Hello :) Turns out that day I talked about was yesterday so, as promised, I'm here with another one. This chapter doesn't develop the story that much like the others do, but as everything in a story it's also important.

It has a little of Hiccup and Toothless bonding and of course Hiccstrid along with the other's reactions.

Gods you're going to hate me so much after this but I'm like this, I'm mean to the charaters. Also I already know how to end the story anddd….. heheheheh I'm not going to tell you but…. *smiles like a retarded* *looks around* *laughs madly* oh I'm so going to the fandom jail.

Oh thanks so much for all the reviews and favourites and follows, you guys are amazing! It's you who make me write the best I can XD

Ok just read it already! Enjoy chapter 8! XD

Toothless was feeling more like a frightened Night Terror than the Night Fury he was supposed to be.

"Tooth-" Hiccup mumbled before going limp. Toothless watched as his rider fell towards the ground. The night fury rushed forward in a failed attempt to catch his buddy who'd face planted the floor.

He bumped his head against Hiccup's, trying to wake him up, calling for his friend. Why wasn't he answering? Hiccup always answered. What was going on? Oh…He had to do something...

He had to call someone. That's it!... But he didn't want to leave his buddy defenseless and unconscious.

First who would he call? That Fishlegs was smart yes, but he also panicked too much. Those two that were always doing dangerous stuff? No, he needed everything but dangerous thank you very much. Snotlout? Toohtless didn't think so. The boy wouldn't even follow him… Astrid! That was the perfect human to call.

And now the second problem. He wasn't leaving Hiccup for anything.

That's when an idea formed in his dragon skull. Toothless ran towards the hut's door opening it with a hustle. He stepped outside and looked in the direction of the girl's hut. Sucking in a deep breath Toothless fired several plasma blasts to the air near Astrid's place in order to call her.

Hiccup moaned, hissing through his teeth and letting a small scream escape from his mouth. That panicked Toothless even more. He despaired, shooting more plasma blasts to the air not even aiming at a target. Aannnd… shot limit. He roared like a crazy dragon hoping someone to hear him. Hiccup moaned again and Toothless ran towards his friend. He bumped his head on Hiccup again, curling himself around his buddy in a protective way.

Astrid entered her hut after giving the 'go to the stables' command to Stormfly. Her mind kept racing about the same thing: Hiccup. He'd been acting weird since his arrival.

First he fell asleep during the flight (which never happened with him) and then he just wanted to go to sleep. Yes, Astrid believed that he was tired but she knew something else was going on. She could feel it… He was usually a very talkative person who talked and narrated things even when he didn't need to. Now, he was acting strange…

She reached her bed and laid down almost instantly. Gods that headache was driving her mad… She left a mental note to interrogate Hiccup in the morning and closed her eyes, enjoying the comfortable silence. Gods the past days…

Suddenly she heard several blasts coming from outside. At first her sleeping side didn't let her think properly but then she noticed the peculiar sound of these explosions. They were plasma blasts. Why would Hiccup be out there with Toothless blasting things? He was so tired after all. Unless… they were being attacked. But if they were being attacked then the others would've joined by now. No something was wrong. Her heart raced as she jumped out of bed grabbing her axe nearby.

She barely used the stairs and broke through the door. There was no time to call and wait for Stormfly besides their huts were not that far from each other.

She thought that maybe she was exaggerating since the shoots'd stopped by now but then she heard a sorrowful roar of a certain dragon in despair. Toothless. Ok she was totally freaked out now.

She ran as fast as she could, hoping that it all'd been her stupid headache pranking her. She reached Hiccup's abode and more or less for her surprise the door was already open.

It was dark inside so she assumed that the warm draft entering through the door must've extinguished the fire that once illuminated the place. However she was worried about someone else.

"Hiccup?" Astrid called entering the dark place "Hiccup are you in here? Hiccup?" she called deciding a different approach "Toothless?"

She instantly got her response. A sad growl. She looked in the direction of the sound, her eyes adapting to the darkness. Astrid saw a dark figure the size of a Night Fury.

"What is it Toothless? Where's Hiccup?" she asked, hiding the terror in her voice. She knew very well something was going on. Something bad.

Toothless raised his head, shooting a plasma blast to the fireplace. Astrid thanked the dragon for that. Toothless cried again. She could now see properly and noticed that the dragon laying on the floor. "Where's Hiccup?" she asked in despair.

Toothless unfolded his wings, revealing Hiccup on the floor.

"Hiccup!" She cried falling to her knees, dropping her axe unconsciously. Astrid rolled him to his back. Seeing his eyes closed (which she was already expecting) Astrid held him by his shoulders bringing him closer to her. Toothless watched it all, obviously worried about his rider.

"Hiccup?!" she asked again waiting stupidly for an answer. But one never came.

She supported his lolling head on the crook of her arm and looked for injuries but he had none.

She hugged him tighter in her arms, removing his bangs from his eyes. Her mind racing a thousand miles per hour. That's when he cracked his eyes open even if just a little bit.

"Hiccup?" Astrid asked seeing him opening his eyes.

"-Strid…" he mumbled. Toothless bumped his head on Hiccup's showing that he too as there. "Thoothle-"

"Yeah it's me." She said softly. "I'm right here."

"Ast-" he mumbled again.

"I'm right here. I'm not going anywhere." However she was quite sure he wasn't paying attention to a thing she was saying.

Hiccup was probably about to say something when he close his eyes and hissed through his teeth. He writhed in pain and let out a small moan.

"Hiccup? What is it? Hiccup? Hiccup!" She cried terrified of what was happening. Hiccup however went limp again, sliding through Astrid's arms. She held him tighter. His breathing was raspy. He was suffering.

"Hiccup?" a new voice called. "I heard Toothless' plasma blasts and-" Fishlegs stopped when he reached the hut's entrance and froze, seeing Astrid's panicked expression and Hiccup laying in her arms. "Oh Thor what- what happened?" He cried rushing for his friends.

Astrid didn't know what to say. In fact she didn't know anything but Hiccup being in pain. Toothless knew what'd happened but she couldn't question the Night Fury since the dragon didn't know how to talk.

"I-I don't know. I heard the blasts and when I came here he was laying on the floor. Toothless curled around him." She explained.

Fishlegs was panicking she could see. Well I can't judge him, I'm panicking too…

Astrid raced downstairs. She grabbed a bucket and filled it with water. The blonde found a cloth and headed upstairs. Fishlegs was opening one of Hiccup's eyes, analyzing it in order to find out what was wrong with their friend.

"Any luck?" Astrid asked, hoping a positive answer.

Fishlegs shook his head. "Nothing. I don't find anything that could cause this fainting and-and that fever. Maybe it would be better if we asked Hiccup when- you know, he wakes up."

Toothless rested his head on Hiccup's chest which surprisingly calmed the boy's moans.

Astrid feared that answer. She dove the cloth in the bucket with water and placed it on Hiccup's forehead. After that she didn't resist holding his hand.

They heard a THUMP downstairs and were surprised by seeing Snotlout and the twins climbing up the stairs. They froze when they entered Hiccup's room.

"What happened to him?" Snotlout asked, for once genuinely worried about his cousin.

"Astrid found him unconscious on the floor." Fishlegs answered for Astrid.

No one spoke for a moment, being Snotlout the first one to break the silence.

"He's not looking good." He said.

"But he's Hiccup. He's always fine!" Ruffnut said.

"That definition doesn't suit Hiccup well okay?" Astrid replied, holding Hiccup's hand tighter when he closed his eyes even more in pain.

"Well actually now that you mentioned that… there was that time he…"Tuffnut started.

" Just shut up! Is there anything we can do to help Astrid? Fishlegs?" Snotlout asked.

Astrid, Fishlegs and even the twins looked at him as if he'd just said that Nadders were the ones with two heads.

"What? I CARE OK?!" He yelled. Hiccup stirred with the noise and Snotlout lowered his voice "Just because we have our little disagreements and brawls doesn't mean I totally hate him ok? He's still my cousin…"

Astrid was the first one to recover from the shock.

"Now that you're here there are a few things you could help with." She said " Ruff, Tuff you guys have to find fresh water and bring it here…"

Tuffnut'd been cleaning his ear channel and Ruffnut'd been looking at her and her brother's feet as if trying to find out which ones were bigger.

"Did you even hear a thing I said?" Astrid asked.

"Uh-hum. Yeah on it!" They both yelled racing downstairs. Astrid face palmed.

"What about me?" Snotlout asked.

" Well…we don't know what's going on with him, but he's suffering so I need you to find this herbs so I can make a medicine to calm his pain." Fishlegs answered, handing Snotlout a paper with the list.

"I'll be right back!" Snotlout announced before disappearing.

"Is it me or Snotlout suddenly changed?" Fishlegs asked Astrid who was caressing Hiccup's knuckles with her thumb.

"You know Snotlout" she said "he can be boastful and…" she looked for another adjective.

"Jorgenson?" Fishlegs offered.

"Yes, boastful and Jorgenson sometimes but he does care, even for Hiccup."

"We all care for each other even if we don't show it daily." Fishlegs finished.

"We do…" she mumbled, looking at Hiccup.

Later on the twins and Snotlout returned. The twins brought two types of water. Clean and dirty, mainly because they couldn't remember which one Astrid'd asked them.

Snotlout found all the necessary herbs and Fishlegs made said medicine. Hiccup calmed down even if just a little.

Astrid told them to go back to their huts and sleep since it was the middle of the night. She would keep an eye on Hiccup. They all agreed and headed to their own huts, leaving Astrid and Hiccup alone. With Toothless of course.

The waves clashed against each other in the darkness of the night, shaking the ship back and forth.

"We received a terror mail confirming that the catch was a success. If those Dragon Riders come back like you say they'll have a little surprise waiting for them." Informed the first voice.

"Great. Prepare the Catastrophic Quakens. If my assumptions are correct they'll be here in about a day or a little more." The second one ordered.

"But what if they don't come at all?" Asked the first one.

"Then we'll triumph. Either way my plan triumphs and the Riders loose. I have to say, it's a shame having to kill Hiccup Haddock he's indeed a truly worthy adversary and a mind like his would be great to have in our cause."

"We could force him to join us." The first tried.

"No. He's too loyal to his friends, especially Astrid. It woudn't work. This way we'll recover what's ours and those Riders won't know what to do without their lider. They'll be weak and then all of the dragons out there and even theirs will be ours." The second explained.

"But this'll take too much time. Three days is too much."

" Patience brother. Now go. Prepare the men." The second man finished.

"Yes Viggo." With this, Ryker left to do what he was told to.

What do you think Viggo and Ryker are up to? Yeah it's probably kinda obvious but… for us not for the gang.

I really hope I broke your- *coughs* warmed up your hearts with this chapter, yeah I meant warm *coughs*

Poor Hiccup and Astrid… and Toothless gods he almost had a heart attack the poor dragon, I have to compensate them…. Or maybe I don't Mwahahahahahahahaha

See ya all next chapter, 99% sure it'll be tomorrow! XD