Chapter 6

Chris woke up some time later and felt like hell. His head hurt, his mouth was very dry, and every one of his limbs felt like it weighed a thousand pounds. He turned to see a blue china pitcher with an eastern dragon on it and a metal goblet next to it filled with water. He sat up and drained the goblet. It helped a great deal. He then spotted two white pills near the pitcher. Near the pills was a small not that read;

Take these they'll help you sleep, wake me up if you need me. ❤️S.

Chris did as the note said. He

drank more water then laid back down. He felt much better, though not 100%. He turned on his side and saw Serenity facing him fast asleep. From the looks of it she was sleeping peacefully and not having any nightmares. The moonlight streamed in through the window and made her face glow white. He gently kissed her cheek, he could tell it registered because she smiled in her sleep. Eventually he went back to sleep, holding her hand in his.

The next morning Serenity woke up before Chris did. She felt his forehead first thing. His fever was still there but not as strongly. She got out of bed and sat in a chair on his side. She saw that the pills were gone and the water in the goblet was gone as well. She smiled, pleased. Vitamin and the other Healer Dragons had discovered pills quite recently. It was a better alternative to liquid remedies as they didn't have to touch the taste buds. Chris woke up as she poured more water into the goblet.

"Good morning," she said softly. "How are you feeling?"

"Better than last night," Chris said.

"You woke up last night?" Serenity asked. Chris nodded.

"I don't know what caused this," he said.

"It just happens," Serenity said, handing him the goblet. "To both humans and dragons." Chris drained the goblet and handed it back.

"I didn't know you did humans too," he said. Serenity refilled the goblet.

"I don't, you're just special," she chuckled. She gave him the goblet and he drained it. He began to feel sleepy again. Serenity let him fall asleep. She refilled the goblet a third time and set on the night stand.

She then went outside to check on Windwalker. She and Tenor had spent the night on the balcony and Black Widow had spent the night in Edelweiss's crib like she often did. Windwalker's blisters were starting to shrink which was a good sign. She put more ointment on the blisters and rewrapped it.

"Someone should take that saddle over to Hiccup and see if he can mend it," Serenity said.

"We're planning to go over there anyway," Tenor said. "You can come if you want." Serenity looked back in the direction of her sick husband and Tenor understood.

"Ah, you probably have enough to deal with," he said. "Well, we won't be long." He and Windwalker spread their wings. Windwalker took her saddle with her. They flew down to the throne room where Re and Aurora were waiting. All the young dragonets were at the tide pools already.

"You okay Windwalker?" Aurora asked, spying the bandages on Windwalker's neck.

"Yes, Serenity fixed me up good as new," Windwalker said, beaming.

"It's good to see her back in business," Re said, as they went back outside.

"As a dragon healer?" Tenor asked. Re shook his head.

"As herself," he said. "So loving and caring." They all murmured in agreement. They took off and headed for Berk.

They flew at a steady pace since they weren't in a hurry. Windwalker kept wincing when her every wing beat made the blisters on her back tingle. Eventually they landed in the plaza. Hiccup was in the forge working on saddles for other dragons. He came out when his allies landed.

"Hello," he said. "Is Serenity back to normal?"

"Yup," Re said, cheerfully. "She's perfectly happy now."

"Anyway," Tenor said. "I wonder if you could fix this saddle, it's starting to give Windwalker blisters." He said this because Windwalker was the only dragon in the group of four that couldn't speak human languages. Windwalker handed her saddle to Hiccup. He took it and examined it.

"I will get right on it," he said. "I'll bring it back when it's finished."

"Thank you," Re said. At that moment Gothi came into the plaza and marched right up to the Draconians. All four of them growled. She began to scribble in the dirt and Aurora used her magic to turn the hieroglyphs into legible words.

"That girl needs to go back to her original family," Gothi wrote. "That's where she's supposed to be." Re snarled.

"She's not going anywhere," he said. "Especially to those humans who put a scar on her face." Gothi scowled at him and shook her head.

"If nature put her there than that's where she's supposed to be," she wrote. "If she's theirs then they can do whatever they want to her. None of these things were supposed to happen to her, you have to take her back now." Re was slowly turning from a noble king, into a wild animal. The other three didn't look happy about this either. Finally Re spoke again.

"Well you can't tell, me what to do," he snarled. "If I want to keep her with us you can't stop me. She belongs to us, and there's nothing you can do about that." He then spread his wings and flew off. The others followed.

Tenor and Windwalker flew back to where Serenity and Edelweiss were dozing off. The two dragons landed as quietly as possible. They thought about telling Serenity what they had just heard but decided against it as it would ruin her good mood. They both laid down beside her chair and dozed off as well.

Later Serenity checked on Chris again. The four young dragonets came to the balcony to play with Edelweiss. Serenity gave Chris more water when he woke up.

"How are you feeling?" she asked him.

"Better," Chris said weakly. "My head doesn't hurt as bad."

"You think you can get up and walk around?" Serenity asked. "Fresh air will help."

"I think so," he answered. Serenity helped him out of bed. When he was standing on his own feet he swayed a bit but stayed standing. The two of them joined everyone else out on the balcony. Chris sat in his chair and Serenity brought out the china pitcher and goblet. She refilled the pitcher at a water pump at the back of the balcony. When it was full she put it on a small table next to Chris chair. She then sat in her own chair.

Down in the throne room a bit later, the adult dragons were sitting on the ledge throne. Re was still frustrated that Gothi wanted them to take Serenity back to her original family like she was a library book. He was pacing up and down the ledge throne.

"Will you relax Re," Aurora said. "Serenity's not going anywhere, Gothi can't take her form us."

"But why can't she let Serenity be happy?" Re asked. "She doesn't need that family anymore, she has her own mate and child."

"I don't know Re," Aurora said. "Gothi can't make you do anything." Re stopped.

"Ah, you're right," he said.

"Should we tell Serenity about this?" asked Windwalker.

"No," Re said quickly. "She just got over her ordeal with Hael, I don't want her to suffer from anymore panic attacks or nightmares."

"Good point," Windwalker said.

"If this gets worse I'll send all three of them back to Draconia," Re said. He finally laid down beside his mate. He calmed down but still worried in the back of his mind. He didn't know that things were going to get worse, a lot more than he expected.