As they arrived on Berk, all the riders entering a large dome cage with their dragons; however, their newest rider did not.

Hiccup dismounted off of Toothless and asked, "Why did you stop out there?" Via was hesitant and so was her dragon, who in turn looked pissed off actually and refused to budge.

She dismounted and asked bitterly, "Why are you leading me to a cage of all the places on the island near your village? Am I really not trust worthy or is my dragon the reason?"

Hiccup gasped, "No, no, no, no! It's nothing like that!" Astrid nodded, "This is just where we train mostly and usually land."

"I just….we don't like being in a cage." Fishlegs furrowed his brows and asked sympathetically, "Were you locked in a cage before Via?" She glanced over at her dragon and murmured, "Not exactly….can I have a tour of the island?"

Hiccup scratched the back of his head and approached her, "Well, I really need to tell my dad about you first since he is the chief and we don't want the people to panic seeing your dragon running around."

She arched a brow, "Does your village have something against dragons?" "No, it's just we were attacked once by a lot of Changewings when some of their eggs were brought here by accident. They thought they were stones of good fortune." As Hiccup said this he scowled at Snotlout; who just muttered, "Don't just glare at me Fishlegs found them first." "Yes, but if you remember correctly I returned the egg!"

Via just went wide-eyed, "Wow. You guys really had a death wish, especially after you found out what they were." Astrid sighed, "Don't remind them they just might be dumb enough to do it again."

The twins both spouted in unison, "I resemble that remark!"

They all face palmed with that said a deep voice asked, "What's going on here Hiccup? Did you find someone on the island Trader Johann told us about?"


He stopped short when he saw the young woman who just stared right back with widened eyes, "Wow, you're tall." He just smirked, "I take it you're what's all the fuss about?" "Yep, but I wasn't in distress though."

Hiccup nodded and told him excitedly as Via scowled, "This is Via, she was marooned on Changewind island dad and…"

The woman interrupted, "AND she can speak for herself and may not want to keep talking about being marooned on an island with acid spitting dragons."

The chief just nodded and held out his hand, "Forgive my son Via, it's not every day we get a new comer from interesting origins. I'm Stoic the Vast and chief of Berk."

She took his hand nodding, "Nice to meet you, Via as Hiccup told you already. I don't mean to be rude it's just, I'm not use to all this."

"Perfectly understandable, would you like a tour?" "Yes please, anything to get my mind off this nosy bunch." He arched a thick brow at the group of older teens and shrugged, "Alright, follow me."

Hiccup's mouth dropped, "But dad, she needs to get use to us and she's a dragon rider so she…"

Stoic raised his hand to silence his son, "She needs to feel welcomed to our village and allowed to take her time to adjust. I'll handle this while you go help fix Sven's fence, those wild boar's tore it up again and his sheep got out so you'll need to catch them too."


*As she walked alongside the chief taking in the sights until he asked, "So, it must be a relief for you to come back to this sort of living again eh?"

She nodded a little, "Yeah sort of, I really don't know this way of living either. I'm not sure what to do about it." The chief narrowed his gaze, "What do you mean? Have you been living with dragons your whole life?" "No….definitely not…..it's hard to explain but I don't want to talk about it….not yet anyway. I know you and your son mean well and it IS suspicious for me not to tell, but I'm not comfortable spilling my guts to strangers."

When they came to a bench they both sat down as he nodded, "Understandable, I didn't mean to pry forgive me. I'll make sure that Hiccup and the others give you space about this subject." "It's ok; I understand and really appreciate it. Once I get to know you all better I'll tell you my story….hopefully not a crowd of people."

He chuckled and patted her on the back, "I agree lass, so let's change the subject. You ride a dragon?"

She smirked, "Yeah, I'm not afraid to tell anyone that." "I didn't see a dragon when I arrived; is it here or back on the island?" She arched a brow smirking, "He's here and disappeared before you even showed up. He's not really friendly to other humans except me since all we ran into were bad Vikings, Hiccup will tell you that part I'm sure."

Stoic sighed, "That he will, I apologize for my son's behavior. He just gets so enthusiastic with new discoveries, dragons and riders." "He's been really sweet just not tactful right at the moment."

"He takes a lot after his mother, would you like to meet my dragon Skullcrusher?" "Sure! I don't get to see many other types of dragons."

As they walked to the edge of the village Stoic couldn't help but notice the large bite mark on her left arm, obviously not from a Changewing but wondered what dragon did that.


*The day went by fairly smoothly as they arrived at Gobber's; the gang was there and Hiccup and Astrid apologized for the way they crowded her earlier and she forgave them.

With that said as the man called Gobber was chatting away about how he lost his arm…again….to a dragon when she squealed and ran off to pet a Terrible Terror, "Well aren't you a cute little thing. Awww~

The tiny dragon loved the attention and kept snuggling against her as Ruffnut gagged, "She's so affectionate…..it's making me sick." Astrid nodded, "She apparently IS really affectionate since she hugged us all….even Snotlut and the twins."

Gobber just made a face in shock, "She willingly did that did she?" As they all stared at her playing tag with the small dragon he mused, "That settles it; she hasn't got much up top."

Tuffnut just crossed his arms with a smirk, "I wouldn't say that~"

Gobber smacked him on the helmet, "Get your mind out the gutter boy!" The twin just groaned and whined, "What gutter!? Do you see a gutter anywhere?"

Gobbered groaned and rubbed his aching head, "I keep forgetting who I'm talking to…I meant she's a bit loopy!"

Hiccup frowned, "Don't say that Gobber, she seems fine." Ruffnut sighed, "Poor Hiccup, she's playing leap frog with a dragon and treating it like a baby….she's crazy."

"She WAS marooned on an island with nothing but Changewing dragons for company for half a year."

Gobber nodded and continued his work, "Yep, that'll do it."


*As the sun began to set she stayed at Stoic's house for the night, but when dawn came Hiccup couldn't find her. "I gave her my bed as I slept downstairs to make her more comfortable but where is she?"

He gasped and looked for the book of dragons, déjà vu kicking in like when they met Heather, but the book was still in the hiding spot as Toothless began grunting and looked up at the ceiling.

"What is it bud? She can't be up there can she?"

He climbed out his window and peeked on the roof to see her sleeping next to her dragon. "Well that's weird…..at least we know her dragon didn't go far after he disappeared."

"Morning." He blushed being caught and muttered, "I'm sorry did I wake you?" She yawned, "Sort of, I heard your metal leg clanging. I hate being a light sleeper."

"If you don't mind me asking, why are you sleeping out here?" Via just stretched, "I'm use to sleeping outside and those boards hurt my back. HOW do you sleep on that thing? The grass and this roof is more comfortable."

Hiccup just shrugged, "I'm use to it I guess….well I'm glad your dragon came back." "Oh he won't leave me behind; we had a nice chat last night about our new home. It'll take some getting used to but I think we can handle it. I would like a favor though."

"Sure, what is it?"

She blushed and fiddled with her hair, "Can I have my own home? Up there." She pointed on a vacant spot behind Hiccup's house on the hill.

He thought about it and murmured, "Um…I don't see why not, I'll have to ask my dad. Why that spot if you don't mind me asking?" "It's a nice spot that's not too close to the others houses and not too far away, and so we can have some privacy without noisy neighbors."

Hiccup laughed, "I see your point, a lot of racket does happen in Berk sometimes. I'll be back."

Via sighed and patted her dragon on the head, "Well, here's to a new start for us." Her dragon snorted and made her smirk but a sudden yell made them both jump and she slid off the roof until her dragon whipped his tail around to grab her by the ankle.

Hanging upside down with a scowl she was literally face to face with Tuffnut, "Just hanging around I see." She arched a brow at his mischievous grin but muttered, "No thanks to you, what were yelling for?"

"Oh I just wanted you to know that I'm going to be keeping a very close eye on you missy." "Huh?" He patted her cheek musing, "I see what's going on here. Wanting to live somewhere more private, sleeping on the roof, falling off on purpose, it all makes sense."

Via furrowed her brows having NO clue what he talking about it, "I still don't know what you're getting at." The twin growled in annoyance and leaned closer, "You can pretend you don't know all you want, but I know the truth and your secret is safe with me."

With that said he handed her a key before turning tail and her dragon decided to finally lift her back on the roof as she sat there stumped.

Looking at the key in her hand she blurted out, "WHAT just happened!?" Her dragon had the same look on his face agreeing as they saw the Viking chief and son making their way up the hill with building supplies.

She hoped to find out but right now, her new home being built came first.


TBC:

Hope you readers like this next chapter.

I was hoping at least one person would make a suggestion for her dragon's name, but please let me know by the time I make the next chapter if anyone has any ideas

I still can't think of a name for him.