A/N: Here it is, my sixth year. This story will contain spoilers for my last five, as well as for the Dreamworks: Dragons TV show and all the movies, and the Guardians of Childhood books. It also might contain spoilers for Tangled Before Ever After/Tangled the Series, though it's unlikely as that show is a sequel to Tangled while mine is a prequel (I haven't seen the show as of this posting but I will probably be watching it as I write the rest of this year).
Hogwarts belongs to J.K Rowling; Rise of the Guardians and How to Train Your Dragon belong to Dreamworks; Tangled and Brave belong to Disney.
Like my other stories, this will not be updated until I have the entire rough draft finished. I want to be done with it early. I really do. I have the whole outline written. But it seems to me that I tend to be done with these things roughly three months after my initial estimated completion date. So if I estimate that I will finish by early fall 2017 ... maybe I'll be done by late October? Here's hoping it's sooner! In the meantime, enjoy the preview.
Crossposted on Archive of Our Own
"Darkness … that's the first thing I remember." -J
"Will you shut up. It isn't time yet." -M
"The others got to go." -J
"Um … actually, I'm still waiting. Wondering when will my life begin." -R
"We've been on dozens of adventures. I'm starting to wonder what your definition of life is?" -M
"Come on guys … we've got a really exciting year coming up." -H
"Oh yeah, more misery for Jack Frost. You people are sick." -J
"Come on. It's fun to watch a hero struggle. And it's not like you're the only one who's miserable." -E
"Oh … well, if it's fun, I guess I can put up with it." -J
"Great! Now will you all shut up? I have some narration to do." -E
"Once upon a time, there were four children … well, teenagers by the time this story takes place. The Viking heir started out as a pariah: too roguish for most of the Hogwarts crowd, too gentle for the Archipelago he came from. But that all changed when he defied his tribe and befriended a dragon. Besides defeating the Red Death and saving his village, having a dragon also gave him an instant boost in popularity. No longer a misfit among Vikings, Hiccup finally knows where he belongs. Of course, solving one problem sometimes invites another.
"Besides losing half of his left leg, having dragons has also drawn human conflict closer to home. One member of his tribe betrayed him to the leader of the Outcasts, Alvin. Alvin tricked Hiccup into giving up the secrets of dragon training and now plans to take over Berk.
"As if that were not enough, another Viking, Dagur the Deranged, finally has an excuse to get the war with Berk that he wants. But first, he needs to get something from one of the other four.
"Which brings us to the princess of the sun. Though having freakishly long hair always drew attention, last year her secret came out. Now everyone in the world knows the Princess has magic glowing hair that can heal the sick and injured. And everyone wants a piece of it. The poor girl has been practically locked in her tower since the secret came out, with only a frog-"
"Chameleon." -R
"Whatever, and her strict kidnapper, Mother Gothel, for company. But the Princess still has hopes and dreams, and needs to grow stronger so that she can one day live outside her prison.
"Another of the four teens, the ice boy, is trapped in a different kind of prison. No bars hold him, but rather the social pressure. Besides being an outcast in his all-muggle town, Jack has to promote ice elves as if they were the best thing ever. And to top it off, he faces a strained relationship with his mother's husband, since the man abandoned them years before. His only consolation is that he is perhaps the second hottest fellow in the story (Of course, I'm the first).
"The fourth star of our little story is the Highland princess. Her personal problems are long gone and done, but it doesn't mean she's out of the woods. Ever since her mother was attacked by Dagur, the task of stopping war with Vikings has fallen on her shoulders. Though she has grown vastly from the time she selfishly turned her mom into a bear, she may not have what it takes to save her clans.
"And who has arranged these miseries? Why, none other than Pitch Black, also known as the Boogeyman, Nightmare King, or Kozmotis Pitchiner. Not only did a prophecy imply that the Big Four could be the only ones to stop him, but he has started to suspect something about Jack Frost, something Jack himself has yet to discover.
"Okay … Let's see, I've covered Jack, Rapunzel, Merida, Hiccup, the bad guys. I guess that just leaves me, the handsomest, most suave, most humble-"
"Eugene!" -R
"Right. So, I have a part to play in this story as well. For only I know that Rapunzel was kidnapped." -E
"Not true." -J
"Okay, well, I'm the only one doing anything about it. While you four are off dealing with your personal problems, I have to find and infiltrate the Tooth Fairy's home all the way in India without letting my kidnappers, the Stabbington brothers, in on anything. Unlikely as it is, I am sure that I will save the day!" -E
A/N: Again, this won't be updated for some time but I will periodically update my profile with my most recent estimate of completion.