Chapter 1

Once upon one of the last days of a golden Summer, there was a boy and his dragon.

The boy, was called Hiccup Horrandus Haddok III, the dragon was called Toothless. And together they had many wonderful adventures, going wherever they wanted to go, searching the whole world for other Night Fury's and new friends. But there were still three very special friends they still needed to meet.

'Where are we going today Hiccup?' Toothless' growls said inside Hiccup's head as he stretched yawning himself awake.

"It depends on where you want to go Bud," he answered looking out over the landscape, seeing forests and mountain ranges in the distance.

Suddenly they both heard singing coming from somewhere in the forest.

*Flower gleam and glow,

Let your power shine

Make the clock revise

Bring back what once was mine

Heal what has been hurt,

Change the Fates design

Save what has been lost

Bring back what once was mine

What once was mine.*

As soon as the singing stopped, the two nodded in agreement and Hiccup hopped onto the back of his dragon slipping his left prosthetic foot into the clip to control Toothless' prosthetic tail fin and the flew towards the forest and in search of the singing.

In the forest a young girl was just unraveling her just-finished-glowing magical hair from the injured rabbit she had found.

When it was unwrapped the rabbit tested his paw on the ground quickly lifting it back up and looking at the girl with big eyes.

"It's ok," the girl said in a patient and caring voice "I promise it's all better now. Trust me..."

Slowly the rabbit put it's paw back onto the ground and hopped along a bit quickening it's pace and growing his smile the more he did it. He was about to run into the forest, when he stopped and ran back to the girl, rubbing up against her showing his appreciation.

"You're welcome little guy," she said sending him on his way "Stay safe!" she called growing to her normal size after re-braiding her hair, turning around and seeing a boy and a dragon staring with wide eyes at her.

Screaming, the girl quickly shrunk herself and ran into the bushes.

"Wait please," the boy said "We didn't mean to scare you. My names Hiccup and this is Toothless. What's your name?"

"Ra... Rapunzel," the girl said quietly peeping out of the thorny branches of the bush at the boy.

"Can you come out Rapunzel?" Hiccup asked "We wont hurt you I promise."

After a few quiet minutes that seemed to stretch on for ever Rapunzel crawled out of the bush and growing in size to talk to Hiccup still a bit nervous of Toothless.

'She doesn't like me Hiccup...' Toothless said in his friends head, showing sadness as he laid down on his forepaws.

"Is... Is he ok?" Rapunzel asked taking a small step forward.

"He just thinks you don't like him..." he said "Here give me your hand..." After taking hold of Rapunzel's wrist making sure he wasn't too tight, and she couldn't slip out, he slowly moved the two of them forward placing her hand in front of Toothless' nose.

To say the Rapunzel was scared was an understatement... She was downright terrified. Never had she been this close to something this big, and scary, and able to rip her to pieces and... Her thoughts were cut off when she felt something press against the palm of her hand. Opening her eyes she saw Toothless and his big green eyes looking at her asking for her to trust him.

After a minute, Hiccup let go of Rapunzel's hand only for it to stay on the dragon's nose both staring into each others eyes.

After another minute, Toothless pulled away and looked at Hiccup.

'I like her... Can we keep her Hiccup?'

'Toothless, you can NOT keep a person.' Hiccup said though their minds so Rapunzel didn't hear, not that she would of been paying attention if she could, she was staring at the hand that had touched Toothless.

'I keep you,' Toothless said 'So why can't I keep her?'

'You do not keep me' Hiccup said checking to see if Rapunzel was alright. "And you can't keep her because she might have a family looking for her." he said not noticing he said it out loud.

"Um actually no I don't." Rapunzel said playing with a strand of her hair that got missed in the braiding. "I'm all on my own out here. Apart from my name my hair and my powers, I don't know anything about me."

'See so we CAN keep her,' Toothless said smirking and giving a small nod to Hiccup who just rolled his eyes and turned to Rapunzel.

"What do you mean your hair?" he asked.

"My... My hair is kind of special..." Rapunzel said playing with it more not wanting to make eye contact with either them.

"You going to tell us then girly?" a loud Scottish accent voice asked above them, scaring Rapunzel and making Hiccup look into the trees to see a girl sitting on a branch her back against the trunk playing with an arrow out of the quiver on her waist a bow on her lap.

Seeing the weapons Toothless started growling and showed his teeth at the new girl who scared his friend.

"No need to get annoyed at me Draco," she said putting the arrow away and jumping down. "I was only asking a question." seeing that this didn't work, she undid her belt and put her bow and quiver slowly on the ground pushing them away raising slowly hands in the air always having eye contact with Toothless.

After seeing the weapon be pushed out of her reach, Toothless retracted his teeth but still looked at her with an evil glare.

"What's it going to take for your dragon to like me boy?" the girl asked still standing where she was keeping her eyes on Toothless.

'You can start by apologizing to Rapunzel you big meany!' Toothless said narrowing his eyes.

"Er..." Hiccup said.

"There's no need to call me that," the new girl said acting as if she was hurt. "But fine I'll apologize." she said before turning to Rapunzel who was hiding behind Toothless' wing. "I'm sorry. Anything else?" she asked turning back to the dragon.

'You can hear me?' Toothless asked new eyes placed on the girl with fiery red hair.

"Sure I can hear you," she said taking a small step forward. "Can't everyone?"

"How?" Hiccup asked speaking up. "How can you hear him?"

"Anyone born from flames can hear dragons talking," she said "We just can't talk back unless we're speaking. Which sets my question to you next lad and how you can?"

"Born of flames?" Rapunzel asked coming out "And... And who are you?"

"My names Merida," she said "And 'Born of flames' means, well just that." seeing none of them understood Merida reached out her hand and in the palm a small flame appeared. "So you going to keep me too?" she said cutting off her magic and picking her bow and arrows back up smirking.

'You... You heard that?' Toothless asked backing away a bit.

"It was kind of hard to miss with your boy yelling to you you can't have her." she said coming closer one hand out the other scratching him under the chin.

"So once again setting my question to you laddie," Merida asked looking to Hiccup "How can you talk mentally to your dragon?"

"I... I don't know," Hiccup said "I've just been able to do so since we woke up together on Dragon Island all those years ago."

"Wait, What did you say your names were?" she said with new interest.

"Hiccup and Toothless, why?" Hiccup said stepping back a bit.

"Because you're legends in the dragon world for getting them out of the slavery of the Red Death and mending the bond between Viking and Dragon." Merida said giving a mocked curtsey to them.

'Do you know if there are any other me's Merida?' Toothless asked not paying attention to their talk bumping into her nearly knocking her over.

"Sorry little guy but you're the only Night Fury these eyes have ever been set on." seeing this upset him she continued "But I haven't been around tha world that much to know if I missed anything. So there might be..." Happy this got a gummy smile and a few nose bumps.

"So getting back to how this all started..." she said turning to Rapunzel "What about your hair?"

"Um... The best way to explain is for someone to get hurt. Or... Or we find something really old." Rapunzel said quickly trying not to suggest that anyone should do anything to hurt anyone else.

Suddenly for no reason at all or explanation, it started to snow and laughter could be heard, confusing the girls and annoying the boy and his dragon.

"You can use me then Blondie!" a teenagers voice said from the opposite tree Merida was in. Making them spin around to see a boy in brown pants and a blue hoodie, white hair just sticking out of the hood a frosted shepherd's staff in his arms over his shoulders.

"What do you want Jack?" Hiccup asked rolling his eyes and going to see if Toothless was alright. Being a dragon he didn't like the cold that much.

"Is it wrong to come and see my best friend?" Jack asked getting down frost spreading around where he stood, pulling his hood down reveling his face.

"Well when you're not invited or all that best of friends then it is," Hiccup said getting back up only to fall back down as he slipped on some ice Jack had just made.

Jack was laughing so much he missed the big black dragon running up and pinning him to the ground cutting his laugh short as he looked into the Night Fury's eyes.

"Hey it's just a joke Toothless, do you have to do this to me every time?" Jack asked struggling to get up.

"He only does it every time, because you knock me over every time." Hiccup said after getting back up, and coming over to pull Toothless off of the boy.

"I'm getting the feeling you two know each other then?" Merida said trying to ignore the words Toothless was whispering about the boy.

"Rapunzel, Merida, Jack Frost." Hiccup said "Jack Frost, Rapunzel, Merida." he said pointing to the appropriate girls rolling his eyes when Jack bowed with a big smile on his face.

"Ladies," he said getting back up and leaning on his staff.

"So Jackie, what ya mean Rapunzel could use you?" Merida asked.

"I'll answer that with my own question..." Jack said making a snowflake spin on his fingers "How old do you think I am?"

"17?" Merida asked shrugging.

"A... bit older."

"19," Rapunzel suggested.

"He's going to be 319 years old this Winter," Hiccup said so this would end.

"Way to cut the game Hiccup," Jack said pouting like a five year old folding his arms, trying not to laugh and cut the act at the girls stares.

"Well you sure don't act like it boy," Merida said coming to first.

"Yeah... That's what Bunny says too, But when you're a Guardian of Childhood with Fun as your center, it's kind of hard to act your age. Don't you think?"

"What are they?" Merida asked.

"The Guardians of Childhood are a bunch of people chosen by the Man in the Moon to watch over the children of the world." Jack said pointing his staff to the sky pointing to the Moon looking down on them.

"So am I a good test subject or not?" Jack said cutting the feeling and looking at Rapunzel.

"Um... I don't think it works on immortal Guardians..." she said.

"You said was 'The best way to explain is for someone to get hurt' first right?" Merida asked pulling out one of her arrows and swiping it over her left hand.

"There," she said "Now you can show us."

"Ok," Rapunzel said undoing her hair and wrapping it over Merida injured hand "Just don't... Don't freak out..." she said to the three of them.

After getting nods from everyone Rapunzel started singing.

*Flower gleam and glow,

Let your power shine*

Suddenly from the roots on her head, Rapunzel's hair began to shine as bright as the Sun and continue as it flowed all the way down.

*Make the clock revise

Bring back what once was mine*

The three teenagers and dragon were following the light of Rapunzel's hair with wide eyes and gaping mouths as it neared Merida's hand.

*Heal what has been hurt,

Change the Fates design

Save what has been lost

Bring back what once was mine

What once was mine.*

Once she stopped singing her hair stopped glowing and all eyes turned to Merida as she unwrapped her hand, gasping and showing the others that the cut was gone.

"Please don't freak out!" Rapunzel said to all of them doing her hair back up.

"I'm not freaking out are you freaking out? No I'm just surprised with you hair and the magical qualities it posses. How long has it been doing that exactly?" Merida said the only one able to speak pulling in her hand and bouncing on the balls of her feet.

"Err... Forever I guess." Rapunzel said looking to the others and silently asking if they were alright reaching her hand out to Toothless leaving the boys rambling a bit like Merida was trying to convince the others that they weren't freaking out.

"I don't know how I got it, I just have it. A bit like Hiccup and Toothless talking." she said before anyone could ask that question.

Suddenly Jack spun around holding his staff with both hands. Eyes moving side to side.

"Is everything alright?" Rapunzel asked trying to see what Jack was looking at.

But before he could answer, four black horses with glowing yellow eyes came out of the shadows one charging for each of them.