Since he left Merida to go over the 'lessons' he spoke to her, Jack had been in the Globe Room of the Lair waiting in quiet suspense for the moment when...
"EVERYONE GLOBE ROOM NOW!" Pitch's voice rang out through the tunnels making one of the weaker ones collapse.
Quickly, Jack but a dose of the eye-drops in his eyes just to make sure they were black, and jumped down as everyone rushed in, Merida coming next to him, Pitch coming in last a not too happy look on his face.
"Which among you..." he began pacing looking more to the two of them "Moved the Things from the room they were in?"
"Oh come on Pitch..." Gothel said laughing a bit "Why would you ask such a ridicules question?"
"Because you old witch..." Pitch said stopping his pacing anger in his voice "THEY'RE NOT THERE ANYMORE!" he cried shooting out a thick string of Nightmare Dust getting her by the throat and pinning her to the wall.
"Well... it wasn't me..." Gothel said trying to get the out of the Nightmare Kings hold, using a few sabre she conjured up to slice through the 'arm' and get down soothing out her dress and fixing her hair turning to Mordu and the teens.
"Don't look like that to me Pitch," Mordu said arms crossed "In all the times they could of been moved I was resting up for that fight we just had in the Warren."
"So..." Pitch said looking to the teenagers. "Which of you did it? And why would you move them in the first place."
At first neither said anything both standing tall. Then Jack said.
"Too keep them safe of course... You know you should really think of upping the security of this place..." he said twirling his staff grinning loving the fact that Pitch was so mad, but remembering Merida was there too, so he couldn't have too much fun.
"Oh? And where exactly is this new safe place? Jokul?" Pitch asked stressing the name a bit out of anger.
"Someplace no one will ever think of looking or get to down here..."
"That doesn't answer the question boy," Mordu said turning to him as well standing tall.
"They're with..." Jack said reaching behind him grabbing Merida's hand "Em..." With that he slashed his staff to the ground and made a huge snow monster and set it to the villains before scooping up Merida and zooming off down the tunnels and out of the lair.
"Jack!" Merida said after catching up with what's happening "Why'd you tell them that! Now they'll go and get them and hurt everyone!"
"Emily has a spell on her Cove, Merida..." Jack explained, removing the frozen black sand from his head, asking for the fasted winds to get away from the hole. "Only those who are invited by her may enter. Do you honestly believe that any of them would be on that list?"
"Well I've never been invited by her to go into this place either," Merida said tightening her grip around Jack to try and keep the wind off her so she stayed warm.
"I'm one of the few people who can have a plus-one when they want to go see her," Jack said looking over his shoulder to see how far away from the hole he was not even seeing the field it was in anymore.
Then looking around for any Nightmares/Shadows, or possible Nightmare King hiding spots. When he was sure it was safe Jack was about to raise his staff when a new thought came to mind.
"Just... Just don't laugh at how I look there k?" he asked avoiding her eyes.
"Why would I?" Merida asked confused "Wouldn't you look the same?"
To save himself and the time by answering the question, Jack just lifted his staff above his head and twirled it a few times before aiming it to just in front of them earning in getting an ice-blue portal.
Tightening their grip on each other, Jack and Merida zoomed in.
(*)(*)(*)
Mother Nature was checking up on Hiccup to see how he was doing.
Although the golden figures had stopped dancing around the teenagers head, and he seemed more relaxed then before, the boy still hadn't woken up just yet.
After petting Toothless thanks for letting her see his boy, Emily Jane went to go see how everyone else was doing, finding them in the 'Eating Area' either stuffing their faces with food, or trying to work out what Jack's Thing does.
Emily Jane was a few paces away when the Triplets and Jamie shot up and turned to the highest hill of the Cove (which just so happened to be in Winter Woods), after squinting their eyes and gaining big smiles together, as one, the four boys shot off towards the hill totally ignoring everyone's cries.
"Wonder what got into them?" Bunny asked getting nods of confusment from the others.
Using her magic and a little trick she had learnt a while back about using a huge blade of grass and a large bead of dew, Emily Jane made... A telescope* and turned to the hill.
After a bit she found what she was looking for and threw the telescope to Buddy before snapping her fingers and using the wind to help her run for the hill as well.
"Well I don't need one of these to find the answer anymore," Buddy said chuckling and shaking his head.
"So you going to tell us the answer?" Astrid asked getting the Season of Spring to see the others all still looking confused.
"Jack's here," was all he said before heading out too.
After a bit everyone followed suit all excited for seeing their Guardian of Fun (and hopefully Princess of Dunbroch) again, not really sure what they'd expect to see when they got there.
(*)(*)(*)
Up on the hill, Merida was gently put down and was rubbing her eyes trying to get the sight to work for both of them again.
"Whoa..." she said making them grow when she could see and see how beautiful the place was "I've never seen anything so beautiful in all my life but... Did you have to dump us in the snow Jack?" she asked looking all around not seeing the Frost Boy anywhere.
"Jack this isn't funny!" Merida cried out not moving from her spot but prepping her bow.
"I know it's not," Jack's said getting her to look to the trees to see a... how can you say... updated Jack looking all posh and fine in what could only be royal like clothes.
"Someone who's not a Winter Elemental in an outfit like that," Jack said nodding to Merida "Wouldn't last up to half an hour in temps like the ones here."
With that he Jack put his fingers to his mouth and blew letting off a loud bird like cry, in under a minute a snowy-owl came towards them a new outfit for the Princess in her claws, dropping it at Merida's feet.
Slowly picking it up and eyeing Jack, Merida was about to set of to the woods a bit to change glad to finally get rid of the outfit she was in, when suddenly she was tackled by something. Make that three somethings all hugging and rubbing themselves into her welcoming her back home.
Being aloud to get up and turn over Merida opened her arms wide and accepted her brothers welcomes tears and big smiles coming from each of them.
"JACK!" another boy cried getting the red-head Princess to look up again and see a brown haired, brown eyed boy coming up to the top of the hill too, eyes set on where Jack was, waving to get the teens attention.
"Hey Squirt," Jack said standing up on his branch and leaning onto his staff, which seemed to be the only thing that was unchanged.
Now, instead if those tatty brown cutoff trousers and deep blue hoodie he usually wore, he now had on an ice-blue outfit, with a see-through cape which was littered in snowflakes - making him look like a prince or a king, which was only amplified by an iced crown he had on his head.*
"Whoa Jack you look... Different," Merida said speechless slightly. "It's good different but why are you looking like that and not the same way you did of the other side of that portal?"
"Go get changed first and then I'll tell you Mer," Jack said smiling as he came down and was tackled by Jamie.
Rolling her eyes but agreeing with his ideas because of how cold she was, Merida picked up her new outfit and went into the woods a bit, mentally thanking Jack when a thick hard to see throw sheet of ice popped up and new voices came into the air.
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"JACK!" Emily Jane cried as she rushed into his arms, him spinning her around a bit and she giving him a kiss.
"Hey Em," Jack said when she let him breath again "Look I'm sorry for whatever Jokul may of said or did to you. I swear if it was me, I'd never of done ANY of it."
"I know Jack," Emily said leaning onto his chest as he hugged her a bit tighter. "Like you said 'You will never, ever, hurt me...'"
"Ja... wow!" someone else cried out as everyone (minus Hiccup and Toothless) came to the top of the hill.
"Er... Hi guys," Jack said detaching from Emily Jane and turning slightly blue with blush at everyone reacting to how he looked.
"Hey Little Brother," Buddy said stepping forward and ruffling Jack's already messy hair and giving him a bro-hug.
"Ugh Buddy! Get-off!" Jack said pushing the Season of Spring away and trying to sort out his hair. "You know I don't like it when you do that!"
"Which is why I do it Frosty" Buddy said proudly before thwacking him around the head.
"OW!"
"And that's for letting your twin take over and set off this storm," he said annoyed.
"HEY JACK!" Merida's voice called out getting him to lower the sheet of ice for her to come back to them. "So what do we do with this now then?" she asked after saying 'Hi' to everyone, holding up her dark outfit.
"I'd say get rid of it," Jack said getting some nods from the others "Unless of coarse Evie* might want it but I doubt it."
"I'll take it and deal with it later," Emily Jane said taking the outfit. "Oh and there's a dragon and his rider who I'd think would like to see you Jack, and we can't seem to get Rapunzel to work your Thing." she said before walking away.
"But Toothless will just eat me Em!" Jack said following her for a bit exaggerating slightly.
"Dragons don't eat people, or spirits, Jack," Emily said spinning around to face him "Now go see him!"
Sighing and rolling his eyes, Jack took off and went straight to where Hiccup was resting.
"How'd he know to look for him there?" Fishlegs asked curious getting nods of agreement from everyone else who were thinking the same question.
"You don't really think this is Jack's first time here do you? He's a Season for crying out loud." Emily said amazed at how dumb they were.
AN: *A trick from Disney Pixar's A Bug's Life
**Minus the boots, and adding a crown, I based this on Elsa (from Frozen)'s gendabend
***Evie = Spirit of Halloween
