Rapunzel danced around, "I can't believe I did this!" She squealed, facing her four new companions. "What would mother say?"

Jack shrugged, "Does it matter? I mean, she locked you in that tower for years." He leaned against his staff, "If it were me, I wouldn't give it a second thought."

"But.. she only did that to protect me," Rapunzel said.

"Well, that's good..." Hiccup said, receiving looks from Jack and Merida.

"I say that now you are out, don't go back," Merida stepped forward, grabbing Rapunzel's hand, "you are free now to choose your own path. I would take it."

Rapunzel looked down at their hands and smiled, "I... I've just never done something like this before. Have you?" She looked up at them, her green eyes innocent.

Jack coughed, Hiccup looked away, and Merida shrugged. "I kno' I have." She said, "and if I know anything about the boys I've been traveling with, I'd say they have too." She looked over at them, "am I right?"

"S-sure." Hiccup replied, looking a little embarrassed. "Don't get me wrong, I'm glad I did what I did.. it's just..."

Rapunzel nodded, "so... what do we do now?"

"Ah, I'm hungry. I dun' kno' about you all." Merida looked around, "we have to find a place to eat."

"Wait! I have an idea... " Hiccup turned to Toothless, "Toothless, do you think we could fly above the forest and look for an inn?" He stroked the black dragon's face lovingly. Toothless nodded, "great! I'll be back you guys." Hiccup swung onto the dragon's saddle, together they sprang into the air and up above the tree tops, becoming nothing more than shadows above their heads.

Rapunzel, Jack and Merida all looked at each other, "I suppose we could walk a little." Merida offered the silence.

"Yes!" Rapunzel grinned. "Okay," she said a little more calmly. Merida smiled at Jack.

The trio began walking slowly through the forest, eventually Rapunzel began to run around, exploring and squealing in excitement. Merida looked over at Jack, "do you think we did the right thing?" She asked. "What if we get this girl hurt on our quest?"

Jack Frost was the embodiment of fun, he knew when times were rough, fun was the only cure. He encouraged people, through his snow, to be bad from time to time and just enjoy life. Hearing those words made him cringe inwardly, he wanted this girl to have fun. The possibility of her getting hurt was just as high as it was for them getting hurt, especially since none of them knew why they were there. "You know what I think?" He said finally, "I think that life is hard, and sometimes, you have to learn to let loose. Even when times are dangerous." He summoned the wind, and lifted off into the air. The cold wind chilled Merida and blew her hair up and around her face.

"Thank you, " she said sarcastically, blowing her hair away from her face. She watched Jack Frost dance through the trees, adding his unique frost touch here and there. Rapunzel followed him eagerly, as if she were chasing a hawk on the breeze. Merida smiled, ready to join in on the fun when she heard the sound of thundering hooves. She knew the sound of horses anywhere, and considering they were in a strange land, it was a huge possibility of danger.

"Jack!" She whispered loudly, "Rapunzel! Get back here." She chased after them, "there are- there are horses comin'!"

Jack looked back at her, "what?"

"Horses! Riders! Get out of sight." She flapped her hands at them, urging them to hide. Jack swooped down to Rapunzel, leading her back to Merida, together they huddled behind a tree, waiting to see who would come.

For a few minutes nothing happened, and they were getting ready to move when screams broke the air. The crashing of the limbs on the trees alerted them that someone was falling, through the trees. Merida winced as two bodies hit the ground. One was a man, definitely older than them. The other was that of a huge white horse. Merida blinked rapidly, what sort of situation was this man in?

The man quickly stood, looking for a place to hide. He didn't look evil. Rapunzel stared at him in fascination. He was about to find the hole to her tower, the secret passageway, when Rapunzel tensed behind Merida; Merida glanced back at her.

"Over here." She suddenly whispered.

The man started violently, and turned to face them, squinting his eyes. "What?"

"We'll hide ye! Come over here." She whispered again.

"He can't see you," Jack whispered. He grabbed Merida's hand and flailed it out from behind the tree, "there!"

Merida glared at Jack, "I kno' how to do it!" She protested.

"Well, you weren't doing it." Jack said with a smirk. "Besides, what are you thinking? We don't know who that guy is. He could be-" Jack stopped when a shadow covered them, all three of them looked up and saw the man staring at them with a quirked brow.

"A bunch of kids?" He exclaimed. The whinny of a horse made his eyes widened, "actually, a bunch of kids is fine. Do you have a place we can hide? And fast!"

Merida looked around, "climb the tree!"

"Good idea. Wait, the tree?"

They all looked up at the enormous tree, which shot high into the sky, no limbs were low enough to grasp. "Yeah, no. Thanks, but no." The man said.

Merida rolled her eyes, "Just climb! Or would you rather be caught?" she grabbed onto the thick trunk, and began to shimmy up the tree, it didn't look easy. Rapunzel bit her lip, "I don't know..."

"Okay, for arguments sake, let's just all say we can climb!" The man grabbed Rapunzel and shoved her up the tree, quickly following after her. Jack looked around the tree and saw the white charger not far in the distance.

"Yeah... the tree."

Each one clung to the tree like monkeys, their arms gripping the sturdy trunk. "I officially hate this... So, who are you kids?"

"Stop calling us kids!" Merida protested, "I'm Merida DunBroch."

"Never heard of ya."

"I'm Rapunzel..." The blonde said hesitantly, her arms were strong from hanging around her tower a lot, but she wasn't sure how much longer she could bear it.

"Flynn Rider."

Jack snorted, "that sounds fake."

When the man didn't respond, Rapunzel glanced down at Jack, then up at Merida. She was in-between Flynn and Merida, while Jack hovered safely around them.

"Well... I'm definitely never forgetting this." Flynn said, his face pressed against the hard wood of the tree.