O.k. Here's chapter 3. Enjoy!

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Chapter 3

Catherine Mary

I woke up with a massive headache. I opened my eyes and looked around. I was on a bed in a dark room. I saw herbs lining the walls, some tied together with a string and hanging on the walls, some in jars sitting on shelves. There was a low work table standing in a corner, on which some more herbs had been place, along with a few other things. Across the room, there was a second bed. I realized with a start that there was a girl sitting on it. I sat up quickly, moved to the opposite end of the bed and drew my legs in close to me, trying to get as far away as possible from her. My instincts were telling my to run, but she was closer to the door than I was. She would probably intercept me before I could make it to freedom. Besides, just the simple act of sitting up had made my head hurt worse. There was no way I would be able to run in this condition.

"Wow," the girl whispered, "you really are afraid of people."

I just stared at her, body tense, ready to run at a moment's notice.

"I'm Astrid," the girl said finally, "What's your name?"

My name? I had to think for a couple of minutes before I finally remembered it.

"Catherine Mary," I whispered, still on edge.

"Nice to meet you, Catherine Mary," Astrid told me, "Where do you live?"

I thought about it for a long time before I finally gave up "I… I can't remember," I stuttered, growing worried. I had lost my memory? The last thing I remembered was… running through the forest and falling off the cliff. Yep, I defiantly lost my memory. This wasn't good.

Astrid seemed a little worried as well. "What do you remember?"

"I was running through the forest, then I fell of a cliff. I'm sorry, but that's all."

"You lost your memory," she mutter, this time the worry was plain on her face.

Finally I gathered up the courage to ask, "Where am I?"

"You're on Berk," she told me, "that boy you were running away from, he's my friend. When you became unconscious after your fall, he brought you back here. You've been out for about a day now. I should probably tell the others you're awake. Will you stay here? I'll be right back."

I nodded. It wasn't like I could go anywhere. My head still felt like it was being used as a war drum. I couldn't help wincing at the pain in my head at even that small action.

Astrid looked at me with sympathy in her eyes "Head still hurts? Don't worry, I'm sure Gothi, our healer, has something for that. She'll be back later."

Astrid left, and in a few minutes she returned with the boy who had found me. I was still a little jumpy, but by this point I had convinced myself that they weren't going to hurt me. If they were going to, then they would have done it already, right?

After a minute of silence, the boy spoke. "Hi," he said, "I'm Hiccup. Sorry for scaring you yesterday. I didn't realize you were afraid of me. Usually everyone is scared of Toothless, so when you started petting him, I got confused and—" At this point Astrid punched him in the arm. "Ow!" he yelp, "What was that for?" I winced as the noise sent a stab of pain through my head.

"You were babbling," Astrid informed him, "I had to stop you somehow, and I knew talking over you wouldn't work."

Hiccup sighed. "So, Catherine Mary," I was surprised for a moment that he knew my name, but then I realized Astrid must have told him, "Astrid said you lost your memory. Is that true?"

I nodded.

"So you can't remember where you're from?"

I nodded again.

"Then you'll need some place to stay until we can figure everything out. Usually I would offer to let you stay at my house, but I didn't think that would be a good idea. My dad is nice, but he can be a little … overwhelming. Astrid said that you could stay at her house instead. Is that okay with you?"

I looked at Astrid who nodded encouragingly before answering, "Sure, if it isn't any trouble."

"Okay then, Gothi wants you to stay for a few more days to make sure you are healing, but after that you'll stay with Astrid."

At that point, the door opened and a child walked in. No, it took me a moment, but I realized it was an old woman. She pushed Hiccup and Astrid out before shutting the door. I watched as she walked around the work room, collecting herbs and grinding them up. She then put them in water and gave me the mixture.

"You're the healer?" I guessed.

She nodded.

"You want me to drink this?" I checked, not wanting to do the wrong thing.

Again she nodded, a smile on her lips.

I drank it, and after a minute I started to feel drowsy. Yawning, I curled up and quickly fell back asleep.

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