Revised Edition: 1/7/2015 6:20 p.m.

Before you start reading, I hope you could turn a blind eye and forgive the grammatical errors and language inconsistencies that you might encounter from this story. English is my second language, added with the fact that this is my first fan fiction written ever, makes it difficult for me to guarantee the quality all throughout the series. I do hope that despite the errors, you'll find what I wrote entertaining enough to keep your interest.

Warnings:

This is rated T for possible profanity and gore, but it might change to M in the future if I ever choose to add smut.

The characters might be a little OOC. Nothing extreme, though.

Special thanks to this sweethearts:

Sakurapprentice7 is an amazing fanfic writer who offered to beta my story. Although I did not pass a chapter for her to beta, I would like her to know that I appreciate her help and I am very thankful of the websites she recommended. It helped improve my work. She's awesome.

Resave is a remarkable HiJack artist from deviantart and tumblr who allowed me to use her artwork as cover.

Hope-for-snow is a HiJack shipper, active in tumblr, who wrote a series containing the idea of twin brothers, Jack and Jackson. Basically, that story gave me the inspiration to write a HiJack fanfic containing Jack(son) twins. XD

Disclaimer: I own nothing but the plot. I did not make this story to earn money in any way.

Prologue

With the passing of a billion years, a massive land was lost in time. Its whereabouts was somewhere, us, mere humans could never hope to find. It never differed from Earth, for its soil was covered with the same trees and grasses we have on our world.

Animals, both feral and tame, existed. Even more, so did humans.

And just like a persistent parasite, hierarchy still ruled amongst men. Kingdoms were formed where men and women, may they be adults or children, were gathered under the rule of a King, a leader whom they expected to shy away hunger, provide shelter and protect from danger.

With this much responsibility rested upon one's shoulder, a man, however strong and witty he may be, needed support. Hence, women were crowned and made Queen, befitting to be the King's pillar of support. Together, they would lead men, make laws and insinuate proper punishments to establish order within their rule. Authority was fully vested upon them. In return, prosperity shall be given to their people.

However, to prosper was either to pacify or to conquer.

Power, no matter the strength, may perish if it weren't broadened. Leaders of strong morale would mollify neighboring Kingdoms to create alliance, providing leeway for better trades, stronger defences and healthier influences, made to greatly benefit both sides.

Still, for every peace, there will always be war.

Greedy leaders, who selfishly wanted the entire prize for themselves, killed brutishly, spreading fear with their oath; a dark promise of death and suffering to Kingdoms who refused to bow down under their rule.

And these differences were observed on a tumultuous tale between two Great Kingdoms, the fearless Haddocks and the ominous Overlands.

Known for their strength and dauntlessness, the Haddocks ruled with an army so great, people believed if fire-breathing dragons existed, they could hunt them down as a sport. And for an army to continually stay strong, they shall be supplied with enough resources, which the Kingdom could easily provide for they were wealthy, and remained wealthy for generations.

How did they amass such power and wealth? One would certainly ask. Safe to say, this Kingdom had fair share of shedding blood to protect themselves from conquerors, same as milking blood to those they willed to submit. However, it all changed when King Stoick ascended the throne. Discarding the inhumane way of gaining power his ancestors practiced for thousands of years, he led men in peace, using words instead of swords.

If a Kingdom, who transcended from a heartless powerhouse to a paragon of peace, existed, a Kingdom of hope, which transcended to dream eaters, could exist just the same.

The Overland Kingdom used to be the image of death and suffering. If one were to walk its streets and scanned the area from left to right, seeing a rotting corpse would not be a surprise. Rot. Hunger. Death. It's everywhere. The Kingdom was so weak; no conqueror would even bother to glance at it.

But its King was a man full of hope, no matter how hopeless his men felt. It was probably the reason why the Gods finally decided to smile upon his Kingdom for a miracle had happened. An unexpected friendship between his son, Manlius, and a young Stoick sprang.

The two young princes met one faithful day, and from that moment on, their lives were tied. They grew up friends and although they don't share the same blood, the two treated each other like brothers, sworn to protect each other's back.

When Stoick ascended the throne, he immediately began helping the rotting Kingdom, and not even a decade passed, it became the wealthiest of all Kingdoms in existence.

It wasn't clear on how they did it. But, one thing was for sure, Haddock's fortune were reduced substantially, and through the grapevine, they said, King Stoick gifted the missing fortune to King Manlius, who expertly used it to amass the wealth his Kingdom has now.

Did King Stoick look regretful for it? No, not at all, which was why it was another mystery for folks to think about.

Just why?

Why did King Manlius do it? Why did he order an attack? An ambush? A slaughter? Death. Bloodshed. On the Kingdom that unconditionally helped his? On the man he considered as his brother?

If King Stoick did not show any signs that he regretted helping Overland in surpassing the worth of his own Kingdom, why did King Manlius initiated the attack?

One dreadful night, King Manlius' men sneaked through the defenses of the Haddock's, traitorously catching them off guard and killing King Stoick's people mercilessly.

It happened so fast, Haddockian folks could only watch their Kingdom burst in flames, hear the cries and screams of dying men and observe thousands of dead bodies lying in their own pool of blood. The most important of them however, were the corpse of the three royals, the King, the Queen and their only son.

Rumor has it that all of their bodies were found. Seeing the state of the Kingdom after the attack, not one person dared think otherwise. And with the loss of the Kingdom's rulers, Haddock was no more. They curbed and bowed under the rule of a new Kingdom –the Overland, completely sealing the loss of Haddock's name from the map and renamed as a mere extension of Overland's rule.

So, why did he do it? No one could give the answer but speculations roamed from ear to ear that King Manlius' bastard of a brother was behind it all. However, there was nothing to support the rumor, so the only explanation left would be that King Manlius had been won over by greed or feared King Stoick would betray him someday.

And despite the lack of explanation, King Manlius' knights rejoiced the victory they had; however, it was short-lived for it weren't even half a year since the attack when King Manlius died from an illness unknown to man, leaving his twin sons to take over the throne. The last words he said were only heard by his children alone, "Never cave in to the evil voice inside your heads and be wary of whom you trust. Never do the same mistakes I made because I do not wish for you two to feel the same regret residing in my heart…"

Notes:

King Manlius is Manny/Mim/Man in the Moon.

The world they live in is imaginary. The only explanation I could give you is that it is a huge landmass, able to house thousands of Kingdoms. Haha, silly, I know.

Just to clarify, I did say that Haddock perished from the map, because basically, a Kingdom overpowered would be merged to the conquering Kingdom. Therefore, it became a part of the Overlands. I swear, I'm not trying to make you feel idiotic, I just thought it might confuse some. I do know that I didn't write this part well.

I was laughing when I wrote the term, "Haddockian", basically because I feel like I'm hearing Hadoken, which is an attack Goku does in Dragonballs. XD