WHOA WHOA WHOA! HOLD UP! Don't go quitting on me now! Hiccup's not dead (yet). I won't tell you if he lives or not. You'll have to read it for yourself. Anyway, this is my SIXTH update today. Shout-outs:
QueenAurora: Yeah, yeah it does. I love riddles. And if you have any, feel free to send them at me!
xFaerieValkyriex: Hehehe. I am so evil to poor Hiccup! Maybe I should be punished. Nah. I don't think I would kill him (yet). :) Bwahahahahaha!
Snowflake: I've got a lot more for this fanfic. Hold onto your popcorn! And your axe...just in case. :)
Wanli8970: Oh, wow. Y'know, I saw a Bewielderbeast Vs. Red Death as far as size goes, and that thing...MASSIVE! It's a Class 10 dragon according to Fishlegs in HTTYD2, and I think the Red Death was somewhere around four, or something. No idea. *shrugs*
silverwolvesarecool: Haha! Me and your friend have a lot in common then, only I do evil laughs and smiles whenever I leave you guys on a cliffhanger. See? I'm doing it right now. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHA! :)
Jesusfreak: Weeeeelp, sorry 'bout them cliffies. But an author's gotta do 'em, ya know? :) And the answer to the first riddle is "Teeth" (I've read "The Hobbit", which has that riddle). And the other answer is "A Ton." I've heard both those a while back. Do you have anymore? I LOVE RIDDLES! XD! Question: Do you have a Pinterest account? Someone started following me, and their name was "Jesusfreak", so I'm just curious. :)
"Hiccup! Toothless!" shouted Astrid, cupping her hands over her mouth. She didn't care at this point if the Incliciar heard them or not. Maybe it would be better that way, so then Hiccup had a chance of escaping.
Astrid flew beside Snotlout on Stormfly, Snotlout riding Hookfang. Suddenly, a small glint of metal caught Astrid's eye. Curious and hoping it would lead them to Hiccup and his dragon, she steered Stormfly downwards and grabbed the metallic object with one hand. Her heart sank.
It was a shield.
Hiccup's shield.
She urged Stormfly back up and joined the others in the sky.
"He must have lost it while the Incliciar was taking him to its lair," said Astrid. "He didn't have it when we found him."
"Well, I would assume he'd want it back," said Snotlout.
He was thinking in the positive. He was thinking Hiccup was indeed alive.
"Right!" said Astrid enthusiastically, trying to hold onto the same concept as Snotlout. "He worked so hard on it. He'd hate to lose it."
She strapped it to Stormfly's saddle and then looked below. Up ahead, she saw the glowing of a dragon they knew. The Incliciar. But it wasn't moving.
"I see it!" shouted Tuffnut, although it was a no brainer. They were approaching it quickly. "But it's not moving." Also a no brainer.
The youths landed their dragons as far away from the Incliciar as they dared, but the blue dragon didn't seem intent on getting up. In fact, it didn't even move to show it had noticed the dragons landing around it.
"It's unconscious," said Fishlegs. "But what could that mean...?"
Astrid didn't think about it for very long. She caught sight of a black dragon she knew all too well. But he wasn't moving, either. Panic set in for Astrid as she ran forward and dropped down beside the Night Fury. Toothless opened his eyes and turned his head to Astrid. He was fine. But then Toothless crooned in terror and worry and focused his eyes on something laying in front of him.
No, not something. Someone.
"Hiccup!?" she shouted. "HICCUP!"
Hiccup moaned heavily and broke into a coughing fit. Astrid stood up quickly from Toothless' side and instantly put herself at Hiccup's. She then noticed the bleeding wound on his chest and gasped in horror.
The rest of the riders joined them, kneeling in a circle around their leader.
"We have to do something!" shouted Fishlegs. Astrid knew he was right, but there wasn't anything they could have possibly done at that moment besides stop the bleeding. If, that is, they had something to stop it with.
Astrid's mind raced as she looked at Toothless' red tailfin. They were still on Berk, after all. He could just run back to the village. Astrid quickly stood up and moved over to Toothless' tail. She gripped the prosthetic and tore the fabric right off the metal mechanism that made it a fin. Then, she took the metal bars out of it so it was just a limp piece of red cloth. Then, she folded it several times, not caring to do a neat job of it, and then raced back over to Hiccup.
She pried away his hands and pressed the cloth to his chest. Hiccup screamed in agony, his hands gripping the ground harshly. Behind them, Snotlout fainted.
Hiccup forced his eyes open and looked at Astrid. She pressed the fabric to his wound again and he screamed louder than the first time. Part of Astrid was worried he'd rouse the Incliciar, the other part of her not caring either way.
She took hold of one of his hands to give him something to hold on to, and because she was sure it made him feel better, just knowing someone who cared about him was beside him.
"We have to get back to the village!" shouted Tuffnut. "We have to!"
"No, we can't!" said Fishlegs. "He'll never make it! Flying with an open wound like that? You can't just do that!"
Astrid knew he was right, but refused to believe it. She looked down at Hiccup and watched tears roll down his face as he gritted his teeth, trying to abate some of his misery.
He was going to die, they all knew it, and they all feared it as well. Hiccup lapsed into another painful sounding coughing fit, tightening his grip on Astrid's hand as she pressed the fabric to his wound harder. He took in a deep breath, and then began coughing again.
He took another shaky breath. His chest rose and fell, shuddering every time he exhaled.
It rose...
It fell...
It rose...
It fell...
It rose...
It fell...
...and then nothing.