The dragon trainers – Chapter 7: Rise of darkness
Bandle City was just put on full red alert after recent events happening at the borders. The military personnel made their mad dash to evacuate the civilians from whatever was coming. Setting up a good blockade around every wall, they expected a ground attack. But to their shock, it came from above as a large dark shrouded dragon arrived from the skies. First instinct was to set some of the buildings on fire. Weapons went wild trying to hit the dragon, unable to hurt it. The dragon managed to force soldiers to give up their positions and fall back. At one point, the dragon was about to fire his flames until it got shot by a fireball, knocking it’s head before it took notice of the culprit.
: “Pick on someone of your own kind!”
The five yordles, Tristana, Teemo, Rumble, Lulu and Heimerdinger arrived just in time to stop the dragon, being accompanied by their dragons, Riggles, Zora, Dudley, Pix and the Hufkins. The whole group faced the dragon, willing to pick a fight if they had to. Teemo and Zora seemed more determined, until…
Zora: Suddenly had a better look of the dragon and looked worried.
Dragon: The dragon chuckled and spoke, her voice clearly female. “Well, well… If it isn’t the famous captain Teemo…”
: “I’m no longer a captain… How do you know me!?”
: “What do you want from us!?”
: “Why are you attacking the dragons!?”
Dragon: “So many questions, while my only intent is revenge! Tell me, Teemo… Do you remember over 10 years ago? Maybe a closer look to my eyes can help…”
: Like the others, was slightly confused, but tried to peek into the dragon’s eyes, trying to see if it meant something.
Dragon: Her eyes were completely red when they arrived, but she closed it and then opened it. The eyes weren’t red anymore, but seemed like a view of another place. It was dark and the only thing in it was indeed a yordle. The yordle had dark fur, yellow eyes, but instead of the wizard hat he was wearing, he had a helmet made out of a dragon skull, alongside a necklace made of dragon bones. The figure grinned at the yordles.
The five yordles were shocked to figure out who it was.
: “VEIGAR! YOU AGAIN!? I thought that Teemo taught you a lesson last time!!!”
The dragon then spoke back at her female form, but Veigar’s voice mixed with hers, making it perfectly synchronized.
: Chuckled in a mocking manner. “I never quit… And will never stop until your captain… Or guess FORMER captain is dead! And Bandle falls to its knees for me!”
Teemo: “Bandle City would NEVER surrender to the likes of you!”
: “You really believe so? Trust me, it’s a matter of time before the city is destroyed…”
: “If you don’t mind, I’d like to resume our earlier question of why are you possessing the dragons.”
: “Heimerdinger, the snobby know it all. Delusional to believe that all of his projects are for the good of mankind and that all efforts are ‘necessary.’ How are your clones doing? The dragons told me lots of interest things about it.” Grinned evily.
: “I don’t see how my project has of any relevance to the question.”
: “It has plenty of relevance. Since I did end up possessing the parents of the dragons that gave birth to Hufkin. The little one, tried to resist tough… Gave me little choice.”
: Stared at Veigar in shock, not believing his words. “You didn’t…”
: “No more clones out of the original for Heimer now!” Starts laughing maniacly.
: “You’re a monster!!!”
: “You possessed dragons, tore down their families and now bring them to do your bidding! Whatever Noxus does in their prisons isn’t good enough for the likes of you!”
Veigar just laughed again as four of the five yordles stare at him with pure hatred.
: “Poor delusional Bandle and its residents. You all think you can just sit here safe from all harm, thinking that the world outside has to deal with their mess. I’VE BEEN TO THE OUTSIDE WORLD! And the world will slowly crumble upon us and squash us like bugs! I’m just here to speed up that process. See if Bandle is still willing to fight for something!”
: “We’ll fight with everything we got! You can be sure of what!” He tried to approach the dragon for a fight, but Zora fling her wings backwards, forcing him to step back instead. “What the!? Zora!?”
: Chuckles again. “I know why she acted like that… It’s not really easy to fight a dragon when deep down you know…”
The dragon lost Veigar’s voice, only her own being spoken.
Dragon: “That said dragon is your mother!”
: Now shared the same expression as Zora as they realized who the dragon was.
Zora’s mother: Took in a deep breath and instantly tried to cook Teemo alive in her flames!
: Managed to push Teemo out of the way! “GET DOWN!”
Dragon: Seeing that her flames missed, she took another deep breath.
: Using Dudley, got in front of the two and used the wings to cover himself and anyone behind! “Try someone close to your size!”
Dragon: Breathed fire at Rumble in an intense scorching flame!
Dudley: Couldn’t hold on and eventually fell to his knees, trying to catch his breath.
: “Come on, Dud! Don’t give up on me now!”
Dragon: Tried a third breath, but was interrupted by gun fire away from the yordles.
A small yordle squad was causing suppressing fire on the dragon to get their attention away from the yordles.
Dragon: With a smile, she used her tail to try to swipe them away, but instead caused the nearby building to be destroyed as it threatened to squash the squad into being crushed.
: Saw a tree near them and used her magic on it. “TREMENDO!”
The tree grew into a large size, enough to catch most of the rubble or toss away from the squad. But there was still some rubble that fell past the tree branches.
: “Go pix!” Sent Pix towards the squad.
Pix: Created a shield to defend the yordles safely.
: “Guys! Leave this to us, don’t try to pick a fight!” She says, dragging Teemo behind some of the rubble for cover.
The squad didn’t think twice, they moved away back away from the battle.
: Shook his head a bit. “Zora, are you alright?”
Zora: Sadly didn’t felt alright. Sad even as he looked up at him.
: “I don’t think she can do this fight… It’s her mother we’re talking about.”
: “We can knock her out and contain her…”
: “Teemo…”
: Snapped at Tristana. “DAMN IT, I AM NOT MAKING ZORA AN ORPHAN!!! SHE DOESN’T DESERVE THIS!”
Another stare down happened between Teemo and Tristana. She just looked at him worried, as Teemo finally put his heart before his duty, but sadly, even Tristana didn’t believe anything could be done.
: Started setting up his Hufkins around the place, each of his creations shooting at the dragon in different angles, only to get deleted and burned out when the dragon shot back at them in a more intense flame. Not even the super Hufkin could help, didn’t even live to die of his usual heart attacks.
: Had his dragon shielding Lulu as they were distracted. “Guys, we need a plan! Even Heimer can’t handle for too long!”
: “Teemo, even if we try to get the dragon unconscious, Veigar will just try something against her. Either he’ll wake her up, or wound it…”
: Was angry at what Tristana was implying. “Tristana, if you have even the minor shred of decency…”
: It was her turn to snap. “YOU THINK I LIKE THINKING LIKE THIS!?”
Another stare down happened between the two, they were obviously furious at the idea they agreed it was bad, meaning that afterwards they stopped staring at each other.
: Sadened. “Is there no way we can do this without…”
: “Apparently not, but… I’m not making the call! It’s Zora’s mother! She should decide if we should or not go with that idea.”
The four yordles look at Zora for a response, all of them not liking the idea by the look on their faces.
Zora: Looks at each of them then looks at her mother, who finally manages to knock Heimer away with her tail. Zora started getting quick flashbacks of her time with her parents, since the day she was hatched. She sighed, knowing that all of this would just be painful, but eventually turned towards Teemo and nodded in reponse.
: “There’s no going back if we do it… Are you sure?”
Zora: Responded by climbing onto Teemo’s arm pad, getting herself ready for a fight. She gave a look of determination to her with another nod.
: Slowly got up and turned to the leader. “Tristana, you have any plans?”
: Peeked from over the rubble to examine the situation. The dragon was trying to roast Heimer, but he was safe behind another pile of rubble, but not for long. She also saw a statue in Bandle containing a spear that could be detached. She analyzed her team’s abilities for the job and came up with a sketchy plan. Facing her team with a serious look on her face. “We can do this!”
Meanwhile, the dragon was slowly closing in on Heimer’s position. He was trying to get his enhanced abilities back up for the sake of survival, but before the dragon could try anything, he got shot in the face again. He faced the source and saw Tristana firing at her, Rumble slowly arriving while Lulu circled around to check on Heimer.
: “How you handling?”
: “Minor burns, but nothing of serious nature.”
: “Minor, my fairy… Got some handmade medicine, you’ll be fine.”
While Lulu patched up Heimer, Tristana and Rumble were still hailing on him as the dragon slowly approached him. The dragon tried to claw Tristana, but Dudley arrived in time to stop her, but barely managing her strength, being smaller than her.
: “Come on, Dudley, fight back! You have to get angry!”
Dudley: Was mildly annoyed, but not enough to be at the full state.
: “Come on, Riggles can’t keep it up forever! We need Dudley to be angry!”
: “I’m trying! Come on, you stupid egg head!”
Dudley: The insults helped a bit for their goal, as he just kept trying to out beat the dragon, having lots of difficulty in even keeping her in check.
: “Try it now, Teemo!”
: Out from behind some buildings, before the dragon could react, she got hit by one of the napalm eggs from Teemo, causing her to stagger a bit.
: “Try the equalizer now!”
Dudley: Shot several flames into the air that ended up landing on the dragon’s body, causing massive pain on her.
Dragon: Roared in response and ended up on the floor, now angry.
: “AND NOW HIT HIM, MORON!”
Dudley: That insult was the last straw as he went into a fit of rage and made a mad rush at the dragon.
: Appeared behind cover, focused her energy to assist Rumble. “HUGIFY!”
Dudley: Lulu’s spell caused him to become even bigger, almost the size of the female dragon as he punched her right in her face, causing her to stagger backwards.
: Had the perfect opportunity as Zora flew him towards the statue, made him grab the spear and they dove for the dragoness. “I’m sorry… But this is for the good of my people… And for the good of your daughter!”
Zora: Didn’t object to his speech, he was right, she had to let her mother go than letting her become Veigar’s servant for eternity.
In a swooping movement, after Rumble knocked her back into a standing situation, the dragon felt the stone spear pierce her body. Teemo and Zora were standing on her back, making sure it went deep enough for the tip to come out the other side. Neither of them were proud of what they did. Eventually the dragon fell, still under Veigar’s control as she breathed heavily.
: “Let go of her, Veigar. You lost. She can’t do anything else for you!”
The dragon’s voice had the mix of Veigar’s in her voice again as he spoke.
: “How adorable… You think my plans are fully foiled just because you killed a dragon… But I must say, I didn’t figure you all had the darkness in your hearts to kill her.” He grins, amused.
: “We’re nothing like you, Veigar! We did it for the greater good! We did it to stop you!”
: Starts laughing. “Fools, my plan is just the beginning! Watch the skies!”
On cue, the yordles looked up and what they saw put them in a state of horror. The sky was half blocked by dragons flying around Bandle, every single one equally as mind controlled as the dragon they just put down. About a dozen landed in Bandle, surrounding the yordle squad, and threatening the other yordles that were already in safety of the first one. All the controlled dragons started speaking at the same time with Veigar’s voice in it, making Veigar stand out among their own.
: “Are you feeling so confident, so sure of yourself to beat all of these dragons right now? With so much trouble with just one? And she was the weakest of my army.”
Zora: Was furious at Veigar’s statement, but equally as afraid as the dragons slowly closed in on them, forcing the gang to group and get ready for the worse, thinking they would be forced to fight to the death.
: “However… As much as it would amuse me to simply destroy Bandle… I like to be merciful sometimes, so I’ll give you all a choice. Bow down to my will and live under my new dark reign of terror… Or fall like the others I shall strike with swift death! So what’s it going to be?”
: “WE WILL NEVER SURRENDER BANDLE TO YOU, YOU MONSTER!!!”
: “EVEN IF WE HAVE TO GIVE OUR LIVES FOR THE CAUSE!”
: “THIS PLACE IS OUR HOME, OUR PARADISE!”
: “AND YOU WILL NOT TAKE IT AWAY FROM US, FREAK!”
: “And we shall be prepared for anything you perform at us. Our dragons are trained for so.”
On cue, Riggles, Zora, Dudley, Pix and the Hufkins roared in defiance to the dragons, teeth at show and willing to fight to the death if Veigar tried to start one.
: Just smiled, finding the bravado adorable. “Fine… Then once I finish destroying every single other city in Bandle. I will come back here and finish the job… So start praying to your divines, say farewell to your families… Because soon, it will all end.” Starts laughing evilly, the laughter echoing and making the innocent yordles shiver.
That done, the dragons in the city flew up and away, except for the wounded one. The group couldn’t believe how many dragons Veigar had in control… It was almost a thousand of them…
: “I can’t believe this is happening… “
: “These dragons, ancient beings…”
: “Forced to fight against their own will…”
: “And even forced to kill their own family…”
: Lulu’s speech snapped him as he noticed that Zora was gone. “ZORA!” He noticed her by the wounded dragon and ran at her, seeing the dragon’s condition.
Dragon: Was no longer under Veigar’s control, he ditched her, so instead she just stood in place, trying to conserve her breath as she felt her daughter sitting on her body. “I’m happy that you’re still alive, my child…”
Zora: Was in tears, just like with her father as she wanted to do anything possible to heal her, knowing she didn’t even know how. She started barking things at her mother, hating to see her in her state.
: Tried to check her wounds, but didn’t think it would be possible to do anything for her. And pulling the spear out would just make things worse.
: “I’m so sorry, I just… We couldn’t…”
Dragon: Laughed a bit, wheezing under her wounded breath. “It’s alright… You did what was right for your people… Just like a parent would had done anything for their child.”
Zora: Whimpers, still in tears.
Dragon: “You’ve talked to your father before, haven’t you? It pains me that you had to witness this… For both of us… Your father was a kind and lovely male, making you was the best gift he ever gave to me… And you being alive even now gave me hope… Zora… Teemo… I’m sure her father asked you for a promise?”
: Nodded. “Yeah, he said that if I ever settled down and had a family, that I should release Zora to the wild, so she could have one of her own.”
Dragon: “I see…”
The rest of the yordles started circling around the dragon, seeing the gang talk to her, most were whispering about what was going on.
Dragon: “I suppose… Since you already made a promise, I will instead give both of you a gift… Come closer… To my paw…”
Both Teemo and Zora looked at each other and did so, still within sight of the mother. Teemo held one of her sharp claws while Zora just sat on her hand.
Dragon: “Close your eyes.”
They did so and the dragon did the same, then a small light was glowing around them, the rest of the yordles just watched amazed before it faded.
Dragon: “Now, open your eyes, or don’t… And think of the most peaceful moment you ever had in your lives…”
Teemo and Zora again looked at each other before doing so, suddenly, they vanished.
: “Teemo!? Where did you go!?”
: “What are you talking about, I’m right… Here…”
Teemo and Zora went invisible, the dragon’s magic allowed them both to enter stealth out of nowhere, even Zora was impressed. After a while, the effect ended and they were revealed.
: “Ok, that’s handy enough.”
Dragon: “Sometimes battles aren’t solved with violence… But with the right approach… My gift will help you reach said goals… And I want you both to use it well…” Starts coughing, feeling her time fade away.
: “Wait! Please, just tell us your name… So we can join you with your husband… Give us that honor at least...”
The dragon chuckled and decided to answer his request.
Lyr’Toh: “My name is Lyr’Toh. You can write it on my grave alongside my husband Kou’Lah.”
: “Mind if I ask something… Zora was a name given by Heimer, you picked it up when you heard it from Teemo… So what was her real name?”
Lyr’Toh: Smiles. “If she likes the name, I shall not answer that question. Her name is one she can hold at heart and she knows her true name if she wishes to one day speak it.” She gives one last sigh. “Guess it’s time to take that moonlight walk with my husband… Poor thing, he always wanted me to go on one, he loved those. Zora… Take care of yourself and your trainer…”
Just like with Kou’Lah, she closed her eyes and her breathing eventually came to a stop, signifying their death. The yordles didn’t speak a word, not even the audience around the dragon as they felt nothing but sorrow for the fallen. Zora already cried enough for her dad, so her mother, even if it was equally as important, barely broke her down. She climbed onto Teemo’s pad again, only to be comforted by the owner.
After the events of the battle, lots had happened. Teemo requested the dragon to be moved to the cave where Kou’Law was lying dead, uniting husband and wife in their graves. They even closed the cave to avoid any stray animals from taking advantage of them for sustenance and put up a sign with their names, so they could always be remembered. The yordle gang said nothing during the whole process, they didn’t think they’d knew them enough for a speech.
Location: Mayor Goodfellow’s office.
The five yordles without their dragons were standing in front of the mayor’s desk. Goodfellow just stood there, thinking.
Goodfellow: “Well, it will be troubling to have all five of you leaving Bandle. But I guess it’s a necessary need. You all have to be tasked in finding Veigar and put a stop on his plans. Stop him from destroying any other cities whatever means necessary.”
: “At least we can make some exceptions like those damn noxians.”
: “However, if we pay heed to those, maybe we can make a truce if we assist them. Could benefit us in the long process.”
: “Have to agree with Rumble, they’ve done nothing but hurt us in the past. I’m afraid of the idea of being near Noxus to find Veigar.”
: “Heimer’s also right tough. A breather after this war against Veigar could help us. But in the end, Tristana’s the leader, she is the one that has to decide.”
The four yordles looked at Tristana, who looked at them all for a moment before facing the mayor.
: “I’ll think about how to proceed under the banner of Bandle. We will stop Veigar at all costs! Together we can do this!”
Goodfellow: “Very well, then with my blessing, I want you to perform valiant actions under the name of the yordles of banner, and rally anyone willing to defeat Veigar. As for the dragons. It will be up to you what to do.”
: Nods. “Understood, sir.”
Location: The skies.
The crew flew high in the sky, Teemo had Zora carry him, Tristana rode Riggles, Lulu had her staff, Heimer had the hufkins carrying him by his hair while Rumble, having Dudley with wings too small, had to be carried with a rope by the others. The little strength that Dudley had stopped them from falling. Tristana started narrating the moment.
: “And this is the story… We had ups and downs in our road, we lost important people… We had fear, worry and anger in all of us… But in the end, we overcame it… This was just the beginning of the story however, there are plenty to adventure and share. Enemies to face, allies to save and deeds to perform. All in the sake of stopping our nemesis from taking over the world. And better yet, with friends by our side…”
Tristana looked at her team mates, all of them when noticing, shared a smile with her before she looked ahead at the road.
: “We will overcome anything! Because we are… The dragon trainers!”
The end.
Thank you for reading these stories. These were made mostly as a lore explanation for the dragon trainer skins for Teemo, Rumble and Heimerdinger, in hopes that they could consider releasing such a skin line, maybe a Dark Dragon Lord Veigar once such concept design is made. If you wish to support the skin line, you can upvote the following topic:
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There will be another post later with the updated concept for the three skins in the future.
Meanwhile, at a cave.
: Petting a dragon child, the child was as truly dark, compared to the others and it wasn’t being controlled either. “Hmm… So we have set the stage… And now… We make our move… Play your cards right… I won’t hold nothing off…” He said giving a loud laughter that lasted a long time, echoing through the cave as several more possessed adult dragons were around patrolling, proving that getting to Veigar would be nowhere easy.
