Alright everyone! I am back and ready to write! I finished up my last final and am now on Summer Vacation! I will be writing as soon as I can, and will try to finish up some of these stories I have created! I am excited and hope to make ya'll happy!
Jack sat on the side of the bed as he looked down at Crystal, worried about how weary she looked. He brushed her bangs out of her face, making her eyes squeeze slightly before relaxing once again.
"She alright?" Rapunzel asked, peeking intot he room cautiously.
"Yeah, she's asleep for now." He told her with worried eyes. He stood up and walked out of the room with Rapunzel, following her downstairs where the others were still sitting.
"What exactly happned?" Merida asked, placing her chin in her palm as she leaned her elbow on teh table beside her.
"Yeah. One moment we're about ot be defeated, the next we won?" Hiccup shouted, confused and paranoid about it.
"It was as if time changed," Rapunel murmured, making Jack stiffen.
"I know who to ask," Jack said, turning on his heel. "We need to go to the North Pole."
"What about Crystal?" Rapunzel asked, glancing at the stairs.
"I'll watch over her here," Tyler said, walking into the room.
Jack nodded, before grabbing Rapunzel's hand and pulling her towards the window. "Follow after me," Jack said, before jumping out of the window with Rapunzel shouting in surprise after him. Hiccup and Merida rode on Toothless; the dragon seeing the flying as a race.
"North!" Jack shouted in the toy shop, "Where are you?"
"Frostbite, what are you shouting for?" Bunny said, pulling his ears back as he was right next to the door they came through.
"Have you seen North?" Jack asked this time looking right at Bunny.
"Down by the globe," Bunny said, nodding his head towards the room.
"Hey, North," Jack said, catching the big man's attention from the lights on the globe. "We need to talk to Man on the Moon."
"I've been tryin' to get him to answer all day!" North grumbled, looking up at the moon through his sun roof with furrowed brows. "Somethin' vappen?"
Jack explained how Pitch and the others ambushed them at Crystal's house, and how one moment they were almost defeated and the next they were winning with Crystal throwing an attack at Pitch's horses.
"Vow is she?" North asked with worry.
"Asleep," Merida told him with crossed arms.
He nodded his head, worry decreasing inside him. He looked towards the moon once again, wondering what his old friend had planned for all of them, and especially Crystal.
"What about Time?" North said, remembering the old man who could have easily done something in a split moment.
"I forgot about him!" Jack said, mentally slapping himself for forgetting him. "But how do we get ahold of him?"
"The cave?" North suggested, wondering if they could go there once more and find him.
"You think he'll still be there?" Jack asked, floating in the air cross-legged.
"Slow down," Hiccup said, holding his hands up. "Who or what are you two talking about?"
"Father Time," North said, glancing at the short boy. "He controls everything pertaining to time. He's the only person who could have stopped time and helped all of you."
"Then what does Crystal have to do with this?" Merida asked, still confused on some of the details.
"That I don't know," North sighed, crossing his arms and shaking his head.
"We'll just have to go ask then," Bunny said, standing in the doorway with his arms crossed.
They all agreed with the plan to go to the cave, even though there was a chance he wouldn't even be there. The cave seemed darker than before and mad Jack clench his fist in anger at remembering what had happened to Crystal here.
"Time!" Bunny shouted, peeking into the cave with ears back and muscle's tense.
"No need to shout," Father Time sighed, appearing next to them.
"Woah!" Hiccup said, jumping back into Toothless who growled at the old man, and then tilted his head as he changed into a younger man, and then to a child.
"Father Time?" Rapunzel asked, raising an eyebrow at the same time as her skillet.
He nodded, glancing at the new recruits to the team closely and smiling at them in measuring condescension. "Interesting," He mumbled, making the Big Four look at him in confusion and wariness.
"Time, Crystal..." Jack said, and stopped as Time held up a hand to him.
"I know all about that girl," He said, not even looking at Jack.
"We want to know what 'appened that day." Merida told him, narrowing her eyes at him.
He shook his head, clucking his tongue at them in irritation. "The real question is 'does she want you to know?'"
"What do you mean?" Jack asked confused more so.
"It is a secret she now has, and is up to her whether to share it or not. If she decides to do so, that is when Man on the moon and myself will come to explain." He told them, before waving his hand and disappearing from their sight.
"So, Crystal knows what happened?" Rapunzel asked confused.
"You did say she had suddenly attacked Pitch's nightmares when she wasn't near." North said, rubbign his beard in thought.
"Maybe that sheila is awake by now," Bunny said with a worrisome look.
He thumped his foot on the floor, making a hole appear underneath them and give them passage to her house. Tyler was sitting on the couch and jumped in surprise as they came through the floor in a hole.
"That's new," He commented, looking down at everyone as they smiled sheepishly at him. "Just in time too, Crystal woke up."
"She did?" Hiccup said hopeful, a smile on his face. "Then she can help explain."
"Explain?" Tyler rose an eyebrow at them, hearing Crystal's foot falls on the stairs.
"Where'd you go?" She asked groggily, rubbing her head.
"What happened back there?" Jack said straight to the point.
She looked around at all of them with widened eyes while she dropped her hand to her side. She hit the end of the stairs and began fidgeting her feet, looking down at them as Jack walked over to her.
"It's...complicated..." She said, glancing up at him.
"Can you try?" He asked with pleading eyes. She nodded her head, making him smile and feel relieved.
"Father Time and Moony, they...they gave me some of their powers." She said, trying to figure it out in her own head what Father Time explained to her. "They said I am able to control what they can."
"Why?" North asked, mouth agape in shock.
"They said in case anything happens to them. They were saying they weren't going to last long..." She said, thinking back on what he was saying to her about why they did so.
"So basically, you are extremely powerful." Hiccup sighed, glancing at her with worried eyes.
"No," She shook her head. "When I used their power, it burned. I felt like I was going to go up in flames, yet at the same time, like I was goign to freeze into a glacier." She looked up and grabbed Jack's sleeve. "I don't want to use that power anymore. It has after effects that hurt my body too much."
Jack nodded his head in understanding, putting his hand over her own. "We won't make you."
"But what if that's the only way to help us win?" Rapunzel asked, seeing it as a good idea.
Crystal fidgeted once again, seeing her point and trying to figure out what to do. "If we absolutely need to use it, then ok. But I don't want to unless we desperately need to."
"You think they're going to attack any time soon?" Merida asked, glancing at Bunny who shrugged his shoulders.
"No tellin'" He sighed, knowing how Pitch worked. "Could be weeks, days, or hours."
"We need to be on our game for this." North said with a huff. "Can't let them win and take over the world."
"We can't let that happen!" Crystal argued, whipping her head towards them.
North laughed heartily as he patted her head, making her pout in annoyance. "Still the same. Wanting to protect everyone."
"We need to talk with Moony. Maybe he can help us." Jack said, remember Time said that they could go back to them once Crystal told them about her secret.
It didn't take long for them to all group together once again at the Toy Shop. This time they weren't taking 'No' for an answer, and they wanted to know how to stop Pitch and his group. As they stared up at the skylight that let the moon's light in, they were concentrating as hard as they could to get them to answer.
"You need to answer us this time!" North shouted angrily, watching the moon with patronizing eyes.
A light flashed brightly, causign all of them to cover them, before seeing Man on the Moon standing there with his arms crossed.
"It's not like I can come down here any time I want. It takes a lot of energy to come down here and appear before you like this." He complained, giving a sigh towards them.
"Why didn't you tell us about Crystal?" Bunny asked, giving him a sideways glance.
"It was for her to tell." He said, giving a small shrug.
"You knew before though. You only recently told her!" Jack argued, giving a huff and crossed his arms.
He peered at them, giving a sigh of defeat as they all stared at him scrutinizing. "It is just a precaution." He told them. "In case something ever happened."
"Then why did you tell her you and Time had only a little time left?" Bunny grunted, angry for the lie.
"It would cause her to learn her powers more quickly." He told them, dropping his arms in defeat. "For the battle that will ensue."
"That's another point we need to discuss." Crystal said with a groan. "When are they going to attack? What do we do to defeat them?"
Moony blurred out slightly, like a television losing connection. "I don't have much time left."
"Wait! You can't leave!" Hiccup said reaching out. "You need to answer us!"
"I'm sorry," Moony said with a shake of his head. "The only thing I can tell you is that all of you need to understand your powers are not just to yourselves, but need to be joined as a whole."
"Joined?" Crystal asked confused.
"What does that mean?" Rapunzel asked, equally confused.
Before they could get an answer Moony faded out and disappeared from their sights, no longer able to bring up enough energy to keep in front of them.
"Seems we been using him a lot lately." North said with a sigh. "He won't be able to visit for awhile."
"What did he mean by joining?" Jack asked, looking around at all of them in confusion, hoping one of them understood what the boss said.
"We need everyone's minds to think about this riddle." Bunny said with a groan.
"More minds will give more easier success." Merida said in agreement.
"That's it!" Crystal said, hitting her fist in her palm. "He wants all of us to work together! He wants us to join!"
"We're already working together," Hiccup stated, confused as to how she didn't see this.
"Yes, but what he meant was all of our 'powers'." Crystal tried to elaborate. "What we're all good at." She looked around at them, seeing they needed a bit more. "North you can see the wonder in everything, and are great with swords; Bunny you are great in martial arts, and can create rabbit holes everywhere; Tooth can control memories and has some knowledge of fighting; Sandy can control dreams and create weapons from those dreams; Jack can control anything cold; Hiccup you can train dragons to do as you say; Merida you are great with the bow and arrows along with battle formations; Rapunzel you have your healing hair and you can wield that frying pan fairly well; and Sera can control nature."
"And you can control life, along with time, and part of nature." Jack stated, including her in with this appreciation.
"I understand now!" North laughed curtly, happy that she saw all this greatness in them. "If we can learn how to combine our powers we can settle this war between good and evil!"
"You think Tooth and Sandy will help?" Crystal asked, feeling stupid for even asking the question.
"I think we all want to." Merida said with a smile.
"We all have people we want to protect." Hiccup pitched in, smiling at her with a toothy smile, while Toothless smiled at her with gums.
"I guess we need to practice." Bunny said with a smirk, before thumping his foot and letting them drop with a scream of surprise. "Surprised you?" He laughed at them, seeing them sliding down the tunnels with screams of fear and joy.
"Bunny!" Crystal complained, stopping herself by slamming her feet onto a boulder she was about to crash into. "Next time give some warning!"
"Sorry Sheila," He chuckled, hopping across the field over to her and helping her up. "Just wanted to see North and Frostbite finally be scared for once."
Crystal looked over and saw North laughing on the floor as he rolled, and Jack staring up at the sky in surprise as he spread his arms and legs out. "It was pretty funny to hear them scream worse than the girls who were pretty loud."
"I'll contact Tooth and Sandy," Bunny laughed, nodding his head to Jack with a snort. "The sooner we can all start getting in sync, the sooner we can defeat them."
"You're right, I'd rather be ready as soon as possible before they attack us." Crystal said, lifting up on Jack's arm, trying to make him stand up with her. "Stand on your own you big baby. I need your help to get North up."
He looked over at North who was trying to roll up into a sitting position, but could manage to move his belly out of the way. Jack and Crystal giggled as they hauled him up and got him standing, making him pat his belly with a wide smile.
"Need to lay off cookies." He said while patting the big bulge.
"Nah, I like to know Santa eats my cookies," Merida smiled at the big man, making him proud in her believing.
"So where do we start?" Hiccup asked, looking around at all of them.
"I think we should start with us," Crystal said, glancing around at the small group of teenagers. "After all, we've all defeated them before. The more the Guardians know how we did and the knowledge and power we have, the easier it'll be for us all to be able to defeat them again."
"I agree," Rapunzel said with a nod. "Though, I don't know what I can teach when my hair only works on me."
"True, that we'll have to figure out later." Crystal nodded, looking at them. "But I think what we need to concentrate on is how to use our powers together. Almost like Rapunzel will be our healer, Jack our mage, Hiccup our warrior, and Merida our archer."
"Did you just do a video game reference?" Jack chuckled, realizing what she was using to identify them.
Her cheeks flushed in embarrassment as she scratched her cheek and made a faint airy laugh. "You caught that huh?" She laughed again.
"Yeah, no so subtle," He told her with a chuckle. "What would you be then?"
She thought about it, putting her finger to her chin. "The spy? Thief? Assassin? Y'know, that class in the games!"
He smiled at her, patting her head. "Okay, whatever you think Ms. Clumsy."
"I'm not that bad!" She said with a pout.
"Yes you are," North chuckled, nodding his head in agreement.
"Got them!" Bunny said coming back into the room and interrupting the conversation. "They'll be here in about 30 minutes, they need to finish up their work."
Crystal nodded, looking at Jack as he ruffled her hair again.
"Good, we'll begin once they get here," Jack said, crossing his arms.