Memory loss chapter 20- A Secret Revealed
A rise of the brave tangled dragons fanfic

Authors note: Last chapter- see you at the bottom!

Merida'd had her share of terrifying.

Almost losing her head, as each nightmare got closer and closer, with nothing but a sword to defend herself, but having to keep it together, for Rapunzel's sake- scary. Seeing Jack hanging from the Boogeyman's hand as he choked to death, his movements slowly getting weaker- horrifying. But watching, as Hiccup took that arrow for her- that took the terror to a whole new level.

He was, hurt. He was in big trouble. He could- dare she even think it- die... and he'd done it to save her. Jack had jumped for the arrow too, but Hiccup had actually taken it.

She'd watched in a sort of shocked trance, as he'd fallen towards the ground, Jack attempting to save him, only to have them both hit the ground, hard. Jack had crashed first, in an attempt to save Hiccup, and Merida felt her heart drop. Not Jack too. Hiccup on the verge of death was bad enough, but that fall... there was no way Jack would have survived that, as for Hiccup, it was too soon to tell.

It seemed to happen in slow motion. Jack, slowly hitting the rocky ground... hiccup falling on top of him, only to bounce off... landing, face down, on the ground next to him... sliding a little on the loose rock... until they both came to a complete halt. All of a sudden, things became very real.

"Noooo!" She yelled, not even attempting to keep the break out of her voice. She ran towards them- that Rapunzel was following her didn't seem to register, she couldnt even hear her footsteps next to her own turmoiling thoughts. No, no, they couldn't be, no! Oh gods, Hiccup... Jack... no...

She left Rapunzel behind, as she continued her breakneck flight to reach her friends sides. When she got there, she was surprised to see Jack stirring. She almost felt relieved, but his following words got rid of any happiness she might have felt at his being alive.

"Hiccup." He muttered. She turned her attention to the brown haired boy who'd saved her life. He wasn't nearly as beaten up as Jack from the fall, but the arrow... oh gods, it was terrible. The blotch of red on his shirt, sickening vibrant next to his deathly pale skin, the size, and depth, of the wound... The sight of it just tore at her heart. Her legs would no longer support her, she collapsed on the ground by his side.

Jack dragged himself over to Hiccup's body, slowly, and painfully. He grabbed ahold of his wrist. His pulse. He might still be alive. She shoved her head by his mouth, her mass of curls completely covering his head, and listened. A weak breath of air hit her ear, she looked up at Jack nodded. She almost gasped with relief, but almost immediately remembered the state he was in. He might not be dead, but he was dying.

She held back a sob. This was all her fault, if she hadn't shot that arrow, there wouldn't have been another one he had to defend her from. She bowed her head.
"I'm sorry." She whispered to Hiccup. "I'm so sorry." Jack looked at her.
"It wasn't your fault." He told her. "He made his choice, and he wouldn't have changed it for anything." She realised, then, just how much he must think of her. If Hiccup was willing to give his own life to keep her safe, he obviously cared about her... a lot.

"But he's dying." She muttered, Jack's eyes fell at this, and he blinked, hard.
"I know." He said, so quietly it was barely audible. She picked up her rescuers broken body, at held it close. She buried her head in his shoulder.
"Hiccup." She said, a sob breaking free of her throat, more following it.

A hand gently pulled Hiccup away from her.

Suddenly, she was furious. Who was taking Hiccup away from her? He was in his final moments, she wanted to be with him right until the last. She opened her mouth, ready to shout at whoever dared pull him away, when she saw who it was.

Rapunzel. But she only looked forlorn- she wasn't broken, or sobbing. Her friend was dying, or didn't she know that? Something about her calm face reassured Merida, though.
"Let me help." She said, and, for once, Merida was looking to her for support. She remembered the small miracle she'd performed earlier (producing a golden arrow from nowhere) and hope began to grow in her chest.

She loosened her grip on Hiccup, and let Rapunzel thread something round his chest. A part of her long, golden hair. Rapunzel reached across, and pulled it back to her, lowering it so that it parted down either side of the arrows shaft, and lay flat against his body. She pushed the remaining length of hair away from her, so it completely encircled his body.

Jack looked at her confused.
"Rapunzel, what?" He asked, softly.
"Shhh..." She hushed him. "Just trust me." She told them, Jack and Merida shared a look at each other, they trusted her, without a shadow of a doubt, but what was she going to do?

Rapunzel took a deep breath, and blew it out.
"I need one of you to remove the arrow." She instructed. Alarm and confusion flashed in their eyes- surely he'd bleed to death if they removed it- but neither of them protested. Merida reached out, and took a firm grip at the bottom of the shaft.

She looked at Rapunzel, she nodded. Taking a deep breath, she pulled. Immediately, Rapunzel started singing.
"Flower gleam and glow, let your power shine. Make the clock reverse, bring back what once was mine." She sang. A golden, shining glow lit the roots of her hair, and spread along it. Both Merida and Jack watched, in silent amazement, as it, slowly, reached Hiccup. "Heal what has been hurt. Change the fates design. Save what has been lost. Bring back what once was mine... what once was mine." As the song ended, the glow faded from her hair, and Merida watched Hiccup intently, hoping for some kind of miracle.

She saw something stir in his face and gasped.
"Er, ah... what..." He muttered. "Whoa-." He began, startled, as Merida pulled him into a tight, bone breaking hug. "Er, what?" He murmured, as she released him.
"You stupid thing!" She yelled at him, pouring out all her worry and stress. "What did you do that for?!" She demanded.
"I, just. I didn't want to see you get hurt." He told her, cheeks colouring a little. Merida just stared at him, shaking her head a little, before shoving him, somewhat carefully, in the arm.
"Stupid idiot." She smiled. Jack grinned up at him.
"Good to see you back." He said, relief and joy evident in his voice. He looked at Rapunzel, confused. "But how?" He asked. Rapunzel looked a little uncomfortable, but after the affirmation of trust from the other two, she knew she could trust them in return.

"Ever since I was a baby, I've had it. The power to heal. My mother says it was a blessing from the sun, which was why she needed to keep me inside the house, where I was safe- in case people tried to cut it." She began, she clung onto a handful of it, clearly terrified at the prospect. "Because once its cut, it loses its power." She explained.
"But... that arrow, earlier." Merida queried, Rapunzel pushed her hair back, to reveal an odd, short lock of chestnut brown hair. Jack wondered if his hair went brown if he cut it, he didn't know he'd never needed to.
"I wrapped a piece of my hair round a broken arrow I found, and prayed it would, somehow, help... and it turned into the golden arrow." She said, Jack looked shocked- he knew how big of a deal that was.

Seeing the look on her face, and the terror the risk of it getting cut inspired in her... It must have been hard for her to do it- like if he tried to break his staff, himself- yet still she'd done it, sacrificing a bit of her power, to save him. He was moved.
"And you did that, for me?" He marvelled, she looked at him and nodded, smiling. Jack met her eyes, silently conveying to her his gratitude.

Again with the cutesy eyes! Merida thought, and bashed into Jack, groaning dramatically. She wasn't expecting the yowl of pain that followed.
"Jeez, Scotland, take it easy." She realised, he was still quite beat up from the fall.
"Do you want me to do you?" Rapunzel offered.
"Nah, I'll be fine." He declined, rolling arm in its socket, like it was just a little stiff- which reminded her.
"Hold on. So, how come you're alright?" She asked, bewildered, like she'd thought earlier, that fall should should've killed him.

He froze, as though debating with himself whether or not they'd freak at the answer.
"I'm, kind of.. already, dead... So... I'm pretty much... immortal, right now." He attempted to explain. Now that got her- even after the glowing, healing hair, and magically appearing dragon. Her annoying brother, was some kind of undead, immortal thing?!
"What?!" She said, not very quietly.

Jack gave them the shortened version- he'd died saving his sister, so this ancient, magical, man in the moon person, had brought him back as the immortal winter spirit, Jack Frost. He'd gained an awesome magic staff, but also became invisible, and spent a good three hundred years alone, before he became a Guardian.

"Right so let me get this straight... you're dead, you're immortal, you're invisible, you're three hundred years old, and you're best buds with the Easter bunny and all that lot." She summed up, holding up a finger for each point.
"Pretty much." He confirmed, Hccup shook his head.
"Okay, that's my brain, just... blown, gone- kaput." He rambled.
"At least you haven't freaked out." Jack commented, Hiccup replied.
"Yeah, well, considering Rapunzel's got glowy, healy hair, and I just brought back my ancestors dragon buddy-"
"And I just shot the boogeyman with a hair arrow." Merida added.
"Yeah, considering that, I think we're just as weird as you are." Jack raised an eyebrow, and flicked his staff- which he'd recovered from nearby.

Hiccup suddenly found himself hanging upside down on a gust of wind.
"Whaaa what?" He yelled.
"Who's the biggest weirdo?" Jack asked.
"You are!" Hiccup replied, quickly.
"Thank you." He smirked, swinging him upright, and deposited him on the floor.
"Your face." Merida snickered.
"But what does that mean?" Rapunzel asked. "That you're immortal." Jack's face fell a little.

"It means I won't be able to be around the same. I won't able to live with you guys, and I'll have to leave completely for the summer... but ill still be there." He told them. They took a moment to let that sink in. Jack had been had been like a brother to all of them- now he was going to go away?
"But... won't you be lonely?" Rapunzel asked, Jack smiled at her- he was leaving, and she was worried he wouldn't be happy. That was just, so, Rapunzel.

He noticed something behind her, and something finally clicked. It had been bothering for a while that if he chose immortality he might be alone- he wouldn't have a family anymore. But, then, he realised, perhaps he wouldn't have to be.

"You know... I don't think I will be." He said, looking behind her, to where a fancy, red sleigh had parked, a little way away, and it's occupants stood nearby, along with their two friends. They all turned to look at the assembled Guardians.

"Hey guys." Jack smiled, getting up.
"Jack." Tooth smiled back, restraining herself a little longer, before she flew at him, and tackled him with a hug. "It's good to have you back." She murmured. Sandy beamed, happily, at him, jumping and waving his arms in the air, in joy.

Jack looked a little warily at North, as he made his way over, expecting one of his famous death hugs- and he wasn't disappointed. He said some Russian word, and pretty much strangled him.
"Yeah, I'm happy to see you too, North." He managed to get out through clenched teeth, and then Bunny stepped forwards.

"Jack." He said as though attempting to keep things formal, but failing as he continued to speak. "Good to see ya, mate." He muttered, keeping his eyes determinedly on the floor.
"Aww, come on now, don't get all mushy on me, kangaroo." Jack smirked, from the looks of things that's exactly what he was going to do. He crossed his arms.
"Stupid snow head." He muttered under his breath. Jack laughed, and turned back to look at the others- a black dragon now watching with them, with large, curious eyes.
"I don't think you've met..." He began, and so, the introductions and marvellings got underway.

At some point during which, Tooth pulled Jack aside.
"Jack... I know you still don't remember everything." She said, being the Guardian of memories, it was pretty hard to hide that stuff from her. "Are you sure you're okay with that?" She asked him, concerned- he smiled, confident in his answer.
"I'm sure. I know memories are part of what make you who you are- but all I'm forgetting is little random bits in the lonely years." As he now called the time before he had the Guardians. "And I'm okay with that. I know they happened, and that's enough. If anything... I could have done with a fresh start." He said, staring out over the new break of dawn. The perfect place to decide upon a fresh start.

Tooth smiled, and nodded, satisfied with this answer- before she brought things down a little.
"And you know what will happen... eventually." She said, he knew what she meant. He nodded.
"Yeah, but I think, that's all the more reason, to make the most of the now." He decided. She squeezed his shoulder, a silent reminder that she'll always be there for him.

They watched the others for a while. "What about Rapunzel?" She asked, Jack looked at her, confused.
"What about her?" He queried.
"Her lost memories." Tooth replied, Jack's eyes widened- he never knew she had lost memories, aswell!
"Well, I guess we better give her them back." He suggested.

A few minutes later, and it turned out that Rapunzel had gotten her gift, when the sun blessed a flower to heal her mother, gifting her with the power to heal. Apparently, the sun gave this gift every few generations, to a loving and gentle heart, and Rapunzel was the latest to have it. But that wasn't all she discovered.

Gothel wasn't her mother after all, but she had kidnapped her, at a young age, when her real parents had died. She was shocked and upset about this, but, in the end, things turned out for the better.

With Jack gone, the Dunbroch household now had a spare room vacancy, and, eventually- without getting into the all the boring, legal stuff- she went to live with Hiccup and Merida, as their official foster sister.

As for Jack, things were actually a lot easier. North wiped him from the records, so that, to the government, he didn't exist. To the people who knew better, he'd gone to live with his old family, and had moved schools, so they probably wouldn't see him anymore. North also came in handy there, too- magically tricking the head teacher into thinking he'd recieved the documents regarding Jack's school change, even though he hadn't, and no one ever bothered to check up on that- whether that was North again, or just coincidence, Jack had no idea.

The only problem was Elinor and Fergus- and that was soon sorted. Pretty soon, they became joined the exclusive adult believers group. They understood the whole thing, and let him go.

So, he was now officially a wanderer, again. Flying across the world, spreading snow and stuff- just as he'd always done, but things were different this time.

He had a family to spend time with, two of them actually.

By night, and by summer, he pestered the Guardians. But, by day in winter- provided he wasn't snowball fighting with Jamie- he spent many hours with his new family, Hiccup, Merida and Rapunzel.

Every day, Fergus and Elinor waved them off, and bade them have fun on their travels. They returned from the days, buzzing, after hours of antics, and adventures. Everything from flying, to dragonback target practice, to sledding down distant mountains.

Toothless was now a full, official, member of their group. He never caused any problems, as he could only be seen by dragon believers- and if any of them did see him, well, it was just a happy surprise for them.

Merida often flew with Hiccup on Toothless, whilst Rapunzel accompanied Jack on the wind- Rapunzel because she loved the wind in her, extremely long, hair, and Merida, because she didn't trust Jack not to drop her a few hundred meters, just because she'd annoyed him. He had actually done this a few times, so she had good reason behind it. And what with the wind, a dragon, a magic ice staff, a quiver of arrows, and a healer at their side- the sky was the limit for their adventures.

Jack knew they wouldn't live forever, but right now, he was happy with his friends.

They couldn't stay young forever. But, for now, Jack knew there were races to fly, sleighs to be ridden, pranks to be played...

... and a whole lot of fun to be had.

The End

Authors note: so that was my first big four story^^ hope you liked it- I will probably come back to this story but it won't be for a long long time- like months probably because I've got a bunch of other stuff Im working on and want to finish off first. But you guys know what this means?!

Dragon Friend the sequel to Dragon Boy is on the way! I'm super excited I can't wait to see what you guys think of it^^ so yeah that'll be the next story I'm posting starting Sunday (updated daily as usual) I thank those of you who've been patient for this sequel and I hope it delivers^^ if you have no idea what Im going on about I promised to post a sequel to my other main story Dragon Boy and I've finished!

But for Memory Loss that's all for now Thank you soooo much for every single read follow fave and an especially big hug to all the people who reviewed you all made it so worth it and really made my day so truly thanks ^^ Im really glad you loved it so much and I hope to see you with my next adventure! Until then^^ bye!