As MK's lips touched Jamie's forehead, a ring of rainbow-colored light burst from the touch and rippled through the town.
"Mom! You did it!" exclaimed Jamie, pulling MK into a hug.
"Yeah, I did, kid," MK smiled as she returned the hug. Everyone else stood still, their memories returning in a flash, while everyone who worked in the hospital changed. Dr. Lupei became paler, fangs protruding from his mouth, his nurses turned into old hags. Before long, there were werewolves, Frankenstein, an invisible man, a blob, some zombies, and a whitewashed Jack Frost.
"Wait a minute, are you Dracula?" MK asked Dr. Lupei when she noticed his changes.
"Uh, yes," replied Lupei, a definite accent now clear in his voice.
"You're kidding, right? Dracula's in charge of the hospital? Really? Who came up with this arrangement?"
Jack chuckled, putting up his hands, "Don't ask us, it wasn't our idea." Unseen by everyone else, his demeanor changed, he held up the two phials in his hand again and looked through them at Jamie. He let out a sharp, shaky gasp. Could it be?
"Hey, Jack, you alright?" Hiccup asked.
"Uh, yeah, I just, uh, have to get these phials back to my shop, if you don't mind." He handed Hiccup the three he had been holding and took off his jacket. He laid it on the floor, placing the four phials he had in his pockets in the center. He took the three back from Hiccup and placed them with the other four, finally taking the last four from Hiccup and adding them to the group. He pulled his jacket together, tying it up like a bundle, and tied it around his staff. "See ya at the ball!" He smiled and waved as he walked out the room.
"Wait, we're going to go ahead with that?"
Dracula shrugged, "Eh, why not? It is Halloween, and it is a tradition. It's probably already set up, the sun is setting."
"Wait, you remember your fake life in Cedar Grove?"
"Yes, I remember being Dracula and Dr. Lupei, it's rather strange though. I wouldn't suggest going around with memories of two different lives."
Hiccup let out a huff, "Wow, guess I'm lucky in that aspect."
"Well then, let's go!" exclaimed Jamie, pulling off the tubes and bouncing off the bed.
"Wait! I am still your doctor, I need to check you to make sure that you are perfectly fine." Jamie groaned as he plumped back into the bed. MK stayed in the room with them while Dracula took care of his doctorly routine, the rest of his department gone to finish up their duties, a bit unsure of how the rest of the patients were going to react to having a werewolf or a witch taking care of them.
After Dracula gave Jamie the all clear, Jamie gave a little whoop and left the hospital with MK and Hiccup.
"So, where to now?"
"Mom, shouldn't you get ready for the ball?"
MK sucked in a breath, "Sarah May!"
"Don't you mean Merida?" came Hiccup's and Jamie's chorus.
MK gave a slight chuckle, "More like I meant mom. But she wasn't in the lobby."
"Where would she be?"
"I think she's gone back to her apartment, she said she didn't want to go to the ball this year, though I did get her dress from Brown Bear of Norway."
"The red one with the bears?" MK nodded.
"Well, then, come on! She might have only gone to her apartment for a little while. When she remembered being Merida, she could have put the dress on and be going to the ball right now!"
MK shook her head, "It takes a bit longer than that to get into one of those dresses, and I think she might need some help. We'll check her apartment first before heading to the party house."
"But, how are we going to get there? It's like thirteen miles away. I can't walk that far!"
Hiccup grinned," How would you like your first ride on a dragon?" He pointed at the two dragons playing around in the parking lot where he and MK had left them.
Jamie gave him a huge grin, "This will be fun!" Hiccup led the way to the dragons, helping MK and Jamie get on Morrigan before mounting Toothless.
"Are you ready?"
"Yes!" squealed Jamie.
Hiccup laughed, "Alright then, let's go! MK, you're going to have to lead the way, I don't know where Mer lives!"
"Don't worry, it's practically due south from here, and not that far. Come on!" Morrigan took to the skies, followed closely by Toothless. Jamie gave a loud whoop as the the two dragons soared over the clouds, the wind whistling all around them. MK glanced down a few times, making sure they didn't miss the apartment complex. "There it is!" MK pointed down at the brown building. The dragons circled down, easing their landing for the young rider. MK, Jamie, and Hiccup just about tumbled off the dragons' backs in their rush to get into the apartment building. MK led the way up to number 14, pausing at the door.
"Why is it open?" asked Jamie once he reached his mother's side.
"I don't know," shrugged MK, totally perplexed. Hiccup merely gave them a questioning glance before bursting into the tiny home.
"Mer! Merida!" he called out, but there was no reply. The three looked through the apartment, checking over each room three times. MK noticed the difference when she looked into her room.
"The dress is gone!" Hiccup and Jamie rushed in.
"What are you talking about?"
MK pointed to the bed, "I left both dresses out, the one with the bears was right here, and, and now it's gone! It's not even in the closet, I checked." An idea came to her, and she went into Merida's room. She picked up the green dress she had noticed laying there earlier.
"Oh, that's the dress she was wearing for her costume!" MK and Hiccup glanced at each other.
"Time to head to the party house, there's a princess we have to find."
"Yay! More dragon flying!" Jamie exclaimed before bounding out of the apartment. MK sighed and rolled her eyes before following the two out, making sure that the door was closed before following them down the stairs, her heart pounding with anticipation of her parents reunion. They took off to the skies again, this time, heading due west.
