Waves crash against Sigewulf's massive ship, The Vanquisher, as a boat anchors next to it. A board slams down and Julvig walks across it onto The Vanquisher.
Julvig glances back at the ship he was on. "Alright, get those supplies moving!"
Julvig watches as Hunters start moving supplies from the ship, onto The Vanquisher.
"Ah, I see Viggo agreed to the request." Sigewulf's voice rings out, making Julvig tense up.
Julvig turns around and sees Sigewulf walk up to him with a smirk. Julvgi clears his throat and nods to his leader, before reaches behind him, and pulling out a letter. He then hands it to Sigewulf.
He grabs the letter and nods to Julvig, who nods in return and quickly heads off. Sigewulf unfolds the letter and starts to read it over, as he leans against the railing of his ship.
Sigewulf raises an eyebrow as he reads over the letter. "Uh, Dagur broke out huh... That's a rather interesting development."
Suddenly a pair of Hunters pass him, carrying a chest of a weird light green looking root.
"Sir, why did you ask for Dragon Root, its practically useless." The Hunter asks as they set the chest down.
Sigewulf folds the letter back up, and stuffs it in his armor. "Well you see-" Sigewulf walks over to the chest and runs a hand over the roots. "-when refined, this stuff turns into a perfect weapon. In a concentrated form, a single arrow can put a dragon, even a large one like a Monstrous Nightmare, to sleep."
Sigewulf smiles as he looks down at the roots.
"I've been meaning to send a letter to Viggo and Ryke about the recipe, but you know, my hands have been tied." Sigewulf motions to the Hunters to leave.
The Hunters nod and pick up the chest and walk off. Sigewulf walks off to the side, running a hand along the railing of his ship. He looks off to the side seeing half a dozen more ships sailing towards his armada.
Sigewulf chuckles darkly as he puts his hands behind his back. He walks to the front of his ship, and sees a massive storm in the distance. A large flash goes off and a the form of a dragon is seen.
Sigewulf smiles as he turns around, and yells. "Ready a hunting party! It's time to hunt a Skrill."
"Are we brining The Vanquisher, sir?" A Hunter calls out.
"Not this time, not for this Skrill." Sigewulf looks back at the massive storm. "I have a feeling the Skrill won't be the only one there, and I do rather like surprises."
Over on Wyre island, Rocky runs through the forest, he ducks down as several spines fly overhead. Then he swings his sword to the side, cutting down a makeshift wooden target.
Then he rolls to the side as a blast of fire hits the ground where he was. he then takes off running again as some acid hits the tree next to him, but he keeps moving.
He then swings his sword to the side, parrying a spine attack. Then he ducks and dives under a large blast of fire. Before he takes off running again and slashing another wooden target in half.
High above then a low pitched loud rumbling echoes, before a pair of blue, and purple plasma shots streak through the air and blow apart another pair of makeshift targets.
Niether then zooms past the tree tops, before flipping backwards as a large blast of fire goes past him. He then spins as he tucks his wings in, spines bouncing off his wings.
He then throws them out and hovers in the air, before firing a Power Beam down at the ground, hitting a group of Makeshift targets. Then he zips up into the air as acid flies at him
Grandma Drip watches on a nearby ledge as she chews on some rocks. She watches as Spine, Snips, Mulic and Leafwisp assist both Rocky and Niether in training. They been at it for a couple days, since they meet the defenders of Mutton and Poultry Isle.
Leafwisp laughs as he spits some acid up towards Niether, who disappears up in the clouds. Then another low pitched rumbling fills the air, and a plasma blast flies down at him.
"WAH!" Leafwisp takes off to the side as the blast hits the ground where he was, as the blast area sparks with lighting. "Not cool!"
Niether gives a throaty chuckles as he flies past a high speeds. He then zips between the trees as Rocky comes into view. Rocky looks back, having his eyepatch flipped up.
Rocky then smiles as he jumps into the air and lands on Niether's back, as they take off into the air. He flips down his eyepatch and pats Niether on the neck.
Rocky then sheathes his sword as he grabs onto the makeshift saddle and lays down. Then flip backwards as Mulic fires his fire at them. Then they twist in the air as Niether brings his wings together as spines bounce off his wings.
Then the twists towards the beach as Niether throws his wings out and they slam into the ground. Rocky flies forward unsheathing his sword and tries to strike a target, bit he misses.
Rocky then yells as he slams into the sand and goes flipping a few times, before coming to a rest. Rocky's sword stabs into the ground next to his head.
Niether shakes some sand of his back. "You good?"
Rocky lifts up his arm and gives a thumbs up, before it falls back into the sand. He lays still as Niether trots over, flexing his swings a few times. Mulic, Spine, and Snips all fly over. Snips' wing is now fully healed.
"What was that move?" Spine questions.
"Fast Landing, it's where I land at near full speed, putting the brakes on last second, and he goes flying and attacks any Hunters that would be in front of him." Niether informs as the group stops right beside Rocky, who's still laying in the sand.
"Is he gonna be okay?" Mulic leans down to Rocky and breaths on him.
"I think..." Niether pokes Rocky on the back.
"I'm... fine..." Rocky lets out a groan as he slowly gets up, but Niether grabs him by the back of his shirt with his paw; then sets him on his feet. "Thanks. Man, I was sure we'd had it that time."
"Maybe if you had less of... this." Niether motions to Rocky.
"You just motioned to all of me." Rocky crosses his arms with a smile.
Suddenly Grandma Drips lands near the group, and she walks over. Everyone turns to her as she approaches.
"In just a couple days, you two have improved drastically." Grandma Drips approaches, and Rocky pulls out a rock and tosses it to her, and she quickly ears it.
"Thank you, Grandma Drips/Thank you, Grandma Drips." Rocky and Niether smile at her.
Grandma Drips goes to speak, but a loud crash of thunder echoes far in the distance. Everyone turns to see a massive storm on far on the horizon.
"Seesh, that storm is massive." Snips points out.
"And its been slowly moving towards the island." Mulic points out.
"A storm that big could really damage everything." Rocky points out.
"Ugh, I just had my spines sharpened." Spine groans in annoyance.
Grandma Drips stares at the storm, and narrows her eyes. Niether notices her staring at the storm with a suspicious look.
"Something wrong, Grandma Drips?"
"That's ain't no regular storm." Grandma Drips informs.
"What do you mean?" Mulic questions as he steps over to her.
"I think that might be a Skrill's doing."
"A Skrill?" Rocky questions as he leans against Niether.
"A very dangerous dragon. One that commands lighting itself, they're very aggressive and very strong." Grandma Drips informs. "But this storm is much large then what a normal Skrill could command, I'm worried it might be an old one. If it comes here..."
"It would destroy the island..." Rocky hums in thought.
Niether glances at Rocky and sees the look. "No, no, we are not."
"Oh, come on, Niether, why not."
"It's suicide!"
Snips leans towards her brother. "I feel like we're missing something here."
"This dumb dumb, wants to go and make the Skrill leave."
"That is a rather dumb idea." Grandma Drips speaks up.
"Come on, I'd rather not have to relocate everyone." Rocky complains. "And I just got my bed made!"
"Eh, let the young one try, and when he gets himself killed, he'll learn." Mulic nods to himself.
"Well, if he can save the island, I say let him do it." Spine says.
"Do you all forget, I'd have to go with him?" Niether speaks up, and the dragons just look at him. He then sighs. "This is a bad idea."
Rocky hops onto Niether's back. "Come on, can't hurt to try. But we should drop off some of my stuff before we go."
"Ugh, I hate you." Niether takes off to the sky and towards their home.
Four other dragons watch him fly off, and Leafwisp suddenly appears by their side.
"I call dibs on their home." Leafwisp says, and everyone looks to him. "What, they're obliviously gonna die."
Back with the other two, they land at their cave, which now has some chests, shelves and barrels about. There's even a wooden bed on the side, and a large stone slap next to the bed. There are some tanning stations with boar hide.
Rocky slides off Niether and walks over to a table that has a hand drawn map, and several scrolls. He then takes off his satchel and sword and puts it on the table, before he picks up a charcoal pencil and draws on the map a little.
Niether walks up as he lets out a rumble. "Are you sure about this?"
"Oh, come on, Niether." Rocky sets down his pencil. "It may be dumb, but it's not like we haven't done dumb stuff before."
"Okay, surfing on top of a car that's going 90 miles an hour, while drinking a tequila, isn't as dumb as this."
Rocky turns to Niether. "That stunt got us 20 days in jail."
"This won't get us jail time, it would kill us."
Rocky blows a raspberry. "This is a kids show, Niether, people rarely die."
Niether stares at him for a few moments, before whapping him with his tail. Rocky lets out a pained sound, as Neither turns around and walks away.
"Ow, what was that for!" Rocky follows after Niehter.
"You know this isn't a kids show, this is real life now." Niether points out as Rocky climbs up his back from his tail.
"Look, I'm not saying we're gonna pick a fight with the Skrill, I just want it to change course and miss the islands."
"But what if it wants to pick a fight?"
"Then we run off and try again later." Rocky pats Niether on the back. "I know we're both crazy, but you should know not that crazy."
Niether rolls his eyes as he opens his mouth and lets out a low pitched, but loud rumbling sounds. Then he takes off to the sky at high speeds, making Rocky yelp.
The two fly across the ocean as they head to higher altitudes. They speed off towards the massive storm that spans miles, with heavy rain and large lighting strikes, and massive booms of thunder.
But the two notice a large shadow within the storm clouds. They stop before entering the storm clouds as rain pelts around them.
"This is our chance to back out."
Rocky takes a deep breath, then pats Niether on the neck. "Let's go in."
Niether lets out a grumble as the speed into the storm clouds, as they zip between lighting strikes. A roar echoes in front of them and the spin towards it, before Rocky pulls on the saddle, making Niether stop.
A little ways in front of them is a Skrill with teal-blue scales, and black wings that fade to light blue at the edges. It's metallic dorsal spines glow green at the base.
The Skrill lets out a roar as it attracts lighting to itself. Niether and Rocky stare in aww as the Skrill glows as it gets zapped by lighting.
Rocky then clears his throat and yells. "Uh, Mister or Miss Skrill!"
The Skrill's teel eyes go slit as it lets out a loud growl, and turns to the two. Lighting sparks off it as it shakes itself.
"Um, Can you perhaps change course towards the North?"
The Skrill lets out a roar and fires a beam of lighting at them. The dragon and human panic as they dip to the side.
"Oi, can you not!" Niether shouts as his eyes go slit.
"Leave, Briskwind." A deep female voice comes from the Skrill.
"I would, but my human has a simple request."
The female Skrill growls as lighting discharges off it. Niether zips off to the side, as the Skrill fires another beam of lighting at them. Niether zips between strikes of lighting, before stopping and hovering in the air.
"Hey, hey hey!" Rocky calls out. "We don't want a fight, your storm is just heading towards our home, and it could rip the island apart."
The Skrill doesn't listen as it zips towards them. A beam of lighting suddenly flashes and the Skrill disappears within it, and appears right behind them. Neither manages to turn around just in time as the female Skrill breaths lighting onto them.
Niether brings his wings together to block the attack. And as the lighting his his wings it seems to travel across them, before getting absorbed. Niether lets out a laugh as his fins start to have a slight teal glow to them. Rocky looks in amazement.
The Skrill lets out a growl and narrows her eyes at Niether. Niether then fires a Power Blast at the Skrill, hitting it in the head. The Skrill lets out an angry roar, as it charges at them.
It disappears in a lighting strike and appears right in front of them. The Skrill slams into them, causing Rocky to yelp as he gets thrown off Niether.
"Ahhh, Niether!" Rocky yells as he disappears into the clouds.
Niether roars in panic, and he growls in anger at the Skrill. He fires a Power Beam at her, striking her right in the wing, which causes her to lose her balance and start plummeting through the air.
Niether lets out a triumphant roar as he smiles. He flaps his wings a few times, before he remembers that Rocky fell off. He lets out a panicked roar and dive-bombs towards the ocean.
Niether quickly looks around as he dives, looking for Rocky. But he sees the ocean below and throws his wings out to the side. He stops right above the ocean and looks around.
His eyes then go slit as he sees a large group of Hunter ships nearby, but his heart drops as he spots Rocky getting thrown onto the deck of one of the ships. As the boat also as the Skrill on the deck, covered in chains, with a muzzle on its mouth.
Lighting strikes around the boats, with one of them getting set on fire. Niether lets out a loud angry roar as she zips towards the boats.
On the boat with Rocky, he gets roughly picked up as his arms get bound by ropes. Rocky tries to fight against it, but he gets slaps in the back of the head by a Hunter.
Suddenly clapping rings out and all the Hunters grown tense. Rocky glances off to the side as Sigewulf approaches as he claps. Rocky looks the man up and down.
He notices that Sigewulf wears dragon scale bracers, and his belt is made from dragon hide. Then he notes the sword on his hip, with a pair of dragon teeth attached to the handle.
"So you're the rider that thwarted my last expedition." Sigewulf stops right in front of Rocky. "Not much are you, how old even are you, you look rather young."
"17." Rocky growls at the Leader.
Sigewulf hums as he looks Rocky over, before crossing his arms. "Forgive my manners, I am Sigewulf, the Leader of this outfit of Hunters. May I know you're name, young Dragon Rider?"
"You can call me Rocky."
Suddenly a low pitched rumbling fills the air, making the Hunters grow tense as they grab their bows. Sigewulf smirks as he looks in front of the boat, spotting Niether zipping towards them.
The Skrill lets roar as it tries to throw the Vikings off it, but Sigewul grabs a Dragon Root Arrow from a nearby Hunter. Then he throws it at the Skrill, hitting it right in the neck.
The Skrill grumbles as it tries to right the drowsiness, but succumbs to it. Sigewulf walks to the front of the boat with his hands behind his back. he watches as Niether approaches at high speeds, his mouth glowing.
"Fire."
"Niether!" Rocky yells as he tries to move his arms, and tries to take off his eyepatch, but a Hunter grabs him and pushes him against the mast.
Arrows fill the air as all the ships fire, Niether grumbles as he spins side to side, avoiding the arrows. But one slips through and hits him in the stomach. Niether shakes his head as drowsiness sets in, but he manages to stay away.
Niether fires a couple Power Shots, strike a catapult that was aiming towards him, and hitting the Hunter that was holding Rocky.
Rocky grunts as he runs towards the edge of the ship, but a bola flies in and hits him in the legs. Rocky then falls face first onto the deck, and looks over to see Sigewulf holding an arm out to him.
Then Sigewulf grabs a bow from the Hunter next to him, and grabs two arrows. He notches them both and aims at Niether and follows him as he approaches.
Another plasma blast flies in, and Sigewulf leans to the side as it flies past him. Sigewulf then leads Niether and fires. The arrows streak through the air, and one hits Niether in the neck and the other in the tail.
The dragon's vision blurs as he suddenly finds his body refusing to listen. Rocky watches in horror as Niether slams into the ocean and starts skipping across the top, before stopping and slowly sinking.
"You jerks!" Rocky yells as he tries to get up.
Julvig steps up to Sigewulf. "Should we get the Briskwind?"
A lighting strike hits the water next to the boat, making Julvig jump, but Sigewulf just glances back at Niether's sinking body.
"No, the storms getting worse." Sigewulf walks towards the Skrill. "As much as I hate to leave it behind, we did manage to get a Titan Wing Skrill." He runs a hand over the sleeping Skrill. "She'll be worth a lot, and besides, that dragon will come back for its rider. Briskwind Boltren's can hold their breath for long periods of time."
Sigewulf then walks over to Rocky, pulling out a knife from his belt. He then leans down and cuts the bola off his legs.
"We have much to talk about, Young Dragon Rider." Sigewulf picks up Rocky by the back of his shirt and lifts him up to his feat.
"Buzz off." Rocky glares at Sigewulf.
Sigewulf just smiles at Rocky, then looks back at Julvig. "We're leaving, inform the rest of the fleet!"
Julvig nods and starts yelling orders, as Sigewulf drags Rocky towards the Captain's Quarters.
Niether blinks a few times as his vision blurs. He lets out a weak rumble as his body slowly sinks under the water. He watches as the fleet sails off towards the edge of the storm.
Niether lets out another weak roar, before his body sinks under the surface. His vision slowly turns black, but he feels something grab him and drag him through the water.
Back with Rocky, he's forced into a seat by a Hunter, at a table. He glares at the Hunter behind him, before looking forward at Sigewulf, who sits across from him.
Sigewulf leans forward and places a few pieces in a Maces and Talon board. "My younger brother loves this game, while my older brother hates it. Me, I'm more indifferent. I see this game as just a game of skill, there's no real deep meaning behind it."
Rocky raises raises an eyebrow, then looks down and sees a Viking Chief and Dragon piece on the map under the board. The Dragon piece is over the Dragon Isles, and the Viking Chief is a large distance away, at a small island.
Rocky then glances up as he watches Sigewulf move a few pieces around on the board.
"But much like this game, I see the world as a board."
Sigewulf then takes the pieces out of the board and starts to place them on the map, he places the longship and kingship next to the Viking Chief. Then he places the Chief of Marauders at an island far on the other side of the map, while placing the Traitor piece near the center of the map. Then he places the sixteen hunters on islands between the dragon and Viking Chief. Then he places the last piece, the Accomplice next to the dragon piece.
"You see, my brother treats this business like a game, and he's always one step ahead of everyone." Sigewulf moves the board off the map, and sets it to the side. "But this game is rather unfair, I must say, for those that know strategy have the upper hand."
"Can you get to the point." Rocky complains as he twists his hands against his bonds that are behind his back. "This is getting boring."
Sigewulf shakes his head. "The Younger generation will never understand. But you must see Rocky, that you are outmatched in his game. So I'm giving you one change."
Rocky raises an eyebrow. "Chance at one?"
"To get back at those beasts." Sigewulf motions to the scar on his neck. "I got this as a kid from Razerwhip. It nearly killed me, but when I recovered, I went back out, and chopped its head off." He pulls the sword off his hip, looking over its sleep silver design. "I then made this sword from its metal hide."
Sigewulf then sheathes the sword back onto his hip. He then leans over the table, staring down at Rocky.
"I can easily tell that scar of yours is from a dragon." Sigewulf then hums in thought. "So it begs the question, why would you ride a dragon after it taking your eye."
"That's none of your business, now how about you just stop talking." Rocky leans back in his chair. "Cause I ain't joining a bunch of idiots who think they can take on dragons. So I'd rather get thrown off the boat."
Sigewulf shakes his head. "Such a shame, you seemed so promising. Throw him with the Skrill, if it manages to break its bonds we'd know quickly. Cause it'll eat the boy first."
"Wait what?" Rocky questions as he's suddenly lifted out of his seat. "HEY! HEY!"
The Hunter starts carrying Rocky out of the room, as he kicks and squirms. Sigewulf sits back down and leans onto the table, he stares at the map.
Over on Wyre isle, a loud slap echoes and Niether shoots up take deep breaths. He looks around in panic, spotting Spine and Snips in front of him.
"Woah, woah, Niether, calm down." Spine calls out.
"Hey, where's Rocky." Snips questions. "You guys managed to get the storm to mostly disappear."
Niether suddenly takes off to the sky, zipping back towards the storm. Snips and Spin blink a few times.
"What a jerk." Spine grumbles.
"What's got him in a hurry."
Bach and Blech poke their heads out of the water.
"Not even a thank you?" Back questions.
"Ugh, I hate dragons like that." Blech complains.
Niether zips across the ocean, glaring ahead of him.
"Can't believe I let him talk himself into this. Dumb, Niether, dumb, Rocky. Ugh, we're never doing something like this again!"
Back on the ship, Rocky is set on the ground as the Hunter opens the cage. Rocky then turns around and jumps backwards at the Hunter, slamming against him. Sending him and the Hunter to the ground.
The Hunter yells and several more Hunters run over and grab Rocky, and throw him in the cell. He roughly lands on the ground making him grunt in pain. The Hunter that he knocked down stands up and locks the cell.
"I hope she eats you slowly." The Hunter and his buddies laugh as they walk away.
Rocky grunts as he stands up, and slightly jumps as he hears an angry grunt to the side. He looks and spots the female Skrill, all chained up in a large tub of water. There's also a large muzzle over her face. She glares at him and jostles around her confines.
"Oh, hey... Skrill." Rocky nervously chuckles and she growls at him. "Hey, I got a plan okay. I just need you to trust me."
Rocky then drops something from his hand, and the Skrill looks down to see a dagger sticking in the floor. She then looks back up as he sits down and cuts the ropes on his wrists, freeing them. Then he quickly flips his eyepatch up, and his vision splits.
He sees Niether streaming across the top of the water, with the fleet of Dragon Hunter ships far in the distance. Rocky smirks as he picks up the dagger and walks over to the Skrill, who growls at him.
"Hey, hey. Look, I know we may have gotten off on the wrong foot." Rocky quietly says as he walks towards the Skrill. "But I'm not your enemy, these Hunters are. So just trust me, alright?"
The Skrill stares at him, before huffing and looking away. Rocky lets out a sigh as he walks over and uses the knife to pry open the locks. Then after he gets the last lock off, the Skrill lunges out of the pool, and tackles Rocky to the ground.
Rocky grits his teeth as the Skrill glares at him, lighting crackling between its spines and teeth. Rocky brings up his hands in surrender, as the Skrill lowers itself to him. Then it opens his mouth as lighting sparks off them.
Then it lets out a huff of air with sparks, causing Rocky's hair to stand up on it. Then it climbs off him as it rumbles and narrows her eyes at him. Rocky slowly gets up as he tosses the dagger to the side and holds his hands out to the Skrill, who growls again.
"Okay, I once saw this in a movie." Rocky whispers to the dragon.
Rocky looks away as he loses his eye, holding a hand out to the Skrill. The Skrill stares at his hand for a moment, before leaning in.
Then it shocks him with a small blast, causing him to yelp and fall over. Rocky lets out a scorched breath.
"Yeah, I deserve that one." Rocky slowly gets up, and turns to the Skrill. "Okay look, I'm gonna get you out of here. But Imma need you to step away from the wall."
Rocky sees Niether approaching his boat at his speed, as he charges up a blast.
The Skrill looks at him in confusion, and he puts his hands together and pleads. The Skrill then huffs and steps away from the wall. Then Rocky knees down and covers his face, and the Skrill covers her face with her wings.
Then a moment later, the entire wall blasts open as Niether zips past the whole. Wooden splitters outward, hitting against the two. Rocky then lowers his arms and walks over to the Skrill.
The Skrill lowers its wings and notices his approach, but just lightly growls. Rocky then steps up beside it as the Skrill keeps an eye on him.
"Okay, may I sit on your back?" Rocky asks calmly. "And assist in beating the crap out of these Hunters?"
The Skrill grumbles as it stares at him for a moment.
Outside, Niether stays just above the water as it flies back towards the ship. He then brings his wings together as arrows bounce off his wings. he then unfurls them as he fires a couple blasts.
The Power Shots slam into the side of another ship, blasting the haul apart, freeing a couple Nadders and Gronkles. They fly away as the storm suddenly turns worse.
Niether's eyes widen in shock as lighting zips down in the air as the female Skrill roars loudly, as the lighting strikes it. Rocky laughs as he sits on the Skrill's back, throwing his arms up.
Down on the main ship, Sigewulf calmly steps out of his captains quarters. He walks towards the front of his ship, as lighting strikes around him. All his Hunters start to panic as they get struck with lighting.
He stops at the front of his ship as the back half of it catches on fire. He looks up to the sky as the Skrill roars loudly, but then looks down at him. Niether suddenly flies in beside the Skrill as lightly strikes his fins, causing him to glow as it sparts around him.
Niether roars down in anger at Sigewulf, lighting cracking out of the dragons mouth.
Rocky then stands up on the Skrill's back, and glares down at Sigewulf. The two start at each other as the two dragons rumble. Sigewulf then smirks as he does a dramatic bow.
"I seem to have under estimated you, Young Dragon Rider." Sigewulf then stands up tall, unbothered by the ever growing storm above him. "I give this round to you. Savor its feeling, as the next round will be harder."
"This is your one change, Sigewulf!" Rocky yells down at him. "Leave the Dragon Isles alone, or I'll destroy you!"
Sigewulf chuckles as he shakes his head. "We shall see."
Rocky, flipping his eyepatch back down, sits down on the Skrill and pats her neck. "Hey, let's get outta here."
The Skrill huffs as it glares at Sigewulf, before taking off up into the storm clouds. Niether quickly follows after it.
Sigewulf stares up where the three left as the dragons roar echo. He chuckles and puts his hands behind his back.
"Oh, Young Rocky, you really think you have the power to stop a Grimborn?" Sigewulf shakes his head as he turns around, looking at all the burning ships in the fleet.
"This is just the beginning."
A little while later, Rocky hops over to Niether's back. The Briskwind's glow slowly disappears as the lighting crackling around him dissipates. Niether then flies back away from the Skrill as it turns to him.
The two dragons stare at each other, before the Skrill speaks up.
"I will change my course to the North, but if we run into each other again. Don't think I won't be so nice." The Skrill starts to fly off. "And tell that old lady Drips, that she needs to lay off the Limestone."
The Skrill then zips off towards the north, as the storm seemingly starts to follow her. Soon the rain stops around them as the sky lights up with the evening sun.
Niether and Rocky both let out a sigh of relief. Then a moment later, Rocky throws his arm up and laughs. But Niether whips him with one of his ear nubs.
"OW!"
"You deserve that!" Niether roars loudly as he turns back toward Wyre Isle. "You dunderhead! Do you know how crazy you are!"
"Yeah, I'm starting to see it." Rocky laughs as he leans back on the dragon, exhausted. "But we know who our main enemy is, and we put another dent in his fleet."
"We should've ended him there." Niether points out.
"I know but... Ugh." Rocky runs his hands down his face. "I just... really didn't want to kill someone. But if... if I have to, to protect the Dragon isles, I will."
Niether lets out a deep rumble as he soars off back home. Rocky feels the warmth of the sun on his cheek, as his wet clothes start to cling to him. Niether gently flaps his wings as he looks off towards the sunset.
"We've been here for a week." Rocky suddenly speaks up.
"Already huh?" Niether lets out a rumble. "Time sure has flew."
"It really has." Rocky then grows a little sad.
"Oi, what's wrong?"
"You know what's wrong."
Niether rolls his eye. "Just trying to make conversation... But yeah... I miss home too."
"I know a lot of people would be excited to have this experience, but I wasn't ready for this type of thing."
"I don't think anyone is."
Rocky sighs as he puts his arms behind his head. "Yeah, but... I feel like we weren't the right person for this job. Like us, really? Who ever did this to us, could've picked a person more suited for the job."
"I think you're just over thinking."
Rocky closes his eye. "Maybe I am... Maybe I am..."
The two soon land back on Wyre isle, and are immediately greeted by Spine, Snips, Mulic, and Leafwisp. They all immediately crowed the two and start firing off questions.
"Youngins'!" Grandma Drips walks over. "The two just got back from a dangerous mission, give them some space."
The four dragons back away, as Rocky slides off Niether. He turns to Grandma Drips as she apparoches.
"I see you two manages to get the Skrill to move away." Grandma Drips looks out towards the fleeing storm.
"Yeah, and the Skrill said something weird."
Grandma Drips tilts her head. "What did she say?"
"She said, 'lay off the limestone." Rocky scratches his head. "Whatever that means."
Grandma Drips thinks for a moment, before laughing. Which confuses everyone. She then calms down after a moment.
"That Skrill, she's a old friend. Stormchaser." Grandma Drips looks out to the storm in the far distance. "She's... unique."
Rocky nods as he leans on Niether. "Yeah... I know."
Grandma Drips turns to Niether and Rocky. "This is good news."
"Good?" Niether rumbles in question.
"She's not an enemy, but not exactly an ally. But in a desperate time of need, she might help us. But in her old age, I think she's a little to cranky too."
Rocky sighs as he thinks for a moment. "Well, today has been very eventful, even if its only been a couple hours."
"So I think we're gonna head off to bed." Niether lays down, and Rocky climbs onto his back. "So have a goodnight everyone!"
Niether takes off into the sky and the dragons roar to them. Grandma Drips watches them leave with a smile. She chuckles and walks away.
A second later, Rocky and Niether arrive back home. Rocky climbs off his back and walks over to his bed. He stretches as he yawns. He then stumbles over to the bed and falls face first on the straw bed, which is covered in blankets.
Niether walks up to the slab next to the bed, and breaths plasma on it, before laying down. Rocky rolls over and lays on his back, staring up to the ceiling.
"Gods, I wish someone like Hiccup was here. I have a fleeing he could figure all this out, since you know. He took out that big dragon and got berk to accept dragons."
Niether lets out a rumble. "But who knows where he is, or even when this takes place. Maybe he's not even alive yet."
"Ugh, that would be a nightmare! ...But haven't the Scualdrons mentioned a boy riding a Night Fury."
"Perhaps..."
"Well, maybe we could find Hiccup, and ask for his help. I know we have like a hundred dragons around three islands, but who knows how many of them know how to fight." Rocky then lets out an annoyed groan. "This is just way to much for a 22... 17 year old collage student!"
"At least your not a dragon." Niether lifts his head up and looks over.
"But you are!" Rocky sits up. "You are a massive fire breath, tree crushing, wing flapping, Dragon! I'm just a plane human, with barely any muscles!"
"At least you can fit through doors..."
"At least you can fly."
"At least you don't have to carry a human around all day."
Rocky tries to think of something, but then groans and falls back onto his bed. Niether then lays back down and closes his eyes.
"We're gonna have to spend most of our day patrolling around the isles, and scouting our new islands. Sigewulf is gonna come at us with full force, so we're gonna fight back at full force."
Niether smirks as he shifts. Rocky grabs a his blanket and covers himself. He snuggles into his pillow as he ways, and closes his eyes. The two quickly fall asleep as moonlight shines into the cave.
Back at Sigewulf's fleet, he sits in The Vanquisher's captain's quarters. He looks his map with Maces and Talons pieces on it. he leans forward as he hums, as he grabs a couple Hunter pieces.
The door to Sigewulf's quarter's opens, and Julvig steps in. He steps over to the table as Sigewulf holds onto the two Hunter pieces.
"Sir, your orders?" Julvig asks as he stands at attention.
"A wolf is a predator that chases down its prey. But they also display incredible patience. If need be, a wolf will lie in wait for 10 to 12 hours. But in extreme cases, it can wait up to 30 hours." Sigewulf states as he looks down at his map.
"Sir?" Julvig questions.
Sigewulf smirks as he places the two hunter pieces on an island a little aways from the Dragon Isles. "Get your men here, but be discrete. The boy will be on high alert."
Julvig nods as he turns around as he leaves the room. Sigewulf smiles as he stares down at the map.
"You will see Viggo... You will see..."
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