Get ahold of yourself Winters! Elsa ordered herself. Springing into action, she grabbed hold of the figure, who seemed ready to dash across the ice.
Jackson Overland turned to glare at her, and she scowled back.
"Are you out of your mind?" She snapped. "That ice will crack under your weight!"
"It's cracking now!" He argued.
"If she doesn't move, it'll hold her while we get her off, dashing across to grab her could prove fatal for both of you!"
A whimper from the terrified child on the melting ice brought them out of their skirmish. Taking a deep breath, Elsa scanned the lake and then turned to her cousin Rapunzel who had just caught up.
"Punzie, this is going to sound weird, but I need your hair!"
"What?" Both her cousin and Jack looked bewildered.
"If you unbraided it, it could reach Emma and we'd be able to pull her off the ice."
Rapunzel touched her hair, as if the thought made her hesitate. But she wouldn't turn down a cry for help, and nodded fiercely, before pulling out the hair bands that held her braid together.
Elsa watched in shock as Rapunzel's hair tumbled loose of its bindings, pooling around her legs. Rapunzel handed Elsa a bundle of the blonde hair and said "Let's do this."
Elsa glanced at Jack, expecting some complaint, but he nodded.
"Alright then Emma," Elsa shouted to the child-who-looked-like-Anna. "Don't move. We are going to throw this to you, and then pull you back, okay?"
Emma gave a shaky nod, and Elsa handed the bundle to Jack, who narrowed his eyes in concentration, before throwing it across to her.
Then Emma made a fatal mistake. The hair sailed through the air, and she reached forward, slipping in her new skates, and falling hard on the pencil thin ice.
There was a loud crack and the child disappeared under the water.
"NO!" Jack screamed, while in Elsa's mind the past played all over again, like a movie.
She wouldn't make that same mistake twice.
Elsa dove forward, grabbing the hair from a distraught Jack and giving a ferocious tug. Emma's head reappeared, hand still clutching the strand of hair, and realising what to do next, both Jack and Rapunzel joined in, hauling the child back over the ice once more.
At last the girl was in front of them, and Jack dropped the hair and grabbed her, hugging her even though she was soaking wet. Elsa looked up and saw two children had joined them, obviously Emma's friends.
but she didn't ponder on that, because she was spitting mad.
"Are you out of your minds!?" She yelled at no one in particular. All three children shrank back but oh, Elsa wasn't done yet.
"It's the middle of Autumn! You can't ice skate on that!"
"Actually it's my fault." Jack's voice interrupted her ranting and brought Elsa back to the present.
"I promised Emma, Jamie and Pippa they would go ice skating."
"On this lake?" Elsa asked shocked. She had thought that even Overland had enough brains to know that the Autumn ice was far to thin.
I didn't. a voice in her head reminded her
"No, at the skating rink." Jack flashed her a withering look, and before Elsa could retaliate, Rapunzel tapped her shoulder.
"Enough, Elsa. We should be worrying about Emma. She could catch hypothermia."
Elsa realised her cousin was right and berated herself for arguing like an eight year old when she should be worrying about the problem at hand. "I've got a first aid kit and warm blankets in my car, come on!" Elsa said.
Jack picked up Emma, limiting her movement, and carried her back to Elsa's car, which was still parked at the school.
Elsa opened the backseat door and gestured them all inside. Jamie and Pippa who had been silent the whole time, looked down at their muddy boots, then back at Elsa, worried she might bite their heads off.
But instead Elsa smiled at them. "Don't worry, I can clean it."
The children scrambled into the car, staring in awe at the glamorous interior.
Elsa opened the bag, and pulled out a large first-aid kit, which she lugged back to Jack.
His eyes widened when he saw the size of it. "You've got enough stuff in their for second and third aid." He commented as she placed it at their feet and began unclasping it. Rolling her eyes, she pulled out two fluffy yellow blankets and thrust them at Jack.
"Take off any wet clothing and wrap her in these, but don't cover the face."
He did as she said without a word, and Rapunzel checked the other two over while Elsa thought over her first aid training.
"We don't have any warm beverages." She muttered to herself, before taking out three warm compresses, and squeezing them, activating the warmth and then tucking them around Emma's neck and chest.
"Okay, she'll be fine now." Elsa said, mentally giving the child her SOA.
Rapunzel sat in the back with Pippa and Jamie, while Jack held Pippa in the front.
Only now did Elsa notice dusk was falling quickly, and hurried to drop off both Pippa and Jamie before dark.
Next was Corona Mansion, and by the time Elsa came to a halt in the driveway, it was already dark. The door swung open and Mr. and Mrs. Corona rushed down the steps to meet their daughter. Elsa climbed out the car to explain, but it was to late.
"Rapunzel where have you been!?" Her mother exclaimed.
"It's past your curfew!"
"What are you doing?" Her father demanded, glaring at her daughter.
"First the hair extensions, now this!"
"No you don't understand!" Rapunzel pleaded. "Pippa and Jamie live all the way across town and we..."
"Who? Nevermind, come inside. Now!" Mr. Corona strode away back to the house, correction. Mansion. Rapunzel gave her cousin an apologetic look, and murmured a goodbye before hitching up her skirt and following her parents up the stairs and into her home, the doors slamming behind her.
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Elsa and Jack drove away in an uncomfortable silence, before Jack spoke up.
"Thanks...you know, for coming up with the plan to save Emma."
Elsa nodded, not taking her eyes off the road. "It's no biggie."
"But it is." Jack insisted, fingering a curl of Emma's hair. She was slumped against Jack's shoulder, sleeping quietly, and although Elsa wasn't sure if sleeping was okay or if Emma should stay awake, she had eventually decided to let the exhausted child nap.
"I don't know what I'd do without her." Jack finished. Elsa nodded her head, thinking once more back to the accident all that time ago. If someone hadn't been passing, would she still have a little sister?
She shuddered, pushing the thoughts out of her mind and instead focusing on one of the easier topics to pass the time on.
"So, how's hockey?" Jack glanced at her, as if he was surprised she was making conversation, but then replied.
"Quiet well. We've got an away game next Saturday."
Elsa nodded, trying to look interested as she turned the bend.
"Well. This is us." Jack said suddenly, as she came to a halt at a stop sign.
Elsa frowned looking at the house. It was a perfectly average house, looked like it had three bedrooms, and the back might lead to a pool, that was all she could tell in the dark night sky, but then something else clicked.
"You don't live far from my house." She commented as she pulled onto the driveway and turned off the car.
"Really?" Jack looked around as he climbed out the car, adjusting Emma so that she didn't wake up.
"Where are you?"
"Down White Avenue." Elsa sometimes hated giving her address. White Avenue was one of the fanciest streets in there town, amd every house was a mansion, bigger than the last. Jack raised an eyebrow and nodded, before saying.
"Well thanks again Elsa."
"Do you want me to help you carry her in?" Elsa asked, opening her own door and climbing out to join Jack. He dug in his pocket and handed her some keys, which she used to unlock the front door.
A light went on and a woman ran to the door.
"Oh thank goodness." She gasped when she saw them.
"Ronald, their okay!" Then Mrs. Overland hustled them all inside, slammed the door shut, hugged each and every one, and went to make some hot chocolate.
Minutes later, Elsa sat in the warm kitchen, sipping the delicious warm drink and listening to Jack recount their adventures of that afternoon.
"But we've been looking everywhere for you. Why didn't you phone us?" Mr. Overland asked.
Jack swallowed and set down the empty mug. "My battery is dead." He explained, "Otherwise I would have."
Emma gave a loud yawn, interrupting the conversation.
"I'll get her to bed." Mrs. Overland said, picking up her daughter.
"Jackson, would you see Elsa to the door?"
It sounded like a question, but Jack took it like an order. After the Overlands had thanked Elsa twice more and wished her well, Jack led her back to the front door.
The air outside was nippy, and Elsa rubbed her arms as she stepped out of the warmth and security of the house.
"Hey, uh..Elsa?" Jack rubbed the back of his neck, as Elsa turned to look at him. "Thanks again for, helping with Emma... I don't know how I'm going to repay you."
Elsa smirked, eyes sparkling. "I'll come up with something." She teased. Jack laughed, tilting his head to the side to gaze at her, as if he wasn't sure what to make of her sudden good mood.
"Well goodnight then." Elsa said when the silence got too lengthy.
"See you tomorrow."
Jack watched from the doorway as Elsa returned to her car, switched it on, and reversed out of the driveway.
He waved and she waved back, before realizing with a small laugh, what would her friends think if they found out that she had been out late on a school night, with Jackson Overland?
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Hiccup Haddock paused at his locker the next day, to adjust the device.
The Power-o-meter was ready. He grinned, before turning it on and glancing around the hallways.
As always, they were crowded with teenagers, going to and fro, chattering loudly. Hiccup glanced back at his device slung around his neck and muttered to himself. "Let's do this."
Hiccup Haddock was always in the shadows. So that meant he got the chance to evaluate others without them even knowing it. Sounds creepy? it is.
Anyway, Hiccup pulled out a pen from behind his ear, and began wondering the halls, heading for the first power source closest to him.
Wreck-It Ralph suddenly appeared from behind a corner, and Hiccup ducked into the nearest classroom. Ralph made it a habit to torment him, and he didn't need him asking about the Power-o-meter!
Speaking of which, the device gave a little beep and Hiccup sighed, before scribbling Ralph's name on his notebook. He had suspected that.
Next power sources were Rapunzel and Toothina, two best friends hanging out in between classes. Hiccup nodded to himself and wrote their named down next to Ralph.
He walked past Sandy and Merida, each with the satisfying beep, and then when he saw Jack, white hair and all, and the Power-o-meter beeped away.
He wandered around school, at lunch break, seeking out more power filled classmates, when Elsa approached him. Hiccup's eyes narrowed as the device vibrated and beeped like it had never beeped before. One of the most powerful sources so far. Hiccup noticed with a raise of the eyebrow.
He had always been interested in Elsa's past. She was shrouded in secrets, keeping to herself and making very few select friends. Now he had an idea of one of those secrets.
"Hey El," He began the conversation. "I'm having a few people over at my place after school tomorrow, can ya come?"
"Sure." His blonde friend smiled, then added "Who?"
"oh, a mismatch." Hiccup said vaguely. "Don't worry, it's no one you don't already know."
The bell rang, and they both headed to class, Hiccup in high spirits because the first phase if his plan. Was completed.
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Around 3:58, on a chilly autumn day, Elsa Winters stood on Hiccup's doorway with her cousin who seemed to have also been invited.
"Got any ideas on why we're here?" Punzie asked twirling a lock of hair around her finger.
Before Elsa could answer, the door opened and Stoick Haddock raised a bushy eyebrow at the two on the doorstep.
"Afternoon." He grunted, while they both murmured hello's, "Henry is in the lab."
"You have a lab!" Rapunzel gasped as they walked inside.
"No." Came the gruff reply. "That's the basement."
Stoick pointed down a flight of stairs, and the two semi-disappointed girls hurried down.
There waa a thick door at the bottom of the stairs, but something made Elsa hesitate.
Her years of avoiding people, had given her something like a sixth sense, on when people were around... and there were quiet a few in this room.
But before she could do anything, the door was opened to reveal Hiccup, grinning as he saw who it was.
"Good you're here. Come in, come in."
The two relatives walked inside, and Elsa's heart sank like a stone.
Sandy, Merida, Toothina and Wreck it Ralph sat on small chairs. She barely knew any of these people!
But then to make matters worse, the door opened again, to reveal Jack. He gave Elsa a nod before going to sit beside Merida and Sandy.
"Great," said Hiccup. "You're all here."
"You said you had answers." Ralph spoke up.
Answers? Elsa wondered. to what? And that's when it clicked.
Each and every one of these children had changed after the explosion.
AND HICCUP HAD MISTAKEN HER FOR ONE OF THEM!
"I, after extensive research, have come to believe...that we, the eight students of Disworks High...have..."
Don't say it. Don't say it...
"Superpowers."
Dang it.
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