Board Thread:Fun and Games/@comment-35775904-20190222213128/@comment-37357934-20190228020541

Kate: Woah!

"Aud?! You're alive?!" I yelled pulling her into a hug. She returned the embrace as well.

"I really missed you," I whispered

"Same here." She whispered back. We sat there a moment in the warm and happy embracement  She then pulled away. I smiled at her and she smiled back before running off to hug Isla. I smiled at her return, I had forgotten about the day before and all the battle. I watched everyone's happiness before Stormslicer came to me and started pushing me towards my room. Worried I asked

"What's wrong boy? Is someone here?" He didn't respond only kept pushing me in the direction of our room. I kept repeating my question, though not a sound came from him. We got to the room and I saw why he brought me here. Sniper lay on the ground, his food untouched and he was couching and wheezing. He didn't move at all, Tears sprang to my eyes, I knew what was happening. I sat next to him and stroked his spiny back.

"It's ok, rest now.  I am sorry you have to feel this pain.  I knew this time was coming but this came too fast." I whispered to him, tears rolled down my face. He looked up at me with his yellow eyes, he tried to heave his body up to lick my tears away but he couldn't.

"No, no, no buddy rest now.  It's ok.  You lived a good life, a good 13 years almost.  From the moment I turned two you have been there for me." I told him again. He looked up at me and weakly grinned. I smiled down at him and roughly estimated his time left with me. By watching his breathing and little movement over the last few days I estimated that Sniper will only see the dawn of day three more times. I placed my hand on his head and let him rest. I quickly walked out of the room, I coudn't see him like this. I sat down at the little table thingy and just rested my head on my elbows. Blackness surrounded my eyes as I rested, after a couple of minutes I heard footsteps behind me. I turned around to see who it was; it was Aidan.

He sat down and was looking at some maps and books trying to figure out where the "Boss" could be located. I cleared my throat and asked

"Any luck?"

"Not really. I mean I don't have anything to lead off of so I am kinda blind at finding this thing."He said still trying to find something, I thought for a second, the boss is like the top of the food chain, so he is gonna be sly and sneaky. Somewhere that nobody would think of. I sat thinking and failed to realize the other guardians walk in, doing their own little things. Still pondering and deep in thought I didn't see Rita come in either. She cleared her throat and began. I couldn't break myself out of the horrific events of the previous day. I sat poking at lunch.

''"Swallowed alive, not knowing right from wrong. Eaten, alive." ''

Rita slammed her books together breaking me out of my thoughts and scaring me a tiny bit. She held up a book and showed us pictures.

“You guys know these guys. Ordinary Vikings, just like us. Except, at the same time, they were extraordinary. Why? Well, I stayed up late last night figuring out why. They faced MANY, and I mean many villains over their time of heroism. From giant dragons to deranged mad-men...They beat them all. But one day, they were faced with a threat, one they never imagined they would be faced with. Grimmel the Grisly. The man who was buddies with the evil warlords. The night fury killer. The one who wanted to help those war-lord’s conquer the world. He was their greatest threat! Which is why the great chief hiccup had to split up with some of Berk. Some came here through the hidden, legendary exit and others remained in the world above. Grimmel threatened Chief Hiccup so much, that they made this decision. However, this was AFTER they defeated him. But you guys all know your history. You know they didn’t have their dragons when they began the fight. You know they didn’t have immortal superpowers when they faced these villains. They were just average people like you and me. So why were they so good? Because they were a team. That's why. They were honest about everything with each other…" I looked at her, but my mind wandered elsewhere.

“So...When they went to defeat Grimmel and his armada-the largest armada in recorded history-they didn’t need their dragons. They just. Needed. each other. They didn’t need to depend on their fire breathing buddies. It was BECAUSE they were so honest, so open, and had no personal secrets, that they defeated him. They knew each other's weakness and strengths and worked together. This is what we need. Look, I know we’re all hurting now. But we were left to protect this world. We are now facing the biggest threat to our lives. Someone who has been manipulating us for...YEARS! I say, that we need to open up, be honest with each other and become a team.”  She finished her speech and sighed, panic rose to her face.

"Wow....." I breathed. It was true, we all bottled up our emotions, and never explained them to each other. Always snapping and getting angry, not at them but at our emotions.

"There is no "I" in team." My thoughts echoed. Afterward, Aud walked up to her and gave her a hug, she explained her problems, then I did, soon we all were telling each other our emotions and it actually helped us a lot.

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I sat out on the landing pad, my knees brought up to my chest. I looked up the glowing crystals on the roof. The blue and green light bathed my face. I rocked myself slowly. I watched as small fireworms danced across my vision. A bright orange light filled the sky as it crossed night roof. I breathed a sigh, peace filled my body.

"Pretty isn't it?" Aidan whispered, startled a looked over

"O-oh h-hi.  I mean y-yes i-it is." I stuttered. Aidan must have snuck behind me. He kept looking at the Fireworms cross the over,  I looked too. It was quiet for a while, only the sound of the wings beating against the wind. I moved closer to him and then I slowly slipped my small hand into his warm one. I felt his hand flinch a minute before it went still.

" I took a risk." My mind scolded, nothing happened and I quietly let my breath out. Feeling his warm hand in mine felt comforting,

"I haven't felt this way in a long time."

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I awoke the next morning and checked up on Sniper, he wasn't doing much better. He kept wheezing and didn't move at all. Devil lay curled next to him, keeping him warm. I stroked them both before I put on my guardian uniform. I glanced at them both one more time before I walked out to take my shift. I hopped on StormSlicer and we flew off. I scanned the ground below me, making sure it was free from hunters. Clear so far, StormSlicer flew on, his wings steadily beating against the wind. I looked down at the ground and heard the faint call of a dragon roaring,

"Dive down buddy, we need to find the source," I told StormSlicer as he started diving. He landed on the ground as dust whirled around us. I hopped off and drew my sword, looking around I saw nothing. The loud roar came again from the north. I stealthily walked that way, giant crystals started to form as I drew closer. I lept over one crystal, failing to realize that a slope lay before me. I hopped into thin air and then hit the crystal and I started to slide downwards.

"So much for stealth." I thought. I finally skidded to a stop and stood up. Iron bars crowed my face, and a growling Light Fury glared at me. He roared in my face shooting specks of saliva on my face. I wiped away the saliva with the back of my hand and looked back at the white beast. It glared at me with its blue eyes.

"S-s-steady t-t-t-there. I-i-i-i mean n-n-no h-harm." I said backing away from the bars. The dragon could easily shoot a fireball through that trap, though it wasn't big enough for escape. He roared again at me, its white teeth gleaming. I shook in my boots but still went forward. I climbed up the bars and undid the chain. The beast lept out and flew off, nowhere to be seen. His white tail blending in with the shining crystals. I watched him go, thinking that's how Snipers soul will be after he........goes. StormSlicer flew over and I hopped on his back as he headed towards the clubhouse.

He landed with a loud thump and I walked in, everyone was awake,

Rita and Aud were chatting, Isla was probably battle training, Aidan was once again looking at his maps and Kat was with Flame, her terrible Terror. She thought of Sniper and his sick body. A small tear came to her eye before she wiped it away quickly.

"Morning!" I said, not as cheerful as normal. I got a murmer of response from everybody before I saw a big wooly howl bound my way. Boy was Devil getting big, he needs some training.

"Hey Devil," I said jumping with him, he bound around me growling happily. I rubbed his back and laughed. This dragon never got old. He bounded up at me again like a puppy would, acting like he hasn't seen you in thousands of years. I grinned at him as I forced him off. I looked up to see the others looking at me, smiling. Devil makes everyone happy. Aidan smiled my way before going back to his mapping. I walked over to him

"You plan way too much, c'mon lets go train Devil!" I said nodding towards the open area outside. He huffed and glanced back at his mapping before following me.

(Waayyy to lazy at the moment to write all the training details. FAST FORWARD 

Get ready for lanch

three 

two 

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BEEEEEEEpPPPPPPPPPPPPPP)

I laughed as Aidan tried to saddle Devil for the second time. Devil looked at him than me before running away. Aidan groaned, I laughed again

"Here let me try," I said taking the saddle from his hands,

"Devil!" I called, He came bounding over to me, grinning a little.

"Here Aidan distract his face," I asked him, he nodded and started messing with Devils face. I slowly slipped the saddle on his back. He looked at me before shaking his saddle off again.

"Ah well, that's enough training for today, he has been at it for a couple of hours," I said as I sat back. Aidan sighed a relief

"Phew! That dragon is a messier." He said sitting down next to me, I grinned as Devil bounced back and knocked me over and looking down at my face.

"Devil!" I laughed pushing him off. He lept off and flew off somewhere before flying back again.

"So, what really happened with Andrew?" Aidan asked

"What do you mean? I told you the truth." I told him, a little bit of anger in my voice.

"Somehow it just doesn't make sense.  A Screaming death isn't known for eating people." He told me. I was still sensitive about Andrew so Aidan was hitting a sore spot.

"Look, I was almost eaten! He was eaten I saw it with my two eyes, Aidan! How can you not believe me?! Do you not trust that after all this time we have been together as a team that  I would not tell you that he was alive?!" I questioned him.

"I-I I" He started

"Forget it, if you don't trust my words then..... I don't know.  I have to go." I said standing up abruptly before leaving to check up on Sniper.

"KATE WAIT!" He yelled. I ignored him and went into my room.

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That was really long. Also I was thinking it will be time soon to give Devil to Kat?