Chapter 64: Forgotten
(Becky's POV)
I wake up alone…for some reason.
Eret's not beside me, which is really odd; he's always here to tell me good morning.
I walk downstairs.
"Hello?"
No one answers, and it seems I'm alone in the house.
Maybe Eret got an early start at Gobber's forge.
I walk to Gobber's forge, and Eret's not there.
"Hey, Gobber? Have you seen Eret?"
"Well, hello, young lass. Are you new to Berk?"
"New to Berk? Gobber, I've been living here for five weeks for the first time in three years since I was banished."
"I've never seen you here before, lassie. You might want to introduce yourself to our chief. Ah, Stoick! There's a new lass here, asking about a lad named Eret, I believe she said."
"S-Stoick? B-but that's impossible. I saw Toothless…"
"Toothless killed my son. I don't know how you heard or how you got here, but, please, do not bring up that subject around me. As for the lad you call Eret…he's working for a madman named Drago Bludvist."
I gasp and back away.
This can't be right. Stoick's alive, Hiccup's dead, and Eret…Eret is still working for that madman.
What the Hel is going on here?
Did I wake up in some alternate universe or something?
Ruffnut…Tuffnut…they just have to remember me! They're my siblings, they would know who I am!
I spot them walking out of their house.
"Ruffnut! Tuffnut!"
"H-how do you know our names? Are you some sort of psychic or something?" Tuffnut asks.
"No, Tuffnut…I'm your sister. Your adoptive sister. You and Ruffnut begged Mom and Dad to take me in three years ago when I tried to commit suicide."
"Listen…whoever you are, we don't have an adoptive sister. We never have." Ruffnut says.
I grab my head in my hands, panicking.
No one remembers me.
How could they not know who I am?
Do I know who I am?
Think…my name is Rebekah, I go by Becky, I came from Ludia Island, my parents were killed by a dragon, and I was going to be working for Krogan…
Okay, so I know who I am. That's a start.
I guess.
I walk around, trying to spot someone who might know me. Valka's out, since she never met me…
Okay, technically, everyone is out since they never met me.
What am I supposed to do?
I get an idea.
If I can find Eret, I'll be able to see if he remembers me. If my true love doesn't remember me…I don't know what I'm going to do.
I board a small boat and sail out…and I get a sense of déjà vu.
This is just like it was three years ago.
Except I'm going of my own accord, and not because I've been banished.
When I come across what I recognize as Eret's tiny ship hours later, I spot him.
"Hold on, lads. I'll deal with this." Eret says, drawing his sword.
"Are you friendly or hostile?" Eret asks me.
"Friendly. Definitely friendly." I say, my heart sinking.
"Good. I wouldn't have to run you through, a girl like you."
"A girl like me?"
"Yeah, someone so young, and…dare I say it, beautiful."
"I'm not that young. I'm 20 years old."
"I see. Well, unless you've come to join our crew, and I highly suggest against it, please leave while you've still got a chance."
"Alright. Thank you for not…killing me."
I sail on, and reach my old island.
I have a sneaking suspicion no one will know me here.
I go to the docks, and that's when I spot them.
The people I haven't seen in four years.
My parents.
My biological parents!
"Mom! Dad!"
I run over to them, tears rolling down my cheeks.
"Easy there, lass. Amora, do you know this girl?" Dad says.
"No, I don't. Do you?"
"Not at all."
"We're sorry, dear, but we have no child. We're barren, I'm afraid." Mom…Amora…says.
"Oh…I'm sorry to disturb you." I turn and get back on my boat.
I head back out to sea, and a storm starts and rages on for what seems like hours.
Eventually, I let the sea take me.
When I wake up, I inhale and begin to choke, bile in my throat, for some reason.
"Love? Oh, gods, are you alright?" I feel a hand on my back, and I begin to breathe normally again.
"Oh, darling. Are you alright?" The voice asks again.
I back away, not believing it. I fall off the bed.
"Just…just stay away from me."
"Love…Becky…honey, it's me. It's Eret." Eret lights a candle and I can see his face. It's him. It's really, actually, him.
"Eret?"
"I'm here, darling. I promise you; it was all just a bad dream. Would you like to talk about it?" Eret asks, offering me a hand up. We sit on the edge of the bed, and Eret puts an arm around me.
"I…I was forgotten. Hiccup was dead and Stoick was alive, my own brother and sister didn't know me, you didn't know me, my own biological parents didn't know me. No one did. It was like I was erased from history."
"Oh, honey. I am so sorry you dreamt that."
"It felt so real. Like I was actually…not me…"
"I promise you, my love, it was all a bad dream. It's okay. I know you, and I love you so so much, and I wouldn't want to forget you."
"Do you promise?"
"I promise. Care to go for a walk, love?"
I nod, and Eret helps me up, leads me downstairs, and we head out of the house and just walk and be by ourselves for a while.
I'm so glad it was all a bad dream, because I would hate to be forgotten.
I'm glad I still have my Eret, and my friends and family.
