(A/N) FUN FACT: during development, I was gonna give Toothless the power from the Dragon Gem to turn human to hide from the people. But I decided to cut it from this story after I was asked to make the Raya and the last dragon x HTTYD story (How To Train the Last Dragon). This was going to be used in this story to have Toothless change back and forth between human and dragon to help the people fight. But then needed to be cut due to storytelling.
They all then made their way up the mountain where Hiccup got the attention of the Deathgrippers and got them to abandon their posts to chase them. That gave the others an opening to make it inside the cave while Jack flew up to Pitch.
Pitch felt the power rising as he smiled when he noticed Jack coming toward him. "Jack Frost?" He then scoffed as he thought he was rid of this guy for the past dozen times. Summoning all his energy, he started to swirl around and make his way down towards the Guardian. "Let's end this, shall we!?"
Jack then swung his staff, sending another blast of energy like before at the Boogieman. But this time, he was able to shield himself and even absorb the attack.
"That little trick doesn't work on me anymore." Pitch declare in glee as he started to send a blast of his own at Jack.
That sent Jack backward and losing his staff on the way down. While flying away from the Deathgrippers, Toothless and Hiccup took notice of their falling friend and knew they needed to act fast.
"We need to get these two apart." Hiccup commented as he looked back at Pitch and the Deathgrippers. Looking around, he came up with an idea he was gonna regret later. "Okay, Bud. I've got a terrible plan. But we're used to those by now, right?"
Toothless growled in confirmation, both of them being too used to terrible plans coming from them. Seeing he has his friend's blessing, the two of them flew through the icy wasteland Elsa left from her short-lived evil phase.
Using the snow and clouds to their advantage, the two of them flew through the mountains of Kumandra and saw the Deathgrippers coming in too close.
"Okay, here we go, Bud." Hiccup said.
When a Deathgripper came in and swung with one of its hands, Hiccup ducked to dodge it. Toothless spun around and smacked the Deathgripper away from them and it crashed into a mountain.
Hiccup then helped Toothless fly through the chasms before blasting part of the mountain to take down the second one of them.
"Hang on, Jack!" Hiccup cried as he flew over to Jack.
Jack was constantly reaching for his staff as it fell and swirled around him. Working fast, Hiccup jumped and dived for his friend. Jack was franticly reaching for his staff, it being just out of reach for him.
But then Hiccup came down and grabbed his staff while reaching his hand out. Jack immediately took it and Hiccup handed over his staff.
Flying them away, Jack smacked away one of the Nightmares coming for them. Once he got them in the clear, he tossed Hiccup onto Toothless.
"So is this the whole plan?" Jack asked, feeling this isn't going so well.
"Until the girls can get close to the others," Hiccup confirmed, there not being much of a choice. "We just gotta keep his attention off of them."
"Then let's make some noise!" Jack cried as they flew away.
Hiccup agreed with him and flew in an opposite direction. They were going to do all they can to stop Pitch from hurting their friends.
Back inside the cave, the villains were starting to have black sand coming out of them. Giving their life for the release of Pitch.
"What is going on?" Anna asked.
"I told you. Pitch needs the darkest of hearts." Sisu reminded them as she faced the villains. "It won't kill them. In fact, the exact opposite. It'll give them strength."
The four of them then turn to face the girls and Eret, their eyes glowing, well, pitch black.
"Fear not, weary warriors," Eret stated as he drew a sword. "For there is not a-"
Before he could finish his monologue, Eret was punched in the face by a clutch of sand from Gothel, who continued to sing.
"Honestly, I was waiting for someone to do that." Raya had to admit.
"This should be fun," Hans said as he drew his sword.
"Do you think you can take all of us?" Grimmel asked as he also drew his sword.
"Funny," Rapunzel said as she held up her frying pan, a look of determination on her face. "We were gonna ask the same thing!"
Anna held up the sword and clicked the button, only for nothing to happen. "What?" She asked as she shook the sword, pushing the button to ignite it again. "Why isn't this working?"
"Figure it out later!" Raya said as she drew her sword to block an attach from Grimmel. "Fight right now!"
Back in the air, Jack smacked one of the Nightmares that came at him, destroying it on impact. Several of them started to swarm him when Hiccup came over and used his shield crossbow to cut through them. Hiccup kept going, Toothless shooting down several Nightmares as thy came at them.
Jack watched the two of them flying when he noticed two Nightmares coming from both directions. Putting his hands and legs straight ahead of him, he dived and fell downward. Once he did, the Nightmares ran into each other and Jack destroyed another one.
Hiccup and Toothless kept going when Jack landed on the back of Sisu, who came by to help.
"Nice of you to drop in," Sisu said with a smile.
Jack smiled when he saw Hiccup who noticed a Nightmare coming at them from behind.
"Duck!" Hiccup cried as he aimed his shield and aim at the Nightmare. Jack ducked down and Hiccup shot it out of the sky. "He's getting stronger."
"Yeah, I thought I was the only one who noticed that," Jack commented as he looked down at the cave. "Something's wrong."
"Yeah, I had the same thought." Hiccup agreed. "We should-"
"Watch it!" Sisu said as they stopped in the air.
Before he could finish that thought, a dozen Nightmares came and surrounded the three of them. Acting fast, Hiccup, Toothless, and Jack all shot in all directions, trying to thin the herd of Nightmares.
Gothel kept singing as she sent a blast of dust toward the girls that were still left. Running ahead of them, Rapunzel held out her hands and the dust turned to gold and disappeared.
"You're gonna have to do better than that, mother." Rapunzel mocked her kidnapper.
Raya was currently in a battle against Grimmel, seeing as she was the only one with actual training. Grimmel whistled into the air, calling his dragons. But after a moment, he realized they weren't coming.
"What, did you need your backup dancers to win in a fight?" Raya asked as she went in for a strike.
Grimmel dodged it and blocked her swing before going for her legs as she blocked the attack. "I can face you alone!"
"Good. Because you're gonna need to." Raya said, eyeing her friends.
Elsa was in a magic fight against Gothel, using her magic to counteract her own. She then noticed that there was an army of Druun coming down the same way they came through. Running over to the tunnel, he blasted ice down the walls and blocked them off.
Rapunzel then started using her hair to stop every attack that her mother was sending toward them. With her magic, she was able to take every hit and was able to counterattack. Every swing of her hair that went to her mother weakened the spell. In turn, weakening Pitch.
Anna and Hans were in a battle against one another, this feeling like payback on Anna's part. It was just a little difficult due to the fact she's never officially used a sword.
Going in for a swing, Hans kicked her back before she could finish the attack. Anna fell to her knees, blocking the attack from Hans when he went for another swing. But then, as Anna held the sword upside down, a green liquid slipped out.
When she accidentally hits the button again, the flames finally activated, blinding Hans in the process. Kicking him back, Hans is smacked against the wall.
"Well, look at that," Anna commented as she held the sword out. "I am awesome with a sword!"
Raya smacked Grimmel and then used her knee to knock him out. "Don't let it go to your head."
Then they heard screaming coming from the roof of the cave, watching as Jack was the first to fall and crash. Right behind him were Hiccup and Toothless, finally ending with Sisu crashing.
"Sisu!" Raya cried as she ran over to help her.
"Jack!" Rapunzel cried as she raced over to him.
"Hiccup!" Elsa cried as she ran to help him.
Hiccup got up with the help of Elsa, followed by Jack and Sisu. "We couldn't stop him." Toothless then got up and shook off the pain. "He's too strong."
"We can't beat him," Jack said.
They all rounded up when they heard lightning outside, followed by Pitch's laughter filling the air. They then watched his shadow fill the corners of the cave.
"You have no idea how it pleasures me to see you all like this," Pitch said as a dozen Nightmares came out of the darkness. Pitch came in riding one of them at the front. "You look awful."
Despite how beaten down they were, they all stood their ground. Elsa conjuring up some snow. Anna activates Inferno again. Raya raised her own sword. Rapunzel held out her frying pan. Sisu snarled and shielded her friends. Toothless got a plasma blast charged up. Jack held his staff out with mist coming off. Hiccup stood ahead of them all, holding his shield out.
"You can't take all of us." Hiccup declared.
"Can't I?" Pitch asked with a smile.
He blasted a bunch of mist at them, almost like they were tentacles from an octopus. Jack was the first to go in but was then immediately smacked backward and into the wall.
"Come on!" Jack cried as he tried to freeze the dust.
But it seems that the dust was too much as it covered Jack, rendering his power useless. Hiccup went in next, trying to fight back with help from Toothless. But they met the same fate when a wave of dust consumed them, as they tried to fight back. Anna and Raya were able to stop the dust with their swords but were also consumed by the darkness.
Rapunzel looks in shock, seeing all of her friends being taken down so fast. Trying to use her hair to take care of the dust was becoming less effective as Pitch grew in power. As they grew, all of Pitch's men were then consumed by the darkness, being sucked into the spell and disappearing into the air.
"You can't stop us, Rapunzel." Pitch declared, the world turning to darkness, her friends beginning to be consumed by the darkness. Pitch started to rise, darkness surrounding him. "Soon you and us will be all there is! We will rule the world. And then soon, the universe!"
Rapunzel looked around to her friends and wondered what there was left that she could do to stop it. "I won't stop!"
"What more can you do?" Pitch asked as he raised out of the cave. "There is nothing left. You are weak. Alone. Even your power can't save them now."
Rapunzel looked and wondered what there was left that she could do to help her friends or even save the world. Gothel was almost finished with the incantation to free him. But looking closer, Rapunzel noticed her mother's hair was turning white and she was getting older. That got her thinking about something as she looked around and noticed Raya's sword on the ground as she had an idea.
"Wither and decay, end this destiny. Break these earthly chains. And set..." Gothel continued when she looked at Rapunzel picking up the sword and pointing it at her. "Oh, Rapunzel, now you're just embarrassing yourself. Put that away before you hurt someone."
"Oh, I plan to." Rapunzel declared with determination on her face.
Rapunzel then reached behind her head and placed the sword behind her before grabbing a handful of hair. Gothel wondered what she was going to do when Rapunzel suddenly sliced through her hair. Her powers were cut off, and her hair stared to turn brown.
"No!" Gothel cried in terror as she watched what she had done. She then looked to see that her entire body started to rapidly age.
Gothel then started to pick up Rapunzel's hair, watching as it started to turn brown and lose its power.
"What have you done?!" Gothel asks as she watched her skin age. "What have you DONE?!" Her hair became completely white as she covered herself with her cloth.
Pascal watched her take a few steps back, getting an idea as he grabbed a mouthful and used it to trip Gothel. Taking a dive out of the opening, she dissolved due to age.
Pitch watched her fall and was shocked. "No!"
Rapunzel sighed to see that the spell was stopped before it was finished. But then she looked at her friends, wondering what happens now.
Then the dust started to disappear, freeing her friends as they gasped for breath as they were freed. Looking toward Gothel, they were amazed to see that it was Rapunzel that saved them.
"Rapunzel?" Hiccup asked in amazement.
"That's right!" Rapunzel said as she spun her frying pan. "And you people thought I couldn't handle myself." Then she smacked herself with the pan again. "Ow!"
"So close," Raya said as she picked her sword back up.
"Guys?" Sisu got their attention when they looked and see Pitch was still there, and he was angry. Even though he wasn't given his full power back, he was still willing to go down fighting. "It's not over yet."
