Night had fallen mere minutes ago. Toothless had wandered away to procure dinner, and everything was silent. Until, that is, Jack woke as a shivery shudder went up his spine. He stood up cautiously and looked around, glancing down at Hiccup's sleeping form. His eyes narrowed as he tried to pinpoint the source of the oh-so-familiar sensation, but as always the boy avoided his detection. He let out a troubled hum and sat down beside Hiccup, wary of anything his 'friend' might try with the boy nearby.

And then, suddenly, there he was. "Hey cuz'. How's it hangin'?" said the boy that looked so extraordinarily like him. His hair was jet black, though, and his clothes were a darker shade than his. He didn't know exactly where the boy had come from, but someone that looked so like him had to be related somehow, right?

"I'm fine. How are you, Jake?" Jack called, taking his staff up in one hand. He didn't especially mind Jake Frost, but sometimes the boy could be a bit…unpredictable.

"Same as always. Snow days, fun times, all that jazz." Jake said dismissively, falling backwards off the tree limb he was standing on to land lightly on the pond.

He began walking towards Jack and Hiccup, smiling slightly as he asked, "So who's this, then? Another dragon trainer you tricked into believing in you?"

Jack glanced over at Hiccup and realized that the boy was entirely vulnerable, so he began lightly shaking his shoulder as he answered, "Is there any other way to get them to believe?"

Jake sighed sadly and replied, "Sadly no, what with Ullr taking credit for all our work."

"The nerve of some people!" Jack pronounced with an angry flourish, bringing a grin to Jake's face, "Pretending they did something other people did!"

"What a jerk!" Jake accused to the sky, ignoring the rumbling thunder in the distance and flopping down on Hiccup's other side.

The boy, by this point, was pretty much awake, though he still had a few cobwebs adorning his brain. These promptly burst into flames when Jake pressed a finger to his chin to make Hiccup look up at him, asking softly, "And who, might I ask, is this little bundle of adorableness?"

Hiccup flushed red, totally contrasting his angry exclamation of, "I'm not adorable!"

Jake's eyes flicked to Jack, a dubious eyebrow raised, before returning to Hiccup. Jack had an awful feeling in his stomach, and it was proven right when Jake suddenly pronounced, "I've discovered something interesting."

He was obviously talking to Jack, but his eyes never left Hiccup. "A-and, uh, what would that be?" Hiccup asked, a bit flustered. His brief flash of anger had drained away, leaving him quite aware of the slow, predatory grin on Jake's face.

"I've discovered how to bend moonlight." Jake said airily. This didn't make any sense in the slightest to Hiccup, but Jack had immediately been alarmed.

"What do you mean?" Jack asked sharply, placing a protective hand on Hiccup's arm, but Jake merely said, "Don't worry cousin, I'll share."

Jack's eyes widened as the moon flared brightly, silvery strands of light escaping in shining ribbons to swirl lazily around the three teens seated on the lake's edge.

Hiccup looked around wildly, fear of the unknown starting to set in, but his gaze snapped back to Jake as the spirit said, "Despite my appearance as the dark twin, I'm not cruel. You'll be reborn, not frozen in time."

Jake cupped both of Hiccup's cheeks in his hands as they began rising into the air, arcane energy beyond human understanding beginning to flow into Hiccup. Like water over his skin, a small part of his brain noted as they rose higher and higher.

"What do you mean, reborn?!" Hiccup asked in alarm as the moonlight began swirling faster and faster, Jack desperately trying to pull him down by his waist. Jake merely winked down at Hiccup (and, it seemed, Jack), glancing up at the moon before back down at Hiccup.

"There's only one thing you need to concern yourself with." he said matter-of-factly. His grin grew just a bit wider, a sinister inflection stealing through it as he continued, "From this point on…" then paused for effect.

Three beats.

"You're ours."