That was it. Hiccup was just doomed to have the worst of luck.

Merida let go of his arm and gaped at the two people in front of her. He saw her eyes shift to the larger of the two; she squinted, eyeing what looked like two swords. They were weird swords—not like the ones they had a Berk.

"Uh, I'm sorry?" Hiccup asked the younger white haired boy, raising his eyebrows.

The boy frowned. "Oh, c'mon! You didn't get the 'take me to your leader,' joke? All my life I wanted to use that!"

The boy was defiantly better looking than Hiccup, and judging by Merida's expression she didn't like it one bit. His white hair was tousled care-free, and he also had shockingly pale skin. His clothes were….unusual. Some baggy blue tunic of some sort…at least his pants looked normal. Just torn slightly around the ankles; when Hiccup looked down he saw the boy had bare feet. He had bright blue eyes and very big ears that somehow didn't ruin his features. In his hand he had a tall, brown, wooden shepherds crook.

Yep. Meanwhile Hiccup had his buck teeth, freckles, and a scrawny body…which was probably why he couldn't get a date.

The bigger guy had had a big white beard that trailed down his front. The guy could have passed as a father to the white haired boy—they both had the same bright blue eyes.

"Who are you?" Merida asked, rubbing the sleeves of her torn dress up as much as she could. Even torn the dress was nearly choking her.

The boy smirked. "Name's Jack Frost, Red. Something tells me you two are Hiccup and Merida?"

"How did you know that?" Hiccup blurted.

"News gets around. Now, come with us."

Why did the gods hate Hiccup so much?

"I'm not goin' with yeh!" Merida shouted. "Not until I know more!"

"How about we all just go our separate ways?" Hiccup complained. "Isn't that better?"

"Listen, Red—"

"DON' CALL ME RED!"

Jack rolled his eyes. "Fine. Merida. We don't have a lot of time. Maybe we can explain to you and Hiccup on the way—"

Merida scoffed and shook her head. "No! I don' know who ya think ye are!"

"I know this is confusing—"

"BITE ME, FROST!" She raised her fists as if she was going to fight for her escape. Hiccup's mouth parted slightly.

The two stormed at each other, until their foreheads were two inches apart. Hiccup wanted to run away. He heard Toothless growl from the forest—he could not reveal him right now! He gave the forest a reassuring look and the growling died down.

"Jack!"

Hiccup whipped his head back to the scene in front of him. He saw the big man had intercepted, standing in between the two. The two continued to glare at each other.

The bigger man quickly shoved Jack behind him and beamed at Hiccup and Merida. "Congratulations! You have been chozen!"

Merida raised her eyebrows. "Wot?"

"Chozen by Man on Moon!" The big man proclaimed happily, putting his hands on his hips. Merida looked at the man like he was crazy and backed up slightly. Hiccup couldn't blame her.

"What did you say your name was?" Hiccup asked, awkwardly.

"I am North," the man said. "North of the Santa Clausen. Guardian of Vonder and current leader of Guardianz of Childhood."

Hiccup gave North a lost look, his mouth hanging open and his eyebrows furrowed. Then he straightened his face and said sarcastically, "Yeah! And I'm Thor!"

North's smile vanished and he frowned. This was going to be harder than he thought it would be. Then a brilliant thought came to mind! He grinned at Merida and Hiccup.

"If I vas no Guardian…hov vould I know that you are Viking and you are Princess?"

Merida went rigid as if someone has punched her in the face. Hiccup's green eyes widened and he gaped at the redhead.

"PRINCESS?!"

She looked at him, speechless, backing up. "VIKING!" With that she started running; trying to get away when ice appeared underneath her. She screamed and slid down, falling on her injured ankle. Her messy red hair stuck up like crazy. She was breathing hard, staring at the ice in amazement.

"Where did this-?"

"You like it, Red? Special talent of mine," Jack said lazily, grinning down at her. Merida's eyes widened. She eyed his staff and then narrowed her eyes at him.

Hiccup gaped at Jack. "A—are you a….a Norse god?"

Jack chuckled. "Well, that's a nice compliment, but no. I'm a Guardian—the Guardian of Winter and Fun."

He offered to help Merida up but she smacked it away, letting out a frustrated scream.

That did it.

Hiccup whipped his head towards the forest where a big black shape came out of the trees. Toothless roared, his eyes set on the Scottish Princess.

XxX

Somewhere far away, at the same moment Flynn Rider and his goons were being chased by palace guards. He was breathing hard, clutching his satchel which held the precious crown of the lost princess, as he made his way through the forest.

He paused at a tree, breathing hard and trying to regain his breath. His eyes caught two pictures pinned to the tree and he felt his stomach drop.

"Oh no," he breathed, ripping the picture off the tree finding it was himself. "No, no, no, no, no, this is bad! This is very bad! This is really, really bad!" Flynn cried staring at his partners who were also trying to regain their breaths.

He showed them the wanted picture, putting it next to his face. "They just can't get my nose right!" Flynn cried an incredulous look on his face.

Sure enough the picture was flawless…except for the nose which didn't look like his own.

"Who cares?" One the goons huffed.

"Well, it's easy for you guys to say," Flynn said crossly. He bent down and stared at his partners' wanted picture. "You guys look amazing," Flynn breathed in awe.

They were interrupted by a loud neigh of a horse. The thieves looked up and saw the palace guards had caught up to them. They were on a cliff before starting to embark down.

Flynn stuffed the wanted picture into his satchel before he took off with his partners—running as fast as they could, until they came across a dead end. They stared up at a large dirt wall—the only option was to go up.

"Alright," Flynn breathed, panting from the recent run. "Give me a boost and I'll pull you up!"

The Stabbington brothers glanced at each other before one of them said, "Give us the satchel first." He even held out his hand for a good measure.

Flynn's mouth opened in disbelief as he let out a high gasp. "I just—I can't believe that after we've been through together, you guys don't trust me?" He proclaimed his brown eyes wide.

The brothers gave him a bemused look.

Flynn returned the bemused look stating, "ouch." He took off the satchel and handed it over to them. Within a few seconds, the Stabbington brothers were on each other's shoulders, giving Flynn his boost. He made it to the top quickly (Despite stepping on his partners faces a couple times) and turned back to face them.

"Now pull us up pretty boy!" One of his goons yelled.

"Sorry," Flynn grinned at him. "But my hands are full," he said as he brandished the satchel with two fingers. He gave them one last charming look before taking off.

The Stabbington brother patted himself wide-eyed to realize the satchel was gone! Flynn must have took it from him while he climbed to the top!

"RIDDDEEERRRRR!" Stabbington cried, shaking his fist.

XxX

The moment Jack and North saw Toothless, they sheathed their weapons. North took out his Russian swords while Jack pointed his staff at Toothless.

"STOP PLEASE WAIT!"

Jack and North were startled to see Hiccup run right in front of the dragon. The dragon immediately relaxed seeing Hiccup, closed its mouth and unslit his eyes. He plopped down on his behind and sat very human like.

Merida stopped screaming and stared at the dragon. "THA'S—THA'S A DRAGON!"

Hiccup shrugged. "Yeah, and that's a rock and that's a tree..." he shook his head and saw Jack and North still hadn't lowered their weapons.

"Everyone—Toothless!" Hiccup stated, moving next to Toothless, smiling awkwardly. "Toothless—everyone!"

Jack and North exchanged glances.

"Um, Hiccup? Why do you have a dangerous…dragon?!" Jack said, staring at Toothless in disbelief.

"It's….it's a long story. And he's not dangerous; he was only startled by Merida screaming."

"I startled him?!" Merida cried in outrage.

"Uh, well you do shout a lot," Hiccup stated, shrugging. Merida was breathing heavy and Hiccup eyed the ankle she was gripping.

"Does it hurt?"

She eyed him apprehensively before nodding. "Ah…Ah think Ah sprained it."

Hiccup was screaming on the inside, but ordered Toothless to crouch down. Toothless did what he was told and laid flat against the wet grass. Hiccup reached for his sack, rummaged in it and produced a roll of bandages.

Merida's mouth parted slightly as Hiccup came closer to her. She tried to back away from him, but saw he was waiting patiently. He just watched her, his green eyes wide, biting his lip.

Slowly, she stopped trying to back away and nodded. Hiccup then crouched next to her and raised the hem of her torn dress slightly. Her long underwear was covering her ankle, so Hiccup used his dagger to cut the material off her ankle.

Jack and North walked closer and crouched next to Hiccup and Merida. They sucked in breath when they saw a giant swell on Merida's ankle followed by one or two purple bruises.

"Yikes. Uh, sorry, Red," Jack apologized, rubbing the back of his head.

Merida didn't say anything, but stuck her jaw out and nodded once again. Hiccup was now wrapping her ankle in the bandages. After two minutes the bandages were wrapped tightly. North and Jack held out their hands and Merida took it—one hand touching each other's. When she stood up she found that she could stand all right.

She grinned slightly her bright blue eyes ablaze.

Hiccup cleared his throat behind her. She turned and stared at him shyly. "Um….thank you."

"Don't mention it," Hiccup said, awkwardly putting the bandages back on his pack and walking to strap it back on Toothless.

Merida frowned. He couldn't really be a Viking…..could he?

"We are waszting time!"

Hiccup yelped when he felt the back of shirt get lifted up. His feet left the ground and Toothless roared in rage.

"I ZAY CORONA!"

Hiccup felt himself get thrown into something and he couldn't breathe. He gulped trying to get air; this was it! He was going to die and he was going to—

"GAH!" Hiccup cried out when he felt himself land flat on his back. He was having a really bad day….

He looked up and saw a portal at least ten feet above his head. Suddenly, a head popped out and Toothless was flailing to the ground, right above him—

XxX

Merida screamed when Hiccup was thrown into some portal. Toothless roared in outrage and tried to charge at North. North let out a laugh ran towards the portal and ducked. Toothless, in mid-leap, flew over North's head right into the portal.

Jack and North turned towards Merida.

"Oh no," she said. "If ya want me you'll have teh fight me!"

Jack grinned wickedly. He stuck out his crook and suddenly a gust of wind knocked Merida off her feet. She screamed again and felt herself get blown off the ground right into the—

She felt like she couldn't breathe. She held her breath, her blue/green eyes wide. She erupted from the portal and fell hard on the ground…again.

She groaned, looking up to see Toothless right in front of her. She wanted to scream, but shook only instead. Toothless growled at her but didn't do anything. She rose to her feet and went back a good five feet from Toothless.

Jack and North soon came out the portal, landing flawlessly on their feet.

Jack grinned at Merida. "See, Princess? That wasn't so—"

WHAM!

Jack landed hard on his butt, stunned. Pain was on his nose and he looked up at the Scottish Princess who still had her fist raised. She was breathing hard, glaring down at the sprite.

"OW!" Jack yelled. North was wide-eyed before he started laughing, clutching his stomach, absolutely losing it.

A trickle of blood ran out of left nostril, and he rubbed it off indignantly. Merida put her hands on her hips, grinning evilly.

"Tha is fer kidnappin me!"

She turned to see if Hiccup had seen it; but he wasn't there. She frowned and said to North, "Where's Hiccup?"

There was a grunting noise under Toothless. Merida's eyes widened. "Oh my God!"

Merida made a shooing motion to Toothless. "Get on now—Shoo!"

Toothless looked at her and stuck his tongue out at her. She narrowed her eyes bemused. Really? She then decided to do the technique she knew at home.

She held out her hand and turned her face away from Toothless. She stood a couple feet away and Toothless took interest in her. He hesitated but slowly got up, crawling from his spot. Hiccup gasped for air, his face red. He sat up immediately, looking for Toothless and was surprised to see he had his head under Merida's hand. She smiled a little nervously at first but then grinned triumphantly.

"How—how did you do that?!" Hiccup yelled, in utter disbelief.

She snorted. "He reminds me of me horse at the palace." She started scratching the side of his face and his tail started thumping against the ground enthusiastically.

"You have got to be kidding me," Hiccup complained. Jack actually started chuckling. North smirked.

"Okay! Now we go—"

"Wait a sec," Hiccup interrupted getting up and brushing dirt off him. "What makes you think we're going with you?"

Merida stopped petting Toothless and watched Hiccup. Then she nodded at Toothless (She wasn't sure why) and stood next to Hiccup.

"Yeah. I need to…to get back…" she paused. She remembered her argument with her mother and looked down at her torn dress.

"What makes yeh think ah'm goin' with all yeh?" Merida finally said, crossing her arms.

Hiccup nodded. He knew he really didn't want to go home—he couldn't. But he nodded. "We need to get home."

North looked at them sadly. "You cannot."

Merida's jaw dropped. "Wot?!"

Jack sighed rubbing his head. "It's…it's a long story."

XxX

Jack shortened the story to about fifteen minutes. Merida and Hiccup were still confused but at least they got the general idea.

"Us?" Merida spluttered. "Guardians?"

Hiccup didn't see it as ridiculous…more like disbelief. "But…why would the moon guy want me? I haven't done anything special…I'm not special."

Jack raised his eyebrows. Wow, this kid had low self-esteem. "I don't know, man. You did manage to get Gigantor."

Hiccup just frowned. "Yeah. But that's the thing…Toothless is only a pet. I haven't done anything special or—"

They heard a crash from a distance. Jack and North instinctively jumped up, sheathing their weapons. Jack managed to float a few feet in the air making Merida and Hiccup gape at him.

He could fly?!

"It was coming from there!" Jack yelled, pointing his staff about two miles ahead of him. He started flying in that direction, remarkably fast.

Hiccup hesitated but then ran to Toothless and got on him. He looked expectantly at North and Merida.

"You guys coming or not?"

Merida hesitated, but North grabbed her by the wrist and plopped her down behind him. North sat behind Merida, gripping her waist.

She scowled at Hiccup. "Don' think 'cause ah'm grabbin' yer waist means that ah'm inta ya."

Hiccup furrowed his eyebrows. "Um…okay?" He patted Toothless's head. "Alright, buddy let's go!" The moment Toothless took off Merida started screaming at the top of her lungs.

XxX

Jack grinned flying. The place wasn't so bad. It was green and surprisingly clean for a forest. He stopped in midair when he saw a man hiding behind boulders. The man got up, clutching a satchel and made to lean against the forest wall. The man's hand fell through the forest wall and Jack scrutinized at him. He lowered himself to the ground behind a tree, staring.

The man pulled the forest wall to reveal it was nothing but a mere curtain of leaves. The man looked as confused as Jack—he went into the curtain of leaves.

Letting the wind carry him, Jack grazed the forest floor with his toes and also entered it. He sucked in breath when he saw a large tower, almost seventy-five feet. The man turned around, looking behind him. Jack quickly flew up right above his head, grinning.

The man looked to his left and right, scratching his chin. Jack had his hand over his mouth trying not to laugh.

The man then shrugged and made his way towards the tower, Jack following him, but keeping his distance.

THIS CHAPTER WAS SO HARD. I APPRECIATE THE REVIEWS. WHY AM I WRITING IN CAPS?