Ok. I'm posting the next chapter early as a Christmas present for all my readers. So, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Yes I own How To Train Your Dragon and it is based off my own dragon... OF COURSE I DON'T OWN IT! If I did, Catherine Mary would be in it.

Chapter 2

Hiccup

I ran over to Toothless and slid into the saddle. As I flew after the girl, I saw her some how twist in midair and land on her hands and feet in the sand below. She started to get up, but before she could stand back up she collapsed. I landed and walked over to her. She was unconscious again, but nothing seemed to be broken. Still, she was obviously injured somehow, otherwise she would be conscious. I picked her up. "Come on, bud," I called to Toothless, "We need to get her back to Gothi."

When I returned to Berk, I heard a shout, and I knew the news that I had returned home with a stranger would be spreading quickly. As I expected, by the time I had landed the rest of the Berk teens and my father were waiting for me.

"What—" Astrid started to ask, but I cut her off before she could finish.

"We need to get her to Gothi," I told everyone, "someone get Gobber. Astrid, you need to go up there with me to make sure she's okay. Everyone else, stay away." I did even think Gobber should go with us. Unfortunately, he was the only one that could understand Gothi, so we needed him. I fully intended to make him leave as soon as Gothi didn't need him anymore, or as soon as the girl woke up, whichever came first.

Stoick was the first to ask what they had all obviously been thinking. "Why?"

"Because I think she's afraid of people," I told him. Then I left to take the girl to Gothi's hut.

I knocked and waited for Gothi to open the door before walking in and putting the girl down on a bed. The healer immediately began to inspect her. A few minutes later, Astrid and Gobber came running up. Gothi immediately started writing symbols with her staff in the sand that she always kept on her floor for this purpose. Gobber started reading it.

"Gothi says the girl has a head injury. She isn't sure how serious it is, but other than that she's fine," Gobber translated.

I stared at the healer in disbelief. "No other injuries," I repeated, "Are you sure?"

"Isn't that a good thing?" Astrid asked.

"Yes," I told her, "but… Astrid, she fell of a cliff. It looked like it was about fifteen, maybe twenty, feet."

This time, Astrid was looking at me in disbelief. "You're sure."

"I saw her fall over the edge," I told everyone, "I tried to catch her, but by the time I could get to her she had already hit the ground. And I don't think the head injury is from the fall, either. She landed on her hands and feet. She didn't hit her head."

Gothi wrote something in the sand. "Gothi says she'll check again, but you two need to leave," Gobber told us, "She'll be out for a while, so we'll let you know when she's waking up."

"Okay," I sighed. Then I added, "Gobber, if she shows any sign of waking, please leave. You can be a little… overwhelming and I don't want you scaring her on accident."

Gobber nodded. "Now go," he told us, "Gothi needs to work."

We left and went to find the others. They were sitting in the training arena. Everyone except my dad, that is, who I assumed had gone back to work. Astrid and I settled down as everyone watched us, waiting for me to explain.

"So, what happened?" Astrid asked when everyone was comfortable.

"Toothless and I found a new island," I started to explain, "When we landed to go explore it, we saw a girl sprawled out on the grass. I when to see if she was okay. She woke up, and when she saw us her eyes widened and she took off into the surrounding forest."

"You do realize she was probably scared of Toothless, right?" Astrid pointed out.

I glared at her for a moment. "Let me finish," I told her. Then I added, "that's what I thought at first, too. Toothless and I managed to cut her off at the edge of the forest. She was right next to a cliff. When we landed, I told Toothless to stay, then I tried to calm her down. After a little bit, Toothless must have gotten bored, because he walked up to her before I could stop him. When he got to her, she started petting him," I paused for a moment there, letting what I had just said sink in. There was silence in the group as they processed what I had just said. EVERYONE was scared of Toothless when they first met him. The only exceptions were the twins, Snotlout, and Fishlegs, but they had all been flying dragons before then.

After a minute I continued on. "After that I talked to her again, and instantly she was scared. She turned around, took a step backward, and—"

"fell of the cliff," Astrid finished.

I nodded. "I flew after her, and I saw her twist in midair and land on her hands and feet. She started to stand up, but she collapsed. When I got to her I saw she was unconscious again. Gothi told me just now that the only injury she sustained was a head injury." Again, everyone was silent. Finally, I stood up. "I'm going to look at that island," I told everyone, "Gothi said the girl should be unconscious for a while. DON'T go to see her without me. I shouldn't be gone long. I'm going to see if there's anything there that can tell us about what happened to her."

Astrid got to her feet. "I'm going with you."

I nodded and watched as she ran off to get Stormfly ready. It took us about an hour to reach the island. When I saw the cliff that the girl fell off of, I pointed and yelled to Astrid, "That's where she fell." Astrid nodded, signaling she heard me, and glanced over at the cliff. Her eyes widened as she looked at it, and I could tell that she now understood my surprise at the girl's lack of injuries. It was not a short drop. I led her over to the spot where I found the girl.

"You were right," she told me as we climbed off our dragons, "That drop is at least fifteen feet. That girl is either really lucky or really talented. So this is where you found her?" I nodded.

"Let's start looking," I said.

Ok. That's the chapter. Thank you scarlet (Guest), Snitchstar, and kaitlynn19 for reviewing.

scarlet: Sorry the last chapter was so short. Hopefully this one was better. And thanks!

I want more reviews, and you want another chapter. So here's the deal. Instead of not publishing the next chapter until I have more reviews, I will do something different. I will still post the next chapter in a week, but if 10 people review, I will post the next chapter EARLY. It doesn't have to be a long review, telling me what I could do better or whatever (though those are appreciated) it can just be a review telling me you want to see the next chapter early or something. Ok. Well, Merry Christmas or Happy Hanukah or whatever else your celebrating! Bye!