Freya
Before anyone had a chance to talk again a group of teens entered the great hall. Two of them rushed over seeing that I was with Astrid and Hiccup. The almost looked identical but there were small traces of masculinity and femininity between them both. They immediately started tag-teaming me with question.
"Are you the crate girl?"
"Was your ship in a battle?"
"Did it explode?"
"How many ships where in this battle?"
"How big was the explosion?"
Hiccup now intervened and said "Guys, Guy, Guys. We don't know what happened to her ship. This is ... um ... well the thing is that she doesn't ...".
I finished his sentence for him "I lost all my memory of my life before I was lost at sea, even my name."
"Whoa!"
"Thats so cool!"
"I wish I lost my memory. Then I wouldn't remember my sisters ugly face."
He got hit by the other one for his comment.
Astrid then got a mischievous look on her face and said "You know Gothi said losing your memory came from getting hit in the head over and over."
"Really!" they both cooed together. They then both started to hit each other in the head and the odd part was each of them were egging the other one to hit them harder.
"So ... thats Ruffnut and Tuffnut, the twins." Hiccup said.
"An you may call me Snotlout the Destroyer, my lady." said a burley teen who had grabbed my hand and was attempting to kiss it. I pulled it out off his clutches and Astrid spoke up.
"The only thing you have ever destroyed was your own pants" Astrid said and upon hearing this the twins chuckled, still trying to knock the memory out of each other. Snotlout sat down opposite Astrid and I shuffled down the table away from him.
Snotlout replied in his smug voice "Do I hear some jealousy in that heavenly voice Astrid?" Astrid kicked Snotlout under the table and he grabbed his knee in pain.
"There, that's how you destroy something Snotlout. Now maybe you can earn that title." Astrid yelled across the table.
"Thanks for the advice" Snotlout wheezed, obviously in pain.
Then Hiccup pointed to the last boy and said "And thats Fishlegs". I was completely taken aback by his simple "Hello" greeting after the entrance the others had made.
"What's your name, I missed it" asked Fishlegs.
Hiccup looked annoyed and then spoke up loudly "Ok everyone listen up so I can get you up to speed" everyone was quite and the twins even stopped hitting each other. "I found her bobbing on a crate at sea this morning and I brought her back to Gothi's. Gothi healed her and woke up, got freaked out and ended up breaking into my house to get water. Toothless eventually caught her and me and Astrid took her back to Gothi's and then we found out that she has no memory of anything that happened before being stuck on that crate." Hiccup finished out of breath.
All the other teens, except astrid of course, had a look of awe on their faces.
Snotlout spoke up and asked "So what's her name?".
Hiccup looked really annoyed at this but calmly explained "She would have been named at birth and since that obviously happened before she was lost at sea she doesn't remember."
"I have a question" said Tuffnut with his hand raised.
"Yes Tuff" responded Hiccup, now looking utterly defeated.
"Why did she go to your house to get water? Why wouldn't she just go to the well?" he asked.
Hiccup couldn't respond to this and just stared a Tuff.
I then spoke up and said "Have you ever NOT been caught when you were doing something you weren't supposed to be doing?".
"Ah ... no"
"Whats the point of doing something bad if no one knows you did it?" the twins replied.
Hiccup then saw that Fishlegs had his hand up and whined "Noooo. Come on. Not you too Fishlegs ... what is it."
"If she doesn't know her name shouldn't we give her one so we can call her something other than ... you know ... her?" the boy said timidly.
"Thank you Fishlegs for asking a good question." Hiccup said relieved. Hiccup paused and looked at me "I guess it would be up to you. What name would you like to go by?".
"Um I would love a name but the only names I know are your names and two dragon names so i'll need some help." I said.
"How about AstridTwo" Snotlout said and then Astrid kicked him in the other knee "OUCH! Or not."
Then Tuff said "Oh. Oh. How about Bob.". Everyone looked at him blankly but he continued "Get it because you were bobbing out in the ocean". More blank stares. "No ... not feeling it ... okay".
Hiccup then spoke up and said "Their are quite a few common names we have for girl here there are: Fasta, Borga, Bersa, Edda, and the only other one I can think of, right now, is Freya but thats ...".
I interrupted him and said "Wait. Freya kind of sounds familiar? I don't remember ever hearing it before but it's kind of ... reminds me of home. Wherever that is.".
Astrid spoke up and said "Thats because it's the name of the god of beauty and ... well ... a few other things. You probably prayed to her in your before-life.".
I was a little embarrassed "Oh ... well I should probably ... pick a different ...".
Hiccup cut me off "No if it's familiar to you then thats probably a great name. If you picked another name it could take you a while to realize that we are actually talking to you when we use it."
Fishlegs spoke up and said "Freya's a great name.".
Soon after Snotlout agreed and the twins just shrugged and said "We still think Bob is better but I guess Freya's cool".
"Um ... Okay ... I Guess." I stated.
"Welcome to Berk Freya" said Hiccup.
There was a bunch of different conversations after that that I didn't really partake in that much. During the conversations I noticed Astrid glaring at me. I knew what it was about and I put on my best 'I'm sorry' look. Suddenly her a smirk grew across her face and it looked like she forgave me but that didn't put my mind at ease at all.
I cringed when she got up to make toast "Everyone lets give three cheers for our new friend Freya the Forgetful."
Everyone burst out laughing and the even started chanting the title. I slumped back in my seat and thought to myself 'I would have preferred "Freya the Water Thief" '. Soon after everyone was going and Astrid and Hiccup were the last to go.
I just looked at Astrid with a look of annoyance and she replied by saying "What!? You don't get a name like Freya without their being some strings attached."
She looked over at Hiccup and said "Oh thank you for reminding me." Astrid walked up to him, wound up, and hit him in the shoulder harder than she hit him with the axe earlier.
"What was that for!" Hiccup yelled.
"You know what you did!" Astrid said walking by him.
"Do you know what this is about Freya?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes and you deserved it." I said.
"How!?" he asked, still rubbing his shoulder.
"You got off easy. I can guarantee you that welt will go away faster than the title 'The Forgetful' " I scolded.
Astrid was still within earshot of this and said "Oh he's not off the hook just yet.".
"Please Astrid my arm can't take much more of this." pleaded Hiccup but she just smirked and walked away, hauntingly saying "See you tomorrow Hiccup" as she left.
"I still don't understand why." he said as he sauntered away.
I was now alone so I made my way over to the beds in the corner and took off the necessary clothing. I got under the covers and put my head on the pillow. With my eyes closed I muttered "Freya". "Not bad" I then put my mind to rest and fell asleep.
Authors note: I originally planned this scene out for both the male and female gender before I decided to write just the female perspective. So if your a guy and your not really associating yourself with the main character because she is a girl, the name for Freya the Forgetful's male counter part would be Thor the Thoughtless. The scene would progress like it did, only this time Snotlout would be the one upset and would say things like "I'm stronger than him! If anything I should be named Thor!"(as Thor is the god of strength and other things). Because most people in the group dislike Snotlout and they see this bothers him they then back the name more strongly. Snotlout then murmurs some disingenuous words including 'thoughtless'. Ruff picks up the word thoughtless and gives you your title. During the chanting and laughing Snotlout tries to convince everyone it was his idea and everyone ignores him.
So if you are having trouble associating with Freya feel free to think Thor the Thoughtless every time you see her name.
