Hey guys! Sorry it's been so long. Work and school have been very time consuming lately. I know this chapter isn't much but hopefully you'll enjoy it anyway.

ENJOY! XD

Hiccup sat with Jack in the courtyard, enjoying the sun. Toothless laid there on his back, his limbs falling in relaxed positions above him, soaking the warmth of the rays and the cool of the grass.

"Your friend seems to be enjoying himself," Jack snickered.

Hiccup looked up from his journal and smiled. "Yep, he's such a big puppy sometimes." Toothless opened an eye and softly grumbled at him. "You know it's true." Toothless puffed out of his nostrils as a sign of defeat and went back to relaxing position.

"You two have the weirdest and one of the best relationships I've ever seen."

"Thanks…I think."

"Jack! Hiccup!" Rapunzel hollered from across the yard.

The two boys looked up and saw Rapunzel waving excitedly while dragging Merida behind her. The two girls then began to head in their direction.

"I hope you don't mind but I invited them to sit with us," Jack whispered as he waved back.

"What!" Hiccup exclaimed quietly. "Why?"

"Because you need to meet new people Hic. You can't just have a dragon as your friend. One day you're going to need to rely on someone else."

Hiccup's panicked face relaxed a bit at Jack's words. He knew Jack was right. He needed to find a few more friends but he was scared. His attention was grabbed when Toothless was about to flip over and growl defensively at the two girls. "It's ok bud," Hiccup spoke in Dragonese. "They're friends." With that, Toothless calmed down and walked closer to Hiccup, curling up around him.

"Oh!" Rapunzel squealed. "How cute! He's so protective of you."

Hiccup smiled, slightly embarrassed. "He's always been protective."

"It's a bit weird if ya ask me but I respect his way of life," Merida sounded as she sat down next to Jack.

"I think it's sweet," Rapunzel tapped Toothless' head.

"So what are you two up to today?" Jack asked changing to subject, seeing how uncomfortable Hiccup was getting.

"Not much," Merida shrugged. "Still living life a day at a time. Still fighting my mum. Still stuck in a traditional family.

"At least you get to go outside the school," Rapunzel pointed out.

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked.

"At first I was locked away in a house for the first 11 years of my life and now I'm hiding behind the gates of the school," Rapunzel explained. "I'm not saying it's terrible here, it's just that I've never been to the town Corona a few miles south of here."

"Ye haven't?" Merida asked surprised.

"Nope," Rapunzel shook her head.

"If it makes you feel better," Hiccup offered. "Neither have I."

"Man!" Jack exclaimed. "You two are missing out on so much! The weird and colorful characters, the shopping malls, the movie theaters, the spor-" Suddenly, Jack gasped quickly and loudly. His eyes went wide and his hand flew to his chest.

"Jack?" Rapunzel asked. "What's wrong?"

"I-I don't know," he gasped for breathe. "I feel cold-terrified-I want to cry. I feel…" Jack then got up and flew up to the top of the fence and perched himself there, starring out into the forest.

"I don't get it," Merida crossed her arms in confusion. "He has these sudden feelings that don't seem to be him."

"You mean like how he says he's starving even though he ate enough for two people?" Hiccup asked.

"Ya," Merida nodded in agreement. "I hope he's ok."

Anna was in her own little world. She felt that anything was possible. The mayor was looking into finding her cousin. Or at least she thinks it's her cousin. Sister would be even better! She didn't care how the blonde in her dreams and faded memories was related to her, just as long as she had some family in the world.

Just thinking about that possibility made her beam with so much happiness that her surroundings almost became none existent. She began to cross the street but the red hand was up. By the time she realized she was in grave danger, a white and blue Mustang was rapidly approaching her.

Anna grabbed her red braids and shut her eyes as she waited for the impact. It came. But she fell to her side instead of her back and what felt like another body was on top of her.

"You crazy woman!" an angry male voice entered her fear stricken mind. "Watch it!"

"You shouldn't have been driving so fast," another male voice entered her mind, this one a bit shaky. "It's 35 through here not 55!"

"Whatever!" the other voice shouted as his tires screeched, taking him away from the scene.

Anna still had her eyes closed and gripping her hair tightly. She was afraid to open her eyes, afraid that she had died and she would be in heaven. Her body then began to rock as though someone was shaking her.

"Hey miss," the male voice called. He was shaking her to break her out of her fearful state. He then pulled her up to a sitting position. "Hey miss. What were you thinking? Are you ok? Do you need a doctor?"

Anna, feeling herself upright, finally began to open her eyes. In front of her, she saw an older teen with light dirty blonde hair and a snow beanie on his head. His soft brown eyes looked in hers with deep concern and worry. Her breathing finally went back to normal and her hands released her braids.

"Are you ok?" the teen asked again.

Anna nodded and looked at the crosswalk she almost died in. The reality of it suddenly hit and she shot her head back to the teen and lunged at him, engulfing him in a hug.

The teen lost his balance but put his hand behind him to stop himself from falling backwards. "Whoa! Hey there. You're fine." He then felt her body convulse against his and sounds of sobbing. "Um..miss…are you ok?"

"I almost died!" Anna cried in his shoulder. "I almost died! I almost died not knowing if she was real or not. If I had family. If-if-"

"Wait," the teen pulled her off of him. "What are you talking about?" He looked at her tear stained face and her puffy red eyes and saw what looked like loneliness.

"I was so happy that I might be reunited with a possible family member I wasn't watching where I was going and almost died. I never would have seen her, if she's real, even though I know she is but she's still a faded memory or dream, but she's the only family I have. I would have dies without seeing her again."

"Well, you didn't," he smiled. "Maybe next time, you'll watch where you're going."

"I will," Anna smiled. "Thanks for getting me out of the way."

"No problem," the teen shrugged.

"What's your name?"

"Oh. I'm Kristoff," he smiled as he held out his hand.

"I'm Anna," she returned the smile as she shook his hand.

Rapunzel wanted to help badly but she didn't know how. Jack's in pain. I can't have my friend suffer like this. She paced her room until her feet hurt. She wanted to find some way to help him. I could go looking myself. She shook her head immediately. That could get her into some serious trouble. She didn't know anything about the outside word. Maybe it would even get her killed. She was no use to Jack dead.

She then remembered something. A man her mother would converse with to get information of the illegal kind. She overheard the name mumbled or yelled at several times. If there was anyone who knew what was going on illegally, he'd know. She ran down to the library and sat down at a computer, typing furiously.

Failed result after result showed up on her searches. She was beginning to give up hope when a link on the very last page gave her a glimmer of hope. "Back Market Inquisition," she murmured. "Could mean something different but let's try it."

She clicked on the link and it brought her to a black page. She thought maybe it was loading and waited. She sat back in boredom but that's how she saw it, the slightly lighter black link in the top left hand corner. She clicked it and it brought her to a whole new page. There was a list of names which led to a way of contacting the person. She scrolled down until she found the name and clicked on it.

I am in desperate need of help. A friend of mine's sister was taken and I was hoping you could help me out. If we don't find her soon, I have no idea what they could do to her. My friend is worried and nothing else has helped to locate her. Please help. My email is glowingflower goworld. – Charlie

"Can't have the wrong people know my name," Rapunzel nodded to herself. "It's bad enough I'm giving him my email. I just hope this doesn't change my life in a bad way."

Rapunzel logged out of the computer and walked back to her dorm, worried if she did the right thing. Worried that she might have made a big mistake. But knowing she was doing it for Jack, made it worth it and calmed her conscience a bit.

"Ugh! I so bored," Merida sighed as she fell on her back, her arms thrown perpendicularly on each side of her.

"Why don't you go shoot some targets?" Astrid asked.

"Did that for 5 hours today," Merida grumbled. "I need to do something new."

"Guess that's the downside at being the best at something."

Merida lifted her head and glared at Astrid. "Like ye should be talking. Miss 'champion at hand-to-hand'. Besides, you're telling me that beating people up doesn't get boring?"

"One. I don't beat people up. Two. No one is lining up to get beaten up. Three. No one is lining up to practice hand-to-hand. Four. No it doesn't get boring because when I have to use it, it's usually to teach others how to defend themselves or to defend myself from attackers."

"Ok," Merida rolled her eyes. "I get it." She laid back on the ground and continued to stare at the sky. "Still bored though."

Astrid shut her book and smiled. "You know Mer, I hear that the Corona Arena is having a weapons expo tonight. How about you and I go and take a look?"

Merida jumped up and grabbed her things. "When do we leave?"

Astrid laughed. "Give me five minutes. I have to return this book to Jack and then I have to grab a light sweater. Be right back."

"I'll wait for ye at the gate!" Merida called as Astrid began to run towards the boy's dorm building.

Astrid zoomed up the stairs so fast that she didn't even realize she was on the right floor. She walked down the hall to Jack and Hiccup's room and went to knock on the door. When no one answered, she knocked again and wondered where Jack was. She remembered him saying that he was in his dorm at this time.

She then remembered something else; it was Hiccup's special session day. She cringed internally, afraid she might have woken him up and bent down to quietly place the book outside the door. However, when she bent down, her ear got closer to the door and she heard something that made her heart race.

She could hear what sounded like heavy breathing with crying and what sounded like object falling over. Astrid tried the door knob and found it was unlocked. She opened it slightly and peeked her head inside.

"Hello?" she whispered. "Jack? Hiccup? Is everything ok?" From out of the darkness, Toothless' face entered the light, starling her slightly. "Toothless. You scared me. Is everything ok?"

Toothless opened the door, slunk behind her and began to push her into the room. "Toothless. I can't be in here. Hiccup will-" Toothless pushed her one more time and she stumbled up to Hiccup's bed. Toothless then flicked the light on with his nose, making Astrid gasp.

Hiccup was drenched from head to toe. His auburn hair was matted to his face and the top of his shirt was drenched. Under his eyelids, she could see is eyes darting violently. His chest was heaving up and down ways to fast and his body was thrashing around, knocking things off of the nightstand. Between breathes, he was mumbling but as she stood there, his mumbling became more and more coherent.

"No…no...help me…don't eat…hurt...Dad!...dragon…Toothless…fire…Mom…help…no,no…Dad..."

Toothless cooed next to his ear and looked at Astrid for help. "I don't know what to do," Astrid whispered. "To him I'm a nobody. If he wakes up here and now to see me, what do I say?"

"NO!" Hiccup hollered causing Toothless and Astrid to jump.

Astrid didn't think. She reached out and grabbed Hiccup's flaring hand and held it firmly. She knelt down next to his bed and talked to him. "It's ok Hiccup. You're safe. It's just a dream. I'm here, don't worry. I'll never leave a friend in times of need."

Toothless stood next to her and cooed as she spoke. As Hiccup began to calm down, Toothless turned to her and gave her big gummy smile. Astrid smiled back and laughed softly. "You haven't given me one of those in years." She turned to Hiccup, her face falling slightly. "Nor have I been there for him when he needed it. That's going to change. He needs me now more than ever." Toothless nudged her arm with his head. "But don't tell him I was here tonight. Give me some time. We'll all be together again soon."

With that, she released Hiccup's hand and stood up. As she walked out of the room and towards the door, she turned off the light, engulfing the boy and his dragon in darkness. She slowly walked towards her dorm and retrieved her sweater all the while thinking of how she was going to reunite them.

"What took ye so long?' Merida asked, breaking Astrid out of her thoughts.

"What?"

"Ye have been gone for fifteen minutes."

"Sorry," Astrid smiled. "Was helping an old friend real quick."