And I'm back? So are you intrigued yet? Yeah, yeah, i know cliffhangers are annoying but I'm on break for 2 weeks so I'm hoping I'll be able to finish this story in that time, all the sports I do are paused for the time being. Oh! I opened my email today during class and got like 15 notifications from people following and adding my stories to their alert list! What?! No way!? Thanks so much guys. Anyway, continue on and hope you enjoy. I own nothing :)
Previously on The Haddock Twins Part 2- As the dragon riders rode away there was a pair of bright green eyes peering through the bushes. HE chuckled a deranged laugh. "Oh, brother you are in for a special treat when I get my hands on her." And the pair of eyes fade from the opening of the bush.
Surprisingly enough the old nest was only a days ride away from the edge, which makes sense because it was about about a day from Berk. They planned to head there after exploring the island.
When the island came into sight everyone (except Heather) had flashbacks to flying in on their dragons for the first time, Ruff and Tuff being so excited to wreak havoc and Fishlegs happy he got a real friend, Snotlout was actually doing something productive and Astrid was doing what she always was. Being the best fighter ever. Hiccup tensed as they landed on the island, he hadn't been here in 4 years at least. 'Now that's something' he thought.
"A-alright lets break off into groups and figure out if dragons still live here, then get out of here. I don't want to stay too long." Hiccup said. Everyone understood why, except Heather. She wasn't there, she didn't see when Hiccup was disowned or when he almost lost Toothless, or when he fell into the fiery pit. "Astrid and Heather come with me, we'll go north. Fishlegs, Snotlout, and the twins you guys go south. If we find anything we'll send up a signal."
Everyone nodded, not even arguing about their groups, they knew that this island wasn't one to stay at. It was dark and creepy. You would think that after 4 years the grass and trees would've grown back. But they didn't. It almost seemed like the Red Death created it for the purpose of her needing a home.
Hiccup, Heather and Astrid flew over the north side. They didn't see too much, except a weird piece of something shiny. Hiccup flew down to see what it was. Upon closer inspection he saw that it was a metal rod, more specifically the rid that flew off of Toothless' tail-fin when they fell. He was shocked, he looked around him some more and found the ends of bones. Sticking out of the ground. Large bones. He then he saw smaller ones. He knew right then that, the spot he was standing on, was the spot when he lost his foot. Where his father thought he was dead, where his friends had cried, where he had passed out from so much pain, where he thought he had died. Hiccup started to breath heavily
"Hiccup? Hiccup what is it?" Astrid shouted from the sky noticing Hiccup started to breath a little too much. Heather wasted no time and flew down to her brother. He had done this the year before when they were with Dagur. He was hyperventilating, and all she knew what to do was hold him tight.
"This is the spot. This is it. I almost died here, we can't stay I have to go home. I don't want to go to Berk. I will snap if I do. I don't want to talk to anyone-" Hiccup was talking so fast that it took Astrid a minute, but Heather understood every word.
"Okay, okay. We will go home. Lets send a signal and we'll get going." heather said looking at Astrid and gave her a nod of reassurance. Astrid nodded to Toothless who sent a plasma blast up into the sky. The other riders would be there soon. Hiccup was finally starting to calm down and was breathing normally when the others landed.
"You find anything?" Fishlegs asked anxiously. He stopped when he saw Hiccup, he didn't look good, like he might pass out. "Hiccup are you okay?"
"Yeah you look like you've seen a ghost." Tuff said, Astrid went over to punch him in the arm, not hard but Heather stopped her. She then walked up to Tuff and socked him in the nose.
"Oh I am hurt! I am very much hurt!" He screamed while holding his bleeding nose.
"Mount up, we are leaving. Back to the edge." was all Hiccup said as he got on Toothless and took off into the sky. The others looked at Heather and Astrid confused.
"It's the spot, look around." Astrid said, they all looked around and it clicked. Even with Ruff and Tuff, they weren't that stupid. So they all mounted up and took off towards the Edge.
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Dagur was taking his time, making sure he knew what he was doing to the spot. He had seen Hiccup and everyone else leave, now all he needed to do was execute his plan. The only issue was that this plan was to hurt the only person Hiccup can't live without. He figured it out last year. He remembered the words so clearly 'NO!Stop, she didn't do anything to you! You can break me, take away my life, but for the love of Thor don't touch her!' He knew he had to somehow hurt Heather in order to get his revenge, maybe kill the blond along the way, but Heather was his goal. He slipped into what he assumed was Heather's hut, partially because he had never seen it before and it looked fairly new. He walked up the stairs to finds a glass of water on the bedside table. He opened the small green vile he had in his pocket and poured it in the glass. Dagur took his finger and stirred the drink, he knew that when Heather took a sip of this water next she would be in grave danger. Dagur walked out of Heather's hut, down to his boat on the other side of the island and left. Without another word or staying to see if his plan actually worked out. He didn't want to get caught so he left.
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The riders got back the next day, they flew not too fast. Toothless wasn't pushing Hiccup and neither was anyone else. When they arrived Hiccup got off of Toothless and made his way towards his hut. He didn't say anything to anyone he just left, however he was limping, everyone noticed that. Especially Toothless, he came up under his rider and held him up so he wouldn't fall. When they reached Hiccup's hut he just started to cry. He had no idea why but he did. He felt useless again, he hated that feeling. He heard a knock on the door a few minutes later, he was expecting it to be Heather, but it was Astrid. Before Hiccup could do anything Astrid walked in and placed her arms around Hiccup in a hug. He gladly accepted the gesture and cried even harder.
Heather on the other hand was feeling guilty. Why did she have to go back to that stupid island? There is nothing there BUT pain. Why didn't she see how uncomfortable her brother was when they saw the island? How could she be so blind? When she touched the ground she ran for her hut. She cried because of guilty she felt. She heard a knock a few minutes later, when her door opened she saw Fishlegs.
"You know we all felt guilty after the Red Death? No one compared to me or Astrid. We stood by and watched while he was kicked and pushed around. For no reason, but we never stood up for him. Killing a dragon was everything on Berk, no one appreciated him until he did. You did nothing wrong Heather. You have nothing to be guilty for, Hiccup doesn't blame any of us for anything, oddly enough. Why should he blame you for agreeing to go to an island that we would've gone to anyways?" Fishlegs raised so many points that Heather looked up at him with big round green eyes, he smiled sheepishly. "Why don't we get you some water and we can talk okay?" Heather nodded and let him know that there was a glass by her bed, he walked up the stairs and got her the water. She drank the entire glass in one breath. Suddenly she didn't feel so good.
"Feeling better?" Fishlegs laughs a little as to how thirsty she was.
"No, Fish-" she didn't get any further before she passed out and her body spasmed. Fishlegs before he could say anything he remembered what Gothi said about seizures, they were the body's way of coping, Fishlegs turned her onto her side and a few seconds later it passed. Heather was on the ground. Still, and not moving, breathing luckily, but shallowly.
"SOMEBODY HELP ME!" Fishlegs screamed on the top of his lungs, knowing that Hiccup would hear him for sure, but he needed everyone. This was bad, very very bad.
Okay please don't hate me! However no will die, yet. What? I have to keep the suspense going. Let me know where you want it to go next!
~The ocean
