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Chapter 8

Hiccup

After Catherine Mary ran off into the forest again, Astrid and I stood in the clearing for a moment, shocked and completely confused by what had just happened. After a minute, however, we came to our senses and immediately started chasing after her.

"What just happened?" Astrid asked as we followed our dragons.

"I have no idea," I replied. "It looked like…"

"She was talking to the wolves," Astrid finished.

I nodded. That was exactly what it seemed like. However, that was impossible. No one had ever been able to fully communicate with animals.

At that moment, we emerged in a clearing. I looked around, and noticed Catherine Mary sitting in the shadows at the edge of the clearing. She was hugging herself, and she stared at us. Her eyes were wide and she looked ready to start running at any minute.

"What…" I started, but Catherine Mary cut me off.

"That was nothing."

"You mean what you did back there with the wolves?"

"I was imitating them . That's all."

I glanced at Astrid. She didn't believe that was what happened there, either, but it was obvious that Catherine Mary wasn't going to tell us any more. For whatever reason, she seemed scared to death of what she had just done. So we dropped the subject.

"Let's go back," I suggested.

Catherine nodded, looking relieved. As I climbed on Toothless, I couldn't help but wonder what happened to this girl. For her to fear her own kind more than she fears dragons, even without her memories, someone must have done something awful to her. She seemed to want her memories so badly, but I wasn't so sure getting them back would be a good thing. Perhaps, in this case, it would be better for what was lost to stay that way. She wanted to remember a home, somewhere she belongs, but something told me she wouldn't find one in her past.

Catherine Mary

When we arrived back at Astrid's house, I went straight to bed. When I woke up again, the sun was up and most of the village was already awake. I got dressed and went to the great hall to see if there was anything left to eat. I had gotten a plate to eat and was sitting down at an empty table when I saw Astrid and Hiccup walking towards me. I immediately started thinking about the worst thing that could happen.

They're coming to ask me about what really happened last night.

No, they know what happened last night. They know that I'm different and they're coming to tease me and laugh at me. After they do that they'll kick me off the island and I will have nowhere to go.

With each thought I started to panic more and more. Each scene playing through my head was worse than the one before it. I was seriously considering running away when Hiccup and Astrid sat down. Hiccup must have noticed this, because he grabbed my wrist when he sat down, effectively cutting off my escape.

"Relax," he said, "it isn't anything bad."

I calmed down a little bit. They weren't acting like they were about to kick me off the island. They seemed just as friendly as yesterday. I nodded to Hiccup to show I heard him. Once he was sure I wasn't going to make a run for it, he let go of my arm.

"So what do you want to talk to me about?" I asked.

"We wanted to work with you today to find out what you know," Hiccup began.

"If you're asking if I've remembered anything, nothing new has come up since last night," I told them.

"That's not what we meant." It was Astrid this time. "We want to know what you can do. We aren't sure how long you'll be staying here. Until you get your memories back, you don't have anywhere else to go. Since that could happen later today or never, we decided that until you get your memories back we are going to act like you are staying here permanently. So we want to figure out what you are able to do and what you need to learn. "

I grinned. They weren't making me leave. In fact, they were willing to let me stay forever if I didn't get my memories back. All the worries had been bothering me since last night vanished. I nodded. "That seems reasonable. When do we start?"

"As soon as your ready," Hiccup answered.

"Okay. I have a couple more things to do after I eat, then we can start."

"Well, I'll let you finish up. I need to go start class." Hiccup stood and left.

I turned to Astrid. "Are you going with him?"

She shook her head. "No. I'm going to stay with you to make sure you don't get lost."

I shrugged and started eat. After a moment of silence I asked, "So what does Hiccup teach?"

"Hiccup was the first Viking to train a dragon. He's teaching the other teens about their dragons and how to train them."

"So you haven't had dragons for very long?"

"No. About a month, actually." Astrid paused before asking, "Catherine Mary, when Hiccup told us about finding you, he said when Toothless went up to you you weren't scared of him. He told us that you started petting him. You're the first person we've ever met that wasn't scared of him when you first saw him."

I shrugged. "I guess I've always been more comfortable around animals. I am now, at least. I'm not sure why." It probably had something to do with my special powers, but I had a feeling that was only part of it. The rest probably had something to do with my past, but that was just a guess. I really hoped I was wrong. If it did have something to do with my past, then it was probably a past I didn't want to remember.

I sighed and stood up, finished with my breakfast. "I'm almost ready," I told Astrid.

Astrid nodded. "Well, finish up and we'll go."

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