Author's Note: Sorry for the wait, I was a little stuck on how to write this chapter. This chapter is basically about Gwyn's life and how she came to be.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything besides Gwyn, her life/world, and the plot.

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Where the Past is a Forgotten Future

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"Hey, how come I never seen you eat or drink anything before?" Hiccup asks, breaking the silence. Startled, I jump and almost drop the book I was reading, making him chuckle.

"Umm, well I-I, uh," I stutter. Taking a deep breath, I make a snap decision. "Can I tell you something, and you'll promise not to bring it up with anyone besides me and Nature?" He narrows his eyes but agrees.

Leaning back in the chair, I start, "Well, I don't really have to eat anything and I don't like to because I can't taste anything. The same goes to most drinks."

"What do you mean most drinks? Why can't you taste anything? And why don't you have to eat?" Hiccup starts firing off question, his voice growing louder as he goes, causing Toothless to raise his head from where he was resting by the fireplace.

I raise my hand to cut him off. Fidgeting in my seat, I try my best to explain, "When I woke up, the Man in the Moon called it a curse but it's a bit… weirder? I guess it doesn't make that much sense unless I start from the beginning." He looks at me expectantly.

"Um, I know it isn't that believable, but I came from a different time… and a different dimension. Please don't ask how I got here, I really have no idea, I don't even think I died a second time." Hiccup looks like he was dying to ask me questions but he keeps his mouth shut. "Where I came from, it was being destroyed by vampires."

"I know, it's just a myth here, but it was a myth there too before they slipped up and revealed their existence and we are all myths here. I remember that I was attacked and turned but I refused to attack humans. I still needed to drink blood though, so I drank from animals." Running my fingers through my hair, I smile. "I even started a small cult for vampires like me."

"Then one day, I ended up here. I was a girl out of place and out of time with barely any memories. Man in the Moon lifted my boundaries a little so I'm able to stand sunlight now and can last longer without having to feed. I still can't taste anything and basically have everything else I used to," I finish.

Hiccup thinks for a second before asking a question. "What do you mean you're out of time? Are you from the past or future?"

"Future but this future is going to be different then my future, I promise," I tell him.

"What was the problem with your world, besides the whole vampire thing?" He raises his hands in defense when I give him a look.

Exasperated, I explain, "The whole vampire thing killed over half of the human population and even more got infected with a disease and died." I look down at my lap, tears welling in my eyes. "Even my little sister died."

Surprised, Hiccup widens his eyes and walks over to me and gives me a hug. Startled, it takes me a second before I lean into his embrace. I finally let the tears I've been holding back for over a hundred years spill out. Feeling something rubbing my arms, I know that Toothless came over to help comfort me. After a while, I'm finally all cried out and Hiccup pulls away.

"I'm guessing you were pretty close to her," he says lightheartedly.

Smiling, I nod my head. "Yeah, I tried my hardest to do everything I could so she wouldn't have to do the stuff I had to."

"What do you mean?"

"I didn't have the best home life ever. My dad left before my sister was born and my mom was barely ever at home so I pretty much raised my sister by myself. Well, my best friend did help a little bit," I admit and Hiccup cracks a smile.

"Yeah I kind of know how that feels. My mother died when I was a baby and I was always the scrawny Viking, my dad, the chief of the village, didn't think I could do that much," Hiccup tells me and Toothless nuzzles his legs.

I reach over and ruffle his hair. "Well, you're the only Viking here and you taller than me, so you're not the scrawniest anymore." Laughing, he swats away my hand.

"I don't think that how it works, Time," he protests. I shrug my shoulders and roll my eyes. We sit in a comfortable silence for a while before he asks another question. "You said you don't need to feed often, so how often do you need to feed?"

It takes me a second before I answer. "Umm, about once every three months but I can really tell when I need to feed because I get pretty crabby."

Laughing, he asks, "So you're basically your usual self or are you ruder then usual?" Holding back my own laughs, I kick his shin. Wincing, he pulls it to his chest and rubs it. "Well now I don't doubt that you have super-strength."

"Super strength, speed, and enhanced senses, I've basically got everything," I hum and he shakes his head.

"If you have super speed, why does Toothless and I always beat you?" Hiccup changes subjects.

Raising an eyebrow, I retort, "I know for a fact that isn't true."

"Sure," he drawls, smirking. "But are you willing to prove it?"

"Definitely."

The wind winds around me as I hover and wait for Hiccup and Toothless to finish warming up. Finally, they stop doing loop-de-loops and come close enough for us to communicate.

"Okay regular rules and the first one to Stonehenge wins. Understand?" Hiccup yells from where he was perched on Toothless, his green eyes shining with excitement.

Adjusting my grip on my staff, I reply, "Understood."

"On the count of three, one…"

"Two…"

"Three!" We shout in unison, shooting forward. At first, we are evenly matched. I urge the wind to push me forward and I start to gain some head. Hearing a roar, I glance behind me to see that they were slowly catching up to me.

Looking ahead, I lean forward to go a little bit faster. Come on, we're almost there! As I dip closer to the tree tops, a shadow casts over me. Looking up, I see Hiccup waving at me. Growling, I ask the wind for one final boost.

The trees finally give away to a clearing holding a circle of stones. Zooming past, I reach out so my fingertips brush the top of one of the stone before I land in the middle of the circle. A second later, Hiccup and Toothless join me.

Leaning on my staff, I call out, "I think you can say 'you were right' now, Hiccup."

"No, I think you can say that now, Time. We clearly got here first," he replies. Toothless roars in agreement.

Narrowing my eyes, I scoff him. "No, I clearly got here first!" Hiccup hops off Toothless, shaking his head, and rubs the dragons head.

Before he can protest even more, a voice cuts between us, "Don't either of ya move or I'll shoot."