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The last thing I remembered was flying on Stormfly before everything went black, and I sensed nothing.

The first thing I felt after that was a horrible headache, as though my head was going to split open, but that quickly faded away as I felt weird pieces of cloth covering me.

The first thing I heard was a constant beeping, and then I heard the familiar voices of my friends, though I didn't know what they were saying. I felt my strength slowly return, and I became less and less tired until I was ready to open my eyes.

The first thing I saw was a blinding light, far brighter than even the sun. Slowly, though, things became less bright, and I could see... things.

Everything seemed so... Weird. Instead of wood, the walls were made of something white. There was a light, but it did not come from a candle, but from the ceiling itself.

"Hey, Astrid's waking up!"

The voice sounded familiar, so I turned my head to see who it was, but my vision was still adjusting, so I only saw a blur at a distance. What I did see clearly, though, was a bag. Part of it extended somewhere, so my eyes followed it to it's end point: my arm.

I instantly reached to rip it out, but one visibly older woman in red clothing grabbed me and tried to hold me down.

"Look, calm down. We'll remove it, but you could cause damage to yourself if you don't calm down."

There was no way I was going to sit here and take whatever she was going to do to me, so I did whatever self-respecting Viking would do.

I fought back.

With a quick punch to her head, she let go, and I followed up with another punch with my now-free hand. The woman in red lost her balance and fell to the ground hard. I quickly got onto my feet, ripped the bag out of my arm, and after seeing an open door, made my way towards it. I was nearly out of the room when I heard a familiar voice call out for me.

"Hey, Astrid, where are you goin'?"

'Ruffnut?'

I looked back and there she was, in her own bed, still hooked up to a bag and eating eggs and... some kind of meat.

"You should really try some of this!"

I looked at her like she was crazy, but then I noticed she wasn't the only one enjoying a meal. Snotlout, Tuffnut, and Fishlegs were also in their own beds, food in hand. Snotlout and Tuffnut couldn't eat fast enough, while Fishlegs just fidgeted while he slowly ate his meal.

"Where did you get those?"

"The person you just knocked out gave each of us breakfast after we woke up."

Before I could defend my actions, I heard someone come my way.

The walk down was... Well, quiet. I had expected more chatter from Robert and Thomas, but they were silent. As we neared our destination, I took a brief look at their faces. It was obvious that Robert wanted to be somewhere else by his expression. Thomas, meanwhile, looked rather anxious. I pushed the door open and began to turn my head back foward.

"Well my friends, here we are. Now to..."

A punch square in the nose made me stop with what I was saying.

I staggered a couple steps back as I held my shattered nose. After a second, I looked at the young woman who hit me, and I saw that she about to throw another punch. I was just barely able to get out of her fist's path.

"WOAH THERE!"

She swung at me again, this time landing a blow to my stomach. The woman attempted to land another hit, but her fist was grabbed by a security guard. She attempted to get herself free, but another guard grabbed her free hand. I took a moment to breath, but I was unsettled at the guards' attempts to further restrain her. I couldn't stand by any longer.

"STOP!"

Everyone in the room became still and turned to look back at me, including the girl.

"You two, let her go."

The guards looked at me before the elder of the two spoke up.

"But sir..."

"No buts. Now, out of here you two."

"But..."

"Now!"

The security guards let the woman go and left with some reluctance. After a moment to regain my composure, I turned my attention back to the woman, who was giving me the most confused look I've ever seen.

In the back of mind, I knew this wasn't going to be the last time I was going to see it.

I just stared at the man who just defended me despite the fact that I was pummeling him not too long ago. Why would he do that? I mean, what reason could he possibly have to have people keeping me from throttling him simply let me go?

I took a good look at him. He was wearing black clothing that covered most of his body. On the front, the coat revealed a white shirt with another piece of black cloth going down from the neck.

He coughed a little before he spoke up.

"Well, that was not what I was expecting. I do believe we got off on the wrong foot, though. Allow me to introduce myself: I am Nikolas Henderson, and those two over there..." He pointed at two men near the door. "The one with the orange shirt is Thomas Hunter, and the other one is Robert Radcliff."

Why was he doing all of this? Still, he seemed nice enough, so maybe I could trust him...

"Uh, hi..." I said as I gave a small, awkward wave, as I prepared to introduce myself and my friends.

My grin grew slightly as the woman waved at my friends. She was not going to fight... For now, anyway.

"My name is Astrid Hofferson, and my friends' are Fishlegs Ingerman, Ruffnut and Tuffnut Thorstan, and Snotlout Jorgenson." She pointed to each as she said their names.

I took a moment to look at Astrid's friends before turning my attention back to her.

"It is a pleasure meeting all of you. Any who, before anything else is done, might I suggest a change in clothing, for all of you? Can't have you all wander outside in nothing but hospital gowns, can we?"

Just to let you guys know, it may be a little while until another chapter is posted, but that is simply because my life is, well, stark raving mad. I'll be back, don't you worry.

And for those who are wondering where Hiccup is... well, let's just say I got it ALL planned...