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The Adventurous Adventures of Hiccup and Wrenlou

Consequences, Part I

"Are you sure you'll be okay?" Ezra asked for what must have been the hundredth time.

Wrenlou nodded. "I'm fine," he insisted, "just a little tired. And besides, Snow doesn't need me to fly if I pass out, she can fly without me just fine. And I have Broghan and Hiccup with me, I will be just fine."

"Very well," Ezra said, "on your way. Fly as fast as you can, so you can get out of this rain. Especially you, Wrenlou!"

Wrenlou nodded and turned away. He waited for Broghan to fly up, then followed his brother closely. Hiccup flew behind him, and they went back to the Bay as fast as possible. Nevertheless, they were completely soaked by the time they arrived, and Wrenlou was shivering, gripping his side.

"Come on," Broghan said, gently leading his brother into the Hall, "lets get you dried off, shall we?"

Dale and the other riders were also in the Hall, and they looked up when the trio entered, followed by their dragons. Leila jumped when she saw them, and she quickly grabbed some towels before rushing over.

"You're all soaked!" she said, wrapping the towels around their shoulders, "come near the fire."

"It is still raining outside you know," Broghan said and he rubbed his hair dry, "what did you expect? That we'd be totally dry?"

Leila chuckled a little and shrugged. She took her place next to the fire again, watching how the boys dried themselves off.

"It's good to have you back," Dale said as he stepped away from the table he had been working at, "certainly good to see you again Wrenlou. How are you feeling?"

"Tired," Wrenlou admitted, "and sore. But overall I'm okay."

Dale nodded. "That's good to hear. So tell me, how did you find the cure? The last time we heard about it, there was no cure, and very little hope of finding one. So how did you do it..."

"Well," Broghan said a little hesitant, "it was all Hiccup really. I... Hiccup, you should do the talking here... you were there when you first saw it and everything."

Hiccup nodded and rubbed the towel over his head, spiking his hair. "I wasn't the first to see it though. Wrenlou was."

All eyes now turned to Wrenlou, who looked a little paler than he should. He shrugged a little, causing the towel to slip off his shoulders.

"I guess it started when Rico went missing," he said, "him and two others. We didn't immediately realize that something had attacked them, we thought that they had wandered off in a drunken daze. Most riders were drunk from the night before. We made search groups and set out to find them, but me and my group came across the dragon's nest. That's when we first realized that Rico and the others could have been attacked."

He coughed, and pulled the blanket Leila draped around his shoulders closer, shivering a little despite the warm fire.

"It... attacked us too, and we ran, but not before anyone in the group had been injured by it. I saw it, but only briefly, and when we got back to the dining room, I was able to tell Hiccup what it looked like before I... passed out. After that... I don't know. The next thing I remember is waking up a few days ago."

Dale nodded, obviously concerned. "So what did happen after that?" he asked, "Hiccup? Can you tell me?"

Hiccup nodded. "After Wrenlou had described it to me, and after they had all collapsed into unconscious, Ezra organized a few more searches, but he stopped with it after too many people were attacked. I wasn't allowed to come anymore, because he believed that keeping me away from the danger would keep me safe. But then the dragon came to me... and that was the first time I really saw it myself."

He pulled his sketchbook out of his tunic. Somehow it had stayed dry, only the edged os the paper were a little affected by the rain. He showed them the drawing he had made of the dragon. He explained to them how he had spent hour after hour in the library, first the one in the shelter, and later the one in Dragoncity itself, just to try and find out more about the mystery dragon, and how he eventually found out what species she belonged to.

"This is all amazing of course," Dale said, "but how did you find the cure? If it wasn't in the books, how did you figure it out?"

"Well..." Hiccup started, "I figured the cure would be part of her, just as the venom was. Maybe she had a gland somewhere that excreted it, or maybe it was just a processed version of the venom itself. Either was we needed that dragon alive."

"So what did you do?" Dale asked, fully aware of Hiccup's growing nervousness.

"I... eh..." Hiccup started, fumbling with his tunic, "I... I went back into the shelter to find the dragon...a...and I found it..."

"You did what!?" Dale yelled, "what were you thinking!"

"I...I had to..." Hiccup stammered, "I had to find the cure. I had to..."

"You completely disregarded your own safety!" Dale yelled, "what if you had been attacked?"

"I...I was..." Hiccup whispered, "i...it did attack me... a...and I was affected by the poison. But then it licked me and it turned out it's saliva was the antidote and I was fine!"

"You could have died!" Dale shouted, letting his anger overshadow his worry, "why... how could you do that!"

"I...I'm sorry..." Hiccup mumbled while he moved away from the angry man, "I'm sorry..."

"Did you even think what would have happened if that dragon had left you there? You would have died, Hiccup, died!" Dale continued, "this is by far the most irresponsible thing you've ever done!"

Hiccup looked down as he continued to back away from Dale. Wrenlou tried to calm the man, but Dale just pushed him aside, and continued his angry tirade.

"You have no idea how worried we were about you! After Ezra's visit we were worried even more! And then you go and do something like that? Do you ever think about the other people in your life? You may have been on your own before, but you're not anymore, okay? There are people here who love you, who care about you, and I am one of them! I have never lost any of my students before, no matter how horrific the injury they suffered! I refuse to lose one to sheer stupidity!"

Dale pinched the bridge of his nose as he tried to control his anger. He found that he couldn't. The worry and fear for his pupils had expressed itself in an uncontrollable fit of rage. He turned back to the boy, who was almost backed up against the table.

"Did you ever think about the consequences of your actions?" he asked, his tone a little more controlled, "did you ever consider what we would be going through if you died? Did you ever think of Toothless? Tell me Hiccup, did you!?"

Hiccup now bumped into the table, tipping it over and causing all the things on it to spill over the floor. He stumbles to keep his balance, avoiding all eye contact. The fact that all his hard work was now completely ruined send Dale in another angry spell.

"Can't you watch what you're doing?" he shouted, "the storm destroyed enough, you don't need to contribute to it!"

"I'm sorry..." Hiccup mumbled.

"You're sorry!? That doesn't buy me anything, does it!"

Hiccup was staring at the ground, trying to make himself as small as possible. Broghan had warned him that Dale would be angry, but he hadn't been prepared for a tirade like this. He had completely forgotten Broghan's other words, that no matter how mad Dale was, he still cared for his students and would never hurt them intentionally. All he wanted now was to disappear.

Dale took a deep breath to gain more control over his emotions, trying to master his anger so that he wouldn't make things any worse. But when he looked at the mess on the ground, knowing he would have to start over, he couldn't help but be angry.

"Hiccup, stop standing there being useless and help me clean this up," he growled as he kneeled down.

He didn't see the expression on Hiccup's face. He didn't see the deep hurt that spread over the boy's features. He didn't realize what was going on until he heard rapid footsteps, a slamming door and Wrenlou's desperate call. That's when he looked up and realized that Hiccup was gone. Wrenlou was trying to go after him, but in his weakened and tired state he couldn't stay on his feet. He sighed and stood up again.

"He'll be back," he said, more to himself than to his students, "I guess I was a little hard on him."

"He did save all our lives you know," Wrenlou said, "you should be grateful. He's the reason I'm here right now, why all of us are safe. And in case you had forgotten, it was Hiccup who spotted the storm."

"I know," Dale said, rubbing his head, "I'll talk to him later."

The tension was now high in the Hall, and no one really said anything for the rest of the evening. Wrenlou fell asleep shortly after Dale's outburst, his head on Broghan's shoulder, and he stayed there for most of the evening, until Dale decided it was time for bed.

"Wait here for a moment Broghan," he said when he saw that Broghan was getting ready to carry his brother to bed, "I have to speak with Hiccup first."

Broghan nodded and sat back down again while Dale left the Hall, stepping into the still pouring rain. His dragon was next to him, using her wing to keep him dry, the only real protection they had from the harsh downpour. It wasn't long before he was back again, his face clouded with a downcast expression.

"He's not there," he said, his voice filled with worry, "can you all check your cabins to see if he's hiding?"

They nodded and while Broghan carried Wrenlou to his bed, the other teens quickly checked their own cabins for any sign of Hiccup. The moment Broghan entered the cabin, closely followed by Snowflake, the dragon started sniffing the air, nervously scratching the floor, and she wouldn't stop whining. Broghan quickly tucked Wrenlou in and rubbed her head, telling her that her rider would be okay and that he was just tired. But even after he left he could hear how she stayed restless, scratching the floor and whining a little. Thinking she would settle down, he checked his own cabin and after finding it empty, he went back to the Hall.

"So he's gone then," Dale said and he sighed, "I wonder where he could have gone..."

"Should we go look for him?" Leila offered.

"No... I don't think that will be necessary," Dale answered, "he won't go far with this rain, he will be back."

"You were rather hard on him you know," Broghan said, crossing his arms, "he may have taken huge risks with his live, but believe me, he was well aware of them. But even so he managed to save everyone, and he found the cure. You could have been thankful for that."

Dale took a deep breath before he turned to Broghan. The boy's words hit home. He knew he had let his anger and worry over rule his actions, and he knew that he shouldn't have yelled at Hiccup.

"I know that," he said, his voice a little strained from holding back another angry outburst, "I really do. And when he will be back I will apologize to him for that. Right now, all of you need to go to bed. Broghan, can you stay with Wrenlou tonight?"

"Sure..." Broghan mumbled and he quickly left the Hall.

As he watched the other kids leave, he couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Hiccup had saved almost 20 lives, including Wrenlou's. He shouldn't have reacted the way he did. In every rescue there was a risk, heck, he should know better than anyone. Wasn't it something just like that that had cost Starstruck her wing? Or maybe that was the reason he had reacted so angry. But Hiccup hadn't taken Toothless. He had kept his dragon out of danger. Dale sighed, and realized that there was no good reason to have been angry with Hiccup, other than his mounting worry spilling over. He would talk to the boy tomorrow, when he would be back. After all, who would want to stay out in the weather as it was?

He decided to stay awake, in the Hall and tend to the fire to keep it going. Hiccup would be soaked and cold when he came back, he would need someone to take care of him. And that would also give him time to properly apologize to the boy, like he should.

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They come out at night without being called,
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What are they?

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