The two of them took a seat on the couch in Rapunzel's living room in an awkward silence as Rapunzel placed Pascal on the coffee table and sat at the other end of the couch. Rapunzel knew what she was there to talk about but tried to ease into the conversation by talking about something else. "So…how are you liking your room?"

"Don't try to pull that one on me." Merida said as she crossed her arms and leaned back into the cushions of the couch. "We hav to do something abou' Autumn. Aye don't think aye can fight alongside of 'im! I've gotten over what happened all those years ago but that doesn't mean aye can just go and trust him to watch me back, our backs in a fight!"

"Well what are we supposed to do? If this legend or prophecy is true and Mother Nature is going to be in danger then we need him to defeat Pitch and Gothel. Don't forgot that we're going to need you! You were the only one who was able to beat Mor'du." Rapunzel said as she fiddled with her braid. "What are we supposed to do without either of you on the team?"

"Ah don't know but how are we supposed to fight together when we only formed as a team a week ago? Can we even be called a team?" Merida said as she ran her hands through her curly red locks in frustration at their situation.

"Well…"

"What is it?" Merida said as she leaned over the side of the couch to try and put her hair back.

Rapunzel got up from the couch slowly twisting her braid nervously and uttered the next question in a whisper. "What if we…tried to, I don't know…talk to him?"

Merida froze then flipped her hair back in a wild fashion and exclaimed, "We tried that! All of those years ago! Don't you remember what happened?! As soon as we stepped onto that he tried to kill us!"

They both knew the answer to that question. After all they both bore a scar on their back as a reminder of their first encounter. The weather on Berk that day was dark and the wind blew furiously through the trees and abandoned building and the island was quiet. All that could be heard was the creaking of rotting wood, the crashing of waves against the dock and beach and the rustling of leaves from the forests. North had told them not to go to the island or to try and meet Autumn yet but their combined curiosity got the better of them both and they ended up taking two of North's snowballs and went to pay their future comrade a visit. The two of them walked up to the village square and stopped at the memorial boulder but before they could examine it they were pinned to the ground in front of it by the wind. Autumn landed in from of them clad in his leather armor. He kneeled down in front of them examining their every movement as they tried to escape from the force of the wind with his forest green lizard-like eyes. Suddenly and without warning he cut into their backs with a dagger in each hand slowly dragging the blades through their flesh but only deep enough to leave a scar. The two of them screamed out in agony and fear as to what was happening and tried to escape from the pain but suddenly…he stopped. He took the daggers and placed them back in their hilts and controlled the wind to release them and ran off into the woods without a word. Merida rushed over to Rapunzel and helped her up and the two of them used the snow globe to open another portal back to the North Pole. As they entered the portal they heard a pained scream from the woods where Autumn had run off to but didn't bother to look back.

When the two of them returned and told North what had happened he didn't scold them for not listening to him while Rapunzel healed their stab wounds. No matter how much they asked for an explanation North said nothing but it was clear to the two of them that he knew something which was one of chilliest factors of all. "Things have changed since then. Bunny and North said so! We might as well as give it a try."

"No!" Merida said, "Besides it's too late to go and try to talk to Autumn, we should just both wait until morning and see what happens."

Merida began to stand up and brush off her jeans as she flipped her hair back to leave and go back to her own room. Rapunzel put her hands on her hips and stared at Merida. She saw that hopeful and determined look in her eyes and knew there was no point in trying to stop her when she made that look. With a huff and a sigh Merida started to walk towards the door and motioned for her to follow and said, "Just stay behind me."

Merida hesitantly knocked on the door and on the third knock the door flew open and Autumn stood in the opening wearing a green t-shirt with a long sleeve white shirt underneath it and a pair of jeans. He was surprised that the two of them were there and said, "What are you guys doing here?"

"We want to talk to ye." Merida said as she pushed him aside and strode into his room without making eye contact with him. Rapunzel followed sheepishly behind her and waved shyly at him as she followed Merida.

"Make yourselves at home, I guess." Autumn said as he scratched at the back of his neck and closed the door.

The three of them sat in a modest living room on black leather couches and chairs as Merida and Rapunzel took in the surroundings. North had mentioned that Autumn had helped him before so it was no surprise that his room was a bit larger but what surprised them most was the décor. Wooden walls had twirling and spiraling patterns from corner to corner and several portraits and designs hung from them. A computer with three monitors sat in the corner on a large desk with a matching chair behind the desk but the most intriguing detail they could see was the lone painting isle sitting in the back partially covered by a sheet. "So what did you two want to talk about so late at night?"

Without missing a beat Merida said, "Why did ye attack us back when we first went to Berk?!"

"Ah…..I knew this was coming sooner or later." Autumn said as he fiddled with his left pants leg for some reason. "To be honest I don't have much of an explanation or an excuse. My home is um…sacred to me for a lot of reasons and-"

"What is that supposed to mean?!" To the surprise of everyone present it was Rapunzel who cried out. "You attacked us and you don't have anything to say?!"

"Well I-" Autumn said as he looked away and scratched at the back of his neck.

"Do you realize how messed up that was? How, how you scarred us both literally and pretty much destroyed any chances of us trusting you to fight Pitch?" Rapunzel said as her words became more and more heated. "Actually on that topic why are we even here if you have nothing to say?"

Merida placed a hand on her shoulder and pulled her back a bit when she saw Autumn stand up with a dark and serious look in his eyes. Rapunzel stared back into those eyes but instead all she saw was sadness and misery. Autumn stepped closer and closer to the duo as he said, "I'm here for revenge. One of the members of Pitch's new team took everything from me. Tell me something, have you ever had that happen to you? I lost everything to that man in one day including my life. So you don't have to worry about our cooperation. Neither of you have to trust me or care but just know that I am here to fight Pitch and get my revenge. I will fight and help the team but my goal is revenge."

Autumn had ended up backing the two of them to the door and opened it for them to leave. They backed up slowly and stood in the hallway as he closed the door and they made their way back to Rapunzel's room for the rest of the night. The two of them decided that first thing in the morning was to talk to North about teaming up with Autumn.

The Following Morning

Jack and North sat at a large table in North's private study enjoying some cookies delivered by a few of the elves and talking about what was to come. They're conversation was interrupted by a knock at the door followed by Merida and Rapunzel entering the room. Before the two could greet them Rapunzel said, "We don't think Autumn should be on the team. We tried to talk to him last night to try and clear up what happened when we went to Berk. But before we could even start a conversation with him he went off on a rant about revenge and warned us to stay out of his way."

North let out a sigh as he stroked his beard and said, "I'm sorry but he is here to stay as a member of this team. The legend says so but aside from that you need him if you are to have any chance of defeating Pitch and his new teammate Drago."

"Why? Who is this Drago guy?" Merida asked, "Why do we need Autumn to-"

"His name is Hiccup." Jack said as he leaned back in his chair eating a cookie and propping his staff on one of his shoulders.

"Did he tell you that?" Rapunzel asked as she stepped closer to the table.

"Yeah, he did. He also told me why he wants revenge so badly on Drago when we went to bring him back here."

"Well why can't he just say it and why did he want to be called Autumn?"

North spoke this time and said, "It's not my place to tell you. All of you had difficult lives but its only best for you to share what happened in them. Aut-Hiccup, I mean, has to share his own story but only when he is ready."

"But he already knew about us before we met because of workin' and helpin yah, so how is that fair? North tell us what happened to him!" Merida said as she sat down in a chair at the table waiting for him to start.

"Please North?" Rapunzel asked as she took a seat next to Merida. "We have to know."

North opened his mouth but closed it and a small gust of wind rushed through the room. Hiccup walked into the room and said, "North won't tell you because he promised me but if you two really want to know I can tell you."

"Hiccup are you sure you want to tell them now?" North asked as he rose from his seat and approached him.

"I'd rather be a part of a team that can trust me when we go into a fight. They deserve to know." Hiccup said as he walked past North and took a seat at the end of the table and nodded to North who nodded back with a sympathetic smile and left the room, closing the door behind him to give the group some privacy.

The four sat at the table in silence for what felt like an eternity until Hiccup broke the silence and said, "What do you know about dragons?"