Dragon Paradise

Chapter 20

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I run out of the house, screaming for Gobber until he appears outside of his house with a groan

"Hicca, what do you want."

I try to answer him but due to the fact that I'm panting like crazy, I can't answer so I just gasp out "dad" and point back to the house.

He pales and starts running (hobbling) towards my house as fast as he can with me following.

Austen sees us running and soon joins in.

"What are you doing?"

"Dad... unconscious... kitchen." I pant out

Man I am really out of shape.

We arrive at my house and they rush in while i wait outside. I can't stand seeing dad like that again. Pretty soon, they come out, carrying dad, and start on the path to Gothi's house (again) with me running beside them.

As we run, Austen looks at me and tries to speak. "So... Hicca. How are you doing."

I stop in shock momentarily before catching up with a glare at Austen.

"Are you kidding me?!" I shriek. "You are seriously asking me that while carrying my unconscious father." I state, pointing at my dad, absently noticing that we were almost at Gothi's hut.

"Oh...yea." He trails off, laughing sheepishly. It's silent before he speaks up again. "So are you gonna answer my question?"

"Ugh! I can't believe you! After this, I don't want to see you for-for...a hundred years!" I shout frustrated.

"Hey! Can we just focus on getting the chief into the hut, please?" Gobber snaps in before Austen can answer me. He speaks in a tone that makes me look away, remembering the situation, and causes Austen to look ahead determinedly.

"Right, let's go."

They step into Gothi's hut and place him on the bed that he was on not so long ago. I just walk in and stand in the corner of the room, seeing Gobber' concerned look out of the corner of my eye.

I wave him off and step towards the bed, where Gothi is looking dad over to find the reason that he passed out. After a few minutes of inspection, she nods and goes over to the bones she uses to communicate, with Gobber following as her translator.

"He had a... recollection?" Gobber asks before getting hit with Gothi's cane.

"Ow! Ok, guess that's not it." He says rubbing his head and looking at the bones again.

"Oh! He has an infection!" He exclaims making me pale and run to Gothi.

"But he'll be okay right? He'll be okay? Yea, he'll be okay. He has to be!" I shout before Gothi gently reaches up to put a finger over my lips and angle my head down so I can see her look at me with reassuring eyes. I notice however, that she doesn't nod to tell me that my words are correct.

She goes over to her medicine stand before taking a jar down and scooping out some very pungent herb and bringing it over to dad. She places his arm on his stomach before putting the herb into and around a giant cut that I can see looks very infected.

Why did he hide that from us? It's not like he didn't notice it or anything. I think sadly, gazing at dad for a few moments before turning away and looking out the window to the village.

I can't tell how long i'm standing like that before I hear a very familiar groan, causing me to whirl around and run to my dad's side, forgetting all about Gothi and Gobber.

"DAD!" I desperately grab at him before jumping on him in a hug. I feel him hug back and enjoy the moment before speaking up again.

"I thought you were gonna die." I whisper, causing him to tense up and tighten his hold on me. He tries to pull back, but I whimper and shake my head, causing him to sigh and gently say my name.

"Hicca, I'm fine." He says before I pull back and look at him with wide eyes.

"You're fine." I repeat in disbelief. "Dad, I come home to see you unconscious on the kitchen floor. We take you here to find out that you have an infected arm that looks horrible." I shout, pointing at the arms that is now resting on his stomach once more. He doesn't look down at it, confirming my thoughts.

He knew about it and didn't say anything.

"Stoick... why didn't you say anything?" Gobber speaks up from the corner of the room, alerting us to his and Gothi's presence.

"What was I supposed to say? I didn't want to seem weak in front of the village."

I look at him, for a few seconds in disbelief before looking at Gobber with unshed tears in my eyes.

"Can I leave please?" I ask, choked up.

Gobber looks like he's about to protest before I speak up.

"Please? I just- I can't be here right now.." I say, harshly wiping at the tears that had ended up falling down my face.

I see Gobber's pitying look and his nod before whispering out a thank you and running outside and pausing to lean against the hut, my thoughts all some version of one idea;

He didn't even care about my thoughts or feelings about this. It was all about the village.

I feel tears start to fall down my face again before I get up and run towards the forest to see Toothless in hopes of at least some sort of comfort.

***Austen's POV***

Now where is she going? I think narrowing my eyes before following her into the forest.

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