A/N: Okay sorry about the long chapter! Hope you enjoyed it! Don't forget to review! Anyways, in this chapter we finally meet the hazy figure from Mia's dreams! Who do you think it will be? Only one way to find out...
Chapter 13
It's a few days since the snowball fight, and Mia was extremely happy to have her first believers. It was such a relief after the incident. The nightmares haven't been getting better or leaving. In fact, they seem to have been getting worse. But she wasn't about to tell the Guardians that. She didn't want them to worry about her.
Anyways, everyone had been getting tired of the cold (except Jack. Winter spirit, duh. Elsa is a different story.) so they discussed taking a day trip to the beach.
"Jack don't worry. I know this great private beach, so no one will see or bother us. And it'll be Spring there, so it should be cool enough." Rapunzel reasoned. "We've been there before, and you were fine."
"Fine." Jack grumbled.
"We can go tomorrow!" Merida said.
"Yay! This is going to be really fun! I can tell!" Anna said.
"I can show you guys some new bending moves I learned." Mia said excitedly.
And now here they were, all piled in the sleigh. Hiccup and Merida were riding on Toothless, and Mia was showing them how she learned to surf the wind on her glider.
"I can't wait to try actual surfing!" she said.
"How are you going to do that when you don't even have a surfboard?" Hiccup asked.
"He's got a point." Merida added.
Mia just smirked. "You'll see." she said.
"Guys come on! North's about to open a portal!" Elsa shouted.
"We're coming! Don't worry!" Merida yelled. Mia flew over and landed in the sleigh, while Hiccup and Merida followed right behind the sleigh.
"I hate that part." Bunny muttered once they were through the portal and were landing on the beach. They went to work right away. They set up a few umbrellas and laying out their towels. They set up some chairs and even a volleyball net.
They wasted no time having fun. Mia ran straight into the water. She jumped up and formed an ice surfboard before landing on it and surfing out to get some good waves. Hiccup, Jack, North, and Sandy went right to the volleyball net and played a few games. North and Sandy V.S Jack and Hiccup. Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, and Merida hopped into the water with Mia. Tooth and Bunny hung out under the shade of the umbrellas.
Eventually Tooth and Bunny joined the volleyball game. Bunny joined North and Sandy, and Tooth joined Jack and Hiccup. Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, and Merida were playing with a water ball , and Mia continued to ride the waves. Suddenly, Hiccup turned around and saw a bolt of lightning headed straight for Mia.
"Mia look out!" He yelled. Everyone turned to see Mia turn around as it was about to hit her. She jumped out of the way, and the seasonal girls jumped out of the water, so as to run the risk of getting electrocuted. Mia flew up to meet another one, and to everyone's surprise, redirected it.
Mia POV
"Whoa." I said. That was pretty cool. "Oh, whoa" I breathed as I faltered a bit in the sky, then started falling towards the ocean. Wow that made me dizzy. Suddenly, there was a pair of strong arms wrapped around me, and I was aware that my hands were on this persons chest, and we were still in the sky. My mind cleared and I looked up.
It was a hot guy. I took my hands off his chest and tried to lean away, but he was still holding onto my waist.
"Uh, you can let go now. I'm fine." I said. He did as I said and I flew away a bit. "Where you the one that shot the lightning at me?" I questioned.
He smirked. He seemed familiar. Why? "Thanks so much for trying to kill me. That was a ton of fun." I said sarcastically. "But if I hadn't, then I wouldn't have been able to hold such a beautiful girl." he said.
"You're quite the charmer? Aren't ya Sparky." I said.
"Sparky? Really? I have a name you know." he said. "That's great, but for now, I'm calling you Sparky." I said. "And why exactly did you shoot lightning at me?" I said, crossing my arms. I finally decided to take in his appearance. He had somewhat shaggy black hair, that had tiny streaks of dark gray in it. His eyes were bright yellow, and he wore a black leather jacket over top of a black t-shirt with a yellow lightning bolt on it.
"You're honestly not even going to ask what my name is?" he questioned. I huffed. "Fine. What's your name Sparky?" I asked. He gave another smirk. "Ethan Black." he said.
I raised an eyebrow. "Ethan Black?" I said. "Yeah. You know, Ethan Black. Bringer of lightning, controls shadows and nightmare sand. Son of Pitch Black?" he said.
"Pitch has a son?" I said. I couldn't believe it. That's why he was familiar! He was the figure from my dreams! That's why he was with Pitch!
"Yeah. Haven't ya heard of me?" he said cockily. "Does it look like I've heard of you? Of course I haven't!" I said.
"That's a shame. I've heard of you." he said. "Oh really?" I shot. "Yes. Really." he said. I rolled my eyes. "What's my name." I said. It wasn't even a question. Especially if he already knew me, like he claims he does. "Mia." he said.
"Doesn't prove anything. Hiccup yelled it when you tried to kill me." I shot.
"You're Mia. You can do anything that you think of, which is pretty much any power. It takes some time and practice, but yes, you can do it. And whether or not you know it, everyone thinks that you're destined for greatness. And that greatness will be coming sooner than you expect." he said looking smug. I'm destined for greatness? Really? I'm just a Guardian, I'm not a superhero or savior or anything.
"Uh that's great, and thanks for giving me a summary of who I am, but I should get back to my family." I said starting to fly away a bit.
"Whoa, wait! Your family is the Guardians? And the main seasonals?" he said in disbelief. I turned towards him and crossed my arms. "Yeah? So?" I said.
He stared at me. "Oh please tell me you're not one of those goody two shoes Guardians." he said. I raised an eyebrow. "So what if I am?"
"Oh my, I did not have you pegged as a Guardian. You must be new." he said. "Well, duh." I shot at him. "Now, if you'll excuse me, I really should be getting back to my family." I said.
"Okay." he said. And then. He flew over. And kissed. Me. On the. Cheek. "What the heck was that for!?" I yelled. The son of Pitch just kissed me on the cheek after he called me a goody two shoes Guardian and tried to kill me! What was his deal?!
He blew a puff of some pink stuff in my face and then he just flew away laughing, before he turned around and cockily made a "call me" motion with his hand, while he mouthed the words, before flying away again. I just hovered in the air a bit with my jaw dropped. What just freaking happened? Was Pitch's son crushing on me? Oh my God this is so weird. I mean it's not like he's unattractive, I mean he totally is but- Wait! Stop thinking about that! Ugh! Boys..
I finally snapped out of it and flew down to where everyone was watching me on the beach. As soon as I touched down the girls started freaking out. Anna ran up to me and squealed "Mia has a boyfriend!" and then soon all the girls were freaking out that I apparently had a boyfriend.
"He's not my boyfriend." I pointed out. "Oh come on Mia, he totally is. He kissed you, and the way he was holding you. You guys are such a cute couple oh my gosh!" Rapunzel said.
"He tried to kill me!" I pointed out. "Did he come out and say 'hey stay right there I need to kill you' or something?" Merida said using a fake boy voice.
"No. But he didn't deny it when I asked him!" I said before they could interrupt. Elsa looked at me with a smug expression and had her arms crossed.
"You guys are definitely dating." Anna said smugly. "For the last time! He's not my boyfriend!" I said. I could feel a heat coming to my face. Great, I'm blushing. This is just going to egg them on. Maybe they won't notice.
Suddenly, Elsa gasped and pointed a finger at me. "You're blushing!" she shouted. So much for not noticing. Anna and Rapunzel squealed, and Tooth, who had been watching with a smile on her face, came very close to my face. "Oh my gosh let me see we've never seen you blush before! Let me see!" she said.
I ran away. "Nope nope nope nope nope nope." I said. Anna, Elsa, Rapunzel, and Merida were cracking up as Tooth chased me and I tried to hide my face. Eventually, I just made a cone type tent around me with water, and I froze it until I felt the blush go away.
I bent it down and calmly walked towards everyone. "Who says I'm blushing?" I said.
"Who was that guy anyways?" Jack asked. "Who? Sparky?" I said. "You gave him a cute nickname?" Elsa chuckled. I just rolled my eyes. "He was... uh.. his name's Ethan Black. He controls lightning, shadows and.. nightmare sand. Take a wild guess about who he belongs to." I said.
I watched as the realization dawned on them. Jack was the first to recover. "He's Pitch's son?" he said. "I didn't know Pitch even had a son!" North said.
"Yeah well apparently he does." I said.
"I need to go look at something. I'll be back later." North said before hurrying through a portal. We all exchanged looks before running back into the water. Well, everyone but Jack and Sandy.
We had barely even begun throwing the football around in the water when Bunny spoke up. "Oi, Frostbite! Why don't ya come in the water."
Jack looked up from where he was helping Sandy with a sandcastle. He raised an eyebrow. "Uh, I'd rather not"he said. "Besides Sandy needs my help. Right Sandy?" he said.
Sandy made some images above his head, probably saying that he could go play with us if he wanted. Jack scowled a little bit. I looked over at Punzie, Hiccup, and Merida. They were sharing worried glances and seemed to know something we didn't.
"Uh, Bunny maybe you shouldn't-" I started.
"Relax shiela. He's just being a grouch." Bunny said marching out of the water and towards Jack. He scrambled up and started to try and get his staff, which was a good few feet away. I at least know that he needs his staff to fly, and he was probably trying to get away from Bunny.
Just as his fingers wrapped around the wood, Bunny hoisted him over his shoulder, causing Jack to drop his staff. "Bunny! Put me down! I said I don't want to go in the water now leave me alone!" Jack protested.
"Nah way Snowflake." Bunny responded. Hiccup, Rapunzel, Merida, Anna, Elsa and I all started shouting protests to Bunny, but he ignored us. Suddenly I got an idea. I flew over to all of the and whispered my idea. All of them responded by nodding and giving mischievous smiles.
I flew up over the water and waited for Bunny to get close enough. When he did, I could barely conceal my smile. "Hey Bunny!" I shouted. He looked up at me, surprised, and his grip on Jack loosened a little, causing Jack to drop to the ground. Sandy came up to him with his staff and he took it, flying out of Bunny's reach.
"You might want to hold your breath!" I shouted, and pulled him into the ocean. He emerged a few seconds later with two starfish on his chest, and seaweed on his head, making it look like hair. He was not happy to say the least.
As soon as we saw him come out, we burst out laughing, and I dropped back down into the ocean, laughing. Jack floated over and gave me a noogie. "Thanks sis." he said through laughter. "Anytime bro." I giggled. He looked over and Bunny who had gotten the starfish off, and was chasing Sandy who held up a dreamsand camera. I ran out of the water and everyone else followed. We all started to play keep away from Bunny.
Meanwhile Back in Pitch's lair
"Did you talk to her." a voice asked.
"Yes. And she knows she has greatness. I will try to sway her in our direction." another replied.
Pitch stepped out from the shadows to look at an image he had projected on the wall. It was the Guardians and Seasonals playing keep away from Bunny on the beach. "Have fun while you can Guardians. Soon, there will be no more left in the world. Or anything else, except for darkness and fear." he said. He turned to his son. "Come. We must make preparations. We will need to be ready when the time arises."
"Before I forget, did you use the potion we stole from Cupid?" Pitch asked. "Yes father. As we discussed earlier, it will take a bit of time, but I will be there when it finally sinks in. We just have to try to actually make her fall in love with me, or else the aftermath will be horrid." Ethan said.
Pitch nodded, and they continued to go their separate ways and put their plan in action.
North Pole
North rushed through the halls with a small entourage of yetis at his heels. He quickly pushed open the door to the room that he hadn't been in for years. The room was bathed in sunlight, making the colors from the stained glass get thrown across the room. North looked around at the pictures in the glass, his eyes widening with each one.
"It's true. She's the one." North said. A yeti garbled something. "What do you mean she's the one. What is the one?"
North turned to the yetis standing behind him. "The Guardian of Belief." The yetis gasped and started garbling at once. "Calm down, please. We must get them back to the Pole. I have a feeling about what that pink puff was up there, and we need to keep her away from him." he glanced at the last part of the pictures. The part that wasn't finished. It was difficult to tell the outcome of this battle, especially if you could see what's coming up.
"I shall fetch them. We need to keep her away. Come." North said, rushing out of the room.
Back at the Beach
"Hey North! Why'd ya bring the yetis?" Mia said. She landed on the ground holding a camera. Suddenly, she was tackled by Bunny.
"Oof!" She landed on the ground, and tucked the camera under her so Bunny couldn't get it.
"Give me the camera!" Bunny yelled. "No!" she yelled right back. "Back up! I need back up!" she shouted. Tooth swooped down, and Mia quickly handed the camera to her.
"I don't have the camera anymore!" Mia yelled. "You can get off me now Kangaroo!"
Bunny reluctantly got off because of the Kangaroo comment. Tooth gave him jazz hands, showing that she didn't have the camera anymore. Bunny groaned. He began to chase the others. In all the commotion, no one paid attention to Mia's protesting yells until they acknowledged the screaming sack flying through the portals, followed by two yetis.
"North! What was that for!" Tooth shouted.
"I'll explain at the Pole. Just come." he said. He didn't like what he did, but he supposed it was for the best. Everyone piled into the sleigh nervously, well, the sleigh and Toothless.
As soon as they were in the air North opened a portal. He didn't want to waste any time getting to his home.
Meanwhile, the yetis had tossed the sack into Mia's room, and sadly locked all the doors leading out of it. As soon as she got out of the sack, she ran to all the doors trying to open them. Finding all of them locked, she started to panic. And get slightly claustrophobic, even with how large her room was.
She ran to her main door, and started repeatedly banging at them. "Hello? Hello! Please let me out! What did I do! Someone please help! What's happening?!" she shouted. The yetis posted outside her door cringed. Was this really the best way to keep her away from him?
The yetis were incredibly relieved when North and the others showed up. Though Mia had stopped banging on the door and shouting, they knew she probably wasn't handling this well.
"How is she?" North asked. At the sound of his voice, Mia perked up from where she was leaning on the door. She scrambled up. "North? North! What's happening? What's going on?"
Everyone winced. She seemed really panicked. "North, are you sure this is the best way to-" Tooth started.
"It may not be the best way, but until I think of anything else, this is the only way." North said.
"Guys? Why are all my doors locked! Why can't I use my powers!?" Mia yelled. Her tone was getting increasingly more panicked.
"North! Seriously? She can't use her powers!?" Tooth shrieked. She was in full mama bear mode, and everyone took a step back from her outburst.
"I'm sorry, but you need to stay in there for a while. It has to be this way for now." North said sadly, then walked away. Everyone waited a few minutes, and followed his lead. Mia heard their retreating footsteps, and turned and slid down the door, close to tears. She pulled her knees to her chest and wrapped her arms around them. "What did I do?" she whispered.
"Nothing."
Mia's head snapped up to see Ethan standing on her little balcony, the French doors open. Cupid's magic had completely sunk in by now, and her irises were tinted a light pink color. Her face lit up and she ran into his arms. He pulled her into a tight hug, extremely happy about how well his plan was working so far. He decided to kick up the charm.
He pulled her at arms length and crouched down a bit so he was the same size as her. "Do you want to watch a movie or something? I know you like Disney movies. Just something to take your mind off your... family." he asked.
"I've seen all the movies though." she answered. Ethan straightened up, a smirk in place. "Even Aladdin?" he asked. "Even Aladdin." Mia said.
With one swift movement, he conjured a nightmare sand magic carpet. He gestured to it dramatically. "Shall we?" he asked.
Mia giggled before replying "We shall." and climbed up on the carpet, and once Ethan was on, they zoomed off.
Ethan smirked at how she clung to him when they first got in the air. Oh yes, his plan was working perfectly. Time to step it up one more notch.
He began to sing. "I can show you the world. Shinning, shimmering, splendid. Tell me princess, now when did you last let your heart decide? I can open your eyes. Take you wonder by wonder, over sideways and under on a magic carpet ride! A whole new world, a new fantastic point of view! No one to tell us no! Or where to go, or say we're only dreaming."
Mia gave a laugh before joining in. "A whole new world! A dazzling place I never knew. But, now, from way up here, it's crystal clear, that now I'm in a whole new world with you. Unbelievable sights, indescribable feeling! Soaring, tumbling, freewheeling through and endless diamond sky! A whole new world!"
"Don't you dare close your eyes!"
"A hundred thousand things to see,"
"Hold your breathe it gets better!"
"I'm like a shooting star, I've come so far," they sang together.
"I can't go back to where I used to be,"
"A whole new world! WIth new horizons to pursue."
Together: "I'd chase them anywhere, there's time to spare, let me share this whole new world with you."
"A whole new world." Ethan sang.
"A whole new world."
"That's where we'll be."
"That's where we'll be."
"A thrilling place."
"A wondrous place."
"For you and me." they finished together. Mia rested her head on Ethan's shoulder as they headed back to the Pole. Ethan had a feeling that the Guardians had already discovered she was gone, and he couldn't wait to see just how well his plan would end up.
...
They arrived back at the Pole a few moments later. Ethan and Mia hovered under the balcony for a moment. "Goodnight Princess." Ethan said, earning a smile from Mia at the nickname. "Goodnight Sparky." she said. She climbed back up and over onto the balcony.
Mia took one step and froze. The Guardians and Seasonals were standing in her room. North had his arms crossed and as soon as Mia stepped in, Tooth's hands flew to her mouth, guessing where she was. Especially since Ethan stuck his head over the railing. Upon seeing the Guardians he quickly popped it back down, but it was too late. Jack and Hiccup hoisted him over and were holding him against the wall.
"Where were you?" North asked.
Mia snapped out of the daze she was in. "Out." she said.
"With the son of Pitch Black?"
"Hey I have a name!" Ethan spoke up.
North ignored him. Bunny stepped forward. "Why did ya leave?"
Mia gave him an "are you kidding me" look and scoffed. "In case you haven't noticed, you guys stuck me in my room with no reason as to why, and you enchanted it so I couldn't use my powers! Obviously I'm going to take the chance to get out for a bit." she folded her arms across her chest.
"Well this is fun and all but I'm out. Later Princess." Ethan said, and disappeared with a bolt of lightning.
"Mia, we did that for your protection. We needed to keep you away from him." North explained.
"And you couldn't have trusted me to do that? Why didn't you trust me? No, why didn't you believe in me?" Mia said. She was completely in the room now and facing everyone. Upon getting no response, Mia looked around. When she saw Jack, her eyes widened and flicked over to the balcony for a second. She dashed for it, and Jack did the same. He dove, and just as he was about to get her, she did a dive forward roll and jumped off the balcony.
"NO!" everyone seemed to scream. They hurried to the edge to see her flying away. They sighed in relief and disappointment. What have they done now? They practically drove her to Pitch! And the fact that she's still under Cupid's enchantment only made it more probable that's where she would be.
...
Mia flew to one of the most random places she could think of, and that was Antarctica. She landed by something really huge, and when she turned around, she jumped back. It was the ice and nightmare sand sculpture from her dream.
"I knew this would happen." Mia jumped again and spun around. Ethan was standing with his arms outstretched, and for the second time that day, she ran into him arms. Ethan smiled. Perfect.
After a moment, he readjusted her so he had one hand on her waist. "Come on. You can crash at my place tonight. I'm sure dad won't mind." Cupid's potion clouding her judgment, Mia were gone with a flash of lightning.
Soon they were standing over a hole in the ground. Ethan nudged her. "Go ahead. Just jump down."
"Okay." Mia said. She took a deep breathe and jumped down. She could faintly hear Ethan jump down after her.
"Hey dad." he said. Mia whirled around to face none other than Pitch Black. "Can she stay here tonight?" Ethan asked. Pitch seemed to be weighing the pros and cons in his head, before saying "I suppose." in a bored voice and turning and walking away. Mia couldn't see the smug smirk grow on his face, as Ethan lead her to a guest room.
A/N" Dun Dun DUN! Oh no! What's going to happen now? The next chapter should be up soon! The final battle will be coming up in the next chapter, and then this will become a bunch of one shots, drabbles, etc. Hope you liked it!