Hello everyone! I'm alive! *Hides as angry readers glare* I'm soooooooooooooooo sorry I haven't updated in a while. I was lazy then I was busy. I will try to be better. However, I'm not making any promises, so prepare yourself for possibly sporadic updates. I'm going to start posting a new fan fiction at some point (really bad idea, I know). Any fans of Young Justice, look out for that.
Thank you to kaitlyn19 for editing this chapter!
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Chapter 9
Catherine Mary
When we arrived back at Astrid's house, I went up to my room and grabbed my circlet and beads from where I had placed them last night. After that I tried, and failed, to braid my hair. Eventually Astrid offered to do it for me, and I immediately accepted. I showed her how the braid was supposed to go, and we started talking as she did my hair.
"How do you know how to do this, if you've forgotten everything?" Astrid asked.
I shrugged. "How do you know how to walk when you don't remember learning?" I returned, "I remember how to do things, I just don't remember learning them."
Astrid nodded and tied up my hair. "Okay. That's done. Do you need to do anything else before we leave?"
I shook my head. "Nope. I'm ready to go." As I said this, I checked my wrist to make sure the cloth was firmly knotted in place.
"Well, in that case, let's go." Astrid stood up and left the room. I followed.
Hiccup
When I got to the Academy, the others were already waiting for me. "Okay, everyone listen up!" I called. Everyone turned their attention to me. "Before we begin, I wanted to let everybody know that our… guest is coming shortly. When she arrives, everyone needs to be very careful with how they treat her. She gets scared very easily. Please be very calm and quiet around her."
Everyone nodded, but I still had a feeling that everything would go wrong. "Why do I have the feeling that I'm going to regret this?" I mumbled to myself. Still, she was going to have to meet everyone eventually. After all, there's no telling how long she'd be staying. So, I just ignored the feeling and started class.
We had just finished warming up when Astrid arrived with Catherine Mary. Everyone stopped what they were doing to look at her. When she saw everyone, her eyes widened slightly and she took a small step backwards, as if she was trying to hide behind Astrid. The rest of the teens, oblivious to her nervous actions, gathered around her. Completely ignoring my warning, they started introducing themselves, each person talking over everyone else.
"Guys?" I tried to get their attention before everything got out of hand. Unfortunately, I was too late. I saw Catherine Mary's eyes grow even bigger. A panicked expression made its way onto her face. Then, before anyone could react, Catherine Mary pushed through the ring of people surrounding her and dashed to the other side of the arena. Once there, she crouched, ready to act should it become necessary. She never took her eyes off anybody. Everyone stood frozen, startled by Catherine Mary's reaction. I glanced at Astrid who, though startled by Catherine Mary's quick reaction, did not seem at all surprised at what had happened.
Nobody moved for a moment. I was the first to break the silence. "Well, Catherine Mary, this is Snotlout, Fishlegs, and the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Everyone, this is Catherine Mary."
After that, everyone seemed to unfreeze, though everyone was more cautious than before. I was grateful for that, but I didn't want to take anymore chances so I decided to get everyone out before the situation escalated again. Astrid would take care of Catherine Mary's testing. "Okay, gang, let's go." For once, everyone seemed to take the hint, and they followed me out of the ring without complaining.
Okay. That's it. I know it's kind of short, but I figured you'd want a shorter wait and a shorter chapter instead of a longer wait and a longer chapter.
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-Hiccup
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