AN: Aack! Been a long time since I updated! Sorry! I would say school kept me from it, but that's not entirely true. I recently got in to-well, addicted to-Doctor Who. A great show featuring just about all of my favorite genres! Anyway, I'm back now.
So just to be clear, we backtrack to the explosion in this chapter and go in Bunny's point of view for a little while. Then it changes to Jack. At this point we pass the place we left off in the last chapter, and catch up to Anna and the gang later on. It's a bit confusing, but just keep this bit in mind as you read and that should clear things up.
Chapter 10: Father and Daughter
"Jack!" Bunny cried as Jack fell from the sky.
"Bunny, do something!" a panicked Rapunzel cried.
Bunny raced towards his unconscious friend, and caught him just in time. "Jack! Jack, say something? Are you alright, mate?"
Jack groaned and opened his eyes. "I have to...find them."
"I know, I know, but killing yourself in the process won't help anybody. Why don't we go back and…"
"No, we're nowing go.* North Pole. Maybe the globe snows can locate people."
Bunny sighed. There was no stopping him now. "Alright. The tunnels will get you there faster."
"What?" Jack shook his head, clearing it suddenly. "No, that's not what I meant!"
Grinning mischievously, Bunny tapped his foot on the ground, and they were swallowed up by the ground. They arrived to find the workshop in a wreck.
"Sandy!" North roared. "You put them up to this! I know you did!"
Sandy looked ashamed but formed pictures of Tooth and Anna.
"No, no no!" North screamed. "You are going on Naughty List, Sanderson Mansnoozie!"
Sandy looked appalled. It was the first time a Guardian had ever been on the Naughty List.
"What is it?" Jack asked, concerned.
"Mr. Sandman here just caused the yetis and elves to get into an all out war, just so Tooth and Anna could slip away with the portals."
"WHAT?!" Jack flew up to the room where North kept his snow globes. "Do you have any idea where they might have gone?"
"Eh…no. I haven't gotten around to inventing a way to keep track of where they've been."
"Yeah, THAT would have been helpful!" Jack yelled sarcastically. "Can they locate people?"
"Um, no, not really."
Jack groaned in frustration. Keep it together, he thought, taking a deep breath. You can't explode again. Must find the girls…Elsa…where are you, baby?
"Relax, we can take the sleigh," North said, seeing the torment on Jack's face. "It's fast enough."
Jack perked up. Not as fast as the portals, but the sleigh is good.
"Only for the girls…" Bunny muttered as he very reluctantly climbed into the sleigh.
Luckily, he soon grew semi-accustomed to the high speeds as they raced around the sky. For awhile, they found nothing. No sign of anyone, either Elsa and Mavis, or Anna and Tooth. At one point, Baby Tooth came and told them to search the north-west quadrant. Unfortunately, that caused some momentary confusion, since North's north-west quadrant and Toothiana's north-west quadrant were different. Eventually they figured it out, and kept searching. Hours passed. They searched the entire quadrant, then moved on to the south-west quadrant. Then Jack, who had been flying next to them, abruptly stopped short.
"Jack? What is it?" North asked.
"Do you see 'em?"
"We should go this way," Jack said suddenly, without answering. He darted left, weaving through the trees.
"Wait!" North called. "Not so fast!"
"Catch up with me ASAP! I have to keep up!"
"Oh look," Bunny said, feeling the return of motion-sickness. "There's Hiccup on Toothless. I think I'll go check on them."
With a giant bound, E. Aster Bunnymund leapt from the flying sleigh and tumbled to the ground. He watched until Jack and the sleigh (lagging further and further behind) flew out of view. Shaking himself with relief, Bunny wobbled in the direction he had seen Hiccup and Toothless flying.
**Jack raced along as fast as he could. He knew he was leaving North behind, but he could feel the change in the atmosphere. The temperature dropped, but it was not his storm.
It's Elsa, it has to be!
He flew up into the snowy mountains, slowing down and keeping his eyes wide open for any sign of Elsa. Suddenly, he rounded a rocky outcrop and saw a huge ice castle. Jack gasped and quickly hid behind the outcrop.
"Elsa!" a sharp voice ran out.
Maggie! he thought angrily. Calm down, calm down, calm down! he told himself quickly. It won't help Elsa. I can't beat them alone. Dang it, Jack! Why didn't you bring North!?
"I'm on the balcony!" Elsa called.
Jack peeked through a crack and saw Elsa for the first time in 16 years. His daughter had grown up into a ravishing beauty. Her skin was pale, nearly as pale as her gleaming white-blonde hair, and her blue eyes sparkled like a clear winter's sky; even from that distance Jack could see them glittering.
"What are you doing out there?" Maggie asked.
"Enjoying the view."
"Ooh! That's lovely. Funny, I never noticed it before. Oh wait a moment, I was going to do something...what was it? No wait, here it comes... Ah yes! Where's Mavis?"
"I'm also waiting for her to return. She left a few hours ago to inspect the destruction." She grinned hopefully. "Do you think if I really destroyed Arendelle, we can go shopping?"
Elsa destroyed Arendelle? Oh no! I left Rapunzel alone!
"Oooh! Free shopping!" Maggie cried, clapping her hands together delightedly. "That's a wonderful idea! I do need some more rugs and blankets…"
"Maggie!"
"We do live in an ice palace," she began grumbling.
"My ice palace!"
"I'm not saying I don't like it…I'm just cold! I'm an old lady, just look at me!"
Jack stopped listening. That's Elsa's ice palace! Elsa made that! My Elsa! I gotta go find Rapunzel, and Anna!
He was about to fly off, when the sound of flapping wings drew his attention. Except for Maggie and Elsa's arguing, it was quiet in the mountains. It was Mavis, flying in her bat form. She collapsed on the balcony, exhausted from her long flight.
"Will you two shut up!" she snapped. "I've been flying all day!"
"So, how did our young Elsa do on her first try?" Maggie asked in breathless anticipation.
"Ugh, Jack's winter stopped it from reaching the surrounding country!"
"What?!" Elsa cried, clearly upset. "Does he even know how hard that was for me!"
"Probably not…" Maggie said. "Or! Maybe he does. Maybe he's been spying on us, and knew when we would strike! Oh! Do you think he's going to force Elsa to do it again and again, until it kills her?"
Kills her!?
Mavis rolled her eyes. "No, Grandmother. He's not that smart."
"Wait! Is this dangerous?" Elsa asked.
"We don't know. It might be in large quantities, so we'll wait till tomorrow to try again," Mavis said.
"Don't say it out loud!" Maggie warned, cupping her bony fingers around Mavis' mouth. "His spies are everywhere."
"Get your hands off of me!" Mavis yelled. "You're crazy! Plus, we have bigger problems. Hiccup and Merida are here, along with some crazy blonde chic. And they're on to us."
"Oh no!" Maggie said sarcastically. "Dead vikings have appeared."
"Have you forgotten that its only if all FOUR Companions are together they are nearly invincible?" Mavis said angrily. "It was only when they were together and working as a team that my parents were killed. If they're here, then they will find us, and…"
"Yes, I know." Maggie sighed in defeat. "Together they are the only ones who can beat me."
"We'll be foiled," Elsa said.
"No, not unless they can get control of you," Maggie said. "You're the only one who can stop the winter. Well, not exactly. Well...it's like this...hold on. I lost it. Mavis, what was I going to say?"
"If we're lucky, your second blast tomorrow morning will kill them off," Mavis said, ignoring her.
"Ooh! That was it! Thanks dearie."
Elsa shrugged. "Works for me. I guess we won't be going shopping tonight, then?"
"No, you're staying right here so you have full strength tomorrow. And we're packing up, they didn't see me, but they're headed in the right direction. If we hurry, we have enough time to get out of here before they find us."
Jack had heard enough. He flew towards the balcony and blasted Mavis and Maggie backwards. "Yeah, about that. I don't think you have any time." He tried to grab Elsa and whisk her away, but she fired ice shards toward him. "Elsa!" He looked at her, heart breaking. Again.
"Stay away from me!" she yelled, somewhat frightened by the sudden appearance. Her eyes darkened to a deep sea blue.
Maggie jumped up and threw a fistful of black magic in the form Pitch's nightmare sand. Jack dodged just in time and flew higher.
"I'll be back, Elsa!" he called as he zipped off in the opposite direction. I have to find the other Companions!
Anna looked into the darkening sky. Jack's magic stream had been growing fainter, hopefully meaning they were nearing the edge of his storm, though it did't look like the edge of winter. She leaned her head against Merida's back.
"Don't worry, Anna," she said comfortingly. "We'll find your sister."
"Hmm? It's not that, I'm just tired."
"Well, you have had a long day of training. Sword fightin', archery, dealing with Astrid's axes, riding dragons, sword fightin', did I miss anything?"
"Boomerangs," Anna said ruefully, rubbing her shoulder. "Bunny taught me to throw boomerangs, but it didn't go too well."
"Well, you did good with everything else."
"Thanks, Mer."
"Oh no you don't! I hate that nickname. It don't matter how much I like you, NOBODY calls me Mer."
"Sorry," Anna said with a smile. "Whoa! Stop the dragons!"
"What is it?" Rapunzel asked as she saved a sleeping Olaf from a nasty fall.
"The sky! Look at it!"
"But we can't see ma…oh," Hiccup said as he looked up. "That's not magic."
"Well, technically it is," Anna said, "but the clouds you can see."
They had reached the point where Jack's storm met Elsa's. Even though the others couldn't see the different magic threads, they could see the difference in the clouds. Jack's clouds were thick and black, while Elsa's were lighter and had more of a blueish tint.
"I can see her magic!" Anna cried. "It's everywhere, in the snow, the clouds. Come on, let's go! Let's go!" She nudged Torch into a fast forward flight pattern, the others quickly following.
"What does it look like?" Rapunzel asked excitedly.
"It's a teal-green, almost like a mixture of yours and dad's magic!"
"Can you see where it's coming from?" Toothiana asked.
"And more importantly, can you follow it?" Astrid asked. "Without having to wake nuisance?"
"I heard that!" Olaf said, jumping awake. "And by the way, we're closer to the mountains."
"Don't jump so much," Hiccup said, sitting him back down. "You're freaking Toothless out."
"I'm following it now!" Anna exclaimed.
"Youguys!" Jack dropped out of the sky, startling everyone, especially the dragons.
"Don't do that!" Anna and Astrid said at the same time as the dragons calmed down.
"Sorry, I almost flew over you, though. I found Elsa!"
AN: *this is my drunk Sherlock reference. I'm sorry, I just couldn't resist! That scene is so funny! If you don't have a clue what I'm talking about, then I feel sorry for you, because you have never seen the genius of that show. Do yourself a favor and get on Netflix!
**At this point we move away from the semi-flashback. Jack flies on while the others eat dinner and train Anna little more.
Ok just a random note, I love Grandma Maggie. She's so funny! I almost wish she weren't a bad character, but she's pure evil I tell you! Don't underestimate this old lady!
Maggie: Hey, who you calling old lady?
Me: Wha-how did you get in here!
Maggie: I can go anywhere I want. Plus Toothless fell asleep.
Me: HICCUP! Your dragon fell asleep on guard duty!
Maggie: It's not the dragon's fault. I was just out shopping at this wonderful mall across the street, and [Hiccup enters]…Oh, hello young man! Well, I've got to run now. Bye bye!
Hiccup: That was weird.
Me: Yes. Yes it was.
Hiccup: You'll make her pay for forcing Toothless asleep, right?
Me: Oh yeah. You'd better believe it baby. It'll take a few chapters, but yes, she will pay.
