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Post by Shade on Oct 2, 2012 16:15:52 GMT -5
Shade and Silver kept walking. Meanwhile, Shade was making calculations in his head.
"If we keep going at this pace, we can be at the beach at around mid-day tomorrow," Shade thought out loud. "Then, we have a straight shot at the Sanctuary." He turned to Silver. "Do you think you'll be able to fly tomorrow? ______________________________________
"Run!" yelled Blackheart as he saw the Typhoomerang. The three of them turned and ran down the path, desperate to dodge the massive dragon behind them.
(massive block+no time= this) ______________________________________
"They say you can understand us," Flameskull asked Samantha. "Well, can you?"
Samantha looked up at him, eyes red from crying, and nodded. "Yes," she sniffed.
"Well, first of all, you're welcome, and second of all, we need to get to the Sanctuary. And fast. We just might be able to get there by midnight if we fly as fast as we can. But we'd need to leave soon. So, here's what's gonna happen. We're gonna eat these deer, and then we're gonna get out of here. Understand?"
Samantha nodded, and then looked away. Flameskull realized then that he was being too harsh. Even if he didn't like them, they were helping him. And this human had just lost her best friend.
He swallowed his prejudice, and offered her words of comfort. "Hey, cheer up," he said. "Ashmore's tough. I'm sure he's okay. ______________________________________
Sirrush followed the trail through the woods, until he came to a clearing. What he saw made him gasp. In front of him was a mountain that seemed to have collapsed in on itself in places. The imperials were higher up on the mountain, and they seemed to be looking for something.
The air was thick with the scent of blood and dragons.
Something had happened here. Something bad. And the imperials were to blame.
Whatever they're looking for, they won't find it, he thought as he began his trek up the mountain. I'll make sure of it.
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Post by toothless11 on Oct 2, 2012 18:13:30 GMT -5
Silvermoon thought a bit, thinking what she could say. Her arm still hurt. The pain might disappear a bit, but it'll still be weak which would prevent her from walking well. She slowly tried moving her right wing a little. It didn't hurt that much, but it felt a bit uncomfortable. But it should be okay the next day.
"Yeah, I think I will..." she said. ----------------------------------
Since they began walking in the canyon, Misael couldn't help but feel like therewas something wrong about that place.
And then they came to what looked like a large, circular field, where in one of the canyon's walls was a cave.
Ashmore told the too of them to wait there, and then he went to inspect the cave. Misael watched nervously. He just knew that something was in there.
A few seconds later, after Ashmore had shot a fireball into the cave, the night fury was running towards them desperately as a roar was heard from inside.
"We've got to get out of here!" Misael said as Ashmore approached him.
The moment he reached them and motioned them to get on, Misael and Blackheart did so quickly. After they were on, Ashmore was running as fast as he could away from the cave.
Misael looked back as they did so. He gasped his eyes widened when he saw that it was a Typhoomerang. He quickly turned back, and held on tightly. Hoping that they could escape from the large dragon. ---------------------------------------
Roran stared at Kilnk, a bit freightend. He knew that perhaps he won't do anything to him, but he still felt a little nervous. The dragon seemed to be talking to him, though he couldn't understand anything he said.
Sulphurwing moved a little closer to him so that he could feel more secure. Since Roran wouldn't be able to answer, she decided to answer some things for him.
"Yeah, unfortunately humans can't understand us..." she said. "But to sort of answer your questions...We're not the only ones. We came here with many friends, both dragons and humans. Many years ago, the imperials invaded over our village, and we that survived had to leave it immediately. We've remained hidden in some caves not too far away from here for a while now. But just this morning they found us...And that's how the battle started," Sulphurwing explained.
Maybe it wouldnt exactly answer Kilnk's questions, but she thought she should tell him what happened to them and their friends..
"We've just stayed hidden, planning out revenge for what they did. We have a sanctuary ready on. Some islands, away from this place. Thats where we planned on heading to, and that's where we're going to stay now since we've bee found."
((Kind of having some writer's block too...))
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Post by Ashmore on Oct 4, 2012 15:15:50 GMT -5
Ashmore was putting everything he had into the sprint. He knew that so much as slowing down would mean demise. The dragon chasing after them wouldn't be stopped for anything.
The end of the canyon was drawing near, but so was the Typhoomerang. Ashmore only had a few more paces until he was out in the open, where he could find a place to hide...
...and then he screeched to a halt. He had arrived at the end of the canyon, only to realize that it ended in a straight drop into the forest far below. He looked behind him. The Typhoomerang was almost upon them. Ashmore realized that he would have to fly, wounded or not.
He took to the air. His wing hurt, but he was still able to maintain flight. He just needed to find a place to land and to hide.
He glanced back. The Typhoomerang had reached the edge as well, and was about to launch a wave of flame at them. Ashmore dived down below to stream barely, his wing flaring up a bit as he did so. He grimaced in pain, and that's when he saw the look in the Typhoomerang's eyes.
It knew that it's enemy was wounded.
With a roar and another burst of flame, it unfurled it's gargantuan wings and took off into the sky after its wounded enemies.
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Samantha Stood and faced Flameskull. "I'm sure he's fine too. He's tough. It's just... I've been through a quite a lot today, and it's been taking a toll on me. Anyways, do we have a plan? I'm pretty sure that it's time we got out of here."
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"Really?" Klink hissed. "An island where humansss and dragonsss can live in peace from those sssoldiersss? Sssoundsss tempting. You don't mind me asssking, but do you think I could accompany you on your journey to sssaid island?"
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Post by Unitedmoviemaker on Oct 4, 2012 17:12:15 GMT -5
Seth trudged through a field of deep snow. It was pretty exhausting, but he was close to the tree line of the forest.
"Okay, which one of these tree should I cut?" Seth said to himself.
He walked a bit more into the forest and scanned the area.
Once he found the perfect tree, he drew his sword. Seth didn't have the newest sword of the others. He had one that he used for years. With almost everything on the sword having been mended once or twice, it showed it's age.
Seth sliced at the tree only a few times and it plopped down into the snow.
"Oh, what sharpening can do..." He said as he looked at his sword in admiration.
After some time to reduce the tree to a smaller log, Seth was on his way back to the cave.
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Post by Shade on Oct 4, 2012 21:14:28 GMT -5
"Okay," said Shade. "That's good. We just need to keep going, and once it starts getting dark, we can find a place to sleep. Is that okay with you?" ____________________________________________
Blackheart watched in terror as the massive Typhoomerang spread her wings to give pursuit.
He turned back to Ashmore. "Land!" he yelled. "Use its size against it! It won't do very well in the trees! And maybe we can find somewhere to hide!" _____________________________________________________________
"I just told you what the plan was," said Flameskull. "We're gonna wait until the other human gets back with the firewood, then eat those two deer. Then we're gonna leave."
Just then, Seth returned to the cave. "Ah, speak of the devil," said Flameskull. "Set those in the middle." Seth did as he was told, and then Flameskull set them on fire. He pushed one of the deer to Samantha. "Here, take this one," he said. "The other one's mine."
He sat down and began eating the deer raw. __________________________________________________________
Sirrush was halfway up the mountain when another scent hit his nostrils. Night Fury.
A Night Fury...? he thought. I thought they were all dead!
He got closer to the ground and sniffed again, finally determining that it was coming from underneath the rubble he was standing on. He had to know if the dragon he was smelling was still alive. He began to dig through the rubble, until finally he reached a cavern.
Once the opening was wide enough, he stuck his head in, and sent out a small puff of flame to illuminate it. What he saw made his heart jump.
It was a Night Fury. And from the looks of it, he was still alive.
(That's Rosco's que, UMM).
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Post by toothless11 on Oct 4, 2012 23:42:34 GMT -5
"I'm fine with that..." Silvermoon quietly said as they walked through the woods. She was already feeling feeling exhausted, and at the same time she was still slowly trying to push away the bad thoughts and memories so she could concentrate better on where they were going. --------------------------
"He's right! We might have enough time to escape as well if it crashes into the ground!" Misael yelled as he turned back to see the dragon. It was just a few meters behind them. Now would be a good time to land on the ground. --------------------------
Sulphurwing thought about it for a moment. Kilnk really seemed like a good ally, and since almost everyone at the battle saw him fighting with them, she was sure they would probably be grateful to have him visit the sanctuary.
"Well, sure. I don't mind. Just as long as you don't harm or threaten anyone...Though the islands are pretty far from here... We might have to start moving now if we want to get there soon. We might make it there by tommorow morning, or perhaps later in the evening before nightfall." Sulpherwing said.
((Having block again...))
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Post by Ashmore on Oct 6, 2012 18:54:44 GMT -5
Ashmore dived for the trees. It was their sure shot of escape from the raging beast behind them.
But the Typhoomerang knew better. It knew that it's target was injured, and that it could outpace it. The beast launched upon Ashmore and twisted, blocking his escape into the trees. Ashmore pulled sharply to the side to avoid colliding into the massive beast, causing another flaring pain in his wing.
He darted out towards the cliff wall to try and find some crevice or escape there, but the Typhoomerang blocked his path once more. Ashmore turned to find another escape, only to find the dragon facing him everywhere he looked.
And then he realized what it was doing.
The Typhoomerang was showing the skill that it was named for. It had set itself ablaze and was rapidly circling the air in which Ashmore hovered. Wherever Ashmore looked, there was a wall of flames caused by the massive body of the Typhoomerang. They were trapped.
Ashmore desperately looked for escape, and found none. His panic was heightened when he found it getting harder to breathe, as the rapid movement of flames were eating all of the oxygen away.
Ashmore didn't know what to do. The only thing he could think of was to close his eyes and fire blindly. What happened next turned his blood to ice.
No Fire came out. The air couldn't sustain it.
Instead, a thick, black smoke erupted from Ashmore's jaws in place of the fire. The rapid wing instantly distributed the stream throughout the Typhoomerang's trap.
Ashmore choked and spluttered and squinted through the airless substance. He saw the Typhoomerang rush wildly out of its formation, blinded and choking on the smoke Ashmore produced. It crashed into the cliff wall with a sickening thud and fell all the way down to the ground. It landed with a ground shaking crash and lay there, weakly choking out the remaining smoke in it's lungs.
Ashmore realized that this was his chance for escape. The humans, who were spitting out smoke as well, knew this too. It was the perfect opportunity for an out.
Though Ashmore knew something else as well. Thyphoomerangs only attack when threatened, which Ashmore unknowingly did. If Ashmore could convince it that they meant no harm, they could have another powerful ally. Besides, he couldn't just leave the dazed dragon to be bait for the nearby soldiers.
Ashmore carefully flew to the ground where the Typhoomerang had crashed. He carefully approached it, alert to escape if things didn't go well. Though in the condition it was in, the Typhoomerang wouldn't put up up much of a fight. For now.
It lay there, spitting out the last remnants of the smoke. It's eyes were bloodshot from the smoke that Ashmore had produced. It looked up at Ashmore, a subtle anger in it's eyes.
Before it could make a move, Ashmore spoke. "I mean you no harm. My friends and I were just trying to make our way through the canyon and away from a group of Imperial Soldiers. I saw your cave and investigated, not knowing you were inside. The fireball I launched was not intended to harm you in any way, I just wanted to see what was inside. It was quite a stupid decision. Though i mean it when I say I mean no harm. In fact, I want to help. I can't leave you like this with the Imperials around. They could find you in a heartbeat. We just need to get out of here. The soldiers probably heard the ruckus across the mountain, and they'll probably make their way over here to investigate. Once we find a suitable spot, we can explain our story."
Ashmore paused to cough out a bit more smoke. He looked to the Typhoomerang again. "What do you say? Will you come with us?"
The anger had left the Typhoomerang's eyes. Instead it was a mixture of realization, curiosity and slight guilt. It spat out a bit more smoke and said in an undoubtedly female voice: "Fine. Lead the way. But don't try anything funny."
Ashmore smiled. "Good. Let's get a move on then."
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Samantha retrieved Pyra and sat next to the flaming deer that Flameskull had pushed over to her. She cut at it with the lit blade and began to eat the cooked meat.
She glanced over to the dragon, ripping at the deer he had caught for himself. She smiled inwardly. Flameskull was a bit rough on the outside, and wasn't necessarily the fondest of humans, but she knew he was truly good of heart. He wanted the best for everyone, even if he didn't show it.
Samantha smiled again. She would find it interesting to get to meet the Boneknapper a bit more closely. He would certainly provide an interesting character.
She cut off another piece of deer and awaited the dragon to finish his meal.
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Klink grinned. "Thank you for the invite! I'll try to to inflict harm on anyone along the way. No promisssesss though.
He hoped that they had got the joke. "Now then. You sssay that it'sss about a day'sss journey to thessse islandsss? If ssso we had better get a move on! Times-A-Wassstin'!"
With that, Klink, Sulphurwing, and Roran began to make their way in the direction of the islands.
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Post by Unitedmoviemaker on Oct 8, 2012 17:00:52 GMT -5
Seth ate some of the deer Flameskull had brought them. He sat down against the cave wall, wondering what the group was going to do next.
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Rosco had waited for the catapults to stop firing for a while. After some time of waiting, he fell asleep.
Half an hour later, Rosco woke up sharply to a bright light. He noticed that the light was coming from inside the tunnel he was in. Rosco then noticed that there was a Monstrous Nightmare looking at him through a gap in the rubble.
"What? Who are you?" Rosco asked, a bit in a daze.
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Post by Shade on Oct 9, 2012 22:01:51 GMT -5
Shade and Silvermoon walked in silence for a while, keeping a lookout for danger. Then, Shade thought of something to say.
"Do you remember anything from Berk?" he asked. ________________________________________________
Blackheart was still trembling from the adrenaline and terror. He was also confused. "Wait..." he asked. "What just happened? Is she coming with us now or something? Cause that'd be awesome, actually." ________________________________________________
Flameskull finished the succulent deer, and then, as he licked the blood off of his claws and jaw, he waited for the humans to finish. When they did, he stood up.
"Alright, get on my back before I change my mind about this," he said. "We're out of here. Put that fire out first, though. We don't want anyone to see the smoke." _________________________________________________
Sirrush looked in shock at the Night Fury. "Oh my gods..." he said. "This is an unexpected complication."
What was he to do? He couldn't just leave the dragon there. As much as he hated to socialize, the world couldn't afford to lose another dragon.
He would have to get the dragon out.
"Listen," he said to the Night Fury. "We don't have much time. They'll see us any second now. We have to-!"
Suddenly, he heard a shout. He looked up and saw a group of imperials running towards them. He had been spotted.
"Come on!" he yelled. "They're coming!"
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Post by toothless11 on Oct 10, 2012 17:03:22 GMT -5
Silvermoon lifted her head up slightly as Shade's question. She began remembering different moments and memories from before the war had started.
She smiled faintly as she remembered happy moments, but that smiled disappeared as she remembered when the war started, and their lives changed completely.
"Yeah, I do...I don't want to talk about it right now though..." she said quietly. --------------------------
Misael was about to protest at Ashmore's sudden decision to fly back to the Typhoomerang. They had a perfect chance to escape, yet Misael didn't know why he was going back until they got there. The soldiers would find and kill the female dragon if they found her, and after crashing into the cliff, he doubted she would have much strength to escape, or even fight the imperials.
"Seems like she is...This is great." Misael said as he gave Ashmore a gentle pat on his neck. "Good thing you decided to help her. Let's go now." -----------------------------
"You're welcome." Sulphurwing said, grinning at the joke Kilnk said. She was glad that they had another ally now.
She looked down at Roran and with her head, she motioned him to climb on her back.
"Let's move on then," said the Human, understanding her message. He climbed onto the saddle on Sulphurwing's back, and they began walking through the woods once more.
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Post by Ashmore on Oct 10, 2012 20:30:51 GMT -5
Ashmore, Blackheart, Misael and the Typhoomerang all walked in silence until they found a suitable cave. It was out of the way, and large enough for them all to fit inside. By the time they arrived, it was near dark. Once they were settled with a fire going and some meat to eat, Ashmore asked the question.
"So... you have a name, I assume?"
The Typhoomerang paused eating to look at him with an expression of vague annoyance. "Of course I do," she said. "Who doesn't have a name? Even if it's not given to them, everyone has something to call them-self. The name's Gyratha." She went back to eating.
They sat in silence for a moment. Ashmore spoke up again.
"Gyratha... a nice name. So, what's your story? I mean, what was life like before the Imperials showed up?
Gyratha stopped eating.She glared up at them, a mixture of intense irritation and anger in her eyes. She spoke harshly. "You really want to know? I don't see why you should. It's the same sappy story all of you have. Why hear another one. But sure. Let's get our stories straight. I will be travelling with you guys for awhile, as it seems. Why not spill out all my history?"
Before they could react to her remark, she began to speak. "My life was just the same as all of yours around Berk. I lived peacefully with my family, and all was just fine and dandy. Nothing too much of coincidence happened, spare the one time one of my kids got messed up with some of your folk. Torch, as you may have called him."
Ashmore tensed up. This was the same Typhoomerang that Toothless had done battle with before the Fall of Berk.
Gyratha continued on. "We didn't interact much outside of that. Then when the Soldiers came, things changed. We were on the run. Never stayed in one place for too long. Any soldier that got in out way was obliterated. Simple as that."
She paused and looked down. "And then things changed. I got careless, and I fell into one of their traps. I was able to free myself, but not before the soldiers got to my children. They took all of them. I could only watch."
For a moment, Ashmore saw a deep, beating sadness in Gyratha's eyes. The eyes of one who has remembered an unpleasant past. And then that moment was gone, replaced by the same chiseled expression of roughness.
"After that, there was no more mistakes, or second chances. I destroyed anything in my path, be it soldier, human or dragon. If it showed even the tiniest bit of a threat, I would obliterate it. And my life continued like that."
Gyratha stopped for a moment, then spoke up again, even rougher and more irritated than before. "And here we are now. Happy? There's my story. Can I please finish my meal now?"
She went back to eating. Ashmore didn't have anything to say. He understood why she had attacked them now. Below her rough exterior, Gyratha had the same sorrow of one who suffered losses as many of them had. She had handled it differently though, blocking it out with pure survival instinct. It was her own way of avenging her children's deaths. To stay alive herself.
Ashmore looked into the fire. Gyratha had lost ones close to herself and had never forgot the sting it left, even if she didn't show it.
He could relate to that.
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Samantha stood up and walked to the small fire they ad built. She took off her coat and with a single flap, extinguished the fire. She put her coat back on as she kicked some dirt over the ashes, hiding it as much as possible. She knew well enough on how to cover her tracks.
She turned towards Flameskull who awaited the humans to hop on board. Samantha jumped up onto of the bony dragon (towards which Flameskull rolled his eyes.) and Seth climbed on behind her.
For the moment, her worries were behind her, for she knew her friends would be alright. Samantha looked down to Flameskull and grinned. She knew that their trip was going to be... interesting. To say the least.
"Alright! Let's be off! Flameskull, lead the way!"
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Klink slowly started to slither along behind the Nadder and her rider. Their destination would be at their fingertips soon.
Or so he thought. They had been (walking?) for hours, and Klink sensed no sign of any distance gained. Maybe it was just because he wasn't necessarily used to above ground travel.
Klink was bored out of his mind. He began to hum along to himself in order to give him something to do. "Just-a-walkin' along, in a random white void, looking for an interesssting plot development!"
For future notice: Gyratha is not completely owned by me. In similar manners to Hiccup, Toothless, Waldorf, and others like them, feel free to use her point of view and control her actions.
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Post by Unitedmoviemaker on Oct 10, 2012 20:58:51 GMT -5
Seth knew it was time to go when Flameskull faced towards the entrance of the cave and looked back at them.
"Okay...well...I'm ready." He said a bit hesitantly as he walked over to Flameskull and climbed on behind Samantha.
Seth began to think about this journey they were going to take.
Okay Seth, you need to hold back any feelings you have for these people that you are traveling with...Well, until you get to the Sanctuary...How far is the Sanctuary from here? Ugh...I hope it's somewhat close by...
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Rosco knew that this dragon was talking to him with a sense of urgency. When the dragon said they needed to hurry, Rosco said "Okay, I'm right behind ya!"
They ran out of the tunnel and away from the soldiers.
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Post by Shade on Oct 11, 2012 15:39:32 GMT -5
"Oh... okay," Shade replied. They continued walking in silence. (I'm gonna pass on Shade's turn now until we can think of something better to have them do) _________________________________________________________ (Ashmore, I think you accidentally gave Ash a gender bender there. Correct me if I'm wrong) Blackheart sat on the ground next to Misael. "This has been a strange day," he remarked. "Are you alright?" __________________________________________________ Flameskull flew away from the cave, as they began their long flight to the coast. (Block) __________________________________________________ Sirrush and the Night Fury ran from the mountain, until they had enough speed to take off. Sirrush stretched his wings and took flight, the other dragon following right behind him. They flew at blinding speeds, until the Imperials were far below them. Some arrows flew past them, but those that came close enough missed. They had gotten out. (eh... not my best. I'm a little pressed for time right now )
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Post by toothless11 on Oct 11, 2012 17:15:20 GMT -5
((I'm having block too...as for Shade and Silver, I guess we might as well have the stop for the night? It's already getting dark with some of the others...so maybe we can do that...))
Silvermoon and Shade slowly walked through the woods, until it was starting to get dark.
"We need to find a place to stay for the night..." Silvermoon said, after the long silence between her and her brother. -------------------------------------------------
Misael sat in the cave, remaining quiet most of the time, occasionally starin at the two dragons, who seemed to be talking, until Blackheart came and started talking with him.
"Indeed it has...I'm alright. Just...wondering If everyone's safe..." Misael answered as he stared down at the floor. "You?" He said, looking up at Blackheart. ----------------------------------------------------
Sulphurwing, Roran and Kilnk continued walking through the snow, keeping an eye out for any soldiers. After a few hours, they could see the sun a bit low on the sky.
Which meant it would be sunset soon.
Both Sulohurwing and Roran were sure that the beach wasn't too far away anymore, but it seemed like they would have to stop for the night.
The Nadder looked back at Kilnk and said "You don't mind if we have to stop for the night? The ocean isn't too far away now...But we might not make it there before night fall. We might reach it some time in the morning, however."
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Post by Ashmore on Oct 15, 2012 19:09:06 GMT -5
Ashmore ate his food deep in thought, wondering if anyone else was going to say anything.
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At her words (more or less) Flameskull took off towards the sanctuary.
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"Sssure" Klink Replied. "Whatever Floatsss your boat."
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