How to Train Your Miraculous

[DragongirlFury28]

( ): Narration

The night is clear and bright as we begin our story at an island in the middle of the Parisian Archipelago. The ocean pushes and pulls its waters away from the shore as the night is slowly turning into day.

(This is Miraculous. It is 12 days north of hopeless and a few degrees south of freezing to death. It is located solidly on the meridian of misery.)

A large wave crashed onto one of two viking totems marking the entrance to the island's harbour, and onto the beaches below the island's cliffs housing the large village of vikings. Near the edge of the cliff, rested the livestock farms where the village got their non-seafood, and where the livestock is peacefully grazing in the early morning light near large windmill farm houses.

(My village. In a word, strong. It has been on this island for seven generations, but every single building is new. We have fishing, hunting, and a charming view of the sunsets.)

A walking distance away from the farms lies the village of over 200 houses, sitting on top of raised plateaus and smaller cliffs, allowing each house a nice view of the ocean. Torches lit up the paths to each plateau, while multiple bridges lead to the numerous catapults surrounding the village for protection. Above it all, the Great Hall was carved into the tallest mountain peak in the village with giant oak doors closing it off to the elements with two large statues of vikings holding giant torches flanking the doors, with the stairs leading up to the door, fire pits lining the sides of them.

(The only problems are the pests.)

In the livestock field, two sheep were grazing next to each other, when one of them was suddenly snatched up by large claws and taken away. But the second sheep didn't care and merely moved to the spot where the snatched sheep was a second ago and grazed the grass in its place.

(You see, most places have mice or mosquitos…)

Over in the village, a boy woke up to a commotion just outside of a house near the livestock farms. The abruptly awoken boy had green eyes, messy golden blonde hair combed away from his eyes, with fair skin that had a slight tan to it, and peach-pink lips. His attire was a white unbuttoned leather vest to his mid-thigh, with a long-sleeved black tunic of the same length as the vest underneath it, cinched at his waist with an electric green sash, with blue pants and brown boots with black fur lining the top of them. On his right hand, was a thick silver band with a circular surface, surrounded by a lining and it had four pointed diamonds on each diagonal side of said lining.

The boy raced downstairs and opened the door to the house, only to be greeted with the sight of a herd of sheep and their shepherd running away. At the sight of the fleeing flock, the boy was confused as to why the sheep were loose from their pen in the first place.

(We have…)

Not a second after the shepherd was out of the boy's view, a giant King Monkey Nightmare flew in front of the boy's line of sight. Shocked, the boy just stood at the door long enough for the dragon to see and spew fire at him. Thankfully, the boy got over his shock and closed the door, pressing his body up against it, before flames from the dragon licked past the outside of the door and creeped past the cracks of the door to reach the inside of the house. The flames ended up just missing the boy as he calmed himself down from the near-death experience.

(DRAGONS!!)



Outside of the house, the dragon from before breathed a stream of fire onto a paddock of livestock and scared the sheep, causing their shepherds to try to catch them.

(Most people would leave. Not us.)

More dragons come swooping down from the sky and snatch a few of the fleeing sheep with their claws and fly away with them. The shepherds immediately try to stop them. One even goes as far as hanging onto a sheep in retreating dragons claws as it tries to fly away.

(We're Vikings. We have stubbornness issues.)

Another viking hangs onto another dragon while pounding its face with a large war hammer as it flies into the village and bucked him off. Back at the house, the boy from before ran out of the burning front door and toward the commotion outside as the raid picked up.

(My name is Adrien.)

As the boy, now revealed to be Adrien, ran away from the burning house and towards the action, the viking that was bucked off of the dragon, fell from the sky, and right in his path, startling him.

(Great name, I know.)

Adrien tries to move left around the fallen viking, but is blocked by another viking wielding a large axe as they run the other way. Attempting to go the other way didn't help either as the hammer belonging to the fallen viking landed right in his path. Thankfully for Adrien, the viking recovered and picked up his hammer before heading back into the action.

(But it's not the worst.)

Adrien continued running from the house, his excitement rushing through him as he passed under a log that two vikings were lugging on top of their shoulders.

(Parents believe that a hideous name will frighten off gnomes and kwami's.)

But when Adrien passed underneath the log, another viking walking with the vikings carrying the log noticed him. Shock filled the passing viking's features right before he bonked his head on the log, causing the vikings carrying it to drop it, letting it roll away while the viking dropped to the ground. Adrien turned around at the commotion behind him and winced at the mess he unintentionally made. Another viking knocked into him, while a dragon was coming towards Adrien from behind. He turned around just before it blasted at the ground near a fleeing viking, which threw Adrien backward from the backlash, making him fall onto his back on top of the soft grass.

(Like our charming viking demeanour wouldn't do that.)

While Adrien got his wits about him again, the viking the dragon blasted at crouched on top of Adrien, his beard smouldering a bit in a few places, and an axe in hand.

"(ROAR) Morning!" The viking on top of Adrien cheerfully greeted, before he leaped off of Adrien, and back into the battle. Adrien soon followed in suit and started to run to the village square via one of the many bridges connecting the numerous plateaus. While on the way, he passed by several vikings on their way to the battle, all of which told him the same thing: 'Get back inside!'. To their dismay, Adrien ignores them as he makes his way to the plaza. But when he gets there, a dragon flies overhead and spews a jet of flame right in his path.

"ADRIEN!" a viking near Adrien yelled, right before the blonde boy ran right into the path of the flames and was pulled away to safety. Adrien was left surprised at the sudden save as he hung in the air while the viking held him up by the collar of his vest, only to realise who had saved him.

The man who saved Adrien was tall with platinum blond hair pulled into a spike at the back of his head, icy blue eyes with glasses sitting in front of them, and fair skin alongside his current hardened expression of interrogating fury. His attire consisted of a white tunic to his ankles, cinched at his waist with a black leather belt with silver studs embedded into it with a large belt buckle, engraved with a dragon's head, sitting right in the middle of his waist. He also had red pants underneath his tunic, with black leather armbands to the elbow, black boots with dark red fur lining them, and a dark red fur cape sat on his shoulders. The cape itself was held up by two large metal shoulder pads, with the one on his right shoulder engraved with a peacock and the one on the left was engraved with the same design as his belt buckle. But that was the least of Adrien's concerns at the moment when his savour began asking…

"What is he doing out..." the viking questioned the crowd around him as Adrien hung in the air, wincing when the older viking addressed the others. He seemed to be very concerned as to why Adrien was there, pointing to him while he spoke, leaving the crowd exasperated that Adrien is out in the attack… again.

"What are you doing out?!" the viking questioned, turning to place his focus onto the hanging Adrien.

"Get inside!" the viking ordered as he placed Adrien back onto the ground, and pushed him away before looking up at the sky at the raiding dragons.

(That's Gabriel the Strict, chief of the tribe.)

The newly introduced Chief Gabriel looked to his right as a dragon carrying a sheep in its claws, passed by his field of vision.

(They say when he was a baby, he popped a dragon's head clean off of its shoulders.)

Gabriel then grabbed a tipped over wagon next to him, and effortlessly chucked it at the fleeing dragon, disorienting it as the wagon smashed to pieces.

(Do I believe it? Yes, I do.)

The chief then rolled his shoulders and turned around to face another viking next as they ran up to him.

"What have we got?" Gabriel asked the viking, wanting to know what they were up against.

"Carapace Gronckles, Multimouse Nadders, Purple Viperion Zipplebacks, Rena Rouge Timberjacks, Pegasus Hackatoos. Oh, and Damocles saw a Papillon Nightmare," The viking reported, but right when he finished, a dragon spewed a jet of fire next to them, causing the vikings in the area to lift their shields to protect themselves. On the other hand, Gabriel just stood there unbothered as he looked up to the sky to see any other types of dragons, while a spark of fire landed on his shoulder pad, but he seemed unconcerned.

"Any Chat Noir Furies?" Gabriel asked as the spark lit up half of his face, giving him an ominous vibe.

"None so far." the viking finished as he lifted his shield to address Gabriel's question, while still keeping himself protected from random fire blasts.

"Good." Gabriel said as he swept off the spark on his shoulder pad, while still looking up at the sky as the raid got worse.

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"Hoist the torches" A viking shouted as Adrien was running across the plaza towards a blacksmith shop, adrenaline flowing through his veins. In response to the command, the vikings in the plaza lit up the torches and used cranks to raise them into the air to help them see the dragons flying through the sky and to keep them away from the food the village collected.

Meanwhile, Adrien made it to the blacksmith shop, and as he went in he passed by the blacksmith as he worked on a bent sword.

The blacksmith was very beefy and strong, with a hammer for his left arm up to his elbow, and a peg leg replacing his right foot to his knee. He had slightly combed-back black hair with grey sideburns to the bottom of his face, blue eyes alongside fair skin, and a metal helmet with thin long horns going up to the ceiling sitting on top of his head. His attire consisted of a black vest to his mid-back, a blue tunic underneath that was tucked into black pants, along with black boots with dark blue fur lining, and a black cord wrapped around his right arm like an armband to his elbow.

"Oh! Nice of you to join the party! I thought you'd been carried off" the blacksmith greeted before he used his hammer arm to pound the red hot middle of the sword he was working on. Adrien rushed into the back of the shop, shedding his vest off and grabbing an apron off of a rack, before quickly tying it around his waist.

"Who me? Come on, I'm way too muscular for their taste." Adrien bantered as he finished tying the apron on and headed to the back of the shop where the blacksmith kept his numerous arm attachments-which included, a file, a pair of tongs, and a war hammer, while the rest were near Gorilla for when he needed them-all held up by hooks with some empty as they were where the blacksmith kept his tools. The boy then lifted a spiked hammer arm attachment to the wall and put it on the lowest hook he could reach and turned to look back at the blacksmith.

"They wouldn't know what to do with all of this." the blond joked as he smirked and flexed his left bicep.

"Well, they need toothpicks, don't they?" a tough looking woman walking out of the back door teased as she carried a box of metal scrap to the blacksmith.

The woman was slightly muscular while she stood at an average adult height. She had pale skin, dull blue eyes, and black hair with the left side of her head dyed a bright red colour, pulled back into a bun that sat in the middle of the back of her head, away from everyone's front view of her, while a piece hung over her face. Her attire was of black pants with a slight purple tint to the fabric, black boots with vermilion dyed fur lining, a long sleeved red tunic tucked into her pants, and a long sleeved jacket of the same colour as her pants buttoned up till only the top three were left open to show her red tunic. On her arms rested black metal arm guards while custom made metal glasses with black and red striped frames sat on her face.

Meanwhile, Adrien ran to the front of the shop, as the blacksmith switched his hammer for his tongs attachment, racing to open the shop for the vikings protecting the village.

(The meathead with the attitude and interchangeable hands is Gorilla. The woman helping him out is Nathalie. They are the town's blacksmiths and weapons specialists.)

Adrien opened up the front of the stall and started taking in the broken weapons vikings placed on the counter of the repair request window. While Gorilla continued to fix the sword he had been working on since Adrien arrived, the blond hauled the broken weapons to the fire pit next to Gorilla, and began to prepare them for the blacksmith to repair them.

(I have been their apprentice since I was little. Well littler.)

Adrien moved to the pump behind the fire pit, and began to push it down to stoke the fire pit to heat the metal of the weapons to make it easier for Gorilla to fix them. While he did that, Nathalie had moved to attend to the vikings placing their broken weapons onto the counter to address their amount of damage and how quickly they could be repaired.

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At the edge of the plaza, Gabriel was now armed with a shield and a large hammer and was ordering some of the vikings to help with a counterattack against the raiding dragons, while some of them were moving the sheep away from the raid's main disaster area.

"Move to the lower defences. We'll counterattack with the catapults," Gabriel ordered and immediately the vikings he was with started running down the path to the next plateau, with some of the vikings carrying the sheep to safer ground. When most of the group was halfway down the path, a dragon shot a stream of fire at a house above the path, causing it to meltdown on them as they ran.

(See? Old village, lots and lots of new houses.)

The debris from the flaming house just missed the group as they picked up their pace.

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Back in the plaza…

"FIRE!" A viking near the burning house shouted out, calling for help to try and save the house. At the shout of a fire, a group of teenagers come running to help, wheeling a tanker full of water and buckets hanging on pegs on the side of it. The group consisted of seven teens, three girls and four boys, all carrying a bucket of water to put out the fire.

(Oh, that's my best friend, Nino.)

The first boy of the group rushed to the fire, carrying a large bucket in his arms as he went.

He had short dark brown hair, dark skin, moderate orange eyes with black-rimmed glasses in front of them, and a dark red metal helmet with small grey horns sticking out from the sides on top of his head. His attire was a simple bright blue tunic, cinched at the waist with a brown leather belt and tucked into dark grey pants, along with dark grey boots with grey fur lining the top. On his left wrist was a bracelet with a light-green stone shaped like a turtle, with the string tied on the head at one end and the tail of the other end to make the loop, alongside five triangle and edge carvings on the turtle shaped stone.

(That's his girlfriend, Alya.)

After Nino ran to the fire, the first girl came right behind him with her own bucket of water to put out the fire.

She had darker skin, greyish gold eyes with black horn-rimmed glasses, a white spot decorating each side, a mole above her forehead, with wavy and reddish-brown ombre hair, growing slightly past her shoulders with brilliant tangelo tips and tied into a low ponytail at the nape of her neck to keep it away from her eyes. Her attire consisted of a white tank top; underneath an orange button-up vest to her waist, with a V-neck to show off the tank top underneath, cinched by a dark brown sash belt. The belt also held up a dark orange leather skirt, with golden studs running up to the belt and back down to the edge of it, to just above her knees, a light brown jagged-edged underskirt two centimetres longer than the top skirt, with blue pants, strips of dark brown leather wrapped around her arms up to her elbows like armbands, and dark brown boots with white fur lining the top of them. She was also wearing a necklace that had a gold chain with a white-tipped orange fox tail pendant attached.

(That's Nino's cousin, Max.)

As Alya ran to the fire, the second boy in the group came out from behind the tanker with his bucket.

He was a short slender teenage boy, with a medium-brown complexion, coily-kinky brown hair, and moderate tangelo eyes with glasses in front of them. He was wearing a simple green tunic to his waist, cinched at the waist with a slightly green tinted black sash belt, tucked into dark brown pants and dark brown boots with light brown fur lining the top. The glasses sitting on his face were dark brown with rounded frames and no visible framework to sit on his ears, with five tiny turquoise studs on the bottom of the right lens to add a bit of colour.

(Kim.)

Max carried his bucket to the fire as another boy followed behind him, carrying a smaller bucket compared to the others, towards the fire.

The third boy had dark brown hair with quaffed up blond tips, storm grey eyes, and tanned light brown skin. His attire was a red tunic to his waist, tucked into his black pants, with strips of black leather wrapped around his arms up to his elbows like armbands, a dark grey belt was wrapped around his waist, and black boots with dark grey fur lining the top, covered his feet. Resting on his head, was a metal helmet with small ram horns attached to the sides, while a thin gold circlet with the ends curled into spirals right above the part of his eyebrows sat on his forehead.

(The twins, Luka and Juleka.)

While Kim ran to the fire with his bucket, the second girl and fourth boy came after him, carrying the same bucket to put out the fire together.

The girl was slender, standing at a medium height with pale skin, brilliant red eyes, and coccyx-length black hair with dyed moderate mulberry tips at the end and bangs covering the left side of her face, braided into a side braid that draped over her left shoulder. Her outfit was a black swan-necked tunic with a sea green lined collar going to her thighs cinched at her waist with a sea green sash belt, purple pants with rips above the knees, black boots with dark purple fur lining, and blue-violetish black strips of leather, the right ends halfway up the forearm while the left is slightly shorter than the right one, wrapped around her arms like armbands. Sitting on her head was a black metal helmet with two sets of thin dark purple horns on the sides, the top set shorter than the longer bottom ones. On her right hand sat a moderate orchid panjas bracelet, with a centre spherical magenta gem with a brilliant light apple green tiger paw print inlay on it. One side had four rose gold chains attached to it connected to a ring of the same colour for each finger, while another rose gold chain was attached to the opposite side of the jewel that connected to a large, rose gold hoop which serves as the bracelet part.

Meanwhile, the fourth and final boy was tall and slender, with a Roman nose, pale pink lips, luminous cyan eyes, and medium-length black hair with dyed cyan tips. His own attire was of a greyish-cerulean vest on top of a strong blue elbow-length sleeve jacket, with a white tunic underneath and tucked into black pants ripped at the knee, alongside black boots with white fur lining on the top and black leather arm guards up to his elbows. Resting on his head was a black metal helmet with two sets of thick blue horns on both sides of it, with the top set being shorter than the longer ones at the bottom. On his right wrist, resting under his arm guards, was a brown leather bracelet with yellow and orange leather wristbands, alongside black earrings in his ears. Sitting on his left wrist was a sea green ouroboros bracelet, with a snake that could be slid back to reveal a jewelled yellow forked tongue inlay, divided into five parts, while a black ring with silver outlining occupied his left index finger.

Just as Juleka and Luka begin to fight over who got to toss the water onto the fire, the last girl of the group comes up behind them as she runs up to the fire with her bucket.

She had shoulder-length black hair with blue reflections pulled into low twin pigtails, bluebell eyes with pale skin, and full pink lips. She was dressed in a white sleeveless shirt to her waist, which was tucked into pink pants and cinched at her waist with a charcoal leather skirt with silver studs running up to the top edge and back down to the bottom edge of it that ended just below her knees, with a pale pink petal underskirt an inch longer than the leather skirt. A belt of silver flowers connected on a thin silver chain was wrapped around her waist with a small pouch sitting on her right hip attached to it, while strips of charcoal leather were wrapped around her arms up to her elbows like arm bands. On her shoulders were thin silver shoulder guards with pink metal flowers thinly outlined in black metal on the clasps connecting them to her shirt, and black boots with white fur lining the top. A pair of black stud earrings sat in her ears, while a thin black leather kransen with silver studs embedded along it sat on her forehead, right underneath her bangs. Sitting on her neck was a dark grey circular pendant necklace, with lighter grey markings and five pink diamond mice inlays lined up in a circle on the front of it, a light orchid pink bead above the pendent as it hung on a leather cord of the same colour as the bead.

(And that's…)

The last girl doused part of the fire on the house with the water in her bucket before turning around, facing the blacksmith stall in the process. But as she turned around, a dragon shot fire at the burning house, exploding the building behind her while she walked away, creating a fiery background behind the girl as she walked away.

(Marinette.)

Adrien stared at Marinette with amazement from the blacksmith shop as she seemed to be slowly walking away from the explosion. A lovesick expression soon replaced his amazed look as he stared at his secret crush, who in his opinion seemed more beautiful in the light of the explosion than she did a few seconds before the building behind her erupted in flames. But then the moment was interrupted when the rest of the group came into Adrien's field of vision, all with scowls on their faces.

(Oh, their job is so much cooler.)

As the group of teens ran past the blacksmith stall, a suddenly ambitious Adrien tried to sneak out through the 'receiving repair' window and go to help them. But before he could, Gorilla grabbed him with his left hand, the metal tongs replacing his previous forging hammer, and lifted Adrien back into the stall and hung him in the air.

"Hey! Where do you think you're going?" Gorilla asked as he held Adrien up in the air, while Nathalie walked over as the blonde tried to convince them to let him out in the action.

"Oh, come on. Let me out, please. I need to make my mark!" Adrien begged the adults as he hung in the air. But unfortunately for him, Gorilla and Nathalie weren't having any of it.

"Oh you've made plenty of marks," Nathalie argued as Gorilla placed Adrien back onto the ground.

"ALL IN THE WRONG PLACES!" she exclaimed as she gently jabs her finger into Adrien's chest, pushing him back into the shop. Due to his stubbornness, Adrien wouldn't give up just yet.

"Please, two minutes. I'll kill a dragon. My life will get infinitely better. I might even get a date with Marinette!" Adrien pleaded, pulling the crush card on Gorilla and Nathalie since they were secretly hopeless romantics and thought the two of them would be good together. But it did little to convince the blacksmith and weapon specialist otherwise.

"You can't lift a hammer. You can't swing an axe," Gorilla listed all of the things Adrien had difficulty with on his right hand, while using the tongs replacing his left hand to count them.

"You can't even throw one of these," Nathalie finished as she lifted a bolas from behind the counter under the 'receiving repair' window. Just as she finished, a viking that had come for a weapon took it from her hand, spun it around to gain momentum, and then threw it at a Carapace Gronkle. The bolas hit its mark and wrapped around the dragon, trapping its wings, and making it crash-landed in the plaza. Back in the blacksmith shop, Adrien was still trying to convince Gorilla and Nathaile to let him out.

"Okay, fine," Adrien agreed as he went to the back of the shop, towards what seemed like a covered wheelbarrow. But it was actually an invention of Adrien's design, a catapult that could launch a bolas at any target Adrien wished to catch.

"But this will throw it for me," the boy finished as he placed his hand on top of the invention. But a second after he did, the invention went haywire, and opened up to reveal the crossbow-like catapult. The boy's invention immediately shot a bolas out the 'receiving repair window', that ended up hitting an unsuspecting viking right in the middle of his forehead, knocking him out and further cementing Gorilla and Nathalie's reasons to not let Adrien go.

"See? Now this right here is what we're talking about!" Gorilla exclaimed as he and Nathalie walked towards a guilty looking Adrien.

"Mild calibration issue..." Adrien stammered out before Nathalie interrupted him.

"Look, Adrien! If you ever want to get out there to fight dragons," Nathaile began as she pointed out of the shop towards the action as she spoke.

"You need to stop all... this," the weapons specialist finished as she circled her hands in Adrien's direction, which just confused the poor boy.

"But you just pointed to all of me," Adrien pointed out..

"YES, THAT'S IT! Stop being all of you," Gorilla stated, trying to tell Adrien to be more like all of the other vikings in the village, and less like himself.

"Ohh..." Adrien exclaimed as he caught onto what Gorilla and Nathalie was saying.

"Oh yes," Nathalie confirmed while Adrien still tried to convince them otherwise.

"You sir are playing a dangerous game." Adrien threatened as he pointed at the adults, still trying to convince them.

"Keeping this much raw vikingness contained?" the blonde continued, using his hands to make it seem like he was gathering something, then mushing it together as he spoke. Gorilla and Nathaile just listened to him drone on with a straight face. They were used to this by now.

"THERE WILL BE CONSEQUENCES!"Adrien exclaimed as he raised his right pointer finger into the air before getting close to Gorilla and Nathalie's faces, hoping that it would convince them. But unfortunately, it didn't.

"We'll take our chances," Nathalie replied before turning around and grabbing a sword from the 'receiving repair' window.

"Sword. Sharpen. Now," the weapons specialist comanced before she dropped the heavy weapon into Adrien's arms. After she and Gorilla leave to continue their work, Adrien lugs the weapon towards a spinning grindstone.

(One day, I'll get out there.)

When Adrien reached the grindstone, he placed the dull sword onto it and started to sharpen it, making sparks fly off of the metal that lit up Adrien's face as he held it steady.

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(Because killing a dragon is everything around here.)

Outside of the blacksmith shop, a bunch of different species of dragons were looking around the lower plateaus of the viking village for food or livestock.

(A Multimouse Natter, or Rena Rouge Timberjack head is sure to get me at least noticed.)

A group of Multimouse Nadders and Rena Rouge Timberjacks were corralling a flock of sheep to trap them easier, or breaking into a sheep paddock and taking one each in their mouths before trying to catch more. Once some of the Nadders and Timberjacks got some sheep, they flew away with their quarry.

(Carapace Gronckles and Pegasus Hackatoos are tough. Taking down one of those will definitely get Marinette interested in me enough to be my girlfriend.)

Below the Nadders and Timberjacks, a Carapace Gronkle and Pegasus Hackatoo ran towards a line of drying racks, holding a plentiful amount of fish on each. The Carapace Gronkle grabs a rack of the dried fish in its mouth and flies off, while the Pegasus Hackatoo just takes the dried fish off of the rack in its mouth before flying off with the Gronkle.

(A Purple Viperion Zippleback?)

Meanwhile, a Purple Viperion Zippleback was right on the farmhouse on the same plateau as the other raiding dragons, with one of its heads spewing gas into the open skylight of the house. As the first head was spewing gas, the second Zippleback head opened the door to the house and ignited the gas with its sparks, causing the house to explode as it flew away.

(Exotic. Two heads, twice the status.)

The Zippleback flies past one of the catapults surrounding the village, which just so happens to be the one Gabriel was on as they got it ready to fire.

"They found the sheep!" A viking on the catapult exclaimed as Gabriel placed his hammer on the floor above the turning wheel underneath the catapult, in order to aim it, before addressing the viking that saw what happened.

"Concentrate fire over the lower bank," Gabriel ordered as he got behind one of the giant pegs to turn the catapult wheel, and pushed to aim the catapult at the group of Nadders and Timberjacks going after the sheep. Once it was in position, they got ready to launch the boulders that the catapult had ready.

"FIRE!" A viking shouted. Right when he said it, another viking launched a large boulder right at the flock of retreating dragons, hitting them right smack dab on their bodies and disorienting them.

(And then there's the King Monkey Nightmare.)

A large silhouette flies by Gabriel's field of vision, causing him to look around to see what it was.

(Only the best vikings go after those.)

Suddenly, below Gabriel and at the base of the catapult a spout of golden flames suddenly ignited, lighting up the area above the base. The flames slowly started to creep its way up to the vikings using the catapult, prompting Gabriel to grab his hammer and look off the edge of where he was standing to see what the source of the fire was, a scowl appearing on his face.

(They have this nasty habit of setting themselves on fire.)

The King Monkey Nightmare suddenly burst through the platform underneath the one Gabriel was standing on, covered in the same golden flames from before. Gabriel scowled at the dragon as it started climbing up towards the catapult, ready to attack.

"Reload!" Gabriel told the others, before turning to face the dragon.

"I'll take care of this," the chief muttered before he started to battle the dragon, managing to hit it twice in the face with his hammer, before it tried to bite at him.

(But the ultimate prize…)

As the dragon reeled back for another attack, a screeching roar filled the air, causing the dragon to run away as it got closer and louder.

(Is the dragon that no one's ever seen.)

When the dragon fled, Gabriel looked up at the sky in slight panic to find the source of the screeching roar.

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Meanwhile in the village, Adrien was still sharpening the sword Nathalie had given him when the screeching roar filled the entire area. He immediately forgot the sword and made his way to the front of the shop to see what was happening.

(We call it the..)

As Adrien just reached the front of the stall, the other vikings stopped their fighting at the sound.

"CHAT NOIR FURY!" A viking exclaimed in a panic as the screeching got even louder.

"GET DOWN!" another viking ordered, right before he raised his shield above his head, with the others following in suit as the screeching came to a head. A second later, the flaming catapult Gabriel was on was blasted with a bullet of green fire, destroying it.

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A second after the shot was fired, a dragon silhouette flies right above the catapult, offering a glimpse for the spectators in the village.

"JUMP" Gabriel shouted to the others on the catapult, jumping off himself as it started to fall apart in a flaming mess.

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Adrien was in awe at how powerful just one blast from the elusive dragons was and tried to get a better look at it from the shop.

(This thing never steals food, never shows itself, and…)

A few seconds later, the dragon blasted at the base of the catapult, destroying it even further before flying across it for a second and disappearing into the night sky again.

(Never misses.)

Adrien stepped backwards in awe of the dragon's power but then got an idea.

(No one has ever killed a Chat Noir Fury. Which is why I am going to be the first.)

The blond ran back into the shop, and grabbed a set of tools to start recalibrating his invention. He was going to get the dragon… No matter what.

 

[Sonic4EverShadow]

Finally! Someone made some HTTYD here 😍

I'm not so sure about Miraculous (especially a crossover) but nonetheless until here this story I find Interesting 😉

 

[DragongirlFury28]

( ): Narration

A few minutes after the Chat Noir Fury had attacked, Adrien finally fixed the calibration issue in his bolas catapult and was ready to use it. With that in mind, Adrien put away his tools and ran towards Gorilla and Nathalie to once again try to convince them to let him out. But before he could even think of an excuse, Gorilla was grabbing a purple and pinkish-red crossbow as Nathalie, a whip attached to the right side of her hip, walked over with a battle axe arm attachment in her hands. One look at the blacksmith and weapons specialist, and Adrien knew that luck was on his side.

"Man the fort, Adrien. They need us out there," Gorilla explained as he took off his tongs attachment and let it drop to the ground before he tossed the crossbow to Nathalie. In response, she caught the weapon and tossed the battle axe to him. As they walked to the door to the shop, Gorilla attached the axe to his arm while Nathalie grabbed a quiver full of crossbow bolts and strapped it to the left side of her hip. But right before they went out, Nathalie turned back to face the boy.

"Stay put, Adrien," Nathalie ordered, telling Adrien to stay in the shop. The boy just nodded, no way wanting to stay in the shop and miss his chance at killing a dragon but needing to appease the adults.

"We mean it, Adrien," Gorilla said before he roared out a mighty battle cry, raising his axe into the air before running out of the shop with Nathalie to join the action. Their exit gave Adrien the perfect opportunity to try to catch a dragon. So with lightning-fast speed, Adrien shed his apron and pulled on his vest as he ran to his bolas catapult. Once he reached it, he grabbed the wheelbarrow handles behind the actual machine, and ran out of the shop, right past the confused vikings that came in for more repairs.

"Adrien, where are you going?" A viking questioned as Adrien ran out of the shop, pushing the wheelbarrow in front of him as he ran.

"Yeah, I know! Be right back!" Adrien exclaimed as he made his way out of the plaza and towards a cliff near the village.

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On the other side of the village, a pair of Multimouse Nadders and a Rena Rogue Timberjack surrounded a group of sheep and were eager to sink their fangs in them. But unknown to them, Gabriel was right above them on a bridge leading to the farm and threw a net on top of them, effectively trapping them while more vikings came in to subdue them. As they did, one of the Nadders slipped most of their head through the holes of the net and spewed out a jet of fire in an attempt to free themselves. Gabriel then jumped off of the bridge he was on and started to wrestle the Nadder's head to the ground to close its mouth so no fire escapes.

"Mind yourselves!" Gabriel exclaimed as he continued to wrestle the dragon's head towards the ground.

"The devils still have some juice in them!" the chief finished as he finally managed to pin the Nadders head to the ground while the others got the rest thoroughly trapped.

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Back with Adrien, he ran to the edge of the village, found a good spot that was right in front of one of the catapults that weren't damaged by the Chat Noir Fury. He quickly set up his catapult, getting it locked and loaded to make a quick catch. After that, Adrein began waiting as he scanned the sky for the Chat Noir Fury, hearing the distant dragon roars in the night sky above him.

"Come on. Give me something to shoot at. Give me something to shoot at," Adrien quietly begged out loud as he waited. He kept hearing shrieks in the night that progressively got closer, as a black figure passed through the night sky, flying towards the catapult in front of Adrien. The screeching gets even louder as Adrien lined up his bolas catapult with the larger catapult in front of him, right before a bullet of fire hit it, and destroyed it.

A split second afterwards, the dragon passed right in front of the now burning wreck of the catapult, providing Adrien with a glimpse at his target. Without hesitation, he launched the bolas. The amount of force from the catapult sends him flying backwards, and onto his back while the bolas went flying towards the dragon. Adrien picks himself up from the ground just as he hears the dragon screech out as the bolas found its target. As the blonde got himself into a crouch, Adrien smiled in amazement as he saw the silhouette of the trapped dragon fall towards the other side of the island like a shooting star.

"I hit it. YES, I HIT IT!" the blonde shouted out in excitement as he jumped to his feet.

"Did anybody see that?" Adrien asked out loud as he turned to face the path he came in from, hoping someone had witnessed his accomplishment. But the King Monkey Nightmare had climbed up onto the hill while he was turned around and crushed his invention underneath its large hind foot, looking at Adrien hungrily. At the sound of his catapult breaking, Adrien turned around and his excitement quickly turned into fear as he was face to face with the dragon.

"Except for you," Adrien sighed in disappointment and hidden fear. The dragon then lifted its head into the air with a deep growl, and lungs at him. Adrien evades the attack and runs away screaming with the King Monkey Nightmare right on his heels.

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Gabriel and his team had just finished trapping the Natters and Timberjack, when he heard a scream from the other side of the village. He turned around to see where the scream was coming from and saw Adrien running from the King Monkey Nightmare, heading straight to the plaza. With a sigh, Gabriel abandoned his team and ran after the terrified boy.

"DO NOT LET THEM ESCAPE!" Gabriel yelled at the other vikings as he ran up the path to the plaza to save Adrien, while the vikings received their orders.

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At the plaza, Adrien kept running from the dragon as it shot a jet of flame at him, only for it to land on a wall to Adrien's left, making him yelp in surprise. The boy kept running into the plaza while the Nightmare scurried up the wall on Adrien's left and followed him a bit before shooting at him again. But thankfully, Adrien avoided the flames again with a shriek, and ran behind one of the sky torch's pillars and hid behind it. He managed to catch his breath for a second before the dragon shot a jet of fire at it, the flames being split down the middle as the wooden pillar protected Adrien from being burned. As the pillar starts to burn from the fire left on the wood, Adrien tries to curl in on himself to avoid the flames.

When the fire stopped coming at the pillar, Adrien, scared out of his wits, cautiously tried to peek behind the pillar to see if the dragon was gone. But he did not see that the dragon was on the other side of the pillar, about to eat him. Just as the dragon opened its mouth, Gabriel came in just in time and punched the dragon's head away from the unsuspecting Adrien. The dragon was pushed away from the boy, and Gabriel somersaulted to face the dragon as it recovered. The King Monkey Nightmare roared at the chief as he waited for the dragon to make its move and spewed fire at him. But what came out was only a small amount of its red hot gel instead of its normal amount. The dragon looked at Gabriel nervously, as he realised that meant…

"You're all out," Gabriel remarked as he walked towards the dragon. When he got close enough, he punched it in the snout, causing it to back away from him. From there, Gabriel continued to follow the dragon, continuing to punch and kick it until it flew away.

(Oh, and there's one more thing you need to know.)

As Gabriel rolled his shoulders, he turned to face the still smouldering torch pillar. A second afterwards, the pillar collapsed on its burning base, and fell to its right, revealing a nervous and guilty-looking Adrien staring at Gabriel. As Adrien stood in place, the torch fell on top of a bridge leading to the plaza, crushing it to pieces before the basin on top of it broke away, and started rolling down into the village.

Gabriel looked at the scene in shock, while Adrien winced at the destruction the rolling torch basin was causing. As the sounds of surprise from vikings and destruction start to get fainter, Gabriel angrily glares at Adrien so much that the boy didn't even have to turn around to feel the weight of Gabriel's stare settle onto him. With slumped shoulders, Adrien glanced back at Gabriel with an apologetic look on his face.

"Sorry, Dad," Adrien nervously apologised.

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Meanwhile, the torch basin reaches the trapped dragons and continues rolling towards them. The vikings holding down the net run away at the sight of the torch basin coming towards them, allowing the Multimouse Nadders and Rena Rouge Timberjack to get out from the net, just before the basin crushes them, and take the sheep. The captured livestock bray out in terror as the raiding dragons retreat, carrying loads of fish and livestock, in nets or in their mouths, as they fly away. The dragons had won this battle.

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Adrien's eyes dart around the plaza at the other vikings, while Gabriel, now revealed as his dad, continues to stare at the retreating dragons in anger. A few seconds later, Adrien darts his eyes around the plaza as he turns to face his dad, trying to find a bright side to the situation.

"Okay, but I hit a Chat Noir Fury," the blonde quickly mentioned, right before Gabriel took him by his vest collar and started to drag him away from the gathering crowd in the plaza, much to Adrien's displeasure.

"It's not like the last few times, Dad! I really, actually hit it!" Adrien insisted as he was dragged off by Gabriel, slightly hanging in the air, with his feet catching the ground as Gabriel continued to walk towards their house.

"You guys were busy. I had a very clear shot," the blonde continues as the crowd gathers closer, Gorilla and Nathalie among them, and stare at the boy as his dad continues to drag him with him.

"It went down just off Raven Point. Let's get a search party out there before it…" Adrien suggested while still being dragged by his dad.

"STOP!" Gabriel yelled, interrupting Adrien before he stopped dragging him and turned to face him. Adrien immediately stopped talking and nervously glanced around the area, trying to calm his nerves.

"Just stop," the chief repeated more quietly, before he started the usual lecture he gave Adrien, every time he disobeyed his orders.

"Every time you step outside, disaster follows. Can you not see that I have bigger problems? Winter is almost here and I have an entire village to feed," Gabriel ranted, anger and annoyance laced in his voice as he spoke. But Adrien tries to once again look on the bright side.

"Between you and me, the village could do with a little less feeding, don't you think?" Adrien jokes, trying to lighten the mood, while he unintentionally makes a jab at the overweight vikings in the crowd, who hold their stomachs in worry at the possibility of no food for the winter. Unfortunately, the joke did little to lighten Gabriel's mood, but rather darkened it.

"THIS ISN'T A JOKE, ADRIEN!" Gabriel shouted at him, trying to get Adrien to see the gravity of the situation the village was now in.

"Why can't you follow the simplest orders?" the chief rhetorically asked his son with a groan, genuinely curious why his son wouldn't listen to him.

"I can't stop myself. I see a dragon and I have to just kill it," Adrien exclaimed while making a stabbing gesture with his hands as he spoke.

"You know, it's who I am, Dad," Adrien finished, trying to get his dad to listen to him. But he failed as Gabriel once again groaned in exasperation.

"Oh, your many things Adrien," Gabriel said as he placed his hand onto his forehead to stop the oncoming headache from pounding on his skull.

"But a dragon killer is not one of them," the chief continued while Adrien looked down at the ground in disappointment.

"Get back to the house," Gabriel ordered before he glanced back at Gorilla and Nathalie.

"Make sure he gets there," the chief requested, ordering the blacksmith and weapons specialist to escort his son back to their house, which was on the hill next to the stairs of the Great Hall. When Gorilla and Nathalie got to where the chief and his son were, the blacksmith smacked Adrien upside his head before they started walking back to Adrien's home.

"I have his mess to clean up," Gabriel sighed out before he walked away. As Adrien began his way back home, he and his escorts passed by Marinette's friend group as Kim, Luka and Juleka laughed at the poor boy as he walked by.

The group was in a bit of a line with Luka and Juleka at the start, followed by Max and Nino, then Kim, while Marinette and Alya were sitting on a set of stone stairs to a viking hut. As they walked by, Marinette watched Adrien while wrapping her rope dart, a rose gold dagger with a black handle, connected to a black bell-shaped weight topped off with a silver stem by thick pink rope, around her hands which was a habit she picked up when she first got her mother's family weapon, as Alya just watched with her.

"Quite the performance," Luka lightheartedly remarked to Adrien as he walked past him, while Juleka gave him a supportive thumbs up. Max and Nino remained impartial, while Kim turned his gaze to Adrien.

"I have never seen anyone mess up that bad. That helped," Kim smugly told Adrien, making him feel worse than he did.

"Thank you, thank you. I was trying," Adrien replied to the muscle head while looking at the ground in shame as he walked by.

But when Gorilla walked by Kim, he pushed the boy away by his head, moving him from his path and giving the boy a taste of karma. As soon as Gorilla was out of sight, Kim right himself and tried to play it off cool in hopes of preserving what dignity he had left.

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A little while later, Adrien, Nathalie and Gorilla walked up the stairs to the house next to the Great Hall. It was only slightly different from the other houses in the village, with the main difference being the much larger wood dragon figurehead at the top of the house. But it was more like a jail to Adrien rather than a home as he walked up the steps.

"I really did hit one," Adrien told the adults as they climbed up to his house

"Sure, Adrien," Gorilla agreed, even if he didn't believe the boy, as he tried to make him feel better.

"He never listens," Adrien griped, fed up with his dad not listening to him when he tries to talk to him.

"It runs in the family," Nathalie said with a roll of her eyes, trying to assist Gorilla in making him feel better as they reached the front door to Adrien's house.

"And when he does, it's always with this... disappointed scowl, like someone skimped on the meat in his sandwich," Adrien described as he got to his front door. But before he opens the door, he turns around and starts to mimic his father's voice with annoyance, yet with playfulness.

"Excuse me, barmaid," Adrien began, mimicking Gabriel's deep yet cold voice almost perfectly as he made gestures matching his dialogue during his interpretation.

"I am afraid you brought me the wrong offspring. I ordered an extra-large boy with beefy arms, extra guts and glory on the side. This here, this is a talking fishbone," Adrien finished with annoyance towards his father, and shame towards himself.

"Now you're thinking about this all wrong," Gorilla said, trying to cheer Adrien up and defend Gabriel at the same time.

"He's right. It's not so much what you look like, it's what's inside that he can't stand," Nathalie piped up, not quite making the point clear, if Adrien's confused stare at them was anything to go off of..

"Thank you for summing that up," Adrien sarcastically thanked as he turned to open the door to his house, feeling worse than ever.

"Look, the point we are trying to make is.." Gorilla began, causing Adrien to look back at him as Nathalie continued his sentence.

"Stop trying so hard to be something you're not," Nathalie finished, getting the point across better than the first time. But Adrien still didn't feel any better as he opened his front door while still glancing at them.

"I just want to be one of you guys," Adrien admitted before he walked into his house, the door closing behind him.

At the sight of the closed door, Gorilla and Nathalie sigh, and then leave. But unknown to them, Adrien had quickly ran to the back of his house, went to the back door and left to find that dragon on his own.

 

[DragongirlFury28]

While Adrien was defying his father's orders, the entire population of the village was in the Great Hall in the act of talking about a strategy to take down the dragon raids.

The Great Hall itself was a large room carved out of the mountain peak that loomed over the village with wooden columns, wrapped in thick metal bands at different heights of them, holding up the ceiling. The stone walls of the mountain were smoothed over and engraved with intricate dragon carvings, with wooden benches and tables surrounding a large thick stone-rimmed fire pit, currently topped off with wooden planks to make up a tabletop, that took up most of the space in the main hall. Above the fire pit was a giant gold statue of a dragon being impaled by a sword through its chest, hung underneath a large skylight that let in natural light. So the fire pit wasn't the only light source in the space, the skylight could be opened and closed at any time, while viking totems lined the pathway from the giant oak doors towards the fire pit, adding a foreboding feeling to those who walked past them.

"Either we finish them, or they'll finish us! It's the only way we will be rid of them," Gabriel exclaimed as all of the villagers surrounded the fire pit, while Gabriel stood at the head as he addressed the village. As he spoke, he unrolled a map on the tabletop, and placed a dagger on the right side of it to hold it down.

The map showed the island of Miraculous, as well as a fair amount of the ocean too. But at the top left corner of the paper, was a group of clouds right in front of a small island tucked in the corner of the map, with drawings of dragons on top of them. That was made to represent the dragon's nest, from where the raiding dragons resided in and the topic of the meeting that was currently taking place.

"If we find the nest and destroy it, the dragons will leave," the chief concluded as he grabbed the dagger he placed on the map.

"They'll find another home!" Gabriel exclaimed, right before he plunged the dagger right into the table, sitting right in the middle of the clouds in front of the island where the nest was.

"One more search, before the ice sets in," the chief suggested as he let go of the dagger and looked around the hall at the other vikings there.

"Those ships have never come back," A viking in the back of the hall pointed out, feeling very cautious about what Gabriel was proposing.

"We're vikings. It's an occupational hazard," Gabriel remarked in an effort to try to convince the others to join him on his search.

"Now who's with me?!" He asked the vikings in the hall, hoping that there would be a few to join him. But nobody stepped up and muttered to themselves about being opposed to the idea. At their silence, Gabriel decided to pull the strategy he always used to get them to change their minds.

"All right. Those who stay will look after Adrien," Gabriel slyly decided. Immediately everyone raised their hands in agreement with his plan, ready to join him.

"Aye. That's more like it," Gabriel muttered to himself. Once the matter was settled, everyone started filing out of the Great Hall, leaving only Gorilla sitting on one of the wooden benches, drinking out of his tanker arm attachment as it was filled with ale, alongside Nathalie. After taking a swig, the blacksmith wiped his mouth and turned to Gabriel as Nathalie did too.

"Right. I'll pack my undies," Gorilla decided as he stood up from his seat, only to earn a smack to his arm from Nathalie. She didn't need to hear about him packing his… unmentionables out loud. But their attempts to stand up from the bench were halted as Gabriel started to walk towards them.

"No, I need you and Nath to stay and train some new recruits," Gabriel said as the two sat back down, quickly followed by Gabriel as he sat down on the bench, right next to Gorilla as Nathalie sat on the blacksmith's left.

"Oh, perfect. And while we're busy, Adrien can cover the stall," Nathalie remarked as she turned her attention to Gabriel as he looked down at the floor as she spoke, while all the other villagers walked out.

"Molten steel, razor-sharp blades, lots of time to himself. What could possibly go wrong?" Gorilla rhetorically asked Gabriel, before he took another swig of ale as the doors to the Great Hall closed shut with a loud thud, the sound echoing through the large room.

"Oy, what am I going to do with him? Any suggestions, you two?" Gabriel groaned out in exhaustion as he faced his friends. A second after Gorilla swallowed the swig he took, he and Nathalie exchanged a look and turned back to face Gabriel while he stared at the floor in contemplation.

"Put him in training with the others," Nathalie suggested, answering the chief's question with the answer she and Gorilla silently agreed on. But that wasn't what Gabriel wanted to hear, because at the mention of dragon training he raised his head to face Gorilla and Nathalie in shock.

"No, I am serious," Gabriel emphasised, not wanting to have Adrien getting hurt during the training.

"So are we," Gorilla replied, trying to get Gabriel to see that it was the best option.

"He'd be killed before you let the first dragon out of its cage," Gabriel catastophised, trying to think of a good reason to not let Adrien go through with dragon training.

"Oh, you don't know that," Nathalie dismissed with a wave of her arm while Gorilla turned back to his tankard of ale.

"I do know that, actually," Gabriel disagreed, unintentionally stating a soft-spoken disagreement between the three of them.

"No, you don't," Nathalie argued as she turned her body to face Gabriel, despite being blocked by Gorilla's body, who still did not take his gaze from his ale.

"No, actually, I do know that," Gabriel continued, still disagreeing with his two friends.

"No, you don't," Gorilla exclaimed, finally taking his gaze off of his ale to turn and face Gabriel, trying to get him to see reason… it didn't work.

"Listen, you two know what he's like," Gabriel said as he got up from the bench and started to walk towards the back wall near the bench.

"From the time he could crawl, he's been... different," the chief started to regal as he started to walk around the area where the bench wass. Gorilla took the opportunity to turn back to his tankard while he and Nathalie were still listening to Gabriel as he talked.

"He doesn't listen. He has the attention span of a sparrow," Gabriel listed off as he reached the wall behind the bench the three of them were sitting on. Speaking of the other two adults, as Gorilla was taking another swig of ale, a piece of metal that acted in the role of one of his front teeth popped right out of his gum line, and into his tankard. Right after it popped out, Gorilla poked at the empty area with his tongue while Nathalie attempted to stop herself from chuckling at his folly, right before the blacksmith peeked into the tanker to see if his lost tooth fell into it.

"I take him fishing and he goes hunting for... for Kwami's!" Gabriel exclaimed, adding emphasis to the word 'Kwami's'.

"Kwami's exist!" Gorilla and Nathalie shouted, taking their focus from retrieving the metal tooth and using his tankard to point at Gabriel, as they turned to face him to add emphasis to their claim.

"They steal your food," Gorilla remarked as he continued, pulling his tankard towards his chest.

"But only sweets, cheese, certain fruits, and that awful soybean concoction the Dupain-Chengs made that one time. What's with that?" Nathalie wondered, looking up at the ceiling as she pondered why Kwami only took certain types of food. Her pondering didn't last long before she and Gorilla turned back around to the table as Gorilla leaned his arm onto the benchtop to retrieve his tooth from the tankard.

"When I was a boy..." Gabriel started, recalling his boyhood as he leaned against one of the support pillars, while staring at the floor beneath him.

"Oh, here we go," Gorilla and Nathalie sighed, exasperated by the story Gabriel was about to tell for probably the millionth time. Gorilla then reached into his tankard to try and get his tooth out, but failed on the account of his hand being too big.

"...my father told me to bang my head against a rock and I did it," Gabriel regaled as he stopped leaning against the pillar, curled his hand into a fist and gently banged it against the pillar as he told his story. Meanwhile Nathalie decided to help Gorilla by pulling the tankard towards her, and reached into it despite the remaining ale inside.

"I thought it was crazy, but I didn't question him," the chief continued as he started walking towards another wall near them. At the same time, Nathalie finally got the tooth out of the tankard, and gave it to Gorilla who immediately held it between his fingers to inspect it for damage.

"And do you know what happened?" Gabriel asked the others, turning in their direction as he asked his friends.

"You got a headache," Gorilla rhetorically asked, even though he and Nathalie knew the answer from the previous times Gabriel told this story, while he looked up at the ceiling in exasperation.

"That rock split in two," Gabriel said as he walked behind Gorilla and Nathalie, walking past him as the blacksmith was happy to see his tooth had no damage. He then placed it back into his mouth, and used the bottom of his tankard to tap it in further into his gum line before rolling his jaw a few times to make it settle in.

"It taught me what a viking could do, guys," the chief explained as he reached the wall he was walking towards and turned to avoid it, but continued walking along the wall as he spoke.

"He could crush mountains, level forests, tame seas," Gabriel exclaimed as he turned to face Gorilla and Nathalie as they were still sitting on the bench, excitement filling his voice. But it dulls down a bit as he walks back to the bench his two friends were sitting on.

"Even as a boy, I knew what I was..." the chief said as he sat back in the same place he had been before he started his venting.

"...what I had to become," Gabriel continued, staring at the floor as he spoke.

"Adrien is not that boy." he said as he turned to face Gorilla and Nathalie as they looked down at the table top.

"You can't stop him, Gabriel," Gorilla stated, looking away from the table and facing his friend.

"You can only prepare him." the blacksmith continued while Gabriel sighed at the thought and slightly turned to face Gorilla and Nathalie better.

"We know it seems hopeless," Nathalie assured in her attempt to try and get Gabriel to see reason.

"But the truth is that you aren't always going to be around to protect him," the weapons specialist remarked as she turned to face the chief, as much as she could with Gorilla in her way, while she and Gorilla continued.

"She's right. Eventually, he's going to get out there again," Gorilla agreed as he pointed his tankard at Gabriel while he conveyed his point.

"Heck, he's probably out there now," the blacksmith theorised, not knowing how right he was, while Gabriel finally made his decision.

 

[DragongirlFury28]

While the village was at the meeting, Adrien had made it past the mountain towering over the village, and to the rest of the island behind it, looking for the Chat Noir Fury. He had brought his journal with him to help his search, after he had drawn up a map of the island. It mainly displayed the village, but it also showed the point where Adrien had shot down the dragon and of the area of where it could have landed. But Adrien had been out in and near Raven Point for a while now, finding most of the areas in the dense forest he looked in to be unhelpful. After a while of searching, Adrien ghosted his charcoal pencil over an unsearched area on the map he drew, which just happened to be right where he was at the moment.

Hoping for the best, Adrien closed his eyes and took a deep breath, before looking up from his map and at the area he was in. But when he opened his eyes, he only saw the sloping area of land he was standing on top of and nothing out of the ordinary… once again. With a loud exhale, Adrien's shoulders slumped in disappointment before he turned to his left and walked away from the bowl-like area and drew another X on the map. It suddenly turned into scribbling out the map in frustration, before he placed his pencil into the book and closed it to put it away in his white vest. With a sigh as he started to walk down a gentle sloping hill with large boulders and lots of foliage on it that created lots of obstacles for Adrien to avoid.

"Oh, the gods hate me," Adrien vented as he continued walking down the hill.

"Some people lose their knife or their mug," He complained to himself as he climbed over a large boulder in his path. Kicking away some loose gravel on the top of the boulder, Adrien then stepped off of the obstacle and continued to walk down the hill until it levelled out a bit.

"No, not me. I managed to lose an ENTIRE DRAGON!" Adrien exclaimed, frustrated with himself as he continued to walk down the hill, before he saw a tree branch in his way. As Adrien kept walking, he swatted the branch out of his way, but it came back a second after and hit him on the right side of his face.

"OW!" the blonde shouted before clutching his right eye as it throbbed with pain. When the pain became bearable, Adrien looked up at the bush where the branch was attached, wondering where the branch had come from. But then he noticed the state of the tree next to it.The top part of the tree that sat next to the bush, was what housed the offending branch as it split away from the base of the tree, leaving the wood in sharp splinter-like points as it curved from the weight it was carrying.

Adrien stared at the destruction in shock as his gaze followed the direction of the tree top, and saw it was pointing to a large and deep groove in the ground leading in front of him and ended at the edge of the plateau he was on. The small trees going along the sides of it were missing their tops after being forcibly torn in half, and were turned into sharp points where the rest of the tree used to be. The boy hopped off of the small ledge that was hanging over the groove and started to walk towards where it ended. Along the way, he avoids rocks and roots that had been unearthed in the destruction before he glanced at the rut he already walked past as he tried to figure out what caused it.

After his glance over, he turned to face forward again as he neared the end of the rut at the edge of the plateau, where it curved up before it went over the edge and continued down below. Because of that, Adrien had to crawl up to the edge to continue his search, still looking around to see if there was any other evidence of what caused the destruction around him. But when he reached the top of the curve, he finally looked below the plateau and saw it… the Chat Noir Fury.

A second after he saw it, Adrien panicked and quickly ducked down to keep out of the dragon's sight, just in case it was feeling vengeful. After waiting for a few seconds and not being eaten, Adrien slowly creeped back up to the edge to peer over it and saw the dragon, trapped in the bolas that Adrien shot it with and laying on the ground past two large boulders. Panicking even more, Adrien reached into his vest and grabbed his knife to hold it in front of him in defence as he tried to take soothing breaths to calm himself. Once he calmed down a bit, Adrien made his way towards the downed dragon laying on the ground, sliding down the slope past the plateau he was on and raced to hide behind one of the boulders in front of the dragon. Holding his knife in front of him like a sword, fear laced in his every move, Adrien creeped around the side of the boulder as he exhaled out of stress and finally made it to the front of the boulder.

Once he was past the boulder, he stared at the unmoving dragon. Its tail was curled up into its underside and held there by the rope of the bolas at its tail fins. Its left front leg was pressed into its stomach as the bolas wrapped around its body and ended up going around the joint of its left-wing, making it stick out in the air as it held the limb in place. Adrien was left in shock... he brought down a Chat Noir Fury.

"Oh, wow. I did it," Adrien uttered to himself in shock as he took a few steps towards the dragon, and stopped just in front of it.

"Ohh, I did it!" He exclaimed as excitement flooded his voice, taking a few more steps towards the dragon and crouching a bit in the process.

"This... This fixes everything!" Adrien proclaimed as he placed his left hand on the side of his head, thinking that he was dreaming.

"YES!" He shouted out, jumping up while punching his fist into the air in excitement.

"I have brought down this mighty beast." Adrien bragged out loud as he walked towards the seemingly dead dragon and placed his foot onto the dragon. But a second after he did so, the leg moved and pushed Adrien's foot off of itself with a groan. Taken aback, Adrien quickly back peddled into the boulder he had previously hidden behind, breathing heavily to calm himself from his shock. The dragon in front of him was still alive!

For a few seconds, Adrien didn't move from the boulder as he watched the dragon breathing deeply like it was asleep. Gaining a bit of confidence at the thought of the dragon sleeping, Adrien creeped towards it as he shakily held his knife out in front of him and looked down the dragon's body to see it softly struggling in the ropes of the bolas. Adrien continued analysing the body of the Chat Noir Fury, until he looked past the wing in front of him and saw its open electric green eyes staring at him. Shocked to see the dragon's eye staring at him, reflecting how much fear it was feeling at the moment, Adrien began to have second thoughts about killing it as he stared at the dragon's eye.

With his nerves flying all over the place, Adrien just turned his gaze away from it and pointed his knife at the dragon's chest. But the dragon released a soft guttural growl that pulled Adrien's attention away from his task, knife still pointed at the dragon's chest, and back at the dragon's unwavering stare. One look in the dragon's eye, Adrien could see that it was silently pleading to Adrien that he have mercy on it. Unfortunately, it didn't work fast enough as Adrien steeled his nerves with a calming inhale and exhale and gathered himself before turning back to the dragon's chest, determined to finish the job.

"I am going to kill you, dragon," Adrien admitted in a gravelly tone as he glanced back at the dragon's eye for a second, before turning back to its chest and adjusting his grip on the knife.

"Then I'll cut out your heart and take it to my father," He continued as he rolled his shoulders in anticipation as he started to breathe in and out to calm himself. In his anticipation, Adrien readjusted his grip on the knife again so that his right wrapped around the handle of the knife, with his left clasped on the pommel of it.

"I am a viking. I AM A VIKING!" Adrien exclaimed to the dragon as he quickly turned back to glance at the dragon, taking his left hand off of the top of his knife in the process. Unbeknownst to the dragon, Adrien only said that last bit more to himself than to the dragon, trying to push himself to go through with killing the beast. After he placed his left hand back on the pommel of the knife, and ready to plunge it into the defenceless dragon's chest, the dragon groaned in protest, making Adrien glance back at it for a second before turning back to his task.

Looking ahead of him, he took a deep breath and exhaled as he raised his knife above his head with his eyes shut tight, really to kill it. Before he could lower his knife however, Adrien risked one last glance at the dragon and then looked right into its eyes, immediately seeing the large amount of fear in the dragon's eyes. It silently begged the boy to not kill it, to which Adrien started to feel bad for the dragon, as he kept staring at it. But then he quickly looks away, trying to avoid the guilt he was feeling as he shut his eyes and turned his gaze away from the dragon. With a moan, the dragon put its head down and expected its fate.

Luckily for the dragon, as Adrien tried to make himself plunge the knife into the dragon's heart, he couldn't do it. With a sigh, he lowered his arms and dropped the knife before placing his hands on the top of his head, shaking his head in regret. His father was right... he wasn't a dragon killer. Adrien then dragged his arms back to his sides as he stared at the dragon again, looking at the dagger on the ground before he glanced back at the dragon wrapped in the bolas ropes in regret.

"I did this," the boy sighed in regret as he backed away from the dragon. He knew that he needed to do something as he looked at the defenceless dragon as it lay on its side, eyes still closed as it waited for its fate. Then Adrien looked at the ropes wrapped around its body and at the knife on the ground, the gears in his mind coming up with an idea. After going through it in his head, with a silent groan, Adrien immediately began to do something incredibly stupid.

With the idea in mind, Adrien went back to the dragon after picking up his knife and quickly started cutting the ropes, unaware that the dragon opened its eyes at the sound of the knife cutting through the ropes. The dragon glanced at Adrien as it felt the tension of the rope go slack, and waited until the last rope was cut before it lunged at him, its front right foot on Adrien's chest while he was pinned to the boulder he had hid behind earlier. Adrien started freaking out as the dragon looked him dead in the eye, prompting the boy to try and get away as the dragon continued glaring daggers at him. At the dragon's staring, Adrien stopped trying to get away and his eyes widened as he waited for what the dragon was going to do to him in its revenge.

After a few seconds of the dragon's stare down, it raised its head into the air causing Adrien to panic as he began to think he was about to die. But to his surprise, the dragon took its foot off of Adrien's chest, and roared a high pitch yet very deep roar into his face that pushed him to the ground at the amount of force from the roar, before it ran away and began flying into the forest. During its escape, the dragon kept roaring and knocked into a large pillar of stone and started to go down to the ground, seeming like it crashed in the process.

Meanwhile, Adrien was freaking out about his near-death experience as he leaned against the boulder behind him, clutching his heart while he dropped his knife. Breathing heavily, he regained his wits and grabbed his discarded knife as he got up to his feet, seeing the wailing dragon in the gaps of the tree line in front of him as it flew away. Still in shock, Adrien turned to go back to the village and started to walk away. But after two seconds, his knife slipped from his hand and then he fainted out of shock as the dragon's roars became fainter.

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(Time Skip)

A couple of hours later, Adrien got up from his fainting spell and made his way home. To his surprise as he quietly opened the door, Gabriel was at the fireplace as his helmet rested on a table near him while he placed a new log into the flames. Once Adrien quietly closed the door behind him, he quickly and quietly snuck over to the stairs behind Gabriel and quickly crawled up them. But much to Adrien's disappointment, his hope that Gabriel wouldn't notice him as he was about to reach the top was dashed away when his dad acknowledged his presence.

"Adrien," Gabriel greeted, stopping Adrien in his tracks before he reached the last step of the stairs.

"Dad, uh..." Adrien began, still in his crawling position as he glanced at his father and slowly brought his right arm from the top of the steps. As he did so, Adrien instantly thought of telling his dad about what happened in the woods.

"...I need to talk to you, Dad," the boy admitted as he got up from his crouch and stood on one of the steps while Gabriel turned around from the fireplace to face his son.

"I need to speak with you too, son," Gabriel agreed as he clasped his hands together before both father and son took a deep breath and spoke.

"I've decided I don't want to fight dragons." "It's time you learn to fight dragons." Adrien and Gabriel both spoke at the same time, much to the confusion of the other after their conjoined confession.

"What?" they both exclaimed as they glanced at each other in confusion. Considering that they spoke at the same time, it meant that they didn't hear all that the other had to say.

"Uh, you go first," Gabriel offered, gesturing to Adrien as he started to climb back down the stairs.

"No, you go first," Adrien requested as he climbed to the bottom of the stairs, standing at the bottom step as Gabriel took the floor.

"Alright," Gabriel sighed before he exhaled, clasping his hands together again out of nerves as he prepared himself for what he was about to say.

"You get your wish. Dragon training... you start in the morning," the chief announced as placed his hands on his hips. But unfortunately for Adrien, that was the last thing he wanted to hear.

"Oh, man, I should have gone first. Uh..." Adrien panicked once he heard the mention of dragon training. He just learned that he couldn't do it at all! So now, he had to find a way out of this new predicament.

"...Cause, I was thinking, you know, we have a surplus of dragon fighting vikings," the boy fibbed as his hands moved around as he talked and tried to find a way out of this.

"But do we have enough bread-making vikings or small-home-repair vikings?" Adrien asked, trying to find another profession he could do that avoided killing dragons. But Gabriel didn't listen to him and pulled up a large axe that was sitting at the foot of the stairs.

"You'll need this," Gabriel declared as he dropped the heavy axe into Adrien's arms, with the blade of it landing on his left, much to his displeasure as he tried to talk to his dad.

"I don't want to fight dragons," Adrien nervously admitted as he faced his dad, holding the axe to his chest with both of his arms.

"Oh, come on. Yes, you do," Gabriel chuckled as he turned to face the fireplace again and walked towards a table full of food next to it. As he did, Adrien hopped off the foot of the stairs and walked onto the ground floor of the house as he still faced his dad.

"Rephrase. Dad, I can't kill dragons," Adrien repeated, desperate to get his dad to change his mind. Unfortunately, it doesn't work.

"But you will kill dragons," Gabriel claimed as he turned to face his son to cement his words, only to turn back to the table of food.

"No, I'm really, very extra-sure that I won't," Adrien assured, still trying to convince his dad while the axe started to lean to the left which caused him to readjust his grip on it.

"It's time, Adrien," Gabriel said in a serious tone as he turned around fully to face his son.

"Can you not hear me?" Adrien asked in desperation, genuinely curious if his dad was deft to what he was saying, as Gabriel walked towards him.

"THIS IS SERIOUS, SON!" Gabriel exclaimed when he was at least a foot's distance away from Adrien. He then grabbed the axe from him and held it in front of Adrien.

"When you carry this axe, you carry all of us with you," the chief began to explain, right before he gave it back to Adrien and continued with his lecture. Unfortunately for Adrien, his upper body strength was lacking which meant he couldn't hold the axe in the air like his dad had done and let it drop to the ground, much to Gabriel's slight displeasure.

"Which means you walk like us..." Gabriel listed as he grabbed the top of the axe Adrien was holding and brought it back up.

"You talk like us..." the chief continued as he grabbed Adrien's shoulders and straightened his stance while the boy kept holding the axe.

"You think like us," Gabriel finished as he pointed to his head with his pointer finger, and continued with his lecture.

"No more of... this," He ordered as he gestured to Adrien, much to his son's annoyance.

"You just gestured to all of me," Adrien groaned in annoyance at the mention of everyone thinking that he was everything a viking wasn't. Unfortunately, Gabriel didn't really care how he felt about the comment.

"Deal?" Gabriel asked, not leaving Adrien any other choice.

"This conversation is feeling very one-sided," Adrien remarked as he still tried to get out of this arrangement.

"DEAL?!" Gabriel asked much more forcefully than before. Adrien sighed in acceptance, realising that he didn't have a choice.

"Deal," Adrien agreed in displeasure, leaving Gabriel glad that he was going to go through with it. He then grabbed a basket that was filled with food that was leaning next to the table, and turned towards the door before facing Adrien again.

"Good. Train hard," Gabriel encouraged before he started to walk to the door and grabbed a sword on the way.

"I'll be back. Probably," He admitted as he strapped his sword to his belt, and then opened the door to leave for the search party for the Dragons Nest that was about to leave the docks.

"And I'll be here. Maybe," Adrien replied, still holding the axe in his hands as the door closed behind Gabriel and left Adrien alone in the house. Once he was sure he was alone, Adrien sighed and made his way to bed, worriedness filling his thoughts. After he made his way up the stairs, Adrien made his way to his bedroom at the end of a short hallway that was flanked by two other rooms, one was his dads and one was a guest room. He then walked to his room, opened the door and walked in.

His room was small yet cosy, with his bed a couple of feet away from the door and facing the other wall. His desk; full of unfinished invention projects and drawn-up plans for other ideas, also sat on the opposite side of the room. The final touch was a skylight on the roof that was blocked off by a wooden door, which could be opened by a crank next to his desk. When Adrien walked to his bed, he placed the axe his dad gave him against the end of it, took off his boots, and went to bed with one thought in his head.

"I am going to get killed in the morning," Adrien muttered to himself as he fell into a restless night sleep.

 

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The sun rose on the horizon, beginning another day as beams of light streamed into Adrien's room through the cracks of his skylight and landed on his closed eyes. Annoyed with the light disturbing his sleep, Adrien placed his hand on his eyes and rubbed the sleep from his eyes as he rose from his bed to stretch his back, raising his arms into the air in the process. Once he finished waking up, he turned to the side of his bed facing the door and put on his boots before walking over to his desk. When he got there, he brushed out his shaggy bed hair and combed it out of his eyes, finishing his morning routine. He then grabbed the axe at the foot of his bed and climbed down the stairs to exit the house; carrying the heavy axe as he went. Once he was outside, Adrien's nose immediately picked up the smell of his favourite breakfast.

"Mmh, croissants. The Dupain-Cheng's must have made a fresh batch." Adrien muttered to himself before he started to walk over to the Dupain-Cheng bakery for breakfast before he went to his first dragon training class. As he neared the bakery, the smell kept getting stronger as it enticed Adrien to enter the shop.

The bakery itself was a medium-sized open-aired hut that sat right in front of a large house. Under the roof of the hut and at the front entrance, was a small table that acted in the role of a payment area. An open display case that showed all of the treats the bakery had to offer that day stood next to the counter, while more shelves rested on the sides of the entrance to the bakery, and were laden with more of the treats in the display case. Out of sight from entering customers, the ovens and other baking equipment was tucked into the back of the shop while a back door led to the house behind the bakery.

At the counter was a short woman of Chinese descent, who was cleaning the counter in preparation for the day when she heard Adrien walk in. She had black hair; styled and cut into a bob, warm grey eyes with pale skin, and thin light pink lips. Her outfit consisted of a white elbow-length sleeved dress to her mid-thighs with slits on the sides of her thighs to add more mobility. The main pattern of the dress was red flower-like shapes on the bottom of her right sleeve and the bottom left of her dress, with yellow dots clumped together on her right shoulder, on top of the right side of her chest, on her right hip, and at the near bottom of the right side of her dress. All of these details were connected to black vine-like branches coming from the red flowers of the dress, with the dots at the bottom half of the dress connected to the bottom left red flower while the ones on the top half were connected to the flower on the bottom of her right sleeve. The rest of her outfit was lilac leggings, and black boots with white fur lining the top of them.

"Good morning, Adrien. How are you?" The woman greeted as the boy drew closer.

"I'm doing good. Thanks for asking Mrs Dupain-Cheng," Adrien replied as he reached the counter, leaving his axe against the base of the display case to give his arms a break.

"Please, Adrien. You've been coming here for years now, you can call me Sabine!" The woman, now introducing herself as Sabine, warmly exclaimed with a dismissive wave of her hand at Adrien.

"Thank you, Mrs Dupain... uh... I mean... Sabine," Adrien stuttered out, a little nervous that she asked him to call her by her first name since his dad always told him to respect his elders.

"That's a good boy. Anyway, what will it be? The usual?" Sabine asked, knowing full well why he was here.

"Yes, please. Two croissants please," Adrien confirmed, while Sabine went to the display case, picked up a cloth bag and used it to cover her hand as she grabbed the freshly baked croissants while he waited.

"So... uh... is your daughter or husband around?" Adrien bashfully asked while he scratched the back of his neck out of habit. When Sabine heard the question, she looked up from tying the cloth bag closed and softly smiled at him.

"No, you just missed them. Marinette and her friends are on their way to the arena for dragon training, and Tom went with your father to the search party," Sabine revealed, which brought Adrien some hope on his soon-to-be death day. Yeah, the bakery was owned by the Dupain-Cheng's; Marinette Dupain-Cheng's parents. Aside from being very loving and supportive people; and making the best pastries and treats in the Parisian Archipelago, the chance of seeing his crush was a big reason why Adrien liked coming there.

"Really? Well, I guess I might see Marinette at the arena then," Adrien commented as he dug into his pocket and took out a few coins to pay for the croissants.

"Your father is allowing you to join the others in the class?" Sabine asked as she handed him the cloth bag containing his breakfast.

"Yeah. But I'm a little nervous," Adrien admitted as he took the bag from Sabine and gave her the coins in exchange. In truth, he was more than nervous… he was absolutely terrified of being either killed or found out to have spared the Chat Noir Fury. But in order to keep people from finding out, he needed to do what his father wanted.

"It's okay to be nervous on the first day. I bet by next week, you'll be acing your classes," Sabine predicted, trying to encourage the young boy.

"Thank you, Sabine. I better get going so I won't be late," Adrien realised as he reached for his axe.

"You better hurry, the class starts soon," Sabine remarked as she closed the back of the display case, and placed the coins into a chest under the counter she was standing at. Adrien then walked to the exit, but before he left he turned back to face Sabine once more, a question burning on his lips.

"Hey, uh... Sabine?" Adrien began, pulling her attention back to him.

"Yes, Adrien?" Sabine asked, curious as to what the boy wanted to say.

"Have you... ever felt... that dragons can be good?" Adrien questioned, unsure that he should have even asked the question. But instead of judging him, Sabine merely gave him a soft smile.

"At one point, yes. When I was around your age, I thought that dragons could be good. But then my uncle had gotten his leg eaten off of him in a dragon raid. I never looked at dragons that way again," Sabine explained while a few stray tears fell from her face at the memory, which made Adrien feel guilty for bringing it up.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to open that old wound," Adrien apologised, trying to amend his prying.

"Don't worry, Adrien. You didn't know," Sabine assured as she wiped away the tears from her face, and then smiled at him.

"Now you better get going before you're late," She prompted as she wiped off her hands from her tears, while Adrien's eyes widened in worry.

"Right! Thanks for answering my question. See you tomorrow," Adrien farewelled as he ran out of the bakery and headed towards the arena on the other side of the island. Sabine only fondly shook her head at his behaviour, finding the boy was quite a card.

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It took Adrien a few good minutes to reach the arena, where he saw the other recruits waiting outside for lessons to start. When he got close enough, Adrien hid behind a boulder on the right side of the entrance to the arena and scarfed down his breakfast. Once he finished, Adrien wiped his mouth with the back of his hand to get rid of any crumbs, and turned to see Gorilla and Nathalie had arrived and were leading the class down into the arena. He then took the opportunity of the students being distracted by their instructors and went to the back of the group to avoid being seen. Gorilla and Nathalie soon led the recruits at the top of the slope that led to the front entrance to the arena, and walked down to the bottom of the declining path to a large gate blocking the way inside. But Gorilla merely grabbed the bottom of the obstacle and lifted it, opening the way into the arena.

"Welcome to dragon training!" Gorilla proclaimed, holding out his hook hand out toward the arena.

"No turning back," Marinette muttered to herself as she stood at the front of the group, armed with her rope dart before walking into the open arena. The rest of the group quickly followed her, carrying their weapons with them as they went into the arena. Once they were inside, they looked around the space in awe.

The arena itself was a 30ft deep pit around half a mile wide that sat on a cliff overlooking the harbour below the village. The top of the carved pit was covered by a metal cage-like top that could be lowered and raised when needed, while 7 large iron doors were lined along the side opposite of the entrance. The iron doors themselves were thick and blocked any sight of the dragons that the village had managed to capture alive for training sessions like these, keeping them trapped and unable to escape

"I hope to get some serious burns!" Luka exclaimed as he carried his weapon, a teal metal bladed throwing hoop, while he walked in with the group.

"I am hoping for some mauling, like on my shoulder or lower back," Juleka added while her own weapon was wrapped around her waist as she walked beside her brother.

It was a brilliant crimson bolas with three weighted striped balls attached at the end in a triangle pattern. The weights were painted crimson on one half and a light greyish fuchsia on the other half with very dark cerise stripes on top of the two colours, while three gold rings were near where the balls were attached to the rope.

"Yeah, it's only fun if you get a scar out of it," Alya agreed as she carried her orange and white banded spear with a black iron point in her right hand, while walking next to Marinette.

"Yeah, no kidding, right?" Adrien sarcastically agreed as he held his axe in his hands, causing the others to turn and see him at the back of the group.

"Pain. Love it." Adrien dryly continued, much to the disappointment of the other students in his presence.

"Oh boy. Your dad is actually letting you come to training?" Luka nervously asked, unintentionally voicing what Kim was wondering in a more polite way than the muscled boy was thinking. The rest of them however; Marinette, Alya, Nino, Max, Luka, and Juleka, were all sort of happy he was here too. But before Adrien could answer, their instructors intervened, much to his relief.

"Let's get started!" Nathalie exclaimed, drawing everyone's attention back to her and Gorilla as they walked away from the entrance.

"The recruit that does best will win the honour of killing his first dragon in front of the entire village," Gorilla proclaimed as he made a stabbing gesture with his hook hand while he spoke to the students.

"Adrien already killed a Chat Noir Furry, so does that disqualify him, or?" Kim snidely asked, holding his dark brown wooden staff that was capped with 1 foot of gold on both ends in his right hand. His comment caused Luka and Juleka to roll their eyes at him in annoyance, while the rest of the group just shook their heads in disbelief before they all walked further into the arena.

"Can I transfer to the class with the cool vikings?" Kim asked as he walked with the group; sans Adrien; towards the closed cage doors.

"Don't worry. You're small and seemingly weak... that'll make you look less of a target," Nathalie reassured once everyone else in the class had gone to line up in front of the iron doors. Both she and Gorilla walked over to Adrien and placed a hand on each of the boy's shoulders, comforting him while they walked to the rest of the group.

"She's right. They'll see you as sick or insane, and go after the more viking like teens instead," Gorilla added with a chuckle, trying to cheer Adrien up as they continue walking. After the instructors finished talking, they and Adrien had reached the others as Gorilla gently shoved him into the lineup. With his little shove, Adrien ended up standing next to Nino as he held his weapon; a dark green shield with a light green backside where the dark brown leather strap he used to hold it to his arm resided, while Gorilla and Nathalie walked up to the front of the class to begin the lesson.

"Behind these doors, are just a few of the many species you will learn to fight," Nathalie began to lecture, right before she and Gorilla started to walk up to the first door.

"The Multimouse Nadder," Gorilla exclaimed as they stood in front of the door, the dragon behind it banging against the iron doors to get out.

The first of seven doors was fastened to the wall with large hinges. It had a rectangular shaped bottom with a triangular shaped top, and was blocked by a log of wood that could be lowered and raised to keep the dragon in or release it. The log holding the door shut sat on pieces of wood that were bolted to either side of the door and jutted out from the door to hold the door closed.

"Speed 8, Armour 16," Max rambled while he held his dark brown metal bladed horseshoe-shaped boomerang in his hands. Considering that it was the first offence from the first of the three dragon nerds, Nathalie and Gorilla ignored him and walked to the next door in the chain.

"The Purple Viperion Zippleback," Nathalie continued as she and Gorilla reached the next door; the dragon behind it knocking against the doors.

This one was wider than the last one, and while it had the same rectangular base as the previous one, this one had rounded tops on each door at the top. Like the first door, the Purple Viperion Zippleback's door had two pieces of wood bolted onto either side of the door that jutted out from the door, which held a log of wood that could be lowered and raised like the other one.

"Plus 11 Stealth. Times 2," Alya uttered, joining in with Max in spouting out facts while their instructors walked to the next door.

"The King Monkey Nightmare," Gorilla said as he and Nathalie approached the next door while the dragon behind it tried to escape.

This one was a simple wide square door, but an even more dramatic difference was that instead of being two simple doors, it was made into a herringbone pattern. Four long pointed parts pointed to the right and to left, with the top one starting off the pattern by pointing right with the next one pointing to the left and repeated once more while four smaller parts capped off the points at the end of the bigger ones. Blocking the door from opening was a log, but instead of being on top of pieces of wood that jutted out from the door, the log was split in two right down the middle horizontally. The bottom part was able to be lowered into the ground underneath it while the top part was only able to be raised from the four large hoops welded to the ends of the longer parts of each section of the door.

"Firepower 15," Nino added as he joined in with Alya and Max in their rambling. Starting to get annoyed with the resident nerds, Gorilla and Nathalie approached the next door in the chain with slight exasperation.

"The Pegasus Hackatoo," Nathalie revealed as she and Gorilla reached the fourth door as it shook from the force of the dragon behind it. This door was just a simple rectangle, with a log that could be lowered onto two pieces of wood jutting out from the door to hold it closed. One of the simpler ones.

"Firepower 7, Speed 9," Max excitedly exclaimed at the mention of his personal favourite dragon, while Gorilla and Nathalie kept walking to the next door.

"The Rena Rouge TimberJack," Gorilla listed as he and Nathalie reached the third to last door, while it was shaking from the trapped dragon's attempts to escape like the others. This one was a much wider version of the Multimouse Nadders doors, but instead of having one piece of wood on each door to hold the log of wood; much like the Purple Viperion Zippleback's door, it had two pieces of wood on each door to hold the log.

"Wingspan 90 feet, Shot limit 8," Alya proclaimed with fascination at the sound of her favourite dragon. With their annoyance increasing, Gorilla and Nathalie walked to the second to last door.

"The Kwami Terror," Gorilla finished as they got to the next door, which was surprisingly still. This door was just a smaller version of the Pegasus Hackatoo's door, with two pieces of wood jutting out to hold the log that blocked it from opening.

"Attack 8, Venom 12," Max concluded before Gorilla and Nathalie reached the last door, and turned to face the three students that were rambling on facts about the dragons they had named.

"CAN YOU THREE STOP THAT!?" Nathalie and Gorilla shouted at them, annoyed with their rambling while they reached the final door as it shook from the dragon behind it.

"And the Carapace Gronkle," Nathalie finished as they quickly calmed down and Gorilla placed his hand onto the lever next to the door. This door was in the shape of an oval, with the bottom flat on the ground and had a piece of wood on each door to hold the log that every other door had to keep the dragon from busting out.

"Jaw strength 8." Nino excitedly whispered to Adrien, since the Carapace Gronkle was his favourite dragon. But as soon as Kim saw that Gorilla had his hand on the lever that controls the log blocking the doors from opening, he immediately caught onto what Gorilla and Nathalie were going to do.

"Woah! Woah! Wait, aren't you going to teach us first?" Kim cried out as he stepped forward to try and reason with their instructors, worried that they were that crazy. And unfortunately for all of them... they were.

"We believe in learning on the job." Nathalie smugly remarked with a smirk before Gorilla pulled the lever down. The log blocking the door rose and the door burst open, letting the Carapace Gronkle come flying out of its cage.

"Today is about survival," Gorilla said as the students scattered, seeing as they were in the dragon's flight path while the Gronkle flew to the other end of the arena.

"If you get blasted... you're dead!" The blacksmith continued as the dragon accidentally crashed into the wall next to the entrance. But the Carapace Gronkle quickly recovered as it saw a few large rocks and ate them up.

"QUICK! What's the first thing you're going to need?" Nathalie quizzed the students while the dragon got back into the air again.

"A doctor?" Adrien questioned, not knowing what to do.

"Plus 5 speed?" Nino panicked as he held his shield close to him.

"A shield," Marinette confidently answered, crouched and ready to go with her whip unwrapped from her belt and ready to use.

"Shields. Go!" Gorilla exclaimed. Immediately, everyone; save for Nino, ran to grab one of the many shields that Nathalie and Gorilla had scattered around the arena.

"Your most important piece of equipment is your shield," Nathalie lectured as everyone; except for Luka, Juleka, and a struggling Adrien, got their shields

"If you must make a choice between a sword or a shield, take the shield!" Gorilla exclaimed as he sprinted over to Adrien, and helped him get his shield onto his arm before pushing him back into the chaos.

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On the other side of the arena, both Luka and Juleka reached for the same shield, while Nino was being chased by the dragon nearby.

"Get your hands off my shield, sis," Luka told Juleka as they tried to pull the shield towards themselves, and ended up in a game of tug of war.

"There's like a million shields, Luka! Pick another one!" Juleka shouted at her brother, trying to get the shield to protect herself.

"Why don't you take that one? It has a flower on it... girls like flowers 🌺," Luka offered as he used his head to point to a shield on the ground next to his left foot, while still in their battle of tug of war. But his offer only insulted Juleka as she managed to pull the shield from his grip and hit him on the top of his head.

"Oops," Juleka falsely apologised as she lifted the shield from Luka's head, and 'innocently' smiled at him.

"Now this one has blood on it," the purple dyed haired girl remarked before Luka grabbed the shield again, continuing their war of tug. But as they were fighting, the Carapace Gronkle abandoned its chase of Nino, flew over to the two of them and shot them with a green lava blast on the shield, knocking them both to the ground.

"Luka, Juleka! You're out!" Nathalie shouted as the two of them slowly got up from the ground.

"What?" the twins groggily questioned as they sat up from the ground, while Gorilla and Nathalie continued with the lesson.

"Those shields are good for another thing," the weapons specialist continued as the Gronkle circled back and faced the remaining students in the middle of the arena.

"Noise! Make lots of it to throw off a dragon's aim," Gorilla exclaimed right before the students took his advice, and started banging their weapons against the metal rims of their shields. The noise does its job and makes the dragon's sight blur and warble, while the students begin to surround the dragon on the ground level.

"All dragons have a limited number of shots. How many does a Carapace Gronkle have?" the blacksmith questioned as the students stopped banging their shields, and the dragon's sight recovered before it started to fly around the arena again.

"Five?" Kim guessed as he ran towards the other end of the arena, away from the dragon as he held his staff out to protect himself.

"No, six!" Max and Nino exclaimed, raising their shield hands into the air. But unknown to them, they accidentally drew the dragon's attention to themselves as it stopped flying and turned to face the two cousins.

"Correct, six! That's one for each pair of you," Nathalie replied before the Carapace Gronkle shoots at Max and Nino, hitting their shields and blasting them off of their arms.

"Nino and Max, you're out!" Gorilla exclaimed while Max and Nino ran away from the dragon, and back to the exit. While Nino and Max retreated, Adrien was hiding behind a medium-sized wall of wood, and started to creep back into the chaos when he saw that there were fewer students left.

"Adrien, get in there!" Nathalie shouted to Adrien when she noticed him coming out of his hiding spot, with his shield in front of him. But just as he crept out enough to be noticed, the Carapace Gronkle shot a lava blast mere inches away from Adrien when he got away from his hiding spot. In shock, the boy went back to his hiding spot while the remaining students; Marinette, Alya and Kim, were on the other side of the arena, hoping to engage with the dragon. But this would most likely not be the case for long as the dragon came barreling towards them.

"So Marinette, I just moved into my parent's basement," Kim began as he stood behind Alya and Marinette while the Gronkle flew towards them, much to the two girls' annoyance.

"You should come by sometime to work out," the muscle head continued before Marinette cartwheeled away from him, while Alya readjusted her grip on her shield.

"You look like you work out," Kim remarked as he watched Marientte cartwheel away, before Alya looked up from her task and smacked him upside the head.

"Do you ever shut up?!" Alya yelled at him, right before the dragon shot at their shields and knocked them out of the lesson.

"Felix and Alya, you're done!" Gorilla proclaimed as Marinette rolled over next to Adrien; after he finally got out of his hiding place; and leapt onto her feet, softly bouncing on them to make a quick getaway. Once Adrien saw how close Marinette was to him, he nervously walked up to greet her as she scanned the area around her.

"So, I guess it's just you and me, huh?" Adrien inquired before Marinette saw the dragon coming towards them.

"Nope, just you," Marinette replied before she ran to her left, and passed in front of Adrien right before the dragon shot at him. Adrien only had a split second to raise his shield to protect himself, blocking the lava blast from hitting him, and redirect it to the wall behind him. But the force of the blast knocked Adrien's shield from his arm and caused it to roll away from him.

"One shot left!" Nathalie exclaimed while Marinette ran from the dragon as it chased after Adrien. As the boy ran to retrieve his rolling shield, he was unaware of the danger he was in as the shield rolled towards one of the surrounding walls.

"ADRIEN!" Gorilla and Nathalie shouted at him, trying to warn him of the incoming danger. Thankfully, their shouts caused Adrien to turn and look at them, subsequently seeing the Carapace Gronkle in the corner of his eye. As Adrien ran after his rolling shield, it suddenly rolled into another direction before the dragon pinned him to the arena, getting as close as it could to keep the boy from getting away.

Adrien breathed heavily in his panicking while the Gronkle reared its head back, preparing to fire its last lava blast at him. Fearing for his life, the boy closed his eyes and turned his head away, waiting for the dragon to kill him. But thankfully for Adrien, Gorilla and Nathalie ran over to the dragon and boy, where Gorilla grabbed the corner of the dragon's jaw with his hook and then pulled the dragon's mouth upward.. The final lava blast hits the wall above Adrien, causing the boy to cover his head with his arms from falling rocks while Gorilla and Nathalie wrestled the dragon towards its cage. When finding himself still alive, Adrien looked up from his cowering, and was surprised to see the dragon trying to get away from the blacksmith and weapons specialist.

"And that's six," Gorilla grunted as the dragon tried to fly away from him, but found itself unable to do so, due to Gorilla's hook hand.

"Go back to bed, you overgrown sausage!" Nathalie shouted at the dragon as she and Gorilla swung it around as it flew in the air, tossing it into its cage. Once the dragon is inside, Gorilla closes the doors and pushes the lever up, causing the log to drop back down and block the door from opening again.

"You'll get another chance, don't you worry," Gorilla told the exhausted class as they gathered up together; save for Adrien as he remained in the same spot he was when the dragon trapped him; while he and Nathalie walked towards Adrien.

"And remember, a dragon will always..." Nathalie began, addressing the class before she knelt in front of Adrien.

"... always go for the kill," the weapons specialist finished as she turned her head to Adrien, before grabbing his arm to pull him up to his feet. Once she did, Nathalie walked away from the shell-shocked Adrien, leaving him to look at the smouldering wall as his shock wore off and think back to yesterday's events.

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"So... why didn't you?" Adrien asked out loud as he crouched to the ground and picked up one of the bolas weights in his hand.

After class ended, Adrien had gone back to the place where he found the Chat Noir Fury and where he released it. As he held the weight in his hand for a little bit, he dropped it back to the ground and rose to his full height before he started going deeper into the forest, beyond the area the dragon had crashed in. He continued walking around a little more when he came to a group of boulders at the bottom of a small slope. At the sight of the obstacle, Adrien jumped down to the bottom of the slope and walked towards the boulders, only to find a gap in between the two biggest ones with a stream of light shining through them. He walked through the gap and found himself at the entrance of a beautiful secluded cove.

The hidden cove sat at least 40 feet below the forest floor, surrounded by high rock walls with lush forest brush and long tree roots pouring over the rim of the top, onto the wall-like stone and into the cove. At the bottom of the cove was a huge pool of water that housed many fish and aquatic life, sat in the middle of the secret area and was surrounded by a lush grass field. As Adrien looked out from his perch, he concluded that it was empty aside from the few birds that flew across his vision.

"Well, this was stupid," the blonde remarked to himself before he glanced at the rock ground his feet were on. Once he did, Adrien noticed a few shiny large-coin-sized green and black ombré scales on the ground next to his left foot. Seeing the scales, Adrien crouched down and picked one of them up to study it in the light before he lightly stroked it with his fingers

"The dragon might be nearby," Adrien thought as he continued to study the scale. But suddenly; as if he summoned it with his thoughts, the Chat Noir Fury jumped onto the top of the entrance Adrien was at, growling as it grabbed onto the rock and startled Adrien so much that he fell backwards away from the dragon. The boy quickly picked himself up and leaned against the wall on his right as he watched the dragon try to climb the smooth wall above him, causing small rocks to fall off in the process. But its efforts were in vain as it slipped and fell to the ledge Adrien was on. Despite the setback, the dragon still tries to climb out. But it continued to slip off of the smooth ledge and fell back into the cove, catching itself in a wobbly glide before it hit the water and tumbled to the ground next to the lake.

As the Chat Noir Fury struggled, Adrien stared at the dragon in shock and decided to get a closer look. He looked around for a way off of the ledge he was on, saw a ledge below the one he was on currently and went down to the niche to watch the dragon. The dragon in question was once again trying to fly out and reach the rim of the walls, but its tail curled inward, which derailed its flight path and caused it to land on the other side of the cove. As he watched the dragon in awe while it tried to fly up and grab onto the wall in front of it, Adrien saw this as a great opportunity to draw the dragon into his notebook as the Chat Noir Fury fell back to the ground with a snarl. In a hurry to not miss the opportunity, Adrien pulled out his notebook and pencil to draw the dragon while it once again tried to fly up and grab onto the wall to climb out, only to fall to the ground once more with a frustrated roar. Just as Adrien finished drawing the last tail fin, he curiously glanced back at the dragon and wondered if there was something wrong while the dragon bellowed and growled in anguish.

"Why don't you just fly away?" the blonde quietly asked himself as he looked at the dragon once again before it shot a neon green and dark purple blast of flame at the ground in front of it in a fit of frustration. After a more recent look at his subject, Adrien looked at his drawing and saw the difference in the drawing and the dragon, before rubbing the exact detail off of his drawing and immediately understood the problem. Its left tail fin was gone, meaning that the dragon couldn't properly steer and balance himself in the air long enough to fly.

While Adrien made his discovery, the dragon tried to fly up into the air again. But once it got high enough in the air to attempt to turn towards the rim of the cove, its tail once again curled into its tail body and caused the dragon to crash on the other side of the cove's lake. With a defeated growl, the dragon laid next to the lake before it saw a fish breach the surface of the water, catching its attention since it hadn't eaten in a while. The dragon picked itself from the ground to stalk the unsuspecting fish as it floated lazily in the water near the lake's edge. But once the dragon tried to catch it by plunging its head into the lake,the fish swam away and left the dragon hungry as it pulled its head from the water.

As Adrien watched everything from his little niche, he looked down at the rock under him in guilt as realised his mistake. But as he was caught up in his reflection, he dropped his hand to the rock underneath him and his grip on his pencil loosened, letting it roll into the cove. Immediately, Adrien tried to recover it before it got too far away, only for it to drop into the cove and onto a cluster of boulders below the niche. As soon as the pencil hit the rocks underneath the niche, the dragon heard the sound and looked up from its sulking to find Adrien on the niche. Even after finding out that the boy who had grounded it was watching its struggles, the dragon didn't do anything but stare at the boy, his eyes burning a hole in him. In response, Adrien stares back at it with a slight tilt of his head to the left, before the dragon copies him and tilts its head to its right as it stares at him.

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After he found the Chat Noir Fury trapped in the hidden cove, Adrien made his way back to the village as it started to rain. When he got there, the boy decided to go into the Great Hall to have dinner. But when he opened the door, he could hear the class sitting at one of the wooden benches as they finished their dinner. From where Adrien was standing, he could hear them talking about the day's earlier events and mistakes they had made, while Gorilla and Nathalie stood near them.

"Alright, where did Marinette go wrong in the ring today?" Gorilla asked, continuing the conversation that started before Adrien walked in.

"I mistimed my somersault dive. It was sloppy. It threw off my reverse tumble," Marinette admitted as she leaned onto her arms while they sat on the table, and a soaking wet Adrien walked closer to them.

"Yeah, we noticed," Juleka skittishly remarked before she bit into her chicken leg to relieve any tension.

"Well, I thought you did great," Alya reassured as she placed a hand onto her friend's shoulder.

"She is right. That was so 'Marinette'." Kim agreed while Marinette grabbed her mug next to her plate and took a sip.

"No, she's right. You have to be tough on yourself," Nathalie explained while Adrien reached the table, and grabbed the remaining plate of chicken and mug of water. As he did, Kim sneered at him while the rest of the students gave him a polite wave. Marinette was the only exception to them as she simply watches him grab the plate with a dusting of pink on her cheeks. Once he had his food, Adrien started walking to the table next to the one the class was using while Gorilla noticed his presence.

"Where did Adrien go wrong today?" Gorilla questioned as Adrien continued his walk to the other table.

"Uh, he hid when the Carapace Gronkle attacked?" Juleka guessed as Adrien passed their table.

"He didn't get eaten?" Kim snidely supplied.

"He's never where he should be," Marinette answered as Adrien reached the other table.

"Thank you, Marinette," Nathalie thanked as Adrien sat down at the bench and listened to their instructors as they continued.

"You all need to live and breathe this stuff," Gorilla began as he walked from the side of the bench closest to the centre fire pit and towards the head of the table. As he glanced at Adrien in his walking, Gorilla pulled out a large book from his belt and held it in the air.

"The Dragon Manual," the blacksmith introduced before he pushed aside the plates and mugs off of the table, and plops the book in the newly freed space.

"Everything we know about every dragon we know of," Nathalie explained, peaking all of the student's interests. Kim was the only exception as he tried to balance a knife at its point while thunder rumbled outside, much to Gorilla and Nathalie's observation.

"No attacks tonight. Study up," the weapons specialist ordered, as she and Gorilla walked away from the table, and towards the door to go back home..

"Wait, you mean 'read'?" Luka questioned, as Kim took all of his concentration off of the knife and let it fall as he turned towards the departing instructors in shock.

"While we're still alive?" Juleka asked incuriously, shocked that they were tasked with studying.

"Why read words when you can just kill the stuff that the words tell you stuff about?" Kim questioned as he bangged on the table as he spoke.

"Oh, Alya, Max and I've read it seven times," Nino excitedly admitted, which in turn excited the other two dragon nerds at the table.

"There's this water dragon that sprays boiling water at its victims that can turn you pink before it kills you," Max rambled as he joined in with Nino, leaving Kim to look at the dragon nerds like they were speaking gibberish.

"And there's this other one that buries itself for a week..." Alya added excitedly, trying to contribute her own two cents.

"Yeah, yeah. That sounds great," Kim spoke in a sarcastic voice as he interpreted Alya, with a 'Shut your mouth' gesture with his hand.

"Sorry guys, there was a chance Kim was going to read that," Luka remarked with a small smile as Kim lowered his hand and leaned back in his seat.

"But now..." Juleka trailed off while Kim turned to face the group with a stupid smirk.

"You guys read. I'll go kill stuff," Kim said as he stood up from his seat and started to walk away. Right after Kim left the table, Luka and Juleka left as well. Contrary to the remarks they had before, they had read the book already to research the most dangerous dragons… to possibly have an adventurous time in antagonising them. They were considered the risk takers of the group, and were all for having a deadly dragon adding into their special brand of fun. As the twins left, Nino, Alya and Max continued their spouting out of dragon knowledge to try and convince them to read the book a second time, which left Marinette and Adrien alone. While the others were making their way out of the Great Hall, Adrien got up from the bench he was on and went over to his crush, in the hopes of talking to her.

"So I guess we'll share?" Adrien asked, trying to start up a conversation with Marinette as he stood at the head of the table next to her.

"I... um... I already read it with Alya," Marinette stammered out before she slid the book towards him and quickly got up to leave, much to Adrien's disappointment. But there was also slight confusion swimming in Adrien's thoughts since Marinette has never acted like that in front of anyone.

"Uh, all mine then. Wow. So, okay, I'll see you..." Adrien managed to say before the door to the Great Hall slammed shut behind the class.

"... tomorrow," the blonde sighed in resignation.

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(Time Skip)

After a while, Adrien cleared off the table of the dirty dishes left behind by his classmates, while the fire in the hearth in the middle of the hall fully went out. The few vikings that were there when the class was had already gone home, which left Adrien alone in the dark hall. Deciding that he needed more light, Adrien had lit a candle that was left on the table, and went to get a second one before he sat on the bench of the table and opened the cover of the Dragon Manual.

"Dragon classifications," Adrien read from the first page, starting off his studying session.

"Strike class. Fear class. Mystery class," the boy listed as he continued to read the first page before turning to the next one.

"Papillon Thunderdrum," Adrien read aloud as he saw the picture of the dragon on the first of the book's many double-page spreads that contained a dragon's facts.

"This reclusive dragon inhabits sea caves and dark tide pools," He read from the book before looking at the second page of the dragon's facts.

"When startled, the Papillon Thunderdrum produces a concussive sound that can kill a man at close range," Adrien read out loud as he looked at a picture of the Papillon Thunderdrum roaring at a decapitated viking.

"Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight," He read out from the bottom of the page when he saw another picture depicting a viking with a sword and shield, stabbing the dragon in its stomach. Once he finished reading the sentence, Adrien flips through pages to the next dragon.

"Rena Rouge Timberjack." Adrien read from the page with a picture of the dragon on its first page of facts.

"This gigantic creature has razor-sharp wings that can slice through full-grown trees, and can create illusions using light and the colour of its wings," He spoke out as he looked at a picture of said dragon cutting through a line of trees like a warm knife through butter. Next to it, was another picture of the same dragon using its wings to confuse a viking with illusions before slicing it in half.

"Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight," Adrien read out before he turned to the next page.

"Reflekta Scauldron," He spoke as he saw a picture of the next dragon on its pages of facts.

"Sprays, scalding pigmented water at its victims," Adrien read as he looked at the picture of the Reflekta Scauldron spraying a viking with its skin colour changing water.

"Extremely dangerous," He continued before a lightning and thunder strike pulled Adrien's attention from the book and turned towards the ajar door as lightning flashes outside. When he saw that it wasn't an attack, Adrien pulled himself out of his shock and went back to reading, turning a few pages to the next dragon.

"Vanisher Changwing," Adrien read when he saw a picture of the next dragon.

"Even newly hatched dragons can spray acid. Kill on sight," He spoke before turning a few more pages to a random dragon in the book.

"Carapace Gronckle. Purple Viperion Zippleback. The Copy Cat Skrill. Aspik Bonekapper. KuroNeko Whispering Death," Adrien recited as he turned through the pages and landed on random dragons, imagining them slightly moving on the page while their roars were heard in the seeming distance.

"Burns its victims. Buries its victims. Chokes its victims. Turns its victims inside out." He reads out as he continues turning through the pages, reading what various unnamed dragons did to their victims.

"Extremely dangerous. Extremely dangerous. Kill on sight. Kill on sight. Kill on sight." Adrien repeated as he flipped through the book, his voice becoming quieter the more he read through the manual. But after saying 'kill on sight' for the third time, Adrien stopped reading out-loud from the book and flipped through the last few pages, only to reach the end of the book where the last page was almost completely blank… save for a few sentences about the…

"Chat Noir Fury," He read from the nearly empty page, before looking at the rest of the words at the bottom of the page.

"Speed unknown. Size unknown. The unholy offspring of destruction and death itself. Never engage this dragon. Your only chance is to hide and pray it doesn't find you," Adrien read outloud, worriedness filling his voice before he took out his sketchbook and opened it to the page with the drawing of the Chat Noir Fury. With the new discovery, Adrien blew out the candles and put them away before he took the book home with him to give back to Gorilla and Nathalie in the morning. Reluctantly, Adrien moved his vest to cover his head, and walked home in the pouring rain, his mind filled with more questions than answers.

 

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The next morning, three viking longships arrived at a large cloud of fog that supposedly hid the dragon's nest from the outside world. Aboard these ships were the adult vikings from Miraculous that joined Gabriel on his search for the hidden nest.

"I can almost smell them," Gabriel softly proclaimed as he stared down at the dagger-plunged map as it layed on a table at the front of the ship. The chief then placed his fist onto the middle of it before he looked up from it and averted his gaze at the fog.

"They're close. Steady," the chief commanded as the ships got closer to the massive cloud of fog, staying along the edge of it while every viking stared at the fog in anticipation. Not wanting to wait another moment, Gabriel gave his orders.

"Take us in," Gabriel told the helmsman at the back of the boat, who followed the order almost immediately.

"Hard to port!" The helmsman exclaimed as he pushed the handle of the rudder forward, turning the boat to head into the fog

"For Helheim's Gate," Gabriel announced as he walked up to the front of the ship, while the other two boats shouted out 'Hard to port!' as they followed suit, and went into the fog on either side of the leading boat. As they entered the thick fog, it was eerily quiet for a few seconds as nothing happened. But then a screech from out of nowhere, carried out through the fog before the outline of a dragon came into view of anyone who was still out of the fog. The vikings… were in trouble.

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Meanwhile on Miraculous, the teens were back in the arena; which was now in a maze setup, as they faced the new dragon of the day. But while everyone was focused on the lesson, Adrien was trying to get more information about the Chat Noir Fury from Gorilla and Nathalie. Knowing that since the book didn't have much information on that particular dragon after his late night reading, Adrien knew he couldn't find out more from Alya, Nino or Max. So deciding to go with the next best thing, Adrien stopped running from the dragon hunting the student in the maze, and tried to talk to Gorilla and Nathalie. Unfortunately for Adrien, the instructors in question were leaning against the cage-like dome that covered the top of the arena, watching the students work through the lesson of the day.

"Hey, you know, I just happened to notice that the book had nothing on Chat Noir Furies," Adrien began as he held onto his axe and shield, pestering the instructors with his queries.

"Is there like another book or a sequel? Maybe a little Chat Noir Fury pamphlet?" Adrien asked right before a blast of fire came hurtling toward him, but thankfully just hit his axe. Unfortunately, the fire was so hot that it took the blade of his axe clean off of the handle.

"Woah!" Adrien exclaimed as he frantically looked around for the source of where the fire came from.

"Focus, Adrien!" Nathalie shouted, just as the boy found out where the fire came from, causing his eyes to widen at the dragon of the day.

"You're not even trying!" Gorilla ranted as the Multimouse Nadder jumped down from its spot on top of one of the maze walls, and ran towards him. Immediately, Adrien started to run away from the dragon.

"Today is all about ATTACK!" the blacksmith exclaimed before Adrien quickly went to his right and continued to run down the path. As he did, the Nadder jumped up onto the top of the temporary wall and roared at Adrien before moving onto the next wall to follow him.

"Multimouse Nadders are quick and light on their feet," Nathalie explained as the dragon moved to another part of the maze wall, abandoning its chase on Adrien to focus on the other students.

"Your job is to be quicker and lighter!" The weapons specialist instructed as the dragon came face to face with Nino and Max, who were surprised by the dragon as it towers over them. The dragon then raised its tail, unfurling its tail spines before whipping its tail at the two boys, shooting the black spikes at them. But thankfully, as they screamed in a panic, the two cousins raised their shields to protect themselves.

"I'm really beginning to question your teaching methods!" Nino shouted at Gorilla and Nathalie as he and Max ran away from the dragon. As he did, Nino accidentally stuck his shield into one of the maze walls, before he pulled it out and continued running with his cousin.

"Look for its blindspot!" Gorilla suggested, uninterested in Nino's panicking.

"Every dragon has one," Nathalie explained while Adrien ran past Luka and Juleka, as they ran through the path on his right.

"Find it, hide in it and strike!" The weapons specialist finished as the twins made a left turn and ended up right in front of the Multimouse Nadder's blindspot; which is in the front of its nose. As soon as the two twins see the dragon, they immediately halt their running, and stand still in front of the dragon's blindspot. But as they breathe heavily in panic, Juleka suddenly caught a whiff of a horrible smell, before realising that it is coming from Luka, who was standing in front of her while leaning away from the dragon as it caught the scent as well.

"Ohh! Lu, when was the last time you bathed?" Juleka quietly whined as the dragon moved its head to find the source of the smell. In response, the twins moved in the same direction as the dragon's head, trying to stay in its blind spot. After the dragon moved its head for the second time, Juleka pushed her shield into Luka's back to relieve herself of his horrible stench.

"I've been busy, okay? If you don't like it just get your own blindspot!" Luka quietly exclaimed as he continued facing the Nadder, and elbowed Juleka''s shield off of his back. But this caused Juleka to step from behind him and move to his right to use her shield to push him back. All the while, their roughhousing caused them to move out of the dragon's blindspot, revealing themselves to the dragon.

"How about I give you one?" Juleka challanged as she head-butted Luka, pushing his head back before he responded with a head butt of his own. But when the dragon growled, their attention was pulled away from their fight and back to the Multimouse Nadder as it blasted at them, giving the twins seconds to get out of the way.

"Blindspot, yes. Deaf spot, not so much," Gorilla taunted as he and Nathalie continued to watch the students in boredom, chuckling at his own joke. Below the instructor's viewpoint, Adrien, Marinette, Alya and Kim ran past them, which gave Adrien another chance to interrogate them.

"Hey, hey. So, how would one sneak up on a Chat Noir Fury?" Adrien asked, drawing Gorilla and Nathalie's attention away from their overview, and back at the curious Adrien.

"No one's ever met one and lived to tell the tale," Nathalie answered, exasperated with Adrien's endless questions while Gorilla placed his right hand on his forehead to stop an oncoming headache.

"NOW GET IN THERE!" Gorilla shouted, trying to get Adrien to focus on the lesson. In response Adrien backed away from them, yet still tried to get some answers.

"I know, I know, but hypothetically..." Adrien began as he continued to backtrack away.

"Adrien!" A voice to his right quietly shouted out at him. He turned to face where the voice had come from, only to see Marinette, Alya and Kim crouched next to the wall behind him.

"Get down," Marinette whispered to him while using her shield to add emphasis to her point. Adrien quickly listened and crouched down behind Kim just before the Multimouse Nadder came around the corner and looked around the fork in the path in front of it. Once it stopped, Marinette peaked from her spot behind the left path of the fork, took a few calming breaths, and then rolled to the other side of the fork in the path, using her shield as extra momentum. Thankfully, she stayed within the dragon's blindspot, and was as quiet as she could be as she reached the other side of the path. Alya and Kim quickly followed in suit.

But when Adrien tried to do the same, his shield proved to be too heavy and pulled him out of his roll, causing him to fall to the ground, and catch the dragon's attention. After the dragon spotted him, Adrien got up from the ground and ran from the dragon just before it could eat him, and ran down the path. Angry that its meal had escaped again, the dragon jumped up onto the top of the maze wall in front of it and jumped to another one next to it before it spotted Marinette, Alya, and Kim. The dragon then jumped down from its perch and blocked the teen's path. As soon as the dragon appeared in front of them, Marinette and Alya raised their shields to defend themselves while lifting their weapons to attack. But their plan was interrupted when Kim jumped in front of them.

"Watch out girls. I'll take care of this." Kim announced as he used his shield to push the two girls back, and then threw his staff at the dragon. Unfortunately, it hits the wall on its left instead, which made the Nadder let out a laugh-like-roar at his pitiful attempt. Marinette and Alya turn their gaze from the dragon, and back at him, anger filling their faces while nervousness filled Kim's

"The sun was in my eyes, girls," Kim defended as he turned to face the two girls, while they glanced at the dragon before running down the path on their left, leaving Kim with the dragon. A second after the two of them left, the dragon shoots fire at Kim, who only had seconds to evade the blast and follow Alya and Marinette.

"What do you want me to do, block out the sun? I could do that but I don't have the time!" Kim rattled off as the three of them continued running through the maze. But when Kim and Alya took a left turn through an open path, Marinette continued running straight ahead, till another fork in the path forced her to think on the fly.

Marinette then skeeted on her shield to make the turn left, and avoided knocking into a continuously pestering Adrien; who was trying to pry more answers from the instructors; and a dead-end that would end up trapping her. Unfortunately, the Multimouse Nadder continued to follow Marinette, and in doing so it knocked into the wall at the fork in the path. This caused it to fall to the ground as the dragon continued chasing Marinette, who still tries to get away from it while the chase destroys the maze in the process. Meanwhile, Adrien was still trying to get more answers from Gorilla and Nathalie as everyone ran past him to get out of the rest of the maze before it collapsed.

"Has anyone ever seen one napping?" Adrien asked as Juleka and then Nino; followed by Luka; knock into him as they ran from the collapsing maze.

"Adrien!" Gorilla shouted at him, trying to get him to focus on the lesson while Adrien looked behind him to see that the maze was collapsing towards him. He also saw Marinette had climbed to the top of a falling wall that was heading to the ground, her shield in her left hand, and her whip in her right as the dragon closed in on her. Marinette quickly jumped to another wall, which just happened to be the wall behind Adrien. As the dragon jumped after her, it caused the wall Marinette was on to topple forward, just when she saw Adrien was in the way.

"ADRIEN!" Marinette shouted as she fell from the wall, and right towards him. Adrien fell back to the ground in surprise just as Marinette landed on top of him, her rope dart somehow getting wrapped around Adrien's shield as they ended up in a tangle of limbs. The dragon that was chasing her a second ago; however, was buried under some of the walls of the maze while the rest of the class was watching the scene in amusement from behind some of the fallen walls.

"Ooh! Love on the battlefield," Luka teased while Marinette tried to untangle her leg from Adrien's, her cheeks were painted a brilliant fire red.

"She could do so much better," Juleka remarked while Marinette continued to untangle herself from Adrien.

"Let me... why don't you...?" Adrien tried to offer, right before Marinette managed to break free from him and get onto her feet. In doing so, she was just in time to see the dragon get out from under the fallen walls it was pinned by and come running towards them.

With a gasp of shock, Marinette immediately attempted to pull her weapon off of Adrien's shield, even putting her foot on it to help hold the circle of wood down. But after failing to do so, she just pulled the shield off of Adrien's arm, even managing to push her foot into the left side of his face that earned some cries of pain from the boy. Once the shield was freed from Adrien's arm, Marinette jumped away from him, and swung her rope dart to make the shield hit the dragon in its chin, turning the shield into a shower of wood and metal and disorienting the dragon enough to walk away in pain.

"Well done, Marinette," Nathalie congratulated as the Multimouse Nadder fell to the ground, unconscious. At the feeling of accomplishment, Marinette breathed out a sigh of relief at her quick thinking before she turned to face Adrien. The boy in question was still on the ground, curled up into a ball and covering his head with his arms.

"Is this some kind of joke to you?" Marinette shouted at him, her tone giving out a sense of protectiveness as Adrien dropped his arms from his head to look up at her.

"Our parent's war is about to become ours," She continued as she wound up her rope dart and attached it to her belt.

"Figure out which side you're on," Marinette finished as she pointed her finger at Adrien, before walking away from him with Alya following behind her. As she left. Adrien looked down at the ground in disappointment that he was once again, unable to impress his crush. But as his thoughts were spinning through his head, he suddenly thought of an idea to get his answers about the Cat Noir Fury. With that, he got up from the ground and left the arena.

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Meanwhile on the bridge leading back to the village, Marinette and Alya were having a little chat about the previous events as they walked back to town.

"You know, you could have handled the situation a little better. Don't get me wrong, I know you have a crush on him, but that outburst was a dead give away. I thought you said you wanted to keep your crush on Adrien a secret," Alya lectured her best friend, much to Marinette's annoyance as she raised her hands to her face and dragged them down, pulling her skin with it before they fell off her face.

"I know, Alya. But how would you feel if Nino did something as stupid as what Adrien just did? Can you blame me for blowing up at him, he was not even being careful in there!" Marinette exclaimed, venting her frustration towards Adrien's obliviousness in class.

It was true, Marinette Dupain-Cheng had a giant crush on Adrien Agreste. It all started a few years back when they were 10. Marinette's family had just moved to Miraculous from their old island after it was raided by pirates, and were setting up their bakery when a sudden bout of Marinette's legendary clumsiness accidentally caused an oven fire in her family's bakery. But Adrien; who unbeknownst to Marinette, had fallen in love with her at first sight when she stepped off the boat her family had arrived on; took the heat for the incident so she could stay in the clear. From then on, Marinette was absolutely smitten with him.

"I don't blame you for your reaction, at all. But if you want to keep your crush on the downlow before you actually muster up the courage to tell him, you need to be more careful," Alya reminded, leaving Marinette to slump a bit as they walked on.

"Like he would believe me... clumsy and nervous-wreck, Marinette Dupain Cheng... has a crush on him." Marinette sighed out as she slouched forward, feeling defeated. Alya merely shook her head at her friend's behaviour. This wasn't the first time she's seen Marinette like this, and it probably wouldn't be the last.

The two met right after Marinette moved to Miraculous. Ever the curious one, Alya was excited to see the new people that arrived, and immediately wanted to make Marinette feel welcome. After the family was settled in, Alya invited the shy Marinette to play with her, and she was rewarded for her enthusiasm when Marinette said yes and joined her. It was also that day that Marinette met the rest of her current friend group. Ever since then, the group was inseparable, while Alya and Marinette became the best of friends.

"If by 'clumsy, and nervous wreck', you mean 'strong, graceful, and a powerhouse'? Then yes, he would believe you have a crush on him," Alya argued as she adjusted her walking path, and started walking backwards in front of Marinette. As the raven-headed girl continued walking forward, Alya placed her hands on her best friend's shoulders.

"You are an amazing girl, Marinette. And if Adrien can't see that, then it's his loss," the ombre haired girl said, lifting Marinette's spirits a bit and giving Alya a small smile.

"Thanks, Alya. But he's the chief's son! He's already above my league. And plus, he probably hates me after I yelled at him!" Marinette exclaimed, as her small smile fading.

"Don't say that about yourself, girl. Just because he's the chief's son, doesn't mean he's all that. Heck, yesterday, today, and many other events in the past have proved that," Alya rebutted, bringing up Adrien's less than stellar track record.

"Just be yourself, and he'll like you for who you are. The funny, smart, and loyal warrior queen who designs her own outfits, and bakes with her parents in her spare time. Not to mention training her butt off to be the best warrior Miraculous has ever seen," the fire haired girl praised, much to her friend's amusement as her smile grew wider.

"You're right. I just need to be myself," Marinette agreed as Alya readjusted her walking path again to walk next to Marinette.

"Of course I'm right. I always am," Alya proclaimed as she crossed her arms over her chest in cockiness, causing Marinette to roll her eyes at her antics.

"That's debatable," Marinette uttered with a smirk, causing the two girls to giggle and continue their walk to the village in a comfortable silence.

 

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After Adrien left the arena, he raced to the village and grabbed a shield from the blacksmith shop, before heading to the local cheese vendor to pick up a wheel of camembert. He heard a rumour from an older viking that Cat Noir Furies liked to eat the stuff. After he got a wheel of the stinky cheese, he headed to the cove. Once he reached the hidden cove, he explored the area and found a lower entrance into the cove. Managing to find a small passage in the rocks of the cove walls, Adrien took a tentative few steps towards the opening as he held the shield in front of his body to protect himself. Adrien then walked towards the opening in the rock, stopping just two steps away from it before peeking from behind his shield. Seeing that the coast was clear, the boy threw the wheel of camembert out into the cove, waiting for something to happen as it landed on the ground a few feet away.

When nothing happened after a few seconds, Adrien decided to venture into the cove. Unfortunately for him, Adrien's shield got stuck in between the crawl space as he tried to enter the cove. After that, he tried to pull it back towards him, but it failed to budge. So he crawled underneath the shield and tried to pull it towards himself again, subsequently entering the cove, but still couldn't get it out. In the end, Adrien just gave up, walked up to where the camembert had landed, and picked up the cheese before hesitantly walking around to look for the dragon trapped in the hidden cove. But unknown to him, the Chat Noir Fury was watching him walk around from its perch on a raised rock near the entrance Adrien had used.

The dragon kept watching the boy, its tail moving side to side in anticipation, while Adrien continued to look around for the dragon. Having grown confident, the Chat Noir Fury rolled its shoulders while extending its wings out into the air as it raised itself to its feet, and growled to bring Adrien's attention to him. Adrien heard the growl and turned to his left to gasp in surprise as he watched the dragon climb down from its perch and crawl a few feet away from the raised rock. As Adrien kept turning his body to keep the dragon in his line of sight, the Chat Noir Fury settled in front of the boy, sniffing the air around them with a growl as a show of being unsure if it could trust Adrien. Scared for his life, Adrien held out the cheese to the dragon, hoping the dragon wouldn't see it as an act of aggression.

Tentatively, the dragon slowly came closer to him, sniffing the camembert and keeping its eyes on it as it softly growled, and made its way over to Adrien. But when it was about to take the cheese, the dragon glanced back at Adrien's waist and snarled at him before it recoiled from the boy. At the sight of the dragon's behaviour, Adrien retracted his arm and held the cheese with his left arm as he realised that it knew that he had his dagger on him. Deciding to test his theory, Adrien pulled back his vest to show the weapon to the dragon, causing it to softly growl at him. To further test his theory, Adrien tried to go for the knife and in response, the dragon snarled even louder at him and bunched up its body in response, causing the boy to back off a bit more. But to show he meant the dragon no harm, Adrien took the dagger from his belt and dropped it on the ground next to his foot.

Still hesitant to trust Adrien, the dragon snarled at him again and moved its head to the side to order Adrien to further get rid of the dagger. Knowing that he couldn't get closer until he earned the dragon's trust, Adrien used his foot to pick up the dagger and tossed it into the lake. Once the blade splashed into the water, the dragon calmed right down and sat down while staring at the boy with big eyes. When he was satisfied with the dragon's response, Adrien once again held out the cheese to the beast, allowing the dragon to tentatively come toward him. The dragon then creeped over, and once it was in front of Adrien's out-stretched arm, it opened its mouth and showed off its toothless mouth, much to Adrien's surprise.

"Huh, toothless." Adrien remarked out loud, confused as the dragon grew closer to the cheese in his palms

"I could have sworn you had…" the blonde continued, before his musings were interrupted by the dragon's teeth coming out of its gums, and quickly took the cheese out of Adrien's hand. Adrien gasped in surprise as the dragon gobbled down the cheese in two seconds flat. Once it finished the cheese, the Chat Noir Fury licked its chops while Adrien held his hands close to his chest, nervously staring at the dragon.

"...teeth." Adrien softly finished as he tried to corral his shock. But after the dragon finished licking its mouth clean, it came towards the boy and made Adrien back up away from it.

"Uh…" he tried to say as he backed away from the dragon, tripping over his left foot and falling to the ground, and continued to scoot away from the dragon as it got closer.

"No, no, no." Adrien spoke up, trying to get the dragon's attention away from him as he backed up into a rock behind him. Trapped between a literal rock and a hard place, the dragon reached Adrien and caused him to lean further into the rock as the dragon stopped a few inches away from him.

"I... I don't have any more!" the boy worriedly revealed as the dragon leaned in so close into his personal space, that he could smell his breath as it stared at the boy. But to Adrien's surprise, the dragon didn't attack him and instead regurgitated some of the camembert he ate onto Adrien's lap, much to his disgust.

"Ugh!" Adrien groaned as he looked down at the slimy cheese in his lap. The dragon then backed away from Adrien, and sat on his hind legs as it looked at the boy expectantly. Adrien just stared at the dragon in confusion and shock as he straightened up against the rock, the Chat Noir Fury merely continuing to stare at him instead of attacking him. Soon, it became a little awkward for the boy, still not believing that he is sitting right in front of supposedly the world's deadliest dragon. Taking a look back at the dragon as it continued looking at him expectantly, the dragon thankfully stopped staring at Adrien, and nodded his head at the camembert in Adrien's lap. That simple gesture made the boy realise that the Chat Noir Fury wanted him to eat the disgusting cheese. With a sigh, Adrien raised the cheese to his mouth.

"Uh…" the blonde began before he took a bite, letting it sit in his mouth after he did.

"Mmm!" Adrien exclaimed while his mouth was full of the foul-tasting camembert, much to the dragon's amusement as it softly growled with a curious tilt of its head.

"Mm-hmm." the boy said as he held the barely eaten cheese out to the dragon, a forced smile and watering eyes painted on his face. But unfortunately for Adrien, the dragon didn't make him stop there and mimicked a swallowing gesture, telling Adrien that he had to fully eat what he had in his mouth. Adrien moaned in exasperation and dropped the camembert to the ground. Realising that he had no choice, Adrien attempted to swallow the mouthful he had, retching in the process. Eventually, he fully swallowed it with a gulp and a shudder, making the dragon then slurp its tongue and smack its lips at the boy once he finished the cheese. Happy that his displeasure amused the Chat Noir Fury, Adrien smiled a toothy grin at the dragon. In response, the dragon tilted its head and soon smiled at Adrien without its retractable teeth and showing off its adorable toothless smile.

Seeing that as a sign of trust, Adrien got up from the ground, and reached out to the dragon. But when he was about to touch the dragon's nose, it immediately saw it as an act of aggression and extended its teeth as it snarled at the boy. In addition to snarling, the Chat Noir Fury ran away from Adrien and in the process, tried to fly to the other side of the cove with a growl. But it still couldn't fly properly, which led to it falling to the ground on the opposite end of the cove. The dragon soon found a spot on the ground near the tree roots that spilled into the cove from the forest, and spun along the ground as it used its fire to make a hot spot on the ground. After patting down the larger fire bits, it laid down and set its head down to the ground with a sigh of content.

A second after the dragon got comfy, a bird that was nesting in a tree above the dragon started chirping. It then flew away, making the Cat Noir Fury look up at it and follow the bird's flight direction, its ears raised in the air to listen. But when the dragon looked away, it was met with Adrien sitting cross-legged in front of the lake, a few feet away from the Chat Noir Fury. Seeing that he was discovered, Adrien smiled awkwardly at the dragon and waved at it, much to its annoyance as it lowered its ears and narrowed its eyes. Ignoring him, the Chat Noir Fury sleepily growled and used its wings and tail to wrap around himself to fall asleep. But Adrien then took the opportunity to scoot over closer to the dragon, his legs still crossed underneath him as he tried to get a better look at its tail. Once he was a foot away from the Chat Noir Fury, he leaned out to touch the dragon's tail. But just before his fingers can even graze over the tail, the dragon lifts its appendage to catch Adrien in the act. Knowing that he was caught, the boy walked away, pretending that trying to touch the dragon didn't happen. Meanwhile, the dragon tiredly got to its feet, and walked away from its spot.

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A while later, the sun was beginning to set, and the dragon woke up from its nap as it hung upside down from a tree branch near its previous spot. As it moved its tail from resting in front of its face, wings wrapped around him like a blanket, the dragon looked around and spotted Adrien sitting on a rock near the lake. Meanwhile, Adrien was resting his head on his arm as it rested on his knee, while absentmindedly using a stick to draw the Chat Noir Fury in the dirt. He had just finished outlining the dragon, and was about to start drawing its head when he heard a purr next to him. Confused, he glanced to his right and was surprised that the dragon was sitting next to him. But he just continued drawing, seeing that the dragon seemed to like what he was doing and didn't want to scare it off again.

The Chat Noir Fury watched in captivation as Adrien drew the dragon's eyes, following the stick's strokes as it purred in wonder. But just when Adrien was about to start on the dragon's body, the dragon suddenly got an idea. It then walked away from Adrien in a series of thundering steps, catching the boy's attention from his drawing and directing it to the dragon. The Chat Noir then went to a tree, and snapped a branch off, before coming back over to Adrien and starting to draw too, using its mouth to hold onto the branch as it did so. Adrien could only stare at the dragon in confusion as it starts spinning and swirling around the boy sitting on a rock. The dragon seemed to be in a world of its own as it became invested in the lines and strokes it made, seemingly dancing as it drew, much to Adrien's wonder as he watched.

It was a little bit later when the Chat Noir Fury was finished with its 'drawing'. But once it was, it purred in satisfaction at his handy work… a maze made out of a single line, with different sized loops and large unoccupied areas. A confessed Adrien looked around at the 'art' the dragon had made and started to walk away to get a better look. As he did, he accidentally stepped on one of the groves in the ground that made up the line of the drawing in front of him. In response, the dragon snarled at him, making Adrien wince as he looked at the Chat Noir Fury, and took his foot from the line. Balancing on his left foot as the right one hovered in the air, the dragon responded to the action with a purr. Catching on to what the dragon had in mind, Adrien continued looking at the dragon as he put his foot back down onto the line, making the dragon snarl at him again. He then lifted it again, to which the dragon purred once more. To further test his theory, Adrien repeated the same action a few more times. Each time, the Chat Noir Fury responded the same way; foot on the line: angry, foot off the line: happy. With his theory proven, Adrien put his foot on the other side of the line in front of him, allowing the dragon to purr in satisfaction, much to Adrien's joy as he looked at the Chat Noir Fury with a smile. From there, he began to weave his way out of the maze the dragon had created. He avoided the lines and kept the dragon happy as it watched Adrien move through the maze, almost like a dance.

It wasn't long before Adrien made it out of the maze. But once he was, only then did he realise that his back was right in front of the Chat Noir Fury. He felt the dragon exhale onto him in order to catch his attention, causing Adrien to turn around to face the dragon as it loomed over him. The boy stepped back a little, and the Chat Noir Fury bowed his head at the boy, to which Adrien realised that the maze the dragon drew up... was a test. A test to see if it could trust him.

Taking the opportunity Adrien raised his hand toward the dragon. It then tilted its head to its bottom right, narrowing its eyes as it snarled in warning at him. Adrien pulled his hand back, causing the dragon to stop growling, which gave Adrien an idea. The boy looked away and closed his eyes, lowered his head and raised his hand in front of him again. The dragon tilted its head back to where it was before, and widened its eyes while looking at Adrien's outstretched hand as it hovered a few inches away from it. Unsure at first, the dragon edged its nose forward, and then finally rested its nose into Adrien's hand, its own eyes closed as well. As soon as the dragon's nose made contact with Adrien's hand… he expected to be eaten. But after a second, Adrien finally opened his eyes and stared at the dragon with surprise, which softened into a smile.

"I think you and I are going to be good friends. But you need a name." Adrien noted as the dragon leaned into his hand more. The boy pursed his lips as he thought about a good name for his new dragon friend, before he glanced at the neon green scales on its body and face. Immediately, his mind thought of his favourite legend. It told of a kwami that had the power over destruction, and was said to have been a co-creator of the Chat Noir Fury, along with Hel; the goddess of death. Seeing as he was touching said dragon, Adrien thought it was an appropriate name.

"How about I call you Plagg? After the kwami of destruction?" the blonde asked, to which the dragon, now named Plagg, purrs in response as it seemed to like the name. But Plagg pulled away from the boy's hand and ran away from Adrien, leaving him to process what had just happened.

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Later that night, Adrien had arrived back in the village. But when he went to go get dinner, he was surprised to find himself with his class, plus Gorilla and Nathalie, as they sat around a fire pit on one of the catapult towers that were near the blacksmith stall. As the group was roasting their chicken; while Adrien had chosen a fish, they listened to a story from Gorilla as they ate their dinner.

"And with one twist, he took my hand, and swallowed it whole!" Gorilla regaled as he waved a large chicken that was speared by his fork hand attachment into the air. In response, the students listened with rapt attention, save for Adrien as he was caught up in his thoughts.

"I saw the look on his face... I was delicious." the blacksmith proclaimed as he pointed at the amazed students with his chicken hand, before lifting it back up into the air as he finished speaking.

"He must have passed the word, because it wasn't a month before another one of them took his leg." Nathalie commented before Gorilla lifted his peg leg to show the students, who were in awe of their teacher.

"Isn't it weird to think your hand was inside a dragon?" Nino asked while he held a chicken leg in each hand, as he sat next to Alya and Max. But when Nino asked his question, Alya saw some merit to his question.

"Like your mind was still in control of it! You could have killed the dragon from the inside by crushing his heart or something." Alya pointed out as she continued to roast her chicken on a metal pole over the fire, while sitting on Marinette's right. At the resident nerds's remark, the rest of the group focused on Alya and Nino as they explained the idea.

"I swear, I am so angry right now." Kim growled out as he raised his chicken from the fire, seeming very invested in Gorilla's story, much to the other student's surprise.

"I will avenge your hand and your beautiful foot." the muscle head announced as he glanced over at his teacher, before turning back to the other students.

"I will chop off the legs of every dragon I fight, with my face." Kim proclaimed as he swung his roasting pole at the other students, his chicken still on it as he pointed to his face. But as Gorilla bit into his chicken, Nathalie shook her head at the boy and glanced at the students.

"No. It's the wings and the tails you really want." Nathalie revealed as Gorilla swallowed his mouth full, using the opportunity for a valuable lesson. Once she finished, Gorilla pulled a wing from his chicken, and raised it in the air as an example for the students.

"She's right. If it can't fly, it can't get away." Gorilla agreed as he looked around the group, waving the chicken wing in front of them.

"A downed dragon, is a dead dragon." Nathalie recited, bringing Adrien out of his thoughts and realised the devastating truth in his teacher's statement. But while he was in his musings, the other students soaked up the lesson like sponges before Gorilla stretched out his arms as he yawned.

"Alright, I'm off to bed." Gorilla announced as he got to his feet, Nathalie following in suit.

"I am as well. And you all should be too." Nathalie said as she pointed at the students, while Gorilla finished off his chicken.

"Tomorrow we get to the big boys." Gorilla announced after he swallowed his chicken. At his words, all of the student's interests were spiked, save for Adrien as they all forgo their dinners and leaned closer to their teachers in anticipation.

"Slowly, but surely, making our way up to the Hawkmoth Nightmare." Nathalie continued, the students listening to every word.

"But who will win the honour of killing it?" Gorilla rhetorically questioned before Luka put his rotating stick down against the fire pit, his nearly finished chicken still on it.

"It's going to be me." Luka proclaimed as he leaned back and put his arms up behind his head, smirking at the others in slight cockiness.

"It's my destiny. See?" the blue-haired twin continued, before he lifted his right sleeve to show off a cool looking mark, surprising Nino.

"(Gasp) Your mom let you get a tattoo?" Nino gasped in amazement.

"It's not a tattoo, it's a birthmark." Luka admitted, just as Marinette noticed that Adrien wasn't where he was sitting before, his smoking fish the only evidence that he was even there.

"Ok, I have been stuck with you since birth, and that was never there before." Juleka remarked, much to Luka's annoyance, while Marinette got up and went over to the stairs just in time to see Adrien going down to the village.

"Yes, it was. You've just never seen me from the left side until now." Luka argued, while Marinette concluded that Adrien was going home, and she rejoined the other kids.

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A while later after the class had left the catapult, the fire extinguished and left the area pitch black… but the blacksmith shop was brightly lit. While everyone was asleep, Adrien was in the blacksmith shop's private back room where he would get to work on his inventions, and tonight was no exception. Thinking about what Gorilla and Nathalie had said earlier, he pulled out his notebook and placed it on his desk before opening it up to the drawing of the Chat Noir Fury. Once he had the drawing in front of him, Adrien grabbed a pencil and remade the drawing of the left tail fin. After he did, Adiren thought of a plan as he drew up the idea he had on a separate sheet of paper, until he was pleased with the end design.

Immediately he started up the forge, using the giant fire pump to heat the largest sword he could find so he could use the material for his invention. Once the metal was hot enough, Adrien broke up the blazing hot metal and used it to make up the components that he needed. Starting with a metal rod, the top part was flat with two holes on top of each other in the middle of it while the bottom half was rounded like a bolt; he hammered it to make sure it was just right. Once it was to Adrien's preferences, he blew on the rod to remove any metal shavings that could have attached themselves to the hot metal, and dunks it in the cooling bucket, making the metal sizzle as it cools down.

After the rod cooled down, Adrien put it on his table for later and then moved on to the next part. He then quickly took a broken shield and used a pair of tongs to pry off the bolts off of the shield, before he heated them up and used a detailing hammer to make them smaller. When those were done and cooled, Adrien grabbed a few ball bearings from a barrel, and weighed them for the perfect weight. Satisfied with their weight, Adrien placed the ball bearings into little holders and put them into the holes of the rod. He then used a wrench to tighten them, and started to connect the pieces of his invention together.

As soon as he connected the pieces of the skeleton to the invention, Adrien took out some dark grey cloth and placed it on the inventions skeleton. Sewing the fabric around the frame of the invention, Adrien began putting the finishing touches on it. Once it was done, Adrien raised it to his eye level and softly smiled at his invention... a new tail fin for Plagg. Quickly and quietly, the boy folded it up and hid it so Gorilla and Nathalie wouldn't find it. After that, Adiren went home, and crawled into bed, nervous of what would happen the very next day.

 

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When the morning came and sunlight started streaming into his room, Adrien was already up out of bed and dressed in his normal clothes. Ready for the day, he went to the blacksmith shop to get Plagg's new tail fin and started heading to the cove. But on the way, he stopped over at the docks and got a half full basket of fish that the fishermen had caught that morning, followed by a walk over to the cheese vendor. Once at the stall, Adrien filled the remaining half of the basket with camembert and other cheeses that he thought Plagg might enjoy, much to his nose's protest and the vendor's confusion. As far as he and the village knew, Adrien never liked foul smelling cheeses that much.

Paying for the cheese, Adrien then started to make his way back over to the cove. It didn't take long for him to make it after heading there for the third time that week. So when he entered through the crack in the walls like the day before, he saw Plagg waiting for him on the other side of the cove, close to the wall near the waterfall adjacent to the spilling roots.

"Hey, Plagg." Adrien called out, causing the dragon to rise to his feet while the boy walked closer.

"I brought breakfast, buddy." the blonde announced as he placed the basket onto the ground, the tail fin tucked under his arm.

"I hope you're hungry." Adrien said he tipped out the basket, revealing the assortment of fish and cheese it had inside. At the sight of the food, Plagg's eagerness was piqued.

"Ok, that's disgusting." The boy groaned as Plagg started to creep over to the slimy pile, with Adrien backing away at the same time. As Plagg reached the pile, he started to sniff it in curiosity.

"We've got some camembert, some brie, some salmon, some nice Icelandic cod... and a whole smoked eel." Adrien listed off as Plagg started to dig in. But as soon as Adrien had said the word 'eel', Plagg tensed up and started growling at the pile before backing away from it. Seeing how Plagg had reacted, Adrien reached into the pile, and picked up the eel, raising it up to Plagg. As soon as Plagg saw it, he roared in fright as he tried to get away from it.

"No, no, no, no, no! It's ok." the blonde reassured as he threw away the eel from them, to which calmed Plagg down immediately, much to the boy's relief.

"Yeah, I don't really like eels much, either." Adrien admitted as he wiped off his hand on the front of his vest to rid itself of the eel's slime. After that, Plagg immediately dove into the fish and cheese, which Adrien was glad for since it meant that he was now distracted.

"That's it." the boy egged on as he started to sneak around Plagg, the dragon digging into his breakfast.

"That's it. Just stick with the good stuff." Adrien continued to softly goad as he quietly creeped behind Plagg, the dragon holding its slightly unfolded wings up in the air.

"And don't you mind me. I'll just be back here, minding my own business." the boy quietly remarked to himself as he snuck over to the end of Plagg's tail. Once he was where he needed to be, and Plagg still feasting on the cheese and fish in front of him, Adrien crouched to the ground next to the finless part of Plagg's tail and placed the rolled up replacement fin next to it.

Adrien scooted the contraption closer to Plagg's tail, but the Chat Noir Fury unconsciously moved it away from the boy. In response, he looked up to see if Plagg had noticed what he was trying to do, but the dragon was too busy eating to even pay attention to him. Once again, Adiren pulled the replacement fin towards Plagg's tail, but the dragon moved it again. Beginning to become irritated with Plagg's unconscious antics, Adrien decided to lift the new fin and move close. But Plagg moved his tail again before he got close enough to it, then lifted his appendage up into the air, right up to Adrien's eyes. Surprised, the boy decided to take matters into his own hands and grabbed the tail before pushing it back down on the ground.

"It's okay." Adrien reassured as he looked back at the distracted Plagg. Seeing his chance, Adrien placed the new fin onto the ground and grabbed Plagg's tail to keep it from moving as it went to rise in the air again. But when he attempted to hold it down, it continued to move side to side while Adrien tried to grab the replacement fin to strap it on.

Meanwhile Plagg had finished eating all of the fish that had spilled out of the basket, and moved forward to stick his head into the basket to get the remaining food. Due to the sudden movement, Adrien was dragged forward as well. But with Plagg distracted even further, he took his chance and dragged the new fin over to the dragon's tail. Quickly, Adrien repositioned himself so that he was facing the rock wall behind Plagg, and sat on the dragon's tail to keep it from moving. From there, he got to work strapping the fin to the tail. But as he finally gets the replacement fin strapped on,

However, Adrien didn't notice that Plagg had finished eating and could feel Adrien attaching the new fin. In his curiosity, the basket dropped from his snout before he used his remaining tail fin to get a clue of what was on his tail. When he realised what Adrien was doing, Plagg's mouth dropped in shock, his wings unfolded all the way before plummeting to the ground. As Adrien was finishing tightening the straps of the fin on Plagg's tail, he was totally unaware of Plagg lifting his wings into the air, ready to take off to the skies. A few seconds after Plagg raised his wings, Adrien had finally finished strapping on the new fin and leaning back to admire his handy work, gently unfolding both fins to admire his work.

"Okay. That's not too bad. It works." the blonde concluded as he took in his work. But he didn't have much time to pat himself on the back, because Plagg crouched to the ground and took off into the air.

"Whoa!'' Adrien cried out as Plagg climbed higher into the air, holding onto the dragon's tail for dear life.

"Whooaa!" the boy screamed while Plagg continued to climb into the air, coming to rise above the water of the cove and towards the trees of the forest, using his legs as extra force.

"No, no, no, no!" Adrien protested as he lurched up and down while Plagg rose higher. But in his panic, he noticed that the tail fin he strapped onto Plagg's tail was not staying open, and remained folded as Plagg flew through the air. In response, Plagg's flying didn't last long, for he was about to crash land again due to the fin not being open.

"Whoa!" the blonde screamed as Plagg hurtled to the stone wall of the cove. But just before Plagg was about to crash, Adrien grabbed the bottom of the tail fin, and pulled it open. Immediately, Plagg was able to pull up before he hit the ground and shot into the sky, climbing higher.

"Oh, my...! It's working!!" Adrien exclaimed before he turned the fin to the right, causing Plagg to bank to the right and come back around in the air. As the dragon banked, he headed back into the cove, gliding above the water of the lake.

"Yes! Yes I did it!" the boy cheered from his spot on Plagg's tail. Unfortunately for him, Plagg heard his cheers. With a quick glance at his tail, Plagg saw Adrien on his tail and flipped him off, making him land in the water. But once Adrien was off, the tail closed back up and Plagg fell in right after him, landing in the water with a crash.

"YEAH" Adrien shouted in accomplishment after he surfaced from his impromptu swim, choosing to not let the cold morning water stop him from celebrating.

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"Today is about teamwork." Gorilla proclaimed before the large double doors in the arena burst open, smoke billowing out while each student had a bucket of water with them.

After Adrien tested his invention, he found an alcove in the stone walls of the cove and decided to keep it there so he didn't have to lug it every time he went to visit Plagg. Once he did, he went back home, got changed from his wet clothes, and headed to dragon training class… which was now attempting to cover the Purple Viperion Zippleback.

"Now, a wet dragon head can't light its fire. The Purple Viperion Zippleback is extra tricky." Nathalie lectured as the class broke up into three teams: Adrien/Nino/Max, Alya/Marinette/Juleka, and Kim/Luka, all with buckets full of water in their arms.

"One head breaths a flammable deja vu-inducing gas, and the other head lights it up to create a very destructive fire." Gorilla added on as the smoke surrounded the students, low growling being heard as they kept watch of their surroundings.

"Your job is to know which is which." Nathalie instructed as the others looked for the dragon in the fog. As they did, Nino and Max started rambling facts about the dragon out loud.

"Razor sharp serrated teeth that inject venom for pre-digestion." Nino recited as he, Adrien and Max were back to back and slowly turning around to keep lookout.

"Prefers ambush attack, crushing its victims…" Max added on, holding his bucket close to his chest.

"WOULD YOU TWO PLEASE STOP THAT!!!" Adrien whispered, not wanting to hear the gruesome ways this particular dragon could kill them all. Now silenced, they and the other groups stayed together, keeping a watchful eye out as they searched the thick fog.

"If that dragon shows either of his faces, I'm gonna…" Kim began as the dragon's growls grew closer, only to see a dragon like figure in front of him and Luka

"THERE!!" the muscle head cried out before he and Luka threw their water at the figure. But they were met with shouts of surprise as the fog cleared to reveal the girls.

"HEY!! It's us, idiots." Alya hissed, not happy with getting water thrown at her.

"Your butts are getting bigger. We thought you were a dragon." Kim rudely remarked before he snickered to himself, only for Luka to realise the implications of what he just said.

"Not that there's anything wrong with a dragonesque figure!" Luka added, hoping to soften the blow of Kim's words. But it failed to do so, causing Marinette to come up to Kim and punch him in the face after setting her bucket onto the ground.

"OW!" Kim cried in pain, falling to the ground. After Kim got his punishment, Juleka threw her bucket at Luka, soaking him head to toe as he landed on the ground.

"That's for the water." Juleka explained as Luka sat up. But before they could get up from the ground, Luka and Kim were suddenly dragged further into the fog. Once they were out of sight, the growls and quiet roars grew louder, making the rest of the group nervous as they heard Luka and Kim screaming in terror inside the fog.

"Wait." Marinette told the group, keeping Juleka from trying to go after her brother out of concern. Slowly, she went to grab her bucket from the ground. But the girls were suddenly tripped up by a tail slashing out from the fog, sending them to the ground and the bucket to drop. Right after their fall, Kim and Luka came running out of the fog

"OH I AM HURT! I AM VERY MUCH HURT!!" Kim cried out as he and Luka ran to the exit, going right by Adrien, Nino and Max.

"Chances of survival are dwindling into single digits now." Max muttered nervously, noticing they were the last ones left. Just then, one of the heads of the dragon came slithering out of the fog, intently staring at Nino and Max. Freaking out, both boys threw their buckets of water on it. Unfortunately for them, the head started to breathe out gas instead of sparks.

"Oh, wrong head." Nino remarked, right before the dragon sprays them both with the gas, sending them into a trance.

"NINO!!" "MAX!!" Gorilla and Nathalie shouted in worry, before Nino and Max ran away before the effects of the gas set in, leaving Adrien alone with the dragon. Once the boys were gone, the first head shifted its attention onto Adrien, just as the other head looked over at him while igniting its sparks.

"Now, Adrien!" Gorilla exclaimed as the Purple Viperion Zippleback lifted its heads into the air, towering above Adrien. Following his instructor's advice, Adrien ran up to the dragon and threw the water up at the dragon. But it misses it completely, landing on the ground in front of the boy and dragon.

"Oh, come on." Adrien groaned as the dragon moved its head down to the boy's level. Seeing that he had no way to defend himself, the dragon roared at Adrien, sparking its fire in preparation as the boy fell to the ground in surprise.

"ADRIEN!!" Gorilla and Nathalie screamed, attempting to run in and help Adrien. But to their surprise, the dragon backed off, allowing Adrien to get up from the ground and start advancing on the dragon.

"Back, Back, BACK!" Adrien commanded the Zippleback, driving the dragon back towards its cage.

"Now, don't you make me tell you again!" the blonde warned as everyone else in the arena was left in shock at what he was doing.

"Yes, that's right." Adrien praised as the Zippleback retreated into its cage, unaware of the local healer, Master Fu, watching as well.

"Back into your cage. Now think about what you've done." the boy said as he reached into his vest and pulled out the eel from earlier, throwing it into the cage. Once it was inside, the dragon backed away from it in fear, even going as far as scaling the wall with its rear legs to avoid the eel. With the dragon occupied, Adrien closed the cage door and turned to face the class, who were so shocked that Nino and Max dropped their empty buckets.

"Okay, so are we done? 'Cause I've got some things I need to... Yep, I'll see you tomorrow." Adrien half-heartedly explained before he ran off, leaving the rest of the group in awe. What had just happened?

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From that day on and over the span of a few weeks, Adrien had gotten to know Plagg. Every day after class, he snuck out of the village and headed into the forest to learn more about his dragon friend. He even decided to teach himself how to ride Plagg, much to the dragon's pleasure to torture him. The Chat Noir Fury took every opportunity to tease Adrien, from when he first introduced the dragon to a saddle, to when he started making the necessary changes to allow Plagg to fly when he rode him.

But along the way to getting better, he learned a few things to help him in his classes. Such as finding a plant that clams dragons to the point of happiness, after a crash landing into a field of it…

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Adrien stood in the arena, the plant he discovered: Dragon Nip, in his hands as he watched the class attempt to face the newest dragon. Today, Gorilla and Nathalie had introduced the students to Rena Rouge Timberjack. While it was at a disadvantage of not being able to use its wings to cut its way to freedom, it provided a challenge to the students to take down. Though Adrien was about to get a crack at taking down the dragon after it distracted Luka with its wings and knocked him down, only to turn its sight towards Adrien. As the dragon quickly slithered over to the boy, Adrien immediately held out the Dragon Nip in his hand.

'I hope this works!' Adrien thought to himself as he stood his ground and waited for the dragon to approach him. His hope was satisfied when the Rena Rogue Timberjack stopped dead in its tracks as soon as it smelled the plant, immediately turning docile and calm. Feeling bold at the dragon's new state of behaviour, Adrien rubbed the plant on the dragon's snout, making it follow the scent as Adrien led it to fall to the ground in contentment. But for those watching in the area above the arena, Master Fu included, it looked as if Adrien had defeated the dragon with no weapon at all, leaving them both in awe and intrigued.

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Or that dragons love to be scratched on their necks. But when they are scratched on the underside of their neck afterwards, they will drop to the ground in content…

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That day's lesson, Gorilla and Nathalie had finally decided to have the class face off against the Pegasus Hackatoo. Most of the class had been eliminated from the running to face the King Monkey Nightmare, which only left Adrien, Alya and Marinette left. But that was the last thing on Adrien's mind as the doors to the Pegasus Hackatoo's cage flew open, allowing the dragon to skitter out into the arena. At the sight of the dragon, Alya threw her spear at it, only for the beast to knock it out of the way with its axe-like horn. Seeing that the dragon was getting closer, both Marinette and Alya dove out of the way and left Adrien alone to face the Hackatoo.

Out of nervousness, Adrien dropped the weapon in his hands and yet stood his ground as the dragon reached him. But instead of eating him right away, the dragon looked at him in curiosity. It was curious as to why Adrien wasn't attacking it. Though the moment of curiosity was interrupted by a screaming Marinette as she ran towards the dragon and boy while spinning her rope dart in her hand, intent on protecting her crush. Thinking fast, Adrien reached for the Pegasus Hackatoo's neck and did exactly what he did with Plagg the day before. Much like Plagg, the Hackatoo was revelling in the scratches it was receiving, and dropped to the ground in content. As it did, Marinette was left in shock, standing on the other side of the fallen dragon as her hand let her whip drop to the ground while staring at Adrien.


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He even found out that they love to chase light from shiny things…

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"Meet the Kwami Terror." Gorilla announced as Nathalie opened the smallest cage door. Feeling like the students could use an easy task, both instructors felt that they should finally face the dragon. But instead of a large dragon, the students were surprised to see a tiny dragon come out of a dog sized door at the bottom of the larger iron doors. At the sight of the tiny creature, the students were left in amusement.

"Ha, it's like the size of my-" Kim taunted right before the dragon attacked him, scattering the rest of the students as it leapt from the ground and immediately latched its teeth onto his nose.

"OW, GET IT OFF!" the muscle head cried as the dragon only bit harder onto his nose, even going as far as treating it like a chew toy. But to Kim's relief, Adrien had stepped in and used the metal cap on his shield to create a beam of light to entice the Kwami Terror. At the sight of the spot of light, the Kwami Terror let go of Kim's nose.

"Oh, I'm hurt! I am very much hurt!" Kim shouted as he scrambled to his feet while the dragon was distracted by the light. From there, Adrien used the light to lead the Kwami Terror back towards its cage while the group joined back up.

"Wow! No offence Mari, but he's better than you ever were." Nino remarked, leaving Marinette a little more than upset at the comment as they watched the dragon go back into its cage. Once it was back inside, Adrien covered the door with his foot and looked back at the class, feeling accomplished.

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During that time, he gained the respect of his classmates and fellow villagers, much to Marinette's displeasure, since she was the best warrior in training before he came along. The boy was her crush, but that didn't mean it would stop her from getting jealous of his new found skills and attention. But that didn't mean Adrien hadn't nearly got caught a couple of times as he went to see Plagg. But both times, it was Marinette who nearly found out. The first time was when Marinette was training in the forest…

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Marientte was in the forest, throwing her rope dart's dagger at a tree to practise her aiming and take her frustrations out on the unoffending flora of the forest. After a couple dozen throws, she heard footsteps behind a nearby rock. In response, she grabbed the dagger from the tree, attached it back onto her rope, and leapt over the rock, ready to attack.

But when she landed back onto the ground, she was surprised to see Adrien staring at her as he carried a basket with him and dressed in what looked like riding clothes. The two just stared at each other for a few awkward seconds, before the boy ran behind another boulder to get away. At his retreat, Marinette followed and climbed the boulder to see where he went. But when she did, it had given Adrien enough time to escape. She had lost him. Seeing that he wasn't in sight, Marinette punched the top of the rock in frustration.

"What is he up to?" Marinette muttered to herself before returning to her target practice.

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Unknown to Marinette, Adrien had reached the cove and rigged the new adjustments to Plagg's tail as he ate the food he brought him. After that, the two went to a cliff to practise their flying, using a stump and a rope to hover in the breeze to mimic flying through the air. Using the time to take note of what foot pedal positions did to the tail, Adrien wrote them down for when they decided to do the real thing. But their attempts to learn more positions were interrupted by a partially strong breeze that pushed Adrien and Plagg far enough to snap the rope, sending them to crash in the forest. As they recovered from their crash, Plagg lifted himself from the ground, only to drag Adrien with him. Learning that he was still attached to Plagg, Adrien glanced at the hooks that kept him attached to the saddle and saw that the one on the left side of the saddle was bent over, keeping the boy and dragon stuck together.

"Oh, great." Adrien groaned as he pulled on the damaged hook.

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Having no choice, Adrien and Plagg headed into the village to get to the blacksmith shop to fix the saddle hook. At first, things were going pretty well. Sure they had to evade sentires that were on duty, but they managed to make it to the shop with little to no issue. But as they entered the shop and Plagg tossed a bucket to the wall with his snout, that's when things took a turn for the worse. Unbeknownst to them, Marinette had been walking home from her practising and heard a crashing sound from the blacksmith shop. Now on guard, Marientte immediately went to the shop to find out what was going on, just as Adrien found a tool to try and pry the saddle hook open.

"Adrien? Are you in there?" Marinette called out, breaking Adrien's concentration from fixing the hook, and glanced at the shop window. Thinking fast, Adrien grabbed his work apron, threw it on and leapt through the closed window to come face to face with Marinette.

"Marinette. Hey. Hi, Marinette. Hi, Marinette. Hi, Mari." Adrien nervously greeted, with the fact that he was talking to his crush and trying to hide his dragon from her playing a part in his behaviour. But unknown to Adrien, as Plagg hid just behind the closed window, he saw a sheep grazing a patch of grass near the shop.

"Look, I normally don't judge what people do, but you're acting weird." Marinette admitted as the sheep finally noticed Plagg, and stood shocked still. Deciding at that point to be curious, Plagg crept closer to the sheep, only to drag the still connected Adrien back towards the window. At the sudden pull, Adrien nervously chuckled in an attempt to alleviate the awkwardness.

"Well, weirder." the bluenette added as she stared at Adrien in apprehension. But the feeling only grew as Adrien was dragged back further towards the shop window, only to be lifted off the ground before finally being pulled through the window completely. At Adrien's sudden disappearance, Marinette ran to the window and opened it to find the shop empty. But as she looked around for her crush, Adrien and Plagg escaped through the back and made it to the empty town plaza before taking to the skies.

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It was after these few weeks that the expedition for the nest had returned. As the boats pulled into the harbour, they were full of scorch marks, ripped sails, and missing wood sides. Once at the dock, the vikings started to disembark with Gabriel being the first off of the nearly sinking boat. Gorilla and Nathalie, who were waiting at the dock for their friend and chief, immediately marched to meet him.

"Well, I trust you found the nest, at least?" Gorilla greeted as they approached the simmering chief.

"Not even close." Gabriel angrily replied as he walked past them, leaving the two a little apprehensive to bother him.

"Oh, goody." Nathalie groaned before she and Gorilla flanked Gabriel as they walked towards the dock's exit.

"I hope you two had a little more success than me." Gabriel admitted, his anger simmering down a bit at the familiar sight of Miraculous.

"Well, if by success, you mean that your parenting troubles are over with, then yes." Gorilla replied as he and Nathalie grabbed the empty baskets Gabriel had in his hands while they walked.

"CONGRATULATIONS GABRIEL!" a voice to their left exclaimed, causing the three to turn and see a group of vikings running down the dock towards them. Originally, they had heeded down to the docks to welcome the rest of the vikings, but they decided to spare enough time to give Gabriel some insight into what was going on in the past few weeks.

"Everyone is so relieved!" The woman viking of the group finished, before she went past him towards the damaged boats.

"Out with the old and in with the new, right?" a male viking rhetorically questioned before following the woman's lead, and went past Gabriel and his friends.

"No one will miss that nuisance." a second male viking remarked as he passed by as well.

"The village is throwing a party to celebrate!" a fourth and final viking proclaimed with a joyful jump as he followed the group, leaving Gabriel to turn and stare at Gorilla and Nathaile in worry.

"He's gone?" Gabriel asked, fearful that his only son was…

"Relax, he's not dead." Nathalie reassured, knowing that he was thinking the worst.

"They were just referring to Adrien's success in Dragon Training." the weapons specialist revealed as they continued walking.

"Success?" Gabriel asked as Nathalie and Gorilla tossed the baskets to some dock hands as they walked past them.

"But he has been disappearing most afternoons. Though who can blame him?" Gorilla added.

"The life of a celebrity is very rough. He can barely walk through the village without being swarmed by his new fans." Nathalie revealed as she jabbed Gabriel in the gut a few times with a smirk.

"Adrien?" Gabriel asked, astonished that his son has done so well in such a short amount of time.

"Who would have thought it, eh? He has this way with the beasts." Gorilla regaled, pride filling his voice.

"It's unlike anything we've seen before." Nathalie voiced, feeling the same pride as Gorilla. At their words, Gabriel smiled to himself, feeling so proud of his son's new found skills.

'That's my boy!' Gabriel thought to himself as they kept walking, hopeful to congratulate his son in the near future.

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Meanwhile up in the sky, Adrien was on Plagg's back as they flew in the mid afternoon sun and glided over the island. They decided to finally do a test flight and see how well the modifications he made to the saddle, and tail over the last few weeks would hold up in a real flight. So here they were, flying high in the air in the cloud cover above the island of Miraculous, thousands of miles in the air.

"Okay there Plagg? We're going to take it nice and slow." Adrien assured before he pat Plagg's side. With that, he looked down at the cheat sheet he made earlier that week.

"Here we go. Here we go. Position... three... no, four." the blonde muttered to himself as he tried to come up with the right move. Once he did, Adrien shifted the foot pedal on Plagg's side, opening up the tail so it could catch the wind. With a roll of his shoulder, Plagg flew forward and banked left before levelling out, and circled around a mountain peak. Once they cleared the mountain, Adrien looked behind him to check on the tail, only to find himself satisfied that it's doing okay.

"Okay, it's go time. It's go time." Adrien announced before Plagg dived down towards the ocean with a roar. As he neared the ocean, Plagg slowly levelled out before he hit the water, gliding forward towards an opening in a sea stack.

"Come on buddy, come on buddy!" the boy encouraged as Plagg's wings playfully skimmed the waters a little along the way to the sea stack. But soon enough, they make it past the sea stack without a hitch and fly through to the other side.

"YES, it worked!" Adrien cheered. Feeling emboldened, he decided to be a bit more daring and banked to the right. But now that they were in the more obstacle filled area of the ocean, they ended up bumping into a small sea stack.

"SORRY!" the blonde apologised before he steered Plagg to bank to the left, only to bump into another sea stack.

"That was my fault." Adrien admitted as they flew around the second sea stack. Once they were in the clear and straightened their flight path, Plagg flicked his head right and smacked Adrien with his ear, an attempt to tell him to make up his mind.

"Yeah, yeah, I'm on it." the blonde assured in annoyance at the slap.

"Position four. Uh, I mean three." the boy muttered before he pulled back on the saddle, signalling to Plagg to start flying up higher into the sky.

"YEAH, GO BABY! YES!" Adrien cheered as they flew past the highest mountain point of the island, going straight above the clouds.

"OH, This is AMAZING. The wind in my-" the blonde exclaimed, right before his cheat sheet flew out of the clip holding it onto the saddle.

"CHEAT SHEET! STOP!" Adrien commanded, causing Plagg to stop flying up. But Adrien suddenly was tossed forward out of the saddle as he grabbed the sheet, making them both start plummeting to the ground and spiral out of control.

"OH, GODS! OH GODS! OH NO!" the boy yelled as he fell past Plagg, trying to manoeuvre his body so he could help Plagg slow his descent.

"All right, OK, you've gotta kind of angle yourself." Adrien explained, causing Plagg to attempt to follow the instruction while Adrien tried to get back into the saddle. But it was proving difficult.

"OK, no, no, no. Come back down towards me! Come back down...." the blonde tried to instruct before he was interrupted by Plagg's tail.

"OW!" Adrien yelped as Plagg's tails suddenly slapped him in the face, as well as pushing him away from Plagg. Adrien then moved towards Plagg as he put the cheat sheet in his mouth and grabbed onto the saddle, pulling himself onto it. He gets situated back into it, as he and Plagg kept spinning out of control. Now back in control, he manages to straighten their path, only to see the ground coming way too close, way too fast.

"AH!" the blonde screamed, still holding onto the cheat sheet with his teeth as they plummet to the ground. But before they could, Plagg used his wings to slow their descent with a shrinking roar, ending with them heading towards a tight maze of sea stacks. Adrien then pulled the paper out of his mouth to try and read it so he could save them. But the wind made it impossible to do so, making the paper flutter to the left and cover the instructions.

Having no choice, Adrien let the paper go and followed his gut. As they neared the entrance to the tight maze of sea stack, Adrien opened Plagg's tail and they flew headfirst into the maze. From there, by using quick movements alongside speed and small adjustments to the tail with the foot pedal, the boy and dragon duo made it out of the foggy maze and towards the open ocean. Once he realised what had just happened, Adrien was left extremely happy.

"YEAH!" the boy cheered once they cleared the fog bank. In his own form of happiness, Plagg fired a fireball in front of them, creating a literal wall of fire.

"Oh, come on."Adiren groaned before they both flew straight into the blaze.

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After their test flight, Plagg and a soot-covered Adrien landed on an unpopulated island. Shortly before they had landed, they went hunting for fish and started up a fire, where Plagg was feasting on the Camembert Adrien had packed and the caught fish. However, he was feeling generous and regurgitated some camembert for Adrien, much to his disgust.

"Um, no thanks. I'm good." Adrien thanked as he showed Plagg his own cooked fish on a stick. But their quiet lunch was interrupted by a pack of Kwami Terrors flying over to them, scavenging for food. At that moment, Plagg became protective of his haul. Once the smaller dragons landed on the island, they all came to Plagg in hopes of trying to get some of his food. In response, he just growled at them in warning, making them back off. But one managed to get the camembert he regurgitated, and started to eat it after it dragged it further away from Plagg. Though one of the other Terrors tried to steal it, it defended it by fire breathing at the other dragon and scared it off.

Unamused, Plagg stared at the interaction between the two dragons, right before he noticed another Kwami Terror trying to get his food after invading his pile. Not up to sharing with the little thief, Plagg grabbed the fish with his mouth, and pulled it away from the Terror, eating it in one gulp. At the Kwami Terror's misfortune, the Chat Noir Fury laughed/roared at the tiny dragon. But the Terror wouldn't stand for it. In hopes of retaliation, the Kwami Terror prepared to breathe fire at him. The still unamused Plagg responded by blasting a small flame down its gullet, making him expand on the inside and float in the air for a second before falling onto his face. Once it deflated from the blast, the Terror walked away in defeat.

"Huh, not so fireproof on the inside are you?" the blonde remarked as he watched the whole interaction, finding it all fascinating while he grabbed a fish from the pile.

"Here you go." Adrien said as he tossed the fish to the Kwami Terror. At the sight of the food, the dragon brightened up before it quickly ate the fish in one gulp. Feeling grateful, the dragon came over to Adrien, purring as it slid under his arm and starts to dose off

"Everything we know about you guys, is wrong." Adrien realised as he began petting the Kwami Terror, now knowing the truth.

 

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After the boy and dragon finished eating, they went back to the island, the sun just hanging on the horizon as Adrien left the cove. Once he got back to the village, Adrien cleaned himself up and headed to the back room of the blacksmith shop to work on some ideas. But when he came up empty, he ended up rolling his pencil up and down on his desk out of boredom while supporting his head with his arm. Though his slump was soon interrupted when he spied Gabriel in the doorway from the corner of his eye.

"DAD! You're back!" Adrien exclaimed after being pulled away from his mindless task, shooting to his feet only to realise his desk was covered in drawings of his recent activities.

"Uh, Gorilla and Nathalie aren't here so…" the blonde stammered out as he quickly gathered his dragon drawings in a pile so Gabriel wouldn't catch a glimpse of them.

"I know." Gabriel sternly replied before he squeezed through the small doorway and entered the room.

"I came looking for you." The chieftain revealed, adjusting his helmet when it fell onto his forehead after he entered the room.

"You did?" Adrien questioned in worry as he finished hiding his drawings, having a bad feeling he knew why his Dad was looking for him.

"You've been keeping secrets." Gabriel stated, sending Adrien into a panic.

"I...I...I have?" Adrien stuttered, hoping to keep his secret from being blown.

"Just who long did you think you could hide it from me?" Gabriel questioned.

"I... I... I don't know what you're…" Adrien began, grasping at straws to avoid talking about his 'secret'.

"Nothing happens on this island, without me hearing about it." Gabriel sternly proclaimed, his voice raising in volume as he spoke.

"Oh?" Adrien replied, having nothing else to say after his father's words.

"So... let's talk... about that dragon." Gabriel announced as he took a step towards his son. Immediately, Adrien thought he was talking about Plagg.

"Oh gods. Dad, I am so sorry. I... I was going to tell you. I just didn't know how to…" Adrien stuttered out, ready to go on his knees and beg for forgiveness. But to his absolute shock, Gabriel started laughing. Seeing how happy his dad was acting, Adrien joined in the laughter with his own strained short-lived chuckle.

"You're... You're not upset?" the boy asked after his chuckling, his father's own laughter dying down.

"WHAT?! I was hoping for this!" Gabriel exclaimed after he finished laughing, only confusing the poor boy.

"Uh... you were?" Adrien began, still thinking his father was talking about Plagg.

"And believe me, it only gets better! Just wait until you spill a Nadder's guts for the first time! And mount your first Gronckle head on a spear!" Gabriel rambled on in excitement, allowing Adrien to realise that he was talking about his success in dragon training.

"WHAT A FEELING! You really had me going there son!" the chieftain exclaimed before he affectionately punched Adrien in the chest, sending him into the bookshelf and back into a basket that was leaning against it.

"ALL THOSE YEARS OF THE WORST VIKING MIRACULOUS HAS EVER SEEN!" Gabriel declared in his pride while Adrien got out of the basket and back onto his feet, unintentionally hurting the boy's feelings a bit.

"Odin, it was rough, I almost gave up on you! But all the while you were holding out on me! OH THOR ALMIGHTY!!" the chieftain bellowed, making Adrien smile at the sight of his father being proud of him. After he finished his speech, Gabriel sighed and sat down in a spare stool that had been laying around so he could be right across from Adrien.

"With you doing so well in the ring... we finally have something to talk about." Gabriel finished, scorching the stool closer to Adrien as he spoke. But with his dad sitting in front of in anticipation, Adrien couldn't say anything, deciding against it in hopes of not losing the pride his dad felt at that moment. How could he explain that the only reason he had been doing so well in training, was because he had a dragon in his care to learn from?

But the sudden awkward silence didn't stop Gabriel from pulling out a helmet from behind him.

"Oh I, uh… I brought you something, to keep you safe in the ring." the chieftain said as he handed the object to Adrien. Made of the blackest iron, the helmet was of a normal design amongst vikings. But it was also adorned with neon green horns, making it stand out even more than it did with the dark metal. As the helmet rested in Adrien's hands, he was blown away with amazement as he smiled at the gift his dad gave him.

"Wow, thanks Dad!" Adrien thanked before he began inspecting the helmet in interest.

"Ah, your mother would have wanted you to have it. It was hers when she was your age." Gabriel revealed, making Adrien look up from his inspecting and back at his dad in awe.

"This was mom's?" Adrien wondered out loud before he looked back down at the helmet in his hands with refuelled amazement.

"Indeed. We got them at the same time a few months after we met. So it keeps her close, you know." Gabriel revealed out of fondness as he pointed to his left shoulder pad, the one engraved with a peacock. His mother's favourite animal.

"Wear it proudly. You deserve it. You've held up your end of the deal." the chieftain assured, sending Adrien into a fit of uneasiness. He knew he hadn't held up his end of said deal, and immediately felt guilty about it. But not wanting his dad to know, he set the helmet down on his table and pretended to yawn.

"Thanks Dad. But I should really get to bed." Adrien said, promptly ending the conversation.

"Yes, good. OK, good talk." Gabriel agreed as he got up from the stool he was sitting on and began making his way to the door.

"I'll see you back at the house after I finish cleaning up here. Thanks for stopping by, and for Mom's helmet." Adrien thanked again as Gabriel reached the door, looking back at the helmet on his desk with a smile.

"Well, uh, good night." Gabriel farewelled before he squeezed through the small door again, feeling good about the conversation he had with his son. But unknown to him, Adrien was left alone with his thoughts of guilt, which were quickly interrupted by the clanging of metal outside the room. Immediately, he knew that his dad knocked into something, meaning he really did have to clean up the shop. Great.

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The next day at the arena, the whole village had come to see the final recruits compete for the honour of killing the King Monkey Nightmare. The task for both recruits, Adrien and Marinette, was to defeat the Carapace Gronckle one final time. But currently, Adrien was hiding behind one of the temporary walls Gorilla and Nathalie had set up, wearing his helmet and holding an axe and shield as his weapons. He intended to stay there for the whole match, but Marinette appeared next to him and hid behind it as well, her rope dart in her hand. Before he could even say anything, she noticed he was there too and pushed his shield down to have a clear view of his face as she said…

"Stay out of my way, Adrien! I'm winning this thing." Marinette warned her secret crush, her competitiveness preventing her feelings for the boy to surface. After she spoke, Marinette left the wall cover in exchange for a closer one to the dragon.

"Please, by all means." Adrien obliged, both not wanting to anger his crush, but also to not have any part in defeating the dragon. But when he stood up from his hiding spot, he saw his Dad standing above him, smiling in pride. Feeling the pressure, Adrien gave him a small smile in return before he turned towards the dragon coming at him. Meanwhile, Marinette had been shifting hiding spots from wall to wall, getting closer to the dragon until she deemed herself close enough for a surprise attack on it.

"This time, THIS TIME FOR SURE!" Marinette assured herself before coming out of her hiding spot, screaming and jumping over walls towards the dragon, spinning her rope dart. However, her attack was stopped short when she saw the Carapace Gronkle laying at a cowering Adrien's feet, the boy's weapons and helmet laying discarded beside him. When the boy saw the situation he accidently caused, he gestured for Marientte to attack it so she could be the victor. But the cheering crowd and the sight of the defeated dragon only enraged Marinette, who assumed that Adrien had defeated it.

"NO! NO, SON OF A HALF-TROLL, RAT-EATING, MUNCH-BUCKET!" the midnight-haired girl screamed in rage as she started swinging her rope dart around in her rage. But her rage was interrupted by Master Fu's staff as he tapped it to the ground.

"WAIT, wait!" Gabriel yelled, calming the crowd's cheers so they could hear him.

"So, later." Adrien said as tried to leave, knowing exactly what was about to happen.

"Oh, no. Not so fast." Gorilla exclaimed as he picked Adrien up by his shirt collar as he walked past him and Nathalie, and pulled him back to where he was standing a few seconds ago.

"But I'm kind of late for…" Adrien began, trying to get out of the arena before the big announcement.

"WHAT?!" a voice behind Adrien shouted, interrupting him. But before he could turn around, he was met with the blade of Marinette's rope dart as the girl held it to his throat.

"LATE FOR WHAT, EXACTLY?!" Marinette questioned in her rage, forgetting about her crush on the boy for a hot minute.

"Okay, quiet down! Master Fu has decided." Gabriel announced, forcing Marinette to calm down and lower her rope dart from Adrien's throat so she could move to stand beside Nathalie, while Gorilla stood beside Adrien. Everyone could only wait in anticipation to know who won the honour. Nathalie then raised her hand to point at Marinette, but Master Fu shook his head 'no', surprising the crowd. But when Gorilla pointed over to Adrien, the elder nodded his head, making the crowd cheer and Adrien wince when he knew he had won. Glancing over at Marinette and seeing the look on her face only confirmed it.
"OH, YOU'VE DONE IT! YOU'VE DONE IT ADRIEN! YOU GET TO KILL THE DRAGON!" Gorilla celebrated before the rest of his classmates, besides Marinette, hoisted him onto their shoulders and added onto the cheering.

"THAT'S MY BOY!" Gabriel exclaimed in pride.

"Yeah. Yes. I can't wait." Adrien half heartedly agreed as his classmates celebrated. "I am so… "

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(Time Skip)

"… Leaving. We're leaving!" Adrien announced as he walked into the cove; dressed in all black plus a hood and a neon green tunic being the only pop of colour, as he carried a basket to Plagg's napping spot.

"Let's pack up. Looks like you and I are taking a little vacation. Forever." the boy sighed out before he stopped halfway to Plagg's spot, and knelt down to the ground next to a boulder to open the basket.

"Oh, man." Adrien groaned as he stood back up, only to be surprised to see Marinette sitting on top of the boulder, sharpening her rope dart's blade with a rock.

"WHAT THE..?!" the boy exclaimed in shock, jumping back from the boulder.

"Wh... wha... what are you doing here?" Adrien questioned after gathering his wits and tried to play off his previous shock.

"I want to know what's going on." Marinette admitted as she finished sharpening her blade, letting the stone drop to the ground. She then jumped off of the rock and started to walk towards Adrien.

"No one just gets as good as you do. Especially you." the midnight-haired girl remarked as Adrien kept backing away from her, trying to avoid answering her.

"SO START TALKING! Are you training with someone?" Marinette interrogated, trying to get answers.

"Um... training? Oh um…" Adrien managed to stammer out, attempting to not reveal his reason for being in the cove.

"It better not involve this." Marinette warned as she grabbed his vest, referring to his outfit he was wearing.

"I know this looks really bad, but you see…" Adrien began, only for a twig snap to alert Marinette and pull Adrien down to the ground so she could get past him and investigate. But quick as a whip Adrien got back up from the ground to stop her.

"You're right. You're right. You're right. I'm through with the lies. I've been making.... outfits." Adrien lied, grasping at straws. But that didn't stop Marinette from wanting to find out what made the sound, so he jumped in front of her to prevent her from finding Plagg.

"So you got me. It's time everyone knew. Drag me back, go ahead. Here we go…" the boy rambled as he kept Marinette from looking behind him by moving his body to block any of her attempts to look beyond him. But having had enough of his lies, Marinette took Adrien's hand and twisted it back, pushing him towards the ground.

"OW! Why would you do that!" Adrien exclaimed in pain as he landed on his knees. But before he could soothe the pain Marinette had caused, she kicked him to the ground.

"That's for the lies." Marinette replied when the boy was laying on his back.

"And that's…" the midnight-haired girl began before she kicked Adrien in the stomach, making him cry out in pain.

"for everything else!" Marinette finished, just before a roar could be heard from the other side of the cove.

"Oh man." Adrien groaned, knowing that there was no way he could logically explain that to Marinette. Hearing the noise, Marinette turned to look for the source, only to be met with Plagg waking up from his nap.

"Get down!" Marinette yelled with a gasp before she shoved Adrien to the ground, landing on top of him. But in Plagg's eyes, he thought that Marinette was the attacker and leaped out of his napping area to protect Adrien.

"RUN! RUN!" the bluenette exclaimed as she rolled off of Adrien and pulled out her rope dart to protect them. Just before Plagg was about to be right on top of them, Adrien got up and tackled Marinette to the ground, pulling the rope dart out of Marinette's hands and throwing it away before he stood in between the girl and dragon.

"NO! It's OKAY! It's okay." Adrien assured the frightened Plagg, the dragon coming down from his roaring rage.

"She's a friend." the boy admitted, calming Plagg down enough to not attack Marinette, much to Adrien's relief.

"You just scared him." Adrien explained to a horrified Marinette as she got up from the ground, Plagg edging closer to her before Adrien gently pushed the dragon back.

"I scared HIM?!" Marinette exclaimed in disbelief. Though once Adrien's words sunk in, a little bit of confusion snuck its way into her panicked thoughts.

"Who is 'him'?" the bluenette questioned. Seeing no other choice, Adrien decided that some introductions were in order.

"Um, Marinette, Plagg. Plagg, Marinette." Adrien introduced, turning to the respective party as he spoke. Immediately after the boy tried to establish some form of decorum, Plagg snarled at Marinette and caused her to run away in fear and disbelief.

"Dun dun dun, we're dead." The blonde announced as he and Plagg watched Marinette's retreating form. But unlike Adrien, Plagg was happy that the intruder was gone. So with a shake of his shoulders, Plagg turned back towards his napping spot and decided to go back to sleep.

"Hey, where do you think you're going?" Adrien questioned Plagg, knowing that they needed to do something. If they didn't, then they could kiss their secret 'goodbye'.

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Marinette had escaped the cove and was running in the forest, trying to get away to tell everyone about what happened. But just as she was about to jump from a log and land on the other side of it, something grabbed her arm and pulled her into the air.

"OH GREAT ODIN'S GHOST! THIS-THIS IS IT!" Marinette screamed as the ground got farther and farther away from her feet. Despite her screams of panic, she managed to look up and see it was Plagg holding onto her with his claws… with Adrien riding him! While Marinette kept screaming her lungs out, grabbing onto Plagg's leg to keep herself from falling, the boy and dragon flew back towards the edge of the cove. But instead of landing on the ground, Plagg flew over to a tree and tossed Marinette onto it, forcing her to grab onto a branch. A second afterwards, Plagg himself landed on the top of the tree, forcing it to bend towards the cove down below.

"ADRIEN, GET ME DOWN FROM HERE!!" Marinette demanded as she dangled from the tree branch she was holding onto.

"You have to give a chance to explain." Adrien began, hoping to get Marinette to understand why he kept Plagg a secret.

"I AM NOT LISTENING TO ANYTHING YOU HAVE TO SAY!!" Marinette yelled as she tried to move over to the trunk of the tree, hoping to get to safety before her arms gave out.

"Then I won't speak. Just let me show you." Adrien offered, halting Marinette's shuffling to the centre mass of the tree.

"Please Marinette." the boy begged. Seeing that she had no other choice, Marinette lifted herself up onto the branch she was holding onto, and crouched on it. She reaches for the saddle, Plagg growling at her in warning as she did. Ignoring the dragon and refusing Adrien's outstretched hand, Marientte pulled herself into the saddle and slid right behind Adrien before sitting down.

"Now get me down." Marinette demanded impatiently, hoping to get to safety as soon as possible.

"Plagg, down. Gently." Adrien told Plagg, promoting the Chat Noir Fury to extend his wings and allow the tree to lift up.

"See. Nothing to be afraid of." the blonde remarked to Marinettte, unaware of Plagg's hidden agenda.

With a sly smile to himself, Plagg shot into the sky at breakneck speed.

"Whoa!" Adrien exclaimed as they suddenly went into the sky, gaining enough altitude that the three of them could see the ocean glistening in the sunset.

"Plagg!" the boy yelled, trying to take control of the escalating situation. Meanwhile, a terrified Marinette was screaming her head off as she began to fall out of the saddle. Thankfully for her, she stopped herself from falling off by wrapping her legs around Adrien's midsection, her arms flailing around to wrap around his shoulders.

"What is wrong with you?! Bad dragon!" Adrien scolded, causing Plagg to level out from his accent while Marinette held tightly onto Adrien's shoulders, terrified for her life.

"Sorry about that. He's not usually like this." the blonde admitted out of nervousness as they flew over the open ocean. But as if to oppose his statement, Plagg suddenly leaned towards the sea below.

"Oh no." Adrien groaned as they began dive bombing towards the ocean, Marinette screaming as they did. They soon hit the water, only to come back up a second after being submerged.

"Plagg, what are you doing? We need her to like us!" the boy reminded the dragon while he kept playing into the water. Soon having enough of the water after three dives, Plagg flew back into the sky, gaining more altitude than before he did before the dive bomb into the ocean. But not having his fill of fun yet, Plagg started to spin in mid flight.

"And now he's spinning." Adrien dryly remarked as they spun upward, Marinette screaming again at the sudden manoeuvre.

"Thank you for nothing, you useless reptile." the blonde sarcastically thanked before Plagg suddenly free falling towards the ocean.

"OKAY! I'M SORRY! I'm sorry." Marinette shouted as she held onto Adrien tighter, burying her head into his back to avoid looking down.

"Just get me off of this thing." the bluenette begged. At the sound of her words, Plagg decided that Marinette had enough.

Just before they were about to hit the water, Plagg extended his wings and pulled up at the last second. After he did, Plagg began to gently glide towards the sunset, while Marientte was still clinging to Adrien out of fear. Surprised at Plagg's sudden gentleness, Adrien could only watch in awe as Plagg flew up into the pink clouds above them. Deciding to look up from Adrien's shoulder, Marinette was greeted with the amazing sight of them being surrounded by golden clouds, the wind undoing her pigtails and letting her hair fly in the wind.

Unwrapping her legs from Adrien's middle and relaxing her hands on his shoulders, Marinette marvelled at the beautiful clouds all around them. They were so close to the clouds that she could put her hand above her to feel it. Enjoying the feeling of the wispy air passing through her fingers, she leaned back with both arms to touch the pink and orange clouds, feeling like it was a dream made real. Even Adrien was amazed at it. After they passed by a large cluster of the clouds, they suddenly started to spin in a circle as they went higher into the sky. Passing through another layer of the fluffy clouds, the two humans and dragon were suddenly transported into a beautiful night sky filled with millions of stars. Green, purple, and light blue wisps of light danced in the sky above them, lighting up the entire sky as they flew onward. It was so magical.

When a break in the clouds came in, they immediately saw the entire island of Miraculous below them. Marinette looked down at the village amazement, unaware of Plagg looking up at her with a smile of pride. But the girl was more occupied with the view, up to the point that she wrapped her arms around Adrien's midsection, placing her head on the crook of his neck with a smile. As soon as Adrien realised Marinette was leaning on him, he smiled, glad she's having a good time while they started to descend towards the island. Soon enough, they were low enough to fly right in front of the statues that guarded the entrance to the island. But as soon as they passed the pillars, Plagg beat his wings to gain more altitude and flew above the mountains of the island, back out towards the sea.

"Alright, I admit it. This is pretty cool." Marinette admitted as she kept looking out at the sky around them.

"It's amazing. He's amazing." the bluenette continued before she pets Plagg's neck, causing him to look up at her like a cute kitten. But there was still one thing that nagged at the back of her mind.

"So what now?" Marinette asked as they began to fly above a fog bank, causing Adrien to sigh.

"Adrien, your final exam is tomorrow. You know you're going to have to kill…" the bluenette began to say, only ro remember what she was sitting on at the moment.

"…Kill a dragon." Marinette whispered to Adrien, unaware of Plagg suddenly hearing a sound in the fog.

"Don't remind me." Adrien groaned before Plagg suddenly dive bombed to the right, towards the ocean, surprising the two teens.

"Plagg, what's happening?" the blonde asked his dragon while he levelled out when they were in the thick fog. From there, Plagg started to fly around a little frantically, causing the teens to worry.

"Whoa! What is it?" Adrien questioned Plagg, trying to find out what's going on, when suddenly a King Monkey Nightmare with a giant fish in his claws appeared right next to them.

"Get down!" The boy whispered, leaning on top of Plagg while Marinette leaned down on him, hoping to avoid the dragon's line of sight. Seeing the danger, Plagg flew to the left, only for a Multimouse Nadder to come into view and trap Plagg in between the two dragons. But as the Chat Noir Fury flew deeper into the fog, Adrien and Marinette realised that they were in the middle of an entire flock of dragons as they came into view from the fog.

"What's going on?" Marinette questioned Adrien fearfully, hoping he knew what was happening.

"I don't know." Adrien admitted, feeling a little scared at the moment too.

"Plagg, you got to get us out of here, buddy." the boy said to his dragon, only for Plagg to snarl at him instead of listening to him. Deciding to leave him to himself as much as they could, both Marinette and Adrien looked around the flock, and could see that the dragons were holding dead animals and fish in their claws.

"It looks like they're hauling in their kills." Adrien observed as he spied an elk in a King Monkey Nightmare's grip.

"What does that make us?" Marinette asked, fearing for the both of them as a Purple Viperion Zippleback glanced over at them. But before either Adrien could answer her question, or the Zippleback could make a move, the entire flock suddenly dived down towards the ocean, Plagg following their example.

"Ahh!" the bluenette exclaimed as they headed towards the ocean. But right before they hit the water, the flock and Plagg pulled up at the last second and began weaving between a large group of sea stacks. As Plagg followed the flock, they kept flying towards the end of the fog and soon saw where they were going. Right in front of them, stood a giant volcano sitting at the edge of a large island, glowing red lava dribbling down the sides of it that casted an eerie vibe to it. As the flock flew closer to the island, they were heading straight for the volcano and entered it through a large opening in the rocks.

"Whoa!" Marinette and Adrien exclaimed as Plagg flew into the crack, following the flock. As soon as he did, the tunnel they entered opened into a large cavern, lit up by the lava flowing from the centre of the volcano and casting a spooky feel to the space. All around the teens, they could see dragons perched on numerous ledges that resided on multiple stacks of rock that led into the pit in the centre of the cavern, where the flock was dumping their catches into.

"What my Dad wouldn't give to find this." Adrien muttered in scared amazement as Plagg flew with the flock, looking around the cavern at the hundreds of dragons taking residence there. Finally, Plagg broke away from the flock and flew over to one of the rock stacks. Landing on the top ledge, Plagg then walked behind the centre of the pillar to hide him and the teens so they could observe what the flock was doing.

"Oh it's satisfying to know that all of our food is being dumped down a hole." the blonde sarcastically remarked as they watched a Multimouse Nadder tossed a large mackerel into the pit.

"But they're not eating any of it." Marinette pointed out as she watched from behind Adrien's shoulder. But their watching was interrupted when they saw a Carapace Gronkle, that had been the last to arrive out of the flock, fly over to hover above the pit. A second later, the Gronkle regurgitated a small fish into the pit. Happy with its catch, the dragon began to fly away from the pit… only for a large crimson dragon head to appear out of the fog-filled pit and snatch the whole Gronkle with its mouth. At the sight of the giant dragon, the teens were left in shock.

"What is that?" Marinette managed to say in her fear, the other dragons in the cavern cowering away from the bigger dragon as it lowered its head back into the pit with a grumble. Due to the dim light of the cavern, they couldn't see what type of dragon it was, but from what they could see, it was not something to mess with. But just when Adrien and Marinette shook off their shock, the crimson dragon revealed its head again, sniffing an unfamiliar scent in the air.

"All right, buddy, we gotta get out of here…" Adrien told Plagg, accidentally alerting the giant dragon of their presence.

"NOW!" the boy exclaimed after the giant dragon spotted them. A second after Plagg complied to Adrien's wishes and flew away from their hiding spot, the crimson dragon lunged at them, missing them by a hair. The sudden commotion caused the entire flock to start swarming to get out of the cavern, heading to the volcano's exit at the top of the cavern. Not wanting the Chat Noir Fury and two humans to get away, the giant dragon stepped out of the pit in an attempt to snatch them. Thankfully for them, a Purple Viperion Zippleback got in the way and was caught instead, allowing them to fly with the flock to freedom… away from their earth shattering discovery.

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"Whoa, whoa! It totally makes sense. It's like a giant beehive." Marinette reflected as Plagg arrived back in the cove, banking towards the edge of the lake.

"They're the workers and that's their queen. It controls them." the bluenette elaborated while Plagg landed, allowing her to jump out of the saddle.

"Let's find your Dad." Marinette proclaimed before she began to run to the cove's exit, sending Adrien into immediate panic.

"No! No." Adrien exclaimed, jumping out of the saddle himself so he could catch up to Marinette and stop her from going any further.

"No, not yet. They'll kill Plagg." the boy explained, hoping to get Marinette to understand why he was so hesitant to run to his dad for help.

"Marinette, we have to think this through carefully." Adrien said before he began walking back over to Plagg, much to Marinette's disbelief.

"Adrien, we just discovered the Dragon's Nest. The thing we've been after since vikings first sailed here, and you want to keep it a secret?" Marinette questioned Adrien incredulously.

"To protect your pet dragon? Are you serious?" the bluenette exclaimed, causing Adrien to turn back around to face her.

"Yes." Adrien replied. That one word allowed Marinette to realise just how important Plagg was to Adrien. And if there was any time for her to support him, it was now.

"Okay. Then what do we do?" Marinette asked, wanting to help him now that she knew his secret.

"Just give me until tomorrow. I'll figure something out." Adrien asked, not having a plan right at that moment to work with. Considering what they had just learned, Marinette could work with that.

"Okay." Marinette replied right before she jabbed his left arm.

"That's for kidnapping me." the bluenette explained, causing Adrien to look back at Plagg as he drank from the cove lake. Just after he made a 'Is she really not going to let that go' gesture at Marinette, he turned back around and was surprised when she grabbed his shirt collar and kissed him on the cheek.

"And that's for... everything else." Marinette finished, turning away to look at the ground so he would avoid seeing her blush. With that, she walked to the exit of the cove and ran out, while Adrien looked at her with shock.He was so zoned out that he only noticed Plagg next to him and staring at the same spot with what seemed like a smirk on his lips, causing Adrien to snap out of his lovesick trance and glared at his dragon.

"Oh what are you looking at?" Adrien questioned in exasperation as he looked at the Chat Noir Fury. But Plagg just kept on smirking at his rider as he walked away, making his way back to the village.

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It took Adrien a while to get home, since he decided to take the long way home to think of what to do. But when he got back to his house and walked up to his front door, he saw a large box on the doorstep, wrapped in black paper and tied with a neon green ribbon bow.

"Huh, wonder what this is. Probably for my dad." Adrien said as he picked up the box and saw a tag underneath the bow. He pulled it towards him and read it out loud.

'To Adrien, Love Marinette' he read out. As soon as he read who gave it to him, his face turned ruby red.

"A gift from Marinette?" Adrien excitedly exclaimed before he placed the box back onto the doorstep and knelt down on the steps to open the box. He gently unties the bow, and takes the paper off of the box to open it all the way. When he opened the box, his eyes widened at the contents.

Inside was a white long sleeved jacket, with short white fur inside of it, black fabric edging that lined the bottom, open front edges, collar, and cuffs of the sleeves at his wrists. The back of the jacket had a large silver copy of the Miraculous crest embroidered onto it, with a large hood at the back of the collar that was lined with black fabric along the edges. To finish it off, five coloured stripes: patterned bright yellow, yellow-tinted black, neon green, purple-tinted black, and soft purple, were embroidered onto a breast pocket at the top left front of the jacket.

"Woah, I love it!" Adrien proclaimed as he pulled out the jacket from the box and put it on. Immediately, the cold night air is blocked by the fur lined jacket, and his nose is flooded by the scent of cherry blossoms, and chocolate croissants; Marinette's signature scent. He hugged himself with a smile and looked back at the box to see a piece of folded up pink paper. He bends down, picks it up from the box, and opens it to see a message on it.

"I had a great time tonight, despite our discovery. I also noticed that you were shivering on the flight, so I finished this jacket I designed for you. Hope this will help with the cold. Say 'hi' to Plagg for me the next time you see him. Love Marinette."Adrien read out. After he finished reading, he pulls the note to his chest and looks up at the sky with a lovesick sigh.

"I love that girl so much!" Adrien squealed as he lowered his head, picked up the box at his feet, and walked back into his house, and saw his father sitting in front of the fire pit. After he closed the door, Gabriel turned away from the fire pit to face his son, and immediately noticed his new jacket.

"You're home late, Adrien." Gabriel said from his chair while Adrien walked into the house.

"I was... uh... doing some extra training... with Marinette." Adrien nervously said, piquing Gabriel's interests.

"Oh, secret crush Marinette?" Gabriel asked with amusement, much to Adrien's slight embarrassment.

"Yes." Adrien replied, trying to not get too embarrassed.

"And I assume she gave you that new jacket." Gabriel confirmed with a smirk on his lips.

"Yes." Adrien said, his cheeks getting redder.

"Well, I guess I did you a favour in letting you do dragon training. Now you have gotten Marinette's attention." Gabriel smugly remarked, much to Adrien's embarrassment.

"DAD! Okay, I'm going to bed!" Adrien shouted before he started climbing the stairs to his room. Once in his room, Adrien sighed, and headed to his bed, throwing the empty box towards his desk, and then plopping onto his bed. Looking up at the ceiling he lifted his arm to his nose and inhaled Marinette's familiar scent.

"Best day ever." Adrien sighed out as he drifted off to sleep, unaware of his father at his door, and heard what he said.

"Ah, my boy is growing up too fast." Gabriel said as he closed the door, and turned away from it to head to his own room next to Adrien's.

"I wish you could be here to see him, Emilie." He lamented before he went into his own room, closing the door behind him.

 

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(The next morning)

When morning came, the village was all abuzz for the graduation ceremony that would take place. The entire population soon rallied to the arena and surrounded it as they chanted Adrien's name in anticipation. Seeing how eager the crowd was, Gabriel decided that it was a good time to address the excited audience.

"Well, I can show my face in public again!" Gabriel quipped as he walked to the edge of the stage behind the arena, arms held out wide as he spoke. At his words, the crowd laughed at his little joke, causing him to chuckle at it himself before continuing.

"If someone had told me that in just a few short weeks: 'Adrien would go from, well, being Adrien… to placing first in Dragon Training!!!' Well, I would've tied him to a mast and shipped him off for fear he'd gone mad!!!" the chieftain admitted with glee, making the crowd loudly agree with his statement. "Yes, and you know it!!" Gabriel added, laughing at his words before him and the crowd calmed down enough for him to continue.

"But here we are. And no one's more surprised...or more proud than I am." the chieftain announced, his voice taking on a sentimental tone to it. But as Gabriel spoke to the crowd, Adrien, wearing the jacket Marinette had made for him, was waiting down in the arena entrance and heard his father's words. Immediately, he felt guilty for keeping such big secrets from his dad and clutched his mother's helmet tighter in his grasp.

"Today, my boy will become a Viking. TODAY, HE BECOMES ONE OF US!" Gabriel proclaimed, causing the entire crowd to cheer louder than before.

"Be careful with that dragon." A voice behind Adrien warned. The boy didn't need to turn around to know that it was Marinette who was offering him such encouragement.

"It's not the dragon I'm worried about." Adrien admitted as he watched Gabriel take a seat in the throne that had been moved to the edge of the top of the arena.

"What are you gonna do?" Marinette asked, hoping that Adrien finally had a plan in mind.

"Put an end to this. I have to try." Adrien explained, feeling Marinette eyeing him dubious before he turned to face her.

"Marinette, if something goes wrong... just make sure they don't find Plagg." the boy asked, hoping that she would do him that kindness. But to his surprise, Marinette pulled him into a tight hug.

"I will." Marinette promised, pulling away before Adrien could hug her back.

"Just... promise me it won't go wrong." the pigtailed girl warned, fixing his jacket collar out of nervousness. But before Adrien could say anything, both Nathalie and Gorilla came from around the corner.

"It's time, Adrien. Knock him dead." Gorilla announced, prompting Adrien to enter the Arena as he put on his helmet in hopes of giving himself some courage. When the door closed behind him, it left Marinette standing there to watch while Gorilla and Nathalie made their way to Gabriel's side. Now that he was alone in the ring, Adrien walked to the weapons stand and picked out a shield and dagger to defend himself.

"Hrmph. I would've gone for the hammer." Gabriel commented as he and his close friends watched from the top of the arena. Once he was armed, Adrien took a deep breath and turned to face the doors of the King Monkey Nightmare's cage.

"I'm ready." Adrien announced. As soon as he confirmed he was good to go, the wooden log holding the door closed was pulled away, allowing the King Monkey Nightmare to burst through it in a fiery rage. With the inside to the doors coated in the dragon's flammable gel, adding to the ferocity of the beast, the King Monkey Nightmare jumped away from its cage and scurried its way to the top of the arena. As it did, the dragon attempted to blast at the surrounding vikings, only for them to avoid its fire as its skin lost the flames covering it when it finally reached the top of the arena.

Adrien could only look up at the dragon in fearful awe, just before it finally spotted him and climbed down to stand in front of the boy. The gathered vikings all watched in anticipation as the dragon slowly advanced on Adrien, who was backing away just as slowly. But they were all stunned when Adrien discarded both his dagger and shield, slowly raising his hands towards the dragon's snout.

"What is he doing?" Gabriel questioned Gorilla and Nathalie as he kept watching, hoping that they had an answer since they had seen Adrien's methods more than him. But neither of them could answer, as they too were unsure. Unrest began to grow in the crowd as they watched Adrien not attack the dragon, but the boy could care less.

"It's okay. It's okay." Adrien assured the dragon, seeing its unease at his presence. But when seeing the dragon still coming towards him, Adrien stood his ground and grabbed his helmet from his head.

"I'm not one of them." the boy told the dragon, throwing helmet onto the floor. At the gesture, the King Monkey Nightmare stopped growling at him and became more at ease. Another result was the crowd being left in shock, and Gabriel rising out of his chair in worry.

"Stop the fight." Gabriel ordered, fearful for his son's life.

"No! I need you all to see this." Adrien exclaimed, approaching the Nightmare slowly and raising his hand to it, like how he did to Plagg before.

"They're not what we think they are. We don't have to kill them." the boy proclaimed, the dragon gently moving its snout to Adrien's hand. At the boy's words, the crowd looked over to their chief in an attempt to find answers, causing Gabriel to fully rise from his throne.

"I SAID STOP THE FIGHT!" Gabriel yelled before he slammed his hammer against the arena railings, agitating the Nightmare. Now frightened by the loud noise, the King Monkey Nightmare attacked Adrien, nearly snapping his hand off of his arm. The boy managed to get away to avoid losing his hand, but he had all of two seconds to catch his breath before the dragon breathed a stream of fire at him. Screaming, Adrien ran away from the dragon as it began chasing him.

"Out of my way!" Gabriel commanded the crowd, pushing past them to get to the arena entrance to save his son's life.

"ADRIEN!!!" Marinette screamed from behind the arena door, grasping onto the bars as she tried to pass through it. But when the gate wouldn't give way, she grabbed an axe hanging on the wall and used it to pry the gate open wide enough for her to slip inside and enter the ring.

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Meanwhile at the cove, Plagg was pulled out from his nap in the son by the distant cries of Adrien screams. Immediately, the dragon knew something was wrong and got up to run to the cove walls. It took many attempts for Plagg to climb the smooth walls, but he finally managed to use his claws to grasp onto a ledge and pull himself up. By using his wings, he gained a bit more momentum to finally pull himself up and over the edge of the cove. Once he was out, he proceeded to race over to the arena, desperate to save his friend.

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Back at the arena, Adrien managed to get a shield from the weapons stand, just before the King Monkey Nightmare destroyed it. The crash ended up separating Adrien from his only source of protection, and allowed the dragon to continue chasing him. Just when Marinette finally got into the arena, Gabriel reached the arena entrance and pulled the first door open with his bare hands before running into the tunnel to the final gate.

"ADRIEN!!" Marinette screamed as she saw the Nightmare still chasing after him. Thinking fast, Marinette ran to the remains of the weapons stand, grabbed an intact hammer, and threw it at the King Monkey Nightmare before it could snap Adrien up in its mouth. But the result was that it drew the dragon's attention from her crush and onto her, making the Nightmare chase after her instead. Thankfully for them, Gabriel made it to the final gate and pulled it open.

"This way!" Gabriel called to the two teens, prompting them to run towards the open gate just as the dragon spewed more fire at them. Marinette manages to escape, but just when Adrien was about to make it, the dragon shot another fire blast at the corner of the gate. This caused Adrien to quickly redirect his path to try and double back, but when he did so, the Nightmare pinned him under its claws.

With the boy trapped, the crowd failed to notice Plagg; who had finally made it to the arena, before he fired at the arena's railing, and jumped into the smoke-filled ring. In response, the crowd then gathered closer to the arena as the smoke hid the fight between the two dragons. Just when the fight pulled the Nightmare away from Adrien; freeing him, the smoke finally cleared up enough to reveal the two dragons fighting each other.

"Chat Noir Fury!" Gorilla and Nathalie exclaimed when they saw Plagg. Meanwhile, as said dragon was standing on the back of the King Monkey Nightmare, the larger dragon managed to buck Plagg off of him and throw him to his back onto the ground. From there, the Nightmare tried to bite at Plagg's exposed underside before the Chat Noir Fury kicked the other dragon away. When the Nightmare hit the wall as a result of being kicked away, Plagg recovered and got back to his feet to stand in front of Adrien and protect him. As soon as the King Monkey Nightmare recovered, it continued to try and attack Adrien, only to be blocked by the roaring Plagg at every turn. The whole crowd watched in awe as the fight started to die down, with Plagg finally frightening off the bigger dragon. After the Nightmare left and the fight was over, Plagg calmed down enough for Adrien to get back onto his feet and run to his dragon.

"Alright, Plagg, go. Get out of here!" Adrien begged his friend, trying to get him to leave while the crowd finally got over their shock. But the Chat Noir Fury wouldn't budge, wanting to stay with his friend.

"Chat Noir Fury!" a random viking shouted as the crowd began climbing over the arena railing and poured into the ring, weapons aswinging.

"Go! GO!" Adrien exclaimed as he tried to get Plagg to move so he could escape. But as the mob of vikings closed in, Gabriel got over his own shock and grabbed an axe off of the tunnel wall.

"Gabriel, no!" Marinette shouted when she saw the chieftain run into the ring, alerting Adrien to the incoming threat to Plagg.

"No, Dad, he won't hurt you!" Adrien protested as he and Plagg turned to face the gate and see Gabriel coming right towards them. But unlike Adrien, as soon as Plagg saw the boy's father, he immediately tensed up before he began to run towards the chieftain. As he did, however, the crowd that had entered the arena started to attack the dragon, hoping to either slay him, or to capture him..

"No, don't! You're only making it worse!" The blonde tried to warn the other vikings as Plagg easily fought them off of him. But as Gabriel was about to reach the dragon, Plagg pounced on him, throwing them both to the ground with the Chat Noir Fury on top of the viking.

"Plagg, STOP!" Adrien begged his dragon, only for Plagg to be lost in his fury and rear his head back to fire at Gabriel. "No! NOOOOO!" the boy exclaimed, snapping Plagg out of his rage and stopping his attack. Once the dragon did, he looked back at Adrien, his eyes wide with fear and letting Adrien see that Plagg was just trying to protect him.

"Get him!" a viking yelled, punching Plagg in the face as they interrupted the silent conversation between the boy and dragon. With Plagg disoriented, the other vikings worked together to pull the Chat Noir Fury off of their chief and press him to the ground. This allowed Gabriel to rise back to his feet while Adrien was appalled at what the others were doing to his friend.

"No! Please, jus-- just don't hurt him! Please don't hurt him!" Adrien begged the vikings that were subduing Plagg, about to run to his dragon before Marinette held him back. When the vikings finally had Plagg under control, and the Nightmare was being escorted back to its cage, Gabriel glared down at the dragon while another viking offered him a weapon to kill it. But seeing how attached Adrien was to the dragon, Gabriel knew that there was more to this situation than meets the eye.

"Put it with the others!" Gabriel ordered as he pushed the weapon away, his fury lacing every word before he looked over at his son. At that moment, Adrien knew he was in deep trouble.

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With Plagg being held in the only other empty cage in the arena, the furious Gabriel dragged his son to the Great Hall for the rant Adrien knew would be coming. And he was right, if being thrown into the hall was anything to go by.

"I should have known. I should have seen the signs." Gabriel began venting as he swung the door closed as he walked into the Hall. But it didn't close and allowed sunlight to still make its way into the dark room.

"Dad–" Adrien tried to say as he got up from the floor, watching as Gabriel started to pace the room out of rage.

"We had a deal!" Gabriel exclaimed, his fury fully exposed in every word.

"I know we did... But that was before... Ugh, it's all so messed up!" Adrien stuttered, not having the right word to explain his actions to his now angry father.

"So everything in the ring... A trick?! A lie?" Gabriel interrogated, turning to face his son with an incredulous look on his face as he spoke. But once he finished speaking, he went back to pacing, much to Adrien's panic since it only meant that his father was getting even madder.

"I screwed up. I should have told you before now. Take this out on me, be mad at me. But please... just don't hurt Plagg!" Adrien begged, hoping to take the brunt of the punishment to spare the dragon from it. But this only served in angering Gabriel even further.

"The dragon? That's what you're worried about? Not the people you almost killed?!" Gabriel exclaimed, turning to face his son yet again as he found out more about Adrien's unnatural attachment to the beast.

"He was just protecting me! He's not dangerous." Adrien protested, trying to get his dad to see his side of things.

"They've killed HUNDREDS OF US!" Gabriel yelled at Adrien, bringing up an unavoidable truth.

"AND WE'VE KILLED THOUSANDS OF THEM!" Adrien argued, just as fiercely. "They defend themselves, that's all! They raid us because they have to!" the boy explained while his father went back to pacing, mulling over his son's word in his simmering anger.

"If they don't bring enough food back, they'll be eaten themselves. There's something else on their island, Dad... it's a dragon like–" Adrien tried to warn his father, trying to get him to see things from the dragon's point of view for once. But unfortunately for Adrien, while his words stop Gabriel's pacing, his father was focusing on something else entirely.

"--Their island?" Gabriel exclaimed, only to lean into Adrien's personal space. "So you've been to the nest?" the chieftain questioned in a horse whisper, much to Adrien's panic.

"Did I say nest?" Adrien worried, slightly backing away from the mad look in his father's eyes.

"How did you find it?!" Gabriel interrogated, walking up to his son to intimidate him into telling him more. Fortunately for Gabriel… It worked.

"No... I didn't. Plagg did. Only a dragon can find the island." Adrien explained, still backing away from his father out of fear. But once he finished speaking, he could see the look of realisation spreading across Gabriel's face at that very moment.

"Oh, no, no. Dad, no! Dad! It's not what you think! You don't know what you're up against! It's like nothing you've ever seen!" the boy fearfully warned his father, trying to get him to see reason. But it didn't work and Gabriel just pushed past him to make his way to the doors of the Great Hall. "Dad, please! I promise you that you can't win this one! No! Dad, no!" Adrien exclaimed, hoping that Gabriel would see reason and not attack the island. Unfortunately, he was met with silence.

"FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, WOULD YOU PLEASE JUST LISTEN TO ME!" the chieftain's son yelled as he ran to grab his father's arm in an attempt to hold him back. But he was quickly met with resistance when Gabriel threw him off of his arm and sent him sprawling to the floor.

"You've thrown your lot in with them." Gabriel accused Adrien as he picked himself up enough to see Gabriel had turned around once more to face him. "You're not a Viking." the chieftain declared while Adrien looked up at him with fear in his eyes.

"You're not my son." Gabriel spat out before he finally turned around and reached the doors. At those words, Adrien's whole world came crashing down as tears began welling up in his eyes, falling down his cheeks without much effort.

"READY THE SHIPS!" the chieftain yelled, slamming the door to the Great Hall behind him as he did. But it once again didn't close, and swung ajar to allow a sliver of sunlight to still light the room up and reveal Adrien's distraught-filled face as he took in his father's words. Unbeknownst to Adrien, while Gabriel was walking to the docks he staggered back as he realised the mistake he just made. But being the stubborn man that he was, the chieftain pushed those feelings down and made his way to the docks

It didn't take long for the entire village; sans children and elderly; to get the ships ready to sail to the Dragon's Nest. With the joint power of all the able vikings on the island, the boats were stocked up with weapons, fire power and everything they needed to fight the dragons there… including Plagg.

After Gabriel found out that only a dragon can find the island, he had Gorilla and Nathalie make special restraints to keep Plagg from attacking them, while still allowing him to show them the way. The end result was a wooden platform with two metal bars curved over to keep Plagg from flying away once he was under them, and a wooden collar chained to the platform to limit the dragon's movement even further. As soon as they strapped Plagg's mouth shut to prevent him from firing at them, the men assigned to keep Plagg captive forced the poor dragon onto the platform and restrained him. Once he was all ready to go, the platform was then lifted into the head boat and secured. But as the village prepared to leave, they were unaware of Adrien watching everything above them, who was helpless to stop what was happening to his best friend.

"Set sail! We head for Helheim's Gate." Gabriel proclaimed to the vikings present after he climbed into the head boat. Just after he finished speaking, he spied Adrien watching from the top of the cliff overlooking the harbour, and sighed as he remembered his last words to him. But he pushed that aside and began walking to the front of the boat, passing by Plagg as the dragon glared at him.

"Lead us home, Devil." the chieftain spat out to the chained up Plagg, walking up to the front of the ship to gaze out at the open sea as the fleet began their journey.

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Even after all the ships had long since left his sight, Adrien was still watching the horizon in his sulking. All he could do at that moment was stand there and stare. He was so caught up in his guilt that he almost didn't notice Marinette walking up to his side, joining him in staring at the water.

"It's a mess." Marinette simply stated, pulling Adrien's attention onto her.

"You must feel horrible. You've lost everything. Your father, your tribe, your best friend…" the pigtailed girl listed off, making Adrien feel even worse than he already did.

"Thank you for summing that up." Adrien sarcastically commented. "Why couldn't I have killed that dragon when I found him in the woods? It would have been better for everyone." the blonde reflected, feeling regretful about the choice he had made.

"Yep. The rest of us would have done it." Marinette replied nonchalantly, only to turn to face away from the horizon and look back at Adrien.

"So why didn't you?" the midnight-haired girl questioned. But she only received silence from Adrien, prompting her to dig deeper. "Why didn't you?" Marinette asked again, slightly more forcefully.

"I don't know. I couldn't." Adrien replied, turning away from the horizon and looking away from Marinette as he spoke.

"That's not an answer." Marinette argued.

"Why is this so important to you all of a sudden?" Adrien questioned Marinette as he turned to give her a side glance, feeling annoyed that she was picking now of all times to find out more about him.

"Because I want to remember what you say, right now." Marinette replied, hoping that it would be the thing to get Adrien to be honest with not just her… but himself.

"Oh, for the love of-- I was a coward! I was weak! I wouldn't kill a dragon!" Adrien ranted, his annoyance rising higher as he spoke to Marinette.

"You said "wouldn't" that time." Marinette pointed out, causing Adrien's frustration to rise to the breaking point..

"Whatever! I wouldn't! Three hundred years, and I'm the first Viking who wouldn't kill a dragon!" Adrien exclaimed, turning away from Marinette after he spoke. But his outburst did little in discouraging Marinette from helping him.

"First to ride one, though." Marinette pointed out, reminding Adrien that he broke the status quo in more ways than one. "So...? the midnight-haired girl trailed off, hoping to receive a better answer from Adrien. Thankfully, it seemed to do the trick.

"… I wouldn't kill him because he looked as frightened as I was. I looked at him, and I saw myself." Adrien admitted as he turned around to face Marinette, finally being truthful about his actions.

"I bet he's really frightened now." Marinette remarked, now better understanding Adrien's actions. "So, what are you going to do about it?" the pigtailed questioned, hoping to get Adrien to think of a solution to save his dragon.

"Eh, probably something stupid." Adrien supplied sheepishly.

"Good. But you've already done that." Marinette reminded him, referring to the disaster in the arena.

"Then something crazy!" Adrien finished before he ran off towards the arena.

"That's more like it!" Marinette exclaimed before she ran off after Adrien, eager to help him in whatever insane plan he had cooking up.

 

[Mikowmer]

Uh... This is merely a HtTYD novelisation with a reskin of using characters and design choices from Miraculous Ladybug. Is there going to be any significant differences at all? When is the train going to derail and not reach the remaining Stations of Canon?

 

[DragongirlFury28]

This is only a retelling of How to Train your Dragon with the characters of Miraculous Ladybug. I do have a more elegant crossover in the works, but this is the first ever fan fiction I've written and I want to be able to finish the series I have planned for it before starting new crossover.

 

[Mikowmer]

This is only a retelling of How to Train your Dragon with the characters of Miraculous Ladybug. I do have a more elegant crossover in the works, but this is the first ever fan fiction I've written and I want to be able to finish the series I have planned for it before starting new crossover.

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I'm sorry... What?

If this is your first fan fiction ever, then what's this?

Miraculous Hunters Book 1 Crossover

Jim and Marinette are half siblings, and are seemingly normal teenagers. They go to school like everyone their age, have friends and do normal teenager things… but that's not the whole story. They have the responsibility of keeping the world safe from dangers that threaten it. But they keep the...

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I'm gonna give you some tough love:
Simply copying the movie with other characters dropped in instead of the original characters doesn't help you improve as a writer at all. You need to change something before a work can be called anything other than a novelisation.


That's where most fanfiction is born, taking the original work and asking "What if?" What if the story continued? What if two characters never met? What if these other characters from a different work time travelled and met the characters from this work?


And then when you do have a juicy premise, start writing it, and then add a "but then". Add a twist, change things up. Create something original. It's okay if it's terrible, we all start somewhere! I'm still ashamed of my first Chronicles of Narnia fanfic that I've never posted anywhere! (Seriously, I've got no idea what I was on at the time because I wasn't on anything!)


This? What you've written here? It's just... Not interesting. There's no point to it, really. It doesn't add anything new.


You can do better than this. I believe in you.

 

[DragongirlFury28]

I appreciate your encouragement and tips. But when I say How to Train your Miraculous is the first fanfiction I made, it was when I first started out on Wattled in 2018. I've improved a lot since then, and this one is near and dear to my heart. So I want to be able to finish it the way I planned to.

 

[DragongirlFury28]

While Adrien and Marinette were enacting Adrien's plan, the longships carrying the village of Miraculous had arrived at Helheim's Gate. Wasting no time, the ships entered into the fog to begin making their way to the Dragon's Nest, massing together to prevent a repeat of the last time.

"Sound your positions. Stay within earshot." Gabriel ordered, causing various Vikings to shout commands to each other through the fog.

"Listen... Gabriel... we were overhearing some of the men just now." Gorilla spoke up, him and Nathlaie standing at the front of the ship with Gabriel and the restrained Plagg. "And some of them are wondering what it is we're up to here…Not us of course!" the blacksmith explained, only to blunder up when he realised how he might have sounded to Gabriel.

"What he means is, we know you're always the man with the plan, Gabriel. But the masses are wondering if there is in fact a plan at all, and what it might be." Nathalie elaborated, clearing up any confusion Gorilla's words might have caused as they fleet kept going deeper into the fog, avoiding the numerous sea stacks to prevent a crash.

"Find the nest and take it." Gabriel stated in a chilling voice, not taking his eyes off the horizon as he spoke.

"Ah. Of course. Send them running. The old Viking fallback. Nice and simple." Gorilla remarked, only for Gabriel to turn around and face Plagg, who was making a sort of purring sound while keeping his head lowered to the floor of the deck.

"Shhh." Gabriel commanded, silencing Gorilla long enough for him and Nathalie to see Plagg's strange behaviour as well. As the three Vikings watched Plagg, they took note of how the dragon was tilting his head to either side… as if trying to pick up a signal only he could hear. Seeing what was happening, Gabriel quickly made his way to the tiller of the boat, Nathlaie and Gorilla following behind.

"Step aside." the chieftain ordered the viking holding the tiller, taking control of it just before Plagg lifted his head from looking at the deck.Had anyone been looking Plagg dead in the eye, they would have seen the dragon's narrowed pupils as he moved his head to the right, pointing the way. In response Gabriel moved the tiller to change the boat's direction, following Plagg's lead as he led them through the fog.

"Bear to port." Damocles called out from the boat behind Gabriel, which allowed the order to pass to all the other ships so they could keep following Gabriel's lead. Gabriel's plan was working.

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Back on Miraculous, Adrien was in the arena and standing in front of the King Monkey Nightmare's cage while he waited for Marinette to meet up with him.

"If you're planning on getting eaten, dude, I'd definitely go with the Gronckle." A voice behind Adrien remarked, causing the blonde to turn around and see it was Nino who spoke up as the whole class stood alongside Marinette after walking into the arena.

'Marinette had come through' Adrien thought to himself as he took in everyone's attendance. They needed all the help they could get for his plan to work.

"You were wise to seek help from the world's most deadly weapon." Kim bragged as he stepped away from the group and walked up to Adrien.

"Uh…" Adrien began, a little confused by Kim's words.

"That's me." Kim clarified, only to be pushed out of the way by an overly excited Luka.

"I love this plan!" Luka cheered, pumped up for a plan he had no idea about.

"I didn't even…" Adrien started, right before Juleka pulled her brother away from Adrien.

"You're crazy!" Juleka exclaimed, only for a fond look to appear on her face right after. "I like that…" the purple-tipped haired girl fondly admitted before trying to lean into a surprised Adrien's personal space. Thankfully for him, Marinette took her by the shoulder and pulled her away before she tried anything, directing her back into the group.

"So? What is the plan?" Marientte asked, hoping to finally know what was going on in Adrien's head. But when her answer was Adrien smirking at the cage, she immediately had an inkling of what he was up to.

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Meanwhile with the ships, thanks to Plagg they had managed to avoid any more attacks from the dragons, and were closing in on the nest. But as Plagg pointed ahead, they began to pass the area they made it to the last time and saw one of their abandoned ships hanging from the sea stacks.

"Ah. I was wondering where that went." Gorilla morbidly remarked as the ships passed by the suspended wreckage, the sight unnerving some of the other vikings. Just as the top of the mast bumped into the wrecked ship, Plagg readjusted his head to point to the right, allowing Gabriel to change the direction of their ship to avoid crashing into the narrow path of the rocks. No sooner than they cleared the narrow path, Plagg started to become restless as an island beach appeared out of the fog.

"Stay low and ready your weapons." Gabriel ordered his ship's crew, only for the boat to bank onto the stoney beach, the air filled with a loud purring sound. Once the ship was stable, Gabriel made it to the front of the ship, ignoring how Plagg was trying to escape as he scanned the face of the mountain towering over the beach. As he did, Plagg soon quieted down while Gabriel caught sight of a dragon's tail hanging over a rock ledge, before it was quickly pulled away out of sight.

"We're here." the chieftain softly said in twisted joy when he saw the tail disappear, quickly jumping off the side of the boat and landing onto the beach. But when he did, the loud purring immediately quieted, causing Gabriel to rise to his full height with unease. However, he filed it down to nothing important as the rest of the ships arrived, ready to follow his orders.

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Over at the arena, Adrien had released the King Monkey Nightmare and began to gently guide it toward the amazed group. As Adrien worked his magic, now uninterrupted by his father, a terrified Kim bent down and grabbed a knife he saw lying next to his foot.

"Don't even try it, Kim." Marinette warned, smacking Kim in the shoulder as she spoke. At her threat, Kim did as she asked, just as Adrien led the dragon towards him. While the dragon and trainer came to Kim, he backed away a bit, only for Adrien to try and grab his hand.

"Wait! What are you--?!" Kim cried out, fighting Adrien's surprisingly strong grip so he wouldn't lose his hand.

"Relax. It's okay... it's okay." Adrien assured Kim, slowly taking the larger boy's hand and placing it where his own was. No sooner than he did, Kim began to bond with the King Monkey Nightmare, much to his joy as Kim began to laugh at the amazing turn of events. But his good mood was interrupted when Adrien walked over to the entrance of the arena.

"Where are you going?!" Kim called out, turning to glance back at Adrien while still keeping his hand on the dragon's snout.

"You're going to need something to help you hold on." Adrien explained as he pulled a few coils of rope from out of a weapons storage box. As soon as he turned and faced the rest of the group, it was only then did they notice the other dragons that were all out of their cages, and waiting for the teens to attempt training them.

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After the ships docked on Dragon Nest Island, the vikings aboard made quick work of setting up the giant catapults they brought with them, aiming them at the mountain. Once they were all set up, and multiple stakes were made and plunged into the ground as they faced the mountain, the vikings got ready for the hidden army they were about to face.

"When we crack this mountain open, all hell is going to break loose." Gabriel explained to the vikings surrounding him, drawing a diagram to further explain the plan.

"And my undies. Good thing I brought extras." Gorilla remarked, causing Nathalie and everyone else besides Gabriel to either roll their eyes or groan at the blacksmith in disgust.

"No matter how this ends, it ends today." Gabriel proclaimed as he walked up to the base of the mountain and raised his hand into the air.

With a clench of the chieftain's fist, the catapults were fired, the flying boulders breaking a hole into the side of the mountain. As Gabriel climbed up to the hole, peering into the inky darkness of the inside of the mountain, the vikings cheered at breaching the mountain. But at the sight of the darkness, the crowd quieted down before Gabriel signalled for a flaming ball of straw to be sent into the hole. As it sailed through the air and went into the hole, it revealed the thousands upon thousands of dragons inside. With confirmation of the nest, Gabriel charged in, screaming loudly and causing all of the dragons to flee out of the mountain in terror. But as the vikings tried to attack them, they soon realised that not a single one was attacking them back, instead going as high as they could as fast as they could.

"Is that it?" Nathalie questioned as they all watched the dragons retreat, Gabriel climbing back down to the ground.
"We've done it!" Gorilla cheered, causing the masses to cheer as well. But when Gabriel looked out and saw Plagg roaring in fear while trying even harder to escape, he knew right there and then…

"This isn't over!" Gabriel realised, right before the mountain began to shake.

"Form your ranks! Hold together!" the chieftain ordered as he turned to face the hole again, just in time for the shaking to grow worse. As a result, the mountain started to crack and a loud roar blew through the hole, nearly knocking everyone and everything to the ground. When the mountain's cracking grew even worse, Gabriel stared down the hole and saw a giant beast beginning to burst through the ground while more rocks rained down on all of them. Immediately, Gabriel, Gorilla and Nathalie jumped down from their spot at the base of the mountain to avoid getting hit.

"Get clear!" Gabriel shouted to the masses, prompting them to follow the order just in time for the giant to burst through the hole in the mountain.

"Beard of Thor... what is that?" Gorilla and Nathalie exclaimed when they turned around to face the beast when they put enough distance to avoid the flying rocks, Gabriel joining them as well. But when they did, the Scarletmoth Red Death, a dragon more than five times the size of the Vikings' ships, broke out of the mountain, roaring furiously.

"Odin, help us." Gabriel breathed out in fear as he saw the giant dragon, now seeing what Adrien was trying to warn him about.

"Catapults!" the chieftain commanded as the Scarletmoth Red Death began stepping out of its lair. But the catapults did nothing to hurt the giant dragon, only annoying it as it either ate them or stepped on them, destroying the only means of real defence the vikings had against it. Seeing that they were defenceless, the masses began running away.

"Get to the ships!" Tom yelled, leading a good amount of the vikings back to the beached longboats so they could escape.

"No! NO!" Gabriel exclaimed, running in front of Tom to stop the masses from reaching the boats. Thankfully for the Vikings, Gabriel stopped them just in time before the Scarletmoth Red Death reared its head back and breathed a giant stream of fire at the ships. The resulting fire destroyed them as well as stranding the vikings on the island, and trapping Plagg on the burning wreck that was Gabriel's ship.

"Heh. Smart, that one." Gorilla remarked as he, Nathalie and Gabriel walked back to the others.

"I was a fool." Gabriel realised as he and his oldest friends met up with the others. "Lead the men to the far side of the island." the chieftain told Tom and Sabine, who nodded their heads in agreement.

"Right. Everybody to the far side of the island!" Tom shouted, he and his wife leading the vikings away from the burning wreckage and their chieftain.

"Gorilla, Nathalie, go with them." Gabriel ordered his friends, hoping that they would get to safety as well before heading towards the rampaging dragon.

"I think we'll stay with you, just in case you're thinking of doing something crazy." Nathalie remarked as she and Gorilla followed behind, knowing what was going on in Gabriel's mind.

"I can buy them all a few minutes if I give that thing someone to hunt." Gabriel explained, turning to face his friends as he spoke, ready to sacrifice himself to fix his mistake. But before he could run off to do so, Nathalie and Gorilla grabbed him by the shoulders and stood by his sides.

"Then we can triple that time." Gorilla added with a smirk, Nathalie pulling out her crossbow with a matching smirk as well. With his friends encouragement and support, Gabriel smiled at them before they all faced the dragon.

"HERE!" Gabriel yelled at the Scarletmoth Red Death, running towards it.

"Oh, no, HERE!" Gorilla and Nathalie called out, following behind their chieftain and friend. As they neared the giant dragon, Nathalie fired her crossbow, allowing the arrow to hit it just under its eye and direct its attention to her and Gorilla. "Come on! Bite us!" Nathalie and Gorilla yelled, keeping the beast distracted.

"No, me!" Gabriel shouted, drawing some of the dragon's attention onto himself. But instead of taking a bite at either viking, the Scarletmoth Red Death began to rear its head back to fire at them. Before it could fire, however, a fire blast hit it in the back of its head, disorienting it. At the sight of the attack on the dragon, Gabriel and his friends paused in their distraction and stared up at the dragon in confusion… until a flock made up of the dragons from their arena flew out from behind it. And upon closer inspection, they could all see Adrien and his friends riding on their backs.

"Luka, Juleka, watch your backs! Move, Max!" Adrien ordered on the back of the Multimouse Nadder, Marinette behind him as they banked around the Scarletmoth Red Death, leaving Gabriel in both confusion and awe.

"LOOK AT US! WE'RE ON A DRAGON! WE'RE ON DRAGONS! ALL OF US!" Kim shouted in excitement on the back of the King Monkey Nightmare, causing the rest of the vikings to look up and see them, leaving the adults in awe.

"Up, let's move it!" Adrien called out as they circled back towards the Scarletmoth Red Death, charging at the giant dragon.

"Every bit the boar-headed, stubborn Viking you ever were!" Nathalie exclaimed, now seeing the family resemblance between the father and son. In response Gabriel could only nod as they watched Adrien and the other teens begin their advance.

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Up in the air, Adrien led the others to begin circling above the Scarletmoth Red Death, in hopes of making a plan to fight against it to buy Adrien some time to find and free Plagg.

"Nino, Alya and Max, break it down!" Adrien told the resident dragon nerds, knowing they would have some insight as to how to fight against the giant dragon.

"Okay! Heavily armoured skull and tail made for bashing and crushing!" Nino observed on the back of the Carapace Gonkele as they watched the Scarletmoth Red Death, who chomped down on a longship and turned it into splinters

"Steer clear of both!" Alya added on from her spot on the Rena Rouge Timberjack, holding onto its horns to keep herself from falling off.

"Small eyes, large nostrils! Relies on hearing and smell!" Max finished off as he himself was riding on the back of the Pegasus Hackatoo.

"Got it, here's the plan." Adrien began, now having a strategy in mind as he got everyone's attention.

"Kim, Max, Alya and Nino, hang in its blind spot! Make some noise, keep it confused!" the blond told the mentioned parties, knowing they would be the best to do it with their choice in weapons. "Jule, Lu, find out if it has a shot limit! Make it mad!" Adrien added, turning to face the twins as they rode on the Purple Viperion Zippleback.

"That's our specialty!" Juleka and Luka cheered, happy to cause some chaos.

"Since when?! Everyone knows I'm more irritating!" Kim complained, thinking he was better suited for the task than the twins.

"See?!" the muscle head shouted before making a silly face, much to Adrien's annoyance at his resistance.

"Just do what I told you!" Adrien yelled at Kim, hoping to get him to focus on the plan. "I'll be back as soon as I can!" the blonde assured before he had the Multimouse Nadder dive down towards the ground, hoping to find Plagg before it was too late.

"Don't worry, bro! We got it covered!" Nino called out before he and the others dove down to enact the plan

"Yeah!" Alya cheered in excitement as they flew down to pass under the Scarletmoth Red Death's bludgeon-like tail, approaching the giant dragon from behind to avoid detection. As they did, Juleka and Luka flew their dragon to fly in front of the Scarletmoth Red Death, while Max and Kim flew to the left side of its head, with Alya and Nino taking the spot on its right.

"Troll! Butt-Elf! Bride of Grendel!" Luka and Juleka taunted the Scarletmoth Red Death as they flew by its head, allowing for the others to take position to use their weapons to create enough noise to distract it further. As the twins began to fly away from the dragon after teasing it, the Scarletmoth Red Death blew another stream of fire at them, which they narrowly dodged as they flew. As they did, the others had begun to make as much noise as possible with what they had on hand, but it seemed to not be working as well as they had hoped.

"Uh, this thing doesn't have a blind spot!" Nino called out as the Scarletmoth Red Death moved its eyes to stare at him and Alya, the teens still beating their weapons to try and enact a reaction from the dragon.

Meanwhile, Adrien and Marinette were circling above the burning ships, trying to see which one had Plagg trapped on it. Thankfully for them, it didn't take long to find him due to Plagg's frightened roaring, telling them exactly where to go.

"There!" Adrien exclaimed, pointing to the corresponding ship. With the location set, Adrien flew the Multimouse Nadder towards the burning ship and soon saw Plagg unable to free himself from his restraints. Wasting no time at all, Adrien managed to slide to the back of the dragon's back, letting Marinette take control of the Multimouse Nadder so he could jump onto the still intact deck of the longboat,

"Go help the others!" the boy called out, knowing that their friends would need the extra help. With permission to leave, Marinette flew away from the burning ship and went to join the group, allowing Adrien to turn and face his dragon to free him. "Okay, hold on. Hold on." Adrien assured Plagg as he took off the belt around his mouth, before beginning to try and pry off the loops holding the chains to the wooden platform the dragon was on.

Unbeknownst to him, the group surrounding the Scarletmoth Red Death's head were beginning to finally have some luck in their part of the plan.

"It's working!" Kim cheered as the giant dragon began to become annoyed by their constant clanking.

"Yeah! It's working!" Alya and Nino parroted as well. But unbeknownst to them, not only did the noise confuse the Scarletmoth Red Death, it also disoriented their own dragons. While Max, Nino and Alya dragons managed to hover in place despite the noise, Kim's dragon was hobbling towards the giant dragon and bumped into the top of its skull.

"Agghh!" Kim shouted as he was knocked off his dragon and left stranded on the Scarletmoth Red Death's head, only managing to catch himself before sliding off of it.

"We've lost power over our dragons!" Max yelled as his, Alya and Nino's dragons began to lose control and tumble to the ground.

"KIM! DO SOMETHING!" Alya shouted to Kim while Nino threw him the hammer he brought along. Thankfully, Kim managed to catch it before the three of them tumbled to the ground. As they did, Alya and Max's dragons managed to land on their stomachs, instead of on their riders.

"We're okay!" Max and Alya cheered out, only for Nino's dragon to follow suit and land on its stomach too. But instead of stopping there, the Carapace Gonckle managed to flip over and land onto the bespeckled boy.

"Less okay...!" Nino groaned out from under his dragon. With help from Alya and Max, they managed to get him out from under the dragon, only to scrabble to their feet to run as the Scarletmoth Red Death raised its foot above them. It was at this time that Kim knew he needed to help them out so they could get away alive.

"I can't miss! What's wrong buddy? Got something in your eye?" Kim taunted the Scarletmoth Red Death as he began to hit its right set of eyes with the hammer, making it roar out in pain and just barely miss the dragon nerds as it stomped its foot down. Feeling glad that his idea worked, Kim kept hitting the giant dragon's eyes while Marinette finally managed to fly up to circle around the Scarletmoth Red Death in case Kim needed help.

"Yeah! You're the Viking!" Marinette cheered Kim on, causing him to become distracted as he admired Marinette as she flew by.
He was so absent minded that when he hit the Scarletmoth Red Death's bottom right eye, the dragon bucked its head, shaking him off roll to the bottom of its crown-like frill.

"Whoa!" Kim exclaimed, hanging onto the Scarletmoth Red Death's frill as he looked down at the ground below them. 'DO! NOT! LET! GO! KIM!' the muscle head cried out in his thoughts, hanging on for dear life as the giant dragon moved its head around and made it harder for him to hang on.

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As the Scarletmoth Red Death thrashed around while trying to get Kim off of it, its tail crashed into the longship next to the one Adrien and Plagg were on. This resulted in the mast of the ship to nearly crash into Adrien, who barely had any time to dodge it since he was so focused on freeing Plagg. But before he could recover from the shock of nearly being crushed, the Scarletmoth Red Death's back leg stepped onto the ship they were on, crushing it to splinters. With the boat gone, both Adrien and Plagg were sent into the water, with a still restrained Plagg sinking to the bottom of the water.

Seeing his friend in trouble, Adrien held in his remaining breath and swam down to continue freeing Plagg. But despite his and Plagg's best efforts to break the dragon free, it wasn't enough. And soon enough… Adrien ran out of air. However, just as he was starting to listlessly float in the water, much to Plagg's worry, someone pulled him towards the surface. At the sight of his friend being taken away from him, Plagg roared in worry, hating that he couldn't do anything to stop Adrien from leaving.

Fortunately for Plagg and Adrien, it was Gabriel that had grabbed his son, breaking the water's surface with a large inhale before he swam to the shore. When he reached the beach, he placed Adrien back onto a rock ledge near the sea, who coughed the lingering water in his lungs. With his son safe, Gabriel then turned back around towards the water as Adrien managed to lift himself up to see him.

"Dad?" Adrien muttered in confusion before he watched Gabriel dive back into the water. Under the surface, Gabriel swam back down to where Plagg was, soon finding himself floating in front of the restrained dragon. At the sight of the chieftain, Plagg was startled by his presence but could only glare at him as he watched Gabriel reach out for his collar restraint. With strength rivalling that of a beast, Gabriel pulled the collar apart, freeing Plagg.

When he realised that he was now free, Plagg lunged at Gabriel through the water and grabbed him. But instead of attacking him like Gabriel thought he would, Plagg lifted them both out of the water and flew over to the rocks Adrien was on. With gentle care, Plagg laid Gabriel down onto the rocks next to Adrien and landed onto a higher ledge of the rocks, soon gesturing for Adrien to climb onto his back to join the fight.

"You got it, bud." the blonde said before he ran to his dragon and climbed onto his saddle.

"Adrien." Gabriel exclaimed, grabbing ahold of his son's arm and pulling his attention away from strapping himself down into the saddle and directing it onto his dad. "I'm sorry... for-- for everything." the chieftain apologised, truly regretful for how he treated his son.

"Yeah, me too." Adrien replied, feeling the same way.

"You don't have to go up there." Gabriel stated, hoping to prevent his son from risking his life in such a way.

"We're Vikings. It's an occupational hazard." Adrien argued, a smirk appearing on his face as he spoke. At that moment, Gabriel could see who his son had truly become… and he liked it.

"I'm proud to call you my son." Gabriel proudly admitted, making Adrien's chest swell with warmth at his father's words.

"Thanks, Dad." Adrien thanked, gently pulling his hand away from his dad to finish strapping himself onto the saddle. Once he was secure, he and Plagg take off to help their friends, leaving Gabriel to watch them in wonder and pride. As the duo climbed into the air with a roar, Marinette turned around at the sound and saw them.

"He's up!" Marinette exclaimed, happy that they were safe. At the sight of her crush and his dragon, Marientte met back up with Juleka and Luka before they flew back over to the Scarletmoth Red Death. "Get Kim out of there!" the bluenette ordered the twins before banking to the left to distract the giant dragon.

"I'm on it!" Luka and Juleka eagerly replied, only for it to lead to them arguing amongst themselves as they flew up in front of the Scarletmoth Red Death. As they did, Kim, who had managed to climb up from his previously precarious position, ran to the dragon's front horn and jumped off, letting the twins catch him while they flew up.

"I can't believe that worked!" Luka cheered as they flew away from the Scarletmoth Red Death, only for the giant dragon to start sucking in air. As it did, both Marinette and the Multimouse Nadder were both being sucked in, unable to get away. Thankfully for them, Adrien and Plagg saw their dangerous situation and zoomed over to stop the giant dragon.

"Chat Noir Fury!" Gorilla yelled when he saw the offending dragon flying overhead, hearing the high-pitched screech that signalled the dragon's fire blast.

"Get down!" Nathalie exclaimed, causing everyone to duck down just before Plagg fired a blast at the Scarletmoth Red Death's lower jaw. As a result, it caused both Marinette and her dragon to be free from the giant dragon's pull, but thanks to the sudden blast, it threw the girl off of the Multimouse Nadder.

"AAHH!" Marinette screamed as she went hurtling towards the ground. At the sound of the girl's screams, Plagg turned back around and zoomed over to Marinette to catch her, passing by where she was falling. When the sounds of her screams stopped after passing by where Marinette was, Adrien soon became worried that they didn't catch the love of his life.

"Did you get her?" Adrien worriedly asked Plagg, causing the Chat Noir Fury to look down at his claws and see Marinette smiling up at him as she hung in his grasp by her foot. At the sight of the unharmed girl, Plagg smiled a toothless grin back at her before swinging her into the air and re-catching her by her shoulders. As Plagg did so, Adrien steered them to the ground, allowing Plagg to gently place Marinette's feet onto the ground and let her go before pulling back up into the air.

"Go get 'em, kitty." Marinette cheered after recovering from her slight stumble from the landing, watching Adrien and Plagg as they gained altitude.

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"That thing has wings!" Adrien noticed as he and Plagg kept climbing into the air, having a good vantage point to properly observe their foe. " Okay, let's see if it can use them!" the blonde exclaimed, causing Plagg to redirect his flight path to turn back towards the ground, dive bombing towards the Scarletmoth Red Death.

As they increased speed, they neared the ground enough to pull up and fire at the giant dragon. The resulting blast was so big that it toppled the Scarletmoth Red Death to the ground with a large cloud of dust. But it didn't stay down for long, as it raised its wings into the air to take off into the air with a lumbering roar, dead set on following Adrien and Plagg.

"Do you think that did it?" Adrien asked Plagg as they flew towards the sea stacks, looking back behind him as he spoke. But when he did, he was greeted by the sight of the pursuing Scarletmoth Red Death. "Well, it can fly." the boy dryly remarked before he and Plagg increased their speed to fly away from the behemoth of a dragon tailing them, weaving in and out of the sea stacks to help them.

As they flew amongst the sea stacks, the Scarletmoth Red Death crashing into the more larger ones due to not being able to adjust its flight path fast enough, they passed by the vikings amassed on the beach. The crowd watched in amazement, Adrien's friends cheering for him, as they passed by, only to be pushed back by the giant dragon crashing into a nearby sea stack, the debris kicking up more dust. But when Adrien saw that he and Plagg weren't able to shake the Scarletmoth Red Death off their tail, he knew he had to get creative. Thankfully for him, all it took was a glance up at the dark storm clouds above them for the creative juices to flow enough for a plan to form.

"Okay, Plagg, time to disappear!''Adrien told Plagg, the dragon nodding his head in agreement before Adrien adjusted his foot pedal to allow Plagg's tail to open up. "Come on, bud!" the blonde encouraged, leading them both to ascend into the clouds, the Scarletmoth Red Death following close behind while the vikings on the ground kept watching. As they climbed higher and higher, the giant dragon kept trying to bite at them in hopes of taking them out, only to quickly grow tired of it and prepare to fire at them.

"Here it comes!" Adrien yelled when he saw the Scarletmoth Red Death rear its head back, prompting Plagg to dodge the accompanying stream of fire at them. With the fire avoided, Plagg and Adrien kept flying up into the clouds, keeping ahead of the giant dragon while the vikings soon lost sight of them from the ground. As the boy and Chat Noir Fury drew near to the darkest clouds, the Scarletmoth Red Death tried to bite at the once again, only for them to disappear from its line of sight after passing into the dark clouds.

Seeing that it had lost its prey, the giant dragon hovered in the air as it looked around for any sign of Adrien and
Plagg. As it did, the vikings on the beach all looked up at the sky in worry as they waited for something to happen. Neither the vikings and Scarletmoth Red Death didn't have to wait long when a piercing shriek filled the air, and a corresponding fire blast hit the giant dragon in its right wing. While the giant dragon cried out in pain from the hit, Plagg swooped around in front of the Scarletmoth Red Death and kept out of sight thanks to the dark clouds, using them to his advantage.

Plagg and Adrien then zoomed around the giant dragon, using their size and speed to their advantage as well as the environment while Plagg rapidly fired on the Scarletmoth Red Death. The resulting blasts were enough to light up the sky in an electric green aura, allowing the vikings some semblance of what was going on. But the Scarletmoth Red Death had had enough of their tricks and released a long stream of fire in a furious attempt to draw Adrien and Plagg out of hiding. The strategy had worked very well in the giant dragon's advantage, the stream of fire approaching the duo from behind at a ridiculously fast pace before Adrien saw it in the corner of his eye.

"Watch out!" the boy yelled as they grazed the stream of flames. But when they cleared the fire, Adrien looked back and saw that Plagg's artificial tailfin had caught fire. "Okay, time's up! Let's see if this works." Adrien decided, making Plagg bank backwards and dive down at the Scarletmoth Red Death.

"COME ON! IS THAT THE BEST YOU CAN DO?!" the blonde taunted the giant dragon as they grew close enough to be in its line of sight, avoiding its large wings and snapping jaw as they banked across its face. When they were cleared from the Scarletmoth Red Death, Adrien and Plagg began to dive back down towards the island, the giant dragon following behind them. As they descended, the Scarletmoth Red Death had more gain on them due to its larger size and weight and nearly catching up to Adrien and Plagg, whose tail was becoming less and less usable.

"Stay with me, buddy. We're good. Just a little bit longer." Adrien assured Plagg, as well as himself as they neared the ground, the dragon's tail fin smouldering behind them. Despite the technical difficulties, the duo and giant dragon kept dive bombing to the ground, while the Scarletmoth Red Death decided to use the opportunity to take them out altogether.

"Hold, Plagg…" the blonde told his dragon, awaiting the telltale sound of the giant dragon breathing in to fire at them. As if the gods answered his prayers, the Scarletmoth Red Death began to fire at them once again. "NOW!" Adrien yelled, prompting Plagg to turn around and fire into the giant dragon's mouth.

As a result, the flammable gas the giant dragon had prepared to fire at them was used against it as it now made its way through its body. A few seconds after Plagg had fired into its mouth, they all reached the end of the clouds, revealing that they were only a couple hundred feet from the ground. Now seeing the approaching ground, the Scarletmoth Red Death attempted to pull up, only for its wings to start smouldering into tatters as a result of Plagg using its fire against it. Seeing how close they were to crashing, Adiren and Plagg turned back around to attempt an escape, being pulled to the right side of the giant dragon after Plagg used his wings to pull up. And without its wings, the Scarletmoth Red Death crashed into the ground of the island, a giant explosion erupting from its body and blowing the crowd back.

But unbeknownst to the vikings, Adrien and Plagg were unable to escape the Scarletmoth Red Death fast enough to avoid being caught in the explosion. This led to them bobbing and weaving through the smaller explosions along the giant dragon's body while a wave of fire followed behind them as they climbed higher into the air. Unfortunately for them, as Adrien tried to use the tailfin to help them out, it finally fell away from Plagg, falling into the inferno below them. And as if to add insult to injury, as they were about to clear the explosion altogether, the Scarletmoth Red Death's tail came crashing towards them.

"No! NO!" the boy shouted as the tail neared them, soon crashing into them and separating the boy and dragon. The crash also knocked Adrien out and caused the jacket Marinette made for him to go into the flames. As he tumbled through the air, Plagg saw Adrien falling towards the flames and immediately took action. With a yelp-like roar, Plagg adjusted his flight path and dove down after Adrien, hoping to save him from the flames as they enveloped them both.

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When the flames finally died down, the masses that were standing on the beach had begun to search for Adrien and Plagg, Gabriel being the one leading them. However, as the smoke cleared, they found no sign of either the boy or dragon.

"Adrien! Adrien! Son!" Gabriel called out through the falling ash and lifting smoke, hoping for his son to call back and say he was alright. But his hopes were dashed away when he saw Plagg laying on the ground in the distance, not moving at all. "Adrien." the chieftain muttered to himself in fear, immediately running over to the unconscious dragon.

Soon enough, he was a few steps away from Plagg and could see that Adrien was not in his saddle.
Dread filled Gabriel as he watched Plagg roll to his side with a strained groan, his wings wrapped around himself, and soon found that the dragon's tail fin was destroyed as well. At the sight of the scene in front of him, Gabriel fell to his knees in shock.

"Oh, son... I did this…" Gabriel whispered in a broken voice, his heart breaking as he took in the fact that his son was gone. Behind him, the crowd began to gather and were all saddened by the scene in front of them. But when Marinette, Nathalie and Gorilla broke through to the front of the crowd, they were the most affected.

"No…" Marinette uttered in a soft voice, raising her hands to cover her mouth out of reflex as she saw what was happening in front of her. Even the dragons that fought with them had reunited with the group and landed quietly behind the vikings, feeling the sombre mood affect them as well. But as the mood grew more sad, Gabriel lifted his head up the slightest bit, just in time to see Plagg wake up with a groan before narrowing his eyes at the inconsolable father.

"Oh, son...I'm so sorry…" Gabriel managed to say, his voice filled with sorrow as he stood at the brink of tears. But at his words, Plagg finally opened up his wings, revealing an unconscious Adrien, sans his jacket, in the grasp of his paws.

"Adrien!" the chieftain exclaimed, his hope revived at seeing his son's body. He then slid over to his son, taking him in his arms as he worriedly checked to see if he was injured, soon placing his ear to Adrien's chest. "Oh, he's alive! You brought him back alive!" Gabriel proclaimed in a breaking voice when hearing his son's heartbeat. All around them, the crowd and dragons celebrated the miracle that just took place, happy to see Adrien was going to be okay… even if the dragons coming into the crowd unnerved some of them for a few seconds. But Gabriel was more focused on the Chat Noir Fury in front of him who was responsible for keeping his son alive, as he placed a grateful hand upon Plagg's head.

"Thank you... for saving my son." the chieftain thanked Plagg, knowing that he owed the dragon a tremendous debt. At his words, Plagg smiled up at him, glad to not be fighting the father of his best friend anymore.

"Well, you know... most of him." Gorilla remarked as he and Nathalie walked up to the chieftain, causing him to look up at them in confusion… at least, before they pointed out what they were referring to.

 

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(Time Skip)

After the battle had taken place, the vikings returned back home to Miraculous… with more than they bargained for in terms of spoils. But they were all on the edge of their seat as they waited for Adrien to finally wake up from his injuries.

Thankfully for them, a week after they got back, their prayers were answered when Adrien awoke to Plagg nudging his face with his nose. At the sight of his friend awake, Plagg immediately grew excited as he started licking Adrien's face.

"Oh, hey, Plagg. I'm happy to see you too, buddy." Adrien groaned out as Plagg started nudging him out of bed, still licking his face before accidentally stepping on his groin. "OW!" the blonde yelped, curling in on himself while Plagg backed away in response. But once the dragon did so, Adrien was finally able to see that he was in his living room, his bed having been moved down from his room.

"What-- Uh, I'm in my house." Adrien observed in confusion, until he realised another important thing. "You're in my house!" the boy exclaimed as he took in the fact that an over-excited Plagg was with him.

"Uh... does my dad know you're in here?!" Adrien asked Plagg, only for the dragon to start jumping around the living room in excitement, soon coming back over to his rider. "Okay, okay-- no, Plagg!" the boy exclaimed when Plagg decided to climb up one of the support beams and hang from the rafters like a bat.

"Aw, come on…" Adrien groaned, attempting to get out of bed before he realised something else… he couldn't feel his lower left leg. Taking off the blankets, he was soon met with the sight of a mechanical peg leg.

The prosthetic leg itself was made out of metal and wood, with the wooden section acting like Adrien's ankle and attached to his leg. The metal part, which acts as his foot, is hooked onto the wood with a spring inside to act as a shock absorber. But while Adrien could see that it was well made, it still didn't make up for the fact that his leg was gone. Seeing Adrien's sudden sombre mood, Plagg dropped down from the rafters and walked over to Adrien, just as he placed his new leg onto the floor, the metal creaking a bit as it landed next to his intact right leg.

Taking a few deep breaths, Adrien attempted to walk on his new leg, using the bedpost to help lift himself up. But after only one step, he fell to the ground, where Plagg caught him before he hit the floor and lifted him back up so he could help him walk.

"Okay... okay... Thanks, buddy." the blonde thanked before he started hobbling to the front door, Plagg supporting most of his weight until he reached the door. Now that he was used to the feeling of the new leg, Adrien took a few steps to open the door, only to be greeted by the sight of a roaring King Monkey Nightmare before he slammed the door closed in shock. "Plagg, stay here." Adrien ordered the Chat Noir Fury before he opened the door fully to see what was going on, and was greeted by the sight of Kim riding the King Monkey Nightmare in front of his door.
"Come on, guys, get ready! Hold on tight! Here we go!" Kim cheered before he flew away from Adrien's door, followed by two more vikings riding their own dragons.

At the sight of the dragon riding vikings, Adrien walked to the front porch and looked out at the village, and was in awe of the sight that greeted him. All around as far as his eyes could see, the village was filled with dragons as they peacefully co-operated with the vikings, sitting on the roofs of houses flying around or eating from basins full of fish. At that moment, Adrien only had one thought on his mind.
"I knew it. I'm dead." Adrien remarked, not believing the amazing sight in front of him.

"No, but you gave it your best shot." a voice chuckled beside Adrien, causing him to look and see that it was his father who spoke as he placed a hand on his son's shoulder. "So? What do you think?" Gabriel asked as he led Adrien down the steps to their house, soon drawing the attention of the village below them.

"Hey, look! It's Adrien!" Tom pointed out from the crowd, causing everyone in the vicinity to come surrounding the father and son, all glad to see Adrien doing well.
"Turns out all we needed was a little more of... this." Gabriel said as he turned to face Adrien, gesturing to his son with pride.
"You just gestured to all of me." Adrien happily remarked, a smile appearing on both his and Gabriel's faces at the implication of his father's words.

"Well, most of you." Nathalie spoke up, her and Gorilla walking up from Gabriel's left as she spoke.

"That bit's my handiwork." Gorilla pointed out as he gestured to Adrien's new metal leg. "With a little "Hiccup Flair" thrown in." the blacksmith added, proud of his work.

"You think it'll do?" Nathaile asked, hoping that it was to Adrien's liking.
"I might make a few tweaks." Adrien admitted, causing the crowd to laugh at his words. But he was suddenly surprised by a punch to his shoulder, making him turn around and see that it was Marinette who hit him.
"That's for scaring me." Marinette stated, as if that would answer Adrien's questioning thoughts at that moment.
"What? Is it always going to be this way? Cause…" Adrien began to complain, only for Marinette to shut him up with a kiss. Once she pulled away, Adrien was left in awe. "...I could get used to it." the boy relented, too happy to argue with his crush. He had been wanting to do that for a long time.

"And this…" Marinette began as she pulled out a box from being her, the wrapping mimicking the one she gave him before. "Is to replace the jacket you lost in the fight." the bluenette explained as she handed it to Adrien, who took the box with great care before unwrapping it. When Adrien finally opened the box, his eyes widened at the contents.

Inside was a new jacket to replace the one he lost while facing the Scarletmoth Red Death. But instead of being a replica, it was a black long sleeved jacket, with short black fur inside of it. Neon green fabric edging, lined the bottom, the open front edges, the collar, and the cuffs of the sleeves at his wrists. The back of the jacket had a large neon green silhouette of a Cat Noir Fury embroidered onto it, and a large hood at the back of the collar with cat ears sewn on the top of it, with neon green fabric lining the edges. And to finish it off, a small neon green cat paw print was embroidered onto the top left of the front of the jacket, lacking the breast pocket the first one had. Seeing the new jacket, Adrien smiled and immediately put it on.

"I love it!" Adrien exclaimed after he fixed the collar, turning to face his crush with a bright smile that rivalled the sun. "Thank you, Marinette." the blonde thanked, pulling the girl into a hug. At first, Marinette was in shock that she was hugging her crush, despite already kissing him a few seconds ago, but she soon melted into it and returned the hug.

"You're welcome, kitty." Marinette replied, burying her face into his shoulder. But once they pulled away, Nathalie handed him a new saddle and a new tail for Plagg, made with improvements to the original design.

"Welcome home." Gorilla said, causing Adrien to smile at the words. But the moment was interrupted when Plagg had had enough of waiting.
"Chat Noir Fury! Get down!" a viking shouted as Plagg made his way to Adrien, jumping on top of numerous vikings as he did. At the sight of the Chat Noir Fury's antics, both Adrien and Marinette laughed at the dragon's behaviour.

'And to think, Plagg is supposedly the deadliest dragon in existence.' Adrien mused in his thoughts, happy to finally be able to be himself.

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Soon enough, Adrien hooked up the new saddle and tailfin onto Plagg, and sat himself onto the Chat Noir Fury's back. As he did, his metal leg locked into the new foot pedal Gorilla had made to work with his new leg, and used it to open the new neon green tail fin decorated by a large black paw print. Once he was ready, Adrien looked to his left and saw Marinette next to him as she sat atop her Multimouse Nadder, now named Mullo.

"You ready?" the boy asked Plagg, getting a nod in response before looking out at the dragon filled village in front of them.

(This... is Miraculous. It snows nine months of the year, and hails the other three.)

With the way clear, Adrien and Marinette both take off into the skies, ready for a day of flying with their dragons.

(Any food that grows here is tough and tasteless. The people that grow here are even more so. )

Both riders then steered their dragons to fly through the village, surprising a random viking as he drank from his ale, soon passing by Alya and Nino on their fly. Seeing their friends having fun, both Alya and Nino mounted their own dragons, Trixx and Wayzz, and joined up with Adrien and Marinette as they banked into the harbour entrance. As they passed the threshold of the harbour entrance, Plagg roared in happiness as the group dived towards the boats in the docks.

"YEAH!" Adrien cheered as they flew over the ships and then went back around towards the other end of the village.

(The only upsides are the pets.)

As they banked back to the village, the riders passed by one of the catapults before going back down to fly along one of the walkways along the cliff face. When they reached a gap in the cliff rocks, they soon met up with Max as he rode upon his dragon, Kaalki, leading to them flying either over or under the bridge between the rocks to continue their flight.

"WHOOO!" Marinette exclaimed in joy as they continued to fly through the village, soon passing through the harbour entrance in reverse.

(While other places have...ponies or parrots…)

While the group began to fly back through the village, they were soon joined up with Juleka and Luka as they rode Roarr and Sass, and Kim as he rode upon Xuppu. With the whole group together, they began ascending into the skies alongside each other.

(We have... dragons!)

With a roar, Adrien and Plagg broke away from the group, flying high into the skies and straight into the sun, feeling free without a care in the world. A new age… had just begun.