Gonna be completely honest here guys.. I actually, kinda forgot I posted this for a while… I knew I wrote it, but I forgot I posted it! I went onto my account to check reviews, then saw this and looked at the published date… yep. It's been like a month, and a bit…

So! Here is your long overdue chapter 2 of Deaf Dangers!

PS: It's almost midnight and I'm too tired to edit this, so sorry for any spelling errors! I still want to try to get 'This is Berk' updated tonight. (crosses fingers)

Enjoy!

Chapter 2

The occupants in the youngest Haddock's room watched as said Haddock frantically waved his arms around, near shouting in panic. Stoick immediately set to trying to calm his son down, resting one hand on his shoulder, the other reaching over to Hiccup's bedside table, grabbing his notebook and charcoal pencil, and setting it in his son's lap.

"Hiccup! Hiccup, just-just calm, down…" He gently held his son's chin, forcing frantic green eyes to meet his. Stoick took deep breaths, gesturing for Hiccup to do the same. After a moment of just breathing, Hiccup whimpered slightly and grabbed his fathers hand tightly. With his free hand, Stoick opened to notebook to an empty page and wrote his first question:

What's wrong?

Hiccup looked up with wide, frightened eyes, his hands once again going up to meet his ears.

"I-I c-can't hear… a-anything!" Stoick noticed a slight change in his son's voice, it sounding slurred and more nasally than usually. He then turned slightly at the sound of a sigh, seeing Gothi's crest-fallen expression. She scribbled something in the sand, gesturing for Gobber to translate. The Chief looked up to his friend, waiting for an answer.

"She say's the blast must've done something to his ears. She might have something to reverse it, but needs to get the ingredients from Healer's Island." Stoick nodded, then looked back at Hiccup, who's hands had moved down to his throat, a confused look on his face. The teen gingerly picked up the pencil and wrote:

Why can't I hear myself talk? I didn't think my throat got hurt.

He lifted the notebook up for everyone to see, confused eyes desperately searching for clarity. He then handed the book to his father. Stoick groaned at the thought of breaking the news to his son.

The blast from that Thunderdrum, it made you lose your hearing.

At Hiccup's alarmed look, Stoick held his hands out in a placating manner, then continued to write.

Gothi say's she may have a way to reverse it, she just needs some ingredients.

Hiccup sighed in relief, resting back against the headboard of his bed. He brought a hand up to Toothless' nose, gently rubbing as the dragon crooned worriedly. Astrid cleared her throat slightly, stepping up to the bed, and catching Hiccup's attention in the process.

"T-the other riders can go to Healer's Island with Gothi to get the ingredients she needs, and I can stay here to be Hiccup's guide while you're busy…" Said riders nodded eagerly, ready to do whatever needed -which was very unusual when the majority of the time, half of the group don't want anything to do with work – and looked to the Chief. Stoick smiled gently in gratitude and nodded.

"Thank you, Astrid." he then turned to the others. "Go quickly, the sooner you get back, the sooner Hiccup will be able to hear." The riders nodded and left the room without complaint, Gothi and Gobber following, leaving Stoick, Astrid, Hiccup and Toothless alone. Hiccup narrowed his eyes in confusion, having not been able to hear the exchange, waved his hand to get his father's attention, then gestured to the stairs in a silent question. Stoick smiled and wrote out his answer.

The other riders and Gothi are going to get the ingredients for the cure. Astrid will stay to help you around the village until they get back.

Hiccup read it and nodded, sending a thankful smile Astrid's way. The shield maiden smiled in return, grabbing one of Hiccup's hands and squeezing it in reassurance. She held out her other hand, letting the now deaf teen grab hold, and pulled him up out of the bed. She turned to Stoick with a nod.

"I'll take good care of him. We can do some work on the Book of Dragon's at the Academy while we wait for the others to get back." Stoick smiled and nodded, and with one last thank you to Astrid, left the room to head to the Great Hall. Astrid sighed and looked to Hiccup, noticing his attention on Toothless. She waved a hand, and he looked up. "Let's go to the Academy." Hiccup narrowed his eyes slightly as he tried to read her lips, then smiled as he understood and nodded. Astrid grabbed the disregarded journal and pencil off the bed, and the two headed down the stairs and out the door, setting course for the Academy.

0o0o0

"Are we there yet?"

"No."

"How 'bout now?"

"No."

"Now?"

"For the love of -WILL YOU TWO SHUT UP!"

Snotlout, Fishlegs, Gothi and Gobber looked back and glared at the sheepish twins riding on their Zippleback. It had been almost an hour and a half since the six had left Berk in search of Healer's Island, and it had been nothing but aggravating to everyone but the Thorston twins, who seemed only interested in annoying every living thing near them.

"We will get there when we get there!" Snotlout shouted back from atop Hookfang, the Nightmare looking ready to throw his rider off from all the shouting he was doing.

"But I'm tiiiirrred!" Snotlout groaned as his hand met his forehead, letting said limb drag down his face as he mumbled incoherent words to himself.

"Me tooooo! It's a twin thing." Fishlegs looked back to see the two smash their helmets together, only to slightly wobble as they tried to stay mounted on their shared dragon. He watched as Gobber and Gothi, who where hitching a ride with the two incorrigible teens, groaned in annoyance, the former whacking Tuffnut over the head with his hook. Fishlegs shared an annoyed look with Snotlout, for once the two agreeing on one important thing.

"Alright, that's it! I can't take these two anymore. Time for a break!" A collective sigh of relief was heard throughout the sky's as each rider kept an eye out for any large sea stacks to land on. Finally, after ten minutes of searching the horizon, and many more insults thrown at each other, a sea stack was spotted, just large enough for all three dragons and six riders to land on. As they landed, the group hopped off their mounts and stretched their backs, hoping to relief some of the tension from flying for almost two hours.

"Thank Thor! That was a pretty tiring ride… good thing we kept you all occupied, am I right sis?" Everyone, excluding the oblivious twin sister, turned to glare at Tuffnut. Snotlout's eye twitched, his hands held in tight fists as he readied a comeback.

"You two are -you know what? I give up. THOR TAKE ME NOW!" Snotlout waved has hands wildly towards the skies dramatically, only to shrink back as the sound of thunder met his ears, and lightening flashed in the cloudy span above them. "I was joking!" Snotlout shrieked as he ran to hide under Hookfang's wing. The adult and elder of the group looked up with weary eyes.

"Well, looks like a storm's coming… we'd better make this trip quick, unless you lot want to become a batch of fried Vikings." Fishlegs let out a little 'eep' as he ran towards Meatlug, the dragon nuzzling against the worried teen.

"W-well what do we do? We still need to get the ingredients to help Hiccup!" Fishlegs piped up. Gobber looked up again, then sighed, hauling himself back onto the Zippleback.

"Then we'd better make this trip fast…"

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