HELLO EVERYONE

Yes, I know some of you want me to update on other stories but I'm just as hooked into this one as others are so those of you waiting for other story updates have to wait a little longer. Anyway here's a new chapter that could decide Hiccup's fate. Enjoy.

P.S: The new title cover was drawn by me which literally took me four nights to finish.

Heather was silent but the tension in the room was getting to her so with a sigh as she tried to hold in her tears, she told the two chiefs every last detail of what has happened, their motives for leaving, their capture, and what has happened in Berk. Stoick was speechless when he heard this, to think his own village would ever do something like this and the worse part is, he wasn't there to save either one of the twins. Dagur was torn between killing the Berkian chief on the spot but he couldn't because of his ribs and the fact that the man knew more about healing than he does. This wasn't how the plan should go...Dagur thought to himself in panic. Berk was supposed to exile them, not try to kill one of them...But at least, they went back home and they could have stayed home if Stoick didn't kidnap me!

"Hiccup went Berserk for a moment, trying to save me and Mildew from execution that he got hurt several times that I lost count on the weapons used but I do remember arrows being shot, even some of the ones that were supposed to kill me," Heather summarized, her voice was shaking with fear. "But I don't know if he got shot by one of them or received something that might have done this. The stubborn boar also refused to get most of his injuries treated but that wound in his right arm...I don't know how-"

She was suddenly interrupted by Hiccup's screams again but this time, they could see him struggling to open his eyes however he can only manage to respond to Heather while breathing heavily. "It...Was...It was from...One of the...Arrows..." Hiccup croaked, not noticing the fact that Stoick and Dagur were there. "Sorry...Heather... Guess I should've...Told ya..."

His answer only brought panic to the trio as Heather tried to keep herself from having a panic attack as she asked, "Hiccup, you got to tell me the exact truth... Do you remember what color was the arrow that shot you!? And don't you dare try to lie because this is a matter of life and death twin brother!"

Hiccup was gulping down as much air as he could to keep breathing and being able to answer back as his teeth clenched in pain. "They were...Coming... All at once... But I the one that hit me...It was black...The arrow was black...But I don't see what's...So important...About its color..." Before Dagur could even shout out to question why the teen was being too reckless, Hiccup slipped back to unconsciousness causing something to arise. Fear.

"Did he say black arrows?" Stoick asked, hoping he was mishearing things this time! Dagur was looking at how terrified Heather was since she was shaking while her eyes were wider than the moon with shock and the scared tone Stoick had. All Heather could respond was with a nod since she can recall the villagers saying how the black arrows were coated with deadly poison to which there was no cure to heal the victim.

She didn't realize tears coming down from her eyes, nor did she realize that she got up, shoved Stoick the wall of the cave with her fists ready to punch the chief while Dagur stood up to try to calm her down, all she could realize was the anger in her voice as she cried out to the man. "YOU MONSTERS! HOW COULD YOU EVER INVENT SUCH A DEADLY WEAPON, SUCH DEADLY POISON! YOU KILLED HICCUP! HOW COULD YOU EVER ALLOW SUCH A POISON TO EXIST! Hiccup had been shot now and he's now going to die because of you and your stupid village! I don't see why Hiccup was ever having doubts about his final decision over where his loyalty should be if it certainly shouldn't be for the village who poisoned him to his death!" She pointed to ill-figure of her twin brother, who was still in the same state despite the coolness of the rags.

Toothless and Windshear were ready to get Heather away from Stoick, but Skullcrusher was able to hold them back as he gave them the stare that clearly said that they need to leave this for the humans to resolve on their own.

"Why...WHY...WHY IS BERK SO STUPID AND INHUMANE!? HICCUP RISKED HIS LIFE FOR BERK EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS LIFE, RISKING HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS, FOR EVERY VILLAGER, EVEN FOR YOU AND YET HE NEVER BOTHERS TO CARE ABOUT HIMSELF NOT EVEN IF HE LIVES OR DIES!" Heather shouted, managing to give Stoick a nasty punch but the rest of punches she threw at his chest was weak and shaky. Meanwhile, all Dagur could do was watch feeling very useless as he tried to contain his own tears from falling, after all, he just got his family back, but one of them is about to take a permanent trip to Valhalla.

"AND HOW DID YOU GUYS REPAY HIM? BY SHOOTING ARROWS AT HIM AND TURNING AGAINST HIM JUST BECAUSE HE FOUND OUT THAT TRIBE HE WAS RAISED IN IS NOT HIS BIRTH TRIBE AND WAS WILLING TO GO THERE FOR A BIT TO BRING THE ESCAPED ENEMY BACK IN BARS EVEN IF THAT ENEMY WAS HIS OWN FLESH AND BLOOD! HE DIDN'T CARE IF HE DIED, HE JUST PROTECTED THOSE HE CARED ABOUT! It's not fair...It's fair that in the end, Hiccup has to pay the ultimate price...For Odin's sake he had to lose an entire left leg for you guys, isn't that enough to consider him as your own!? I guess not, now...Now he's going to die and just when he was about in his real home for Snoggletog for once..."

Heather shoved Stoick one last time before kneeling down next to Dagur, Hiccup laying right in front of them while they both were watching how much suffering Hiccup was going through. Stoick was speechless the reaction and grief Heather must feel, but that didn't stop him from approaching the Berserker siblings, slowly placing his hands on both their shoulders which resulted from the two to turn around with grief and rage in their eyes when they saw the man give them a reassuring smile. Why is he smiling...This was an adoptive son who is on his deathbed suffering! Both Dagur and Heather thought with rage. Guess he never truly loved Hiccup.

"No one is going to die before Snoggletog," Stoick reassured them, and before they could even demand an explanation, he continued. "Sure the poison is deadly, but there is only one cure that only the high elder and I know about, everyone else just goes around saying that it's incurable." He could see the sudden change in Heather's and Dagur's expressions from rage to hope. "Hiccup will live but we need to act fast and gather all the ingredients needed for the cure."

Dagur got up in less than a second from looking very sorrowful to overjoyed upon hearing this. "Then why are you sitting around here for come on already! You're the one who knows the information we need to save our brother!" Stoick got up in an instant as Heather was ready to do the same until Dagur was quickly you gently sit her back down. "Not you sis. You have to stay here and watch over Hiccup just in case something happens to him."

"Alright, but hurry!" Heather insisted, knowing exactly what Dagur was talking about. "But be careful, especially you Dagur!" With that the two chief ran off in the forest as Stoick listed everything needed while Heather knelt down beside Hiccup, replacing the dry rag with another wet one. Please hurry...Hiccup's heating up so badly...

Meanwhile, as the two chiefs were wondering as fast as they could through the forest, Dagur couldn't stop scolding himself out loud while he searched and banged a rock on his head which surprisingly didn't harm him at all. "This wasn't supposed to happen... Neither of them should have gotten this hurt! Oh gods if Hiccup and Heather hadn't landed here-"

"Dagur we can worry about that later, right now focus on finding those ingredients!" Stoick interrupted but that just made Dagur raise his voice and demanded.

"Aren't you going to say 'I told you so' or 'I knew your plan will fail!' Or maybe you're just dying to tell Heather and Hiccup that this whole thing was set up as my plan!"

"I'm not saying a word, right now Hiccup is on the verge of life or death unless he gets this cure but it's your choice if they want to know about what you've done. I won't be the one who decides for you or tell them myself." Was Stoick responded which stunned the deranged chief as they marched through the growing snow.

A FEW MINUTES LATER...

"WE'RE HERE! WE'RE BACK!" Dagur announced with exhaustion while he tried to catch a breath from carrying a handful of herbs along with Stoick.

"Oh thank thor!" Heather sighed with relief to after she placed the tenth wet rag on top of Hiccup but the teen was still groaning and twitching from the poison. Dagur then turned to the Berkian chief's and gave everything and with a demanding glare he growled with a threatening tone. "Alright Stoick, do what you have to do to cure Hiccup! But make it quick'"

It can't be quick but I'll try as fast as I can, it seems like the poison is affecting Hiccup more than any average viking." Stoick answered feeling worried concern his body but he had no time to think and worry because his top priority now is Hiccup. He mixed the herbs in one bowl as he used a rock he found and cleaned to smash them to bits while he had Heather and Dagur step outside so they wouldn't distract him but also so they won't take up too much room but that didn't mean he was going to watched by Whindshear.

The dragon was ordered to stand guard just in case the chief was planning to do any funny business like grab Hiccup and fly off. So while Dagur and Heather and waiting outside, they sat next to each other on the snowed covered grass in silence for a some moments. The silence stretched for Thor knows how long until they jumped when they suddenly heard Hiccup beginning to scream in agony again!

As if her twin instincts kicked in, Heather got up and was about to run into the cave to comfort Hiccup from the pain but Dagur grabbed her arm as he shook his head silently which clearly told her to stay in her place.

She, at first, tried to pull herself forward but eventually she gave in and sat on the ground once more in silence until finally she broke the silence."Is he going to be fine right? Hiccup is stronger than this so he will pull through right?"

"Of course, he will sis," Dagur reassured his young sister as he pulled her into an embrace. "He's dealt with me, a giant dragon, and other life-threatening situations many times and lived. So I'm positive that he will pull through besides there's no way he'll just leave us like this. We just got reunited as a family so there is no way our brother would ever decide to give up." He had to be strong not just for Heather but for Hiccup as well, but deep down inside he was just as worried as Heather was and doubted anything he just told her. However, that wasn't the only thing that was in his mind, mostly the guilt slowly building up the more he tried to reassure his sister, the more he heard Hiccup's cries of pain. Just keep it together Dagur, they will hate you if you told them the truth...You can't tell them, you can't...You just can't...

"Dagur?" Heather interrupted his thoughts as he looked at his sister. "I just want to say...I'm sorry. If Hiccup and I hadn't left Berserker Island then we wouldn't be in this mess but we had no idea that Berk would turn on us... Please forgive us..." Heather apologized as she got her knees with her head bowed down as f she was ready to face any punishment!

Now the guilt was really filling him up faster until the dams broke and he could no longer have the guts to it in. She and Hiccup have to know the truth... It's better for me to tell them than for them to find out themselves... He helped Heather up then got down on his knees. "Sis, it's me who should be begging you for forgiveness."

"What are you talking about?"

Dagur sighed, the guilt was heavy but he had to say. "I don't expect you to love me as a big brother but at least forgive me Heather... The truth is, Berk alone didn't just betray your trust-" Oh Thor almighty help me gain the strength to tell without tearing up...And so he began to tell every last detail of the truth.

Hope you enjoyed this and see you next time