Chapter 8: The Heart of Earth and Sky

Anna's POV

I stared at the ocean as we sailed along. The smell of the salty air filled my nose as in inhaled.

Since I saved Elsa from Hook, he has let us stay in the sleeping quarters. He gave Elsa and I something more comfortable to wear. I had a simple shirt with pants and boots. Elsa had the same, but with some icy flair to it.

Elsa walked up and leaned against the deck.

"You didn't have to do that." She said.

I looked at her. "Of course, I did. I can't lose my sister."

"Neither can I. I've seen the monsters guarding the hearts. You could be killed."

"Elsa. I'll be fine. I can take care of myself."

Hiccup walked over to us. "Girls, we've got a problem."

We both turned around. "What is it?"

"Follow me."

Hiccup walked away. I looked at Elsa. She shrugged. Not sure of what was going on, we followed.

Hiccup lead us down to the lower deck of the ship. He checked the area to make sure no one was around.

"Hiccup, what's going on?"

"This is." Hiccup said as he grabbed a book out of a satchel he had.

He set it down on a barrel. He opened it up to a page. He grabbed one of the overhanging lantern.

He pointed to the page. Elsa and I looked.

"Wait a minute, those are the hearts. That's the fire and water hearts."

"Exactly. These make up the Hearts of the Elements. The Heart of Mahuika keeps the fire of the world lit. Without it, fire will slowly start to go out. The Heart of Tangaroa is interesting. Apparently, the ocean is alive. Without the heart. The ocean will cease to exist."

"Wow, so cool." I said.

"But the two hearts Anna and I are getting, it could be the end of the world." Hiccup then pointed to a paragraph on the page. "It says here that the heart of air and earth are the hearts of two powerful gods. Ranginui and Papatuanuku are the two God who created the world, according to legend. Their daughter, Te Fiti, has the power to create life itself. If Ranginui and Papatuanuku hearts are removed, Te Fiti slowly loses her power. Then the world decays into nothing."

"Then we can't get those hearts." Elsa said.

"But if we don't, one of us could die. Hook threatened me to get you to retrieve the Heart of Mahuika. If we refuse, you could die." I said.

Hiccup nodded. "Exactly. I believe that if we do get these hearts, Hook plans to make us part of the crew. Once he does, we'll wait for the cover of night time. We'll sneak into Hook's cabin, get the Hearts back, get off the ship, meet up with the rest of the team, and return the hearts."

"Agreed." Both Elsa and I said.

Just then we heard scrambling on the upper deck.

"I guess we're here." I said.

The three of us got up to the main deck.

Hook saw us. "Ahhh, my two new retrievers. Are you ready?"

"We're ready, Hook."

"Excellent."

He motioned us to look off the side of the boat.

We looked at island. One side was barren with jagged cliffs all the way up. The other side of the island was green and lush.

"Alright, I'll let you two figure this out." Hook said as he walked away.

Hiccup turned to me. "I'll take the jagged side."

"Sounds good to me." I nodded.

As we got ready to go onto the island, Elsa pulled me aside.

"Anna, are you sure you want to go? I feel fine now."

"No, Elsa. I made a promise, and I intend to keep it."

Elsa nodded. She wrapped her arms around me and hugged me. I hugged her back.

"Stay safe." She whispered as she let me go.

"I will. I promise."

Hiccup and I got into the row boat. The crew lowered us into the water. Hiccup rowed the boat to the green side of the island.

"Where do you think I should start?" I asked.

"I suggest walking til you find something." He suggested.

He rowed the boat to the shore. He got off and pulled it in. I got off and helped.

"Alright. Meet back here after we get the Hearts."

I nodded and unsheathed the sword that was on my hip, and started my way into the jungle.

The forest was dense. I cut my way to the trees, trying to find the heart.

After a while I came to a mountain side. On it was a huge dark green spiral. In the middle was a same colored stone. I assume it was a heart. It looked like the rest of the hearts Elsa got back.

I walked up the heart. I looked around. It didn't seem that anyone or anything around me.

"If you're there, Papatuanuku. But I need your heart. My sister's life is on the line. I hope you understand. But I do promise you, I will return your heart."

As I began to pry the heart out of the mountain side, I heard a rustling. It was coming from the trees. I looked around.

"Hello?"

"Please reconsider your actions." I heard a man say softly.

"Who is that?" I asked.

Just then a tree turn. I saw a face in the tree. It opened its eyes.

"I am Tāne. The god of forest and the birds. I was the one who separated Father Sky from Mother Earth. If you proceed, Father Sky might try to come down and help Mother Earth.

"But what about Te Fiti?"

"Te Fiti, my sister, does create life here on the islands of this ocean and there will be no life on these islands. But Father Sky used to hold tight to Mother Earth. If you take her heart. There will be no light. So the legend is true. Darkness will prevail"

"How long will this take?"

"Years. But it will happen if you do this."

"I plan to return it. Give me a few days. I promise." I said.

Tāne looked at me with concern. "Alright. Mother Earth might retaliate. I will hold her off as long as I can."

"Thank you."

I pried the heart out of the rock. Nothing happened. I put it into my satchel.

Just then the ground started to shake.

"She has awoken. I'll hold her off. Go!" Tāne shouted.

I started running as fast as I could. I was hard due to the shaking, I finally got to the row boat. I looked up to where Hiccup was.

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Hiccup's POV

I was climbing the mountain to the best of my ability. Merida and Rapunzel me how to climb, but I still didn't like it.

Just then a strong wind started, but it was going up, like the time Toothless and I were at the Bewilderbeast lair.

An idea came to me. I pushed off the cliff side and opened my wing suit. I shot up the mountain. I saw the top. A white light came from the top. I floated over and got to the heart.

I landed and unclipped my sword. I didn't know what to expect. I began to walk over to the heart. It shined white.

I grabbed the dagger I stabbed Jack with. I looked down at it with disappointment. I could never forgive me myself.

I went to pry the heart from the stone.

"Yes, do it."

I looked at where the voice came from. It was Astrid. She was standing there. Right in front of me.

"Astrid?" I said with tears in my eyes.

"Yes Hiccup. It's me. Now go, take the heart."

I walked up to her.

"I've missed you so much." I said as I went to touch her cheek. But when I did, my hand passed right through her.

"What!? Astrid?!" I shouted.

"No, She's not here." A booming voice came from the sky.

A personage formed out of the form of Astrid. He was a big man with eyes white as lightning.

"Who are you?" I demanded, ready for an attack.

"I am Tāwhirimātea, god of the weather. I need you to take the heart. Mother Earth is already missing hers. If you take Father Sky's heart, it will be a matter of months til they are reunited again."

I looked at the heart. Then back at the Tāwhirimātea.

"Well. I need the heart. But I will be returning it. I don't think us humans will like living like that."

"NO! YOU WILL NEVER RETURN IT!" Tāwhirimātea shouted. He charged me with anger. I opened my sword. I cut at him. The fire connected with the air. Tāwhirimātea went up in fire and then nothing. Then my sword went out.

"Guess I only got one shot." I said as I sheathed the blade.

I quickly pried the heart out of the rock. Then ran and jumped off the cliff. I again extended my wing suit.

"NEVER RETURN!" I heard the sky echo.

"I'll be back." I said.

I floated down to where Anna and I agreed to meet.

Anna was there. She ran up to me.

"We've got to get these back as soon as possible." We both said. "Wait, what?"

"I met a god named Tāne. He said if we don't return the heart of Papatuanuku, We have years until we get smashed under Ranginui." Anna explained.

"I also met a god named Tāwhirimātea. He said the same, but we only have months."

Anna nodded. "Well, it looks like we have a shorter time line."

"Let's go."

…

We got back to the ship. Elsa hugged Anna and then hugged me.

"Welcome back, you two." Hook said. "Now, the hearts."

Anna and I looked at each other. I then faced Hook. "No. We just found out the fate of the world is in these hearts. We're leaving to find our friends and to return them."

Hook looked at me with anger. "Is that so?"

I nodded. It wasn't going according to plan, but I hoped Hook sense for his own life would come into play.

I opened my hands. "The other hearts. Now."

Hook took them out of his pocket and gave them to me. I turned to the girls as we started to leave.

Just then I felt an extremely sharp pain. I screamed in pain as I looked to see Hook stuck his hook in my shoulder.

Hook pulled me close and took the hearts from me. He motioned Anna to give him hers. Anna tossed hers over.

"Thank you. Now, I'll be disposing you three. Tie them to the mast." Hook said as he pulled his hook out of my shoulder. Then threw me over to the mast.

Anna and Elsa ran over to me. The crew tied us to the mast of the ship.

"Hook," I said as I winced at the pain. "You don't understand. The sky is going to come down and smash us all."

Hook and his crew just laughed. "That's just a legend. Now that we have all the hearts. We're all powerful. And with this the heart of the sky, this ship is going to fly!"

The crew cheered. A short man grabbed an accordion and the crew started to sing.

First the Tower of London, arr,

The guards won't know what hit it

We swoop right down and take the crown,

And the crown jewels with it!

And when we fly to Paris,

Oh, the treasures I'll be grabbing -

The Mona Lisa will look lovely

Hanging in me cabin!

Hey ho!

Imagine the places that we'll go

No one can stop us when we're so high

In the stratosphere

Hey ho!

We'll be the freighter that plunders

Every one of the world's seven wonders

When we're up in the skies,

For who can fight a frigate that flies?

No one can fight a frigate that flies!

Next, we'll roam to Rome, me lads,

And here's what I'll be stealing:

I'll rob the Sistine Chapel

Of the Sistine Chapel's ceiling!

And for all the folks in Egypt

It will be a dismal day

They'll be crying for their mummies

When we take their mummies away!

Hey ho!

Imagine the places that we'll go

No one can stop us when we're so high

They will all cower in fear Arr!

Hey ho!

From Dunbrock to Berk to Venice,

There's no city that we will not menace

When we're up in the skies,

For who can fight a frigate that flies?

No one can fight a frigate that flies!

Oh, how high we will be, We will be

Cause the Heart of Ranginui surely packs a mighty wallop Only takes a dollop

Soon it will set us free We'll be free

From the chains of gravity

Then we'll hoist up the sail

And we'll set course for the sun,

Cause when you've got wings,

No wicked deed cannot be done

And we owe it all to our great and glorious captain!

Just then, one of the crew members spoke up.

"But what if what they said is true?"

Hook unsheathed his sword and pointed it at him.

The man chucked nervously and said, "Two three four."

Hey ho!

Imagine the places that we'll go

No one can stop us when we're so high

Given' a pirate cheer!

Yes! Arr!

Hey ho!

We'll be the freighter that plunders

Every one of the world's seven wonders

When we're up in the skies,

For who can fight a frigate that flies?

Hey ho!

There's not a town or a county

That will not yield its bounty up

When our ship draws near

Hey ho!

There's not a city or village

That we will not plunder or pillage

When we're up in the skies,

For who can fight a frigate that flies?

And every nation

Will give a donation

When they see us sail the skies

In a frigate that flies!

Hey!

The crew cheered again.

"Alright, you scallywags. Set course to Lalotai. Then we'll prepare to take flight."

The crew started running around, getting the ship ready to sail.

I looked at Anna. "Anna, have you seen the others?"

"Well the last time I saw them, they had that boy Hawkins with them." She said.

"So, they must be close. Now I need you do try something. Anna, I need you to try to reach out to the team and tell them what's going on." I said.

Anna looked at me confused.

"I heard people like you do this. Think about Jack. Then try to talk to him through thought. Tell him about the Hearts and that we're going to Lalotai."

Anna nodded. "I'll try."

She closed her eyes and started taking deep breaths. A couple minutes later she opened her eyes and smiled.

"I did it. I reached him."

Hope you guys like this Chapter. I tried to base it off the Legend of Ranginui and Papatuanuka as much as possible.

Let me know what you guys think.

The Song Used in This Chapter is The Frigate That Flies From Disney's The Pirate Fairy

Thanks For Reading. Please Review. Chapter 9 will be here soon.