I know this is a short chapter, but I wanted to post something today. And I figured a short chapter is better than nothing, right? :-) Anyways, I just finished this chapter, so no one has edited it yet. I read through it once to check for mistakes, but that's all the editing I was able to do. I haven't had anybody else read through it because, like I said, I wanted it posted today. So, if you see any mistakes, please let me know! I will try to fix them.

Disclaimer: I don't own How To Train Your Dragon (from now on I'm just going to call it HTTYD), SO DON'T SUE ME!

Chapter 6

Catherine Mary

That night, I had a nightmare. But this nightmare was different. When you wake up from most nightmares, you can tell yourself that everything is fine. You can tell yourself that the nightmare wasn't real, that whatever horrible thing happened in the dream never really happened. But this nightmare, it wasn't just a nightmare. It was a memory. I couldn't tell myself it wasn't real, that the events in the nightmare had not taken place, because I remembered them now. I remembered them all too clearly. I remembered that my parents were dead.

In my dream, I felt the heat from the fire. It had consumed my house, and my parents were trapped inside. I remembered watching from the edge of the forest, unable to do anything to help them.

I woke up in a panic. I could still feel the heat, even though I was awake. It felt as if there was fire consuming everything around me. I left Astrid's house as silently as I could, and ran. I didn't pay attention to where I was going, until I found myself at the edge of the woods. I should've stopped there. In the back of my mind, I knew Hiccup and Astrid would be worried when they found me gone. But something urged me on.

When I entered the woods, I started to calm down again. There was a familiar and comforting feeling being surrounded by the trees I slowed down and eventually sat, just enjoying the familiarity and comfort of my surroundings and try to forget the horrible dream.

Hiccup

I woke up to someone knocking on my door. I looked outside and when I saw how late it was, I let out a groan. Why would someone be knocking in the middle of the night? I thought. I heard knocking again, and when I realized that whoever it was wasn't going to go away I slowly got up and went to answer the door. When I opened it, I saw Astrid standing outside, eyes wide with worry.

"Astrid," I started, instantly alert, "what's wrong?"

"Catherine Mary is gone," she told me. "I saw her run into the woods."

Well, that's it. Are you ready for my sob story? I have been really, really busy the past to weeks. Last weekend I had this class on Sunday to get ready for the ACT and I was doing homework on Saturday. The week before I took the SAT on Saturday and was volunteering on Sunday. And last Wednesday I had TWO papers due that I hadn't even started because of events mentioned above and homework over the rest of the week. I had to stay up until 1:00 Tuesday night to finish one of them! Luckily the second one was due at 11:59 Wednesday night so I didn't have to stay up even later to finish it. Even through all that, I updated chapters for you. Instead of sleeping in, I got up to edit the chapters and post them so that you wouldn't have to wait an indefinite amount of time to read them. Are you feeling guilty yet? Do you know how you could show me your appreciation for my dedication to this story? REVIEW! Reviews make me happy! So, please review!

Oh! Also, thank you to kaitlynn19, VictoryD, and Snitchstar for reviewing!