Dagur had awoken the next morning to find his Skrill gone; and Camicazi too. He had sent his son to see what he could see without getting spotted. Vott had just returned.

"There's no sign of the Skrill father. But she's with Hiccup in the village. They seem to be fairly curious about her; he's actually quite welcoming to her. His wife is less so. The son doesn't seem to be too sure what to think. Our biggest concern should be the dragons. She's able to connect with them, she might discover that they are not unhappy after all and then what?" he reported back.

"You forget they are still responsible for your mother's death. There is more to this plan than you know yet. But in time I shall explain to you son. She will be Hiccup's undoing, there is no doubt about it."

"Sparky? Where are you boy?" Camicazi called out as she crept through the forest. She'd been unable to search in the morning as Hiccup and the others had been watching her. She had finally managed to steal away and was looking desperately for him. She had already been gone for a while and she worried it might raise suspicions. She had to find Sparky though.

"Sparky?" she called again; she did not want to use her dragon call for fear of being heard in the village. She sighed deeply. She hated not being able to find him. Being away from him was awful, he was the best friend she had ever had, and he was the only true family she had now. He loved her more than she had ever been loved before. He always stayed close to her, no matter what, he had never abandoned her. The bond they shared was stronger than anything she had ever seen before. She hadn't known it was possible to care or be cared about as much as she and Sparky did for each other before she met him. No one she knew had a bond with anyone that even came close to what they had, she trusted him beyond all reason. She could run off the edge of a cliff and not be afraid, for she knew he would catch her.

"Oh where are you? You've never left me before; please don't let this be the first time. Don't leave me alone boy. I can't do this without you." She spoke this more to herself than anything else. She felt desperately alone suddenly, something she had not felt since before she had met him.

Then she heard it, a soft call in the air. Calling to her, and only to her.

"Sparky!" she cried delighted and she ran without thinking to where the sound was coming from. Had she paid a little more attention to where she was going she might have noticed there was an edge, but she was too keen to reach her dragon to pay it any attention and so fell tumbling into a cove.

She tumbled down the sides of the cove, hitting numerous rocks before crashing into the ground. Groaning she got to her feet and rubbed her back which hurt more than the rest of her.

"Ergh. That'll teach me not to look where I'm going." She stared around her and looked at the place she had landed. It was secluded and beautiful, a lake in the middle of it and trees and rocks surrounding it. It was wonderful here. But what made it truly wonderful to her was when she saw the purple dragon bounding towards her happily.

"SPARKY!" She cried out joyfully, flinging her arms around his neck and falling to her knees to hold him. Sparky looked at her with wide delighted eyes and she knew in a heartbeat he was ok but relieved to see her. She was relieved to see him too.

"Oh Sparky I'm so glad I found you!" She moved to his back and began checking her satchel to make sure nothing had fallen out of it before checking her weapons were still safely harnessed to the saddle. Once certain that the weapons and pieces of her suit were all still there she took it all off of Sparky's back and tucked it away in a small crevice just large enough for him to sleep. He'd be safe here she was sure of it.

"I can't stay long boy, I've already been gone from the village for a while. They'll get suspicious. But I did it boy. I got here, and I found a way in. It's strange; it's nothing like what I was told. Hiccup isn't a huge evil monster who hurts dragons. None of them are. But they are still responsible for much suffering and for that I'll make them pay. I have a lot more to learn, but it'll pay off in the end. I know you're afraid boy..." He snorted trying to tell her he was not afraid at all but she saw through him. "I know the Night Fury makes you uneasy. But don't worry, I'll protect you. He isn't so bad really. He's quite nice, but he's nothing compared to you. You'll be safe here. And if something goes wrong... Find me, or call for me. I'll come to your side as quick as I can." He rumbled to let her know that if she needed him, he'd be there faster than lightening, Night Fury or no Night Fury. She smiled at him and hugged him again, placing a gentle kiss on his forehead.

"Stay safe boy. I'll come and visit you whenever I can. I promise." With that she scrambled up the rocks and left the cove.

She was winding her way back through the trees when she crashed into someone... that someone happened to be her brother.

"Vott!" She hissed "What are you doing?!"

"Checking up on you since you went ahead without me!" He hissed back.

"I can't be seen with you! They think I'm a poor little runaway who got shipwrecked. Or at least that's what I'm trying to spin."

"Well I came to see what was going on. Father sent me. He's not overly pleased that you left without me, or that you took the Skrill with you." Suddenly Vott's true purpose became clear.

"I'm not telling you where he is so you can go back to the ship and tell father that! This is my moment! I don't need you!" she snapped. Something told her there was a reason she was able to get here without her brother. There was a reason the Night Fury had shot her down. There was a reason that Hiccup had found her, that she'd met the dragons by singing dragonsong, that she'd been bought to that family. She didn't yet know what the Gods had planned, but she knew it was a plan for her, not for Vott. Finally she had a chance to stand out from her brother. To do something he could not. To prove she was just as worthy as he was.

"Get out of here before someone sees you!" She growled, pushing him away.

"There's no one anywhere near here!" He snapped back

"They ride dragons you muttonhead! Just because no one is here now, they could be here in a flash! They could be flying through the forest and watching us! Now go before you ruin everything!" She snapped shoving him so hard that he fell over. He turned to glare at her before running off to rejoin their father.

Breathing a sigh of relief she ran her hand through her blonde hair, twisting it so that her braid fell more neatly and pushing the loose strands out of her face. She turned to walk back to the village when she heard voices... several voices but they were all fairly young in tone.

"Come on, it'll be good practice!" said the first voice

"I don't know, sounds pretty stupid to me" said a another

"It's completely stupid! There's a reason Dad doesn't want it here, going looking for it is about the stupidest idea you've ever had!" A boy with red brown messy hair said as he stepped into the clearing, looking back over his shoulder at his companions as he did so.

"Woah, who's that?" A stocky boy with black hair and watery blue eyes said as he spotted her.

"Camicazi? What are you doing out here?" The boy with reddish brown hair asked. She could not remember his name for the life of her but knew he was Hiccup's son.

"I guess I can't get used to the idea that I'm safe in the village here. Back home I run to the forest or the mountains so that I'm safe, so no one can hurt me." What was rather depressing was that this was not entirely a lie. Back on Hysteria she did used to run off so she wouldn't have to deal with her father, the soldiers or her brother and his stupid friends.

"It's ok, we'll look after you. All of us. Let's get you back to the village." Hiccup's son said and he led them all back the way they came. "My name's Finn by the way, I don't think I was properly introduced to you..." Finn began but he was barged out of the way by the larger boy.

"I'm Rufflout, I'll look after you. You should stick close to me and I'll fight off any loser who tries to hurt you. I'm a brilliant warrior and well on my way to becoming a great dragon trainer too." This boy was already annoying Camicazi. He kept shoving Finn and going on about how great he was... And worst of all... He was hitting on her. She'd always hated it when the Hysteria boys hit on her, this muttonhead was no exception, and she knew what to do.

She held up a hand to silence him and he grinned expectantly. Taking a cautious step towards him she slipped one arm around his neck and the other took his hand. His grin broadened. She smiled at him then yanked hard on his hair and twisted his arm around and behind his back.

"DON'T EVER HIT ON ME AGAIN!" She hissed and she shoved him violently to the ground. Straightening back up she pushed the strands of hair that had fallen out of place again back behind her ear. "You were saying?" She said smiling sweetly at Finn and the others.

"That was awesome! Can we keep you? Just to put Rufflout back in his place?" Finn laughed. She knew he was joking but her gaze darkened.

"No one owns me. No one is 'keeping' me like an animal." She growled.

"I didn't mean it like that! I was just joking, just implying that if you stuck around you'd be great at keeping him in line!" Finn stuttered. Her expression softened. He was quite frightened of her it seemed, not surprising after what she'd just done, but he needn't worry that she'd hurt him. Not yet, it was his father she was here for to get revenge on after all.

"Sorry, I'm used to things like that being literal. No one jokes where I come from." Again, this was sadly true. No one really had much of a sense of humour on Hysteria.

"It sounds like a really awful place. No wonder you don't want go back, who would? Why return somewhere where you'll be hit and abused and where no one has a sense of humour?" Much to her concern, she pondered these words for there was an element of truth in it, why return somewhere where she was mistreated? Why? She would not think like that, after the job was done things would change, she was sure of it. "Come on; let's get back to the village. People will wonder where we all are else." Finn said and he gently nudged her forwards and she walked beside him, an odd feeling of familiarity growing within her and even stranger, a feeling of equality.