My Little Dragons: Book 2: Riders of Berk

Aline and the dragons were lead to the Kirin's village, which was fairly small with houses made from trees and small hills as well as several stands for fruit, knitnacks and other items and a small place for farming purposes.

"These Kirin are so quiet, its creepy!" the male Nadder commented.

"Tell me about it, there's gotta be someone who can speak." Aline replied before she went over to the Kirin's leader, "Um.. excuse me, ma'am." the leader Kirin turned to her and tilted her head. "Is there a Kirin around here that can talk?"

The leader Kirin nodded, prompting a smile from the alicorn. "Do you know where?" the leader nodded again and pointed behind her, to a path that lead outside of their village.

"You guys stay here, I'm gonna go and find this Kirin who can talk and figure out what's going on." Aline said as she walked down the path, leaving the wild, rescued dragons with the kirin.

Journeying through the small forest, Aline searched for any sign of another kirin. She searched through a couple bushes but she didn't find anything except for some beautiful blue flowers. Then she looked up and gasped seeing a Kirin in front of her. The kirins' eyes were moderate gold while her mane was moderate tangelo. Her coat was a light goldish gray with same coloured ear tips and the scales on her back, hooves and face were grayish apple green, "Oh. Uh..... are you the Kirin who talks?" Aline asked.

The female Kirin shook her head with a blank experssion.

"Er... any idea where I can find him or her?" Aline asked, earning another shake of the head from the kirin.

Aline sighed, "Alright..."

However, she didn't see the Kirin smile before she laughed, "Gotcha! Sorry, sorry, but that was too good. Oh, you don't know how much I missed jokes. Hi-larity! Am I pronouncing that right? Some words I haven't said in a will. While! While. Hi, I'm Autumn Blaze." the Kirin, now known as Autumn Blaze introduced, "You've just arrived, and perhaps you're tired or hungry or reflective and want to sleep and eat and journal? Which you should do, of course! But first— Oh! Oh, what joy to talk with another creature! It's been so long! You must tell me everything about you! There's so much to say, so much to do! Oh, look at me. I'm going on, and you haven't seen— I mean, have you seen—? W-What am I saying? Of course you haven't. So just— I— yeah— I will j— Follow me!"

"Okay..... she's talkative alright," Aline commented, following the female Kirin.

She followed her outside of the village to a rocky outcrop where she had made her home. She took Aline to a cliff where they overlooked a beautiful valley with a rainbow overtop. "Woah.... awesome...." Aline smiled.

"Oh, you think so, too?! The way the light shimmers off everything, like, like it all suddenly woke up the moment you saw it. And you realize maybe the water and the mountains and the forest and the... yes, the rainbow and the stars and the sky are all looking back at you thinking the same thing? That we are a part of the everything. That maybe there's just one thing and we are all it," Autumn Blaze said, smiling at Aline, who just blinked at her twice.

"I was gonna say it's pretty. But yeah."

Autumn Blaze then sniffed some flowers nearby as she happily trotted along the path, "Mmmm! And this is just the first stop on a journey of amazing things to see, smell, tiptoe through. Oh, I haven't been able to share all of this with anypony in forever! Since they all took that vow of silence. So it's a lot for me to pro-cess. Process? Uh, deal with."

"Whoa, Woah Woah, back up! Vow of Slience?" Aline questioned.

"That's, uh... That's why they asked me to leave."

"Well Autumn Blaze, can you explain why you all went quiet in the first place. Your species is known for their kindness, truth speaking and music centered culture," Aline asked.

"It's a long story." Autumn Blaze replied.

Aline sighed, "You'd rather not talk about it?"

"No."

"I-I under—"

"I'd rather... siiiiiiiiiiiing!" Autumn Blaze then broke into song which surprised Aline, but at the same time expected something like this.

(Autumn Blaze)

La, la-la-la, la-la
La-la-la, la-la-la

The Kirin used to speak and sing
We weren't always quiet
We told stories and funny jokes
My stand-up was a riot

But then one day, a fight broke out
And hurtful words were said
Flaring tempers were inflamed
Destruction quickly spread

And flaming bred from head to head
It even burnt our... bread

Spoken: Sorry, I forgot how much I love rhyming. Where was I? Oh, right!

My happy village lay in ruins
Relationships got worse
Spoiler alert: we quickly learned
That words could be a curse

"No more talking," yelled our leader
The last thing said aloud
Into the Stream of Silence
We stepped as a crowd

The water cooled emotions
And peace was soon restored
But with no way to speak my thoughts
I got super... bored

Spoken: Seriously, there's only so long that Sudoku can keep you entertained!

'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it rain
And shiny apples sometimes come with worms
No, you can't give up your laughter
'Cause you're scared of a little pain
It's a lesson that the Kirin never learned

I was stuck in silent prison
With the voices in my head
'Til I tripped over my salvation
In a helpful flowerbed

I found a cure to clear my pipes
And I became quite chatty
With years and years of stored-up words
I drove my village batty

They didn't like my jokes and songs
And daily dose of news
The plays I wrote, the speeches spoke
Variety revues

Or the story about the Kirin who hid below an opera stage

Spoken: And fell in love with this opera singer, and he wore a freaky half-mask thing, and he played the organ a lot and got all broody 'cause the singer was in love with another dude, so he took her away on this underground gondola. I mean, who doesn't love musical theater?!

The village leader made it clear
I had to make my choice
I could stay and live with them
Or I could keep my voice

So I came here, but left the couch alone
They're hard to move
With just the view for company
Until ya heard me groove

Take it away, boys!

'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it rain
And candles just won't glow until they're burned
No, you can't give up your laughter
'Cause you're scared of a little pain
It's a lesson that my village never learned

No matter how hard I schooled them
Fear of hurt is still what ruled them
Sometimes you gotta let it raaaaaaaain!

Yeah, sometimes you've gotta let it rain

Aline was no less shocked at Autumn Blaze's explantion to the Kirin's silence, "I can't believe, no creature should give up their feelings just to keep away anger."

"That's what I said! Well once I started talking again," Autumn Blaze said.

"Well, I'm thinkin' if we just go talk to the other Kirin, we can get 'em to welcome you back proper-like. Maybe even convince 'em to take your cure." Aline suggested much to the female Kirin's joy.

"Oh, yes! Yes, of course! Oh, just one small thing. The antidote from my anecdote? It's gone." she replied.

"There's no cure left?!"

"I used the last of the foal's-breath flowers to make it. And I-I haven't seen them bloom since."

"Foal's Breath..... they wouldn't happen to be blue flowers, were they?"

"Actutally yeah.. why?"

"Cause I saw some in a bush nearby here, this way." Aline lead her kirin friend to the bushes and pulled out the foal's breath flowers, "Great, you found them." Autumn Blaze grinned.

"Now come on, let's go talk to the other Kirin." Aline smiled.

Autumn Blaze and Aline went back to the village where Aline's dragon friends had gathered the silent Kirin. Aline explained to them keeping away anger at the sacrifice of your happiness is no way to live. Anger was like other emotions, its not about having it, it what you do with it what what matters.

"Fern Flare, you used to love to laugh at everything. And Rain Shine, you sung the most beautiful harmonies. Don't you miss it?" Autumn Blaze asked her friends and leader.

"I know you're worried about fightin'. But friends can disagree without causing any harm or trouble. And if you're really angry, then take some time away to be a Nirik where it won't hurt anypony."

Fern Flare went over to Autumn Blaze and started waving his arms in the air, "I think they're trying to tell her something?" the wild Nightmare stated.

"Okay, are you hungry? Oh, no. Is some Kirin trapped in a well? Okay, "baby". "Baby fish". "Ba"— "Ba"— No. "Baby fish mouth"? Uh, something? Anything?!" Autumn Blaze tried to guess, but it was making upset, "Just write it down! This is making me furious." she then started to gain flames on the edges of her eyes, "Would you excuse me? I'll be right back." Autumn Blaze went behind a rock and let out a distorted scream before she returned to Fern Flare, "You were saying?"

Fern Flare pointed to Autumn Blazes' mouth and then back at her own, "Ohhhh! You want the cure for the Stream of Silence!"

"Wonderful," Aline smiled, before handing the Foal's breath flowers to Autumn Blaze. Everyone returned to the village where Autumn Blaze threw the flowers into the center foundation, mixing it with the water. Not long after, all of the Kirin regained their voices and began talking again and singing.

Then, the Kirin's leader, Rain Shine, came up to Autumn, Blaze, "Autumn Blaze, you have given us a gift. The realization that anger is within us, but it is our choice how we let it out. We would very much like it if you came back to live with us. I can't say how much we've missed your beautiful voice."

Autumn Blaze smiled and that she did,

(Autumn Blaze)

'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it rain
And candles just won't glow until they're burned
No, you can't give up your laughter
'Cause you're scared of a little pain
It's a lesson that my village never learned

Oh, yes, 'cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it...

She placed her hoof into the center of the foundation, manipulating the water into creating a rainbow at the top, much to the Kirin's surprise and joy.

Raaaaaaaain!

Aline and the dragons smiled, happy for Autumn Blaze and all of the Kirin.

Soon, Aline decided that it was time to head back to Berk. Autumn Blaze and the Kirin all joined her on the beach. "Thank you for your help, Princess Aline." Rain Shine smiled.

"It's just Aline, Rain Shine." Aline grinned.

"If you are ever in need of our assistance, we will be there to help you," Rain Shine added.

"Thank you,"

"Hey Aline, can I come with you back to this Berk island? I'd love to explore with you and make new friends," Autumn Blaze grinned.

"Hehehe, sure Autumn Blaze," Aline smiled before they heard the roar of the Night Fury and saw Hiccup and the others landing nearby, "Aline, there you are, thank goodness." Hiccup smiled.

"We were so worried when we didn't find you on Outcast Island," Fishlegs added before noticing the Kirin, "Who are the scaly horses."

"They're Kirin, Fishlegs and..... its a long story," Aline smiled at her surprised friends.