1/ Hockey on thin ice

Rapunzel's POV
Merida, Jack, Rapunzel, and Hiccup got on their gear. Pants, knee pads, jerseys. They didn't wear the whole bulky uniform, since they were playing for fun, except for Hiccup, the goalie, who was careful to put on his elbow pads, helmet,mans thick gloves on as well.
Jack was the first one on the ice, but Merida was close behind. While they waited for        Rapunzel and Hiccup to finish getting ready, they started a quick one-on-one hockey combat, hitting the puck around, trying to get around the other. They were all talented hockey players, as they had started playing when they were in their toddlers, but Jack seemed to be born on ice. He was a natural ice-skater and hockey player. The only reason Merida hadn't lost yet, was because of her super competitive attitude. Once Rapunzel had finished tying on her laces, she joined the two, siding with Merida. Hiccup came in soon after. After Merida had finally made it around Jack, and past Hiccup, into the goal, the two girls did a victory dance, then parted to make the teams.
Jack and Merida had been the team captains last time, so it was Rapunzel and Hiccup's turn.
Before either of the had said anything, Jack slid over to Rapunzel, and wrapped his arm around her shoulder.
"Thanks Punzie." He said. "I knew you'd pick me."
"Jack." Rapunzel said, "I did not pick you."
But a few minutes later, they were on the ice, Jack and Rapunzel against Merida and Hiccup. Rapunzel and Hiccup were technically the goalies, but they were only acting as them when the puck came near their team's nets. The game went on for a while. Jack and Rapunzel got near the other goal several times, but Hiccup, who was the goalie of the actual team, blocked almost every shot. Meanwhile, Merida and Hiccup weren't getting it to Jack and Rapunzel's goals easily, but when they did, they usually scored. Mostly because Rapunzel kept forgetting that she was the goalie, and she would have to skate over there as fast as she could, to save the team. So basically the teams were fair.
After about an hour of skating back and forth on the ice, they decided to tale a break. Being the crazy energetic people they were, a break for them was a quick sip of water before going back on the ice to skate for fun.
Rapunzel laughed as Jack grabbed her waist and twirled her around in the air. Rapunzel challenged Merida to an ice-skating contest and, of course, she couldn't refuse. So they declared Jack and Hiccup the judges. They could judge it any way they wanted.
Once they both finished their acts, they waited for the boys to announce the winner. But they refused to tell until Rapunzel and Merida judged their race across the ice. So Rapunzel and Merida watched them race back and forth six times, before Jack finally crossed the finish line half a second before Hiccup.
"Hiccup won!" Merida lied in her heavy Scottish accent.
"What?! No way!" Protested Jack.
"Jack, how would you know?" Rapunzel asked, raising an eyebrow. "You asked us to judge. Not yourself."
Jack pushed her arm playfully. "I expected an honest answer at least. Who really won?"
"I guess you'll never know." Said Rapunzel.
"Anyway," Merida said, after a long, fake groan from both the boys. "what about our contest?"
They both shrugged. "Sorry, we weren't watching."  Said Hiccup.
That was basically the exact answer Merida and Rapunzel had given, but it still got both of the boys a face full of snow... which led to a full fledged snow fight.
Jack lifted Rapunzel up from behind, to dunk her into the bank of snow. But as he moved, the ice under feet suddenly started to crack. He gently set Rapunzel down, and the cracks widened. Water trickled out onto the ice. Merida and Hiccup gasped and backed a way.
"Jack!" Rapunzel half whispered, her voice full of terror.
The cracks were splitting open. It was too dangerous for them both to skate back to the bank.
Jack pulled Rapunzel closer, and gave her a long, beautiful kiss. He looked deep into her big, terror filled, green eyes.
"I love you, princess" he said, barely more than a whisper.
Then, he strongly but gently, threw her toward the bank.
"Jack!" She screamed as she landed.
She had landed in the snow. The cold shocked her, and for a few moments, she couldn't think straight. As her vision turned dark, she turned over to see Jack falling into the freezing water, struggling for a moment before the cold overcame him, and he sank into the depths of the icy pond.
"Jack!" Rapunzel murmured with the last of her strength. But know one heard her, as she blacked out.

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Hi everybody! Ok, I know this ended really suspenseful. Sorry about that. I'll post more tomorrow though. I hope this was long enough. Tell me what you think so far by voting and commenting.

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