Survival and Serpents - Alpha and Shadow Part 4

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"M-m-my qu-queen? I h-h-have some u-u-upsetting n-n-news..."

Hissssss...is it escape of the riders?

"Y-y-yes, m-m-my queen."

*Roars* YOU SAID THEY WERE KEPT IN THEIR CELLS!

"S-s-sorry my q-q-queen. Don't worry, Lexri is fighting them as we speak."

I expect better news, Dayra. Do not disssssssapoint me again. Send Apollus.

"O-o-ok, my queen."

Excellent, now, where is my sacrifice?

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  I am the swordsman king, dudes! When the army charged over, I shook my head sadly. These people are running to their doom. I laugh, then I charge. The first comes at me. I twist and grad his sword, and uses the hilt to smash him to the ground. Another one charges, and I leap over him, grab on a stone on the celing, swing, and kick the person behind him on his back. The other one turns, but I I slash and he turns into a shadow...NICE!!! No blood! Yolo! I chuckle, discovering the swords new power. I spin, and click the gray button. The dark tendrils swarm at least 10 of them, and I just knock them all down. "You missed one!" Axtar shouts happily and she kicks one in the face and stabs the dagger in the ground. A shockwave of lighting blasts the enemies around her, and they all fall down. FreezeFrame nudges me, and I remember to be back in battle again. He blasts a flame sheild around me, and through the smoke, I slide beneath the next guard's feet, and stab him in the back. Wait...flowers? I look back, and I see Jasmine smiling as her staff turned wooden, and vines spread around it. She aimed at a line, and beautiful vines and flowers sproted out from the floor, the vines entangling the men. I then see Wolf. His staff always bugged me. Sure, the blade was awesome, but why the spiky thing at the end that looks live Valka's staff? It's answered. He slams the thingymajigy at the floor, and out of no where, a nadder and several other dragons fly out and start kicking butt. Nice! The dragons, including the new ones, roar and charge ahead. I kick a few more butt, and The next wave comes. Several shadow dragons fly in, but they don't stand a chance. Up ahead, Hyrith does a wicked sword duel with Lexri. Lexri might be stronger, but Hyrith's got the speed! Hey! He's mine to duel! I charge, and slash away several men, and I use the shadow blast. All the men scream, and fall to the ground. I hold it for a few more seconds, then I hear my friends screaming to. Whoops. My bad. I switch it off, and the riders stand up. We all face Lexri. He backs away, near a cliff. Snow falls around us, but we don''t feel the cold. We just feel that we had to get this freek out of our life. Axtar shouts a war cry, and she fires lightning. I shoot a tendril of darkness, Jasmine sends a ray of buring light, Wolf 3 terrible terrors, and Hyrith...well, he just stares. We then all stop, and he stands up. "You play with toys? So do I." He throws the scythe in the air, and it splits into two. A red aura glows around him, and he suddenly is crazy fast. He first goes to Axtar. He kicks her in the air, then slashes her a few times. As she falls, he runs back and kicks her. She skids of to the side of the cliff. Her clothes are in tatters, and her body full of scars, but she's fine...se far. He runs to her, then Wolf tackles Lexri. Lexri's slashes are really quick, and crazy, and wolf slides across the floor, but does a backflip and flips back up. Jasmine jumps and tackles Lexri to the ground, and touches her winter glove to his chest. Frost spreads over it, and he freezes over. After a few moments, he shatters the ice, but his aura is dimmed. My turn. He might be quick, but I might be too. He runs over, and I sidestep. He roars, and spins the staff in the air. He slams it on the floor, and flames in a chain fire toward me. Didn't see that coming. I run, as the fire chases me. Ice then melts it, and I find out that it came from Hyrith's sword. He growls at Lexri, and a flame blast from his sword shoots at Lexri. Lexri screams, and when Hyrith stops, Lexri is burned and smoking, but still alive. I slash him in the back, and he turns. He grabs my hand, and tosses me off the cliff. As I fall, FreezeFrame dives in and saves me. Good boy! I fly up, and I shoot shadow. It hits Lexri, and he stumbles to one knee, slashing randomly. "No more." Hyrith stabs him, and Lexri slides across the cliff. Hyrith had a dim golden glow around him. Where did that come from? "This is for Thumin." He kicks, and Lexri falls to the cliffs below.

  Few moments later, we flew above the clouds. We trashed the whole base, so we could not be followed. "Where do we go now?" I ask Hyrith. "If we had time, I would just go to the next place, but it's getting dark. We trained a bit in the wilderness, so I think we'll manage. We need a place to stay in the night." "According to my calculations, we're flying over the mountains..." Wolf begins to speak, but Axtar then spoke. "We need to go to a forest. The mountains are too cold, and I need a place to be warm." She has cuts all over her shirt, so we all understand. I spot some green, and I shout: "There!" We all dive down, and we see a lush forest, not a rain forest, but a typical one, like in the wilderness. "Lets go." Jasmine nudges Elsa, and we all fly to the ground.

  "Anyone know where this is? Cause it doesn't look to safe and homey." "The burdened forest." Hyrith speaks. "Where Pyra and Frost died." "Wait, who?" Axtar speaks as she snugles closer to Jasmine, because of the cold. "My alpha scauldron in the Golden Runes, which was Helina and Snowflakes mom." Helina plops her head on the ground, and put on a sad face. Snowflake whimpers and looks away, with a tear in her eye. Winter puts a wing over her, and the others try to make her happy, but they/she just whimpers and tucks her/their heads under their wing.

  "Enough sadness, what things do we have?" Axtar changes the topic, and we all check our packs. In mine, I have a flask of water, 5 fish... and thats it. "Lets go to find a spot, and them we can worry about it later. Winter, hearing that, flys in the sky, and shreaks. "Found somewhere?" Wolf looks up and asks Winter. Winter nodds, we get on our dragons, and we fly, following Winter. He leads us to an flat area with a cave. Not that big, but it'll do. "Ill check the cave." Hyrith flys ahead. We all land at the spot, and Hyrith finds that nothing is in the cave, so he calls us in. "We'll sleep in here, but we make some fire, and do things outside, ok?" "Seems good to me, but can I go to find something to keep me warm?" Axtar asks Hyrith. Jasmine smiles, and says: "Hyrith, I'll take care of her. You boys do the important stuff, ok?" Before I speak, they already left, leaving the dudes at camp. "So, what's the plan?" I ask Hyrith. "We start the fire, and I'll make the camp all nice and cosy. You and Wolf go to find some food, while I make a cooking spot. Make sure you get enough food for all of us, ok?" "Sure, Mini Hiccup!" I joke around, and Hyrith smiles and speaks in Hiccup's voice: "Now go, before I send Toothless after you." We all fall down laughing, and when we finally put ourselves together, me and Wolf set off with our dragons, leaving Hyrith and Waterspout at camp, tending the fire Winter make.

  Me and Wolf go deep. We go to the shore, and the dragons all dive underwater, and bring back a lot of fish, 24 in total. "Well, we got the fish. Anything else that we want?" Wolf asks me. "Dude, no offence, but I'm tried of fish. Let's get something besides only fish, and we leave the dragons here so they can help fish for us, ok?" I tell him. I'm really tired of fish. Everytime I go home, the main thing I get to eat is perch, and salmon if I'm lucky. I want something else for a change. We leave the dragons there, and we soon find several quail.

  "Easy game!" Wolf sneaks to the pack, and he jumps. The quail all squack, and run off. Wolf did trap one of those little critter though, and I find a vine, and tie the feet of the quail together, and hold it as Wolf tries again. Epic fail. He falls on his face, and I try to get one. The quail are so fast! When I leaped, the fattest one flapped it's wings in my face, and clawed my forehead. Ow. "New plan." Turning to Wolf, I speak to him in a dertermined voice. "Forget different types of food.. We get the rest of these stupid birds, find some berries, and head back." Wolf nods, and we create a trap. We found some stones, and made a ring of rocks around the game, so they won't escape. We called the dragons, and they spread their wings, to create a roof, and we jump in. The quail went so crazy, it was hilarious. They flew up, and one slapped Winter in the face, and he, well, broke it's wing and we caught it. Another bumped into the rocks, and Wolf jumped on it. Soon, we had 132 fish, and 8 quail. I found some leaves and vine, and we set the fish on the dragon's back, we carried the quail, and we walked back to the camp.

  "That was so fun!" I exclaim, and we start saying all the funny ways we caught the quail. Personally, my best was I went down to the stream, filled my pack with water, and I tossed the water on a quail's head. It went crazy, and FreezeFrame smacked it on the head. It flopped upside down, and I tackled it. That was so crazy, it was funny. Suddenly, FreezeFrame roars, and we all look at him. He looked really agitated, and I checked the fish. "Wolf, how much fish did FreezeFrame have in the beginning?" "41, I think." "They why is there only 40?" "Dunno, maybe miscounted." Then, when we looked back, he roared again, and glowed bright. I rushed over, and there was 39. What? Ok, weird. I stayed close to FreezeFrame, and holding my 4 quail, I walked with him. Wolf stayed close by, and he suddenly yelped. I turned to him, and I felt a yank. I quickly looked back, and I was only holding 3! Suddenly, out of the corner of my eye, I see a pinkish long thing sloot toward Winter, in the sky. I leap, but it look one of the fish. I see it travel back to the source, and I step closer to FreezeFrame. DRAGON!!!

  The tongue went back into the dragon's mouth, and I saw it closly. It looked like a Timberjack, but it had 2 horns curved forward on the top if it's head and 2 horns on the chin. It's wings wrapped around it's body, and a weird tip on it's tail, and it was about as big as FreezeFrame. It hung upside down on a tree, and when it saw us, it's wings rippeled, and camoflagued into the trees. Wolf noticed it too, and I realised we were surrounded by them! DEFEND THE FOOD! I grabbed my sword, and Wolf weilded his staff, and we tried our best to protect the food. Whenever we saw a tongue swing at us, we hit it away. I was pretty sure we got this, but then, a tongue grabbed my prize quail. NOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! "RUN!!!" I shout, Winter shreaks and flies, and FreezeFrame bounded forward, and we jumped on FreezeFrame's back. We smacked the tongues away, but they overwhelmed us. We still had some food left, though, and we arrived back at camp, with the sunset at our back.

  "Weird dragons! Attacking our food! Pink sticky long tongues!" I exclaimed. Jasmine looks at me weirdly, and I notice that Axtar had found some molted dragon scale, and made a tunic out of it. Wolf, to tired to speak, flops down on the ground. "No legs, 4 horns, weird tip, sticky tongue, changes color?" Hyrith asks me. I nod, and he growls. "Globspitters. I hated those dragons. Possibly the most annoying mystery class dragon of all time. No worries of coming here though. They only move when they mate. Well, how much food do you have?" "Didn't count." I walk over to the exausted FreezeFrame, and I check the fish. Wow. "11 fish and 2 quail left. Before we had 132 fish, and 8 quail."

  They all stare at me. Wow. Awkward silence. Then, Jasmine runs to the forest and starts screaming: "STUPID, STUPID, STPUID GLOBSPITTERS! GIVE US BACK OUR FISH!" "Well, it won't help, Jasmine, lets check the things we have in our bags." Hyrith encourages us to keep our minds straight, and we all dump our materials on a flat stone. Not including the food that we just got, we have 5 flasks of freash water, 8 fish, 5 loafs of bread, one chicken wing, one box of matches, 1 sleeping bag (from Wolf), 2 random leaves, 1 rope, and 10 large ball of string. We all eye the chicken wing...then Sparklebolt grabs it and gobbles it up in one gulp. Great. The skrill just ate Axtar's appatizer...but who cares? We want DINNER!

  A few minutes later, we made a cooking stove out of rocks. We made a small bridge of rocks, then set fire to the bottom. Hyrith and Wolf gutted the fish, I murdered the quail (MUAHAHAHAHAHHA), and Jasmine and Axtar went to set the sleeping area. Minutes seemed like forever, but we cut the meat off the quail, poked the fish on several sticks, and we put them on the stone. Then...we waited. And waited. And waited. And waited.

  2 decades (JK, about 10 minutes) later, the food was ready. "Ladies first." Axtar and Jasmine smiled and took a Fish Kabob. They both ate it. "This tastes pretty good, acutally!" Axtar exclaimed. Then, the rest of us seized the food. We sent the dragons off to go to fish for themselves, and we all sat around the campfire, eating fish and quail meat, listining to crickets chirp, and enjoying the silence. Personally, I loved the quail. It was all nice and tender, with a bit of saltiness and the juice running off of it...it was awesome.

  "That, was a good meal." Wolf spoke, and stood up. "So, what do you guys want to do?" Jasmine smiled, and ginned. "Dude, we just ate! What do you guys want to talk about?" I turn to Hyrith. "Hey, Hyrith, when you kicked Lexri off the cliff, you mentioned someone called "Thumin"". Who was he?" Hyrith suddenly glowed a bit gold. "Don't ask, it brings back sad times." Wolf sat down, and changed the topic. Sooner or later, we were chatting around the camp, laughing and talking like good friends, for that was what we were! The dragons flew back, and Jasmine spoke. "Hey Axtar, is it time we show them what we did to the camp?" "Good idea. Alpha riders, come in."

  Jasmine lifted the flap of string she stiched, and we all gasped. Inside, there was 4 blankets, and 1 sleeping bag. The three matches lit up the room, and the floor was made of a large peice of matress, made of leaves, vines, logs, feathers, twigs, and a large peice of white pelt over the top. Axtar spread out her arms, jumped on her blanket, and snuggled up in it. Wolf walked over, and wiggled himself into his sleeping bag. Jasmine rolled around in her blanket, Hyrith smiled and burrowed in his, and I eagle spread my arms, and landed face flat on my blanket. Ahhhhh...

  "Alright, whats the nightshift plan?" Axtar popped her head up from the blanket, and looked at Hyrith. "What for?" Wolf sat up, and told us. "We need someone to guard the entrance, to make sure nothing attacks us in the night. I'll take the first shift. Who will tae the others?" Jasmine thinks about this. "How long is a shift?" "I think around 1 and a half hours. I know how to check the time." I taught them how to tell the time using the moon, and we sorted out the shifts. Wolf, Jasmine, Axtar, Me, Hyrith, Wolf and Jasmine, and finally me, Hyrith, and Axtar. We all made sure we remembered, Wolf went outside, and we heard the dragons snoring and sleeping on the roof, and I closed my eyes. Nighty Night.

  "Ak, it's your turn!" "Hurrmmp. What, mom?" "No, Ak, it's Axtar! Your shift! Come on! I want to sleep!" I rub my eyes, and fins Axtar sitting on my right. "Fine, I'll go out." I stand, and walk outside. It's chilly out here. I wanna sleep! I lean accross the entrance, and I just stand guard. 

  33 minutes, 34 minutes, 35 minutes. This is so boring! I pace back and forth, then I hear a small hum. I tighten my grip on my sword, and turn. What the... A swarm of black dots plague the sky. Bees? Then, I look closer. I see tiny sparkles of light. Dragons! I run to the front of the cave, and hold my sword tight. The swarm circles our camp, and dives down!

  They all attacked at once! They flew down to the food, and in the way, they swarmed me! Ahh! The flames burned my skin, and my arms were full of scratches! I recall what dragons are these. Stinghives. They are about the size of a man's hand, but they travel in swarms. They are really aggressive, so try to avoid contact. They fear the water, so they are usually found in forests. They hardly travel above the water, but when they become titian wing, they can lead their own pack, and will not be afraid of liquid. I also remember the fact that they spit sharp thorns, and when something overpowers their leader, or titian wing, they flee. Perfect! I look to my right, and I see that the dragons are awake, and are fighting the swarm. FreezeFrame is doing the most damage now, since he stops them from moving, and the poisen makes them flee. Wait! I look up, and Pyra is spraying boiling water everywhere! The Stinghives all part away, then I see a glint of gold. A larger stinghive flies up, and starts shooting spines! It's body was gleaming gold, and I knew this was the titian wing. I paryed the stings, then ran to Frost and Pyra. I mount on their back, and start spraying water everywhere. The pack backed away, revealing the golden boy. It hummed it's wings, and started spraying it's spines. Then, a flash of white, and it dissapeared. Elsa side smashed into it's side, and they both pummeled to the ground. I looked on, as the dragons fought. Elsa was stronger, but the hive was smaller. It darted left and right, and swooped under and over Elsa's paws and wings. Sparklebolt kept on shooting, and FreezeFrame put distance between the other Stinghives. Winter beated his wings, blowing plenty of them back, and the swarm backed away, then just came back. 

  I leaped off the Alpha Scauldron, and FreezeFrame caught me. I jumped to the ground, and I pounced on the stinghive, grabbing it in my palm. I grabbed it, and slammed it on the ground. It's needle-like face and four wings kept on hitting my palm, but I shot shadow at it. Instantly, it stopped moving and I held  on it. I have won. I let go, and the Stinghive grogglily buzzed around, and the swarm, seeing this, retreated. I checked the time. 2 hours and 43 minutes. HEY! My shift is over! Suddenly, I felt a tap on my shoulder. I turned, and saw the riders all up, all looking at me. "What was that noise, man? We couldn't sleep!" "A stinghive swarm. Those annoying little midgets kept me fighting for all this time." "You fought them off? Nice work man!" "Uh, Hyrith, you're shift. I need to sleep." I smile, and I go back in the tent with Wolf, Jasmine,  and Axtar. Woo! Tough night!

  The next morning, I awoke to the smell of fish, and stinky breath. I opened my eyes, and I found FreezeFrame, his head on my chest, his eyes staring at me. He blinked, then whined and rapidly licked my face. "FreezeFrame, stop it! Hey! Cut it out, you little bright dragon!" I warp my blanket around his face, and I scratched his belly. I almost forgot we were on a quest! I took the blanket off, wringed it, and stuffed it in my bag. I then notice that I'm the last one up. Flipping the flap, I notice Wolf feeding Winter, Jasmine packing the things up with Elsa, Axtar flying in the sky with Sparklebolt, and Hyrith playing fetch with Pyra and Frost. FreezeFrame walks up beside me, glows, and Hyrith looks up. "Finally, the sleepy head is awake!" "Maybe MIni Hiccup was early, and so was the others!" We fist bump, and soon, we take off to the skies.

  "Wait, why didn't you wake me up for my shift?" Axtar smiled, and spoke: "We noticed the scratches and scars on you from last night, and I decided that you needed some sleep. Anyway, Hyrith? Where do we go?" He speaks. "Who has the Windsong feather, or scale?" "I do!" I take the scale out from my pack. "But why did you say feather?" "Brush on the side! A normal windsong has soft feathers, but a shadow has hard and britle feathers, so it can be mistaken as a scale." I see that fact.

  We flew for 3 hours, but most of the time, the dragons got distracted by the occasional geese or duck, and we let them hunt just to reward their effort. Sooner or later, we flew over a circle of Islands. "There!" Hyrith points down to the middle one, and we all dive down. "We need to enchant the feather, so it will lead us to the windsong. I have a old friend here that will help us. Follow me." We walk over to a cave, and Hyrith warned us to not attack anything in the cave. "Why? Is there something bad in there?" "To some people, yes." Leaving the dragons outside, we all walk in, and I gasp. Snakes!

  The snakes were everywhere! Most were on the ground, slithering around, but some were in the cracks and hindges of the rocks. Axtar makes a nervous face. "Are you sure we're safe? It doesn't look like it." "Axtar's right. I don't feel that safe going down to the end." "Relax, Wolf, just follow me. These guys know me well." Hyrith told us, and sure enough, he stuck out his hand, and a several snakes slithered toward it. He picked up one bright yellow and green one, and stroked it's back. It curled around his arm, and it looked at him. It then curled around his neck, and stayed on. He smiled. "He likes me." Woah, beware of the snake charmer! I decided not to try, and we continued on, with the snake chillin on Hyrith's neck.

  "Ami! It's Hyrith! Son of Goldren!" Ami? A old woman's voice crackles, and shouts to us. "Ah, the boy is home." We went to the end, and we saw an old woman, walking around. She looked creepy, with snakes around her arms, and green mist trailing her. "Come on in!" We all stop, and she taps her walking stick on the ground twice. A rock rolled away, and reveiled a door. We all walked in, and there was a wooden stool, and a table with a green orb, shining with light. "I knew you would come home Hyrith." She then turns to us. "I am Ami, a friend of Hyrith. You all must be Wolf, Axtar, Jasmine, and Ak, arn't you?" Wha? How? This lady is seriously creepy. Hyrith smiles at me. "Ami knows many things, some things even I don't understand. She is a soothsayer, but we treat her as a wise one, though she warns us. The last time..." "Yes, Hyrith. I warned his village about the shadows. I told them to escape. But no, his father didn't listen. He said we had to stand firm, and stay together to the very end." Hyrith nods, and leans across the wall. "Ak, can you give Ami the feather?" Sure! Why not? " I hand Ami the feather, and she walks to a shelf, and pulls out some "things". Seriously, what are they? 

  She sprinkles the feather with some crushed petels (I think they're petels), and sprinkles some brown sludge on it. She then rubs it, and using a pincer, she dips it in a fire. She takes it out. "Ak, so young and fine. Take it. The feather will point to the windsong. Watch." She puts it on the table, and sure enough, it pointed to the north, or what I think is north. I picked it up. "So, um, Ami. I think we should go now..." Jasmine begins to speak, but Ami shushes her. "I have a gift, and I will share it to you." Hyrith smiles. "According to my father, she has the power of speaking the future in a form of a prophecy, but only several times. Ami nodds, and turns to Wolf. Her eyes glowed green, and a snakelike voice spoke. "Wolf will take the burden he does not wish to take." Wolf staggers back. "What is it? Can you tell me?" Ami ignores him, and turns to Jasmine. "Jasmine shall lead the barrackss of Valhara into battle, but with a cost." Jasmine's eyes perk up, then frowns. A cost? "Axtar will lead the Hooligans to war, but she will not control them." What? That doesn't make any sence! Axtar thinks the same, and Ms. Creepy turns to me. "Ak will speak the words, and it will start the war." AHHHHHH! I start a war? Nope, not happening! She then turns to Hiccup, she looks, but doesn't speak. She stammers, and her glow fades. "Hyrith, I do not wish to tell you your future, but I will say this: Your great sacrifice will not be forgotten."

  We all turn to Hyrith. He doesn't know what to say. A sacrifice? What will it be? "Hyrith, I am sorry. Now go, you have a mission to-" Suddenly, she falls limp. An arrow was through her heart. WHAT? A second arrow flies in, and scrapes my arm. Aurg! It starts bleeding, and I cover it with my other arm, my fighting arm. A note was attached to it. Wolf pulls it from the wall, and he reads. "That was a warning shot. Come out from your hole, or I will show you how accurately I can shoot. ~ Apollus"

  "Ami!" Hyrith runs to Ami, and begs her to wake up. She doesn't relpy, and Hyrith sits up, and closes her eyelids. "Hey, Hyrith? Do you know who Apollus is?" I ask him. He looks up, and speaks in a determined voice. "I'm not sure. Might be a new servent of the Shadows, but he must fall the same." "So what do we do? Stay in here and wait for him to plug us with arrows? We need to attack!" "Uh, Axtar? He can kill us off at any second. We need to play his game, then we strike." "Sounds good, Wolf. Riders, leave our things here. Jasmine, get the glove ready." Hyrith tells us, and Jasmine actavates the Autum glove, since it looks the most normal. She wears it, and we drop our weapons.

  Sniper Man stands on a rock, with the sun shining behind him. Drat. It's too bright! I see a silhouette of a man, with a bow. "About time. I am Apollus, and sorry, but I must capture and slay you." He jumps down from the rock, and we what he looks like. Imagine a skinny but buff man, wearing a tunic with a cape, brown pants, and tall boots. He has a dark suntan, and brown hair swayed to the right. He flings his bow in the air, catches it, and taps it on the ground. Behind him, 4 black nadders appear, all with dark smoke trailing them. Shadow Nadders. I look around, and notice that our dragons have disappeared. Huh. "I see you are trying to track Shadegust, eh? It ain't gonna work. My dragon is to hard to find, and even harder to face." Apollus chuckles as he speaks. "You are the trainer of the windsong?" I step out, and he stares at me. "More like master. Enough talk. Who wants to hidefirst?" The shadow nadders slowly approach us, and Apollus draws his bow.

  "Eat this!" Jasmine flicks out her glove. From it, the nadders slow down, as in getting ready to sleep. She then turns it into the winter glove, and it freezes the nadders. "Ha! You think that will stop me?" He lets go, and an arrow flies and impales her arm. Jasmine screams, and drops to the ground in agony. Apollus starts to fies arrows at all of us. "Take cover!" The rest of us all run away, and arrows rain from the sky. JASMINE! The nadders have thrawed out, and slowly approach. Suddenly, a quick blur, and she is gone. What? The arrows hit the ground, and Apollus is suprised, or acting to be. "No bother. Sharpshot, Archhead, finish them! 2 nadders screach and run towards us. I jump, and learning Hiccup's knowledge of the nerve spots, I touch one, and it falls to the ground, asleep. My hand isn't so lucky. An arrow wizzes, and hits my hand. I shout, and draw it back. First my arm, now my hand. "Cover me!" I run back, and Axtar replaces me. This hurts so much! I close my eyes, and try to bear the pain. The second nadder lunges, and Hyrith kicks it back, making it skid acorss the ground. Hissing, it jumps back, and spines hit Hyrith's chest. Luckly, he blocks them with a stone. I look back, and the other 2 nadders are...gone?

  Apollus starts shooting again. We behind a tree and a boulder, and arrows rain all around us. They keep falling, then they stop. Suddenly, his bow, now suddenly with a series of small blades, miss me by an inch. I scramble, and Apollus growls, and he chases us to a cliff. We walk backwards, and Apollus picks up 3 arrows from the ground.

  "You might have somehow made your friend, Clawhide, and Switchblade disapear, but you are dead all the same. I small blinking light blinks in the sky, and I look up. FreezeFrame is high in the sky, and I see Winter next to him, a ball of bright fire forming in his mouth. Yes! Wolf sees it too, and he stalls time. "I wouldn't do that if I were you, Apollus. Why do you work for the Shadows anyway?" The ball of light slowly gets larger. "You are only stalling time, but it won't help." "Maybe you could reconsider it, but if you do, you will fall all the same." He smiles, and speaks. "Ah, that will never happen. See where you stand. I shoot, you fall. There is no other option." I grin. "I wouldn't say that. FreezeFrame, Winter, NOW!" FreezeFrame fires a bolt of poisen, and Apollus freezes. We all look up, and a huge death ray, about the size of a house, blasts down from the sky, and forms a large gap, Apollus in the middle of it. It shreads through the entire cliff, and we all pear down. "Wow, the dragons actually did it-" Axtar smiles, then the ground rumbles, and the cliff disapears under us, as it tips and crumbles down. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" We all fall, and instead of feeling the cold and freezing water, I land on a warm and soft surface. FreezeFrame grins, and the riders soar up.

  "Wow, we are so not environmental friendly." Hyrith speaks, and we all look down. Our side of the cliff slowly falls, and crashes under the waves. I gulp. "Hopefully there wasn't any dragons or animals down there." We all nod, and I hear a groan. I look to my right, and Jasmine was lying on Elsa's back. "Help?"  I stuck my hand out, and Elsa dips in. I pull out the two bloody arrows, and drop them in the wind. "So, lets go track us a windsong, but first, we need to get some help." Hyrith spoke. "Where to, then?" Axtar asks Hyrith, and he smiles. "I think you'll like the place." We all soar, and we follow Hiccup to a high and tall mountain.

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