AN: I'm so sorry I did this, I just wanted to have Rapunzel sing in this
I suppose if you don't like them you can skip them, but it might throw the story off...
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At the Pole Hiccup had just ran out the door calling Toothless' name not caring about the cold on his arms. As long as he got to Toothless.
"TOOTHLESS!" he cried as loud as he could over the howling wind slapping himself in the face and pushing him back "Toothless I'm sorry ok? I didn't mean to say that. It was an accident!" he tried nearly getting pushed over by the wind.
"WILL YOU STOP IT!" Hiccup yelled at the top of his voice to the wind. "I'M TRYING TO FIND MY FRIEND HERE! AND I CAN'T DO THAT WITH YOU BEATING ME UP! I KNOW I MESSED UP! I DON'T NEED YOU TO TELL ME!"
With that the wind left him alone but his hair was still flapping around and his eyes had a hint of orange in them. Leaving it a few seconds Hiccup turned and carried on getting further and further away from the Pole.
Merida was slowly tracking Hiccup to see if she was right, hoping she wasn't and was shocked when Hiccup suddenly yelled to the wind he was having trouble with that seemed to leave him alone after he finished.
She was about to set off again when she heard someone crying who couldn't of been heard over the wind and Hiccup's cries.
Slowly and quietly Merida followed the sound of a very upset black dragon, leading to behind the stables, where he was all curled up trying to stay warm.
"Toothless..." she said slowly getting down on her knees and reaching out her hand placing it on his head. "Toothless, please come back. Hiccup's really scared you know. I know you can hear how upset he is."
'Me no care Merida,'Toothless whispered so Hiccup couldn't find him 'He promised not to say anything. He promised.' he looked up purple tears in his green eyes.
"So you really are Prince Noche Oscura of the Night Fury's?" she asked trying to keep Toothless warm from the cold a bit more.
'I was until I ran away,'Toothless said curling up a bit more.
Merida was about to ask 'What do you mean?' when she told herself it was none of her business.
"Remember what Punzie said about people doing stupid things when they're mad, scared, or stressed?" she asked getting comfy against the wall. "Well even though you didn't know it, but you were calling a bit too loud when you tried to get to us back there." she said looking to the dragon seeing no reaction. "It didn't help that it started while Jamie and Jenny were still there."
'Who are Jamie and Jenny?'Toothless asked raising his head a bit.
"You remember Jamie... The kid Jack like so much." Merida said "And Jenny was a girl who was with him. I think you'll like them you know. There was even talk of taking them flying once this is all over."
'But me can't fly Merida...'Toothless said showing off his tail whining a bit.
"You can fly..." she replied. "You just... you know... need a bit of help. From someone who knows how to fly you. Now who out of all of us here knows how to do that?" she asked thinking.
'Anyone can fly me with enough practice,' Toothless said rubbing up next to her to keep warm.
"But we need a teacher to teach us how to Toothless. And the only one who I see can do that, is Hiccup."
'You like Hiccup don't you Merida?'Toothless said a smirk on his lips and in his voice.
"Wha... No... I... I..." Merida said trying to get an answer.
'Merida likes Hiccup!Merida likes Hiccup! Merida likes Hiccup!'Toothless sang bouncing around kicking up some snow laughing at her red blushing face.
"TOOTHLESS? WHERE ARE YOU BUD?" Hiccup called out putting an end to the dragons fun.
'You tricked me Merida!' he cried backing away showing his teeth.
"No Toothless you don't understand," she said standing up and backing away a bit.
'Me do understand! You keep me talking, so Hiccup can find me,' Toothless said now showing his claws as well pinning her down and screamed 'You never meant to cheer me up! You're just a MEANY!'
"Toothless!" Hiccup said coming round in time to see his Dragon run off again "Merida, you ok..."
"You idiot," were the first words she said after getting over being screamed in the face by a dragon. "I nearly had his trust to come back with me inside."
"Well I'm sorry. I didn't know," Hiccup said back "Next time I make him upset I'll leave it all down to you to sort out."
"Good. And what ever you heard, if you heard anything, near the end..." Merida said looking away rubbing her arm "Can we just keep it between us and the over-grown-short-tempered reptile?"
"If you want it to be," Hiccup said smiling.
"Hiccup? Merida? Guys?" Rapunzel's voice called out above them "You guys alright I thought I could hear screaming, and yelling. Haven't you found Toothless yet?"
"Well I did find him," Merida said looking up at the blonde. "But then Hiccup came over and he ran away saying 'I tricked him to keep talking so Hiccup would find us' and screamed in my face how much of a meany I was."
"How long do we have till sunrise Punzie?" Hiccup asked feeling guilty.
"Couple of hours," she said jumping out the window sliding down her hair hovering just above the snowy ground "But I think I have an idea on how to get him back. Does he have any favorite songs or anything?" she asked looking out as far as she could into the darkness surrounding the workshop.
"As long as he likes the singing, he doesn't care what the song is," Hiccup said.
"And he liked my singing didn't he?" Rapunzel asked turning red, if it was from blushing of the cold no one knew.
"Well there was talk about 'keeping you' remember?" Merida asked.
"How far could he of gotten in the cold with his tail?"
"Not that far I hope," Hiccup said the only one not minding the cold. (hey if you'd grown up on an island where it snows nine months of the year, you'd be used to it too) "Even though Dragons are bigger, stronger, can fly, and have slightly shorter tempers than other reptiles. They're still that. Which means their cold-blooded sooner of later he'll be too weak to continue running."
"Ok. Merida, you ask North if he as an amplifier and mike we can use and ask if we can use it on the roof," Rapunzel said getting a nod as Merida ran back inside "Hiccup you try and keep getting though to him if you can't find him in five minutes come back inside," she said climbing back up her hair to the window and after fixing her hair, rushing to her room looking for snow-gear to keep her warm when she puts her plan in to action.
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15 minutes later
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"You sure this will work Rapunzel?" Hiccup asked now up on the roof with the girls, and music system pointing into the way the dragon ran off to.
"As long as he isn't in a cave that's in an avalanche zone when we set this thing going, Hiccup," Rapunzel said looking though her song book looking for the right one to sing "I think it will be alright. Of course we can always ask Eugene to find him instead."
"No... No this ways fine," Hiccup said not wanting Antony to have any part in finding his dragon.
"Got the song yet then Punzie?" Merida asked checking if everything was set up and connected.
"I think I have one..." she replied "But it's been a while since I last sang it and I'm not sure it will work on dragons so I hope the tweaking I'm doing will work so here goes..."
With that she stepped up to the mike.
*When the last eagle flies, over the last crumbling mountain
And the last lion roars at the last dusty fountain
In the shadows of the forest, though he maybe old and worn
They will stare unbelieving at the last dragon *Out amongst the piles of snow and darkness two black ears picked themselves up as Toothless looked into the direction the beautiful music was coming from not caring what he'll find when he gets there.
*When the first breath of winter, though the flowers is icing I'm alive... I'm alive...*
And you look to the north, as a pale moon is rising
And it seems that all is dying, and will lead the world to morn
In the distance hear the laughter of the last dra - gon
*When the last moon is cast, over the last star of morning I'm alive... I'm alive...
And the future has past, without even the last desperate warning
If you look into the skies where through the clouds a path is torn
You can see him how he flies it's the last dragon
I'm alive... I am alive...*
With the last note everyone held up their goggles and stayed really quiet, waiting for a sound, or sign that this worked. They were about to give up when over to the right something caught their eye and Hiccup and Merida's ears.
'Why the singing stop?'a voice of a certain little black dragon wined.
"Try another one Rapunzel," Merida said nodding to Hiccup that they had him going over to turn down the amplifier meaning Toothless will need to come closer to hear the singing.
"You sure it will work?" Rapunzel asked spinning around looking at what they were doing.
"Oh trust us Punzie, he's out there, and he took the bait. We just need to reel that line in until he's back here," Merida said.
"Well ok um... Ok found another, but it's meant to be a duet. So out of you two who's the better singer?" Rapunzel asked looking up.
"Hey don't look at me I'm completely tone deaf," Merida said backing up.
"And I don't think he'll he all that happy hearing me at the moment," Hiccup said sighing.
"I better not lose my voice after this," Rapunzel said rolling her eyes "Ok..."
*I'm out here on my own I'm lost out in the cold I'm reaching for a star Oh beyond the mountain top So me the light when I when I fear the dark Show me the light...*
To face the day alone
I need you
To get be though the night
I want someone to hold
I feel you're near
Although you're out of sight
Wondering where you are
Where is the love
Is it searching for me too
The dream will never stop
Give me a sign
I'm running out of time...
A ray of sunshine...
A rainbow's arc...
Show me the light
Again with the last note everyone held up their goggles and listened.
They couldn't find him any where. Then Rapunzel had an idea and peaked over the edge of the roof a grin coming to her face.
"Psst" she said waving the others over and telling them to look too.
In the snow directly below them eyes wide as though in begging set onto Rapunzel was Toothless.
"I'll keep him there with another song, you two go down and see what you can do." she said looking though her book again as Hiccup and Merida started to climb their way down through the workshop ears picking up on Rapunzel's newest song.
*Looking at the world though painted windows
Thinking of the world outside
Picking up the fragments from the shattered earth
There is nothing left to hide...*
*o*
As the two of them came out the door just as Rapunzel was finishing, seeing Toothless with his fore paws pressed against the wall as he looked up to where the beautiful noise was coming from tail swishing a gummy smile on his face.
*The future is now... We can make a promise We can make a difference
Wipe away those tears
No more need for silence
No more fears
We can make a change
We can make a difference
The future is now
The future is now...
"He really seems to like her singing doesn't he?" Merida said elbowing Hiccup a bit.
"Yeah well lets just hope he liked it enough to stay put there hoping for more while we try and apologize," Hiccup said trying to get the dragons attention.
"Hey bud..." Hiccup called out staying where he was to show he meant no harm and came in piece "You think we can just talk for a bit?"
'Humph,' was all Toothless had to say turning away from them.
"Ok... we'll do the talking then," Merida said sighing "And I'm not sure if it works for both of us, but here are two simple magic words Toothless. 'We're sorry'."
After about a minute of getting nowhere Merida had an idea silently telling Hiccup to play along.
"Well we tried. Lets go in and have some of Rapunzel's blueberry pie she made earlier, it's bound to of cooled down by now," As they started to walk away they heard a voice ask.
'Is... is that the pie from before?'it asked 'The one she said I can have some of?'"Well yes actually it is." Merida said "But you know you're obviously staying out here because you don't like us do you?"
"More for us then," Hiccup said smiling. With that they began running to the door being chased down by a upset dragon jumping between them and the door.
'Rapunzel promised me some of her pie!'he wined eyes big trying to get them onto a guilt trip.
Just then Rapunzel came out the door carrying four plates, two on her arms and one each on her hands each one holding a slice of pie with whipped cream and a cherry.
"Thanks Phil," she called out over her shoulder then turned to her friends "Ok I might not know how to talk dragon, but I heard 'pie' and remembered most ways to someones heart is though their stomach's so here you are," she said holding the plates out to Hiccup and Merida who took the ones off of her arms while she placed one of the remaining ones down in front of Toothless.
"Now Toothless," she said not starting hers but waiting for everyone else to start so there will hopefully be no interruptions "What's got you so upset that you would go running off into the Arctic at night, all alone and scare everyone like that?"
Knowing that she wouldn't hear him, Toothless just turned to Hiccup and Merida who looked away from his stare.
"Are you willing to forgive them?" Rapunzel asked when he turned back to his pie "Because they really are sorry you know..." When all she got was a shake of the head, Rapunzel tried another approach.
"You like my singing and pie don't you Toothless?" she asked reaching out her hand keeping her eyes locked onto him while he nodded and shifted his head between her and and her part of the pie cocking his head asking if he can have it.
"Well... If you come back and let Hiccup ride you again and all that," Rapunzel said speaking carefully "I will bake as many pies as you like, and sing each and every song in my song book for you once this is all over. Ok?"
After some tensing minutes each teenager having their eyes on the dragon, Toothless nodded and turned to Hiccup and Merida looking ashamed.
'Me sorry Hiccup and Merida.'he said playing with the snow with his paws 'It just, me no all that good with people braking promises... Nyx always use to play tricks on me using promises and then breaking them making me look stupid in front of everyone.'
"That was your sister wasn't it bud?" Hiccup asked "Sounds like someone from my past." he said coming up to his dragon "I knew we had a lot in common but this is getting a bit freaky."
"Er... Toothless, Hiccup may of already asked this but... it's still 'Toothless' right?" Merida asked scratching the back of her head "No 'Your Highness' or 'Your Majesty' right?"
'I told you Dummy,' Toothless said coming over to her rubbing up against her trying to warm up 'I was only Prince Noche Oscura of the Night Fury's until I ran away.'
"Ok ok I get it," Merida said trying to push Toothless away from her laughing along with the others.
"Awe... Isn't that sweet?" a voice said making everyone spin around seeing the rest of the Guardians and Eugene who had just come out the door seeing Toothless attack the red-head archer.
"I take it your plan worked then Rapunzel?" North asked smiling in his big red, fur lined and rimmed coat.
"Yeah," she replied "Urm... I might need to borrow your kitchen for a pie baking marathon for Toothless when this is all over though," Rapunzel said playing with her hair.
"Ok..." North said confused but since it wasn't his business stayed out of it. "So you all set to go to Germany and find the kids, that is of course if Toothless is alright with it," he said coming over to the dragon who immediately bumped his nose to North's palm.
"He thinks so," Hiccup and Merida said together blushing a bit again which only got worse when Toothless started jumping around and playing with the snow.
Resulting in Merida sinking to the ground hiding her face, and Hiccup running over to try and calm him down getting confused looks from the onlookers.
"So... we going or what?" Hiccup asked getting on to the dragon holding his hand a out to Rapunzel and Merida.
"I think I'll stick with everyone else Hiccup if that's alright?" Merida said getting up eyes of fire shot towards the dragon who was obviously laughing "He might behave better with me out of sight," she said fast pacing back inside to avoid questions.
After Rapunzel gave her coat to a Yeti thanking him, she climbed onto Toothless as well and they took off for the cave that hopefully held all the kids and Jack saying they'll wait for the Guardians there.
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AN: Songs : dragonfied 'The Last Unicorn' from 'The Last Unicorn'
'Show Me the Light' from 'Roudolf the Red Nosed Reigndeer the movie' (short version)
And to be honest I have no idea where the 3rd one comes from, it's just one of the ones I used to sing at school.