Rise of The Seasons

by Apollo Holmes

Pitch is back, stronger than before, and he has allies. The Man in the Moon has chosen three new Guardians-Rapunzel,the embodiment of Spring, Merida, the embodiment of Summer, and Hiccup, embodiment of Autumn- to stop Pitch. Will these new Guardians be able to stop Pitch and his allies, or will they succumb to the darkness? (A Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons story)

15. Chapter 11

Author's Note: I saw X-Men Days of Future Past yesterday and it was amazing! It was much better than X-Men The Last Stand. I could go on talking about it for an hour, but I'm sure you don't want that.

Disclaimer: If I owned any of these characters, there would be a Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons movie in the works. I own nothing.

Hiccup's Pov

I waited in my room for the sounds of cages being unlocked. Once I heard the sound I listened to what Master and the girls were talking about."Where's Hiccup?" Asked Rapunzel. "Your brother's in his room. Why don't you see how he's doing. He's been so worried for you two, you know. You've been sick ever since Sandman managed to put that sand of his in your food." Said Pitch. I heard footsteps and faked sadness. I grabbed a stick from a nearby dying tree in Father's garden and threw it for Toothless. He ran after it, his yellow eyes sparkling. I thought about Master and his yellow eyes. Then I thought about my yellow eyes. Were my eyes always yellow? Master Pitch can change people's memories. That's what he did to Rapunzel and Merida. Were my memories changed? Did he lie to me about the Guardians being evil? "Hiccup!" Yelled Merida. I winced. "Yeah? Odin, do you want to make me go deaf?" I joked. "How've you been? Father said that you've been sad for a while." Said Rapunzel. "I'm OK." I said. "I've been getting stronger with Pitch's help. He's trying to help me find my center." I said. "Cool. Hey, bud." Said Rapunzel as she scratched Toothless behind the ears. "So, any plans for the Guardians yet?" Asked Merida. "I have a couple, but they're really risky. I'm trying to make less risky ones. I'll let you know when I come up with something." I said. "OK. We'll be in our rooms." Said Rapunzel. She and Merida left. Wait, Punzie and Mer had rooms? Since when did Pitch build those? I walked over to my desk and grabbed my charcoal pencil and sketchbook.

Jack's Pov

"Hello? Is anyone home?" I asked. I was looking around a strange forest with fluffy trees, bears, and goldfish that could walk on land. I was looking for a man who Rapunzel told me to find. While I was walking, I felt something on my leg. In a second, I was upside down and found that I couldn't move. My staff fell out of my hand in my struggle. "Darn it." I muttered, looked up, and saw vines around me. "Can I help you?" Asked a young voice. I looked at one of the trees before me and my eyes widened. I'd seen a lot of weird things in my life, but I never expected to see someone walk out of a tree. A man walked out of the tufted tree as if he were passing through water. The man who walked out of the tree was really tall and had short black hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a gray fedora with a gray vest, a long sleeved white shirt, gray pants, and black shoes. He had green vines on his vest. "Um. Hi. The name's Jack Frost. My friend told me about you." I said, not sure what to say. Wouldn't want to say the wrong thing and get the life squeezed out of me. Wait. Can a spirit die again? "Punzel sent you?" Asked the man. "Yeah. If would please put me down." I said. "Oh. Right." Said the man and waved his hand. I was released from the vines and grabbed my staff. "So you're Jack Frost? You're shorter than I thought you would be. So, what do you want me for?" Asked the man.

"Well, I need your help with a little team I'm getting together. It was Punz's idea. Then her and Merida were taken by I'm guessing Pitch, so I'm left to gather the rest." I said. Vines grew out of the ground, wrapping around the young man's legs. "Why do you need to get together this team? You have Guardians, don't you?" Asked the young man. "Yeah, but Punz made me promise that if she was kidnapped and/or went bad, then I would collect this team to fight her. Merida made me promise, too. Trust me, there's no way you can say 'no' to a girl on fire with a flaming arrow in your face." I said. "OK then. If Punzel has been kidnapped, then I want to help get her back." Said the man with the fedora. "Wait. What's your name?" I asked. "You can call me the Onceler. Everyone does." Said the Onceler. I nodded and took out a snow globe. "The North Pole." I said, and threw the snow globe. It turned into a portal. I heard a horse whinny. "Come on!" I said. Onceler and I ran through the portal.

My eyes widened at the sight before me. The North Pole was practically crawling with Nightmares. There was Nightmare Sand everywhere. Yetis were being chased by Nightmare Dragons and Tooth Fairies were pecking at the legs of Nightmare Horses. I heard footsteps and turned to the Onceler. "Hide! Pitch can't know I'm gathering a team." I whispered to my new teammate. He nodded and melted into the wooden ground. "Ah, hello Jack." Said Pitch's voice from behind me. "Where are the Guardians?" I asked. "Oh, how should I know? They're probably fighting with that old hag." Said the Boogeyman lazily. "What did you do with Rapunzel, Merida, and Hiccup?" I asked angrily, ice covering the ground and crawling towards Pitch. "Don't worry, they're OK. You know, when I put Rapunzel into that fear state, she cried your name a few times. Odd, considering that you weren't in the nightmare at all." Said Pitch. I heard an explosion and saw a flash of light. He was stalling. I thought. I flew over to the flash. Pitch didn't even try and stop me. He simply melted into the shadows. "North! Bunny! Tooth! Sandy!" I said, looking for them. I heard an evil laugh, but saw no one. I saw the Onceler appear behind a pile of cloth. "Frost, I think they're over here!" He said. I flew over to the Onceler and saw four toddlers. "Tooth?" I asked. She looked like one of her fairy minions, but the size of a human baby. "Oh, I really am beginning to hate witches." I said. "So, what do we do now?" Asked Onceler. "Do we have to gather any other people?" "Yeah. First off, promise me one thing, Onceler. If I go bad, then find Elsa of Arendelle for the team. OK?" I asked. Onceler looked reluctant, but nodded. "I promise." He sighed. "Before we leave, what about them? They may be attacked again." Said Onceler. "We could always take them with us." I said. "Wouldn't it slow us-Never mind. Let's go." Said Onceler, looking at the ice crawling towards him. "Good." I said. "Wait. Where are we going?" Asked Onceler. "We're going to a hotel in Transylvania."