"Okay everyone ready?" Tom asks.
"Amazingly I'm excited to be back," Alex says.
"Are you okay Gonzo?" Eugene asks.
"Completely," Alex smiles.
"Sinkhole or side?" Tom asks.
"Considering the twins don't have friends we should use the sinkhole," Jun says.
"Good point," Tom laughs.
The seven of them walk to the fissure.
"Are you sure it's okay Mom?" Emma asks.
"I'm sure," Jun says.
"Here, I'll go first," Tom volunteers.
He goes down into the sinkhole and lands on the floor.
"Just like old times, okay Jun, it's safe to send one down," Tom says.
"I'm sending Emma down," Jun says as her daughter takes her first step into the lair.
"It's okay Emma, I got you," Tom says helping his daughter down the steps.
"Woah," Emma says.
"Me next," Eli says impulsively jumping down.
"Eli, be careful," Tom says catching his son.
"He takes after his father," Jun says.
"I'm not that bad," Tom says helping Jun down.
"Not anymore," Jun kisses his cheek.
The rest of them climb into the lair.
"Okay, so if I am correct and Thunder has the same abilities as Toothless, this should work," Tom says taking out his pickaxe.
Tom taps on a the wall of the lair and a huge gust of wind comes through the lair. Emma and Eli run behind their mother when they see a huge reptile standing over their dad.
"Nice to see you pal," Tom says standing up as the reptile uses static electricity to mess up his hair.
Three other dragons arrive a few moments later.
"Feathers," Alex runs up.
"Hey Webs," Eugene says.
"Wu, Wei," Jun says as the heads of her dragon fight over her attention.
"Are those?" Emma asks.
"Dragons? Yes, the stories of Dragon Riders are our stories," Tom says as Thunder fixes Tom's hair.
"Why didn't Thunder bring Plowhorn?" D'Angelo says.
"I don't know, where is she Pal?" Tom asks his friend.
Thunder gives a low grumble.
"I think he said she's missing," Alex says.
"Missing?" D'Angelo asks.
"Don't worry D, we'll find her, everyone saddle up," Jun says.
"Which terror do you want to take?" Tom asks Jun.
"Considering it seems that Wu and Wei still haven't come into their names, you should take Eli," Jun says trying to play peacemaker with her dragon.
"Good point, come over to meet Thunder," Tom says to his son.
Eli timidly walks over to his dad's dragon.
"Be careful and put your arms straight like you are about to do a normal high five," Jun says.
Eli listens to his mom.
"Let him come to you," Tom says.
Eli waits as Thunder smells his hand.
Thunder puts his nose to Eli's hand and purrs.
"He likes you," Tom says.
Thunder takes his nose away from Eli's hand and starts sniffing Tom's bag.
"You smell them, don't you pal?" Tom says as Thunder sits down.
Tom takes off his bag and grabs the frozen fish snacks.
"Here you go pal," Tom says dumping the fish snacks on the ground.
Thunder jumps excitedly before gobbling down the snacks.
"I forgot how much he liked these," Tom laughs.
Thunder growls at them and turns his head.
"Okay everyone, grab your saddle and mount up, we have a Gembreaker to find," Tom translates as he grabs his saddle and puts it on Thunder.
"You can ride with me and Feathers D," Alex says.
"Thanks," D'Angelo says as he climbs on Feathers.
"Go slow Pal," Tom says to Thunder.
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Return to the Realms
FanfictionIt has been twenty years since the "earthquake" that closed ICARIS forced the Dragon Riders to part with their dragons and preserve the Nine Realms' secret. All of them are now adults: D'Angelo is a veterinarian, Eugene is a model, Alex owns a compu...
