Chapter 4: The Healer

Berk

Hiccup, Astrid, and Snotlout were standing in the healer's house, staring at the mystery girl with sleeping on the bed. Snotlout was there because he had become Hiccup's most trusted advisor, not counting Astrid. He had outgrown his annoying stage, and now had quite a mind for battle tactics and figuring out plots of villains.

The three adults faced a big problem.

First, they had no idea who this girl was. She had appeared with an arrow sticking out of her shoulder and bruises all over her face.

Second, her dragon was blasting ice everywhere in the stables, probably because it was worried about this girl.

Lastly, there was the issue of Stoick. He was freaking out, telling his parents this girl looked like him. In all honesty, she did, but Hiccup, Astrid, and Snotlout were not foolish enough to raise false hope.

"Well, she does look like little Cami, doesn't she?" Snotlout asked, and not waiting for and answer, he said, "We will just have to ask her when she wakes up." Her hair was bright red with a hint of brown, just like Stoick's. They couldn't tell what color eyes she had, but Hiccup bet they were bright blue like Stoick's. Just like Astrid's.

Just then, the girl's eyes popped open (the first the Hiccup thought was, what is Stoick going to say once her sees her eyes? Because, of course, they were bright blue, the exact same color as Astrid's) and she started coughing, her body shaking. Astrid quickly helped her into a sitting position and grabbed a cup of water from the table and gave it to the girl. She used her right arm to take the cup and drank.

She only drank a little, then she stopped and her eyes went wide, like she was realizing where she was.

"Who are you? Where am I? What-" she tried to speak but was cut off by a groan as she tried to sit up. She laid back down, glancing at her shoulder and wincing.

Snotlout stepped up. The girl flinched the tiniest bit, but Hiccup still saw it.

Snotlout saw it to, so he said softly, "We are no going to hurt you. We just need to know what happened to you, and who you are."

The girl sighed and said, "Of course. But it might be a bit confusing, since I barely know myself. Thanks, by the way, for patching up my shoulder." She said, glancing at her shoulder and wincing, "From what I can remember, I was kidnaped from wherever I was living and taken somewhere, but I can remember my home was cold, so I came north."

Hiccup was concerned for her, she didn't look good. She was pale and thin, her face had bruises on it, and her shoulder had a deep wound.

Hiccup had a million questions, What's your name? Which island? How long were you held captive?

"So you came north. Anything else? A name, perhaps?" Snotlout asked.

"Oh, right. My name is-" Just then, Toothless poked his head in the doorway. The girl took one look at the dragon, turned paler (if that was possible), and flopped back on the bed.

Astrid sighed heavily, turning to Hiccup.

Hiccup held up his hands in a surrendering motion. "She couldn't have been scared of dragons. She rode one here! Snotlout, what do you think?"

Snotlout was in the corner, deeply in thought. After a while, he said, "Think we should make room for the fact that she is Camicazi. I mean, she obviously recognized Toothless, and her story matches ours somewhat." Astrid was starting at him with a strange look on his face. "Listen Astrid, I don't what to hurt Stoick any more than you do, but I taking this as I see it." She nodded slowly, walking out of the room with Toothless.

CRASH. The sound came from the stables.

The Ice Fury appeared in the doorway, spotted the girl and raced over to her, purring and head butting the girl.

Cami woke up to Starblaze licking her face. "Ugh, Starblaze! Stop it!" She said, weakly pushing her head away. She looked around. The woman was gone, leaving to two men staring at her dragon. "Oh! Uh, this is Starblaze." She said, and her dragon nodded to the men, then laid her head on Cami's stomach.

The tall man with green eyes said, "You were about to tell us your name."

She answered, "Oh, I'm Cami."

Both men reacted very differently. The tall one paled and he opened his mouth and closed it as if he were trying to talk, but no sound came out. The shorter one just smiled at her, and he looked sad and relieved, if that made any sense.

"What? Wait, where did the black dragon go?" She said looking around, trying to find the dragon. "And where did the woman go? And while I'm asking questions, who are you?"

The shorter man replied, "I'm Snotlout, that's Hiccup, and that woman was his wife, Astrid. Hiccup's the chief of Berk, and the black dragon was his Night Fury, Toothless."

Surprising herself, she grinned. "Why would you name a Night Fury something like Toothless?"

"Well-"

Just then a boy with red hair- Cami took notice it was the same color as her own- slammed through the door saying, "Mom told me she was awake-" then he noticed she was looking at him. They looked at each other for what seemed like forever, both teen's mouths hanging slightly open. Cami recovered first.

"Is it always a habit of the people of Berk to skip knocking before barging in?" After Cami said that, she kind of regretted it. She probably shouldn't be too rude, since these people don't know who she is and still helped her, but Cami was tired and sore and she was still really thirsty.

The boy blushed, "Well, no, not really. It's just- well, Mom said, you were awake, and-"

Hiccup interrupted, "This is my son, Stoick. Stoick, she says her name is Cami." Stoick stared at her the whole time, looking at her face, not really making eye contact, but he was staring at her eyes weird.

"What?" Cami asked, not liking to way he was staring at her.

He suddenly looked at her shoulder and said, "You're bleeding." She groaned as Hiccup called in the healer. Well, at least she wouldn't have to answer any more questions for the next couple of hours.

The healer ushered the men out, and started unwrapping the bandages on her shoulder.

Cami hissed in pain. "Sorry, I didn't mean to do that," she apologized. The healer nodded.

"It will be painful. I'm going to have put stitches in. I wanted you to wake up first so you wouldn't panic."

Cami nodded, and braced herself for the painful process.

Stoick ran up the hill. "Mom! Her name is Cami! And, her hair is red! And, her eyes are blue! Just like mine! And-"

Astrid stood up from her chair, "Calm yourself Stoick. Hiccup?"

Hiccup came in the house behind him, frowning slightly.

Hiccup said, "He's right. She- wait. Stoick, go outside and saddle up Norbert. Do not go to the healer's house." After Stoick had left, he told Astrid the whole story. He finished with, "Her story matched ours, and she recognized Toothless."

Astrid sighed, shaking her head. "Can you ask her anything else? Is there any way we can make sure?"

"She said she was looking for her parents, Astrid! Even if she isn't our Cami, I think we should help her," Hiccup said. Astrid agreed, and Hiccup kissed her goodbye and made his way to the stables, where Stoick was waiting. "Alright! Stoick, how's Norbert?"

"He's great! Do you want to go for a fly?" Stoick asked him.

"Why not?" Hiccup replied. "I don't have anything else for a hour or two." Toothless ran and grabbed his saddle as soon as Hiccup agreed, bringing to him. Hiccup saddled Toothless up, and they were off. They raced around the island, soared up into the clouds, and dove down to the earth again. Stoick's friends flew waved them down and Stoick peeled off to fly with them. Hiccup kept flying, Toothless making flips and spins in the air. About a hour later, Hiccup landed in front of the healer's house.

He walked up to the door and knocked. The healer opened the door at let him in, then she walked outside to collect some herbs from her garden. Cami smiled at him from her sitting position on the bed. Her hands worked a needle in and out of a piece of green fabric, probably making herself a new tunic, her's was bloodstained and had a hole in the left shoulder. Hiccup noticed the black stitches on her shoulder.

She watched him walk in and take a seat beside the door. "Hello, Chief." She tied off her thread and used her teeth to cut it, then started in a new place. "Your wife came and visited me a while ago. She told me to tell you she was going to take Stormfly for a spin if I see you."

Hiccup nodded. Astrid couldn't keep away from the girl that might be her daughter. "How's your shoulder?"

She looked relieved as she said, "After the stitches, the healer gave me some tea that took most of the pain away. She said if all goes well, I can walk around tomorrow and fly in three days." She looked at her dragon, who was curled in a ball in the corner. There was frost covering the floor in a circle around the dragon.

"How did you find an Ice Fury? I've never seen one before."

Cami bit her lip and glanced at her dragon. "The man who kidnaped me took me to a dragon port where they caught and sold dragons. My job was to feed the dragons. One day someone tried to beat me and Starblaze here stuck him to a wall with her ice," she said quietly. She stopped sewing and fiddled with the edge of the fabric. "We escaped right after that."

Hiccup leaned forward, worried by her words. "Had anyone beaten you before?" That would explain the bruises on her face.

Cami looked uncomfortable. "Umm, well Starblaze saved by that time. That's all that matters. So, you've never seen an Ice Fury before?"

Hiccup allowed the subject change, but he would come back to the subject later. "No, but most people I've met have never seen a Night Fury!"

Just then, Toothless walked in the room. "Hey Toothless." Cami said. He walked towards, her and sniffed her. Then, to Hiccup's surprise, he licked her. But then he just kept licking her. Again and again Toothless licked Cami's face, till she was laughing and trying to push him away. Finally, he stopped licking her and climbed up into the bed and laid on her legs. Cami looked at Hiccup from behind Toothless. "Does he always do this?"

Hiccup was still in his chair, staring at his dragon. "No, I've never seen him do that. He didn't even act that excited when I woke up after the Red Death!"

"The Red Death?" Cami asked.

Hiccup told her about his fight with the Red Death, a dragon that was taking over all the other dragons. Then he told her about the Alpha Dragon. The stories were almost unbelievable, but then again she had a Night Fury laying on top of her.

"That's very strange," she said after he was finished, stroking Toothless's head, right behind his earfins. He started purring, and Starblaze woke up. She took one look at Toothless laying on Cami and huffed. "Do you have anywhere for Starblaze to get some fish?"

Hiccup jumped up. "Oh no! I was going to bring some but I must of forgotten. Toothless, go show Starblaze the fish stations." Toothless licked her one more time, then jumped up and ran out the door with Starblaze following close behind. Hiccup laughed and said, "That's a sight you won't see often! Well, I got some chiefly duties to tend to. I'll come see you tomorrow. If that's fine with you." Cami bid him goodbye, and after he left she drifted back to sleep.

I was really excited to get this chapter out! I know there're short chapters but they will get longer! Hope you guys like it!