Jamie, MK, Merida, and Hiccup went straight to the border later that evening, MK driving her car straight over it. It wasn't long before Rapunzel, Jack, Gothi, and the Sandy's joined them.
"Alright, time to see if this potion works," blurted Sandy as she pulled out a phial and poured it all over Jack's scarf.
"Wait, you don't even know if it works?" asked Hiccup incredulously.
"Why didn't you test it first?" asked MK. The Sandman fiddled with his fingers and Gothi winced.
"There wasn't enough time to do that, but we're sure it works."
"Are you absolutely sure?"
Sandy Carver huffed, "Yes!"
Jack let out a breath as he wrapped his scarf around his neck, "Well, here goes." He walked towards the line, Rapunzel holding his hand tight. He gingerly took a step over, and another, before he was well on the other side, his hands still in Rapunzel's. Rapunzel watched his face for any changes while the others waited breathlessly. He glanced around, "Wait, what?"
"Jack?" Rapunzel asked worriedly.
He smirked, "Hey Princess, I'm not going to forget you that easily." He leaned in and gave her a peck on the cheek. "It works!" The others cheered.
"Awesome! Hurry up and get your scarf, Rapunzel, so we can go!" blurted Jamie.
"Jamie! Give them a second, will you?" remarked MK.
"OK, but, hurry up . . . please?"
Rapunzel chuckled, "Alright Jamie, I will." She turned, "Sandy, is mine . . . ah!" A shot rang out, and Rapunzel fell across the border.
"No, Rapunzel!" Jack picked her up and got her back into Cedar Grove as MK dashed past to help Hiccup apprehend the shooter. Gothi, Jamie, and the Sandy's crowded around Jack and Rapunzel. "Rapunzel, are you alright?"
She blinked, "Who? Who are you? What am I doing here?" Jack's eyes and mouth widened in shock.
"You, you don't know who I am?" he practically whispered, afraid of hearing the answer.
"No, should I?"
"Y-yes," Jack whispered, tears threatening to fall. "I-I love you, Rapunzel."
Rapunzel quickly jumped out of his arms, "I'm not Rapunzel, I'm Rose! And I don't know you, I don't know any of you!" She turned around, and paused, glancing at Merida. "Wait, I, I think I know you . . . S-Sarah May?"
Merida let out a sigh, "Yup, that's me. Um, Rose, I should get you to the hospital, you're bleeding."
Rapunzel shrieked when she saw the blood, "What? How?"
"Uh, Rose, just, uh, just get in the car, I'll take you to the hospital." Rapunzel merely nodded as she let Merida and Jack get her into the car. "I'll look after her, you go find JJ," whispered Merida. Jack could only nod as Merida got into the car and left.
"Justin!" growled Jack as he rose, Hiccup and MK having returned with the shooter.
Justin let out a cruel laugh, "Now you know how it feels to lose the one you love! I was nice enough not to kill her, unlike you."
"I never killed anyone!" shouted Jack.
"You killed Talia! Your stupid blizzard killed Talia!"
"What are you talking about? Blizzards happen! Why wasn't she inside?"
"She came looking for me because she was afraid you were going to hurt me! But you weren't going to hurt me, no, in your grief and anger you killed her!"
"I . . . I'm sorry . . ."
"Yeah, now you are, now that you've felt helpless in not being able to protecting the one you love! I only wanted to help, Jack, I only wanted to help, but you refused!"
"I would have accepted it! But I knew that Pitch had a hand in it, so I went straight to the Guardians!"
"Straight to the Guardians?" scoffed Justin. Sandy stepped between them, and nodded. "Wait, what? You mean to tell me you did in fact go straight to the Guardians when you noticed that Rapunzel and JJ were missing, no stopping in any towns along the way?"
"Yes! That's what I've been trying to tell you!" Justin just stared at Jack, MK could tell he was rethinking everything and quite possibly realizing that he had made a mistake.
"B-but I talked to you!"
"I didn't see you until we found those clues that led us to your house!" blurted Jack.
"S-so, if what you're saying is true, then . . . who, who did I talk to in the blizzard?"
"I, I don't know, but it wasn't me."
"But he looked and sounded exactly like you."
"I don't know what you saw, but it wasn't me. I went straight to the North Pole, I swear."
"But, but I thought . . ."
Hiccup interrupted, "I think you need to do some major thinking while you're in jail. MK, Jack, Jamie, you should get going. We'll take care of Rapunzel, don't worry about her."
"And we'll get to work right away on some more memory-restoring potions," remarked Sandy.
Jack smiled sadly, "Thanks, guys. I think your dad's right, MK, we should get going." Mk glanced at Hiccup.
"Go on, I've got this." MK nodded before following Jack and Jamie to the car. They got into the car, and MK put distance between them and the town, though she glanced in her rearview mirror from time to time to watch Hiccup and the others head back into town. She let out a sigh some time later when Jack and Jamie had drifted off to sleep, she hadn't been able to get Jack and Rapunzel out in time. Then another question popped into her head, how were they supposed to find JJ? Sure, Sandy had said he went to a town on the east coast, but there were a lot of towns on the east coast. Which one had he taken shelter in? As a matter of fact, what was his last name? MK let out a huff, this could take a little longer than they had anticipated.
