Hello again! Sorry for the long wait i ahve had exams to revise for and havent had time to post another chapter :( so here is the next chapter, I knwo it is a bit short but a bit is better than nothing :) Enjoy

Chapter 6: Another Adventure

The group landed on Berks soil carrying a very sick and injured Hiccup. Thought the journey home, Hiccup just laid there, only making a small whimper of pain every once in a while telling everyone that he was still alive. When they landed they were greeted by Gobber, Stoick's old and faithful friend.

"What in the blazes happened to Hiccup?" Gobber questioned as he jogged over to Stormfly and inspected the boy.

"He was poisoned and he had a piece of rock in his shoulder..." replied Stoick as he tried to lift Hiccup without causing him any more pain. "Common Gobber, we must get him to his room" Stoick walked towards their house, Gobber by his side.

"But why to the house? Why not the infirmary?" Gobber questioned once again, hoping for a more explanatory response from his friend.

"Because I want him to be comfortable... He has been through a lot, I just thought he would like some home comforts that's all. "Gobber looked at Stoick understanding where he was coming from and did not question any further.

They set him down in his tidied room and quickly began to attend to his injuries. Gobber began cleaning and stitching up the bite on his arm, whist Stoick had called for the healer to tend to the shard of stone in his shoulder. They didn't know, however, what to do about the poison. Hiccup began to stir when the healer tugged at the piece of stone protruding out of his upper body.

He let out a weak moan of pain. There was only one way the healer could get the stone out of his shoulder, but it would be very painful, so she gathered her herbs from the bag she had brought with her and crushed them into a powder. She then added some water to it and gave it to Hiccup.

"What's that?" asked Gobber who had now finished stitching up the arm wound and inspecting the large one slashed across his side.

"A sedative, it will send him to sleep so I can extract the stone." The healer said bluntly as she watched Hiccup fade into a deep sleep. Gobber walked over to the healer and pushed her out of the way.

"Just pull it out quick an' fast, Hiccups a man he can take it!" And with that Gobber yanked the shard clean from his shoulder and placed it on the wooden table, whilst looking pretty pleased with himself. Hiccup didn't flinch, mainly because he couldn't feel it due to the sedative. "See told you he could take it..." Gobber didn't really like the healer; she always seemed very dark and mysterious. It was the herbs she used, how they could do certain things to treat people, It made him weary of her to say the least.

The wound began to fill with blood, as it was a deep cut. She knew he would always have a problem after the actual wound has healed but at least he would be alive. She began to clean the wound and stitch it up carefully.

"So what are we going to do about the poison? All of this would be for nothing if we don't cure him and find an antidote." Gobber stated just as Astrid walked into the room with stains of tears running down her face.

"Is he going to be ok?..." she reluctantly asked fearing that they would say no.

"Well it's hard to say he is going to survive his wounds just maybe not the poison. At this rate we would say he has a maximum of 3 days to live." Replied the healer as she looked Astrid straight in the eye.

"Isn't there an Antidote? Anything!" Astrid questioned them both desperate to hear a reply.

"Well... there is one thing..." the healer began earning a glimpse of hope from Astrid and a shocked Gobber who thought the healer didn't know of a cure. "There is a flower, they say it was born of the sun and the moon during an eclipse when Thor, God of thunder, granted the people of this island a gift for worshiping him all these years. It is said that the properties of this flower can heal a person's sickness or wounds if they drink a crushed up petal that has been combined with pure spring water from the waterfall of Thor; where legend says that the flower can be found."

"Well that's what I'll do..." Astrid announced to them both as they assessed the difficulty of the task.

"But Astrid, this is only a myth, as story to tell children."

"Do you have a better solution Gobber..." there was a silence as the two women stared at Gobber who did not reply. "I thought not"

"How are you going to know where this waterfall is?" said Gobber as he looked back at the healer and then quickly at Astrid.

"Look in the great hall and search the books on myths. I'm sure you can find the story there. It will tell you where the flower is if you read between the lines"

"Ok, thank you..." Astrid said to the women in front of her as she began to turn to walk out of the door but was stopped.

"Remember Astrid many people have tried to find this flower but have failed because they read the myth wrong, if you take the correct route you will find the flower, but if you take the wrong route death will await you..."

Astrid acknowledged the last few words that came from the healers mouth as she exited the room leaving Gobber and the women staring at Hiccup hoping he will pull through, after all; he only had 3 days to live...

Thank you for reading! i hope you enjoyed it as much as i did writing it :) please review and i will try and get Chapter 7 up as soon as i get time :) Thanks again for reading :)