Chapter One: Meeting him

The fire surrounded the camp, with no way out. Merida has been angered, and she had every right to be angry. The only problem with that though, is that her powers go over board and hard to control when she is mad. Now she and her friends run the risk of being engulfed by the reckless flames.

The flames were gaining on the group, and fast. Merida, the only fire bender of the group couldn't control the flames anymore. They were to big and strong. The heat had begun to weaken them and they had by now started to cough out their lungs.

"Can you do nothing Merida?" a worried blond girl asked worriedly. She was hugging her 70 feet long hair to her chest, keeping out of the fire's reach.

"I can't... I... there is too much for me to handle" Merida answered.

Their other companion was a boy, but he wasn't used to flames at all and was on the floor, passed out. He was an earth bender that had managed to learn how to metal bend too. Merida had also gained skills for a higher level of Bering. She could also use lightning, but that was much harder to handle, and wasn't needed much. Right about now she wished any of them would be a water bender. Rapunzel, the blond, is a non-bender, though there is something peculiar about her hair.

"We need to do *cough* something before... we get *cough* burned..." Rapunzel inquired. She was beginning to have a cough attack.

Merida ran to her, keeping her up. "I'll think of something" she said as she set her friend down besides Hiccup, the passed out fellow. "...I need too." she looked around and only saw the flames closing in on them. She had never been afraid of fire before. Right now it was her greatest fear.

The flames got even closer and closer. By now the two girls were hugging each other, with Hiccup in between them. The flames were maybe a foot away from each. Rapunzel's eyes shined with tears and fear. Merida tried keeping her cool, but the flames were so close that the heat was unbearable.

"I'm scared Merida..." Rapunzel cried, tightening her hold on Merida.

Merida nodded and then felt as the fire began to burn at her dress on her back. "Ah!" she cried out in pain. It was a horrible feeling. She couldn't hold back the tears. The fire was eating at her dress and soon after her flesh.

Rapunzel yelled as she saw the sight. "Merida! You need help!" she screamed. "Help! Someone help! Please!" she cried at the top of her lungs.

Merida was staring, trying to smack the flame, to turn it off, but instead she made her dress catch more on fire. It was because she was moving around in the small place so much.

Right when the flames were about to get on Rapunzel and Hiccup a cold gust of wind broke throught the flames, after that water began to fall from above on to them, specially Merida. It took the flames on her off and turned the surrounding flames off.

Rapunzel frantically looked around to find who had done it, but no one seemed to be in sight.

Even though she was now wet Merida could still feel the flames on her. She was still jumping around trying to take them off, but they were long gone.

"Merida, you aren't on fire anymore" Rapunzel tried pointing out, but it didn't work.

"Get them off! Please get them off Rapunzel!" Merida yelled. Merida had suddenly forgotten the color of her hair and from the corner of her eyes it looked like fire.

Rapunzel stood there, not sure what to do. She decided to just go up to Merida and show her the flames were gone, but Merida ran away. "Merida! Come back, you can get hurt!" Rapunzel yelled after her.

Merida ran into the forest that was close by their camp. She ran death straight into it, disregarding everything else. She did until she bumped into something cold. It wasn't hard and she could have sworn she almost knocked it over, but it was cold. As she regained her balance she looked up and found a smiling white haired boy. He had almost pale white skin and amazingly blue eyes. They reminded her of ice and for that moment she forgot about the fire, because she felt cold inside.

"You sure can jump and run" he spoke calmly.

"Huh?" and then she remebered. "Ah! Ok am still on fire!" she exclaimed.

He took her by the arm and stopped her. "No you are fine. Don't worry, I stopped the fire."

Merida calmed down and looked at herself. It was true, the flames were gone, but now the pain started to kick in. "Arg! It stings" she whined as she touched her burned wounds.

"I'll take you back to your camp" he said, picking her up from the waist, careful not to touch her wounds, and carried her back to the camp.

"I can walk you know..." she mumbled.

He just smiled to himself and walked into the opening.

"Ah, Merida you are fine!" Rapunzel cheered as she took her friend. She then examined the boy, eyeing him throughly. "Who are you?"

"The one who stopped the fire" he said, feeling the threat the blond could posses.

"Oh!" she said, suddenly changing her attitude. "Thank you. Hey can you help me put Merida over there so I can help heal her?" she asked pointing at a raised rock. Hiccup had raised it before the fire, as a bed or something.

"Sure... so you are a water bender too?" he asked as he took Merida over.

"Nope" Rapunzel answered.

"Wait then how are you going to heal her?..."

"My hair" she shrugged.

The white haired boy was really confused. "Huh?"

"Just watch" Merida grinned, finally speaking for some time.

Rapunzel wrapped her hair around Merida's wound and started to sing the healing incantation song.

"Flower gleam and glow,
Let your power shine,
Make the clock reverse,
Bring back what once was mine.

Heal what has been hurt,
Change the fares design,
Save what has been lost,
Bring back what once was mine,
What once was mine."

Her hair started to glow and The boy hot startled. He jumped back a bit. He saw as the hair around the wound began to glow even more and then stopped when she stopped singing. Rapunzel then pulled the hair away and he saw Merida's skin was good as new. There was no scar or any trace left of her burned flesh.

"H-how...?"

"Long story" Rapunzel said shyly, tucking some hair behind her ear.

"Right..."

Merida groaned, "Anyways, how did you see the camp?"

"Well the smoke was hard not to see" he shrugged.

"Well thanks... um...?"

"Jack, Jack Frost" he introduced himself with a bow to both girls.

Rapunzel giggled and Merida just nodded. "Well I'm Merida, as to already heard, and she is Rapunzel, my best friend."

"Nice to meet you" she chimed.

"Likewise" he said with a smile.

"Ugh, what are you girls doing" a drowsy voice called from behind. "Who are you talking to?..." Hiccup asked and just as he finished he spotted Jack.

"Hey, I am Jack" Jack said extending a hand.

Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck before shaking the other boy's hand. "Hiccup..."

"Ah, nice name."

"Don't make fun of it" Hiccup complained.

"No, I mean it" Jack said defensively.

Hiccup shrugged.

"So are you leaving?" Merida asked.

"How rude! You should ask if he wants to stay!" Rapunzel exclaimed.
Jack chuckled, no I think I should leave... unless... could I join you guys?"

"What? Why?" Hiccup and Merida sled in unision.

"Cause I am trveling alone and would really like company. Please, I can be a help" he insisted.

"Oh c'mon how bad can it be?" Rapunzel offered.

Hiccup and Merida exchanged a look.

"Fine, but you do anything funny and you won't come out alive buddy" Merida warned and she got up and went to her tent. She had to change from her almost burned off dress.

Jack couldn't hide his happiness. He was jumping up and down happily cheering. He didn't even think of what he was doing. He ran up to Merida and hugged her and then did the same with the rest.

"Thank you, you won't regret your decision."

"We better not" Merida said as she walked into her tent.

Rapunzel was happily smiling at Jack and Hiccup just shrugged.

What none of them knew was that this was the beginning of a great adventure.