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Chapter 2: Mani's Brooch

The sun was already setting when they reached Berk. The sky was filled with the warm hues of magenta, burgundy and deep orange, swirling and cascading to with each other. The four perched on Gothi's high house or hut. Hiccup and Astrid, climbed down and instructed the Night Fury and Deadly Nadder to wait for them below the house. Fearing, that the patio could not support their dragons' weight.

They knocked on the door and after a few shuffling that was heard inside, Gothi opened the door and beckoned them in. The distinct smell of herbs, spices and earth immediately greeted them as they stepped in. The hut is small, made out of wood.

At the center, you can find the hearth, which dimly lit the place. The bed is pushed back at the farther part of the hut, with some of her terrible terrors sleeping on it. Lines of different sized jars, herbs, spices, bones, and whatnot lined the cupboards that were stuck to the walls.

"So how was your day off, guys?" Fishlegs greeted them, occupying one of Gothi's stools near the hearth.

"Oh Fishlegs, didn't see you there." Hiccup told him surprised.

"Really, Hiccup? You didn't see me? I'm practically blocking the half-side of the house." Fishlegs retorted, as a matter-of- factly. Gothi just nodded in agreement and went back to shuffling her cupboards.

"But that's not-" Hiccup started when Astrid spoke up, "So Fishlegs, what brings you here?" she asked the burly teenager.

"Ohh, my mom asked me get some of sort of medicine for her cold." Fishlegs replied, cheerfully."How was your day off? Did you find new islands? Discover new species?" Fishlegs asked them excitedly, eyes wide with wonder.

Hiccup smiled at his friend who is completely obsessed with the Dragons as much as himself.

"Yeah, we kind of explored the group of islands we saw before at the North of Berk." Hiccup told him. "

Dragons?" Fishlegs asked, with a hint of hope in his voice. Hiccup shook his head, with that the burly boy's face fell. "Oh."

"But, we saw something weird. It's not a dragon, but it made the Stormfly and Toothless nervous." Hiccup's face fell into a frown and showed them a couple of flowers in his hand.

Fishlegs eyes widened again starring at peculiar flowers. "And that's why we need Gothi's help to examine these." Astrid added. "

I have never seen a flower like this before…" Fishlegs, in awe, picked up one flower gingerly and held it up for observation. Gothi quickly shuffled next to them and gathered the flowers in her basket; she walked to the earth rocking the flowers in the basket and set them down.

She took one and began feeling the petals gingerly with her fingers, sniffing at it and poking the sapphire center.

"Gothi, can you tell us what are those and why are our dragons are threatened by it?" Hiccup asked the healer again.

After a few minutes of silence and cross-examination, Gothi went over to Fishlegs and scribbled the prediction on the ground with her staff. Fishlegs read it and intently and opened his mouth, ready to get the message across when Gothi poked him on the ribs and began scribbling again.

Fishlegs nodded and looked at Hiccup and Astrid smiling. "Gothi says that this flower is called Mani's Brooch or specifically called the Moonlight Brooch."

The healer nodded and beckons him to go on. "It's very rare since it doesn't grow anywhere near Berk. And, it only grows every 30 years, during the full moon underground. Since it's moon flower, the sun will kill it."

"So that's why we found it underground, that's pretty cool." Astrid grinned. "So about our dragons?" Hiccup asked. "Oh yeah, Gothi says that it's fine. It's harmless, well seemingly. For us, we don't smell its scent, but for the dragons it smells-weird?" Fishlegs looked at the healer with questioning eyes and she just nodded intently.

She began scribbling again on the dirt while Fishlegs watched. "Uhm, its not poisonous but it is definitely a medical plant. It will ease any sort of pain." The two teenagers sighed in relief.

"For a second there, I thought that something big is going on." Hiccup laughed. Gothi went to Hiccup and asked for the flowers if she could have them, which the boy gladly gave it to her. "Thanks for this, Hiccup. Gothi was planning to mix this in my mom's medicine." Fishlegs clapped the boy's shoulder when he stood up and peered over Gothi's brew.


Meanwhile, Toothless and Stormfly were curled on the ground. "Toothless?" Stormfly squawked at her friend.

The Night Fury grunted and turned his back on the Deadly Nadder. "Hey, what's wrong?" she squawked again.

"Nothing." Toothless bit. A bit alarmed, Stormfly hopped closer to him, "C'mon, tell me what's wrong?" Stormfly peered at his face.

Toothless huffed and sat on his hind legs, glaring at Stormfly. "You should have not headbutted me a while ago." He spat. "It really hurt." Toothless added, pawing the bruise on his cheek.

"It's because you were so stubborn!" Stormfly cried indignantly.

"How come it's my fault? I wasn't doing anything. I was just staring at the thing." He retorted.

"Hey, I tried to pull you away but you refused to listen to me. I know that you and I smelled its scent! It was weird and Thor knows what would have happened if you come near it…. I was just looking out for you." Stormfly squawked, annoyed.

"Looking out for me, eh?" Toothless grinned.

"Wha-what's that supposed to mean?" Stormfly aghast, blushing a bit.

"Nothing," the Night Fury plopped on his stomach, one lidded-eye opened, staring at the Deadly Nadder.

"Toothless, I swear," Stormfly threatened.

"I said it's NOTHING, just nothing." Toothless teased, enjoying his friend's frustration.

"Great Odin, you're so weird!" Stormfly huffed and sat a little farther away from him obviously annoyed at the crazy dragon's antics.

A huge shadow loomed on top of them, "Hey guys!" it called. A red Monstrous Nightmare descended from the sky.

"What's up, Hooky?" Toothless greeted, snickering at the nickname.

"Ha ha, very funny, Toothy." Hookfang replied sarcastically. "Gods, I hate that nickname, so not manly." The Monstrous Nightmare groaned, chuckled lightly at the side.

"What're you laughing at?" Hookfang narrowed his eyes at the Deadly Nadder and shaking his head. "

You guys are idiots." She laughed, cocking her head at the side, amused at the two boy dragons.

"Yeah, yeah. I heard that one before." Hookfang yawned.

"Where's your oh-so amazing human?" Toothless asked the Nightmare. Hookfang grinned and curled down beside them,

"Heh, left him hanging at the cliff, literally." Stormfly shook her head at her friend's strange amusement. Sure, Snotlout's annoying most of the time and Astrid hates him to the core, but he's quite nice especially when he gives her chicken.

"Will he be alright?" Stormfly asked Hookfang, a bit concerned. Hookfang raised an eyebrow at her and snickered, "Yeah, he'll be alright. I won't leave him to do something he can't do. Don't worry, you'll still get your chicken." He grinned at her mischievously.

"Hey!" Stormfly shot at spike him, which the Nightmare immediately evades. Toothless chuckles at the scene, clearly entertained.

"Gods, Astrid's violence is starting to rubbed on you!" Hookfang called out.

"Am not! And don't talk about Astrid like that!" The Nadder snapped, eyes narrowed at Hookfang and ready to spike.

"Whatever," Hookfang replied, flying off the ground. "I'm going to get Snot now, or Spitelout will have his head for dinner." The dragon called out and flew to the other direction.

"Why doesn't he just admit that he cares about that little beast?" Stormfly, grumbled. "I guess, you're not the only one who got rubbed on with their human's personality." Toothless, grinned. "Oh, shut it." Stormfly rolled her eyes at him.

Back at the hut, Hiccup and Astrid prepared to leave. "Dinner will start soon. Fishlegs are you coming?" Hiccup asked the boy. Fishlegs shook his politely and replied,

"Nah, you guys go ahead. I'll just wait for the medicine to be finished then I'll catch up." He dismissed them.

"Okay, see you at the Mead Hall. Gothi, thanks for the help." Hiccup bid the two of them goodbye and went outside the hut, followed by Astrid behind, giving them her thanks and goodbye at the process. The two riders whistled for their dragons and flew the Mead Hall.

"Okay, bud." Hiccup took the saddle off Toothless' back and gave him a scratch under the chin. Stormfly nudged him to find the other dragons to play with them. Hiccup and Astrid went inside the Mead Hall leaving the two dragons behind.

"Let's go find, Barf and Belch!" she chirped. Toothless, sore from flying, sat down instead.

"I'm tired and I'm not in the mood to play." He yawned. "Let's just sit here, and talk, away from others."

He offered. "Hmm, well…" Stormfly thought for a moment.

"Please?" Toothless pleaded.

"Okay, okay. Sheesh. You are such a big baby." Stormfly laughed.

"I'm your big baby," Toothless teased.

"What the hel was that?" Stormfly surprised, smacked Toothless at back of his head with her tail.

"I was just kidding, gods!" Toothless defended.

"You better be." Stormfly warned, embarrassed. Toothless rolled his eyes at her and snorted.

"If you only know," he grumbled.

"What was that?" Stormfly's head perked up.

"Nothing," Toothless grinned at her.

Fishlegs proceeded to go to the Mead Hall after he bid goodbye to Gothi. With the bottle in hand, he tried to walk slowly as to not trip on anything and drop the medicine.

On the way, he remembered that Meatlug was still at the dragon pens and decided to let her out for some fresh air. "Hey, girl. Daddy's here." Fishlegs greeted the excited Gronkle. He hugged her and gave her a scratch under the ears.

"C'mon let's get you out. Dinner will be ready soon." Fishlegs led her out of the pens and into the open air. Outside, he was greeted by two figures, walking towards him. "Toothless, Stormfly!" the burly boy called out to them and patted their noses.

Stormfly squawked at him and nudged him gently, allowing Fishlegs to pet her more. Toothless cooed at him and gave him and Meatlug a gummy smile. "Ready for dinner?" Fishlegs announced at them. The three dragons immediately perked up their ears, obviously excited for grub.

"Okay, wait here, while I got get the fish." Fishlegs told them and went back inside the shelter.

"Good evening, guys." Meatlug greeted them.

"Good evening to you too, Meatlug." Toothless and Stormfly nudged their friend.

"How's the shelter? Are you feeling better?" Stormfly asked the Gronkle.

"Yeah, my nose is not that stuffy anymore. But, according to Gobber, I'll be fine by tomorrow." She smiled at the Nadder.

"That's great! You can stay inside the house again." Toothless told her.

"Yeah, I miss my bed. Not that it's awful here, but you know what they say, there's no place like home." Meatlug laughed.

"Man, I'm starving!" The three dragons heard a raspy voice at the back of the shelter. "No, I'm starving!" another one hissed. "We're both starving!" Barf and Belch announced as they slithered to the three dragons.

"You guys share the same stomach," Toothless told them, "Of course, both of you will feel hungry at the same time." He said matter-of-factly.

"Of course, we know that Toothy. We're not like the twins." Belch rolled his eyes at him. "We're just playing," Barf added. "Or are?" Belch asked the other head, with a grin. "I—wait, what?" Barf raised an eyebrow at him completely confused.

"So what did you guys do today?" Toothless asked the Zippleback.

"Just the usual, baby-sitting." Barf yawned. Unlike their riders, Barf and Belch are actually pretty decent dragons, though they also have their fair share of troublemaking.

"Gee, that sounds tough." Meatlug shuddered at the thought of keeping an eye on the twins. "Nah," Belch replied. "We're used it." Barf finished his brother's sentence. "And it's fun." Both heads added, grinning mischievously at each other. Meatlug shuddered again.

Fishlegs returned outside pushing a cart in front of him. Baskets of salmon and Icelandic cod are placed on the cart.

"Hi Barf and Belch." He greeted the Zippleback which they snorted a greeting in return. "Good thing, I got an extra." Fishlegs told them. He stopped the cart in front of the dragons and began unloading the baskets one by one at their feet.

Two baskets were left in the cart. As soon as he turned back on his heels to put the remaining baskets back, Hookfang landed in front of him. "Ah, just in time!" Fishlegs chimed. He laid another basket of fish beside Barf and Belch.

Hookfang nuzzled Fishlegs' hand as thanks before trotting over to his dinner. When everything is in place, Fishlegs went inside the shelter to return the spare baskets and went out again to fill a huge carved log with water. Just as he was going to dump the last bucket, of water, he fell inside the dragons' water basin with a huge splash. Soaked to the core, he pulled himself up and tried not to slip on the puddles he just created.

"Great, just great." He muttered under his breath. He patted the inside of his pocket, and was alarmed when the bottle was missing. The bottle's butt was sticking out of the surface and he plucked it out gingerly. Revealing the bottle to be empty and all of its contents dumped in the water.

Its lid was floating at the corner of the water basin and fished it out. Sighing, he tucked the bottle back to his pocket and began walking towards Gothi's house, muttering how unlucky he was.

After the dragons had their fill, Stormfly sauntered towards the water basin and peered at her reflection before taking a drink. She stopped after her first sip and cocked her head at the water. This tastes funny, she thought.

"Hey guys, is it me or the water tastes off?" Stormfly called at her friends' attention. They trotted towards her and looked at the water, sniffing it.

"I don't smell anything." Toothless told her. "It just tastes funny." Stormfly told him. T

oothless took a drink and wrenched his head away from the water, disgusted. "Ew, what is that?" he spat the remaining taste on his tongue on the ground.

"Maybe it's Astrid's Yaknog?" Hookfang offered, wincing at the taste of the water he just drank. "Don't be silly, this is way better than Yaknog." Barf and Belch gulped down the water, not minding the taste.

"That I have to agree," Toothless snickered. "Guys, really." Stormfly glared at them, annoyed. "Sorry, but I just have to say it." Hookfang smirked.

"This tastes like the cough medicine." Meatlug licked her lips. "What?" Stormfly asked her. "I drank one once, accidentally." Meatlug told them. "Why would some cough medicine end up here?" Toothless asked her curiously.

Meatlug shrugged, "I don't know. Maybe someone fell in or something." The dragons nodded at the idea. "Let's just tip this over before other dragons get a taste of this." Toothless told his friends.

"Great idea, someone might die." Barf and Belch snickered but helped Toothless dump the contents of the water basin on the ground anyway. After that, the dragons trotted to the Mead Hall to join their riders.

In the dark sky, there were no stars visible; the blanket of darkness is filled with different colors of light. The clouds parted, revealing a very full moon big as Odin's hand, and its light is directly casted on Berk.