Sunlight leaked into the girl's waking eyes. Her vision focused to see a curious boy in front of her. The girl jumped to a sitting position.

"Oh, uh… Morning," The boy said, scratching the back of his neck and hoping he wasn't frightening her.

"Morning," she responded, her voice as smooth as music.

"Toothless and I found you in the forest yesterday, it seemed like you took a pretty nasty fall."

The girl glanced at the onyx black dragon bearing a toothless grin on his face. "Yeah," She chuckled.

"Do you know how it happened?" Hiccup asked, looking intently at her Amethyst eyes.

The girl stood up and faced away from Hiccup. Her hair cascaded down her back in golden waves. Her skin was slightly tanned by the afternoon sun. The girl's body was toned and tall under her tattered leggings and shirt. Red cuts showed through the slices in her clothes, torn in by the trees that broke her fall.

"I—I don't remember quite well" She muttered.

"Well, I'll leave you to remember it, come downstairs when you're ready and enjoy the finest breakfast in Berk!" Hiccup said, leaving the room. He popped his head back in the room for a moment. "Just kidding though, I probably shouldn't have raised your expectations like that."

The girl smiled, "I'm sure ill enjoy it anyways."

Hiccup raced down stairs, his loyal night fury following on his heels.

"How's our guest?" Stoick asked, placing mutton on the table.

"She's fine, she doesn't seem to remember why she plummeted into the cove though."

"Hmm…" Stoick muttered. "Anyways, ill get back to you later tonight son, Thornado and I are going to do some chiefing." He said as he left the house.

"Arya," A female voice announced from the top of the stairs.

"What?"

"My name… Its Arya," She said with a slight smile, stepping down the stairs quickly and gliding into the chair in front of Hiccup.

"Well I'm Hiccup—and that's Toothless," he said, gesturing to his dragon.

Arya nodded, staring with desire at the meal before her.

"You know, most outsiders are unable to grasp the concept of dragons and Vikings working and living together—" He said, eying her suspiciously. "—But you seem pretty okay with it…"

Arya looked up from the mutton, her eyes widening. "Well… why shouldn't they? It was pointless for dragons and Vikings to fight, so the fact that you provide dragons with shelter and food seems pretty cool."

"Ha-ha… wait until you see what we can accomplish together!" Hiccup exclaimed leading her out of the house.

Toothless jumped around exuberantly, snarling with excitement to fly.

Hiccup lifted himself onto the back of the dragon, then extended a hand to Arya.

"Just hold on," He said, a proud smirk showing on his face. He pulled Arya into the seat behind him.

"Lets go bud!" He exclaimed, leaning foreword into a riding position.

Toothless jolted foreword and leaped into the air. Wind slashed at hiccup's face. Arya's arms wrapped around Hiccup's waist as Toothless jolted higher into the air. Clouds flashed past them, and the blue horizon grew closer to them. Toothless slowed down when he reached his highest point, and dove down back into the sea of clouds. The ocean appeared before them. Its deep blue depths ominously called for them. Just as they reached the water, the dragon made a sharp turn and glided above the surface, letting the tips of his wings skim the shell of the water. White water splashed at them, providing the dragon with cooling relief. They soared over Berk, houses and fields of crops passed them by. The productive morning for these simple Vikings was a sight for those above watching over them. Arya rested her chin on Hiccup's shoulder as Toothless slowed to a calm landing on a cliff overlooking the ocean.

Hiccup laughed—"You were great, I've never taken such a calm outsider before."

"Thank you for the ride Hiccup, Berk is wonderful!"

"Hey if you want, we have a training academy right here in Berk! Maybe you could stay here for a while and try it out…"

Arya smiled—"I don't know if I'm cut out to train dragons,"

"C'mon, if you try it for one day and still don't think so I'll… I'll—" He paused to think. "I'll let you make up your own reward."

"Fine," She said. "One day!"

"How about today?"

Fine, but I better start thinking of my reward," She said with a cocky smirk, turning and facing toothless.