*I don't own any of the characters in this story. They all belong to their rightful owners at Dream Works, Walt Disney Studios, and Pixar.

**I do own Katelynn Odden (pronounced 'Odin'), however

The sun was on the horizon when Rapunzel thought it would be fun to get the whole square to dance when a small band passed by her while playing a small tune. It turned out that she was right, the Four had a blast! And so did the townspeople. Hiccup would trip on his feet every once and a while but kept to the rhythm of the music along with Merida, who surprised everyone with how well her dancing skills. Jack tried to resist, but someone pushed him in. He eventually ended up with Rapunzel because the dancing style was like square dancing mixed with an energized waltz. The ones who weren't dancing clapped to the beat. The music suddenly ended. The Four ended up in the center of all the dancers, ending it together. The dancers clapped and cheered gleefully until someone yelled, "It's time!" The crowd quickly peeled away and went into shops.

"Time for what?" Rapunzel wondered.

Jack looked back to the sun. It was almost gone and the stars started to appear. "I think it's time for the lanterns." Rapunzel's eyes were filled with joy and she started to jump up and down excitedly. "I'll go get some for us. Be right back." Jack went into a shop near them and came out with four lanterns. By now the sun was gone and the moon began to rise. "How 'bout we get a better view?"

Rapunzel nodded her head like an excited little kid.

"Follow me, guys." Jack walked through the streets, which were now to easier to navigate through now that there weren't very many people out due to getting their lanterns. He led the Four back to where Angus and Toothless were left. Angus made a soft neigh when he saw Merida and gave her a nudge. Toothless tackled Hiccup to the ground and licked his face.

"Hey, bud!" Hiccup greeted his dragon. "I got something for ya…" He took off his shoulder bag he got at the festival for winning the chalk drawing contest and plopped it on the ground. The flap came undone and fish slid out. Toothless licked his lips and took a mouth full of it before chewing and get some more.

"When did you get that, Hic?" Jack asked the young Viking.

Hiccup's face turned a shade red from embarrassment as he told Jack, "Behind that store with the weird symbols…"

"The Asian Buffet?" Jack laughed, "Those are spoiled left-overs, Hic! That's disgusting!"

"Hey, it was still fish, wasn't it?" Hiccup motioned at Toothless, whose face was buried in the pack to get what was left, "See? It's still fish to him."

"Well, I won't say I told you so when your dragon turns a shade of green." Jack joked.

Hiccup just shook his head and patted his dragon's head when he finished the fish. Toothless made a reptilian purr. "So, Jack. Where's this better view you were talking about?"

Jack simply pointed up.

"In the air?" Merida questioned. "Won't people see us?"

Jack moved his index finger to the building next to them. "I meant on the roof." He made sure no one was watching before he flew up to the top of the building. He peered over the edge of the roof and called down, "Fly Toothless up here! No one will notice us, I promise. They're attention will be towards the lanterns, not a few teens and a dragon on a roof."

Rapunzel, Merida, and Hiccup looked at each other and shrugged. Hiccup mounted on Toothless and said to Merida jokingly, "Birthday girl goes first."

Merida waved him off. "I don't care." She motioned Rapunzel to get on Toothless, which she hesitantly did. "Hold on tight, Rapunzel. That's all I have to say to ya." Toothless launched into the sky and disappeared on the roof. He and Hiccup came back down a couple seconds later. Merida patted Angus' neck and promised him, "I'll be down soon." She got on Toothless and soon joined with Jack and Rapunzel.

Jack saw that the lanterns in the square start to light. He poked Rapunzel with his staff and when he final got her attention, she motioned his staff at the square. "It's starting, Goldie-Locks."

Rapunzel eyes lit up and stood to see the lanterns glow. The glow of the lanterns slowly streamed to the streets. From the square, a single lantern floated to the sky. Like a signal, the rest of the lanterns lifted into the starry night. The lanterns made the sky glow like the rising sun. She stared in awe, so were Hiccup and Merida.

Jack cleared his throat to get their attention. "You guys want to join in the fun, don't you?" He asked behind a smirk. The lanterns were in his hands, now lit.

"How did you light—?"

Jack motioned at Toothless before Merida could finish her question. He handed the Four their lanterns. They lifted them to the sky; they swirled around each other as they floated gracefully away from the Four and joined the rest of the lanterns.

The last of the lanterns had finally dimmed; it was easily near midnight now. The Four never got their lanterns back but they didn't care, they had fun. They got off the roof. It was Rapunzel that said, "So, does Toothless barf up half of a fish all the time?"

"No…it was just his way of saying 'happy birthday' to you, Rapunzel." Hiccup answered. "It's a dragon-trust…thing. Gross, I know. At least he didn't do it on your lap like he does to me sometimes."

"That is gross…" Jack muttered. He made a mischievous smile. "Maybe he threw up because you gave him old fish from a dumpster."

Hiccup rolled his eyes. "Shut up, Jack…"

Jack nudged Hiccup. "I'm just teasing you, Hic."

Merida interrupted their playful argument by growling loudly, "Agh, I left a couple of me arrows at that gammy shooting range…"

"I'll go get them!" Rapunzel volunteered.

"Ride Angus there. It'll be faster." Merida handed her horse's reins to Rapunzel. "Ya do know how to ride a horse, right?"

Rapunzel mounted on top of Angus. "I've seen you ride him before so I think so…" Angus started to trot away from the Four. "I'll see you guys in a bit!"

To Rapunzel, the square was kind of creepy with it empty and the moon shining on it. She got off of Angus and went to the shooting range, glad that it was still up. She went to the targets and pulled out what appeared to be Merida's arrows and gripped them into palm. 'I think that's all of them.' She started her way back to Angus but stopped when she heard something. Straining her hearing to go farther, Rapunzel knit her eyebrows when it registered as heavy pants. She yelped when someone gripped onto her from behind.

"Please, please help me!" The person begged.

Rapunzel looked over her shoulder and her eyes widened. It was a teenaged girl with short reddish brown hair; it was messy like it hasn't been brushed for a day. She wore a black sweat shirt with a red "X" on the chest and dark blue jeans. "Aren't you…Katelynn?"

Katelynn nodded her head like crazy. "Yes! Please help me! They're after—" A roar sounded down the road, making both Rapunzel and Katelynn jump. "Not the bear...anything but the bear!"

Rapunzel grabbed Katelynn's arm and led her to Angus. "Hurry! Get on!"

Katelynn automatically obeyed and mounted onto Angus. She held out her hand to Rapunzel to help her on. Rapunzel grabbed the teen's hand and heaved onto the horse. Katelynn snapped Angus' reins. Angus let out a loud neigh and got on his hind legs before he bolted down the other street. "Who are you anyways?"

"My name is Rapunzel! I'm a friend of Jamie's!"

"Is he okay?" Katelynn asked in a worried tone.

"Yes, he's okay. He's staying indoors because Jack told him so."

"Jack?" Katelynn repeated. "As in Jack Frost?"

Rapunzel nodded.

Katelynn groaned. "Not you too…"

"Huh?"

"Nothing, never mind. I just need to get away from those…those…psychos!"

"What psychos?" Rapunzel asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I've only seen three of them, but there's four. One is a possessed bear, one is a tall dude in black and has grey skin, and the old lady in the red dress and black cloak thing. I got no clue what the other one looks like but it's definitely not human, I know that much."

"This lady…what did she look like?"

"I-I don't know! Black hair with some grey in it, green eyes…I think…that's all I know! I've only seen her like twice! It was mostly that grey-skinned dude!" Katelynn shivered. "He was creepy…talking about my nightmares…who does that?!"

'That sounds like…!' Angus whined and got on his hind legs, making Katelynn and Rapunzel fall off of the horse.

"Now what have I told you about other people…" A voice started in front of them. Angus clopped to the side, revealing the person. Rapunzel's eyes widened with shock. "…Rapunzel, my dear?"

"Mother?!"

CLIFFY...O3O

Bless your face. And if you sneezed while reading this RotBTD fanfic, then bless you. Peace off. BOOP!