AN Ok first of I'm really really really sorry about this, but apart from Sandy's on whom I know nothing about, the Never Land Mermaids were the best I could come up with as to Jack knowing about them and no one else knowing.
Also sorry for the longnest of the chapter (it's actually 2 onto 1)
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"Oh wow..." Astrid said as the teenagers came out of the portal above a large island with a tall mountain, a lagoon, a waterfall which was always making a rainbow and what looked to be an Indian village. "Where are we Jack?" she asked.
"This my dear Astrid," Jokul said landing on a cloud and gesturing to the place in question "Is Never Land. And before you ask Fishlegs... The reason you've never heard about it is because it's not on any map."
"Well then how do you know where this place is then?" Merida asked hanging onto Hiccup.
"Because I happen to be a friend of one of the people who lives here," Jack said just as there was a loud cockerel call. "Speaking of which..." Jokul said, rolling his eyes slightly but slapping on his happy face.
"Hey Jack!" a red haired boy in a green suit yellow shoes, wearing a green hat with a red feather in it, and a small dagger attached to his belt, yelled as he came over floating in mid air something gold next to him.
"Hey Peter," Jokul cheered back giving the stranger a bro-hug. "Hey Tink," he said holding out a hand for the gold thing which turned out to be a blonde, green outfit wearing pixie, to land on.
"So what brings you to Never Land, Jack?" Peter asked playing a set of pan-flutes not noticing the slightly confused people on Dragons behind him.
"Well first, I've got some new friends for you both to meet," Jack said pointing to the teens. "Peter this is... Hiccup, Merida, Astrid, Snotface, (Hey!) Fishlegs Ruffnut and Tuffnut." he said pointing to the Teens "And their dragons... Toothless, Stormfly, Hookfang, Meatlug, and Barf and Belch."
"Nice to meet ya," Peter said in a slightly uncareing voice. "Jack you know the rule about grown ups here in Never Land." he said in a loud whisper.
"Please Pete, these guys are anything but grown up," Jokul said rolling his eyes in the same loud whisper.
Tink, who had been observing Jack for a while flew to Peter's ear and whispered something into it. This getting a confused look from the boy.
"So er... Why you here?" Peter asked looking to everyone.
"Well..." Hiccup "Back where we come from there's this guy called..."
"Pitch Black?" Peter guessed, getting confusing blinks. "Yeah I know him, He's the reason I have so many Lost Boys here actually," he said playing his flute again "He even came by at one point to see if he could bring fear to this place once."
"Well anyway," Astrid said not sure if she liked this boy or maybe it was because of the 'Lost Boys' "He's teamed up with some other people and we need to go around finding and collecting things before he does. But one of those things is at the bottom of a lake, and Jack said he knows some mermaids and some kind of seaweed to help us with that."
"Which I do..." Jack said using his staff to point. "Right down there," he said pointing to the lagoon "Is Mermaid Lagoon, and the queen there, Queen Millie-Anna, is the keeper of the seaweed."
"Well then lets get some and get going," Snotlout said not liking this place - too much color and happiness.
"Be my guess..." Jack said smirking and stepping aside, bowing slightly.
Being as dumb as he is Snotlout didn't see the smirk and told Hookfang to get going.
He returned within three minutes soaking wet and shock written on his face.
"They don't like new comers entering their lagoon," Jack explained slapping Peter's hand with glee at how dumb this boy was. "Unless of course they're girls." he said aiming this to Astrid, Ruffnut and Merida "But you'll need to leave the dragons and your axe, and your bow here so they don't think you're attacking them."
"Then how do we get down there?" Astrid asked sliding off Stormfly and wobbling as she got her balance on the cloud.
All Peter had to do was whistle and Tink, began flying over the three and throwing golden dust at them.
"Now think of happy thoughts girls," Peter said smiling "And off we go..." with that he took them down to the island.
(*)(*)(*)
As they flew, Peter kept looking back and when they were a save distance away asked "So why's Jack, Jokul Frosti?"
"You can tell the difference?" Astrid asked not really liking the feeling of being in the air, with out her dragon but also not falling.
"Not me Tinkerbelle," Peter said still flying nodding to the pixie.
"Well to answer ya," Merida said flipping to her back and looking casual as if she'd done this before "We don't know 'Why' we just, well all except Snotlout, know that he is."
"Mind if I ask a few questions Peter?" Astrid asked after a bit. "What did you mean about 'The rule about grown ups here in Never Land' and who are the 'Lost Boys'?"
"The rule about grown ups here in Never Land, is that grown ups are not welcome here, and you can never grow up hence the name," Peter said pausing to mid air pace a thinking look on his face. "The Lost Boys, are boys who all at some point had got lost back on Earth, and couldn't find their way home again, so I brought them here so they'd be safe."
"How is being in a place that's not on any maps, a safe place?" Ruffnut asked confused having trouble keeping up with the boy.
"It means no one can come find and hurt them," Peter said setting off again.
Finally the four ended up at Mermaid Lagoon and Peter played his flute again to say he was there.
"Hello Peter," the mermaids all called together and swam over to greet them.
"Hey girls," Peter said smiling "Think we can talk to Millie-Anna for a bit? It's real important."
"Sure," a purple haired mermaid said smiling and playing with her hair "I'll go get her."
"Peter..." another with blonde hair began "Who are they?" she asked nodding to Astrid, Ruffnut, and Merida.
"Huh..." Peter asked looking to where she was nodding "Oh that's Astrid, Ruffnut, and Merdia," Peter said.
"Well what are they doing here?" an orange haired one asked looking upset.
"They're friends of Jack," Peter said cutting off the complaints and attempts to drown them because...
"Jack?" the girls asked eyes wide and smiling, fluttering their eye lashes "Is he here too Peter?" Blondie asked.
"Yeah but he's keeping the people Astrid, Ruff, and Merida came here with out of trouble." Peter said looking to the sky where the Mermaids saw on the clouds five boys and five dragons on a cloud.
Just then bubbles began to appear on the Never Sea's surface and a really royal looking mermaid, pearls around her neck, around her wrist, a tiara in her hair, and a trident in her hand emerged.
"Peter, nice to see you again," she said smiling "And I see you brought some friends with you. Who may you dears be?" she asked.
Merida, putting all her mother's training together, answered.
"Our names are Merida, Astrid and Ruffnut Your Majesty," she said curtsying as Astrid and Ruff bowed slightly their skirts not long enough for a curtsy.
"And why may you be here?" Millie-Anna asked looking to the polite girl.
"Back home, Your Majesty," Merida continued "We're having a bit of trouble with a man named Pitch Black."
That got some screams out of the girls only to be silenced by their Queen.
"And one thing we need to stop him, is at the bottom of a deep lake. Jack Frost said you may have something to help us with that. If you do we will be ever most thankful." Merida said curtsying again saying she was finished.
Millie-Anna thought for a minute but then turned to the purple haired mermaid and nodded, who nodded back and dived into the water again.
"Is their anything else I could possibly help with my dears?" Millie-Anna asked.
"Well to be honest Your Highness..." Astrid said stepping forward "There is, but we're not sure how to fix it. You see at some point last night or the last few days we're not sure... Jack Frost... He's changed. And for the bad reasons." she said checking to see if the Queen was understanding, getting a nod to continue.
"One thing we need to stop Pitch, Your Highness," Astrid continued "Is the good, kind-hearted, fun centered Jack Frost again. But we don't know how to get that. Or if it's possible to get him back."
Hearing the problems, Millie-Anna looked to the sky presumably to look at Jack to see what Astrid was talking about, and then turned back to her.
"This has happened before, my dear," she said smiling slightly "Don't you worry. Just get him to remember who he his, and that should put him back to normal."
"Should?" Ruffnut asked raising an eyebrow.
"Ruff!" Astrid hissed looking back at Ruffnut.
"No Astrid," Ruffnut said coming forward and looking to Millie-Anna "Is that going to turn Jokul Frosti back to Jack Frost or is it not?" she asked.
"It depends, on how much power Jokul has over the body and mind," Millie-Anna said not caring about Ruffnut's behavior. "That's why you need to get Jack to remember who he is. So he'll fight back. I'm sorry I can not be anymore help to you."
"It's alright Your Majesty," Merida said pulling Ruff back, smiling sweetly. "We are grateful for the help you've given us, and we shall put it to good use." she said curtsying again in thanks, as the purple haired mermaid came back with a small bag of some red seaweed.
"Here," she said giving the bag to Astrid. "Once you eat it it will give the consumer the breathing abilities of a mermaid for up to three hours."
"Thanks," Astrid said smiling in gratitude.
After the girls once again showed their respects, Peter led them back up to the boys.
(*)(*)(*)
Getting back to the cloud where the others were, Astrid, Ruff, and Merida said that they have the seaweed.
"Good now can we get out of here?" Snotlout asked still huffy about earlier.
"Aw... what's wrong Snotface?" Jokul said smirking "You upset because some girls don't like ya? Would of thought you'd be used to it by now."
"It's Snotlout!" Snotlout said getting really annoyed this boy kept calling him that.
"Yeah like that's any better..." Jokul said rolling his eye pulling out the snowglobe "But if you want to go... Sorry we couldn't get to meet the Boys, Peter. Mr Big-Baby here's just having a tantrum."
"It's fine," Peter said loving the reaction Snotlout was giving "Their all asleep anyway, they were up all night playing Treasure Hunt."
"Treasure?!" the Twins and Snotlout said together their faces lighting up.
"Yeah but you know, you guys need to be going don't you?" Peter said shrugging "So... Fair thee well my friends," he said bowing taking off his hat "I hope to see you all again."
With that and his signature cockerel call he dove back down to the island Tink following after waving goodbye, just as Jokul threw the globe in front of the three going after him to stop them from following, so they could get back.
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Back at the Pole, everyone was still in the Globe Room all around the control panel trying to deduce the mystery of where the kids might be.
"Can snowglobes even go through different dimensions, North?" Tooth asked playing with her fingers.
"Not usually," North said as he continued to try and find it "It would need to take very powerful or skilled person to do make a snowglobe to do that."
Just then an update on the globe came through and it said they were back on Berk.
"Well that was... a worrying two hours," Bunny said.
"I demand to have a snowglobe to go see the kids North," Stoick said holding out his had. "We need to see if they are all alright and need to learn where they've been."
Seeing no argument in it, North gave the Viking Chief a new snowglobe.
"Just remember Stoick," Mother Nature said halting him "Be careful around Jack... And don't judge him too much that he'll attack."
Getting a nod Stoick threw the orb and jumped through.
o0o
Stoick had just got to the cove when he saw his son and Merida jump into the lake.
"Hiccup!" he cried and ran over making everyone jump and stare in confusion at him.
Just as he was about to dive in after them Astrid blocked the way.
"Sir they're fine," she said "They can breathe under there. We went to visit some mermaids who gave us some magic seaweed that lets them breathe under water." she explained being the only one who Stoick would listen to.
"And where were these mermaids?" Stoick asked backing up a bit "The control panel back at the Pole said your globe's signal was not coming from anywhere on Earth."
That getting everyone to look surprised and spin to Jack who was sitting in a tree.
"They were in a place called Never Land," Jokul said loving the fear Stoick was giving off thinking his only son was drowning in the lake. "If you want directions I can give them to you, but it's hard to get there."
"And you're sure we can trust these mermaids?" Stoick asked raising an eyebrow accusingly at the boy.
"As sure as it is Winter is the best season of them all," Jokul said standing up on the branch and bowing. "Anyway how else are they meant to get Hiccup's knife back?"
Just then Hiccup and Merida came back up and cut the surface of the water, holding hands and Hiccup holding the knife.
"Dad?" Hiccup asked confused "What are you doing here?"
"Everyone was worried about the signal your snowglobe was giving off saying you weren't on Earth anymore," Stoick began, helping the two out of the lake "So when it said you came back I asked for one myself to see if you were alright."
"You know about..." Hiccup whispered as he shifted his head to Jack pretending to get water out of his ears "Then?"
"Yes," Stoick answered "And I don't like the fact that you lot are hanging around with him."
"Dad it's fine," Hiccup said back not noticing he was still holding Merida's hand "Besides freezing over the cove and trying to kill Snotlout, who was teasing him by the way," He said so Stoick wouldn't attack "He hasn't done anything yet."
"And if and or when he does Sir," Merida added "We will be there to fight him. Trust us."
Looking over the kids and then to Jack/Jokul (whatever) who was back to his back against the trunk of the tree smirking a bit being able to hear every word thanks to Wind but not knowing what they were talking about Jokul just thought they still thought of him as Jack. Stoick said taking the knife "Fine... Just don't get killed. Any of you."
With that Stoick shook his globe and went back to the Pole while everyone turned to Jack.
"So where were we if we weren't on Earth then Jack?" Merida asked finally dropping Hiccup's hand and retaking her bow, from Fishlegs, her eyes on him.
"I told you already Merida," Jokul said coming down "I said where when we got there. We were in Never Land."
"And where exactly was that?" Merida asked rolling her eyes.
"The place that's the Second star to the right, and Straight on till Morning," Jokul said smirking at their confused faces.
"Anyway..." Hiccup said halting Merida from shooting an arrow at the winter spirit "How about we get going for Merida's object now? That way we'll have all four back at the Pole and no one can take them."
"Ya know..." Snotlout said nodding in agreement hopping onto Hookfang "We haven't seen any of those villains since they attacked our homes have we?" he asked. "Would of thought they'd at least try and stop us from getting the Things."
Everyone looked to each other then to Hiccup silently asking if they should tell him.
After a few minutes of opening and closing his mouth and getting ideas, Hiccup just shook his head, and with Merida behind him, took off on Toothless and through the portal.