Hi, everyone. it has been a very long time since the last chapter. lots of things in my life and doing the this story had been hard. well it finally out so i hope you like it.

Chapter 7

"What was Toothless attacking?" Merida asked.

"It's called a car" Sally replied "we use it to travel to places and carrying things"

"Oh don't you use horses?" Merida then added.

"Well here we don't need to since we have engines" Sally answered.

The group began to head back to Nan's house, it took a while but soon they could see the house.

"So how does this work" Hiccup asked looking at Charlie's bike. The Viking was really interested it, it was a creation he had not seen before.

"See these" Charlie said pointing at the pedals "they are called pedals, you pushed these and it makes the bike move"

As Hiccup studied the bike, they finally reached the house.

When they went inside the house, they had a discussion about the book and how to get home. After reading though the book, coming up with theories and a biscuit or two, they were all tired.

"If I brainstorm anymore tonight my brain going to burst" Charlie mourned

"Mine too" Sally agreed

"Can we just agree that a witch sent us here because it's the only thing I think can possibly have happened "Merida said stating up at the ceiling, sinking in an armchair?

"I agree with Merida, it must be a powerful being that magically brought us here" Rapunzel said while petting a sleeping Pascal on her lap.

"My question is why? Why us? And why here?" Hiccup thought aloud as Maria quietly took a picture of Olive fast asleep against a sleeping Toothless.

It was quick a while before Jack stood up and said "Look, it's obvious we're not getting any closer to figuring this out. I think we need to go outside and clear our heads. Who's with me?"

Everyone raised their hands instantly; after all it was better than rattling their brains and getting nowhere.

As soon as Ollie was awake and they grabbing some water, the Collins kids and The Big Four walked through the woods. Maria told their new friends about a river nearby and thought it would be a nice spot plus it was known to be good for fishing, hearing this Toothless perked up.

"Hey Ollie, would you like to ride on Toothless?" Hiccup asked. He saw Oliver's face light up and he nodded with great Viking helped the little boy up onto the dragon's back.

"Hold on tight Ollie" Charlie gentle told his brother as he pushed his bike along

As they walked, Rapunzel couldn't help but be in awe of everything. Sally and Maria know Rapunzel would be like this as she found some wild flowers

"Look at the daisies, poppies and the lavender" Rapunzel said happily. "Don't you think there's lovely?"

"Yeah they're very pretty" Sally commented. Seeing Pascal looking too.

"Well because I am a being of winter, I don't have much knowledge about flowers" Jack admitted.

Pascal rolled his eyes as Rapunzel picked some flowers. Merida was enjoying climbing over the overgrown roots and she spotted something glistening ahead.

"Hey is that the river up there?" Merida asked pointing ahead

The girls could see a huge river when they looked through the branches.

"Yeah that's the one" Sally replied and then an idea came to her "Hey last one there has to eat regurgitated fish".

Instantly, the sisters ran straight to the river, Merida jumped off the root she was on and quickly followed them. Rapunzel giggled as she ran, she'd never be in a race so she was excited to be part of one.

"Hey, we're not ready" Hiccup cried to them. He jumped on Toothless back, held on tight to Oliver and they joined the chased.

"Hey, don't leave me" Charlie called watching his brother, Hiccup and Toothless getting further away, he quickly climbed onto his bike and pedalled as fast as he could.

Maria had just passed her sister when something suddenly appeared in front of them. The girls stopped and realised it was Jack.

"Well looks like I win" he said leaning against his staff.

"You've cheated" Merida decline before giving the winter Sprite a poke with her finger.

"Hey, no one said it was a running race" Jack replied slowly moving the redhead's finger down.

Oliver, Hiccup and Toothless had soon caught up to them. "What happened? Who won?" Hiccup asked in confidence.

"Jack cheated by flying while it was clearly a running race" Maria told him.

"Again no one said it was running race" the winter spirit repeated.

At that moment, Charlie came up behind them, puffing as he finally came to a stop.

"Well looks like Charlie is eating raw fish later" Maria said grinning.

"No Jack should, he cheated" Merida said, which it led her and Jack into an argument, it took both Rapunzel and Hiccup to calm them down before they headed to the river.

The sun hit the water which made to glisten. Toothless catching fish and eating them. Merida was showing Hiccup and the older kids how to use her bow, Jack was watching them whilst Rapunzel and Oliver were splashing in the water, not caring that she got wet.

"Now, who else wants a go?" Merida asked Maria, Sally and Charlie but they didn't see too keen on it. Seeing their faces, the Redheaded turned to the Viking "How about you, Hiccup?" She offered.

"Me?" Hiccup asked a bit shocked "I'm not that good"

"Well I'd like to see you try" Merida said and offered him her bow. Hiccup reluctantly took it and stood across from the target; Rapunzel watched and drew a bull's eye in her notebook then pinned it on a tree with one of Merida's arrows.

Hiccup could see his hand shaking as he rise to the bow; he ended up shutting his eyes and turning his head.

"You're doing it all wrong" He heard Merida saying loudly, putting her hands on her hips. "Here, let me show you" she then said more softly as she came up to him.

"First, you need to keep your eyes open, next make sure your facing the target, now relax, hold your arrow to your check, breath slowly, focus and then release" Merida explained while demonstrating how to hold the bow.

Hiccup did everything she said, his eyes focussed on the target, he breathed and release. They all watched as the arrow flew across and hit the target straight in the centre.

"I...I did it" Hiccup excited "I did it. I can't believe it. Hey Toothless, did you see that?"

They all turned to see Dragon smiling and purring to his friend with a big fish dangling from his mouth. The kids couldn't help but laugh as they watched Toothless eat.

"I've never hit anything before, well I did once" Hiccup admitted.

"What was it" Merida asked. Hiccup looked over his shoulder and moved his head and gestured towards Toothless. She turned to see

"Well with some practice, you'll be shooting with your eyes closed" Merida said, then without warning Hiccup hug her. She let out a little gasp.

"Oh ur... Sorry" Hiccup apologise when he realised what he's done and quickly pulled away.

"No it's all right" Merida said trying to reassure him even though she was still blushing, she actually didn't mind the hug.

Sally and Maria couldn't hide their smiles when they saw how embarrassed Hiccup and Merida were.

"Why are you two staring at them like that?" Charlie asked seeing his sisters excited faces.

"Charlie, this is a once in a lifetime opportunity, we can only imagine like this but actually seeing it, this is extremely awesome" Maria told him quietly.

"But still shouldn't we be trying to figure out how to send them home" Charlie reminded Sally and Maria.

"Well I did look through the book a few times" Sally said pulling out the book from her bag. "It just says that only those who are blessed, with a rare kind of magic, can open the door to the lands that are believed in from one's mind"

"Like a wizard or a sorcerer?" Maria said as she flipped forward the pages.

"But where are we going to find one. Unless we search online," Charlie suggested "But that will probably just lead us to weirdoes".

"I know, we'll just have to find a different way" Sally answered him.

As the siblings searched forward through the book, Jack sat on the huge rock. He'd been looking over at them, he thought they were great kids, he knew it would be hard for them to deal with everything that had happened today.

"Hey Jack" hearing his name, he turned to see Rapunzel waving. "Why don't you come down and play" she asked as Oliver was with her splashing.

"No thanks, I'll probably freeze the whole river" Jack expected.

"Oh come on, it's fun or are you afraid of getting wet?" she teased.

"Oh is that a challenge Punz?" Jack smirked as he jumped off the rock and picked up his staff that lay against it. He had no problems freezing rivers, lakes and ponds being a winter spirit but he never tried not freezing anything. So Jack had to concentrate on controlling his powers as he stepped into the water.

"See, what I said" Rapunzel said while putting her hand on her hips.

"That I'm the most handsome man you'd ever seen in your entire life" Jack answered with a smirk.

Rapunzel eyes widen at that "No I didn't say that!"

"Oh I think you did, didn't she Ollie" Jack asked... the little boy just grinned at him.

"Oh did me" Rapunzel asked and then started splashing Jack. He return splashes her back and Oliver tried to splash both of them.

Hiccup, Merida and the kids heard their laughter and saw the dragon join in the water fight. Jack nearly fell over but caught himself by grabbing Toothless head. Toothless let out a cry at Jack's cold touch.

"Oh sorry, I guess dragons don't like the cold" Jack apologise as Toothless rubbed his nose with his paw.

Seeing this, the Viking went over to his dragon and stroke his snout "it's ok bud, its ok" Hiccup said soothingly.

"Is Toothless ok?" Oliver asked, patting the dragon who purred at the little boy.

"Yeah he'll be fine Ollie" Hiccup answered.

"I thought he'd have no problem being an over grown cat" Jack suddenly said.

At that, toothless turned to him and growled. Hiccup narrows his eyes at Jack.

"Well you should know, he's a Night Fury and they are known to be the unholy offspring of lighting and death itself" Hiccup said defending his friend.

Jack wasn't fazed by this, he laughed a bit before saying "Don't get me wrong, that's impressive but he doesn't look like he could hurt a fly"

The Night Fury growled louder while showing his teeth as Hiccup stood protecting in front on his dragon.

"Well he may not be as big or as scary as other dragons but Toothless is very powerful, also the greatest flyer out there" Hiccup said proudly.

"Compared to other dragons, I don't think he can beat someone who spend decades mastering flying" Jack grinned as he leant against his staff.

"You mean you have the wind carry you around" Sally then said. Jack turned to her the girl with the innocent smile. He knew what she said was true, so Jack just gave her a playful smirk in return.

"You're challenging us, aren't you?" Hiccup questioned.

"Well, yes I am" Jack proudly said.

"Oh you'll be sorry after you eat are dust" Hiccup said while Toothless nodded.

"Oh wow, an actual flying race, we only read something like that to actually see it will be amazing" Sally though, she couldn't hide her excitement. Maria couldn't stop grinning at the idea and let out a tiny squeal.

Maria suggested to race between the cliffs along the river, she told them when they reached the waterfall they should turn around and come back.

Rapunzel suggested using her hair but Charlie was going to draw a line in the dirt. Using a stick, he drew a line from the river to where they were standing. Merida, Rapunzel and the Collins kids sat high on the hills to watch while the boys took their places. Jack stretched to warm up as Hiccup climbed onto Toothless back and checked the dragon's tail was working.

"Ok" Sally shouted to Jack and Hiccup. "Remember, to the waterfall and back, no cheating and no frightening. Got it?"

The boys had their game faces on, ready to go. Sally quickly ran to the side and rose up her left arm up and called out "Ready?"

She waited for a moment then quickly dropped her arm down and the race was on. Sally was knocked to the ground by the force of wind. She quickly got back to watch the Sprite, Viking and dragon flying down the river. Sally couldn't fight the look of amazement from her face, she ran up to join the others.

Jack and Hiccup were neck and neck as they made a sharp turn left. The two boys had flown through more than one difficult situation than toward these cliffs, so this race was a piece of cake.

"Hey see you two at the finish line" Jack called to Hiccup and Toothless before flying passed by them. Hiccup heard Toothless groaned with annoyance.

"Don't worry, we'll win before he knows it" Hiccup said reassuringly as him and Toothless tried to catch up with Jack.

When Sally reached the others on the hill. "Did I miss anything? She asked as she sat next to her sister.

"Not yet, they've only just started" Maria said offering her some chocolate which Sally took.

"Look, there they are" Rapunzel shouted, they all got up to see where Rapunzel was pointing. They all now saw Jack, Hiccup and Toothless appear and watched them fly over the river.

The sisters were really enjoying the race; Maria ever tried to record the race on her camera she'd brought with her. Despite how he was previously feeling, Charlie was having a great time with his new friends, he grinned as his little brother and cheered.

At one point, as Hiccup and Toothless were soaring, Jack had seemed to have disappeared. They thought the winter Sprite was ahead but then they heard a whistle. The Viking and dragon looked to their right and their mouths dropped as Jack was running on the walls of the cliffs.

"Isn't he amazing" Rapunzel said looking at Jack as she watched him bounce off and quickly flow ahead.

Jack smirked triumphantly but then noticed a ledge, he dodged under it. Hiccup and Toothless were behind him and it looked as if they would crash. Merida covered her mouth as she saw Hiccup begin to stand up on Toothless back.

"What's he doing? He's going to get killed" Merida thought to herself. Just before they collided with the ledge, Hiccup jumped onto it as his dragon dove underneath. Hiccup ran across jumped off and with perfect timing, landed safely back in Toothless's saddle.

"Yes he is" Merida answered as she watched in awe as the Viking and his dragon caught up to the winter spirit.

As they reached the waterfall, Jack bounced off the wall as Hiccup and Toothless turned around and they headed back the other way.

"Come on, lets get down there before the boys reach the finish line" Sally called and she and the others began running down to the river.

When they reached the bottom, the group waited till they spotted the racers flying back. Maria pulled out her phone and pointed at the finish line.

"Here there come" Charlie said excitedly as Jack, Hiccup and Toothless came into view. They couldn't see who was in the lead, as fast as lightning Jack and Hiccup cross the finish line.

The boys skidded on the ground, all three catching their breath.

"You did a great job, bud" Hiccup said patted Toothless as he drank from the river.

"You know, I'm really impressed by you two, you're surprisingly gutsy" the winter Sprite admitted coming up to them.

"You're not bad yourself. Your manoeuvres and skills were really good" Hiccup replied, Toothless purred in agreement.

"That was the most incredible thing I've ever seen" the boys heard Sally say to her brothers and Sister, Rapunzel and Merida came up to them.

"Me too, it was, amazing" Rapunzel added" seeing you guys flying was breath-taking"

"Thank you" Jack and Hiccup said together before Jack asked "So who won?"

"Well..." Maria began as her checked the video she recorded from the finish line. After she and Sally watched it, Maria looked up to the racers and announced "Well we agree, it's a draw"

"WHAT!?" Hiccup and Jack cried out.

"Ur seems fair" Merida commented, crossing her arms

"Don't worry, it's the taking part that counts" Rapunzel said brightly with her hands behind her back.

"The taking part" the winter Sprite said clearly annoyed.

"Oh come on" Hiccup began and the two boys could not hide their displeasure as the group started walking towards the wood, and headed for home.

"So any ideas how to get us home" Jack asked Sally after for a few minutes of walking.

"I don't know, the only clear answers are to find someone who is blessed to open the portal to send you home. It said so in the book" Sally explained as she opened the book to the right page to show him.

Jack quickly looked at the page but he was just confused. "Ur... well do you know anyone that can help in this world" he asked even though he already knew the answer.

"No" Sally sighed looking to down "We don't have anything like witch or wizard in this world"

"You mean, we might be stuck here...forever" Merida said, she couldn't believe what she was hearing. The thought of never seeing her homeland, Angus, her family again. The redhead felt like crying.

"Hey, we can't think like that, hopefully we'll figure this and you'll soon be back home" Maria reassured seeing her new friends looking worried.

"That's right; it won't be that bad being here. So we shouldn't be worried" Rapunzel said as brightly as she could, even though she was thinking how devastated her mother will be now.

"But what about our family, our friends, they are probably worry sick by now" Hiccup explained thinking about his and friends back home.

The Guardians came into Jack's mind; he knew they'd probably be searching for him by now. He glanced over to Sally and found her still staring down, holding the book against her chest with both arms. Jack could see that she was upset, mostly because she felt like it was her fault that everyone was upset.

Seeing her sad, made Jack sad. He never liked seeing children sad or scared. When he ever found a sad kid, he used his power to make them smile and be happy which gave Jack an idea.

Sally couldn't think of anything except for feeling guilty, she didn't really know why but she felt responsible for everything. Her mind felt foggy and was startled a little when she felt something cold on her cheek.

The young girl noticed a few snowflakes gently falling; Sally looked up in wonder as more snow appeared. Maria, Charlie and Oliver smiled to see snow in July and Merida and Hiccup were surprised at this amazing sight, Toothless tried to eat the snowflakes, but out of them all Rapunzel was the most awestruck.

"I've never been outside when it's snowed before" Rapunzel giggled as Pascal caught a snowflake using his tongue. She began spinning as the snow got heavier, meanwhile the Collins kids began running and grabbing snow and throwing it into the air.

"Your welcome" Jack said with a smile, proud of his work. Rapunzel could have guessed it was him who'd made it snow, she'd never met anyone else that had magical powers. Seeing Jack's ice powers and even seeing him flying, made her feel better knowing there are people like her.

It wasn't just his powers or his handsome looks that she liked but also his fun mischievous personality and yet she sensed a hint of sadness in his blue eyes. Rapunzel really wanted to get to know the winter Sprite more.

A loud squeak knocked her out of her thoughts; Rapunzel turned to her shoulder and found Pascal giving her a knowing grin. The little chameleon was watching his friend looking out to Jack and guessed that she really like him.

"Pascal, I've just met him today. You can't fall in love in one day" Rapunzel said mostly saying it to her. Pascal just sighed in frustration as Jack flew up to her, holding a snowball.

"Snowball fight?" Jack asked... passing the snowball to Rapunzel as Baby Tooth joined them.

"Oh...Ur what do you mean?" She asked in confusion.

"Really? you've never heard of a snowball fight?" Jack asked her in a serious voice.

"I never been outside my tower until today" she replied shrugging. So did Pascal. Baby Tooth squeaked to the winter Sprite and said

"Ok why not show her"

"Well, it's really easy to understand" Jack began as he made another snowball in his hand "First, you make the snow into a ball, like this" he then he made it into a perfect round snowball.

"Ok, I can definitely can do that" Rapunzel said then added "Then what?"

"Then second, you find your target" Jack continue as he looked to see who will receive his snowball.

"Target? Jack, I thought it was a game" Rapunzel realising what Jack meant by target.

"It is a game, then you make your first throw" and then he spotted his target. He blew on snowball which gave it a blue glow. With a usual mysterious grin, he threw the snowball and it sailed though the air until it hit Merida squarely on the back, knocking her down.

The Scottish princess was busy trying to catch snowflakes in her mouth when she got hit. At first she was furious and knew who was to blame but then, she smiled as an overwhelming joyous and playful feeling came over her.

"I know you threw that Frost" Merida said as serious as she could even though she couldn't stop giggling.

"Sorry I didn't mean to hurt you on your back" Jack shouted over to the redhead "I was trying to hit your face"

That last part made Merida's blood boil; she grabbed some snow and marched over as she made a snowball. "You'll pay for that you imp" and with one powerful throw, her snowball was flying toward Jack but he simply step aside letting the ball pass. Merida gritted her teeth at this and watched Hiccup turn to say something and her snowball hit him on his face, knocking him over.

Merida covered her mouth at what she'd done. "Hiccup, I'm...I'm sorry, it was meant for Jack, not you" she apologised. She rarely apologises but she felt so guilty about her snowball hitting the Viking. At first, Hiccup sat up and wiped the snow off, he then began softly laughing. Merida was a bit surprised but could breathe easy, knowing Hiccup was ok.

Hiccup got up gathered some snow, made it in a snowball and shouted like his Dad "I declare war on this spot" and threw the snowball at Merida.

Then it all kicked off into a huge snowball fight. At first they all were fine throwing at each other (being extra careful with Oliver, Pascal and Baby tooth) but then it turned into girls vs. boys. Both groups make two snow walls and planned their next move.

"Ok, any plans" Jack asked as Charlie, Oliver, Hiccup, Pascal and Toothless huddled up.

"Maybe we can launch tons of snowballs all at once" Charlie suggested then sighed "Too bad we don't have anything to launch them with"

Toothless growled to get his friends attention; he then showed his tail and Hiccup caught on

"Great thinking bud" Hiccup said smiling as he and the boys began making snowballs to place on the dragon's tail fin and use it like a catapult.

On the girls team they were also planning their attack.

"What do you think they're going to do" Maria whispered to Merida. They peered over their wall to spy on the boys. Baby tooth churned and shrugged as she sat on Maria's head. They turned back to see Sally and Rapunzel were busy making lot of snowball. "Ok any ideas?" Maria asked, the girls had a moment to think, finally Merida said

"We should try an element of surprise"

"Oh, good idea" Sally replied grinning "We'll sneak behind them using the woods as cover"

"But wouldn't they notice we're gone" Rapunzel said. She had a good point. The boys would be suspicious if they all left.

"Maybe if one of us causes a distraction while the rest attack from behind" Sally told them what she planned.

"That's perfect Sis" Maria said grinning. They took a moment to decide who will be the decoy. Rapunzel said she'd do it.

As the girls quickly moved to the trees, Rapunzel spoke very loudly to get the boys attention. "Oh that's a great idea, so on the count of ten, we'll attack them right?"

The boys finished filling Toothless's tail with snow, ready to fire.

Jack smirked at what he and Pascal heard and quickly turned to the other. "Ok when we hear ten, we send our snow flying before they do" Toothless got his tail in position as they listened as Rapunzel Began counting.

"One...two...three...four..."

At the same time Sally, Maria, Merida and Baby Tooth stepped carefully so they were right behind the boys.

"Five...six...seven..."

The girls felt adrenalin rushing through them, they could hear their hearts beating in their ears, and they held their breath, waiting for the right moment.

"Eight...nine"

"Any minute" Hiccup whispered, just when they were ready to attack...

"TEN!"

The boys jumped, startled and turned, but it was too late.

The girls pounded them with snowballs. The Night Fury used his wing as a shield to protect them. Rapunzel rushed up and threw snow at the boy's backs they all gave out shouts of shock.

"You cheaters" Charlie shouted but only received a face full of snow.

"Sorry Charlie, for all's fair in love and war" Sally giggling before throwing another handful of snow, this time at Jack.

The air was full of their laughter. The snowball fight lasted an hour or two. Petty soon they all were laying on the ground, catching their breath.

"That's was so much fun" Rapunzel said looking up at the clouds.

"Well, for your first time Punz, you were really good" Jack complimented, giving her a rare gentle smile which Rapunzel returned, when he smiled at her she felt a strange fluttering feeling a strange feeling in her stomach.

"How many people can say they've played in snow during the summer" Charlie asked as he and Ollie leant against Toothless.

"Not that many" Maria said crossing her legs "unless you live where it's cold all the time"

"Well it's really cold back home, it snows for most of year and hails the rest" Hiccup said resting with his hands behind his head.

"Sounds like my home but we have more sunny days" Merida commented while grabbing her arms around her legs.

"Oh lucky you" Hiccup said sarcastically but Merida knew he mean it in good nature by his warm smile, Merida gave him a smile in return. She had to admit it, she like his smile and his beautiful green eyes and he was really cute. Merida found herself thinking these thoughts; she'd never had thoughts like these before. She'd never felt this way about anyone.

Hiccup notice Merida staring into space. "Hey are you ok" he asked and gently took her hand. Normally, Merida would have pulled it away but she didn't. There was something about his touch that seems to calm her.

"Aya, I'm fine" Merida replied and slightly squeezes his hand.

Sally and Maria shared secrets smiles; obviously they were falling for another. The Night Fury purred as he saw his best friend blushing and Jack couldn't hide his knowing. The winter sprite was enjoying being with his new friends. Back home, he didn't have any in his immortal life. Until he had become part of the guardian that he found a sense of belonging. Maybe because they were around his age that he felt like he knew them already.

Jack looked over to Rapunzel and frowned when he saw a sad look upon her face.

"Rapunzel, are you all right?" He asked softly. She said nothing for a while. She then breathed and said...

"I'm not going back"

"What!" Charlie said and the others turned to Rapunzel.

"You mean back home" Jack then spoke, he now felt worried when he watched her tugging her hair. These thoughts had been dancing in her mind for a long time; she had been unsure how to tell her friends. She glanced over to her chameleon for help; Pascal showed her a warm smile, reassuring her. Rapunzel summed up all her courage and said.

"Back home, my mother told me that the world outside the tower was a terrible place. With monsters that wanted to hurt me, I do lot of hobbies, mostly painting to past the time, but sometimes I feel a bit lonely. Of course I have Pascal and mother there but I dream of one day being outside and seeing the lights that appear on my birthday. Being here and seeing how beautiful and amazing the world is, I'm not scared anymore and I want to stay, even if it'll break my mother's heart"

The Collins kids knew what Rapunzel was talking about and why, as for the others. They were surprised, they had no idea how she felt.

Rapunzel didn't quite know how the others would react; her fears disappeared when Jack gently took her hand.

"Hey I understand, you're not the only person here who feels alone" Jack reassured her, giving her a comforting smile.

The sudden cold feeling from him made her jump; she wondered why she felt an eased by his touch.

"Us too" She heard Merida say "I want nothing more than to ride through my homelands and enjoy my freedom but my mum has plans for my fate. She wants me the marry one of the sons of are neighbouring clans, even having them compete for my hand. After showing them, I and mum argued and I ran off. I came across a witch and had her make a spell, I hoped it would change my mum, well it changed her but it wasn't what I expected. I just wanted to change my mum's mind but I change her into a bear. We had to escape and undo the spell before my dad and the other clansmen hurt her. During our journey we become closer and I was so afraid that we wouldn't find a cure. I would never forgive myself if I lost her" Merida could feel tears running down her cheeks.

Jack and Rapunzel were stunned by what they heard, especially about the bear part. Hiccup and the other knew about Merida but Hiccup didn't know she had to deal with so much. He squeezed reassuring Merida's hand.

"I do understand, back home I was the embarrassment of the village. No matter how hard I tried, no one, not even my own father had accepted me. I had a chance to prove myself when I shot down the world's most deadly dragon. I was trying to push myself to kill it when I found it but I couldn't do it, I couldn't because I felt a connection to him I knew that he was like me, I didn't want to hurt him, after that we learned a lot from each other and then...we became friends. I knew what the villages would do if they found out especially my dad, that's why I tried to keep him a secret, I don't know what I would do if I didn't know have Toothless my best friend"

Toothless softly pressed against Hiccup who hugged his dragon affectionately. Jack and Rapunzel feel sorry from him but Merida felt sorrier for the poor boy. Hearing Rapunzel, Merida and Hiccup's stories, Jack decided to tell his.

"For the longest time, I didn't know who I was. When I awoke, I was scared, and then I saw the moon and the fear disappeared. I was surprised and excited when I discovered my power but when I try to talk to people...they just went through me. They couldn't see me and I was unseen for decades. At least you had someone waiting for you, I had no one, and I didn't know if I had anyone out there. The moon told me I was meant for something but never told me what for. Years later, the Guardians were summoned to protect the children from Pitch Black, the boogieman in my world and I was told that been chosen to become a Guardian. I had no intention of joining them but after helping them and finding out about who I was. I finally found a place where I belong"

Both Hiccup and Merida were shocked by his tale. Jack seemed to be a care-free, mischievous boy but this cast him in a whole new light. Rapunzel however was not only surprised but sympathised with him, here's someone who knew what it was like to be alone. Pascal curled up beside the winter Sprite who felt real sympathy; Jack smiled to the chameleon and softly stroked his back.

The big four were so different in their personalities and stories but they had something in common they were all teenagers who wanted to change their life and follow their dreams and find happiness. That's what Sally believed too; she felt the same but couldn't think what story to tell.

"Ok now that we're told our stories, it's your turn" she heard Jack say.

"Sorry what?" She replied a bit taken aback.

"Well you know pretty much everything about us, possibly more. So we'd like to know more about you guys" Jack explained Sally, Maria and Charlie who were in silence for a moment.

"Well, it's not as that interesting as yours" Maria finally said. "We were born and raised in Liverpool for all our life, without Mum and Dad"

"Oh you haven't mentioned your Dad" Merida interrupted.

"What's he's like" Rapunzel added curiously.

At first, none of them wanted to talk about it, the three siblings whispered silently and then agreed.

"Our Dad was the kindest, funniest, the greatest Dad ever" Charlie started.

"Dad worked in a DVD shop before he joined the army and went overseas" Maria added folding her arms.

"If you had a problem or something upset you, he would be the first one to ask and always knew how to make you laugh" Sally then said. The big four could see something was wrong and they soon knew why.

"Years ago, Mum needed to go food shopping" Maria started "Mum had the three of us go but Dad said that he was feeling tried. Mum thought nothing of it and that we would be long. We kissed and hugged him and waved goodbye just like any other day". Maria could feel tears and rubbed them away, she didn't want to continue. So Sally took up the rest of the tale.

"The shopping trip was the same as usual and when we got home everything felt the same, but it wasn't, Mum told us no loud noises so as not to wake Dad but around five we wonder why he hadn't woken up yet. I decided to go up and...I tried but...but he didn't wake up"

A wave of melancholy came over everyone after hearing this. Of course the teenagers didn't know, but now they couldn't think what to say.

"I'm...I'm sorry" was all Jack could say, seeing the young girl trying to hold back her tears but still her tears fell.

"It was hard, harder from mum than anyone" Charlie said after wiping his tears "Not only to lose her true love but soon after she found out she was carrying Oliver" soon his little brother came over to him and put an arm around him

"It's ok, Charlie" Oliver told his big brother. Oliver didn't really understand what his older siblings were saying but Charlie appreciated this show of affection and hugged him back.

"I think the worst thing is that we never got to say goodbye" Maria quietly said, she heard a soft purring next to her. Looking up, she saw Toothless; he gave her a gentle lick on her cheek. It was wet and sticky; it made Maria chuckle "gross"

Rapunzel came over and gave Sally a much needed hug. "Hey, hey, it's going to be alright" she whispered softly, Sally showed Rapunzel a small smile; she did feel a lot better.

"Maybe we should head back" Hiccup suggested as he got up. They all agreed on that idea, just as they grabbed their things they heard snarling. "Toothless what it is?" The Viking asked joining the dragon as he stared with suspicion into the woods. There was nothing out of the ordinary that he could see but Sally had an uneasy feeling she had since yesterday, a feeling like they were all being watched.

"Are there monsters in these woods" Rapunzel asked nervously clutching onto Jack.

"Or a gigantic beasts like a wolves or bears" Merida suggested which didn't help Rapunzel one bit.

"Of course not, wolves and bears don't live in Wales" Maria reassured. But looking into woods she too had a feeling of unease; she quickly turned to the other and said "We should hurry back". Without looking back she and the others headed towards the path which leads home.