"You sure you don't need another one of us to stay here overnight?" Hiccup Horrendous Haddock IV asked his one and only sister, as he and the Berserker Chief entered the Healing Hut.
"We should be fine… as long as Spitlout doesn't start snoring." Ash said, looking at her collection of herbs from a very large cupboard that was probably two times bigger than her.
Hiccup sniggered. "I'm sure that never happens." He nudged his arm. "Hey, if you end up marrying him, I offer you my condolences now."
She glared at him. "No, because if that happens I will… I don't even know, I will follow my dad's example of a jumping off a cliff."
Suddenly they became still and silent, as both thought about the same man, who had given them so much, but never enough answers.
"Hey, sis." Hanrik broke the tense moment. "While you may be having the worse night of your life, I wish to give you and our beloved youngest brother, a small token of gratitude." He pulled out a bag from behind his back.
"What gratitude?" She looked at him a little suspiciously.
Hanrik hooked an arm around the Berkian Chief. "Mom and Uncle Hiccup are gonna spend the night on Outcast Island. And with you and the squirt spending the night here, me and Junior have a whole house to ourselves. There's gonna be a party and girls and booze and—"
"Your gonna snuggle under a blanket with a hot cup tea and a teddy bear." Ash said, whilst Hiccup laughed.
Hanrik's face turned red. "NO! I'M NOT!" He screamed with a wee bit too much emphasis, proving his twin's point.
"There, there." Ash cupped her twin's face in a motherly way. "Little Hanny, can't wait to grow up can he, poor baby." She mocked him.
He looked at his half-brother with pleading eyes, but the 20 year old just laughed.
"What's so funny?" Hakon came out of the healing hut. Ash fixed her eyes on him, remembering what he had said earlier.
"Hanny is trying to act older than he is." Hiccup told him.
"Stop. Calling. Me. Hanny!?" Hanrik yelled.
"But… Our grandma named you that." Hakon took the first chance to make fun of his brother, and ruffled his black hair.
"I think I know why, Mom disowned them now: they gave horrible nicknames."
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The two older Chief's left the brother and sister, and after the hazardous procedure of putting herb's on The Jorgenson and being sure that he was asleep, Ash gripped her brother's arm and led him out of the Healer Hut.
"Tell me everything again." She demanded, her eyes piercing his soul and suddenly Hakon was terrified of girls… in general. "And don't miss a thing."
"I already told you. I started to hear this weirdo, creepo, funny voice in my head when I was half way to Valhalla."
"You weren't dying, you only got a couple of cuts and bruises from your battle. Whereas you almost killed him. No that it would be a bad thing, but then his dad would hunt you down."
"Ash… I was hearing voices inside my head!" He grabbed her shoulders and shook her frantically. "What is happening to me?!"
For the longest time, Ash didn't answer, and for those long seconds were the worst in Hakon's life.
"I don't know." She finally said. "Bro, promise me." She squeezed his shoulders. "Promise me that you won't tell anyone about this. This is bad… really bad. Promise me, not mom, not Uncle Hiccup and not Junior or Han. Can you do that?"
"Y-yes." A tear streamed down his cheek and she embraced her favourite brother, pushing him to her chest and laying her head onto poof his.
"I'll protect you… just promise to protect yourself as well." She said through a broken and shattered voice.
"I will." He tightened his arms around her.
Little did they know that the heinous boy who she had just saved the life of, had listened to every word that was uttered from their lips…