《How To Train Your Dragon: The Next Heir》Chapter 24 - Fate That Cannot Be Changed

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Great Wondereye - drawn by me :)

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Eylimi's POV:

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I slowly lifted my head to the cause of the shadow covering me. My eyes adjusted to the light. They widened as I stepped back, taking my foot of the masked villain below me. I began to breath slowly but heavily as I witnessed the sight before me. It rained. The icy water landing on my head in several drops.

The town gasped at the thing that stood above us. It's massive body covering nearly half of Berk whilst the other half remained in the ocean. Its head reached the hight if not higher than Gothi's hut on the peak of the mountain.

This was unbelievable. The sight before my eyes. A sight all of us were sure to never see. The island me and the gang found when looking for the dragons, the island with a fin like thing running down its middle. It was sure no island. The same fin ran down the back of this creature.

Huge deer like antlers sticking out from the back of its head whilst it's thick neck trailed glowing swirls of white down its back and onto its tail before disappearing into the water. It's thick legs able to crush the mountain behind me in the blink of an eye.

It's absolutely gigantic wings close to its body. It's eyes focused on me and me alone. Out of the corner of my eyes I saw the dragons around me bowing with there heads held low and their wings held high. They bowed to a dragon. Not any dragon. A dragon so grand one of its wings could cover Berk twice.

The giant dragon began to lower its head in my direction. I continued to look up as I stared with awe into its hypnotising, green eyes that sparkled in the rising sun. I was witnessing something no one had ever seen before. The Great Wondereye.

My eyes kept contact with the dragons, scared of what it might do to me, but my attention was drawn to what I was seeing from the corner of my eye. Dad was almost collapsing in tears, hanging onto Toothless while he glowed a bright blue. The bluest I have ever seen the Night Fury glow. So blue it was nearly a royal purple, so bright it could blind you.

My heart rate picked up as my attention turned back to the Great Wondereye. It was a feeling unexplainable. Scared but happy, excited but fearful, but so grand there wasn't a word. This creature was so amazing I'm surprised it had a name to describe it. I began to shake as it put its head closer to me. Why me?

I started backing away slowly, my hands in front of me for protection not that it would matter. If this dragon such as breathed on me I could die. I thought to myself. I calmed down and took a deep breath before looking back into the wondrous eyes staring right through me. I backed up the forage to speak. Hoping to Thor this creature could understand what I was saying.

"Why are you taking the dragons away?" I yelled in a scared voice hopping it would at least hear me. Guessing it's ears were a lot further away from me than I thought I yelled it again. Nothing changed. The dragons head quickly began getting closer to me. Quickly for me but obviously very slowly to the dragon.

I saw the swirls down its body glow a intense bright white before suddenly the dragon placed its huge nose at my touch. It waited for me to touch it. I didn't know what was happening. The dragon stood still just waiting for me to place my hand on one of its large scales. I gulped before I moved my hand closer to it. It touched it and for a second nothing happened. Suddenly the swirls down its back glowed brighter before everything around me disappeared. Everything went black.

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I felt dizzy. I noticed I was lying on grass. I slowly opened my eyes as I saw the sun now setting. This wasn't Berk. I sat up and rubbed my aching head. I heard a noise the distance. I saw a small bird heading my way. It began getting closer. The noise got louder.

I noticed it wasn't flapping its wings. It got closer and closer and the what looked like a metal bird shot over me with a booming sound. I blocked my ears as I turned around to see I was on a hill. I watched the steal bird turned before suddenly there were thousands of loud BOOMS at once. The steal, object began shooting these things from under it. I watched where it fired.

My eyes widened as my gaze laid on scene below me. Smoke rose as no greenery surrounded the area at the bottom of the hill. I saw people in strange outfits fighting to the death. I watched helplessly as the war below me continued. Blood spilled and people had these steal rods that shot metal pieces impaling the person in front of them.

Suddenly a louder boom went off next to me as a force pushed me to the ground. A huge explosion went off beside me. My hearing went bad for a moment before I heard a yelling cheer. Another army of strangely dressed men ran my direction. I thought quick and was about to get up and run away, out of the war but people began to run right through me. Passing me like a ghost.

Something swooped me. I ducked out of the way. I looked back up where a Deadly Nadder flew. It's mouth was chained and blood dripped from its sides. It's legs were wounded and it had a bad flight. The rider whipped it to make it go faster. He then pulled on this chain connected to the Nadders Mouth. The Nadders head jolted back in pain before being whipped again. It landed where again whipped. It fired with a hot blast of lava at what seemed to be the attackers. It's rider kept whipping it to force the Nadder to continue shooting at the enemy.

I stood helpless. Unable to do anything. I watched as I noticed several more dragons in the battle. All chained and forced to fight. They were being used as weapons! The war ahead of me continued until a large dragon rose from the wood beside me.

A Red Death! The dragon was covered in chains and wires. It slowly made its way past me in a crawl. I remember dad telling me about this dragon. Apparently he defeated the large thing when he was fifteen. The six eyed Red Death standing in front of the battle sat, crushing a few trees. I watched as it looked tired and worn. Suddenly it roared in pain as I watched the chains around it catch practically lightning! The dragon stood before shooting everything in sight. I saw the dragon collapse as the fire it made burned out. There was nothing left in the war. Everything gone. No dragons no people, nothing.

The Red Death beside me was forced to stand with another jolt of the lightning thing. It began to slowly walk away as I heard people below it cheer. How is this happening! Dragons against dragons, people against people.

The dragons are forced to fight in cruel ways! I couldn't even do anything, people walked right through me! I couldn't believe my eyes. The dragons, FORCED to be controlled by man. Forced to obey orders. Forced to kill. I began to feel sick as I breathed heavily and collapsed to the ground. Black surrounded me.

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My eyes widened as I noticed myself standing back in Berk, the creature no longer at my touch. The Great Wondereye stood over me, looking down to me. I realised, mone of that actually happened...it was a vision. I remembered what the masked rider said. A dragon that can see the future.

"You, you can see the fate for the dragons." I stuttered as I looked at the Giant dragon. It nodded in response ever so slightly. Dad must have explained all that to the town in the mean time because he walked back from the hill behind me and back to saying goodbye to Toothless. Goodbye?

I just realised. The dragons have been attacking because they wanted the last dragon, Toothless. They wanted him so they could all leave. Leave, they are leaving us. That's what the Great Wondereye meant. It meant there is no future for the dragons. It's better if they leave, never to be used as weapons. It's telling us the dragon race is over. Everything Valka said, it's all true. A dragon so great it can remove the whole dragon species from existence within the blink of an eye.

I noticed I was flooding with tears. I looked at the creature that looked back at me with sad eyes. I heard a wing flap behind me. I turned around where Cloudjumper stood with a tilted head and sad puppy eyes. I burst into tears as I ran towards him and hugged him.

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Hiccup's POV:

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The Great Wondereye touched Eylimi. It's showing her now. The fate of the dragons to come. I hope she takes it better than I did. The dragons took me to make sure I saw it first. The second I got here I ran to Toothless.

He's here in my arms now. I can't believe this is it. This is the way it all ends. It's no dream, no nightmare it's just life. The grand tales of how I lost my leg, how Toothless became alpha, the story of the Dragon that changed the world because I befriended him. The dragon that gave me my purpose, all that, all ending here and now.

I thought it would last forever. A enteral world with a dragon as your best friend. That dreams one that can never come true. I know our story will be forgotten. Dragons won't be remembered in history. The world will change and dragons will just become a whisper through the wind. An ancient myth, told in story's people do not believe. The worst part is, I can't change that.

There were dragons when I was a boy. Great, grim, Sky dragons that nested on cliff tops like gigantic scary birds. Little, brown, scuttly dragons that hunted down mice and rats in well-organised packs. Preposterously huge sea dragons that's were twenty times as big as the big blue whale and killed for the fun of it. You'll have to take my word for it, none of them will be remembered after today.

I changed so much, I changed the fate of vikings and dragons, showing everyone they can be befriended and that they are kind gentile creatures. I thought if I could change that, I could change anything. That was a mistake. You can change your fate but you can't change life. It's the one thing I can't be a hero for.

I worked up the courage to tell the town what was happening. I began walking up to the hill behind where Eylimi still stood still, touching the dragon. I noticed Astrid eyes focused on Eylimi. She hadn't seen me yet. I began to approach her from behind but wondered how she would react. I ended up babbling out what I could.

"Hi mi'lady." I said quiet as I noticed her stand up straight in shock before turning around to see me.

"HICCUP!" She yelled so loud people in wopwop could have heard her. She jumped into a hug where I fell back in the snow. She kissed me stopping me from saying anything more. She let go and looked at me. "You're alive!" She smiled.

"Why does everyone doubt me?" I chuckled, holding back the tears I had before.

"Hiccup, what's going on?" She asked, helping me stand up. I couldn't hold a straight face by the time Toothless nudge me. I covered my face as I burst into tears with a silent cry. It wasn't very viking but I couldn't control it.

"You're- not- going- to- like- this." I stuttered trying to warn her it was bad news. She looked at me with as sad look before I continued up the small hill I reached the top and looked down to the village where they all looked up to me

"ITS HICCUP!" Several yelled before I all had their attention. This was going to be hard...

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Eylimi's POV:

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Dad had clearly told the village while I was out because everyone was hugging and tearing over their dragons. I looked back at Cloudjumper who tried to say something.

"Ri, rov ru!" He purred. Haha, he learned how to say I love you. It wasn't very close but it was close enough. More tears ran down my cheeks as I hugged him. I looked around where I noticed dad was gone. Knowing exactly where he would be I looked up. There above me I watched him jump off Toothless as they both fell through the sky, circling each other. Toothless wrapped his wings around him before spinning and putting them back to his sides. The dragon turned where dad reattached himself to the saddle and they swooped over me.

I looked back at Cloudjumper. His face was so sad. I thought to myself for a moment. I looked down at my staff. A thought came to mind. I took the small bag from around my skirt and tied it to the end of the staff. The bag was filled with glow worms.

Once tied I took a rope from the ground beside me and also attached it to the staff. I then tied the rope around Cloudjumpers neck. I stood back where I looked at him. I basically turned the staff into a necklace. The staff stuck to the side of his neck along with the glow worms. As a memory of me and Valka. He deserves to keep the staff. No use to me anymore. He turned his head to look at it before looking back to me.

"I love you. Never forget me." I hugged Cloudjumper one last time as he wrapped his wings around me. I let go and wiped away a tear. I know it's best for them to go. It's better if they did. I smiled a sad smile. I looked up to the Great Wondereye.

It had its focus on dad who stood at the top of the hill. He was resting his head on Toothless's. He stood up tall and looked at the creature as he wiped his tears away. He gave a small nod to the giant dragon. The Great Wondereye stood up before letting a mighty roar escape it. I watched as the dragons in the town began to fly up towards the massive creature.

"Thanks buddy, for everything." I bowed to my dragons as he tried to smile back, I giggled a bit as he spread his four wings before taking off. I watched as dad put Toothless's tail into automatic and he flew away too. I stood as I watched the Great Wondereye stand. Strangely the dragons dove. They landed on the back of the massive creature as they hooked their claws around its scales.

I saw Toothless stood on its head. He glowed a bright blue as he roared his last roar. All the dragons on the Great Wondereyes back roared a cheer in response before the Gigantic Dragon spread its massive wings. With one flap it took to the air.

A huge gust of wind fled through Berk. Enough to nearly knock over a house. I watched as the giant dragon began to fly away. It flew up before I watched it dive.

It hit the water far away from Berk with a mighty splash, so big, a wave crashed with a huge splash on the shore of Berk. The dragons went deep under water. Where to be exact? No one knows. Maybe gone forever? Or maybe in a enteral sleep. Swaying softly at the bottom of the ocean waiting to be awoken. Waiting for their era to begin again.

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Sup folks

Okay hold up. There is still one or two chapters to go so don't worry. Your probably thinking "this was a really confusing chapter curlyhorse!" But let me sum it up here for you so it makes more sense.

Alright, so Eylimi met the Great Wondereye. This dragon has the power to see the future. When Eylimi touched it she was picturing herself in the future. She was put in a war zone. When she was explaining things like metal birds those were planes and the steal rods those would be guns. The lightning around the Red Death would have been electricity. Of course I didn't say those words in her point of view because they wouldn't have known what those things were. Anyway, she sees that the dragons aren't used as pets or friends but controlled to be weapons. To prevent this from happening the Great Wondereye has decided to end the dragon race.

Does that kind of sum it up for you? I'm sorry if it was a bit confusing. Enough of this chapter though. Let me talk about the one to come.

Peace out! :D

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