Hi guys! Sorry I took so long again. Silkmouse, you should really start reminding me more.

What? Since when?

Yeah, I know. I'm just teasing you.

Oh. I knew that.

So it's the next chapter! And you all know what that means! It's...

S&M- TRAINING TIME!

So sit back, relax, and enjoy yourself whilst we get pummeled by Astrid and dragons.

Gee that sounds comforting.

"Mary, GET UP!" Silkmouse yelled in her sleeping friend's ear.

"Go 'way." Mary grumbled, turning over in her sleep.

"No way! Get up! Don't you remember what today is? It's training day! You know, the day we learn not only how to fight, but also how to FLY?"

Mary just waved her hand about, as if trying to make Silkmouse's distracting noise disperse.

Silkmouse sighed. Clearly her partner needed something a little more persuasive to wake her up.

"Okay, Hiccup," She called out softly into the hall. "Bring him in."

Hiccup crept into the room as quietly as he could with his clunky, metal prosthesis followed by Toothless.

The night before, they had all talked a few minutes longer, with Astrid telling 'Mouse that she could have an old pair of Astrid's boots that were way too small for her. After that, everyone agreed that the two supposed Bog-Burglars should get some rest for their big day tomorrow, and so they parted. Hiccup and Toothless ended up staying over at Astrid's too so that they'd all have an early start the next morning.

But they wouldn't be able to do that if Mary didn't get her butt out of bed!

As quiet as they possibly could, Silkmouse, Toothless, and Hiccup crept up to the side of bed.

"Get her Toothless." Silkmouse whispered, grinning and pointing to Mary.

"Huh?" Mary murmured just as Toothless lept onto the bed.

"YAAAH! Hey get off me Toothless! Mouse', Hiccup help me!" Mary cried.

"Not until you say you'll get out of bed." Silkmouse snickered, with Hiccup laughing hysterically by her side.

"Never!" Mary exclaimed "Now get this overgrown salamander off of me!"

"Looks like she's going to need a little more convincing." Hiccup commented.

Silkmouse nodded "Time to pull out the big guns."

On cue Toothless immediately started to lick Mary's face.

"Ew! Gross! Cut it out! Okay, okay you guys win, I'm getting up!" she hollered.

Toothless jumped off and stood by Silkmouse and Hiccup, looking extremely pleased with himself.

Mary sat up and wiped the drool off her face "Great. I hope you guys are happy now that I'm covered in dragon slobber."

"Oh, very." Silkmouse giggled. "Now let's go, already!"

"Okay, okay. Sheesh, you could at least let me get dressed." Mary stood up and shooed her friends out of the room. She emerged a few minutes later dressed completely in Astrid's old clothes.

"I'm ready." She told them, and then giggled.

"What you laughing at?" Hiccup asked.

"Oh," Mary assumed an innocent look. "Nothing." But the minute their backs were turned, she whispered to Silkmouse, "Hiccup in the arena." Realizing that her friend was referencing to a part of the movie, she giggled too.

"Come on you two. We shouldn't keep Astrid waiting." Hiccup said.

"Yeah. We wouldn't want her to mad at you, now would we?" Silkmouse laughed.

"Real funny." He said, rolling his eyes "But seriously we should leave."

When the four of them reached the arena they found Astrid waiting.

"Where were you guys?" she asked impatiently.

"Sorry." Hiccup apologized.

"We had a hard time getting Miss Lazy Bones out of bed." Silkmouse answered, looking in Mary's direction.

"That still didn't give you an excuse to tell Toothless to slobber on me!" she remarked.

"If you two are done arguing, can we get started?" Astrid interrupted. With that, she turned around and walked through the arena gate. Swallowing nervously, though they'd never admit it to each other, Mary and Silkmouse followed.

"Astrid! Don't you think you could have taught us something first, instead of just putting us in a circular, cage-like arena with an angry bear?" Mary exclaimed as she dodged out of the way of the grizzly's claws. "Or are you like Gobber, and believe in 'learning on the job'?"

"How do you know that's what Gobber says?" Astrid asked the young girl.

"You'd be surprised what sort of things reach our ears!" Silkmouse told her as she pushed Mary out of the way just as the bear struck.

The two scrambled about for a bit, dodging the mad bear, and trying to get a few hits in every now and then (They both had a shield, some protective gear, and a sword). Eventually, though, they were cornered.

"Aw, shoot." Silkmouse groaned as the bear growled and stood up on it's hind legs. Mary and her looked around in despair, since they'd lost their swords a few minutes earlier. Then Mary spotted a bow and some arrows. Flinging herself towards them, she loaded it up and shot at the bear. It was a great shot, and hit the bear straight in the heart, causing it to fall over just before it mauled Silkmouse.

Everyone was quiet, especially Mary. No one had been expecting her to do that, since she knew so little about weapons, but somehow she had done it.

"Mary!" Silkmouse exclaimed. "That was awesome! You just saved me from that bear!"

"Nice shot, Mary." Astrid told her appreciatively.

Mary just stared at the bear in front of her. Then she looked down at the bow, and then at Silkmouse and Astrid in horror. Dropping the bow, she sprinted to the forest, oblivious to the cries of her friend and hero, and to the tears running down her face.

Back at the arena, Astrid, Hiccup and Silkmouse were wondering what they should do. After all, Mary didn't know the area, but she also looked like she wanted to be alone. However, Silkmouse knew they needed to find her.

"Mary?" Silkmouse called, running through the village "Mary where are you?" she stopped a second to listen and think "Hmm." She pondered "If I were totally upset with myself, where would I go?"

She thought for a few moments "Aha!" she realized, snapping her fingers "The woods!"

Running toward the forest, Silkmouse spotted a set of footprints. Following that, she soon heard the faint sound of crying. Pursuing that, in next to no time she found Mary Penelope sitting at the base of a tree trunk, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Mary." Silkmouse cautioned "Are you ok?"

"Am I ok?" Mary bawled "I just killed a living creature!"

Silkmouse wasn't exactly sure how to comfort her friend, but she knew she had to say something.

"It wasn't your fault." She said sitting down next to her friend "You didn't mean to do it."

"But-" Mary tried to argue.

"Listen." Silkmouse said firmly "You did it out of self defense, and you saved me from being mauled. I know you feel like a bad person, but you aren't. You feel bad about what you did and that shows that you have decency. I'm sure that anybody else would have done the same."

There was a long pause between them as Mary Penelope let that sink in. Then she looked up at Silkmouse and smiled.

"Thanks 'Mouse." She told her friend. "I really needed that." Mary looked back down. "I just... Never thought I could kill something. I thought about it back in our world, but it just made me nauseous."

"Yeah, well," Silkmouse sighed. "We're not in our world anymore, Mary."

The two stared out at the forest around them. "Tell me about it." Mary whispered quietly. And the two got up to leave.

Unbeknownst to the two girls, a third person had been listening to the conversation.

'Their world?' Astrid wondered as she ran back. 'What's that supposed to mean?'

Oh dear, drama!

Da. Da. Daaaa!

*pause* Silkmouse?

What?

This sucked, I think.

What do you mean by that?

And has anyone else noticed that I'M always the one running off in a dramatic flurry? This must be changed!

Well then you need to learn to not be such a Drama Queen.

*ignores Silkmouse* Alright, all you readers. Yeah, I'm talking to you.

And you better listen we say this because we mean business!

Y'all better review!

Yeah!... Please?

We'll sic Toothless on you, like they did to me! *glares at Silkmouse*

And boy was it fun. Bwa ha ha ha.

Penelope, over and out!

P.S. IT WAS NOT MY FAULT THAT THIS CHAPTER TOOK MONTHS. IT WAS SILKMOUSE'S FAULT, 'CAUSE SHE IS VERY SLOW AND EASILY DISTRACTED.

It's true and I am sorry to deprive you of more chapters that probably could've been written sooner if it weren't for me. BUT we all know the certain someone *cough* Mary Penelope* who started the story.

DON'T BLAME ME 'CAUSE I'M THE ONE WHO'S PROFILE IT'S POSTED ON!

Just saying.

Penelope, over and out! (Again!)