This is one of my favorite once-upon-a-times, although I'm not quite sure which time it was once upon. But it had been so nice and summery in the Isle of Berk and the sunshine was as warm as a blanket. And the streams were gurgling happily. As - as happily as a tumbly full of ice cream, hoo, which is very happy. But all that changed when... the stranger came. - Jamie Benett

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HICCUP AND THE SPIRIT OF WINTER

(I own nothing)

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"HO, HO, HO."

It's morning in Isle of Berk. Its about six in the morning yet not everybody is awake. In an ordinary, house, Jamie still sleeping mumbling something about ice cream. All of a sudden, a strange sound of laughing came in to the teen's ears, making him awake.

Realizing that he was lying on edge of his bed, he tried to scoot but it was too late. He fell into his bedroom floor, covered with melted ice cream (he ate a bucket of ice cream last night, but forgot to return the bucket to the frigde).

"Well, that hurt." Jamie muttered.

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Meanwhile...

In the small cottage, Rapunzel was in bed, sleeping and snorring softly. Until she heard a strange laugh. She woke up.

"Oh d-d-d-dear." She muttered. Then (still in her pajamas), Rapunzel ran outside.

"Oh no!" She yelled. She ran through a sheet that she hung outside, making it cover her head and her body.

"Ah... It got me!" She yelled.

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Meanwhile (again)...

In a tree house, Snotlout was sleeping in his bed (for me its looks like a swing), until he heard the laugh too. He immediately woke up but lost his balance and fell to the chair bellow his bed. But the fhair has wheels, so it moved and crash to the wall with Snotlout on it. Not only that, a picture of Snotlout and his father fell and stuck in Snotlout's neck.

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Meanwhile (again, again)...

In a two-story house, Hiccup was sleeping in his bed until he hears the sound.

"Huh?" The little boy jumped out of the bed and opened his bedroom window and tried to listen the forgein laugh again. His mother, Astrid, came up to him.

"Well, look who's wake up early." She said. Hiccup turned toward his mother.

"Mom, did you hear that laugh?" Hiccup asked. Astrid giggled as she took of Hiccup's pajamas.

"What laugh?" She asked to her son.

"I don't know." He answered as he put on his everyday clothes. "But its kindda neat." Astrid looked out the window and heard a familiar sound.

"You mean like that?" Astrid asked.

"No," Said Hiccup. "That's Jamie." He looked out the window and yelled, "Good morning, Jamie." Jamie, who was passing by with a bucket of ice cream in his arm, stopped and looked up toward Hiccup.

"What? Oh, good morning, Hiccup." The teen said.

"What's going on?" Hiccup asked.

"Something serious. It's kindda hard to explain." Just then, Rapunzel, still with her sheet, ran and hid behind Jamie.

"Umm, sorry, Hiccup. Gotta go." Said Jamie as he took off, but Rapunzel didn't notice.

"Good morning, Punzie." Called Hiccup making Rapunzel jumped. Just then, Snotlout ran pass her.

"Where's everybody going?" Hiccup asked.

"To Merida's house. She'll know that to do." The little girl said as she ran again.

"My, everybody is in a rush this morning, aren't they?" Said Astrid, crossing her arm in front of her chest.

"I wanna see." Hiccup said as he ran out of his room.

"Okay dear. Come back home when I call."

"Yes, mama." Hiccup went out of his house as he follows Snotlout, Jamie, and Rapunzel.

Once they reach Merida's house (the only house that has a trainning arena), everybldy (except Hiccup) bang Merida's house door. They heard an answer from inside the house, and the door opened, and they saw Merida with her missier red hair (because she just awake). Everybody started to tell their problem all at once, until Merida pissed.

"ONE AT A TIME!" The red haired teen shouted. With that, everybody stopped talking. "Thank you." Merida said. "Now what's going-"

"Oh, oh, me! Pick me! Me-me-me-me-me-me-me-me-me!" Snotlout yelled, raising his hand.

"Er, Snotlout?"

"There I was. Sleeping. Dreaming Snolout things. And suddenly, everything started to shake, like Thor send an earthquake out of nowhere. And then, its stops. And I looked around and saw my most-favoritist father-son picture, its gone."

Jamie noticed something danggling on a Snotlout neck. "You mean like this?" He asked as he pull of the picture. Snotlout wimpped his tear and look at the picture.

"Yeah like... Actually I don't remember there's Jamie in it." He said, because there's a hole on the picture and Jamie's face is in front of it.

"I see." Merida said. "And Jamie? What about you?"

"Well, what ever it is, it ate my honey. Well actually, I did, but it made me do it." Jamie said as he showed his empty ice cream bucket. Merida just nodded.

"I was asleep, and the I heard this laugh, and then I woke up-" Hiccup tried, but he was cut by Merida. "Yes, thank you Hiccup." Hiccup wasn't paying attention anymore. He saw a white butterfly and decided to follow it and spotted something.

"Now, Punzie, what do you think?"

"Well, to be honest, I kindda forget most of it."

"Well, what we have here is a mystery." Hiccup gasped. On the ground there're some giant frost track.

"H-hey everybody, look what I found!" Yelled Hiccup. Jamie, Snotlout, Merida, Rapunzel and Eugene (who manage to came) looked at the young boy and came over to look at Roo's discovery.

"It's a painting." Said Snotlout pointing at the ground.

"The sky has finally fallen. Always knew it would." Said Eugene making everybody looked up to the sky.

"Oh d-d-dear-dear." Whispered Rapunzel as she hid behind Jamie again.

"Its shape like a snowflake." Said Hiccup.

"Oh, that's impossible." Said Snotlout, laughing.

"A snowflake?" Asked Merida. "Everybody can that... that... that..." Everybody suddenly scream, except Hiccup.

"Umm, Merida," Said Jamie." What kind of person who can make giant snowflake tracks in the middle of... Summer."

"There's only one thing it could be." Said Merida. "A spirit." Everybody gasped, well most of them.

Hiccup, who still don't understand, asked, "Excuse me. What's a spirit?"

"What's a spirit?!" Shouted Snotlout and Merida making Hiccup had to close his ears.

Merida:

Everyone knows what a spirit looks like

Snotlout:

It's got fiery eyes and a tail with a spike

Merida:

With claws on its paws that are sharp as a tack

Snotlout:

And wing-a-ma-things coming out of its back

"Wing-a-ma-things?" Asked Hiccup amazed.

"Yup." Said Merida and Snotlout proudly.

Snotlout:

'Cause its bottom is up and its top's really down

Merida:

So its nose is its tail or the other way 'round

Snotlout:

Yeah, and it's wide as a river and tall as a tree

Merida:

Imagine gigantic

Snotlout:

And times it by three

Merida:

It clomps here and there

Snotlout:

It stomps to and fro

Merida:

It's got three horns above

Snotlout:

And eleven below

Rapunzel:

And those are its good points

Jamie:

There's much more to know

All (except Hiccup):

About the dreadfully dreaded

Thoroughly three-headed

Horribly hazardous Spirits

"Wow," Said Hiccup. "Neat."

"Neat?! It's certainly not neat." Yelled Merida.

Merida:

Everyone knows that they lurk and they creep

Snotlout:

The best time to see one is when it's asleep

Merida:

If you sneak up behind it and get it to jump

Snotlout:

You can tell which part's spirit-hee-hee

Merida:

And which part is lump

All (except Hiccup):

They'll steal all your ice cream and eat your last crust

Stomp on your house till it's nothing but dust

The worst part of all is

"They're different from us?" Hiccup asked.

All (expect Hiccup):

They're the dreadfully dreaded

Thoroughly three-headed

Fiercely ferociously

Mostly atrociously

Horribly hazardous

Hiccup:

Spirits!

"Cool..." Said Hiccup amazed.

"And they live over there," Said Merida, pointing at a certain area near them which lays behind a fence. "The Spirit Hollow."

"Oh d-d-dear-dear." Said Rapunzel as she hid behind Eugene.

"I know, I know," Said Hiccup jumping up and down. "Let's go catch one."

"Capture a spirit?" Merida asked as she and Snotlout giggled. "Immpossible. Just to remind you its never been done."

Hiccup gasped. "And we're the first one to do it. It'll be fun. It'll an adventure. It'll be... an 'expotition'."

Merida started to think, with Snotlout mimiking her every move. "Hey, now that I think about it, it's kindda good. Oh yeah, 'The First Spirit Expedition in History'. Oh, splendid idea, glad I thought it. This expedition will need speed, strength, bravery, and intelligent."

"So, how do we capture a spirit." Asked Jamie.

"How do you asked?" Said Merida, wity Snotlout mocking her in movement. "It's quite simple." Snotlout still mocking Merida. When she turned around, he stopped.

"Come back here with your equipment, and I'll show you what to do." Said Merida with Snotlout putting his serious face and crossed his arm in front of his chest. When Merida looked at him, Snotlout just give his goofy smile. While Hiccup shouted "Yeah!" as he jumped.

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