A/N: Gather around kids it's story time! When we last left our precious Guardians they were about to go to Rapunzel's kingdom what will happen next? I honestly have no idea (I'm literally winging this story) Let's see where my brain takes me! I DO NOT OWN RISE OF THE GUARDIANS OR TANGLED!

Out of all of them Jack was the most frantic. Icicles started to form on the roof as he flew around impatiently waiting for North to ready the sleigh.

"Jack!" Rapunzel called, gripping her frying pan nervously. "Jack, I know this is a big deal but we'll sort it out." She said not feeling confident enough. For some reason she didn't quite understand she was as jumpy as Jack, she was scared, and…angry. She hadn't even been to the kingdom and yet, Rapunzel felt as if Pitch was invading her home, hurting her people. It didn't make any sense.

The jingling of bells told Jack the sleigh was ready.

"Let's go." He grabbed Rapunzel's arm and pulled her forward, gently yes but it scared her. He didn't look like the beautiful boy that had rescued her anymore, he looked like an old man, a man you didn't want to cross.

Rapunzel gave a little gasp when she saw the sleigh. Polished dark wood with bronze runners and red paint highlighting the edges. Jack gave a childish grin that didn't quite reach his eyes, chuckled darkly, and said, giving North a knowing look,

"Everyone loves the sleigh."

North chuckled and even Bunny gave a small smile, because no matter how much he loathed admitting it, he loved the sleigh too.

"Here." He said offering Rapunzel an icy hand, helping her into the sleigh, but her foot caught on the bottom and laughing she landed on top of Jack sending him to the floor.

"Whoa mate, time and a place." Bunny joked peering at them with a mischievous twinkle in his eyes.

Rapunzel didn't notice, she was to busy staring at the winter spirit's face, just inches from her own…

"Punzi?" Jack whispered "Uh, ow." He squirmed uncomfortably wincing.

She realized she had been digging her nails into his palms, "Oops." She laughed trying to reclaim her balance "Sorry!"

"Well now that that's over with maybe we should go. You know before Pitch destroys a whole kingdom." Tooth said looking nervously between the Guardians.

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The light and warmth emanating from the city had been annoying. Pitch had half a mind to destroy it anyway; it was only an added bonus that it was Rapunzel's birthplace.

The chaos was wonderful. A shadow had fallen across the sun plunging the sun-city into darkness. Then out of that darkness came the Nightmares, trampling the beauty of the city, making people's worst fears consume them. Children screaming for their mothers, it was music to Pitch's ears.

"Are you sure this will work?" Gothel questioned coming up beside Pitch, both smirking at the darkness that overflowed this city.

Pitch grinned a Cheshire grin and put his arm around Gothel. "Of course, the Guardians wouldn't pass up an opportunity to save the 'poor peasants.' And since this is Rapunzel's home she can watch both her parents die. Then she'll never want to leave you again and I'll have what I've always wanted, a broken-hearted Frost, easy prey."

Gothel laughed beside him, her voice filled with anticipation and malice. Their eyes glowed bright as they watched the destruction around them.

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Bad didn't even begin to cover what had been done to the city. It should be summer, around the city the summer air was cool and sweet, bringing the scent of honey suckles. But the city it's self had been covered in a black dome, made of the shimmering dust that mirrored Sandy's dream dust, only this stuff was heavy, it would weigh you down, drowning you in seas of the sinister looking sand. Screams echoed from the citadel, children crying out for their mothers, husbands crying out for their wives.

"Oh no." Was the only sentence any of the Guardians could utter.

Jack gripped his staff and pulled Rapunzel close to him and whispered in her ear.

"You're a Guardian now. As much as I'd love to keep you out of this, I can't, we won't be able to win this without you. So, just, keep close to me." Rapunzel nodded gripping her frying pan.

"Here we go." North gritted his teeth.

They all charged into the cloud of Nightmares.

Jack's staff never stopped crackling with energy. He took down Nightmares left and right, Rapunzel healed the injured, her hair, in fact, never stopped glowing. Which was a good thing, it was hard to see your hand in front of your face. Anything in the halo of light was safe, the Nightmares shied away from that pure light.

There was a scream from the castle. A silhouette of a woman stood on the stone deck, being charged by a Nightmare. The queen.

'Punzi's mother, no!' Jack thought panic creeping into his thoughts.

"Rapunzel! We have to get to the castle your mo-I mean the queen is up there!" He yelled to her.

A flash of panic rushed through Rapunzel, emotions ran through her fear not for herself but for the queen, anger at the beast who charged her, and for a strange reason love, the same love she felt for her mother, even now, even when she'd done all this.

Jack offered Punzi his hand and they flew towards the castle. Landing on the rooftops they got a look at the Nightmare charging the queen, it was easily the largest of all of them. Jack leapt off the roof, landing between the beast and the queen. Knocking his staff against the stone he created an ice barrier between the thing and her highness.

"Hey!" The queen exclaimed, pressing her hands against the ice.

"I'm sorry Milady." Jack called back politely "Your going to need to stay in there."

"Jack! Look out!" Rapunzel called pointing towards the Nightmare. It had reared coming down upon Jack with its powerful hooves. Jack rolled out of the way and struck at it with his staff, it slowed the Nightmare's movements but did no damage other then that. Punzi snuck up behind and with a sharp CLANG struck it with her frying pan. That didn't do much either. This Nightmare was too strong. Jack sent an icy blast of wind at it. Knocking it back a few paces. He was so focused on the beast that he didn't notice when the other Guardians joined his fight, he didn't notice when his ice shield melted giving the queen a view of Rapunzel, and he most certainly didn't notice when Pitch and Gothel melted out of the shadows, creeping closer to Rapunzel.

Rapunzel gave a sharp squeal, and the Guardians turned just in time to see Pitch and Gothel retreating back into the darkness with a bound Rapunzel in tow.

So I realized I didn't have many cliffhangers on this thing. Here you go, don't you just hate me Flynn will become a character more in these upcoming chapters. BYE GUYS.