Jack spent that night on the roof under the stars, giving all his hopes to Manny that Jamie and the other kids were fine.

The conclusion everyone got to was that Jack, Merida, Hiccup, and Rapunzel will go looking around in Germany, while the others went to search for Lorelei in other parts of the world.

Feeling an unwanted presence behind him Jack just asked "Why are you doing this?"

"Can't a girl have some fun?" Lorelei's voice answered as she came over to sit next to him looking up at the stars as well.

"You think, kidnapping thousands of children from their beds, is a fun activity?" Jack asked gripping his staff tight.

"You may of guessed this already Jack Frost, but this is Pitch's idea," she returned "I'm more into those stupid sailors who come a bit too close to my rocks."

"So since you're not all that up for this, are you going to tell me where you're hiding the kids, so we can find them and we can leave each other alone?" Jack asked already knowing what the answer will be.

"Oh of course not. This is the most fun I've had in century's." Lorelei laughed smiling. "Besides it will be an honor to play this game of chess with the Guardians and the Seasons." she said getting up.

"Who?" Jack asked confused getting up as well so they kept in eye contact.

"Oh dear I said too much," Lorelei said being all dramatic bringing the back of her hand to her forehead. "Well you were going to find out sooner or later. But for now I'll keep you guessing. Toodles."

And with that she was gone leaving a confused Jack on the roof.

Turning to the moon he asked.
"If you know what that was about Manny," he began "I'd appreciate it if we were told before this starts so we wont have to worry about it."

*o*

After not getting anything, as usual, Jack went back inside heading for the kitchen to make himself some hot chocolate, quietly singing the lullaby Jamie's mum normally sings to him and Sophie just before they go to bed.

*Baby mine, don't you cry
Baby mine dry your eyes
Rest your head close to my heart
Never to part

Baby of mine*

Making it to the kitchens, Jack got out his 'Worlds Best Guardian' mug along with coco-powder and milk measuring it out and heating it up.

*Little one, when you play
Don't you mind
What they say
Let those eyes sparkle and shine
Never to tear
Baby of mine*

Getting out two spoonfuls of the coco-powder and placing them in the mug, Jack packed that back up and went to wait for the microwave to stop so he could add the milk.
Once it did, he added it to the powder and stirred until it was all mixed in, putting the spoon to one side and feeling the drink warm his hands as he finished the song.

*From your head to your toes
Your so sweet
Goodness knows
You are so perspicuous to me
Cute as can be
Baby of mine*

Jack was about to have his hot chocolate, bringing the mug to his lips when...

"Cute song" a Scottish accented voice said making Jack jump and drop his mug of hot chocolate breaking and spilling it everywhere.
"Awe did the wittle Baby get scared and drop his hot chocolate?" Merida said babying her words laughing at the annoyed look on Jack's face.

"What do you want Merida?" Jack asked picking up the broken pieces and mopping up the drink.

"Can't I come in here to get something to drink too?" she asked hoisting herself onto the side so she wasn't in Jack's way.
"I also wanted to ask you 'Who were you talking to on the roof?'"

"I was talking to Lorelei happy?" Jack asked as he rang out the cloth and began to make himself another mug of hot chocolate.

"Well what she say?" Merida asked finding some iced buns in the cupboard. "It must of been something important to get you to come back inside."

"It was along the lines of, 'This is Pitch's idea but she wont tell us where she is either way, and she feels it's an honor to have the Guardians and 'The Seasons' play this game with her'." Jack said bringing his new dink to his lips leaning on the side to face her.

"The who?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

"No idea," Jack said shrugging.

Just then they were interrupted by one of Tooth's fairy's who came up and flew around Jack's head stopping in front of him when he noticed she was there.

"Baby Tooth?" Jack asked putting his drink down so she could land on his hands and they could talk, but instead she just grabbed his sleeve and began pulling on it with all her strength.

"I think she wants to show us something." Merida said stuffing the last bun in her mouth getting down.

"Ok, ok we're coming" Jack said fetching his staff and following the fairy out of the kitchens.


After following the fairy to the Globe Room and being told to wait till she came back, there was an awkward silence between the two teens.

After a bit, Merida spoke up.

"So, where did you learn that song anyway?" she asked looking around for something to talk about.

"When you're alone for three hundred years, you get to learn a few things." Jack answered, not wanting to get into this, up on the globe again hoping it had changed and there was a big obvious 'We're here! Save us!' pile up somewhere. But like before found nothing.

Merida was about to ask more questions when Rapunzel, Hiccup and Toothless, North and Tooth came in with Baby Tooth on her shoulder squeaking and pointing to Jack and Merida to her.

"What's the problem?" Hiccup asked first rubbing sleep from his face.

"Don't ask us, we only came here because Baby told us to." Jack asked stopping himself from icing the floor for Hiccup to slide on.

"She says she over heard you and Merida talking about you seeing Lorelei on the roof," Tooth explained to the group.

"Yeah," Jack said nodding not liking the looks he was getting. "And she said 'It was an honor to have the Guardians and the Seasons playing her game'." Jack said explaining what happened getting down. "Not that it meant anything to me of course. Doesn't help Manny didn't explain it either."

North didn't say anything and just stroked his beard in thought, looking at each of the teenagers in front of him.

"Who, or What are the Seasons?" Rapunzel asked trying to keep a yawn from escaping.

"The Seasons are a group of four spirits, with elemental powers that co-ageist with the season of the year they represent." North said a shine of wonder in his blue eyes looking at the teenagers in a new light. "And I have a feeling in my belly, that the new generation of them is you four."

"Ok back up a bit North," Jack said after a minute. "I followed you when you were saying who they were. But then you lost me when you said it was us."

"Yeah we only met each today," Merida said stepping forward "How can we be these Seasons, if we don't know each other?"

"And what do you mean by 'the new generation'?"Hiccup asked tilting his head a little.

"Meaning there were Seasons before you," Tooth said zooming out of the room returning a bit later with a big red book in her arms looking through the pages as she did muttering to herself.

"Every twenty years or so," she began still looking "Four spirits to boys two girls with, as North said elemental powers that co-ageist with a season of the year, find each other and become the new Seasons who work together to keep the year running and help look after the kids, while it's their season."

Finally Tooth found what she was looking for and laid the book down on the table to let the four see.

Illustrated on the page were four people two men, one dressed all in green making him look like a solider the armor layering over it's self a helmet under his arm. The other wearing boots, black trousers, a white shirt and a purple clock locking by gold chains into a coin under his collar, a sword in his hand.

And two women, the one with straight red hair wore a dress completely made of leaves of every color that could be found in autumn a ring of berries on her head. The other wore an ice blue dress that slit apart down her right leg just past her thigh, glass looking shoes on her feet, wearing her hair in a braid coming down onto her left shoulder.

"These were the last known Seasons," Tooth said pointing to each one saying their names. "Buddy of Spring, Sirius of Summer, Amber of Autumn, and Crystal of Winter."

"Ok," Jack said speaking first more use to how weird things can get around here. "So if they're so special and important and all that... Why have we never heard of them before, or met them?"

Jumping up to get their attention Toothless said 'I know Amber.'

"Yeah right." Merida "A dragon meeting a Seasonal Spirit. Never heard of such a thing."

'You calling me a lier?' Toothless asked getting in a fighting position his pupils becoming slits growls being heard.

"Break it up you two," Hiccup said stepping in between them blocking each other from view from the other. Then turning to Toothless asked "What do you mean you know Amber?" getting the others, mostly North and Tooth to listen.

There was about ten minutes of silence (apart from Merida's under the breath comments and words of disbelief) as Toothless told Hiccup his hatchling-hood story.

When they were done Hiccup went over to the book to see if the description Toothless gave for Amber fit.

"I think you owe Toothless an apology Merida." Hiccup said smirking.

"You mind passing on the story Hiccup?" Jack said who took refuge in the rafters above them playing with a live snow bunny to pass the boredom.

"Basically, Toothless met Amber when he was a hatching and he got lost in the woods. He said he met a pretty girl with red hair, berries on her head and wearing leaves, who helped him find the edge of the trees so he could go home."

"So one of us has met one of the other Seasons," Rapunzel said scratching Toothless under the chin smiling at how brave he must of been, lost all alone in the woods like that. "That doesn't mean we're Seasons too." she said looking towards North.

Just then one of Bunny's holes appeared and he jumped out one of those rare smiles on his face.

"Well put it this way Punzie," he said saying he had heard every word of this meeting. "When you're not healing people, or helping me paint my eggs, what do you do?"

"Help the plants to grow and paint the flowers," Rapunzel said starting to play with her hair not wanting to look into North or Tooth's questioning eyes.

"And what do you do Frostbite, when you're not bursting water pipes or messing with my egg hunts?" Bunny asked looking up to Jack.

"Bring the kids snow-days," Jack said changing the bunny into human figures making them run around in front of him chasing each other. "Remember? Snowballs and fun-times."

"So that's two," Hiccup spoke up getting to where Bunny was saying. "What about us and Merida?"

"I do not think it was by chance, Toothless met Amber when he was a hatchling," North said in a thinking voice rubbing his chin.

"And Merida was born of the flames right?" Tooth asked her getting a nod and a questioning look. "Fire equals heat, and heat goes with Summer."

After a few minutes for this to get into everyone's heads, Rapunzel asked "So why does Lorelei care so much if we 'play' or not?"

"Good question, sadly I don't have an answer," Bunny said shrugging.

"I'm a bit more curious as to why the time limit is only four days." Merida said playing with her bow again. "There must be something happening then, otherwise they wouldn't be doing this."

"Very observant, Season of Summer," a strong voice said behind her surprising everyone and making her spin around her bow armed and pulled ready to fire in ten seconds flat the arrow set at the target of the group of people they had just learnt about.

The old Seasons.


AN: The song 'Baby Mine' comes from Disney's 'Dumbo'