothless watching her out of the corner of his eye.
Oscar held a helping hand to her but she slapped it away. She reached out to the dragon hesitantly who hissed at her. Stop wasting time and hurry up. She climbed onto the saddle behind Oscar.
"Now get me down," she demanded somewhat looking down uncertainly and fearful.
"Toothless, down. Gently," Oscar said, somewhat playful. Toothless spread his wings and began to let the tree rise slowly.
"See? Nothing to be afraid of," Oscar said to Ruby, unaware of Toothless' expression looking grim and vengeful. Oh, there is a lot of things for her to be afraid of.
"Oh no, I don't like that look," Oscar, Ruby, WBY, Tai and Summer said in concern shared with Velvet, JPR, Yatsuhashi and Penny.
Fox shrugged.
"I like that look," Qrow grinned with Roman, Neo and Mercury, Nora and Coco.
Winter slapped her forehead with Emerald and the rest of the adults.
"Well, Ruby's in for a ride," Cinder said with a raised eyebrow.
Without warning, Toothless took off like a bullet into the sky. "WHAAAAHH!" Oscar shouted while a screaming Ruby almost fell off the saddle behind him.
"Toothless, what is wrong with you?! Bad dragon!" Oscar exclaimed when Toothless stopped climbing and straightened out. Ruby clung to Oscar, hugging tightly, eyes wide in fear. Toothless shook his head with a snort. You haven't seen anything yet.
Oscar chuckled nervously and turned to Ruby. "Uh, he's not usually like this." Then he saw Toothless tuck his wings in. "Oh no," he muttered before Toothless dived to the side towards the sea and Ruby began screaming again.
Tai and Summer were worried for their daughter. "Hang on, Rubes!"
Ruby waved her hands. "Do I have much of a choice?!"
Yang shook her head. "No, not really!"
Penny held up a finger. "Unless you consider falling an option."
Toothless caught himself briefly before diving into the water. He surfaced again only to dive back in. "Toothless, what are you doing? We need her to like us!" Oscar exclaimed in between the splashes.
No, we need her to apologize! Toothless shook his head before flying back into the sky and began barrel rolling as he climbed. "And now the spinning," Oscar said drily while Ruby began screaming again.
"Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile," He said sarcastically as Toothless began falling back down.
Despite the situation, the Audience couldn't help snickering at Oscar's dry sense of humor.
"Okay, I'm sorry!" Ruby shouted, burying her face into Oscar's shoulder. "I'm sorry! Just get me off of this thing."
Oh really? Is that so? Well, in that case, Toothless' expression changed as he glanced back at the girl upon hearing that. He straightened out and spread his wings before they hit the water. Ruby cried out in fear but Toothless flew upward calmly this time.
Surprised at the change, Oscar shifted his feet back into position while Ruby still had her face buried in his shoulder. Toothless then soared upwards to the clouds above.
"Well, I guess all is forgiven," Qrow said, taking a swig from his drink.
"On the bright side, we're seeing Berk's charming view of a sunset," Pyrrha said with a smile.
The Host gave all his attention to the screen as the Clones played the soundtrack as it changed to a romantic tone.
After a moment Ruby began to open her eyes and hesitantly looked around. Her fearfully expression changed to wonder and awe as she looked around as they flew. She glanced up to the cloud that was just in arm's reach. She reached her hand to the cloud and her fingers felt the coolness of gasified water, instead of something fluffy or solid. She then reached with both hands and touched the clouds with a blissful smile as they flew.
Toothless flipped backwards before flying through the cloud above them. The sky turned from day to night and was illuminated by the northern lights above. Both teens looked up in awe at the sight. Oscar glanced down when he felt Ruby's hand on his side but looked ahead. The trio flew over the clouds and saw the village of Berk below.
Ruby's jaw dropped at the sight before glanced to Toothless who smiled back in response. Ruby smiled and rested her head on Oscar's shoulder. He blinked in surprise and stiffened but kept silent as they flew over the village and out to sea.
Nora sniffed and wiped her eyes. This got most of the student's attention. "It's just so romantic." she smiled.
"It is," Pyrrha admitted with a smile to the screen. "It's beautiful." Velvet added.
Ruby and Oscar blushed, silently agreeing with their statements.
"Alright, I admit it. This is pretty cool," Ruby said onscreen after looking around for a moment. "It's amazing. . . He's amazing," she added she reached down and patted Toothless on his neck, the dragon crooned in response. Thanks.
"So what now?" she asked in a serious tone. Oscar frowned and sighed in response. "Oscar, your final exam is tomorrow. You know you're going to have to kill-" she paused and whispered in his ear. "Kill a dragon."
"Don't remind me," Oscar said sadly. Unaware to them, Toothless' eyes became slits as he and the Audience heard faint growling. Then he dove into the fog, causing the teens to let out yelps of surprise.
"Toothless, what's happening?" Oscar asked in concern. "What-What is it?"
Suddenly a Monstrous Nightmare flew into view beside them. "Get down," Oscar whispered urgently and both teens leaned down, hoping they wouldn't get spotted. Toothless veered to the side only for a Deadly Nadder to appear beside them.
The fog began to clear to reveal dozens of dragons flying in the same direction as Toothless. "What's going on?" Ruby whispered.
"I don't know," Oscar replied before leaning to his dragon. "Toothless, you got to get us out of here, bud." Toothless shook him off as if flying in a trance. Oscar looked around and saw that each dragon had dead animals in their talons. Livestock from a raid, a shark, fish, he even saw a hippo.
"It looks like their hauling in their kill," he said slowly. Ruby whimpered a little, "Uh, What does that make us?" A Zippleback turned towards them.
In unison all dragons dove downwards. They flew low and swerved to the right and then left and ducked under a sea stack. Oscar looked up as he and the Audience saw a large mountain with a red volcanic glow.
They entered a dark tunnel before they entered a large cave chamber full of hundreds of dragons.
That's when it clicked and the Audience understood where the teens onscreen were at.
"The dragons' nest." Summer said in a whisper.
Toothless looks around for a place to land while the teens on his back are wide-eyed with terror and curiosity. "What my dad wouldn't give to find this," Oscar muttered as he realized where they were.
As the dragons soar over the large gaping void beneath them in the center of the chamber, they drop all the food they brought in with down into the red mist. Once they have finished their drop-off, they fly off to one of the ledges nearby.
Toothless veered off in the other direction to most of the group, taking refuge on the higher ledges and hiding behind the thick stone wall they reside upon.
"Well, it's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole," Oscar remarked drily as they watched the dragons drop their food. "They're not eating any of it," replied Ruby in confusion.
Their attention is caught by a lone Gronckle, wings buzzing as it flies in a disorientated fashion to the void that all the other dragons had dropped their prey into. The Gronckle shakes a bit before opening its mouth and regurgitating a small fish into the misty abyss.
It scratches the back of its head before a low growl is heard from within the void below. The Gronckle stops scratching its head upon hearing the growl and tries to fly away. It growls feebly before a gargantuan dragon head lunges forth from the abyss and swallows the Gronckle whole.
Stunned, Oscar's eyes widen as Ruby asked in fear, "What is that?"
Many in the Audience jump or jolt upon seeing the large dragon. "That poor Gronckle," Ruby said, she, Nora and Velvet crying anime tears.
"Behold, the Red Death." Darth Anarchus stated, gesturing to the screen in a dramatic fashion. "Tyrant ruler of Dragon Island."
Well, she's a big one. Neo signed.
All the dragons shy away from the edge in fear, desperate to not be seen and meet the same fate. The massive head withdraws back into the red haze, growling on its way down.
The teens lean back as the massive head rises again. Oscar leans down to Toothless. "Alright bud, we got to get out of here," he whispered as the Audience see the Red Death sniffing the air. Three eyes gaze in the direction of the Night Fury detecting the scent of something. . . human.
"Now!" Oscar urged Toothless who took off just in time before the titanic jaws snapped at the space where the trio just was.
The rest of the dragons begin to fly upwards along with the trio, trying to escape the pit and the wrath of their Queen. The Red Death's forelegs appear as it rose higher to reach the trio. Instead its jaws close down upon an unfortunate Zippleback. The giant rears back down into the abyss as Oscar and the others fly out.
Many let out a sigh in relief. That was close. Though a few felt sorry for the Zippleback that ended up becoming a snack for the Red Death.
"No, it totally makes sense." Ruby said onscreen as they flew back to the Cove. "It's like a giant beehive. They're the workers and that's their queen," she said as Toothless landed. "It controls them."
"Let's find your dad," Ruby said as she jumps off the saddle and moved to the exit.
"No! No." Oscar said before sliding off the saddle and ran after her. "No, not yet." He said sternly, jumping in front of her. "They'll kill Toothless." he adds. "No. . . Ruby, we have to think this through carefully." Ruby glanced to Toothless before looking back to the boy that was walking away with his back to her.
"Oscar, we just discovered the dragons' nest," Ruby said before throwing her arms up. "The thing we've been after since Vikings first sailed here, and you want to keep it a secret?" she asked before scoffing. "To protect your PET dragon? Are you serious?"
Oscar turned to face. Standing his ground and nodding his head once. "Yes." he said seriously.
Ruby's silver eyes widened in surprise at the seriousness in his eyes and response. She finally realized what kind of person Oscar is and that Toothless wasn't just a pet, but a friend. A friend that he was willing to protect.
"Okay," she said softly as Oscar glanced to the ground. "Then what do we do?"
"Just give me until tomorrow." Oscar said. "I'll figure something out."
"Okay," she replied, looking down to the ground before side glancing at Oscar. She put on an angry face as she swung at his arm. "That's for kidnapping me." she said in a neutral tone.
"I mean, fair enough, but you ended up enjoying the flight." Oscar grinned at Ruby.
"O-Okay, I'll give you that." Ruby muttered with a blush.
Oscar rubbed his shoulder before glancing to Toothless that was drinking from the pond. Oscar motioned that he didn't understand why she did that. The dragon just flicked his head at the boy and continued to drink.
Ruby brushed the hair out from her eyes before she grabbed the front of his suit and pulled him close to kiss him on the cheek, taking Oscar by surprise.
"That's for. . . everything else," she said, hand over her chest and looking side to side nervously before walking away. She took one final glance behind her at Oscar before taking off at a jog.
Oscar watched her go, completely stunned. His mouth drew into a small smirk before he looked at the ground with a content expression. Toothless appeared next to Oscar with his big green eyes looking to where Ruby disappeared before warbling and looking to Oscar. Is that a mating custom of humans? Punching in the shoulder and kissing the face?
"W-What are you looking at?" Oscar asked. Nothing, just curious, Toothless warbled before they both glanced back to where Ruby had left.
Both Oscar and Ruby wish they could either turn invisible or that the ground could swallow their existence as most of the teens gave them teasing looks.
"I'm sorry but I'm confused to what lead up to that," Mercury admitted with a shake off his head. "I mean, I know you pointed out that she might have a crush on him," he said to Qrow and Robyn. "But why suddenly do that?
"He's the next chief of the tribe," Raven replied. "Their relationship would be beneficial."
Qrow rolled his eyes upon hearing her say that.
"True, but it has more to do with the fact that she has seen who Oscar really is." Darth Anarchus spoke. "In case you didn't see, Ruby's counterpart never really made fun of Oscar's when the other teens were."
"She gave him a look of pity at the beginning," Ozpin nodded his head. "And only focused on training."
"She snapped at him when he was distracted in the maze that could have lead to them getting injured or worse by the Nadder," Glynda added. "And like what Oscar was trying to do near the beginning, she was trying to be like the adults. Now seeing Oscar's true self, she let her true self show just for a moment."
The Host nodded to the teachers' assessment and turned to Mercury. "That satisfying?" The silver haired boy nodded and turn back to the screen.
The next day, the whole village of Berk had gathered at the arena. Banners of red, orange, blue and green hung up on large poles, all depicting Vikings slaying dragons.
The day of the final exam is here, the day for Oscar the Hiccup to slay a dragon and become an equal in the eyes of all.
"Oscar! Oscar! Oscar! Oscar!" The Vikings cheered and chanted. This is the most anticipated moment for a Viking teen and for the village.
They face the ledge overseeing the arena as Ozpin stands in the middle of it. "Well, I can show my face in public again!" he joked and heartily laughs along with the cheering crowd before raising a hand out to ask for silence.
"If someone had told me that in a few short weeks Oscar would go from, being. . . ah," he paused for the right words before settling for, "Oscar, to placing first in dragon training, well I would have tied him to a mast and shipped him off, for fear he'd gone mad!"
The crowd laughed and cheered at his comment, some hooting. "And you know it!" he added.
"Well. . . he works the crowd well at least," Coco shrugged.
"Yeah, not many people can do that," Ilia concurred.
"Not helping," Velvet whispered harshly.
"But here we are," Ozpin chuckled. "And no one is more surprised or more proud than I am."
Oscar is shown standing inside the entrance tunnel of the arena, holding his helmet. Listening to the heartfelt speech from his father, he feels the words as they hit. The meaning that they are meant to carry, the reason his father thinks he has become the way he has, they hit him like a brick. His expression shows that he feels like he had let his father down.
"Today, my boy becomes a Viking." Ozpin continued proudly. "Today, he becomes one of us!" The crowd cheers at the end of the speech.
Inside the tunnel, Ruby walks down and stops just behind Oscar, running her hand along the stone wall. "Be careful with that dragon," she said, trying to sound encouraging but looking worried.
"It's not the dragon I'm worried about." Oscar replied as he watches the chief, his father, making his way through the crowd to his seat.
"What are you going to do?" she asked, running a hand through her bangs and down the side of her face absentmindedly as she glanced up to Ozpin.
"Put an end to this." He replied. "I have to try." Ruby's hand drops upon hearing that and her expression turns to more worry and concern. Oscar's own expression matches hers as he turns to face her. "Ruby, if something goes wrong, just make sure they don't find Toothless." he pleaded.
"I will," she promised before her expression becomes one of desperation. "Just, promise me it won't go wrong."
"Well, now something will go wrong now that they just jinxed themselves," Qrow said.
"Come on, Stilts. Think positive." Summer said, trying to smile optimistically.
"Okay. I am positive that something will go wrong because now they jinxed themselves." Summer's smile turned to a frown upon hearing Raven speak up.
Oscar opens his mouth to reply but Port plonks around the corner. "It's time, Oscar. Knock 'em dead." he said. Oscar glanced at Ruby one last time before turning and walking into the arena.
He walks past his mentor and into the arena, the cheering crowd calling his name over and over. He places his helmet on top of his head, the crowd's cheering growing louder as he steps into the arena.
Port closed the gate, leaving Oscar inside with no way out. The rest of the teens are happily cheering and chanting from just outside the exit tunnel. Cardin himself even shouts, "Yeah! Show 'em how it's done!"
"Oscar! Oscar! Oscar! Oscar!"
"This is sad," Jaune declared.
"That's putting it lightly," Blake muttered. "Either he must kill a dragon and go against himself."
"Or refuse and risk losing his people," Adam added. "And there's no way out."
Oscar slowly reaches the center of the ring, a board filled with various weapons and shields.
Ozpin watches his son's actions with great interest while Maria and Port watch the boy with excitement and anticipation.
Oscar picks up a red shield and grabbed a tiny dagger.
"I would have gone with the hammer," Ozpin muttered to Port, both finding the boy's choice of weapons to be strange.
"He chose the knife because it wouldn't do any damage," Pyrrha stated. "He doesn't plan on fighting the dragon."
"Well said, Ms. Nikos." Darth Anarchus said, clapping his hands and making the redhead girl blush. "Ten points to Gryffindor." This caused everyone else looked the Host strangely.
"I'm ready," Oscar said, taking a deep breath. The Audience see the beam holding the gate locked is lifted up as Oscar's nervousness is shown.
The gate slams open as the lit Monstrous Nightmare burst through like a flaming phoenix, roaring and screeching at all in its wake. It leapt from the arena floor to the wall, zigzagging up and down before shooting a blast of fire out to the crowd. Said people parted sideways before the Nightmare climbed up the chained roof, putting out its flames and dropping its gaze to Oscar.
Slowly it dropped down in front of the boy, eying him with yellow eyes.
The crowd hushed and leant in, apart from a few Vikings, but it was clear that everyone was ecstatic to see the fight. "Go on, Oscar." One cheered. "Give it to him!"
"Anyone else thinking it's strange that they're eager for a fight?" May asked.
"I mean, I know they're Vikings but this is still a child going against one of the lethal dragons," Robyn shrugged.
The Nightmare crawled slowly towards Oscar, growling intimidatingly as it stared him down. The boy began to move back, dropping both dagger and shield to his side.
Ozpin watched his son's actions with confusion, "What is he doing?"
The crowd was also confused by what they were saying. "Madness!" One declared.
Having not left the tunnel, Ruby glanced around in concern and tried glancing at what Oscar was doing.
The dragon snarled and Oscar held his hands up. "Hey, it's okay. It's okay." he whispered before taking off his helmet. He glanced at the crowd and his father before declaring, "I'm not one of them." And he tossed his helmet down.
The Vikings gasped collectively. "What's he thinking?"
The dragon looked around curiously himself before looking to Oscar.
The gasps, combined with the startled and surprised comments from the crowd made a scared Ruby glance around in every direction at the arena.
"Stop the fight," Ozpin declared from his seat, Port glancing back and forth between the chief and the arena.
"No. I need you all to see this." proclaimed Oscar as he extended a hand to the Nightmare who eyed his hand cautiously. "They're not what we think they are. We don't have to kill them."
The Vikings turned to the chief who rose from his chair. "I said, stop the fight!" he roared loudly and slammed his hammer down on the bar in front of him and bending it.
Ozpin rose from his seat. "No!" he and the rest of the students shouted.
The sound startled the Nightmare enough that it went back into its defensive state. Pupils turned to slits and snapped its jaws at Oscar's hands. The boy managed to pull his hand back in time. He ran as the Nightmare unleashed a stream of fire after him. The boy yelled as he ran away from the inferno.
"Run, Oscar! Run!" The students shouted, Ruby being the loudest.
Oscar pulled on his hair as he watched the screen with wide eyes. Ozpin sat down, rubbing his head in frustration. Damn it, if only my counterpart waited and saw what Oscar wanted to show. he thought.
Back in the Cove, Toothless perks up from his resting spot. He could hear and sense Oscar's distress. Oscar!
The Nightmare continued to chase Oscar around the ring as he stumbled over, arms flailing as he runs with all he can.
Ozpin turns and pushes his way through the crowd. "Out of my way!" he ordered.
Ruby ran to the gate and poked her head through. "OSCAR!" she screamed before she ran in the tunnel and picked up a axe from the wall. She used it as a wedge to lift the gate up just enough to push herself underneath and into the arena.
"Do you have a plan?" Weiss asked worriedly.
"Get that dragon to stop chasing Oscar." Ruby replied sternly.
"Yeah? And what's step two?" Tai asked his youngest daughter.
.
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"I. . . have not thought that far." This caused the girl's friends and family to facepalm as one.
"She sure is Summer's kid alright," Raven muttered.
Back in the cove, Toothless is frantically trying to climb and scale his way up the rocky ledges encasing him. Pieces of rock chip off the stone as he leaps up higher and higher, roaring desperately to get out and go to Oscar. Curse these slippery rocks! One paw reaches the top, claws digging into the dirt and grass.
"That is one determined dragon," Roman declared.
He really cares about the kid, Neo signed.
In the arena, Oscar is still outrunning the Nightmare. Ducking under another stream of dragonfire as he ran to the weapons board. He tried to pick up a shield but the dragon barreled through the board and shattered the shield as it charged down Oscar.
Running through the forest like a panther, Toothless is roaring in order to spur on further, jumping over a log and flapping his wings to increase his speed and get to his rider-his friend quicker. As he lands and runs again, sheer determination and anger has consumed his expression as he speeds through the wilderness. Hang on, Oscar! I'm coming.
Ozpin made it to the outer gate of the arena and wrenched it open with pure strength. The Nightmare still chases Oscar around but it seems to be catching up. "Oscar!" Ruby shouted from where she stood before glancing to the destroyed weapons board and rushes over to it.
She kicked up a hammer and caught it in mid-spin. Using her momentum, she hurled the weapon at the Nightmare. The blunt object struck the dragon hard in the face and knocking it down momentarily. This allowed Oscar to escape from the Nightmare but now its targets were set on Ruby.
"Ruby!" Oscar and the girl's friends were now worried for her counterpart.
Fear took hold as the silver eyed girl sprinted away from the dragon, slipping just less than it was.
Ozpin got to the inner gate and wrenched it open. "This way!" he called to the teens, motioning with his hand.
Ruby and Oscar made a break for the open gate. Ruby made it first, Ozpin pushed her beside him and held a hand out for Oscar. The boy came agonizingly close but the Nightmare sent an inferno that hit the left side of the gate.
Ozpin brought his body in front of Ruby to protect her from the blast while Oscar was forced to turn and run in the other direction, taking the Nightmare away from them. He tripped over as the Nightmare leaps off the wall and then pinned him down with its foot.
"Oscar!" It was hard to tell who said that now, the Audience was really getting into the story.
Port and the crowd then heard the whistle-screech of a Night Fury growing louder and louder. Just as a few turned around, Toothless jumped off a flight of stairs and with a roar, Hang on, Oscar! And he fired a plasma blast at the arena's ceiling and blasted his way into the arena. The impact on the arena threw the Vikings nearby out of the way as Toothless dove in and the arena was filled with smoke.
"Yes! Thank you Toothless!"
The Vikings clamor to the arena's edge, trying to get a glimpse into what's happening. "Somebody get in and help him!" One shouted.
From within the smoke, the Audience see the flapping wings of Toothless. The sharp claws pinning Oscar in place are lifted from him as the Nightmare is drawn out of the smoke by Toothless and he is revealed to the Vikings in his tussle with the large dragon.
"Night Fury!" Port exclaimed.
The two dragons fight tooth and claw as Toothless is thrown to the ground by the Monstrous Nightmare, followed by it trying to snap its jaws down on something of the Night Fury's. Toothless fends it off with his front paws, eventually twisting the neck and kicking the larger reptile off him.
"Get him, Toothless!" Oscar said supportively.
"Show him who's boss!" Amber said.
Both hiss and roar at each other, the Nightmare trying to push around Toothless and get to Oscar but the Night Fury jumps in front of it and fends it off each time. Lay a claw on him again and I will burn you face off.
The Viking teens watch stunned as Toothless gives one last roar to the Monstrous Nightmare who scampers off in defeat.
Oscar gets to his feet and runs to Toothless' side. "Okay, Toothless, go." He said urgently, trying to push the dragon but Toothless does not want to move. "Get out of here." Yeah, fat chance I'm leaving you in this arena.
The Vikings cry as they jump into the arena armed with weapons.
"Oh no/shit." many said. This was escalating quickly and badly at that.
Toothless eyes them all, eyes darting every time another Viking enters the arena and ignoring Oscar's pleas, "Go, go!" No! I'm not leaving you.
Ozpin turned to the weapons on the wall and grabs an axe before running in as well.
"Ozpin, no!" Ruby cried out.
"Dad, he won't hurt you!" Oscar shouted as Toothless' eyes zone in on the chief charging him. Ozpin growls, teeth bared as he charges the Night Fury who is running to attack the chief.
"No, don't!" Oscar shouts as Toothless swats away Vikings that move in front of him with his wings and tail. "You're only making it worse!"
Toothless pounces on Ozpin and they roll before the dragon pins the Viking chief down. "Toothless, stop!" Oscar shouts as Toothless rises and begins to hiss letting all know he was about to fire. Ozpin's face turns from anger to fear as Oscar's tone becomes desperate and fearful. "No! NO!"
The green gas in Toothless' mouth is swallowed before he turns to the boy, crooning at him sadly. But. . . I'm just trying to protect you.
"Get him!" A Viking shouted before Toothless is struck in the head and knocked off Ozpin. Winchester comes over and lifts the dragon up and then slammed him down, pinning his head to the floor with two more Vikings coming over and holding the dragon down.
"No, no!" Oscar says as he tries to move to Toothless but he is stopped by a worried and afraid Ruby who holds him back. "Just please don't hurt him! Please don't hurt him."
Port leads the Monstrous Nightmare back to its cage as Ozpin rises to his feet, looking down at Toothless who glares back. An axe is offered to the chief but he pushes it away. "Put it with the others."
Some of the Audience felt some relief. While it was bad that Toothless was going to be caged, at least he wasn't going to be killed in front of Oscar.
The scene changed to show the Great Hall doors being opened and Oscar is actually thrown in, followed by a very, very angry Ozpin. "I should have known," he says to himself more than to Oscar. "I should have seen the signs."
"Dad?" Oscar asked meekly. "We had a deal!" Ozpin growled.
"I know we did. But that. . ." Oscar looks more hurt than ever as he to at least tries to explain to his dad. "That was before I. . . Oh, it's all so messed up." He runs his hands through his hair. His expression showing that he was scared and afraid of his father.
"Understatement of the year," Mercury muttered, only to be elbowed by Emerald to be quiet.
"So everything in the arena, a trick?" Ozpin asked his son. "A lie?"
"Perhaps it was a trick," Ozpin admitted, "but it certainly wasn't a lie."
"Huh?" Jaune, the oh so clueless student Ozpin has met in a decade, besides Qrow and Raven.
"It's simple, Mr. Arc." Ozpin replied. "No one has really asked on how Oscar got so good in the arena as Mr. Ren pointed out earlier with Ruby's counterpart."
"So he wasn't lying to anyone, as no one but Ms. Rose's counterpart attempted to find out." Glynda added.
"And then he told the truth," Ironwood added. "Or more accurately, it spoke for itself."
"I screwed up." Oscar admitted. "I should have told you before now." He took a few steps to Ozpin and pleaded, "Take this out on me, be mad at me, but please, just don't hurt Toothless."
"The dragon?" Ozpin turned around swiftly, cape swinging as he does. "That's what you're worried about? Not the people you almost killed?" He took some steps toward the boy, staring him down as he tried to defend his friend.
"He was just protecting me!" Oscar said. "He-He's not dangerous."
"They've killed hundreds of us!" Ozpin exclaimed in anger and the Audience knew the words, including your mother, was in the air.
"And we've killed thousands of them!" Oscar replied. Ozpin straightens and he sighs irritatingly at the conversation. He begins to pace back and forth as Oscar rants.
"They defend themselves, that's all! They raid us because they have to. If they don't bring enough food back, they'll be eaten themselves."
"Oscar, wait!" Amber held up her hand. Oscar winced. Oh him and his big mouth.
"There's something else on their island, Dad." Ozpin's eyes light up at the mention of an island. Realization slamming into him like a ten ton Gronckle.
"It's. . . It's a dragon like you've-" Oscar tries to explain but Ozpin interrupts him. "Their island? So you've been to the Nest?"
Oscar freezes, realizing what he just revealed. "Did I say nest?" he asked nervously. Both father and son walk towards the door. The former forward and the latter backwards in fear. "How did you find it?" Ozpin demanded.
"What? No, it wasn't me." Oscar replied. "Toothless did. Only a dragon can find the island."
Ozpin's eyes widened as it came to him. What they'd have to do to reach the nest and take it out. "No, no, no." Oscar grew desperate as he saw his father tactically making his plan, the Viking plan, of how to take out the nest. "No, Dad. No, please, it's not what you think. You don't know what you're up against. It's like nothing you've ever seen."
"I'm starting to see more of the stubbornness issues of the Vikings." Sienna muttered, Adam nodded.
Ozpin grunts as he shoves his way past Oscar, pushing him aside as he walks to go outside, ignoring Oscar's warnings and pleas. "Dad, please. I promise you, you can't win this one! No, Dad. No." He begins to chase after him, desperate for him to listen and stay away from the hell in that nest. "For once in your life, would you please just listen to me!" By this point, he grabbed onto Ozpin's arm in a feeble attempt to hold him back only to be flung to the ground.
He stares up in a frightened expression as Ozpin turns to him. "You've thrown your lot in with them. You're not a Viking," he spat before declaring, "You're not my son." With that, he left the Great Hall, leaving a stunned Oscar alone.
Nearly everyone in the theater gasped at Ozpin's words onscreen. Ozpin's face paled in horror and regret as he slumped down in his seat.
Oscar himself couldn't stop himself from crying upon hearing those words. Em, shocked, wrapped her arms around the boy to comfort him. She glared at Ozpin lightly on the screen.
"Fuck," Coco whispered as she leaned back in her seat.
"Indeed," Winter said.
"Ready the ships!" Ozpin bellowed onscreen, slamming the door behind him as Oscar slumps in defeat inside.
The chief takes a few steps outside before he looks back on what was said, his face lights up in anguish and he took a few steps back. However he suppressed those feelings and took on a stoic composure as he left.
Dragon head shaped battering rams are lead the gate and pushed down to the long descending ramp to the port.
The rams are given a fair bit of room as they slowly traverse the ramp to war. Groups of Vikings walk up and down the ramp, the port was incredibly busy as items, baskets, rams and weapons are transferred on and between ships. Some of the fleet sailed off from the ports and anchored offshore while the rest are loaded up.
Vikings are seen tossing bunches of weapons to each other and onto ships before the Audience see Vikings encase a struggling Toothless in a barred and chained platform. A wooden ring is placed around his neck to restrict movement and a leather strap around his mouth, muzzling the Night Fury. Toothless tugged hard on the chains and ropes, trying to pull free but the bars around his body kept him from moving up far.
Most of the students frowned at Toothless' treatment.
From above on the ramps and platforms, Viking children and elderly watch the proceedings with the children looking scared and Elder Maria having an expression of worry. She places a comforting hand on the young boy next to her.
Toothless struggled continuously as his platform is hoisted up into the air. Watched on from afar by Oscar. He looks on sadly as his best friend is deposited against his will onto a ship, roaring and growling for freedom.
As soon as his platform touched the floor, Ozpin jumps onto the ship. "Set sail!" he ordered. "We head for Helheim's Gate." As the ships begin to pull out, the chief looks up and sees Oscar standing alone on the highest platform in the docks. His stoic expression slipped once before it turns stoic again and he turns around.
Ozpin walks to the front of the ship. As he passes Toothless, the two glare at each other angrily. "Lead us home, devil," he spat. With that, Ozpin stands at the hull while Toothless finally sags down in defeat.
Ozpin sighed and held his head, frustrated and ashamed of his counterpart's actions.
Oscar watches as the fleet pulls out of Berk. The sea morphs from all the ships sailing towards the gap of two sea stacks to emptiness. Oscar remains where he stood, looking depressed and miserable as he thinks more and more of what has happened today and what will happen to Ozpin and Port along with the other warriors.
An equally miserable looking Ruby walks up to his side. She looked more worried for Oscar who turns away from her and avoiding eye contact. They both stand there looking out at the calm seas until Ruby finally speaks. "It's a mess. You must feel horrible." she stated, shifting uncomfortably. Yeah, she was not good at giving pep talks. "You've lost everything: your father, your tribe, your best friend."
"Thank you for summing that up," Oscar said sarcastically.
"Our Host's assessment from earlier is correct," Glynda said. "These people need to work on their pep talks."
"Actually, this is accurate to our Ruby," Jaune said, pointing to the girl sitting next to Oscar. "She gave me a pep talk that didn't sound like a pep talk at the beginning."
Oscar looked to the silver eyed girl beside him with a raised eyebrow who tapped her index fingers together nervously.
Ruby onscreen paused. The sarcasm was always heard but now Ruby understood that it hid Oscar's pain, sadness and loss and it was lowering what was left of Ruby's spirts.
"Why couldn't I have killed that dragon when I found him in the woods?" Oscar asked. "Would have been better for everyone."
"Yep. The rest of us would've done it." Ruby replied before she turns to him with sad curiosity. "So why didn't you?" she asked. After a moment, her expression becomes yearning. "Why didn't you?"
"I don't know." Oscar replied turning further away from her. "I couldn't." Ruby though presses for more. "That's not an answer."
"Why is this so important to you all of a sudden?" he asked snappily.
"Because I want to remember what you say right now," was her reply. A strangeness mixes in with her curiosity as Oscar's anger starts to show. Anger over every single thing that has happened over the last however many days.
"Oh for the love of-I was a coward," Oscar snaps. "I was weak. I wouldn't kill a dragon."
"You said "wouldn't" that time." Ruby pointed out, seeing it maybe as a sign. A crack in his defense.
"Whatever!" he retorted. "I wouldn't! Three hundred years and I'm the first Viking who wouldn't kill a dragon."
The slight movement of Ruby's eyebrow shows that she isn't entirely convinced with his logic as he turns around once more, looking hurt and miserable. "First to ride one, though." she said after a moment and Oscar's face shot up at that. The piece, that single fact, that could change the whole perspective of things. "So?"
Oscar bounced his head a bit before finally deciding to give in to Ruby. His crush and the person he had trusted his secret friendship with. "I wouldn't kill him because he looked as frightened as I was." he said slowly. "I looked at him and I saw myself."
Oscar nodded in agreement. Toothless didn't look like a monster that needed to be killed like the Grimm in that moment. A monster was going to kill him instead.
Ruby looks taken aback by his answer. Their eyes met before becoming downcast again. "I bet he's really frightened now," she contemplated before looking to him expectantly more than anything. "What are you going to do about it?"
Oscar thought for a moment before shrugging. "Eh, probably something stupid," he said vaguely.
"Good, but you've already done that." Ruby replied with mirth.
Oscar becomes more like his old self as he realizes what he needs to do. "Then something crazy," he points a finger at her, showing that he knows what needs to be done before turning and running off towards the main parts of the village.
"That's more like it," Ruby declared as she turns into a happier and determined person before she runs off after Oscar, willing to help him whatever he does.
"Crazy, huh?" Yang asked with a smirk. "I'm in."
"Me too!" Blake and Weiss declared.
"Sign us up!" Team JNPR added.
"I'm going to love this plan!" Team CFVY SSSN stated.
"You mean you guys would do this?" Roman asked the students. "You bet your goofy hat we would!" Ruby replied, ("Goofy?!") she shot a fist in the air. "Teams RWBY, JNPR, SSSN and CFVY! Friends until the end! Bonzai!"
"Bonzai!" The rest of the students shouted jovially, holding a fist in the air with the young reaper. Oscar looked to Ruby before he rose his own fist in the air. "Bonzai!"
Ozpin and most the adults couldn't help but smile at the friendship formed between the students and the farm boy.
If Emerald didn't spend who knows how long they've been in this theater with these students, she would have hated how happy they were together but now she felt envious. Mercury and Ilia were the same boat.
Neo, Adam, Sienna and Raven though felt different. Time was going to test their bonds and make them loose their innocence. The two former knew that their paths would inevitably cross with weapons drawn against one another because of Cinder. Neo felt indifferent at the moment but Adam felt some regret. For Neo, it was just business. For Adam, he saw Blake as a younger sister. Or at least that's what he told himself.
Cinder wasn't much affected by the display of friendship. Or at least that's what she was telling herself. She was deep down, envious just like Emerald and Mercury. For the students were experiencing what she did not when she was younger.
Back onscreen, the Viking-full fleet from Berk have already entered the wall of fog. They slowly sail through the visibly restricted realm, carefully avoiding the low and tall ships in the hazardous path. Ozpin's ship leads the fleet with the chief himself standing at the hull with Port.
"Sound your positions." He ordered. "Stay within earshot." The Vikings on his ship pass on the message, organizing their distances and placement.
While the whispering and talking happened behind them, Port looked over at Ozpin as the chief peered through the haze. "Listen, Oz, I was overhearing some of the men just now and well, some of them are wondering what it is we're up to here." he said. "Not-not me, of course. I-I know you're always the man with the plan. But some, not me, are wondering if there is in fact a plan at all and what it might be." he raised his eyebrow at Ozpin.
"Subtle, Peter." Ozpin rolled his eyes. "Very subtle."
"Find the nest and take it," Onscreen Ozpin said with a slow fury burning within. "Ah. Of course," Port replied. "Sending them running." Ozpin turns to look at Toothless while the blacksmith rambles on. "The old Viking fallback. Nice and simple."
Ozpin hushed his friend and leaned closer to Toothless. The chief and the Audience se the slow ebb of the buzzing reaching out to him. His ears extend out, vibrating at every click of the call. His eyes slowly widen, pupils already slits as he searches for the call.
Ozpin walks back towards the helm, lightly shoving a couple of grunting Viking on his way. "Step aside," he commanded the Viking at the rudder who steps down, allowing the chief to take control. Just as he grabs hold and Port reaches the helm, Toothless' head shoots up and points to the right.
Ozpin veers the ship to starboard, guiding it and the fleet through the labyrinth of sea stacks. Toothless then looks to the left, Ozpin changing and veering to port. Men at the hull of the following ship stand by waiting for instructions. "Bear to port," One Viking on Ozpin's ship whispered to the next.
The directions are passed down through the line as the fleet progressively makes its way through Helheim's Gate.
"Oh no, it's actually working," Velvet said.
"A bit of a surprise no one has thought of doing that before," Cardin said cynically.
Oscar is shown standing inside the arena, looking at the thick, locked doors of the Monstrous Nightmare pen. He turns around at the unexpected noise of company.
"If you're planning on getting eaten," Jaune started, hands on his hips. "I'd definitely go with the Gronckle." Next to him, Neon, Cardin, and Ruby stand with their arms crossed while Nora is flexing.
Oscar is unable to hide his shock at the group standing before him. Ruby, he'd expected but not the rest of the teens. Nora suddenly shoulders past Neon as she walks towards Oscar.
"You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadly weapon." She declared, waving her hand mysteriously. Oscar is stumped by her statement. "Uh. . ."
"It's me," Nora said before Cardin palms the twin off as he stands in front of Oscar. "I love this plan." he declared, pumped up.
"I didn't. . ." Oscar tries to say before Militia socked Cardin in the jaw and looked to Oscar with an accusing expression. "You're crazy." she glances back before her expression became dreamy. "I like that."
Ruby grabs onto her horn and pulled her away. Oscar sighs in relief before Ruby looked to him with a smile. "So, what is the plan?" Oscar looks at the group before smiling both thankful at Ruby for bringing in the teens and saying, just wait and see.
"Didn't expect them to show up, to be honest." Oscar admitted. Ruby smiled. "I think my counterpart convinced them. Or they still respected you despite what happened earlier."
Back with the fleet, they come across an old shipwrecked Viking ship hanging from a large sea sack. Concerned whispers meet the sight. "That's not really encouraging," One Viking said.
"No kidding." Maria muttered.
"Pretty morbid," Qrow shook his head.
Ozpin and Port glanced up at it. "Oh. . . I was wondering where that went," Port chuckled.
Toothless still directs the ship as the Audience hear a buzzing noise as they edge closer and closer to their target. Suddenly the Night Fury starts thrashing, his head moving every way possible, chains and metal clanking and banging.
"Stay low and ready your weapons," Ozpin commanded as he and Port tense up. Port gives him an affirmative nod just before they run aground.
The two walk from the stern to hull, past the thrashing Toothless. Looking up the rugged, rough, volcanic mountainside, a red tail is seen draped over one of the ledges before it slithered away. The ghost of a triumphant smile breaks through Ozpin's beard. "We're here." he declared before he vaults over the ship with a grunt, landing crouched on the pebble and stone ground. The sound ended the buzz and growling of the nest. Ozpin looks in both directions, smiling slightly in anticipation as the rest of the fleet pull up behind him.
Ozpin sighed and rubbed his head. There was going to be hundreds-no thousands- of dragons on the island and the Red Death was a different matter. Chances are that a lot of people are going to die because of his counterpart's stubbornness.
The scene changes back to the arena. Oscar holds his hand just over the coal red scales of the Monstrous Nightmare's snout. The dragon sniffs the air as Oscar leads it out of the pen, looking calm and entranced instead of blazing and furious.
All the teens watch on with giddiness and awe. All but Cardin who is looking anxious and nervous, twitching and fiddling, as the Nightmare comes closer.
The Audience weren't completely surprised that he was able tame the Nightmare, but they still looked on awestruck that it was happening.
Then again, this is the kid that befriended a Night Fury.
Glancing down, Cardin scoops up the spearhead on the floor. Old Viking habits kicking in until Ruby gently slapped his arm. "Uh-uh." Ruby shook her head and he placed the spearhead back down.
Oscar backs up to the group with the Nightmare following suit before the boy reaches for Cardin's arm who is making nervous noises and coming close to freaking out. "Wait! What are you-?" Cardin asked before Oscar whispered, "Relax."
A snort from the Nightmare causes Cardin to jerk back before Oscar grabbed his arm again. "It's okay. It's okay," he said reassuringly. He moves Cardin's trembling hand over the top of his own before he moved his away and placed Cardin's around the horn of the Nightmare's. The dragon begins purring affectionately as soon as contact is made and Cardin looks all the more excited and amazed.
"I honestly can't believe he gets a dragon," Coco said and Velvet nodded.
Cardin laughed for a moment before Oscar walked away to the wall of the arena. "Where are you going?" the ginger haired boy asked.
"You're going to need something to help you hold on," replied Oscar as he pulled out a coil of rope. Ruby and the others turn to see the Nadder, Gronckle and Zippleback looking at all of them eagerly and expectantly.
"Jaune, we're getting our own dragons!" Ruby cheered.
"Aw yeah!" Jaune pumped a fist. "We're going to take to the skies!"
"Man, I'm so jealous," stated Flynt but grinned heartily.
"If you, Nora and Yang got a dragon each, we'd be doomed." Weiss said.
"Hey, we're not that bad." Yang said defensively.
"Oh yeah? Remember what you and Ruby did to that club during our first and only Girl's Night?" the Schnee heiress asked with narrowed eyes.
Back onscreen at Dragon Island. Vikings sharpen sticks and thrusted them into the ground to use as wooden stakes. Catapults are rolled into position and loaded as armed Vikings march up to the volcanic wall.
Drawn in the ash covered ground with a sword is the Viking's plan of attack. A triple pronged rush with catapults shooting overhead, all aiming to break through the wall.
"When we crack this mountain open, all hell is going to break loose." Ozpin said to Port, Winchester and other leading Vikings.
"In my undies," Port declared, getting the others to shake their heads in exasperation. "Good thing I brought extras."
The adults chuckled at his joke while the students groan and gag.
"That's gonna be stuck in my head for a while," Jaune declared. Pyrrha and Ren nod.
"Well. . . I'm feeling sick now," groaned a green faced Nora.
The only one unaffected was Penny who blinked and tilted her head.
"No matter how this ends, it ends today." Ozpin declared as he raised a large hand up, palm open and facing the wall. As soon as he clenched it into a fist, the catapults fire, flinging big boulders at the mountain wall. Boulder after boulder strike the wall before it finally breaks and crumbles into rubble.
As the Vikings cheered, Ozpin walked to the hole and stared into the darkness. A lust for battle masks his face with a small smirk before he made a gesture with his hammer.
A tweed and rope covered boulder is struck alight and catapulted into the tunnel. It illuminates the inside. Thousands upon thousands of dragons line all around the walls, some screeching and flapping their wings as the fireball flies through the tunnel.
The Audience stared at the screen with wide eyes before Coco, Mercury, Nora, Yang, Qrow, Roman all declared, "Yeah~, fuck that."
Onscreen, Ozpin lets out a battle cry as he charges into the mountain, swinging wildly at anything that moved. A surge of frightened screeching and flapping met him as all the dragons fly out of the mountain. Port and the other Vikings outside swing, stab and attempt to bash the dragons but only succeed as Ozpin did in missing every dragon out there.
Ozpin stops and watches from within as the last of the dragons exit the mountain, fly over the Vikings and their fleet and away from the mountain.
Toothless watches from the ship. His ears flatten against his head as he warbles with fear and shrinking down. Oh no.
The dragons fly away in terror in any direction.
"Is that it?" Port asked before giving a big shrug and walks down from the opening. Ozpin strides out into the open as a voice shouts out from the force. "We've done it!"
An eruption of victorious and triumphant cheers bellow out from the Vikings, all bar Ozpin, raising their weapons in celebration.
"The Red Death," Penny said in a worried tone.
Some of the Audience gulp in nervousness, they don't really want to see how big the Dragon Queen really is.
Well most of them anyway. Cinder secretly was holding out her drawing pad.
Ozpin watches the dragons fleeing before gazing out at the ships. He and the Audience hear Toothless' frightened growling. The Night Fury is shown, desperately trying to break free from his chains. Thrashing and pushing in terror.
Both Oscar and Ruby frowned sadly. "Poor Toothless. . ."
"This isn't over!" The chief declared. "Form your ranks and hold together!" he turns around as the cheering stops before the ground begins to shake. The inside of the mountain cracks and crumbles. A powerful roar blasts out from within, the strength dropping most Vikings to a crouch and pushing a few ships back.
Port looks around in confusion as Ozpin's eyes widen as the floor of the mountain rushes up to the opening. "Get clear!" He shouted as he jumped out of the opening.
The fierce faces of the Vikings turn to fear as the mountain falls apart around them. They run away as the wall comes down behind them. The head of the gargantuan queen smashes her way through the mountainside.
"Beard of Thor!" Port exclaimed as he and Ozpin both look up shocked at the gigantic dragon. "What is that?!"
"Odin help us," Ozpin muttered with wide eyes as the Red Death roars loudly.
Many flinched at the loud roar, especially the Faunus. Oscar, however, had a deadpan expression. "You know, "I told you so," just doesn't really fit." he shook his head at Ozpin.
Her giant footsteps making the ground shake with every step. Ozpin puts on a stoic expression once again as he orders, "Catapults!"
The catapults unleash their now puny looking ammunition to the behemoth. Most of the boulders bounce off the Red Death's scales before she snaps one in half with her jaws and steps on another like twigs.
"Get to the ships!" One Viking cried out as they ran. Ozpin tried to stop them. "No! No!"
The Red Death inhales before unleashing an inferno upon the ships, setting them ablaze. Vikings on the ships vault overboard just before the fire consumes them, weapons also falling into the illuminated water.
The Audience see Toothless on the flagship. He looks more frightened as the ship burns and tries harder than ever to escape.
"Smart, that one." remarked Port as he walks beside Ozpin. "I was a fool," the chief muttered before turning to Spitelout. "Lead the men to the far side of the island!" As Winchester leaves, Ozpin turns to Port.
"Peter, go with the men." he ordered and tried to turn away. "I think I'll stay, just in case you're planning on doing something crazy." Port replied, hobbling after the chief.
Ozpin turned back to him with a stern expression. "I can buy them a few minutes if I give that thing something to hunt!"
"You mean he's planning on sacrificing himself?" Ruby asked, shocked.
"A chief looks out for his people, Ms. Rose." Ozpin responded somberly. "No matter the cost."
"It's part of the job," Summer added in a similar tone.
Ozpin is about to run off, but Port grabs his arm, wrapping his hand around the chief's. "Then I can double that time," the blacksmith said determinedly.
Friends to the better end, Darth Anarchus smiled, Brothers in all but blood.
Ozpin smiles at his old friend before they begin to charge to the Red Death. "Here!" the chief shouted.
"Oh no! Here!" the blacksmith shouted, both trying to bring as much attention as possible.
The Red Death tried to eat a Viking she'd picked up but he fell out of range of her teeth and landed on the ground and ran away as Ozpin and Port charged to the dragon. Ozpin picks up one of the wooden stakes and throws it like a javelin at the head. The growls of the queen are cut short when the stake strikes, narrowly missing one of her left eyes.
"Ooh! So close!" Nora snapped her fingers in frustration.
The Red Death leans down, growling furiously at the two bold Vikings. "Come on! Fight me!" Port shouted. "No! Me!" Ozpin challenged. The Queen growls and rises up, building up for the strike then-
BOOM!
An explosion occurs at the back of the Red Death's neck causing her to growl disorientated and Ozpin narrows his eyes in confusion. Then the teens fly into view on their dragons.
"Nora, Neon! Watch your backs!" Oscar exclaimed, riding on the Deadly Nadder with Ruby sitting behind him. "Move it, Jaune!"
Ozpin watches in confusion and mouths, What?
"Look at us!" Nora shouted to the Vikings down below. She and her twin riding the Zippleback. "We're on dragons!" Cardin rides the Monstrous Nightmare. "We're on dragons! All of us!" And Jaune rides the Gronckle.
Many prepared themselves to see Ozpin and Port be roasted alive to ash before the Red Death was blasted in the back.
"Oh yeah! The cavalry is here!" Neon said in excitement upon seeing the dragon riders.
Some adults watch in surprise and confusion as the young generation flies over head. Port wobbles to Ozpin's side. "Every stubborn, boar headed Viking you ever were." Ozpin silently nods in agreement.
Many sighed in relief that the young riders showed up at perfect timing.
"Hey, uh, what are our dragons' names?" Ruby asked.
"Ruby named the Nadder Stormfly," Darth Anarchus listed on his hand. "Cardin named his Hookfang, Jaune named his Gronckle Meatlug." This caused some to snicker and the mentioned blonde knight to blush. "The twins named their dragon heads Barf and Belch."
"Jaune, break it down." Oscar ordered onscreen. "Okay, heavy armored skull and tail made for bashing and crushing. Stay clear of both." the blonde teen said as the Red Death held a ship in its jaws before throwing it to a sea stack. "Small eyes. Large nostrils. Relies on hearing and smell."
"Okay. Jaune, you and Cardin get in its blind spot and make some noise. Throw off its aim." Oscar said. "Twins, see if it has a shot limit. Make it mad." Ruby glances at Oscar before looking to the twins.
Most of Oscar's friends smiled along with Em and Ozpin, his counterpart seemed to take after his father in leadership.
"That's my specialty," Neon said proudly. "Since when? Everyone knows I'm more irritating. See?" Nora argued before she made her head twist upside down and she made funny faces at her sister.
"Just do what I told you," Oscar shook his head. "I'll be back as soon as I can." Ruby waved her hand as they flew in different directions.
"Don't worry. We got you covered," Cardin said assuredly as they flew to the Red Death. The twins passed the Queen's head.
"Troll! Butt elf!" Neon shouted. "Bride of Grendel!" Nora added and they both snickered.
Their snickers became shouts of fear as the Red Death fired at them twice, narrowly missing them.
Ren and Flynt grew worried for their partners' counterpart.
Cardin and Jaune flew to opposite sides of the Red Death's head and began banging their shields. "Uh, this thing doesn't have a blind spot." Jaune said nervously as three eyes were looking at the blonde.
Oscar and Ruby flew over the burning fleet and heard Toothless' cries. "There!" Oscar pointed to the flagship. They flew over the ship and Oscar jumped down onto the deck. "Go help the others!" he shouted back to her. Ruby nodded her head reluctantly before she flew off.
"Be careful," Ruby whispered.
Oscar blushed upon hearing her concern. "No promises." he muttered.
"Okay, okay. Hold on." Oscar onscreen said to Toothless as he pulled the muzzle off him. Toothless shook his head. That thing was tight around my head.
Back with Jaune and Cardin, their shield banging was now beginning to disorientate the Red Death. "It's working!" Jaune cried out.
"Yeah! It's working!" Cardin cheered. A little too well as the Audience see their dragons were losing focus. It wasn't long until Hookfang tossed him off his neck and the ginger haired Viking landed on top of the Queen's head.
"I lost power on the Gronckle!" Jaune exclaimed before he tossed his hammer to Cardin who caught it. "Cardin, do something!" he shouted before Meatlug plummeted to the ground. "WOOAAHH!"
"I'm okay!" Jaune shouted as the Gronckle skidded to a stop before it tilted forward and landed on top of him. "Less okay," he said in a muffled voice.
Team JNPR winced at seeing their leader's crash onscreen. Their worry escalated as the saw the Red Death's foot moving towards him.
Jaune tried to pull himself out from under the Gronckle before the Audience see Cardin moving to the Queen's eyes. "I can't miss! What's wrong buddy?" he asked mockingly before slamming the hammer down on two of the eyes. "You got something in your eye?"
The Dragon Queen roared in annoyance, her foot landing away from Jaune.
Jaune stared at the screen, impressed. "I never thought I'd say this but, thanks Cardin."
Ruby flew nearby on her Nadder. "Yeah, you're the Viking!" she cheered.
Cardin looked up and smiled dumbly and whacked the Red Death's eye. This resulted in her shaking her head, tossing him back. Luckily, he managed to grab onto her frill. "Woah," he said as he looked down to the floor.
Cardin facepalmed. Glynda shook her head. "And that is why you must always pay attention to what you're doing." she lectured.
The Red Death spun around, her tail smashed the mast of the flagship Oscar and Toothless were on. Then the Dragon Queen stepped on the ship. This smashed the boat and both Night Fury and Viking were tossed into the water.
Toothless sank to the bottom and Oscar swam down and tried to pull on the chains. A moment later though, he began to loose oxygen. Toothless moved to nudge him before someone grabbed Oscar and pulled him away. Toothless roared as Oscar was pulled to the surface.
Many grew worried for the dragon-human duo.
The Audience see Ozpin break through the surface and placed Oscar on shore. The boy coughed before looking confused. "Dad?" he asked as he and the Audience see Ozpin jump back into the water.
Toothless looked resigned to his drowning fate before he looked up and saw Ozpin in front of him. Both Viking chief and Night Fury held eye contact before Ozpin reached to Toothless' restraints and snapped them off.
The dragon took a step before he lunged at Ozpin and brought him to the surface. He dropped Ozpin on the shore next to Oscar and landed on a boulder. He shook the water off him and looked to Oscar. Come on, Oscar. He gestured to the Red Death behind him. We got a Queen to kill.
Many sighed as they saw Oscar get some much needed air and Ozpin's counterpart went back to save Toothless.
"You got it, bud." Oscar replied before he jumped onto the dragon's back.
"Oscar!" Ozpin called out, grabbing the boy's hand. "I'm sorry. For everything." he said sincerely.
"Yeah, me too." Oscar replied. "You don't have to go up there." Ozpin said.
"We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard," Oscar joked. Ozpin grabbed onto the boy's hand with both his own. "I'm proud to call you my son."
"Thanks, Dad." Oscar replied with a smile. With that, they took off.
Oscar and Ozpin sighed to themselves in relief quietly. Glad that they're counterparts were mending their relationship. Or at least beginning to.
Ruby saw them flying up. "He's up!" she declared before she and the Valkyrie-Katt twins flew to the Red Death. "Get Cardin out of there!" she said.
"I'm on it!" Both twins said before they began fighting over who's on it.
The students gave the twins dumbfounded expressions.
"Did they seriously forget that they have the same dragon?" Blake asked after a moment. "Sure looks like it." Yang replied.
Cardin saw them flying and he began to run to the edge of the Dragon Queen's head. Then he leaped off and landed in between the Zippleback's long necks. The twins shared a surprised look. "I can't believe that worked," Melanie said as they flew away.
The Red Death saw Ruby and her Nadder flying by. She opened her jaws and began sucking in the air, pulling them to her.
"Ruby!" The girl's friends and family shouted in worry. Oscar's breathing hitched. Wait, no, it's okay. We've seen that AMV, she's going to be alright.
You both will, Ozpin stressed in his head.
The Vikings then heard the whistle screech. "Night Fury! Get down!" Port exclaimed as they all ducked down.
Toothless fired a plasma shot at the Red Death's face. The blast made the Queen stop sucking in the air but also knocked Ruby off her dragon.
"Ooh, sorry." Oscar winced.
"No, no. It's fine." Ruby waved her hands. "Like you said, an occupational hazard." she chuckled nervously.
"You better catch her, Oscar!" Yang shouted. Oscar nodded. While some would be intimidated by her fierce nature, in Oscar's opinion Yang paled in comparison to his aunt. But then again, rarely any angry teen can match a woman when she's in what some would call, "angry momma bear" mode.
Back onscreen, Ruby screamed as she fell to the ground. Toothless screeched as he turned around and flew back down. Ruby's scream was cut off as Toothless caught her by the leg.
"Did you get her?" Oscar asked. Toothless looked down to Ruby who couldn't help but smile at the Night Fury. Said dragon crooned and gave her his signature toothless smile. He turns over Ruby so that she's right side up as they lower to the ground and set the girl down next to the crowd of Vikings.
Ruby looks up as the dragon-rider fly high into the sky. "Go," she whispered in a breathless tone.
"That thing has wings!" Oscar said to Toothless as they flew high. "Okay, let's see if it can use them!" With that, Toothless stopped and then dived down to the Red Death at supersonic speeds. Toothless fired a plasma blast at the Red Death's back.
KA-BLAM!
The Red Death shrieked in pain as she fell down, sending dust in the air. Port and Ruby shield their eyes from the dust and watch as the Red Death's wings unfold and extend.
"By the sounds of it," Penny began, "this dragon has not used its wings in a while."
"That's good," Oscar said. "We can use that to our advantage.
"Do you think that did it?" Oscar asked Toothless before the Red Death emerges behind them, enraged and flapping its massive wings. "Well, she can fly." Oscar remarked snarky before they dive to the tangled sea stacks.
The Red Death flies after them, snapping her jaws but misses them and smashes through the sea stack rocks as if they were paper.
On the shore, Ozpin and the crowd see Oscar and Toothless racing through the sea stacks. "WHOO-HOO! YEAH!" The Viking Teens cheered before going silent as the Red Death smashes through a rock pillar in front of them, sending a cloud of dust in their direction.
"BOO!" Nora and Ruby shout upon seeing the Red Death.
As the Red Death chases them, Oscar glances up to the dark clouds above them. An idea hits them. He shares a glance with Toothless. "Okay, Toothless. Time to disappear." he said before flicking his foot. "Come on, bud!"
Ozpin and Glynda rubbed their chins. They had an inkling to what Oscar could be planning onscreen.
They weren't the only ones. Qrow leaned to Winter and asked, "You think this plan is going to work?" Winter looked thoughtful before replying. "Fifty-fifty. Depends on how strong the Red Death's sense of smell is."
The dragon-rider duo begins to climb high into the sky, the Red Death behind them. Oscar glanced back briefly as he and the Audience hear the familiar hiss of gas within the massive dragon's throat. "Here it comes!" he exclaimed before they narrowly dodge a blast of fire and smoke from the Red Death.
The duo continued to fly higher and higher. The Dragon Queen snapped her jaws at them twice before pausing. The Night Fury and its rider had disappeared from her sight. She roared angrily, challenging them. Daring them to reveal themselves.
Down on the island, the Vikings look nervous and worried upon hearing the Red Death's roars.
The Red Death looks around before the Audience heard a familiar whistle screech that seemed to come from all directions.
WWWWRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
Suddenly a plasma blast flew from behind and hit the Red Death's wing. The Dragon Queen turned around but the Audience see Toothless and Oscar behind her again and fire at her other wing. Every time the Red Death turned around, Oscar and Toothless flew behind her and fired a plasma blast at her wings, puncturing a hole every time.
On the ground, the Vikings stare up at the sky in awe as they hear the resounding booms and see bright flashes of light with the silhouette of the Red Death's wings visible.
Angry and desperate, the Red Death roars before firing as she spins around, sending her inferno in every possible direction.
"They have her on the ropes," Cinder stated. "She's getting desperate. They can wait until she runs out of fire and resume their attack."
"Yeah, they got this!" Jaune said.
Qrow slapped his forehead. "Well, now you just thoroughly jinxed them."
Sure enough, the inferno races towards Oscar and Toothless. "Watch out!" Oscar shouted as Toothless veered to the side. They evade the fire but Toothless' prosthetic tailfin is now on fire.
"Oh great." Oscar said drily.
"Oh, not good." Ruby said simply but she was very worried.
"Okay, times up." Oscar said, looking back at the burning tailfin. "Let's see if this works."
With a roar, Toothless turned around and flew straight to the Red Death. "Come on! Is that the best you can do?!" Oscar mocked as they flew the large dragon's head. Come on! You giant steaming piece of dragon shit! Toothless roared.
The Red Death's eyes widened upon seeing them and tried to snap her jaws at them but they dove out of range and began to dive downwards. The Red Death pursues them hot on their tail.
Toothless pumps his wings, racing faster than he's ever gone before. Oscar and Toothless stay just ahead of the gargantuan dragon, no longer trying to evade it.
"Stay with me, buddy." Oscar said assuredly. "We're good. Just a little bit longer." Okay, if you say so, Toothless warbled, looking fearfully and uncertain.
The Red Death begins closing the gap. Oscar tucks in and holds onto Toothless tightly as the monster sets its sights on them and narrows its eyes.
"Hold, Toothless." Oscar commanded as he heard the sound of gas building up behind them. Ignition is coming. "Now!"
Toothless turns around, facing the Red Death. Long live the Queen, Cannibal bitch! and fired a plasma shot down her throat. The Red Death's gas is ignited within her throat and exploding within her body.
Most of the students threw jeers and insults to the Red Death as well.
Em grew worried as more and more of the Night Fury's tail burned away.
"Oh, clever," Amber said. "Not so fire proof on the inside," she recalled.
They break through the clouds and the Red Death sees the ground rushing up. Eyes widening, she spreads her wings to catch herself but her wings are too torn up to function. Toothless straightens out before spreading his wings and they fly around the Red Death's face just before it collides with the ground and ignites an explosion.
The Vikings flinch back from the explosion before Oscar and Toothless are shown, weaving through the monster's back plates and spikes. The expanding fireball races toward them, catching up. Oscar tries to shift their direction but the tailfin is now useless. He glances back at it before looking forward/up to see the Red Death's clubbed tail in front of them.
"No. No!" he shouts as Toothless tried to turn away from the tail but it collides with them, knocking Oscar off his saddle.
Toothless spins out of control as he looks at Oscar, horror in his eyes. Oscar! he roared as the boy falls towards the inferno. Flapping his wings, Toothless frantically races to Oscar before the fire hides them from view.
The Audience goes silent as the fire fades into a whiteout of ash.
"Oscar! Oscar!" Ozpin walks into view from cloud of ash. He looks around for his son desperately. "Oscar?! Son?!" Through the ash, he spots the motionless silhouette of Toothless.
"Oscar," he whispered in a grave tone before he races to the dragon side. He paused though, a few feet from the Night Fury. The dragon looks roughed up and unconscious. His saddle is scorched and vacant.
"No," Ruby whispered as tears formed in her silver eyes.
Ozpin holds his head in his hands, feeling more guilty. It wasn't as he predicted. It was worse. The lives of his warriors weren't lost.
But the life of his son was lost.
Oscar himself goes pale as his mind thinks about how his counterpart just died.
"Oh, son. . ." Ozpin said sadly as he falls to his knees. "I did this," he muttered, lowering his head.
"No," Em whispered in horror.
"Hold the phone!" Sun suddenly declared. "We saw the AMV earlier! He's going to be fine."
Some felt relief or facepalmed for forgetting that detail.
The crowd of Vikings forms behind him, keeping a respectful distance away as the dragons from earlier fly down and land behind the Vikings. Ruby pushes her way out from the crowd, Port behind her. She pauses upon seeing the scene in front of her and tears well in her eyes.
In front of Ozpin, Toothless stirs and groggily rolls his head toward the chief and their eyes meet. "I'm so sorry," he said, tears slowly streaming down his face.
Toothless stares at Ozpin for a moment. . . Apology accepted and he unfolds his wings, revealing an unconscious Oscar. "Oscar!" Ozpin exclaimed in surprise before he scoops the boy in his arms. He brushes the boy's face before he took his helmet off and listens to his heart.
He sighs in relief. "He's alive!" he exclaimed in joy. "You brought him back alive!"
The crowd roars in celebration. Ruby's face morphs from sadness to relief and joy. The dragons celebrate as well, causing the Vikings to notice their presence.
Ozpin reaches to Toothless and placed his hand on the dragon's head who croons in response. "Thank you, for saving my son." The chief said sincerely.
Port walks into view. "Well, you know. . . most of him." he adds sheepishly. Ozpin turns to glare at him.
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"WHAT?!" the Audience exclaimed with Oscar himself, Em, Ruby, Amber, Nora, Ozpin and Glynda being the loudest.
Onscreen, Oscar was shown, asleep in a bed. Healing scars on his face. Toothless is seen hovering over him, grumbling and whining impatiently. Oscar, wake up! Wake up.
Oscar stirs before opening his eyes to see the Night Fury who begins to nuzzle and nudge him. "Hey, Toothless." he said, groggily as Toothless continued to nuzzle him. "I'm happy to see you too, bud. Just-" Toothless steps on his groin, causing the boy to sit up right with a yelp.
The men and boys in the Audience, including the Host winced in sympathy.
Oscar paused and looked at his surroundings. "I'm in my house." He glanced to the excited Toothless bouncing on his feet. "You're in my house." Toothless began jumping on the walls knocking over a pot. He's awake! He's awake!
"Well, letting him in was a bad idea," Ozpin sighs.
"You can say that again!" Oscar snapped. This was just like the time he brought a couple of bear cubs home. Em smiled fondly, thinking of the same thing.
"Uh, does my dad know you're here?" Oscar asked nervously as Toothless jumped onto a support rafter beam. "Okay, okay-no, Toothless!" Oscar called sternly as Toothless looks at him upside down. "Aw, come one. . ." he shifts to get out of bed before pausing. He senses that something is wrong and slowly peels the covers off his form. His expression becomes startled, horrified and overwhelmed at once.
"What? What is it?" Most of the students asked impatiently.
Fox stared at the screen, blinking blankly.
Toothless lands back down with a croon. Oscar's right booted foot steps onto the floor, a mechanical prosthetic is in place of his left leg. It's an ingenious spring-loaded replacement made of wood and iron.
Ironwood sighed. "I suspected as much," he muttered. Glynda covers her mouth with wide eyes.
Most of the student's breath hitch. Most of him, Port's words echo in their heads.
Mercury looked to Oscar and gave him an sympathetic expression.
Oscar reached to his own leg to reassure himself that he still had it. Em shed some tears. "But. . . he's so young," she whispered. Oscar quickly hugged her and whispered some reassurances that he was okay.
Toothless sniffs the prosthetic leg before glancing up at Oscar with an apologetic expression. I'm sorry, Oscar. he crooned. Oscar took a couple of deep breaths to calm himself before grabbing onto the bed post. He tries to stand, wincing and stifles the pain. "Okay. . . okay. . ." he muttered before stumbling with the first step.
Toothless catches the boy's fall with his head. I got you, brother. He crooned as Oscar leans on the dragon like a crutch. "Thanks, bud." he said as they make their way to the door and the Audience have a view of Oscar's leg and Toothless' missing tailfin.
Oscar pries the door open and sees a Monstrous Nightmare outside. He yelps and closes the door.
Many smiled at seeing Toothless acting so supportively.
"They're one and the same," Ozpin said when they had a view of Oscar's missing leg and Toothless' missing tailfin.
Then many jumped or jolted at seeing the Monstrous Nightmare outside and roaring. "De ja Vu, much?" Qrow asked drily.
"Give a woman a warning!" Maria snapped, placing a hand over her chest.
"Toothless, stay here." Oscar sternly and nervously as he opened the door again. And sees Cardin riding the Nightmare. "Come on guys! Get ready!" He shouted before flying off, his father and another adult following after him on their own dragons. "Hold on tight! Here we go!"
"What?" Oscar said softly, stepping outside as he sees Vikings and dragons together through out the village. But they're not fighting each other.
A Nadder blasts at a metal brace before stepping back and letting a Viking hammer it into shape. A Gronckle drags a tree trunk to a Viking who pats the dragon on the head. And a Zippleback is guided by another Viking into a stall to check it for size.
"Oh, it's just Cardin," Jaune said dismissively.
"Wait, he's teaching how to ride dragons!" Nora declared before they saw dragons living among the dragons.
Most of the Audience were in awe at the sight.
"I knew it. I'm dead," Oscar shrugged, looking surprised at what he is seeing.
Ozpin laughs as he walks into view. "No, but you gave it your best shot." he joked before gesturing to the village. "So, what do you think?"
At the plaza, the Vikings take notice of Oscar. "Hey look! It's Oscar!" one exclaimed before they make their way to him.
"Oscar, how you doin' mate?"
"It's great to see you up and about."
"Turns out all we needed was a little more of. . ." Ozpin smiles and just gestures to Oscar. "this."
"You just gestured to all of me." Oscar replied. Once that was an insult, but not anymore.
"Well, most of you." Port said proudly as he walked into view. "That's my best handiwork. With a little Oscar flair thrown into it. Think that'll do?"
Oscar shrugs. "I think I might add a few twigs." he said in a bittersweet tone, getting chuckles from the crowd.
Ruby walked up to him and punched him in the shoulder, getting him to yelp. "That's for scaring me." she said in an angry tone.
"What, is it always going be this way? Cause-" Oscar whined before Ruby grabbed his shirt aggressively before kissing him on the lips. Hoots and hollers follow.
"Aww! You two are so cute!" Summer exclaimed before she hugged both Oscar and Ruby. Both teens were blushing and didn't react much to the bear hug this time.
"A bit bold to do that in front of the kid's father though," Roman muttered.
10 minutes later. . .
Back onscreen, Oscar blinks as Ruby pulls away from him. ". . . I could get used to it," he said as he and Ruby share a smile.
Port hands Oscar a new saddle and a red tailfin. "Welcome home, lad." Oscar looks and smiles overjoyed and happy to know that he was finally accepted by the village.
"Night Fury!" Someone shouts. "Get down!" Some Vikings look to the sky before Toothless pounces on top of them, making his way to Oscar. A new saddle? New tailfin?! He lands in front of Oscar with a pleading expression. Can we try it on now? Please? I want to go flying!
Ruby and Oscar share a laugh before the Audience see a close up of Oscar's prosthetic foot snapping into the modified stirrup on the saddle. The two pieces click together, forming a single shape. He rotates the pedal and the tailfin opens and closes in response. The Audience see a white skull with Viking horns on it.
Oscar approves. With Toothless, he feels whole again. He glances to Ruby who rides the Deadly Nadder next to them.
"You ready?" He asked Toothless. I was born ready, he sneezed.
With a smile, Oscar looks around the village again.
"This. . . is Berk." Narrator Oscar spoke again. "It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three."
They leap into the bright blue sky, Ruby follows after them. "Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless." Oscar and Ruby race their dragons through the village. Under eaves, over rooftops, down cliffsides and between ship masts, laughing and whooping. It's a high energy, romantic dance of sorts. "The people that grow here are even more so."
Their fellow teenage Dragon Riders join them as they take to the sky, rocketing above the village. "The only upsides are the pets. While other places have ponies and parrots."
"A full circle," Ozpin chuckled. "Started with 'pests' now its ending with 'pets.'"
"We have. . . dragons," BOOYEAH! With a roar, Toothless and Oscar break off from the group, flying high into the sun and the screen fades to white.
How To Train Your Dragon
The Audience begin to clap as the end credits played.
Roman turned to Ruby and Oscar. "So, Green, Red. When's the wedding?"
Oscar and Ruby stuttered, both of their face's red like the latter's cape.
"Now, now," Ozpin spoke up. "Let's not talk about marriage. Let them date for a while." The two teens looked at him with expressions that said, not helping.
"Well, onto the next DreamWorks viewing." Darth Anarchus declared.
Whew. That was fun.
What do you think? I know I probably should have just done a trailer or something but I decided not too and went with this.
Still need a hint for the next viewing?
Trollhunters
Next will be the trailer for Kingsman: Secret Service and a few clips
And then we'll dive into the Godzilla Multiverse.