Drago Bludvist sat on an island, by himself, he was lucky to have been able the swim that long after the Bewilderbeast skulked off to nurse its wounded pride. He spat into the water, he didn’t need that idiotic dragon anyway. He was thinking about how he could get back at that dragon master when he heard footsteps approaching.

“You look cheery” he heard a deep voice say, he turned around to see a mysterious, 20 foot tall armoured man of some sort.

“What do you want?” Drago spat.

“You look like someone who tried to take it all and lost” the mysterious man said.

“How did…?” Drago asked

“I’ve been there” the man said “if you were to join me, I could help you to get revenge on those dragon riders” Drago raised an eyebrow before smirking and saying.

“I’m listening”

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*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

I was currently in the training arena showing the riders, including Erit and Valka, what we would be going up against. I had one of the Rahkshi that Miserix had turned to our side to demonstrate with.

“Now a Rahkshi comes in 42 different varieties” I said “with each one having a unique power. For instance, a Charahk, which is red and gold, can blend in just as well as any Changewing” Tuffnut groaned.

“Why are you telling us this?” he said “we don’t really need to know abou…” he never got to finish as the commander of the Charahk materialised in front of him before walking off to one side, shutting him up.

“Yeah” I said “you were saying? These aren’t dragons, Teridax’s Rahkshi will not hesitate to kill you. Now, the best way to disable a Rahkshi is to take a blade or a ranged weapon and aim for the Kraata inside” I then opened up the back and pulled out the Rahkshi, which thrashed around and hissed, causing several of the riders to make their disgust known to us.

“Okay” Ruffnut said “that’s really gross”

“This is a Kraata” I said “it’s sort of like an overgrown slug-slash-snake thing and is essentially the brains of the Rahkshi, you kill this, and you kill the Rahkshi it controls. Now, your current weapons won’t be able to penetrate their armour, which is why I took the liberty of making exact copies out of Protosteel” I then placed the Kraata back in the Rahkshi and hefted up a Protosteel copy of Astrid’s battle axe and chucked it to her, she gave it a few test swings.

“It’s lighter” she noted.

“it’s also the strongest metal known to us” I said “the blade can cut through solid granite and not get chipped or blunt, it’s also got a handle made of black carbon fibre, which is almost indestructible” she raised an eyebrow before throwing it at a target, only to go straight through and embed in the wall twenty feet behind the target, Gobber, who had been watching from the side-lines, gave a low whistle

“Where can I get some of that proto-whatchamacallit?” he asked.

“Protosteel” I said “I’ll supply a couple of blocks to you” I then picked up a Protosteel copy of Hiccups fire-sword and chucked it to him.

“This is really light” he said.

“It’s stronger and lighter” I said “meaning the handle could be made of a thinner sheet of metal, which means it now has more space for fuel, the rest of you can chose whatever takes your fancy” then all walked forward, except for Valka, I walked over to her.

“None of the blades take your fancy?” I asked, she absentmindedly ran her hand up her staff, before shaking her head.

“No, I prefer a staff over a blade any day” she said.

“May I?” I asked, gesturing to the staff, she hesitantly handed it over and I spun it around in my hands a few times “it’s well balanced, if you want I can have the spikes replaced with Protosteel ones and have the edges plated with Protosteel to strengthen it, I don’t want you to go against someone and have it damaged”

“As long as you don’t throw off the balance” she said

“By the time I’ve done” I said “it will be even better”

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*POV 3rd person*

Garnet sat on the edge of a cliff, looking out to sea, he heard footsteps approaching and turned to see Toothless plodding over. The large dragon sat near the Kirin, but not too close. After a few minutes Garnet noticed that Toothless was staring at him.

“What?” Garnet asked. As was to be expected, Toothless didn’t say anything, he just tilted his head slightly and snorted. Garnet rolled his eyes before returning his gaze to the ocean, he could hear Toothless edging his way towards him and began sniffing at his prosthetic arm. Garnet raised an eyebrow “you’re a curious one, aren’t you?” Toothless just snorted before sitting up. He towered over Garnet, who was sitting upright, by a good couple of feet.

“I never understood what your problem was over the fact than me and Ruby are hybrids” Garnet said, Toothless began making arfing sounds whilst opening and closing his jaw, as if trying to talk. Garnet rolled his eyes “like that makes sense” at that point Ruby flew over and sat down next to Toothless, who eyed her warily.

“You got a problem with me?” Ruby asked, Toothless turned his head away, but kept darting his gaze towards Ruby. Garnet swung his tail around in front of him and began opening and closing the blades, catching the attention of Toothless in the process.

“You dragons don’t have anything like this, do you?” he asked, Toothless snorted and shook his head.

“Well” Ruby said, huffing before laying down “I’m bored”

“We’re on a totally new world and you bored!?” Garnet asked.

“This world is like…300 years behind us” she said.

“But there are dragons” Garnet shot back.

“So?” Ruby asked “there are dragons back on our world”

“Not like these ones” Garnet said.

“But they all avoid me” Ruby said.

“Maybe because of a certain incident where you whacked one in the face” Garnet said.

“You would have done much worse if a dragon started lifting up your tail” Ruby shot back, by now Toothless had his head on the ground with his forelegs over his ears to block out their arguing.

I wouldn’t even let them do that in the first place” Garnet retorted, Ruby glared at her brother.

“And what is that supposed to mean?” she asked.

“Oh, nothing” Garnet said, smirking.

“Are you saying that I lift up my tail to others!?” Ruby asked.

“I won’t confirm or deny” Garnet said, his eyes darting around.

“That’s it!” Ruby exclaimed, before pouncing on her brother and beginning to punch him.

“Ruby, stop!” Garnet pleaded, bringing up his arms to block her. Toothless grabbed Ruby by the tail and pulled her off of her brother before growling at the both of them.

“You stay out of it” Ruby snapped “you’re just a stupid dragon” Toothless narrowed his eyes and began to advance towards Ruby whilst growling, Ruby began backing away nervously.

“Uh, I don’t think you should have said that” Garnet said meekly, before jumping between Toothless and Ruby “hey, Toothless, she didn’t mean…” Toothless knocked him out of the way before continuing to advance towards Ruby.

“H-hey, Toothless” she said, backing away nervously “you wouldn’t hurt me, right?” Toothless kept stalking towards her, Garnet jumped between them and stretched his wings out to their full wingspan, causing Toothless to hesitate.

“Leave her alone!” he growled, before advancing towards the Night Fury until their foreheads were touching and they were looking directly into each other’s eyes “I don’t care what you have against us, but you stay away from my sister. If you have a problem with us, you take it out on me, not her. Got it!?” Toothless growled and Garnet responded in kind before pushing against Toothless.

“Um, Garnet” Ruby said “maybe it’s best if you back down from this one”

“Get out of here, Ruby” Garnet said “I don’t want him to hurt you”

“I won’t leave you here” Ruby protested.

“Go!” Garnet growled “He needs to know what happens when he threatens my sister, so just go!” Ruby sighed before flying towards the town. Garnet began pushing against Toothless, who growled before pushing back. Garnet reared up before swiping at Toothless with his left arm, leaving 4 claw marks down the side of Toothless’s face. Toothless gave a low growl before blasting Garnet with a fireball. Garnet responded in kind before charging towards Toothless, who swiped the Kirin’s legs out from under him with his tail and pounced on top of him, pinning him. Garnet snorted before whacking Toothless with his tail and kicking him off, he then jumped on top of Toothless and pinned him down before changing his right arm into a blade and placing it against Toothless’s throat. Toothless froze and his pupils shrank.

“If you ever threaten my sister again, I will kill you” Garnet said, before jumping off and flying into the sky, Toothless righted himself before watching Garnet fly towards the town. He snorted and shook his head before plodding back to the town.

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*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

I was in Gobber’s forge when Ruby ran in, she looked close to tears.

“What’s wrong?” I asked, walking over.

“It’s my fault” she said “I was on the cliff with Garnet and Toothless, Garnet and I got into a fight, Toothless tried to stop us but I just called him a stupid dragon. Now him and Garnet are up there fighting”

“Hey” I said, pulling her into a hug “calm down, I’ll sort it out” I ran outside and saw Garnet flying towards the Jörmungandr, after a few moments Toothless plodded into the town, I noticed he had scars running down the side of his face and he looked really pissed off. He noticed me and snorted before walking the other way, I activated my mask of translation and ran in front of him, blocking his path.

“Care to explain why you were duking it out with my son?” I asked, he snorted.

“Of course” he said, rolling his eyes “you can talk our language, just leave me alone, I’m not in the mood”

“Answer the question and I will” I said

“Your son started it” he said.

“But you should know better…” I was cut off.

“He challenged me!” Toothless snapped “and as the Alpha I can’t back down”

“Bullshit!” I said “my son wouldn’t try and challenge you as the Alpha”

“Not for position as Alpha” he said, he sat on his haunches before sighing “your daughter called me stupid, I was asserting my authority when your son stepped in trying to protect her, he pushed the matter too much, I was merely trying to bring him down a notch”

“So all three of you are at fault then” I said.

“I’ll admit it wasn’t my greatest judgement call” he muttered, looking away.

“I’ll be back” I said “and I want you to apologise to my son and Daughter when you next see them”

“Just how in Jörmungandr’s name do I do that!?” he asked, I tapped my mask before teleporting onto the ship. I soon found Garnet, leaning against the railing, with quite the burn mark on his side.

“Garnet” I said “we need to talk”

“I’m not in the mood” he said, not looking at me.

“I heard about what happened” I said.

“Whoopee-freakin’-do” he muttered “you heard how he threatened Ruby?”

“You are all to blame” I said “we are in the middle of a war and I don’t have time to deal with in-fighting, especially not from my own son and daughter”

“What are you going to do?” he said, rolling his eyes “ground us? We’re 18, so good luck with that”

“No” I said, smirking “I’ll have you work with Toothless” he glared at me.

“I will not work with that dragon” he said.

“You need to learn to deal with working with people you don’t like” I said “I’ll talk to Toothless about what he has against you and Ruby, but for now you need to man up, get you mask, activate its translation powers and apologise to Toothless, or I’ll repaint your armour pink” Garnet sighed.

“Fine” he muttered.

“And by the way” I said, he turned to look at me “once you’ve done get that burn looked at, Toothless shoots plasma so I’d have it checked out if I were you” his eyes widened and he looked at the burn before wincing.

“I genuinely hadn’t noticed that” he said, before walking off with a slight limp. I sighed, that probably meant nerve damage.

“What happened to Garnet?” Autumn asked, walking over.

“He got into a fight with Toothless” I said “those two and Ruby are all to blame for what happened”

“What happened?” she asked, her voice laden with worry.

“Garnet and Ruby started arguing as siblings do” I said “Toothless tried to break it up. In the heat of the moment Ruby insulted Toothless, who then began ‘asserting his authority’. Garnet then began protecting Ruby and he and Toothless began duking it out. Toothless now has a scratch mark down his face, and Garnet has a plasma burn” Autumn winced.

“Will he be okay?” she asked.

“Eventually” I said “but now we have two Kirins and a Night Fury that are feuding” I went to say something else but I heard someone whispering from the ventilation grill.

“Do you hear that?” I asked, Autumn nodded and I teleported over before ripping the vent off and pulling out…the Cutie Mark Crusaders? Scootaloo chuckled nervously.

“Hey, Vuur Koning” she said.

“You three are in so much trouble” I said.

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*POV 3rd person*

Garnet walked over to Toothless with a slight limp and activated his mask of translation.

“Hey, Toothless?” he said, getting the Night Fury’s attention.

“Yes?” Toothless asked.

“I’m sorry” Garnet said, hanging his head in shame “I shouldn’t have reacted the way I did”

“Actually” Toothless said “I would be surprised if you didn’t react the way you did, you were protecting your sister. I shouldn’t have threatened her. So I guess I’m sorry too, can you accept my apology?”

“Only if you accept mine” Garnet said, stumbling slightly and shaking his head to try and clear his vision.

“Are you okay?” Toothless asked.

“Yeah” Garnet said “I just feel a little…” he then collapsed and Toothless rushed forward to catch him, which was when he noticed the burn mark on Garnet’s side. Toothless’s eyes widened and he flipped the Kirin onto his back before running towards the ship. Hiccup saw him running towards.

“Hey, bud’, what’s got you in such a hurry?” Toothless screeched to a halt and placed Garnet on the ground before showing the burn mark to Hiccup “But that’s a burn from one of your…” Toothless hung his head in shame and Hiccup picked up Garnet before climbing onto Toothless, who took off as soon as Hiccup was in the saddle. They soon reached the ship and landed on the deck to find Vuur Koning talking to three small Ponies.

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*POV 1st person Vuur Koning*

I was talking to thee Crusader, trying to figure out what to do with them when Toothless landed on the deck with Hiccup in his saddle carrying…oh god, no.

“What happened?” I asked, as Hiccup placed Garnet on the deck.

“It’s the burn” Hiccup said, I noticed Toothless looked guilty. I activated my mask of healing and it began to glow “What are you doing?”

“Watch and behold the wonders of Kenohi magic” I said, as a golden glow surrounded the burn on Garnets side and it began to fade until it looked as good as new. Garnet stirred and I sighed with relief “Garnet, can you hear me?”

“W-what happened?” he asked, sitting up.

“Your body doesn’t agree with plasma” I said, helping him up. Toothless hung his head and looked away.

“But I felt fine until I went to apologise to Toothless” Garnet said.

“Am I missing something?” Hiccup asked.

“Quite a lot, actually” I said “but it’s in the past, right?” I looked between Garnet and Toothless as I said this and they nodded meekly.

“Right” Garnet said, I noticed the Crusaders were starting to edge away whilst trying to look inconspicuous.

“Don’t think I’ve finished with you” I said, causing them to stop in their tracks “get back here” they meekly walked back over.

“When did they get here?” Garnet asked.

“Apparently they snuck on whilst we were still in Canterlot” I said “isn’t that right?” the Crusaders nodded meekly and Garnet face clawed.

“One of these days” he muttered.

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