I Promise [Jackunzel & Mericcup]

A Gift

Toothless was waiting patiently for his master as he curled up and tried sleeping. He heard Merida calling him and he immediately approached her. Merida chortled by Toothless jumping over her and then suddenly getting off to eat the fish. Merida stood up and dusted off her dress.

“You’re pretty hungry more often than I expected, lad,” Merida teased. Toothless suddenly gave Merida an innocent, toothless grin and returned to eating the fish.

Merida smiled back and sat down by the tree beside Toothless.

“Your friend isn’t that much of a real Viking, isn’t he?” Merida told Toothless. The dragon gave him a look that made him look like he was agreeing. Hiccup wasn’t really very strong, muscular and tough.

“But you know, I’m not really sure, okay… But… ” Toothless looked at Merida and came closer as soon as he finished eating and sat down in front of her, listening to what she had to say.

“I think there’s something different of the way I feel for him… I just… don’t really see him as a friend, I guess.”

Toothless bent his head a bit to the side, trying to tell Merida to go straight to the point, “I think I like him…”

The pet dragon suddenly got ecstatic that he licked Merida at the face and kept smiling. Toothless was obviously happy for her.

“But, Toothless… I don’t think he’d even like me back… I mean, look at me… I don’t follow any rules and I even embarrassed the other rulers back at Dunbroch on the first event,” Merida buried her face at the palm of her hands.

Toothless tried cuddling Merida, trying to tell her to cheer up and just keep on thinking positive… After all, anything could happen.

“I hope he does, Toothless…”

…

Rapunzel and Jack were still roaming around the town, exploring it. Rapunzel didn’t get tired. She was so happy to be in the town.

“Hey, Punz, I’ll just go check something out, stay put, okay?” Jack told Rapunzel.

“I don’t think I could promise that, Jack,” Rapunzel teased.

Jack chuckled and flew away, going to a place in the town Rapunzel couldn’t even see. She looked around and saw a small stall. The unusual looks of the merchandise intrigued her. There wood carved into bears, some unusual looking accessories and some kind of flowers she had only seen now. What caught her eye was this necklace that had a pendant at the middle in a shape of a cylinder container. Her eyes shined as she stared at it. The pendant shined brightly that it didn’t look light just some ordinary necklace.

“Hello there, dearie!” an old woman surprised her as the woman turned to look at Rapunzel. The old woman was short, with her hair tied like a bun. All of her hair was white and she wore a green, silk dress.

“Please tell me if you see anything you like… Everything is half off,” the old woman said.

Rapunzel looked and pointed to the Pendant, “Umm…”

The old woman took the pendant to hand it over to Rapunzel, “Oh, yes, THIS necklace! Such a great choice, dearie. That pendant is one of a kind… You can never find that anywhere in the world.”

Rapunzel looked back at the old woman, looking curious as she looked back at the necklace to see what was making it glow that brightly.

“It contains a single droplet from the sun and the moon. That only happens rarely. You’d have to wait for a thousand years, I guess, for it to let out a single drop again. And they wouldn’t even spill the drop together, which is why that is very magical, young lady. By being able to collect the droplet of the moon and the sun, it was so strong and rare that it gained the power to grant anyone’s one wish. But, it would only work if you make it a gift to someone you love dearly and loves you back or the wish will not work.”

Rapunzel’s eyes widened as she knew exactly what to do with the necklace, “Is… the magic forever?”

“Unfortunately, no. Everything has its limit, dearie. The magic of the droplets would finally wear off if the one you gave that to has lost the love of their life, so for it to work and wear off… Once your life ends, so will the power of the Droplets.”

The way the magic would wear off scared Rapunzel a bit… She knew that the drops were so strong but never knew that that would be the way it would ask for in return… It would be somehow connected to her. But, she has already decided. She bought the item and thanked the old woman.

“One more thing, dearie,” the old woman said as Rapunzel paused before she could walk away.

“If the wish is something like ‘I want to control fire’ or something, a wish that could be forever… Then you could also wear it off temporarily if you remove the necklace… So, tell the lucky boy you’re giving that to to wish carefully.”

Rapunzel smiled at the old woman, “Don’t worry… I think his wish is worth it.”

The old woman smiled as Rapunzel walked away.

Rapunzel stayed by the fountain as Jack finally came back, “Sorry, I took so long.”

“Hmph… You’ll have to make it up, you know,” Rapunzel pouted… She suddenly jumped at Jack to make him wear the necklace and move back.

Jack looked at the necklace and saw how bright it glowed… It was even brighter than Rapunzel’s hair everytime she sang.

“Okay, so who tricked you into buying this?” Jack teased.

“Oh, come on, don’t you like it?” Rapunzel hit Jack’s arm as she pretended to be disappointed.

Jack chuckled a bit when suddenly; he felt his staff being slightly pulled. He looked below and saw some kids touching his staff, being amazed by the frost being wrapped around it. He never saw that coming.

“Hey, mister… You’ve got a real cool looking stick,” the little boy said.

Jack couldn’t believe his ears. Someone, other than Rapunzel and his friends, finally saw him. He didn’t know why. He was actually too happy to even know why. He can’t help smiling, talking to the kids and trying to make them laugh. Rapunzel was happy for him. Finally, Jack’s deepest wish finally came true. He could be seen by everyone.

Rapunzel explained it to Jack as they looked for Hiccup and Merida. Jack has heard of that incident where the droplet of the moon and sun fell from the sky at the same time. He just couldn’t believe that it would be this great.