Within a second Heather had latched her hands onto Cami's throat and pinned her aggressively into the wall of the forge, the Beserker war-cry still flying out of her lungs. Hiccup and Astrid both ran over to try and stop Heather before her grip got too tight, Astrid grabbing her waist and trying to pull her backwards as Hiccup said "Heather, don't do th..."

"GET OFF ME!" Heather shrieked as she briefly let go of Cami to shove both Hiccup and Astrid back at the same time. "This isn't about you two!"

Cami barely had two seconds to get her breath back before Heather turned back to punch her so hard that the back of Cami's head made a dent in the wall behind her. As Heather went back to strangling her I noticed a single stream of blood leaking from Cami's nostril from the punch, before Cami grabbed both of Heather's wrists and headbutted her hard.

"Ugh!" Heather stumbled back and fell on her backside, the blood from Cami's nose having splashed onto her own face because of the headbutt. Cami took a second to regain her strength as she wiped her hand across her face to see the blood herself. It came down far more profusely than the cut on her cheek from Eret had done, an obvious sign that Heather was not messing around here. They looked at each other with fists clenched and vicious scowls on both their faces, and it was at this point that I realised this was not a falling out between friends anymore.

It was a fight between an angry Bog Burglar and a very angry Berserker. And nothing and no one else mattered.

"Astrid, look out!" Hiccup grabbed his betrothed to yank her out of the way as Heather and Cami ran furiously at each other, almost butting heads again as they ended up latched together on the ground in a dirty, bloody struggle. Limbs were twisted, hair was pulled and kicks and punches were exchanged at a speed unlike anything I'd ever seen before. The rest of us were frozen in shock, hopelessly unable to intervene in the fight even if we had tried to.

Both their faces were red with fury and bruised, bloodied and beaten yet they both seemed to possess an endless amount of strength and energy to use here. As members of the two most aggressive, fearsome tribes in the Archipelago I wasn't sure if or when someone would eventually come out victorious, or who it would eventually be, though they finally started exchanging some words while they continued beating each other senseless.

"I can't believe you just ditched me for that stripy-chinned doofus!" Cami snapped, punching Heather so that both her nostrils bled as she added "he's not right for you anyway!"

"And who are you to decide who's right for me?! Who is anyone to decide who's right for me?!" Heather snarled back. "I make that decision, Cami! No one else!"

"So... you're a two-timer then?" Cami snarked as both Heather's hands had a tight grip on her hair. "Well... I'm not sure I'd be as interested in a slut!"

I could have sworn that Heather's eyes went red with fury at this remark, but she let out another war cry as she headbutted Cami hard, dizzying her long enough for Heather to shove her back into the ground. Cami hit the back of her head hard on a rock behind her, lying on her back as Heather sat on her stomach and gripped the neckline of Cami's shirt. Heather was letting furious, burning tears stream down her bloodied cheeks as she used a hard punch in Cami's face to bridge the gaps between her words.

"Do... not... ever... call... me... a... slut!"

Everyone was wide-eyed and remained frozen as Heather released a much uglier and bloodier Cami from her vice-like grip and slowly got up, waiting about five seconds before using the rest of her adrenaline to send her left foot straight into Cami's stomach as she grunted "EVER!"

Cami wheezed violently as the kick crushed the wind out of her, groaning harshly as Hiccup and Astrid grabbed either of her arms so that she was sitting upright, though she was clearly too weak to actually move on her own.

Heather was huffing and puffing as she turned and stormed away from the scene, though I noticed her lifting her right foot a bit higher than the left as it gave her a slight limp. I later learned that Cami had both twisted and bitten her right ankle during their fight, so standing on it while she was kicking Cami's stomach with her left probably made her injury even worse.

The rest of us were still frozen stiff, but we snapped out of it when Eret slowly got up, groaning as he rubbed his head and said "ugh... what'd I miss?"

Hiccup and Astrid seemed to have overcome their shock of what had happened, both of them now having scowls on their faces as they looked at Cami, who shrivelled up with a nervous grin on her face. As I stood behind an equally nervous Ruffnut and Valka, I could tell they were both intending to run away, so as they turned to flee I simply lifted my wings up, allowing them to be tripped up while gaining Hiccup and Astrid's attention.

This was a team effort, right Ruffnut? I don't think it's all that fair that Cami take all the credit...