SARAH P.O.V

"Is she gonna be ok, Dad?"

"She should. She still has a steady pulse, but she did lose a lot of blood. She'll need to rest after these stitches are done."

I heard voices by me as I started to wake up. I felt that I wasn't in the clearing anymore. Instead, I was in some house on some bed. I felt scared, not knowing who I was with. As I started to fully awaken, I started to feel a pain in my side. It was dull at first, but then it was like fire. My eyes shot open as I screamed. Strong hands pushed me down, holding me in place. Tears streamed down my face. The pain was too much.

"Hold her down, Hiccup. If she keeps moving, these stitches are going to open again and I'll have to start over."

"I'm trying, Dad."

I looked up at the boy holding me down. He looked at me with sad eyes, like he felt sorry about the pain I felt.

"M-Make it stop! P-Please!"

"I'm sorry. I would if I could. Just look at me and try not to focus on the pain. Okay?"

I did as he asked. It was hard, but I found comfort in his green eyes. Maybe it was because they reminded me of Mother. I don't know, but I pulled myself together and let the boys father finish stitching my wound.

"There you go, lass. The wounds closed. Best get some rest so it can heal properly. Come on, Hiccup."

"Okay."

I watched as the two left the room. After, I looked around and saw that I was in a house. It was sort of like my old house on Dain. That felt nice and helped me fall asleep. I didn't really dream of anything, but the sleep was good. The bed felt better than the ground.

Yelling and roaring woke me up. I shot up, but winced. I have to more careful. That man said if I moved too much the stitches could re-open. I carefully got up. A chair stood next to the bed and had my sweater and a new shirt. The hole in my sweater had been sewed and cleaned. I put the shirt on and then my sweater. My boots were still on so I didn't have to worry about those.

It seemed hectic outside. Dragons were flying around scared and vikings were running around trying to keep the dragons under control. I couldn't quite see what was going on, but I saw that most of the commotion was coming from the center of the village. I walked through the people running around and finally came to the center. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Nadia was fighting Hiccup and Torch was keeping everyone back.

"Nadia? Torch?"

I watched as Nadia continued to fight with Hiccup. It was so unlike her to attack anyone. Nadia got some good hits in before she grabbed her ax off Torch. She kicked Hiccup down and raised the ax high.

"NADIA! NO!"

I was in front of my sister before I knew it. It was probably a stupid thing to run when I had fresh stitches, but I couldn't let Nadia hurt Hiccup. Yeah, I just met him, but I felt like there was a connection between us. Nadia looked at me confused before she dropped her ax and hugged me tightly.

"I thought I lost you, Sarah. I returned to the clearing with Torch and you weren't there and there was this strange girl carrying Icefire away in a net and I...I was worried. After what happened with Mother and Father…"

"I know, Nadia. I know and I'm sorry. Everything's fine now."

I wiped away Nadia's tears and kissed her forehead. She smiled at me like she normally did. I turned to Hiccup, who was still on the ground, and helped him up.

"I'm sorry about that, Hiccup. Nadia was just being protective."

"It's alright. Hey, what are you doing out of bed? My father said you had to stay in bed until your wound was healed. Come on."

Hiccup started to herd me back to the house, despite my protests. Nadia laughed and followed with Torch behind her. When we got back to the house, which was Hiccup's house, I climbed back into bed. Hiccup tucked me in after he checked to make sure I didn't re-open my wound. It was still closed.

"Your wound looks good. The stitches are still in place. You should be fine in a couple weeks. As you already know, my name is Hiccup and I heard your names. Sarah and Nadia?"

I nodded. "Yeah. That's right. We come from the island of Dain. It's a great place, well...it was great. It was attacked by Berserkers. Everyone we knew is either dead or enslaved. If it weren't for us having dragons, we might have shared the same fates. Wait, where are our dragons?"

"Oh, they're at our dragon stables. My friend, Astrid, brought them there. You don't have to worry though. They're in good hands."

I was glad, but then got confused. "How did you get Icefire there? She's missing half her tail. She can't fly without it."

"You're talking about the Night Fury, right? Well, Astrid carried her in a net. She would be the strange girl that Nadia saw."

"That's good. I should make sure to thank Astrid when I meet her."

Hiccup smiled. "You'll like her. She rides a Deadly Nadder named Stormfly. Well, I'll leave you to rest. I'm gonna go see what I can do about your Night Fury's tail. Bye."

I smiled and waved. "Bye, Hiccup."

Nadia smiled at me and then carefully climbed into bed next to me. We used to share a bed all the time, even when we had beds of our own.

"He seems nice. I even think there might be a crush blooming."

My cheeks went red. "What are you talking about? I just met the guy."

Nadia smirked. "Oh, Sarah. I know the look when you like a guy. He isn't that bad looking. I think you two would make a cute couple."

I growled at Nadia. "Shut up, Nadia. Go to sleep."

Nadia laughed before closing her eyes. I started to fall asleep too, but I thought about what Nadia said. Hiccup really wasn't that bad looking and I sort of had something for him. I sighed, deciding that I would think about it some other time.

~Time Skip 1 Year~

"Come on, Nadia. The race is about to start and we promised Hiccup that we would participate this time."

"I'm coming, Sarah. Hold your dragons. Sheesh."

Nadia and I had been on Berk for a year and it felt nice to be part of a tribe again. We had our own hut to live in and the other vikings treated us like we had lived on Berk our whole lives. It was even better for our dragons because they didn't have to live in fear of being hurt by humans and could be around other dragons. Icefire and Hiccup's dragon, Toothless, seemed to be best friends. It made me happy to see my girl playing with another Night Fury.

Nadia and I reached the track just as the other riders were mounting their dragons. Icefire was pacing and nearly knocked me over when she saw me.

"I'm sorry, Icefire. Nadia was taking forever."

"That's not true. You were taking your sweet time painting your face."

I stuck my tongue out at Nadia as I mounted Icefire. She was shaking with excitement as we approached the starting line. I was between Hiccup and the twins. I saw that Hiccup and Toothless were wearing red race paint.

"You look good in red."

"Thanks. You look good in red and purple."

I blushed a little when Hiccup said that. He didn't notice, which was a good thing. I didn't want him to see. Nadia saw because she was making kissy faces at me. I rolled my eyes at her. Sisters. They sure like to bug you. The race started then with a horn being blown. Everyone took off and the crowd cheered like crazy.

"Damn it, Snotlout."

Snotlout got another sheep. Icefire was close to getting it, but Hookfang got in front and blocked the way. Snotlout threw the sheep in his basket as everyone flew into the final lap. The horn went off and everyone got excited.

"The black sheep! We can still win, Icefire. Let's go!"

Icefire surged forward, her wings beating through the air. Hiccup flew up next to me, a smile on his face.

"Looks like someone is enjoying their first dragon race."

"You bet and I'm gonna win this race when I get the black sheep."

Hiccup smirked. "Is that so?"

"You bet it is."

"Well, then you'd better catch up before I get it."

Hiccup surged forward on Toothless. I wasn't going to give him the satisfaction of thinking he had me beat. I urged Icefire on and she flew fast to catch up. I heard Stoick cheer as he saw me and his son really go. We flew past the other riders, nearly knocking them off their dragons. When I flew past Nadia, she made kissy faces again. I ignored her though. All I cared about was the black sheep. I saw the sheep flying through the air and then start to fall back down. I sat forward in my saddle, eyes focused on the sheep. Icefire got ready to catch the sheep and then...out of nowhere, Toothless fly up from below and caught the sheep. Hiccup let out a whoop and smirked at me. I let out a yell of anger, but couldn't help smile at Hiccup. Hiccup dropped the sheep in his basket, winning the race.

"Congratulations, Hiccup."

"Aww. Is someone upset because they didn't win the race? Didn't you say you were going to win?"

"Don't start bragging."

Hiccup smiled and gave me a hug. I felt a little blush fall across my cheeks at the touch, but I returned the hug anyways. Hiccup pulled away first. It was a good thing because I would have blushed more if the hug lasted any longer.

"Hey, Sarah. Wanna go for a fly with me? We could look for islands. Who knows? Maybe we'll find some new dragons."

I smiled and nodded. "Sure. I'd love to go flying with you. I don't have any other plans for the day."

"Great! Let's go."