Hey guys!
Thanks for the reviews, especially you Orange Cat ;D
Man, I am on a role with this story, like honestly
Rapunzel's POV
Rapunzel sat awkwardly with the Guardians and the other two teens. After she had saved Merida's life, the girl had insisted that they stop fussing over her and get back down to business.
Rapunzel still didn't really know what was going on. Why had they all been looking for her, what was Gothel's role in all of this, what did it have to do with Jack? North and Tooth had started to explain things to her, but she was still scared.
Just knowing that the Boogeyman knew about her secret had put her on edge. At least now that Guardians knew too, he and Gothel couldn't use it against her.
"Ok, we need ta work out our next move." Bunny said, leaning forward in his seat.
Rapunzel bit her lip. This was really happening. They were going to plan an attack on Pitch. But Rapunzel didn't know how to fight, and she'd seen Jack fight the Guardians, how could she even hope to defeat him?
Merida rubbed her upper arm, where her wound had been. "Ah say first step is ta get Jack back. We'll need 'im."
Was it just her, or did Rapunzel see Hiccup scowl slightly at the comment?
"Merida is right. We cannot defeat Pitch without him." North agreed.
"But who else are we fighting? Surely Pitch allied himself with someone other than Gothel." Hiccup added. "And I'd rather not go against them without knowing who we're going to have to fight."
Sandy held up two thumbs in agreement.
Tooth's wings fluttered anxiously. "But how do we find that out? We can't go back there."
"Maybe Jack could tell us?" Rapunzel spoke up quietly. "You know, after we...get him back?" She didn't know what they were getting him back from, or why. How could they possibly want to talk with Jack after what he'd done to Merida. After what he'd done to them at her tower?
North nodded. "Yes, he will know."
"But how do we get him back? Will we have to kill him?" Hiccup inquired, and Rapunzel's eyes widened.
"What? No! You can't kill him!" Even if he was a liar, if he was on the bad side, she didn't want him dead.
Tooth put a hand on her shoulder. "It's ok, Jack is immortal. He would regenerate."
"That doesn't mean you can just..." She trailed off. "You can't just kill someone because you know they'll come back from it."
Sandy made a series of sand pictures above his head. Rapunzel didn't understand every picture, but she got the general idea that the Guardian of Dreams agreed with her.
"Ok, but what else can we do?" Bunny said. "Not even Sandy's dreamsand worked on 'im."
The Guardians fell silent as they all tried to come up with a solution. Rapunzel debated on whether she should mention her hair, would it work? What were they even trying to do?
"Maybe we should focus on finding him first. I mean, surely he doesn't just stay with Pitch all the time. He'd have to work constantly to keep spring from coming, if we could figure out his flight paths we might be able to intercept him." Hiccup suggested.
"Um, why do we need Jack, exactly? Isn't he an enemy?" Rapunzel asked.
North thought over his response for a moment. "Is very complicated, but Jack is under Pitch's control. He is the fourth member of the prophecy we were telling you about."
Guilt swelling inside her, Rapunzel immediately banished all the bad thoughts she'd had about the winter spirit. Determination set in, she felt an overwhelming urge to help him. Looks like she wasn't the only person who had been used for their abilities.
Jack's POV
Jack came to lying in a pile of snow. Opening golden eyes, a blurry figure came into focus, revealing Pitch standing over him.
The Nightmare King extended his hand, and the winter spirit accepted the offer of help. The blizzard had blown out, but the sky was still dark grey and the ground was covered in thick blanket of snow.
Jack was a bit unsteady, but he gripped his staff and stood straight. No way would he let Pitch see just how close he had been to losing it. The older spirit regarded him closely, but he didn't ask how Jack had come to be passed out in the snow.
The two of them made their way back into the lair, and Jack was careful to steer Pitch away from the passages that he'd frozen.
"I trust you got rid of the intruders." Pitch said in a tone that implied that it wasn't a question.
Jack scoffed. "Of course I did. It was those two kids, but I took care of them. I'm sure that poor Merida Dunbroch might not recover from her injuries."
Pitch's lips pulled back into a rare smile, albeit malicious and full of hate. "Good."
They arrived back in the globe room, where Gothel had just arrived. Her black hair was a mess, and she had a streak of blood running across her temple. Her expression was one of anger and maybe a bit of fear.
"Pitch! Rapunzel's gone!"
"WHAT!?" Jack and Pitch yelled in sync. Jack had been calming down, but now his temper flared again. After all the effort he'd given to get the girl and the hag away from the Guardians, the stupid witch had lost her again.
"The Guardians came and took her." Gothel explained, quick to tell them that she was unconscious and that it wasn't her fault.
Pitch Black was seething, but when he spoke his voice was calm and cold. "You are lucky then, that Merida Dunbroch is already dead."
Gothel groaned. "No, she isn't. Rapunzel's hair can heal."
Jack was sure he felt his eye twitch. "You incompetant little-"
"Don't lecture me, boy! It was your job to keep Rapunzel away from the Guardians!"
"And I did my job, hag. It was you who lost her, not me!"
Pitch snapped. "ENOUGH!"
Gothel glared, her grey eyes flashing. "And you, you could've sent your nightmares. I'm sure you were aware of the Guardians' presence."
"I was aware of intruders, and I sent Jack to dispose of them. And he did." Pitch said, his eyes challenging her to question him further.
Jack smirked. Pitch wasn't by any means the leader of their alliance, but he certainly held the most influence, and none of them could deny it. This had, after all, been his idea.
"He may have, but now Rapunzel will heal whatever injuries they had, and they will come after him next," Gothel pointed at Jack.
"Pfft," Jack rolled his eyes. "I'm insulted that you think the Guardians would beat me." He would've thought that he'd proved that he was much stronger than them by now. However, he was confused about what Gothel was trying to say. Why on earth would they want him?
"It's no matter, we'll just get the girl back." Pitch interrupted, earning a snobby snort of laughter from the old woman.
"You think she'll come back?" She took a step towards them, her expression starting to turn into one of desperation. "No, she won't, which means that I'll start to age again, do you know what will happen then?"
"You'll turn to dust?" Jack guessed. "Good."
Gothel snarled in response. Words couldn't even describe how much the two of them loathed each other. The witch reached into the folds of her cloak and pulled out a long dagger, holding it threateningly towards the winter spirit.
"You better watch what you say, Frost," She sneered, but Jack was unimpressed. "And Pitch? You should learn to control your slave better."
Jack lashed out and grabbed onto Gothel's wrist. Channeling his powers through his hand, the sleeve of Gothel's began to turn to ice. "I am not a slave,"
The ice began to creep past Gothel's shoulder towards her neck, but Pitch put a hand on his shoulder. "Jack, a nightmare just informed me that some of the snow is melting in England, perhaps you should fix that?"
Narrowing his eyes, Jack reluctantly released his hold on Gothel's arm. Shooting her an icy glare, Jack turned around and flew back out of the lair.
Hiccup's POV
To say that Hiccup was nervous to face Jack again was a bit of an understatement. He was still filled with guilt about what had happened to Merida, even if she claimed that she was fine and hated that they kept apologizing to her.
It hadn't taken them long to figure out Jack's flight patterns (the Guardians had many friends who were more than happy to share information), but they had also been told that Jack had already made his rounds recently.
The only way that they concluded would get him to come back, was to melt the snow. They had guessed that Jack could sense which areas needed snowfall, just like Tooth could sense when someone had lost a tooth, or how Bunny could sense people's hope.
While Tooth and Sandy had to quickly do some work, Hiccup and North worked together to figure out the best to apprehend the rogue winter spirit. Meanwhile, Merida and Bunny were helping Rapunzel learn to defend herself. Predictably, she hadn't really wanted to go, but North had claimed that it was essential that all the Seasons be there.
Hiccup was happier more than ever that he had made so many adjustments to Toothless's saddle and his armor. Toothless's plasma blasts would be a vital tool in the fight against Jack Frost, so it was lucky had designed the leather to be more suitable for winter flying.
Of course, any ice would just melt off of his scales, but now the saddle was made so that the buckles wouldn't freeze over and break, and that the moisture wouldn't seep into the leather.
"Ok, where should we do this?" Hiccup asked, looking down at the map that North had spread out on the table.
North stroked his beard contemplatively, studying the map. "Hmm, some place that is very populated, we need him to notice."
"Yeah, but we don't want civilians around."
"Indeed...what about England. Very populated but many remote areas."
Hiccup nodded in agreement, and they stood to notify the rest of the group.
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Hiccup sat atop Toothless's back, waiting in the now snow-free English plain. His sword was in-hand; he usually preferred to use his shield, but the sword was his most useful weapon against Jack.
Merida was armed with a new quiver of arrows, Bunny had his boomerangs and egg-bombs at the ready, North was holding twin swords. Sandy had created whips out of dreamsand, and Rapunzel held long tresses of her hair. Tooth also had swords in her hands, as well as several mini fairies at her side.
After the snow had melted, they had waited for little over twenty minutes before the weather grew increasingly colder.
Clouds began to gather in the sky, a freezing wind tore across the plain and snow began to fall. However, there was no sign of the spirit. Hiccup was beginning to think that Jack wasn't there, when he heard laughing carried on the wind.
Jack Frost was here.
Well, I'm not sure about the ending, but oh well.
I actually find Rapunzel really hard to write, cause like she isn't stupid but she's still pretty naive. And she is really determined but she just follows Gothel's every word. I don't know, maybe you can give me some tips?
Please R&R ;D
