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Chapter 10 – Crystal Gems VS the Dragon Riders

After the whole corrupted gem incident, the riders and the gems came back to the village. It was almost night time when they got back to the village. The gems and the riders except Hiccup and Astrid went to their quarters to take some rest. Hiccup and Astrid went to Hiccup's house to inform the whole incident to the chief.

"What? A gem monster?" Stoic asked in a surprised tone. "Uh… yeah but don't worry, it was already taken care of." Hiccup quickly said. "Oh, that's a relief. The last thing we want right now is another monster like the Screaming Death."

"But how is that possible? I thought only those five came to berk." Stoic asked. "I don't know but they said they'll talk about this in the morning and, it's actually six." Hiccup said. "Six? Who's the other one?"

"Uh it's a lion, a pink lion." Astrid said. "What? You are joking, right?" "Nope, I'm serious."

"Yeah, she's right, A pink lion. I don't know how it came here, but we'll be able to find out in the morning. I just needed to tell you about this soon." Hiccup said. "Okay, thank you son. I guess it's safe to tell some of our council members about this. We don't need to start a panic."

"Okay then, I'll get back to my house. See you tomorrow Hiccup." Astrid said and leave to her house.

The next morning, The Crystal Gems, the riders, Stoic and Gobber gathered at the great hall to discuss about the whole ordeal. Lion was nowhere to be found.

"Okay, so what is this gem monster thing yesterday?" Stoic asked the gems. "Gem monsters. We don't know how they came here but yesterday we found two gem monsters in the forest." Garnet replied. "Gem monsters? Care to explain what those are?" Gobber asked.

"To put it simply gem monsters, or corrupted gems are, well, monsters. They were once normal gems like us, who became corrupted because of a corruption light, as we said in the first day." Pearl began. "However, there's no way there to have gem monsters in this world because only the combined power of the diamonds can make a corruption light, and they used it only once as a last effort to defeat the Crystal Gems in the last gem war."

"Also, these monsters are different than the ones in our world." Garnet said. "How so?" Hiccup asked. "For some reason, these monsters didn't have any gems like us. Like they are not gems to begin with."

"Yeah right. Both monsters we defeated had little insects instead of gems. Like they were mutated." Steven said. "No not mutated Steven because when an animal got mutated, its body begin to mishap and-"

"No one's interested Pearl." Amethyst interrupted Pearl before her speech turn into a lecture. Pearl looked annoyingly at Amethyst before continuing. "Yes, as I said before, these insects are not mutated. It's like they become something like gems. After we poofed these monsters, we saw the insects inside them are glowing and after while they dead."

"Do you think this have something to do with the cube?" Connie asked. "Glad you asked Connie because I think it is. If you remember, the cube had six different colors on each side. And the portal was opened from the white side." Pearl said. "So what you are telling is that each side of the cube can do different things and one of those can turn a living creature into a gem." Hiccup finished. "Exactly." Pearl agreed.

"This is bad. We have to find that cube sooner or who knows what that thing can do." Amethyst said. "At least we have Lion. If you can convince that big lazy ball of fur, Steven; it will be a lot easier to find the cube."

"Oh yes, the lion, who is he, and where is he?" Hiccup asked. "Oh that's just my pet, Lion. He's probably sleeping somewhere, or doing whatever liony things he had to do." Steven said. "I believe he isn't going to be a problem, is he?" Stoic asked. "No no, he isn't going to hurt anyone. Unless someone tried to hurt him. Hehe." Steven said the last part nervously realizing they are with Vikings now.

"Yeah, we'll have to inform the village about him." Gobber said. "But why is he pink? I never heard about any animal with pink fur before." Hiccup asked. "I think he was brought back to life." Steven said. "What?" Everyone shouted in disbelief. "Yeah well, my mom and I can bring anyone back to life if we are quick enough. If we are quick enough, our tears can bring a person back to life. But when we do that, the skin and hair color of that person turns into shades of pink."

After that, there was a silent within the group for a few seconds. "Wow, you are full of surprises." Hiccup said breaking the silent.

After the meeting, the dragon riders and the crystal gems went outside to decide what to do next.

"So Garnet, what's our next move?" Amethyst asked. "Same as before. But we have to go out from the island because we already covered it all. We have to find a way to do it without a ship. Because it will take too much time." Garnet replied.

"But how are we going to do that? We need to find the cube soon." Pearl said. "We'll see about that. For now, let's just take a little break." Garnet said. "A break? We don't need a break. Well, I don't. I can take on any monster even now. Only losers need rest." Snotlout bragged.

"Oh yeah, then why were you so scared when that monster attacked us." Astrid said. "Yeah, your face was priceless." Ruffnut added. "I… I wasn't ready at the moment. That's all. But now those gems wouldn't stand a chance against me. I… I mean… gem monsters."

"Hey hold on." Tuffnut shouted. "Hold on hold on." He said with a thinking look on his face.

"Why what is it?" Hiccup asked. "Hold on… RIGHT, I got it." Tuffnut shouted. "Let's have a dual."

"What? A dual?" Pearl asked. "Yes, Crystal Gems vs the Dragon Riders. How was that?" Ruffnut added. "Well, it will be a good experience for all of us. We do have to get ready for future battles. What do you say Garnet?" Pearl asked.

"Wait wait hold on. Are you serious?" Hiccup asked. "Sure why not. You can't fight a monster if you can't at least fight a human." Garnet said. "Oh Yeah! To the arena!" Tuffnut shouted.

The riders and the gems entered the former arena now dragon academy and began to discuss about the dual.

"So, how do you want to do this?" Hiccup asked. "Bare handed or with weapons?"

"We don't have a problem about using weapons." Garnet said. "What do you guys say?" Hiccup asked his friends. "Sure." "Yeah!" They said. "Okay then. Now we have to decide who we are going to fight against."

"I'll go with Connie. I needed to fight her since the gem monster." Astrid said. "Okay, it is on." Connie said with a competitive look.

"Right, Fishlegs, who do you wanna fight against?" Hiccup asked. "Uh… actually, I've been thinking, maybe… you know, I'm not into those fighting stuff… so…"

"Okay, you don't have to fight. Also we have more fighters than them." Hiccup said. "Who else don't want to fight?" He asked. "I don't." To everyone's surprise, it's Garnet who said that.

"What? Why is that?" Astrid asked. "Because the twins both need to fight against Amethyst and if I participate in the dual, then they can't do it. I think Amethyst also like for a little challenge. Not to mention I'm too hard for you." Garnet said with a little smile at the last part.

"I think you are scared." Snotlout said. "Oh boy." Amethyst said face palming. "In that case, why don't you all fight against me, 1 against 6." Garnet said. "Aka 2 vs 6." Steven whispered to Connie who chuckled in return.

"Really?" Astrid asked. "Mm hm. After you guys are finished, you can fight with me." Garnet said casually.

"Oh yeah, she is going down." Tuffnut said. "Don't celebrate yet, you have to fight us first." Amethyst said. "So, you two wanna fight against me, okay. Get ready to have your butts kicked." She said with a grin.

"Right, I'll fight against Steven because we both use Shields and that leaves Snotlout against Pearl. Is that okay with you two?" Hiccup asked. "Y… yeah…great." Snotlout said, looking at Pearl, who had an evil grin on her face. Amethyst came up to Pearl and said, "Don't go too hard on him Pearl."

The first dual was against Steven and Hiccup. They entered the arena while the others remained above, observing. Gobber was also with them. Hiccup had his special shield with him. They walked to the each side of the arena and turned to each other. Then Steven summoned a shield and prepared for the fight.

"Right. I need a clear fight. Knock your opponent to win the fight before the time runs out." Gobber said from the above, pointing at a sundial. "Begin!"

With that, Steven and Hiccup slowly walked towards each other. Steven suddenly threw his shield at Hiccup who blocked it easily.

"You know, throwing your only defense is not a good idea." Hiccup said to Steven, who quickly summoned another shield. "Oh, of course." Hiccup said to himself rolling his eyes.

"You blocked it. But can you block this." Steven said before summoning another shield and throwing both of them at Hiccup. "Two shields?" Hiccup said before blocking them quickly, but he staggered when the second shield hit him. "Huh! That's-" Hiccup was not able to finish his sentence as Steven quickly ran up to him and slammed at him with another shield. Hiccup flew back and hit the wall from the force.

"Yeah, way to go Steven." Ametyst shouted. "Wow, who is that kid?" Snotlout asked, shocked. Back at the arena,

"Hey, you okay?" Steven asked. "Cuh… cuh… you are strong… cuh…" Hiccup said coughing. He then got up and raised the shield and aimed it at Steven. Steven also raised the shield and walked at Hiccup.

Hiccup quickly lowered the shield at Steven's feet and quickly shot a bola. This caught Steven off guard and the bola wrapped around his feet and he dropped to the ground. Steven tried to take off the reins but Hiccup quickly ran up to Steven and changed his shield into a crossbow with an arrow and aimed at Steven.

"That's it, we have a winner. First round goes to the dragon riders." Gobber said. "Yeah. Good job Hiccup. Yeah." Other riders shouted. Hiccup gave Steven a hand who accepted it. "You fought pretty well." Steven said. "You too. If the bola launcher didn't work, I don't know what else to do to defeat you." Hiccup said. "Yeah. It surprised me. You said you use a shield, not a shield that can launch, bo..las."

The next fight was against Pearl and Snotlout. They entered the arena and went to each side of it. Snotlout raised his long sword and stood ready. Pearl summoned a spear from her gem and spins it before dropping to her stance. This made Snotlout nervous.

"Wow, she looks very skilled." Astrid said. "Wait till you see her fight. By the way, she trained Connie to sword fight." Amethyst said. "Really. Oh, Snotlout's in big trouble." Astrid said with a smile.

"Ready! Begin!" Gobber shouted from the above.

"Okay, so you ready?" Snotlout began. "'cause, you know, I'm the best fighter here and I don't want to hurt a beautiful women like you."

"Oh how sweet of you. But don't worry. I happen to be the first member of the Crystal Gems. Besides; gems are far stronger than humans." Pearl said with a grin. "O.. okay, if you say so." Snotlout said nervously.

Then Snotlout ran towards Pearl with a war cry and raised his sword to streak at Pearl. Pearl grinned at this and easily side stepped and smacked Snotlout on the back using the blunt side of her spear.

"OW!" Snotlout cryed in pain. The audience laughed at this. "Oh, is it too hard? Do you want me to go easier next time?" Pearl said mockingly. "N.. no, it's okay. I didn't even felt that." Snotlout said nervously. "Oh really? Then I think you don't mind if fought a little harder." Pearl said with a smile. "N.. not at all."

They circled each other for a few seconds. Pearl had a smirk on her face. Snotlout was looking everywhere to find a way to defeat her. Then he saw the sun, and quickly got an idea. He waits for the best moment and when he got that, he quickly reflected the sunlight into Pearl's eyes using his swords.

Pearl tried to cover her eyes from her hand. Using the chance, Snotlout quickly ran towards Pearl and attack her. His sword was almost at her neck when all of a sudden, Pearl attacked his sword so fast, that Snotlout's sword got flown across the arena in a split second. Pearl was still covering her eyes but had a smirk on her face.

"Huh. Cheap tricks, not gonna work on me." Pearl said. Snotlout was shocked for a moment from what happened before getting back to normal. He lost his sword but he decided to quickly punch Pearl so he can get a little time and distance to retrieve his sword back. By the way, Pearl's so skinny while Snotlout's all muscles. He quickly punched Pearl. But to his surprise, Pearl caught his arm with her free hand with no struggle.

"Huh what? How did-"

"Well Snotlout, I see a little problem with your punch." Pearl said like a teacher, teaching her students. "What?" Snotlout asked, confused. "Yes, look carefully, you need to punch like THIS." Pearl said before punching Snotlout.

"Ow… owowow…" Snotlout cried touching a black eye on his face. "Huh! That should teach you to respect women." Astrid said with a smirk. "Hmph…" Snotlout grunted.

"Okay, that's a win for the gems." Gobber said. "Right, who's next."

"Connie, wanna go next?" Astrid asked. "Okay."

Then Astrid and Connie entered the arena. Just like before, they went to each side of the arena.

"Careful Connie." Steven shouted from the above with a nervous look. Connie gave him a thumbs up. Garnet patted Steven on the shoulder reassuring that everything is okay.

Astrid raised her battle axe and stood ready. "Ready?" She asked. Connie drew her sword from the back and dropped to her stance, with her sword held high from one hand and the other hand extent forward.

"How in the world is she holding that sword using one hand." Snotlout asked, shocked to see Connie holding a sword as large as her using one hand without any effort. "Never judge a person by the appearance." Garnet said with a smile.

"Ready, Begin!" Gobber shouted. Astrid and Connie circled each other for a moment, studying each other. From what Connie saw, she was able to tell Astrid is a fierce fighter. Strong, determined and skilled. On the other hand, Astrid also deduced these traits in Connie.

"What are they, doing? Aren't they going to fight?" Tuffnut asked. "They are studying each other. That's a very useful technic than bragging before the fight." Pearl said looking at Snotlout. He smiled nervously. "The more you know about your enemy, the more it is easier to defeat them."

Astrid and Connie circled each other for a few seconds waiting for the other to make the first move. After a while, Astrid jump forward with her axe raised above beginning the fight. Connie brought her sword and blocked the axe easily. Then she pushed her sword forward, causing Astrid to move backwards. Astrid quickly stopped herself and moved her axe to the side, making Connie to lose her balance for a moment. Astrid quickly swung her axe horizontally. But Connie quickly regained her balance and ducked before the axe could hit her.

Connie quickly hit Astrid with the blunt of her sword causing her to stagger back. Without giving her any chance, she quickly swung her sword vertically at her. Astrid quickly recovered before bringing the blade of her axe up to meet the blade of Connie's sword. They then exchanged more swings at each other but neither of them gained the upper hand over the other. They kept this for a few more minutes.

"TIME"S UP!" Gobber shouted from above causing the fight to end. Astrid and Connie looked exhausted. They sheathed there weapons. "It's a draw."

"What the? Who is that girl?" Ruffnut asked. "No one was ever able to defeat Astrid."

"But she end the fight in a draw." Tuffnut added. "Oh man, now we have two Astrids to worry about."

"You are good. Never had a fight like that for a long time." Astrid said. "Thanks. I have a great sensei." Connie said. "A what?" Astrid asked puzzled. "Oh... a teacher." Connie replied. They then left the arena. When they get back to the others, Steven hugged Connie.

"Connie that was amazing." He said. "Thanks Steven. I try my best." Connie said. "And, it's all because of Pearl by the way."

"Oh thank you. But really Connie, you already exceeded my expectations." Pearl said.

"Okay, enough talking, let's go to the next fight." Amethyst said. She then looked at the twins. "So, you two against me huh?"

"Yeah, and you are going down." Tuffnut said then fist bumped with Ruffnut. "We'll see about that. Now let's go." Amethyst said and left to the arena, the twins following her.

Just like before, they went to the each side of the arena. Tuffnut and Ruffnut had spears with them. Amethyst summoned a whip and stood ready.

"Begin!" Gobber shouted. As soon as he said that, Tuffnut and Ruffnut rushed towards Amethyst with a battle cry. Amethyst had a bored look on her face. When the twins got closer to her, she simply jumped above them.

"Huh, is that all you got?" Amethyst asked mockingly. "No, there's more." Said Tuffnut before rushing towards Amethyst again. "Seriously?" Amethyst asked herself with a smirk. She again jumped away from Tuffnut. Ruff tried attack her but she easily dodged it and moved away.

"Come on, what are you doing? You didn't land a single hit on me yet. This is boring." Amethyst shouted. "She is too fast and small. It's hard to hit her." Tuffnut said to Ruffnut. They charged at Amethyst again. When they got near, they swung their spears at her. But instead of moving away, Amethyst let go of her whip and caught the spears.

"Too small huh? Then how about this." Amethyst said before she was engulfed in a white light. The twins felt their spears going up but didn't know why until the light disappeared. When the light disappeared, they saw that Amethyst was taller and more muscular. Everyone's jaws dropped except the Crystal Gems.

"What? How did she?" Hiccup asked in disbelief. "Oh yeah, Purple Puma has entered the battle." Steven shouted.

"Our body is not like yours." Pearl began "our body is actually an illusion made of solid light. So we can alter its shape when we needed. But we usually don't shape shift, instead of Amethyst who shape shift all the time. She's like a master of it."

"Wow, you guys are amazing." Hiccup said.

Back at the arena, the twins were shacking in fear. Amethyst pulled the spears up and the twins quickly let go of them and moved back. "Nice sticks you got there." Amethyst said examining the spears. Then she threw them away and they got stuck in the wall. "Ugh… this is taking too long. Amethyst said before shape shifting back to normal and summoning a whip. Then she wrapped it around Tuffnut.

"Huh, hey, let me go." He shouted. Ruffnut tried to run away. "Oh no you don't." Amethyst said before rolling into a ball and rolled around the twins very fast, dragging Ruffnut along the way. Once she was finished, the twins were tied by the whip and dropped on the ground. Amethyst was standing beside them holding the whip with a foot on them. "Done."

"Huh, seen that coming. Amethyst wins." Gobber shouted.

After the fight, everyone took a little break. The riders gathered in a corner and started to discuss about the fight.

"Right, we only won one fight. Two fights for them, one draw. If we were able to win this fight, we can end the duel in a draw." Hiccup said.

"But it won't be easy. Connie was really skilled and she was trained by Pearl. And you know how skilled she is and strong for a skinny person like her." Astrid said, looking at Snotlout. "She, is the leader of the Crystal Gems." Astrid said pointing at Garnet.

"Also, we won't be able to disarm her. She's using gauntlets. We can't take them off." Fishlegs said.

"He is right. Let's give her all we've got." Hiccup said before heading to the arena where Garnet was already waiting for them.

The riders entered the arena while the Crystal Gems stood above. Garnet was standing in the center of the arena while others stood around her.

"Before the fight begins, I have something to say." Garnet began. "You don't have to knock me down to win the fight. All you have to do is land a single hit on me and you win." Garnet said confidently.

"What, really? A single hit? This is going to be easy." Snotlout said. "Hell yeah." Tuffnut agreed.

"Okay then, everyone ready? Begin!" Gobber shouted from the above.

Everyone slowly came towards Garnet. Garnet stood firm with her gauntlets on her hands. Snotlout attacked first. He ran towards her and jump attacked Garnet. She easily moved away from his attack. Then Tuffnut charged at her from behind with his spear pointing at her. But Garnet quickly moved to the side and grabbed the spear from her left hand and using the momentum of Tuffnut, swung the spear left, which threw Tuffnut at Ruffnut. Garnet quickly swiped Snotlout legs using the spear and when he was falling, quickly hit his back using the spear.

Hiccup used his bola launcher to stop garnet but she quickly dropped the spear and ducked and the bola got wrapped around poor fishlegs. Astrid raised her axe and attacked Garnet. But she quickly grabbed the blade using her left hand and flipped it to the side causing Astrid to let go of her axe. She quickly hit her stomach with the handle of the axe and she fell down holding her stomach. Hiccup ran at Garnet and tried to attack her with his shield. Garnet quickly attacked his shield using her right hand and Hiccup got thrown back with a spin. Astrid tried to swipe Garnet's legs but before she was about to hit her, Garnet brought the handle of the axe in between their legs still holding the axe from the blade. She quickly kicked the handle and it then hit Astrid's leg. She quickly turned the axe the other side, still holding from the blade and smacked Astrid's shoulder. An arrow come flying at Garnet but she blocked it using the axe, and moved back in time to dodge hiccup's shield, that he threw at her. She quickly grabbed the shield when it was passing by her using her right hand and redirected it back to Hiccup, which hit his leg knocking him down.

After that, everyone was knocked on the ground except for Fishlegs. He quickly realized this and dropped in fear that Garnet was going to hit him. For a moment no one said anything. The Crystal Gems looked at Gobber to see he was looking at Garnet with wide eyes and an open mouth.

"Uh… are you gonna say it or not." Amethyst asked, snapping him back to reality.

"Uh… G- Garnet wins. And the Crystal Gems win the dual." He finally said.

And done. This was originally going to be a two part chapter but I wasn't able to think of something to add to the second part of the dual to be a complete chapter so I wrote this as a one chapter. Also, I thought it will make up for the long wait. This is the biggest chapter I wrote so far. So until next time, R&R.

Cpt. Leo, out.