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Chapter 7

Hiccup

"She ran into the woods?" I asked. Any fatigue that I had instantly left when the words sunk in.

Astrid nodded. Everyone on Berk knew that the woods, though relatively safe during the day, were dangerous at night. No one ever ventured out there alone. However, we had forgotten to tell Catherine Mary that.

"We have to go find her," I told Astrid. "Meet me at the edge of the woods after you've saddled up Stormfly."

Astrid nodded and left. I went to go get Toothless. In about five minutes, I was ready and waiting for Astrid. Astrid showed up only a minute later. With Toothless and Stormfly's help, we quickly located her, thankfully unharmed. We found her sitting on a rock and staring off into the distance, upset and completely unaware of the panic she had caused. Astrid and I sat down next to her. After a moment, Catherine Mary broke the silence.

"My parents are dead," she told us. Astrid and I looked over at her, shocked.

"How do you know?" I asked. I was half hoping that she had regained her memory, but a part of me was expecting her to admit that she didn't know. Also, I didn't want the statement she had just made to be true. I didn't want her to have anymore pain than her memory loss had already caused her.

"I had to dream about it," she told us.

"Are you sure it was real?" Astrid asked. "It might have all just been a nightmare."

"No," Catherine Mary answered. "I remember it now; I remember every detail. They died in a fire. I remember watching from the woods outside my house. I couldn't do anything to help them. I'm sorry I ran away, but I couldn't stay in the room anymore. I had to go outside to clear my head."

"That's fine," I said, "but if you come outside again, don't come into the woods without someone else. They are perfectly safe in the day, but at night they can be dangerous."

When I said that, I noticed that she smiled a little bit, as if our concern was amusing. However, she reluctantly agreed not to come out here alone again at night.

Just as we were getting up to leave, there was a growl behind us. We turned around and at the edge of the clearing we saw a pack of wolves.

Catherine Mary

When Hiccup told me that the woods were dangerous, I couldn't help but find it slightly amusing. I appreciated their concern, but something told me that I would be almost completely safe, no matter how dangerous the animals were. I agreed, however, because I didn't want them to know how different I truly was. When the wolves came, though, it became a lot harder to hide. I was the one closest to the pack, and when they started acting hostile, my instinct took over and I got ready to protect myself and my friends. I crouched down so that I was closer to the animals' height and growled a warning.

"I don't want to hurt you, but if you attack me or my friends, I will have no choice but to defend my pack."

"You think you can defeat us?" the pack leader asked an amusement. "We outnumber you and are better equipped for a fight. How do you think you could defeat us?"

"I have been blessed by the wild," I told them, "and the wild is also my protector. Not only can I beat you, but if you did defeat me and kill me, then you would bring down his anger."

At that point, I took off the piece of cloth that I had tied around my right wrist. I lifted my arm to show the marking just under my palm that I somehow knew gave me protection from any attempt on my life. The mark radiated power and as I showed it, I saw the wolves' eyes grow wide with fear and they ran back into the forest.

Once that was over, I stood up and turned around, but stopped as I saw the shocked faces of my two friends at what I had just done. I panicked and sprinted off into the woods.

They saw. They saw. That was the only thing going through my mind as I ran through the forest. In my mind, I heard them laughing at me, teasing me, and worst of all fearing me. I don't know why I saw those images, but it felt almost like it had happened before. Imaginary laughter echoed in my ears as I got as far away as possible from the people who had discovered my secret. Eventually I slowed down; the adrenaline that pushed me onwards slowly giving out. The one part of myself that I had almost always kept hidden was known by the two strangers I had just met. Known by the only people I felt comfortable with.

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