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Title: The Shifters of Walter Works High – The Dragon and the Arctic Fox

Fandom: Disney/DreamWorks; crossover AU

Disclaimer: All rights concerning the movies reserved to DreamWorks/Disney respectively. 'Guardians of Childhood' is property of William Joyce. 'How To Train Your Dragon' is property of Cressida Cowell. This fanfiction on the other hand is entirely mine. No money is made with this, though reviews are more than welcomed.

Warnings: shounen-ai, ABO-verse, shifters, mating, heat, sex toys, explicit intercourse, anal, oral, hurt/comfort, fluff, mpreg, shoujo-ai, hetero, polyamory (threesome)

Main Pairing: Hiccup/Jack

Side Pairings: Jamie/Hiro, Moana/Merida, Flynn/Rapunzel, Eret/Astrid, Honey/Fishlegs/Heather, Fred/Ruffnut, Tadashi/GoGo, Stoick/Cass, Nick/Toothiana, Pitch/Gothel, Fergus/Elinor, Tui/Sina

Rise of the Guardians Characters: Jackson Overland, Mary Overland, Toothiana, Nicholas Saint North, E. Aster Bunnymund, Sanderson ManSnoozie, Kozmotis Pitchiner, Jamie Bennett, Sophie Bennett, Cadence 'Cupcake' Miller, Pippa Morgan, Monty Jones, Caleb Jenkins, Claude Jenkins

How To Train Your Dragon Characters: Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, Toothless, Stoick the Vast, Fishlegs Ingerman, Heather, Snotlout Jorgenson, Tuffnut Thorston, Ruffnut Thorston, Astrid Hofferson, Eret Eretson, Gustav Larson, Dagur the Deranged, Gobber the Belch, Gothi

Big Hero 6 Characters: Tadashi Hamada, Hiro Hamada, Cass Hamada, Baymax, Fred Lee, GoGo Tamago, Honey Lemon, Wasabi No-Ginger, Mochi

Tangled Characters: Rapunzel, Flynn Rider, Stabbington Brothers, Mother Gothel, Pascal, Maximus

Brave Characters: Fergus DunBroch, Elinor DunBroch, Merida DunBroch, Harris DunBroch, Hubert DunBroch, Hamish DunBroch, Angus

Moana Characters: Moana Waialiki, Sina Waialiki, Tui Waialiki

Summary: Walter Works High School is a place where shifters of all races and secondary genders learn together. It's located right at the borders of two very small towns and due to their size, the small towns share the high school. Hiccup, a young alpha dragon-shifter, is the son of the Alpha of Berk, one of the two towns. He's well respected and well-liked by others. Everyone expects Hiccup to one day be mated to Burgess' heir Merida, the omega bear-shifter. Both teens have been fighting this tooth and nail for years now, being good friends but nothing more.

One day, Jack Overland moves to Burgess and the gorgeous omega instantly catches the interest of Hiccup. The problem is that Jack is from a part of the world where omegas are seen as the lowest and most worthless of shifters, so he has no idea how to handle his new surroundings – a community of mixed racial shifters that live peacefully and see omegas as precious.

The Shifters of Walter Works High

The Dragon and the Arctic Fox

Chapter 8: Nightmare Before Christmas

Hiccup frowned as he knocked on his big brother's door. When no answer came but instead just more sounds of metal hitting the floor and tools being thrown around or worked with, Hiccup just entered. Tadashi was crouched in front of his most precious project; Baymax.

"Dashi?", asked Hiccup softly, closing the door behind himself.

"Hics!", exclaimed Tadashi startled, looking up at his younger step-brother. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing's... wrong, per se", started Hiccup unsure and went to sit down on Tadashi's bed.

"Mh... try again", prompted Tadashi amused, returning his attention to Baymax.

Baymax was amazing. Well, the concept was amazing anyway. There were still a lot of kinks to be worked out before the robot would actually be usable. But once that was achieved, it'd be ground-breaking. For a long moment, Hiccup just watched his brother work.

"Say, hypothetically speaking, you would have lied to our parents... What would you do?", asked Hiccup slowly, fidgeting with the tools next to him on the bed.

"Invent a time-machine, travel back to before I lied and slap my former self in the face for thinking it a good idea to lie to Stoick and Cass", replied Tadashi simply. "What did you lie about?"

"Nothing", blurted Hiccup out hastily, face screwed up.

Tadashi huffed in disbelief and turned slightly to look at Hiccup. "And... it has nothing to do with Merida, by any chance, does it?"

"W—Why would you say that?", asked Hiccup, gulping hard.

"You're seventeen, Hics. And Merida is sixteen. And you two have been 'together' for long enough that you should be all over each other at this point", replied Tadashi casually as he returned his attention to Baymax. "At first, I thought it was because you two were still so young. Then, I thought that PDA is simply not something you like, which I would understand too. Me and GoGo don't like making out in public either and she's not a girl for holding hands. But it's been four years now and you're seventeen and sixteen now and you barely ever go on dates, you never sneak out to see your girlfriend and she never sneaks out of our house at odd hours. I've never seen you kiss even once."

"...What do mom and dad think?", asked Hiccup miserably, face buried in his hands.

"That you're a proper future Alpha who respects that you and your omega should keep it on the down-low until you're officially mated. No worries", chuckled Tadashi. "But why do you ask now? Do you... want to tell them the truth, Hiccup?"

"I honestly don't know", sighed Hiccup. "I just... I know that I can't become Merida's alpha and that she doesn't want that either. So, at one point, we got to come clear... I just don't know how."

"You'll figure something out, little brother", assured Tadashi with a grin.

"Very helpful, big brother", drawled Hiccup out dryly.

/break\

"Winter in this town is miserable", growled Moana frustrated, wearing three coats.

Jack offered her a crooked grin and tilted his head at her. The two of them were walking through town together, doing some Christmas shopping. They had grown really close since their first boat-trip three weeks ago. Jack had generally adjusted really well into their pack.

"You're so not a winter person", stated Jack amused.

"But you definitely are", pointed Moana out, staring at the boy.

Jack was barefoot, only wearing rather thin leather-pants and his hoodie. No scarf or jacket, even though it was the beginning of December. Moana shuddered just imagining wearing those clothes.

"Do you have plans for the holidays?", asked Jack curiously.

"Mh. My parents and I will be visiting my cousin Maui", nodded Moana with a smile. "Him and the rest of our old flock. It'll be nice. We're leaving on the last day of school. What about you?"

"Christmas is... apparently a huge deal in this house. Uncle Nick has been putting up decorations for an entire month now and he's constantly baking", chuckled Jack and shook his head.

"Ye—eah. Nick is like the big guy when it comes to Christmas around here", laughed Moana. "He always plays Santa for the little kids too. It's really cute."

Jack hummed softly, his eyes on the windows. When he paused to look at a window where every single thing inside was a beautifully crafted glass-figurine, Moana stopped to walk backward to him. She tilted her head as she came to stand right behind him and look at what he was looking at.

"You like them?", asked Moana a bit amused.

"Mhmh", nodded Jack. "I really like glass figurines, I guess. They look like ice-sculptures, just... without the melting, you know? Timeless. And so delicate. Anyway, come on. You wanted to go to that sports-shop to get something for Merida, right?"

"Ye—es. I'm getting her a bow, but not just any bow. I asked Mister Bunnymund to help me with some Celtic knot designs so I can carve them into the bow myself", replied Moana with a smile. "It's going to be unique and beautiful and she'll love it."

"You're totally gone on her", teased Jack and nudged Moana.

Moana blushed and ducked her head. Now that the two of them were friends and spent to much time looking at the other two couples from the outside, it had become hard to hide her feelings for Merida, so a week ago, Moana had kind of admitted to her hopeless crush.

"It doesn't matter. It's enough that I'm her friend", replied Moana softly. "So, for whom do you still need to buy Christmas presents, Jack? And do you have any ideas?"

"I already got something for Mary, Nick and Toothiana. I... don't really have that much money, so I was thinking about maybe baking Christmas cookies for you guys, but-", started Jack.

"Cookies are awesome", interrupted Moana with a smile, resting a hand on his upper-arm. "You made a lot of friends since moving here and you're not obligated to get a gift for everyone."

Jack nodded, a little relieved. He stifled a yawn, rubbing his eyes. Moana watched him in concern. He had big bags beneath his eyes and he looked like he hadn't slept in days. But she also knew that prodding him about those things only made him shut off. So instead, she looped an arm around his shoulders and steered him toward the shop, telling him more about her cousin Maui.

/break\

Hiro grinned, bouncing on the balls of his feet. He was working on a tiny robot as a Christmas present for Jamie, but since there were so many stupid big siblings around at home who teased him and since delicate things were not very safe with Gobber, Jack had offered him to work at Nick's workshop – after asking Nick's permission first, of course. And Nick St. North's workshop was like the holy land, really. When Hiccup heard that, he asked to come along. Since Hiccup was the only good sibling among the bunch, he was allowed. So, not only did Hiro get to spend time with Jack and Hiccup, but he also got to work with Nick in his way too amazing workshop. Nick laughed good-natured as he opened the door to see the excited omega. He patted both of them on their shoulders and sent them upstairs to wake Jack, because he currently was in the middle of a project.

Only that waking Jack totally ruined the mood as Hiro opened the bedroom door and found the white-haired omega thrashing around in the bed. He froze up, overwhelmed with the situation. Jack was crying and rolling around, but not a single sound left the omega's mouth. While Hiro stood frozen in his spot, Hiccup bolted off toward the bed, gently shaking Jack.

"Jack! Jack, hey, Jack, you're okay, it's okay", called Hiccup out.

Jack whimpered softly, kicking Hiccup in the stomach in the process. Hiccup winced and shook Jack a little harder. Suddenly, Jack jerked out of his nightmare, a broken sound escaping him. His eyes were brimming with tears as they looked around unfocused.

"M—Mom...", whispered Jack, barely audible.

"Jack? Jack, it's alright. You're alright", whispered Hiccup softly. "Jack?"

Hiccup gently held onto Jack, waiting for the distressed omega to catch up with reality. But before that happened, Jack already threw himself at Hiccup and clung onto the alpha that smelt like safety and felt like warmth. He buried his face in the crook of Hiccup's neck and sobbed silently. Hiccup gently pulled him closer and caressed his back, whispering soothing words. He had never seen Jack like this before, but it would explain some things. Over the past two weeks or so, Jack had looked so worn-out and exhausted, being very distracted during class too.

"J—Jack?", asked Hiro softly, clearly worried as he slowly approached.

"I—I'm fine", whispered Jack hoarsely, still clinging onto Hiccup.

"Didn't look like it", pointed Hiccup out gently.

Hiro sat down behind Jack, carefully snuggling up to the other omega from behind to comfort him. Jack slowly relaxed between them, the sobbing subsiding. Hiro was very comforting with his sweet scent and calm omega-presence, but Hiccup was the one to make him feel safe and collected.

"Did you have a nightmare about... about your parents?", asked Hiccup tentatively. "It's okay if you don't want to talk about it, Jack. I just want you to know that you can talk to us."

"...We were on the way to... Christmas dinner", whispered Jack lowly, voice cracking. "And the road was slippery because of the ice. Mom... crashed the car into the frozen lake... Me and Mary, we were on the backseat. I—I... we managed to escape the car, but... but..."

"Christmas?", echoed Hiccup surprised.

Jack nodded, pressing his face even harder against Hiccup's neck. "T—They... It took them a while to even realize Uncle Nick was around and then to track him down. Mary and I spent months in foster-care before we came here. And now..."

"It's the anniversary of their death", sighed Hiccup, pressing his nose into soft white hair. "I'm so sorry, Jack. Is that why you've been looking so exhausted lately?"

"I've been having those... flashbacks a—and nightmares ever since everyone in town started talking about Christmas and the whole town started to be covered in... decorations", sighed Jack lowly.

"What about your sister?", asked Hiccup concerned.

"She hit her head when the accident happened, lost consciousness. S—She... She doesn't remember a thing. And I... can't seem to forget it", replied Jack, clinging onto Hiccup.

As the three of them talked and cuddled up, Nick watched them from the door with soft eyes. He knew the boy was suffering, but Jack refused to open up to Nick and Toothiana about it. Perhaps he was feeling ungrateful if he'd admit such things, or he was just not comfortable, but Nick knew Jack needed someone to talk to. He was glad that Hiccup was such a gentle and understanding alpha. Smiling pleased to himself, Nick left the three cubs to their own devices and returned to his work.

/break\

Hiccup frowned distractedly as he walked the streets of Berk with his friends. Heather and Fishlegs were in front of him, Astrid and Eret were behind him and Toothless was by his side. Heather and Fishlegs had begged him to come along because they still needed a last minute Christmas gift for Honey (she had accidentally and without knowing blown up her last gift in the process of her latest invention...). The distracted frown rooted from the fact that he was among those happy couples.

"What did you buy Merida?", asked Astrid curiously from behind.

She had that special kind of way to say Merida's name when talking to Hiccup. Aside from Fishlegs and Toothless, she was the only one to actually know that the thing between him and Merida wasn't real (because he had needed some help on how to make a fake romance even work. Fishlegs had, back then, been really very useless in that department and Toothless spent all his time cackling at him). Hiccup glowered as he decidedly stared at the displays they were passing.

"Made her a mechanical bear", replied Hiccup with a sigh.

"That is so cool", sighed Eret. "Honestly, this one is so hard to shop for."

"Really? Really? She's hard to shop for? Astrid?", asked Heather ridiculously. "You buy her a knife or an ax or literally anything other potentially deadly and she's happy."

"Heather is right. Astrid is easy to please", agreed Hiccup with a smirk.

Silence as everyone turned to look at Eret and Astrid, the blonde smirking. "I'm not arguing them."

"You guys think you can excuse me? For like... ten to fifteen minutes?", asked Eret.

The others snorted while Astrid leaned up to peck his cheek. She walked up to walk on Hiccup's other side, one eyebrow raised as she looked him up and down. He tried to dodge her.

"What are you going to buy Jack?", signed Astrid so Heather and Fishlegs in front of them couldn't overhear their conversation. "I know you're hung up on the guy. No denying it, Hiccup."

"I... Can I?", asked Hiccup unsure, hesitant in his hand-movement. "Can I really get him anything? Won't that be... awkward? And we're just starting to get really close."

Which was true. After he had comforted Jack last weekend when Hiro had been working on his Christmas present for Jamie, Jack had started seeking him out more. Which was odd for Hiccup, but it was definitely the good kind of odd. Before that, Jamie had been the one alpha Jack would seek out for comfort. Well, Jamie still was the primary alpha Jack sought out, but the other day, when Jack had entered the room and not found Jamie but rather just Hiccup, he had accepted that and then joined Hiccup on the couch and leaned into the alpha for comfort. Last week, Jack would have just left the living room and ventured deeper into the house to find Jamie in Hiro's room. So that? Hiccup totally booked that as a success. He was startled out of his thoughts by Toothless elbowing him very hard and waving toward the window they had just passed. Astrid too raised a curious eyebrow as they backtracked toward the little shop. Hiccup knew it, Cass loved this store because it sold those gorgeous delicate little glass-figurines and crystals.

"Wanna share something with us, Toothless?", asked Hiccup with a pointed look.

"Moana was Christmas shopping with Jack and she told us that Jack spent a lot of time looking at the stuff in this store. So if you're looking for something for Jack, maybe you'll find it here", offered Toothless with a large toothy grin. "Just a suggestion. If you want him to like you."

Hiccup paused and stared very intensely at the display.

/break\

Jack heaved a deep sigh as he stared up at the ceiling, bathed in cold sweat as he shot awake from yet another nightmare. He couldn't believe how fresh it still felt whenever he woke from a nightmare, like it had just happened. Sometimes, he still couldn't believe it had been a year ago. Other days, it felt like it had been three-hundred years ago. Not today though. He closed his eyes tightly and took a slightly sobbing breath. He could still see his father's smiling face as he had turned back to look at Jack and Mary, just before they severed off the road. The front window broke and water filled the car and Jack – Jack had panicked. Silent tears ran down his cheeks.

"It was my fault, it was my fault, it was my fault", whispered Jack to himself.

Which was the reason that he couldn't talk to Nick or Toothiana about this. If they'd know, they wouldn't want him anymore. He could never tell Mary either, she'd hate him. Why was he so weak? Why had he only been able to save himself and Mary, dooming their parents? He had killed them. It was his fault, he should have been more present, should have been more focused and saved his parents too, instead of dooming them. And now they were dead.

"...Jack? Are you... Are you alright?", asked Mary very softly as she entered the bedroom.

"I—I just had a... nightmare", muttered Jack, taking calming, slow breaths.

"About mom and dad?", asked Mary next, causing Jack to freeze. "It's okay, Jack. I... I miss them too. Everyone's so happy to make Christmas decorations and is happy about Christmas, but I'm... I don't really wanna celebrate this year, you know? I just wanna be... be alone and sad about mom and dad. I don't want to be happy, not without them."

Tears ran down her cheeks as she threw herself at him and he barely caught her. He hugged her close, squeezing his eyes shut tightly. Of course did she miss them, even if she didn't remember the accident itself, she still lost them too. And it hurt. It hurt so much. For long moments, the two of them just clung onto each other and cried into each other's shoulders. Once they were more calmed down, they curled together and started talking about what they missed most about their parents. What they would be doing right now, if they were still alive. How their mother would tell Christmas stories while their father would attempt to hang too many Christmas lights until their grumpy neighbor would come knocking and complaining. How they'd all bake cookies together.

/break\

It was the last day of school before Christmas and even though the anniversary of his parents' death was closer than ever, Jack felt more at ease than in the past few weeks. Ever since him and Mary had cried in each other's arms the other day, he felt less alone with his pain.

"J—Jack! Wait up!", called Hiccup out.

Jack frowned and looked curiously at Rapunzel next to him. She just blinked and shrugged, but paused in her steps. Both omegas turned around to see Hiccup running through the halls, Mister Bunnymund barking at him about not running in the hall. Hiccup was breathless and his cheeks were red by the time he caught up with them. Jack raised a curious eyebrow. Flushed and with messed-up hair, Hiccup looked insanely adorable, really.

"Ye—es?", asked Jack amused, tilting his head.

"I—I... uhm... I...", stammered Hiccup nervously, gulping.

"Oh! I think Flynn just called my name! I'll catch you later, Jack!", chimed Rapunzel.

Jack raised one eyebrow at how subtle Rapunzel was being as she skipped off. Honestly, he had come to adore that girl but she was a ridiculous creature sometimes. A lovable ridiculous creature, but still. With her gone, he turned toward Hiccup with both eyebrows raised now, arms crossed.

"I bought you a Christmas gift, I figured you just... since you're new around here and... and since you said that... Christmas isn't a very... happy time for you, so I wanted to do something to cheer you up maybe a little and, well...", started Hiccup before he thrust a box out at Jack.

Frowned confused, Jack looked at Hiccup for another moment before he opened the box. The frown melted from his face and he could feel his eyes filling with tears. He blinked rapidly to keep the tears from falling. It was a beautiful dark-blue glass frame, with light-blue glass snowflakes decorating it along the edges. And the picture inside the frame was of Jack, Mary and their parents.

"W—Where... b—but...", stuttered Jack, voice breaking off.

"I asked your sister for a picture", replied Hiccup, not looking at Jack. "I don't know if this is... too much. Or too private and I shouldn't have overstepped, but I just... I wish I had a picture of me and my biological mother, so I thought maybe... A—And Mary said it's your favorite picture."

It was. They had been out at a lake for skating, it had been the year before the accident. All four of them were smiling brightly into the camera, Jack hugging Mary from behind as their parents stood left and right of them. A tear hit the frame after all as Jack started at it. When he looked up at Hiccup, he couldn't help but pull him into a very tight hug, feeling the alpha relax.

"Thank you, Hiccup. I... really appreciate it. It's beautiful", whispered Jack. "Merry Christmas."

Author's note: Happy pre-holidays! :D So yeah, not the most cheerful Christmas special, I suppose. Oh well.

Next chapter, a big secret will be revealed and we will primarily focus on Hiccup and Jack growing closer over said shared secret. Because this might be a slow-burn, but they gotta stop dragging their feet here ;D