Rise of the Guardians 2

Chapter 24

We went back to the small ledge where we had first found Merida. The Funeral had ended and the Vikings and Scots had gone. The odd thing was the boat in the distance. It was barely visible, but it was plainly recognizable as the same funeral boat, because of the tell-tale flames that were still adorning the ship.

"That must be it" I said "That ship should have burned shortly after we left to look for Mer"

Jack, Punz and I flew over, with Mer walking of the ice again, casting distrustful looks at Jack. When we got close to the boat, my suspicions were confirmed. The boat did have yellow, orange and blue flames licking the surface of the wood and sending sparks and smoke spiraling up in the air, but did no damage to the boat or it's two covered occupants.

"Uh, guys" Jack called "I'm not going to be able to reach the boat. Fire and Ice don't mix that well. I can't make the ice go any further either or else it will melt."

"Go on without us" Mer said "I'm not going to be able to reach it without Jack's Ice"

Punz and I looked at each other. I had a feeling of foreboding. It wasn't that I was worried about if the Nightmares, or that I was doubting Jack or Merida's ability to protect themselves. It was that those too had a natural talent of getting on each other's nerves and leaving them by themselves did not seem like the best of ideas. We had limited options though so, Punz and I agreed.

We got to the ship and landed.

"How come the fire doesn't hurt me" Punz asked. I shrugged

"Maybe you're resilient because fire is a source of light. I'm resilient 'cause I can control fire to a certain extent. Or maybe it's cause this fire won't hurt anything on this ship." It was after sundown now, and the flickering flames cast eerie shadows around the boat. I uncovered one of the figures and Punz uncovered the other.

The figure that I uncovered was a beautiful black dragon. A Night Fury. Even when dragons still lived, it was rare to come across one of these. The Dragon had a saddle on and had an injured tail that had replaced by a prosthetic.

Punz had uncovered a young man in his 20's-Hiccup. He had a peg leg and had obviously been shot by an arrow or two.

"What do we do now" Rapunzel whispered

"Umm..." I was saved from answering as a concentrated beam of moonlight shone down upon Hiccup and the dragon. It raised them up in the air and their wounds began to heal. Not only the wounds that had caused their death, but also Hiccups missing leg and the Night Fury's injured tail. They both opened their eyes and Hiccup began to cough. The voice began to speak again.

"Welcome Hiccup, Dragonmaster. Spirit of Fall, Guardian of Peace. May your presence inspire everlasting peace among all Spirits"

Hiccup and the Dragon were set down and the moonlight faded as did the fire, leaving us in almost complete darkness.

"Hey Punz, could you give us some light"

"How do I do that?"

"I dunno. Just concentrate on bringing light" There was a blinding flash of light that was so intense that I could still see it even when my eyes were closed.

"Punz!"

"Sorry" She cried. The light dimmed and I opened my eyes. Punz was holding a ball of light in cupped hands looking sheepish. "That was a little much, wasn't it"

"Just a little" I agreed. A sudden voice made us jump.

"Not to be rude, but who are you" It was Hiccup

"Oh, sorry." I said "I'm Breeze Fever, Spirit of Summer. This is Rapunzel of Corona, Spirit of light and healing. You're the new Spirit of Fall"

"What's a Spirit" He asked warily

"A Spirit is an immortal being, that is given the job on watching over something. I'm the Summer Spirit, so I oversee Summer."

"And I'm a Spirit?"

"Yeah, The Man in the Moon Chose you"

"But I'm mortal" He said "I died actually"

"All Spirits were mortal at some point" I said "Many are chosen after they die, so their absence doesn't cause any trouble. He was shaking his head.

"No-nope, this isn't happening. This is all some sort of crazy dream"

"This isn't a dream Hiccup"

"Of course it is-wait how...how do you know my name?"

"Merida told me. Plus MIM just said it"

"You know Merida?"

I grinned "'course I do. She's a Spirit too. She's-" I was cut off by a splash. We all turned and saw that in the distance the ice beneath Merida's feet had crumpled. She was gripping the edge on the ice, with one hand and was loading her bow with the other. Jack was hovering with his staff at the ready.

"She's over there with Jack Frost." I finished with a sigh "I think we'd better go and separate those two before they kill each other."

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