Hey guys! Just to avoid some confusion, the story takes place shortly before Brave. About two years before Tangled. It's after Rise of the Guardians. And shortly after the first HTTYD (about the time of the TV series.) ENJOY!

Time was failing. It was decaying at random points then spreading into the future and past. With the time lines destruction HE would win, and rule a nothing. All that could be done was to save the heroes from disappearing. Then it would be up to them.

Jack had no idea what was happening. At one moment he was flying around, doing guardian stuff. When there was a strong tug in his gut, and he felt himself being pulled by a force that had no form. It was like he was being dragged away from reality into...Well he didn't really know where. Soon the feeling stopped. He fell onto what felt like a stone floor. He opened his eyes, he hadn't realized he closed them.

Before he could even get his bearings there was a high pitched shriek. Jack was on his feet in a heartbeat, staff at the ready. But what he saw in front of him were three teenagers, who looked as confused as he did.

The one he assumed was the source of the shriek was a girl that looked about sixteen, with big bright green eyes and...holy cow that girl had hair! It was shiny golden blonde and fifty feet long! Other than that she looked normal enough, though her dress design looked like it was something that would be popular back when he was mortal. But she was pretty, if not strange. Because the first thing she did beside scream was grab all of her hair and back up from everyone else in the room.

The other two looked even weirder. Another girl and a boy, both dressed like they were doing a Celtic school presentation. The boy, like the blonde, had green eyes. He face was covered in freckles. He had short brown hair. And was that a metal foot? Jack looked to the other girl wondering what crazy feature she had.

Wild. Red. Curls. The first thing that hit Jack about her was the flaming thing she had for a head. Followed by her intense blue eyes. She seemed to be the only one of the three who had a weapon, a bow and full quiver were on her back, but only for a moment. She drew her bow in a split second and that's when the chaos began.

"Who are you all and where are we!?" She had a Scottish accent so thick Jack could barely understand her.

"OK let's calm down a moment." Jack said towards her. She had had her aim rapidly going back and forth between the two boys. Obviously not thinking of the other girl a threat, which was probably true. But when Jack spoke, the girl fired. Whether it was a warning, or the girl was just a lousy shot, Jack wasn't sure but he didn't want to test it. He pulled up his staff in a defensive position ready for anything, but the other boy intervened.

"Whoa! OK! It's obvious that we're all a little unsettled and none of us know what's going on." He had a bit of an accent as well but a whole lot easier to understand than the Scottish girl, "How about we lower our weapons and find out what's happening."

The girl seemed to listen to him. She slowly lowered her bow, but was still on red alert. The boy walked over to the blonde who had backed up against the wall and looked like a cornered animal.

"Hi." He knelt down and stretched out his hand, "I'm Hiccup."

She gave him a confused look. "Hiccup is your name?" Her voice was timid yet not shy, Jack wasn't sure if there was a difference.

"Yeah, I know it's not so great. I bet your name's better." He spoke almost as if he was talking to a young child, "What is your name?"

She spoke so quietly Jack couldn't hear her.

"Rapunzel? That's beautiful." She gave Hiccup a big smile. Giving the stranger her trust she got up, but she was still clutching her hair.

The Scot cleared her throat. "I am Merida."

Everyone turned to Jack and then it dawned on him that everyone here could see him. Even though they were all teenagers.

"Jack." he said quickly, "Jack Frost."

The red head, Merida looked around the room they were in. "Where do ya think we are?"

Jack took his first glance at the room they were in. It was a perfect square, the length being about fifteen feet. At each corner there were pillars that were embedded in the wall. Jack tried to look up at the ceiling, but it was so high he couldn't see it. The weirdest thing about the room was its source of light. In a steady spiral going up and around the walls, was a tube. It might have been made of some strange crystal. The inside glowed a brown light that didn't look natural. It almost seemed like whatever was supposed to be inside was dieing or decaying.

At what Jack assumed was the front of the room, it was impossible to tell, was a stone door. It had the most beautiful craftsmanship Jack had ever seen. Symbols of the sun, moon, and stars glittered all over it. But at the center carved into the stone, was a clock. The numerals weren't the usual roman, they were something older. The hands were pointed at the twelve, and looked like they had never been moved.

"You." Came a deep voice, "Are in the halls of time."

Mist swirled at the center of the room, taking the form of a six foot tall man. He was definitely old. He had a white beard that dropped down to his ankles, curling at the tip. His hair was not nearly as long but still went well past his shoulder blades. He wore flowing robes that were covered in days. Literally, his robes constantly changed from day to night.

Merida seemed to think that pointing her bow at him was a good idea.

Man in the moon, Jack thought, Does she shoot people when she's bored or something?

"No need to be afraid of me." The man said, "I need your help."

"What would you need our help for?" asked Jack. It was clear that whoever this guy was, he had power. So why gather a bunch of teenagers? Of course Jack wasn't just a teenager, maybe the others had more to them too.

"Because you four are all heroes through out time." The man answered, "Just the heroes time needs to save it."

"I'm not a hero." Rapunzel spoke up.

"He said time remember?" Hiccup put it together, "You might not have done anything yet but you may in your future."

"Am I the only one that heard him say that we have to save time?" Merida exclaimed.

"You can't just expect us to work for you." Hiccup rationalized, "We don't even know who you are."

"You don't know who I am?" the man almost looked shocked, "I am Father Time!"

There was a moment of slightly confused silence. No one knew what to make of this man's statement.

Finally Jack broke the silence. "OK so you are claiming to be the man who controls time. Can't you just save time yourself? I mean if you're the one in charge-"

"But I'm not!" he yelled, causing the four to back away, especially Rapunzel, "Not anymore."

"Why?" Rapunzel mustered up the courage to ask, "What happened?"

He sighed. "It was taken from me. By my rivaling entity."

"Your what?" asked Hiccup.

"We co-exist, one cannot survive with out the other. Our greatest desire is to end the each other, but we cannot harm each other without harming ourselves."

"And that's what we're for." Jack said it not as a question, but as a confirmation.

"Yes."

"So you took us from our lives to get rid of some guy you don't like?" Merida had a not so small flicker of anger in her voice.

"Oh no! Not get rid of no. I simply need your help to get my power back."

"And why should we help you?" Jack challenged.

"Look at the light." Father Time gestured toward the crystal tube. Which had somehow gotten darker, "That is the time stream. Can't you feel the death and nonexistence?"

The thing was Jack could feel it. He could feel all the people who were dying, ceasing to exist. And realized that if Father Time hadn't taken them from the time stream they would all be dead too. Jack decided he couldn't stand by and do nothing, he would help in anyway he could.

He exchanged looks with the other three, they all nodded in a silent agreement. They would save time.

And that is the beginning of the great quest to save time! What will happen?

R&R