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Venomous, Charcoal, Overbite and Deathbreath hissed at Snotlout and the twins. Hiccup pushed the two of them aside just so the Snaptrapper wouldn't decide they would make a delicious dessert, and then stood in front of the four headed dragon.

"Okay, Fishlegs," said Hiccup. "Give me another quick run down. Dragon's strengths and weaknesses. Shoot."

"Okay," said Fishlegs. "Attack level ten, speed level four, armor level four, firepower level six, shot limit four, jaw strength twenty eight; seven each head, stealth level sixty; fifteen each head, and poison level eighteen."

"Got that," said Hiccup. "Thanks. Where's it's blindspot?"

"Dude, you're referring to a dragon with four heads," said Snotlout.

"Okay, never mind the blindspot," said Hiccup.

"You've already trained it," said Astrid. "What are you doing now?"

"I need to show it that I would never hurt it, of course," said Hiccup. "Even if it can't see me."

"Virtually impossible," said Snotlout. "It's got four heads."

"Thank you, Mr. Obvious," said Astrid. "We enjoy your intellect."

"Guys, quiet," said Hiccup. "Okay, first off, I think we should teach the Snaptrapper some basic commands. Such as...I don't know...let's say...FIRE!" He pointed to the wall right over Snotlout's head. The four dragon heads each sucked in a breath and fired each a small fireball so they combined and then hit the wall.

"Whoa!" Snotlout shouted as he jumped out of the way, just barely avoiding the hit. "You did that on purpose!"

"Sure I did," said Hiccup. "But this is an accident." The Snaptrapper fired again. Snotlout was forced to move out of the way a second time.

"Not funny!" he shouted.

"Actually, it kind of is," said Tuffnut. "That dragon's got some serious firepower. It's glorious. I could watch it all day."

"So, I think it's got FIRE down," said Snotlout. Apparently, the Snaptrapper took Snotlout's saying FIRE as a command. It fired, this time at Ruffnut and Tuffnut. The twins jumped out of the way, knocking into each other in the process.

"Whoa," Ruffnut breathed. "That thing's incredible. It almost killed us."

"Yeah, I know," said Tuffnut. "Do it again!"

"Guys, enough with the firepower," said Hiccup. "I wonder if we could teach it to poison who we want to."

"Yeah," said Snotlout. "Teach it not to poison you again." He snickered as if it were the funniest thing in the world.

"What do you find humerous about that statement, Snotlout?" Hiccup asked. "I could have easily died!"

"No kidding!" said Astrid. "It was scary, guys!"

"I was just joking," said Snotlout.

"Well, maybe you should start taking near death experiences seriously," said Hiccup. "Anyways, we should work on it more tomorrow. I'm excited about having a Snaptrapper in the academy. It'll do wonders for the Snaptrapper section in the Book of Dragons."

"Yes, yes it will!" said Fishlegs with enthusiasm. "I am so excited about this! I can hardly wait! I'm...I'm bursting at the scenes!"

"I don't see why you get all hyped up about dragons," said Snotlout, but neither Hiccup, Astrid or Fishlegs were listening.

"So we'll meet here tomorrow, as soon as the sun's up?" Hiccup offered.

"Deal," the others replied.

"We'll work on some more Snaptrapper tricks tomorrow," said Hiccup. "For now, we should get some sleep."

Fishlegs, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut mounted their dragons and headed off. Astrid helped Hiccup get Venomous, Charcoal, Overbite and Deathbreath back in their pin, and then they turned to each other.

"Well," said Hiccup, breathing a breath of relief as he leaned against the wall, "glad that went well."

"As well as you would expect," said Astrid. She leaned against the wall and crossed her arms. "You taught that Snaptrapper how to fire in less than three seconds. How?"

"I don't know, to be frank," said Hiccup, almost sounding embarrassed. "Maybe he heard the words before from other people and just knew what it meant. I really have no idea whatsoever. Dragons are smarter than we often give them credit for."

Astrid nodded. "Sooo..." she said, "shouldn't you be getting to bed?"

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked.

She moved over to him and placed the back of her palm against his forehead. He still felt freezing...maybe even a little bit more than before. She couldn't tell after just a second, and before she could, Hiccup pushed her hand away.

"Astrid, why do you keep doing that?" he asked.

"In case you have forgotten," said Astrid, "just two days or so ago, you were poisoned and nearly killed by a Snaptrapper."

"It wasn't that bad," said Hiccup. "Besides, it's completely over with now. No more worrying in the poison department."

"I know, but still-"

"If anything strange happens, I'll tell you," said Hiccup. "Trust me, I'll tell you. Right now, just please stop worrying about me? It's a little creepy."

Astrid smirked and rolled her eyes. "Fine," she said. "One little tiny thing...even if it's nothing...you tell me, even if it's in the middle of the night. You come get me."

"Sure," said Hiccup. "So I will see you tomorrow."

"Okay, see you tomorrow," Astrid agreed.

She mounted Stormfly, and then headed out. Hiccup turned to Toothless, mounted him, and then headed out as well in the direction of his house.

The night was beautiful. With a new moon, the stars played out even brighter than usual. It would have been all perfect, hadn't Hiccup begun feeling dizzy and woozy again.

Toothless cooed with worry when he felt Hiccup sway slightly on his back. Hiccup shook his head to knock himself out of the dizziness, but it only made it worse.

"Hey, I'm fine, buddy," said Hiccup. "Nothing to worry about. Alright?"

Toothless snorted, obviously not believing a word Hiccup was saying, but decided not to give Hiccup a hard time about it. If he was already feeling wretched, he didn't want to do something to add to it.

Upon reaching their house, Hiccup landed Toothless and then dismounted. He steadied himself, using the dragon as a crutch while he regained his balance, and then moved over, opened the door to his house, and walked in, Toothless following.

His Dad hadn't arrived home yet, so Hiccup was alone with Toothless. He walked up the stairs to his loft and laid down on his bed. He watched Toothless breathe a small bout of fire on his slab in the corner before turning in a circle and laying down, closing his eyes.

Hiccup closed his own eyes, but he didn't feel sleep come. No, it was something different. Something he knew rather well. He had felt it a few times in the past. He really hated the feeling.

He didn't fall asleep. The darkness was different than sleep was. Sleep was peaceful and relaxing. What he was feeling now was anything but. It was an unnatural darkness. He knew he should try to keep himself awake, but it was rather impossible. Between his swimming head and blurring vision whenever he opened his eyes, trying to stay awake felt almost like a nightmare.

He didn't fall asleep.

He fell unconscious.