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

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 10: Despicable Me

"Mo—om! Mom, look!", giggled Mary excitedly.

"Sweetie, I'm driving. I can't look", chuckled Katherine Overland from the driver's seat. "Honey?"

She made a motion with one hand for her husband. He smiled widely as he turned around to face their children, white hair sticking wildly into every direction possible. Jack returned his father's smile, chest puffed out as he lifted his hands. He had frosted the car window over and drawn a bunny on the window. It took some concentration for him to pull the bunny off the window and give it a three-dimensional form. Now he had the bunny sitting on his hands, one ear slowly flopping down as it tilted its head. Mary next to Jack giggled again, clapping in utter excitement.

"Well done, Jack", praised their father. "You have a natural talent for this."

The smile on Jack's lips grew, nearly splitting his face with the pride of his father's praise. And that was the moment everything changed. Their mother made a startled sound as there was a deer on the dark street. She steered out of its way, but she could not steer properly. The streets were frozen over and the car just continued sliding. They were shaken around so wildly that the bunny fell, Jack too startled to keep it composed. The snow melted on his pants, soaking his thighs, but he was too focused on his sister. She was screeching in fear as they went over the bridge. They broke the ice, crashed into the frozen river they had tried to go over. The pressure was too much and the glass gave in, creaking horribly as cracks formed along it.

"J—Jack, I'm scared", sobbed Mary, clinging onto him.

Their father was unconscious, bleeding from the head where it had hit the door when being thrown around, their mother was struggling with the seat-belt but it did not budge. Jack undid his own and crawled over to Mary as the water started to fill the car from the front. She was bleeding from a head-wound and her eyes were unfocused as Jack cradled her close.

"It's okay, sweetie, it's okay. Everything is going to be okay", assured Katherine, but the panic was evident in her voice. "Jack, Jack, you need to do everything to protect your sister, okay? Promise."

The water was reaching her chin. He tried. He tried really-really hard. He needed to stop the water. He could stop it. He just had to freeze it. The water reached his mother's forehead. Mary made a frightened noise as the water reached them. Suddenly, like a burst, it came. Like a blast, freezing everything around them, keeping Jack and Mary safe in an air-bubble.

"Mary? M—Mary?", asked Jack frightened, but his sister had lost conscience.

/flashback|end\

Jack screamed, a broken and torn sound, as he bolted up in his bed. Tears were running down his cheeks as he scrambled into a corner of his bed and pulled his legs up to wrap his arms around them. It was his fault. He had killed his parents. He had condemned them to die in the ice, selfishly saving himself and his sister. If only he could have been strong enough, if only he would have been able to summon the ice earlier, to also save his parents. But he had been weak and frightened and fear had made him lose control of his powers, had made him unable to react.

Uncontrollable sobbing wrecked his body as he curled together closer.

His powers, they were a curse. They had failed him when he had needed them the most. Because of them, his parents were now gone. Maybe his mother would have noticed the deer earlier, had she not been distracted by making their father aware of what Jack wanted to show them.

And now Hiccup knew about his cursed powers. What would Hiccup think of him if he knew...?

"Jack, my boy...?", asked uncle Nick carefully as he knocked on the door. "Are you... awake?"

"Y—Yeah", grunted Jack, rubbing his cheeks dry.

"Are you joining us for breakfast...?", inquired Nick softly.

"I... I'll be... in a second", whispered Jack, taking a deep breath to calm himself.

/break\

Hiccup frowned thoughtfully as he made his way up the mountains to visit the St. Norths', or more specifically Jack. He needed to assure Jack that everything was alright.

When he landed, touching down on the ground, he shuddered at the coldness of the snow. A whine tore from his throat as he pulled his wings close. The dragon-form was the best way to make this journey, because on foot, it took forever and even longer for him with his prosthetic. The joints tended to freeze in this kind of cold. The large, black dragon looked around curiously.

There were imprints in the snow. The imprints of a fox. Lowering his head down to said tracks, he sniffed, trying to catch a scent. It was faint – snow and the ice-cold winds made for an excellent cover – but the scent of Jack Overland was one Hiccup easily recognized. He instantly followed it, keen on finding his omega, to reassure Jack that everything was okay.

It took him some time to track the white fox, finding Jack sitting at the shore of the very lake Hiccup had broken into three days ago. The fox sat there, forlorn. Just enduring the snow and the cold, no shelter whatsoever. Hiccup came to sit beside him, spreading one large wing out over Jack to shield him, to protect him from the weather. Jack blinked slowly and looked up at him. He looked ready to bolt, so Hiccup leaned down to nudge his head gently against Jack's, cooing softly.

"W—What are you... doing here?", asked Jack as he changed back to his human form.

The boy avoided looking at him, instead still staring out at the lake. Hiccup sighed and moved so his tail was spread out in front of Jack. It took the white-haired boy only a moment to understand what the dragon wanted, seeing the prosthetic leg lied onto the tail. Clever. Their magic allowed them to turn their clothes into fur, integrating it into their shift-form and thus not being left naked when shifting back, but a human prosthetic leg attached to a human leg would not last when the person shifted into a dragon. Carefully untying the leg, he waited for Hiccup to shift back. The brunette collapsed onto the snow as he lost his balance. Frowning, Jack handed the leg over.

"What do you want, Hiccup?", asked Jack once more.

"I want to talk to you, Jack. You ran away so fast...", drawled Hiccup.

He reluctantly rolled his pant-leg up to attach his leg. Jack tried not to look, but he couldn't help it.

"Does it hurt?", wondered Jack. "I mean..."

"Sometimes. Gothi calls them phantom pains", sighed Hiccup lowly. "And sometimes, it gets sore, when the prosthetic rubs it too raw or sits too tight. But... it's okay. Most of the time. I learned to live with it. With both, the prosthetic and the pain."

"I can't...", whispered Jack very lowly, returning his gaze to the lake.

"What?", asked Hiccup confused, readjusting his pants once more and getting off the wet ground.

"I haven't managed to live with the pain of the loss, or the... replacement", whispered Jack.

"...Ah", nodded Hiccup in understanding. "Do you... want to explain it to me? Tell me what happened...? And... what it has to do with your... powers?"

"I always had them in me, but they only broke when I presented as an omega", admitted Jack after a beat. "Like my father. An arctic fox, with ice-powers. My hair turned white as my fur and I... was an omega. They... called me a freak. For being a male omega. For my white hair. For my... powers. Where I'm from, those things are seen as a curse, something to other you from the rest."

Hiccup had the urge to disagree, to tell him that wasn't true, but he was too afraid to permanently shut Jack up by accident. So instead, he waited for Jack to finish his story.

"But... my dad, he was so... he was so proud. That I was a fox like him, that I had his powers. From the day I got them, he trained me in how to use them. He told me they are dangerous, if you can't control them. That... that I should never be afraid of my powers. That they were a part of me", continued Jack, swallowing hard. "He... taught me to love them. We built snowmen in the summer and when winter came, I had already managed a pretty good control over my powers."

Jack paused, taking a shaky breath as he turned to fully face away from him. "We were in the car together. And I was trying a trick. Dad used to do this in the winter, when the windows frosted over. Creating shapes and animating them into... well, not life, but like... puppets that he controlled. And I was bored, because long car-rides, you know? I drew a bunny and I managed to pull it from the window, to make it hop around. I still remember the excited laugh from Mary. And then... then the accident happened. And we were in the lake, the water was... everywhere. I—I tried to freeze it, but I was exhausted from having created the bunny. I wasn't strong enough. The water... it... it reached Mary and me, the front of the car was already filled with it. A—And pure fear took me over. I don't know, maybe it was the... survival-instinct that pushed it, but... I froze it. Everything around us. Mary and I, we were stuck in the last bubble of air. And we waited. It was... it was getting thin by the time the firemen came and rescued us. But... But our parents were... were dead..."

Hiccup nodded, watching Jack numbly. He wasn't sure what he was supposed to say. There were no words that were right. No words that could help. Nothing he could say to possibly make it better.

"Jack, you must know it's not your fault. You must know that", whispered Hiccup lowly.

"If I had been stronger, I could have protected them too. If I hadn't played around, maybe mom wouldn't have been so distracted, or I would have had the energy to also safe them. Instead... Instead I sealed their fate", argued Jack, voice breaking as he sobbed.

"That... That wasn't your fault", whispered Hiccup firmly as he pulled the omega into a very tight and protective embrace. "It wasn't your fault. You did everything you could. You were fifteen, Jack. You barely had your powers for a few months, right? Of course weren't you strong enough to control them then! When Moana presented and gained her powers, she could hardly move the water in a glass. It wasn't your fault that you weren't strong enough to save them, but you saved yourself and you saved your sister. Without your powers, you and your sister would also be dead."

Jack stood frozen in the alpha's embrace as he listened to Hiccup. It was strange. Hearing those things. No one had ever told him that it wasn't his fault, because he had never shared this with anyone. The ones who had found them had assumed it had been their father, using his powers to protect the children. Jack stayed silent, too ashamed to admit the truth. This was the first time he had confessed to this and it was the first time he heard someone say that it wasn't his fault.

Something inside of him snapped, broke, and he collapsed against Hiccup, clinging onto the alpha and sobbing uncontrollably. Hiccup tightened his hold on Jack's waist to steady him, to support him. He was firm and strong and warm in Jack's arms, like an anchor of safety.

"It's not your fault, Jack, it wasn't your fault, you did everything you could", assured Hiccup.

And he kept repeating it, kept saying soothing things until the omega in his arms was calmed down considerably. Quiet sniffles were the last of it as Jack gathered himself again.

"And... And you haven't used your powers since then...? Until two days ago?", asked Hiccup.

"What? No", grunted Jack, frowning up at the alpha. "I'm not an idiot. I didn't just forget my father's warnings. These powers are dangerous when you not know how to control them. If I hadn't learned, I would have killed Mary and me in the process too probably, so I couldn't risk losing control. I... I could not risk accidentally hurting anyone. So I never stopped training. Control is the only way to beat the fear and I could not let it win. I just... I just had to hide the powers. I didn't want anyone to know, I didn't want to be teased for them again, like I had back at home. I didn't want to be... to be feared. Where I'm from they were afraid of people with powers, because those powers were... unholy. I just... I just wanted a new life, for myself and Mary. A safe life."

"So... that's why you were so surprised when you learned that Punzel and Moana have powers?", offered Hiccup thoughtfully. "Because Flynn, Merida and I, we just... accept them and don't condemn them. You didn't know... if that was... real?"

"Yeah", nodded Jack, resting his forehead against Hiccup's collarbone. "I thought it was just... just you, you know? That you were okay with them, because you guys are friends. I'm still afraid what everyone will think. And I'm afraid to... disappoint. That I won't be strong enough..."

"You are incredibly strong", disagreed Hiccup heatedly. "You carried this burden all alone for the past year. You saved your sister's life. You didn't give up after your parents died. You're so strong, Snowflake. So, so strong. And... And if anyone ever gives you a hard time, you tell me and I'll personally make them pay for it. Because our island is safe and no one will be cast out for being different. We cherish our omegas and we value those with powers, for they are a great asset to our pack. Anyone thinking otherwise is just simply wrong."

Hiccup had his head resting on top of Jack's, feeling the soft, white hair tickling him. Jack was pressed against his chest, still holding onto him. The omega didn't react for a very long moment.

"Can... we go somewhere?", asked Jack softly. "I don't know where. Just... somewhere not frozen?"

"Not frozen. Sure. We can do that", chuckled Hiccup. "If... you take my leg, I can... shift back. Fly us down to the foot of the mountain. We could... I don't know... eat cake...?"

"Cake sounds good", nodded Jack nearly timidly.

He found himself suddenly irrationally nervous as he watched Hiccup detach the leg once more and then shift into his dragon-form. The truth was, Jack had never flown before, at least not like this. Hiccup's shift-form was mesmerizing. The black-scaled dragon with the large, green eyes was such a stark contrast to the white of the snow. The dragon lowered himself onto the ground, offering Jack to climb on top of it. Biting his lower lip, Jack carefully took the invitation and climbed on top of the dragon. He yelped when Hiccup sat up. Wrapping his arms around Hiccup's neck, he clung onto the prosthetic leg and the dragon at the same time, tensely waiting.

It was strange.

The tension and fear melted away as soon as they were airborne. All that was left was this breathtaking sensation. Soaring through the sky, touching the clouds. The way everything looked from high up above like this – his home looking more like a toy house set in a fake mountain. Yet it was all real and he was actually this far up in the air. What looked like a toy-city was their city.

And the most amazing part of it...? He did not feel like he was in any kind of danger. He felt perfectly safe, as long as Hiccup was right there. Even if Jack would fall, he knew Hiccup would catch him. He felt so incredibly free as they soared the sky.

By the time they touched down on the ground again, Jack felt nearly high with the feeling of freedom. And he knew it wasn't just from the flight. The things Hiccup had told him, or even just the act of finally admitting this secret aloud, it had felt so freeing.

"You okay, Snowflake?", asked Hiccup gently once he shifted back.

Jack paused at that. There it was again, this nickname. Hiccup had called him that earlier too. Turning toward the alpha, Jack quietly watched how Hiccup fastened the leg once more.

"I am. Why... uhm... do you call me that?", asked Jack unsure.

It took Hiccup a moment to realize that he had called Jack 'Snowflake'. Emerald eyes widened in panic as the realization set in, while his cheeks flushed an embarrassed red. That was the stupid nickname he called Jack in his head. What would the omega think of him now...?

"I—I... uhm... it's... a nickname", mumbled Hiccup embarrassed. "Because of your white hair."

"Ah", nodded Jack slowly, still eyeing Hiccup curiously.

"I—If you don't like it, then... then I'll stop calling you that", promised Hiccup.

Only a short moment passed before Jack shook his head. "That's... okay. I never... had a nickname before, aside from Frost, I guess. But it's... heh, it's a cute name."

Hiccup's smile lit up his entire face. The look made Jack feel oddly proud because he had put it there. He enjoyed this, enjoyed making Hiccup smile like that. Shaking the thought off, Jack turned around to look at where they had landed. They were right in front of the alpha's home.

"I promised you cake. So you shall have cake", declared Hiccup.

As they entered the café, a couple other guests were filling the tables but it wasn't overly busy. Wasabi was sitting with Fred and Tadashi in one corner, seemingly brooding over something (well, Tadashi and Wasabi were; Fred was eating their cupcakes). Mister Sanderson and Mister Bunnymund sat at another table, Aster grumbling about something. Jack and Hiccup walked past Snotlout, Dagur and the Stabbingtons and Hiccup was aware how his adopted brother looked at them. Quizzically. Dagur, he... meant well, but he very often got too invested and too enthusiastic. If he were to know Hiccup had feelings for Jack, then he would never let it die and would probably ruin Hiccup's slow plan. Because yes, he and Merida were definitely doing as the redhead had suggested. Slowly grow apart while softening their parents up for... a different choice in mate.

"Here. I, uh, brought a piece from everything", declared Hiccup.

Jack looked up from where he had already sat down at a table. He blinked slowly as he watched Hiccup carry three plates, each with two pieces of cake. This was far too much. Well, normally, but Jack was also really very much craving something sweet right now. Crying was so exhausting and he really needed some sugar to lift his spirits again. Cheesecake, raspberry cake, fruit cake with bananas, strawberry cake, chocolate cake and something that was half-vanilla and half-nougat.

"They look amazing!", declared Jack eagerly.

"Thanks for the compliment", chimed Cass where she was cleaning a table next to them.

Jack smiled as he took his first bite of the cheesecake, moaning softly. "Oh, this doesn't just look amazing, it also tastes amazing. You're a wizard in the kitchen, Mis—Cass."

Cass turned to smile pleased at the boy. "If you want to learn, you can drop by, you know? I give baking lessons once a week and I'm always happy to see a new face."

"I'd love to", nodded Jack, cheeks stuffed with cake. "I always wanted to learn how to make cakes. I make pretty good cookies, but I've never done something larger than a cupcake."

"Ah, an omega eager to learn the ways of the kitchen, so rare these days", sighed Cass.

"I don't know what exactly you just said, mom, but I know it was a jibe against me!", called Hiro out from behind the counter when he saw the way Cass was looking at him.

The most innocent smile found its way onto her face. "Not just Hiro. It really is rare the days. Not that there is anything wrong with an emancipated omega who wants more than just the household... but I sometimes do wonder if they're aware that they're hurting themselves more than anyone else if they don't even know how to prepare a meal. Everyone has to eat. I think that everyone should know how to cook and bake and generally handle food."

"I know how to cook", protested Hiccup, out of principle.

"Because you're a good, clever young man who knows he won't want to starve to death one day", grunted Cass playfully. "After all, there is no hope for Merida in the kitchen."

Jack looked confused until Hiccup leaned in. "She once baked pastries for the family and her mom and her brothers had such a bad case of food-poisoning, they turned into their shift-form and were too weak to turn back for days. It was a very... chaotic time."

Jack nodded in understanding, cracking a little bit of a smile as he dug into the second piece of cake. Cass went back to work and Hiccup also started eating – before Jack could eat it all. It was nice. Calm and peaceful, just the two of them and the delicious cakes.

"You should talk to the others", suggested Hiccup after a while.

"Mh?", grunted Jack confused, licking whipped cream off his fingers.

Hiccup was too distracted by Jack wrapping his lips around the finger and sucking it off, the image too enchanting for Hiccup to concentrate on anything else. "Uhm. I mean, if you're not ready to tell them all, I get that. But... Moana. Rapunzel. Maybe Mister Sanderson. They're elementals, they could help you. You have control, but... training with someone else... It might help you."

Author's note: Weeell, Cass is already on board with Jack. ;D Next chapter will feature Jack and other elementals, talking about their powers - and using them. More bonding for Jack and Moana and Rapunzel~