Me: Hey guys.
Sorry for not updating sooner, but school and work and writer's block got in the way a little. On the plus side, I got help for a little while!
With that being said, enjoy the chapter! It's a long one so I hope it makes up for the long waiting period.
Italic - Singing
Underline - Memories
The words 'Gone, Faith, Death, Destiny' appeared on the screen.
Triforce clapped her hands, smiling.
"Okay, everyone! I got some help so let them introduce themselves," Triforce told them all, waving to the empty chair next to her.
Suddenly, a girl with dark brown hair, and dark brown eyes, that kept switching from brown to pink to blue, and a tanned complexion entered the theatre. Her mouth was twisted into a surprisingly cheerful smirk.
She was wearing a plain black shirt, with an emerald green jacket on top of it. She also had charcoal-colored jeans on, with elegant black ankle boots to complete the look.
"Hello everyone, my name is JH! It's nice to meet you all!" Exclaimed JH jovially, "I'm so excited to help with this!" She finished grinning.
Triforce grinned, "Alright then, let's continue!"
SCENE CHANGE: LATER THAT NIGHT
JAMIE
"Wake up! Open your eyes! Wake up!"
Jack groaned, opening his eyes.
JACK (QUESTIONING)
"Jamie?"
JAMIE
"Yeah."
Everyone else opening their eyes after some groaning. Shaking their heads, they looked around. They were hanging from seven separate black metal cages high above the ground, Rapunzel's hair slipping through the holes. Down below, they could see their stuff laying on the ground. All around them were black walls. They knew where they were in seconds.
RAPUNZEL
"Pitch's Lair."
TOOTHLESS
"Good guess. It's the right one."
MERIDA
"If I remember correctly, we did hear him say it."
Hiccup rubbed his head.
HICCUP
"How did we get here again? I remember all of us making a shield to protect ourselves."
EUGENE
"Pitch and Gothel attacked with their Witches and Nightmares. I remember firing a blast of water at them only to..."
Eugene stopped. Eugene bowed his head with a frown and a scoff.
EUGENE (FINISHING)
"Only to hurt the Spirits that got caught up in the blast. Rapunzel healed them, but the both of us got stronger."
Eugene felt really bad. He hurt people. Sure they weren't nice, but now he knows it wasn't their fault. He tried to protect them, tried to fight back against the Dark Four, but his powers got stronger and he wasn't used to them.
He bit his lip. It was all his fault.
The others frowned.
JAMIE (IN DISBELIEF)
"We got captured."
Hiccup raised a sassy eyebrow at the obvious observation and gave Jamie a look that practically said, 'Really? Never would have guessed!'
Jamie grinned sheepishly.
TOOTHLESS
"Yeah, but what good are we? Our past selves lived this and we didn't."
Toothless bashed his head against the bars of his cage.
JACK
"They wouldn't have been captured."
RAPUNZEL
"They were fighting the Dark Four before they even had powers, halfway strong and all the way."
MERIDA
"But we're not them. We're not the ones who beat the Dark Four the first time."
EUGENE
"We got captured, beaten by only two. If we can't handle that then how can we handle all four of them."
HICCUP
"My village was right; I'm not born to be a leader. I led us all here. This is all my fault."
The Berkians frowned and shifted in their seats a bit guiltily. They had hoped for their heir to toughen up by treating him harshly, however, they never realized how much it would make him doubt himself in the process.
TOOTHLESS
"No, Hiccup, it's all of ours."
The Dark Four grinned.
With the Big Seven doubting themselves, there was no way they could lose. They would win and the world would be theirs again to rule. With the Big Seven out of the way nothing would stop them, for they are the only ones that could truly defeat the Dark Four!
Meanwhile, everyone else was in shock. The Big Seven, giving up?
"No! Don't quit!"
"Don't give up!"
"Keep going!"
And such other yells filled the theatre.
While the Big Seven felt good about the encouragement, they couldn't help but feel like they let everyone down.
None of the Spirits, the Hybrids, or the Wisps said anything. Not even the bullies though that might be because they felt bad for the heroes. Vanja, Wisp, Midnight, and Nightcore felt like yelling, but the sorrow and the lumps in their throats made it hard to speak.
The others nodded in agreement. Hiccup sighed, leaning his head against the bars of his cage. Hiccup shook his head, holding a hand to his head in a mix of disbelief, failure, and hopelessness.
HICCUP
"I'm a failure of a son. Bet you're proud of me now, Dad."
Stoick's breathing hitched and his heart started beating faster as feelings of despair, sorrow, and pure unadulterated guilt filled his body. Was he really that bad of a father to make Hiccup think he was a failure? His mind screamed 'No' while his heart screamed 'Yes', and with the memories, Stoick agreed with his heart for the first time in a long time.
Jamie looked around and sighed, starting to sing.
JAMIE-
What can I do?
Jamie lowered his head.
RAPUNZEL-
What have I done?
Rapunzel's hair glowed as she let's out a tear.
EUGENE-
I've only managed to hurt everyone.
Eugene flashed back to when he hurt the Spirits with a frown.
Rapunzel, whose eyes began filling up with tears, gently patted Eugene's arm in encouragement. Eugene barely managed a guilty, sad smile in return.
JACK-
Why did I think I could ever be any good?
Jack shook his head.
The spirits shifted guiltily in their seats. Now that they were seeing the results of their actions, they weren't feeling very confident. Maybe they weren't justified after all.
HICCUP-
Why you'd have me for a son?
Hiccup lowered his hand in sadness.
Stoick looked down in shame. His thoughtless actions and resulted in nothing but pain for his son. The only piece of Valka he had left.
MERIDA-
What I have done can't be mended.
Merida held a hand to her heart.
Eleanor let out a silent tear as she watched her daughter lose hope on screen. She shared a look with her sorrowful husband before she went back to watching the screen with trepidation.
The triplets wilted, feeling very sad for their on-screen sister.
TOOTHLESS-
All you've begun I have ended.
Toothless shook his head with a frown, Midnight and Nightcore appearing in his thoughts.
Midnight let out a choked sob as she covered her face, while Nightcore bit his lip in frustration.
ALL-
So much I'll never say.
So much to throw away.
All I had is gone.
Vanja, Elliott, and Cassandra appear in Eugene's thoughts. Emily, Sophie, and Steve appeared in Jamie's thoughts.
Emily covered her face in despair as Steve pulled her close.
Elliot clenched his fists.
HICCUP & MERIDA-
So much to say to you.
Stoick appears in Hiccup's mind while Elinor and Fergus appeared in Merida's.
JACK & RAPUNZEL-
So much to share with you.
Fredrick, Arianna, and Pascal appear in Rapunzel's mind while Jack remembers a blurry but unseeable picture of his family in his thoughts.
Fredrick and Arianna shared a look of sorrow, while Pascal gently rubbed himself against Arianna's neck's neck in comfort. Her mother smiled feebly at her daughter's reptilian friend and gave him a gently rub under the chin.
ALL-
All I had is gone.
All I had is gone.
The Big Seven all lower their heads into their knees. Sniffs came from Rapunzel and Jamie while the others silently shook.
They didn't want to believe it, but it seemed like everyone else did. They had failed.
UNKNOWN GIRL
"You know, I was gonna stay silent and watch you, but since you all are like this, then I guess I'll have to speak up."
Gasping, all seven of them lifted their heads and looked up. Hanging above them in another cage was a teenage girl who looked about sixteen, her hands around the bars of her cage and was looking down at them.
Everyone gasped as well, taking in the girl on screen whose purple eyes seemed to glow. They looked around in the crowd for her, but no one saw her.
The Dark Four were confused: Why was she there with the Big Seven?
The Big Seven wondered about why she was with them.
Triforce clapped her hands, "Sorry everyone, but the girl on screen is not here for reasons I shall not tell."
JH raised an eyebrow at her fellow author. Triforce only chuckled and said, "You'll see why soon!"
The girl raised her eyebrow at them.
UNKNOWN GIRL (CONTINUED) (METALLIC EDGE TO VOICE)
"I've been up here for about a day or two and I never once thought whatever you are thinking. I thought that when someone else got captured they would do their utmost best to try and escape. How sorely mistaken I am."
The Big Seven flinched, the girl's words hitting them hard.
EUGENE (ASKING)
"Hmmm, who are you."
The Big Seven wiped their tears away. The girl looked surprised at the question, her eyes flashing, and looked away. She looked back at them a couple of seconds later.
UNKNOWN GIRL
"Metal Mercenary."
Everyone snorted at that, even the Vikings.
What kind of name was Metal Mercenary? It sounded like a code name or something.
Jack raised an eyebrow.
JACK
"No offense to you, but what kind of name is Metal Mercenary."
Metal Mercenary rolled her eyes, her eyes brightening for just a second before returning to their normal glow.
METAL MERCENARY
"A nickname, duh. A boy who I have feelings for gave it to me. I see no point in telling you my real name. Who are you?"
HICCUP
"I'm Hiccup. These are my friends, Toothless, Jack, Jamie, Merida, Rapunzel, and Eugene." Hiccup gestured to everyone as he spoke.
Metal Mercenary nodded before giving them all a pointed look, her eyes darkening, making them all squirm.
"Why is it her stare makes me want to duck my head and look away," Jack said, shifting uncomfortably in his seat.
"I think it's her eyes," Eugene 'helpfully' provided.
"Or her pointed stare," Merida added thoughtfully.
"Reminds me of you when you're angry," Rapunzel said to her sister, who glared at her.
METAL MERCENARY
"So, despite how good you guys are at singing, why the song?"
TOOTHLESS
"If you heard us singing, then you heard our reasons."
Metal Mercenary scoffed, shaking her head and letting go of the bars.
METAL MERCENARY
"How foolish, giving up. The boy I love never gives up. He refuses to. If he were here, he would have broken out and try to bring this place to the ground. My five other friends would too. Their not the type to give up so easily. And if what I've been hearing from the conversations of passing Witches, you're The Big Seven."
MERIDA
"Yeah, we are."
JAMIE
"Despite being failures, we are."
Metal Mercenary shook her head, banging her cage once with her fist, her eyes flickering. The Big Seven looked uneasy at her eyes as they did this.
METAL MERCENARY
"You're being foolish. Why are you giving up? Don't you know that's what the Dark Four want you to do? They want you to doubt yourself and your power; to believe yourselves to be failures. That just makes it easier for them to win. Breaking their enemies down. Want to know why? Because they know you can beat them and they don't want that. You're giving them the pleasure of winning. Fight back even harder and show them that they can't break you."
The Dark Four froze in horror, their eyes going wide. No, the Big Seven just gave up, they can't be brought back up now! Just who did this girl think she is!
The Big Seven, however, took the girl's words seriously. Why was she moving them even though she didn't know them at all?
JACK
"But we can't do anything. We made so many mistakes in our past."
Metal Mercenary shook her head.
METAL MERCENARY
"Your past is the reason you are the way you are."
Eugene raised an eyebrow, "I don't follow." He said in a deadpan voice.
EUGENE
"I don't follow."
Eugene blinked and blushed lightly as the entire theatre started chuckling at him.
And with that, the tense atmosphere diffused a bit.
Metal Mercenary closed her eyes with a sigh.
METAL MERCENARY (EXPLAINING)
"All the good and all the bad things from your past is the reason you are the way you are. If they never happened the way they did or never happened at all, you would act differently then you do now. You would think differently as well. The mistakes you made in the past helped as well. They got you stronger."
"Huh?"
"What does that mean?"
"I don't have a clue about what she is saying."
Triforce groaned, facepalming and shaking her head as JH snorted, "She's saying that everything or anything that's good or bad that happens to someone sharpens them into who they are. Get it?"
"Oh. That makes sense."
"I still don't get it."
Triforce huffed, leaning back into her seat and crossing her arms. She was not going to get worked up over this.
JH sighed, "Are they always like this?" She asked in a flat voice.
Triforce sighed sadly, giving JH all the answers she needed.
HICCUP (ASKING)
"But what can we do? Our past selves have the experience to fight the Dark Four."
METAL MERCENARY
"Experience is the hardest kind of teacher. It gives you the test first and the lesson later. Your past selves fought the Dark Four and their experience grew, and as you keep fighting the Dark Four yourselves, your experience will get stronger if it hasn't already."
RAPUNZEL (ASKING)
"But is there anything you would like to do over again? Wish you could change it?"
Metal Mercenary went silent. In her eyes, which dimmed in their glow, the Big Seven saw the turmoil, the pain, and hurt that swam through them. She was obviously remembering something that she did that she wishes she hadn't done. They expected her answer to be a 'yes'.
METAL MERCENARY
"No, I don't."
The Big Seven gasped at her answer. Metal Mercenary smiled sadly.
METAL MERCENARY (CONTINUED)
"I don't wish to 'do over' anything cause once done, it's done. If I didn't do what I did, I would have never met my friends. And if I did meet them, it would be under different circumstances."
"Who is she," Toothless asked.
"Not saying anything," Triforce said, as she liked zipping her lips shut much to the exasperated groans of the entire theatre.
JH took in their groans with amusement, "You really do love tormenting them with mystery and suspense." She muttered in amusement.
Triforce chuckled, "Well, I'm told I'm evil when it comes to cliffhangers. At times, they are right. I am."
JH chuckled, smiling, "Well being evil is quite nice sometimes, very amusing."
Her purple eyes dimmed before returning to their normal glow, prompting the question that has been in the Big Seven minds to finally surface.
JACK (STATED)
"Your eyes glow, flash, dim, and brighten; your voice as a metallic edge to it. You don't have the scent of a Spirit."
TOOTHLESS (ADDED)
"Or a human."
JAMIE (ASKING)
"What are you?"
Metal Mercenary smiled, her eyes brightening in their glow.
METAL MERCENARY
"Honestly? I'm somewhat human, but not human entirely. I can feel human emotions, but I can do things humans can't do. I'm sorta similar to a Spirit and I have hearing like a Dragon and Dragon Hybrid, but I'm not one at all."
"Then what is she," Hiccup asked in frustration.
"We sure are asking a lot of questions about this girl," Merida said with a quirk of her eyebrow.
Merida raised her eyebrow.
MERIDA
"Aren't you gonna tell us what you are?"
Metal Mercenary eyes seemed to sparkle as she smirked.
METAL MERCENARY
"Not a chance."
Hiccup sighed.
HICCUP
"What you just said aside; I don't think we have what it takes to beat the Dark Four. What do we have that they don't?"
METAL MERCENARY
"Easy. You have a soul, a spirit, and most importantly, you have a heart."
The Big Seven looked at each other: A heart?
JH grinned, "That reminds me so much of Loki in the first Avengers movie!" She whispered excitedly to Triforce.
"Oh God, I'm in such an Avengers phase right now. I'm even reading stories about them. I'm hooked. And reading the stories is part of the reason this chapter came far awhile. They were just such good stories. Iron Man and Spider-Man will always be my favorite," Triforce exclaimed.
JH nodded vigorously, "Yes, yes indeed! I gotta say though, my top 1 favorites from the MCU are Loki and Tony! Of course, I love Peter too, but y'know nothing can beat those two in my heart!" She said grinning excitedly.
"For those of you who don't know, JH has her own thing she's working on, "Asgard Watches The Future", it's called. I've seen it, it's awesome," Triforce said to her viewers.
They looked at her, wondering if all that she said was true. Metal Mercenary saw this and laughed in her metallic edged voice, her eyes brightening in their glow once again, but stayed that way until she was done laughing.
Then much to the Big Seven's shock, Metal Mercenary began to sing.
METAL MERCENARY-
Everybody falls sometimes.
Gotta find the strength to rise from the ashes and make a new beginning.
The Big Seven lifted their heads a bit more. Metal Mercenary's eyes flashed again as she smiled.
Anyone can feel the ache.
You think it's more than you can take.
But you are stronger, stronger than you know.
Metal Mercenary closed her eyes and put a hand to her chest. Metal Mercenary shook her head and closed her eyes in remembrance.
Don't you give up now, the sun will soon be shining.
You gotta face the clouds to find the silver lining!
Metal Mercenary opened her eyes and they brighten again, sparkling. The Big Seven listened, watching Metal Mercenary with their eyes.
Everyone listened, captivated by the beautiful voice of the mysterious girl. They felt like they could listen to her voice for hours. They found themselves swaying to the tune of her voice and the melody of the music as it flowed through the speakers.
I've seen dreams that move the mountains!
Hope that doesn't ever end even when the sky is falling!
I've seen miracles just happen!
Metal Mercenary moved her hand mimicking like she moving a mountain before lowering her like the sky was falling. The Big Seven looked at each other.
Silent prayers get answered!
Broken hearts become brand new!
That's what faith can do.
Metal Mercenary put her hands together like she was praying. Her hands then made a heart. The Big Seven sat up more in their cages.
The Big Seven straightened up in time with their screen selves. They were hanging on to every word that was being sung.
The Dark four, however, growled and opened their mouths to shout in indignation and frustration, only to find that they couldn't speak.
Triforce smirked and JH shook her head smiling.
It doesn't matter what you've heard, impossible is not a word.
It's just a reason for someone not to try.
Everybody's scared to death when they decide to take that step out on the water.
Metal Mercenary shook her head. Hiccup and Toothless looked at each other, Merida glanced down. Rapunzel and Eugene stared at each other.
It'll be alright.
Life is so much more than what your eyes are seeing.
You will find your way if you keep believing!
Jack and Jamie looked at each other before looking away. As one, the Big Seven all looked up at Metal Mercenary.
I've seen dreams that move the mountains!
Hope that doesn't ever end even when the sky is falling!
I've seen miracles just happen!
Metal Mercenary closed her eyes as raised her hands. She made fists with her hands and brought them down fast.
Silent prayers get answered!
Broken hearts become brand new!
That's what faith can do!
Metal Mercenary held her chest and bowed her head a tiny bit. When she opened her eyes, they were glowing purple. She smiled at the Big Seven.
The Big Seven took hold of each other's hands as they listened to Metal Mercenary while she sang to them. Her words were creating a new feeling in them that they could not place, something that was growing the more they listened to the girl.
Overcome the odds, you don't have a chance!
(That's what faith can do!)
When the world says you can't, it'll tell you that you can!
Metal Mercenary shook her head and rolled her eyes. The Big Seven flinched, but saw Metal Mercenary smile. The Big Seven sat up straight and smiled.
I've seen dreams that move the mountains.
Hope that doesn't ever end even when the sky is falling!
I've seen miracles just happen!
Hiccup's eyes flashed green. Toothless's eyes flashed with a look of lightning in them. Merida's eyes flashed red.
Silent prayers get answered!
Broken hearts become brand new!
That's what faith can do!
That's what faith can do!
Jamie's eyes flashed white. Jack's eyes flashed blue. Rapunzel's eyes flashed pink and yellow. Eugene's eye flashed turquoise.
Even if you fall sometimes you will have the strength to rise.
The Big Seven looked at each other, their faith in themselves restored.
The Big Seven looked at each other, knowing what Metal Mercenary did.
She restored their hope in themselves and that they could beat the Dark Four, she gave them new confidence in what they were doing and what they were fighting for.
METAL MERCENARY
"The boy I'm in love with, sang that to me when I asked why he fought. He held hope, so much hope. His song helped me see, that even when we don't have hope for yourselves, we can be the hope for others. You seven are the hope for everyone, for those who know about you, are learning about you, or gonna learn about you. There's so much you need to change, to fix, to say that you can't let yourselves call it quits now. You started this journey, see it through to the very end."
The entire theatre cheered in agreement. Truly, what wise words!
Hiccup smiled and nodded.
HICCUP
"Your right. As what was said week or two ago, people will suffer if we lose."
RAPUNZEL
"The people need us so we can't give up. We just can't quit."
MERIDA
"It's foolish."
JACK
"Silly."
TOOTHLESS
"Wrong."
EUGENE
"Unjust."
JAMIE
"So let's get out of here."
Everyone cheered, some even jumping up and clapping or hugging each other. The Big Seven grinned, now knowing that while they lose faith, they would continue on thanks to a girl they didn't know.
Triforce and JH smiled, winking conspiratorially at each other. Triforce looked over at Valka. It was obvious that the lady was smiling beneath her mask. Her gaze shifted towards the figure standing behind Valka, and another seat appeared.
Triforce hated forgetting to include some people. Hopefully, this was the last one…
Hopefully.
Metal Mercenary smiled, her eyes flashing.
METAL MERCENARY
"Well, they haven't heard the commotion we all did, that I know, so there's time for an escape. Earth, light, lightning, water, emotions, healing, and Dragon Hybrid strength won't work on the cages. But fire can melt and ice can freeze. I know how to pick locks so don't worry about me. If you know how to pick locks, then do so."
Eugene's eyes widened, "Wait wait wait wait wait!" He exclaimed reflexively throwing his arms up in the universal, 'Stop' gesture. The screen paused as everyone looked at him questioningly, "If she could have escaped earlier, why didn't she?!" He asked in an incredulous voice.
Everyone's eyes widened. Huh.. they did not think of that!
Merida and Jack grabbed the bars of their cages. Merida's fire slowly starts to melt the bars and Jack started to freeze his cage. Toothless unsheathed a claw and Eugene pulled a lockpick from his pocket, trying to pick their cage locks. Metal Mercenary had reached into the heel of her boot, pulling out a lockpick before starting to pick her cage lock.
EUGENE (ASKING)
"Hey, if you could escape anytime, why didn't you do so?"
Everyone snickered as Eugene made a surprised face and then blushed in embarrassment, "Again!?"
Hiccup laughed, "You really gotta stop repeating yourself mate!" He said teasing his friend.
Eugene groaned in embarrassment and slid almost completely off his chair in a feeble attempt to merge with it.
METAL MERCENARY
"Nowhere to go and waiting for my friends to find me."
Eugene, Toothless, and Metal Mercenary managed to pick the locks of their cages before climbing out just as Jack and Merida finished freezing or melting the bars of their cages. Metal Mercenary jumped onto the nearest cage, which was Jamie's, grabbing onto the bars with one hand with her feet in one of the spaces between the bars while using the other to pick the lock.
Toothless flew over to Hiccup's cage, using his claw to pick the lock while Eugene, who had jumped onto Rapunzel's cage, started to pick her lock. Jack and Merida had climbed onto the tops of their cages.
Soon, Toothless and Hiccup were on top of the cage Hiccup was in, Eugene and Rapunzel were on top the one Rapunzel was in, and Metal Mercenary and Jamie were on top of the one Jamie was in.
JACK
"Well, we're out."
MERIDA
"And now to get down."
METAL MERCENARY
"That's easy if you're acrobatic like me."
After scanning the cages, Metal Mercenary jumped off the cage she was one, falling a couple feet before grabbing onto another one. She kept doing the same thing, doing numerous skilled flips and jumps only someone with experience could have. In under a minute, she was on the ground and was looking up at the Big Seven.
People stared, open-mouthed at how quick Metal Mercenary was. She seemed so natural at it, just how long has she practiced that!? At how quick and flexible Metal Mercenary was, that must've taken quite the amount of practice to master!
Triforce noticed JH looked at bit queasy and smirked, "Too much?"
JH looked a bit awed, "Holy crap man, she's really flexible!"
Triforce smirked, "Forget to tell you. No cursing."
They stared at her with open mouthes in shock. Metal Mercenary smiled, her eyes sparkled.
METAL MERCENARY
"What? I have experience."
RAPUNZEL
"I can do that, but not all of us yet. But Toothless and Jack can carry someone down."
HICCUP
"I can do it too. You'll be surprised at what Toothless and I did while we went on flights."
There was a smile on Hiccup's face. Toothless, in remembrance, groaned but smiled.
"Do we want to know," Merida asked, looking at the two in question.
"Yes/No," Hiccup and Toothless yelled at the same time, glaring at each other afterward.
JACK
"I need my staff to fly, remember? And it's all the way down there."
METAL MERCENARY (FROM BELOW)
"Catch Jack!"
Jack looked down, reaching out his hand only to catch his staff which was thrown at him with so much force when Jack caught it the force nearly pushed him off the cage. Once he regained his balance, Jack stared his hand which held his staff and shook it. He looked down incredulously at Metal Mercenary, who had the decency to look sheepish.
Jack winced, rubbing his hand as he thought about the pain or sudden shock it might go through.
METAL MERCENARY
"Sorry. Threw your staff to you when you said that you needed it."
JACK
"If this is the force you get with just throwing stuff, then I pity those who get you angry."
METAL MERCENARY (NONCHALANTLY)
"Oh, trust me, they regretted it."
The Big Seven shivered at the nonchalantly of her answer.
Everyone else did too.
Just who was this girl?!
Rapunzel and Hiccup started jumping down the cages to the ground, but at a slower pace then Metal Mercenary. Toothless had Eugene and Rapunzel on his back and Jack carried Jamie in his arms. A minute later, they were all on the ground. The Big Seven went over and grabbed their stuff.
That was when they heard a loud neigh.
Metal Mercenary gasped and jumped in front of the path of a Nightmare, which was running towards the Big Seven. However, upon coming into contract with Metal Mercenary, the Nightmare exploded into gold sand.
The Spirits gasped, their eyes going wide. Pitch Black's eyes widen. The Guardians were shocked.
This girl was immune to Pitch's power, he couldn't hurt her or do anything. He was powerless against her.
The Big Seven was just thankful that she saved them from the Nightmare.
METAL MERCENARY (COMMENTING)
"And now we have even less time to escape. Let's go."
She made her way to the only clear exit. The Big Seven, shaking themselves out of their shocked stances, followed after her, coming up walked by her side.
TOOTHLESS
"Wait, wait, wait. Back there, how did you do that?"
Metal Mercenary glanced at Toothless before turning her gaze to look around for anything else that might pop out.
The way she did it showed that she did something like this before, making them curious as to what situation would require her to perform something similar to this.
METAL MERCENARY
"I was captured and locked up was because I can do that. Pitch can't sense my fear because I accepted it. It made me stronger and immune against Pitch's attacks and his Nightmares. The reason the Nightmares exploded into gold sand was that my belief is so strong, the Nightmare couldn't handle it and was purified."
She stopped to look around a corner quickly before she continued walking.
METAL MERCENARY (CONTINUED)
"People with belief that strong can't get hurt by Pitch. Belief is a form of light; the stronger the light, the stronger the belief. Fun is another thing too. It can make someone forget their fear. Both things are a danger to Pitch."
Jamie looked down at his hands, letting a tiny spark of light shine at his fingertips. Jack flattered in his walking for just second. Hiccup, Toothless, Merida, Rapunzel, and Eugene looked at them.
Jamie and Jack looked at each other. Their powers were dangerous to Pitch because if used right, Pitch can't do anything if belief overcame fear, or if fun made people forget their fear.
Hiccup sighed.
HICCUP
"Fear is so confusing. Why can't fear just, not exist? Wouldn't it be better for everyone?"
Many mumbled their agreement.
Metal Mercenary stopped walking and turned to the Big Seven to stare at them.
METAL MERCENARY
"That wouldn't be a good idea. As much as some don't think, fear has a balance with everyone's life and with all life."
BIG SEVEN
"Huh?"
"Huh" came the echoed response.
Triforce groaned, slapping her face with her hands. JH winced at the sound and could only pat Triforce's back as she mumbled, "Shoot me now."
They had confused expressions on their faces. Metal Mercenary sighed in annoyance, her eyes flickering.
METAL MERCENARY
"Okay, look, I overheard a lot in the passing conventions of the Witches, but as far as I'm concerned, Pitch is abusing his role as the Spirit of Fear, as Nightmare King, and as the Boogieman. Fear is something everyone needs to live, allowing them the ability to hesitate and question and second guess. But too much will cause people to never try new things, to always fear everything and everyone and get people killed. Fear has a part in the balance and Pitch's job was to most likely keep an eye on that balance. Nightmares are a symbol of a person's fear, they just need to figure out what the nightmare is trying to tell them."
The Spirits mumbled to themselves. Try as they might, they knew this was true, but that didn't mean they had to like it.
Metal Mercenary snorted.
METAL MERCENARY (CONTINUED)
"This Man in Moon is going to have to search well for someone who wouldn't abuse that role like he did after Jokul Frosti."
At the Big Seven's raised eyebrows, Metal Mercenary rolled her eyes in annoyance, her eyes flickering.
METAL MERCENARY (CONTINUED)
"Again, I heard a lot from passing conventions. You'll be surprised how much people say when their none of the wiser or think you can't hear them or understand."
She turned around to walk again. The Big Seven looked at each other and shrugged, following their mysterious new friend.
However, they didn't get far before Metal Mercenary suddenly stopped and whirled around, looking at Jack and Rapunzel, who was standing to the right and in front of another hallway. She snapped her head to look at the ceiling above the two. Toothless was now staring up at the ceiling as well.
EUGENE (ASKING)
"What?"
Metal Mercenary snapped her head to look at Jack and Rapunzel.
METAL MERCENARY (SHOUTING)
"Watch out!"
Metal Mercenary surged forward and pushed herself, Jack and Rapunzel into another hallway and onto the ground just a loud crack filled the air followed by a loud bang. Pushing themselves to their knees, they saw the entrance to the hallway now covered entirely by a large stone, right where Jack and Rapunzel were standing.
Gasp, there sure is a lot of gasps, why are they all doing that? But, back to point, Jack and Rapunzel could have been crushed.
METAL MERCENARY
"That was on the ceiling."
JACK
"Rapunzel and I could have been crushed."
METAL MERCENARY
"Your welcome."
No one could help but laugh at Metal Mercenary's comment.
MERIDA (MUFFLED)
"Jack! Rapunzel! Metal Mercenary! You three alright?"
Rapunzel got to her feet and went to the large stone, putting her hands on it.
RAPUNZEL
"Yeah, we're okay, we're separated now!"
EUGENE
"Try and find a way to reunite with us."
METAL MERCENARY
"That's gonna be the least of our problems."
Metal Mercenary walked up to the large stone
JAMIE (MUFFLED)
"Why's that?"
METAL MERCENARY
"I hear many booby traps being activated, in this hallway and in ours. I know Toothless can hear them too. Toothless, you're gonna have to keep an ear out for the traps. This also means Pitch knows we've escaped."
TOOTHLESS (MUFFLED)
"Got ya!"
"Why are they taking orders from her," Snotlout asked, crossing his arms, "She's not the leader. For all we know, she could be a spy. Why trust her?"
Astrid looked at Snotlout like he grew two heads, "Three things. First, you're an idiot. Second, she could be a spy. And third, she restored their faith, she helped them escape their cages, shielded them from the Nightmare, and saved Jack and Rapunzel from getting crushed. Why would she risk her life for them is she's a spy?"
Snotlout tried to come up with a response, but Astrid's stare kept him from saying anything.
JACK (ALARMED)
"Got another problem! The ceilings coming down!"
Jack was looking up and when Metal Mercenary and Rapunzel looked up, they saw it too. The ceiling of the hallway they were in was lowering to the ground. Metal Mercenary snapped her head back to the large stone.
METAL MERCENARY
"Listen closely! On the first turn, go left, then go right and follow that path to the two touches on the black door is the exit. Be careful of the traps!"
HICCUP (MUFFLED)
"How do you know that?"
METAL MERCENARY
"Because that's the way they brought me in! They thought I was unconscious! Now go!"
Metal Mercenary looked ar Rapunzel and Jack.
JACK (YELLING)
"Come on!"
The three of them ran down the hallway. Every now and then, Metal Mercenary would shout out a 'look out!', 'duck!', or a 'move!' from the random traps and arrows. The ceiling was now halfway down the wall through, forcing the three of them to hunch over while they ran. Jack spots an opening to the right and pointed to it.
Comments on how good they were at dodging, Metal Mercenary's skills, and how close the ceiling was to the floor.
They rolled through the opening, nearly escaping the ceiling. However, as Metal Mercenary stood up, an arrow came from the room they were in now and came right at her head. Metal Mercenary only had time to move, the arrow only grazing her head.
RAPUNZEL (ALARMED)
"Metal Mercenary!"
Another arrow flew and this time, Metal Mercenary caught it. Jack followed the arrow's path, which came above and shot a blast of ice, preventing others from coming.
Metal Mercenary's eyes darken in anger as she broke the arrow in her hand. She threw the now broken arrow to the ground and brushed her hair out of the way of the grazed wound on her head.
JACK (WORRIED)
"You okay."
Then, much to the shock of Jack and Rapunzel, the wound healed itself. Metal Mercenary scoffed at their looks.
Triforce laughed at everyone's faces. Metal Mercenary did say she wasn't really human even though she looks like one. Triforce then paused in her laugher, remembering what comes next and groaned.
She did not want to see the reactions.
METAL MERCENARY
"I told you, I'm not really human."
Metal Mercenary took a look at the room they were in and sighed.
METAL MERCENARY (CONTINUED) (FLASE HAPPINESS)
"Oh joy. This is just great. Hanging cages in a line above water with the exit on the other side."
Jack and Rapunzel looked and groaned because this was exactly what they saw. Metal Mercenary took a running leap and jumped onto the first hanging cage. When it got close to the second cage, Metal Mercenary jumped again, landing on it. She turned back to Jack and Rapunzel.
JACK
"You jump, I'll carry Rapunzel across."
Rapunzel, however, ran and jumped onto the first cage. She turned and smiled at Jack.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"Never mind. I'll fly myself across while you two acrobatic girls jump across."
Everyone laughed. Rapunzel grinned at Jack, pinching his cheek with a smile, "So nice of you to offer to carry me across."
Jack blushed a deep blue, but Rapunzel didn't notice because Eugene got her attention, but the rest of his friends saw and gave him big grins.
Oh, God. Please have mercy.
Rapunzel and Metal Mercenary laugh before they start jumping again. Jack flew next to them, making sure to be close in case either of them fell. Once on the other side, they all let out a breath. Metal Mercenary looked over at the exit and pointed to it.
METAL MERCENARY
"This should be the exit. Let's go."
They only got a couple of steps before Rapunzel let out a shout. Metal Mercenary and Jack whipped around to watch as Rapunzel's hand went to her hair and rubbed her head, which was tilted back a bit. Rapunzel took a step back and her head went straight. Rapunzel turned her head to see that the braids of her hair were caught on the final cage.
There was a sudden clang and splash, followed by more. Lifting their heads, the three saw the hanging cages and their chains falling into the water.
Alarmed, Rapunzel turned her head to stare at Metal Mercenary and Jack as the cage her hair was stuck to fell. Rapunzel let out a cry as she was pulled over the edge and into the water.
JACK (CRYING OUT)
"Rapunzel!"
Queen Arianna let out a huge cry, hands flying to her mouth as tears started to manifest in her eyes. King Fredrick gripped the sides of his seat, staring at the screen. Rapunzel gasped, going pale. Eugene had grabbed onto his sister, Toothless and Hiccup roared, Merida screamed, Jamie cried, and Jack shouted.
Dropping his staff, Jack jumped into the water after Rapunzel. Metal Mercenary eyes flashed in alarm as she watched the water from above. In the water, Jack swam towards Rapunzel, who was struggling to pull her hair out of the cage. Jack joins her in trying to pull her hair free but to no prevail.
Rapunzel looks at her hair, the very thing that traps her underwater in the future.
Rapunzel suddenly stops and looks at Jack in his eyes. Jack gives Rapunzel a questioning look, which Rapunzel nods at. Jack gives a sharp nod and grabs his dagger before grabbing Rapunzel's hair in his hand. Jack brings his dagger to the hair and looks at Rapunzel again. Rapunzel nods once.
Gothel and everyone else freezes. They knew it was the only way to save Rapunzel, but the cost would be Rapunzel losing the power her hair gave her.
Jack cuts Rapunzel's hair, freeing her. Rapunzel's hair turns from blonde to brunette.
"NO," Gothel shouts, going to stand up but finds herself unable to. And no one took heed of her shout because it was silent, besides the three other Dark Four members who looked at her, knowing she needed the hair to survive cause of its power.
Now, the two try to swim to the surface hand-in-hand, but Rapunzel starts slowing down, the lack of air getting to her. Jack looked at her and saw this and did the only thing he could think of.
He kissed her, pushing the air in his lungs into hers.
Rapunzel gasped.
Rapunzel's eyes went wide, even as Jack pulled away. But Jack's mouth was open, allowing water in. Jack's free hand went to his mouth in an attempt to stop the water from getting in, but water still got into his lungs.
Rapunzel let out a shout, bubbles forming from the air she let out. She quickly closed her mouth and grabbed Jack pulling him up with her to the surface. Breaking through the surface, Rapunzel out a gasp as she breathed in the air. She looked at Jack, who seemed to have trouble breathing.
METAL MERCENARY
"Rapunzel!"
Rapunzel looked up, seeing Metal Mercenary was leaning as far down as she could from the ledge. Metal Mercenary had lowered Jack's staff as close to the water as she could.
Rapunzel, wrapping an arm around Jack, swam over to the staff and grabbed it. Metal Mercenary, with no trouble, pulled Rapunzel and Jack out of the water and back onto the solid ground.
Metal Mercenary and Rapunzel carried Jack though the doors and out into the woods. Metal Mercenary held Jack's staff and her jacket in her left hand. After walking a couple of feet away from the door, Metal Mercenary and Rapunzel set Jack on the ground.
Jack was making gasps like he was trying to breathe. Inside his lungs, the water froze, his cold temperature turning the water into ice and making it hard for Jack to breathe.
Everyone froze.
No.
No!
No!
NO!
RAPUNZEL (SCREAMING)
"Jack! Jack!"
Jack let out a fading breath and slowly closed his eyes. Rapunzel gasped, her eyes going wide and her face turning pale. Next to her, Metal Mercenary gasp, her eyes flashing in alarm.
RAPUNZEL (CONTINUED) (SCREAMING)
"No! Jack! Wake up! Wake up! Jack!"
Rapunzel hit Jack on his chest, trying to get a reaction. Nothing happened.
Rapunzel and Jamie sobbed. No. Not Jack.
RAPUNZEL (CONTINUED) (SCREAMING)
"Jack! Please wake up!"
HICCUP
"Rapunzel!"
Rapunzel turned and saw that Hiccup, Toothless, Merida, Jamie, and Eugene found them. She didn't give them time to speak before she screamed.
RAPUNZEL (SCREAMING)
"Jack's not breathing! He saved me from drowning by cutting my hair, but he breathed in water! He's not breathing!"
Jamie let out a cry and rushed to Jack's side, pushing his arm.
JAMIE (BEGGING)
"Jack, no! You're my brother! Please!"
Jamie jumped on Jack, crying into his chest. Jack held onto Jamie, feeling the hands of his friends on him, trying to reassure themselves that Jack was still here. Jack paled, seeing that he might die in the future saving Rapunzel's life.
If it does, it's worth it. He lived for 317 years, Rapunzel's only lived 18 years. It's worth it.
Or so he tried to reassure himself anyway.
Hiccup, Toothless, Merida, and Eugene joined in on kneeling next to Jack's body, each of them having a hand on him.
TOOTHLESS
"Wake up, Jack!"
MERIDA
"Not you!"
EUGENE
"Open your eyes!"
HICCUP
"Don't do this!"
Metal Mercenary eyes kept flashing in shock and alarm as she stood off to the side.
METAL MERCENARY (DISBELIEF)
"This can't be right. This isn't right. This is not supposed to happen."
Triforce looked over at the girl next to Valka, her hand was over her mouth and tears were coming from her eyes.
JH's eyes narrowed in suspicion and she gave her friend a sharp inquiring look, but Triforce ignored her in favor of stubbornly watching the screen. JH grained in aggravation.
Ignoring her, Rapunzel grabbed Jack's hand and put it on her hand and started to sing fast.
RAPUNZEL-
Flower, gleam, and glow.
Let your power shine.
Make the clock reverse.
Bring back what once was mine–
Rapunzel stopped when nothing happened. No glowing hair, no yellow light, no breathe from Jack. She let out a sob as she dropped lowered Jack's hand to her lap as the realization came to her: She lost her healing ability with her hair.
Rapunzel grabbed at her hair. Why does the power leave her when she needed it most.
Rapunzel had tears slowly come to her eyes, Jamie following soon after with the others not too far behind. Metal Mercenary just gritted her teeth, her eyes dimmed in sadness.
Rapunzel opened her mouth and sang again, at a slower pace.
Heal what has been hurt.
Change the fate's design.
Save what has been lost.
Bring back what once was mine.
What once was mine.
Rapunzel let out a cry, her tears falling on Jack's face. The others let out sobs as well, Jamie burying his head into Jack's chest as the others bowed their heads.
Everyone, besides those who were evil, had tears coming down their faces.
The Big Seven just had their faith restored, they didn't deserve having one of their own ripped away from them.
As they cried, a yellow glow caught their attention a couple of seconds later. Gasping, they looked up to see Rapunzel's tears glowing on Jack's face. They all suddenly grew hopeful.
Everyone froze, eyes growing wide as hope overtook their beings.
JAMIE
"Jack!"
RAPUNZEL
"Jack! Jack!"
SCENE CHANGES: JACK'S MIND
Jack opened his eyes and looked around, seeing nothing but black.
Then everything changed to a heavily wooded area. An adult woman, a small girl, and a lanky boy - all with brown hair - are walking around. Mom, daughter, and son. The son made a face before running off, his sister following.
MOM
"Come on Jack, you can't have fun all the time."
Jack gasped.
JACK
"What?"
Jack went to look at the boy, but everything around them changed.
It now showed the same lanky boy is hanging upside down from a tree branch while 3 children watch him - one is the same girl from before while the other two were a different boy and girl around her age.
GIRL
"Jack, get down from there!"
It changed again. This time, it was by a campfire.
"Is this," Bunny started.
"Yes! It's Jack's memories," Tooth cried out, "He's remembering!"
By firelight, the lanky boy is performing buffoonery with two antlers on the side of his head. The same girl and the other two kids were there.
COLONIAL BOY
"You're funny, Jack!"
It changed again, this time it was a small wooden house.
The boy has a pair of ice-skates slung over his shoulder. He and the little girl are leaving the house.
MOM
"Be careful!"
The boy turns, and it is definitely Jack.
Jack gasped at his look. This Jack had brown hair, brown eyes, and fair skin. His clothing consisted of a white v-neck undershirt with a brown vest and brown trousers. He also wore a brown poncho to cover himself from the cold.
At once, Jack realized where he was.
JACK
"I'm in my head. These are my memories."
Jack, from the tight group hug, manages to lean towards the screen a bit, wanting to see more closely.
Jack laughs.
JACK (LAUGHING)
"We will!"
The girl laughs with him.
The scene changed again, this time showing a lake iced over.
The girl is there, but now she looks afraid. Jack takes off his other ice skate and places it on the iced-over lake.
JACK
"It's okay, it's okay! Don't look down, Olivia, just look at me!"
Jack looked down by his sister's, Olivia's, feet. The ice was cracking.
JACK (WHISPERING)
"No!"
Jack let out a shaky breath. Olivia...that was...his sister's name. His little sister.
OLIVIA
"Jack, I'm scared!"
The ice is cracking underneath of her.
JACK
"I- I know, I know."
He takes a step, but the ice cracks under his feet. Jack glances down uneasy and looks back at Olivia with a smile.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"But you're gonna be alright - you're not gonna fall in."
Jack looks down again before looking up, an idea coming to his head.
JACK
"Uh... We're gonna have a little fun instead!"
OLIVIA (CRYING OUT)
"No, we're not!"
JACK
"Would I trick you?"
OLIVIA
"Yes! You always play tricks!"
Jack chuckled as he took a careful step closer.
JACK
"Well, alright, well not- not- not this time."
He held his arm out.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"I promise, I promise you're gonna be- you're gonna be fine. Ya haft to believe in me."
Jack's breathing hitched at the last sentence.
As does everyone else's. Believe in me. It was amazing how such a small phrase can touch so many hearts at once.
Olivia gulps.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"You wanna play a game? We're gonna play hopscotch! Like we play every day!"
Olivia starts to smile.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"I- It's as easy as, uh, one -"
As he spoke, Jack took another step. The ice cracked his foot and Jack winced before giving a quick smile.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"Woah!"
Jack pretends to almost fall but catches his balance. Olivia laughs.
"You're making her forget her fear," Hiccup whispered.
"By doing something fun," Toothless added.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"Two. Three."
Olivia laughs as Jack lands on a part of the ice that is not thin.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"Alright."
Jack crouched down, grabbing a stick that was lying near him.
JACK
"My staff."
Jack glanced at his staff.
JACK
"Now it's your turn. One-"
Olivia gasps as she takes a step, the ice cracking.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"That's it, that's it. Two-."
Jack held the stick neat Olivia as she took another step, gasping as the ice cracked again.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"Three!"
Jack grabs her by the knees using the crook in the stick and slides her around so that she is in the safe spot, but he has been flung into the cracking area. He sits up and smiles. She leans up on her arms, smiling too. Pleased, he stands up and chuckles, but his weight cracks the ice at last.
With a surprised shout, Jack fells into the cold water. Olivia gasped and held her hand out.
Jack gasped in shock, along with everyone else in the theatre.
OLIVIA
"Jack!"
Jack sinks into the cold water, looking up at the moon. As he's drifting below the ice, his hair illuminates in the moonlight and remains white as he opens his eyes, the memory fading.
This is how he became Jack Frost. He saved his sister, but at the cost of his own life.
Jack grinned feebly. What a way to go.
Jack gasped as the memory fades away, everything turning to black once more. Feeling a sharp pain in his head, Jack clutches his head as his memories came back to him. Seconds went by before it stopped.
JACK
"I had a sister. And I saved her."
UNKNOWN GIRL
"Yes, you did."
Jack gasped and turned around, his breath hitching at the sight before him.
A girl with brown hair and eyes stood before him, smiling with her hands between her back. While clearly to have aged a couple of years, there's was no mistaking it. The teenaged girl before him was his sister.
Olivia smiled.
OLIVIA
"Six years after you drowned, I got sick and couldn't be cured. I died, but Man in Moon grabbed me with his moonbeams. I can't tell you what Man in Moon has planned for me, only that if you succeed it will happen."
His sister. His sister was with Man In Moon.
JACK
"Olivia."
OLIVIA
"I longed to hear my name from your voice again Jack, not just in dreams or nightmares."
JACK (SMILING)
"Olivia."
Olivia laughs.
OLIVIA
"Go back, Jack. Your friends still need you. Beat Pitch, Jack. Beat the Dark Four. Save the world."
As everything faded away, Jack nodded with a smile.
JACK
"I will."
SCENE CHANGES: BACK IN THE REAL WORLD
Jack gasped as he opened his eyes, sitting up quickly. Jack coughed, water coming out of his mouth.
HICCUP/TOOTHLESS/RAPUNZEL/EUGENE/MERIDA/JAMIE
"Jack!"
Everyone cheered, jumping up clapping once again. Jack was group hugged tightly from his friends, only being released when he managed to squeak out that he couldn't breathe, only then did they let him go.
Jack grinned at them. They sat back down in their seats, which had mysteriously moved closer to each other when they weren't paying attention.
Valka looked at the girl next to her, realizing it was Oliva. Oliva smiled at her and said, "I can't see Jack yet. It's too soon. Just like you."
Metal Mercenary gasped, a small smile coming to her face. Jack finished coughing before he looked at his friends.
JACK
"I remember my past. I had a sister. Olivia was her name. We were ice skating, but part of the ice was to thin and Olivia got stuck. I saved her, but the cost was my life. That's why-"
Jack stood up, prompting the others to follow him.
JACK (CONTINUED)
"That's why Man in Moon choose me to be the Spirit of Winter. Saving my sister, an act of love, something Jokul would never do."
"HA! That's why he was chosen," Jamie exclaimed, looking down at the spirits in triumph. They all had the decency to look a bit ashamed.
RAPUNZEL
"He chose right."
Jack eyed her hair before smiling.
JACK (JOKING)
"As much as you look good for a brunette, it's gonna be a while before I get used to you without long blonde hair."
They all laughed. Jack turned and hugged Jamie tight. Metal Mercenary walked up.
METAL MERCENARY (SMIRKING)
"You know, there's a motto that says "To fool one's enemies, fake your own death", but I didn't think you'll actually try to do it."
HICCUP (AKING)
"You did it before."
METAL MERCENARY
"Sorta."
Metal Mercenary shrugged, eyes sparkling.
MERIDA
"Let's get away from here before anything else happens."
"Please."
"Do so while you still have time."
Nodding, the eight of them ran through the woods. They didn't stop, not until they came to a small lake. It was only after stopping did Jack realize this was the same lake he drowned in.
JACK
"We're near Burgess. This is the lake I drowned in."
JAMIE
"You mean, the lake that always stayed frozen even through spring and summer and where other kids, including me, played around is your grave? You never told me that and that would be a good thing to know!"
Jack blushed, coughed and looked away from Jamie's pointed glare.
The Burgess kids all gasp as Jamie tossed Jack a glare. Jack chuckled, rubbing his neck.
JACK
"Olivia came to me before I woke up. She said she died of sickness, but Man in Moon saved her. He has something planned for her, but we need to beat the Dark Four first."
EUGENE
"Our destiny is to stop the Dark Four."
MERIDA
"Destiny and fate are alike, but while a lot of people know what fate is, what is destiny?"
Metal Mercenary chuckled, her eyes brightening in amusement.
METAL MERCENARY
"I know what it is."
TOOTHLESS
"Care to share?"
Metal Mercenary nodded and opened her mouth, starting to sing once again.
METAL MERCENARY-
In the dream your on a ledge.
Underneath you lie your hopes for tomorrow.
To get over this edge you need a leap of faith.
The Big Seven turned their heads to her more. Metal Mercenary's eyes start to glow as she puts her hands together. It reminded them of what she did while they were in the hanging cages.
You waited long enough.
Got it out and now its time to embrace it.
Show what you're made of.
It's in your hands, your chance to take it!
Metal Mercenary started to walk forward slowly. She hugged herself before she held her hands out. She made a fist with both hands.
Everyone leaned forward in their seats, Metal Mercenary's voice enchanting them to listen.
Destiny's everything you're made of!
Hiding behind what you're most afraid of!
Destiny gives you the strength to stand your ground!
And you can't get lost here!
Metal Mercenary stops walking. The Big Seven smile and slowly formed a circle around Metal Mercenary. Metal Mercenary stomped her foot, her eyes glowing a bit more.
Your destiny, your destiny, your destiny.
You can't get lost.
Your destiny, your destiny, your destiny.
Metal Mercenary at the Big Seven, making them smile back at her.
I was so terrified, then realized on this journey.
No matter where it leads, you get a chance to then take it!
Metal Mercenary raised a hand to hold her chest and looked down. She looked up with a smirk and a narrowed gaze.
"She's going through something just like us or something different," Merida voiced her opinion. She was met by agreement from nearly everyone.
Destiny's everything you're made of!
Hiding behind what you're most afraid of!
Destiny gives you the strength to stand your ground!
My destiny is found!
Metal Mercenary slowed to walk in a circle. Her eyes were slowly getting brighter. She shakes her head and brings her fists to her chest. She nods with a smile.
When you're running around in circles!
(Trying to find where you fit in!)
There's a form a way that you can turn!
(Hope means you're winning!)
No matter what just stay in control!
Because when your gone nobody knows!
You never need!
She looks at Toothless. She looks at Hiccup. She looks at Eugene. She looks at Merida. She looks at Jack. She looks at Rapunzel. She looks at Jamie.
The Big Seven looked at each other.
Destiny's everything you're made of!
Hiding behind what you're most afraid of!
Destiny gives you the strength to stand your ground!
Destiny's found!
Metal Mercenary smiles and points to all of them. She places a hand on her chest. Her eyes glowed brightly as she nods. She raised a fist into the air.
Destiny's everything you're made of!
(Destiny's found!)
Hiding behind what you're most afraid of!
Destiny gives you the strength to stand your ground!
Metal Mercenary raised her other hand in the air. Metal Mercenary's eyes glowed almost like a flashlight. She lowered her hands and back up out of the circle.
My destiny is found!
My destiny is found!
Metal Mercenary closed her eyes and smiled. Her hand reached to the side like she was holding someone else's.
My destiny is found!
Metal Mercenary opened her eyes and nodded, her eyes returning to normal. The Big Seven smile at each other.
"Thanks for telling us in a song," Eugene said.
EUGENE
"Thanks for telling us."
Eugene exclaimed, "Seriously! Again! Why am I saying things that are so alike!"
"Because it's you who's saying it," Jamie stated.
Eugene had no answer to that.
They all laughed. Suddenly, Metal Mercenary started glowing. Metal Mercenary's eye's flashed in shock and the Big Seven gasped.
JAMIE
"What's going on!"
Metal Mercenary smiled, her eyes glowing again.
METAL MERCENARY
"My friends, that found me."
She looked at them all.
METAL MERCENARY (CONTINUED)
"Go win the war. If you don't, others, including myself, won't exist."
JACK (SHOCKED)
"Wait, you're from the future!"
"Future!"
"A time-traveler," JH exclaimed, looking at Triforce.
Triforce laughed and nodded.
Metal Mercenary nodded.
RAPUNZEL
"The boy you love, who is he to us?"
METAL MERCENARY
"The son of future friends of yours. Can't say when you'll meet them, but you will. You'll meet me to probably."
As the glow spread through her entire body, Metal Mercenary seemed to come to a decision.
METAL MERCENARY/AKASHA
"My real name, it's Akasha. There are many things my friends taught me. One of them is this: Friends are the family we meet along the way. Remember that."
"Akasha," Oracle said, "It means 'Spirit' or 'Ether'. She has a powerful name."
With a smile, Metal Mercenary, no Akasha, vanished. A couple seconds went by and the Big Seven were silent.
HICCUP
"Well, that was interesting!"
TOOTHLESS
"You said it."
They all chuckled.
"Phew! That was an exhausting chapter!" Exclaimed JH.
Triforce nodded, "I know right? It also doesn't help that I'm so into 'Avengers' right now. It made it more difficult to write!"
JH nodded, "Same here but with Harry Potter."
Triforce sighed and got up, "Well, I think about time for a break!"
JH nodded in agreement, as Triforce clapped twice and summoned refreshments while announcing that it was time for a break.
Me: I hoped you liked it!
I've have put photo's on my DeviantArt account:
1) The weapons of the Big Seven
2) Markus
3) Steve Bennett
4) Vanja Upton
5) Our mystery Guest, Metal Mercenary/Akasha (Only I know when she's gonna appear again!)
Songs Used were 'All I Had is Gone' - The Secret Of NIMH 2, 'What Faith Can Do' - Kutless, 'What Once Was Mine' - Tangled, and 'Destiny' - Swedish Pop Group PLAY or Avalon High.
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