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Stoick dropped more wood in the fire pit. Sparks flew upward and the fire rose. He stood up and sighed, looking upstairs.
Hiccup has been gone for a long time. He usually doesn't stay out this late at night. He thought to himself. Just then the door flew open and Gobber walked/hobbled in with a grave face.
"Stoick, it's Hiccup…" Before Gobber could finish, the teens brought Hiccup's still form into the house.
"Son!" Stoick ran over to him and picked him up, cradling the small form. He and Gobber rushed up stairs and placed him on his bed. Gobber turned around and ordered to Astrid and Fishlegs to go get some supplies from the forge.
"Gobber?" Stoick called as he held Hiccup's left arm.
"Oh boy; okay Stoick hold him tight, don't let him move." Stoick did so as Gobber moved around and took hold of the arm. He moved it around to see where it should be replaced at, causing Hiccup to stir and moan from the pain.
"You three, go down stairs and bring up that bucket by the pit." Gobber said pointing to the twins and Snotlout. They rushed downstairs, Ruffnut and Tuffnut ending up fighting on who picks up the bucket. Snotlout shoves them out of the way and brings the bucket upstairs to the waiting hands of Gobber.
"What's in it?" he asked.
"You don't want to know." Gobber replied as he forced Hiccup of swallow it.
"Okay, ready?" Gobber asked Stoick, getting a nod as a reply.
"1…2…3" At the count of three Gobber twisted and pushed Hiccup's arm back into its socket. The small boy cried out in pain and Stoick shushed him. Astrid and Fishlegs came back with the supplies and handed them to Gobber and Stoick. Gobber motioned for Stoik to remove Hiccup's shirt so they could wrap the wound. Upon doing so, Stoick lifted Hiccup up as Gobber wrapped the cloth around his chest. The boy moaned in pain again and Stoick apologized, wiping the sweat from his son's face. Toothless appeared and cooed at Hiccup. Stoick turned his head, but kept his eyes on Hiccup,
"The rest of you, go to the Great Hall, I'll meet you there soon." He said with a stern tone.
The teens flinched and looked at each other.
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Word of Hiccup's injuries spread around the village like wildfire. They all waited in the Great Hall hoping for Stoick to give them news of the heir's health. One though, was quite happy with what was going on. He pretended to be saddened and worried like the rest of the idiots, but could help but smile to his self. Mildew couldn't be more pleased then today. Of all the attempts he had tried to rid this island of dragons, that boy would come and ruin all of his work. He deserved a punishment in Mildew's opinion and thought one no better than this. Actually, death would have been better, but let's leave that one for another time.
The teens all stood in the middle of the surrounding Vikings as Stoick stomped in. He approached the teens and all was quiet.
"What in Thor's name happened?!" he demanded. They looked at each other and all started talking at once.
"One at a time!" Astrid started first.
"Hiccup invited us to go look for trolls with him and…"
"Trolls?!" Stoick interrupted in disbelief. The crowd started to murmur.
"No, really, they do exist, we saw them!" Snotlout defended Astrid.
"Yeah, that's what attacked Hiccup!" Fishlegs added. They all shook their heads, yes.
"You're saying that a troll did that to my son?!" They all kind of looked at each other with sheepish looks and nodded their heads again, but more hesitantly.
"Ah ha, I told you they existed!" Gobber said while shuffling in. "That's the second time."
"Gobber, you left Hiccup alone?!"
"Nah, Toothless is watching him, and besides he's sleeping." Mildew got a wicked smile on his face and crept out from the crowd heading for the door.
"I told you Stoick, trolls are not to be trifled with, and they are dangerous beasts."
"But we didn't do anything to make them mad." Fishlegs added.
"Yeah, one just came out of nowhere, picked Hiccup up and threw him down the hill like a rock. It was kind of cool…" Stoick looked at the boy with a fuming look, "… Until the situation struck me in the head and you know I was worried as ever." Tuffnut said.
"And you just watched?!" Stoick asked the teens, irritated.
"No, we were up in the air trying to get down to Hiccup and Toothless." Snotlout answered
"What were you doing up there?" Stoick asked a little angrier now.
"Toothless' tail froze up and they lost altitude. When they crashed a troll came out of nowhere and started attacking Hiccup."
"Men, arm your selves, we're going after a beast." Stoick announced and the crowd raised their voices in cheers.
"Stoick you can't just go after a troll, they do live in packs." Gobber informed his friend and chief.
"The more the merrier." Stoick replied in a dark tone. He and the others left the Great Hall; the only ones left were the teens and Gobber. Gobber turned around to face them.
"What exactly did Hiccup and Toothless crash into?" he asked.
"I don't know a tree, a pile of brush…" Gobber got an idea and told the others to follow him.
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Mildew approached Stoick's house. Upon opening the door, he looked around for the night fury. Downstairs was clear; he quietly walked inside. He saw a bowl of food and water laid out for Hiccup to be fed to later and got an idea.
Toothless' ears shot up at the sound of footprints and he growled as Mildew appeared, walking up the stairs.
"Hiccup, Stoick sent me to help you eat." He lied. Toothless growled louder as Mildew got nearer. Mildew had to back up and move the wooden platter of food out of the way as Toothless charged at him, stopping over Hiccup's defenseless form. Toothless growled again, showing his teeth.
"Dragons, that's all they are—wild and dangerous beasts. Fine, I'll just go tell Stoick that you denied my help." He said to Toothless, trying to trick the dragon. Toothless dropped his guard and pondered on about this. He went back to his original spot and eyed Mildew. Mildew smiled; before turning around, though, he poured some type of liquid into Hiccup's water—poison. He knelt down and fed Hiccup his food, then helped him with the drink. Hiccup coughed at its distastefulness, but swallowed it anyway.
"There." Mildew said as he smiled and left.
To be Continued…