AN: Hey there! I had a dream the other night-

MOONCHASER: About how we only get one life. Woke me up right after two-

SKYE: Skadi's snowshoes, be quiet! Anyway, most of my fanfiction ideas come from my dreams because I have weird-a** dreams a LOT. I was in a car accident, and I fell off the Ma:Mu Canopy Walk (lol wut?) and landed in a river. Then I turned around and hey ho, Morgan Freeman was telling me I got a second chance and he turned into Stoick.

HAWKSNATCHER: You are SO CRAZY

SKYE: Yeah yeah, so are you, you oversized salamander. Anyway, I started thinking about what I would do if I was trapped on Berk, and thus Chaos Theory was born. Enjoy!

CHAPTER ONE

The water was flowing in through the vents, the gaps between the doors, where the side of the car had been dented severely. Alexis writhed in her seat, scrabbling for the seat belt. The click echoed strangely through the car. Outside, the water was covering the car, murky and invincible. Her mother was half-conscious. Alexis clawed her way to her mother's seat, managing to undo that seatbelt too.

"Wake up! Mum, wake up!" she cried, panicked. She could faintly hear sirens and screams from far above them. Her mother blearily opened her eyes.

"We have to get out!" Alexis cried. Her mother's eyes focused, and turned to the door. Water was up to her knees.

"We'll have the one chance," her mother said, fighting to stay calm. "Hold your breath."

"Hum!" Alexis blurted. Her mother blinked. "I don't know why, I can't remember. But we have to hum as we swim up. I don't know if it applies to rivers, but just in case. I read it somewhere."

"Good God, 'lexis, hum?"

"Just do it!"

"Okay…"

The water had reached Alexis' stomach, and was freezing cold, promising death. Her mother looked at her one more time, then forced the door open. Instantly, the filthy water rushed in, eager to claim the two. They kicked out, fighting their way from the car, battling to the surface. Alexis was chokingly humming, a song she wasn't sure of. Was it the national anthem? she wondered. Her mother was just ahead, kicking out frantically. The water had lightened somewhat, and Alexis knew she didn't have far to go. She kicked harder, her lungs burning like they were on a stove. Her eyes were dimming; though from lack of oxygen or from the murky water, she couldn't tell.

Then her head broke the surface. She sucked in air, soothing her lungs. Her mother was thrashing against the current ahead of her. There were ambulances and fire trucks on the bridge they had been thrown from, and firemen were already scrambling for anything that would float to throw the pair in the river. Her mother was hurled a kickboard of some description, given by a bystander.

Alexis was being swept further and further from the bridge, kicking furiously. Her head hit a branch or something protruding from the riverbed below, and her thoughts went fuzzy.

Dear God, help my mother, help her live, was Alexis' last groggy thought before being swept under once more.

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She woke on sand. Sand? she thought woozily. She dug in her fingers. Yep, sand, albeit wet sand.

What, do I build a sandcastle while waiting for Saint Peter, she wondered, then laughed, the simple hilarity of the idea seeming like the funniest joke in the world. She cracked open her sore eyes. She could see the ocean. She scrambled away from the water, hissing vehemently at the idea of being submerged once more.

Wait, she thought. This isn't Heaven. If it was, I wouldn't be scared. So where am I?

She tried to call out, but her voice caught. Clearing her throat, she tried again.

"Is there anybody here?" she yelled. Silence.

"Hello? Anybody here?" she tried again. Then a silhouette appeared from further down the beach.

"Oh, my gods. CHIEF!" the silhouette bellowed. Another joined it. They strode closer to the dripping wet, sand-covered girl. She struggled to make them out. Were they aliens? They had horns, and they were huge.

Then she saw the huge red beard, and the big furry cloak, and her knees gave way.

"You're alive," she said, before keeling over in a dead faint.

AN: Realised it's not that obvious, but this IS a chapter story! There will be more!