Chapter 9

Serenity stayed unmoving for days. Chris never left her side. Whenever he wasn't sleeping next to her on his side of the bed, he was sitting in his chair on her side. He held her hand the whole time. He also spoke to her, telling her how much he loved her and that all he wanted was for her to wake up. According to Aurora, Serenity could hear his every word. The dragons often spent the night on the balcony. They to wanted Serenity to wake up and be okay.

Re soon started annoying Gothi into apologizing. But as a stubborn viking, Gothi wouldn't say sorry for putting two innocent lives in danger. She kept insisting that Serenity was supposed to be with them and not dragons. She also said that Edelweiss was snatched because Serenity wasn't supposed to have her. Re and his comrades circled her hut making loud screeching sounds and roars. Other dragons joined in, Windwalker was the only dragon not present as she was keeping Chris company. Gothi ignored them. Her Tiny Terrors flew away to Draconia and never came back, they weren't happy about the dragon healer either. More dragons circled the hut, making noise. Every time she came out a dragon dived at her, followed by others. They stole her food and kept putting out her fires. The other vikings didn't back her up. They were all shocked that Gothi would do a thing like that, so they let the dragons get their justice. Eventually she started getting mad and threw rocks at the dragons. This didn't phase them. Tenor shot the stairs that allowed her to get from her house to the rest of the village, keeping her isolated.

At night they dropped rocks on her roof and threw them at her door, keeping her up at night. She still wouldn't apologize and that mad the dragons madder. She started getting violent and swung her staff at the dragonets who were assisting in the protest. When Gothi still wouldn't apologize Re took things to the next level. He, Aurora, and Tenor landed on all sides of her and began circling like wolves.

"Give it up witch," Tenor spat. "You know what we want. Just say you're sorry and we'll leave." Gothi shook her head. Re then pinned her down, knocking her staff away.

"You listen up witch," he roared. "I don't run your life without your permission. You had no right to rat out my dragon healer to those monsters. I don't care if nature put her there, those humans did not want her. Serenity is perfectly happy where she is and if you have a problem with that then you're just going to have to keep it to yourself. Now are you going to apologize or do I have to throw you into my dungeon? I want it written on a piece of paper." He let Gothi go and she got to her feet. She went to grab her staff but Tenor picked it up in his jaws.

"You'll get that back when we get what we want," Re said. Gothi glared at him. Then she went inside her house. Re and his two comrades waited patiently. The other dragons kept circling. Eventually Gothi came out with a scroll. She handed it to Re. He unrolled it. It was written in Gothi's usual gibberish. Aurora used her magic to translate it.

Alright you win this time. I am sorry for the damage I caused. You're right it wasn't my place to rat her out. I still thing she belongs with those people. But since they're dead I can't make a fuss anymore. I still standby what I said but I assure you nothing like this will happen again.

Re read the paper and seemed satisfied.

"Thank you," he said. Tenor handed Gothi her staff and Aurora used her magic to repair any damage the dragons caused in their protest. Re ordered the dragons to go home. Then the three of them flew off with the scroll.

They flew back to Dragon Island to see if Serenity had woken up yet. They were sad to learn that she was still unconscious. Her injuries were healing but very slowly. The blood had been cleaned off. Chris was still refusing to leave her. Edelweiss was playing with Black Widow.

"When is she going to wake up?" Chris asked.

"I don't know," Aurora said. "She will wake up, so I wouldn't give up on her."

"It's been almost two weeks," Chris said.

"Don't worry Chris," Re said. "She's going to make it. It may take a while but she's going to wake up." Chris gently ran his fingers down Serenity's badly damaged face. It was still covered in many bruises and cuts. Aurora said it would be a really long time before her face returned to normal.

"I shouldn't have let her help," Chris said. "I should have made her stay in the throne room."

"Don't be so hard on yourself, she was doing what any mother would do," Aurora said, sgmpthaticly. "And here I thought she couldn't get anymore wonderful." They all murmured in agreement. Chris leaned over Serenity.

"We're here for you sweetheart," he whispered in her ear. "Like you were for all of us. Please come back to us." He kissed her cheek.

More days went by with no signs of Serenity coming around. With the ordeal with Gothi forgotten, everyone could focus on the dragon healer. The dragons of Berk visited, asking how she was doing. Some of them spent the night on Dragon Island waiting for any good news. Serenity was given water through a tube so she would stay hydrated. It was a good several weeks later before she moved at all.