Yellow Fever

Merida whooped for joy the moment Stormfly took to the sky. Hiccup offered her a ride on Toothless, but the Night Fury refused to let the redhead ride him, so Astrid allowed Merida to ride with her on Stormfly, who didn't mind the extra rider.

"So," Merida said, "how long will it take to get there?!"

"I say..." Hiccup paused before continuing, "a month if things go well."

"Ye said a month!" Merida said.

"I know!" Hiccup sighed.

"But's only been three weeks."

"I know!"

"But WHERE are we?!"

"Burgess."

Both teens jumped.

"HEY GUYS!"

They jumped again as the other Viking teens appeared.

They all looked at the girl before them.

She had light brown hair, and hazel colored eyes. She wore a simple brown and green dress. Her hair fell to her waist. She held a basket with a loaf of bread being the only thing visible in it.

"Are those...DRAGONS?!" She asked.

"Yes," Hiccup said, "please don't be scared, they're harmless!"

The other Viking teens scoffed.

Hiccup glared at them, "I'm Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, future Chief of Berk. Rider of the Night Fury and Dragon Trainer."

"And I'm Merida. First born descendant of Clan Dun Broch." Merida said.

The girl smiled, "I'm Joanna Burgess, third eldest of the Burgess children. I was just taking this to the Overlands."

She lifted the blanket, revealing cheese, fruits, chocolate and few pieces of ham.

"That looks so good," Snotlout said. He reached for the meat, but Joanna smacked his hand with a wooden spoon.

"No! No! No!" She scolded, "They need this food! Jacklyn has Yellow Fever."

"Yellow Fever?" Astrid parroted.

"What is that anyways?"

They all jumped when they saw two blonds and two brunettes.

"Sorry," the female brunette said, "I'm Rapunzel Fitzherbert, future Queen of Corona. This is Eugene, my husband!"

Eugene, the male brunette, smiled.

"I'm Anna," the orange-blond said, "Princess of Arendelle, and this is Kristoff, my boyfriend!"

The blond man waved.

"I have a sister, Elsa, the Ice Queen of Arendelle, but she's with the others at...the Overlands?"

Joanna nodded.

But then she frowned deeply.

"You really don't know what Yellow Fever is?"

The others shook their heads.

"It's a very deadly disease." Joanna said as she continued to walk. The others followed her, "it comes from the bite of a female mosquito, but I'm not sure how there could be any, it's December! All insects are gone. I believe Jaclyn was bitten in the summer. She's been perfectly fine until last month. That's when she started showing signs of being ill. Her condition keeps getting worse. My little sister, Claire, is taking it hard because Jacklyn is her best friend."

Joanna sighed and shifted the basket from hand to the other, "Jacklyn entered the second stage of the fever. Her eyes...where there's white, there's yellow. They bleed when she cries. Her puke...is black. And there's a chance her organs are suffering as well. It's why everyone here is worried."

Joanna stopped walking. "No one has ever gotten Yellow Fever in Burgess. EVER. So...Jacklyn being the first, a lot of us took it to heart, because we knew we could never understand how she felt..."

Merida noticed her shoulders were shaking, "Are ye okay?"

Joanna shook her head, "No...I'm not..."

She sniffed and continued to walk. The others ran after her. Joanna stopped again, causing the others to collide into her back.

"OW!" They all yelled as they tripped. The dragons gave their version a laugh.

"It's right there." Joanna pointed to a simple log cabin. Queen Rosalinda, King Julian, Elsa, Olaf, the Burgess' and Samantha walked over.

Kristoff looked around and saw Sven eating with some other animals.

"I see you made some new friends Joanna." Samantha said.

"Mother. This is Hiccup and Merida."

"And the others."

One by one, the others introduced themselves.

Merida hesitated before walking over to Samantha, "I don't suppose ye know if...there's a chance she'll survive?"

Samantha turned to Merida before looking at the house in time to Lucinda walk in with a large bucket.

"This is Jacklyn Lunar Overland. If she can survive the harshes of winter wearing thin clothing and no shoes, she can survive this."

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Next time, the girls meet Jacklyn and Lucinda get's a letter from Joseph.

Next update 06/11/14