My Little Dragons: Book 2: Riders of Berk

We now move far away from Berk to an island of rocky despair and constantly plagued by dragon attacks. This sorry little island is known as Outcast Island. Here, all Outcasts that had been banished from Berk due to grievous crimes dwell. And they are led by the most brutish Outcast of all…

"Alvin, they're coming back!" an Outcast soldier yelled to his leader as the island was bombarded by fireballs coming from attacking dragons.

Alvin glared at the winged reptiles laying waste to his land and glared even harder at his incompetent soldiers.

"Out of me way! You can't find good marauders these days." Saying this, Alvin took down an incoming dragon. But alas, even the sheer number of dragons attacking was too much for this Outcast.

"Alvin, there are too many of them! We need to get inside!" Savage, Alvin's second-in-command, shouted. Alvin merely glared once again but followed Savage to the main stronghold. Just in time too because a huge burst of flame exploded outside of the door as Savage closed it!

Alvin stomped to the center table to gather his men. "Oh, I've had it with these dragons…Is the ship ready?" he growled. "We still have a little more work to do." An Outcast soldier reported meekly.

"That's not my problem, is it? We sail for Berk immediately." Alvin spat and jabbed his finger at the map laid out in front of him. "We'll land here and under the cover of night." He said and began to leave to ready his ships.

"Why aren't we taking the whole army?" Savage asked, following Alvin quickly. Alvin faced him with a malicious grin on his face. "We're not there to fight Stoick. We're there for this so called, Alpha Dragon, our old friend Mildew says is on the island," he told his right-hand man and, with a treacherous tone, added before he turned to Mildew, " Right?"

"Yes, you'll easily be able to spot here, she a four legged pony called an Alicorn." Mildew added.

At this, Savage brightened up. "Oh, an Alicorn. I thought those were just myths. They're very powerful creatures."

Alvin laughed, "And once we capture her, she'll be our ticket to taking over Berk."

Meanwhile, back on Berk, Aline was feeding her dragon family large baskets of fish, overlooking the beach from one of the cliffs on Berk. Aline and her dragons heard a small squawk and saw Astrid, Stormfly, Hiccup, Toothless, Zenna and Stryka hovered over and landing near her. "So this is where you come to get away from stress?" Astrid joked.

"I have no idea what you're talking about." Aline smirked back as the three teens came over to her.

"So you're really the Alpha of all Dragons?" Astrid asked.

"Yes, I am. And a Princess in Equestria. Both are alot of work, but its worth it to keep the peace between ponies and dragons." Aline smiled.

"Well that explains your Alicorn Psychology. Alicorn are known to be symbols of royalty among us Vikings. But we thought they were just myths." Zenna stated.

"Well, I'm as real as it gets." Aline chuckled and the four friends laughed together.

Suddenly, Reignstorm snarled at something from afar, "What is it, Reignstorm?" Aline asked.

"Why would one of our ships be anchoring there?" Astrid asked, pointing at a ship anchored near some rocks not far from shore.

Hiccup and Zenna followed her gaze and spotted it. "That doesn't look like one of the ships from our fleet." Zenna observed. Hiccup looked through his spyglass and saw that the ship definitely wasn't a Berkian ship.

"It's not one of our ships. I gotta tell Dad. Come on!" Hiccup said to thegirls and the trio quickly left to find Stoick.

That night, the Outcasts had landed on the beach.

"Ah, it's good to be back on the shores of Berk." Alvin said menacingly.

“Good for you. Not so good for them." Savage chuckled darkly as the men readied their weapons.

Once all the Outcasts were armed, Alvin issued the call. "Let's find the Alicorn!" he barked. The Outcasts yelled in agreement.

Meanwhile in the Great Hall, the Berkians were worriedly murmuring to each other.

"This is no time to panic! That's what the Outcasts are counting on!" Stoick thundered in order to calm everyone down.

"Stoick!" Sven, a watch sentry, burst into the Great Hall with news.

"Sven, did you get a good look?" the Chief questioned.

"I saw 30 men at least, all armed to the teeth." Sven reported grimly.

“What are they even doing here?” Astrid questioned.

“That snake Mildew probably told them about Aline,” Zenna growled.

“So they’ve came here to try and take her,” Hiccup added.

“Well those Outcasts will have get pass us and our dragons first!” Snotlout exclaimed on top of Hookfang.

“Yeah!” The twins cheered before they knocked their helmets together.

Suddenly, the Outcasts came bursting into the Great Hall with their weapons drawn. The Berkians gasped in fear and horror but Aline’s dragons came around all of them, hissing and growling at the enemy, ready to defend them.

Hookfang, Barf and Belch, Stormfly, Meatlug, Toothless and Stryka stood in front of Aline with their riders.

“Alright Stoick, hand over the Alicorn,” Alvin smirked as he came in front of his Outcasts with Mildew.

“I’m not going to hand over Aline.” Stoick replied, glaring at Alvin.

“Well you don’t want your precious villagers hurt now do you?” Alvin mocked before some of his Outcasts raised their weapons. Stoick and the Berkians glared at Alvin before Aline flew in between the two groups, “You looking for me?”

“Aline get back!”

“What are you doing?!” Astrid and Ruffnut cried.

Alvin chuckled approaching the female Alicorn, “Yes I am. I thought Alicorns were all but a myth. You’re obviously not....so you’re coming with me and my Outcasts.”

Aline looked back at her friends and the back at Alvin, “I’m sure you don’t want us to harm your subjects?” he mocked.

Aline narrowed her eyes at the Outcasts leader, “No.... I don’t...... so...... I’ll surrender myself to you if you leave the Berkians and the dragons alone.” Aline declared and everyone gasped in horror.

Alvin grinned with a malicious smile, “Excellent choice...” he smirked before two of this Outcasts threw a bola over Aline’s wings and tied a rope around her neck. “Let’s go!”

The two Outcasts dragged and pushed Aline as they began to leave the Great Hall, “Thanks for my prize, Stoick.” Alvin laughed as the Outcasts left the Great Hall and Berk.

“I don’t believe it! Why would she just give herself up like that?!” Snotlout exclaimed.

“She didn’t want anyone to come to harm, Snotlout.” Hiccup reasoned. “She’s a Princess and the Alpha, so she’ll put our and our dragons safety before her own.”

“So let’s just go and get her back!” Tuffnut exclaimed.

“Yeah! As in Dragons Blazin!” Snotlout agreed.

“No Snotlout, Tuff. We can’t just rush in on Alvin and the Outcasts. That might get Aline killed. We have to think about what we’re going to do to get her back from them.” Zenna replied.

Alvin and the Outcasts, meanwhile, took Aline to their home on Outcast Island: And island that appeared to be only made of rock with no discernible farms. No vegetation appeared on the land at all except for several forest of a dark, leafless variety of tree as well as some bushes and volcanic areas as well. The island was almost always dark and sullen cause there was very little sun light as well.

Aline was pulled off of the deck by her rope as the Outcasts, with Alvin leading the way, took her to the dungeon where they would hold her. Inside of the dungeon, Aline spotted several other captured dragons including a Scaldron, Whispering Death and a Changewing along with the usual Nadder, Monstrous Nightmare, Zippleback and Gronckle.

Alvin opened a cell and shoved Aline inside, "Enjoy your new home, Alicorn." he said with a sinister laugh before he and the Outcasts left. Aline narrowed her eyes as they left before she used her Alicorn magic to slice the bola apart, freeing her wings and teleported out of the cell. "Amatuers." she smirked before she went to the each of the cages and blasted the metal bars, melting them and freeing the dragons inside.

"There we go," Aline smiled. "Now let's go..."

"Alvin! The Alicorn's escaping!" an Outcast solider yelled.

The wild dragons snarled at the incoming Outcasts but Aline blasted them with her Crystal Generation spell, entrapping them in a block of crystal!

"What!?" Alvin gawked.

"Like you said, I'm an Alicorn," Aline smirked before she spread her wings and flew past the immobilized Outcasts along with the dragons. They made it outside where archers fired arrows from their crossbows, aiming to shoot at least one of the escapades down. The dragons all dodged the attacks, however, one of the arrows clipped Aline's left wing, tearing some muscle! "AGH!" she cried in pain as she lost her balance and started to fall out of the sky.

A wild Nadder gasped before he flew down and grabbed Aline before she hit the water and he and the other escape dragons flew away from Outcast Island, heading West as the Outcasts fumed from the lost of their prizes weapon and dragons.

The wild dragon flock took Sarah to very lush jungle island that had a beautiful beach and a just dense jungle with tall trees similar to those in the Amazon and some mountains in the distance as well. The wild Nadder placed Aline on the ground. Aline winced, looking at her damaged wing.

"Hello? Is someone there?" a voice called out and out of the jungle came a group of very odd looking ponies who had bushier manes that wrap around their heads, slightly longer ears, curved/branching horns, scaly carapaces on their muzzles and backs, thin tails, and tufted, cloven hooves.

The leader of the these ponies, known as Kirin, was a tall Kirin who was at least as tall as Aline's mother but her mane was dark teal and coat and hooves were light tan while the scary carapaces on her muzzle, back, tail and hooves were cream coloured. Following her were a small clan of about ten Kirin all of whom were in a variety of colors but all of them seemed to have blank expressions on their faces.

"Uh.... Hi there....?" Aline questioned. The Kirins tilted their heads at Aline.

"Umm.... I'm Aline so.... what are you names?" Aline asked, but once again none of the Kirins repsonded.

"Er...... do you understand what I'm saying?" Aline questioned which earned a nod from the leader.

"But you don't speak?" she added, earning another nod from the leader. Aline slightly folded her ears, "Well.... could you show my friends and I a place to rest?" Aline questioned and the Kirin leader nodded and she lead Aline and the wild dragons into their dense jungle island home.

"This might be interesting..." Aline thought to herself, knowing there was something going on with the Kirin.