Third Person POV

Asami tried everything she could in unlocking the cage she and Bolin were trapped in, but there was no lock or anything for her to tamper with. Even her glove was useless in her attempts. She reached out for a kitchen knife that somehow managed to find its way near their cage and tried to break it. The knife had no effect and the impact sent unpleasant vibrations through her arm, making her teeth chatter.

Bolin tried again and again to bend the earth, but every time he did the cage sucked on more of his energy, preventing him from doing anything. The man eventually gave in, angrily punching the bars. Asami placed a sympathetic hand on his back and the two held one another close. They couldn't do anything but sit and watch as their pony friends were chained up and forced to march through the city.

Unicorns were forced to wear metal plates that covered up their horns, all made of the same material as the cages, and their hooves were also covered as were the pegasus's wings and their mussels, no doubt to keep them from either flying or using their bending.

Firebender ponies couldn't shoot fire from their mouths and water, earth and airbenders couldn't use their hooves to manipulate their respective elements. All of their electronic equipment was crushed to bits so nobody could call for help. Even actual human firebenders were chained and gagged and metalbenders couldn't penetrate through their cuffs since any power they did it would be automatically absorbed.

Dragons, griffons, minotaurs and even good old Steven Magnet were encaged or enslaved. Asami and Bolin caught a glimpse of Tenzin and his children and grandchildren being forced to march along with the ponies. Bumi and Kya were not too far behind, accompanied by Lin, who looked more angry than depressed, though the look she gave the Satos told otherwise.

Bolin and Asami have seen many things in their lives. Both horrible and beautiful. But this, seeing their loved ones forced into slavery and or imprisonment, having all of their resources deemed completely useless, was by far the most traumatizing thing they had ever witnessed.

Their world had so much light, but even so, darkness still somehow found a way to resurface and to try and snuff out the rays of hope.

A storm creature cut the string of a few balloons which rose up into the air, passing by Tempest Shadow who stood at the palace balcony. The dark colored unicorn sneered in disgust as she made her way back inside, hearing the echoing sound of her metal horse-shoes taping the cobblestone floor.

"All this power… wasted on parties. When there are far greater uses."

Tempest stopped right in front of the statue of Avatar Korra, her face entirely frozen in a state of panic, her hands raised upwards in a desperate attempt to shield herself. Her long hair was frozen in place, as if it were levitating off of the floor. From the right angle, it looked like a tail.

Twilight Sparkle was placed right beside her. Tempest smiled smugly at the sight of a terrified Queen Twilight. "Not so powerful now, are you?"

The other alicorns were placed in groups. Leilani with her two daughters and Cadance with Flurry Heart. In the heart of the throne room, right in front of Celestia and Luna's thrones was a large four petal flower symbol with a circle in the middle. Four petals stuck out, where the alicorns were placed. Cadance and Flurry Heart faced opposite to where Leilani, Celestia and Luna stood and an empty spot, opposite to Korra and Twilight.

And, just for good measure, she had the stone statues of the Mane Six, and Mako and Flash Sentry around the room, just so she could relish in seeing them all at her mercy.

There was a small cauldron in the middle of the room and one Storm Creature came in holding an orb that was ringing. “Well? Answer it!.” Tempest ordered. The Storm Creature poured the liquid into the cauldron and out came and image of the Storm King.

“Where am I supposed to be looking? I never understand how this spell works. Tempest!” The Storm King called.

“Over here, Your Excellency..” Tempest called.

“Where?”

“Over here.”

“Huh?”

“No. No, right. Look right.”

“My right?”

“Yep.”

“Oh. There you are. Here's the deal. I'm in the middle of a big rebrand here. "The Storm King" is tracking well as "intensely intimidating", but you know what? I need to back it up. You know what I need to back it up with? A storm! That would be great! You promised me magic that could control the elements, and right now, I'm holding a what? A branch. A twig. Bleh!”

“Uh, that would be the Staff of Sacanas, Your Excellency, and it will channel the magic of the four rulers of this land. You'll soon have the power of a hundred armies.”

“So that would be a yes on your locking down the four Pegacornicuseses, or whatever you call them?”

“Give me three days. I'll have everything ready for your arrival.”

The Storm King's’ voice then turned ominous, “Remember, Tempest. Only I have the power to make you whole. Make this twig work, and you'll get your reward. Fail me, and your horn won't be the only thing that's broken.”

“It won't be a problem.” And the Storm King suddenly turned upbeat, “Great! I'm ready to power up, crash and bash, and be the biggest, baddest bugaloooooo…” and the spell finished.

“Thorry, bad thpell thervice. You want me to call him back?” Gruber asked.

“Now that we have all the most powerful ponies here. The Storm King will be pleased.”

"Well Tempest there's one thing. There was as small hybrid human who got pushed over the bridge." Grubber stated. Tempest thought back and she did she Crystal near Iris and the others. "Where is she now?"

“Well, uh, funny thtory. It kinda theemth like she... she might've like, you know, got away... a little bit. I know you're dithappointed, but I got one word for you: "thpongecake".” Tempest zapped Grubber with her electricity. “I need all of them for the staff to work.” Tempest growled.

“Hey, I know! I want the Thtorm King to fix that crazy horn as badly as you do. It lookth like a crackly chipped tooth on the top of your head. And you know you don't look good in hatth.” She sharply turned towards him. “That hybrid is not gonna keep me from getting my horn back! Prepare my ship!” Grubber freaked but he went to prepare her ship. Tempest returned to her calm demeanor.

“Please. How far could one little human get on her own?” Tempest asked.

POV Ends

Now we were in the Badlands Desert. There were no clouds in the sky and just sand everywhere. The heat and humidity didn’t affect me much due to my abilities and it didn’t seem to affect my dragons much either. The Sentinel appeared next to me, “I sense something troubling you Crystal.” he said to me.

I sighed and explained, “Well… it’s just that everyone I know has their own destiny for themselves. All my friends are the Guardians of Harmony, Twilight and the others keep the peace and everyone else I know has a purpose. But I.. don’t have a purpose.”

“Everyone has a purpose in their life. You just haven’t found yours yet. One day you will find your purpose in your life.”The Sentinel stated.

“I hope you’re right.” Soon, Toothless and the other dragons sensed something. "What is it you guys?" I asked them.
"Suddenly.. "Toothless!" "Stormfly!" "Hooky!" "Barf!" "Belch!" "Meatlug!" I saw five more humans running towards us. One boy had aurburn hair, the other boy was chubby with yellow hair, the third boy had brown hair and wore a helmet and the last one was kinda short and he also had black hair. The one girl had blonde hair and wore shoulder pads along with a shirt and blue shirt and the other girl looked like the boy, guessing they're twins, and she had long blonde hair. The dragons warbled happily and the humans nuzzled them.

"Where have you been, bud?" the aurburn boy asked.

"Oh Stormfly, I missed you so much."

"Don't you ever leave again Hookfang."

"Whose my little meatcess.."

I looked at the five teenagers carefully and gasped, "Hiccup! Astrid! Fishlegs! Ruff, Tuff, Snotlout?!" The five teenagers looked at me. "Crystal.. you're alright!" Hiccup exclaimed and we hugged each other.

"W-What are you doing here?" I asked them.

"Looking for our dragons, who apparently found you first." Hiccup smiled. "Why are out here in the desert?" I sighed and I explained to them what happened ever since I came to Harmony City and about the invasion. "Oh my gods..." Astrid gasped.

"Now I have to find this Queen of the Hippo... whatever and save my friends and family." I said.

"Don't worry, Crystal. We're with you 100%." Astrid spoke up, giving me hope.

"Yeah." Fishlegs added.

"You bet." Tuffnut said and He and his sister banged their helmets together. "The more allies, the merrier. Now onward, we're near Klugetown." The Sentinel said to us.

"He can talk?" Fishlegs whispered to me in shock.

"Yeah, just go with it." I whispered back to him. We made it into Klugetow and we saw lots of anthropomortphic creatures walking around the area as we walked in. But soon, “Hey lady how much for the white lizard?” another creature asked. Winter gasped in shock. “She’s not for sale.”

Toothless and Hookfang growled and Hookfang lit up in flames, scaring the daylights out of the creatures and they ran away. "Good job, Hooky." Snotlout praised. Unaware from the group, two pairs of eyes were watching them from the shadows.

Suddenly, a Storm Creature came out of nowhere and grabbed me! "GAH!"

"Crystal!" Hiccup cried. The Storm Creature backed off as Tempest came onto the scene with her horn sparking "Silly little human." she said. Toothles and Winter snarled at Tempest.

"Tempest?!" Crystal exclaimed. "What do you want?"

"I'm here to bring you back as my prisoner for the Storm King." Tempest said, with her horn sparking. Crystal gulped nervously.

"Let her go!" Hiccup exclaimed steeping up. Tempest looked at the kids and laughed. "Why would I do that? I came for what I wanted and there's nothing you can do about it." Suddenly, "Rooooo...!" Rocks came out of nowhere and struck the Storm Creature, forcing it to let me go and I ran over to Hiccup and the others. "What was that?" Grubber asked. Then two wolf like creatures came in front of us.

The first wolf looked like a slouched, bipedal wolf or werewolf. It has short red fur with white on its lower legs, and a white streak that covers its face, underbelly, and tail. It has pointed, button ears with black tips, three large tufts of fur on each side of its face, a triangular black nose, and a mouth full of sharp teeth. While the sclerae, irises, and pupils of its eye are visible, they all glow a pinkish red and no distinctive colors are visible. A mane of fur covers its back and shoulders, sweeping forward over its head to form a crescent moon shape. On either side of its body, just below the shoulders, two small rocks resembling claws poke out of the mane. A single, bigger stone projects out of the front of the mane over its head. Each of this form's paws has three black claws, and it has a stubby tail covered in long fur.

The next wolf resembled a quadruped, orange wolf. It had a fluffy white mane with for rocks in it and a curved part of the mane going down with a rock in it. It had a long white tail as well. It had green eyes as well. "Lycanroc..." it growled.

"What in the name of Thor?" Astrid gasped.

"Lycanroc Midnight and Dusk form?!" I gasped in shock.

"Oh yeah... Dino-Slash, Triceratops, Roar!"

Tempest wasn't deterred, "Get her now!" Tempest exclaimed. The Storm Creature charged for me but Lycanroc (Dusk form) howled and launched rocks at them, knocking them back, "That was Rock Throw!" I exclaimed.

"Go go go, everyone! NOW!" Hiccup exclaimed. We all mounted out dragons and the Lycanroc leaped onto Winter an we flew into the air. I saw an airship in the distance. "We have to get to that airship."

"Alright everyone, let's move!" Hiccup said. We made it to the airship and landed behind some crates and the airship began to fly away from Klugetown. "Phew... that was too close." I said.

"Yeah and now I know why you need help." Astrid said.

"At least we're safe." Hiccup stated.

"Shhh." Snotlout hissed and we all ducked down and stayed quiet.

"Did you hear something?" A masculine voice said, followed by another which sounded like a parrot squawking. "Eh, probably just the rats. If we find em… we'll eat em."

"Rats." Ursula whispered.

"Just stay quiet and we'll be fine." I informed. Everyone nodded and I hoped I was right. We all peeked over the crates to look at the creatures. They saw these bird-like creatures with bird-like claws and feet and no wings on either their backs or arms, but they were definitely birds judging by their beaks and feathery bodies. They also, for some reason, had long reptilian-like tails. Still no stranger than the chimera spirit creatures back home.

They also wore black uniforms with the Storm King's symbol on them. They worked back and forth, moving crates from one place to another. One belched loudly and scratched his butt. Iris felt sick to her stomach and Chi cringed in disgust before closing the door carefully.

"What do you think?" Astrid asked everyone. "Should we just... ask them to take us?"

"I don't know..." Hiccup said. Then the cargo door opened up and one of the bird creatures, a large green colored bird man with big muscles and wearing a hat towered over them. His right claw was missing, replaced with a single golden band. We all gasped.

"Hey, guys! Come check this out!"

Another bird, wearing a similar hat stepped over beside his companion, kneeling on one knee. His yellow eye, surrounded by red and yellow circles, studied them. His right eye was covered by an eyepatch and red feathers stretched from the back of his hat.

"Looks like a pack of stowaways."

"What are we s'posed to do with 'em?" Another bird asked, clearly female, overweight with pinkish feathered and rubbing her chin with a fork.

Another bird poked his head. The top of his beak was replaced with a metallic version, no doubt due to an accident, and his eyes were unfocused, with one eye having the iris rolling around whenever he moved. Rather than speak, he squawked like an actual parrot. Despite his appearance, he looked just as eager to do harm to the kids as the other birds did.

"I think we tie 'em up!" The muscular one said.

"We clip their wings!" The pink, plump female said, staring at me. Winter snarled at them.

"Nah. We scar 'em…" Said the red-feathered bird, "…emotionally!" Winter growled at them and covered me with her wings.
"Wai-wai-wai-wait. What say the book, Captain Celaeno?"

Another bird creature walked onto the front. A female, but unlike the other one, she was tall and slender, almost like a human woman. Her plumage was of a light creamy color and had beautiful light yellow green plumage on her head and tail. Like the others, she had bird-like feet, but one was missing, replaced by a wooden peg-leg. She wore the same uniform as the others and a black bandanna over her head, which partly hid her lovely feathers. She had a single beauty mark underneath her left eye, and her eyes were a vibrant, rose colored pink.

But, as lovely as she looked, she had a look on her face that was far from friendly. She pulled out a rule book with the Storm King's symbol on the cover. She opened it on one page and read aloud. Her voice was low and ominous.

"Storm King's rule book says… Throw them overboard."

The green, red-feathered bird with an eye patch yanked on a rope and a wooden plank rolled out to the side of the ship. The bird creatures all gathered around, ready to grab us by force but then she noticed the Sentinel dragon. "Wait... Sentinel?" she asked.

"I see you haven't changed a bit old friend." the Sentinel stated.

Celaeno laughed and the two rubbed against each other, "I haven't seen you for ages." Celaeno said. "Are they with you?"

"Yes Celaeno, these are my friends and the girl with the wings is my personal student. And we need some help." the Sentinel stated.

"Well then let's go and talk." Celaeno added. Soon, we were all politely led o the dinning room where they sat down. The birds handed each of us a silver tin plate and the pink feathered bird dropped a slop of green colored gruel with bird seeds and… what looked like little strands of hair, onto their plates.

The birds munched on their food while the rest of us stared at it. Our dragons happily munched on the fish they had on board.

"Storm King only allows two breaks a day for meals, then it's back to hauling goods." said the muscular green colored bird with only one hand.

"So you're delivery guys?" Gallant asked.

"And gals." Celaeno added, tugging at her hideous shirt. "These uniforms aren't exactly doing us any favors."

"Then can you deliver us to Mount Aris?" I asked with a friendly smile as she levitated the map.

Celaeno sighed, tapping the cover of the rule book with her claws. "Sorry. We do what the Storm King orders or we suffer his wrath." She said. She didn't sound angry or even excited about the whole thing, she just sounded… exhausted.

"How long have you been working for the Storm King, my old friend?" the Sentinel asked. These birds didn't look so dangerous, not anymore. They looked depressed and drained emotionally. Who knows what that monster did to force these creatures into this kind of job. A job they plainly didn't enjoy in the slightest. "Five years." said the red feathered bird, chewing on his food with disinterest. "Though, we ain't never seen folks like you before."

"We're from pretty far away." I said. "I don't think we properly met. I'm Crystal Diamond and these are my friends, Hiccup, Astrid, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut."

"Anyway... the dragons Winter, Toothless, Hookfang, Meatlug, Barf and Belch and Stormfly." Hiccup added

"Celaeno." The captain said, gesturing to herself. "That's Boyle, Mullet, Lix Spittle, and Squabble." She gestured to the one clawed muscular bird, the red-feathered one, the female pink one and the one with the unfocused eyes.

"Not like it matters." Calaeno said sadly. She munched on her food, her eyes dull and gray.

"If you weren't always delivery birds, then what were you before the Storm King?" I asked, more interested in knowing what happened to these guys.

"Yeah, we used to me much more adventurous." Celaeno said and she pulled back a poster of the Storm King, revealing a black piece of cloth, which was revealed to be an old and worn out flag revealing the bird-skull with crossbones imprinted on the flag.

"Whoa! You used to be… Pirates?! No way!"

"Um, we prefer the term 'swashbuckling treasure hunters'." Mullet said.

"So, pirates." said I . Squabble squawked in reply. I was really concerned about this. These guys used to have much more exciting lives but when the Storm King came it broke their spirit. "You birds have a choice to make. You can let some cloven-hoofed Storm King tell you how to live your lives, or…" I swooshed towards the Storm King's poster and ripped it off, revealing the pirate flag again. "…you could be awesome again!"

"Crystal don-" The Sentinel blocked Hiccup with his wing. "Let her do this.. it's what she does best."

Celaeno put on her captain's hat and a electrifying sensation ran across her body. Five years of oppression and fear melted away as she and the rest of her crew tossed aside their hideous uniforms and put on their old pirate gear. Boyle laughed as he stuck his hook back onto his handless band.

Even my friends put on a few pirate accessories. Snotlout and Astrid wore matching pirate captain hats with crossbones, while the twins had an eyepatch and bandanna around their heads. Before long, the once miserable delivery birds had transformed entirely into the swashbuckling pirates they once were. Celaeno swung her sword and she and her crew bursted through the doors, ready to take back their ship.

Mullet took Astrid by the hand, swinging alongside her on a rope, feeling the wind in his feathers with Stormfly flying beside her. Lix Spittle helped the Crystal chart their course for Mount Aris, with Hiccup placing a pirate's hat on his head, who leaned against a stacked pile of cargo, looking uncharacteristically stoic throughout the whole thing. Boyle tossed Celaeno an old trunk of treasures and she pulled out a single diamond and a pearl necklace, which she happily gave to me as a gift.

I made my point by taking the old rule book and throwing it overboard.

The Twins started drumming on a few crates as if they were drums, while the rest of the crew sang. Even Squabble and Barf and Belch even joined in by drumming… with theirs heads. Though, it didn't seem to hurt them.

"Come on! Let's show these little humans and dragons how it's done!" Celaeno took the wheel, feeling the wind in her feathers once more. The crew pulled on several ropes and the sides of the ship opened. Steam puffed out and the rest of the front port opened up like the petals of a flower blossoming in spring. The rays of the full moon broke through the clouds, radiating like diamonds which were caught on the sails that emerged from the sides of the ship, puffing up into place, traces of dust flew out.

The sails were styled one on top of the other to resemble bird wings, all with the radiant colors of the rainbow! The wind picked up, making them flap beautifully. Even in the nighttime light, the wings carried the sun-like glow of revival that reflected the lost spirits of the bird pirates themselves.

"Awesome!" Hiccup exclaimed.

"I knew you had it in you! And now for the finishing touch!" I exclaimed.

My Element glowed and it created a large glowing dragon that soared around the ship. "Wow!" Celaeno gasped in awe. Celaeno turned the wheel in the other direction. "Next stop, Mount Aris!"

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Three hours later...

“We’re over the Sea of Clouds, now.” The Sentinel stated. We looked below and saw a large forest below and in the distance was a large mountain. “What’s that up ahead?” I asked.

“That is Mount Aris. Where the hippogriffs used to live.” The Sentinel stated.

“Used to? What do you mean?” Fishlegs asked.

“You shall see.” The Sentinel stated. We all landed at the top and got off of the ship. "Thanks Celeano and others." I said.

"No problem." Celeano said as she and her crew boarded their ship again. "Call on us when you need some help." she said.

"Right." We saw them fly off as we entered the kingdom of the hippogriffs.

Our dragons walked into Mount Aris and saw houses that looked like bird cages. The area was dead silent. The houses were destroyed or broken and there wasn’t any sign of hippogriffs anywhere. “This place looks like a ghost town.” I said.

“Yeah, wonder what happened here.” Hiccup questioned, examining the damaged homes.

Then we all heard some humming. “Is that singing?” Tuffnut asked. I traced the sound to a small cave. “It’s coming from here.” I said. The gang and dragons followed me and I led them through the cave. There was a lake in the center and a large flower. A pebble dropped. Princess Skystar gasped and she leaped into the sea, but what we saw was a figure. “Hey wait! I cried and I leaped into the lake. “Crystal!” Hiccup cried.

I resurfaced and the others came into the water. Suddenly, the water started spinning around. The flower was sucked down and it was revealed to be a whirlpool. “Uh-oh.” I said.

“I love epic adventures!” Snotlout exclaimed in joy which was odd. Our dragons roared in panic and leaped into the water and grabbed us as the whirlpool sucked us down and we crashed on some rocks. “Oof!”

We all groaned and we got up. “Now where are we?” Ruffnut asked. Our dragons seemed to sense something being they were looking around the area. “What’s wrong with them?” Fishlegs asked.

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I mounted Winter and Hiccup and the others mounted their dragons. They all then flew into another cave and when we came out we saw large pillars of rocks with glowing fauna and flora. “Woah…” I gasped. Our dragons continued to fly and we entered an extremely large cavern and saw millions and millions of dragons. “Oh my god.” I whispered.

“Looks like we found the Dragon World.” I said.

“More like a Hidden World.” the Sentinel added. “This is the ancestral home of all the dragons known to human kind. Very, very few people known about this realm.”

"This... this is place... my dad was searching for.." Hiccup gasped in awe, seeing the many, many, many dragons flying all around us. Our dragons landed near a large section that had a large crystal coming out of the ceiling. They walked off and we moved a little closer, looking over a large cliff.

“It’s beautiful.” I added, my eyes sparkling in the beauty

“How are we gonna find the Queen of the Hippogriffs in this place?” Astrid asked. “It’s a whole new world.” We noticed there was a dragon on top of the crystal and all the dragons were bowing to him. “Who's that dragon?” Snotlout asked.

“It seems like he’s the Alpha dragon.” I answered.

“Seems like it. So what we do now?” Max asked.

*GROWL*

We all froze when we heard a growl. We slowly turned around and saw a purple and blue Rumblehorn dragon. “Oh boy.” I whimpered. Rumblehorn roared gaining the attention of all the other dragons. “Jump!” I cried. We all jumped off the cliff and rolled down the cliff, landing on the ground. “Run!” Astrid cried.

We were about to run when multiple Nightmare, Zipplebacks, Gronckles and other dragons landed in front and behind us. They were all growling, hissing and roaring at us. We all stood back to back. “I don’t think they’re happy to see us.” Fishlegs whimpered. They all began to move towards us, “W-What do we do?”

Suddenly, our dragons leaped in front of us, in a protective circle, roaring at the other wild dragons. I took a deep breath and bravely walked up to one of the growling Monstrous NIghtmares. “Crystal. No! Come back!” Max hissed. “It’s dangerous!” I didn’t listen and walked towards the Nightmare. It roared at me. “Shhh… it’s alright… I’m not the enemy.” I reassured. I could feel the Alpha’s eyes, staring at me, but I didn’t falter. The Nightmare growled but I inched closer to him. I looked him dead in his eyes as a tense moment of silence passed. Finally, the Nightmare moved towards me and put it’s snout in my hand, earning his trust. “Woah.. incredible.” Hiccup gasped.

The Sentinel smiled. “That’s my student.”

Our dragons were still growling at the wild dragons, warning them to back away from their beloved riders. Suddenly, a loud roar broke through the air and the wild dragons parted, creating a path for the Alpha dragon. The Alpha Dragon looked like a Night Fury.

Our dragons hissed at him, but he roared at them loudly, making them step back and allowing him to walk towards me and the others. We all stared at him before… he spoke, “What are you humans doing here?”

“You talk?!” I exclaimed.

“Yes, I can talk and I’ll ask again. What are you humans doing here?” his voice had some venom in it.

“We don’t mean you or your dragons any harm.” Hiccup said. “We’re looking for the Queen of the Hippogriffs.”

The dragon's’ expression turned angrier and he spread out his wings. “Why would you want to see her?” he hissed.

“Please, the Storm King invaded my land. We need their help that’s all.” I pleaded

The Alpha snarled, “Well, we won’t let you go near her.” The dragons roared along with their Alpha. I knew then they were going to attack my friends! “NO!” I leaped in front of them and I spread my Light Fury wings, shocking and surprising every dragon, even the Alpha. “I won’t let you hurt my friends. Even if you are the Alpha!” I snarled with a growl for emphasis.

The Alpha said nothing, but instead he glowed and to our complete shock, turned into a human who had wings and a horn!

“He’s another hybrid?!” Pikachu exclaimed. “That’s a twist that’s very twisty.”

I changed back into a human myself and looked at the adult man. He had tannish brown hair. His skin was light and his eyes were blue. He wore a black jacket, like Jack but he wore matching shorts. He wore tall black boots as well. He looked closely at me and he moved a small part of my hair. He had Night Fury wings. “Do you know where the Queen of the Hippogriffs are?” I asked.

“Yes, come with me.” He led us out of his house and through the cavern until we came to a large lake. “Not another whirlpool again.” Fishlegs whined.

“Do not worry.” the man stated. “Just wade in.”

He entered the water and we followed along with our dragons. He used his magic to give us air bubble like helmets. “Follow me.” He dove into the water and we followed. “This way.” He swam ahead and we all followed. Our dragons used their wings to propel themselves through the water. Soon we reached another city. All the buildings were simply like Greek buildings, with stone columns for fences and walling, open roofs. It was surprisingly brighter down here too with all the glowing corals and underwater angler lights. There were mermares and mer-ponies everywhere.

“Woah…” We all gasped.

We entered the palace and swam into the throne room.

We saw a large sea pony. She was white with purple fins and tail fins and she had light blue fins on the ends of arms. “Queen Novo, we have some visitors.” He called.

“Jason, if it’s another sea dragon, I don’t want-” When she saw us, she gasped. “Jason, what have you done! You know surface dwellers are not allowed here. Guards!” Four seapony guards came in with glowing laces. My friends and I whimpered a little, while our dragons growled and hissed.

“Novo, it’s alright.” Jason said.

“We need to find the Hippogriffs do you know what happened to them?” I asked.

“Why of course I know, I’m the Queen. I know everything.” Novo said.

“Oh, it’s such a good story.” Princess Skystar said as she suddenly appeared.

“Don’t you dare tell them!” Novo said.

But the seapony told them anyway. “Once upon a time, like, a while ago, the Hippogriffs did live on Mount Aris.”

Novo was not pleased, “Did I not say don't tell them? But hey, I'm just the queen. Don't mind me.”

“Fine! I can't tell you!” Skystar grunted, “But if I could tell you, I'd say that that horned beast did show up to steal their magic!”

“Seriously?” Novo groaned.

“But, to keep it out of his clutches, their brave and majestic leader, Queen Novo, hid them deep underwater where he could never go! We are... Well, we were the Hippogriffs! Ta-da! “Skystar laughed and came over to us and whispered, “But I totally did not tell you that!”

“Well, I guess the pearl is out the oyster now. I am Queen Novo.”

“Hold on now. Lemme get this straight. When the Storm King came, you just abandoned your entire city and fled?” I asked.

“We didn't flee! We swam! Y'know, in order to flee.” Same thing! “But... how?”

“Oh! Can we show them? Huh? These are the first guests we've had in, like, foreveeerrr! Can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we, can we?” Skystar asked.

“Well I should make sure it still works.” Novo said. They swam pas a jellyfish that released a small glowing pearl. Skystar grinned. “Careful now.” Novo said. Novo spread the pearls magic towards us and it turned out legs into tails with fins on the end. “Woah..” Hiccup gasped.

“This is amazing. With the pearl maybe Crystal can change everyone back home into something to defeat the Storm Kings’ army.” Astrid squealed.

“Or it could end up in his greedy claws.” Novo stated.

“But your majesty, don’t you wanna help us? I mean we came all this way to seek your help against the Storm King.” I explained.

“Sweetheart… I’m sorry about your home. I really am, but my duties as Queen is to protect my subjects. The pearl isn’t going anywhere.” Novo said before sitting back in her throne.

“But you’d rather spend your whole life down here instead of trying to take back what was yours?” I asked.

“We are 100% okay with that.” Novo said. I looked at her very sadly and swam away from her. “Crystal?” Hiccup called. I just kept swimming and swimming until I was out of the large lake and walking back up the stairs. I spread my wings and flew out of the Hidden World and landed on the Basalt Beach.

I only sighed sadly. “Crystal… are you okay?” Fire asked gently.

“No… I’m not.. There’s no chance to save Equestria now.. And it’s all my fault.” I began to sob.

“It’s not your fault, Crystal.” Hiccup said. “You did your best.”

I sniffled, “Well.. my best wasn’t good enough..” I stood up and walked away from the group so I could think on my own. Winter and the others warbled in worry at each other. and Toothless nodded at Winter and she followed after me.

“Crystal.” I hear a call behind me and saw a large male lion with a red mane and he had a deep voice. “Woah.. who are you?”

“I am Mufasa, young Crystal. I have been watching you for some time now and I sense great doubt in your heart.”

I sighed, “It’s just I came here to get help to fight the Storm King and save my friends and family but Queen Novo wouldn’t help. Now I… don’t know what to do.”

“Don’t be afraid Sarah, trust your instincts. Your magic and your friends will be there for you when you need them and so will I until Equestria’s end.” With that Mufasa disappeared from the clouds. “Mufasa, wait don;t go yet!

.. Trust my instincts. My friends and magic will be there when I need it.” I said.

With my confidence restored, I went back to the gang. “Crystal, are you alright?” I asked.

“Yes and we’re going back to face the Storm King.” I stated proudly.

“By ourselves?!” Snotlout exclaimed. “But how can we defeat the Storm King?”

"You will not face them alone..." a voice said from behind them. They all turned and saw Queen Novo, Princess Skystar and Jason and every dragon and Hippogriff in the Hidden World...!

"Queen Novo.. Skystar.. Jason... what are you doing here?" I asked.

"We're here to help you... Jason talked it over with me and I'm tired of hiding from the Storm King." Queen Novo said.

“We can do anything as long as we’re together.” I stated to them all. "My friends always fought for Equestria and Harmony City.... and if I don't fight for it... who will?"

Hiccup and Toothless came to my side, "I will.."

"Me too." Astrid added.

"Count us in." Tuffnut said and he and his sister banged their helmet together.

"Ditto.." Snotlout stated and Hookfang nodded.

"Me too." Fishlegs stated.

Everyone looked at each other and nodded confidently.

“We’re Equestria's last hope and here’s what we’re going to do.” I said. Everyone gathered around while I explained the plan.

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