OKAY, EVERYONE, LISTEN UP.

This is everyone's fears brought to life, one by one. None of them are actually happening, but still, it's their fears. I will go one by one with Astrid, Snotlout, Ruffnut and Tuffnut. I call these "Fear Sequences" for no reason whatsoever. Okay, so on with this very eerie chapter!

Snotlout's Fear Sequence:

He was standing in the middle of Berk. The town was in flames, people running and screaming everywhere. Snotlout spun in a circle, assessing the area, until he spotted a heap of Monstrous Nightmare curled up on the ground, just but a few yards away.

"HOOKFANG!" Snotlout shouted, rushing towards his fallen dragon. Hookfang was laying, motionless and still, not breathing at all. Snotlout collapsed at his dragon's side, feeling tears sting his eyes.

"Hookfang…" he breathed. "No...no, Hookfang no…" His dragon was dead, but he didn't know why, nor did he understand how this tragedy had occurred. He turned around, the village still in flames, people still running, trying to put out the fire while also trying to seek shelter.

The scene shifted, and suddenly, there were Outcasts everywhere, fighting Berkians, shouting war cries and fighting to the death. Snotlout looked back at Hookfang, but the dragon was no longer there.

When he looked ahead, he had just enough time to see his Father appear, fighting an Outcast. Snotlout drew his sword and rushed to help him, but he was too late. The Outcast pulled his sword back, and ran Spitelout through.

"DAD!" Snotlout shouted, running towards the fallen body of his father. By the time he got there, though, it was too late once more. Spitelout was dead.

"No, Dad no!" Snotlout shouted, shaking his father's shoulder. "The Outcasts are here, Dad! We have to fight! DAD!" The fallen soldier didn't move. Snotlout felt tears push past his eyes, until he was bawling over the body of his dead father.

Ruffnut's Fear Sequence:

She was running through an ice cave, glancing behind her only a few times. Tuffnut was running beside her, Barf and Belch running in front of them. The two Thorstons fought to keep up, but they weren't fast enough.

Suddenly, out of no where, a large dragon appeared in front of them, and they skidded to a stop. Barf and Belch stood in front of them, hissing and growling, guarding their riders. The dragon suddenly attacked, and the two creatures fought.

Meanwhile, Ruffnut and Tuffnut were looking for an escape, when they heard their Zippleback suddenly roar in pain. They turned around just in time to watch the other dragon fling their own across the cave, where it smacked into the wall and sank to the ground, lifeless and breathless.

"NO!" Ruffnut shouted.

Oops.

Her voice alerted the other dragon of their hiding place, and it sprang into action, jumping towards Ruffnut. She shielded her face with her hands, but the hit never came. Instead, she opened her eyes to find that Tuffnut had jumped between herself and the dragon to protect her.

Unfortunatly…

"TUFFNUT!" Ruffnut shrieked at her lifeless brother. Tuffnut didn't move. Ruffnut could no longer control her tears, and she cried over the loss of her dearest brother. Suddenly, she heard a growl, and looked up just in time for the dragon to pounce her…

Tuffnut's Fear Sequence:

Ruffnut and Tuffnut were running in between two cliffsides, rocks falling around them, piling in heaps in different places. He looked at Ruffnut running behind him, and then refocused his attention on the area in front of him.

More rockslides occurred around them, and they ducked and dodged to keep from getting smashed. Suddenly, as they were still running, a huge mess of rocks and dirt tumbled down from the cliffside, straight towards the two dragon riders.

Tuffnut jumped to the side and pushed himself to the ground, his hands behind his head. Once the rockslide subsided, he opened his eyes, lifted his head, and looked around for Ruffnut.

He looked where she had just been standing, and gasped.

"SIS!" he shouted. There was a pile of rocks a rubble, obviously covering Ruffnut, crushing her, and killing her, if she wasn't already dead. Tuffnut tried to move the rocks away, but they wouldn't budge.

Ruffnut was dead.

Astrid's Fear Sequence:

She was at Avril's bedside, holding her sister's hand. The effect of the Gemsho had been quite different, resulting in the three year old earning a deadly, infectious gash across her stomach.

In other words, she wasn't expected to live.

All of a sudden, Avril's hand went limp, her breaths stopping altogether. Astrid gasped in shock and fear, panicking for just a moment, before she remembered.

This isn't real, she thought to herself. This isn't real.

When she opened her eyes again, Avril's hand was replaced by a battleaxe, and she was no longer in her house at all. She was standing in the middle of a battlefield, soldiers fighting and weapons clashing around her.

She spun around in a circle, her eyes looking at each soldier, before they finally fell on Hiccup. He was fighting Alvin the Treacherous, his sword coated in dirt, his face smudged and sweaty as if he had been fighting for hours.

She watched, wanting to race forward, but her legs didn't work. She only stood there, holding an axe she couldn't use, watching her friend fight against her enemy, neither one looking ready to give up.

This isn't real, Astrid told herself silently. None of this is real. This isn't real. It isn't real, it isn't-

"HICCUP!" she screamed. Alvin had stabbed him with no mercy, leaving Hiccup to crumple to the ground in a heap. Astrid finally found herself able to run, and she did, dropping her axe carelessly to the ground as she ran towards the fallen dragon rider.

"VICTORY IS OURS!" Alvin yelled. "HICCUP IS DEAD!"

"Hiccup!" Astrid shouted at him as she finally made it to his side, crashing to her knees, grabbing his shoulder and rolling him over roughly. He moaned in pain. He was still alive; but...not for much longer…

Astrid felt tears sting her eyes, but she refused to let them fall. No, this wasn't real. This wasn't real. Still, though, it hurt. She gathered Hiccup into her arms and cradled him gently, trying to keep herself from crying.

Hiccup glanced up at her, and barely smiled before his eyes slipped shut, his form going limp in one terrifyingly sudden moment. Astrid stared at him, her breath quickening as realization dawned on her.

This isn't real, she said to herself, her tears finally falling. This isn't real. This isn't real. This isn't real.

Why was it, though, that the more she tried to convince herself, the more doubtful the truth became?

Okay, in case the "Fear Sequences" didn't make it obvious: Snotlout is afraid of losing Hookfang and his father when he could have prevented it. Ruffnut is afraid of Tuffnut and their Zippleback sacrificing themselves for her safety, and then also death herself (yes, Ruffnut is afraid of death. It's a headcanon of mine). Tuffnut is afraid of Ruffnut dying, and of course, Astrid is afraid of watching Hiccup die a slow and painful death, along with the fear of losing Avril.

Also, the "Fear Sequences" are a little hard to understand without a set explanation: They are very straight forward and real. When going through a "Fear Sequence" it feels as though you are literally there. Like, it's so realistic, you almost can't believe it's not actually happening.

Creepy.

In case you are all wondering, we will see Hiccup's "Fear Sequence" in a later chapter, I just don't know when. Should be interesting. And no, I'm not telling you anything about it at all until it comes (he he he). :)