A long time ago, when the world was still brand new, Lady Sun and Lord Moon had four daughters Their job was to take care of the changing of the seasons. Spring was governed by Marinette, summer was governed by Rapunzel, autumn was governed by Sakura, and winter was governed by Allura. Meanwhile, Father Time and Mother Nature also had four children, to take care of the winds of each season; Keith commanded the spring winds, Syaoran commanded the summer winds, Adrien commanded the autumn winds, and Jack commanded the winter winds. The two families knew of each other, but had never met. And that brought quite a few problems.
"Ugh!" shouted Allura as she slammed the front door behind her. She threw her arms up in frustration before plopping on the sofa next to Rapunzel. "Jack Frost is at it again!"
Rapunzel blinked. "Say what?"
Allura sighed. "The mortals have been calling him Jack Frost. And he's ruining winter with his crazy winds!"
"Oh come on Allura, he can't be that bad," said Rapunzel.
"Oh, but he is. He most certainly is that bad." She placed her head into a pillow, and screamed into it. Rapunzel glanced at Sakura and Marinette before glancing back at Allura. Sakura came to sit next to Allura and began massaging her back.
"What did he do this time?" she said with a sigh.
"He caused a blizzard . . . in Germany!" said Allura, her voice muffled by the pillow. She raised her head. "There aren't supposed to be any blizzards until January!"
"Well, um, did you tell him that?" said Rapunzel softly.
"Well . . . no."
"So, how could he have known?" said Rapunzel before going back to her book.
"It's so funny," said Marinette as she laid her head on her hands. She was on the floor drawing, but had paused to listen to the conversation. "We know of the four winds, but we've never met them."
Allura rolled her eyes. "Ugh, and they always mess up everything."
"Oh no," said Marinette defensively. "Keith is actually really nice."
"So is Syaoran," said Rapunzel.
"Everyone's nice in your book," muttered Allura. Rapunzel began to glare at her.
"Adrien can be a bit mischievous, but he is nice too," said Sakura quickly, glancing worriedly between her sisters.
"I think the point Rapunzel was trying to make," said Marinette, "was that maybe, if you talked to him, things might turn out differently. I mean, we can't exactly read each other's minds."
Allura sat up and sighed. "You have a point. But, how can I talk to him if I can't even see him?"
"Maybe it's time we had a meeting between the eight of you." The girls turned at the sound of the voice. There, in the doorway, stood Lord Moon, or Tsar Lunar, in some circles.
"Father!" exclaimed the girls as they bounced up and rushed to hug their father.
"But, how can we set up a meeting?" asked Rapunzel as they followed him to the sofa.
"Your mother and I would set up the meeting with Father Time and Mother Nature. I'll talk to your mother about it this evening, and then we'll make arrangements with Father Time and Mother Nature. I'm sure they're getting tired of it as well as their sons."
Meanwhile, Keith and Syaoran were berating Jack for the blizzard. Adrien decided to stay out of it, even though he wanted to back up Jack.
"Oh come on, how was I supposed to know that she didn't want the blizzard. I never see her! Besides, how did you find out that she didn't want the blizzard?"
"Uh, mom," said Keith. "She could hear Allura's complaints as she went back home."
Jack threw his arms in the air. "Ugh, of course. Will I ever hear it from Allura's own mouth?"
"If you'd like to, that can be arranged," said a voice from the doorway.
"Dad!" Adrien jumped up from his seat and nearly tackled his father with a hug.
Father Time chuckled as he hugged Adrien back. "Oh, I wish you'd never get too old for hugs." He glanced at his older three and gave them a wink. Jack gave him a grin and hugged him as well, followed by Syaoran and Keith.
"What did you mean by it could be arranged?" asked Keith.
"Your mother and have been talking about it, and we agree that the eight of you should meet."
"Why didn't we meet before?" asked Syaoran.
Father Time let out a sigh as he walked towards the sofa and sat down. "A prophecy."
The four boys groaned.
"Always a prophecy," mumbled Keith.
"Why?" asked Jack.
"Ugh, because people can't move forward without knowing the future, apparently," mumbled Syaoran, rolling his eyes.
"Besides, don't prophecies usually come true?" said Adrien. His brothers nodded and agreed.
Father Time chuckled as he ruffled Adrien's hair. "That they do. Lord Sky I guess wanted to prolong the inevitable."
"Ugh, go figure," said Keith with a roll of his eyes.
"So, what was the prophecy about?" asked Adrien.
"That if the eight of you met, that some places would get some strange weather. Sometimes all four seasons in one day."
"Uh, OK, what's wrong with that?" said Adrien with a shrug, glancing between his brothers and his father.
"Lord Sky wants some, uh, shall we say, uniformity. Snow stays in winter, really hot days stay in summer, stuff like that."
"I'm liable to bring winter into spring and autumn without meeting the girls," muttered Jack.
Keith glanced at him. "We know."
"Obviously Lord Sky doesn't."
"Then tell him, not us."
"Anyway," interrupted Father Time, "point is, it's no use putting off the inevitable. Your mother and I will talk with Lord Moon and Lady Sun to set up the best time and place for us to meet. We shall go from there."
"So, we actually would have met earlier had there not been this prophecy?" asked Jack.
"Most likely."
"Ugh, I think we need to get rid of prophecies, they seem to do more harm than good," said Jack.
"No kidding," muttered Keith.
"For us, anyway," said Syaoran as he sat down and picked up a book, "humans don't seem to look for them as much as we do."
"Maybe they're onto something," said Adrien.
Father Time chuckled as he stood up. "Well, we will set up a meeting with the girls then and get you eight talking."
"Good, we can finally talk about what we need to do for our seasons," said Syaoran.
"And get Jack to apologise," said Keith, pointing at Jack.
"What?"
Syaoran and Keith glared at Jack.
"Oh fine," grumbled Jack as he crossed his arms.
Father Time let out a sigh. "Be nice to each other, we'll talk more on it once we've set up the meeting."
"Yes sir," chorused the boys before delving into various activities. Keith and Jack went sparring, Syaoran read, and Adrien played with his pet cat.
The meeting was planned, and it came much quicker than they had anticipated. Mother Nature and Father Time took their sons over to Lord Moon and Lady Sun's house for the meeting. Lord Moon answered the door at Father Time's knock.
"Hello, my friend! So good of you to agree to meet here!" said Lord Moon as he and Father Time shook hands heartily.
"Well, it seemed to be the right thing to do," said Father Time before he led the way into the house.
"How do you suppose we introduce them?" asked Lord Moon as he led them towards the sitting room.
Father Time and Mother Nature chuckled as they glanced at their sons.
"I think figuring out who's the eldest is easy enough," said Mother Nature.
"So, I think we're in agreement? Season would be best?" said Father Time. Mother Nature nodded.
Lord Moon nodded. "Fair enough. I think my girls are easy enough too." They had entered the sitting room, and Lady Sun rose to greet Mother Nature with a hug.
"It's good to see you again."
Mother Nature snorted. "It's good to see you again, too, even though we practically work together on a daily basis." The two laughed.
"Well, boys, these are my daughters, in order of season, Marinette, Rapunzel, sakura, and Allura."
The girls curtsied. "How do you do?"
"And these are my boys, in order of season, Keith, Syaoran, Adrien, and Jack."
The boys stared at the girls and waved, somewhat.
"Uh, Adrien, what are you doing?" asked Father Time as Adrien moved Jack over.
Adrien waved and grinned at Marinette. "You're so pretty. Can I kiss you?"
"I, uh, um, say, uh, wha-, wait, what?" blurted Marinette as a blush came over her face.
Lady Sun giggled. "I think we're off to a good start."
"Well, that's odd," began Mother Nature.
"Hmm?" the other parents asked.
"I'm hearing wedding bells."
"Now darling . . ."
"Oooh, I hear them too!" said Lady Sun.
"My dear, let's not jump to conclusions . . ."
The two women glanced at their children's faces before glancing at their husbands. "Uh-huh," they said in unison before chuckling. But they did get the eight to sit down and finally start talking. And after several meetings later, the men were starting to hear the wedding bells themselves, the literal bells rang several months later. So, not only did they work together to make the seasons better, there were instances of the seasons creeping into other seasons, as Lord Sky feared. But he soon came to realize that it was for the best as the four couples were happy and very much in love.