Me: (Is hiding in bushes)
Rapunzel: She is scared of all of the angry fans because she hasn't posted a chapter for a while.
Me: (Peaks head out of bush and walks out) The coast is clear.
Hiccup:Uh…Madi?
Me: Yes?
Hiccup: What are we going to do for this chapter? Everyone knows how Jack died.
Me: 0.0 (Facepalms)
Merida: You forgot, didn't ya? (Madi nods) Oh boy. (Cupid flies in. If you want to find out more about her, read me Sistersstory)
Cupid: Hey guys, I came to visit before the chapter started.
Me: That reminds me; answers to questions
Guest: I will answer the questions in order: Maybe. No. No.
Cupid: You ready for our archery tournament tomorrow Merida?
Merida: You bet! (High fives Cupid.)
Rapunzel: Uh, we still need to figure out the chapter content!
Hiccup: …We could just do an introduction to the problem…
Me: Sounds good. (Turns to Cupid) Thanks for giving that potion to Jack. It saved my life. (Hiccup, Merida, and Rapunzel glance at each other)
Cupid: I never gave Jack a potion…
Me: What?
Rapunzel: STARTING CHAPTER!
Chapter 3: Jack Learns About the Past
I flew onto the roof of the high school. Jamie was now a junior in high school, but he still believed.
I clutched my staff in my hand and prepared to dump a ton of snow on him and his friends. I was about to do so when Jamie called out to a passing girl. "Marie, over here!" The girl had a mess of fiery red hair, blue eyes and pale skin. She held a staff that looked like mine and a sketch book.
"Hi Jamie!" Marie said as she walked over. I groaned and sat down. Cupid had made me swear that if Jamie ever started talking to a girl, I could not interfere.
"Hey, you going to the Winter Dance this weekend?" One of the guys said. Marie sighed.
"Oh sure; girls wearing high heels and endless pain. Got to love it." Marie said, her voice dripping with sarcasm. Jamie and his friends laughed as Marie walked off.
I glanced up and saw the Northern Lights. Was everybody trying to ruin my fun today? "Hey wind! Take me to the pole!" I shouted.
"Thank you for coming Jack!" North boomed as I flew in.
"What's this about North?" Bunnymund called from the fire.
"I will tell you as soon as Melody and Cupid get here!" North shouted. At that moment, Melody walked in wearing her punk outfit.
"Cupid will be here in a second. She had a romance job to do at a football game and ended up running away because both of the football teams saw her and thought she was hot." Melody laughed. "You should have seen it!"
"You saw that I was in trouble and you didn't come help me!? I'll get you back for that!" Cupid shouted as she walked in. "I ran nearly half a marathon!"
"Okay, now North can tell us what's going on!" Tooth said, trying to break up the argument. Sandy nodded. North looked at Melody.
"They're coming back." He whispered. Melody's smile disappeared.
"What do you mean 'They're coming back'?" She asked.
"Could someone tell me what those two are talking about?" I yelled. Melody turned to me.
"It's a long story. As you know, I was taken from our time to the dawn of time to become an Ancient. There's 16 of us total; Father Time, Sister Forever, Mother Nature, Brother Decay, Pitch, Sandy, April Fool," Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Bunnymund wince. "Mother and Father, Yin, Yang, Baby New Year, Grim Reaper, Silence, myself, Painter and Invisible. We were created to help the first children grow up and to protect them from Fearlings, which are creatures that live to spread more fear than Pitch and kill children.
"In the original Ancients, 8 of us were good and 8 of us were bad in order to balance everything out. We were all very close, like brother and sisters. We would have a monthly meeting to figure out what we need to do in order to help humanity. Each plan worked, and everything was just what it should be.
"But one day, right before humans began to evolve, something went wrong. The Evil Ancients, Sister Forever, Brother Decay, Pitch, Mother and Father, Grim Reaper, Silence and Invisible gathered without the rest of us knowing, even Yang. Together, they plotted to completely overthrow balance. The day before the meeting, they captured Yin and Yang and locked them up somewhere. When Yin and Yang didn't show up for the meeting, we started without them. Halfway through, April, Father Time, Baby New Year, and Painter fell to the ground screaming. The Evil Ancients stood aside as the remainder of us Good Ancients tried to help them." Melody took a deep breath, tears streaming down her face. "We were only able to save Baby New Year. The others changed; April's eyes turned from grey to crazy and red, Father Time's hair turned from grey to black, and Painter's skin turned grey.
"They slowly stood up, but then they lashed out at us. Father Time nearly killed Mother Nature, Painter almost killed Sandy," Sandy nodded at the memory. "And…and April tried to kill me.
"Just as everything was getting out of hand, Sunny and Manny took things into their own hands. They locked up the Corrupted Ancients. Once a year they would turn to their normal selves and were allowed freedom for a while. April was able to go out on her holiday, Father Time was freed on the first full moon of every year, and Painter came out on the first day of spring. When they did come out, they were happy, but scared. They were worried that they would turn back at any moment, and then hurt someone.
"As time passed, they became more and more corrupted. One year Painter never turned back. Then next year it was Father Time. April…she became less corrupted for a while, but then she suddenly became completely corrupted. They've been locked up forever, and the Ancients have never gathered again." Melody wiped away more tears. I thought for a minute.
"Why are they coming back now?" I asked. Melody looked at me, then North. North shrugged. At that moment, the floor opened up to reveal a red crystal.
"What's…" Tooth was cut off by Melody.
"She's showing us the answer." She whispered.
"Who?" Bunnymund asked.
"Mom, the Woman in the Sun." The Sun's light brightened the crystal. Five figures appeared; an old woman with a crow on her shoulder, a guy with a bushy beard riding some kind of a dragon, a pair of twins, and a mysterious figure in a hood.
"Why are they trying to gather the Ancients?" I asked. Melody was thinking.
"Could it be the beginning of the prophecy?" She wondered.
"Prophecy?" Cupid questioned.
"It's a prophecy that came out of me a while ago. I won't quote it exactly, but it was basically about four heroes who would restore balance and save everyone. Each of the heroes…were in charge of a season…" Melody looked at me.
"Umm…I don't think that's me…" I mumbled. At that moment, the blue crystal came up, and the Moon's light created four figures; a girl with long hair who was sitting on a horse, another girl wearing a hood and surrounded by three bears, a boy on a dragon, and me.
North stood up. "Alright, Cupid, Jack, Melody and Sandy will stay here while the rest of us go get the other heroes."
"Why can't I come?!" Cupid, Melody, and I shouted.
"Because, if Evil Ancients are out there, they will be hunting the Good Ancients and Heroes. The only way Jack will stay is if Cupid keeps him here." Tooth explained.
"We'll be back." Bunnymund called as he jumped down one of his rabbit holes.
Jack: (Flies in) Hey guys!
Rapunzel: (Looks at the floor)
Merida: (Whistles and looks around)
Hiccup: Um…Jack?
Jack: Yeah?
Hiccup: Madi knows.
Jack: 0.0 (Starts to run for it)
Madi: (Comes out of nowhere and tackles Jack) You will pay for nearly killing me!
Jack: (Screams and runs with Madi on back)
Hiccup: See ya next time!
Rapunzel: Good bye!
Merida: She's goin' ta kill him…
