Chapter 18 folks, enjoy while you can ;)

Now, where were we? Oh yeah...There, standing right next to Gothel, the new nightmare queen, was dark nightmare Toothless and Hiccup!

Rapunzel gasped as she held her frying pan forward, threatening to hit the three nightmares while at the same time, not hurt them at the same time. Merida didn't know what to feel, but she grabbed her bow and arrows, getting them ready to shot just in case. Jack tighten his grip on his staff, not letting his guard down, If Gothel turned Hiccup and Toothless evil, there's no telling what they could do...

"Now where's the tough and determined looking chosen ones, or was that taken away the second I became the Boogeywoman?!" Gothel laughed, then making a fist she made her first commands towards her followers."Hiccup, Toothless... Give them a clue that you are no longer yourselves!" "And by that I mean kill them all with their worst, most terrifying nightmares in their lives!" "Better, demonstrate your powers first, to...Hmmm, oh I know...See that sea stock, you and Toothless destroy it!"

With a grin, Hiccup lifted his left hand as black sand began to come out, Toothless on the other hand already shot two plasma blasts that ended up being nightmare sand covering the sea stock Gothel pointed towards. Once the whole stock was covered, Hiccup then lifted his left arm up straight, and with an open hand, he roughly closed his hands making a fist.

At that second, the whole sea stock exploded into dust, as if it wasn't even standing there in the first place! Tooth's eyes widen in shock, as if she had the feeling she was going to faint the very second.

"Now Hiccup and Toothless, destroy those ten sea stocks in less than eight seconds, starting now!"

Following Gothel's orders, Toothless shot ten quick plasma blasts, without any limit and Hiccup didn't even do the fist but the way his eyes stared at the sea stocks, then his eyes narrowed and BOOM! Ten explosives, and ten stocks were gone and crushed into dust. Now Rapunzel and Merida, not to mention Flynn, all looked like they were either going to be sick and throw up or faint dead away to the ground.

"Stoick,you should see the look at your face right now. Please, don't tell me that Hiccup, even your own wife Valka never told you what happened after that encounter with Pitch?" Once those words slipped from Gothel's lips, Stoick was taken aback along with everyone else. What is she talking about? There's no way Hiccup and Valka would be hiding more secrets, especially from Stoick?

"Oh, sorry. Those words just slipped, now Hiccup!" "Boy is it okay I let your little friends into your little secret?" Hiccup, for some reason didn't speak an answer, all he did was nod, still in the evil trance. Now this worried everyone in the room, especially a certain father and friends. "Well, I should tell you all. Stoick, if you recall, two weeks after Pitch announced Hiccup's destiny, you were at a voyage to that dragon nest thingy and that's when I decided to make thing more...Difficult.."

Gothel then raised a large black orb and it soon began to get clearer as it began to show the past. "I'll just show you what happened...And it all was true."

Three year old Hiccup was drawing sadly behind a rock, wiping a tear from his eyes. "Great, I wake up early today because I had another nightamre, I tripped over a helmet, fall down the stairs and soon I found some dark sand coming out of my hands...And...And..."

A Few Moments Earlier

"Mom...Mom.." "Mo- woooooaaaahhh!" Hiccup tripped over a helmet, fell down the stairs until he landed on the floor. "Oww...That hurts...Wait, what the!?"

There on his fingertips, small strands of black sand began to spread, causing Hiccup to shake and begin to panic! He quickly got up and decided to go outside to find his mother, but then found her in the kitchen, humming as she was getting breakfast ready, well until Hiccup's tiny voice popped in. "Momma, momma...There's something wrong with my hands!" "Look, I don't know what it is!"

Valka looked down at Hiccup, believing that her son got a splinter but once she saw the black sand, she dropped the plates as she stood still, shocked.

"Momma?" "What is it? It just came after waking up from a bad dream...What's-"

Before Hiccup could finish, he felt his mother shove his hands to the side rather harshly as she yelled at him while shaking him roughly. "No...Stop that sand making Hiccup!" "You must never do that! DO YOU HEAR ME, NEVER! YOU WICKED CHILD, STOP MAKING THIS NIGHTAMRE SAND!

"MOMMA, WHAT'S WRONG!" "DID YOU SAY NIGHTMARE SAND!?" "MOMMA?!" "MOMMA!?"

Hiccup was panicking as his mother roughly shoo him, never in his three years of life had his mother talk to him so harshly. Before he could scream some more, he felt his mother's hand slap him in the cheek, very painfully but the sand was gone. He then realized that his mother had slapped him, really hard that they both stood still silently for a long moment.

Hiccup's eyes began to get watery as he slowly took a step back. Before his mother could even speak, he muttered. "I...I gotta go, not hungry..." With that, he quickly opened the door and ran out. He just ran as he ignored his mother's shouts that he couldn't tell what she was saying. Hiccup ran, and ran towards the forest, as fear consumed him.

He then sat behind a rock and there he sat while he began to draw. After he wiped that small tear, more tears fell from eyes. 'W-w-why?" "Why did Pitch chose me to be his nightmare dreamer?" "I-I am nothing but a monster!" "I'm such a monster, that even my mom is beginning to be afraid of me!"

"Oh sweet child, such a precious broken child..."

Hiccup gasped and turned around to see a strange woman in a red dress wearing a dark cape as she placed her hood down. "So you are convinced that you are a monster...Well, why do you think I am here to help ease your pain."

Hiccup looked up from his rock spot, wiping his tears but backing away from the stranger, taking his dagger out to defend himself. "I-I-I-I don't need your help,you must be Pitch's helpers! I'm okay and if no one ever trusts me, I'm still okay!" Hiccup brought his dagger closer to defense but the stranger rubbed her boney hands on his cheek, petrifying him. "Oh what a sweet, broken boy. Holding in all your pain but that won't work, and no I'm not one of Pitch's workers." "I'm only here to make a deal with you Hiccup...Join me, help me raise my daughter and soon the three of us will rule. Pitch placed dark magic in you now, and your powers will get out of hand if you don't know how to control it." "I can help you if you just join me..."

Hiccup moved back, shaking his head. "N-n-no...I don't want to be evil...I don't want to rule the world!" "I JUST WANT TO BE A NORMAL BOY!" "Dark magic!? No...I didn't want any powers at all!"

Gothel only chuckled and pulled out a sun's gem, a very rare stone most common in other islands! "Oh Hiccup, you make me laugh...I just want to make a new destiny for you...But the affects will make you more a monster than before."

Hiccup took several steps back, afraid as he trembled in quaking fear, "Nooo...I didn't want to be more of a monster! JUST GET OUT OF HERE, LEAVE ME ALONE!" He then threw his dagger at her, but Gothel dodged, after looking at the dagger in the ground she looked up and saw Hiccup run away in fear.

He ran, and ran as far as he could. "LEAVE ME ALONE!" "I DON'T WANT TO BE A MONSTER!" "JUST LEAVE ME ALONE TO DIE!"

Hiccup ran towards the cliff, stopped at the edge, looked back to see if the stranger followed him, with a breath of relief, he sat down. "That was close."

"HA...What was, Hiccup?"

His body froze as he slowly turned his head around and discovered that the stranger was right behind him, smiling as she held the sun's gem. "Oh don't worry Hiccup, my destiny will be less painful than old Pitch Black's fate..."

"Noo..." "Please, leave me alone...Leave me alone to at least die!"

Gothel just smiled and reached her hand out for Hiccup, but he moved back, forgetting about the cliff behind him. All he did was breath fast and tremble, realizing that Gothel was even worse than Pitch. "Let me just say your destiny so you won't forget. Yes you will be Pitch's nightmare Dreamer but that'll only be for a while. Just a small moment of torture but soon I'll deliver you from that and you'll help me become the Boogeywoman, and you'll be my trusty helper, my source of all power."

Tears spilled from Hiccup's forest green eyes as he moved more back, as rocks fell to the ocean. "Leave me alone...Just stop that thing of deciding my fate!"

"Too late Hiccup, the second I place this sun gem on you, your destiny is already sealed, you have no choice of free will for your life!" Gothel then was about to place the necklace around Hiccup, who then whimpered and moved more back, but he tripped and fell! "AHHHH!" "AHHHHHH!"

Hiccup thought it was the end of his life, tears fell rapidly as he plummeted to the ocean until he felt familiar arms grab him as the shadow landed him to the other side of the cliff. "Huh?" There right in front of him, stood his mother, looking even more angrier than she was earlier, but towards the stranger. "HOW DARE YOU!" "YOU SEEM NEW HERE, SO I'M GOING TO SPELL THIS OUT SLOWLY GOTHEL..." "NEVER! EVER! NOT EVER IN MY LIFE, WILL YOU HARM MY SON!" Hiccup was taken aback, he just stared at his mother petrified and confused, just moments ago, she was afraid and angry with him, but now... He didn't have time to think, he got up and took a step back again, then heard his mother yell, "Well Hiccup, what are you waiting for!?" "GET AWAY FROM HERE!"

Without hesitation, Hiccup turned and ran as fast as he could, but by the time he was in the middle of running was until he heard his mother scream, and then sword clashing then the stranger yell, "THIS IS YOUR END VALKA!" Hiccup turned back, and ran to his mother's side, but he got held down by Gothel's shadow as he cried while pushing his way towards his mother, who was held down defenseless. "LET HER GO...PLEASE, DON'T HURT MY MOM!" Gothel laughed as her shadow held Hiccup down as she brought down a knife closer but not much towards his mother's neck. "NOT UNLESS YOU PUT ONE THAT NECKLESS MY SHADOW HAS ON IT'S HANDS. IF NOT, THEN IT'S BYE, BYE TO YOUR MOTHER!" Gothel brought the knife dangerously close to Valka, as tears fell from Hiccup's eyes. "But...But then I'll be an even worse monster..."

"Oh I see Hiccup, I understand you want to be a normal kid, but it'll cost your mother's life..." Gothel slowly brought the knife down until Hiccup cried as his fingers trembled but he grabbed the sun gem. "DON'T KILL HER! PLEASE, I'LL DO IT!" "JUST LEAVE MY MOM ALONE!"

Hiccup hesitated before placing the necklace around his neck as he heard his cry out but soon he felt such pain that it felt like ten knifes stab his neck. "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" "MAKE IT STOP, MAKE IT STOP!" He then heard his mother cry out, "NO GOTHEL, STOP THIS HE'S ONLY THREE, HE'S TOO YOUNG TO DO THIS!"

"To late, Hiccup's new destiny is set. By the way, you two must not speak any of this to anyone, especially you Hiccup, or everyone you know and love are dead. until we meet again...Ahahahahaahahaha!" With that the pain stopped, Hiccup collapsed on the floor, unconscious and Gothel left, leaving the two Haddocks in the woods, as rain began to fall heavily. Valka then got up and lifted her son up, and quickly ran home to get her son treated, as she ripped the necklace off of him, and ran.

An hour later, Hiccup woke up and realized that he was on his bed, wrapped in bandages until he remembered what he just did. "Great...Now everyone will be more afraid of me than ever...Including my mom..." He then heard footsteps come, he felt like running but before he could, Hiccup felt his mother embraced him tightly as tears fell from her forest green eyes.

"Oh Hiccup...I'm sorry...I didn't mean to hurt you before, I'm sorry.." For once Hiccup just laid on his mother's lap, tears slowly streaming down, and all he could say was." It's okay...Even I would be afraid of myself..."

"Alright enough flashbacks people, okay Hiccup, Toothless...Enough demonstrating...KILL THEM ALL NOW!" Gothel commanded, holding her wand forward.

The group saw the evil spirits following her commands, so they shielded themselves for some protection, then they heard the attack of nightmares. Believing that it was they're end, Rapunzel, Jack, Merida, and everyone else shut their eyes to avoid seeing their ends.

They expected nightamres by now, but they heard a pause. Merida was the first to open her eyes and she was completely speechless at the sight. "You guys really need to see this." Soon Jack, Eugene, Rapunzel, and everybody else opened their eyes and saw the nightmares a feet away from striking them...

See ya next time ;)