New chapter again and once more thank you guys so much for the support. You know, in all honesty, I never thought this story will last this long but all well life just throws the unexpected and speaking of unexpected, this chapter will sure be very unexpected.

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Is there no end to this thick forest? Hiccup sighed with frustration with Toothless trailing behind him. Come on Dagur, you can't be too far...Where are you brother? He heard a concerned coo from Toothless who was sitting down to take a break but was mostly concerned for his rider.

"I know bud, you're worried about me and what'll happen to everyone ever since Heather and I made our final decision to stay with the Berserker tribe." He didn't notice how surprised Toothless was since he was correct! "But there's nothing to worry about bud, I promise you that no one is going to get hurt. We'll make sure that this mess doesn't turn into a bloodbath because last thing we want now is a war against Berk." He patted his friend's head with a reassuring gesture. "I may no longer be part of the Hooligan tribe but I'm not to going to go crazy and have go fight for revenge. If it comes down to a fight, I'll be fighting for what's right...Except I don't even know what's right anymore."

Toothless gently nudged his rider with assurance until his eyes noticed the deep wound that had dry blood covering it on Hiccup's right arm, it didn't even have anything but badly wrapped cloth in healing it with! Apparently Hiccup noticed as he was quick to wave it off. "Hey don't worry about that bud, it's just a small scratch from an arrow so it's nothing to worry about." Toothless just glared at him with a glare that clearly stated that he needed more information. "Okay okay, so I managed to hide it from Heather and the healers and just wrapped the wound with bandages and some pain medicine so it won't get infected...Happy?"

All Toothless could give as a response was a whack on the head with his tail, to teach Hiccup a lesson about taking care of himself more properly. "Yeah yeah, I know I should have done more than that but we were in a rush. Besides it's only a common wound that'll heal in a few days without problem."

If only the odds were on Hiccup's favor for once...

Because the moment he finished that statement, Hiccup suddenly felt every fiber of his body burn with unbearable pain that he couldn't believe that it would come all at once out of nowhere! His headache was getting stronger but the more pain came from his right arm and his left leg, as he felt more sweat flow all over him as he could feel himself shaking and suddenly having trouble to breathe correctly!

"Tooth...Too...Less..." Hiccup struggled to ask his dragon for help because he was in that much pain as he tried to keep himself balance against one of the trees but he even lost his grip as he felt so heavy that he fell forward on the ground with his face down while his breaths were getting weaker and weaker while he struggled to stay at least half conscious! What the hell is going on...It's like I've been poisoned or something...But what...

He then found himself losing his grip on his thoughts and all he could do was stay half conscious while he tried to breathe but his awareness of the area was getting weaker and weaker to the point that all he could remember was Toothless panicking and then everything else is only blurs of colors and shapes...Somebody...Help...

"You won't heal faster if you keep moving like that Dagur," Stoick repeated after seeing Dagur standing up to try to swing and throw his axe but ended up trying to grab the weapon from the ground while struggling. "Honesty lad do you want to make your ribs worse?"

All Dagur answered in response to that was a growl as he mumbled under his breath, "Shut up, you're acting just like my father." He sat down after failing his attempt to get the weapon but he was sure Stoick heard his comment so he waited for some physical response, but that response didn't come.

"What do you mean I'm like your father? As far as I'm concern he and I are different," Stoick commented. "I'm not the kind of father who will easily give up and-"

"But you gave my cowardly father no choice Stoick," Dagur interrupted with venom in his voice. "Remember, you were going to declare war on the Berserker Tribe so my father decided that it was best to give up my brother to you! That man never looked for other options, no, he just threw in the towel and gave up Hiccup to a tribe who hated him, treated him like an outsider for his whole life! As I recalled, when you found out about Hiccup's nightfury, you disowned him, gave up on being his father!"

Stoick's eyes widen in shock, sure he regretted disowning Hiccup that day and apologized but Dagur only knew about berk having dragons and Hiccup defeating the red death without many of the small details! As if he was reading Stoick's mind, Dagur explained briefly, "I have spies getting intel on how Hiccup is doing in Berk but it my first time doing that behind my father's back and that began when Hiccup's final exam was in chaos. But while my brother was in a coma my father found out, forced those spies to come back and then I didn't get more information."

"So you're telling me that you had spies in Berk for that time?" Stoick questioned, mentally scolding himself for not realizing!

"Yeah I did, I had every right to see how my brother was doing aside from that one day every year that was wasted on me pretending to terrify him," Dagur responded, not really showing any concern for consequence. "But when those spies were forced back to the island and they told me what happened in the great hall, that you disowned him but not only did you and your tribe nearly died but Hiccup had to nearly die to safe all your pathetic lives and losing a leg in the process! Nearly loosing his life for a tribe he never was born in, a tribe who hated him..."

Stoick was silent, he didn't know how to react but the final response Dagur made was one that sparked his courage to speak again. "I can only assume that Hiccup was never loved, not once in his entire life...The only thing you showed him was hate and pity." Now the Berkian chief's fist tightened but he did not fight instead he looked Dagur straight in the face. "You're wrong Dagur! I-"

He never finished that sentence because he was interrupted by a sudden fireball shot up at the sky but it wasn't any fireball...It was a plasma blast from the only dragon both Stoick and Dagur knew it would come from!

"TOOTHLESS!?"

They were indeed confused but they didn't bother to ask questions since they both got up and began running towards the spot where the plasma blast could have been shot from, thinking that if Toothless was here, then maybe just maybe...Hiccup and Heather might be here too!

Those two didn't even bother to notice that they were both running despite one of them having bruised ribs and the other being the enemy but regardless they could see more plasma blasts being shot and this time it was followed by roars! That only made the two run faster than they ever thought they could run in their whole lives, so far. Stoick and Dagur were neck and neck as they raced across the forest maybe until they could hear Toothless's cries getting clearer and closer that the chief of Berk actually ran ahead of Dagur in record speed, but the moment he managed to spot the nightfury did not bring him the relief he had hoped for!

There laid Hiccup on the ground, half conscious, nearly as pale as snow, heavy breaths, groans of pain, and looking very very sick! "Hiccup..." Stoick whispered in shock and panic that he didn't stop to ask why Toothless was here, he didn't hear the distant flapping of wings, all he could see was his son on the ground looking gravely ill! He did what his instincts were literally screaming for him to do, run to Hiccup to check on him! He didn't care to try to find out how the boy got here, or if he's mad at him, all he wanted to do was help his son!

However before Stoick could even lay a finger on Hiccup, Heather came in flying on Windshear just across from where they stood as she jumped off, pulled a sword out as she stood in front of Hiccup as she growled, mainly at Stoick. "LEAVE HIM ALONE! I SWEAR IF YOU EVEN THINK ABOUT HURTING HIM I WILL NOT HESITATE TO FIGHT YOU!" She signaled Windshear to stand protectively in front of her to prevent Stoick from coming any closer as she kneel down to try to figure out what was wrong with her twin brother. "Hiccup! HICCUP!? What's wrong!? HICCUP!? ANSWER ME! PLEASE!"

Stoick tried to get closer but Heather turned around only to stand up, holding her sword up again as she screamed. "STAY BACK! DON'T EVEN TRY COMING NEAR HIM! YOU ALREADY HURT HIM ENOUGH! DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT TRYING TO HELP AFTER THE HELL WE HAD TO GO THROUGH!"

"Easy Heather, calm down...I'm only here to help," Stoick tried to convince her as calmly as he could. "I swear I'm not here to hurt you or Hiccup, you know I would never hurt you two." Heather still kept her guard up but Hiccup was suddenly coughing so violently that it actually caused both of them to have a panic attack about his well being as Stoick yet again tried to come closer but Windshear was able to shove him back.

"I told you to stay back," Heather repeated herself, feeling anger in her again. "How can I even trust you after everything Hiccup and I had to suffer through, and after what you've done..Kidnapping Dagur... Where is he...Where are you keeping Dagur!? We were told that you kidnapped him! So where is he!?"

Before Stoick could even answer, Dagur came running forward to see what just happened and it wasn't a sight he was hoping to see. He was hoping to see both his siblings ready to fight Stoick, not one and the other on the ground gravely ill! "I'm right here and can someone tell me what in the name of Thor is going-OW!" He had to wrap his arms around his torso to contain the pain he was feeling in his ribs which grabbed both the chief and teen's attention until Dagur ignored them and marched straight toward where Hiccup was as his hand made Heather lower her weapon. "Stand down sis, this isn't the time to fight! Hiccup is gravely ill here, we need to take care of him first before we can do any violence!" He then turned to Stoick. "But don't think I'm on you're side Stoick because right now, my top priority are my siblings well being!"

Without another word, the group rode on Toothless and Windshear, Dagur holding on to Hiccup who was now began to heat up way higher than normal. They flew as fast as they could back to the camp spot where it would be more easier to try to figure out what was wrong with Hiccup. Dagur grabbed the blankets he was using to rest to roll one up to a pillow to rest Hiccup's head on but unfortunately he was no healer to even figure out what was going on!

"Dagur?" Heather whispered, seeing the pain and frustration in Dagur jade eyes that were looking at Hiccup was was twitching, tossing, turning, and hissing with pain like something was eating him from the inside! That was when Stoick stepped up, gently pushing the siblings small circle around Hiccup despite their protest to see how bad the teen was and moment he placed his cool palm on the teen's forehead, the chief was quick to shout commands despite being surrounded by the enemy! "I'm going to need one of you to grab some rags in Skullcrusher's satchel and wrap them around some snow, that way we can keep Hiccup's temperature down while we try to figure out what is wrong!"

Heather was about to refuse but Dagur gave her a demanding look that clearly said that there wasn't any time to be stubborn and focus on the enemy so with little hesitation, she got up to do exactly what the chief commanded while the two chief tried to hold Hiccup since the boy was now beginning to thrash around! Toothless and Windshear couldn't do anything but watch helplessly as they see just three vikings trying to figure out what was ailing Hiccup and how to make the suffering end. Heather grabbed five rags and went out of the cave to gather some snow as he thoughts raced across her mind. This can't be happening...Hiccup was fine a few minutes ago...How did this happen? When? She had no time to answer her thoughts as she faced back in only to hear Hiccup beginning to scream for ten second before returning to groaning as she handed Dagur the rags. Dagur then gave the rags to Stoick, who didn't waste time putting one on top of Hiccup's forehead.

That only stopped Hiccup from violently thrashing but he was in no condition to even stand a chance!

Stoick and Dagur both tried to look for any symptom of sicknesses they knew of but they found nothing but bandied injuries, bruises, and other injuries that had dried up from bleeding however their eyes did narrow down to Hiccup's right arm. Lifting the sleeve of the new shirt, Stoick saw a poorly treated wound, more like a deep long cut that looked recent but was dry and had a dark purple color forming around the open wound. This oddly looks like the symptoms of...No it can't be...That's impossible, there's just no way...Unless... As if he could read what Stoick had in his mind, Dagur turned to Heather and asked as calmly as he could. "Heather, what happened when you two left Berserker Island...Your outfits are new and Hiccup looks very beaten up... Sis, please tell me, what happened to you two?"

Any guesses on what is wrong with Hiccup?

Find out next time

P.S I need ur help cuz my mind is screaming at me to make a sequel when I finish this one so what u guys should I make a sequel cuz I got a good idea for it. If I get a lot of votes saying yes then by the end of this story I'll tell the plot of sequel if many say no then we'll that's that's