Hello! Here I am again. I said I'd be back on Monday and I usually keep my promises. Usually… XD
Yes you won't get rid of me that easily, you can stop sharpening your swords, axes and daggers. No you can't use a crossbow.
Well I think there'll be about 4 chapters after this one including a MASTER CLIFFHANGER that will probably cause my death but okay, I destroy your hearts you stop mine. Fair enough…pls don't kill me…
I will write a one, two or three-shots after this story (I'll see the number of chapters later. It's hard to make a one-shot for me since I love to develop everything….ups). Well that story I'm talking about will be called How To Teach Your Jorgenson To Swim. The title says a lot. It'll have Hiccup/ Snotlout bonding and some Hiccstrid (less Hiccstrid but it'll still have a moment or two). I really love the cousin bonding between them and it'll be a Hurt/Comfort type. I can't control myself with that type lol. Well you'll see in the future.
I'll try to finish this fanfic and start the other one this week.
Enjoy chapter 10 ( iiiitttt'sssss nnuuuummmbeeerrrrr teeennnn!) XD
"Then keep looking!" Snotlout yelled angrily.
"I'm trying Snotlout!" Fishlegs replied.
"Well, look faster!" He ordered.
They were downstairs on Hiccup's hut. Fishlegs looked tirelessly for anything that could lead to Hiccup's situation or help them getting him out of it. They didn't know anything- ANYTHING – about amputations and infections which made the riders feel helpless.
"I'm trying!" Fishlegs promised.
Astrid came downstairs. She'd been taking care of Hiccup. She'd just left the stairs when a loud scream came from the first floor, followed by several others. "No not again…" she muttered rushing upstairs. A few moments later the screams finally stopped and Astrid appeared again.
"I was going to ask how he was but…" Fishlegs said.
"Yeah… not good. The only thing that helps him is that medicine of yours but he's getting worse…" she sighed, sitting down, elbow on the table and hand of the same arm supporting her head "Found anything?"
"Not really." Fishlegs answered.
"Why are you even looking at Bork's papers? He's not a dragon!" Snotlout complained "... Is Hiccup a dragon?"
Astrid's mind raced. Click. Could it be?
"Actually I think that's exactly where we should be looking at." She said.
"What?" Snotlout shouted.
"Think about it! Hiccup's been weird since Grumpy the dragon attacked him, remember his chest wounds?"
"Yes, it's probably connected." Fishlegs concluded "If the dragon was poisonous then it must've affected the leg somehow!"
"I still think we should take him to Berk. Gothi would be able to help him much more than we do." said Snotlout.
"We can´t unless it is our last option. 37 hours Snotlout, 37 hours from here to Berk. That's almost two days! He wouldn't resist that long on the back of a dragon. One day…maybe, hardly but maybe… but two days? He barely resists the pain on his own bed!"
"Shut up Astrid…" he mumbled.
"Aha!" Ruffnut shouted "Got it!"
Everyone looked at her, except Fishlegs who was two concentrated on Bork's papers.
"No, it's gone. I think we need to knock'em harder." She said, completing her previous exclamation. Ruffnut and Tuffnut then proceeded to knock their heads once again.
Snotlout placed two of his fingers between his own eyebrows "Explain me how knocking your heads will HELP US SAVE HICCUP!" he yelled.
"Hey, you have your own ways of doing things and we don't judge you! Besides, we have better ideas under pressure…" Tuffnut answered.
"…Literally!" Ruffnut finished, continuing their 'ideas-maker'.
"I- I don't find anything about a dragon half-black half-white that shoots spines. Nothing on the Book of Dragons and apparently nothing here. I'm sure I heard something about it but-" said Fishlegs, still checking Bork's papers. However he was interrupted by Tuffnut who fell on top of him after another knock with his sister.
Bork's papers landed on the ground, just like Fishlegs.
"Really guys?" Astrid suddenly shouted, getting up faster than a Night Fury. She punched the table "Hiccup's in there dying and you're here joking!?" She was about to continue her explosion when Fishlegs spoke.
"Wait I think I got something!" He grabbed the fallen papers and got up, dropping everything on Astrid's most recent victim, the poor table. Fishlegs then studied one of the pages belonging to the Tracker's class. There was a tip of said page slightly unglued. He pulled it, revealing another page, half black half white just like the dragon.
"Is it?" Astrid asked, she could've cried at that moment.
"Yes! Look there's a drawing here and it matches the dragon. The location is also correct, it turns out the Dragon Hunters were kidnapping Grumpy from his home island." Fishlegs explained.
"Hum… I think you meant dragon napping." Tuffnut said.
Fishlegs ignored him just like everyone else on that room.
"Bork had the opportunity to observe the daily life of this dragon species for a few weeks. According to him, Grumpy is a Grey Remorse. These dragons are practically extinct. Their natural habitat is usually characterized by humidity and heat. They use the humidity to conserve the venom on their spines and the heat to conserve the one on their veins." Fishlegs informed, consulting Bork's notes. "It makes sense. The island we found Grumpy had a volcano that provides the heat and there were a few caverns that provide the humidity.
"So, you're saying that this maniac, crazy dragon that injured Hiccup is pure venom?" Snotlout asked.
"Yes… but there's more" Fishlegs continued "Bork says that the Grey Remorse fears almost everything. Well… they don't really fear, they just attack everything that's in their way, dangerous or not."
"Dragon Hunter or Dragon Rider…" Astrid mumbled.
"Pfff… Grumpy the crazy dragon more like Grumpy the chicken dragon. No offense Chicken." Tuffnut said. Chicken who had been sleeping in a corner clucked and turned its back to Tuffnut as if it were offended.
"He saw a Grey Remorse attack several animals. They only eat fish unless there's no fish to eat of course. These animals were attacked because of the dragon's natural instinct. The Grey Remorse after understanding that they meant no harm to him chases it's victims aiming it's spines at them. That's why they have Remorse in their name. Oh and the animals it injured all died in different ways. Some animals from infections in old wounds, others from sicknesses. He thinks that the poison reactivated the worst sickness or wound one had been through."said Fishlegs.
"In this case, Hiccup's amputated leg." Said Snotlout.
"Yes. Bork didn't find out why it aimes it's spines at its victims after poisoning them but he did find out-" Fishlegs gasped.
"What? What is it Fishlegs?" Astrid asked, her heart on her throat.
"He did find out that that… that its…that its victims' lives ended 3 moons after being poisoned."
"Hum…I think you read it wrong." Snotlout said in disbelief.
"No that's exactly what it says. Hiccup was injured in the morning. If you count, starting there he had three days. Oh oh.." Fishlegs cried. "And one and a half has already passed…"
"Is there anything about a cure Fishlegs?" Astrid asked desperately.
"No. Nothing. It mentions hallucinations caused by the poison, being that one of the symptoms but nothing about a cure. Sorry."
"We have to act now. Fishlegs you keep looking for a cure, some clue about what it could possibly be. I'll see if Hiccup's awake. He has to be prepared to go to wherever we go next." Astrid commanded. She still hadn't assimilated the fact that in less than two days Hiccup would be dead if they did nothing.
The others watched as she disappeared upstairs.
Not even 5 seconds later she ran downstairs, stopping in front of the others with disbelief on her face.
"Well, that was reaalllyyy quick. Is he awake?" Ruffnut asked.
Astrid shook her head.
"So he's still unconscious." Said Tuffnut "Yes I guessed this one."
Astrid shook her head once again, which meant Tuffnut was wrong (much for his disappointment).
"Hiccup's gone. He's nowhere to be seen and there's no sign of Toothless either!" Astrid blurted.
Tatarã I'm dead, right? I have an excuse for ending it here so please calm down; this is NOT the worst cliffhanger I'll leave you with.
There'll be a MASTER CLIFFHANGER soon. In this one, the cliff will be even bigger so you don't have motives to kill me now.
There I said it. About the next fanfic I'm already planning it but I'll probably need a day after finishing this one to plan things and write it. The day after that I'll improve it and post ok? Nice!
Hope you enjoyed chapter 10.
Oh and get ready because I'm up to no good! XD
