"Please! Please! Stop t-touching me please! Stop!" Hiccup pushed his tunic down and started screaming, thrashing and sobbing loudly. Astrid immediately knew he wasn't really seeing his friends from the look he gave them. Hiccup thought they were the pirates trying to hurt him. It was all happening again.

The gang tried to calm him, telling him they were his friends trying to help me, but he didn't listen. Hiccup only started to scream louder. Astrid decided to try the same thing, reaching for his face to touch him but Hiccup hid is face in his arms and started shaking uncontrollably. She had no idea what to do anymore. Toothless tried calming him, licking his arms and head, and it surprisingly worked. Hiccup was still crying but he stopped screaming which was a relief. He looked at them and finally realised it was only his friends. And he also realised he was back on the Edge in his hut with Toothless by his side. Hiccup started to speak.

"I... I'm... I'm so sorry. I t-thought you were them. I thought y-you were going to h-hurt me..." Chocked Hiccup.

"It's okay, Hiccup. Really. We know you didn't mean it." Ruffnut said with understanding.

This only made Hiccup want to cry more but Astrid saw that and hugged him tight. He hugged back weakly and hid his face in her shoulder. After awhile, the gang decided to ask Hiccup what happened.

"What happened, Hiccup? What did they do to you?" Tuffnut asked in a soft voice. Everyone just stared at him, waiting for him to answer.

Hiccup started to shake. He couldn't. He couldn't tell them what happened. He just couldn't. So he lied.

"N-nothing. I'm fine."

"Hiccup... it wasn't nothing. I saw your bruises. They were everywhere! And your wrists..." said Astrid.

"They h-hit me, and they used ropes to tie me up. T-that's it." He said softly.

"What about the blood? Is it yours?" Snotlout asked next.

"N-no. It's not. There aren't any bleeding wounds on me right? So it's not mine. It was the pirates... I j-just got some on me... that's all." Hiccup replied.

"Why were the pirates bleeding anyway?" Ruffnut spoke.

"I-I d-don't know..."

"Hiccup. I remember you saying it hurts before you passed out. What hurt baby?" Astrid asked softly.

"My... my leg." It wasn't exactly a lie, because his leg did hurt, but that wasn't what he was referring to when he said it hurt. It was something else.

"Hiccup. I know there's something else that happened that you are not telling us. You can tell us baby. It's okay, we can help you." Said Astrid.

"No! That was all that happened. Nothing else! I'm really tired and I want to be alone. Please." Hiccup snapped. He was still shaking.

The gang decided that it was best to leave Hiccup alone so he could rest, so they left, leaving Toothless with him. Astrid stopped at his door to look at Hiccup one last time before leaving him alone. She knew Hiccup was not telling them something. She knew something more happened in that ship that he refuses to spill. But Hiccup was tired and exhausted, and needed lots of rest, so she decided not to force it out of him.

Once they were outside, Fishlegs finally spoke.

"I agree with you, Astrid. Hiccup isn't telling us something. It can't be just that. It must have been something much worse than that to make him act like that."

"I know, Fishlegs. I know. But we can't just force it out of him. He is already so frightened and fragile. We will wait until he is feeling better and let him tell us when he is ready." Replied Astrid.

"Agree!" The gang replied in unison.