Spoiler warning: this chapter contains spoilers from A new Boy in Berk: Defenders of Berk chapters 1 and 2
A/N: Here it is, the first chapters of Defenders of Berk for this story, I hope you enjoy it
The Aftermath
It's been a while since Hiccup and Toothless were kidnapped by Alvin and… we've been preparing ourselves just in case someone else gets captured, so Hiccup made a little test
Actually, now that I think about it, we should've done this since Blake was the one kidnapped
The test is simple, one of the riders will be tied up and act like a victim and the others will have to try make the victim say something related to dragon training
Right now, is Fishlegs' turn, so the other riders tied him up in a cave
"Tell us what you know about dragons, boy. How do you train them?" Hiccup said
"I won't talk, you can't make me" Fishlegs said
"Oh, I think we can" Hiccup said
Then, with a few flaps of our wings, Toothless and I light the torches out leaving Fishlegs in the darkness
"Hello? Is anybody there?" he asked "You can't- you can't leave me here!"
No one say anything, so Fishlegs started to panic and breath heavily
Okay! Okay! Hiccup is the leader of the Berk Dragon Academy, he rides a Night Fury. Blake as you know, he used to be Alvin's son, he's also Hiccup's best human friend and rides a Skrill named Thunder. Astrid is mean but in a nice way, her dragon Stormfly is a Deadly Nadder, shots poisonous spikes and loves chicken. Snotlout's Hookfang is a Monstrous Nightmare, we're not actually sure who's more monstrous him or the dragon. And then there's the twins Ruffnut and Tuffnut, their share their dragon Barf and Belch a Hideous Zippleback, actually they fight over them" he said
Why am I even surprised?
Then, Toothless lit the torches back on revealing the riders with disappointed look on their faces
"I'm starting to doubt if this was a good idea" Toothless whispered
"I'm pretty sure Fishlegs is fine" I said
"What? You know I hate the dark" Fishlegs said
"Fishlegs, more like guppy legs" Tuffnut muttered
"Or maybe not" Toothless said
"Fishlegs, you can't cave in, Alvin is going to do a lot more than turn out the lights to get you to talk" Hiccup said "He had me lock on a dungeon ready to be executed, Toothless was chained and muzzled for days, you need to stick on what we discussed. Your name, where you live and nothing else"
"He's right, I even had to stop eating to give myself a chance to escape" Toothless said
"Alright, I'll work on it but, it wouldn't be easier if I don't say anything?" Fishegs asked
"Actually, that's the worst thing that you can do, if they don't consider you useful, they'll probably throw your death body into the ocean" Blake said
"How do you know that?" Fishlegs asked nervously
Blake froze for a moment before his expression turned more serious "I don't want to talk about it" he said before noticing that Tuffnut was going to say something "And no, I did not kill someone when I used to live on Outcast Island… I think"
I really hope he didn't kill someone, doesn't matter if it was a human or dragon
After the test was over, we all started to leave the cave
"Wait, where's Fishlegs?" Toothless asked
Confused, I looked around and realized that Fishlegs wasn't with us
"Uh… I think we left him tied in the cave" I said
"Shouldn't we go back for him?" Toothless asked
"Meatlug is with him, so she'll probably help him" I said
Later that day, Hiccup and Toothless went to talk with Stoick, I thought it was nothing really important, but when we all reunited at the academy… Hiccup told us something that none of us liked
"And you agreed?! Just like that?!" Astrid asked
"What other choice did I have? He's the chief, who happens to be my incredibly overprotective father" Hiccup said
Turns out that with the excuse of "not wanting to risk", Stoick chose to ban everything related to flying
"Well, we have to get him to change his mind" Astrid said
"Stoick the vast, good luck with that" Fishlegs said
"So, what am I supposed to do with Hookfang if he can't fly? You know what happens when his inner warrior is caged up?"
"I'm so mad right now!" Hookfang said before hitting Snotlout with his tail and send him flying towards Astrid
"That happens" Snotlout said after Astrid stopped him
"This worries me, if Thunder doesn't find a storm to recharge himself, he'll be defenseless" Blake said gesturing at me
"Is that true, Thunder?" Meatlug asked
"It is, every once in a while, I need to find a storm in order to recharge my lightning" I said
"Look, I know this is going to be hard but I'll keep working on my dad and hopefully he'll change his mind" Hiccup said
"What if he doesn't?" Astrid asked but Hiccup only remained in silence
"What are we supposed to do if we can't fly?" Barf asked
"I don't know, what kind of dragon can't fly?" Belch asked before realizing on what he said "Uh… no offence, Toothless"
"None taken, technically I can still fly" Toothless said
Later that night, Blake and I returned to the forge, Blake was analyzing some weapons for some reason I don't understand, while I just laying on the ground trying to fell asleep which was hard because Hiccup and Toothless also came and Toothless seemed upset
"Come on, Hiccup, it'll be fast, no one will even know we're gone" he said
"Toothless, you have to relax" Hiccup said, so Toothless laid down next to me
"What's wrong, Toothless?" I asked
"Hiccup and I always take a flight at this hour, but thanks to Stoick we can't do it anymore" Toothless said
"That's rough, since we can't fly anymore, Blake and I just walked around the village trying to find a way to spend some time" I said
"Nice to have you in the shop, Hiccup" Gobber said as he walked towards Hiccup "Usually you and Toothless are enjoying a beautiful evening flight around the island at this hour"
"Don't mention flights" Toothless said
"I don't think that Hiccup needs to be reminded that" Blake said
"Neither does Toothless" I said as Gobber turned around
"Sure… uh, can I ask why have you been analyzing the weapons? You've been doing that for a while" Gobber asked in a poor attempt to change the subject of the conversation
"Well, I've been thinking in making a weapon of my own, it's true that I already have a sword and a dagger but the sword I made it when I was still learning how to make weapons and I don't think that I'll use my dagger after what happen at Outcast Island" Blake said turning around
"Besides, I'm not the only one who has a project in mind" Blake said looking at Hiccup "In what are you working on?"
"What do you think?" Hiccup said showing Blake and Gobber a wooden shield with an image of a Night Fury in it
"All this work for a shield?" Gobber asked confused
"I guess that it's not an ordinary shield, right?" Blake asked
"You're right, this is not an ordinary-" Hiccup said but before he could continue, a hook and cable fired from the center hub, the cable warped around Gobber and since it was retractable it tried to pull him back but instead, Hiccup was pulled towards Gobber
They both remained in silence and look at each other awkwardly "Handy" Gobber said as I tried so bad to hold my laughter
"Let me help you with that" Blake offered before releasing Hiccup and Gobber from the cable "By the way, why did you put a cable and a hook in your shield?"
"Well, if we can't ride dragons. We have to defend ourselves somehow" Hiccup explained
"You know, Hiccup. Your father is just doing what's best for you, he's trying to keep you safe" Gobber said
"I know my dad is trying to protect me but the problem is, the safest place for me is on Toothless" Hiccup said
"That's true, there's nothing I wouldn't do to protect Hiccup" Toothless said
"Well, I'll leave you to it" Gobber said before walking away but then Hiccup turned his attention at Blake who was analyzing a spear
"Hey, Blake" Hiccup called
"Yeah?" Blake said
"I wanted to ask you something" Hiccup said "Are you sure that you're completely okay after what happened at Outcast Island?"
Blake only looked at Hiccup with a smile before talking "Yes, I'm fine. What makes you think I'm not okay?" he asked
"What you said at the cave and what you just say about your dagger" Hiccup explained
"Is something wrong, Blake?" I asked
"Hiccup, I'm fine. It doesn't affect me anymore and I've only had one nightmare since then" Blake said but Hiccup didn't look completely convinced
Actually… that's true, Blake only has only had one nightmare since Outcast Island… I don't know if I should be relief or worried
"However, last night I had a weird dream" Blake said getting Hiccup's and my attention one more time "What was it about?" he asked
"Well, I was walking around Outcast Island but no one else was in there, there were no Outcasts or dragons" Blake said "I continued to walk until I arrived at the house where I used to live with Alvin"
Blake remained in silence for a moment trying to remember anything else from his dream
"I… walked to my room and when I opened the door… I saw a woman... I don't know how she got there, I don't even know her but... she was waiting for me" he said "Then she walked towards me before kneeling to be at my same height and she kissed me in the forehead"
"What happened after that?" Hiccup asked
"I woke up but for some reason I was feeling so… calm and protected, I still don't know why I felt like that and I don't remember much about that woman but I do remember that her eyes were black just like mine" Blake explained
"Blake, I think than that was your mother" Hiccup said
"My mother? Maybe you're right but we can't confirm that" Blake said "Anyway, I have to feed Thunder, so I'll see you tomorrow"
"Hiccup… Blake is gone" Toothless said as he nudged Hiccup
"I know what you're thinking and you'd better forget it" he said
"Aw, come on!" Toothless said
"Well, I'm just going to wait for Blake in his room, good night, Toothless" I said walking away
"Yeah… good night, Thunder" Toothless said
The next day, while I was happily walking around the village, I saw Toothless and Stormfly outside of the twins' house
"Toothless, Stormfly… what are you guys doing here?" I asked as I walked towards them
"Thunder… I… we… uh… we're just… waiting for our riders" Toothless said
"And they are inside of the twins' house, aren't they?" I asked
"Well… yes… but… that's because they have something important to tell them" Stormfly said
"Hiccup and Astrid have something important to tell the twins? Seriously?" I asked
"Uh… maybe?" Toothless said
"Okay, what are you two planning?" I asked making Toothless and Stormfly look at each other nervously
"We're not planning anything" Stormfly said
"Hey, why don't you and Blake go and enjoy a flight around the island?" Toothless said as he tried to push me away
"We can't fly anymore, remember?" I asked, now I'm even more convinced that they're planning something
"Right… uh…" Toothless said
"You know what? I'm just going to go and try to figure this out on my own" I said
After that, I looked for Hookfang. It wasn't hard to find him, he was at the plaza but… he looks unusually happy
"Hookfang, are you okay?" I asked
"Thunder, what's up?" Hookfang asked nicely
"Seriously, are you okay? Why do you look so… happy and calm?" I asked
"Well, Snotlout and I received some great news" Hookfang said
"Could you tell me what the news were?" I asked
"Sorry, but it's kind of a secret" Hookfang said
"Thanks, I guess" I sighed disappointed
Then, I tried to look for Meatlug but I couldn't find her, so I gave up. I didn't bother to look for Barf and Belch because they wouldn't tell me anything either or they didn't pay attention at all
Later that night, I woke up in the middle of the night which doesn't surprise me, flying a lot through the day helps me to sleep
"Maybe a walk can help me" I muttered before exiting Blake's room but when I was about to exit the forge, I say my rider sitting on the ground. How didn't I notice that he wasn't on his bed
"Blake… is something wrong? Did you have another nightmare?" I asked worriedly as I nudged him
"Thunder? what are you doing up at this hour?" Blake asked
"I could ask you the same" I said as I nudged him again
"Don't worry, I didn't have a nightmare… I just needed to clear my mind" Blake said
"Well, I hope that you don't mind if I accompany you" I said as I curled up around him
We stayed there for a couple of minutes until Blake and I saw something in the sky
"Were those Hiccup and the others?" Blake asked
"I can go an investigate if you want" I said as I stood up next to him, but he only gave me some head pats, so I stayed in my place
The next morning Blake and I went to the forest, no flying means that we can't do our usual training such as speed training but still we can't allow ourselves to be lazy, we may still have to protect the island
So, while Blake practiced his fighting skills with some weapons and did some physical training, tried to practice my aim
After we were done, we returned to the forge just in time to see how the hook and cable form Hiccup's shield warped around Stoick who was pulled towards Gobber, it was so funny that I almost burst into a big laugher
"Hopefully no one is looking" Gobber said
"Too late" Blake said, so Stoick and Gobber looked at us
"Uh… for how long you two have been there?" Gobber asked
"Long enough" Blake said before walking towards Stoick and helping him to unwrap the cable "So, what brings you here?"
"I came for my saddle" Stoick said as Blake finished to unwrap the cable "Did you made the adjustments I asked for?"
"It's done and back on Thornado, it should do wonders for your maneuverability" Gobber said
"Good" Stoick said
"Um, sorry for getting on the conversation but, why would you need a new saddle with the ban?" Blake asked
"Which ban would that be?" Stoick asked
"The ban on flying dragons, were no one is allowed to…" Gobber stopped when he seemed to find out what was happening "Ah, I see, the ban where no one is allowed to fly dragons, except the chief"
"Hey, that's not fair" I complained
"Someone's got to patrol the island" Stoick explained
"Sure…" Blake said crossing his arms
"And not a word to anyone, especially Hiccup. I mean it" Stoick said
"Stoick, I'm nothing if not careful" Gobber said but then he got hit by a metal rim that came out of Hiccup's shield "Catapult, should've seen that one coming"
"I think it's better if I take care of that shield" Blake said taking the shield as Stoick walked away
"So, how does that shield work again?" Gobber asked
"It's probably better if you don't know" Blake said
For the rest of the day, I noticed some… unusual behavior with my dragon friends
Hookfang is still unusually happy along with Barf and Belch, Stormfly avoids any type of conversation that could end in her telling me what she and Toothless were planning, Toothless doesn't seemed to be bothered with the "no flying" rule anymore and Meatlug… well, she's still behaving as she normally does
I don't know if I'm being paranoid or if my imagination is out of control, but I know that something's clearly wrong, if I only had a clue
Luckily, Blake seems to be suspecting something too thanks to the other riders who have also been behaving weird, for example: the twins haven't caused any kind of trouble
I tried to ask Barf and Belch about it but they said that they didn't see something wrong with their riders
One night, we followed the rest of the riders into the academy, so we entered and listened to their conversation
"He out the screws to me, I thought I was going to crack, especially when lights went out, but I hold firm because I know the first rule of Dragon Flight Club is that there is no Dragon Flight Club" Fishlegs said
"You did great, Fishlegs" Hiccup said
"So, what are we doing tonight?" Ruffnut asked
"Nothing" Hiccup said
"That doesn't sound fun at all" Tuffnut complained
"Look, my dad is on to us, it's important that we lay low until this blows over, we need to be invisible" Hiccup said
"Sorry but if that's your plan, you're doing a terrible job" Blake said, so Hiccup turned around
"Blake, w-what are you doing here?" Hiccup asked nervously
"I'm here to ask you, what were you doing flying dragons when there's a ban on flying dragons?" Blake said
"What are you talking about?" Hiccup asked "No one has ridden a dragon for a while"
"Hiccup, please don't lie to me. Last night I saw five dragons flying around the island and they casually went to your houses" Blake said "And the night before that one, I'm pretty sure that I saw the same dragons coming back to Berk"
"Okay, maybe someone did ride dragons" Hiccup admitted
"Those dragons were Toothless and the others, right? And before I forgot, what was that about a Dragon Flight Club?" Blake asked
Hiccup remained silence not knowing what to say but he knew that it was no use in lying
"Well, I was going to patrol the island on my own but Astrid discovered me, then we created the Dragon Flight Club so we could all ride dragons and train behind my father's back" Hiccup explained
"And why no one told me about this? I'm a dragon rider and a member of this academy, I don't deserve to help you with this kind of stuff?" Blake asked
"Sorry but I told Astrid about the panic attack that you had at Outcast Island and I was afraid that something else would happen to you if you continued to fight the Outcasts" Hiccup said
Then Blake did something that no one expected… he started to laugh, the other teens were really confused by this
"Let me get this straight, you didn't want me to fight the Outcasts because you were afraid that something might happen to me? That's a good one" Blake laughed
"Uh, is he okay?" Tuffnut asked before Blake started to calm down
"Listen, I appreciate the fact that you were worried about me but I already told you, I'm fine. My past doesn't affect me anymore and even if you like it or not, I'll help you to fight the Outcasts" Blake said walking towards Hiccup
"And don't worry, I'm not mad because you told Astrid that I had a panic attack, I was already planning to say it anyway" Blake said
"Thanks, but if you don't mind that I ask you, what were you doing up?" Hiccup asked
"Well, I had that dream of me finding a woman at Outcast Island again, so I couldn't sleep" Blake explained
"So that what you've been up to?" I asked glaring at Toothless
"Maybe?" Toothless said
"What have you exactly been doing lately?" I asked angrily
"Well, we have gone to Changewing Island, we have escaped from an angry Typhoomerang and we have escaped from Stoick" Toothless explained ashamed
"Toothless, you know that Blake and I could've helped with all of that, do you?" I asked with a sigh annoyed
"I do but Hiccup already explained his reasons for not telling Blake" Toothless said
"And what were your reasons for not telling me?" I asked
"Well… I-I" Toothless hesitated but luckily for him, Snotlout and Hookfang arrived
"Hey! You guys!" Snotlout yelled
"Seriously? With Snotlout on Hookfang you wanted to be invisible?" Blake asked
"Snotlout, what's so important that it made you flew into the academy?" Hiccup asked
"Before I say it, you must know that I may have saved this entire island!" Snotlout said smugly
"Snotlout! Just say it" Blake said
"Okay fine, Alvin and the Outcasts are attacking as we speak" Snotlout said
"Alvin" Hiccup said
"So, what do we do now?" Astrid asked
"We have to tell my dad" Hiccup said
Then, we all went to Hiccup's house in order to warn Stoick about the imminent attack, Hiccup entered his house and moments later Stoick opened the door found himself face to face with Fishlegs and Meatlug
"Hey chief" Fishlegs said
Minutes later, we were on our way to fight the Outcasts
"I'm going to draw their first round of fire, when they're reloading you attack, but no before" Stoick ordered
Then Stoick and Thornado flew towards the Outcast ship but they noticed them, so they started to fire some boulders along with some arrows
Thornado shot a sonic blast returning the arrows to the Outcasts and he dodged the boulders. However, Stoick was able to catch a boulder and throw it back to the Outcasts
"Now, Hiccup!" Stoick yelled, so we all started to attack the ships but some Changewings came out of a ship and started to fly towards Berk
"Changewings!" Hiccup said
"We can't let them get to Berk!" Astrid said
"If they go into town, they'll tear Berk apart and we won't be able to see them" Fishlegs said
I flew as fast as I could and blocked the Changewings' path just in time before they arrived at the island
Then Thunder shot them a lightning blast scaring the Changewings off. However, one was going to shot them acid but Astrid and Stormfly attacked him
"Astrid, you and the others herd them to Changewing Island and make sure they don't head back this way, I'm going to help my dad" Hiccup said
"Got it!" Astrid yelled
It was hard to keep al of those Changewings calmed enough to let us take them to Changewing Island, first they tried to escape and shot some acid at us, but Hookfang and I prevented them from escaping while Meatlug and Stormfly tried to keep them calm
All of them had different reasons to refuse to go with us, for example: a female Changewing just wanted to find a safe place to nest and maybe have hatchlings. After telling them what kind of benefits it would have for them to live there, they all agreed to come with us
When we returned to Berk, Stoick and Hiccup were able to stop the Outcasts, so we all went to our respective houses and went to sleep
The next day I went to look for Toothless, he still owes me and explanation after all. Conveniently, Hiccup came to the forge to continue working on his shield, but I didn't see Toothless anywhere but he was just hiding outside of the forge
"Toothless, what are you doing?" I asked scaring Toothless
"T-Thunder… I didn't see you there" Toothless said trying to hide the fact that he was hiding "How have you been? It's a nice day, isn't it?"
"Why were you hiding?" I asked "And please don't lie to me, you know that one thing that I hate the most is being lied to"
"W-well, I was… hiding from you" Toothless said looking ashamed of himself
"But why?" I asked
"I didn't have the courage to see you after what happened last night, I'm really ashamed of myself, Thunder" Toothless said
"You shouldn't be ashamed, Toothless. I just asked you why you didn't tell me what you were doing" I said
"Well, I was afraid that you might feel excluded" Toothless said, seriously? just because of that?
"I don't know if I should be mad at you for thinking such a nonsense or if I should burst into laugher because of the same" I sighed
"You should probably be mad" Toothless said
"Toothless, if you had told me everything since the beginning, I would've just stayed away" I said
"Wait, are you serious?" Toothless asked as his eyes widened
"Totally, and I would've done it with more reason if it was to protect my rider" I said
"Oh… I'm so sorry, Thunder" Toothless said "I hope you can forgive me"
"I already did" I said. As long as Toothless doesn't do something like this, I'll be fine
Why does every time things start to go back to normal something happens? I don't know why but my teeth have been hurting a lot, it has also been a few days since the Outcasts attacked
Luckily, Gobber checked on my teeth while Blake helped him to repair a sword. Also, Blake has been acting weird lately, he has been coughing a lot but he insists that it's nothing
"There it is" Gobber said before pulling out something out of my teeth, it was a piece of mutton
"You didn't chew well your food, huh?"
When Blake heard this, he stopped his work and glared at me "Thunder, how many times have I told you to chew your food?" Blake scolded me
"I'd like to see you control yourself when your favorite food is in front of you" I muttered angrily
"Sorry for making you check his teeth" Blake apologized "It's just that when I give him mutton for dinner, he eats it really fast and he barely chews it"
"It's okay, it's my job after all" Gobber said walking towards Blake who finished to repair the sword "I'm the one who should be thanking you for helping me to repair that sword"
"No problem" Blake said but then he started to cough violently
"Woah, are you okay?" Gobber asked
"Yes, I just felt something in my throat for a second" Blake explained rubbing his throat but his voice sounded a bit weird
"Blake, what happened to your voice?" I asked, I've never heard him speak with that voice
"Are you sure?" Gobber asked rising an eyebrow before placing his hand on Blake's forehead "You're hot, I think that you have a fever", wait… a fever?!
Then Blake cleared his throat before talking "What are you talking about? I don't have a fever, now if you excuse me, I'm going to the academy, I have to meet Hiccup and Astrid there in a few minutes"
Before Gobber could answer, Blake got on my back, so we flew away
Minutes later, we arrived at the academy where the others were already waiting for us
Hey Blake" Hiccup said when he saw us enter
"Hey, Blake" Astrid said
"Hi, Hiccup. Hi, Astrid" Blake said getting off my back "Why did you want me to meet us here?"
"Well, I need your help to test my shield" Hiccup said showing Blake his shield
"You finally finished it?" Blake asked walking towards Hiccup
"Sort of, it still needs some adjustments" Hiccup said but then a metal rim came out of his shield "See?"
"Let me guess, you want us to attack you to see how useful it could be in combat?" Blake asked taking a sword
"And also see where does it need the adjustments?" Astrid asked preparing her axe
"Exactly" Hiccup said
"Very well, I'm ready" Astrid said
"Me too" Blake said but he started cough again
"Are you feeling okay?" Hiccup asked
"Yes, I'm fine" Blake said but his voice sounded weird again
Before Hiccup could say anything, Blake charged at him so he protected himself with his shield
Toothless, Stormfly and I just watched them
"Who do you think that will win?" I asked
"Hiccup is obviously going to win, with that new shield of his, he's going to beat Astrid and Blake in no time" Toothless said
"Yeah, sure" Stormfly said sarcastically "No one stands a chance against Astrid, with her axe she won't have any trouble beating Hiccup and Blake"
"Please, if someone is going to win is Blake, with all of his combat experience Hiccup and Astrid will be eating his dust in no time" I said
They continued to fight for ten minutes but Blake coughed multiple times, he was panting for the lack of air and he even sneezed a few times
"Blake, you don't look so good, I think it's better if we stop" Hiccup said
"No, I can continue" Blake said getting ready to attack Hiccup one more time but he stopped and shook his head
Hiccup and Astrid seem to realize what was happening, so they ran towards Blake just it time before he fainted, since Astrid was closer to Blake, she caught him
"Blake! Blake!" Astrid yelled trying to wake Blake up as I ran towards her worried for my rider
"Blake! Wake up!" I yelled worriedly
Then Astrid placed her hand on Blake's forehead "He's burning up in fever" Astrid said
"Let's take him with Gothi" Hiccup said
An hour later, Toothless, Stormfly, Meatlug and I were waiting outside of Gothi's house, Meatlug and Fishlegs came because the riders needed someone to translate Gothi's writing
I wish I could enter and see what's wrong with my rider
Then, Blake came out of the house, so I didn't hesitate to run towards him
"Blake! What happened?! Are you sick?! You're not dying, are you?!" I asked
I know I might be overreacting, but I can't help it
"Hey, Thunder" Blake said with a weird voice again, then Blake got on my back but Gothi hit him with her staff
"Ouch! What did I do?" Blake asked rubbing the back of his head as Gothi wrote something, when Blake read what Gothi wrote, he groaned
"That's a bad sign, isn't it?" I asked
"What did she say?" Astrid asked
"She said that I shouldn't fly for a while, the cold air could make my cold worse" Blake said getting off my back
"Wait, you have a cold?!" I asked as Blake sneezed "I'll take that as a yes"
Then, Gothi gave him a mug with some liquid inside "And I have to come to see her once a day in order to drink this" Blake said
Blake took the mug and drank all the liquid in one gulp. However, when he finished, he almost threw up
"This is really going to help make me feel better?" Blake asked looking at Gothi who only nodded, so Blake and I started to walk away
A few minutes later, the other riders and dragons tagged along with me and Blake
"Thunder… are you okay?" Toothless asked noticing that I was constantly looking side to side
"Of course, I'm not okay" I said "I've just found out that my rider has a cold, just look at him, he can barely walk, anything could hurt him"
"I thought that Blake had a talk with you about your overprotectiveness" Stormfly said
"I guess being overprotective is Thunder's nature" Meatlug muttered
"No joke. You girls, should've seen him when we started to look for our island, if he saw I was slightly tired he made us rest at the nearest island" Toothless said
"Guys, you do realize I'm still here, do you?" I asked
"We know, we're just trying to make you go back into your senses" Meatlug said
Then a Terrible Terror flew near our riders, so I growled at her making her fly away
"That should teach her" I said smugly but it didn't take me long to realize that the riders and dragons were looking at me
"Forget what I just said, I already know how he'll react" Blake said "Thunder, we've been through this, do I seriously need to talk it with you again?"
"You're right, I'm sorry" I said looking at the ground
Now that I think about this, we could write something about the Skrill's protectiveness to their friends in the book of dragons" Blake said
"We could do that when you're better" Astrid said as we all continued our way
"That worked better than I expected" Toothless said
"What are you talking about?" I asked
"I asked that Terrible Terror to fly near our riders while you weren't looking" Toothless said
"We knew that if we could make you show overprotectiveness towards Blake, he would scold you and make you go back to normal" Stormfly said
"It was a nice plan, wasn't it?" Meatlug asked
"I'll admit it, it a very good plan" I muttered slightly annoyed
It only took us a few minutes to arrive at the forge where Gobber was checking on a Nadder's teeth
"So, I was right, you have a fever, huh?" Gobber asked looking at Blake
"Actually, he has a cold" Fishlegs said "And he's been feeling like this for three days"
"Why you didn't say anything?" Gobber asked
"Let's just say that it's a bad habit that I have" Blake explained "If you don't mind, I'll be in my room"
"Go ahead" Goober said
Then Blake walked into his room and laid down on his bed and fell asleep
Since it's getting late, I decided to get inside of Blake's room and go to sleep. Besides, I've got to keep an eye on my rider while he sleeps
The next morning, I woke up feeling a bit hungry. I didn't eat dinner, so I guess I should've expected this to happen
I looked at Blake and realized that he's still asleep, under normal circumstances I would wake him up so we could start our day, but now I don't want to bother him, he needs all the rest that he could get
I decided to walk around the village just to keep myself busy until Blake wakes up, but my stomach growled as my hunger increased
Since asking my rider for food isn't an option right now, it looks like I'm going to have to get my own food
I was on my way to the storehouse where the fish is kept, but I heard a male voice behind me
"Thunder? what are you doing here?" the voice asked
I turned around and saw Fishlegs and Meatlug
I was about to say something when my stomach growled, I tried to act like it didn't happen but Fishlegs and Meatlug heard it
"Oh, you're hungry?" Fishlegs asked, so I nodded as an answer "Don't worry, we'll get you some food, just wait here"
I nodded again and waited for them, it only took them like five or six minutes to return
"Here you have, a basket of fish" Fishlegs said opening the basket in front of me
"Thunder, you should check on Blake when you finish" Meatlug said
"Did something happen to him?!" I asked
"Not really, when Fishlegs and I looked for your food, we encountered with him, he got worried because he didn't feed you, so he was looking for you" Meatlug said
"Thanks for telling me, Meatlug" I said "I'll go right away when I'm done eating"
I had to eat really fast to reunite with my rider as soon as possible, when I returned to the forge, I found Blake asleep as he was supposed to
I stayed with him for at least two hours until Blake started to shiver
"Blake, what's wrong?" I asked
"C-c-cold" Blake said
I tried to warm him up using my wing but I realized something, Blake's temperature is high!
"Blake, you're burning! You can you be cold?!" I asked but Blake only shivered even more
What should I do now? If I try to warm Blake up, he might get some relief but that'll make his fever worse, and if I don't do it, he'll suffer from the cold that he's feeling
I quickly removed my wing as I thought in what to do
"T-T-Thunder… i-i-is that… y-y-you?" Blake asked as he opened his eyes a bit "I-I-I… c-c-can't… s-s-see you" Oh no, please don't tell me he's starting to get delirious
"It's okay, just try to sleep" I purred in a poor effort to calm Blake down, but it seemed to work, he started to fall asleep
Luckily, Hiccup and Astrid entered the room, they might be able to help
"Thunder? What's wrong?" Astrid asked, I only gestured at Blake, so Hiccup and Astrid walked towards him
"Blake?" Hiccup called before noticing that Blake was shivering a lot "What's wrong?"
"I-it's… s-so… c-cold… i-in… h-here" Blake said
"Hiccup, you go to get the medicine, me and Thunder will stay here and keep an eye on him" Astrid said
Hiccup nodded and quickly left, leaving me and Astrid with Blake
"Just hand on, Blake. Hiccup will be back with the medicine soon" Astrid said
Blake didn't answer and just continued to shiver in cold
Luckily, Hiccup returned, so Astrid helped Blake to sit on his bed "What's… going… on?" Blake asked weakly
"Hey, it's okay, just drink this" Hiccup said giving Blake the medicine
"What was that?" Blake asked when he finished
"It was a more effective medicine, Gothi told us to give it to you just in case you felt worse" Hiccup explained
"I see, thanks for giving it to me but you two shouldn't be here, I don't want to infect you" Blake coughed
"It's okay, we wanted to see how you were feeling or needed something" Astrid said
"And apparently you really needed help" Hiccup said
"Yeah" Blake admitted "Sorry for making you guys worry"
"Hey, what about me? I was worried too" I grunted
"Sorry for making you worry too" Blake said
An hour later Hiccup and Astrid left Blake alone who fell asleep one more time leaving me in charge of watching over him
He looks a little better now, I'm pretty sure he'll be back to his old self in now time
