PRE-NOTES: Hello and welcome to my latest installment! I've been wanting to do a story like this for some time but I just havn't had the chance to really dive into it. I finally did and I hope that this series will not disappoint!

It is a little unorthodox of a series. I love the concept though and I hope you can all enjoy!

CH. 1

It was my first time driving by myself. Even though it was dark, my destination was set. I was going to Emeralds. It's the only place I knew and only place I really wanted to be around this time. Emeralds Isles was a small beach town and almost every summer for as long as I could remember we came out here. Flynn was my older brother but I constantly referred to him as Fin because I couldn't pronounce his name correctly and it just stuck with him. He my mother and I always retreated to Emeralds every summer. It was mostly due to my mothers long childhood friend, Valka – everyone called her Val. She owned the summer beach house on Emeralds.

I remember everything about that house. It was white, over looking the ocean with a private strip of beach. It looked small on the outside but inside it was huge. Us kids always had memories in that house. It's where a lot of firsts happened. Where I celebrated my birthdays every year, the first time a boy kissed me and most of all my first love. And heartbreak.

Val had two boys. Haddock, whom we called Hiccup and there was Jack. Jack was the oldest, by one year for both Hiccup and Fin. Jack was a year and a half older than me. Fin and I grew up with these boys. We were like an extended family, and that house belonged to all of us. It held all of my most precious memories and moments. They've always seen me as part of the guys and being the youngest I always got left out of the fun. I remember it was always the boys doing something. Jack was the leader naturally, he was the oldest and always loved teaching us what he's learned or trying new things. Fin and Hiccup were the same age, they followed everything Jack said as if it were the law. They both respected and looked up to Jack in a way I knew all too well.

I choked on the dryness in my throat suddenly, thinking about Jack. He was the boy I have been chasing for as long as I could remember. Val always use to say I was destined for one of her boys. My mother agreed but said I should have at least a few loves before then. She actually said lovers, but at the time it made my cheeks burn so much from embarrassment.

"I wouldn't want my boys to be with someone I didn't even know!" Val laughed and touched my platinum hair. She said she loved my long blonde hair because she was jealous she had dark hair. But I always loved her auburn hair - it was exactly like Hiccups. Dark brown with a tinge of red, and she always wore it in a braid. She was so beautiful, with her sharp cheek bones and wide almond shaped eyes.

"Val," my mom sighed, "Elsa needs to know the joys of life before all that. Plus I'm not giving my little girl up without a couple of epic lovers in her life." Mom touched my burning cheeks and winked at me.

All three of us busted out in laughter at that moment.

That summer I just turned sixteen. Last year was the last summer I had with my mom. Because on November 8th she was in a hit and run car accident. That day, not only did Fin and I lose our mother, but we lost our whole world.

My cellphone rang again as I was lost in my thoughts and I glanced at it, wiping my eyes from stray tears. I connected it to Bluetooth.

"Elsa where are you?" It was my brother, his voice sounded rushed.

"On my way to Emeralds," I just pulled into the driveway to the beach house.

"Els, there's nothing out there anymore. Moms gone, she's not going to be there and dad and I are travelling all summer."

"Don't you think I know that!" I snapped into the mic once I parked. Fin made it seem like mom was the only reason we had to come out here, but he knew it was more than that.

"I heard Jack will be there," his voice was disconnected on the other line, like he was worried about me now. His revelation came too late because I could see Jacks tan Buick in the driveway.

"I need to go Fin. If you don't want to come up here that's your own decision." I hated how hurtful I sounded. In those seconds I didn't sound like a seventeen year old. I sounded old and bitter, like I blamed him. I guess I kind of did, it wasn't right for him to push away all of moms memories. She would have wanted us out here - he could make time for the beach house. But he didn't want to.

Grabbing my bag from the trunk, I pushed past the fact I was going to be alone with Jack.

And just like that, he was standing in the doorway when I climb onto the porch.

"What are you doing here?" He seemed surprised, glancing around in the dark behind me.

"Do you not want me here?" I eyed him. He looked so different from the last time I saw him. Those baby blue jewels were tired and his light sandy blonde hair was disheveled and long around his forehead. Him and his brother really didn't look alike, aside from their handsome faces. But Jack had light hair and eyes compared to Hiccup who had dark hair and jade eyes.

Jack played hockey so he had a thick - but not too thick - chest. He looked like he had been lounging here all day, he wore a pair of grey slacks that hung off his hips and a white beater.

He shrugged, stepping back and letting me enter the threshold. Jack leaned against the stair case and watched me take off my coat and shoes.

"I thought you said you didn't ever want to see me again."

"I assumed you would have been somewhere else like you always are," I let the bitterness roll off my tongue as I watched him. He didn't falter.

"Els, don't be mad-"

"Don't be mad! How dare you say that to me. Where were you Jack! I haven't heard from you in months and all of a sudden you're here! You weren't there for my mom when she needed you the most!" I felt tears prick at my eyes again but this time I was too mad for them to spill. I just wanted to yell at him, even though I came here to relax and find sanctuary.

"It's best you don't know," he said in a low voice suddenly. "It's better you think this way of me."

"I don't want to Jack, you know that. I wasn't even hurt that you didn't show up to the funeral, I was so worried about what might have happened to you. I was hurt when you didn't contact me. Everyone else but me because you knew I needed you." A tear slipped out and I wiped it away and Jacks blue eyes widened. He clenched and clenched his fist, like he wanted to reach out and conform me.

"I'm sorry Elsa." Was all he said and I pushed past him to the stairs so he couldn't see anymore tears fall.

Elsa. Age 16.

The day I lost my mom was the day my world fell apart. Fin and I lost something so precious and we could never get that back.

I was asleep when Fin shook me awake. I could only see his outline in the darkness. His long brown hair in a dismay around his face.

"Els, wake up," his voice was strained, it sounded like he's been crying.

"Whats wrong?" I sat up.

"It's - it's mom. She's dead." He sobbed and I screamed. Fin just held me then, like a big brother protecting his sister. I tried to fight my way out of bed but he held me down. He said we shouldn't see her the way she is right now, it will be too devastating. I let him hold me down as we cried together in the darkness.

-.-.-

The day of the funeral so many people showed up. Friends, who workers, colleagues, neighbors. Everyone was here, but I was looking around the crowds shrouded in black for one family.

I spotted Valka easily, she stood in the front gazing at the pictures of my mom and her. Even cloacked in black, she was breath-taking, her long red-brown hair was in a low braid that she pulled to the side. Then I saw Hiccup step up beside her, he placed a hand on her shoulder and she leaned into him and weep.

At first I was afraid to go over and spoil the tender moment between them. I didn't want to break their spell, but Valka found me and smiled.

"My dear, what's happened," she pulled me tightly to her. I hadn't noticed how frail she was, I could feel her spine and her ribs.

"Elsa, I'm so sorry," when Val let me go Hiccup placed his arms around me. He was a lot bigger than the summer when I last saw him. His chest and biceps filled out more and in his black suit and tie he looked grown up. I always knew out of Jack and Hiccup, Hic looked more like his mom. He had her green eyes, her dark auburn hair. Hiccup was always the mamas boy of the two of them, mostly because he was the youngest. Jack says Val spoiled him the most, but I always thought they were both spoiled. They were her angels, I could see why.

"Wheres Jack?" I looked around thinking of him and Hiccup averted his eyes for the slightest of moments. Val smiled sadly and shook her head. "We haven't heard from him."

The service was about to start and we all sat in the first row with Fin. Why wasn't Jack here? How could he not be here. I felt the betrayal prick at my eyes suddenly before banishing away that thought. I was worried about him, he had a close relationship to my mother. Jack looked up to her as a role model.

Thinking about him not being here tore me apart. I sobbed and Hiccup wrapped an arm around my shoulder pulling me to him. I let myself cry for the rest of the service.

"Lets do dinner, shall we?" Val pulled her car keys out from her purse as we exited the hall.

"Sure, we'll meet you," Fin called out. We ate dinner at one of our moms favorite restaurant. It was called Lavish and had amazing decor. She loved the roasted lobster with vegetables and mashed potatoes made with white chocolate. So I ordered that.

Val made small talk and half way through the night had us all laughing again, just like the old times. I loved that about her, how optimistic she was and how it spread to anyone she was around. But even her small talk couldn't keep my thoughts away from Jack. I began to grow worried about what could have been keeping him, he wasn't the type to miss stuff like this. I wanted to see him here with us and I know my mom would have too. My heart clenched the more I thought of Jack. At one point my legs were shaking so hard under the table, Hiccup reached out and held my hand. He didn't let go the whole night, which I kind of liked. It made my worry for Jack fade ever so slightly.

After supper at the end of the night Hiccup and Val took us out to our car.

"I hope to see you over the summer when you're all graduated," she said to my brother first. He gave her a slight smile and a 'we'll see' before hugging her. Hic and him did a one armed hug before Fin jumped into the car to start it.

"And you missy, I better see you. You look stunning," she pushed away a stray hair from my braid. Val made me love braids, she could always put my messy hair into a perfect one.

"I'll be there, I wouldn't miss it for the world." I hugged her and she squeezed my hand before smiling at Hiccup.

"I can't wait for summer," He said and I nodded. It would go back to normal, all the pain would just go away. There, at Emeralds, held all of my precious memories of mom. I needed to be there and I knew Fin would be away - that and he didn't feel the same way as I did. I embraced going back to that house. I needed this, summer is what will get me through this.

A few weeks later, I was waiting for the shower. Fin took longer in there than I did, so I sat on the couch watching TV when his phone rang. Usually I didn't bother but the name caught my attention and I answered it right away.

"Why haven't you called me?" I didn't give him the time to answer. There was silence on the other line.

"Where's Fin?" His voice was ice cold. Did he even care that I was hurt too?

"Jack, why didn't you come to the service?" I didn't want to make this about me, but I really wanted to say 'why didn't you come see me?'

There was silence on the other line, tears pricked at my eyes.

"Am I not even worth an answer!" I yelled into the phone, "screw you Jack, I hope I never have to see you again."

I went to hang up the phone but realized he had already beaten me to it.

That night I sobbed long and hard. Never had I thought he would be that cruel, how could he just push me away? Every time I thought of it I cried harder, the betrayal hurt me to my core. I couldn't understand why he would just do that to us. After everything my mom meant to him, it was all nothing in the end. He couldn't even be there for her on her death bed or for her family when we needed him. That was the night I found out how easy it was to hate someone.

Authors Notes:

So I hope I haven't confused or lost anybody so far! This is a new kind of writing style for me, as I wanted to really incorporate memories and time into this without it being too much of a flash back. I want it to flow.

And yes, like I said I know everything is a little unorthodox! If you don't like the idea of Elsa and Flynn being brother and sister...Well, I really don't care. I didn't want to make up AU characters from scratch. Besides, I really wanted to write a story where I can have all my favorite Disney/non Disney characters in it without it being too weird or too much.

I'm going to be doing (hopefully) weekly updates, so stay tuned for what we have in store next!

Please write reviews and let me know what you think! This is only one chapter in and we have went through a lot of background story!