Trapped (A Big Four Story)

Chapter 1

Hi there, readers!

I enjoy reading rotbtd fanfics so I thought I'd write my own. This one is set before the films (well in Hiccup's case his film has started) but I have changed a few things to suit my story. Feel free to ask me questions or to give constructive criticism because I would absolutely love to hear your feedback!

Jack Frost

The wind was howling as Jack Frost flew with it, nothing could have delighted him more than the sensation of flying, nothing of course but hearing children having fun because of something he'd conjured. Thank the Moon for giving him ice powers!

Having just left Pennsylvania, he was headed for Ohio, ready to make snow fall and cause frustration or happiness, either would suffice enough to make him feel connected. With a city in sight, he angled himself towards the ground.

Hiccup

On Berk, Hiccup was testing a new saddle design with Toothless. For some reason, although in theory it should have worked, the saddle's foot pedal kept jamming and unhitching itself from the tail wing. Hiccup carried the saddle towards Toothless, who jumped on to a boulder.

"Come on, Toothless. Do you want to fly again or not?" Toothless growled but lowered himself anyway, complying with Hiccup's requests. Hiccup attached the newest saddle model to the dragon and climbed aboard.

Merida

Dawn was on the verge of breaking in DunBroch. Merida was already on her way to her home-made obstacle course with Angus, her horse.

She was racing through the trees, arrows flying smoothly and consecutively into their targets. She was ready to face the hardest and final target, which she always missed. She leaned into Angus, whispering,"This is it! I can feel it in my bones", Angus responded by twitching his ears. Merida grasped another arrow from behind her back and placed it in her bow, as Angus jumped over a fallen log, she pulled her arm back.

Rapunzel

Creeping through the castle's corridors, Rapunzel found the old map room. The guards rushed by, their footsteps hushed by the plush carpet. "Phew!" She released a breath and let her hair fall to the ground. Striding across the room, she drew the curtains and squinted at the bright sunlight. Climbing out the window and on to the roof, she looped her golden locks and lassoed them around one of the castle's spires. She took in the view of Corona, and sighed, checking her hair was secure around the spire, she swung.

Jack

Jack landed on a tall building and continued running along the rooftops. Ice was created where his bare feet touched the surfaces and snow spiraled out of his staff when he waved it. On he ran aiming for the roof of a tall office block, he leaped and willed the wind to carry him there, but it didn't. Cartoon-like, he hung in the air before plummeting to the ground.

"Aaaaaargh!" His cry was heard by no one before it was silenced.

Hiccup

"It worked! Ha ha haa. It worked!" He cried, as he and Toothless soared over the ocean. The pedal had not unhitched itself from the tail wing. Not during the take off, not during the gear change, not even during the loop-de-loop. Thrilled, they soared for a while longer, whizzing through nature's obstacle courses. The freedom of flight was soon to be taken away, however, when it was time to return to land.

Although Hiccup had yet to test the pedal for the landing, its efficiency so far indicated it shouldn't be a problem. But it was. Putting the gear into landing jammed the pedal and once again it unhitched itself from the tail wing. Toothless sensing the threat, manoeuvred his body so as to be able to grip on to a cliff side, but the force of this movement unclasped Hiccup's safety rope, unable to purchase any grip. He fell.

Merida

In slow motion, Merida saw, heard and felt everything in the area, but most of all she felt the flames of victory in her heart. She had aimed and released the arrow, and watched it fly effortlessly into its target. She smiled, but to have seen this sequence of events she had to twist her body around, this allowed a low-lying branch to catch her off guard. "Umph." She said as she was knocked off Angus's back, stunned with the force of the blow.

Rapunzel

Corona was beautiful this time in the morning. Oh how she longed to not be a spectator but an actor in the scene often played before her eyes! But she couldn't. Her hair was the only thing that allowed her any freedom, and yet it was the reason her freedom was confiscated in the first place. Her parents, the King and Queen, worried about her safety what with such a highly desired item literally growing from her head, but there was a need for something outside the castle walls. Rapunzel did not know what that something was, but the need for it urged her to escape the guards every morning, risk her life swinging around the castle and face the exasperated lectures from her father when she returned from her little expedition.

Standing on the North tower, she looped her hair, ready to swing round the west side of the castle. But just like the other three characters of this story, she slipped whilst swinging her hair and fell to the ground like a bird falling from the sky.