-"Hiccup! There you are! I was looking for you all over the village!", Meg arrived by her brother side.
He was making some adjustments for Toothless's new saddle and hadn't left the forge for hours.
-"Sorry sis, I lost track of the time. What's up?", Hiccup wiped his hands on his apron.
-"I just wanted to warn you I'm going on a flight with Luna around this island, to see what's new to explore.", Meg affirmed.
-"No. You can't.", Hiccup frowned.
-"And why is that?", Meg raised an eyebrow.
-"Because we better stay low for a while till Grimmel's threat fades at least a little.", Hiccup said, reaching a tool on the shelf above him.
-"Bro, I can take care of myself. And so is Luna. Beside this island is far from the reach of anyone. Boats, ships and even armadas can't attack us from such height.", Meg shrugged.
-"You don't know that. We don't know what Grimmel is capable of. So it's better to not take any risk for now.", Hiccup retorted.
-"Well I'm taking it anyway.", Meg groaned and turned back to Luna.
-"Meg no! I'm not asking you, I'm ordering you, as your chief!", Hiccup pointed.
-"Well, too bad you're also my brother so I'm willing to listen if I want to.", Meg grinned and took off.
She only heard Hiccup's yells before she was already far.

It had been an hour or maybe two, that Meg and Luna had fly around New Berk. They were now resting on top of one of the huge hills that raised in the middle of the island. Meg was sitting on the grass, watching the clouds while Luna was sleeping behind her.
-"There is nothing to fear here. Why Hiccup seemed so worried about it. It's not like Grimmel is going to find us right here right now.", Meg sighed.
Suddenly, Luna poked her head up, her ears jerking.
-"Luna? What-"
BOOM!
Meg jumped and stood to search where that explosion could came from. She saw smoke and she gasped.
-"Oh no.."
She saddled Luna in a blink and they went as fast as they could to the camp.
As soon as the tents were in sight, Meg blinked in horror.

Flames everywhere, people on the ground, red stains on the grass, dragons flying away. Meg told Luna to land behind the trees and wait for her here. She ran, searching for her family and her friends but couldn't find them anywhere. She called them but nothing. She saw Astrid, near a tent, leaning on logs. She ran toward her and called her name but Astrid didn't move. So she got closed and gasped, tears automatically drowning her eyes.
Astrid was lifeless, an arrow in her heart, her eyes still open.
-"No...", Meg sobbed.
She fall on her knees under the shock, tears pouring as she was staring at her best friend. Lifeless.
She suddenly felt an intense fear.
What if Hiccup was in the same state?
She shook her head and tried to find her brother at any cost. She called, screamed, shouted his name but nothing. She was in cry. She couldn't lose him too. Not him.
She walked through the flames, coughing as the toxic smoke was filling her lungs. She was starting to lose hope and her heart clenched. She finally fall on her knees and let her tears rolling down her face. She wrapped her arms around her chest, squeezing her eyes hard, praying it was just a nightmare.
She was so focused on trying to wake up that she didn't hear steps coming toward her. But one foot marched on a dry branch and made Meg stir. She turned around and only had time to hear the echo of a bow string in the air and heading straight to her. She could only close her eyes again, waiting to feel the sting.
But nothing.
She opened her eyes slowly. And that's when her heart stopped beating.
-"HICCUP!"

Hiccup was standing in front of her, an arrow piercing his chest. The owner of the weapon, had left. Hiccup fall on his knees and then on the ground before being hold into Meg's arms.
-"Hiccup! No no no no, stay with me, I'm gonna try to find someone-"
-"Meg.. no.. it's okay..", Hiccup tried to breath.
-"No no no, it's not! I'm not gonna let you die, never! You need to stay with me- LUNA!", Meg called for her dragon.
But she saw a white shape flying away with the pack of dragons. -"LUNA NO! COME BACK!", Meg yelled.
But the dragon didn't hear her and flew away, leaving her with her brother, helpless.
-"No.. no!", Meg cried hard.
-"Meg listen...", Hiccup tried to say, "You need to get as far as possible from here... save yourself...", he put his hand over the one Meg had on his face.
-"I can't.. I can't leave without you...", Meg sobbed.
-"You'll need to... you need to live..", Hiccup smiled.
-"No...", Meg broke.
-"Hey... look at me..", Hiccup asked, making Meg's eyes raising to look at his face, he was smiling, "Wherever you'll be, I will always be by your side okay? Always. I'm your twin brother... we are linked... forever... I'll always protect you... no matter what... just promise me... you'll never forget me?", he asked.
Meg's tears poured down and took his hand to kiss it. She finally nodded.
-"I love you sis.. always..", Hiccup smiled.
-"I love you too bro!", Meg cried.
Hiccup finally sighed before closing his eyes and never opened them again.
Meg screamed his name and hold him really tight.
He died to protect her.
Her brother. Her twin brother. Her only brother. Dead because of her. Because she wasn't there. Because she didn't obey him. Because she acted like a child and flew away when he asked her not to. It was her fault.
She hold him close, hugging him and crying against his hair.

-"Kill her."
She heard someone whisper and perked her head to search for the voice. She only found a woman with a long cloak and a hood on her head, a bow in her hands and ready to shot her next arrow. The man who killed Hiccup was standing next to that woman. The wind blowed at that precise moment, pushing back the hood of that mysterious lady. And that's when Meg recognized her.
-"Aby?"
The last thing Meg recalled was the tip of the arrow getting close to her head.

Meg opened her eyes and sat up with a loud gasp, waking Luna next to her.
She put a hand over her pounding heart and tried to regain a steady breath. She felt her hair sticking to her face because of the sweat and looked around her.
The Hidden World.
It was a nightmare.
It didn't happen after all. The dragons were safe. So was she. And so was probably Hiccup.
Luna poked her side and cooed in worry.
-"No it's okay sweetie.. I-I'm fine.. it was just a dream... a bad dream.", she sighed.
She patted the head of the Light Fury and cuddled against her scaly body. Luna wrapped a wing around her, like she always do when Meg sleeps next to her, and went back to sleep.
Meg get settled again. She reached for her small pouch and took a piece of fabric out. She smelled it and hold it against her heart.
It was a piece of Hiccup's torn shirt.
She sighed of relief and closed her eyes too. She smiled and cried.
Hiccup was safe. He didn't need to protect her anymore.
But that didn't stopped the fact that she missed her brother more than anything.