The day all of that changed was a very strange one indeed. Hiccup was given the day off on account that he was up late the night before due to a midnight raid. Little did Gobber know that Hiccup had slept two hours in the last two weeks and could have worked just fine.
But he didn't complain and simply went out to find Ruffnut. He found her just leaving the Great Hall. "I have the day off," he put simply and the two were off to the woods, baskets that were picked up at Ruff's house in hand. Hiccup had learned through the visions that Tuffnut had enjoyed berry-picking, believing it to be a very "masculine" activity. He confirmed this to be true with Ruff then proceeded to go into the woods with her on everyone of his days off to collect berries in honor of Tuff.
The voices were continuing the usual pranter, but, thankfully, no visions yet.
"Mind cluing us in on what 'tangy' and unexpected' mean?"
Hiccup smiled as he tried to push whatever mystery was happening in his head to the back of his mind and focus on the task at hand.
Ruff finally found a good bush for them to start picking from, but as soon as they started, Hiccup's head suddenly started spinning and spots appeared in his vision. "No, not here," he moaned putting one hand to his head. If he blacked out now, Ruff would drag him all the way back to the village, whether he wanted her to or not. The voices got louder as Ruff stopped what she was doing and looked up worriedly at him.
"I'm here for my dragon!"
Ruff stood up and helped him down to the ground just in case he did pass out.
"Hang on Astrid!"
"Hiccup!"
"Dive bud dive! Grab my hand!"
The world seemed to start spinning around Hiccup as he caught a wisp of a vision of Astrid with chains wrapping around her. A loud "NOOO!" erupted in his ears and then suddenly cut off as the spinning stopped and his vision cleared.
He looked up at Ruffnut, a look of worry clear on her face. "They stopped," he whispered after a minute, leaving her to look at him in confusion. "They stopped!" he cried out in joy as he realized that for the first time in four years, the only voice in his head was his own….