DISCLAIMER: I don't own any of these movie-based characters. They are all owned by their respective companies and such. I've had this one of my list of stories so I've decided to give this one a shot. Let me know what you guys think. PM me and so forth. Read and review.
The movie world. It's an endless dimension inhabited by thousands upon thousands of characters that have appeared on the big screen in theaters. After their movie has been released, their existence lies in this world and each group of characters from a respective movie live in an environment that appeared in their film. However, they all don't live together in one place. The characters are split into factions for the year of which their movies were released in. The year factions are forbidden any form of communication amongst themselves, unless a group of characters' movie has spawned sequels in other years. If anyone opposes these rules or breaks them, they would be banished into the Slums of the Forgotten where they will be forced to live without being known. Each year faction lived in walled-in lands surrounded by 70-foot hard metal walls where the only entrance were computer-operated industrial doors that operate as they open followed by a buzzer noise, similar to what you would see at a warehouse or military base. No one even remembers how it all came to this and no one really wants to know, or vice-versa. It's seemed pretty lonely to live in large amounts of land surrounded by tall, thick barriers. Characters were allowed to go outside of their factions as long as they don't talk to anyone outside of their faction or else. An elite, high-tech program called the Sentinaal Ultra are a multitude of giant, robotic mecha scouts equipped stun guns, thermal radiation sensors that allows them to differentiate characters by year and surveillance cameras. They are to be deployed by the leaders of each faction whenever someone breaks the laws. The people of 2012 were mostly ridiculed and belittled by other year factions, since there was supposed to be a prophesied Mayan apocalypse happening that year, which didn't happen.
Inside the 2012 Faction, Jack Frost from Rise of the Guardians sat near his frozen pond bored and lonely as he looked up at the moon. Since he was Guardian now, he could actually hear the Man in the Moon now, but still he rarely speaks to him. He breathed out a bored sigh and rest his elbows on his knees. He really didn't have that usual tinge of excitement and joy inside him. Normally, he'd be playing with Jamie right now. Having snowball fights, building snowmen, making snow angels, going sledding, etc. But he just didn't have it in him. Of course, in his movie, he found his lost memories where he had a little sister which he saved before drowning to death that very same lake that he still hangs around, but now, Jack asks himself, 'Was it all worth it?'.
"Hey." A thick, feminine Scottish accent was heard.
Jack turned from where he was sitting and saw a familiar young girl with a mane of red curls and a teal Medieval dress named Princess Merida from Brave, his girlfriend, standing there behind him. She and him had been best friends since he beat her in an archery match with her. No one could've predicted a winter spirit like him to beat a fierce master archer like her in archery. She was astonished and angry at first, but she grew amazed at his archery skills. They weren't great, but he pulled it off. Eventually, Merida gained a crush on Jack after he accidentally kissed her. From then on, they began dating and couldn't live without each other. Merida would always go out after her annoying princess lessons with her mother to go be with Jack. Even after her movie, Queen Elinor is still bugging her about perfection and ladylike behavior, but they still had a solid relationship, nonetheless.
She noticed Jack's out-of-character state, she came over and sat down next to him.
"Hey, Merida."
"How's it going?" asked Merida.
"Not much." Jack sighed.
"Is there something wrong?" The Highlander girl asked her boyfriend.
"I just don't feel like having fun." Jack confessed.
"How come?"
"There's just a lot on my mind."
"Like what?" asked Merida, raising an eyebrow. "You're not thinking of other girls, are you?"
"No." Jack said honestly.
"Oh, good." Merida said with relief.
"Come to think of it, you know how a lot of fans then to pair me up with, like, a dozen other girls on Fanfictions and whatnot?" asked Jack seriously.
"Yeah, I know." Merida nodded. "But I'm the first person you've been paired with before your movie came out. And you've been paired up with Queen Elsa mostly, because she has..."
"Ice powers like me. I know."
"Jelsa, I think it was called." replied Merida. "You know, that may exist everywhere in the Fanfiction, Wattpad, Tumblr and god knows what else, but here, it doesn't."
"I should hope it doesn't." said Jack. "She's 2013 and I'm 2012. Besides, we'd be banished to you-know-where if we ever spoke with each other."
"And another thing, the pairing of us rarely appears anywhere." Merida said, almost offended.
"Well, that's probably because the fans believe we don't get along on some occasions." Jack added. "That I annoy you."
"But do I annoy you?" Merida smirked.
"Not really."
"But it's my job to annoy you." joked Merida as she suddenly tackled on Jack, sending them both to the ground as she tickled him, making him chuckle. He then managed to gently push him off her.
"There's that smile." She chimed. "Tooth would be jealous of me right now."
Jack laughed and sat back upright with Merida doing the same. The two sat in silence, close together and watched the stars of the night sky as they glistened like sparkling diamonds illuminating in the dark.
"Why are you here?" asked Jack, cutting to the chase. "Don't you have lessons with your mom? Not that I don't want you here."
"She gave me three-hour break." She answered. "I took Angus out for a run and decided to come see you like I always do."
"I'm glad you did."
Merida smiled warmly and placed her soft hand against his cold one, making him smile back. He combed her thick mane of curls with his other hand smoothly, much to her pleasure. He always enjoyed touching Merida's beautiful large hair.
"If we didn't have these laws around, what faction would you visit?" asked Merida.
"I wouldn't visit 2015, because there's a lot of aggressive and rude and disrespectful characters there." Jack stated.
"If you're talking about Tip, then you're probably right."
"Not just her. I'm talking about certain people from Chappie, the new Terminator movie, Goosebumps, Krampus, etc."
"Oh." The redhead could only come out with. "What would would you visit instead?"
"Probably 2007. I hear the best movies came out then." said Jack.
"Like what?" Merida asked.
"Transformers, Beowulf, The Simpsons Movie..."
"Ugh, I hate the Simpsons." interrupted Merida with an uninterested groan. "Their humor is too out of date."
"But I hear their movie was a huge hit." Jack reasoned.
"So I see."
"Do you maybe wanna do something tomorrow?" Jack invited.
"I'm sorry, but no. I have a chill eating contest with Mavis and Dana tomorrow." Merida politely turned down.
"Well, I'll try not to be around you after that." joked Jack as best he could.
Merida smiled at him and gave him a playful shove.
"You're the only to know to how to cheer me up." He said.
His Scottish girlfriend held a light smile at the compliment. She leaned over to him and kissed him on the lips.
"I have to head back now." She said getting back up to her feet. "My mother will kill me if I'm late for another lesson again."
Jack nodding, understanding. Her mother had been angry before and it's not a very pretty sight. Last time she was late, Queen Elinor grounded her for five days. She had to stay in the castle and never go outside, even to see her friends, especially Jack. He could instantly see Merida's butt near his face as she was standing up and gave her a quick spank on her buttocks. She yelped with surprise and giggled at him when she looked at him.
"You sneaky little bastard." She laughed, smacking him playfully on the shoulder.
"Sorry." He said.
"It's fine, Jack. You know I don't mind." She told him.
"Okay, see ya."
"You too." Merida said back.
She walked off to go find her trusted horse, Angus to ride back to her castle home. Jack watched her as she left. Her ruby red curls looked like that of flames dancing among firewood and they swirled with each step she took. With her gone, he sighed now that he was alone again and fell back into depression. Being the leader of a faction of year you were arrived in wasn't easy, but it was worth it.
The familiar trio of strangely-haired men named Moe Howard, Larry Fine and Curly Howard from The Three Stooges entered the house the Oswalt family moved into from Sinister. They were dressed as electricians for their new line of work. Yes, they've been known to play different occupations as they did in the shorts back in the old days. The trio stood by the front door with their tools while Curly held a ladder.
"There's nobody here." said Larry looking around.
"This is the place, alright." confirmed Moe.
"Maybe I get th-" Curly said looking around before he accidentally knocked the door of it's hinges with the ladder.
THUD!
"You pudd'nhead! Why don't you be careful?" Larry reprimanded.
"I couldn't help it. I was looking around to see if there was anyone else here and when I turned-"
CRASH!
He shatters a vase close by with the ladder accidentally, causing another mishap.
"Look what ya did!" Moe hissed.
"What?" asked Curly as he turned, hitting Moe on the side of the face with the ladder in the process.
CONK!
"Oh!" Moe cried in pain before seething with anger. "Why don't you be careful?"
POKE!
He eye-pokes Curly.
"Oh!"
"Drop that ladder before you hurt somebody!" Larry ordered.
Curly did as he was asked, dropping the ladder...right on Moe's foot.
THUD!
"Ow!" Moe shrieked, clutching his hurt foot.
"Remind me to tear out your Adam's apple." He growled.
"I'll make a note of it!"
Curly took out a small notepad and pencil before attempting to write it down, but Moe snatched the pencil out of his hand.
"Gimme that!" Moe bellowed.
"Hmmm!"
But Curly took out a bigger pencil to try and use it again, only for Moe to snatch that as well.
"What's the matter with you?!"
"Hmmmm!" growled Curly. He takes out an even larger and thicker pencil.
"Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk, nyuk." He chuckled, writing on his notepad, further irritating Moe.
Moe grabbed that one and hit him on the head with it.
BONK!
"Ow!" Curly yelped. "You break my pencil!"
"I'll break your head!" Moe threatened, grabbing his neck tie and snapping it against his neck.
"Oh, oh!" cried Curly.
"Uh, gentlemen?" asked Ellison Oswalt.
"Who came in?" Moe asked as he, Larry and Curly look toward the door, thinking he was talking about someone else.
"Gentlemen." Ellison said again, annoyed.
The Stooges realized their misunderstanding and turned to Ellison.
"There's a wiring issue in the basement. I need you to take care of it." ordered Ellison.
"Don't worry your pretty little head, mister." Moe confirmed. "We'll fix anything."
"Good. And you better not screw this one up or else."
"Or else what?" Curly asked bravely.
"Or else this!" Ellison responded by giving Curly a slap on the face.
SLAP!
"Oh! Ruff!" barked Curly before he chattered his teeth.
Merida rode Angus all the way to her home, the Castle of Dun'Broch. She felt the wind blow through her hair, caressing her soft flesh as Angus trotted fast through the forest. Angus came though the gates just as they were about to close. Merida hopped off her trusted horse and led him to the stables.
"Later, Angus." She said to him leaving.
The Scottish princess made her way into the castle and found her mother standing there, waiting.
"I was hoping you'd get here on time." Elinor replied.
"I know." Merida nodded.
"You've been with Jack again, haven't you?" asked Elinor knowingly.
"Yes. Why do you ask?"
"Well, it's not everyday for someone to date the leader of our Faction." Her mother said.
"But with me, it's different." Merida pointed out.
"Oh, I noticed." Elinor smiled.
"So what's for today's lesson?" sighed Merida.
"How to please your future mate." Elinor smiled widely.
Her daughter's eyes grew big when she said that. Was her mother going to get her suitors again after they promised to let Merida find her own husband one day?
"Oh, no, mum. Not the suitors again. Please!" Merida begged.
The queen chuckled at her reaction.
"I meant Jack, dear." She corrected.
"Oh." Merida exclaimed. "But, mother, we're not even close to getting married. We've only been dating for...4 years."
"That's long enough, Merida."
"He hasn't even come close to proposing to me." Her daughter deduced.
"But he will soon. You don't know that." The queen confirmed.
"And what do mean by please?" Merida asked.
"I think you know what."
Merida gasped. "Mum!" She cried with disbelief.
"What? I need grandchildren. I'm not staying any older, you know." The queen told her in defense.
"Let's just get on with this stupid lesson." muttered Merida peeved and left.
Elinor held a mysterious smile on her face and giggled to herself before following her daughter.
Chopping wooden logs after another with an axe, the Once-ler from The Lorax was chopping logs with Abraham Lincoln from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The Once-ler was reluctant at first, being that the Lorax wouldn't be happy about them cutting up wood that came from trees. It was a whole part of speaking for the trees.
"So my girlfriend wants me to take her on a picnic this weekend." began the Once-ler.
"A picnic? Anywhere specific?" asked Abraham, chopping another log.
"She wants it to be at the Truffula Forest."
"Where you chopped down every tree to make a theed?" Abraham asked with doubt.
"Thneed." The Once-ler corrected. "And I told you not to bring that up. What about you?"
Abraham sighed and responded, "Well, Mavis is asking me to join her so-called "Vamp Club" full of vampires. Doesn't she know damn well that I'm not good with vampires, minus her, and that I've slain vampires in my movie?"
True to his word, because a vampire (Jack Barts) murdered his mother in his childhood, he has held a grudge against vampires. This caused a rivalry between him and Barnabas Collins from Dark Shadows. The two were constantly at war with each other, but Mavis from Hotel Transylvania wanted to help Abraham see that not all vampires were as bloodthirsty and malevolent as they seemed. He has seen an ally in Mavis, like with Henry Sturges. Her father, however, was not very accepting of him as he was rather scared of him.
"Maybe she just wants you to make peace with her kind." The Once-ler said chopping another log.
"I know she's my friend, but I just can't see it that way." stated Abraham.
"You know you're a fictional version of the real-life president himself?" asked the Once-ler.
"Yeah. And you're point being?"
Before the Once-ler could even answer, he saw a young teenage girl standing a walking distance from them, waving at him to get his attention. She had an attractive, voluptuous body figure, long blonde hair in a ponytail and wearing a light pink tracksuit that hugged her curves elegantly. The Once-ler smiled at seeing his girlfriend, Courtney Babcock from ParaNorman. When they first met after her and her brother's movie was released, he found her attractive and instantly fell in love with her. Courtney took a liking to him as well. Who would've thought that a CGI guy like him would fall in love with a stop-motion girl like her.
"That's her."
"Go get her, my friend." Abraham urged.
The Once-ler put his axe away and walked up to his beloved as they both embraced.
"Missed me, hot stuff?" He asked her slyly.
"I believe I did. How about you?" Courtney asked teasingly.
"Couldn't stop thinking about you."
"I truly am a sight to behold, aren't I?" asked Courtney, flaunting her curvaceous physique seductively. The one thing that Courtney knew the Once-ler loved the most about her.
"You already know the answer to that." The Once-ler joked.
His girlfriend giggled cutely, which the Once-ler found adorable.
"Just thought I'd stop by to see how you were doing." said Courtney.
"I'm doing fine." answered the Once-ler. "How are things with you're brother and his ghost friends?"
"Everything's okay." She said. "I mean, it's not like it's everyday that you're baby brother can talk to ghosts while you can't."
"At least in your movie, you couldn't."
"True." Courtney nodded.
"Are you sure you want it to be the Truffula Forest?" asked The Once-ler.
"Uh, yeah. Why not?"
"Just asking."
"I have to go now. Catch you later, beanpole." Courtney smiled, calling him by the nickname the Lorax addressed him with.
"You too." He nodded and gave her buttocks a small pinch. She gasped and giggled.
"I've been waiting to that."
"Come here." She said and gave him a passionate kiss.
He accepted her kiss and they finally broke apart and Courtney took her leave, swaying her hips side to side suggestively, as usual. The Once-ler felt lucky that he had a girlfriend like her. He could only imagine if some guys were jealous of him right now. He made his way back to Abraham and picked his axe back up.
"If only me and Mary were that passionate to one another." said the vampire hunter/president.
"Jealous?" The Once-ler asked smugly.
"No."
A/N: There's the starting line for the whole story. This is my take on how the movie characters of all designs (animated, stop-motion, live-action alike) would be like in a universe together. I got this idea from the fact that I remember the years from the movies I have seen in those years. In case you guys haven't noticed, I'm a Jarida shipper. Since they are both debuted in the same year, it's obvious they get together. I've even added a pairing between the Once-ler and Courtney from ParaNorman. Isn't that cute? The Slums of the Forgotten was Pixargirl's idea. Anyway, you guys PM me if you have any regards to this story at all or ideas. Read and review!