The Connection

by mortalathena

Sequel to A Past Forgotten. Read that first. It's been two years since Hiccup found Catherine Mary on that island, and everything is pretty much back to normal. Until the Berk teen see a ship that causes Catherine Mary to act... strange. Which leaves everyone asking, who are these people and why do they cause Catherine Mary to have a panic attack? Rated for safety.

2. Chapter 2

Hello everyone! I'm back with a new chapter. Yay!

Disclaimer: I don't own HTTYD.

Chapter 2

Hiccup

I woke up to Astrid shaking me. It was just after dawn, not nearly late enough to get up. I groaned. "What is so important that it couldn't wait until a more reasonable hour?" I demanded, as I sat up and stretched. Astrid just pointed to the place where Catherine Mary had settled down last night. It took me a moment to realize that the bed was empty and another moment to realize why that was important. "Again?" I groaned. After the first night Catherine Mary ran off into the woods because of a nightmare, we warned her not to go into the forest at night. Since then, she'd only disappeared a few times.

"When I woke up, she was gone," Astrid explained.

Once I realized where we were, it didn't take me long to come up with a location to start our search. I stood up and Astrid and I entered the forest, our dragons following us.

We found her fairly quickly. As I suspected, we found Catherine Mary right where I found her two years ago. She was curled up on the ground, asleep. I walked up to her and tapped her on the shoulder. I felt sorry for waking her. For the first time I could remember Catherine Mary was actually sleeping peacefully, instead of looking like she was prepared for an attack from a threat that not even she knew. She blinked a couple times before her brown eyes stayed open. "What..." Catherine Mary started to ask before she realized what happened. "Oh," she blushed, "sorry."

Neither of us acknowledged the apology. "I'm impressed," Astrid told Catherine Mary, "someone actually woke you up without you attacking them." Catherine Mary blushed even more at that.

"So what were you doing here?" I asked, "Nightmares?"

Catherine Mary shook her head. "I came here before I fell asleep. Since we were here, I figured I'd visit. Maybe my memories..." She trailed off, but we all knew what she was talking about. After all, this was the first place she remembered and the only place we knew of that could potentially have a connection to her past.

"I'm sure you'll remember," I told her.

She didn't seem to believe me. "Hiccup, it's been two years! All I have to show for it is the memory of my parents' deaths and some vague impressions that don't even make any sense! I've tried everything —" Astrid cut her off by putting a hand on her shoulder.

"Listen, even if you never get your memories back, you still have a life on Berk. Nothing is going to change that. I'm sure you'll eventually get your answers, but until then don't worry about it too much, okay?"

Catherine Mary nodded, her face still wet with tears, though they had stopped falling. After a minute, she was mostly back to normal.

"Ready to go?" I asked, receiving a nod and a sad smile in return. Together we stood up and started walking towards the rest of the troublemakers in our group. As we left the clearing, I prayed to all the gods that they were still asleep.

I know this is short, but honestly most of this stuff is pretty much filler and getting the characters right where I want them for chapter 3. Chapter 3 is where all the fun begins, so get excited! Happy Easter! I'm still looking for guesses on what Catherine Mary's powers are. So review and tell me what you think!