A/N: Hi guys long time no see! Sorry for the REALLY late update. RL has been really busy but hey summers just next week so that Means yup...frequent updates! Haha seriously I will try to update this more and write it to the best of my abilities. Thanks for being patient!

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Jack sat in class itching to get out. It had been almost a year since the camping trip and honestly everything had changed since then. He hasn't talked much to merida nor hiccup since the funeral a couple months ago and to be honest he didn't blame them at all for it.

It was supposed to be a simple camping trip at the secret base before school started. It had all began with Merida and him. It at first seemed like it was a normal argument like they always had, but this argument escalated quickly into something more. Words flew and feelings where hurt. He remembered being so heated he even snapped at hiccup, and to his regret, Rapunzel herself.

All they tried to do was break it up too! But he was too blinded by rage to see the damage he'd done until he saw the pained look on Punz's face. It was the face that broke his heart time and time again upon recalling it.

Hiccup, thinking a bit more rationally as usual decided that they all should take a breather and play "hide and seek". Merida, tired of the bickering was totally fine with this and was the first to leave. Rapunzel, to no ones suprise, chased after her.

A mistake he would soon find to regret. Although he would never personally know what truely happened at that point, all he knew was that long story short: there was a bear. Rapunzel had saved merida.

Next thing he knew there was sirens and the lingering feeling of death ever where. If he had just went after her. If only he hadn't caused tension that night. Damn. Jack clenched his fist. He didn't want to be here right now.

He looked around. Everyone seemed to have carried on since then. Life continued. Why was he the only one still...stuck? His fellow classmates continued on listening to the teachers lecture. Some napping, others taking notes. Perhaps No one would notice if he disappeared from the scene. After all He was just-

A light hand reached his shoulder. "You alright Jack?" A friend he had met a while back asked curiously.

Her name was Toothania and although friendly enough had an ass of a friend named Aster who he sometimes hung out with during lunch. He had come to know them and a few others at a volunteer club on campus.

It helped him take his mind off those who shall not be named but still he couldn't shake that constant outcasty feeling he felt when with them. He forced a smile onto his face.

"Just Sunshines and rainbows tooth."

Aster Bummymand, who the universe just so happened to decide to place in front of him, turned back and shot him a look.

"Just get back to work overland stop zoning off into space." He said gruffly.

"Is there something you'd like to bring to my attention Mr. Bummymand?" Called Ms. Jane, pausing in her lecture.

Jack snickered as Aster froze like a deer in head lights. Tooth lightly slapped his shoulder and looked at Ms. Jane apologetically.

"Sorry Ms. Jane. It was nothing." She said clearly. Ms. Jane sighed and for once decided to dismiss the interruption.

"Fine just pay attention you three..."

They nodded and his two classmates turned back forward to their teacher. Jack felt his smile fade back into a frown. He glanced outside.

There where just too many things left unsaid for him to feel 'alright'.


Merida slid a cup of coffee in front of Jack, now seated on the couch in front of her. It had been a little while since she found him in the rain, in seemingly worse shape then she had previously been in. He'd taken off his wet blue hoodie, and merida had cranked up her tiny heater. The boy had been soaked to the bone.

To be honest, It was strange seeing him like this. She never remembered seeing him quite so...lost. He was always upbeat and carried that air of constant mischievousness. Where ever it went, it surely wasn't there at the moment. She studied him. It was still jack, Annoying irratating jack. Or at least she had hoped deep inside. She had avoided him for nearly 5 years now, directly following the funeral, so breaking ice with him may prove to suck. Practically everyone kept their distance really. Merida didn't deserve forgiveness for that night either. Jack to her relief was the first to speak up.

"You really fixed up this old place huh Mer?" His voice questioned light heartedly. "I see it's practically filled now," She lifted her gaze at his sudden comment.

"Err yeah. Aye been kind of traveling around ye see." She commented moving towards a large world map she had hung on the wall. " 'been traveling abroad an such to make ends meet. It's tirin' but hey, you get tae see some pretty cool stuff." Sure dropping out of school was a bit of a set back. But seeing the world was indescribable. Jacks eyebrows lifted in amusement.

"And your moms okay with it?"

"Totally," Merida said with a quick grin. "You wouldn't believe the stuff I've seen jack! The people I've met."

"Really princess? With your attitude?" She smiled playfully. Thank the gods the jack she remembered was still there.

"Watch it frost, I've picked up a few fighting moves in china now."

"Oh I'm so scared." Jack mimicked her. "But please though, do go on with your tale of mafias and yakuzas."

"What sorta businesses do ya think I'm in ya ninny?" She snorted.

"So nothing illegal? Contraband? Drug-"

"Ahhh you best can it jack. Or I ain't telling anything,"

The boy leaned back into the sofa, his posture going lazy. Merida took a seat next to him, excited to tell him stories of her adventures.

It was like she'd never left talking to him like this, and it seemed almost nostalgic. Story dissolved into story as cups of coffee to cocoa accumulated around the couch.

After telling the story of a wild adventure in the city of adrendelle, the two calmed into a comfortable silence. She had nearly forgotten why she was up in the first place.

Thinking about the nightmares sent a wave of regret rushing through her veins. Talking with jack again helped but she knew it wasn't the closure she needed. It was her fault afterall. I Although no one ever said anything, she knew it was true. If only she was braver.

A tiny laughter rose from jack. It wasn't the same laughter they'd shared before. This one was bitter...sad even. She looked at jack who was now rubbing his eyes.

Jack...?

"Am...Am I going crazy Merida?" He began slowly.

"What'd ya mean...?" She said concern seeping into her voice.

"The other week...I thought I saw Rapunzel."

Merida blinked. She vaguely remembered him calling her out right about when she found him..what on..earth..

"I tried ignoring her thinking she was some sort of illusion. But she was too real and...I don't know..we talked? Ugh you know what I-"

"Go on Jack. Keep talking." She said patiently. Jack looked at her for a second and returned his gaze to the floor.

"We talked. It was like she was actually there." He continued. "I don't know merida she was just so real. And she told me that she couldn't pass on with out doing this dream.."

"Ha that couldn't be more vauge," she scoffed. The girl had more dreams then stars in the sky.

"Right?! And I just don't know what to do I mean...is it bad? I want to help her so much. Even..even if it's all in my head.." A silence fell, leaving a somber atmosphere.

Merida was never one to really talk to jack about personal stuff. It was always Punz who was here for that sorta thing. She thought about what he had said. Ghosts? Passing on?

She couldn't say she didn't believe. She'd grown up hearing stories of spirits and wisps her whole life. But it was time, she had to make amends. Even if it wasn't really her.

Merida shot up where she stood, shaking jack a bit from her outburst.

"Let's do et." She said firmly with resolve. Jacks eyebrows rose in suprise.

"Wait what-"

"Help. Punzie. I want in."

She had to help her friends.


Rapunzel walked down the familiar streets of town and made her way into her old neighborhood. Even with the rain, walking there felt as if she was still 12. Perhaps she had snuck out to see jack and the others or wandered to the library. Perhaps her mom would still scold her for sneaking out like that. God knows how much she hated the outside world. She grinned fondly at the memories and found the ivy covered house in no time at all.

She stood in front of it for a little while, taking in the sight. She knew she'd have to get back to jack soon before he woke up.

"Please don't be sad anymore mom. I'm not lost anymore," she whispered softly into the open. "I'm home."


Jack hitched a ride back with Merida back to his house by 9. To be honest it totally put a damper on his manly points to be riding on the back of the girl but hey it was way too early to care about that.

He was tired, but was happy to have someone else on board on the dream team. He was actually surprised she had believed him right away, being stubborn as she was.

It was good catching up with merida anyways, not that they really disscussed too deeply into their 5 year gap. It was seemed to be a touchy subject as it was. Safe to say there was no huge explosions like he thought there'd be if he ever encountered her again like he had originally thought.

With that in mind Jack was ready to sit down and just take a long nap. He trudged to the front of his house and opened the door. Jack froze in his steps.

Rapunzel was back. She sat curled up on the couch, musing over some old pictures of Emma and him. Her face lite up at his arrival.

"Jack, Your back!" She said warmly as if she'd never left.

He felt a sudden weight lift off her shoulders. Rapunzel was safe.

"Good to be back." He chuckled.

Jack collapsed beside the girl and peeked over to the pictures she was looking at.

It was a picture of him and Emma at Arendelle city. It was one of his favorites seeing that Emma looked heathly and well...happy. Emma and him had been together through thick and thin, so it was no suprise he had so many pictures with his dear younger sister. Their parents had died in a car accident involving a lake long ago, leaving them in the care of his always away uncle Manny Moon. His uncle didn't hate them, he was just busy most of the time god knows where. Because of his constant absence, they were alone a lot. After moving in, Jack had grown accustomed to their quiet life (despite Emma's illness) without Manny. He didn't expect him then and most certainly didn't expect him now.

He leaned over explained some background on the trip to Rapunzels delight. As they chatted, Jack realized a few things. One: He honestly wanted to help Rapunzel. Two: if possible, He wanted apologize for the things left unsaid.