Chapter 52
I woke up with my head feeling very heavy and my chest feeling like someone had punched me. I tried to sit up but when I sat up I started to feel very dizzy. I felt legs get wobbly and almost lost my footing. I laid back down and let the dizziness pass.
Once it was gone, I sat up and asked Toothless if he was okay. In answer to my question, Toothless sneezed and almost blew a hole in the wall with a blast while doing so. I wanted to go over and comfort him but every time I tried to get up I was hit with a wave of dizziness.
I tried to go downstairs to see if everyone's dragons had gotten better, but once I reached the stairs, I lost all feeling in my legs and fell down the stairs. I could hear Toothless weakly growling from upstairs in concern.
"I'm alright Toothless. Just a little fumble." I called back weakly.
Presently, the door opened and Astrid came in. "Are you alright Hiccup?" she asked helping me to my feet.
"I don't know. I've been feeling sick since yesterday." I said rubbing my head. I felt sore all over from falling down the stairs.
"Maybe whatever is making the dragons sick is effecting you because you're part dragon." She said sitting me down by the table.
"What do you mean?" I asked accepting a cup of water she handed me.
As if on cue the other riders came in. "She means that even though we got rid of everything from Trader Johann our aren't getting any better, they're getting worse." Fishlegs said worriedly.
"And from the looks of it you've had better days." Snotlout remarked.
"Not helping." Astrid sneered.
"Let's make a list." I spoke up. "Maybe there's somebody who bought something from Trader Johann but hasn't thrown it into the pit."
"There must have been someone who didn't want to give up what they bought." Astrid said suspiciously.
"If I found out who was holding back, I am going to be so mad, Hookfang was sick I was up all night scraping barf off our walls." Snotlout growled.
"Oh yeah, well ours is dead." Tuffnut said darkly. We all gasped in shock. "Just kidding but he's really not that fun anymore."
"He just sits in front of our house. He won't blow anything up." Ruffnut finished.
While we were figuring something out, my Dad arrived on Thornado. "Hiccup, put this in the Book of Dragons, never fly on a stomach full of undercooked mutton." He said coming into the house. "The Shivering Shores will never be the same."
When he saw me he sudden got a look of worry on his face. "Hiccup are you alright, what happened?" he asked putting his hand on my forehead.
"It's not just me, it's the all the dragons. They're uh…" I couldn't finish, my stomach lurched and felt like I was about to barf.
"They're sick and getting worse." Astrid finished for me. "And whatever's effecting them is effecting Hiccup too."
"Astrid you and the others go take of your dragons." My Dad said as he handed me another cup of water.
"Yes sir."
When they left, Toothless weakly hobbled down the steps and laid down by the fire pit. I got out of the chair and sat next to him.
"What do you think happened?" he asked as I stroked his head.
"I don't know." I said feeling like I was about to throw up.
My stomach lurched again, more violently and I ran to the window and barfed out the window. To make matters worse, Mildew was right outside. I hobbled down stairs and tried to tell my Dad, but the door knocked before I could get a word out. My Dad answered it and saw Mildew standing outside.
"What is it Mildew?" he asked harshly.
"Oh, I just saw your girl vomit and I was wondering if she was alright?" he asked feigning concern.
"She's fine, just got a little stomach bug is all." My Dad answered quickly.
"Oh, that's too bad. I hope she feels better." He sneered at me.
I glared at him while also trying to hold my stomach. He left after sneering at me with a look that said he hoped it got worse. I would have said some smart remark, but I was too dizzy, my head was pounding and my stomach kept lurching.
After he was gone, Dad knelt by me. "What were you saying lass?"
"I was trying to say that Gothi says they're allergic to something new to the island, but we think we got rid of everything." I groaned holding my head.
"But if the dragons aren't getting better…" my Dad began.
"Then something must still be here that's making them sick, and whatever it is it's effecting me too because I'm half dragon so whatever it is, we have to find it and soon." I finished.
We heard Thornado outside. "Thornado?" my Dad said running for the door.
He ran outside and I got up on my shaky legs to follow him. Thornado was sneezing and sending out sonic blasts while doing so. Dad pushed me out of the way.
"Sneezing, that's the first symptom." I said supporting myself against the wall.
"But he was fine until we got back." Dad answered confused.
"We should retrace your steps." I said feeling my stomach lurch again, I ran to the back of the house and emptied my stomach again.
"I think you should stay in the house, you're too sick to be out here." My Dad said guiding me back to inside.
"Dad, I want to help." I said weakly arguing.
"I know, but if whatever is effecting the dragons is effecting you too, then the best thing you can do for yourself is to say here until we can figure out what it is and get rid of it. Until then, you need to stay inside." He said helping me and Toothless upstairs.
I laid down my bed and watched as Toothless weakly collapsed on his. "Don't worry love, Dad and the others are going to fix everything." I said weakly hoping to make him feel a little more hopeful about what was going on. But I knew how scared he was, because I felt the same way.
If things didn't get better soon, then us and the other dragons wouldn't have much longer.
