You guys will never guess what the cure for the poison is! HaHAHAHAHAha! Actually, you find out in this chapter, but still you would have never guessed—well maybe you would have, it's a no brainer.
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PS—I was right! Gothi is a woman thanks RadosianStar! And thank you all for the reviews!
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Gobber spent the next morning trying to come up with a cure for Hiccup. So far he was coming up empty; every known ingredient—to him—that helped in fighting sicknesses failed. He sighed as he multitasked between thinking and trying new indredients and brushing the teeth of Fishlegs' Gronkle, Meatlug, next to him. He had to switch from his brush to some pliers to pick out the pebbles that got stuck between the teeth. After finishing, he popped his head out and told Fishlegs Meatlug was taken care of. Astrid showed up next with Stormfly and Gobber got started.
"So, did you find anything that could cure Hiccup?" She said trying to start up a conversation. She did it out of curiosity and worry for her friend, and the man looked like he needed someone to talk to.
"I've tried everything! Nothing, nothing works!" he said, stressed and mind exhausted. But he was a Viking so he'd suck it up. The twins and Snotlout came up behind Astrid. Tuffnut was holding a pile of snow berries—the ones the trolls were eating—as he and his sister were munching on them.
"Mmm, you haven't tried these yet." Tuffnut stated.
"It's horrible and yet tasty at the same time." Ruffnut added.
"So it's like life in the shape of a tiny red ball?" Astrid commented.
"Snow berries?" Gobber asked, thinking.
"Yeah, those berries we saw the trolls gather and the same ones that were given to Hiccup when we rebuilt the nest." She informed him.
"Snow berries!" Gobber exclaimed cheerfully; a light bulb going off in his head. The teens were clueless.
"Yeah, that's what I said." Astrid added again, a little confused.
"No, I didn't use snow berries! Maybe those will help Hiccup."
"Yeah—wait what?" Tuffnut cheered but ended up with a dead understanding look. Gobber brushed him off and took the berries from Tuffnut, much to their displeasure, and ran back to Stoick's house.
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Gobber opened the door and walked up the stairs. Stoick was still beside Hiccup with the washcloth, a bucket of water off to the side and Toothless cooing at the sick boy from the other side of the bed.
"Stoick, I think I've found the answer!"
"You've said that many times before." Stoick replied with doubt.
"Yes, but this time I've really got it!"
"You've also said that many times before."
"Oh just listen, snow berries…"
"Snow berries? Gobber, what in Thor's name is that?"
"It's what trolls eat; apparently they aren't just meat lovers. You know I always thought—"
"Gobber…"
"Right, sorry, here just let him eat them and see if they work." Stoick sighed, but fed Hiccup the tiny red balls. Upon feeding them to him, Toothless snuck a couple from Stoick's hand and smiled at the delightful taste.
"Toothless no, bad dragon!" Stoick snapped at the night fury, but he was unfazed and still had that toothless smile plastered on his face. He began to jump up and down and knock over things. Toothless ran in circles, his tail causing a wind to blow over most of Hiccup's drawings and diagrams he wrote out on paper. Gobber attempted to catch them before they hit the ground, but he was having trouble as they would float from side to side as they fell.
"What is wrong with you—" Stoick questioned the dragon, irritated beyond what was safe. He grabbed Toothless and threw him outside, the dragon landing in the snow on his feet. The night fury, for some odd reason, began to run around the house, roaring crazily.
"Crazy dragon, of all times…" Stoick mumbled to himself, he stopped himself before reaching Hiccup's room upstairs. "Is it working?"
"I don't know yet, but he seems to be breathing more steadily."
"That's it Hiccup, come on," Stoick whispered to him. Gobber left the two alone to attend to the raging night fury outside. Upon opening the door, Gobber saw Toothless still running around the house, that goofy smile on his face.
"What is wrong with you?! Calm down!" he ordered the dragon, walking out in his path as to stop the crazy lizard. Toothless didn't seem to notice or care about Gobber as he just ran right over him; Gobber groaned.
Astrid was walking up the hill to see how Hiccup was doing, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Tuffnut and Ruffnut following. Gobber seemed pretty excited after he left. She raised an eyebrow at the scene before her.
"Uh, what's the matter with Toothless?" She asked.
"Beats me, he's gone crazy; absolutely bonkers!" Gobber said lying on the snow covered ground, Toothless narrowly missing him as he continued to circle the house.
"What happened?" Fishlegs asked.
"Oh, we were giving Hiccup some of those snow berries and the dragon ate some. After that he's been acting really crazy." Gobber informed them.
"Whoa, imagine all of the stuff he'd break!" Tuffnut said, he and Ruffnut got to thinking… they ran back to the Dragon Academy where their Zipple Back was.
"Wait, so the snow berries made him crazy?" Astrid asked, trying to figure out the problem. "Well, how's Hiccup?"
"He's doing better now, but it'll still take some time before he's back on his feet." Stoick answered her as he walked out of the house. At this time, Toothless was beginning to settle down. He panted from exhaustion and plopped down on his belly in front of Stoick.
"Well it's about time you settle down!" Gobber complained as he was trying to get up, but failed. Stoick let out his hand and pulled his friend up on his feet—or foot and peg leg.
"Ugh, thank you." Stoick nodded.
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Barf and Belch, Ruffnut and Tuffnut's Zipple Back—don't ask me which one is which, I don't even know—was eating some cod when their riders came into the Academy. Both sported smiles and cupped a pile of snow berries in their hands. Laying them down in front of the two headed dragon, they laughed at the image of destruction they could cause. The Zipple Back sniffed the berries and started eating away. The twins froze when a voice called out.
"What are you doing?" Astrid asked.
"We're just feeding our dragon some berries." Ruffnut answered her.
"Yeah so they can go crazy and wreck stuff!" Tuffnut added, making a crazy face and acting all loopy to make his point.
"Stoick isn't going to be happy when he finds out that you two purposely feed snow berries to your dragon to wreck the village."
"Ah, we've been in trouble with the chief before." Tuffnut replied, Ruffnut nodding in agreement.
"Not my point." Astrid retorted, folding her arms and moving to balance on the left side of her hip. Suddenly there was an explosion of fire in the village, acquiring the attention of the young Vikings. They ran to the edge to look down upon the village. Couple houses were engulfed in flames and a whole group of Terrible Terrors were flying around acting crazy. Astrid looked at the twins as if they were at fault.
"What did you do?!"
"We didn't do anything; we just feed our dragon the berries." Ruffnut defended herself and I guess her brother. Speaking of the Zipple Back, it came charging out of the Academy and flew into the mayhem below adding flames itself.
"Alright!" the twins said in unison, cheering on the destruction. Astrid walked behind both and slapped them over the head with each hand simultaneously.
To be continued…