Not many people know of my tale. It is not a topic I like to talk about, unlike my companions. They all have their own story how they came to be, except of course my friend Jack
I don't know if he knows how he became the spirit of winter. I do however, how I ended up as guardian of love and compassion. Am I Cupid, you may ask?
Yes. I don't go by that name but that is what my little helpers are called. They're not unlike Tooth's mini fairies, except that my little guys take their human forms from me and they love to wear red, the color of love.
My name is Valentina and I am a Guardian.
Before I go on telling you my story, let me tell you a bit more about myself. Now so far, you know I am the guardian of love and compassion and I have little helpers.
Well, do you know the phrase 'Love is blind.'? That's true because I am blind. Don't let that fool you though, just because I can't see it doesn't mean I'm not good at what I do.
My job is to find people love not one day but everyday all year-long. Valentine's Day is the busiest daof the year for me and my helpers. Before you ask, 'do you have time to find love for myself?' Of course not! I'm way to busy to find love or to deal with it.
How I find people love is not by shooting them in the butt with an arrow, it's more complicated than that. You see, my helpers and I use white dust. When it's blown into someone's face it turns into a pinkish red. The hard part is that person to find their love.
When they don't notice their love, I step in. I usually use my magic to make someone, slip and fall, drop something, or spill something onto their intended love. That way it can be the 'Love at first sight' sorta thing.
Would you like to know what I look like? Well, luckily for you I was allowed a brief glimpse of myself before I became permanently blind. I have light pink skin, violet eyes that have now become milky, long red curly hair, and a petite figure
Back to my blindness, you're probably wondering how I can actually deal with it, right? It's not easy and I usually envy my friends because they don't know how great it is to see beautiful things in this world.
But I hate it when others treat me different because I'm blind, it's the number one pet peeve I have. I can't be friends with people who basically think I need someone to take care of me. That's why I don't have many friends, except for those who don't treat me any different.
Honestly, if you've ever meet me, you would think I was a really nice person. But I do occasionally have a temper. At one point I was bitter and lonesome but Jack had me happy again, which of course is why he's my best friend.
The snowball fights we have are amazing. They're always so much fun! You're probably thinking how I even snowball fight with Jack Frost, but it's pretty simple. I rely on my other senses more. Yep, that's it. I don't use anything else.
Let me tell you about my friends, you may know them by the way. My friend North, you may know him as Santa Claus. He is not the guy you see him as, he is a big burly guy with tattoos on his arms, but he is the nicest guy you'll ever meet. I mean he is Santa Claus.
My friend Tooth is the Tooth Fairy, she is about as busy as I am but that doesn't stop her from hanging out with me on certain occasions. But between you and me, she likes Jack.
Butt that isn't my handiwork, my powers can only affect humans they can't affect beings like the Guardians. Speaking of Jack, he is the biggest goofball I've ever met...
Jack Frost is the epitome of fun, but he also causes a lot of trouble. Especially to my friend Bunny, who really holds a grudge against Jack from the blizzard of '68.
Bunny is the Easter Bunny and he's also not the guy you see you him as. He's not what you call...what's the word? Cute.
Bunny is 6'something with an Australian accent and has boomerangs. He gets on my nerves sometimes, I'm always in between his and Jack's feud. But I like the big guy anyway, he's always been there for me and I'll always be there for him too. We are a team, after all.
Then there's my friend Sandy, the Sandman. He's really quiet. That guy never speaks and he uses symbols to communicate from what I hear, because you know, I'm blind. Anyway, we don't talk much because I can't see what he is saying unless someone tells me what he's saying.
I never realized that my whole life was going to to change just by making a deal with the devil, and I never thought that it would end this way. Not just for me, but the other guardians as well.
