The young Vikings led her back into the heart of the village and only stopped when a large beefy man with a hook for a hand and a peg leg stepped in front of them. He had no beard but a long moustache which was braided down past his chin and he was totally bald beneath his helmet. He looked quite intimidating to Camicazi but yet when he spoke he sounded very friendly and jovial.

"And where have you lot been?" He asked the youths before his eyes settled on Camicazi. "Ah this must be our mystery girl."

"Yes, Gobber this is Camicazi. Camicazi, this is Gobber, our blacksmith and dragon doctor. He also does most of our physical training. My parents do the dragon training." Finn said gesturing between the two people.

"Huh well, you lot missed your training earlier so you'll have to catch up now. Finn you still need to work on your hand to hand combat, you're improving with the sword but Buffnut can still disarm you too easily." Gobber said firmly, though not unkindly which was all her father ever did. "We'll start with hand to hand combat. Let's get to the arena and get started."

Camicazi stood uncertainly. She did not know what to do now, was she to be taken somewhere else? Left in someone's care?

"What about the girl?" Rufflout asked jerking a thumb in her direction. She glared at him and punched him in the stomach.

"I have a name!" she yelled as he bent over winded.

"Ok... I'm sorry" he wheezed. Gobber raised his busy brow at her.

"Impressive hit there Camicazi. I take it you went through a lot of training back home." Gobber said making Camicazi nervous and bite her lip.

"No... I wasn't allowed to learn to fight. I couldn't attend training, so I taught myself, and sometimes my guardian would teach me a few moves." She felt her cheeks burn and she looked at her feet instead.

"Eh, we'll take her with us. I'm afraid you won't be able to join in though lass, Astrid would have my guts for garters if I allowed it. Until she and the Chief decide what to do, you'll just have to sit there I'm afraid." She was used to being told she couldn't join in with training but what she found odd was that Gobber did seem genuinely sorry that she had to just sit there. She nodded to show her understanding and followed them all to the arena.

"I don't think the rest of us were introduced to you." Said a chubby boy with fair hair that stuck up awkwardly under his helmet. "I'm Gudrun Ingerman"

"Miktak" said a thin gangly boy with reddish blonde hair and freckles.

"And I'm his sister Buffnut" grinned a girl who looked very much like Miktak except her hair was a shade darker than his.

"Alright, Buffnut, Finn you two first." Gobber said. Buffnut grinned and hit a fist to her palm.

"Aw come on! Why do I always have to fight Buffnut?! That's just not fair!" Finn complained. Buffnut was just about to punch Finn when Camicazi left out a shocked exclamation.

"Woah woah woah woah, wait... She's allowed to train? To fight? To hit the boys and not get in trouble for it?"

"Yeah. I mean, I hit my brother all the time..." Buffnut began.

"That's insane! I used to get into trouble if I so much as pinched my brother! I wasn't allowed to show him up, my guardian let me fight sometimes but as a general rule girls were banned from fighting and training on my island! Not that there are many girls on my island... I may have been the only one... But still this is completely crazy! Girls can actually fight here?!"

"Of course." Gobber said surprised. "Finn's mother Astrid is one of our best warriors. Everyone can fight or train here." Camicazi's jaw dropped, she couldn't help it. She'd never been allowed to fight; women were not allowed to be warriors back on Hysteria. The Berserker soldiers were all men, and that was the law back home. No matter how good she was she would never be allowed to be a warrior.

"Ok that is... awesome!" Her eyes widened in delight and she watched in slight amazement as they all trained. After hand to hand combat they began training with weapons, Camicazi couldn't help but notice Finn seemed to be struggling, there was obviously skill there, he just hadn't harnessed it yet. After Buffnut had knocked him to the ground for the third time they took a break and Camicazi found she couldn't fight the urge to say something any longer.

"You know, you could have prevented that defeat if you'd kicked her legs out from under her. She doesn't watch what she's doing with her feet, that's her weak spot. She's got bad foot work." She said quietly as he rubbed his side.

"What do you mean?" He groaned.

"Eurgh boys." She groaned under her breath. "I'd show you but I'm not allowed. Look Finn, I can help you work on your fighting skills but only if you'll let me."

"Gobber," Finn suddenly called out "I want to see Camicazi fight."

"WHAT?!" The others all yelled.

"I want to see what she can do." He looked determined. "I don't care what my mother thinks, I want to see this."

Gobber grinned. "Alright then lass, who shall we start you with?"

"Ooh me! Me me me me me!" Rufflout yelped excitedly.

"Easy there Rufflout or you'll wet yourself!" Miktak sniggered.

"Alright then, Camicazi lass, you'll fight Rufflout first. Good luck."

She scoffed. "Oh please, at least challenge me." She stood up and walked towards him in the centre of the arena to begin their fight.

"Weapons or no weapons?"She asked

"Weapons. I don't want to break that pretty face with my fist."

"You'd die before you got near my face believe you me."

Rufflout and Camicazi were handed an axe each and then Gobber retreated and counted them down. As soon as he yelled "FIGHT!" Camicazi darted forwards towards Rufflout who was running at her with his axe held high over his head and yelling loudly. Just before she reached him she ducked beneath his outstretched arms and rolled away, landing perfectly on her feet in a low crouch and leaping up and kicking him hard in the back before he could turn around. As soon as he hit the floor she kicked him onto his back and pinned him with one foot, placing the curve of the axe under his chin and smirking.

"Surrender?" He struggled and groaned for a full minute before eventually admitting defeat. The others all whooped and cheered as she stepped away victorious.

"Who's next then?" She chuckled running her hands through her hair again. She fought and defeated Gudrun in a matter of seconds, Miktak she pinned down with her bare hands after five minutes, she and Buffnut were more evenly matched but she still had no trouble beating her as easily as she'd beaten Miktak.

Finally Finn stepped forwards to fight her. She smiled and spoke to him as the circled each other slowly.

"Remember to watch your feet, find my weakness. And never let me see yours. Turn my strength against me." He ran at her and she dodged causing him to fall face first onto the floor. "Not good enough, you fall like that in battle and I'll have you gutted in minutes. Never put so much force into a charge that you won't be able to keep your balance if your opponent dodges." She told him as he pulled himself back to his feet.

"Like this," She ran at him "Dodge now!" She yelled and he stepped to the side, she turned on the spot and skidded again, placing one hand on the ground and the hand with the sword in it above and behind her before leaping forwards, both feet leaving the ground sending her forward in a powerful leap that would have ended very badly for Finn had he not stepped aside again. She rolled across the ground and was back on her feet before he had a chance to turn on her.

"It's all about speed, about defence as much as attack. If your defence is weak then your attack will be pointless." She said thrusting the sword towards him, instinctively his arm shot forwards to defend himself with his own. "Good! Now don't hesitate, strike back as soon as you parry my blow!" She continued yelling such instructions for the following ten minutes before she finally knocked his sword from his hand almost lazily and kicking him to the ground.

"Most importantly, never let your guard down; never let your enemy disarm you." She snapped leaning over him, her sword pressed into his belly. He squirmed for a second and then gave up, she grinned and let him stand up, chucking him his sword.

"You've got the skills Finn, they just need fine-tuning." She chuckled and sat back down as if nothing had happened at all. The teens and Gobber were all staring at her wide-eyed and stunned.

"For someone who was not allowed to be trained in fighting, you've got a lot of skill yourself lass." Gobber said. "If they decide you're safe to stay here, I'd like to train you myself and see how you progress. I reckon you could be as good of a warrior as Astrid, you'd make a formidable team if you worked together." As if hearing the discussion both Astrid and Hiccup soared in on their dragons, followed by a large man with a magnificent red beard, two people on a Zippleback, another on a Gronckle and one on a Monstrous Nightmare.

"There she is!" Hiccup gasped. Camicazi braced herself to be brutally beaten as he dismounted. "We wondered where you'd gone! No one had seen you since this morning." She blinked confused, no beating? What sort of place was this?

"Has she been here the whole time?" Astrid asked Gobber pushing her hair back the same way that Camicazi had only minutes before.

"She's been here since the kids arrived. We bought her with us." Gobber said.

"We found her in the forest." Finn said. Hiccup and Astrid both then asked the same question, but to different people.

"What were you doing in the forest?" Hiccup asked Finn whilst Astrid asked it to Camicazi.

"Ummm..." Finn stuttered on his words and stared at the floor awkwardly as his father stared at him. Camicazi though looked at Astrid without any fear, completely un-intimidated.

"Back home I got used to running into the woods or to the mountains to escape from everyone. It was my instinct, as soon as someone stops watching me, I run. It's the way I've lived for years now. Forgive me if I find it hard to kick the habit." She said staring back at Astrid with determined and fierce eyes. Astrid matched her gaze.

"Finn... What were you all doing in the forest?" Hiccup asked again, his voice firmer now. Camicazi could see the Chief behind the gentle features now.

"Err... well... Rufflout thought it would be a good idea to find the Skrill you said you'd seen and run it out of Berk so we were actually going to look for it when we ran into Camicazi." He mumbled, still not looking up into his father's bright green eyes. Both Astrid and Camicazi stopped staring at each other and looked at Finn. Astrid to tell off her son, Camicazi because he has mentioned the Skrill... Sparky.

"Finn what were you thinking?" Astrid demanded. "You know how dangerous Skrills are! You all do! How could you have been so foolish? What if you'd found it?" She snapped at them all.

"You're all in trouble for this. You know better than that, especially you Finn. I'm very disappointed in you, and that's not something I ever have to say to you." Hiccup said looking at Finn with a tragic gaze. Even Camicazi felt bad and ashamed of herself looking at that gaze.

"I'm sorry Dad. It was stupid. I should have put my foot down and said no. I'll do better next time."

"Good, I only say it Finn because I can't stand the idea of what would've happened to you, any of you had you actually found that Skrill." Hiccup's gaze softened as he looked at them all. The other riders were dismounting as well now and walking over to the various youths. They stood beside them and then looked at Camicazi, only the red-bearded man didn't stand by one of the teens; he stood beside Gobber and Hiccup and joined the rest in looking at her. Camicazi forced herself not to cower under their gaze.

"So this is the one you told us about is it Hiccup?" The man with his hand on Rufflout's shoulder asked.

"Yep, that's her Snotlout." He replied watching Camicazi carefully. She couldn't stand being under the gaze of his. She felt sure he was going to see right through her if he gazed much more intently, she turned to look at the other adult riders who had come in. Looking at them, it wasn't hard to tell they were the parents of the youths they stood beside. Gudrun looked just like the man standing beside him who had ridden in on the Gronckle. Rufflout look very similar to Snotlout. The only one that stumped her a little was Miktak and Buffnut, the adults with them were clearly twins but which one was the parent?

"So what are you going to do with her there Hiccup?"Asked the male twin.

"Keep an eye on her for now. Astrid's right, she's unknown so we can't trust her, but she's still only a child so I won't cast her out."

"So you're going to let her stay then son?" The red-bearded man said. This confused Camicazi initially and then she realised he was still speaking to Hiccup, that would make him Stoick the Vast, Hiccup's father. She hadn't realised he was still alive.

"Yes. She's just a child, I can't just send her away, it's a dangerous world out there and I won't take the chance on sending her away for her to get hurt." He looked meaningfully at his father and then at Astrid.

"But she..." Astrid began

"Until we have more knowledge about her, she stays under supervision." Hiccup said firmly indicating that the topic was no longer up for discussion.

"But Hiccup, she..." Camicazi had had enough.

"Would you mind not speaking about me as if I'm not even here? I'm standing right here, I can hear everything you're saying. Don't just say 'she's this' 'she's that' when I'm here!" She snapped at them all causing them all to stop and stare at her. She ignored this until she noticed Hiccup's green eyes looking at her again, a look of surprise and curiosity in them. Again she shied away from his gaze.

"I've made my choice. Camicazi can stay for now. But I won't take chances; I want her to be under constant supervision. She goes nowhere without an escort." Hiccup stated. The discussion was done. Her head slumped, an escort. She'd never get to sneak off to see Sparky if she was watched all the time. How would she warn him to stay hidden if they began searching for him? She should have sent him to the nearby island that she knew to be populated only by dragons. At least he'd have been safe from people there, but perhaps the dragons would be a bigger threat to him. She just had to think of a way to keep him safe and away from both her father, and from being chased away by Hiccup and the others.

"Let's go." Hiccup said to the others. "Camicazi, you're coming with me for now." He informed her as he climbed back onto Toothless' back. She walked over and climbed on with ease and settled herself comfortably behind Hiccup, again though she felt no need to hang onto Hiccup as they took off.