Merida: And we're back! Again!
Jack: (Is still stuck in Hiccup's body) We really need to get a new intro.
Hiccup: (Is still in Jack's body) Agreed. When does the potion wear off again?
Rapunzel: It should wear off at the end of the chapter…
Madi: Why can't I ride the dragon?
Toothless: (Is hiding behind Hiccup)
Merida: BECAUSE YA ALMOST KILLED US ALL!
Madi: (Pouts)
Hiccup: Starting Chapter!
Jack: We need a new way to start the chapter to…
Chapter 7
?'s POV:
We didn't have all of the Spirits, I could just feel it. Everything was falling into place perfectly, but my heart still couldn't stop telling me this was all wrong.
But it was how I was, and there was no going back. Not even he would accept me. I pulled out the small photo from my pocket and stroked it.
"Edward, why did you hurt me?" I whispered. The small sound bounced from stone wall from stone wall, echoing non-stop, echoing my pain.
Rapunzel's POV:
We arrived at the Pole quickly. Marie plopped down on a box and snapped her fingers. Her staff appeared in her hand and her clothes changed to mimic Jack's. "Well, that was…unique." She joked. Merida rolled her eyes.
"Well, we are unique people." Jack answered. At that moment, the Guardians came in. Melody shrieked with joy and hugged Sandy. Bunnymund was glaring at the Witch, who didn't notice. She was too busy looking at all of the teddy bears.
"You're okay!" She cheered. Sandy nodded and hugged her back.
"The Twins attacked us. Another problem; one of the five guards are missing." Tooth reported.
"Why is she here?" Bunnymund growled.
"She's our ally!" Merida barked back. The Witch nodded and continued to study the teddy bears.
"Good news is we found other Spirits!" North cheered. Bunnymund began to warm up by the fire.
"They ought to be here any minute…" He muttered.
"DUCK!" Hiccup yelled. I hit the deck.
"We are not ducks!" A voice shouted.
"Yeah, we're parrots!" Three more chorused. I glanced up and found five beautiful parrots in front of us.
"Hello." The male said. "We are the Spirits of True Abilities. This is my wife, Jewel, and my kids, Carla, Bia and Tiago."
"Don't forget you Dad!" Tiago called.
"Right, and I am Blu."
"It's nice to meet you." Jewel said. I waved. The room was suddenly fill with a cry of joy and a cry of panic. A girl with extremely, frizzy red hair and wearing a tiger skin jumped out of nowhere with some guy over her shoulder.
"EEP! PUT ME DOWN!" The guy yelled. Eep put him down gently.
"I'm Eep Crood and this is Guy!" She introduced.
"His name is Guy?" Jack questioned. Guy stood up and brushed himself off.
"Yep. We're…from prehistoric times." Guy explained.
"The rest of our group was captured." Eep explained.
"INCOMING!" Someone shouted. A few blurs whizzed past and crashed into a nearby pile of presents.
"Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh! Penny, are you okay?" Someone asked.
"That was awesome!" Another shouted. A dog popped out of the presents.
"We are all okay!" He announced. A cat, a hamster in a plastic ball, and a girl popped out of the presents.
"Hey! I'm Penny, this is Mittens, Bolt, and Rhino." Penny introduced as she pointed at each. "We're the Spirits of Self Worth."
"Weren't you a TV show star?" Hiccup asked. Penny nodded.
"Yep. So was Bolt."
"The moving pictures with Bolt in them were the best!" Rhino cheered. Mittens sighed and shook her head. Blu and his family flew out of the way just in time to avoid a red…thing. It hovered above the ground, and then opened up. A girl with short blonde hair, a boy with auburn hair, and another dog walked out.
"Hello everyone," The dog said while adjusting his glasses. I waved. This was getting a little weird. "We are the Spirits of Time. I'm Mr. Peabody, this here is Sherman, and this is Penny. Because we have two Pennys, she will be known as Penny T."
"Wait, isn't Father Time the Spirit of Time?" Jack asked. Penny T. nodded.
"Well, duh!" She said. Sherman nodded.
"We're in charge of making sure that nothing changes!" Sherman added. Mr. Peabody sighed.
"What we're trying to say is, yes, Time is the Spirit of Time. We say we're the Spirits of Time because Penny T. is the Spirit of the Present, Sherman is the Future, and I'm the Past. We've been having serious trouble with all three categories."
"How come?" Merida questioned. Penny T. whipped out her phone and pressed a button. A projection came out of it, showing a sphere with red, blue, and yellow dots in and across it.
"The blue dots represent the things in time that are going as they should. The red dots are disturbances," Penny T. explained. Sherman pointed to the red dots.
"These dots are future dots. What's happened is that some Spirits who aren't created right now have been taken from the future and put in the present." Sherman explained.
"The gold dots are all in the Past. Time has been kidnapping humans from their original time periods and placing them in the future." Mr. Peabody explains. "If we don't work quickly, worm holes will enter throughout the time system, allowing Father time free access to any time period he wants."
"Can't he already do that?" I asked.
"It's harder for him to do it without us." Penny T. explained. North suddenly face palmed and gestured for Tooth and Bunnymund to follow him.
"What's going on Sandy?" Melody asked. Sandy created pictures above his head, but they were so fast I couldn't understand. "The guards of Father Winter are injured?"
"We're…okay…" Someone grunted. North, Bunnymund, and Tooth returned, each carrying a guard. North carried a reindeer over his shoulder, Bunnymund carried a man, and Tooth carried a young girl. A snowman walked behind them, looking around in wonder.
"This is so exciting! Oh, hi! I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs!" Olaf cheered. Marie walked over to Olaf and poked him with her staff.
"Jack, did you make this thing?" Marie asked. Jack shook his head.
"These are the guards; the girl is Anna, this is Kristoff, and the reindeer is Sven." Bunnymund introduced. Tooth placed Anna on the ground gently. All of the guards, except for Olaf, were covered with bruises, dirt, cuts, and dried blood. Anna pushed a strand of hair out of her face.
"Are…are you going to save Elsa?" She whispered.
"Ya bet we are." Merida said. Maximus and Pascal entered the area, along with Merida's brothers. I nodded to Pascal and Maximus. Pascal hopped to the ground, climbed up my back, and pulled out a single flower. The braid came undone almost instantly.
"Start wrapping my hair around all of your injuries," I instructed. "If you're uninjured, help someone who can't help themselves." Everyone nodded and got to work. When they finished, I sang my song to heal them.
"Wait, what Spirits are missing?" Jack asked. The Witch perked up.
"The Corrupted have the Leprechaun, the Groundhog, Mother Nature's Leaf Men, the Spirits of Halloween, Cupid, the Spirits of Forgiveness, the remaining Spirits of Family, and the Spirits of Titles." She explained. Mr. Peabody adjusted his glasses.
"They have also kidnapped the Spirits of Moving Forward and two robots from the future, not to mention the other guard." He noted. Out of the corner of my eye I noticed Melody perk up and look around.
"A few Spirits have locked themselves away, like the remaining Ancients, and the Spirit of Thanksgiving, and Eris and Pitch are dead…" Tooth added in a whisper.
"Why are you whispering?" Jack mumbled. Tooth looked confused.
"I wasn't whispering! Why are you mumbling!?" Tooth said quietly. Melody was flying about, looking behind boxes.
"I wasn't mumbling!" Jack retorted. Hiccup tried to speak, but no words came out of his mouth. Everyone began to panic.
"FOUND HIM!" Melody screamed. Melody began to drag a boy behind her. He wore a light grey shirt, pants, shoes, and bracelets that made no sound. His hair was light grey, along with his eyes. His skin was extremely pale and he was smiling. "Silence, knock it off!" Melody shouted. Silence rolled his eyes and snapped his fingers…well…silently.
"WE'RE BACK!" Eep cheered. Melody turned to Silence, her face bright red.
"Why are you here?!" She snapped. Silence held up his hands in defense.
"Okay, I get that you're mad at me, but why the harsh tone?" Silence asked jokingly. Melody took a deep breath and turned around.
"Everyone, this is Silence. I assume he already knows who all of you are." Melody said through clenched teeth. Merida instantly shot an arrow, which Silence avoided, but Jack didn't. Jack tried to hit Silence with an icicle, but only managed to scare Toothless, who began to run around with Hiccup stuck to the saddle. I took a lock of hair and tried to stop him, but only managed to get dragged along. Hiccup suddenly went flying off Toothless and crashed into Merida.
"These are the people who are supposed to fight Painter, Time, and April!?" Silence laughed.
"They just need some information and experience!" Melody retorted.
"And that's supposed to help them?"
"YES!"
"Why are you always so angry?"
"WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS SO LAZY AND LAID BACK?!" North separated the two.
"Stop it both of you!" He ordered. "I know you have had a rough past, but get over your relationship!"
"Why are you here Silence?" Tooth questioned. Silence sighed.
"I wanted to help the good guys for once." He muttered. Melody gasped and hugged him. Silence smirked and hugged her back. "I know I'm considered 'Evil' and all that, but if the Corrupted win, nothing is going to be…right. Besides, I miss them." Melody was crying again.
"Did I miss something?" I whispered to Hiccup. He shrugged.
"It looks like to me they used to be a couple." Jack muttered. Merida nodded. Melody broke away from Silence and brushed herself off.
"Alright, I think it's about time we told about the Evil and Corrupted Ancients," Melody explained. "Who do you want to know about first?"
"Father Time." Jack said.
"Father Time was the first one to become Corrupted. He controls the time with the Chains of Time. He used to be the sweetheart of Mother Nature. Because his Uncorrupted-self had the most power when time was working almost perfectly, his Corrupted-self works best when time is in shreds." Silence explained.
"He's extremely dangerous with his Chains. With them, he came make time Stop, Speed Up, or Reverse. He's the reason why Tooth was made a Spirit; he made people grow up to quickly and forget to soon." Melody finished.
"What about Painter?" I asked.
"Painter is the Ancient of Emotions. Have you ever heard the expression 'Eyes are the windows to the Soul'?" Silence asked. I nodded. "Well, that half the truth. Your eyes were made by Painter. They're where she puts your emotions, who are represented by little people."
"Painter's own eyes are nothing but white," Melody continued. "Her weapon is her paintbrush. With it, she can make you feel anything; hurt, jealous, depressed, joyful, you name it. Her Uncorrupted-self thrived with everyone's emotions, so I can only guess that her Corrupted-self might work better with an Emotion-less world."
"What about Decay?" Merida questioned. Melody gagged.
"His name fits him perfectly. His skin is rotting, his hair is falling out, his teeth are rotten, he's just nasty! He gains his power through his Boggans; warriors of rot. His weapon is a giant staff that can make anything rot." Melody continued to gag.
"His only weakness is Mother Nature and recycling." Silence finished.
"Grim Reaper?" Hiccup questioned.
"Grim is the Ancient of the Layers of Death. His weapon is obviously his scythe. He's actually pretty handsome and not a skeleton. He walks around the world, loosening souls from their bodies and sending them to the needed Layer of Death." Silence explained casually.
"What about you?" Jack asked as he pointed to Silence.
"Silence here is the Ancient of Quiet. Without him, I couldn't exist, and no one could do anything. His weapon is his Wave of Silence; it can knock anything out of its path while bringing a lot of quiet." Melody explained.
"Invisible?" Merida asked.
"Invisible is Painter's opposite; he's hard to see and has no emotion whatsoever. Always talks monotone. His finger alone can make anyone unnoticed by everyone else. He's also one of the few Ancients who are benefitting from this whole disaster." Silence growled.
"Mother and Father?" I asked.
"Ancient of Discipline and Rules. They're actually one being with two heads. They can shape shift into anyone's parents, and get their power from children's hard work. They can cause anyone to think they need to work hard so that Mother and Father benefit." Melody said with a shudder.
"Yang?" Hiccup questioned.
"It's hard to explain Yang without Yin being involved. Yang is mostly bad, but has a touch of good in him. He's the more evil part of balance. He and Yin both have wands that can cast any spell needed to make balance. He's been missing, along with Yin." Silence explained.
"It's actually pretty scary that they haven't escaped yet." Melody whispered.
"Pitch Black?" Merida questioned.
"Ancient of Fear, not to be mixed with Fearlings. It's extremely difficult for Pitch to feel fear, which is why he was charged with finding the Fearlings and locking them up. He didn't understand why until what he did to the Corrupted." Melody wiped away a few tears.
"He's also known as the Boogeyman. He has power over shadows and Nightmares. Is strongest most when Sandy is weak. You probably figured that part out. He's also dead." Silence finished.
"What about Forever?" Hiccup questioned.
"She's the other reason why Tooth was created. She wants things to last forever and ever, and is the reason why history books are getting bigger," Silence joked. Melody elbowed him. "OW! Alright, alright! She's another one benefitting from this mess and can make anyone remember anything, including after their baby teeth memories. Her weapon is a giant thing of rope with its own mind. It slithers around like a snake, entangles its prey, and waits for Forever to come."
"April Fool?" I asked. Silence looked at the ground while Melody rubbed the back of her neck.
"Almost nothing is known about April."
Hiccup's POV:
"WHAT!? ISN'T SHE YOUR SISTER?!" I shouted. Melody began to cry.
"She always kept to herself, and when she was Corrupted she destroyed her records. No one knows anything about her." Melody sobbed. Silence held her close and glared at me.
"Shut up!" Silence yelled. "If we knew anything, we would tell you! April was extremely close to us all! We want to help her, but, like Melody said, nobody knows anything about her!" We all became quiet, whether it was because of Silence or hurt, I couldn't tell.
"Her favorite color is pink." Someone whispered. We all turned to Bunnymund, who was leaning against the wall near the fireplace.
"What?" Anna questioned.
"Her favorite color is pink." Bunnymund repeated. "She's scared of confined spaces, loves to paint and laugh, and likes playing pranks on others." Melody looked at Bunnymund.
"You knew her?" She whimpered. Silence remained quiet.
"In this life and the last." Bunnymund stated as he stared at the ground. "She was the girl I saved before I became the Easter Bunny. I watched her die, and then disappear. She finally managed to approach me one April Fool's Day. She told me who she was, and she said she remembered me," Bunnymund's eyes began to water. "She told me where she was locked away, and I waited there every April Fool's Day to meet her. I guess we eventually fell in love." Bunnymund blinked back his tears.
"You're the reason why she fought the Fearling." Melody whispered. Bunnymund nodded.
"She has no clear weapon, but she is extremely flexible and can shapeshift to be anything. She has this thing called the Amulet that allows her to confine a Spirit and use their powers. She's the Spirit of Mischief and Trouble. Her Uncorrupted-self thrives with children's Mischief. Her Corrupted-self…thrives off of pure trouble. When Corrupted, she influences children to break windows, steal, everything a child shouldn't do." Bunnymund sighed and went quiet. Silence cleared his throat.
"Bunnymund?"
"Yes?"
"Why did April suddenly go completely Corrupted?" Bunnymund flinched.
"It was during the Dark Ages. We were busy fighting Pitch off. At the time, April could go three weeks before she became Corrupted again. I…I wasn't able to visit her once. I…I should've tried harder…" Bunnymund began to breathe angrily. "She was always saying the Fearling was whispering things in her head. Horrible things. Almost all of them she was able to confirm, like it was her fault Time and Painter were Corrupted, her family hated her, and she was a dangerous being. The one thing she never believed was that I was using her."
"So when you went to fight with the Guardians…" I started.
"…You forgot about her, and the Fearling began to whisper to her…" Jack continued.
"…About how she was useless to you, and about how you didn't need her…" Merida said softly.
"…and finally, she caved in and became completely Corrupted through a broken heart." I finished. Bunnymund nodded, a single tear dripping onto the floor.
"It's my fault." Bunnymund whispered. Anna stood up.
"It's not your fault!" She cried. "It's the Fearlings fault! Heck, I say this is all of the Evil Ancients' fault! If they hadn't locked away Yin and Yang, created the Corrupted, or released those Fearlings, none of this would be happening!"
"Anna's right. That's why I want to help, before someone gets hurt…or dead." Silence added. Blu snapped his…foot.
"I have an idea!" He announced. Mr. Peabody and Guy looked at him.
"I do to." Mr. Peabody agreed.
"As do I." Guy said.
"If we can save Father Time first…" Blu began.
"…Time itself would be fixed…" Mr. Peabody continued.
"…So we could go back into the Past…" Guy thought out loud.
"…And then stop all of this from happening!" Blu finished. I thought for a minute.
"That could work…but there would be a few problems." I explained.
"Like what?" Penny asked.
"Well, for one, Rapunzel, Merida, Jack and I could stop existing all together as Spirits," I pointed out. "A good chunk of us might disappear, Father Winter would still be loose, the Winds would be enslaved, and who knows what else!"
"What if we released Yin and Yang? Or better yet, just Yin? She could fix everything!" Eep suggested.
"That would overthrow the balance even more…" Jewel mumbled.
"Not to mention Yang could die, and Yin wouldn't agree to it." Silence added.
"And even Yin and Yang aren't strong enough to defeat a Fearling." Melody agreed.
"How about we just attack them, take prisoners, and then figure out what to do?" Merida suggested.
"Too risky; remember, they have lots of prisoners that they could threaten us with." Bolt said.
"It wouldn't be as risky if we found the other Winds…" Marie mumbled. We all turned to her. "If all of the Winds are gathered, we can take back our true forms and be of more use, like strengthening our masters. There's a small possibility that I can guide you to the Winds of Spring or Fall, but not Summer."
"We also need to find Elsa!" Olaf put in.
"The Winds can also help you find anything that can be touched by a gust of wind." Marie added.
"Then that's our plan; find the Winds, save the last guard, and then attack!" Jack shouted.
Elsa's POV:
I groaned and slowly got to my feet. Where was I? Where was Anna!?
I looked around frantically, searching for my sister. The only other person was a man in a navy blue cloak. His long white beard reached to his stomach, his pale skin was covered in burns and scars from his imprisonment, and his icy blue eyes staring angrily at me. He clutched his chair tightly, as if holding himself back.
I readied myself for an attack. "Winter." I growled.
"Elsa." He muttered. He stood up, towering above me.
"Where's my sister!?" I demanded. Winter smirked.
"She's nowhere near here."
"What do you want?" I questioned.
"You. Your powers. Your fear." Winter thrust his hand forward, encasing me in ice. Black ice.
I struggled to break free. Winter turned around, opening the door. Four people entered the room; one man, three women.
The man had pure black hair and was very old. His arms were covered in watches of every kind, his bronze eyes gleamed in anger, and he wore bronze armor. Chains hung from his belt, probably long enough to wrap around the world. His skin was slightly pale, and his wrists and shoeless feat showed signs of chains. He was just a head shorter than Winter.
The first woman was just as tall as the man, but her eyes were pure white. She wore a long sleeved dress that trailed behind her. The dress was covered in paint splotches, along with dried blood. Her skin was pure white, along with her hair. She clutched a long paintbrush in her hand, and class jars with miniature people hung from her hip.
The second woman was a head shorter that the man. She wore a silver dress and silver accessories. A rope trailed behind her, moving on its own. Her eyes were pure silver while her skin was tan. She held a small orb in her hands, but I couldn't tell what was in it.
The last woman was the exact same height as the second. She had a frizzy red mane of hair that stuck out in every direction and had bugs crawling through it. Her face was painted exactly like a clown's, but the paint was smeared, the smile to big, the eyes two small, and she had cuts on her faces. She walked with a limp, and her skin showed chain imprints. Her eyes were pure red, her skin ghostly pale, and her clown suite was rotting and covering in mold. The only accessory she wore was a choker around her throat.
"This the girl!?" The man demanded. The woman with the white clothes examined me.
"Yes, her emotions are all in check, and Fear has no word." She answered.
"Why is she frozen? It would be better if I did this!" The second woman snarled. She snapped her fingers. The rope sprung forward, broke the black ice, and tied itself around me. The clown clapped her hands.
"That was wonderful! And I can feel the Trouble she's going to create!" The clown cheered. Winter chuckled wickedly.
"Now, where are your manners? Introduce yourselves to the Queen of Arendelle!" Winter snarled. The man bowed mockingly.
"I am Father Time, Ancient of Time." The man said. The woman in white touched my face gently with her cold hands.
"I am Painter, creator of Emotions." She breathed. The woman in silver laughed.
"Sister Forever, Ancient of Eternity!" She cackled. The clown smiled and disappeared.
"And I am April Fool, Ancient of Mischief and Trouble!" The clown laughed as she appeared next to me. I noticed her suit had many pockets in it.
"Bring Grim in here!" Time demanded. The door opened, producing a young man, and slammed shut.
The newcomer had dark grey hair and pure white skin. He held a scythe in his hand and wore a black robe. His eyes were black, and a ring of keys dangled from his wrist.
"I won't do it!" Grim shouted. April was on him in minutes.
"You better, Grim, or you know what we'll do." April said dangerously. Grim paled.
"NO! Please! Not the Amulet! Not the Amulet!" He cried. April smirked.
"April, your letting his Fear get the best of him." Painter warned.
"Paint the circle already! This thing is getting heavy!" Forever sneered. April rolled her eyes and pulled out a small jar full of blood and a paintbrush. She danced around me, creating strange circles on the ground. Time whipped out his chains, which went deep into the ground and into the walls, connecting the circles with the walls. Grim slowly selected a key and walked over to me. The rope raised me into the hair, revealing a small keyhole that had appeared. Grim placed the key in it and turned. The circle began to glow black, then disappeared. Painter drifted up towards me, emotionless. She took out a small, empty jar and a jar full of clear liquid. She dipped her paintbrush in the liquid and held it up to my eyes. For some reason, I couldn't close my eyes, no matter how much I tried.
Painter covered my eyes in the liquid. "Joy, Disgust, Anger, Sadness, come here now!" she screeched. She held the jar close to my face, and to my surprise, four little people were sucked into the jar, each one looking a little like me.
"HEY! PUT US BACK IN HER HEAD!" The red one screamed.
"Anger, shut up!" The green one sneered.
"Disgust, we have to make the most of the situation! Everyone, calm down!" The yellow one ordered. The blue one began to cry.
"Joy, it's over! We're doomed!" She cried. Joy looked at her, then hugged her.
"It's okay Sadness, we're going to be okay." Joy said softly.
Painter closed the jar, smiling wickedly. A cold sweat came over me. My palms became sweaty. My heart clenched in…fear. I began to scream, trying my hardest to break loose.
"Please! Please! Let me go! I'll do anything! ANYTHING!" I screamed. The rope released me, but Winter quickly froze me to the ceiling. "PLEASE! LET ME GO!" Forever chuckled as the rope raised her up to me. The orb began to glow.
"I confine you to an eternity of FEAR!" She screamed. The orb disappeared in a flash of light, and then I began remembering all those years, trying to hide my powers. All the years, hiding form people who would hurt me. Hiding from the people I could hurt. I remembered running away from the crowds as the snow began to fall. Running across the lake. Being hunted by the guards.
In the distance I could hear Grim. "By the power manifested in me, I summon Pitch Black and Eris back from the dead! I use this girl's Fear to draw them out and free them from the Bonds of Death!" There was a bang, and then everything went silent. Then a woman, not Painter, April or Forever, began to cry while a different man cackled.
"I'm free! Free! Now, we can destroy the Guardians!"
Madi: And, done! (Jack and Hiccup are back to normal)
Hiccup: Wow, we have a lot of characters.
Madi: And more are coming!
Merida: Ya're going ta give our readers a head ache!
Rapunzel: Poor Elsa…poor, poor Elsa…
Madi: (Shrugs) Well, it had to be done.
Jack: HE'S BACK! HE'S BACK! WHY CRUEL WORLD!? WHY!?
Madi: (Laughs at Jack and gets frozen alive)
Merida: (Sees Madi frozen and hurls a ball of fire at Jack)
Jack: (Ducks)
Rapunzel: (Fireball lands on hair. Screams and attempts to put it out. Frying pan flies out of hands)
Hiccup: (Get hit by frying pan. Falls to the ground, scaring Toothless. Toothless panics frees Madi.)
Madi: (Attempts to grab Jack, but ends up tackling Merida)
Merida: (Shoots arrow, which get's Jack's hood and sticks him to wall)
Madi: Well Jack, there's the new way to end the chapter.