"At the end of the day, all you need is Hope and Strength... Hope that it will get better and Strength to hold on until it does."
- anonymous
Hickson Damek Caine (Human Form) / Hiccup POV
"Good morning fellow schoolmates, may I have your attention please!" Our SC President, Tadashi Hamada greet us.
"Today, there will be a new student that will be joining your homeroom. So, I hope you will be able to welcome her with open arms." He smilingly continued. After his announcement he gestured someone to come in.
We waited for a few seconds before a girl step in side Miss Kingsleigh's class. She has chocolate brown hair and mesmerizing baby-blue eyes. Judging on the way she keep herself she is quite nervous. I cannot stop staring to her, she is quite beautiful with her porcelain skin and pinkish cheeks. My trance was soon cut off when I heard a loud thud on my right. I saw jack standing, a little bit shaking and much more paler than usual. I notice that he seems shock somehow and there is some sweat in his forehead. Suddenly the temperature drop little by little and it started to get colder in our area, thankfully our homeroom has AC on so no one notice the sudden change of temperature but then again I need to nudge him out of his state.
"Jack! What the hell!?" I whisper-yelled to him, that only him could hear. He shrugged a little and his shaking stop but he still looking in front and I looked on the direction he is looking at and finally realized that he is looking at the girl that smiled warmly back at him.
'Does he know her?'
'Do they know each other?'
'How?'
'When?'
'And why is he acting like this?'
There are hundred questions running around my head right now that I am itching to get some answers to. Plus everyone is looked at Jack's oddly and started to whisper, even our SC President is looking at him weirdly but the new girl just looked at him calmly. There is sudden awkward silence in the air until the silence was finally ended when Miss Kingsleigh finally spoke.
"Mr. Alvar, are you alright?"
"I-I am alright, Ma'am. I just felt I little dizzy that is all." Jack finally said as he turn his gazed to English teacher and back to the new girl.
"Do you wish to go to the infirmary?" Miss Kingsleigh asked Jack with concern.
"No, Ma'am." Said Jack still staring to the new girl making her feel uncomfortable now but still calm.
"Okay, please sit down, Mr. Alvar. If you are still not feeling well kindly go to the infirmary." Miss Kingsleigh instructed him.
Jack nodded and did what he was told but he still staring at the new girl making her stare back at him. Miss Kingsleigh called the girl and gesture her to continue. The new girl looked at our her English teach and nodded. She regain again her composure, closed her eyes, took a deep breath and looked back to us, her fellow classmates.
"Good morning everyone! I am Elsandra Lumi Winters but you can call me Elsa..." the new student said with confidence and a warm smile, "...I hope I will be able to get to know all of you and be friends in the process."
So, the girls name is Elsa... I gazed back at Jack and saw hurt in his eyes but he turn again to his emotionless stare. Staring at her.
"Thank you, Miss Winters." Miss Kingsleigh said to the new student,
"You may take the sit in front of Mr. Alvar."
The new girl named Elsa nodded, the SC President squeezed her hand and whispered something to her that made the new girl smile and blush. I looked back at Jack who is still staring at the new girl, his fist was now wrap into a ball until knuckles went pale. I tapped Jack shoulders breaking his stare at the new student and our SC President but what I did is a big mistake, he looked at me giving me a very cold death glare and I gulp. If looks could kill I am already dead by now decaying with frost. He turn back and stared again at the new girl who is approaching the vacant sit in front of him. The girl, Elsa gave a warm smile to Jack. If I am not mistaken I saw Jack stare soften a little just for a few seconds before returning back his emotionless stare making the new girl frown and take a sit. There are lots of questions forming in my head that made head very dizzy so I ignored it for a while and paid attention again on the front of our class. Our SC President is announcing about the Halloween Fete, after his announcement he bid us goodbye and left.
"Ok now, class. As I have mentioned earlier that-" Miss Kingsleigh said but was interrupted by another knock on the door.
The door opened, a familiar red head full of curls pops her head out. Miss Kingsleigh motioned her to come in and gave our English teacher a slip. Miss Kingsleigh nodded and gestured the red head to find an empty sit. The red head looked around and smiled to the new girl, Elsa. She took the empty sit in front of me and I felt my phone vibrate informing me that I received a text. I took my phone from my pocket and looked who it is from, it has informed me that the text is from Merida Tuuli Fall, the girl in front of me. I groaned to the text.
-TEXT CONVO-
[M-Merida / H-Hiccup]
M: Hey Wimpy! Wat did I missed?
H: Could u pls stop calling me that!? I am not a WHIMP u know!
M: Make me, dog! You are bound to be my slave or I will tell someone about our contract! Now answer my question.
(I am certain she smirked when she typed this. My blood starts to boil when I have read the text. So, I angrily typed my response to her.)
H: Wow, Black Mail! How low of you!? If you want to know, our classes haven't really started yet. Mr. President only went in and introduced the new girl beside you named Elsa.
M: I see. I already met her awhile ago. She is very proper and nice. Watza wrong with Jack by the way?
H: I don't know... he is like that when the new girl arrived?
M: Well he looks like he wants to eat Elsa alive.?
H: Really!?
(I gazed back at Jack and saw that Merida is right. I felt my phone vibrate again and checked the message.)
M: Yup! Anyway, if there will be a zombie apocalypse u will be the first to die. ?
H: I will not! ?
M: Will too... because you are a wimpy scoundrel! Hahahaha...
-END OF CONVO-
I did not bother to response back since I am already angry. I just concentrate my attention to our class and put my phone back to my pocket. Thanks to this red head devil I was not able to get the important bits of the assignment.
"Now class for your assigned partners. Your partners will be he one in front of you, the pairing will start at the back." Miss Kingsleigh told us which I mentally groaned.
"I wont give you the opportunity to do this at my class, so I suggest that you talk to your respective partners on how you will be able to finish this. The submission will be next week instead of this coming Wednesday, I want you to know your partner better than your friends."
'Damn it, I will be stuck to the red head devil for a week!'
I was mentally cursing myself for this, what bad luck. Is it enough that I am his slave for eternity!? Well, not really. She just need to tell me that she release me from our contract and I will be free once more. Anyways, why did I ended up being her slave. Oh, right! That freaking fateful day.
-FLASHBACK-
I was scouting the woods for our mission in finding the Maiden of Autumn. I was in my human form at the time which is making hard for me to track since I am losing a lot of energy to maintain my human state and using my powers as well.
"This is harder than I thought. This forest is weird..." I mumbled to myself as I sigh and check my surroundings, "... it's clogging my senses."
After debating to myself for 5 minutess I decided to change back to my original spirit form. A gust of wind and leaves twirled around me covering my whole body allowing me to change back but suddenly something doesn't seems right when I opened my eyes again, I am in my spirit form but I am trap in a clear glass jar.
"What the heck!?" I said as I started to panic as bang the glass trying to break it but with no avail until a girl with wild curly red hair around 14 years old picked up the jar where I am captive.
"Yeh funny looking Wisps." she said to me on her thick Scottish accents as she looked at me with her big sapphire eyes full of curiosity.
"That is because I am not a Wisps! I am an Elf." I sarcastically corrected her.
"An Elf!?"
"Yes I am an elf. There is a big difference between an elf and a wisps" I told her confidently but she shook the jar violently making me dizzy.
"AHHHH! S-stop! S-stop! S-shaking m-me-eeee! I shouted. After a minute or two she stopped shaking the jar,
"Why did you do that for?!" I angrily asked her.
"Yeh're practically annoying. Ay know the difference between an elf and wisps. Thank you very much!" she told me sassily why rolling her eyes and shaking the jar again.
"S-stop! S-stop it! Ahhhhhhh!"
"Argh! This is not what Ay wanted, Ay wanted a wisps and not an elf" she said while shaking the jar with me in it.
"P-please-eeee! S-stop! S-stop! I-I will d-do anything j-just for you-you to s-stop and-and get m-me out of h-here!" I desperately told her that made her stop shaking the jar.
"Anything?" She seriously asked and I nodded still feeling quite dizzy.
"Yes! Anything! I desperately answered. The red head thought for while before speaking again.
"Ay need a binding contract with that!"
"A binding contract? Isn't my words enough!?" I furiously told her.
"Nope!" She said while popping the 'p', "
"Promises are meant to be broken and besides Ay don't trust yeh!"
"How can I be so sure you will let me out of this jar?" I suspiciously asked her.
"Me think yeh don't have any other choice." she confidently said to me while giving me a smirk. Out of desperation and frustration I gave in.
"Okay, fine! I need your full name."
"And why is that?" She sassily asked me.
"You wish to have the contract in binding, right?"
"Of course!"
"Then give me your name." I annoyingly told her, she hesitated for a minute before giving her full name to me.
"My name is Merida Tuuli Fall." She proudly told me.
I closed my eyes and took a deep breath before I finally spoke.
"I swear on the Country of Gnomigion, Kingdom of Berk. That I, Prince Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III will do anything that Lady Merida Tuuli Fall wishes until she is bound to release me. This is under the eternal binding contract of the Realm of Paracelsya. Lotesse i' elementals en' iant quod yassen amin vee' amin ligabis sina contractus yassen he imya ilya aeternum."
"Is that it? I mean, the contract is already at work?" She asked me after I spoke the binding contract. I opened my eyes to see the look on her face informing me that she was not impress.
"Yes!" I annoyingly answered her.
"You will become me slave?"
"Yes!" I absent mindlessly agreed.
"You will follow me around like a dog?"
"Yes! Wait-what!? I did not agree to be your dog or your slave!" I told her realizing what I just promised.
"You already agreed in our little agreement..." The girl told me smirking while her sapphire eyes glitter with mischief, "... plus Ay am pretty sure that yeh wont be able to break the contract as well since yeh have bind it and yeh gave yehr word as a Prince."
"Yes." I answered her down cast and admitting defeat as I realized that I have been tricked by a mortal kid.
- END OF FLASHBACK -
I really regretted that day but then again I was thankful that I was able to find the Maiden of Autumn and save her. Yes, once this is over and we found the Maiden of Winter, I will be the Knight of the Maiden of Spring. But still I will be a slave to the Maiden of Autumn. Which frustrates me since the promised I have made was bond by our realm and it is very hard to break, breaking it will have unfortunate circumstances. I sigh in defeat about the logic in my own head. I look to my right to distract myself. Jack is still staring at the back of the new girl as if guarding her, not letting her go out of his sight. I am really confused about Jack's behavior and his relationship with the new girl. Argh! Over thinking everything will not help me solve this. I took a deep breath and decided to listen to our English Class.
TIME SKIPS: BELL RINGS
"Ok class, Good bye and see you tomorrow. Don't forget your project that is due next week!" Miss Kingsleigh told us
"Yes, Miss Kingsleigh!" we all said in union.
I was picking my stuff again when my phone vibrated. I took my phone to my pocket and checked who is from.
"Hey wimpy! I'll text you when we will make the assignment."
- Mer
After I read the text I just shrugged it off, not bothering to response. I looked at Jack direction and notice that he still hasn't moved to his original position as if he is staring at nothingness. The new girl, Elsa already left 10 minutes ago with Merida. I flicked my finger to get Jack's attention but with no use. I waved my hands in front of him but still no response, he seems like he is in a trance like state.
'It seems like there is nothing else to do.' I thought to myself as I took a deep breath and yelled his name.
"JACK!"
Jack fell from his seat as he was startled on what I did.
"WHATTA F HICCUP!"
"If you haven't notice our class has already ended and we are the only ones left in the room." I annoyingly said to him while crossing my arms. Jack looked around the classroom and curse under his breath. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes and massaged his temples
"Where is she?" He asked.
"Are you referring to the new girl?" I asked back. He opened his eyes and look at me for a second before nodding.
"She already left, I am guessing to her next class."
"Next class?" He asked while he took his stuff and shove it to his bag pack.
"Yes, next class and we also have-" I told him but he cut me off.
"I need to find her! I've got to find her!" He immediately told me while hurriedly standing up and exiting our homeroom.
"Hey, wait up!" I yelled at him trying to catch up to him.
'Man, he is really fast!' I thought to myself while I run after him. I have finally caught up with him when I saw him on the crossing halls.
"What is that all about, Jack!" I yelled at him while I tried to catch my breath.
"I need to find her! I've got to find her!" He mumbled repeatedly to himself as he try to figure out which way to go.
I went in front of him trying to get his attention but with no avail. I notice that his eyes where blank as if it was dazed to nothingness. Panic and worry overcome me. I placed my hands to his shoulder and shake him violently trying to wake him up but still he did not budge and he kept on mumbling. I don't know what to do next, the next action that I did also surprised me...
"SNAP OUT OF IT!" I shouted at him while I slapped him with force making him almost drop to the floor.
There was an awkward silence after I did that. I was shocked on what I did but I really don't know what to do. He seems like he has been posses or something. We have stayed to the same position for the whole 2 minutes before I decided to break the silence.
"Jack?" I called but he looked at me with deadly glare that made me gulp. He might have sense that I was a bit scared of him that his stare soften a little.
"I am sorry Hiccup." he whispered, only loud enough for me to hear.
"That is fine Jack." I tapped his right shoulder try to comfort him,"Let me treat you Brunch." His eyes lit up a big and nodded.
IN THE CAFETERIA
Two friends were seated in there usual spot in the cafeteria. A boy with raven-black hair was devouring his brunch in a big plate which is consist of big servings of chocolate chip pancakes, hash browns, beacons and an omelet. His best friend, a boy who has auburn-brown hair treated him the meal due to the bet that the raven haired boy planted which the boy did not agree on. The auburn-brown haired was supposed to argue about it but did not continue due to the incident that happened earlier and he also needed to have a distraction for his friend to make him calm down before he asked him some uncomfortable questions that he want answers to. He was quite lost in thought as if drowning to the sea of questions that kept on splashing to his head but he was revived again when he notice that his friend stop eating.
"I blacked out again, didn't I?" The boy with the raven hair asked staring at his plate. The boy with auburn-brown hair sigh and fix his glasses before answering.
"Yes. It is much worse than before."
"What did I do, Hicc?" The raven head asked again, Hiccup took a deep breath before answering.
"You run off, as if you a posses. You kept on mumbling 'I need to find her. I've got to find her.' This is much worse Jack. Whenever you go to a blackout you just sit still and stare to nothingness but now as if you don't have control over your body and I to tell you, honestly I am a bit scared of it."
There was an awkward silent in the air. Jack tried to process everything in his mind while his friend looked at him with concern but still Hiccup needs to get some answers.
"Do you know the new girl, Elsa?" Hiccup finally asked. Jack looked at his friend and back to his plate.
"Yes... No... Not really... I don't know!?" He confusingly said.
"What do you mean exactly?" Hiccup asked while rising his left brow.
"I have a feeling I knew her but the same time I don't. As if she is Eirwen." Jack said in a whisper but enough for Hiccup to hear. Hiccup's green eyes widen upon hearing the news.
"Are you sure!?" He skeptically asked him and Jack nodded, not really sure about his answer.
"This is great news Jack! We finally found her!" Hiccup excitedly said but his excitement died down when he saw Jack's face,
"What's wrong?"
"Hicc, I am sure she was her but at the same time, I am not so sure..." Jack trailed off, "I mean they have the same face, features, except to the hair. Everything about her screams Eirwen, because maybe I am hoping she is but what if she isn't?" He paused for a while shaking.
"I-I... I cannot get through it if this Elsa girl is not her..." Jack continued as he clenched his fist, "I-I I wont be able to go through everyday finding out that there is a girl with the same face as her, reminding me everyday that I have failed to find her."
"Jack, don't say that. We will find her. Whatever it takes. And we could start with the new girl, Elisandra Lumi Winters!" Hiccup said with determination on his face.
"You really think so Hicc?" Jack asked hopefully.
"Of course! The seekers always have your back. We just need a plan of action, a good thing about this is we have a lead." Hiccup said with a genuine smile.
"Thanks Hicc!" Jack gratefully said.
Jack continued eating his meal with new hope on his hand as he held on to the idea that he will finally find the Maiden of Winter.
Author's Note:
Hello! My dear snowballs and snowflakes,
Thank the gods! The 4th chapter of this book with 3538 words (A.N. not included).
Now going back to the story, the title of this chap should be The Encounter II due that it should be the continuation of Chapter 3 but for some reason I am not really feeling the Encounter II thingy, based to me it doesn't match the other chapters that I have on mind so yeah, I have to changed it... plus, this chapter has been a little bit intense base on my standards, so I hope I was able to deliver. As for the POV, well I choose Hiccups because I want to add his POV on the story since there will be more Jelsa in here. Plus, I have added on how he and Merida have met. I hoped you will love little Mericup moment I have on this chapter even if they would love biting each others heads off.
Anywho, again your comments, likes and votes are greatly appreciated and let me know what you think of this chapter. Let me know what you think of this chapter. Also I will respect any of your opinions and healthy criticism on the comment sections. If you have any questions please feel free to message me. 😎
Anyways, hope you will be able to enjoy this chapter and the next.
TTFN! [Tata for now!] 😄
Disclaimer:
Most of the characters used in the story is not owned by the author, they can be either from Dreamworks, Disney, Sony Animation. WB or different AUs. however some of the characters and the plot itself is owned by the author.
