THE BIG FOUR! WATCHING THE MOVIE! ALTERNATE UNIVERSE! RUN AWAY!
Watching the Big Four Untie.
Chapter Three: The Lights of Corona.
Everyone was abuzz with all the new information. There was a villainous spirit who had alliances and was bent on defeating the new Four, who were destined to defeat him, and it becomes the talk of the town.
"Do you guys think we could do everything Ombric said?" Hiccup asked Jack, looking uncertain.
"Well, from the times I've met him, Father Time was never wrong."
"I was afraid you'd say that." Hiccup grumbled, making the three look at him in confusion, while Toothless stared at him sadly. He began nuzzling his son to comfort him. "What use will I be in this 'war'? I'll probably just knock down one of the catapults and hit one of our own."
"We all make mistakes, Hic. We learn from them more than we do with success." Merida told him. Hiccup smiled a bit, and Rapunzel patted his shoulder, while Jack patted his back.
Elinor overheard Merida's wise words and smiled, before frowning again as she remembered what she had done. Fergus rubbed her back gently.
Then the screen turned white and started to play again.
The screen shows the bridge entrance to Corona, and Rapunzel walks to the scene, and mouths a 'wow' to the others as she runs off ahead of them.
The audience smile at her excitement.
The boys and Merida chuckle and follow her. But then Jack noticed a Wanted Poster and laughed. He nudged Hiccup and he looked over.
"Look at this guy's nose!" he laughed some more, while Hiccup just chuckled, a little out of his comfort zone, being around so many people and no Toothless in sight.
Jack, Hiccup, Toothless and the Viking Teens laugh at the sight of the Wanted Poster.
Said wanted man (Flynn Rider) crossed his arms childishly.
Rapunzel was looking around excitingly, desperate to take in as much as she could, only for people to continuously step on her hair. Hiccup and Merida picked up as much as they could. Rapunzel and Merida looked hopeless before Hiccup spotted some little girl braiding each other's hair. Hiccup smirked and whistled over to them.
They looked over and Hiccup held up the large amount of hair, a challenge in his eyes. They all gasped excitingly.
The camera shows Rapunzel kneeling on the ground as the girls' braided one thick string of hair after another. Meanwhile, Merida and the boys were looking around, waiting for Rapunzel to be done, and at Rapunzel's please gasp, they turned to see her hair now in a thick braid, with flowers of all shapes and sizes in it and reaching just above her ankle. She twirled around and thanked the girls.
The group smiled.
A short bird's eye view shows Rapunzel dragging the group through the city, showing things in their hands to show them, before dragging them off elsewhere, sending the objects flying into the merchant's hands.
Many laughed while Rapunzel blushed at her excitement.
Camera now cuts to Merida, who has appeared to have lost the others, but didn't mind, as she was just admiring the view, before she spotted a memorial, as a small family, a mother, a little girl and a baby boy sat in front of it, placing flowers at the plate.
"It's for the Lost Princess." the girl told her baby as Merida stared at the painting of the child. She can't help but look at the green eyes of the baby and the long blonde hair.
She looked eerily familiar.
Queen Arianna gave a similar stare to the screen, looking between the baby in the memorial and Rapunzel.
Meanwhile, Hiccup was wandering the streets as well, before stopping by a merchant's cart, selling cheese and bread. He made to pull out his bag of coins, before a young boy with many rolled up papers crashed into him, causing the boy to trip and loose said papers. A raccoon with a red collar and leash follows and nudges the boy's face, which looks on in panic at his scrolls flying around with the risk of getting crushed under someone else's feet.
"Ah! No!"
Varian perked up at the sound of his voice. Was he there? Then again, his father always goes to this event in support of his friend, the king. He guessed that he finally begged his father enough for him to tag along. And he allowed him to take Rudiger, though on a leash.
The boy immediately began picking up the lanterns, and Hiccup bent down to help. "I'm really sorry, sir! I didn't see you! N-not that I didn't want to see you! But- but I was in a rush, I wasn't looking where I was going-"Hiccup laughed and raised his hands in surrender.
"Slow down! Remember to breathe. It's alright. I've had my fair share of crashing into people when in a rush." The boy sighed, as Hiccup picked up an unrolled piece of parchment, to show a really complicated looking lantern.
"Is this the lantern you're going to make for tonight." The boy jumped, surprised the stranger was still talking to him and nodded.
"Yeah…"
"Looks interesting. Are these little babbles attached to the side meant to keep the lantern from hitting the ground?"
That made the boy look up, wonder in his expression. "Uh… yeah. Yeah, that's right." He told him as he took the parchment back.
"Interesting. And that's a fascinating choice of symbol for it. What's it mean?" Hiccup asked, eyes on the circle with the three lines overlapping a curve.
"I… heh, I don't really know. I've seen the mark on my dad's hand, and when I asked, he never answered. I have no idea how I'm going to manage it through with only one pair of hands." The boy then got a good look at Hiccup.
"I haven't gone to Corona much, but I can tell your new here." Hiccup chuckled. "You got me. I'm here with some friends to see the lanterns tonight. Name's Hiccup. Horrible name, I know. But it's not the worst."
The boy giggled and shook his outstretched hand. "I'm Varian." A sniffing sound made Hiccup look to his side to see the raccoon nosing at Hiccup's hip.
"Rudiger!" The boy picks up the raccoon and pulls him away from Hiccup. "Sorry, he can be really nosey sometimes. Hiccup smiled, "Its fine. He probably just smells Toothless." He pulled out some yak jerky and presented it to the raccoon. The animal eyed it carefully, before glaring at Hiccup and snatching it from his hands, digging in. Varian smiled, before frowning in confusion.
"Who's Toothless?"
Hiccup started, eyes wide in realization.
"Ooooh, let's see how he gets out of this one!" Jack wiggled excitingly, chomping through his popcorn.
The others frowned. Where did he get popcorn?
Cracking could be heard over the theatre speakers and their questions were answered.
"Uh… My cat?"
Varian just looked even more inquisitive. "Why do you call your cat Toothless?"
Hiccup smirked. That question was easy to answer. "Because he tried to copy my smile with no teeth."
THWACK!
"HEY!"
Toothless let out a chortle as Hiccup rubbed the back of his aching head, as most people in the room followed the Night Fury's example and laughed at the bantering duo.
Varian and Hiccup had a chuckle before the camera quickly cut to Rudiger, who was watching Hiccup suspiciously. What he smelled on the boy didn't smell like a feline. It smelled like a reptile…
Varian scratched Rudiger's chin. "You're not so easily fooled, are you buddy?"
The raccoon cooed in pleasure.
"And if you want, I can help you with your lantern." Varian's eyes went wide with excitement.
"Ah! Sure! If you want too!"
Hiccup smiled fondly at the boy and nodded,
Hiccup looked around, hoping to find the boy, and when he did, he smiled and gave a friendly wave. Varian waved back, a happy grin on his face. If the tailfin on the Night Fury was of any indication then he might have finally found someone he can relate too.
Before loud music sounded from behind him, making him turn and look in surprise.
Rapunzel was in the middle of the town square, dancing to the music. She then pulls a young boy into dancing with her. Then a farmer. Then a whole bunch of people. Soon the whole kingdom was dancing. Merida walks into the scene, and Rapunzel links arms with her and lets her join in.
The Coronians smile.
The boys, Varian included, watch the girls with small smiles, before Rapunzel ushers them to join. Hiccup shook his head 'no', but Jack gave a sly look and shoved him into the dance circle. Hiccup gave Jack a pointed glare as he was dragged into the dance.
Jack and Pascal laugh.
The Vikings laughed too. Hiccup was never much of a dancer back at Berk.
Hiccup was starting to feel a bit better. Rather than cruel, mocking laughter, this kind of laughter was more... friendly.
All Tomb was thinking was how confused future Varian must be that Hiccup was pushed into a dance by a cold wind.
The screen time skips to where Hiccup is buying a small flag of Corona and gives it to Rapunzel. She happily accepts the flag and holds it up to compare it to the many other flags stringed up above the street.
Screen changes to show them still dancing, and soon even Jack joins in, not caring if a few people phase through him, because of the thrilling belief he was feeling.
The Guardians smiled warmly. Even Bunny couldn't resist cracking a grin.
Screen changes once more to show that Rapunzel and Hiccup just finish a floor painting of the Corona Sun with a beautiful purple background.
King Frederic and Queen Arianna smiled at the beautiful painting.
Bunny was also impressed.
Cuts to dancing for a second, before going to where Jack sneaks some cupcakes from a seller and leaves frost covered Berkian pearls, zooming off before the seller turned around and gaped in shock. The screen slides over to Jack giving the cupcakes to his friends around a corner, snickering at the man's confusing.
"How are we finding the time to do this? First, we're dancing, then we're buying junk, then we're screwing up the kingdom floor, stealing and eating cupcakes, and all the while we're still dancing! How are we doing this?!" Hiccup called desperately, his rational mind not making sense with any of this nonsense.
"Lighten up, man. Enjoy the moment." Jack cheered, and Toothless nudged him. He crossed his arms.
"I still think it's bogus."
"SHH!"
A dance scene once more, before going to the library, Hiccup and Merida reading a book of mythical creatures and sharing smiles as they saw Wisps and Dragons in the book.
Then shows Hiccup sitting on a staircase with Varian, as they just finished his lantern and painted it a moonlight blue with the symbol coloured in white. Hiccup and Varian smile at each other and gave a high five.
As did the present duo.
The music amplifies one last time to the dance scene, where Rapunzel was twirling around, her braid swinging behind her, before the music stops and she finishes with a ballerina pose.
Hiccup, Merida, Jack and even Pascal applaud her performance, along with the other villagers, happy smiles on their faces.
The audience does the same, and Rapunzel blushes, hiding behind her pan.
"To the boats!" a man called, and Rapunzel squealed. The lights were coming!
The scene changed to dusk and the Four went over to the docks, but there was no boat.
"Um, how are we supposed to-" Merida was interrupted by bubbles, and then a certain Dragon floating on his back. Toothless cooed for them to get on his back and Hiccup did so, a smug look on his face.
"Hop on."
Toothless carried them out into the open, and soon they were just watching the sky, waiting for the lanterns to come out.
As they waited, they got to talking.
"So you entered the games because you didn't want to get married?" Rapunzel asked the Scottish princess, who looked down at her lap.
"Yeah. I just don't feel ready for that yet. I'm not ripping off getting married entirely. I just... I didn't want to be tied down by a complete stranger before I live my life. I want to travel and see the world. Not sit in a castle, playing the harp and doing tapestries." Merida explained and Rapunzel placed a comforting hand on her shoulder. "I know what you mean."
Elinor looked down and Fergus pulled her in a hug, the Triplets hugging her legs.
Up front of Toothless's back, Hiccup and Jack were having a conversation of their own, Jack flying in front of the two.
"Is it hard?" Jack frowned at the question, not understanding, so Hiccup elaborated. "Being invisible all your life?"
"Oh." Jack nodded, his face turning to one of hidden grief. "Yeah. I'd say it gets easier, but I'd be lying." Hiccup nodded, a sad look on his face. "Sorry." Hiccup then looked confused.
"Why? You didn't do anything wrong. If anything you relate to me."
"Yeah, but you had it tougher than me. People don't know I exist. With you, they do, but don't bother themselves." Hiccup looked at the ground, trying to suppress tears.
Stoick had been trying to keep a stone face the entire time Toothless was revealed, but that one moment almost made his mask slip to reveal guilt. Almost.
Gobber, Gothi and Toothless were the only ones who saw it.
"Too bad." Hiccup's eyes opened and he looked up in surprise to see Jack's smirk. "They missed out on a pretty spectacular kid. I mean, who could walk around and say 'my best friend is a flipping Night Fury'?" he rubbed said Dragon's head as Toothless chortled. Hiccup smiled.
"Jack?" "Yeah?" "I know we've only known each other for a short time, but... I'm glad to call you a friend."
Jack and Hiccup exchanged smiles and laughed when Toothless got between them.
"Attention Hog," Hiccup muttered, and Toothless nipped his hair.
Jack smiled before Merida called out.
"Look! It's starting!"
As the lanterns floated into the sky, my version of 'I See The Light' begins to play.
Rapunzel stares at the lights, closing in on her eyes to see it reflecting.
Rapunzel: All those days watching from the windows. All those years, outside looking in. All that time, never even knowing just how blind I've been.
Rapunzel smiles, before taking in the people around her. Merida was smiling softly at the sight, Jack was slightly hovering to get a better look, and Hiccup was lazily laid back on Toothless's saddle, watching the show with a smile.
Rapunzel: Now I'm here, blinking in the starlight. Now I'm here, suddenly I see. Standing here, it's all so clear, I'm where I'm meant to be.
The screen floats away from the Four, showing the many beautiful lanterns, before focusing on the King's and Queen's.
Rapunzel: And at last I See the Light. And it's like the fog has lifted. And at last, I See the Light. And it's like the sky is new. And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow sifted.
Rapunzel looks at the Four once more, then leans on Merida's shoulder. At first, the girl stiffens, before relaxing.
Rapunzel: All at once, everything looks different. Now that I See You.
Rapunzel gave the group big hugs, to which they returned. Toothless eventually joined in, much to their humour.
Then it's Merida's turn.
Merida: All those years of precision and planning. All those years, never being free. All that time, never even given the chance to make my fate.
Merida then shares a glance with Rapunzel and smiles, before looking over at Jack and Hiccup.
Merida: Now I'm here, bathing in the moonlight. Now I'm here, and suddenly it's me. Standing here, as clear as day, this is where I'm meant to stay.
She slowly stands up, holding her arms out for balance as she reached out to try and touch one of the lanterns.
Merida: And at last I See the Light. And it's like the fog has lifted. And at last, I See the Light. And it's like the sky is new. And it's warm and real and bright, and the world has somehow shifted.
Merida spotted one getting to close to the water and would have slipped, before Toothless's back paw broke the surface and gave her a post. She smiled and pushed the lantern up into the air again.
Merida: All at once, everything is different now that I See You."
At first, Merida was just wondering 'since when I can sing?', before she gave the boys affectionate punches on the shoulder.
And as Merida finished her verse, Elinor made a silent promise to herself to try to understand her better.
Then Hiccup goes.
Hiccup: All those days, standing by the sidelines. All those years living in the dark. All that time never even notice for who I was meant to be.
Hiccup rubbed Toothless's neck, making him purr, before looking at the floating Jack and the two girls beside him.
Hiccup: Now I'm here, out here in the open. Now I'm here, and finally, I feel. And suddenly I hear, hear it ringing clear, a voice saying this is my home.
A firefly floats around Hiccup head, then falls on Toothless's nose, making him sneeze and nearly tumble into the water.
Hiccup: And at last I See the Light. And it's like the fog has lifted. And at last, I See the Light. And it's like the sky is new. And it's warm and real and bright and the world has somehow shifted.
The girls laugh at the turn of events and Hiccup smiles too.
Hiccup: All at once, everything looks different now that I See You.
"Never sung before in a day in my life." Hiccup whispered to Toothless, who nuzzled him, purring.
Meanwhile, Valka and Stoick were both looking at the ground in shame, while Gobber and Cloudjumper attempted to comfort their respected partners.
The Camera floats over to Jack, who's backstroking in the air, looking down at the three and the Dragon, before looking at the Moon.
Jack: All those years, of being unseen. All those years, living like a ghost. All that time, never once ever felt the feeling of belief.
Jack then looked to the group and gets an idea. The screen changes to Hiccup and the girls talking before some lights come their way and they look to see Jack leading five lanterns towards them and each grabbed one. Hiccup with a green and orange one, Merida, red and orange, Rapunzel yellow and purple, Jack an icy blue and even Toothless got a lantern, a bright purple one.
Jack: Now they're here, shining in His Moonlight. Now they're here and suddenly I know. If they're here, it's crystal clear. It's where I'm meant to go.
Then they all sing together with smiles on their faces.
Together: And at last I See the Light.
Boys: And it's like the fog has lifted.
Together: And at last I See the Light.
Girls: And it's like the sky is new.
Together: And it's warm and real and bright. And the World has somehow shifted~
Maybe it was impulse. Maybe it just felt right. But the four linked hands and smiled.
They paused for a moment, staring at each other with a whole new light. A family light.
Together: All at once, everything looks different.
Screen: Rapunzel smiles at Hiccup.
Rapunzel: Now.
Screen: Hiccup grins at Merida.
Hiccup: That.
Screen: Merida beams at Jack.
Merida: I.
Screen: Jack smirks at Rapunzel.
Jack: See.
They all nodded and together released their lanterns.
Together: You~.
The audience was silent. Before Gobber started to applaud the Four's performance, the whole audience joining in.
Rapunzel blushed.
Merida smiled.
Hiccup grinned bashfully, rubbing the back of his neck.
Jack got up and did a low bow, making the three laugh.
Toothless cooed and started to pedal towards an island. They all hopped off and grinned at one another.
"Guys?" they all looked at Rapunzel, who seemed nervous. "We're friends, right?" they smile.
"Right?" Rapunzel asked, hoping for a positive answer.
"Right."
She smiled.
"And no matter how far we're apart, we'll see each other, right?"
"One day." Hiccup said, rather sad. He genuinely had a good time, and now, he didn't want to leave.
Hiccup sighed. He was just starting to like these guys, but it seemed he'll have to go.
"Yeah." Merida joined, not as enthusiastic as she would have liked. Though she had been around them for a short time, she was really taking a liking to them all, and she still didn't feel ready to go back.
Merida frowned, in the same mood as her future self.
Jack noticed the stiff atmosphere and clapped his hand together, snapping them out of their self-pitying.
"Let's not dampen the mood. Let's set up camp then head out in the morning." the group nodded, agreeing with the motion.
Rapunzel set up some rocks for the campfire, while Merida and Toothless went fishing by the shore and Hiccup just came back with some firewood.
Merida finally caught a nice big trout, only for a panicked roar to echo out of the trees and cause her to drop the trout back into the water.
Hiccup looked towards the forest to see Mojo run out of the cover of shadows and towards the Viking boy.
"Whoa! Whoa, buddy! What's happened? What's wrong?" the Dramillion continued to roar in panic. Rapunzel approached beside him and helped to sooth the destressed Dramillion.
"What's wrong?" "The only reason a Dramillion will get this worked up is that the rest of the pack is in danger."
"In danger?" Mojo's face then took a tired look, and he grabbed Hiccup's foot and ran off. The camera follows Mojo for a second, before cutting back to Jack, Merida and Rapunzel.
"Ah…?" Merida started, folding her arms, "How long do you think he's gonna get before he realizes?" Hiccup then rose up from the ground.
"Hard to say. He seemed pretty committed." He explained before the camera pans to his now bootless foot, and he wiggled his toes.
Many let out a few light chuckles while Mojo let out an embarrassed coo.
Toothless, being a good brother, went over and nuzzled him encouragingly.
Mojo slowly reappeared out of the bushes and dropped Hiccup's boot in front of him. Hiccup smiled and stroked his beak, "It's alright buddy. I like the enthusiasm." Mojo smiled, glad Hiccup wasn't cross with him.
Hiccup then got on Toothless's back and prepared to follow, when he felt a second weight on the saddle. He turned around and nearly jumped out of his skin to see Rapunzel.
"What are you-" "I'm going with you." Hiccup immediately shook his head. "Out of the question. No way." Rapunzel crossed her arms, an unimpressed look on her face.
"Not taken no for an answer. I'm coming with you." Hiccup sighed. Jack and Merida looked at each other before Merida shrugged.
"Sounds like fun." Hiccup sighed.
"For Freya's sake, not you too." He bemoaned as Merida walked over to Mojo and jumped onto the Dramillion's back, much to his surprise. Jack shrugged and took flight. Hiccup looked between the three of them and sighed.
"Fine. But this is uncharted territory you guys are walking into. So through the whole thing, do exactly as I say." They nodded in agreement and he nodded with them, taking off into the sky, leaving poor Angus alone.
Angus nickered in pity at being left behind, before the sound of fast beating wings made the horse turn around.
Jack and Tooth frowned. They knew that sound.
Scene changes to show the whole group flying, before stopping oversea to observe an island.
"Dramillion Island; the training ground of dragon hunters." Jack frowned. "But it's full of Dramillions?" Hiccup looked over to the winter spirit. "Yeah. And Dramillions can mimic the fire of every dragon they see,"
"Making them the perfect training dummies." Merida finished, as Mojo took the time to look insulted. "No offence." Hiccup nodded.
"And they're now using Toothless's pack as training dragons," Toothless growled lowly, incredibly angry at his adopted family being kidnapped and taken to what was once a lovely island.
Hiccup gave him a reassuring pat and then leaned forward, urging the Night Fury forward silently. Mojo with Merida and Jack. Rapunzel held onto Hiccup's waist tightly, and Pascal did as well with Rapunzel's hair.
The scene changed to show them carefully slinking in the shadows sneaking closer and closer towards the hunters' hideout. When they finally approached the hunters, they immediately saw the cages Dramillions, being held down to have manacles fitted onto their tails.
Each of them was disgusted by the way the hunters laugh mockingly. But none were more furious then Hiccup, Toothless and Mojo.
His eyes scanned the area, eventually spotting Octavia and Tiberius in cages, as well as his Dramillion mother, a purple one with yellow spots, Grizabella. But he didn't see Titan anywhere.
"This is weird. I thought that Hunters would jump at the chance for a fight against a Titan Wing Dramillion."
"Maybe he got away?" Hiccup shook his head at Rapunzel's suggestion. "Dramillions are extremely loyal to their pack mates. They'll risk their lives to save… their…" Hiccup trailed off, horror overtaking his expression as he looked around.
"Where's Mojo?" everyone then looked around, before Jack tapped his shoulder and pointed over to the camp, not taking his wide eyes off the scene. The group looked to see Mojo sneaking up to Grizabella's cage and began tugging against the cage peg to try and get her free.
Hiccup and Toothless slapped their faces in unison. "Or instead of making a plan, we can jump in and improvise." Jack clapped Hiccup's shoulder. "I'll free the dragons. Merida, I'm sure you can handle the hunters?" Merida smirked, taking out her sword and pulling it out of its sheath, making Rapunzel flinch. Jack then turned to the blonde.
"Rapunzel, you lead the dragons out of here once they're free." Rapunzel nodded. Jack smiled, "Ready?" Jack put his hand in front of him, palm down. The others smiled and placed their hands on top of his.
"Break!"
North smiled, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. Let's see how they fair.
Scene changes back to Mojo, still trying to lift the peg up with his beak, only for him to be spotted and called out by a hunter. Mojo makes a break for it, but he is eventually surrounded.
Mojo snarled, ready to fight before a clang made him reel up in surprise and turn to see that his tail has been manacled. As soon as his guard was down, he was pounced on.
Mojo whined before Rapunzel beckoned him over and hugged him comfortingly. Hiccup smiled, as did Valka. Maybe Hiccup was right about giving other people a chance. But Vikings will never change.
"Bring out the ropes! Come on!" Mojo shrieked for help.
Grizabella banged against the bars, crying out to her youngest son. Before Jack's staff came into view and hooked around the peg, leaving a light layer of frost and then lifting the peg up. The cage door slowly swung open, and devilish glee came upon the mother's face.
The camera takes a bird's eye view of a tied up, whimpering Mojo, before he looked behind the laughing hunters. Then a worm's eye view, to show the cruel faces of the hunters as Grizabella slowly approaches them from behind. Seeing the shadow being cast over them and the blue Dramillion, they all slowly turned around, and they began to sweat.
Grizabella let out a small growl.
One of the hunter's pant became wet with their own urine.
Snotlout and the twins laughed.
Jack laughed as well. "Hel hath no fury like a mother who can whoop ass."
Grizabella preened. As did Valka, Elinor (though she didn't appreciate the foul language), Queen Arianna and Emily Jane, who had snuck in and was lurking in the shadows, watching her adoptive son.
Only Pitch and Tomb knew she was there, but they didn't say anything. They both knew better than anyone how much she liked her privacy.
Grizabella swung herself around, knocking the hunters back with her manacled tail.
Roars from the other hunters sounded off as they charged at the mother, who was snipping away at her son's restraints, only for them to be blown aside by a plasma blast. The camera cuts to the sky, to show Hiccup and Toothless swooping in and hovering, showing an air of power in their wake.
The hunters looked at the sky in fear at the sight of a Night Fury, before a battle cry ranged out and Merida came into the screen, sword in hand. Most of the hunters looked surprised before one lone hunter smirked.
"Come on! It's just a girl!" he said before he was hit in the head by the flat of her sword and rendered unconscious.
"That's right. So you better run!" her sword then seemingly hit the camera, making it cut a scene.
"Heh. She'd make a pretty good shieldmaiden." Gobber noted, making Merida smile, feeling quite proud of herself that she would be seen as a valued warrior in Viking standards.
Astrid didn't know why, but she didn't like the sound of that.
Cuts to four more cages being opened by Jack and the released dragons ran over to the bushes, where Rapunzel was waving at them to follow her towards the beach.
"Let's go! Go! Go!" Jack called to the dragons before he looked over and spotted Killer and Moody. Jack smiled and ran over to them. The grey Nightmare and talking Hobblegrunt perked up when they noticed the spirit and cheered when he opened the cages.
"You two alright?"
"Much better, thanks. Those thugs were going to sell Killer to some arena and me to the highest bidder, interested in a talking dragon." Moody told him, sounding rather insulted. Killer's fire jacket sparked, begging for a fight.
Jack laughed. He liked this dragon's attitude. "I hear that. Let's go kick some hunter butt." Killer said something in Dragonese. Moody sighed.
"He said 'ass' makes the phrase better."
Many Vikings laughed and nodded in agreement with the silvery Nightmare, as did Fergus and his men and allies.
Jack laughed and the two dragons joined the rider and Night Fury in the sky while Jack continued to free the Dramillions.
The scene cuts to Rapunzel with the Dramillions on the beach, who was looking carefully at the manacle that closed around Tiberius's tail.
"Maybe if we try a different combination of fires, we can melt the manacles." She then turned to the Dramillions, "Everyone! Fire any kind of fire type you know, and we might break these manacles.
The Dramillions followed her orders and began firing many different types of blasts at the manacles. Anything from acid, to boiling water, but nothing was working. Until Octavia tried a combination of Gronckle Lava, let it sit for a few seconds, and then fired with a magnesium blast. The manacle broke apart, catching Rapunzel and the other's attention and they all cheered and jumped for joy and then used the combination presented.
Rapunzel watched with a bright smile on her face as this amazing breed of dragon freed their breather. They let out roars of victory and flew back towards the fight.
Tiberius bent down for Rapunzel to get on, and she smiled and did as such.
Back at the fight, the odds were starting to dwindle for the four. Merida was getting surrounded on all sides, Jack couldn't do anything to fight against mortals except for icing the floor and making them slip. Hiccup, Toothless, Killer and Moody couldn't even land without the risk of getting shot down, and the two Dramillions were still manacled to the floor.
"There's too many of them!" Merida cried out before she was grabbed by behind and arms pinned to her sides. She screamed and wiggled to get free as another hunter approached with an axe. He raised it high into the air.
Elinor, Fergus and the triplets held their breath.
Before a rope of golden hair wrapped around the axe and hoisted it out of the man's grip. The hunter looked at his empty hands, then up into the sky to see Rapunzel on Tiberius's back, pulling her hair up then grabbing the axe, looking quite intimidating with the pack of snarling Dramillions gathering behind her.
The hunters gulped while Merida smirked as the hunter carefully let her go and backed away in surrender.
"CHARGE!"
The Dramillions dived down, firing every kind of fire they held within their knowledge.
Jack was standing on top of a cage, throwing his arms into the air, his staff at hand. "WOO HOO! GO BLONDIE! WOO!"
The camera pans to show that from behind, a hunter with a crossbow was knocking an arrow in. The camera shows that the crosshairs are narrowed in on the middle of his staff.
Jack's eyes widened in terror, and Hiccup noticed.
"What's wrong?"
"That staff is connected to my powers. If it breaks, then my control over my powers spiral. It happened once, on a Sunday. I left my staff at home and my powers created a blizzard."
Bunny frowned. Was Jack referring to Easter Sunday? Is that really all that happened?
This revelation just made the Guardians, and Pitch Black realize just how powerful Jack could be if he pushed his powers towards a goal.
Pitch started to plan how he can shift that power to his advantage.
The hunter chuckled evilly as he prepared to pull the trigger.
Before a stream of ice hit him, and he became encased in ice.
"Huh?" he looked behind him, eyes widening at the sight of the human popsicle, before looking over to who made the ice shot.
Grizabella let out a triumphed chirp.
Jack laughed. "Hel has no fury like a mother who can whoop ass."
"That's totally what I said!"
The other four laughed with the spirit.
Grizabella's beak seemed to curl in a smile, before Tiberius and Octavia landed next to her and fired the needed combination at the manacle, setting her free. Jack cheered once more, as did Rapunzel, as they all took to the sky.
Merida smiled at the scene from afar, before a roar made her turn around, only for her to be picked up by Killer. Merida looked around in shock, before letting out a string of laughter and joining the others.
The hunters looked on in fear, at the gather four above them, with a small army of Dramillions, a grey Nightmare, a talking Hobblegrunt and a Night Fury.
Dramatic music ensues as the camera closes in on Hiccup's smug expression.
"Go for it."
With a cacophony of roars, the Dramillions dived as the hunters flee in terror. Hiccup, Merida, Jack and Rapunzel, who jumped onto Moody's back, watched from above as the Dramillions chased the hunters up trees, burned down their weapons, banged against their cages until broken, and more, all to damage their Dramillion hunting career and avenge their fallen breather.
Many cheered the Dramillions on, even the Vikings, and that was something Valka was very surprised at.
Though, the only one that kept their cheers to himself was Stoick.
Hiccup's eyes scanned the area before they fell on a lone hunter, who was wearing a different helmet from the others and running away.
"There's the leader. Let's show him what happens when they mess with family." Toothless growled in agreement, as did Grizabella, Mojo, Tiberius and Octavia. They dove after him as he made a break for the hunter's hut.
"Barrel roll! Multiple blasts!" at Hiccup's command, the four of them began to spin in a spiral and fired a barrage of plasma blasts, akin to the Night Fury, turning it into a rain of fire.
The hunter screamed as he finally reached the door of the hut and closed it behind him. But it did little to help shield him from the continued barrage of plasma blasts. The hunter knew this and immediately made a run through the back door, but he was thrown off his feet when Toothless charged up a big one and fire at the centre of the house. A cloud of dust cleared to reveal that the entire hut has been levelled into nothing but planks of burnt wood and ashes.
Gobber whistled, impressed, as was Fergus.
"Not bad, laddie. Not bad at all. You lead those reptiles like a true leader." Fergus complimented, and it put a very big smile on Hiccup's face. Stoick looked between the Highlander king and his son, thinking.
He really does have the brains of a chief. It was just his brawn that was the problem.
The hunter whimpered and made to crawl away, but a pair of grey claws land in front of him, followed by two feet and a dark green gown. The hunter slowly looked up to see Merida aiming an arrow right at the hunter's face, and Killer standing behind her with an evil grin.
The man slowly raised his arms in surrender.
The screen fades out to the hunter now tied up to a tree by Rapunzel's hair. The hunter wiggled around, trying to free himself to no avail. Hiccup approached him slowly, a scowl on his face.
"Where is the Titian Wing Dramillion? We checked all over your field and found nothing. So unless you want to join your hunting troop as the pack's current chew toy, I better hear something about his whereabouts." The hunter smirked.
"Bah! By the time I tell you, the Titian will be long gone."
Hiccup and the hunter engaged in a prolonged staring contest before Hiccup shrugged. "Ok. Don't say I didn't warn ya." He then turned his head over his shoulder. "Hey, mom."
The camera pans over to Grizabella, whose look suggested very sinister thoughts in store for the hunter.
The hunter's confidence shattered at the sight of the purple, scar riddle mama. "The hunter needs a little bit of discipline. Care to put in your opinions?" Grizabella's evil look deepened with glee as she strode over and plucked the hunter from his bond and then took off into the sky.
The twins and triplets laughed mischievously as the hunter's screams of terror echoed out from the speakers.
They had a feeling this was gonna be good.
Finally, when Grizabella reached as high as she can go, her claws released the hunter and allowed him to fall.
Rapunzel looked between Hiccup and the falling man Hiccup nervously. "Should we… um…?" "Don't worry Rapunzel. This works every time."
"OK! OK! I TELL YOU WHERE THEY ARE TAKING THE TITIAN!"
"See? Toothless!" just as it looked to be over for the hunter, a black blur snagged him from the air and pinned him down on the ground.
The hunter was now shaking before Merida stepped up. "Now tell us where they're taking Titian!"
"I'll tell! I'll tell! They've taken him west. The boss needs to Titian Wing's true fire for something."
"See? That wasn't so hard now, wasn't it?" Hiccup then walked off, Toothless following, allowing the hunter to get to his knees, only for him to be pinned down by Mojo. Hiccup looked over and smiled.
"He's all yours, bro."
Mojo smiled and looked down at the man with wicked glee. The hunter gulped.
The twins and triplets continued to snicker to themselves.
"Let's go." Hiccup helped Rapunzel and Merida back on the saddle. "If we hurry, we can stop them before they reach this 'boss'."
Valka frowned and rubbed her arms in discomfort. She knew exactly who this 'boss' was and what he needed Titian for.
"Well." They all looked over at Jack. "Let's get a move on then." They all nodded and took off faster than lightning, Killer and Moody following close behind.
Meanwhile, screams of terror could be heard off-screen.
The scene fades to later that night, to show the Night Fury and the spirit flying under the light of the Full Moon.
North once again stroked his beard in thought. Manny must have something planned for these four and the dragon. And if North was to admit anything, it was that these kids were quite the material. The Guardian material.
They finally spotted a ship bearing the hunter's symbol, and they flew up above the ship, Toothless's dark-as-night scales hiding him perfectly from the hunter's view.
Hiccup leaned over to peek and nearly threw up to see Titian's beaten and broken body tied down to the deck of the ship, the hunter occasionally poking him with spears and laughing.
Grizabella whines at her mate's state and Titian nuzzle her, reminding her that he was right here, unharmed and by her side.
Stoick is somewhat put off by this, not used to seeing dragons behave so… humanely.
Hiccup's glare could set the deck on fire, and Toothless was growling up a storm.
"Let's rain Hel."
They dive. A high pitch whistle sounds off, making the hunters look around in fear, and Titian shakenly lift his head towards the sky.
"Hold on tight girls." They did as they were told, holding onto each other. "Barrel roll! Multiple blasts!"
Toothless then began to spin, firing up to his limit and hitting the ship head-on. The hunters abandoned ship as the fire began to catch on the deck. Toothless pulls up when they are just above Titian, and Hiccup and Merida jump off, Rapunzel taking over on the controls.
Hiccup pulled out his knife, and Merida, her sword, and they started chopping off the ropes. Hiccup then went up to Titian's face.
"Dad…" Titian cooed at the sight of his human whelp, and Hiccup gestured for Toothless to land. He did, holding onto Titian's middle while Killer and Moody took places at Titian's head and tail, prepared to lift him. Merida got back on Killer while Hiccup climbed Toothless.
"Let's hurry. We need to get him back to Dramillion Island and treat his wounds before…" Hiccup couldn't finish his sentence, and Rapunzel didn't want him too and hugged his waste in comfort. Hiccup took a deep breath through his nose and they all took off.
Jack watched as they flew ahead and made to follow before screams made him turn around to the hunters that were swimming frantically away from the burning ship. Seeing the hunter frail around in the water began to trigger something from deep in Jack's centre.
"Jack!" a little girl's voice echoed in the back of Jack's thoughts as Jack started to breathe heavily.
"JACK!" the winter spirit shook his head, willing himself out of his stupor and turned around, following the others. The camera pans to the moon.
Everyone frowned. What was that about?
The group turned to Jack, but he pulled his hood up, avoiding eye contact with anyone. So they decided to let it slide.
The camera then moves away from the moon to show the group back at the liberated Dramillion Island, surrounding Titian in the field. Jack was comforting Rapunzel as she couldn't even bare to watch as Hiccup and Merida checked Titian's wounds, hiding her face into his shoulder.
Titian wheezed, and Grizabella slowly approached him and nuzzled him, crooning softly in sorrow as she laid down beside him. Mojo and his siblings followed and curled up against his head, Toothless doing the same and laying his head on top of his. The entire pack was gathered around, hoping to Freya that their leader was going to be ok.
Hiccup placed his ear against Titian's chest. A very slow heartbeat was heard, and it was getting slower. Hiccup sighed, tears slipping down his face.
"He doesn't have long. The best we can do is make sure his passing is painless."
"No…" Hiccup murmured as Toothless crooned sadly. Grizabella let out a wail of sorrow as Titian attempted to comfort her and children, Jack and the girls trying to comfort them as well.
Merida's expression shifted into one of hurt as she stroked the scales of the brave leader. Jack sighed, looking away from the scene as Rapunzel looked at Titian's sorrowful eyes, complementing.
Everyone was getting quite teary eyed from this scene. Stoick slowly reached for his helmet and held it against his chest in respect. The Vikings of Berk soon followed suit.
King Frederic and Queen Arianna were silent with grief as well. Such a magnificent creature and it was going to meet a bitter end due to someone who wanted the dragon for sinister purposes. Every one of the Corona Kingdom was silent.
The Highlanders were silent as well, looking at the scene with empty faces. They could tell that the boy's connection to the Titian was leaving a harsh wound on the boy from the revelation of his dragon father not having much time before he passes.
All anyone can really do was be silent in respect.
Finally, Rapunzel's stare went dead serious as she knew what she had to do. She moved away from Jack and picked up her hair, untying it from its braid and getting rid of the flowers.
Gothel frowned before her eyes widened in terror as she realized what her 'daughter' was going to do.
"No… no, no, no! Don't you dare!"
"Calm yourself, Gothel." The woman turned to the Nightmare King in fury. How dare he suggest that she be calm when her flower was about to reveal her magic. And for a dragon!
Rapunzel began to spread her golden hair all along Titian's body, making the surrounding Dramillions coo in question, as the group watched in confusion.
"Rapunzel, what are you doing?"
"Just trust me Hiccup." Finally, Rapunzel knelt down in front of Titian and held his face in his hands. She smiled comfortingly as their eyes locked before she turned to the others. "Just… don't freak out."
Everyone was looking at the blonde with a question in their eyes. Quirin's eyes suddenly went wide as he realized what was going on. He couldn't believe he didn't recognize her sooner.
Rapunzel took a deep breath. So this is how it would be.
And she's not afraid of it one bit.
The others were silent, as Rapunzel closed her eyes and began to sing.
~Flower, gleam and glow~
~Let your power shine~
As Rapunzel sung her tune, her hair began to glow from her roots and began to flow down to the rest of her hair, which covered the injured Dramillion. Hiccup hurryingly stepped back, joining the other two when the hair started to glow and stayed back to watch.
Immediately, everyone was stunned into silence.
~Make the clock reverse~
~Bring back what once was mine~
The glow began to heal the fresh wounds on the Dramillion's body. The fire in Titian's eyes began to return. Grizabella perked up at the sight of the wounds fading, and the triplets and Toothless smiled. Pascal, who was sitting on Jack's shoulder smiled smugly as well.
~Heal what has been hurt~
~Change the fates design~
~Save what has been lost~
~Bring back what once was mine~
~what once was mine~
The glow faded as Rapunzel finished her verse, and opened her eyes. Titian was still for a second before he pulled up his right leg and began to carefully hoist himself up. The background music began to build as Rapunzel's hair gently slides off of his body as he stood to his full height.
Titian let out a mighty roar, wings raised in power and the Dramillion's cheered, jumping and spinning in circles in celebration. Grizabella rushed up and nuzzled her mate's body, as he bent down and greeted her the same.
The other Dramillions in the room cheered as well, as well as the other breeds of dragons. Toothless leapt out of his seat and pounced on Titian, nuzzling his adoptive father.
Titan then looked down at Rapunzel.
Rapunzel brushed a piece of hair behind her ear, before flinching when Titian bent down to her height but settled when Titian licked her cheek in gratitude. Rapunzel giggled before turning to the others.
Rapunzel smiled.
So she revealed her secret.
It was worth it to see a family rejoice.
Their mouths were hanging open and they were rendered speechless. Hiccup looked between Titian and Rapunzel.
"Please don't freak out!"
"Don't freak out? Haha! I'm not freaking out! I'm just trying to roll around in my head how Titian, who couldn't even stand a full second ago, is clean of the fatal wounds he possessed. And due to glowing hair! And also, you have glowing hair!" Hiccup's voice was calm at first but was quickly losing its tone as he continued, becoming more and more panicked. Rapunzel winched. Jack noticed and placed a hand on Hiccup's shoulder.
"Why don't we just sit by a nice warm fire, enjoy some berries, and Rapunzel can explain what is going on, alright?" Hiccup took a deep breath and nodded, allowing Jack to steer him away. Merida placed a hand on Rapunzel's shoulder and lead her away as well.
The scene fades once more to show them all around a fire, though Jack was a little farther away. Hiccup poked at the fire with a stick, before tossing the stick into the flames. He then looked up at Rapunzel, who was stroking a coil of her hair and looking incredibly nervous.
"So… how long has your hair been able to do this?" Rapunzel let out a nervous laugh.
"Forever, I guess?" when they didn't respond to her little quip, she sighed. "My mother said when I was a baby, people tried to cut it, use it for themselves. But once it's cut, it turns brown and loses its power." She pulls back a bit of her hair to show the brown lock. The others remained silent.
"A gift like that has to be protected. And that's why…"
"You never left that tower." Merida summed up, and the girl nodded. "And you're still gonna go back?"
Rapunzel berried her face in her hands. "It's complicated." Hiccup warped his arm around her shoulders and pulled her into a side hug. Merida soon joined in and Jack did as well. Toothless eventually strode over and wrapped his tail around the four, crooning comfortingly as Pascal climbed onto his head, chittering.
The Four smiled.
"Well this is touching." an Australian accent made them all jump and turn to see a shadow in the darkness. Toothless growled and threatened to open fire, tail curling around the kids even more. "Been a while, hasn't it Frostbite?" a giant anthropomorphic rabbit stepped out of the shadows, twirling a boomerang in his paws, "Easter Sunday, wasn't it?" Jack gave a soft grin as he relaxed his stance.
"Bunny! You're not still mad about that, are you?" Bunny glared.
"Yes."
Jack rolled his eyes.
"One time. One fricken' time, by accident mind you, and your marked for life as Warren Fugitive #1."
"You brought an entire blizzard on Easter Sunday!"
"I didn't do it on purpose! That's what accident means!"
"Oh, here we go again." North rubbed his eyebrow in defeat as the two argued on and on.
"I don't see what the big deal is." Tuffnut said loudly, not caring if he was heard or not, "Berk has to live with cold weather 24/7." the Vikings nod in agreement, as Spirit came down and broke the fight up. Grumbling, the two opposites got back in their seats.
"Wait!" Hiccup looked between the rabbit and the spirit. "You know this guy!?"
"Yep. Everyone! Meet the Easter Bunny, E. Aster Bunnymund! Spirit of Spring, a Guardian of Childhood. An annoying, full-of-himself grouch." Bunny chuckled humourlessly.
Sandy covered his mouth in silent chuckles. Bunny swatted his head.
"Funny. But this isn't about me. This is about something else. Fellas?"
Yetis somehow snuck up on the group and grabbed them and threw them into sacks. Toothless roared in outrage that someone had snuck up on them and captured his brother and his friends, and leapt at them, claws and teeth out and ready.
Phil pulled something from behind his back- a snow globe- and smashed it to the ground.
A portal opened up and Toothless jumped right into it!
"Toothless!" Hiccup cried out in panic.
"Needn't worry, boy." North called down, "Portal simply took him to the Pole. He's perfectly fine."
Hiccup sighed in relief and caressed Toothless's head in his lap.
Phil said Yetish words to Bunny, a welcoming hand towards the portal.
"Me?" Bunny chuckled. "Not on your Nelly. See you at the Pole." he tapped his foot on the floor and a large rabbit hole opened up and he jumped in, the hole closing up with a small flower.
Merida and Astrid snorted. "Very manly," they uttered, before glaring at one another. They turned back to the screen.
Meanwhile, Bunny and Elinor were glaring at them, though, Elinor was more glaring at Merida is anything for her rudeness.
Jack just chuckled. Though, honestly, he was quite pissed that he was shoved in a sack along with his friends and tossed through a portal.
The Yetis shrugged, before throwing the bags in, provoking cries of fear from the Four.
"What the heck! We were having a good time, and of course, Kangaroo decides to ruin the fun!"
"Oi Frostbite. Something must be big if I'm bringing you lot to the Pole with me. If I wanted to mess with ya, I would have just sent one of my friends to deal with ya!"
Jack scoffed and turned back around.
Spirit rolled her eyes. She really needed to sleep some more.