Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons: A New Beginning

Chapter 9- Answers

*Hiccup's POV* 

"Mavis?" Rapunzel whispered, not convincing any of us she believes this 'Mavis'. 

"Yes. My name is Mavis." She replied, beginning to stand up.

"Well, Mavis, care to explain.... Everything?" Jack questioned, holding his magical staff even tighter.

"I'm a vampire. Don't worry, I won't hurt you. I met Pitch Black ten years ago when I was flying away from my dad. Pitch told me that I could have power. Unlimited power. The power that can turn someones worse nightmare into a reality. But on one condition. I use it on you four first. He never told me why he despised you all so much, and I never questioned. He'd feed me more energy, that made my hidden ability grow stronger. Pitch told me I would keep this ability until the day he died. I never feared losing the power. Until one day, he never came back. I then realised I had to live up to the expectations of me given by Pitch and I had to use my power against you four until you each crumpled down like a pile of ash." Mavis took a breath and looked at us all. Before she could start talking and explaining again, Merida interrupted her. 

"But if your power is to use someones worse nightmare against them, what were our nightmares?  And why couldn't you do it?" She asked in her scottish accent that I love. 

"Although you each have your individual fears, for example; Merida, you have the fear of Mor'dor coming back to life, Rapunzel, you have the fear of being isolated in the tower again, Jack, you have the fear of no one believing in you. And Hiccup, you have the fear of no one accepting you if they found out you are a-" Mavis began. She stopped once she saw the glance I was giving her, telling her not to tell them. She seemed to have listened.

"Anyway. You all have your individual fears. But what I've never seen before is you all fearing as a group. You all feared the same thing, more than your individual fears." Mavis concluded, as if she had answered all the questions floating through our heads.

"...Which was...?" Rapunzel pushed, edging her to tell us the last piece of information. 

Mavis looked around confused, which was followed by an eye roll.

"Losing each other." She answered. She was right. I was afraid of losing Merida. I was afraid of losing Rapunzel and Jack. They are almost like my new family now and because I've lost my real family, They've sort of filled in that place. I was scared that if I did lose them that I would be alone. That I wouldn't have anyone else that would fill in that place. Because no one else can. I never knew they each felt like that though. I thought it was only me.

The silence was enough to know that the others were thinking that as well. I stood there, not really knowing what to do when an idea popped in my head.

"Wait, so your not... bad, anymore, right?" I asked gesturing towards Mavis. She gave me a slight nod so I continued.

"Well, this is a long shot, but maybe if we can-" The sound of Merida's voice cut me off mid-sentence in my mumbling. 

"Hurry up and tell us what you're thinking" 

"What if you became a guardian?" I blurted out. I looked at everyones faces and the emotions were all mixed together, making it hard to read their faces; Anger, confusion and the one that was plastered on their faces most was hope. Hope that maybe I could be right. Hope that maybe we could come together as one.

Hope that maybe Mavis would be alright for once.

"I dont know, if I did what would I do? I can't do anything now that my power has gone..." She trailed off leaving her worried expression left to take over. 

"You're a vampire, you can shapeshift into a bat, how could you not help us? An amazing sense of smell? Amazing flying abilities? You could do alot to help us out." Rapunzel stepped forward and smiled at Mavis.

"You could help us guard the world." She added.

Mavis seemed to like the idea of becomeing a guardian. She seemed to like the idea of helping people. The idea of saving lives. Being good. 

"Uh, guys, I dont mean to be rude or anything, I mean, having Mavis on the team would be fantastic.. But there's just one problem..." Jack started.

"What is it?" Merida questioned with a confused look on her face.

"We can't choose the guardians. Man in the moon can. I mean, she can help people and be kind, but she cant become a guardian unless Manny says so." He finished, flicking his staff from his left hand to his right. 

"He's right. Maybe she'll become a guardian, but that may not be for another 1000 years. Maybe more. But maybe Mavis will become a guardian in 10 years. Maybe less. Who knows? But one thing is for sure is that we cant decide it. I'm all for it, I really would appreciate someone else to call a friend but it's not in our hands. I'm really sorry Mavis." I apologised with all my heart. 

"That's okay. I'm going to go, find a home. I'm going to help people and be nice. Because one day I have faith that I will be a guardian. One day I will see you four again." Mavis confessed starting to walk towards the open window.

"Well don't think you're going without us saying goodbye." Rapunzel added as she ran a gave Mavis a bone crushing hug. The rest of us joined and bid our goodbyes.