Chapter 15

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Thought / Dreams / Event from the past

[Voice from the past]

"Dialogue"

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Emphasis

Dangerous Tone

Toothless looked up at the clear blue sky with his toothless smile, a happy aura surrounding him and he couldn't keep still so he ended up running to Hiccup's room. "Brother, Brother!" He called happily as he nudged Hiccup with his head, "Come on! Wake up, wake up! Let's go flying!".

Hiccup moaned softly as he opened his eyes with much difficulty, "I'm sorry, Toothless." He apologized before he caught in a fit of cough, earning a concerned croon from Toothless, "I would love to fly with you, Bro, but I'm not feeling good today." He explained before closing his eyes again.

"Not feeling good?" Toothless asked in worry as he licked Hiccup's head, his eyes widened when he felt how hot Hiccup was, much hotter than his normal temperature. "Wait here." He said as he carefully pulled Hiccup's blanket to fully cover the boy's body, "I will get some help." He then took off running to Stoick's room, but stopped as he remembered that the man had gone flying out early that morning, so he ran out of the house instead.

"All of you!" He roared to the village, gaining the attention of every dragon in the whole village, "Hiccup is sick!".

"Hiccup is sick?!" His main flock mates screeched in shock and worry.

"Human Alpha is sick?!" The dragons of Berk, his Berk Nest flock mates, cried out in shock and worry as well.

"If you know who the Healer is, get them over here!" Toothless roared above all of their screech.

"My Rider is a Healer!" A green Nadder named Emerald, Emma's dragon, answered him, "I will wake her up!".

Even so, there's no need to wake anyone up anymore, because the second Toothless roared and causing the dragons to screech, the people of Berk had woken up right away.

"What happened here?" Astrid asked as she yawned, "Why are you all so noisy this early?".

"Astrid, Human Alpha is sick!" Stormfly answered her, although all Astrid heard was only a worried squawk.

Astrid caught the worried tone though, "What is going on here?" She asked with a frown as she tried to think what could cause the dragons all riled up like this.

"Woah! What happens here?!" Emma's voice caught her attention, she looked at the source and saw that Emma was being pulled by her dragon towards Hiccup's house, "What's wrong, Emerald?!".

Astrid was a smart girl, when she heard Stormfly's worried tone, she know right away that there's something wrong. Not only Stormfly though, all the dragons were riled up, so she guessed it has something to do with Hiccup because Hiccup was the dragon's Alpha along with Toothless. So, combined the fact that there's something wrong concerning Hiccup with the fact that Emerald tried to pull Emma towards Hiccup's house, she come with a worrying conclusion.

"Emma!" She immediately called out once she understood what possibly happened, "Don't fight her! She want to bring you to Hiccup, something must have happened to him!".

"Bless Thor that the Valkyrie Girl is smart." Toothless said before running back to Hiccup's room to make sure that the boy was alright.

Emma's eyes widened as she heard Astrid's words, she looked at her dragon and the dragon nodded to her in confirmation. "Ruffnut! Get my medical supplies ready and bring them to Hiccup's house!" She yelled as she climbed on Emerald, since running would have taken too long, "Let's go, girl." Emerald squawked her affirmative and flew to Hiccup's house as fast as she could, once they arrived, Emma climbed off of Emerald and ran to Hiccup's room. She saw that Hiccup was sleeping on his bed with sweat covered his face, so she quickly made her way to the boy and felt his temperature. "He's hot." She said to herself before checking the boy's condition.

"Mom." Ruffnut's voice rang as the girl entered the room with Astrid, "I bring your herbs".

"What's wrong with Hiccup?" Astrid asked in worry.

Emma finished checking Hiccup and sighed, "He caught a cold." She said softly, "Fortunately, he only need to drink the medicine and get plenty of rest".

"That's good." Astrid exhaled in relief.

Emma nodded, "Help me make some soup, Ruff." She said as she prepared the medicine for Hiccup, "Astrid, keep an eye on him, don't let him out of that bed if not for bathroom business".

"You can count on me." Astrid promised with a smile before looking at Toothless, who was looking at Hiccup in worry with his head on the bed beside Hiccup, "Don't worry, Toothless." She said as she rubbed his head, "Hiccup is a strong willed boy, he will get better in no time".

"Still, I can't help but worry about him." Toothless crooned sadly, he licked Hiccup's forehead again, "Get better soon, Brother".

Astrid sighed softly, "I told him that he shouldn't fly in a storm." She said softly to herself as she remembered what had happened the previous day.

The previous day, a rainstorm hit Berk, causing the people to lock themselves in their houses. Stoick couldn't cook and Hiccup can only grilled something without burning it and couldn't cook anything fancy, so Keila, who knew of their situation, came over with Astrid and Elga so she could cook for all of them.

Hiccup was worried and often looked out into the storm. When they asked him why he was so worried, he told them that he was worried for his dragons. It seems that Thundress and Flarestorm were flying in the storm, Thundress was a Skrill so it was understandable, while Flarestorm just had a strange liking to fly in the storm. Hiccup tried to take his mind away from Thundress and Flarestorm, knowing that they would be fine, but it wasn't an option anymore when they heard an angry roar of a Skrill who wasn't Thundress.

Stoick and Astrid tried to stop Hiccup when the boy wanted to go out into the storm, but Hiccup said that he couldn't just stay while his flock mates might be in danger, it's his duty as the Alpha to protect his flock. So, the boy and his Night Fury flew out into the raging storm to find out what had happened, turned out that Thundress had accidentally crashed onto another Skrill and got into a fight with the temperamental dragon. Hiccup's whole 'main' flock fought together and drove the other Skrill away, even Rainleaf who was scared of the storm due to her traumatic experience which led to her crash landing onto Hiccup's island.

Unfortunately, they found out that lightning was attracted to iron that day, because a lightning hit Toothless's prosthetic tail fin and Hiccup's fake leg, causing him and Hiccup to fell into the sea. Thankfully Bonecrusher was quick to get them out of the water before they could drown, or brought into random place due to the uncontrollable waves of the sea. Stoick was worried about Hiccup, but Hiccup said that he was alright, only needed to replace his prosthetic leg and Toothless's tail fin.

Astrid was soon pulled out from her thought when she heard a noise, she looked at the doorway to see Emma returned with a mug in her hands while Ruffnut carrying a tray with a bowl of chicken soup and a mug of water. They woke Hiccup to help him eat his food and drank his medicine, Astrid also helped wiping Hiccup's sweat with a cloth and removed what was left of Hiccup's prosthetic.

"Alright, let the lad rest." Emma said once they were finished, "I will check once in a few hours, you both can go do whatever you want, Toothless alone will be enough to keep watch on Hiccup." She looked at Toothless, "Isn't that right, Toothless?".

"Of course." Toothless nodded before climbing onto the bed and carefully curled around Hiccup, thankfully Hiccup's bed had been upsized so Toothless was able to do it.

For the rest of the day, Toothless kept a close watch on Hiccup, Astrid would visit every hour to make sure Hiccup didn't need anything, and Emma checked on Hiccup every few hours and informed Toothless or Astrid about Hiccup's latest condition. When Stoick was home at the evening, he also stayed in the room and make sure that Hiccup was comfortable.

All in all, that day was uneventful aside from the ruckus the dragons made when they found out that Hiccup was sick. The same couldn't be said for the next day though, because the next day was the day Trader Johann visited Berk.

"Ah, Berk!" Trader Johann exclaimed as soon as he docked, "My favorite village to trade with".

"Welcome, Johann." Stoick welcomed him with a one armed hug.

"Long time no see, Chief Stoick." Johann greeted back before gesturing to his ship, "Please look around, maybe you will find something that catch your interest".

"Actually, this sword already caught my interest the second you docked." Stoick said as he picked the sword then proceed to try it out, "This is good, what should I trade for this?".

"Ah, Chief Stoick, you don't have to trade." Johann answered easily, "I'm just happy that I can trade here".

"You will always be welcomed here, Johann." Stoick answered as he walked to his dragon, "I will be back in 5 days".

"You really had make peace with the dragons, huh?" Johann commented in awe, "I heard your Son had return and he was the one who made this possible, I see that it's true".

"Yes, it is." Stoick confirmed proud fully as he climbed on Thornado, "If you are interested, I'm sure you can find a dragon for yourself, Astrid can help you with it".

"I will just let the fate decide it." Johann answered with a chuckle, "So, where is Master Hiccup? Usually he would always come here, aside from the past year when he disappeared".

Stoick sighed and looked at his house longingly, "He is sick at the moment." He said sadly, "I want to stay and make sure that he's alright, but I have to go somewhere else." He then cheered up a bit when he heard a distant roar from his house, he recognized the tone as a scolding one, must be Toothless scolding Hiccup when the boy tried to get out of bed, "I'm sure he will get better soon enough, he is in good hands- err, claws".

"Claws?" Johann blinked, "Oh, his dragon? I heard he trained a Night Fury, I'm sure such a strong dragon can protect your Son perfectly".

"Indeed." Stoick nodded in agreement, "Although, he is as strong as he is a mother hen, not to mention the rest of his dragons." He chuckled before patting Thornado, "Come on, boy".

Thornado growled softly in answer and they soon flew away.

Johann watched Stoick left before welcoming the rest of Berkians, "People of Berk! You are welcome to look around." He gestured to around his ship, "Whatever you are looking for, I'm sure you will find it here".

One by one, the people entered the ship to look around, some of them couldn't find what they want to trade, but many more find what they were looking for.

"Do you have an ink?" Astrid asked trader Johann as she scratched Rivera's head, "Hiccup told me that he need it, so I think I will get some for him".

"Of course I have one, although it's the last one, so you are lucky, lass." Trader Johann grinned at her and offered a small clay bottle, "Here, it's the best around the archipelago".

Astrid took it from trader Johann before pulling out her simple yet extremely sharp dagger, "Would this be enough?" She asked as she offered the dagger, "I made it myself, not as good as Hiccup's creation though, but I can say that Gobber approved of it".

Johann took it and inspected it for a bit, "This is enough." He said before raising an eyebrow, "I didn't know that you can do blacksmithing, Astrid".

"When Hiccup was gone in the past, I helped Gobber out." Astrid answered proudly, "That dagger was the first thing I made, but I definitely put my all on it".

"As expected from you." Johann complimented.

Astrid smiled before walking over to her dragon and climbed on, "Come on, Stormfly." She said softly, "Let's give this ink to Hiccup before he convinced Toothless to let him come here by himself".

Stormfly squawked in agreement and took off towards Hiccup's house.

"What a magnificent sight." Johann commented as he saw many dragons around the village working together with the people, he was surprised when he saw the Skrill and the Boneknapper though, they were rare breed dragons after all.

"Johann." Mildew's voice caused him to turn around, "Do you have it?".

"Ah, always to the point, Mildew, I like that." Johann said as he approached the old man, "Of course I got it." He showed the bag to the man, "Do you have my cabbage?" Mildew pointed to their feet, where a basket of cabbage sat, "Perfect." He said as he pick the basket before walking away to put them inside the ship.

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"Hey, Hiccup." Astrid greeted as she entered the room.

"Hey, Astrid." Hiccup greeted back from his spot on the bed, "What's bring you here?".

"Can't just come to visit my friend?" Astrid teased him as she walked over to the bed, "I came to bring you this, the ink that you said you need." She said as she placed the ink on the small table beside the bed.

"You don't have to do this, you know?" Hiccup asked with a sleepy smile, "Thank you though, I really need it".

"You're welcome." She answered with a smile as well, "Rest up, I'm going to the academy." She halted midway to the door to look at Toothless, "Come with me, Toothless, you need some fresh air".

"I don't want to leave Hiccup's side." Toothless grumbled as he didn't move from his spot.

"I'm fine on my own, Brother." Hiccup said softly as he rubbed Toothless's head, "I won't leave the room anyway, that cold medicine make me sleepy".

Toothless locked gaze with Hiccup before he nodded and followed Astrid out of the room.

Astrid, Stormfly, and Toothless went to the academy and entered in time to see Tuffnut setting a statue in the center of the arena, "Wow." Astrid commented as she took a good look, "You traded it from trader Johann?".

"Yeah, how's that look?" Tuffnut answered as he leaned on the statue.

"It's beautiful." Ruffnut answered him.

"Did you guys get them just for the academy?" Astrid asked curiously.

"You wanna know it's purpose?" Tuffnut asked, earning a raised eyebrow from Astrid, "Duck!".

"What?" Astrid asked in confusion, but when she saw Barf and Belch got ready to shoot, she jumped out of the way.

The shot hit the mark and created a small explosion, but the statue was intact.

"That-was-awesome!" Snotlout said in awe, "I wanna take a shot." He then climbed on Hookfang, "Fire!".

Hookfang shot at the statue, then a chain reaction happened because Stormfly then shot her spikes at the statue, then Meatlug followed suit. Toothless also get ready to shoot, but at the last second, he sneezed and his shot missed the target. "You missed?" Astrid asked in surprise, "You never missed your target".

Toothless rubbed his nose with his paw before sneezing again, this time his fireball shot at the wall behind Snotlout.

"That's strange." Astrid said in confusion.

"Doesn't he ever cover his maw when he sneezes?" Snotlout complained.

"Don't be ridiculous." Astrid frowned, "It never happened before. Stormfly never get sick all this time, so I thought all dragons has a great health until they never get sick".

Toothless sneezed again and his fireball shot at the ground below him.

"Could he catch Hiccup's cold?" Tuffnut asked curiously.

"I don't think so." Fishlegs answered him, "If it's so then all of Hiccup's dragons should sneezing as well, they always stay near Hiccup".

"But only Toothless who fell into the sea with Hiccup in that storm." Ruffnut retorted.

They thought that only Toothless who caught the same cold like Hiccup, but they were shocked when all the dragons in the village caught the same sickness by the end of the day, even the powerful Boneknapper. Hiccup was already worried when he heard Toothless sneezing, he got even more worried when the rest of his flock caught the same sickness, and he forced himself to check on them himself, causing his own sickness to get worse.

"Hiccup, just leave this to me, you need to rest." Astrid said as she tried to get Hiccup back into his room.

"No, I can't rest when my whole Nest flock mates are in danger." Hiccup said weakly as he looked around the village for the possible cause of the sickness, his face got even paler and more flushed at the same time for every second he forced himself to stand.

"I know you are their Alpha, but if you are down because of this, then who will protect them?" Astrid asked him sternly, but her tone was worried, "Please rest, Hiccup, for them, if not for yourself".

Hiccup bit his lower lip, he felt torn inside. He knew that Astrid was right, they need him to be well in order to protect them, since even Toothless was sick, but he wanted to make sure whatever the cause of this sickness to be gone.

"Astrid, I . . ." He trailed off as he caught a sight of something that he knew very well would be the cause of this dragon sickness, but just as he walked over to get rid of them, his head chose that time to spin.

"Hiccup!" Astrid gasped as she caught Hiccup before the boy could touch the ground, "What did I tell you?" She scolded him as she helped him up and wrapped his left arm around her shoulders, "Come on, let's get back".

Hiccup's vision was blurred, but he still lifted his hand and pointed at the flowers, but before he could say anything, everything blackened.

Astrid saw Hiccup pointed to the flowers before the boy went slack in her grip, she know then that the boy had fainted. She didn't know what Hiccup tried to tell her, but she didn't think much of it because her first priority at the moment was to get him back to his bed.

She carried Hiccup to his room and laid him down onto his bed, she then gently moved Hiccup's wet hair away from his forehead. Hiccup opened his eyes for a bit from the action, "Rest, Hiccup, and get better soon." She whispered softly as she gently squeezed his hand, wordlessly, she turned to left, but Hiccup's hand caught her.

Astrid turned back around to Hiccup and leaned close to hear what the boy wanted to say, "Don't let . . . any dragon . . . come to Berk." She frowned and opened her mouth to ask what he mean by that, but she saw that Hiccup had passed out again, it must be hard for him to stay awake.

She sighed and covered Hiccup with his blanket before walking out of the house and towards the Great Hall where all the dragons was kept, so they could keep an eye on them, their fire had become so weak from the sickness that they didn't worry about them burning down the Great Hall.

"Gobber, how can we stop this sickness?" She asked when she saw the man sitting beside his dragon while petting him.

"I don't know, lass." Gobber said as he stood up, "But Gothi should know what to do".

"Go get her, Gobber." Emma said as she walked around to check on the dragons, she would try to make them as comfortable as possible, "I will take care of them for the time being".

Gobber nodded, "Come on, Astrid." He said as he walked passed her.

"I hope they will be okay." Astrid said softly, she was worried for the dragons, especially Stormfly and Rivera.

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To be continued . . .

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