After the Confrontation with Hiccup and Astrid, Astrid was still knocked out then she stirred and sat up "What happened?" she questioned she looked at her hand to find it wrapped up.
"Oh she's up" Heather announced Gobber and her gang were there to "How do you feel?" she asked.
"My head hurts" Astrid rubbed her head.
"Well the runt shot you with a blunt arrow in the head, but he shot your hand with a real arrow" Ruffnut explained.
"I'm going make him pay for this" Astrid growled.
"No your no because I order you the two of you to stay away from each other for 3 weeks" Gobber butted in.
"But he shot me" Astrid glared.
"In self defense, you tried to kill him with my knife" Heather corrected sternly.
"Cause he put the moves on you and put everyone in danger" Astrid argued.
"No he wasn't, if anything you put them Heather and Hiccup in danger" Gobber said "You blew their cover and only looked after yourself, again" he stated firmly.
"Let me ask you Astrid, do you even care if my lives in danger in the ring?" Heather questioned "Cause once again you looked after only yourself and what if I make I mistake, are you going to put all the blame on me?" she asked.
"No I wouldn't blame you" Astrid glared.
"So it's just Hiccup you would blame" Heather frowned at her friend/ sister figure "So again do you even think Or ask about if I'm alright?, or even care at all?" she asked.
"Y-Yes I care about your well being" Astrid stated.
"Your eyes say different you know what, Hiccup is right about you one time I argued about if you cared about me, He said no and now I'm beginning to think he was right" Heather glared.
"Why do you even care about him?" Astrid snapped.
"Cause he's my friend!" Heather replied with no hesitation "and unlike you he watched my back as I watched his" she said.
"He'll pay for shooting me" Astrid growled.
"You'll never get close enough when he has a bow, they cover long range and Arrows move faster than a axe or a sword" Gobber butted in "besides he definitely created a weapon that suits him: precise, accurate and deadly" "Besides his aim is just as deadly, you know how hard it is to get a arrow between the fingers, A area that tiny?" he said.
"You come after him not only will you be concerned About him shooting you again, but you'll have to be worried about me cause for now on I'll be watching his back, just like Gobber" Heather warned "That goes for all of you" he settled her gaze on Snotlout and the twins "and if you end up with an arrow in you, i'm not helping you" she glared then headed out.
Hiccup was heading to The Cove with a basket of mutton and Electric Eels chopped up, he made it down The Skrill lifted it's head as he looked at the viking smelling Mutton and something else on him and went up but paused when he saw a quiver and a bow on his back not moving just giving him a hard stare as to dare him to shoot.
"Don't worry I wouldn't waste a arrow on you" Hiccup assured and placed the quiver and bow on the ground and moved forward placing the basket in front of the dragon and pushed it over "I know you probably don't care if Mutton i or meat is cooked already, but cooked meat digest's better and easier than raw I think it will be more gentle where your recovering, I also have chopped up some Electric Eels, it goes well in a soup" he smirked gently the dragon relaxed, the Skrill dug in as it then tossed Hiccup a mutton hunk "Thanks" he smiled softly the two ate.
"Now lets see I've seen Heather create braces, tourniquets, and splints" Hiccup theorized "So I'm going to touch a few areas let me know what hurts, Okay?" he said to the Skrill, he rain in his hand on it's shoulder and pressed a spot getting know reaction, he touched it's wing making it let out a grunt of pain "Okay you feel it there wheres the pain worse?" he asked moving it up it screeched in pain making Hiccup hold a ear "Okay definitely a broken wing" He stood in front and leaned to the sides "Okay a broken and dislocated wing" he ran a hand on it's tail making it grunt and screech in pain as he brought in the middle "Maybe broken or fractured tail" "Several bent spines" he counted off "and what previously was malnourished" he said.
"Good thing I paid attention to Heather's lessons unlike her friends, they think it's a waste of time but a healer is important on the battlefield" Hiccup told himself "I'm going to gather a few things, I'll be right back" he promised "Just eat and rest" he instructed.
minutes later Hiccup returned with sturdy sticks and clips, he made a a back brace with thick bark and vines, he put a splint in the Skrill's wing and hold it's other wing "Okay I'll need your help a minute pick it the best you can and relax it" he ordered softly, the Skrill lifted it's wing half way and relaxed "Okay this will hurt" he cautioned, then yanked.
'POP!' rang out as Hiccup put the wing joint back in place making it lurch and let out a screech roar of pain.
"Warned you" Hiccup replied, then placed it in a sling to keep it in place, then placed a splint on it's other wing and tail. He then carefully grabbing it's sharp Metallic Spines, then unbent them to they'er original position and put the brace on them and tightened the vines tightly to keep them in place.
"Now we just need to wait, in the mean time I'll create some shelter" Hiccup said, he tied thick branches together he made 6 foot tall and a foot long stick and pounded holes with a sharp rock and 4 hours he made a tightly woven thick grass roof across two 22 foot long branches and braced it against a large tree in the cove and a large bed of fur.
"Okay that was a bit of a choir but your shelter is complete" Hiccup smiled, The Skrill who was lying down glanced at it with a head lean and got closer, it was more than enough room for it and curled on the fur bed it Was soft and comfortable "Well time will take to recover and regain your strength but don't worry just be patient with me and you'll be out of here in no time" he stated.
The Skrill decided to take a nap so Hiccup sat on a rock with his bow in his lap and his quiver on his back, to look out for it after awhile he decided to do some more practice with his Bow, so setting up a bunch of targets safely on the other side of The Cove one was in the middle of the way he would head up and down, the second was across from him the third was on the top of The Cove and the fourth was to the side and was more tricky cause he made a new kind of target, he made a new contraption, the top would turn with a palm size target, one would swing like a pendulum on the bottom and like a Metronome clock at the top and relay that he tied to a rope as for moving targets, cause able to shoot a target standing there is simple but a moving timer.
To warm up he did straight shot across from him and turning to the side diagonal shot a target, then he practiced with the targets going up the walk way down, Hiccup looked at the mechanized target system and tried it, he struggled at first or just got a corner of a target.
"Okay good thing I chose to do moving targets" Hiccup told himself, then exhaling and knocking a arrow and waited a second and fired, just as the target on top spun it struck it dead center, then tried it again got the targets dead center or a half an inch from the middle.
Then after an hour of shooting the harder targets, he decided to work on timing and prediction. So gathering his arrows and moved back, then made it to his shooting point and relaxing and holding arrows in his hand, the targets moved he knocked them holding them between his fingers knocking his bow then moving his bow and shooting the moving targets, then adjusted the lever on the side cause he has four notches makes the Gears and placements of his contraption looser thus making it move faster so he had to learn to shoot faster.
Later made it above The Cove set up his baskets of rocks and worked more on conditioning for using his bow, he did his bow training regime 20 times of 19 sets, each time he wanted to increase the weight and amount to advance his skill in marksmanship quicker and then would go back down and shoot.
So his new regime was Shoot, head up and down the slope, exercises for conditioning his body, got back down, shoot, up and down increase weight and amount for his sets and reps, then alternate hands so he could shoot left and right handed.
Then 2 hours later he stopped the sun was setting, Hiccup had left and snuck some mutton and Electric Eel's chopped up in a basket, and saw three fish swimming around he knocked three arrows and fired getting all three and pulled them out.
"I'm getting better as time goes by" Hiccup smirked proudly, then cleaned prepared a fire he heard footsteps and the Skrill headed up to him "You shouldn't strain yourself but here you go dinner" he told the Dragon as the Skrill knocked over the basket and dove right in, Hiccup then roasted his fish and joined in.
"You know, who would've thought that the most un-viking like Berkian would've been nursing a Skrill back to health, I definitely didn't see it coming" Hiccup joked.
A week had passed Hiccup playing healer for the Skrill and honing his marksmanship further, he was actually feeling a bit stronger, muscle was starting to develop in his arms, legs, back, Lats, chest as they started showing improvement.
Start of the second week The Skrill was showing signs of recovering, Hiccup developed with longer range attacks, he could shoot the moving mechanized target but just the target that spin, pendulum and Metronome swinging from he placed the target 100 yards to start than progressed to 260 yards.
End of the third week The Skrill was completely healed, Hiccup had made another bow like his old one but, it was thicker and limbs were a bit longer, had more draw back so he could range to almost 300 yards since Hiccup had improved so much in little amount of time he could handle a stronger version of his old bow.
Hiccup was at The Cove with The Skrill "Okay Buddy moment of truth" he said firmly, he then took the splints and slings off the Skrill stretched his wings and no more pain, then took the brace for his spines off to his surprise the Spines came off as new ones had grew out, they looked even sharper than before "Okay note to self, when damaged Skrill Spines heal, new ones grow them either that or they shed them" he theorized "Well you will have your power back" he smiled.
The Skrill then looked at the young viking who saved him and brought him back to full strength and health "Lets get you out of here, come" he gestured with a hand, Later Hiccup lead the Skrill where they fought off the boars "Okay as a promise your free to go" he smirked "I actually did something right for once, thats a good step forward" "Well this is goodbye buddy now live your life and away from this barbaric place" he gestured, The Skrill opened it's wings roared and took to the sky fast.
"Well I made someone happy for once" Hiccup smiled and turned to walk away, then he heard grunting of boars "Seriously?, you lot again didn't you learn your lesson before not once but twice?" he gave them a sharp gaze He knocked three arrows and got ready "I'm ready for you" he beckoned with his courage and resolve and determination flickering in his eyes.
The boars advanced then a familiar dragon roar was heard, Hiccup looked and saw to his surprise The Skrill was coming back and dropped in front of him and roared fiercly, the Boars squealed and ran away not wanting to fight the now fully healthy Skrill, cowards.
"I should've healed you sooner" Hiccup joked "But why did you come back, your healed and free?" he rubbed his head. When the Skrill was flying away he thought of what to do, this viking wasn't like other vikings, he was kind, gentle, determined and brave plus his precision and accuracy with that thing he shoots with was deadly as his lightning strikes.
Then he made it's mind The Skrill wasn't going to leave Hiccup, before the viking changed it said he always mess things up and couldn't do anything right, but what impressed the Dragon was when he had a sudden change he stood resolute and courageous even noticed his progress with his Bow and Arrows, If he could help Hiccup grow into a proper warrior then he can save his Brethren from Dragon Island.
The Skrill sensed danger and quickly flew back just as fast as he left and saw Hiccup standing bravely against the same boars from before and stood protectively in front of Hiccup and roared scarring them away.
The boy and dragon locked eyes and the Skrill shook his head no "You'd rather stay with a viking the wounded you rather than leave?" Hiccup questioned The Skrill let out a grunt dragon version of "Yes"
"Well I have a new friend, correction first friend" Hiccup smirked, then thought of something he looked away and raised a hand, the Skrill sniffed the gentle hand that healed it and placed it's snout in his palm.
The pair that day on had made a forbidden friendship, a Friendship between dragon and viking.