Dragons the Nine Realms and Transformers

by coyoteprime1100

1,300 years have passed since Hiccup Haddock the Third, Optimus Prime and Toothless parted ways. The Dragons and Autobots go to the Hidden World, where Dragons have faded into legend now a new Generation of Dragon Riders will be born in the modern world.

33. Barrel of Vine Tails

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Intro: (song) "Transformers! More than meets the eye! Transformers! Robots in disguise!" Optimus Prime with axe in hand, Tom, Jack and Thunder beside him breathing lightning. Ratchet with his hands transformed into swords fighting Deceptacons with D'Angelo, Miko and Plowhorn fighting beside him. Bulkhead bashing with his wrecking ball fist June and her dragon Wu and Wei fighting with ice and fire. Bumblebee with his right arm laser gun and left arm a sword with Alex, Raf and Feathers beside him. "Autobots wage their battle to destroy the evil forces of the Deceptacons!" Blizwing, destroying buildings. Lugnut lifting a bulldozer over his head. And Galvatron leading his army. The Team Prime and modern Dragon Riders lined shoulder to shoulder in the Hidden World. "Transformers! (Robot voice) Transformers!"

In the Ark, Optimus Prime gathers a council of his closest advisors and are discussing the possibility of humans discovering them. Optimus Prime begins the meeting: "Everyone, after the events with Tomas' safari showing his mother of the dragon world. She agrees to keep the Hidden World a secret but will only make the children tell the secret to their parents. This will lead us to expose us to the world. The question is simple; Will we try to accept the change or continue to hide in plain sight? Anyone any suggestions?" The council consisting of Optimal Optimus, Arcee, Elita 1, Bumblebee, Sentinel, Ultra Magnus.

Optimal Optimus speaks of the situation: "Well, we knew this day was bound to come. So once reveal ourselves to the world and show them our plight we can make peace with them." He spoke with optimum but Ultra Magnus questions of negative approach: "But, is it wise to reveal ourselves? We've seen humans come and go, we've seen them how they respond to anything that they see is different. Usually with violence, prejudice, and discrimination." Ratchet agrees with the second in command: "I'm with Ultra Magnus. We have seen times where the worst of humanity has risen to power and has done horrific and irreparable damage."

Sentinel speaks his opinion: "Yeah, but if you ask me; we should get off this primitive planet." Arcee adds in it: "But what about the human alliance and friendships we forged?" Bee speaks in agreement: "Arcee's right as well. I mean we can't just throw away all of our hard work." Then Elita 1 finishes: "And there's the dragons." She spoke of the creatures of the Hidden World. "I mean we seen how humans often treat animals some as pets, animal companions. Or they hunt them for sport or the brink of extinction or extinction itself." She spoke experience seeing humans destructive nature. "But some do treat the animals with respect. So we need to know how they will best handle them."

"Forget those things! We should be focusing on our survival!" Sentinel bluntly out burst which anger some of the council members. But then Optimus Prime finishes: "All make valid points. But still we must protect the humans and dragons. There's no guarantee the Decepticons will follow us." He spoke with caution, to which Ultra Magnus agrees: "You do have a point there Optimus." Optimal Optimus spoke understanding: "That's true. There's no telling, what with the Decepticons now with their true leader returned from beyond death." Arcee speaks too: "Yeah, this means humanity will be enslaved or extinguished."

But again Sentinel showing no remorse or concern for humanity's fate: "Why should we care? They're not our people. If anything whatever happens to them is not our problem." But Bee punches him and says angrily as Ratchet and Arcee hold him back: "What is your malfunction?! These humans and dragons are just apart of us, more than you!" To which the arrogant Autobot replies: "Seriously?! If you ask me B1-27, you're going full native! You spend so long with these humans and dragons you rather be them!" They argued till Optimus shouts: "Order! I will have order!" This didn't resolved anything, nothing was a discussed after this.

In the cave the Dragon Club were feeding their dragons, but Webmaster and Eugene were hogging the feeding trought. Jun annoyingly groans and asks: "Come on Eugene! Is he done yet?" Alex agrees: "Yeah, Feathers is starving." Miko speaks too: "Also, Cloudster and Sparky are getting hangry. And you do not wanna see a two headed dragon duke it out buddy."

But the older member of the team replies to them: "Ah, be patient. Webmaster likes to take his time chewing." To which the dragon squawks in responds. "Don't ya buddy?" He pets his dragon's chin, "D'Angelo and Ratchet says he has a very sensitive egs…" he tries to say the word but D'Angelo with a paper bag of groceries says: "Esophagus." To which Eugene says to him: "That's what I said." He makes pops his mouth. "So back off and give the dragon his time." Then they hear crunching sounds, they turn to see Raf with Charcoal eating rocks and he says regarding his dragon: "Well, you don't see Charcoal complaining." To which Jack annoyed speaks: "Easy for you to say. Your dragon eats rocks." He spoke his dragon feeling hungry.

As he walked in, Jun turns around and asks regarding the paper bag: "What's with the bag?" The African American teenager army Ranger veterinarian answers to his friends: "Fellow riders! I come barring snacks. My grandparents send me a care package." He pulls out 4 different colored polkadotted bags smaller bags, the other members gasp and all high five one another. Jun changes her mind: "Now Eugene can wait his turn."

But just as D'Angelo tosses them in the air, Eugene and on his dragon intercepts the treats and mockingly says: "Too slow! First dibs right here!" This irritated the others, so Wu and Wei walk to him, then the red headed dragon roars at Eugene allowing to have the treats removed from his hands. "Wha…hey!" The treats were taken by Feathers who carries them in her mouth and offers the wrapped goodies to Alex, Jun, Miko, Jack and Raf. Jun says to D'Angelo as the gang cheers their snacks: "Thanks D." Jack comments him: "Way to go D'Angelo." Miko finishes: "Yeah buddy. You're a saint."

D'Angelo replies to the gang: "Just sharing the love." He looks in the bag, "And what else we got here?" He gasps in side seeding something made his eyes widen. "And that's it, there's nothing else in the bag." He tries to play it like it's empty. As he eats it quietly but the notice he's acting strangely.

Alex questions him: "What you have over there?" To which D'Angelo replies with a mouth full: "Nothing." But then the Elder Chinese brother smells something and says: "I smell chocolate, and…" he inhales deeply. "Coconut?" This shocked D'Angelo who swallows his treat. "That's right. My nose is world class. This guy's holding out on us." He chases after him but D'Angelo runs till he's stopped by Alex, Jun, Jack, Raf and Miko who all have their arms crossed and have stern faces. Alex asks him: "What are you hiding?" Jun adds to it: "And why are you hiding it?" Miko continues the questioning: "What's in it D?" Raf questions too: "Is there cinnamon too?" Jack asks: "What happened to sharing the love?" Eugene asks lastly: "Come on, come on, spill it!" The corner him, then he rushes out pass them, turns around and says to them: "My grandma send some of her famous haystacks, okay? They're the most delicious creation on the planet." He pulls out one of the cookies, "Creamy chocolate draped over crunchy coconut flakes for the perfect signal bite." He spoke highly of them which interests the others then he takes a bite. "They unsharable." This made them groan in disappointment.

"Come on, guys! They're my favorite thing in the world!" He protested stating his favoritism of his grandmother's home made cookies.

Plowhorn grumbles feeling she won't get the same treats too. "Besides you girl." D'Angelo reassures his dragon. But then gang tries to convince him to share the treat. Alex begins: "D'Angelo, you know how chalk the chocolate is in the general store." Raf agrees too: "Yeah, I mean Reesie cups are great and all, and there's Hershey's are nice, but nothing beats homemade cookies." Miko tries bribing him: "I can make a song in your honor." But Jun and Jack steps in.

Jun says to them group: "Guys, if D'Angelo doesn't want to share, he doesn't have to share." Jack agreeing with Jun: "She is right. D'Angelo's grandma had made them specially for her grandson. We must respect that and like Jun said, if he doesn't want to share that's his choice." To which he says to the two Asian Americans: "Thank you two." He pulls out one haystack and eats it and leaves which shocked them.

Jun says in disappointment: "I really thought that reverse physiological thing would really work." To which Jack adds also disappointment as well: "Same here." Miko speaks too feeling rejected: "And I thought bribing him with making a song about him would work too." To which the older member says: "Than it's back to plan B. Brute force!"

Then Tom's voice says: "Guys!" The blonde haired boy enters and his black and white dragon rushes to him. "Hey pal." He puts his dragon as he holds the Book of Dragons. Then coming in is Bumblebee, Arcee, Bulkhead and Cheetor. "Oh hello to you four too. What's up?" He asks the Autobots and one Maximal.

Bumblebee answers: "Well, we had a meeting. And as usual Sentinel wants to get off this planet and not care about what happens to you guys or the dragons or the human race." To which Jun speaks: "Seriously?" Miko adds to the conversation: "That's guy needs to get his priorities in straight." Bulkhead agrees with them: "No argument here." Cheetor turns to Tom and asks: "So Tom, anything new?"

Tom answers to the cheetah robot: "Yes, I got some news Cheetor. I think I might have the key to figure out my connection to Thunder, the Transformers and the Dragon Realms." Alex rubbing her hands together and speaks finding Tom's new knowledge: "Hoo… conspiracy theories. Hit me."

Tom closes the book and says his theory: "I was thinking; why would my family have the Viking helmet that unlock the box with this book? Unless the author was a part of my family. But until I know his name, I can't know for sure." He spoke as he reopens the book. "I mean, I kinda knows what he looks like from drawings in the book and on that wall in the realm of kings. And I know the word hiccup was used to describe him. That's probably because he had Viking indigestion. But if I knew his real name, then I can at least try and find out who he was."

In Bumblebee's mind: 'That's it Tom. Follow the clues left by Hiccup.' Then Jun questions him: "So, you didn't find his name?" Then her brother speaks: "Yeah, cause if not, I was in the middle of shaking D'Angelo down for his haystacks." He was still was trying to get the chocolate and coconut cookies, but D'Angelo refuses to give them up.

Tom replies to them: "Well, no, no. But look." He opens the book flipping the pages showing a picture on one page. "But this passages mentions his resting place. And where there's a resting place. There's gotta be a gravestone. And Gravestones have names on them." As Alex and Miko look at the picture in the book, and Alex questions her friend: "So, you wanna look for a dead body? I'm in." Miko jokes and questions: "What are we now? Grave robbers?" But Tom points out: "No, not the guy. The gravestone."

The Latino girl rubs her chin and says to him: "Hmm, that's fine too I guess." Miko speak again: "So we're not digging up a body? And again we're not grave robbing correct?" Jack says to them: "Let's not think of it as grave robbing. Think of it more like archaeology. I mean, they dig out remains of people who were buried centuries ago." Bulkhead says in agreement with Jack: "He's got a point. And besides, I mean it's not like we're gonna actually take anything out of his final resting spot." The Chinese girl says to her friend: "Any idea where to start looking?" Arcee also questions: "Is there clues or hints of his resting place?"

Tom mounts on Thunder and answers: "In the Nature Realm. Come on pal. Today's the day we solve the mystery." Bumblebee says to the whole team: "I'm starting to like this venture. Let's go, transform and roll out." He and the others transformers turns into alternate modes and follows Tom and Thunder.

Eugene walks up to D'Angelo and says to him: "Come on D, let's mount up." He leans on Plowhorn but then, D'Angelo felt a tug on the bag, he turns to see Webmaster trying to steal the bag but D'Angelo refuses to give up his treats still, and says: "Seriously? You dragged Webmaster into this?" He mounts on his dragon and leaves.

As the oldest member of the Dragon Club watches him leave, and says: "You won this round, D. But it's not over yet. Oh, no. Not by a long shot." Spoke with determination of wanting to get those delicious chocolate coconut cookies known as Haystacks.

Flying in the Nature Realm the Dragon Club and Autobots and Maximal even bringing along with them is Quillbert and Whiplash both in beast mode and the Razorwhip dragon is carrying Cheetor. As for the Autobots wearing jetpacks in robot mode. They smiled looking at the jungle themed vegetation and dragons living and thriving in this realm.

Tom speaks regarding the environment: "Look at this place. The colors are unreal." Cheetor agreeable says: "Yeah, no corruption, a pollution. If anything, it's a paradise."

Jun questions regarding the tomb: "So, what's a Viking grave look like? An obelisk or like a hedge maybe?" Tom answers regarding it: "I was just thinking we find a rock with these designs on it and hopefully a name carved into it." To which Bumblebee says remembering the old days: "Well normally when Vikings fall in battle they're given a burning pier or aboard a long boat." Bulkhead adds regarding that: "They call that a warrior's death. Send to Valhalla with all their possessions." He explains regarding his the traditional methods of Viking funerals right.

Jack questions regarding it: "So they cremate the body? That's how they do it?" Cheetor answers: "Yeah basically. They didn't do burial sights till the arrival of Christianity. But there could still be a grave marker like a final resting place." He spoke of a possibility.

D'Angelo speaks as he still holds his haystack cookie bags: "If we're going on an epic quest, I'm gonna need my strength." He continues to eat the said cookies, but D'Angelo is unaware till he sees the hands and looks up to see Eugene trying to reach for them, under and upside down under Webmaster but fails to catch the cookies. "No." D'Angelo said as he and his dragon flies forward, Eugene raises himself upwards. Miko says to him: "Nice try Eugene. But you gotta try a lot harder if you're trying to trick someone who's trying to be an army ranger." To which the Chinese young man replies: "Shut up Miko." To which the Japanese punk rocker: "(Scoff) Nice come back. Like I never heard that one before." She spoke sarcastically to him.

"Hey, I see rocks." Alex points to a cluster of rocks. "There might be Vikings buried underneath." To which Tom says to her commenting her: "Good eyes Alex. Let's see what we can find." Raf finishes: "This is awesome. Like we're taking for archaeology. Do you think we'll find an armor and other historical artifacts?" Arcee answers: "I say there's a high possibility. In fact, the very Viking you're searching for his ancestor, actually left a treasure, for his descendants, only be hidden in the form of a riddle map." The Hispanic member says regarding that: "Clever."

As the team lands and looks through the rocks to find no writing on them. Then Eugene says: "Wow. Over here!" He waves his arm encouraging them to come to the stone. He points to the said stone, to which Jun, Tom and Bee walk to him and the stone. Tom sighs and says: "There's nothing on it." But Eugene replies in the form of a question: "But what do you call that?" Referring to what's on it and Jun answers: "Moss?" Bee adds to it: "I agree with her. It's only Moss on a stone. But if there's moss, then I could point the direction of north. Maybe the grave marker could be north. It's a high possibility."

The older member says to the three: "Well aside from that, it's Abraham Lincoln." He states regarding the image of the moss looking like the 16th president.

But Tom says not fooling around tone: "Eugene, this is serious. Don't you get what it's like that you're connected to something and to be so close to figuring it out? It's not a joke to me." As he walks away, Jun and Bee turns to Eugene who defends himself: "What? It seriously looks like Abraham Lincoln. Or maybe it's that Colonel chicken guy." Bee says to him: "Yeah, and that tree over there looks like Alpha Trion, and that stump over there looks like Julius Caesar's head." He points to tree looking like one of the original Primes and a stump look surprisingly like the Roman Emperor.

The team still kept looking for the grave even lifting up rocks to find skeletons, Arcee, Bulkhead and Cheetor did but only found fossilized remains of dragons but no humans. Raf and Jack were being very careful with the remains so not to break them, as for Miko, she found a skeleton of a dragon with a stub for a leg. Miko says regarding it: "Yikes, this guy must've been called Stumpy. Hehehe. But in all seriousness that's messed up." She continued to dig for the Viking.

As for D'Angelo who sat under a tree eating his haystacks but then he hears rustling he turns to see nothing but thinks it's a trick and says: "I hear you Eugene." But unaware he was behind him not attempting to get the cookies and comes back: "What? You hear this too?" He makes a fart sound, then African American member of the team questions: "Anyone else hear that?" The group listens to the rustling, Cheetor says regarding the sound: "We're not alone out here."

They were on alert, but unaware till D'Angelo's cookies are taken from him. "Hay!" The thing carrying the sack of treats up into the trees, "My haystacks!" The group gathers around, Tom says regarding the movement: "Something's in the trees." Then the very creature is a small-sized dragon with a physique reminiscent of both a monkey and a lizard. It has a rounded head, a long flat body with a narrow waist, and a long tail that is split in three at the tip. It has leaf-like spines that run from neck to tail and behind its front legs, and a crown of spikes behind its head that bear thorn-like spikes. It has four long legs, with the front pair having four fingers, including opposable thumbs, and the back pair having two toes with a higher placed claw behind it. They also have small triangular wings with a giant eyespot on top. Vine Tails come in various different colors, including dull blue, teal, yellow and lilac, with a secondary colour, often green, forming a band around their necks, as well as making up the inside of their wings. These wings are narrow and can be folded against their sides like draco lizard wings.

The Chinese girl says regarding the dragon: "Awe. It's kinda cute. What the heck is it?" To which the African American member says still upset about his stolen treat: "It's a dirty, rotten, thief!" Tom opens the book of dragons and says regarding it: "Wait a second. It looks familiar. They're called, vine tails." Arcee speaks regarding the said dragon: "An interesting choice of name." D'Angelo questions: "And they just stole my haystacks! How does that book say we get em back?" Tom tries to look through the book to find an answer but another one steals the book.

Tom exclaims: "The book! He took the book!" Alex says to him: "Don't freak out Tom." But she spoke too soon for she was also robbed. "(Gasp) My tablet!" The three simian dragon took something of the Dragon Club members and scurry away. "Get em! Ahhhh!" Alex spoke wanting her tablet back and begins to chase the dragons.

Alex on Feathers chases the said dragons with Jun, Jack and Raf behind her on their dragons. Jun says to her friend: "Alex, wait up. You ever seen her this mad?" Jack speaks in agreement: "Yeah, she is really ticked off."

Tom with Bumblebee and Thunder chasing the one dragon with the Book of Dragons and he replies as he climbs a tree: "She's mad? Well, at least her tablet can be replaced." He struggles to climb a tree limb. "That book is old and priceless. It could fall apart at any second." Bumblebee speaks regarding the book too: "And it holds knowledge that no other place have. And it belonged to a long deceased old friend."

As for D'Angelo who is literally in a monkey in the middle game, as the vine tails and he says worried for his cookies: "What if they eat my haystacks? Or worse what if they melt and go to waste?"

Jun says to the whole group: "Come on focus, we'll get everything back." Cheetor agreeably says to them: "Yeah, we just gotta keep our cool." He rushes to catch one of those monkey like dragons.

As for the Dragon club and transformers try to get the stolen items, but hit some trees, almost each other. Arcee even bumps into Bee and Bulkhead. When the two male transformers rise up, but notice Arcee is missing. The larger Autobot questions: "Uh, where's Arcee?" They look to see where she is, Jack, Miko and Cheetor she is stuck on Bulkhead's back and she has an angry look on her face and says to them: "Not…one…words." They didn't say anything, but Bulkhead questions: "Yo, Arcee? Is that you? Where are you?"

As for the one dragon with Alex's tablet, who only to have it stolen by an unseen force, who returns it to her owner and it's Feather who her rider pets her: "That's my girl." Then she turns to the thieving dragons. "You're not the only onw who can sneak up on someone!" She spoke too soon for her tablet was taken by another. "Feathers, get that thing!" The continue their chase.

With Miko and Raf who are chase the one with the book but can't seem to get close enough to it. D'Angelo's chase the one with his cookies, but even riding her dragon but then the bag of cookies hits a tree limb but before it hits the ground it's caught by Eugene who says with victory in his voice: "Eugene saves the day. And these babies are m…" But before he could finish is sentence he is knocked off and hanging by a tree limb. Webmaster turns around to see his rider who falls off and held the bag of cookies high off the ground.

D'Angelo and Plowhorn walks up beside him and takes the bag and D'Angelo says to him: "Yoink! Thanks for the assist." But he yells back at D'Angelo: "Thank me with chocolate!" But he refuses to share still.

As for the Vine tails who are still tossing the tablet and book around like balls, Tom says to them: "No, no. Be careful." Alex adds: "If they crack my screen, I swear!"

Wu, Wei and Jun intercepts the one carrying Alex's tablet they blow hot and cold steam the dragon unknowingly losses the tablet to which Alex jumps off Feathers catches and lands on the ground and huddles it closely to her.

As for Tom and Thunder still chasing the one with the book, with Tom drawing closer the dragon barrel rolls and throws it to another one but it's caught by D'Angelo and Plowhorn's mouth. D'Angelo says victoriously: "It's a Plowhorn interception!" After they land they see the dragon trying to pulls out.

Tom, Thunder, Jack, Winger lands next to D'Angelo and Plowhorn. Tom jokes regarding the dragon: "This dragon thinks he can win a tug of war with Plowhorn?" Jack comments it: "I'll say he's got spirit, I'll give him that." D'Angelo finishes: "Yeah right. You got another thing coming lil buddy." He crosses his arms feeling confident in his dragon.

The smaller dragon and larger dragon are tug or waring the book, but then, the other vine tails latching from tail to mouth including a few others not seen they were working together. Jack says in complete shock: "Hu, that's new. I didn't know they could do that." With the combined team work they started to drag the Gembreaker dragon, to which the teenage African American Army Ranger veterinarian says: "Hu, Tom? Jack? Plow's gonna need a hand!" To which Tom replies: "Seriously? Come on guys, we can't let them get the book." Jack finishes: "You got it."

The Night Light Fury grabs Plowhorn's tail and the Stormcutter grabs Thunder's tail and all began a tug of war. But even with combined strength it wasn't enough.

Jun watching and says: "These guys are strong." Raf adda to it: "Yeah, who would've thought a bunch of monkey-dragons can be so stronger together?"

D'Angelo reassures everyone: "It's okay. Nothing can out pull, Plow." Tp which the blonde haired boy questions: "Uh, D? Are you sure?" Then the Japanese American questions too: "Yeah, I mean how strong is she in comparison to these team work?" Then even as Plowhorn who held on but her grip was slipping, then with one final pull the dragons tied together into a strong chain pull the book out of Plowhorn's mouth sending her, D'Angelo and their friends flying backwards. The Vine Tails made a haste retreat into the jungle with the book.

Tom stands up and says: "They got the book. And the canopies, too thick to fly after them." To which Jun says to him: "Don't worry, we'll get it back. Maybe we'll have better luck on the ground." Cheetor speaks also: "Yeah, I can track their scent. Cheetor, beast mode!" He transforms into beast mode, growling and roaring. "I think it's time to go dragon hunting." He begins to stalk through the dense jungle.

The team were now traveling by foot even off their dragons. After removing some leaves to reveal a large tree, Tom noticed the very dragons they're searching for, and says: "There's they are!"

The vine tail dragon holding the book with the it's tail drops it on purpose. Alex says regarding it and it's action: "Look, they dropped it. Now's our chance." Tom says to his dragon: "Thunder, you think you can fly at them?" But Jun and Raf walks up to him and Jun says: "Don't. Chasing didn't work, they'll just chase the book and run again." Tom says of the plan they need: "Then we need a way to bring them to us." Raf adds of what they should do: "Maybe lure them with a treat like how my grandad used to get his dogs to come to him." Bulkhead says to him: "Great idea Raf. But what do we have to lure them to us?"

Then they hear crunching sound and turn to the source seeing D'Angelo, everyone turns to him and he says to them in anguish: "Oh, come on! Nu-hu! No, no!" But he still refuses to give up his grandma's cookies but Jun says to him: "It was the first thing they stole." Arcee speaks in agreement: "And we are needing some bait for these creatures." But the African American member still stubbornly refuses: "We are not using my haystacks to bribe those things into giving the book back!"

Eugene walks up to D'Angelo and questions: "You don't think they'll like them?" D'Angelo protests: "It's impossible not to like these!" Eugene finishes: "Prove it." He opens his mouth offering for a taste till Arcee smacks him in the head and says: "Knock it off Eugene this is serious."

But Tom tries to appeal to him: "D, please. The sooner we get the book back, the sooner we can look for the resting place." Jack walks up behind Tom and adds to it: "Come on D'Angelo. Take one for the team." To which D'Angelo begrudgingly and heavily sighs and has to follow through.

With the group walking forward D'Angelo openly says to himself but everyone hears him: "My grandma only send me these once a year, but sure. Let's give them to some random dragons we just met. Probably won't even savor them." Miko says to D'Angelo: "True dude. But at least you're sharing."

But as the teams walks in further unknowing to them a vine begins to move like a snake. But the vine tails turn and roars at the humans, larger dragons and Transformers. Tom says to them: "Everyone, take it easy. D' you got this." He offers the bag which gains the wild dragon's attentions, but as Plowhorn takes a few steps forward but she is stuck. Tom encourages his friend: "Keep going."

"I'm trying, but Plow's stop." D'Angelo explains, then Thunder tries to move but is also tangled too, "Something wrong?" Tom asks Thunder he tries to move but is unable to. "Hey guys? These vines, Thunder's tangled in them."

"Wu and Wei are too."

"Winnger's stuck as well."

"What the heck is up with these plants?"

Jun, Jack and Raf said, then Arcee is also tangles, followed by Bulkhead and Bee, Cheetor and the other Dragons and their riders.

"I agree, what kind of plants are these?" Alex questioned, to which Tom turns to one of the pods that opens up revealing sharp teeth. "Aha! The dragon eating kind!" Tom exclaims and explains seeing the pod.

The group struggles, and the riders all encouraged their dragons to break free, but the vines have strong grips, the Autobots couldn't transform into vehicle mode or reveal their weapons. The vines began to wrap the dragons tighter, Eugene out of desperation says to D'Angelo: "Quick! Feed them your coconut things!" D'Angelo replies: "To plants?! That is a crime!"

But the Chinese American male says to him back: "Yah! We're on the menu next!" Jack says in agreement: "I can't believe this, but Eugene's right! We're about become plant food!" Alex speaks up next: "D! You're close enough to that clearing to jump over them!" D'Angelo questions again: "You wanna leave our dragons and our transformers?" Jun points out: "We can't do any good for them here. We're sitting ducks." Cheetor adds to it: "Plus, I'm sure these things can't eat metal. We'll be fine."

Tom finishes the debate: "Jun and Cheetor are right. We can find a way to help them there. But over here we're just plant food. Come on!" He stands up and started to jump from one dragon to the next, luckily they're close to one another so it's easy.

After reaching the clearing they turn to see their trapped friends, all struggling to break free, but to no avail. Tom says regarding the plant: "Okay, these things must have a weakness." Miko speaks her mind: "Yeah like what? Weed killer?" Then D'Angelo says: "Uh, Tom?" They were surrounded by the Vine tails. Jun says: "This just got worse." Jack says regarding the situation: "So if the plants won't kill and eat us, then the dragons will?" Eugene finishes: "We're caught in a death sandwich. All this to find some dumb name on a gravestone? Way to go Kullersen! At least you have time for one last meal." Raf says in a serious tone: "Not a good time, Eugene. But I have to agree with you on that last meal, my only regrets I won't get to taste my mama's cooking." He said feeling he and the others about to die.

But then the little dragons charged as the youths screamed and closed their eyes waiting for their fate, but do to their eyes close and screaming they didn't know the dragons went pass them one of them even drops the book of dragons on purpose. But when they stopped screaming for a second, Eugene speaks: "Any second now." But when they open their eyes, Tom picks up the book and questions: "They gave the book back?" They turns around seeing their trapped friends and dragons to see them climbing on them to reach the tree for the fruit.

Jun now realizing their tactic and says: "They used us." Tom also getting it: "They took our stuff to lure us here." Jack in shock and disbelief: "I cannot believe it. All they wanted was to reach out to the tree to get fruit and used us in our friends as ladders?"

D'Angelo recognizes this trait: "Some mammals in the wild understand basic bartering. Manipulation. Trading goods for services." Eugene walks up and says:

"What a bunch of tricky jerks. Who manipulates people for food?" The African American member of the team with his eyes half closed staring at the one who's been doing the same thing to him all day.

Miko speaks her feelings: "Dude, that's totally messed up. I feel so cheap and used." Cheetor says to her: "How do you think we feel? I mean come on! I'm being used as a ladder here while being tangled in weeds."

Tom back to the main objective: "We can't worry about that now. Our dragons and Autobots and Maximal friend won't last much longer with those carnivorous plants." They see the dragons and Transformers still struggling and trying to break the vines but they're too strong. "Thunder, fire!" To that, Thunder breaths plasma-lighting at one of them pods, as does Wei with cold steam, Winger uses his fire breath and upper wings, Raf yells: "Charcoal! Laval bolder!" To that the Gronckle spews the flaming rock, then Cloudster spews methane gas and Sparky sparks it creating flames, Feathers uses sonic scream. D'Angelo yells: "Plow, hit em with the loog!" The Gembreaker dragon fires a explosive loogie and hits the pod, as for the Autobots and one Maximal they still struggle, till Bulkhead pulls his left leg off and the vine looses its grip and falls backwards, the right leg also is freed and he's send tumbling down backwards.

At first they thought the pods were dead, but the rise up and screeches at the dragons and alien robots. Jun says regarding the plants: "It's not working!" Tom adds to it: "These plants seem to be dragon proof." Raf says regarding the possibility: "These plants must have evolved to where they became immune to any form of dragon offense." D'Angelo questions: "If blast don't work, what will?" Eugene pushes them aside and answers as he stood next to a pod: "Brute force!" He kicks the said pod and when it turns to him it shrikes at him making Eugene run and hides behind D'Angelo, Miko sarcastically says: "Our hero."

Then Tom gets an idea: "Maybe you should fight vines with vines." Jack questions: "Do you mean get Botanica to come down here?" Tom answers: "No, I mean something else."

Soon they toss a vine to Plowhorn who catches the vine by her mouth and on the other end the youths have the vine by their hands, "Alright everybody, on three. 1, 2, 3!" They began to pull and Plowhorn held on with all her mouth can hold and the youths tried with all their combined strength. But despite their best efforts the vine snapped sending the group tumbling down. "It's not strong enough." Jun adds to the situation: "Nothing is strong enough to pull them free. And we're running out of time." The dragons and Transformers still struggled to break free, then Bulkhead returns, rubbing his head.

Bumblebee says: "Bulk! Thank the Matrix!" He said joyously seeing his friend, who says back: "Sorry I'm late. I got tumbled down a hill." He said remembers the pain. Arcee asks: "So, Bulk? Can you give us a hand?" But Bumblebee says: "No, wait! If you try to free us, the vines will probably capture again." To which Cheetor adds: "Yeah where are we stuck enough as it is. We don't need all of us stuck."

Tom hears the Vine tails and looks up seeing how they work together. Tom says regarding the book of dragons, turns to Alex and says to her: "Alex, I need to borrow this." He takes her tablet to which she protest: "Hey! Not cool." He climbs on the dragons even as his friends protest and questions him. But he says to them: "Trust me, I have an idea." He reaches the tree's clearing roots but one vines rises up only to be hit by Thunder's lighting strike but is pulled down. "Thanks pal. I'm gonna get you out of here. I promise." He begins to climb the tree.

One of the Vine tails is eating fruit, but turns around sensing Tom, who's hanging on the tree limb. "Psst! Hey." He whispered, to the little dragon. "We need your help." He tries to communicate with the dragon in a plea for help, but the Vine tails whips with its tail. "No, no, no. Look here." He shows the book and tablet. "For you. Trade." The simian like reptiles was confused by the offer. "You can have this stuff if you help." The dragon takes the objects and scurry upward. "Wait! No, no! You have to help us!" He said to the dragon who rejoins his friends. "It's called bartering. I give you this, you help." He simplifies what he means by. "Not cool!"

Soon the plants where begin to attack planning to devour the dragons starting with Plowhorn, Charcoal and Wingger, the others were up on the menu. The alien robots struggled and were being bitten too.

The Vine Tails screech and they moved forming into a dragon chain, starting to latch to Thunder. Alex questions: "What are they doing?" Jun answers: "They're gonna help us." Miko says jokingly yet serious: "They're like monkeys in a barrel."

The blond haired boy says to the Night Light Fury: "Trust him pal. It's okay." With that vine tails started to pull.

Eugene questioned D'Angelo: "You think this'll work D?" To which the African American army ranger veterinarian answers: "They out pulled Plowhorn before. If this doesn't work nothing will." He was skeptical of the possibility but the vines are strong too.

Soon the lil dragons and Tom helping them started to pull, they used all their combined strength. They pulled and pulled till the vines loosing their grip and Thunder is freed. The humans cheered for the release of Thunder.

The black and white dragon rejoins Tom who says to him: "Yeah! Thunder!" He hugs his dragon. "You think you can help us pal?" Then another voice enters:

"Mind if I join in?" They look to see Lighting in robot mode. Tom exclaims: "Lighting! What are you doing here?" The Maximal dragon answers: "Well, I heard you were exploring and decided to check up on you guys, to make sure I don't need to pull you and the others tails out of the fire. And by the looks of things I came just in time." Cheetor says to him: "Lighting, whatever you do do not get close, these fines are strong! They're strong enough to hold even a dragon!" Arcee adds: "And they're immune to Dragon defenses." Lighting reassures them: "Don't worry. I'll keep my distance."

Soon the simian dragons started to pull, Wu, Wei, Winger and Plowhorn out of the vines. The ones who are left are Charcoal, Webmaster, Feathers, Sparky and Cloudster. Tom says to the dragons: "Don't worry. You're next." After freeing them, the Transformers, Lighting used the same little dragons and pulls the Autobots car, motorcycle and the Maximal cheetah out of the vines too.

The riders, dragon and alien robots are reunited away from vines with Lighting with them. D'Angelo says to Plowhorn: "You had me worried girl." Jack says to Winger: "Are you okay buddy? Are you hurt?" Arcee says as she stretches her arms: "Ah! Those vines did a mess on my servos. And there's this sticky stuff." She expresses seeing the subject on her arm. Cheetor says regarding them: "I think that's sap. The same kind found in trees." The two scouts and muscles Autobots were stunned by his knowledge of plant life. "Oh, Botanica taught me a thing or two regarding plant life. Especially in this environment." He explains himself.

Lighting says as he transforms into robot mode: "So what are you guys doing here." Raf answers: "We're trying to search for some old Viking grave marker till we ran into these monkey like dragons." Miko adds: "And we came upon these vines that trapped our dragons."

Alex finishes: "And Tom had to use some of our stuff to trade with them. But it was worth it to see them safe. Of course it would be nice to have my tablet too." She turns to Tom indicating the returning for her personal belonging. But Tom says to her: "Yeah, about that, these dragons like to trade, and they still need help getting back and forth to that tree." But Eugene says to Tom: "I'm not staying here forever playing dragon-dash-delivery boy for these things." He shows his disdain of helping the dragon. But seeing the dragon on the stone but not being touched by the plants. Tom comes up with an idea: "I don't think we need to."

Then Lighting says to the youths: "You're talking about the plants? Believe it or not, I haven't encountered them once, they're not so bad. The only downside is they can only eat small creatures big ones they take too long to consume." Jun says to him: "You said you've encountered these things before." As they spoke unknowing another lighter green vine creeps up, The Maximal answers: "Yes I did. And believe or not, these aren't the bad ones, the ones you really wanna look out for are the big yellow ones." The vine wraps around Raf's left leg, Alex speaks her mind in the form of a question: "Why do I have a feeling that the big yellow ones are worse than these ones?" Then the vine tugs and pulls Raf as he scream, as he's being pulled by the plant, the youths and robots and dragons chase after the boy.

Tom yells: "Raf!" He grabs his hands, "I got you! Grab him!" The others all grab hold of Rafael and each other for a tighter grip. Raf who is scared yells: "Get it off me! Get off me!" Then the very pod emerges from the jungle extending into a four leaf plant with yellow coloring inside this startles everyone. Alex exclaims in fear in her native language: "¡Ay dios mío!" Eugene says in agreement with Alex: "Whatever you said Gonzalas I agree!" The pod closes its leaves and pulls in Raf with incredible strength that pulls in the others despite the combined strength of the 7 youths, 7 dragons and 5 transformer they were still being pulled by the pod wanting it meal. Raf was drawing closer and he screams in fear about to become plant food. Arcee yells: "Grab him! I'm gonna sever the vine." Arcee lets go and unfolds her right forearm blade. "It's harvest time!" She yells and rushes in between and cuts the vine between the pod and Raf, causing the others to fall backwards and the pod to roll in the vine and whimpers as it retreats into the dense vegetation. The group comforts Raf especially Jun, Miko and Charcoal after the pod experience.

Jack questions after that: "Okay, can we please leave?" Tom answers: "Yeah, yeah. But again we need to do one more thing and we're out of here." To which the Japanese America exclaims: "Don't tell me you're still looking for that grave marker! Our dragons and Raf almost died because of a few plants!" Tom answers him: "No, no, no. This isn't the grave marker. It's something else, but it does evolve rocks." Cheetor says to him: "If this involves rocks, what are you planning to do? Build a giant stone wall to keep these things away?" The blonde haired boy answers: "Not exactly."

The Riders on their dragons returns to the stone where the dragon fossils were, "Smallest to largest. That big one, is all you Plowhorn." D'Angelo says on her behalf: "She's on it." To which they all began to lift up the large stones and carry them to the tree surrounded by the dragon eating plants and drop them directly on the vines.

The vine tails began to climb on the rocks and saw the vines can't reach them, so to that, they reach the tree and the other end without any problems. Jun joyfully says: "It works. Look at them go." Tom says to the little dragon: "No need, to trick unsuspecting dragons now, hu?" The Vine tails were happy they express their joy. The dragon returned to the tree, and they return the book of dragons and the tablet.

"The book!"

"They dropped tablet! Its passed warranty."

Tom and Alex said regarding their personal belongings. And jump on the rocks avoiding the plants and when retrieving their items they examine the objects. Tom says regarding the book: "Not a scratch." As for the Latino girl who turns on her electronic device and is relieved that it's still operational she turns to the monkey like dragon and says to him: "You're so lucky this turns on." She hisses at the said dragon who retreats into the tree.

Tom says as he continues to read from the book: "Now, I think if we head back to the bolder area, we can still…" but Jun interrupts him: "Wow, wow, wow. You're seriously not gonna keep looking for that resting place after all we've been through today." Miko adds to this: "I'm with Jun. I mean, our dragons and Raf were almost food for a salad!" Bumblebee finishes agreeing after their experience: "Yeah, we were tangled by very strong flora. It's a miracle those Vine Tails are incredibly strong."

But the blonde haired boy says to the group: "Well, I mean, that is why we're down here." But then Eugene passes behind him and says: "Uh, that's gonna be a hard no from me. Because Eugene the machine needs his rest." He sits down on the tree and puts his hand behind his head. "I know you don't understand. But being this awesome really takes it out on ya." Bulkhead sitting down on the ground says: "I hate to say it, but those vines really did a number on my servos." He runs his knees groaning in pain.

Then Tom says regarding where Eugene is sitting on the tree: "Eugene." He relooks at the book. "I think…the drawing isn't a gravestone or a carved rock. It's the base of a tree. This tree!" He relooks at the drawing on the book, lowers it to see the exact image even with Eugene on the tree. "The book wasn't talking about a final resting place. It's a place he came to relax." Jun and Bumblebee relooks at the picture too, she says: "Those aren't Viking carvings. They're roots." Bumblebee speaks in agreement: "I can't believe I didn't recognize that. Eugene you beautiful simple genius!"

The Chinese older brother looks at the said tree and gets up and says: "Uh? Oh yeah. Of course, I discovered it. So you're welcome." He does his pop sound. "Pop a squat Kullersen."

The group were unamused by Eugene "discovery", Jack says regarding him: "He didn't know he was sitting on an ancient Viking seat that was literally carved into a tree. He just got lucky." Miko says to him: "Just let him have it." Cheetor finishes: "Yeah, it's been a long day. Let someone have a win every once in a while, even if they are obnoxious." They spoke not caring after the long day they had.

Tom sits down on the ancestral throne of Hiccup Haddock the Third, even though he didn't discover a name, he did find another piece of his ancestor's legacy. He watches regarding the view: "He wasn't wrong. This is a pretty nice resting place." They all sat resting, Jun noticed on tree ruins on it.

"Hey Tom." Jun said gaining his and the others attention, "There's something carved into the tree." Tom opens the book to find the word. "What's it say?"

D'Angelo questions loudly: "Yeah! Don't keep us hanging? Does it say Kullersen?" Alex adds to the possibility: "Or, is it a Viking death curse? All who sit in this tree chair are doomed." Lighting speaks of the possibility: "Well, given the dragon eating pods and the big yellow pods, I say that's a high probability."

He finds the word and says: "It says…" At first he is excited but then turns disappointed. "Haddock." The Chinese girl questions: "Haddock? Like the fish?" Then her brother bluntly says: "Ha! All this for a wild fish chase?" Miko with her eyes half closed says: "Too soon, dude." But Eugene taking his words back says: "That's stinks man." Raf speaks up: "So wait, you're telling me we had our stuff stolen, and got our dragons and I almost eaten by plants for a fish name?" He questions, feeling a little bit angry.

Jun reassures Tom: "Looks, it's just another dead end. Doesn't mean there aren't more answers out there." Bumblebee agrees: "She's right. There's always more clues. Some times they're be hidden in plain sight." They both spoke in confidence in the clue, but Alex walks up and says: "Sorry Tom." The group were sad too, then D'Angelo walks up to him and says: "Even though you didn't find any answers about your family. Maybe I can share a little bit of mine." He offers the bag of haystacks, this made Tom smile and takes one and eats it.

"Ho, wow!" Tom exclaims liking the tasty treat, then D'Angelo passes the treats to the others, "I'll share with all of you. Because you're my best…" Eugene gets one too. "Buds." To which Eugene questions: "Even me?" But the African American member says: "Just eat the chocolate." They took a bite and Jun says: "You were not kidding. These are amazing." Jack and Raf nod in complete agreement, but Miko says in a not amused tone of voice: "Heh, I've had better." Then she turns around to avoid people seeing her as eats the whole cookie and licks the chocolate and coconut off her hands. "Oh, my Lord and Buddha! It's like a rock concert in my mouth and I can't get enough!" She said clearly enjoying the taste. Then Alex says clearly loving it the cookie: "Your grandmother, is wow!" She notice, D'Angelo not eating anymore. "Aren't you gonna have any?" But then they hear stomach gurgling, and he says feeling anguish: "I may have eaten had too many." To which Arcee says to him: "Well, that's what you get for not sharing. You eat too many for yourself and you end up paying the price." They all laughed regarding the life lesson.

At the Kullersen home, as Olivia is on her laptop, Tom opens the door, she greets him: "Hey boyo. Everything okay?" She ask him, as she turns to him and closes her laptop. Tom gives an anguished sigh. "That good, hu?" The boy turns to his mother and answers: "I've been trying to figure something out." He shows the book of dragons to her. "I thought about whoever wrote this book might be connected to me in someway." He offers the book to her, to which she in shock and awe says: "Tom…where did you find this?" Tom replies: "It-It's a long story. I'm trying to figure out who wrote it. But all I found was the word haddock." He spoke while Olivia crisis, her left hand on the cover of the book.

"Haddock?"

"Yeah. But I'm pretty sure a fish didn't write the book."

"Tom?"

"Yes Mom?"

"Haddock isn't just a fish. It's also a name." Olivia explains, "My great-grandfather was a Haddock." This intrigued Tom who says: "Really?" She smiles and Tom begins to put the pieces together. "That means we're Haddocks too, and the author of the book was named Hiccup Haddock. And we have the helmet and I found the box, and then this book…" but before he can continue to unravel Dr. Kullersen stops him and says: "Wow, wow, slow down Tom. What are you saying?" To which he answers: "This Hiccup guy, seems to be the greatest dragon rider ever. And I'm related to him. We both are." He speaks of his ancestral link to a famous relative of his. "What am I supposed to do with that?" To which she offers some wisdom: "I guess that's up to you, boyo." She puts her hand on his shoulder.

Tom now eager to learn more about his family heritage says to his mother: "Tell me more Mom. I wanna know everything there is to know about our family. Starting with my great-great-grandaddy." To which Olivia answers: "Well, he was a very big man, with a very big beard…" As Olivia went on about their ancestor regarding his larger than life appearance.

In the King's Realm Bumblebee stood before the mural of his long deceased friends and their daughter and son, and says to them: "Oh you guys. Even though you're gone physically, you still live on through your descendants. Oh, Hiccup, Astrid, you two would've loved Tom. He is so much like the both of you in many ways. I guess certain traits are passed out." He spoke to the mural as if he was speaking to old friends, but he knows that they're gone and they're not coming back, but still it's nice to act like he's speaking to them. "He's following in your footsteps, unraveling all the secrets you two left. If you ask me, he's a real chip off the old block. Or ancient block in this case." He still spoke to them, but feel saddened by it, he gets up and leaves. "Farewell old friends. Until we meet again, in this life or the next." He transforms into vehicle mode and drives off.

This took a while but it was worth it, and if you do read this, please notice any reference in this chapter relating to any other movie.

Also in the next chapter relating to this series "Scent of a Dragon" I'm gonna introduce another Hasbro character, named Old Snake. To anyone who's ever seen the original G1 Transformers you'll know who Old Snake is.