Hey guys! Sorry about the delay. This one was hard to write. I was trying to write to scare people. I wasn't trying to just write it. I want you to feel the terror of the characters in this chapter. I don't know if you'll see Hiccup for a while. They have to do a few things first.

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Chapter 7

~Jack Frost~

"Jack, where do ya plan on goin' after we get yer wand?" Merida asked and I had to admit, very valid question.

"North once told me that the Boogeyman lived under beds. But I never knew what one he lived under. But I think I do now." I grabbed my staff and looked at them. "He isn't under my bed. I don't have nightmares. He lives under the beds of people with his Nightmare powder on them. And by the way, it's a real thing. You guys ARE turning purple more and more. I told you I wasn't seeing things, you guys are just blind." I said and then looked at them with a determined stare.

"Who's bed are we crawling under, Jack?" Rapunzel asked and I looked them down.

"From the looks of it, yours, Rapunzel." I said and she sighed and tried to see what I so easily saw. She was a light dusting of purple, not completely though.

"So how do we do this?" Merida asked and I grabbed Rapunzel's wrist and led her to the fire.

"To your house."

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We dashed up to her room quickly, trying to remain unseen by her parents. We didn't want them to ask unnecessary questions.

"What do you want me to do?" Rapunzel asked me and I pointed to the bed.

"He only comes when you're asleep." I stated and she looked at her bed nervously and nodded. "Rapunzel, you need to fall asleep which open's the nightmares. I remember Pitch crawling out from Dusk's bed. I guess sleep opens the window and he just travels through that." I explained and Merida actually nodded.

"It makes sense." She agreed and Rapunzel climbed on the bed and closed her eyes. I could tell that she was shaking and she seemed even more terrified once the light was shut off. But she did her best to let her sleep deprived-self fall asleep and hopefully open the window.

Pretty soon she was almost completely unconscious and it was a difficult effort to keep Merida from falling asleep since she had the same problem.

I felt the air shift in the room. I knew Rapunzel was asleep and I felt a draft. I motioned for Merida to follow me and we crawled over to the bed and pushed everything out of the way. There was a hole. It led somewhere and I was going to find out where.

"Is it possible to bring her with us?" Merida asked and I looked up and shook my head.

"She keeps the portal opened." I pointed out and Merida pursed her lips.

"I don't want to leave her here by herself. I don't like that." She argued and I couldn't help but agree. I didn't like it either but it was something I had to get over or I wouldn't be able to find Hiccup.

I gave Merida one final look and let myself plunge into the hole and keep falling. I was falling right into Pitch's hands. And I wouldn't do anything differently. For Hiccup, I'd do anything.

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I couldn't tell where I landed. I didn't know if I was in Pitch's lair or if I landed into Rapunzel's dream. It seemed to blur together.

I took several steps forward and looked around cautiously. I was in complete darkness, yet I could see myself perfectly fine. It was just black, everywhere.

I continued to walk straight until I bumped into a door. The door was rigid like a tree trunk and I could feel something. Paper. I pulled it down and tried my best to read what it said, but it was black.

I shoved the door opened and toppled into the room it led me in and the door behind me slammed shut. I looked around and it was very clearly nighttime. I was standing on a beach, the water was black and in the distance I could see something moving in it. Something large. I took a step away from it and turned, there was a forest. Everything looked dead and for some reason, my vision was in black and white.

I didn't know where I was supposed to be so I just took a deep breath and went on into the forest with the sea creature howling behind me.

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I felt as though I was walking for hours before something finally happened. Someone ran into me. Like threw me off my feet and slammed me to the ground. I heard a yelp and then whomever it was, collapsed.

I pushed myself up and looked directly at the person and I could not have been more shocked.

"Rider?" He looked absolutely terrified.

"W-What are you doing in my dream?" He asked and I saw him quite literally trembling.

"I'm looking for Hiccup. Or the Boogeyman. I don't know. I was led into this room. Why are you here?" I asked and suddenly he looked a bit angry.

"You! You rubbed your hand on my face and ever since then I've had nightmares!" He recalled and I was impressed that he was able to make that connection so easily.

"Yelling isn't going to make Nessie calm down any." I said simply as we heard the howl in the background. He shook his head vigorously.

"N-no. That's not Nessie. It's Cthulu." Well that made it slightly more terrifying. "And ever hour he comes out of the ocean to try to find me." Okay. Well that is pretty terrifying.

"When was the last hour?" He looked down at his wrist which seemed to be a count down.

"That was about 54 minutes ago." He squeaked and jumped back up. "We have to go!" He yelled and grabbed my arm.

"Rider!"

"Eugene!" He corrected in a panicked voice.

"Your name is Eugene…?" He glared at me and nudged me to go.

"Come on!" He began sprinting through the woods and I quickly followed after him. It was rather hard maneuvering my cane around but I tried my best not to slam into anything.

I heard a beep blaring and Eugene let out a sob. The ground started to shake and he just collapsed to the ground. He hugged his knees and kept his face down. I couldn't even imagine how terrified he was.

"Why don't you fight him? You're a wizard!" I said and he shook his head and rocked back and forth.

"I can't wake up, Jack! I'm stuck here!" That's when I noticed the severity of his dilemma. Hiccup was literally dragged into his nightmares. So was Eugene. I'm technically here too. If we die here, we die. We are physically in his dream right now.

"How long does he come out of the water for?" I asked quietly and he shakily brought his arm to his sight.

"Counter says 24:56." He sniffled and I grabbed him and yanked him up. Everything was so dark in his nightmare. I could hear Cthulu making waves trying to get out of the water and each step closer Eugene was closer to having a panic attack.

"Eugene, you have to know where to go to get out of your dream." I said with my heart pounding in my chest. He nodded and when he nodded I was angry. Why didn't he just do it then? Why did he wait? "What do we have to do?" I asked and he shook his head. "Eugene."

"…We have to swim. My safe zone is under the water." That's when my heart just stopped. I'm terrified of the water. Especially at night time. "But I have to go when he isn't in there. But even then, the water is black. I can't see anything. I don't know what else is hiding in it. I don't know if you saw it, but there's a dock on the island next to us. It has the portal to get out of here. But it'll just bring us to someone else's nightmare."

The more he talked the more I realized how paralyzed in fear I was. I didn't want to go. I wanted to sit down next to him and cry. How did I expect to do this on my own? Why didn't I let the adults do it?

"Your necklace is flashing." Eugene said offhandedly. "It's purple."

Rapunzel.

I couldn't give up. Now Rapunzel was in trouble. I had to get over my fear. I heard trees crunch in the distance. When I looked up I could see the large figure of Cthulu. He was scanning the area and lucky for us, he was facing the wrong way.

"We have 22:43 to make it to the other island before Cthulu goes back in the water." Eugene said and stood up on shaky legs. "I couldn't do it before but I think I can do it with you here. I kinda feel safer." That was awkwardly touching. I smiled at him, he gave me a very weak, strained smile and I grabbed his hand and dashed through the woods. I held my staff tightly as if it would give me an answer but it didn't. As we drew nearer to the water I got more and more nervous.

My heart was pounding and we reached it. The sand was between my toes and it would almost look peaceful if the water didn't rush to meet our feet and our feet disappeared under the thin layer of black water. The water receded and we were able to see them again. If we swim, we will literally see nothing. It had the thick color of tar but the consistency of water. That scared me the most.

"Are you coming?" Eugene asked softly and shrank back a bit when he heard the growl through the air.

"Yes." I knew Eugene and I didn't like each other… No. Flynn and I didn't like each other. Eugene was just a boy. He was like me but a few years older. He was scared too. He was just a kid and he looked at me for help. I couldn't chicken out.

I rushed into the water and it was a lot warmer than I expected it to be. I really didn't like it. I liked cold. I heard Eugene behind me and felt more confident. I swam as hard as I could. Eugene swam right next to me. He took a minute to look at his arm. We had 13:49 left to swim over a mile to the dock. I didn't see how that would work. Especially when I was paralyzed in fear. I looked down and all I saw was black. I couldn't see myself. I had to stop myself from hyperventilating but I didn't know what was right beneath me. I couldn't see anything. I could be dragged to the bottom and never be seen again. I could die right here and be Cthulu's new snack.

"Jack!" Eugene called and I looked at him. Through the black and white I saw his eyes. Brown. "I'm right here. Don't chicken out. We have to do this." He was right. I couldn't chicken out. I kept swimming. I was so tired but I kept pushing myself harder and harder.

We swam side by side and didn't once look back. We didn't pay attention to the howls from the sea creature. We just kept going. And when I felt myself faltering, I looked at Eugene who kept going. He was safe. He said he was safe because I was here. And who am I to keep him from thinking that I'm his safe haven?

It looked like he hit a barrier. He just stopped and looked at me.

"We have less than a two minutes." He noted and we looked at the dock which seemed to be forever away. "Thank you for trying, Jack but we're dead." He said sadly and grabbed my hand.

He flinched away from me.

"How are you so cold?" He asked and I smiled.

"My name is Jack Frost." I said simply, trying to keep the mood light. "Even my name is cold." Eugene looked like he had a realization.

"Jack Frost. That's the spirit of winter." He said with a grin.

"…Yes." Cthulu started to make his way back to the water.

"Jack! You're Jack Frost! Spirit of winter! Why didn't you freeze the water over?!" My eyes widened and I grinned.

"You're a genius!" I pulled my staff off from the strap on my back and felt the cold prickle my fingers as I removed it from the water. I watched as the ice started to thicken, but only in one area. It was like a mini raft. I pushed Eugene on it and he pulled me on.

"Let's have some fun." I said with a smile and Eugene nodded and we heard a splash.

I slammed my staff in front of me and watched as the ice created a straight path to the dock and we ran. We were sliding a lot and we had about a half mile to go but we ran as fast as we could. We paid no attention to the fact that Cthulu was getting closer and closer because we were almost there. I could see the portal.

But then I noticed how close Cthulu was getting. Eugene was behind me. I paused and let him run in front of me and with the greatest force I could, pushed him with all the wind I had and he went very quickly right by the portal. I began running again but I felt better because he was safe.

"Go! I'll get there!" I yelled and Eugene looked terrified.

"He's right behind you!" He yelled and I got angry.

"Go!" He shook his head.

"It's my dream! The portal will close if I go in!" I'd be stuck in here forever. "HURRY UP!" He looked more terrified than I'd ever seen him look before. He was around 90 feet away from this creature and got a perfect view of him. That's why I didn't turn around. I felt him breath and I heard him, but I didn't turn around.

My heart was pounding and I tried to make the wind bring me to the portal faster but Cthulu was in the way of that. He was so close to me and Eugene was waiting for me. He didn't want me to get stuck. He stood there and watched, paralyzed in horror of the creature not too far behind me. But he waited.

I slipped. I toppled over and slid on the ice and ironically, it was the greatest thing to happen to me. I slid faster and I soon felt Eugene grab my hand and pulled me into the portal that closed immediately, saving us from his nightmare.

I couldn't breath. I heaved and I was shaking and so was he. But we were safe now.

At least, until we remembered we were in another nightmare.

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