Yellow! Here I am again with another chapter. For once I'm actually going to be go- goo *coughs* gdo- go- good to you guys. Gods that was hard to say!
Anyways, it turns out (I'm not 100% sure cause it might not happen, let's say I'm 98% sure) that the next season of RTTE won't be the last one! That's it. You heard it (er… read it). It turns out there'll be a total of 6 seasons for RTTE.
According to one of the producers (I think it's a producer, can't really remember his name so you guys can't help me) when they finish making episodes for Dragons there'll be a total of 118 eps! So count with me: Riders of Berk=20 eps; Defenders of Berk=20 eps; RTTE season 1= 13 eps; RTTE season 2 = 13 eps; RTTE season 3 = 13 eps. 118-20+20+13+13+13=79; 118-79=39 which means there are 39 eps left for RTTE. 13x3=39. That's why we can expect 3 more seasons counting with the next one! *dies*
I think they're doing this because with 3 more seasons coming, the last one of those 3 will be on January 2018. HTTYD3 will be released in May 2018. It will end near the third movie. (That way they'll only hear us cry once for both series and movie, I'm kidding about this tho)
Ok just wanted to inform you about it. Enjoy Chapter 11! XD
"Where would they go? I mean Hiccup's not in a healthy mode to just… fly around there." Snotlout commented "Is he?"
"No he's not." Said Astrid, leaving Hiccup's hut. The rest of the riders following her closely. "He shouldn't be out there."
"I'm sure he's fine Astrid. Maybe he just went to change airs…" Fishlegs said, although it seemed he was trying to convince himself more than Astrid.
Astrid passed her leg above Stormfly's back, who'd been waiting outside for her rider since the first daylight appeared (it made sense, they usually went for a morning flight), and looked at Fishlegs.
"Fine?" said Astrid "Hiccup's everything but fine! If our assumptions are right he has one day to live. We have to find him and take him to the cure. The one we don't even know if exists!"
"Well at least he doesn't have any hallucinations. That's a good thing… I guess." Fishlegs tried.
Astrid though about it. It was true… right? Hiccup wouldn't hide something like that from her right? Just the thought of seeing him like that unnerved her and she pushed the though aside.
"Mount up. We're looking for him. If he's not at the Edge than we'll look in the ocean." She said "I'll take the North; Snotlout you take East; Ruff, Tuff you guys check on the West. Fishlegs you stay here in the South, in case he appears…and please look for the cure in the meantime. Use your dragon calls if you find something." They all nodded and went to do as they were told.
Astrid was completely right about the North.
She and Stormfly flew above the forest low enough for Astrid to see the ground, Stormfly's claws barely missing the treetops in their way.
The heat ruled the afternoon but that wasn't going to stop her from finding Hiccup.
Astrid's mind raced through every single possible motive of his disappearance. For example, she'd though about kidnapping but there were no ships on the horizon. And what if they were flying and Hiccup had another pain attack, Toothless couldn't fly on his own, they would crash.
She shook her head. No that wouldn't happen she was overreacting… most likely.
Something caught her attention when the green forest ended and the blue sea started, separated by a cliff. She gasped. "There Stormfly!" She pointed out.
Stormfly landed near the cliff and Astrid dismounted. The Nadder looked at Toothless as if waiting for something but after a while looked for a shadow and lay down.
Astrid's heart screamed as she saw the boy and his dragon watching the landscape. What if he heard our conversation? ,she thought.
"Hiccup?" she called. He looked at her instantly, his legs ( er…leg and a half) hanging loosely in the cliff side. She looked at his expression. Hiccup looked like a dead body. He'd never been that pale which didn't really combine with the deep dark circles around his eyes. Oh, he's eyes. The usual bright emerald-green had now been replaced by a dark sick one.
Astrid sat next to him. In a normal day Toothless would probably get up and go play with Stormfly. But today was everything but normal. If they didn't do something this day would probably be Hiccup's last one.
"What are you doing here Hiccup?" Astrid finally asked him, in a soft caring tone.
"I-I don't kno-know… changin' airs-irs? Runn-running a-away?" he said, eyes focused on the horizon.
"What- What do you mean?" She asked him.
" I though tha-that he-here near- near the the water he'd be gone f-for a m-moment. Righ-right b-bud?" Hiccup asked the Night Fury.
Toothless looked at his rider, wrapping his tale around Hiccup's abdomen as if at any given moment the boy would get up and jump off the cliff. The black dragon than looked at Astrid with his pleading, worried green eyes, begging her to do something. If Astrid didn't know he was a Night Fury, the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself, she'd say he was frightened puppy.
"Who's trying to catch you Hiccup?" She asked him.
" The-the" he swallowed, locking his painful eyes with Astrid's. She placed her hand on his shoulder like they always did with each other, showing support. "The Red Death." He blurted.
Astrid stared at him for a few moments. She didn't know how to answer that.
"I- I know it's not r-real bu-but ev-every time I clo-close my eyes he's the-there and-" he stopped "You don't be-believe me…"´
Astrid didn't answer him. Instead she hugged him. She could tell he was surprised but a few moments later he hugged her back, sinking his face on her shoulder. Astrid's heart broke, melted and reconstructed itself just to break again at the realizations that she really could lose him forever, now that she was sure he'd been infected by the Grey Remorse and probably hid his hallucinations, another symptom of said infection.
It should be Astrid in his place. She should've been the one wounded by the poisonous dragon not him. Hiccup shouldn't have saved her. Astrid should've payed more attention; if she hadn't frozen and had dodged out of the way, Hiccup would be okay now.
She broke the hug and got up, dragging Hiccup up with her. He hissed through his teeth with the contact between his bad leg, the prosthetic and the ground. Astrid pulled one of his arms around her neck and passed one of her own around his stomach, serving as a total support for Hiccup. Toothless followed them closely.
"Where're we goin'?" He asked, suddenly becoming very tired and with more pain, falling even more on Astrid. He had these times where the pain would decrease a bit (like the one where he'd told the riders about the phantom pains). After a while those moments ended and the 'fun' time began stronger than before. That was exactly what was happening now. For his leg the 'fun' time had started again. Oh sarcasm…
"Were going to heal you." She said determined.
"Mmm-nnm" He answered closing his eyes.
"Nah nah" Astrid shook him, trying to stop him from passing out again "You managed to ride all way over here on your own. Now you can also fly back with Stormfly and I."
She brought her now temporarily free hand to her mouth and performed a perfect dragon call- a Deadly Nadder call- to tell the others she'd found Hiccup.
With the help of Toothless and Stormfly it was easier to mount the Nadder with Hiccup (not that it was hard, Hiccup didn't weighed too much).
"Toothless, can you follow us from the ground?" Astrid asked the Night Fury who instead of nodding started running through the forest "And I'll take that as a yes" With this she, Hiccup and Stormfly were airborne.
"Hiccup!" Fishlegs called "I'm so happy you're ok! Aannd uncounscious…" He mumbled seeing Hiccup's state.
The riders landed in front of the ClubHouse. Astrid holding Hiccup by his shoulders, his head lolling against Astrid's neck.
"No use Fishlegs. He passed out on our way over here." She replied sadly.
Hiccup moaned several times.
"We need to act now." She said, wearing her most serious face as a mask to all of the other feelings she had inside. "If we don't do something now it'll be too late. Hiccup will be… dead by tomorrow morning. That and he didn't tell us about his hallucinations, which confirms the Grey Remorse's infection."
"Hallucinations about what?" Tuffnut and Ruffnut asked in perfect sync, true worry in their voices for once in their lives.
"The Red Death." That was all Astrid told them before turning to Fishlegs "Please tell me you found something."
"I did!" Fishlegs smiled, if it was possible to smile at a situation like the one they were facing. "I think I know how to save Hiccup!"
All of the other riders, Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut didn't even try to hide the relief in their faces.
"Well what are you waiting for Fishface?! Speak!" Snotlout ordered.
"If you remember the Grey Remorse follows its victims after poisoning them as if it held remorse for hurting them when they didn't want to hurt it and aims it's spines at its victims. Hiccup told us it did the same with him. Bork saw that the poisoned animals escaped the spines and died."
"Are you saying what I think you're saying." Astrid smiled.
"Oh oh I know this one!" Tuffnut exclaimed.
"Me too! Choose me not him!" Ruffnut exclaimed.
Fishlegs continued, obviously ignoring the twins. "I say, this dragon has two types of venom. The one in its veins is the deadly one. The one on its spines is the antidote for the first."
"So if we get one of its spines before tomorrow morning we save Hiccup!" Snotlout smiled.
"I'm not entirely sure… but it's our only chance." Fishlegs answered him.
"We have to hurry. He's getting worse and running out of time. We need at least one day to reach Remorse Island!" Astrid said "The only day we have left! After that we only have a few hours before Hiccup…" she couldn't even finish.
Fishlegs looked at Hiccup moaning constantly on Astrid's arms "We'll leave right now. Let's just pack some supplies."
Soooo that's it. For once you don't have a reason to kill me…right?
I didn't finish this one on a cliffhanger because there was the risk of someone prosecuting me for making too much cliffhangers and it's not on my plans to go to the fandom jail. Especially with the MASTER CLIFFHANGER I'm about to leave you guys with. I won't even need to tell you when said cliffhanger arrives. You'll know when you reach there mwahahaha.
Well that's it I'm rambling again. I do that a lot. Lol
New chapter tomorrow. Hope you liked Chapter 11 ! XD
