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Ch.2: This is Saro

The girl groaned, softly. Her head turned to one side and she opened her eyes, she blinked a bit as her vision became less fuzzy and more aware of the unfamiliar area. She felt feeling coming back into her body a few seconds after she awakened. Confused, she sat up, her elbows propping her up.

Next to her, she heard a low growl. She turned her head and found a dragon, showing teeth, in threatening stature. Confusion was written on her face.

"What the-"

"Toothless, calm down." Came an order. The girl turned her head to see a boy walking over to her. She heard creaking after each one of his steps. She looked down and found that he was sporting an artificial limb. She raised a brow before looking back up at the boy. Auburn hair showing a bit of red highlights, forest green eyes and pale, freckled skin. He was a scrawny boy, she mused.

"Where am I?" she asked, her voice a little hoarse. She was most likely beginning to show symptoms of a cold.

"In my house." The boy answered, nonchalantly. She still had to ask more questions.

"Who're you?" She asked. The boy sat down on a stool, showing a sigh of relief from all the weight on his leg.

"My name's Hiccup." The boy introduced.

'Hiccup?' she thought. She narrowed her eyes slightly in skepticism, something was starting to feel…not right. 'Why is that name familiar?'

"Can I ask who you are?"

"I'm Saro." The girl said, sitting up a bit more as she gained more strength in her torso. She looked at the dragon. "What's with the dragon?"

"That's Toothless." Hiccup said.

"Ironic name." Saro commented with a bit of a grin.

"Not really, he retracts his teeth." Hiccup answered.

"Original name." Saro replied. Hiccup only shrugged his shoulders, modestly.

"So why were you washed up on the beach?" Hiccup asked.

"Washed up?" Saro questioned, blinking a couple of times. "Is that where you found me?"

Hiccup nodded, urging her to continue.

"I must've been knocked out by those waves." She said, recalling the events. "My boat sank during the storm. All I can remember was clambering on a piece of wood."

Hiccup took the time to take in the girl's accent. It was a little similar to the accent his father, Stoick the Vast and his mentor, Gobber the Belch, had. But it wasn't really heavy in a sense.

"So Saro," Hiccup said. "Where are you from?"

Saro froze a bit, she hung her head a little, looking at the blankets still encasing her slender body.

"Far away." She said with a hint of shame. Deciding not to get into her personal business, something she seemed to want secret, Hiccup handed her some clothes.

"Why don't you get dressed?" He suggested. "I'll take you to meet my friends."

Saro nodded and grabbed the set of neatly folded clothes. Hiccup left the room with Toothless who crawled behind. They exited the house, leaving Saro alone in the dark. The fire in the hearth was dying down, logs collapsed into ash.

Saro sighed heavily before changing her clothes.

She felt a twinge of worry in the pit of her stomach, as if she knew something was terribly wrong.

To be continued.

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