The Guardian ice dragon swooped down behind a group of ice dragons, to see what all the fuss was about. his son, wyvern, thumped down beside him. "Be quieter!” The guardian whispered. "These dragons are up to something, I know it." They Quietly listened to the conversation for a while. "How would we get enough dragons to attack?" one gray dragon asked. "We could ask around the islands. maybe others want to join? “A White dragon said. "no." said the first voice. “How would the others cope with different dragons amongst us? “The others started talking quieter in groups. The ice guardian and wyvern listened to the closest group to them. the first dragon, the grey one, was in the group. "I am sending a search party to recruit an army from the other islands. who wants to come?" The group all agreed to come slowly. the ice guardian whispered, as quietly as possible to his son. "Wyvern, I need to stop this. it seems as if they are trying to take over the island. I need you to come with me." wyvern looked at his father and nodded. the ice guardian stayed there for a while longer while his son sneaked out. After, the ice guardian and wyvern were flying through the air. as they swooped, things were going through the ice guardian's head. 𝘪𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘥𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴? 𝘪𝘧 𝘴𝘰, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨.𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘪 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘪𝘴𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴? 𝘪 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘶𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘴, 𝘢𝘵 𝘭𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘵. suddenly, the ice guardian swooped down, folding his wings. wyvern followed. "Father, where are we going?" he asked. "To the other guardians", the ice guardian replied. soon, they were at the lava island, the closest. The lava guardian was extremely easy to spot. He landed and smiled. "you'll melt if you come any farther in." and he was right, it was very hot here." I came to warn you about the ice dragon's plans." wyvern winced, this would be good. because his father, the ice guardian, was an ice dragon himself. the lava guardian folded in his wings and sat down. "Oh? what plans?" the ice guardian replied instantly. “The ice kingdom is trying to take over the world. prepare your troops for a battle. but I doubt the attackers will win." the lava guardian didn’t question the ice guardian being an ice dragon like wyvern thought he would. "If you are here warning me, you are not with the attack, correct?" the lava guardian asked. "Yes. I also came here to tell you that the ice dragons might come to sneak around looking for dragons that would like to join the attack." the ice guardian replied. "I will warn the others, thank you. where are you headed next? “The lava guardian asked, guessing that the ice guardian would warn the other islands too. "The wind island. then the water. from here, the wind island will require us to take a detour through the evil islands." the ice guardian said. "The lava guardian did not like the idea. "I cannot come, for I am a guardian. I am surprised you are doing this yourself. but I will send you a troop of lava dragons." he said. "Thank you. I would take my own, but that would be a dumb move now." the ice guardian replied. then the lava guardian said goodbye and flew off to patrol his island.

 

the ice guardian and wyvern didn’t wait for the lava patrol to meet them. they flew over sea, landing on the dead trees of the evil islands. the ice guardian and wyvern walked on for a while, very serious and wary. suddenly, seven evil, twisted dragons crashed onto the ground. one almost landed on the ice guardian, but he jumped away just in time. one seemed to lead the others. the leader was named mud claw, the ice guardian knew because mud claw attacked the ice island a lot of times, being the closest. wyvern instinctively spat out icicles, knocking one of the bigger dragons down and pinning him by his wings. the ice guardian watched all this, thinking about the frost he had. he couldn’t spit out icicles like wyvern, just frost. the ice guardian leaped forward and stuck his claws into mud claw’s side. mud claw’s eyes flashed red with fury, and he leaped at the ice guardian, pinning him down with a claw to the neck. but then, five different lava dragons swooped and landed gracefully near the battle place. the closest one hauled mud claw off the ice guardian and the two started battling. wyvern ran over to his father and pushed him up. “Are you okay, father?" he asked. "Yes, son I am fine. hide. now." wyvern hid behind a big rock. the lava dragons had success in killing one of the evil dragons and the rest had run. except for mud claw. the ice guardian leaped at him, successfully scarring him on the mouth. mud claw ran. the ice guardian huffed. “Let us fly. that was too close." wyvern and the lava dragons followed without a word. later, they talked with the wind guardian. the ice guardian told him about the ice dragon's plan. at the end, the wind guardian nodded. he gave the ice guardian a thoughtful look. "And how do I know you are not with this battle? " He asked slyly. "I wouldn’t tell you if I was with them, would I?" the ice guardian used the lava guardian's logic. "Fine. but I will keep an eye on you." the wind guardian took off without another word. “That didn’t go as well as I hoped”, the ice guardian told his son. “No, it did not, father. but the water island is usually very calm. they will understand. they took off toward the water island. They landed in the water because there was a huge stretch of water before land. ice dragons were not used to this, they usually walk on ice. but the ice guardian had been trained for this. wyvern had a little harder time. they met the water guardian swimming around the lake. she led them to land where they could talk. "Greetings, Ice guardian. what is it that you want?" she curled up in the sand. "I would like to warn you that the ice dragons are planning to take over every island." he gave her the details. at the end, the water guardian's face wasn’t at all different from when they started." thank you. I will tell my dragons the knowledge you have passed on to me." she swam off into the lake. "That went well. let us go back to the ice island." the ice guardian said to wyvern. "Yes, father." they flew off.

The Ice guardian didn’t want to go to the evil island again. so, the two dragons flew over the evil island barely. but they started to get tired. "We have to land soon”, said wyvern. "We will have to land on the master island." the ice guardian said. "But father what about the master protector?" wyvern asked. "we'll just have to risk it." soon, they landed. almost instantly, the master protector spotted them. he looked over, thinking of what to do. the ice guardian hadn’t spotted him yet. but wyvern had. he pushed his father aside as a bombard of light arrows flew towards them. they both avoided it. the master protector was known to attack anything he saw, even if it was not evil. the bow he had turned into a spear. he threw it at wyvern, but he blew ice and froze it, slowing to till it fell. the master protector put his hand out, and the spear came to him like a magnet. "i don’t want to fight it!" the ice guardian yelled. then, suddenly, the master protector stopped. his face changed from angry to neutral, and he slowly landed to the ground. the ice guardian took this as an opportunity to run. wyvern followed, and they flew off the master island. "Why did he stop, father?" wyvern asked. "Because, son, the master dragon controls him. the master dragon allowed us to pass. "The ice guardian replied. They flew off toward ice island. but everything had changed. the ice dragons had barricades built all along the area that the ice guardian was flying to. as they neared, turrets started aiming and shooting ice arrows at them. "We only took about a day, father! how did they do all this?!" wyvern yelled as he dodged an arrow. "They must have had it prepared." the ice guardian replied. he pulled out the ice blade that had been on his back. his eyes glowed blue with rage. wyvern froze the waters around the island to make a cover. the ice guardian took a shard of thick ice and used it as a shield, just as the ice dragons started coming to attack. wyvern pulled out the small ice dagger he got for completing his training. he slashed it back and forth, and that seemed to stretch it as if it had been compacted. it wasn’t any old dagger; the master dragon had made this. every guardian's child had this weapon, just in different powers. wyverns were ice. he took a smaller share of the ice he had made and went into battle. as soon as he started fighting, he knew they were way overpowered. and, as he realized this, he heard an earsplitting shriek that rattled the island. 

𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙞𝙘𝙚 𝙜𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙙𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧. wyvern rushed to help his father but discovered he wasn’t in trouble at all. 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘩𝘢𝘥 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥? wyvern didn’t care. he had to protect his father. but, before he could get there, something caught his eye. four different colored orbs floated down from the sky and landed, making a big flash of light that stunned everyone fighting. Suddenly, the wind guardian, the water guardian, the fire guardian, and the master protector appeared. their children flashed next to them, wielding short swords and elemental shields like wyvern. they leaped, all except the master protector. his sword turned into a bow, and he started flashing arrows of pure light. the ice guardian hated to do this, but it was better than the ice dragons taking over the entire world. The ice guardian started sticking his claws into his friends, tearing them apart and throwing them to the icy rocky waters below. then, as wyvern flew to his father's side, something caught his eye. he turned, and he saw a red light coming from the master dragon's cave. it got brighter and brighter and brighter, until it covered the whole cave in a bath of red. then, another screech covered the islands. suddenly, wyvern saw the shadow of the master dragon. all his guards patrolling the island turned to the giant body and bowed. two of the three heads on the master dragon were writhing, but the one middle head seemed to be staring through wyvern's heart. then, the master dragon's shadow disappeared. "Where did it go?" then, as he turned back into battle, he saw the red flash appear above the battlefield. as it glowed brighter, the master dragon's guard dragons started to drop out of it fully armored and ready. they flapped down, and started tearing on everyone, as if they didn’t know who was good and bad. then, something else dropped. It was the master dragon. he was in his original form, before he turned huge and three headed. he was wearing the suit of armor in legend, topped with the death breaker, a massive master sword. he started diving, and wyvern followed. he wasn’t sure why, but he felt he should help with whatever the master dragon did. they collided with the ground, knocking the snow and ice out of the whole area and causing cracks and rumbling all over the ice island. as the rumbling and cracks started getting louder, hundreds and hundreds of ice bats and creatures ascended from somewhere in the ground and decided to join the fight, snow tigers and bears clawing from underneath. the master dragon turned to wyvern and touched wyvern's weapon. there was a bright flash, and wyvern felt a sensation. he looked at himself. He was now in all white shining magic armor. the magic armor, also in legend, was only appointed to the bravest guardian's kin. the magic armor glowed with a white shine that seemed too bright to bare. Wyvern's short sword of elemental ice, transformed into a longsword of sharp crystals. and his piece of ice he had been using as a shield, transformed into stacked sheets of thick ice plates. as wyvern looked up to go into battle, he spotted a cloud of three-headed dragons coming towards them. the mutants! these three-headed dragons live in the left fireball of the evil isles live in thick tar and evil things, causing them to mutate. as the mutants came near, the ripper shot out of the water and chewed up wyvern's armor. Wyvern struggled to not become lunch. the water guardian came to save him, and he gave her a look. the water dragons were supposed to keep this monster out of ice territory! he must have smelled the blood and battle, wyvern thought. the water guardian put her sword up and a light came out of the tip that made the ripper screech and let go of wyvern. the magic armor had saved him from the ripper's teeth, but the spots uncovered like his knees and upper arms were severely torn. he looked up to see the water guardian battling the shredder back into his prison of water. wyvern took his ice sword and tore it into the ripper's eye. it roared and snapped at wyvern but missed and retreated into the sea. wyvern watched the sky and the battle. the mutants were getting their heads rolled, but not as much as the united dragons of the other isles. wyvern focused on two dragons, a lava dragon he couldn’t recognize and a mutant. the lava dragon slashed, and the mutant dodged and countered. the mutant's middle head went after his throat and the left to his toes, and together the mutant pulled the lava dragon apart. the middle of the lava dragon's body fell to the ground near wyvern while the mutant finished the other parts of him by eating it. wyvern jumped at the mutant in rage, and his ice sword sliced clean through the mutant's three heads and his gross body fell to the ground above the dead lava dragon’s. wyvern jumped and spread his wings, going into battle again. Then, something blue and red caught his eyes. He looked down, and there was a small dragon bounding through the battle, cheering for the lava dragons mostly. Then, wyvern saw a mutant sneaking on his back, and another one on the other side. A third made an ambush as a large ice dragon named shard came at the small dragon’s head. The small dragon crouched, his cheering face turning to a terrified frown. Wyvern dived, aiming for shard’s head. Shard dodged and threw wyvern to the side. Wyvern spread his wings and caught himself before he hit the ground. Wyvern stood and blew icicles at the mutants to get them distracted. Shard was running at wyvern now. Wyvern put his arm up and opened his claws and shard ran into it. Wyvern clamped and tried to crush, then threw shard over the cliffs to the ripper undoubtedly raging below the water. The three mutants were still trying to pry the icicles out of themselves. Wyvern looked just in time to see the small dragon hiding behind a rock. The master dragon swooped down, dents and cracks through his armor and scales bleeding through a little. The master dragon spoke a few words to the small dragon, and he came out of hiding to hop around the master dragon’s side. Wyvern figured the young dragon must be the master protector’s son. Wyvern started to smile, but he saw the ice guardian being cornered by an ice-covered rock. The evil lava dragon bulk had him cornered and was about to kill. Wyvern leaped, and distracted bulk with ice breath while he rushed over. Wyvern ran into bulk, knocking him over. Bulk leaped out of the air to land on his feet perfectly, which was impressive for his thickness. The ice guardian, now free, ran at bulk with sword out. Bulk put his arm up, covered with iron, thinking that would stop the ice guardian. It did. The ice guardian went flying, then crashed into a very sharp rock formation. Wyvern turned back to bulk in rage. He roared and jumped, then dived claws out like an eagle after an exceptionally large mouse. Bulk was not strong to ariel attacks, being too heavy and big to dodge most of the time. The opposite of smalls, a little blue water dragon who was very agile and small. But this is not a disadvantage, as smalls was dashing at bulk and curled around bulk’s head. Bulk was distracted, (as his eyes and nose were covered and squeezed like the victim of a python) and wyvern came in onto bulk’s stomach, clawing at the weak stomach scales. Wyvern started ripping out bones randomly. Wyvern leaped off of bulk, and so did smalls. Smalls swerved around wyvern, then went back to the water guardian. Wyvern flew to the ice guardian to find that he was definitely alive, just hit a little. Wyvern shook him awake and blood flew. Wyvern thought it would be okay to leave him while he found the master dragon. He noticed the battle was thinning, but wyvern could see no ice dragons in the battle, besides blood covered blue- gray scales below the battle in the air. He was sad that most likely all his friends were dead, but happy that no one would be taking over the world today. Then he had a thought. “What about the female ice dragons?” he started thinking. We saw no females in the groups plotting when all this started, so what happened to them? It was going to get Dark soon. The smart dragons would be hiding in the caves by nightfall, and the caves are the only place the females could hide safely. And the eggs, those would never be left unattended. Wyvern had to find a suitable team and lure them from the battle in time before the mutants found the females. A little later, wyvern, the ice guardian, smalls and the water guardian were flying far away from the battleground and towards the caves where the females live until their eggs hatch. The ice guardian was next to wyvern, flying identically to him. Wyvern and the ice guardian pulled back and landed on the cliffs around the mountain caves home to females. A big, smooth female dragon calmly walked out, and spotted the blood-covered team of guardians. She looked terrified, but then her eye rested on the ice guardian and wyvern. Her shock went away. “What are you doing here?” she asked, her voice as smooth and pretty as her. “There is a massive battle at the curve out in the middle, you know, the one that falls into the sea?” the ice guardian responded. He knew the name of that curve, the outlook, but that was a guardian thing, naming places. Other dragons said it like he had explained. Now the water guardian spoke. “We are here to protect you and your eggs. The evil will most likely want to sleep at night, and the ideal place is here.” She swerved her tail for wyvern to go to the left cave, and wyvern went. The ice guardian followed. Wyvern turned. He had heard something. As he turned, the mist guardian landed. The mist guardian, a thick male that looked like the ice guardian but just white, not grey. Wyvern thought he was thick, but now he noticed that was just his armored scales. He had a big crown like a triceratops, and horns coming out the back. As he went down on all fours, a scale dropped to make his tail and stomach bigger and almost impossible to breach. The only weakness in his armor was at the thickest end of his tail, where the armor ended, and where any dragon would be able to put a claw in there and pull the whole thing off. He hid that spot well, though as he sat with his tail curled around him. “I followed, seeing this clod of guardians, why was I not invited? And what happened to him?” he was looking at the tattered and still bleeding ice guardian. Wyvern stood, thinking he was too hostile with the tone and the questions. The water guardian again pointed to the mist guardian to guard the left cave. He left. Wyvern stood to go to his cave, but another guardian landed. The lava guardian. He was alone, must have left his eldest son to guard the others at the battleground. He sat at the center cave wordlessly. He looked at wyvern, and his mouth opened slightly and inhaled quickly when he saw the magic armor. Then he saw the ice guardian and his mouth closed and he gulped. The water guardian perched on a rock sticking out of the mountainside. Wyvern and the ice guardian flew to the right cave. The females were fully protected. As wyvern settled, another female dragon came from the cave he was protecting and curled next to him. Wyvern took her warmth. He looked back into the cave to see two other females, one blue and one dark grey. They were organizing the eggs to make sure all were warm. Wyvern heard a growl from the female and stood to see what she saw. He looked to the water guardian, and she had seen it also. There were three mutants flying toward the caves. The water guardian growled which alerted the others. Smalls jumped up into the air and quickly, swirling through the air, headed the mutants off giving the other guardians time to catch up. The water and mist guardians leaped after smalls. The female dragon by wyvern ran into the cave where the other females were standing ready to leap in case something got past the other dragons fighting. Wyvern saw the eggs through hay in a deep hole in the floor. Wyvern turned back to the battle, squinting through the darkness to spot two of the mutants dead and one remaining. Wyvern decided to check the other caves in case this was a distraction. Wyvern saw that there were five females resting upon their eggs, guards down. But this was the middle cave where the female that greeted him lives. Where was she? He looked back at the battle, to see that female AND the one that had rested upon wyvern and warned them when the mutants were coming. Together they tore the last mutant apart. One by one, the guardian dragons came back and landed on the middle cave platform. The mist guardian sat and started reaching for the weak plates at the base of his tail. Wyvern saw that the plates of armor had been pulled and clawed by a mutant, but not badly. Wyvern leaped to his side and pushed the plate of tail armor that had been clawed out. The wind guardian growled at wyvern, as if accusing of thinking this was wrong. The wind guardian is very stubborn and fierce, wyvern had made that conclusion. Wyvern’s stomach rumbled. He looked to his father, and realized he was unable to hunt at the moment, the master dragon had only been able to fix the bleeding a little, not actually heal. Wyvern flew off. Wyvern heard wings beating behind him and saw the female dragon that had warmed him in the caves. “My name is frost.” As the morning sun came out of the mountains of lava territory, wyvern got to see frost clearly for the first time. She was a wonderful white dragon with blue-tipped scales near the head, and the scales started leaning from blue to red until completely dark red at the tail. Her spikes were white and neatly put in a straight line all up her spine. She had light red horns, but blue eyes. Wyvern noticed black ash all around her face. That must have been from the battle of the mutants. But, as wyvern thought of it more, mutants don’t breathe fire. Wyvern thought this was strange, but said nothing of it to frost. He heard a sound. A snow tiger was pacing near a den. That should make for some food, if he had someone else to carry it. Good thing frost tagged along. Wyvern told her to go around, and she got high for an ambush. She swooped at the pacing tiger, and wyvern ran in to kill it. Wyvern trashed the den, finding a mother and 3 young tigers, not newly born at all. Wyvern picked up the babies with his claws and carefully scooped up the dead mom. Frost had the pacing father in her bottom talons, and put her arms up and spread her wings to fly. Wyvern followed. They made it back to the caves, where the dragons had set up camp. Wyvern dropped the mother and young tigers and frost dropped the father. Then, to wyvern’s surprise, she breathed fire on it. The ice guardian leaped onto her. “Frost, what are you really?” he yelled at her and rearranged his feet to pin her. She twisted, getting free easily. “Ice dragons are not supposed to breath fire, how can you?” the ice guardian said more calmly. Wyvern was still staring in surprise. He now knew what the ash around her face was, burnt scales. Ice dragons are not built for breathing or taking fire, making the scales not thick and fire-proof like the lava dragon’s scales. “I don’t know, I thought we all had that ability. Plus, I like fire-seared food better.” This was also a thing that lava dragons like. Most ice dragons wyvern knew like chewing on ice and even freezing their meat to eat it cold. “No! how would we ever be able to breath fire?!” the ice guardian replied. “That explains the ash on your nose, I guess.” The lava guardian stood, and spoke. “I believe she is the daughter of Ash and Snow. They died together in ice territory before the master dragon came, when there was incredible evil still in the world. They had frost, who must have been a mixture in between. She seems to have taken her mother’s body, by the scales being burnt on her face. And her father’s fire, although her body is unready.” The lava guardian stood and turned to the ice guardian, who had calmed and sat again. “Maybe you should be calmer and think more, instead of jumping based off what you know.” The ice guardian growled. “You would have done the same, I thought she was just a normal ice dragon with gifted colors. She is my dragon, after all.” The lava guardian puffed smoke and sat down by the biggest of the three young tigers. Frost picked the father to eat and told wyvern to come. Wyvern sat, mind whirling. The party ate, and after thoughts arose of how the battle at the battleground was doing. Then the ice guardian spotted something. He stood quickly and squinted. Everyone looked in that direction but saw nothing. The ice guardian did though. An evil dragon amongst the trees. He looked as if he was going to came at the dragon group but looked to the sun and flew off. The ice guardian walked to the edge of the rock, then told the ice guardian to stay and pointed at wyvern and frost to come. They flew off, keeping good eyes on the unsuspecting evil dragon. They flew for a very long time. Then, the three dragons hovered when the evil dragon dived into a hole. “What do we do, father?” wyvern asked. “I think one of us should guard the opening while the other two go in.” the ice guardian responded. “I cannot fight so I shall guard the opening.” He landed, waving wyvern and frost in. “stay close, frost.” Wyvern drew his sword, giving frost the shield thinking he did not need it at the time. They landed down the hole quietly, behind two large metal boxes. Wyvern could barely see through the dimly lighted caverns. As his eyes adjusted, he could see many rows of shelves, all packed with dragon-shaped robotic body parts. There were thousands of little robots milling around, putting this together and screwing that. Another part of the room caught wyvern’s eye. In the right corner, a little robot was finishing a robot. It looked like a mist guardian named tammy wyvern had met. Tammy was a big white female that would rather to battle than to egg-watch. Much like frost, although she egg-warmed a lot because of her lava genes. This robot was all metal silver and black. The little robot builder booted it up. It lifted its head up and stood fully. It looked up, and around. Then it looked at the builder robot. It lifted its foot and crushed the builder robot. Sparks flew and lit the room. It then turned it’s head towards the two metal boxes and wyvern thought it’s eyes were staring through the boxes. They were. “ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛ ꜰᴏᴜɴᴅ. ᴇʟɪᴍɪɴᴀᴛᴇ ᴛᴀʀɢᴇᴛ.” Wyvern stood, pulling frost up. She lifted wyvern’s shield he had given her earlier. The robot opened its mouth to reveal not teeth, but sharp bumps and a full laser-firing mechanism. The lasers bounced all over, hitting many other robots and robot parts, booting the fully made ones up. “Uh-oh. Run!!” frost yelled, hanging the shield to cover her back. Wyvern led her back up the hole. He yelled “RUN!!” as he exited, trying to alert the ice guardian.  The ice guardian joined them as they leaped for the air, while zigzagging trying to avoid lasers. As wyvern dodged, a laser went between ice guardian and him. “They seem to be robots, made to take over the world…” wyvern said. “Oh, no, not AGAIN! Greedy dragons and humans…” the ice guardian’s words turned into growls. “What do we do? They don’t get tired!” frost yelled over laser firing. The ice guardian swooped down towards the trees, and a large selection of the robot dragons followed. He swooped carefully through the trees, and many of the robots crashed, sparks flying. The few robots left actually caught on to the trick and left the ice guardian. The ice guardian, distracted and amazed, rammed right into a tree and collapsed. “Oh, father…” wyvern said. He told frost to distract the robots while he went down to save his father again. “First bulk, and now this?! Wow, my father needs to wake up.” Wyvern threw the ice guardian over his back and ran off, trying as hard as possible to get out of the way of lasers. Wyvern decided to fly into the master territory, where he hoped that the master dragon and master protector and the mist lady of the master isle would be ready. As he was hoping, the master protector appeared over the horizon and started shooting at the now full-grown army behind wyvern and frost. A very close robot dragon clawed wyvern down his leg, and wyvern yelled, making the ice guardian leap off wyvern’s shoulders, and spread his wings to land on the ground. He tried to jump back into the air but was in too much pain to fly and fell over again. Wyvern wondered where this weak streak had come from as he flipped around a robot and started attacking into its wires. Frost was breathing fire at a few. Wyvern saw the ash at her nose flake away and more scales burning. Wyvern winced, that must hurt. Wyvern noticed her red- tipped scales glowing a beautiful red. She then switched to ice-breath, freezing their wires, and trying to be overall unpredictable. Her blue-tipped scales glowed, making her head look magical. There were various patterns on her horns that glowed as she thought and changed based on mood. She looked beautiful in battle. The master dragon appeared and dove into the air, smashing down into one of the robots, riding it like an air horse. He messed with the wires a little, being more careful than wyvern thought he would, for an evil robot creature. Suddenly the robot stopped thrashing and his small red eyes turned green. The master dragon rode the robot and fought, whispering to it. it seemed it listen, responding and attacking as the master dragon did. Wyvern landed on the broken cave roof of the master dragon and collapsed, exhausted. He watched the battle until he caught his breath. He then looked for the ice guardian and spotted him. He looked dirty, and blood-stained. Wyvern thought he must have a lot of bones broke after two easily controllable crashes and almost- deaths. Wyvern pulled the ice guardian into a crack in the master cave, then leaped and ran for help. He thought the mist guardian would be good help. He went to the caves they set up camp in. the other guardians and their sons and more had returned from the battle ground, and wyvern called the guardians to a new fight. He returned to see most of the robots finished. But there was still some. The other guardians easily finished them. “I think I know where this is coming from.” Growled the lava guardian. He led them to lava territory. Wyvern felt like his head was going to melt off. The ice guardian was healed enough to fly again and was flying near wyvern. They neared the active volcano, and it got hotter and hotter. So hot until they literally entered the volcano, a little cave in it at least. This cave looked like it was probably a little egg-warming place. And in the side of the wall wyvern could see a window to what looked like a new world. And inside, it was green and nice, but all wyvern saw was the big, snowy mountain in the background. “I think this is where the evil is coming from,” The lava dragon said. “Can we go through it and stop the evil?” wyvern asked, still looking at the mountain. “I believe so, although no lava dragon has tried.” Wyvern stuck his claw out in wonder. This sent ripples across the picture, making gasps rise among the dragons. “We must make a party to go through there.” The ice guardian spoke. The mist guardian stood, scales clacking into their armor guard. “I volunteer.” The ice guardian nodded. “I think you will be perfect.” Wyvern and Frost stood together and walked to both the mist guardian’s sides. The water guardian curled up by frost and smalls too. The mist guardian walked toward the portal. He dove through, and the group followed. Wyvern felt the heat go away as he flew through the portal. He looked back, to see the ice guardian watching. Wyvern wanted to leap and run, so happy to not be squished by fire and lava. Looking around, he saw that this world all connected, no water to separate. This meant that there was no need to fly, outside of getting over high things. The mist guardian had gotten into a hustle with a black and orange snow tiger. It seemed to be braver than most white ones wyvern knew. The mist guardian clawed the orange tiger aside and it died from the strong strike. The mist guardian’s eyes were on something else. Wyvern turned to see what he was looking at and was struck by the sight. It was a big, black skull-shaped cave carved right into the mountain, which faded from dark black to grey all over. Wyvern leaped behind a bush as a black dragon came out. He was all-black, with a dark purple from nose to tail. The purple spikes neatly put followed the purple line exactly. The black dragon turned to look at the mist guardian, who had frozen place in battle mode. The black dragon snarled, then yelled. "𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤, 𝔻𝕀𝕍𝔼!!" wyvern curled as small dragons flew from the sky somewhere and scratched wyvern all up. "𝔹𝕝𝕒𝕔𝕜𝕔𝕝𝕒𝕨𝕤, ℝ𝔼𝕋ℝ𝔼𝔸𝕋!!" every small dragon came at the mist guardian. At least he had time. He crouched fully down, stomach touching the ground. He wrapped his wings over him. W got to see the scales clacking together like well-oiled machinery. the scales over his stomach shifted a little to give the other scales space, as if the scales had minds of their own. The blackclaws had reached him just in time. From the din that sounded all around the valley, each and every blackclaw struck his scales. The hoard stopped and split like sardines to the big black dragon and entered the cave. The black dragon snarled. He crouched like a stretching mountain lion, and he screwed his eyes shut. Wyvern blinked as an amazing light shone over everything. The light faded slowly. Wyvern looked at the spot where the black dragon was standing. Through the light, wyvern could see That the black dragon had turned different. His eyes were only red. Rage seemed to be the only thing he knew as his black tail now with spikes all over thwiped around. The black dragon opened his mouth to show yellow, twisted teeth. He roared at the mist guardian, who was staring at the black dragon in amazement. The black dragon started running, and when in good range leaped at the mist guardian. The mist guardian dodged barely. Wyvern leaped at the black dragon, aiming for eyes. The black dragon batted wyvern aside, attempting to crush wyvern’s skull in like the mist guardian had done with the orange tiger earlier. “It copies our actions,” wyvern said, trying to get up. He leaped out of the way as another swooping claw came at him and countered with ice. The black dragon blinked and blew ice back at wyvern, which was not as affective but still hurt. Wyvern aimed for the face. This time he clung on and started clawing as hard as possible into the black dragon’s eyes and face. The black dragon screeched and shook, flinging wyvern off and into the only tree in the valley. The tree broke in half, obviously not like the ice trees. The tree trunk snapped, leaving wyvern’s head pinned by splinters and rough bark. Wyvern yelled and jumped up. Raging and sick of being flung like an old rag, he leaped into the air and clawed from above in a series of crazy strong ariel attacks. He looked down to see the black dragon covered in oozy blood, coming from multiple claw strikes. The black dragon grabbed wyvern’s foot and pulled him into the ground, causing a tremble across the valley. Wyvern grabbed the felled tree from earlier and threw it at the black dragon. It screeched and threw wyvern into the air. Wyvern caught himself and flew at the black dragon, who dodged. Frost came at the black dragon breathing fire and ice at once. It made a large blast of rainbow-mixed fire. The black dragon was roaring at frost, and the fire hit through his mouth. He burned and melted away. Wyvern blinked as the mist guardian rolled near him out of the air. He unfurled his scales and cheered. Wyvern thought of the mystical unfurling dragons, small dragons that have massive wings. These wings could furl around the body, making a massive thick-armored body. Wyvern looked at the mist guardian’s scales, which were clacking into place as he stood properly. Wyvern had never made the connection, but the mist guardian may actually be a descendant of the unfurlers. Wyvern opened his mouth in amazement. this meant that there may actually be unfurlers going around in the world. Wyvern turned his head to the skull cave. He looked at the mist guardian who was watching his face. The mist guardian ran towards the cave. Wyvern followed, as well as the rest of the portal team. Wyvern entered the cave. It was dark, and cold. He could hear the water dripping. Something screeched and it echoed across the cave. Hundreds of brown bats flew through the cave, and wyvern caught one and swallowed it whole. It was very bitter and too bony. The bat swarm exited the cave. The mist guardian took the lead, walking very quietly and slowly. The others followed, mimicking his caution. The cave opened into a bigger one. Wyvern gasped at what he saw. Unfortunately, the creature heard him. It was massive. Coated in dark red, and black wings. It was so spiky wyvern couldn’t bear to think about battling it. as it looked, wyvern saw small, beady red eyes. As it turned its claws came into sight. They looked retractable. They were, as wyvern heard a sound like blades colliding and a gleam hit his eyes as massive claws came out. Wyvern saw huge, thick spurs come into sight. A smaller dragon came from behind the massive dragon. It looked like a female. It was very similar to the big male, but it was much slimmer than him. The male turned and wrapped a big, torn wing around the female. The female purred and rubbed against him. But the male spotted the sneaking dragons. It roared, and let his female go. It breathed a mixture of lava, not fire, which melted by wyvern’s feet and let off a huge heat. It switched and breathed liquid green goo that burned the ground a little by the mist guardian’s feet. The female came forward to slice wyvern’s face, blood flying. The male ran towards the mist guardian in rage, ramming all the shoulder spikes into the mist guardian. The mist guardian smiled as an incredibly loud ding sounded across the cavern caused by two very armored creatures colliding. The male spiked dragon looked up, confused on why his opponent wasn’t smeared on the caveside. The mist guardian leaped over the spiked dragon, attempting to claw its eyes out. The black dragon spotted the weak spot in the mist guardian’s scales between the tail and tore. The mist guardian screeched. The black dragon then started tearing the mist guardian’s insides out. Wyvern gasped. The blood spilled all over the black dragon and it smiled. The mist guardian stopped wriggling and went limp. Wyvern’s mouth dropped open. Everything seemed to pause, the portal party’s leader and mist guardian dead. This would disturb the balance of everything, the mist guardian not having any suitable and trained kin.  Wyvern felt incredible pain from the tail. He looked back to see an entire chunk of tail missing, blood pooling. Wyvern gasped, then roared and shot at the big male dragon in rage. Wyvern clawed and pulled at him, but nothing worked. Instead, he was just hurting himself on the spikes. The big black dragon smiled and looked to the side, swatting wyvern in that direction. Wyvern hit the wall and heard a crack. The wall collapsed over wyvern. He struggled out of the rubble. Luckily, he had balled up, so nothing hurt him. Light streamed through the cave and caused wyvern to blink. Light shone on the mist guardian who was completely opened up on the floor. Wyvern walked over to the mist guardian. Wyvern clawed two of the scales off of the mist guardian’s crown of scales. He thought it was usable for Frost. Although creepy, until he could get something better, it would let her breath fire without burning her ice-scales. Wyvern spotted Frost coming towards him. He beckoned for her to come. She puffed. Wyvern met her halfway and they sat together. Wyvern embedded the dead mist guardian’s scales into Frost’s head, being very careful not to crush. Even dragons are affected by their own strength. Wyvern stood, looking at Frost. She still looked beautiful. She curled up against wyvern. The others came around. Wyvern was thinking about who would guard the mist isles. Then he heard a voice. “Help! Let us out!” Wyvern looked to the side. He saw through the rubble three unusual looking dragons cornered by the evil female dragon. Wyvern stood, and Frost too. Together they leaped at the black female. Wyvern pinned her, and Frost bit at her tail. She screeched and shook wyvern off and flew out of the cave. Wyvern held on until satisfied by scratching and dropped down, spreading his wings. The water guardian and smalls came to meet Frost and Wyvern. They all looked toward the three dragons. Wyvern exhaled. He saw that they were unfurlers. the biggest one stood and started talking. “My name is Lifyourew. I am very sad my Ehecatl has died. I told him to get that scale area covered, but he said it would be fine. This killed him instead of being fine.” Wyvern wondered who Ehecatl was. He realized it must be the wind guardian. Wyvern was right, the mist guardian’s parents were actually unfurlers. Lifyourew unfurled his wings to show a thin body.  “We haven’t had much to eat since the evil dragons took over.” Wyvern nodded, then looked behind. One unfurler was a female. She looked more like a normal dragon. She looked up at wyvern and noticed him staring. “I am a multi-elemental dragon. My father was ice, and my mother was a unfurler. I have the ability to ball up like an unfurler but breath ice and am longer than pure unfurlers. Like Lifyourew.” She nodded at him. Wyvern looked to the third. He saw spikes up that unfurler’s head. The unfurler also had spurs bigger than wyvern’s. wyvern noticed another joint on that unfurler’s leg. The second joint, only used in battle. Bending both the knee and the second joint would cause the dragon’s leg to break, and a dragon’s bone breaking is so hard to do that the crack is enough to deadly kill anyone who hears it. Wyvern gasped as he spotted a hole on the spiky dragon’s back right leg. The spiky dragon walked forward, limping, on the leg. Wyvern thought only very rare dragons had this. But twice in his lifetime he has encountered this, so wyvern guessed it wasn’t as rare as he thought. Suddenly wyvern heard a boom coming from the portal’s direction. The sound must have rattled his brain. Frost ran to his side, and the unfurlers curled up and rolled under the remains of the cave ceiling. The water guardian leaped over smalls, covering his ears and body. The boom stopped. Wyvern saw the mountain of snow in the distance lose some snow, an avalanche. Wyvern’s magic armor started ringing, reacting to the noise. The ringing subsided. Wyvern stood and pointed. “The mountain heard it, guys!” the unfurlers unfurled. “that’s too epic, how can I hear?” the spiky dragon growled. The water guardian and smalls walked over. “If the mountain heard it, we should head over. there may be nothing loud enough to rumble a mountain like that. Unless the mountain caused it.” Wyvern hadn’t thought of that. “We should go to the mountain!” wyvern said. He turned towards the mountain and spread his wings and jumped into the air. He flew upward, frost falling in beside him and the others in behind. Wyvern got very high and then looked down. He saw an abandoned castle. Wyvern dove, landing on the castle’s top. The others landed down on the ground, not wanting to dare crushing the castle. Wyvern walked over to a cave-in in the old castle. He looked down through it, trying to keep his footing. The castle fell in, taking wyvern down. He yelled, trying to catch himself. He landed on his back. He flipped over quickly, then looked around. It was dark, besides the hole in the ceiling. As he turned, he saw goo dripping. Dripping from the ceilings, radioactive green goo. Wyvern’s eyes widened. He started to explore, still wary and quiet. Suddenly, he heard a screech. He looked around, turning. he saw movements. Coming from behind a big flipped-over table. Wyvern gasped as a big, feathered lion leaped out from behind the table. A griffin. He saw two cat-like dragons hiding behind the griffin. “What DO you want?” the female griffin growled. Wyvern sat, trying not to pick a fight. The cat-like dragons leaped out, growling at wyvern. Then they spotted each other and leaped upon each other in play. Wyvern guessed they were just little. The fight continued over to the spot of light. Wyvern looked back to the griffin, who was trying to call the small cat-dragons back. She turned back to wyvern, hissing. Wyvern spoke, quick and quiet. “I mean no harm, just passing by.” The griffin didn’t seem to believe.  Especially since the water guardian, smalls, Lifyourew, and the other unfurlers landed behind wyvern, ready to attack. “WRONG TIMING, GUYS!” wyvern yelled. The griffin screeched and clawed at the water guardian, back paws hitting wyvern in the face and knocking him to the side a little. He laughed, surprised at the bravery of a griffin. Dragons are much smarter, bigger, more armored, and powerful. Wyvern leaped back into place and swatted the griffin with low power. It screeched and turned to peck wyvern. She hit the magic armor. Her beak chipped a little, making her recoil and run. The two cat-dragons came to wyvern’s side, not sure which should win. The griffin spread her wings and flew off. “A lot of cowards live here.” Wyvern scoffed. But she had left her two cat-dragons, who were still running around. Wyvern didn’t want the beefy griffin to come back. But he was not sure what to do with the young cat-dragons. The thought of raising them came to mind. If he were to do that, they would have to learn to fly. He growled at the cat-dragons, who were starting to fight again. They came to his side. He spread his wings, careful of the ceiling. The little cat-dragons spread their furred wings and started flapping, carrying off the floor. Wyvern watched them fly, relieved that they already knew. He nodded his head towards the opening, and the two cat-dragons led him out. He landed on the roof, others hovering close by. Wyvern led the two cat-dragons into the sky. They were beautiful, one blue-scaled around the stomach and tail area but furred everywhere else. The other was the same, just red. The red one had horns, and the blue had pointy spikes. The small cat-dragon’s front feet were cat, and the back feet were dragon. Wyvern stopped staring at their beauty and resumed their journey to the snow mountain. Wyvern missed the cold snow of the ice island. He had a feeling he wound enjoy the snow of the mountain. Lifyourew yelled. “Look! Down there!” wyvern turned, stopping in the air. He saw a small cave. “Yeah, so?” was his answer. “See that glow?” Lifyourew started flapping down to the ground in front of the cave.  Wyvern nodded. “Yeah! What is that?” there was a yellow glow coming from the cave. The other unfurlers swooped behind Lifyourew. The water guardian and smalls herded the cat-dragons towards the cave opening. Wyvern landed. The cat-dragons immediately ran and circled around wyvern, as if he were the griffin. Wyvern pushed them behind him. “Follow me and be quiet.” The cat-dragons folded their wings and crouched in a stalking position. Wyvern took the lead through the cave. There was a small hallway. Lit torches lined the walls of the cave. The hallway opened into a huge cave. Wyvern’s jaw dropped open. In front of him was a massive cave of gold. Coins and blocks of gold. And on top, a sapphire female dragon. She was smooth, much like Frost. The female dragon opened her eyes. They looked like snake eyes, small slits in a perfect circle in her face. She pulled her claws out from under her and clawed a gold block by her claws. She stood up, gold falling to wyvern’s feet from the top of the pile. Wyvern wondered what that much gold was doing here. Before he could get an answer, the sapphire dragon leaped down, claws flying into wyvern’s back. He yelled and rolled, feeling weights as others tried to pull the sapphire female off Wyvern. Wyvern pushed his wings, spreading them and sending the light female flying. Wyvern knew gold-loving dragons couldn’t even bare one piece of gold missing, so he took one. The sapphire dragon turned to face Wyvern, eyes flashing red. She breathed an unusual blue flame, melting the gold in wyvern’s mouth. “Gold breath!!” Lifyourew yelled. Wyvern had never heard of that, but he thought if it was powerful enough to melt gold without even touching it would be smart to not get in her way. The sapphire dragon leaped at Frost, and frost breathed normal fire over the sapphire female. Frost continued to breath fire until Wyvern guessed her fire pocket was empty. The sapphire dragon’s scales were burnt around the nose and eyes, but other than that the attack was ineffective. Frost bounded around, the fire making her warm and happy. She jumped on to a wall and leaped off, spreading her wings to flip over on top of the sapphire dragon. Frost fastened her teeth around the sapphire dragon’s neck and bit down, until her teeth hit flesh and killed the sapphire dragon. Wyvern smiled at Frost, who was still warm and bouncy. Wyvern watched the pile of gold shift and fall down all over his feet. The small cat-dragons bounced into the gold pile, weaving in and out of the pile. Wyvern squinted at a small chest. He stepped onto the gold pile, careful not to fall through. He crushed open the chest. Inside was a scroll made of gold. Wyvern opened it. The scroll started glowing, And Wyvern stepped back as a spot on the floor where he was standing glowed with the same gold. The floor started fading away showing a dragon-sized staircase. Wyvern looked at his friends. “Should we enter?” Frost asked. “No. That’s too dangerous.” Another voice sounded. One Wyvern had never heard before. He turned, to see the master protector. But something was different. “What happened to your sword? It’s all black!” Wyvern said. “Who are you?” The master protector responded. “Yes, you’re the legendary master protector. Aren’t you?” 

“No. I am not. Have you by any chance seen my wife?” 

“No, but we will keep an eye out.” At that moment, Wyvern noticed something about the dragon. When he talked, small drips of black came out of his mouth. As he was about to pounce the dragon he was knocked out by blackness. He felt himself being torn apart from the inside. Somehow, something was burrowing into him. He curled up trying to stop the pain. Wyvern fought and thrashed to stop the black evil from going over his eyes. He did not stop it. Wyvern fell limp for a moment, feeling evil take him over. When he stood, he was not Wyvern, but something else. He was so evil the ground around him was turning black and cracked. He was so evil the ground around him was turning black and cracked. Wyvern Stomped once, sending a loud boom across the cave and destroying the stairs he had just uncovered. 

 

 

 

 

 

The Ice guardian, Shiver, felt a loud boom go across the isles. He got sprayed as the world shook and made waves across the waters he was fishing in. Shiver gasped. He watched as the fish jumped away. Shiver looked around, wondering what just happened. He looked up in the direction of the lava island’s mountains and volcano, wondering if that was the cause of the boom. He then had a thought. Maybe Wyvern was in trouble! He started running through the valleys of the mist island and took to the airs, gaining incredible speed and cutting the sky. Shiver flew in the direction of the lava island to make sure Wyvern was okay. He wasn’t sure why, but Shiver felt the need to check. Even if he couldn’t do anything if Wyvern wasn’t there again. Again. Wyvern had never been there. Shiver missed him so much. Wyvern was gone for months. Shiver felt tears go across his face. Wyvern was the only one keeping him happy, with his mate long dead. Shiver had been developing an immunity to the lava territory since the first time coming. He was able to withstand the heat like a lava dragon. He landed next to the portal, heart dropping as he realized Wyvern was not in sight. He however did see the lava guardian. “What was that noise, you?” Yelled the lava guardian. “I don’t know! I thought you made it!” Shiver yelled back. “No! How could I? I was attending a meeting! We were discussing what to do about bulk…” The lava guardian trailed off. “You know, he’s quite a problem now.” 

“Yeah, That sucks. Too bad we couldn’t just continue life peacefully.” Shiver said as the two guardians landed near the portal. “I know! All these stupid creatures always have to start wars and ruin perfect times!” The lava guardian said back. They never noticed the black dragon flying at top speeds towards the portal. I wonde- Shiver started. The black dragon crashed through the portal, knocking Shiver aside. He was punctured by spikes. The black dragon started digging into Shiver’s scales in rage. Shiver recognized the way he clawed. “W-Wyvern?” Shiver gasped. As he had said that the black dragon looked up. It was Wyvern. Wyvern growled and blew ice shards over Shiver. “I’m the Ice Guardian! Shiver! Your dad!” Shiver yelled. Wyvern gasped and jumped off. He thrashed with the evil again. He again failed to get the evil off and resumed ragingly clawing at everything in sight. Another creature was coming through the portal. The master protector. But shiver noticed something different about him. There was black dripping down his mouth. “Not you too?” Shiver asked. “Everyone keeps mistaking me for someone else. I’m not who you think I am!” The dragon Opened his jaws to reveal black poison dripping in his mouth. He hawked black out over shiver. “Ahh! Get it off!” He shook the goo off his belly easily. Behind him came the real master protector. The master protector’s eyes widened as his eyes fell over the other dragon. He closed his eyes. Shiver gasped as he saw visions of the master protector’s life. This dragon was the master protector’s father! “How did you DO that??” Shiver asked in amazement. The master protector responded by drawing his sword, which he threw it into the air, and it turned into a spear, falling perfectly into his waiting hands. His left foot stepped back, and he pointed the spear at his father, warning him off. “Son? I cannot battle you! I created you!” The master protector stood upright again. But this was a mistake, as his father leaped at him. “I will kill you!” The master protector closed his eyes again. Shiver heard a voice. “That is Warrior. As you saw, he is my father. I do not trust him. Notice that goo from his mouth? He’s changed.” The master protector opened his eyes and leaped high in the air. He spread his wings and went into a hover position, holding his spear by the middle. From there, it transformed into a beautiful bow. He drew it with three golden arrows and shot. The arrows seemed to know where they were going, or the master protector was controlling them. The three arrows side by side hit Warrior, but nothing seemed to happen. Warrior opened his mouth, and the black escaped. It went in waves around his body until he was all black. He roared at the master protector, and the real battle begun. Warrior leaped into the air also. His claws were out and trying hard to tear the master protector apart. The master protector flipped sideways and landed on Warrior. His gleaming claws stuck into Warrior’s back. The master protector tore down Warrior’s back. Warrior screeched and flipped over in the air, shaking off the master protector.Warrior thrashed in the air trying to get the evil off of him. The master protector drew his bow and it turned into a sword. Warrior drew his black sword which was much longer and heavier than the master protector’s. The master protector’s eyes got even madder, as if the sword was evil. Shiver gasped as he saw the air heating around the master protector. It got very hot all of a sudden. Shiver jumped back as hot lava burst out of the master protector’s whole body. Warrior stepped aside. “You’ve forgotten how easy it is to dodge that attack, son.” He laughed. The master protector narrowed his eyes. He threw his sword sideways so that it span like a boomerang. The blade sliced Warrior right across the nose, taking off many scales. Warrior roared and flew off, blood dripping from his nose. The master protector slowly cooled off. As he landed his sword came perfectly into alignment with his hand. “What happened to your dad?” Shiver asked. “He wasn’t him. That goo seemed to be forcing him to be in an evil shell. He was still my dad on the inside. The deep, deep inside.” The master protector sent Shiver his thoughts. “How do we stop it?” Shiver asked. “I have no idea. I remember my master stopping this, but he turned part evil himself after. There must be a way to stop this forever!” The master protector was getting angry again. “The master dragon… where is he?” Asked shiver. “In his cave. He had to rest after his transformation. Him being him again allowed me to freely explore again. I never was able to when he was big. It’s nice to see the world again.” Shiver never thought of the torment that must have been. Shiver had always thought the master protector was made to be a protector of the master dragon. “He stabbed me when he was little. I was never able to talk again. So, I went into magic and learned to express my feelings.” The master Protector sent his thoughts again. “Wow. Why did he do that?” Shiver asked. 

“He always hated me. I don’t know why.”

“Well, didn’t you ever notice as a kid?” 

“No, not really. I guess I was too young.”

“Oh. I never knew this about you.”

“Of course, how could I talk to you?”

“Well, you could have got into my head like you are now.”

“No, this is quite recent. My mate taught me.”

“You have a mate?!”

Yes, she’s that mist you see around sometimes.”

“What! You married a mist?!”

“Well, she does have shape. She’s a mist dragon. A special one. She can turn into a mist.”

“That explains it.” As he was talking, it seemed like he was talking to himself because no one else could hear the master protector. Shiver noticed this and laughed. “He’s in my head.” That explained nothing. “Why are you only talking to me?” He asked the master protector. 

“I feel you’re special. You will do great things soon.”

“I thought I was already special!”

“Not yet. Even a guardian has to prove himself.” Shiver sighed. “Where’d Wyvern go??” He asked. “Oh, no, we should start searching now! He was sick!” The lava guardian said. “Did either of you see that other one that came through? I tried to catch it but couldn’t…” 

“That’s not good. What color was he?” asked Shiver.

“Black like Wyvern. But he was blocky like my lava dragons.”

“Did he have any unfurler characteristics that you noticed?”

“Yes, his wings were huge, for one, and he looked a bit off.”

“Off how?”

“He was so blocky and big in some places like the back of his legs!”

“That’s Spike. You should know him. We were once good friends until he disappeared.”

“My Spike disappeared! Why did he leave me?”

“He said it didn’t feel right. Guess where that got him.” Shiver looked around. He saw a shadow by the master cave. “Look! Over there! What is that?” The lava guardian pointed with a claw at the shadow. It looked like glowing goo. The same that wyvern was covered with. “Oh, no. The master dragon!” Shiver yelled. The master protector’s face darkened.  Suddenly, out of nowhere, a black shadow appeared behind them. The master protector turned and put his hands up as three big boulders flew at them. The master protector used magic to push the rocks away, reveling behind them the master dragon. But it was too late. He was covered in the goo, but it was wrapped around him like it didn’t fit. Not like wyvern. Which meant the evil was unable to cover him fully. Which meant he could be brought back. The master protector pulled out the death breaker, a legendary sword only he could use. The master protector pulled his sword shakily. He was afraid. Shiver noticed a sliver of fear through courageous eyes. The master protector put his other hand out, and on his arm formed a shield of many colors and patterns. “COME TO YOUR SENSES!!!” The master protector yelled. It was followed by a snarl as he didn’t have as much control over his voice than Shiver. Shiver saw through a strong helmet fear-filled eyes of the master dragon’s. He thrashed, trying to escape the evil. Even he also could not even move the black poison off his body. “I will kill you!” The master dragon yelled. “Lots want to kill you!” Shiver drew his sword and it flashed, showing full frost and ice inside. The lava dragon drew his sword. The master protector tried desperately to get into the master dragon’s head, but all he saw was evil and death. The master dragon raised his hand, picking up the pieces of the boulders. He pushed them at the master protector, and the master protector pushed the rocks back. The two dragons cut each other’s powers and the rocks fell in the middle. Shiver leaped at the master dragon. The master dragon cut upward, stabbing Shiver in the front leg. Shiver limped away. The lava guardian jumped to protect Shiver from the master dragon’s blows. He was good at parrying, but it seemed if he attacked it would end the both of them. The master protector leaped from behind, spear aiming at the master dragon’s head. It missed slightly, striking down the master dragon’s back. The master protector lost balance and slipped. The master dragon turned and pulled the old rock bits over the master protector’s head. The master protector rolled out of the way before the rocks came down. The master dragon’s sword split the ground right in the spot the master protector was. The master protector leaped with the spear again, this time pinning the master dragon’s tail into the ground. The master dragon screeched. But, instead of trying to get the spear out he just tore away leaving a massive chunk of his tail. Blood sprayed everywhere as he flew off into the air and towards the master cave. “We should follow him!” yelled the lava guardian. “No. I think it wouldn’t be good to get into another battle with him.” Shiver said. He looked down to see blood pouring all over his foot. “You’ll be fine.” The master protector told Shiver in his mind. The master protector put his hands on the slice and Shiver felt a chill spread through his whole body. The slice stopped bleeding. “This will stop bleeding but won’t heal it.” Shiver looked down to see the pools of blood stopping. Shiver looked around the blood-covered battlefield. “What happened here?” Shiver recognized Frost’s voice. She landed.“What are you doing in the lava island? Were you captured? How are you living in this heat?” Frost peppered Shiver with questions. “Do you see that shadow?” Shiver ignored all questions and pointed at the master island. “Yeah! I noticed that! What is that?” Frost asked. “Frost, do you know of any dragons cursed with black goo?” Shiver asked. 

“Yeah! Wyvern was taken by this goo created by some other dragon that looked like the master protector!”

“That was my father. He is cursed by that goo. He seemed to be able to control it much better than the master dragon.” The master protector sent his thoughts to Frost.

“Wait. The master dragon is taken?! This is bad. Has he come after you guys?” Frost sounded worried.

“Yes. He almost chopped my leg off! The master protector got him stuck in the ground, but he just tore away leaving his tail!” Shiver explained. 

“Oh, no! Will his tail grow back?” Frost asked.

“Yes, I’m fine, thank you.” Shiver said sarcastically.

“Oh, I’m sorry. It’s just not bleeding.” Frost said.

“I healed it. This is a new power of mine.” The master protector sent his thoughts.

“Great! By the way, can you audibly talk?” Frost asked.

“No, I can’t.” The master protector sent

“LOOK OUT!!” yelled the lava guardian. Shiver leaped out of the way as three big booms echoed throughout the lava island. Out of the dust rose three master warriors. The first was covered with black goo fully. The other two were only half-covered, like the master dragon. The master warriors each drew their swords. Somehow they remembered to warn the Shiver and his friends by tapping their claws on the stone. “Look! That’s what they would normally do in their lives. They’re warning us off. We should listen.” Frost said. “I know. But this means they’re still in there. Not fully taken yet.” Shiver stood fully, showing the warriors that they were not afraid. The most covered warrior put his hand up and pushed air. Shiver did not see the tree coming at him from behind. He leaped out of the way just in time. “They know magic?!” He exclaimed. “Yes, trained by me. They’re as good fighters as me if not better.” The master protector drew his sword and it turned into a bow in his claws. He drew it. One of the warriors leaped in front of Shiver. The master protector thought it was an attack and shot. The warrior leaped out of the way in perfect timing. The arrow pierced through Shiver’s heart. “NO!!” Frost yelled. She flew into the air. She looked down just in time to see the ice guardian turn to stone. “No.” She was in love with him, hoping they could have kin together one day when the curse was over. She dove down upon the master protector, taking him down below into the freezing waters brought by the ice islands. Frost was very angry and at the time thought it was all the master protector’s fault for shooting Shiver. The master protector had not been trained to breath underwater yet. He drowned down there never to be seen again. Frost swam upward and out of the water, finally directing her hate and anger at the three master warriors below. She clawed all of them to death as if they were nothing. She noticed the black goo squirmed out of the warrior’s bodies and into the ground. She took a good look at the real warriors underneath. They had white glowing swords and the left one had a set of armor small enough for Frost. Frost put it on. It took a while, but finally she looked into the water’s reflection to find herself ready for whatever was thrown at her, equipped with armor better than anyone else’s. She spread her thinly plated wings and flew off, armor clanking. She was going to the ice islands to make sure her friends were okay. Little did she know someone else was coming too. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Hiss. Hiss.”

“Shh. They might hear.”

“Who?”

“Her.” The creature nodded one of its heads towards the dragon who had just dressed in armor. She was beautiful, but the creature only wanted to kill and take over.

“She has left.”

“She looks different, doesn’t she?”

“Yes.”

“She’s white.”

“She’s she!”

“I know that. What does that have to do with anything?

“We usually kill males.”

“He’s right.”

“We couldn’t think of killing her, could we?”

“Oh, yes we could.” The creature flew off after the female dragon. She was way ahead, but her armor clanking gave her location away. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Frost landed on the ice island’s edge. She felt really bad she killed the master protector now. He couldn’t really be dead, could he? Did he have a mate? If he did, Frost was in trouble. Frost didn’t want to be killed by some angry female. She always wanted to die in battle, helping the ice island. Not that anyone would really care. No one even lives on the ice island anymore, all the males alive went away to other islands. Most were dead though. Frost started running towards the ice caves at top speed, trampling snow and spreading it everywhere. She reached the ice caves. They seemed nice and neat, which was a good sign. She was greeted by her friend. Frost searched her friend’s face for any kind of sadness, but all she saw was fear. Frost turned to see what her friend was looking at. Behind frost was a very strange creature. It had the head of a lion, the head of a goat, and the head of a dragon. It’s tail was a long snake holding itself up behind the dragon’s head. Frost recognized this creature; it was painted on a wall somewhere. But she could not remember. The snake rose above the lion’s head and huffed fire over frost, burning her ice scales. Frost breathed fire back, and it hit the dragon’s head. The creature started running toward Frost. Frost didn’t want to fight, but she had to. She drew the master warrior’s sword, and it glowed blue. She leaped at the goat’s head, being the closest. The snake blew fire over her, but it only helped her ability to not be seen. Her sword went right through the creature’s foot, but it healed as she pulled her sword out. The lion’s head bit down into her leg. The dragon bit her up and threw her into the air. Frost spread her wings and flew upwards into the air. “Come on! This creature is too much! He’ll kill you if you stay!” Frost yelled at her friend. The female ice dragon flew upward through the air. “This is crazy! What was that creature?” Frost’s friend asked. “It was a chimera, Snowspike. “What’s that?” Snowspike asked. “What you just saw!” Frost replied.

“It’s so ugly!” Snowspike said.

“I know. They’re hybrids, like griffins.” Frost landed on the edge of the lava island where she had left in a rage before. “Wow, what happened here? Snowspike said. “You could call it a master battle.” 

“No. Where you hurt?” Snowspike asked.

“No. But the Ice Guardian was killed.”

“The master dragon would do that?”

“Not him. Some of his possessed warriors. Really, the master protector did it but it’s not his fault.”

“Wow. I know you loved him. I’m sorry.” Snowspike noticed the armor of Frost. “Isn’t that the master warrior’s armor?” She asked. “Yes. I took it off one of the master warriors.”

“Frost, you know that myth about the stone dragon?”

“Yes. He won’t turn into that monster, I know it!”

“Well… It is very doubtful that he wouldn’t.” Snowspike was talking about the myth of the stone dragon that would turn alive again below a red sky with a heart of stone. The stone dragon would be undefeatable. According to myth anyway. Frost didn’t want to believe that her Shiver would turn evil. As she was thinking, the chimera was circling over them. 

 

 

 

“She was tough!”

“Yeah, and fast.”

“No way she can beat us!”

“You think we should just team up with her and see how it goes?”

“Hiss. Hiss.”

“I think we should.”

“No! Then we would be failing all chimeras!”

“He’s right.”

“We should fake teaming up!”

“How does that work?”

“You idiot.”

“We pretend we’re friends and then betray her!”

“I couldn’t do that.”

“Oh yes you could.”

 

 

 

Frost gasped as the same chimera lightly landed. She stood and drew her sword, ready for round two. The chimera turned. “We’re friendly!” Growled the lion head. “Yeah…” The dragon head started before being bitten by the snake. “How can we trust you?” Snowspike asked. 

“We’re friendly!”

“That’s not enough.”

“Leave them alone, Snowspike. I can handle this.”

“She can handle it.” The Goat head bleated.

“You be quiet! What dragon and lion wants a goat, a kind of pray?!” The snake bit the goat. 

“Stop fighting, you look stupid!” Snowspike interrupted them. 

“Stupid? You’re the stupid one, shorts!” Snowspike was about to attack, but Frost stopped her yet again. “Oh, Frost let me go! That insulting lion’s gonna pay!!”

“Chill out, Snowspike. They’re growing on me here.” The goat laughed out loud. Frost ignored it and continued. “Very well, come. One foul move and I’m killing all three of you.” The snake hissed. The chimera walked behind Frost. Frost was about to alert the lava dragons when she heard fighting. “Hey, it’s my turn to fly!”

“No, it’s mine!”

“Shut up you two, I’m the middle here!”

“Who says?” 

“ME!!”

“That’s not enough.” The lion mimicked Snowspike. Frost looked at Snowspike and sighed. “SHUT IT!! The chimera looked at Frost. “Now, you shut up and fly evenly and silently! I don’t care who flies, just do it!” Frost yelled at the chimera. The chimera puffed it’s chest out and spread it’s wings. They followed Frost silently. Frost flew off towards the lava island. She felt very hungry. She landed on the edge of the lava caves. “Who will hunt?” She asked. “Not me. I know nothing about hunting.” Said Snowspike. “We’ll do it!” Said the chimera. “Okay, go. Remember, you need to not argue while hunting, animals aren’t stupid here. “Hiss.” The snake bit at Frost but couldn’t reach. The chimera flew off towards the yellow forests of the lava island. 

 

 

 

 

“Hiss. Hiss.”

“Shh, we’re supposed to be hunting.”

“Well, do you think she buys?”

“Yeah, she seems distrusting though.”

“Sure, naturally. We attacked her!”

“This hunting thing is the perfect chance to get her trust.”

“Well, it could be tricky.”

“How? I can’t imagine animals run.”

“True, humans just crouch there when we come, so how would an animal run?”

“Yeah, this should be easy!”

“We’ll impress her for sure!” The chimera landed silently among the trees to spot a big black bear ahead. 

 

 

 

Frost crouched down to wait. Snowspike acted as if she was being burned alive. Frost had no problem with the lava island since she was part lava dragon herself. Frost stood as she saw the chimera coming back.  The dragon head had a fine deer in its mouth, and the lion carried a black bear. The snake carried three big mice in its mouth. The goat had some yellow leaves. The chimera sat down to eat, pushing the deer towards Frost. The snake devoured the mice whole, while the lion and dragon head started eating into the bear. Frost sat again and began clawing the deer apart. Snowspike joined, and soon it was all gone. The chimera had finished long ago, not leaving any trace of meat on the bones. Frost was barely satisfied, but she was less hungry. “Ready?” Frost asked. The chimera nodded and they flew off once more to ask and warn the lava dragons of the chimeras. The chimeras seemed to be getting more into sync with each other than when Frost first met them. The only one not cooperating was the snake, and the snake didn’t seem like he was ever going to cooperate. Frost spotted a hunting patrol flying on the forest’s edge. “Frost, something’s behind you! Look out!” Yelled Redtail who was leading the group. Frost looked behind her, but only saw Snowspike and the chimera. Frost realized Redtail was talking about the chimera. “No, they’re okay! We came to warn you about them, actually.” Snowspike said. “Right.” The lava patrol landed. “What is the problem?”

 

As both patrols talked about the possibility of chimeras taking over, the chimera stepped away.

“I think we have her fully fooled now.”

“We should keep going until her guard goes down.”

“Yeah, at least she’s gossiping good about us.”

“How do you know?”

“Yeah, she may be plotting to kill us.”

“True.”

“It’s okay. All we gotta do is keep going as we are, that’s all.”

“I bet the hunting was a good booster.”

“True.”

“Hiss. Hiss.”

“I agree. With this numbskull here, it was surprisingly a breeze.” The snake bit the goat.

“Stop. We start fighting amongst ourselves and one will have to carry around our dead bodies!”

“I’d smash my head on a rock before that happens.”

“True.”

 

Frost had well warned and asked lots of questions on chimeras. There had been no sightings and nothing strange happening. “Hey, chimera! Get over here.” Frost yelled. She didn’t want to know what the chimera could have been doing. “Snowspike, coming?” Snowspike walked over. “Where are we going?” 

“To explore the place Wyvern got possessed.” 

“Wow, you’re returning?” 

“There’s not much to do here.” 

“You could have power over the world!”

“Why would I ever want to take over the world?” Frost became suddenly very alerted. 

“Oh, it was just a question.” Snowspike said. Frost jumped off the ledge of the yellow forest and spread her wings, heading towards the caves where the portal was. She picked up speeds quick, not really caring if Snowspike and the chimera were behind. They were, and as they landed they couldn’t stop speeding and slammed right into the cave. Frost didn’t wait for anything. She stepped through the portal. Snowspike and the chimera followed. “Come here, Snowspike!” Frost said. “What is it?” Snowspike asked. 

As they talked the chimera stepped aside.

 

 

“When do we take them out?”

“Soon.”

“Why would we take them out though, is there a real reason?”

“Because we gotta make the boss proud!!”

“True.”

“Oh, yeah. Him.”

“Yeah.”

“Hiss. Hiss.”

“You think they’d take us out?”

“No, we’re too strong.”

“Yeah, you idiot! We have three heads!”

“They have two.”

“Not working together like us.”

“That may be a blessing.”

“What?!”

“I need time alone.”

“Hey, chimera! Come on! We’re going!” Frost yelled. Her and Snowspike flew off, chimera close behind. Soon Frost had landed at the cave where she last saw the dragon who looked like the master protector. The chimera looked delighted at the small cave. The doorway that had opened up before was now closed again. “Welcome to your doom!” The chimera leaped toward Frost, barely missing, and flying into the cave wall. The crash made the cave collapse over the opening. Frost was trapped. It was dark, but the darkness is nothing to a dragon. Frost saw the shape of the chimera disappear. It whooshed back into sight over Frost, claws out. “Look out, Snowspike, he disappears!” Frost yelled as she rolled out from under the chimera. “I see.” The chimera leaped at Snowspike, but she blew ice cold wind over him. The chimera crouched and put it’s wings over it’s head to stop the cold. Suddenly, a big boom came over the cave. Lightning struck the roof, making it split apart like a rotten nut under pressure. The lightning struck again, this time hitting the chimera. He leaped into the air, volts rushing through his body until he bent over, smoking. Frost looked up at the beautiful clear sky. Clouds swirled until the whole sky was black. From the center a blue dragon appeared, not ice or mist. It had the spikes of a lava dragon but the body of a water dragon. It’s wings were as big as an unfurler’s. It dove into the cave and swiftly landed. “That chimera was one of many. They’re overwhelming our world in large numbers. Led by this strange creature they’re very powerful.” Frost nodded. “What are you?” She asked. 

“I am an electric dragon. We have more of your kind back home.”

“My kind?”

“Yeah, a frost dragon.”

“Oh, yes. What did you say about the chimeras?”

“They took over! We can’t safely go out anymore!”

“Oh, no! Could we help?”

“That’s what I came for. Please help, we can’t take him out alone!”

“I will! Where is that portal?”

“I will lead you to it.”

The electric dragon led Frost to the water island. “But I can’t really swim very well!” Frost said. “You must.” Said the electric dragon. “Do you want me to pull you down?” 

“No!” She gasped for air as she was pulled underwater.  Sooner than she knew they were breathing air well again. She looked around. To her side was Snowspike. “How’d you get here?” Frost asked. “You were really stupid to fight like that. Swimming’s easy once you get into the water.” Snowspike replied. “Hey, I’ve never left the caves thanks to you and the others! Abusing my powers.” 

“We had to! To keep an egg warm, you need some kind of heat and ice dragons don’t have that!”

“Whatever.” Frost huffed. The electric dragon pushed the two females apart and spread his wings. He flew off toward a mountain. Frost and Snowspike followed. The electric dragon slowed down and landed on a wide ledge. Frost and Snowspike landed beside him. “Look out!” Another electric dragon leaped out of nowhere and clawed Frost, more fearful than anything. “Snowspike!!” Frost yelled, being grabbed and pinned by the other electric dragon. “STOP!!! They’re friends!!” yelled the electric dragon that led Frost to this place. “But, Thunder, they’re ice dragons!” said one of the electric dragons holding Frost. “Let them go.” Said Thunder. “Did you really think they could sneak me, the Thunder?” Thunder laughed. “Just doing our jobs, sir.” The electric dragon let Snowspike out of a headlock. “Any updates?” Thunder asked. “Well, another one of those bird-dragons came. He said he wanted to talk, but we scared him off.” 

“Good. Anything else?”

“We saw the bird master make a nest out of hay and we got to watch.”

“Location?”

“Around the River. Her scouts tried to kill us, but we scared them off.” The electric dragon showed his leg.

“That looks bad. Take a break, Flash. Gleam will take over.”

“Yes, sir.” Gleam went back to his place to the left of a large stone. Thunder Pushed the rock aside. It revealed a dark cave, bustling with electric dragons like an ant hill. “Rocket!” Thunder yelled. The electric dragon named Rocket came running. “Flash’s leg looks bad.” Rocket ran towards another room in the cave where Frost guessed Flash had nested. “Flame! Your father needs a break, go help Gleam guard.” Another electric dragon ran past and drew his sword, ready for battle near the rock. “Nest as long as you like or go out to explore. You choose.” 

“I’ll explore out there. You are coming, right Snowspike?”

“Sure.”

“You two be careful, there’s lots to die from out there.”

“And watch out for humans!” Another voice yelled. It was a kind-looking young blue electric dragon. “Humans?” Frost asked. 

“Yes, they live in large castles and force us dragons to serve for them.”

“Wow! Do you guys ever try to save them?”

“The amethyst dragons do. They usually just retreat.”

“Amethyst?”

“Purple gem dragons. They live around these mountains and protect us.”

“Are they very friendly?”

“You should stay away.”

“Got it. Thank you!” Frost nodded to Snowspike. “Let’s go.” Frost flew out of the mountain cave. It was mostly green here, with brown dots and lots of horses. Frost saw lots of humans running around the horses, as well as lots of wagons following the horses. In the distance she saw a beautiful castle. It was human made, as it was too fine for a dragon to have made. Frost landed behind a big  rock nearby the castle to watch. There was lots of men in armor suits, all organized perfectly into squares guarding a big door. She heard tinkling. Frost looked around, but she saw no one. Suddenly she heard yelling and felt pulling on her legs. Frost was brought down by chains that must have been tied around her legs. Frost fell, thrashing as more chains were thrown over her. Soon she was all covered in chains. As she fought something was put in her mouth that made her fall asleep. “We got him now!” Someone yelled. 

 

Frost awoke to a massive steel cage. She stood. Frost blew fire over the bars, but they only glowed blue. A man walked by, inspecting other cages. Frost noticed all the cages in the room, each containing a dragon. “Now what have we here?” The man said as he stopped at the amethyst dragon across from Frost. “You’ll make a nice ore miner.” The man laughed. He stopped at Frost next. “You are pretty. We’ll present you to the king.” The man walked off briskly. “Ahh, you come back here!” Frost yelled. The man continued walking. Frost snarled and sat back down. The man came back with his friend, and he held a small plug. They walked up to Frost and entered her cage. The man held out his hand, and Frost felt her mouth opening without her saying. She tried to close it but couldn’t. The man’s friend out the tab in frost’s throat. She tried to breath fire over the men, but she only coughed. The tab was keeping her from breathing fire or ice. The man put his hand down. Frost instantly thrashed at the men. She came out of the cage. The man that put the tab in her mouth put his hand up, and Frost felt herself being pushed. There was a long corridor, and then it opened up into a big golden ballroom. At the edge of the room was a large chair, and in it was the king. He stood as Frost came in. “Where did you get this beautiful creature?” He asked the men. “She was watching our guards near the stone.” Said one of the men. The king walked up to Frost. She felt like he was not harmful. Frost liked the king. The king put his hand on Frost’s nose and gently pet her. Frost bent down so he could reach better. “I think she likes me.” The king said. He was right. Frost sat down, enjoying the king’s presence. “You know, my friends in the cages are this friendly, too. I just know it.” She said slowly. “Yes, but they don’t show it. If you can persuade me otherwise, they would be treated like royalty for their work.” The king responded. “Let me go to them.” Frost said. “Go. I will come with you.” The king said. Frost stood with the king and they both went. The two men who had captured Frost followed, but Frost struck one with her tail warning them off. They entered the place with the cages. The dragons looked amazed to see Frost still alive, and with the king. “The king says if you’re friendly and work well you will be rewarded with a big supper and a bed every night!” Frost said, looking the amethyst dragon right in the eye. The two men took Frost’s hint and opened up the amethyst dragon’s cage. The big purple dragon came out. Smoke was coming out of his nose, but he didn’t attack. “You said I would mine?” He asked the man who freed him. “Yes, please?” The man was very afraid. “I will, but only for a big dinner or I would go back to my mountain home.” The amethyst dragon said as he walked outside with the man. Frost looked at the king. “Well?” The king looked impressed. “It looks like he, the meanest here, only needed you.” The king gestured to the other cages. The one remaining man started opening cages letting the other dragons out of the cages. “What was I supposed to be?” Asked one lava dragon. “Go to the center of the castle, turning left once you exit. You will see the drawbridge, that is what you guard.” The man said. Frost smiled contently as she watched all the other dragons get organized into their places. “What is your name, dragon?” The king asked Frost. “My name is Frost.” She replied. “May I ride you to scope out the terror bird who leads the chimeras?” The king asked. Frost considered it. She then bent down low so that the king could get on. “Please fly low so if my men get in trouble we can help.” The king said as he grabbed Frost’s spikes to hold on. Frost started running to take off. She took flight and she kept down just over the men like the king had asked. Frost flew slow to keep up with the horses even though she could give the king a tour of the world in five minutes. Frost pulled up as a group of chimeras flew between her and the horses. Many men fell off their horses, but the rest started yelling and charged at the chimeras. Frost tried to breath ice over the chimeras, but the tab in her throat stopped her. “The tab is stopping me from breathing ice, that’s the only thing they’re afraid of!” She told the king. “I’ll throw them in the dungeons for you, Frost!” He yelled back. Frost dove down upon a chimera’s back and grabbed on to it’s body, but the snake tail bit down dangerously close to the king. Frost clawed at the chimera’s shoulders, hoping to disconnect the three heads. The chimera ran away. As he did Frost was confronted by a massive bird-like creature. It growled, obviously upset it’s chimera was injured. “Terror-bird?” Frost asked. “Yes.” The king said. “How do we kill it?” Frost asked, backing away. She would have to fly into the air to meet it’s eye, so she didn’t want to battle it. “If I knew we would have killed it already.” The king said. “Tell your men to distract the chimeras! We can do this if you hold on tight and be ready for flips!” Frost said. “Kill the chimeras!!” Yelled the king as he tightened his legs around Frost. Frost looked up at the terror-bird. It breathed in, then blew fire over everything in one big wave. The men all hid behind rocks, but most melted. “Frost, are you sure you can take this?” The king asked. “No.” Frost answered as she turned to leave. She ran as the terror-bird got ready to blow again. 

 

“How would we kill this creature?” One man asked. “She keeps terrorizing our goats and cows!” 

“Yeah! She needs to be killed!”

“My crops are being burned whenever she sees a mouse in them!” 

“Calm down. This will be resolved.” Frost was sitting next to the drawbridge listening in on the angry people and the king. She stood as she saw the amethyst dragon and the man coming in the distance. The man was leading a horse with a carriage filled with pretty sparkling gems. The amethyst dragon stopped next to Frost. “This isn’t so bad, after all. What are you?” He asked. “Oh, I think I’m the king’s pet, he really likes me.” Frost said, trying not to brag. “This man is really nice. I helped him get this whole wagon full!” The amethyst dragon said. “That’s good. Bye!” Frost said as he started to leave. Frost saw the lava dragon helping the guards by standing right above the drawbridge on a ledge, watching into the distance for any kind of threat. Frost sat back down. She heard noises and to her left a doorway opened and a green female dragon came out with a man holding a bow. The dragon headed towards the woods. The man followed. Frost guessed they were going hunting. Frost felt hungry and followed, catching up with the dragon. “What do you want?” The dragon asked as Frost caught up. “Just hunting.” Frost said. “You’d better not mess us up.” The female dragon said. “I won’t.” To be sure Frost Headed to the far end of the woods. Frost ducked low and started crawling around until she saw a deer. As she was about to pounce three whizzing arrows hit it in the head and it fell silently, blood pouring. The man and his female dragon appeared from the bushed nearby. Frost decided to let them have their catch and look for something else in the forest. She saw a big boar drinking from a pond. Frost sneaked through the forest until she was right behind. She looked around to make sure the dragon and the hunter weren’t around, then struck. The boar died, and Frost took him to explore the woods. She spotted another deer by a tree. She snuck over, hoping it wouldn’t smell the dead boar. It did, but it was too late. Frost hooked her claws into it’s neck and left the forest, both animals hanging from her mouth. She returned to the castle. Frost sat back down on her grass pile near the drawbridge to eat. As she did, the king came out. “Hunting?” He asked. Frost nodded as she picked up the boar and bit it’s leg off. “I must say, our town is doing better with the dragons cooperating without the use of torture. Frost choked on the tab in her throat. She breathed fire, a black burnt ash of the tab falling down to the ground and cooking the deer in front of her. The king ducked behind the doorway to her left. “Sorry. I choked on that tab.” Frost said. “I know you aren’t mean.” The king said. He pointed to the leg of the cooked deer. Frost took her claw and sliced off half the leg perfectly. The king took it, and they ate together, watching the crops and gems and water buckets and horses and everything else that came through the drawbridge. Until a chimera came down out of nowhere, interrupting Frost’s meal, which made her angry. Frost stood and breathed ice over the chimera. “Nice try, Frost!” The chimera said. Frost recognized the voice of the goat. It was the chimera that had tricked them. “Once you do one thing to kill us we come back with an immunity!” The snake tail breathed fire over frost. Frost leaped in front of the king, who ran back into the castle. “Now we can fight!” Frost said. Bowmen shot at the chimera from the top of the castle walls. An amethyst dragon landed nearby the fight. Frost froze. It was staring right at her. At her feet, actually. A rock suddenly sprouted out of the ground, carrying her up. The rocks sprouted around the chimera, caging him. From her perch Frost froze the chimera in there with a thick ice cover so it couldn’t get out. “Hey, get out here!” Frost yelled. The king knew he was being called and ran out. “I’m so glad you’re okay, Frost.” He hugged her leg. “The amethyst dragon did it.” Frost pointed at the place where the amethyst dragon was, but it had disappeared. “What do we do with that chimera?” Frost asked. “I’ll get my men to come out and make him fall asleep. From there we can capture him.” The king said. Later Frost was in the cage room, where one big cage held the chimera. The men were just finishing the magic seal over it. The chimera woke. Slowly it realized it was captured. The chimera started clawing and scratching, but all they did was make the metal glow blue. Frost sat down close to the chimera’s cage; just out of it’s reach. “What do you think this would be useful for?” Frost asked the man. “He might make a good castle guard, keeping him close.” The man answered, also watching the chimera flail in its cage. “Do you really think it will cooperate though?” He asked. “No, not right away. Keep it in there until it changes it’s mind, though.” Frost said as she turned away. As she did an electric dragon landed in the forest. Frost ran towards it. “Where have you been? We thought you were captured!” The electric dragon said. Frost recognized Thunder’s voice. “Those humans weren’t going to hurt your dragons! They only needed help. Come and see, it’s safe.” Frost said. “If you say so.” Thunder walked to Frost’s side. As she was about to leave Flash and Gleam crashed down into the trees. “Bye, dinner.” Frost muttered under her breath. “It’s about time you got here!” Thunder cried. “What took you so long?!” Flash stood and pulled up Gleam. “We had to close the cave door!” Gleam said. “I can do it one-handed.” Thunder said. Frost left and they all followed. Soon they were at the castle. Thunder was very cool, but Frost could tell he was going to jump at the first human he saw. Frost ducked into the door that led to the cage room. Thunder gasped at the caged chimera. The chimera was still fighting, but less explosive. “You’re not going to get out.” Frost said. “Best would to be calm enough so they can let you out.” The chimera just stared with blazing eyes. “Come on, he’s probably not going to give up until he physically can’t move anymore.” Thunder and his guards couldn’t take their eyes off the chimera. Frost led them to the throne room where the king was sitting with his head in his hands. He looked up at Frost. “Hello. Who are your friends?” He asked. “This is Thunder, Flash, and Gleam. They are here to make sure you’re capturing their dragons wasn’t to kill them.” Frost said. “Ah, yes. I apologize for capturing your dragons, but we need help! That terror-bird is killing our crops! We’ll all starve to death soon!” The king said. “We could help with the drought. If there even is any.” Thunder said, obviously forgiving the king. “There is none, although the terror-bird keeps burning our crops, and not much water will fix that.” The king said. “I will bring my electric troops to you.” Thunder said. Frost tilted her head; this was very sudden for Thunder. “That would be great, thank you.” Thunder turned and left; Frost guessed he was getting his troops. “Frost, how would you like to lead my men?” The king asked. “It would be fine.” Frost said. “Good. Go to your normal spot by the drawbridge and start commanding if you want.” The king said. “Actually, I’m kind of hungry.” Frost said. “Go then, make yourself comfortable.” The king sat his head back in his hand. Frost left through the small door to the left of her spot by the drawbridge. She headed towards the forest. As soon as she did she saw a big, pretty doe. The doe was very beautiful. She turned in the opposite direction, sneaking to the other side of the forest where the pretty doe would not be harmed by her. She saw a big green, scaled creature. It looked like a small, wingless dragon. An alligator Frost had heard of. It was obviously hunting, and Frost was hunting IT. Frost tried to sneak the alligator, but it heard her. The alligator turned slowly and clawed at Frost. It had lots of power, but not enough to cut Frost. She put her claw up and crushed the alligator until she saw it’s brains. She picked it up in her mouth and headed back to the castle to sit on her normal spot by the drawbridge and order the men around like the king said. She was tearing into the tough alligator when she felt rumbling from the ground. One of the king’s men leaped onto Frost. “Go, Frost!” The man yelled. “Where?” Frost asked as she launched into the air. “There’s enemy men coming from that direction!” He pointed to the path the villagers take. Frost headed there, at the speed of light. “Oh, no, it’s those guys again!” Frost noticed big, green, tailed men. “What are those?” She asked, still bolting towards the men. “Experiments gone wrong.” The man answered. Frost was circling over the men now. There was hundreds of them, all marching towards the castle. “Frost, do something!” The man yelled. Frost gasped for air, then blew it all out in icicle cold breath. The men scattered, and finally noticed the dragon circling them. The bowmen behind drew their bows and shot. Most arrows missed, but one went right through Frost’s leg. She dove and breathed ice over the men. Quarter the men had fallen, but most still beehived towards the castle. More arrows were shot at Frost. Many hit this time, mostly in her wings. Frost plummeted towards ground, trying to not roll on the man who was holding on as tight as he could. Lizard men piled over Frost as she crashed into the ground. Frost stood. She shook the lizard men away, then breathed fire. Most of the men caught fire and ran away until they burned to death on the ground. Others hid behind the boulder where Frost had been captured. Frost’s ice pockets were almost empty, so she went for some lizard men that thought they could take her on. After being scratched in many places all over she decided to retreat. Just as she did she saw the whole pack of electric dragons, and Thunder leading them. They brought storms and rain. Lightning struck the invading army, making Frost leap away. She put the pressure on the electric dragons and left for more help. She was going so fast she almost crashed headfirst into one of the castle watchtowers. There were already dragons heading out of the castle front gates, and behind them hundreds of men. Frost decided to stay and protect whoever had stayed inside the castle. She started pacing in her spot by the drawbridge as a battle could be seen in the distance. There were archers shooting from inside the castle walls. The invading armies and their lizard men seemed to be winning, when a black spiky female dragon came onto the battlefield. Frost recognized her as the female who was almost killed in the cave when Wyvern had found the unfurlers. The female descended upon the castle. Frost jumped into the air. “What do you want?” She asked, claws showing. “REVENGE!!” Yelled the female dragon. She swooped at Frost and claws raked her face and down her back. The female dragon lifted her wing as Frost growled and breathed fire. The shoot of fire went under the female dragon’s wing and out into the distance. Frost dodged in the air as the female dragon attempted to get close enough to land acid breath. Frost went under the female dragon but found that the stomach was covered in thick sharp spikes. Frost instead Bit down on the female dragon’s tail and swung, knocking both dragons out of the air. Frost landed perfectly on her feet and pounced on the female dragon as she was still falling. The weight of Frost launched the female dragon faster into the ground and a deep rumbling noise echoed across the plain. Frost jumped into the air, admiring the massive crater the female dragon had made. The female dragon jumped up out of the crater and rammed into Frost. Frost slithered out of the female dragon’s grip and breathed ice over her back. The female dragon screeched as her wings were pelted by ice shards. One pierced through the female dragon’s wing and she fell to the ground. The amethyst dragon leaped out from behind a tree. “That was good fighting.” He spoke. “Hey, why weren’t you there helping me?” Frost asked. “I wanted to see you fight alone so I can better equip you to be the king’s guard or whatever you are.” The amethyst dragon shrugged. Frost was wondering what he meant. “Never mind.” Frost followed the amethyst dragon to the castle. Suddenly, she spotted two bright colors in the green forest. “Stop!” She told the amethyst dragon. “What are those?” She asked. “Those are the cat-dragons.” The amethyst dragon sounded confused, as if Frost had lived here forever. “They have lived here for about a week, just in the forest.” Frost swooped down below the trees and landed into the clearing. “Cat-dragons?” She asked. She heard a long warning meow, but she continued to walk toward them. The blue female cat-dragon stepped behind her brother. For the first time Frost noticed the marks all over the two. Not scratches, but patterned scales. The male pushed his fluffy tail against the female’s shoulder to sooth her. The two started talking in meows, and only the male spoke a little dragon language. The male turned to look at Frost. He growled and leaped, his weight knocking the breath out of her. “Why did you abandon us? Those evil dragons almost killed us! And for what? You strangled our friend!” Frost recalled when she was so mad at the master protector for killing Shiver, the Ice Guardian, that she pulled him underwater and drowned him. Frost felt bad all of a sudden, she had always known that was wrong, but not like this. The male cat-dragon dug his sharpened cat claws into Frost’s scales. Frost felt heat coming from the claws. She tried to pull the cat-dragon off, but he was lodged on. Frost looked into his orange eyes to see red flame coming out. She gasped. “Aglaia was almost killed! She’s scarred for life!” The male cat-dragon said, tail pointing toward the female cat-dragon. Frost saw that the female’s face was marked by five scratches going down her face, from left eye to her chin. Suddenly the male cat-dragon burst into flames and jumped back. Aglaia hid behind one of the few trees in the clearing. The amethyst dragon behind Frost stepped back. Frost struggled to get up. The male cat-dragon roared. He leapt at the amethyst dragon, but the amethyst dragon sprouted rocks from the ground and the cat-dragon was kicked back. Frost breathed ice over the cat-dragon. He hissed and flew into the air, shivering. “Who would have guessed a cat-dragon would hate ice?” Frost wondered aloud. The male cat-dragon’s fire had mostly burned off his body, leaving steam from the ice. He refused to back down, though, and dove through the air at Frost. She reached her claws out and raked his left wing, leaving many tears. The male cat-dragon landed gracefully and folded his wings in. He crouched, backing away while hissing. The female touched her tail across his back and purred. The male’s raging gaze softened, and he stood. The male cat-dragon stood at his sister’s side. She purred and stepped from behind the tree. The two cat-dragons circled Frost like they did when they were just babies. She looked at the amethyst dragon who was awestruck. She explained what had happened, and he stared with a black stare. “You killed him? The master protector? He was the only hope to our world being saved!” The amethyst dragon said. “You knew him?” Frost asked. “He was our only hope.” The amethyst dragon repeated. Frost felt bad. From that moment on, she decided to protect the castle from opposing armies and at night searched for what the amethyst dragon was even talking about. This was only kingdom rivalry, wasn’t it? Frost looked through the small human books, and after much practice learned to turn the page without tearing it. She gasped at what she saw. There was a picture of the terror bird in this book. But it looked much older, and it had spines lining it’s back. She saw a picture of a cave she had saw when she first came to this world and decided to investigate. She took to the air. Suddenly, she heard something. She leaped backwards in the air to land on the female cat-dragon’s back. “Aglaia!” Frost exclaimed, spreading her wings again. “Where are you going?” Aglaia asked. “To investigate a spot I saw in books.” Frost hesitated. “You shouldn’t come, Aglaia. It might be dangerous. You’re only young.” Aglaia started glowing, lighting up the dark night. Frost watched as Aglaia turned translucent, like water. Frost was curious, so she put her right claw on Aglaia, to gasp as her claw went right through. “I’m not as young as you think.” Aglaia sounded garbled. Frost nodded and without a word led the way to the cave. Frost landed softly at the cave from the picture. Aglaia splashed behind her. Frost looked back to see Aglaia turn solid again. Frost entered the cave, the small female cat-dragon padding behind. Frost heard sounds of water dripping. For the first time Frost noticed that Aglaia was glowing. Frost looked back to see patterns of waves and swirls covering her, each glowing. Frost had seen something similar on the male cat-dragon, but his were patterns of raging flame. Frost would have to research what these creatures really were later, back in the library with the king’s books. For now, though, she went ahead. The cave was very big, so big that thick lava dragons could make their whole home here. Frost jumped back as a screech echoed throughout the cave. From a dent in the cave wall a small bird jumped out and clawed Frost. The small bird’s claws didn’t do a thing though. Frost snickered. She was about to put her claw through the little bird’s throat when she was blinded by a white flash. When the light went away there was no longer a little bird, but a large dragon the size of Frost with a beak and feathers. It was a griffin, but there was something different. Frost was wondering how it even got here. She suddenly felt very hot, and she turned towards the opening of the cave. “Merrow!!” The male cat-dragon bolted through, a ball of fire hurtling towards the griffin- like creature. The two collided, but the griffin stood there, completely unshaken by what should have been a devastating attack. The male cat-dragon growled and pounced, landing square on the griffin’s back. The male cat-dragon’s lion tail thrashed as he imbedded his claws into the griffin’s skin and started tearing. A smell filled the room, and it reminded Frost of rotten meat. Frost gasped as the male cat-dragon yowled in fear. Instead of the griffin, there was a white skeleton with pieces of flesh barely hanging on, but most had rotted away. Instead of eyes there was little red glowing beads. The rotted griffin opened its beak to reveal a black tongue and maggots rolling around on it. “Eww!!” Frost squeaked. She looked back at Aglaia, whose face had turned from delighted that there was fresh prey to awestruck and horrified. She liquified and got into pouncing position. Frost watched Aglaia as she attempted to attack the Griffin, but she didn’t make a scratch. “Run!” Frost yelled. Aglaia retreated to the opening of the cave.  Frost was warmed by the first rays of sun. The king would notice her gone, and Frost wondered if the kingdom was being attacked as she watched the sunrise. No, it couldn’t be. Then she realized the sun was not rising. It was fire! Frost hissed at the bone griffin and flew off towards the smoking forest. She once again heard the screech from the cave and looked back to see the little bird hopping back into it’s hole in the cave wall. Frost dodged as a flaming rock flew towards her. There was a battle, and the entire castle was on fire. 

👉👉(best part, starts unfolding)The amethyst dragon was dragging Thunder into the mining caves. The human that controls the mines was riding him. “What’s so important?” Thunder had said. “I’m not sure,” The amethyst dragon had replied. Thunder blinked as a bright light came nearer and nearer. His eyes adjusted, and in front of him was a massive stone with an electricity dome around it. “The thunderstone!” Thunder exclaimed. “What have you done?” The amethyst dragon looked confused. “What do you mean?” 

 

 

“Yes, it was! It’s been like this for months!” The east wind’s friend shook her head. “Come on, I’ll show you!” The East Wind followed her friend to the wind island. The wind picked up and a massive whirlpool in the sky was forming. But the East Wind’s friend was right, there was no evil dragons. “How!?” 

 

Frost nodded as the man finished his story about how he lost his eye. An evil dragon had clawed it out. “Rob, can you come with Frost to her world and study what is going on?” Rob nodded. “Do I get to ride her?” Frost answered by crouching down. “Oh, yeah!” The man got on, his soft white coat blanketing Frost. “How do I get him underwater?” Frost asked. “Oh, don’t worry about that. He’ll figure it out.” The king said with a glint in his eye. Frost nodded. “Goodbye! I will send my dragons to you as soon as I get there!” Frost left the castle. She and Rob flew over the green ground. Rob was smiling the whole time, sitting straight up, and watching the trees below them. This was all fine until he fell, which caused a lot of stress for Frost. She grabbed him out of the sky right before he hit the trees. “Be more careful!” She yelled over the howling wind. “Will do!” Rob yelled back. This time he hugged close to her neck. Frost picked up speed. They would probably be there soon. Frost suddenly heard something. She slowed. She turned to see a big chattering bone monster. “Come back here!!” Frost heard a voice. She turned to see The lightning dragons, led by Thunder. “Run!!” Thunder yelled at Frost, eyeing Rob on her back. Frost ducked low and bolted away from the battle. “Watch out!” Frost yelled as more bone monsters attempted to claw her. Thunder and some of his patrol team came to save Frost. “Terasteion! Their weak spot is the tail. From there, hook the orb floating in the ribcage.” Frost nodded. “We’ll have to fight!” She yelled at Rob. “Oh, no, we don’t!” He said, sitting back up on Frost and pulling something from his pocket. “What do you mean?” Frost asked. “This!” Rob held up a small blue orb. The sun was just setting, but the last rays of sun hit the orb and it glowed too bright for Frost to see. The light went away, and so were the terasteions. “What was that!?” Frost asked, bewildered. “Oh… something.” Rob answered with a smile. Frost shook her head and ascended a little. She could see the portal ahead. “Hold your breath!” She said as she forced herself through the water. “you don’t have to worry.” Rob said, muffled. Frost swam as fast as possible to the surface, happy to be back in her normal world. “Ahhh!” She yelled as she saw the torment her world was taking. “What?!” Rob said, still muffled. Frost looked back to see Rob with a small mask latched to his mouth. “You’re crazy.” Frost almost laughed. She had hunted before she had left, but it barely felt noticeable now. Besides, Frost was not sure what humans thought of a dragon’s hunting. “Stay right there!” Frost leaped to protect Rob. She was definitely surrounded, but not with evil dragons. A majestic, white female landed right in her face. “What do you want!?” Frost yelled. “You killed my husband!” The white female clawed Frost’s face but hit the mist guardian’s scale and she jumped back. “No, I didn’t!!” Frost yelled. “You didn’t? You’re the only fire and ice mixed dragon on the islands!” The white female was confused. Frost looked to the side, trying to remember. “The master protector?” She asked quietly. “Yes! Where is he?” The white female asked. “Uh… dead.” Frost whispered. “We’re in trouble!!” Rob said, smiling. “We’re about to die and you’re smiling??” Frost asked, bewildered. “Ohh, I get it. You’re got a trick up your sleeve!” Frost laughed. “Nope.” Frost crouched down, not wanting a fight. “I can’t kill you.” The white female said. “My husband never killed anyone on purpose, unless they posed a massive threat to this world.” Frost gasped. “I will have to hold you prisoner though.” Frost let the air back out. “Oh, no, you won’t! Rob, get on!!” Rob leaped onto Frost’s back and held on for his life. Frost started breathing ice, but a chilling wind calmed her. She heard screaming, but she didn’t care. Frost decided to take a nap, right there. 

Frost awoke with a sore head. She jumped up to hit her head on bars again and sat back down. “That didn’t work out too well, did it, Rob?” There was no answer. Frost looked around wildly. Her tail was held down by a thick silver bar, so she couldn’t turn to see everything. It was very dark, but she made out Rob’s coat on the floor just out of reach. Frost strained her head to look up, and there he was, in a cage attached to the ceiling. Frost knew there would be stuff in his coat to get them out, but she couldn’t reach it. “Hey, Frost? How’d we get here? And where’s my coat?!” Rob got alert. “I thought you’d know where we are. Your coat is over there.” Frost pointed. “I can’t reach that!” Rob yelled. “I can’t either! Frost said. “No matter, I got something up my sleeve.” Frost wasn’t surprised by now. She watched as Rob examined the lock, then pulled out a small lockpick from his pants. Just as he did, a massive brown dragon came out from the shadows. “I’m supposed to guard you. Don’t try anything.” His eyes drifted to Rob, who was sitting there, the lockpick safely between his legs. The big brown dragon turned his back on them and rested his head on his claws. Soon Frost heard snoring. Very quietly she said, “Rob, he’s asleep. Give me the lockpick.” Rob shook his head. “You’re too big!” Frost stretched her arm up to grab the lockpick. She nodded as it hit her claw. “Now how does this work?” She slowly put the lockpick in the hole till it clicked. Her cage creaked open, alerting the brown dragon. Frost leaped out and put her claws through the brown dragon’s neck. Frost realized she was now a killer.  “Hey, toss me that key handing from his tail-tip!” Rob yelled. Frost did so, and Rob unlocked it and hopped onto the ground to retrieve his coat. “Much better!” He said, happy. “Why do you think we fell asleep?” Rob asked, climbing onto Frost’s back. “Hypnotized. I think that was The East Wind, a powerful dragon, mate to the master protector.” Rob nodded. “Smart, kill HER husband.” Frost puffed smoke. “It wasn’t my fault!!” Rob waved the smoke away, coughing. “I didn’t say I saw it.” Frost stepped into the next room. She immediately hopped back. “The East Wind’s in there!” Frost whispered to Rob. “Turn around and go the other way!” He said annoyedly. Frost turned and quietly sneaked out. She blinked as the light came into her eyes. Frost noticed the evil had gotten worse. There were now pillars of blackness sprouting from the ground, making massive shadows across the ground. “Behind you!” Rob yelled, making Frost jump into the air. Frost looked back to see a massive snow spider half-covered in black goo. It hissed and shot webs are Frost, who dodged. “Hey, I never bothered you!!” She yelled. The spider didn’t care. It hissed and jumped at Frost. Frost looked behind the spider and saw a web that stretched into the sky, lodged to one of the pillars. “We should go.” Frost said. She heard laughing from behind her. She turned again to see a hooded human riding a black-covered dragon with red beady eyes. “Wyvern!? No, Spike!!” Spike was a young male lava dragon with unusually large wings. One of his parents were unfurlers, making him very spiky. He was Frost’s brother, but he went missing. “Frost, I’ve heard of this guy. Do you know anything about a dragon of stone?” Rob whispered into her ears. “Yes,” Frost answered. “Okay, from what we at the lab know, a dragon will turn to stone at the exact time that this world disintegrates.” Frost had no time to respond.  Another black dragon appeared, and this time Frost knew who he was. “Wyvern!” Wyvern growled, bent by the evil covering him. “It’s me! Frost! We went hunting together after the battle of ice, remember?” Wyvern reached forward and clawed down her nose, hitting the mist guardian’s scale. Wyvern’s claws snipped cleanly through it like a hot knife through butter. “No way!” Frost yelled as the scale pieces fell to the ground. Frost leaned aside as wyvern struck again, just barely missing. “You will soon be dead! Any threats to my power will die.” The hooded human said. “Move!!” Rob yelled, but it was too late. A massive rock squished Frost’s tail. “Hey!!” Frost yelled in pain. Frost’s patience had run thin. She breathed ice over the hooded human, making him flinch away. “Retreat, Spike. She will die here anyway.” Frost writhed from under the rock. “No, I won’t!!” She yelled. She pulled herself from the rock and breathed fire at the human, making his cloak catch fire. Frost caught the human in her claw and prepared to crush. “You’ll never kill me.” Just like that, the human had disappeared. “Are you sure he’s a human?” Frost asked. “No, never met him. Is your tail okay?” Rob got off Frost. The spiders had been scared away mid-battle, and the web had been destroyed. Rob looked at her tail, which was crushed and bleeding on all edges. “It seems badly damaged. Can you still fly?” Frost shook her head. “Not if it’s all cut up! But you have something, right?” Rob shook his head. “No, we don’t heal, healers do that.” Frost laughed. “No way, unbelievable.” Rob was digging through his coat now, laying on the ground some crazy contraptions. He finally sighed heavily and put his coat over her tail, tying the long sleeves together. “Come on, we have to get you to a cave or something, not in the open.  Preferably on the wind or ice island, depending on what element you are. “Ice it is.” Frost said through her teeth. The two walked for a while until they got to the end of the water island. “It’s a long way from here, the best way is to fly.” Frost hissed. Rob checked her tail. “The bleeding has stopped, at least. Are you sure you can’t handle it for a little bit?” Frost nodded. “I guess so.” Rob climbed on and held on tight, fully expecting to be flipped upside down. Frost took off shakily, but got her balance back before she could flip. She saw through half-closed eyes evil covering the ice island, but by the time she opened her eyes it was gone.  They were soon at the ice island. Frost would have jumped for joy to be back in a cold climate if she wasn’t in pain. A snow rabbit ran across a perfectly clean snow plain. Frost shook her head. It probably was just her mind playing tricks on her, the ice island was perfectly clean. She spotted the old egg-sitting caves. “Over there!” Rob looked over and nodded. “That looks good. You go and get yourself comfy while I find some things that might help. He turned and left before Frost could stop him. Frost dragged her tail through the snow as she trekked. She was still happy to be in the snow. “Frost, where have you been?” Frost heard Snowspike coming from the left. “I don’t fully know.” Frost responded. “The East Wind and her allies are after you.” Snowspike said. “I know. We just got out of a tight spot with her.” Snowspike noticed Frost’s tail. “She did that to you!?” Frost shook her head. “No, someone else.” It was then Rob came, holding many sticks. “You’re not cold, are you?” Frost asked. “No, fine.” Snowspike leaped, ignoring the friendly conversation. “Stop!” Snowspike stared back at Frost, claws inches away from his chest. “Fine, but who is he? We’re starving, all the animals are sick!” Frost noticed how thin Snowspike was since she left for the other world. “Sick, how?! The ice island is fine!” Snowspike shook her head. “No, it’s not! A time portal above our world is spreading the evil backwards-ish. When the visible towers appear over the ice island, we’re all doomed.” Frost just stared. “Okay, is there any way to enter this time portal?” 

“No dragon knows, it’s too far up in that massive whirlwind.” 

“Whirlwind?”

“Yeah, look.” Frost looked up through the constant snowstorm. There was a whirlwind in the sky, twisting. Frost saw something flying from it. “You see that? What are those?” Frost pointed. “Hey, I never noticed that before. What are those?” Snowspike said. Just then behind them landed the hooded human. Snowspike screamed and jumped into the air. “Hey, you have three eyes!!” She yelled. Frost turned and saw the hooded human again. “You!” She yelled in anger. She leaped into battle with her, claws flying. She noticed behind the human shining silver dragons, the same robotic ones that had chased her before all of this had even started. “Run, Snowspike! Take Rob! I’ll stall!” Frost growled. So then started the battle of the masters of dragons, good and evil. Frost screeched into the air, hoping more dragons would hear it and come. Almost instantly the males of the closest fire island came flying at bolt speed. “Frost!” The nearest male yelled. “Watch out!!” Frost dodged as quick as she could from a black claw from Wyvern. “I’ll get you for this!” She yelled and breathed fire over Wyvern, knowing of his weakness to fire. “Look out! Flamethrower!” She flapped into the air as a sea of fire came from the fire warriors. The smell of burning plastic came across Frost’s nose as the robots burned. More came still from the whirlwind in the sky. “I have millions waiting! You’ll never stop us.” The hooded human growled in Frost’s ear. She slashed and caught the human’s throat. Frost gasped as she warped back onto Spike, who was growling and clawing the frozen ground like a angry bull. Battle females and males came from the water island then, clashing with the fire and making something much more powerful. Frost noticed Smalls and the water guardian as well as Aglaia coming from behind the human. Aglaia liquified before joining Frost’s side. On the other side came the male cat-dragon with his hot temper melting the snow around him. “Wrrrawwr!!” He yowled as he leaped onto Spike and grabbed the hooded human with his front paws, basically kitty wrestling. But it was more than that. His claws dug in sharp on two small coins and what Frost inferred was the human’s ability to warp. The male cat-dragon caught on fire, making the hooded human scream. She felt for him and threw off the cat-dragon. “I’ll have to go, but my army will stay and finish you and your cat!” She yelled as she commanded Spike to lead her to the portal. Frost laughed as she noticed the burn marks all over the human. The male cat-dragon didn’t get up, though. Frost rushed over to him. “Oh, no.” She said as she backed away. The male was covered in the black goo that covered most of everything in this world, including Wyvern who was dashing through the ice and robotic parts with his horns pointed right at Frost’s head. Frost dodged and Wyvern bashed right into the ice caves behind them, getting his horns stuck. The male cat-dragon was getting up, but instead of that friendly madness in his eyes she saw evil. “This is bad. Aglaia, run!!” Frost couldn’t take her eyes off the young cat-dragon. He was corrupted, now against most of the islands. He leaped at Frost, goo flying off him. Frost dodged and grabbed him by the tail. “Merrow!”  He yowled and started writhing harder than Frost could handle. At that moment a robot raked it’s claws in Frost’s chest. “Hey!” She yelled and scrambled away. Frost jumped at the robot and pulled out the tough wires holding together his legs. It sent out a screech that slowly toned down into a low-pitched garble before fully silencing. The flamethrower sounded again, and this time the water dragons joined in shooting steaming hot water everywhere they could. Frost saw robots breaking down all over, but more were still coming. She turned as three thunderous bangs sounded. “we’ve got you now!” Frost saw four master guard dragons, covered in evil. The master dragon landed nearby. He was still fighting the evil, but it was covering him more than before. “Hey, wake up! You have to come back!” Frost said as she backed off slowly. “Never!!” He yelled back as he breathed fire. Frost took what she had learned from wyvern and the master protector and dodged with the power of three like the ice guardian had taught her before. The master dragon was ready, though, and slashed as she leaped. He missed, hitting the walls of the caves. Fire dragons swooped down from the sky and attacked the master guards. They barely noticed, despite the incredible blows being unleashed upon them. One leaped at Frost, but he was much slower than her. Frost jumped at him and landed on his back, crushing him down. “You tell your twisted friends to leave this place, now.” Frost said with a hissing voice. “We’ll never leave, this is only the start!” He started laughing, causing Frost to let him go. Frost tried to retreat into the sky but couldn’t because one of the master guards grabbed her and threw her across the plain. Frost clawed into the frozen ground, trying to grab before she slid off the cliff. Frost saw the shadow of a dragon against the sunset. He grabbed her before she could fall off. “Wyvern?!” Frost was so bewildered she didn’t grab on to his claws immediately. “Yes. Something happened, I was covered in this white light and then I was here.” Wyvern responded. “How did you escape the evil?” Frost asked, pulling herself over the cliff edge. “What evil?” Wyvern asked. “Good, you forgot.” Frost said. The sun was now coming up over the mountains and scorched the robots, making them disintegrate.  Frost was frozen, though, as she saw the evil Wyvern fighting still with the lava and water dragons. “Where were you when you were ‘glowing’”? Frost asked as she watched the match between a lava dragon and the evil Wyvern. “The master dragon was giving me the White Armor, the same I have on now. I hated to leave, but I had no choice.” Frost shook her head. “No, look. Don’t you recognize that dragon fighting back there?” Wyvern looked confused. “No, but what is that stuff covering him? And who are you anyway!?” Frost couldn’t help but laugh. “I’m Frost! We went hunting together after the battle of the ice islands, don’t you even remember at all?” Wyvern yelled in anger. “No, I don’t!! I don’t know what is happening! Leave me alone!” Wyvern ran off to help the lava dragon against his gooey double. Frost watched. She wondered if it was even Wyvern, but she knew it was because of the way he was matched against the evil Wyvern. The two leaped and swiped together, neither landing any blows. The evil wyvern was outnumbered, though, as the sun was coming over the mountains still, until it’s rays hit the evil Wyvern. He screeched loud enough to split the universe and flew off. Snowspike was carrying Rob back, feeling the battle was over. “Snowspike, you remember Wyvern, don’t you?” Frost asked. “Yes, the ICE guardian’s son? I remember him.” Frost nodded. “He was just here. Not the evil one, he was normal again.” Snowspike leaped in the air. “That means he’s free! Finally!” Frost shook her head, sad to break her happiness. “No. The two Wyverns battled each other. The way they fought, it was like he duplicated or something.” 

 

 

 

 

The East Wind was pacing in the empty cage room. “How could this happen?” Her son sat, watching her pace. “Flash, go catch something. You need to eat.” Flash nodded and left, his small tail dragging behind him. He crouched down into the woods of the wind island. There was a cool breeze coming through the thin line of trees. Flash spotted a rabbit coming out of its hole. Flash sat very still and waited, his mouth watering as he watched the rabbit hop around. He was using the technique his mother taught him. Soon, he heard a wolf come. Flash’s keen ears could hear the wolf licking it’s lips, waiting for the perfect time to strike. The wolf leaped, and so did Flash. He flashed through the wolf, turning to watch it split in half. Flash squirmed down the rabbit hole and stole one. “Hey, Flash! Watcha doing?” Flash heard one of his friends. He came out of the rabbit hole, dragging the rabbit. “Hunting.” He mumbled through the rabbit’s fur. “You’re what? Wow, how did you do this to this wolf?” Flash shook his head. “It was easy. Here, have some. My mom told me to hunt.” Flash’s friend stepped away. “Flash, behind you!” Flash warped to some location behind him. He looked ahead to see that he had killed a dragon. “Hey, why did I have to do that?” Flash asked. “He was about to attack! He had big, shiny claws all stinged with blood! And his fangs were borne, ready to eat you up!” Flash looked around for more. “Let’s take this meat and get out of here.” His friend picked up the rabbit and left. Flash stayed for a little while, looking at the dead body. It must have been one of the evil dragons the east wind taught him about. Flash looked up as he heard screaming. “Flash, help!” Flash ran to the noise. There was a big dragon all covered in black looming over his friend. “Hey, back off!” Flash said as he skidded to a stop right in front of the dragon’s fangs. “Whiteclaw, why don’t you get out?!” Flash said as he backed away slowly. “Because I’m afraid!” He answered shakily. Flash warped out of the way as another big dragon collided with the black- covered one. They rolled into a clearing near the two young dragons. “Run, Whiteclaw!” Flash leaped into the air, forgetting that Whiteclaw couldn’t fly yet. He swooped down and grabbed one of the wolf halves and left for home. As he flew, he wondered why Whiteclaw had been so surprised about his ability to ‘Flash’. Couldn’t everybody do that?

 

Frost had been watching two young dragons hunt together. She remembered the master protector being able to warp to any location as long as he had been there before, but it was not supposed to be done by anyone else. And it was incredibly rare when he did it. Wyvern came in from behind and rammed the evil Wyvern off the young white male and they were sent into battle again, and this time Wyvern sent him packing with one bite. “You’re getting better against yourself.” Frost said as the two were laying together on a cliffside in the wind island. “Is that really me?” Wyvern asked. “Yes, it is you!” Frost rolled her eyes.  She heard Snowspike come in from behind. “Rob says that big whirlwind up there might be causing time-travel. So, from the battle of the ice island, Wyvern must have been pulled through time to us for some reason, causing two Wyverns.” Snowspike continued, “Also, he says that if both stay the way they are in this world for much longer and time will be scarred, forever keeping the evil Wyvern evil. We need to find a cure for this, or just kill the evil one.” Frost shook her head. “But if we kill the evil one, we’ll be stuck without a Wyvern." Wyvern stood. “I remember something from my dad. He told me of a feathered dragon living on an island. It’s said to be a small piece of something spectacular.” Frost nodded. “How can that help?” Wyvern rolled his eyes. “I bet he knows of a cure. And a way to stop all this. Come on, I’ll lead the way. It’s a far way off, though. Past a human settlement, and then over a massive mountain. One of the biggest. I forgot what was after that.” Snowspike groaned. “How long will this take?! I’m hungry now just thinking of it!” Wyvern laughed. “A while. We can hunt before we go, if you want.” Frost snorted. “I think this whole idea is the smartest thing you have ever said in both our lives.” Wyvern sighed, never one for sarcasm. “Let’s go, we have at least twenty days ahead!” He yelled as he leaped off the cliff. Frost followed, only pausing to look at her world once more before it was healed.

 

Frost laughed as Snowspike was continuously getting pummeled by Wyvern in a spar. “Come on, you have to jump! His main attack involves ducking, so counter!” Frost knew Wyvern had such a massive confidence in his battle skills that she could just drop secrets about his technique, and he would still win almost every battle. “He always ducks before leaping at you!” Snowspike Ducked out of the safe-like clearing they were battling in. “He’s too good. I can’t do it!” Frost laughed. “It’s easy, look.” She was about to enter the clearing when she heard a boom coming from behind. “Wyvern, help!” Snowspike yelled as the evil wyvern shot down in front of her. “Aww, can’t we just run this time? This is time-consuming.” Wyvern said as he ran in front of Snowspike. “Wyvern, he attacks like you! Be unexpected! Don’t duck or jump!” Frost said as she joined him in battle. The evil wyvern struck, a dead light in its beady red eyes. Frost saw a shining light come across the plain, and she stepped back away. It was the small dragon she saw hunting earlier, the one who warped through the robot dragon. Frost could see he was much faster than any dragon she knew. The small dragon stopped in front of the evil Wyvern. He tried to slice it in half by warping through him, but when he did, he cut the evil wyvern right in half. The black goo pulled the two halves back together unscathed. Wyvern left, a terrified look in his eyes. The small dragon followed, as did Frost. They flew off the wind island and landed on an island. “Who are you?” Frost asked the small dragon as she watched the air to make sure the evil wyvern didn’t follow. “I’m Flash!” The small dragon responded. “Flash? Is that what you call warping?” Frost asked, looking the small dragon down. “Yeah…my mom named me. She says you are evil, but I think if any dragon kills there must be a very good reason. So, I decided to leave and join you and them!” Frost shook her head. “You don’t want to be with us, boy. It gets scary.” Flash only smiled. “What, that thing?” He pointed at the small dot flying away in the sky, evil wyvern. “I can take him and his stupid friends any day.” Snowspike cut Frost off before she could say anything. “Are you supposed to be the master protector when you grow up?” She asked gently, acting as if this smart-for-his-size dragon was still only a baby. “Yeah, my mom’s been training me since I was hatched. She hasn’t backed off. She says I’m supposed to be the world-saver.” Flash started clawing the soft green grass beneath his feet. “Are you very good?” Wyvern asked out of curiosity. “I can beat my mom. She doesn’t use wind power on me yet, though. Why?” Wyvern smiled. “Want to battle?” Flash nodded. The two stepped into places. Wyvern stood staring into the young dragon’s eyes, trying to see what he would do first. Wyvern was known all across the islands as the best battler ever to be born, so Frost was sure he would win. Flash closed his eyes. He seemed to be waiting for something. Then, the whole island shook as a bolt of lightning struck right on Flash. Through the fires, Frost saw Flash’s eyes glowing a pure blue. He leapt, a trail of electricity following. Wyvern was attempting to get a fire off his tail and was taken by surprise. The two rolled, and Wyvern yelled as a massive wave of water buried the whole island. Frost and Snowspike held on to a single tree to stop from floating away with the waves. Wyvern looked more exhausted than ever, but a fire still burnt in his eyes. Frost jumped back in terror as she saw one of the fires that still burnt on the tree grew, forming a massive dragon shape three times the size of the island. It breathed fire over wyvern, completely disabling him from doing anything. “Wyvern, look out!” Snowspike yelled out. Frost looked in the direction she was looking to see a big ice formation growing out of the sea. It was forming a dragon as well, but this one pummeled Wyvern with a barrage of minuscule ice shards. Flash was calmly standing in the water, waiting for the time to strike with his final and favorite element, wind. Wyvern was knocked out cold though, so Flash decided that he had won the battle. 

Later, Wyvern was sitting near the fire the rest of the group had made while he slept. “I still don’t understand how you beat me.” Wyvern was very stubborn and not ready to accept that he had lost. Flash was not used to making another dragon mad, so he was sitting quietly against a wall playing with tumbleweed. “I’ve never noticed these other islands before.” Frost said while she studied the rock ground. “My dad told me about these. They’re these small shards of islands that cracked off the big ones. Rarely they don’t just break off, but they were that way for all of eternity until now.” Wyvern said as he ran his claws through the ruts in the rock. “I’ve never heard of this one, though. These patterns look like they were made by a dragon, not any wave.” Snowspike was on the other side of the island. It was dark and hard to see, but she could just make out an eye by the moonlight. “Hey, guys, look at this! It’s incredible what someone did here.” Frost came over, followed by Wyvern. “Snowspike, that’s not art!” Frost yelled as she saw the glimmer of beautiful kind blue eye. The whole island started to shake, and the group flew off. “A dragon!!” Flash yelled. The giant eye rose to meet Snowspike, who was terrified. Frost heard chattering; the sound rocks made when you rub them together. “Snowspike, I’ve heard of these. It’s a Titan, and you found it. Just tell it to stop and it will stop trying to eat you.” Snowspike yelled in a squeaky voice for it to stop, and it did. “Hey, it listened!” Snowspike exclaimed. The titan sat in a gargoyle-like stance in the middle of the sea, the waves licking his feet. “How did we not see these before?” Snowspike asked, sitting on the massive titan’s shoulder. “They’re supposed to come when we need them.” Frost said, looking up at the whirlwind. “But from where?” Wyvern asked. “No one really knows.” Frost said. “Come on, Snowspike, we should move before anything happens. We still have a long way to go.” Snowspike nodded. “What do I do with the titan?” She asked. “They are supposed to have incredible hearing. I bet if you tell it to stay, it will hear you when you call.” Frost said as she followed Wyvern. Snowspike followed, telling the titan to stay. The three flew through the night, Flash following. 

 

After a few days of traveling, the dots of islands got more and more. They looked like they were leading toward something, but Frost was afraid to follow them. This was so far out from what she was used to. “Look, Wyvern, what is that?” Frost saw a gigantic tree. Bigger than any other tree she had ever seen. It had to be twenty times the size of a normal dragon at four feet. “Wow, That tree is massive!” Wyvern said. “Let’s go explore that island!” Snowspike exclaimed. The four landed on the edge of the island. They found that that one tree was only the biggest in a whole forest. The island was the size of every elemental island put together. The forest was a massive jungle, filled with chattering and the sound of footsteps. Wyvern heard a thumping coming from the side of him and he jumped out of the way as a massive wingless dragon came by, sharp teeth and a huge crest on its head. It walked slowly, chittering with its green beak-like thing for a mouth. It’s green tail thrashed gently behind it. “Wyvern, look out!!” Frost yelled as a titan crashed into the forest and took the giant wingless dragon into its mouth and swallowed it whole. “Hey, I told you to stay!!” Snowspike yelled. “Snowspike, it’s not the same titan.” Frost said, noticing the big emerald eyes. Snowspike’s titan had blue sapphire eyes. “Did you see that creature he ate?” Wyvern asked, backing away from the titan. “It had blue stripes lining it’s back, and it didn’t have big, clunky scales like us! It’s arms hung in front of it as he just stood there, staring at me!” Wyvern was excited, never stopping to notice how the titan ate the creature. Frost looked up and realized the titan was directly above them, and she stepped away. “Let’s fly and explore a bit. Did you notice how peaceful it looks here?” Frost took off, passing the titan’s head and higher into the canopy of the trees. Wyvern and Snowspike followed. “Wow! Look! Frost saw massive, crowned monsters, more wingless dragons. She also saw a group of small wingless dragons chittering and sharing a massive ox near a lake. 

Her eyes drifted to one with its mouth slightly open and its head perked slightly up to stare at her. She saw massive curved back claws tapping the rock it stood on, and its front claw tapped its chin. It was thinking, and it continued staring at Frost. It opened its mouth fully to chitter, and then ran off faster than Frost could see. It jumped into the group of other wingless dragons eating the ox. The titan thundered off towards the water area. “Hey, Frost, I bet if these titans were on our side like mine we could win this fight.” Snowspike said, preparing to go back down to the forest floor. Frost nodded, thinking. “But how would we control these beasts? They’re the size of one island each! If they wanted, all of dragon kind would be dead in one stomp!” Frost landed on the forest floor to hear muffled screaming. She turned to see Flash’s tail stuck in one of the wingless dragon’s mouth. It was the one that had stared into her mind. “Hey, that’s not a snack!” She yelled and sliced the wingless dragon’s tail. It didn’t seem to notice her weak strike, but it did spit out Flash. It crouched down to look into Frost’s eye, it’s mouth half-open as usual. Frost heard a low roar coming from the bushes nearby. A spike-covered monster landed on Frost, it’s small beak half-filled with leaves from the bush. The giant wingless dragon stepped forward and headbutted the monster. It roared as it was launched across the forest and rammed into a tree. Frost saw the monster’s mouth open, filled with the evil goo from their own islands. “How did that get here?!” Frost said, completely bewildered. “TITAN!!” Snowspike yelled, and as soon as she did her titan slammed down on top of the monster, killing it. Frost looked for the wingless dragon that had saved her, but it was gone. “Wait. So this island was never accessible unless we fly all the way out here.” Frost started. “So, how was that monster infected?” Wyvern nodded. “I think that everyone from our islands are infected. We spread the infection, and that’s how it travels. There must be one of us, or all, who’s full of this poison in dormant.” The titan stepped back and flew into the air where it circled, looking out for any evil. “How do we stop this poison if we all have it?” Snowspike asked, watching the titan. “That’s the hard part. We need to ask this dragon we are after about that.” Wyvern said, looking towards the direction of where they were going. “But we also need these titans on our side, and at this rate, they’ll just get infected. Someone needs to find a safe spot for them.” Frost said, staring at Snowspike. “But the only places I know are too small for them.” Frost’s eyes sparkled as she had an idea. “Snowspike, you know the way to the king’s lands?” She asked, starting to pace. “If you lead the titans through that portal, they can be safe from this infection as well as help the kings of the land with their issues!” Snowspike nodded, biting her lip. “How do I even start to bring all these titans to that portal?!” She looked out over the cliff to shudder at the massive monsters below. “You use your titan and tell it to lead all of its friends over!” Frost said. “Hey Titan!!” Snowspike yelled. Frost watched as the titan got down and looked snowspike in the eyes. “Go tell all your friends to come here. Quick!” The Titan flew off into the distance, quickly disapering from sight. “Snowspike….Do you think you can manage Flash? He’s kind of important, and I don’t want him dead.” Frost whispered in Snowspike’s ear. “Sure, I’ll bring him to the old castle. I bet he could learn a bit from there anyway.” Snowspike whispered back. “Wyvern, we should go.” Frost said. Soon the two were flying off, the Titan island slowly disappearing from sight. “Where is this dragon anyway, Wyvern? I mean, what do we look out for?” Frost asked as the wind shifted, knocking her off balance. “A rock formation simaler to the master dragon’s caves. From what I heard when I was little, it’s got three areas, shaped like a triangle.” Wyvern answered as he dodged a massive red bird. “Wow, I’ve never seen one of those before.” He said as he watched a whole flock fly past. “Look, Frost.” He hovered in the air, looking down. There had to be hundreds of cat-dragons, big and small chasing an entire army of buffalos. “Wyvern, is that Aglaia and the male’s family?” Frost asked, watching as one caught a buffalo and others helped with the kill. “They must be! Did you notice how that one used lightning to kill the buffalo? And how that other one pushed the buffalo into a trap using wind?” Wyvern asked, still watching. “I bet these would help with protection of our islands.” Frost said, watching two playfight with each other. “Can we just leave some species alone, Frost? They know nothing about our battles.” Wyvern said as he started flying. Frost saw the wingless dragon that almost ate Flash. “How did you follow us all this way?” She whispered. Frost watched on as he waited for the cat-dragons to leave one of the sickly buffalos away, and he pounced on it much to the other cat-dragon’s anger. “What a quick thief. I think that’s what I’ll call you.” Frost turned to leave, only looking back to see the quick thief following her. Frost flew after Wyvern, who was flying toward the sunset. 

Later, Wyvern and Frost were watching the quick thief run and pounce from afar, his mind thinking he was secretly following them. The two were sitting on the edge of a cliff. “What is that smell?” Wyvern asked, his head tilted to the side. Frost looked down to see the quick thief roaring in anger, but she didn’t get a chance to figure out why. 

Snowspike was leading Flash and the titans through the storms of the ice island towards the portal to the land of kings, earth. The titans were mostly perfectly in order, until Wyvern flapped down. “Oh, Wyvern! Did you meet the mystical dragon?” Snowspike asked, commanding the titans to stop. Millions of rock mountains, it would get hard to navigate through the islands soon. “Wyvern?” Snowspike noticed his right wing, it was marked in blood red, a T3T. “Wyvern, is it you?” Snowspike asked, getting confused. “Frost! Where is she?” Snowspike gasped as two others came around, surrounding her. Frost came down from the air, and a sort of wingless scaled creature let a distorted screech from behind her. Then, another dragon, bathed in black came out. Every one had the T3T on they’re right side. “What does this mean?! Wyvern, answer me!” Snowspike was afraid now, these were not her friends. The black dragon growled from her side. “We will have the world, and you can’t stop us. The three terrors will never die.” Snowspike flinched away from the black dragon’s bulging muscles and thick head. “TITANS!! ATTACK!” The command came fast, but the three terrors were faster. “Titans, counter!” Two other black titans came out of the mountainside. “What!?” Snowspike called her titan to her side and commanded, “You match that one, okay? I’ll figure out what to do with your friends!!” Snowspike was thinking fast, commands racing through the battlefield. The three terrors struck, but the big black dragon had disappeared from the fight. “Wyvern, Frost! Stop, you’re my friends! Remember?” Snowspike yelled into the air, not really sure if they could hear. “Sure, we were. We serve Silk, the master Terias of the world!!” Wyvern hissed in Snowspike’s ear. He pounced, but didn’t hurt her. “Are you sure you wouldn’t want to join? You’d be joining the winning side.” Snowspike squirmed free and covered her head as two of the titans clashed over their heads, rock chips flying everywhere. “No! I’ll never join you! I don’t know what has happened, but I’m getting my friends back!” Snowspike scorched Wyvern’s head and ran off, commanding the titans to retreat. “Oh, not so fast.” The black muscular dragon stepped out of the shadows of the titans. “You’re not going anywhere.” He grabbed Snowspike, commanding the two black titans to come to his either side. “You’re joining us for sure. We could be a Quad then!” He threw Snowspike into the three terror’s hands and left for the skies without a word. “I won’t do it!” Snowspike yelled for her titan, and it bashed it’s massive head into the three terrors, sending them flying. “Run!” Snowspike yelled at the titan. Every one of the titans ran off in the direction they were traveling before, leaving Snowspike with the three terrors. “What did this to you? Who are you now?” Snowspike asked Wyvern, turning to notice the red gleam in Frost’s eyes. “Tell me!” Snowspike yelled at Wyvern’s face, completely forgetting that he was the son of a guardian, to be treated with respect. “You’ll get to know when we feel like telling you.” Frost answered, red claws gleaming. Snowspike couldn’t tell if that was blood or the real color of her claws. Snowspike remembered something Rob had given her before he left for his world to study. “Hope this works.” She pulled a small black box out that was wedged into her palm. It emitted grey smoke, which everyone but Snowspike fell asleep right there. “I bet I could use you.” Snowspike said, looking at Wyvern. “Titan! Get here and lift this one and follow me!” Snowspike yelled as she turned to troop toward the only safe spot she knew. “Girls, look out!!” She yelled towards the nesting spot, dashing fast, titan right above her. Snowspike was out of breath, but she continued anyway. “Look, girls, close this cave and stay here. Keep sentry watches over the world, and look out for the three terrors!!” The females in the nesting areas started mumbling to one another, and eventually the most flexible females went to pull the cave rocks over the openings and wait outside. “The three what?” Fluffy asked, her tail curling around a rock to throw in case anything happened. “It’s probably nothing. Just look out for dragons with T3T painted on they’re bodies. If you see them, don’t make contact. Evacuate the eggs and run. All of you.” Snowspike turned to get the help of the other islands. She only wished it was nothing, but the females needed hope. “Titan, keep watch here.” Snowspike flew off, leaving the titan behind. Snowspike decided the females needed prey at least for one day, so she went to her favorite hunting spot where she could corner moose. As soon as she spotted one, she heard the distorted cawing sound of the wingless dragon. “Oh, no. Not here.” Snowspike tried to run away from the half-circle quick before she was the one being cornered. The big black dragon appeared out of nowhere and Snowspike rammed into his body, going too fast to stop. Snowspike prepared to yell for her Titan, but he stopped her. “If you call him, my entire team of dragons will destroy your precious eggs and females.” Snowspike looked over the big black dragon’s shoulder to see about 50 or so other black dragons, each with the symbol of the three terrors, on their wings. They had the whole cave surrounded, each one in a pounce position, waiting for command. Snowspike got ready to fight for her life against this beast, but she was stopped. “Run.” Said a silky-smooth voice, the one of a female. Snowspike pounced over the black dragon’s back and watched, wondering what that voice was. “Silk, wake up! Snap out of it! This is not the mate I know and love!” Silk growled, staring at open space. Snowspike saw in his eyes gentleness, but his mouth showed a snarl. “I don’t know you. I never will.” Silk said, still talking to air. Snowspike watched in curiosity. Then, Silk put out one huge claw. Snowspike considered if she was going crazy. Silk was battling air, blood flying. Then Snowspike heard claws slicing through scales and a corpse appeared before turning into dust. “Hey, was that….” Snowspike saw the female mate of the big, black dragon from the caves all the way back when Frost and Wyvern and the Guardians made their way through the first portal. Snowspike remembered hearing how a rockslide killed her. It couldn’t be, Snowspike thought. Yes, it could. “You!!” Snowspike made the mistake of yelling at the big black dragon, and he turned his head. Snowspike turned tail and ran, her question could wait. “With that beast roaming, who could sleep!?” Another dragon came up to her side, matching her strides as she prepared to take off. “No one. I’m not going to get a wink until that thing is gone.” Snowspike did a double take on the dragon next to her. “Hey, Spike!! Get away!” Snowspike stopped mid-run, Silk had lost her anyway. “Wait, you’re not Spike… or are you?” Spike didn’t have all that goo on him anymore, he was just Spike. “I am. Who are you, though?” Snowspike admired his mouth, no goo in there. “Snowspike. Where did you come from?” Spike answered, “I don’t know, I just remember being in a strange human’s cave and then being in the bushes nearby that big, black dragon.” Snowspike tilted her head, trying to think. “That’s the same thing that happened to Wyvern. Before he…Spike, if you ever see that dragon again, run. Don’t make contact. Run.” Spike nodded. “But I’m big enough for him! I have an Unfurler’s and My dad’s blood in me!” Snowspike nodded. “Who is your dad?” She could tell by his scales, but wanted to hear it from him. “The mist guardian. By the way, have you seen him?” Spike asked. “No. He died months ago. Why?” Snowspike answered slowly, staring in his eyes. “Well, I haven’t seen him in months. I was just looking for him when…I was put here.” Snowspike glimpsed behind Spike, seeing Silk in between his horns. “Look out!” Snowspike yelled, punting Spike into the air, and leaped up after him. “If he catches you, you’ll become one of his three terrors. Or four, only if you get caught, so don’t!” Snowspike yelled as she kicked at Silk who was even faster in the air as he was on land. Silk was completely unaffected by the blows. “I can take you!” Spike yelled, stopping mid-air. “Spike, don’t!” Snowspike yelled. Spike blew blue fire over Silk, making the ends of his scales curl, but not melt. “I’ll get you!!” Silk yelled. “He can survive Gold-Breath?!” Snowspike said in wonder. If this creature can survive gold-breath, there was no hope. Snowspike didn’t even notice how Spike had even used gold-breath, but it didn’t matter. “Spike, just run! We need you!” Spike did so this time, more scared than confident anymore. The two flew fast, Silk just behind. “Stop when we near that mountain.” Snowspike said to Spike. The two did so, leaving Silk smashed into the mountainside. Snowspike heard a faint growl, but didn’t stop to see what it was. The two flew back through the air again, trying to space themselves as far as possible from Silk. 

 

The females at the cave were doing fine until one of the female watchers yelled. Silver, a slim female, put the eggs into a nook in the cave walls and turned her back to them, watching the door. The other females got ready as well, but not before a massive stone dragon stepped into the cave from the top. “Get out of the way!” Silver yelled, but she was too late. The stone monster crushed most of the caves, only leaving the area silver was standing. “No!” Silver yelled as more dragons came out of the shadows and took the eggs. Silver growled as three dragons came barely into sight. “You! Snowspike warned me of you!” Silver was enraged, wanting to murder them. “Oh, Frost! I thought it was those others.” Silver gasped as she saw the very same T3T on their bodies. “It is you!” Silver leaped, but she was stopped by a big, black dragon. Silver ran out of the holes in the roof of the caves and flew off in the direction Snowspike went. 

 

Snowspike saw the damage the Titans had done on the Ice dragon’s caves and all the females. She saw Silver, a streak in the night coming toward her. “Hey, slow down! What happened?” Silver caught her breath and flipped out in a rage, saying things Snowspike couldn’t understand. Snowspike looked at Spike, who was staring at Silver with an awed face. “Wake up and talk!” He spoke. Snowspike nodded, still watching her yell in rage. “They destroyed everything!! All the other females, dead! The entirety of the caves destroyed! All the work of two black titans!” Snowspike sighed. “I’m getting really sick of these attacks. They have gone too far now. Spike, we have to find out how this is happening.” Snowspike flew off, Spike not far behind. “What’s that?” Snowspike pointed below, she saw a single rock in the entire wind plains. “It’s probably just a rabbit.” Spike said, not stopping. “No, wait, look!” Snowspike stopped mid-air to watch below. “It’s rising!” Spike stopped as well. The two watched as the rock turned into a tunnel, and a big, clunky dragon on two feet walked in. “Does that dragon have four tails?” Spike asked as the dragon stepped in. “And he’s missing wings. Look at that spear!” Snowspike responded, starting to hover lower in the air. “Spike, let’s follow him!” Snowspike dove through the air, Spike right close. The rock tunnel started to turn back into a rock, but not before the duo squeezed through. “Shhh, he might be nearby!!” Spike said to Snowspike. “Sure, thunder feet. Look!” Snowspike ducked behind a pillar, Spike right behind. “What is he doing?” Spike hissed. Snowspike blinked as her eyes adjusted to the darkness. “I think we are underground. Look at the walls.” There were pure rock as the walls, but more importantly, two T3T banners were hung near a big mirror, one of the banners half torn apart. The two focused on the dragon. “Lean right in three.” Spike said as a really long thin tail swept by, it looked like a scorpion’s but more deadly and with longer reach. The dragon looked up at a screen that was molted to the floor by red goo, glowing dark red. Snowspike looked up as a gun-shaped thing rose out of the back of the screen and shot a red laser into his eye. The screen glowed blue for a second and then opened up a portal on the other side of the room, but not before the dragon put his nose to the air and looked in the exact spot Snowspike was hiding. The dragon looked side to side and then thumped over to the pillar, heavy feet vibrating the whole ground. Snowspike could barely see anything despite having nocturnal vision. The big dragon shook his head and turned back to the portal, a blue glow washing over him.