Hey you guys! I say that in the weirdest way possible :). My creative juices were flowing so I worked on this on my Nook then translated it here. If you like this then I'll keep working on it and this can, like, turn into a prologue or something. Or it could just stay as a coming into powers for the Big Four! Either way, a win!
All around me, the battle went on in the grassy plain. Nightmares crashed into my friends, the slightest touch of their skin resulting in your fears appearing. I hear and unearthly scream and I jump to the side to avoid the hit. Oh, how I wish I had my powers! Unfortunately, they hadn't been unlocked yet, whatever they are.
In preparations for the battle, Jack, Merida, and Hiccup had joined with Water, Fire, and Air. Earth had not yet spoken to me and I had just learned how to wield a knife.
When I learned that I would only get a knife, I had complained to Bunny, the Easter Bunny.
"Why do I only get this small little weapon when you guys have the amazing stuff?" I had asked.
"Well, you see, you are the right size to get in close to the Nightmares. You're quick and agile so you can get in and out easily," Bunny said. The pooka pulled out his boomerangs. "You see these? They don't look like much, just a bit of wood. But, when you come down to it, these thing pack a mighty," He aims and throws the boomerang, resulting in it hitting a dummy and zooming right back, "punch. So you see that small, wee dagger can do much more than a sword at times."
Now I take out that knife, ready to help anyone. From across the plain, I see Merida ignite her body in a twisting aura of fire and the Nightmares around her disintegrate immediately. Jack creates a standing wave and Hiccup and Toothless take to the skies, already blowing out Nightmares.
Please, Earth, I need to help my friends! I whisper in my mind. No voice enters my brain or shows up. I glance at the ground below me and notice nothing different in the soil.
Choruses of screams come from behind me and I turn to see a dozen tooth fairies being surrounded by dozens of Nightmares. I run to the feathered fairies and stand between them and the Nightmares. The black sand horses inch forward as if they are going to pounce.
I turn and shout to the skies, "Hiccup, help these fairies!" I see the dark night fury turn and dive in our direction and his paws grip the group of fairies and fly off.
A Nightmare begins to take off and I tackle the thing, crying out as I do. The fears threaten to take hold, but I fight them back. Two other of the dark creatures press themselves onto me, trying to make me let go of their friend.
The fears surround and come to life before me. How many times do I have to watch Eugene die again? Hadn't I already grieved enough in my immortal lifetime? And how long must I watch my friends be tortured? And my Mother die? And see my hair be cut off into short brown hair as it is now?
A Nightmare's voice sounds in my ear, "If you let go, all you're fears will disappear." Tears threaten and my muscles pull away from the pinned Nightmare like I'm not controlling them. "Good… Almost ther-" A wall of water crashes into us, cutting off the spooky voice. The floodwaters recede and I am left gasping on a patch of grass.
Jack hovers over me, "Punzie? You okay?"
I cough and nod. With that, Jack runs before me to help North. I stand and start to walk, but my foot won't move. I glance down at them, but I don't see my feet at all… or my ankle… or my calf. My body is being swallowed by the ground below!
Panic edges up my throat and a scream lodges there. I tug at my feet but they keep sinking. When the mud reaches my waist, I begin to scream for help. I see Jack and Tooth look my way before both start speeding my way. Jack beats Tooth and crouches next to my face, screaming for me to stop. The dirt reaches my face and I gasp one last breathe of air before everything grows dark.
Earth! Help me! I plead in my mind.
After a few weeks of waiting, I finally hear her voice, So you've finally have come close enough. Thank you! I have been waiting for weeks. What took you so long? Okay so my element is a chatter box… that's just great.
I can't breathe, please help me!
Just join with me, duh! Hash tag not that hard.
You know about hash tags?
Duh! I've been around all this time, I'm going to pick up on things.
Never mind! How do I join with you?
Then Earth says something bad, Uhh… I do not know.
What!?
Calm down, just imagine being me. I obey what she says, but still no prevail. My lungs feel like they're on fire.
I feel my conscious slipping; my thoughts are half-formed, Help… please.
Then suddenly I feel a wrench on my gut and I can feel the Earth. The Earth is I. I am the Earth.
"Now we're talking," Earth and I say together. We burst out of the ground and almost immediately, Nightmares return to dust. The heads of the Guardians and my three friends turn and stare at me. In almost three minutes flat, five hundred Nightmares become dark piles of sand.
When Earth recedes from my body, I feel light-headed and lose my balance, the weight of Earth gone. Jack catches me and smiles down, his eyes looking relived. He holds me in a crouching hug and strokes my brown hair.
"Rapunzel, how dare yeh do somethin' like tha' to meh," Merida says. "You should be…" She trails off and I look up at her. She is staring at my head.
Suddenly, I can see my hair. Only, it's not brown, but blonde. My scalp pinches and releases maybe ten feet of hair.
Jack pulls back from the hug and stares at me. Suddenly I can hear Earth again, You were meant to heal and like every year, the Earth must heal itself then others. I notice an inky black wound on Jack's shoulder and hold my hair over it. Slowly, I test my voice on a song I haven't sung in three hundred years:
"Flower gleam and glow.
Let your power shine,
Make the clock reverse; bring back what once was mine.
What once was mine."
When I pull back the hair, Jack's wound is gone, but traces of anger and guilt interrupt me.
Why didn't you give me back my power when Eugene died years ago?
You were not ready then, trust me I was there with you, I felt your pain for years after you became immortal.
The Earth comes over me and turns my head in the direction of Jack, Trust me, it will be there for years to come, but there is love after love.
Then Earth leaves and I feel the pull lessen. Then Jack turns his blue eyes on my green ones.
Without a trace of doubt I step forward and hug Jack. He hugs me back.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't my favorite lovebirds?" I hear echoed above us. With a twist, I pull out my dirt-covered knife and Jack takes out his staff, which helps move the water easier. Merida ignites a bow and points it about, and Toothless opens his mouth, heating a fireball.
Pitch Black appears and laughs, "Cute." He flicks a wrist, all the weapons fly away, and Toothless spits only a speck of plasma.
"Pitch, we defeated army, we have beat you!" North yells.
"You may have destroyed my army, but I'm still standing," Pitch laughs.
I use my earth to fling a boulder in his direction, but he only curves around it, "Oh, Rapunzel." He appears beside me, taking my jaw, and tilting my face up. I jerk away from him and he chuckles. "You're the ones I want."
Run! It's a trap! I hear Earth scream. Her warning is too late, for the second I take a step, my world becomes darkness, muffling and silencing the screams of my friends.
The last thing I hear is a weak voiced Earth as she whispers, Be brave, Rapunzel I cannot help you now. Then the world drifts into darkness.
It feels a little rushed. By the way, in case you are confused, feel free to comment your questions, but most likely, they will be answered later on.
Quick Plot forecast:
Rapunzel goes back to beginning of her story and lives through how she met her friends and eventually the guardians, but she has to overcome this fear simulation sort of thing.