Chapter One: Birthday Surprise
Hi! I'm new to fanfiction writing and to the Big Four but I'm already obsessed. This is my first published facfic so please review. If you have any ideas, suggestions, and/or CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, I'd love to hear it. But please, if you have criticism, let it be critical and not just comments such as, "You suck!" or "This is really bad." Hope you enjoy cause though I'm pretty bad at writing I had a totally creative breakthrough with this first chapter and I can't wait to write more. My secret? Celtic music. Helps me concentrate. Also the ships here will be Jarida and Hiccunzel. I know they're not as common as Jackunzel and Merricup but I don't like those. Also I don't really know how to portray Merida's thick accent so please let me know if I'm doing that wrong. Please welcome me into the Big Four Fandom! Read and Enjoy!
The Pole was really quiet, especially for the Pole. It was a few days after Christmas, and the Guardians were celebrating, but mostly resting. There was a peace that settled over the huge workshop, muffling noises and dimming lights. The Guardians were relaxing, Tooth without her fairies, yawning and lounging on the globe, right on the Pacific ocean. Bunny was leaning casually against the window playing with one of his boomerangs, and Sandy was dozing off close by. North was lazily mending his ice train so that it would fly again. The Pole was so devoid of sound you could here a pin drop.
A crush shattered the silence like glass, and caused the Guardians to jump up, hearts racing and blood pumping. They locked eyes in panic. It couldn't be Pitch, could it?They stood at the ready, hearing footsteps and shuffling. And laughing? The Guardians glanced at each other, but this time with major confusion in their eyes. Pitch didn't laugh, and he wasn't that loud either. The warriors stared at the doorway with growing trepidation. They reeled back in shock as three teenagers burst through the doorway. There was one loud one with a wild mop of fiery red hair and a thick scottish accent. Beside her was a willowy boy with a sarcastic tone, baby face, and a wood peg for a foot. Finally there was a young girl who was barefoot, with blond hair that was ridiculously long, and the brightest smile they'd ever seen. They were completely unfazed by the Guardians, however baffled the Guardians were of them. They stumbled in, one hanging off of the other, still laughing and red in the face. The blond one proceeded to shriek, "Hide, I think he's coming!", waving her arms until the red head slapped her hand over the girl's mouth.
"Rapunzel, what's the point of hiding if he knows we're hiding?", the boy chided, making the blonde, Rapunzel blush scarlet. She was reluctantly released by her captor, and the trio hid the globe, peeking out every so often. Bunny, who was previously speechless with the rest of his fellow Guardians, finally found his voice.
"Okay,", he began, repressing anger, "WHO are YOU?!", he shouted incredulously, advancing towards the teens.
"Friends of Jack's!", Rapunzel replied cheerfully with one more of her dazzling smiles.
"I'm Hiccup, that's Rapunzel, and the one who'd head appears to be on fire is Merida.", the boy explained distractedly, while the now-appointed Merida sent a "Har har har" in his direction.
"Vhy are you here?", North followed up, still shocked.
"Oh he has an accent like you Mer!", Rapunzel squealed in delight, earning her a deadly glare from Merida.
"Lass! You're gonna get an arrow in the face in two secon's! Hush up!", the red head hissed viciously.
"Excuse the irrational women,", Hiccup said with an eye roll, earning himself a slap in the back of the head, "We-we're here to hang with Jack on his birthday. We're about to surprise him."
The Guardian's eyes widened at yet another discovery.
"Jack's friends? Jack's BIRTHDAY?", Tooth asked, befuddled.
"Yeah, s'is Birthday. Ya didn't know?", Merida asked dubiously. The Guardians shook their heads simultaneously. They each felt guilty for not asking, and didn't really know what to do now. Suddenly, the was an increase in wind.
"He's comin'!", Merida whispered excitedly.
The guardians decided to join the teenagers behind the globe as well, as they heard footsteps near the doorway. Jack stumbled in, but there was something wrong. His breathing was ragged, and when the group looked, they saw an arrow stuck right through Jack's head and blood streaming down his checks.
"Jack!", Tooth and Rapunzel screamed, the blonde running to help along with Hiccup.
"What happened to you Jack! I swear I'll kill whoever did this to you!", Merida cried, her voice cracking and tears welling in her eyes.
"Guys." he wheezed, leaning into Rapunzel, he looked up at her for a second before collapsing.
Hiccup cursed under his breath, kneeling down next to Jack, while the Guardians looked at each other in dismay, until there was a gasp. Jack was stirring, and everyone rushed to gather around him. He spoke softly.
"You… you guys.. have been, ", everyone waited with baited breath for him to continue, "PRANKED!", Jack bellowed, whipping off what was a headband and not ann arrow in his head. He proceeded to do a victory lap.
"Jack," Merida growled, her face a deep magenta, "I'M GOING TO PUT A REAL ARROW THROUGH THAT STUPID, ARROGANT HEAD OF YUR'S!" She let out a strange war cry and raced after Jack.
The Guardians for the millionth time that day looked at each other. What had just happened? The teens were cultivating slowly, Rapunzel with Hiccup and Jack with Merida. Merida had caught up with Jack and full out tacked him out of the air and onto the ground. The two were laughing, a laugh the Guardians had never heard from Jack. It was the happiest they'd ever seen or heard Jack, and it put smiles on their faces but jealousy in the dark recesses of their hearts. Why didn't the winter teen laugh like that with them?
"So, why were you guys planning to surprise me?", Jack asked, his impish grin conveying he'd known about his friends' plan.
"Zel, I told you! I told you to be quiet! ARGH!", Mer exploded, stomping and throwing her bow to the floor.
Hiccup and Rapunzel were giggling and chortling because behind Merida was Jack doing an impression of her latest outburst, complete with goofy faces. Mer raised her hand to smack him, swung but Jack dodged slyly, wagging his finger and musing, "Nuh uh uh.". But his grin was slapped off his face when Merida struck like a viper. He let out a laugh then turned back to her.
"Nice arm.", he complimented, his voice dangerously low.
"I'll show you one better.", Merida teased acidly, her eyes narrowed and her arm reeling up to sock him. Her arm shot up but Jack caught it swirly with his hand and used the momentum to spin Mer and then dip her low.
"You were saying?", he asked, when the red head in his arm bit at his nose. He bit back, and they continued until Hiccup cleared his through, and both whipped their heads up, startled out of their own little world.
"You might want to stop that before one of you loses a nose," Hiccup suggested, barely containing his laughs, "Plus I think you freaked Rapunzel out." Sure enough the blond had a horrified expression on her face. Merida was giggling until they all heard a click and looked around widely for the source. Rapunzel gasped and pointed at Jack, a wicked smile plastered on his face and a phone in hand.
"Don't worry, I won't use it for any malicious purposes." he assured her, tucking the phone into his pocket for emphasis. Rapunzel, appeased, turned her back to the winter teen, walking back to Hiccup.
Jack held his hand up to Merida's ear, shielding his mouth, and muttered audibly, "Except blackmail."
"I heard that!", Rapunzel shot behind her, causing lots of laughter.
Hiccup clapped his hands and announced, "Well it' your Birthday Jack."
The winter teen's eyes widened as he remembered. It was his Birthday! He hadn't celebrated it in centuries, so it had totally slipped his mind. The Guardians were spooked. The kid didn't remember his own Birthday?!
"You forgot.", Hiccup stated, predicting this. Jack nodded, laughing softly.
"Well, we thought maybe we could go ice scatting.", Hiccup suggested.
"Ice scatting!", Jack cried, his eyes lighting up. He totally abandoned Merida, and she was sent tumbling to the floor until Jack realized he'd dropped her and hastily caught her and pulled her onto her feet.
"On his first attempt to be romantic, Jack almost drops the girl. This bodes well.", Hiccup narrated sarcastically. Rapunzel was giggling uncontrollably, Merida was rolling on the floor, and Hiccup was chortling.
Jack grumbled, "Shut up Hicc,", but he couldn't contain his laugh and soon he joined Merida on the floor. And though neither said anything, Merida had found the gesture really romantic and Jack had been going for that vibe.
"Let's go guys!", Rapunzel shouted, her voice raised up several octaves by anticipation.
"You can come to, if you want.", Jack offered, looking towards his fellow Guardians. Honestly, he appreciated them, but they weren't that close. Still, he'd love to have them.
the Guardians made a consensus with a nod. They agreed if they wanted to get to know Jack more, this was the best option. The large group of spirits headed for Jack's home, the pond.
So, First Chapter. What do you think? This is just the beginning. The real fighting and stuff doesn't get until way later, though I do plan to foreshadow in one of the earlier chapters. Though, you don't want to miss out on those. Drunk Jack and Merida equals clashing feelings. And the Guardians are going to learn a lot about their youngest member and what he is like. BONDING. Please review. I promise to update soon.