Merida leaned against a tree in exhaustion after beating two more soldiers. She wasn't sure how much longer she could do this on her own.

Just as a fresh batch of foes began to make their way towards her an ear splitting sound caused them to pause and look up just long enough to see the blast of fire that caused their demise.

Hiccup landed Toothless and threw his helmet to the ground as her ran to embrace Merida.

"What took you so long?" she joked when he finally let go of her.

Hiccup gently put his hand on her cheek but quickly pulled it away when she winced, it was then that he noticed the large bruise partially hidden underneath the mud on her face. "What happened?" he asked, taking in her appearance which was rather beaten.

"Heather showed up." Merida stated as she looked at the ground.

"Did you..?" Hiccup began to ask.

"No, she got away." Merida quickly interrupted.

"Merida, it's ok." Hiccup said as he took her hand. "Come on, we'd better go help Jack and Elsa." The two of them climbed onto Toothless and began to scan the tree line for signs of Jack and Elsa.

"Over there!" Merida shouted excited as she pointed to an explosion of snow that suddenly flew up into the air towards their left.

Jack sidestepped an attack from another shadow monster before freezing it in its tracks. He glanced over his shoulder to watch Elsa for a moment as she mauled through a pack of soldiers with an icy blast, bashing them into a tree and causing them to puff into a cloud of black smoke.

Feeling a breeze brush his cheek Jack turned back to his fight and noticed a group of soldiers rushing towards him. Evading them he flew up into the air and sent an icy blast down, freezing the group of soldiers along with the surrounding area.

"Woah."

Elsa and Jack turned suddenly at the unexpected voice and saw Merida and Hiccup, along with Toothless, staring at them in awe.

Jack smirked at their reaction while Elsa asked them in a playful tone if they were planning on helping.

The four of them fought side by side until it seemed that Pitch's army had almost been defeated.

As Merida shot an arrow, destroying the last soldier in sight, Pitch and Gothel appeared once more.

"You didn't beat them nearly as quickly as I thought you would." He taunted. "You all seem a bit slow. Don't you agree my dear?" He said, turning towards Gothel.

"Yes darling. It is quite disappointing." Gothel replied.

"Well we still beat them!" Merida stated with confidence. "And now we are going to beat you!"

Pitch chuckled darkly before speaking once more. "Did you really think it was over? This is only the beginning." As he said that a thousand more soldiers appeared behind him.

"How are we going to beat them all!?" Hiccup whispered to himself in a dazed voice.

Suddenly they heard pounding footsteps behind them. After they had turned around Elsa was the first to react. "Anna!" She shouted happily.

"Hey Elsa!" Anna shouted as she waved her sword around in the air energetically. "I told you I'd come back!" Turning towards the army behind her, made up of Arendelle's finest, Anna put on a serious face. Or at least her version of a serious face. "Alright men, we need to fight those shadow guys! So, charge!"

The soldiers looked at each other briefly with eyebrows raised before shrugging and attacking the opposing army as they were instructed.

Hearing an evil laugh come from behind them Jack and Elsa turn around just in time to see Pitch and Gothel dispear the same way they had first appeared, leaving behind nothing but a black cloud of smoke.

"You know that whole disappearing thing is getting old!" Jack yelled as he began to fight off a new batch of soldiers who had already surrounded him.

Meanwhile Merida was fighting off her enemies with ease, letting the reflexes she had gained from years of fighting take over. Slice, duck, spin, block. There was no thinking involved as she let her body take control. She quickly defeated soldier after soldier with Hiccup following in the path that she had cleared. Taking a moment to wipe off the sweat that was threatening to pour into her eyes Merida saw a soldier charging towards her out of the corner of her eye. Unable to block him in time she tried to dodge the attack, causing the sword to slice only her arm. Hiccup quickly came to her defense, beating the soldier before picking Merida up and running deeper into the forest.

"I'm fine really!" Merida said, trying to calm the worry that was evident on his face. "Its just a scratch!"

Now that they were slightly hidden in some thick foliage Hiccup had requested to examine the cut. As he tried to roll up her sleeve Merida winced.

"Really? Just a scratch!?" Hiccup scolded as he cut off the sleeve rather than trying to roll it up again.

"Its my own fault." Merida said, sounding ashamed. "I let my guard down."

Hiccup was slightly comforted when he saw that her injury wasn't life threatening, though the smell of death and the sound of battle coming from all around them didn't do much to calm his nerves.

"Hiccup." Merida said quietly. Something about her tone of voice forced Hiccup to look up from her wound that he was currently dressing.

"I don't know how much longer I can keep this up."

Looking at her bruised and beaten body Hiccup sighed. "Me neither." They were silent for a moment, each one contemplating what to do, but both of their eyes widened when they heard a familiar child like whisper. Looking to their left they saw the glowing blue form of a wisp.