"Ho, Ho, it looks like the water thief is alright." the chief boomed in a deep voice. A man sat next to him who had his left arm replaced with a hook and a peg leg was visible underneath the table. "This is my friend, and Hiccups mentor, Gobber." the chief stated.

The man spoke in a heavy accent "Wow, she's a pretty lass. I can see why you didn't show up at the forge eh Hiccup" he said jestingly but there was some subtle annoyance with Hiccup in his statement. Astrid growled behind me and then Gobber lost his smile immediately.

"So are you going to tell us your name lass?" the chief asked.

"I ... um ... actually kind of ... forgot it?" I tentatively replied.

The chief got a look on his face that was either confusion or anger. Either way I flinched as he said "What?!".

It was Astrid who then spoke up "Gothi says she could have lost her memory from being lost at sea for so long. She apparently can't even remember where she comes from or who her tribe is."

I looked back grateful to her and she just nodded. The chief looked me over with a skeptical look and then gestured for me to come forward.

"Let me have a look at that necklace you got" I looked down realized I had a necklace with a crest on it. I quickly passed it to him and he examined it thoroughly.

He then passed it over to Gobber and asked "Do you recognize that seal Gobber" he asked. I was scared half expecting him to say 'Yes it from our worst enemies tribe'.

"I'll check tomorrow in the Book of Seals if there is a match but i've never seen anything close to it." the blond peg legged viking said. He passed it back to the chief who in turn passed it back to me.

"Sorry lass but you are going to have to stay put for a while." the chief said. "You can call your home here for the time being. There are beds over in that corner so you can sleep and you are welcome to help yourself to the meals here in the great hall."

I nodded to him and said "Thank you".

I started to back away when the chief said "Before you go and rest I would like to hear the story of how you found yourself in my house this morning."

"Oh boy this aught to be a good one." said Gobber.

"I woke up in Gothi's hut and I didn't know were I was or how I got there so I was frighted." I started recalling the days events "I ran out of the hut and fell off the porch. I then ran into the forrest and made my way towards the town because I was so thirsty ..."

"Berk" the chief interjected.

I nodded and continued "Yes ... Berk and then I got to the tree-line and your house was the closest and most isolated so I snuck in through the backdoor. I found some water and bread in there. I heard the door opening and I ..." I suddenly remembered my deal with Hiccup and then continued "... I ducked out the back. Toothless caught me and Hiccup asked me what I was doing and if he could trust me not to run off. Then Astrid showed up and I guess you were there for that bit."

Astrid made a small noise behind me and I knew she noticed that there was no way I could have slipped out the back at that time because she was just departing to check at Gothi's hut.

However the chief accepted this story and then asked "What were you going to do if you didn't get caught?".

"I was going to ... steal a ship" I timidly stated, thinking I wold spark the huge man's wrath.

"You can sail on your own?" he asked.

"I ..." I started but then I realized I had no memories of sailing "I ... Think I can? Maybe."

The chief noticed that I was struggling to think so he said "Alright, go and get some food and rest lass we will see if that seal shows up in the Book of Seals tomorrow morning."

I turned around and looked at Hiccup and Astrid and Hiccup said "We are gonna get something to eat so do you want to join us or are you too tired."

"Thanks i'm starving" I replied.

As we were walking away from the chiefs table Astrid had a puzzled look on her face. It quickly turned into a smile and a smirk.

Hiccup noticed this and and asked "Why are you so happy"

She turned to me and said "You beat him up didn't you?"

Hiccup replied stuttering "No! I mean what are you ... talking about ... Astrid. Beat who up?".

"How did you do it?" asked Astrid with a big smile on her face.

As Astrid already seemed to know so I responded quiet enough so that the chief wouldn't hear "I ... um ... hit him into the wall and twisted his arm behind his back."

"Awesome" Astrid cooed.

I could see she enjoyed this talk so I added "Even got him to carry the bucket for me until Toothless caught me."

This got Astrid laughing.

"Hey what happened to our deal?" Hiccup asked, rather perturbed.

Before I could answer Astrid said "And you tried to cover it up?". Astrid was in hysterics now.

"I should be asking you. You practically told her everything when you tried to deny it" I answered Hiccup's earlier question.

Astrid, now drunk with laughter, gave an impression of Hiccup denying Astrid previous question.

"I didn't tell your father and besides Astrid's is part of the deal so no one else will know." I said trying to put the matter to rest.

Astrid had just started to come down from her laughing spree when she said "Ahh ... wait i'm not in on any deal?"

"Ya Hiccup said that you wouldn't want the story told of how 'The Fearless Astrid Hofferson was petrified in fear from a hug' ".

"That ... that ... that was NOT fear ... I was just ..." Astrid stumbled though her words and I cut her off.

"Sounds like fear to me. Like I said, your in on it. If none of us tell those two stories no one's reputation will take a hit." I said smugly.

Hiccup added to the ploy too by saying "And do you really want Snotlout to know about that."

Astrid mumbled some things under he breath but eventually blurted out "Fine".

We grabbed some chicken and bread and sat down at a table on the other side of the room for some reason.

"Why did we come all the way over here to sit down?" I asked.

"Well this is the table where all the Berk teens sit" Hiccup explained.

"Why?" I asked again.

"Didn't you have a favorite seat when you were back in ... oh ... right." Astrid said trailing off at the end.