Author: Many of you liked my chapter with the seasonals so here's another one with them. This chapter takes place shortly after where chapter 5 The Unneeded Rescue Mission left of.
Disclaimer: I don't own ROTG.
Introducing Family to Friends.
"Maybe showing Hiccup the working area wasn't the best idea."
Jack stood there along with his family and Rapunzel and Merida watching Hiccup go from one part of the working area to another asking yeti about tools and materials. Surprisingly fast for a 15-year-old with one leg short.
"Hiccup," Jack whispered cupping his hands around his mouth as if he's yelling. "If you don't want me to take Toothless out for a flight, say something."
Of course Hiccup didn't hear him.
Shrugging Jack turned around. "I'll be with the dragon if you need me guys." Jack's walk to the door was cut short when Merida suddenly appeared in front of him heat emitting from her form. "Oh no, yuh don't Jack, yuh got a story tuh share."
"Yeah." Rapunzel nodded tearing her gaze away from a yeti who was painting a plastic horse in the most brilliant shade of green. Green... like the eyes of person who she greatly missed- missed but not forgotten. The spirit smiled at Jack. "Tell us about how you found your family and how you became a guardian!" The brunette demanded clasping her hands together.
"How about you stay for dinner?" Tooth offered fluttering over North's shoulder. "Then we can all-"
"Dinner?" Jack echoed, wincing when his mom shot him an annoyed look for interrupting her. "I just woke up."
Hearing that Merida smirked. "Yuh really shouldn't be sleeping on the job. Jack."
Leaning on his staff Jack returned Merida's smirk with his own confident grin. "Oh no, just taking a break from fighting the whole 'global warming' thing you started." Jack said making air quotes at the words 'global warming'. "Guess I'll just snow over one of your desserts and call is even, princess?"
"If yuh dare!" Merida threatened a flame arrow forming in her clenched fist. "How many times do I have tuh apologize for that! It wouldn't have happened if yuh wouldn't have played that prank!"
"When I prank people it doesn't leave lasting damage!"
Watching the usual back and forth argument Rapunzel exhaled dramatically and stepped in front of the two arguing seasonals blocking them from the other guardians' view. "I'd love to stay for dinner. I'm sure Hiccup and Merida do to." She glanced over her shoulder at Hiccup who was already constructing something, using the yeti's materials- and over at Merida still having a heated - cold argument with Jack.
The spirit of spring cupped her hands around her mouth, like Jack did before and whispered "Hiccup, Merida. If you don't want to stay for dinner with Jack's family than say something."
And of course neither of the two replied.
Giggling quietly Rapunzel quietly shook her head in amusement, bringing her attention back to the guardians she grinned. "Looks like we're staying for dinner."
The older guardians kept trying to watch Jack and Merida's banter, because it's not like the way Jack usually banters with Bunnymund, yet the way to two opposite seasons argue seems... familiar. "Are they always like that?" North questions pointing at the pair, Sandy creating a question mark out of dreamsand to show that he also wanted to know.
"Hm? Oh yeah." Rapunzel said with a dismissive wave of her hand. "Don't worry, it's the whole opposite season thing. They usually get a lot worse than this."
"You don't see me pulling stuff like that during Winter?!"
Jack just smirked and patted Merida's shoulder. "But Summer is not Winter. I can handle it."
While Merida stood frustrated and shocked by Jack's laid back reply, Jack walked back over to Rapunzel and the guardians. "So what do you want to know? Which one of you won the bet?"
For a moment Rapunzel wondered what bet Jack was talking about, then her eyes lit up when she remembered. She glanced at North and Tooth before looking back at Jack. "Me and Merida both." She said smirking playfully.
"You?" Jack and Merida snorted.
Not really embaresed Rapunzel looked at her bare feet, a small smile on her face. "Okay, so maybe not me."
"What bet?!" Bunny demanded feeling left out and not liking it in the least.
"Just a pointless thing they did last century, Cottontail." Jack waved his hand ready to dismiss Bunnymund when he suddenly perked up. "Bunny! You gotta show Rapunzel the Warren sometime!" He said jumping onto one of the many tables not to far from his friends. "Punz you're gonna love it! It's constant spring, but none of it is the Big Lady's work! All Pooka magic!"
Crossing his arms Bunny smirked, oh he was going to rub it in that Jack complimented both his home and his magic.
"Speaking of her," Hiccup said walking up to them, his newly made gadget in his arms. "Have any you heard anything from Mother Nature at all?"
"Now that you mention it," Rapunzel replied, a finger against her chin. "I haven't gotten an order since Easter. It's kinda nice actually, just working on instinct."
"Actually," Jack said, peeling his eyes away from Hiccup's newest doo-hickey, how many wings does one guy need? "She's probably sulking. You see, she's the one that-"
North cut him off, voice loud but light. "Lets explain during dinner, da? Jack why not give your friends tour through workshop?"
Of course none of the three other seasonals protested against a tour through Santa's workshop.
-ROTG-
The tour is amazingly wonderful, they'd briefly lost track of Merida in the weapon room and they had trouble getting Rapunzel to leave the music room, but it was all in good fun. When Jack finished showing his friends the first three floors of the place it was already time for diner.
When told there waving both a family diner and three extra guests the kitchen yeti went out of their way to make a feast and made sweet potatoes, steamed vegetables and lamb-chops with the yeti's specially made cherry sauce.
During diner the guardians finally explain the situation to the three seasonals. How Jack is Tooth and North's son, that Jack drowned trying to save a little girl, how mother nature kept it a secret that Jack had a family, Manny choosing Jack to be a new guardian, how Jack got his memories back and of course their reunion.
Hiccup, Merida and Rapunzel are all shocked to hear that their boss is partly responsible for Jack being alone for so long.
But after that story has finally sunk in Merida asks the most expected question.
"So... Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy are together?"
Of course the three seasonals had seen North and Tooth occasionally, mainly at balls- they'd all seen them dance together, but none of them knew they were together as in together.
This question makes the guardians launch into another story about Tooth and North's meeting, the Mother Nature fiasco, North trying to earn Tooth's trust, her courtship and their wedding.
By the end of the story Hiccup, Merida and Rapunzel are all quiet for a several minutes taking in the new information. Santa Claus the Casanova bandit king? The Tooth fairy the warrior queen? Who knew?
"Well," Hiccup dryly stated being the first to break the silence. "that explains a lot."
Tooth blinked. "What do you mean?" She asked not noticing Jack abruptly stopping with sneaking his broccoli onto Bunny's plate, nor does she notice the similar grins on Rapunzel and Merida's faces.
"The three water nymphs in Greece." Merida answered not even looking up from cutting her meat.
"Pelélé on Hawaii." Rapunzel added rubbing away imaginary dirt from her spoon.
"Or that forest ghost girl in Oregon." Hiccup continued. "And soul switching witch what was her name again?"
"Heraxia." Rapunzel an Merida deadpanned.
"Guys!" Jack cried burying his head in his arms. "I'm not that bad!"
"Yes you are."
This time it was the guardians stunned into silence, this lasted a whole lot shorter.
North threw his head back laughing loudly. "That's my boy!"
Bunny snickered. "Been busy haven't ya Frostbite?" He asked while Sandy formed a train flute above his head making it honk loudly.
Flying up from her chair Tooth clasped her hands together just underneath her chin. "Oh my Sweet Tooth!" She gushed. "Look at my baby all growing up!"
"Mom!" Jack moaned hitting his head on the table- repeatedly. "Sto-oop!"
Merida grinned taking a large bite from her lamb chop. "I think 'e likes foxy best."
That got Jack to straighten up- quickly. "Chika and I are just friends!"
"Chika eh?" Bunny teased grinning widely. Jack had stayed quiet while his friends named up those other girls but the moment Merida brought up 'foxy' Jack perked up. Apparently the little frostbite thought more of this Chika than he wanted to let on.
"Who is Chika Jack?" Tooth asked buzzing with excitement.
Jack blinked taken aback by the question. "W-well Chika's a kitsune, you know those shapeshifting fox creatures. I met her almost 201 years ago when I was prankin-"
"Kitsune?" North interrupted him, face scrunched up in thought. "Creatures who seduce handsome man right?"
Rapunzel nearly spit out her drink at that as she imagined Chika being like that- the thought made her laugh.
"Dad no!" Jack protested, the way he said made it sound like how he'd say 'god no!' "Kitsune live by clans, each clan is different. Chika is from a clan that- Why am I telling you this?!"
"We wanna know about your girlfriend Jack." Tooth cheerily answered.
"She's not my girlfriend!"
"And you don't like her that way, don't you?" Hiccup's voice was dripping with sarcasm.
Groaning Jack slammed his against the table again- again- and again. "You guys are never gonna get invited for diner again. Never ever!"
Author: Just sillyness XD You'll get a more serious chapter next time. I promise.
P.S: If any of you are interested, you can ask questions to the characters from this story, this AU on my tumblr page. Make sure you say to who you are asking the question to. If I get a lot of asks for the characters maybe I'll make a special page just for this AU.
