Jack was flying over countries. He had just finished bringing winter to the world and had had one final snowball fight with Jamie and the other children. Now the tired winter spirit was on his way back to the North Pole. North had created a bedroom just for Jack.
Since Jack had become a Guardian, a year ago, the others had been trying to make him feel as welcomed as possible. For Tooth it had been by inviting him over to spend time with her and her fairies. For Sandy it had been by providing plenty of dream sand, Bunnymund had allowed Jack to help paint his googies. And North? Well he did the only thing he could think of. He had provided Jack with a home to return to, a place for him to relax.
To Jack the Guardians had become his family. North was his dad, Toothiana was his mum and Sandy and Bunny where his brothers. He'd never tell any of them though, he was too embarrassed and scared. What would the Guardians think if he told them they were what he classed as family?
Best case they would be happy and accept their given roles. Worst case they could either laugh at him or look at him in disgust and never talk to him again until either Pitch came back or a new danger appeared.
Jack soon arrived at North's workshop. Silently he slipped through the skylight and walked towards his bedroom. He greeted the yetis and froze elves along the way. Soon his bedroom door came into view. A light blue snowflake painted onto it to symbolize his ownership of the room.
Jack didn't hesitate to reach for the door and push it open. As he did so a white light suddenly appeared on the other side. Before Jack could react it engulfed him before fading. Jack's bedroom door slowly swung shut, the only sign either it or Jack had been there was a thin layer of ice that had formed in Jack's panic. Soon it melted leaving no trace or indication of the winter spirit ever being there.
Elsa found herself staring at a pile of paperwork. Apparently since she had been crowned queen, kings and princes from all over had been sending their proposals, and the whole situation where she froze summer for a couple of day's hadn't put them off at all. Some letters were asking for her hand in marriage, some for Anna's. Many sent gifts and a few even visited for a few days.
Elsa wasn't sure how to deal with all the attention. After the frozen summer fiasco she'd been less afraid of her powers and often used them to create ice-rinks for the citizens of Arendelle, though she was still wary and kept her emotions in check just in case. She'd also gotten a lot closer to Anna and tried to spend as much time with her as possible, except paperwork and royal duties tended to get in the way quite often.
Elsa sighed, still staring at the never ending pile of paperwork. Suddenly the door in front of her opened and Anna rushed in followed quickly by Kristoff. Anna rushed over to Elsa's side.
"Come on Elsa!"
"What? Where are we going?"
"We are going to have an hour of fun as you've been sat in here since this morning. It's now after lunch."
Before Elsa could reply the pair grabbed her by the hands and pulled her towards the door. As the door opened a white light engulfed the trio. Soon the light faded leaving no trace of the trio besides a door left partly open.
Rapunzel stood at the edge of the window and looked down. Flynn was using a pair of arrows to make his descent. She hesitated for a moment, looking back into her tower. She couldn't help but debate whether she should stay instead of going on this crazy adventure. No! She was going to see those lanterns and nothing was going to stand in her way.
"You comin blondie?"
Rapunzel took a deep breath and let her hair fall out of the tower. After a split second hesitation she jumped. Effortlessly gliding down her hair. As she caught up to Flynn a bright white light appeared covering both of them before vanishing. Only two arrows stuck in the towers wall left any sort of indication that they had been there.
Merida rose to the sun shining through her window. She quickly jumped out of bed and started getting dressed. Today was a special day, it was the one day Merida had no lessons, no expectations, just the wind in her hair, her bow in her hand and her arrows on her back.
The first day had been full of laughter, she hoped today would be the same. Once ready she grabbed her bow and arrows and dived out the door. She quickly navigated the corridors without getting in anyone's way, with plenty of practice, and made her way to the kitchen. She grabbed an apple and made her way to the stables.
As she reached the door to exit the kitchen a blinding white light erupted and engulfed the princess. The light soon faded again, undetected in the empty kitchen.
Hiccup woke up and simply stared at the ceiling for a few moments. With a heavy sigh he climbed off his wooden bed and headed down stairs. His dad wasn't there, which wasn't surprising. Quickly grabbing a roll of bread, Hiccup exited his home and made his way through the village to the blacksmiths.
Every morning was the same recently. Hiccup would wake up to a silent house, spend a few seconds persuading himself to get out of bed. He's get dressed and grab something to eat before heading to the blacksmiths. Everyone just ignoring him and the few who didn't usually just bullied him verbally, it rarely got physical.
Hiccup knew he was different from the others he always had been. He was muscular like the others, he wasn't a strong fighter and he definitely didn't have the thirst for blood and battles like everyone else. But that wasn't really the problem, the village had come to accept Hiccup wasn't the most Vikingly Viking, the problem was Hiccup's interests. Sure he thought up plans and inventions these had been accepted for the most part, until the destroyed the village.
No, looking different was accepted, partly. Thinking differently had been accepted, or at least was ignored. Hiccup being Hiccup had been accepted, mostly. But what had destroyed that oh so delicate balance had been something slightly different. Hiccup had messed up big time.
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock was gay!
Not only was he a failure of a Viking but he was gay. For a Viking village being one or the other was tolerated more than accepted, but to be both! Well as others had told him, he'd been asking for the treatment he had now grown used to.
He hadn't meant for the others to find out. Sure he respected and looked up to Astrid but that was as far as the feeling developed. Hiccup had found himself looking at the male population of the village more than the female and had been caught staring at Tuffnut.
He hadn't meant to, he had just been thinking about how much strength Tuffnut had even with his stick thin body. He sighed and had been about to turn back to is work when Snotlout walked past. Of course Snotlout made a joke about Hiccup liking what he saw and preferring guys and Hiccup honestly hadn't thought to deny the joke. Next thing he knew everyone in the village knew and his father refused to look or talk to him.
Hiccup sighed as he entered the open space in front of the blacksmith. Of course the other teens were there ready with the first lot of insults and demands. Hiccup mentally prepared himself before walking towards the group. As he got closer the other teens prepared to throw their insults, but before a word could be spoken a bright white light surrounded the group. It soon faded leaving no trace of the teens.
A pond sat in the middle of a field. The moon shone above reflecting perfectly in the pond. All was still and silent. Glimpses of white could be seen as the moon sent down five moonbeams. Each landed by the edge of the pond, forming a semicircle. As the light dimmed figures emerged. In the centre beam six young Viking teenagers emerged, to their left a girl with amazingly long blonde hair and a young male appeared. To the right of the Vikings appeared a trio, two girls and one guy. Next to the trio, on the one edge of the semi-circle, stood a girl with a mass of red curly hair and bow, at the other end of the semi-circle stood a boy with a shepherd's crook.
The white light faded completely, but before anyone could speak another light appeared in the center of the pond, right on top of the moon's reflection. Stood there was a white shadow, it was shaped like a man. The shadow simply stood there observing all the young hero's and heroines.
"Welcome to the School of Heroes. I am the Man in the Moon, MIM or Manny. You have been brought together to learn, practice and master your skills and abilities. Each of you are at a different stage of your adventure. Some of you have already completed your adventure whilst others haven't even started yet. I expect all of you to be supportive and understanding of each other. You will spend a period of time in each of the worlds before being sent to the next."
The shadow, Manny, turned to Merida but slowly turned to look each teenager or young adult as he spoke their names.
"Merida of Scotland.
Elsa, Anna and Kristoff of Arendelle.
Hiccup, Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, Ruffnut and Tuffnut of Berk.
Rapunzel and Flynn of Corona.
And finally…
Jack Frost of Winter."
Each individual had stepped out as their name had been said, allowing others to know who they are. Manny soon started talking again.
"You will all start in the kingdom of Arendelle. There you will all learn about control and how emotions can affect you. Once you have done this you will return here ready to move on to the next kingdom. Good luck."
Manny emits a blast of white light, engulfing everyone around the pond. The light fades and disappears as quickly as it came, leaving no trace of the thirteen young adults.
Once again the pond is left silent and still with the moon reflecting in the water. The white shadow still stood there. Manny looks up at his home, the moon.
"I wonder…"
