Chapter 9

You got to be kidding me.

The morning sun was rising as horrified screams were heard from Gothi's house. Hiccup had gotten the antidote but the side effects weren't that pretty.

The antidote was fighting the poison in his system but it wasn't without pain. Hiccup in a roller coaster of pain and awaking up.

Stoick and Astrid were sitting beside him, comforting him and trying to calm him down but it was with no luck. The young Viking began to cough up blood and the injury on his back began to open again. His eyes and ears began to drip with blood, the sight wasn't pretty.

In between the pain, Hiccup would wake up and talk to whoever could hear him.

"What's happening?" Hiccup asked while trying to suppress the pain

"You got poisoned" Stoick said bluntly

"Where's Dagur"

"We don't know, after we got you out we abandoned him"

"NO NO NO" Hiccup suddenly said "Dad Dagur is going to attack us, we have" Hiccup couldn't continue because of the pain and a coughing fit.

"Rest son we will make sure that Berk is save" Hiccup nodded and laid down again trying not to scream.

Stoick left his son side to get some fresh air as Hiccups situation seemed a bit more stable. He walked towards the great halls overseeing the entire village and ocean. Stoick noticed something in the ocean and got on his dragon.

He flew closer to the figures, but he noticed it were ships with the Berserker emblem. Stoick looked towards the village "You got to be kidding me" he said knowing that the current state of the village was vulnerable because the riders were down and his riders team was currently scouting for wood on neighboring islands.

Stoick flew back to the village and warned the Berkians to get ready for battle and to protect Gothi's house. He ran towards the riders to warn them also but they were already gone, everyone except Astrid. "Where are the others?" Stoick asked "Already on their dragons, getting ready to fight" she said looking towards him.

Stoick nodded and left Astrid to take care of Hiccup unconscious body while he would help his people fight in the air and on the ground.

The battle was brutal, the Berserkers were with more than they ever fought. The riders were focusing on the boats near the shore while the Berkians were fighting in the village.

Stoick was helping in the village swaying his axe around while his dragon helped with wiping his tail around. "Has anyone seen Dagur" Stoick shouted around, the ones he could hear said no.

Stoick began to worry, Dagur was surely targeting Hiccup since he was obsessed with him. Stoick ran towards Gothi's house, he arrived to seeing Astrid fighting Dagur. The fight was brutal and non-stop when Astrid attacked Dagur blocked and vice versa.

Stoick was about to help her when suddenly one of Dagur's men walked out of the house with Hiccup in his arms. Stoick couldn't control his anger anymore, the soldier dropped Hiccup hard on the ground making the young Viking scream in pain.

The soldier was about to attack Stoick but the older Viking was faster and Stoick axe launched into the soldiers side, letting him drop to the ground the soldier screamed in pain.

Astrid was fighting Dagur full force and she was winning with Stormfly on her side. Together rider and dragon overpowered the Berserker chief, Dagur was lying on the ground pinned with Stormfly's spikes. Dagur was screaming all kinds of crazy, Stoick walked towards him and stuffed his mouth making him shut up.

Astrid ran towards Hiccup who was trying to get up, she helped him but as soon as he stood straight he collapsed to the ground.

Stoick grabbed him from Astrid and took him back into the house.

"Are ya alright son" he asked

"Yeah just tired" Hiccup answered smiling

"Don't ever scare me like that again"

"Sorry it just happened"

Astrid watched how father and son were finally together again in one world. Gothi and Gobber came walking in seeing that Hiccup was sitting upright in bed and talking to his father.

Gobber ran towards Hiccup to see how his young apprentice was doing and started to smile "You scared us ya know" Gobber sniffed while he laid his hand on Hiccup frail shoulders.

"I know and I'm sorry" Hiccup smiled while trying to sit right but his back was still sore from the fall and it wasn't completely healed.

Gothi began to write something in the ground, Gobber stood beside her to translate the writing. "He will survive but the recovery will be brutal" Gobber translated "You cant ride Toothless for quite some time".

Hiccup sighed at the news but grinned towards the group, "Can I at least walk around to my own home and dragon" he asked both Gothi and Gobber nodded.

"Let's go home" Hiccup smiled but he was interrupted by a total wild Nightfury eager to see his rider awake.

Until next time with chapter 10: Let's walk a while.