Sort of an early Christmas present. Please excuse my inability to write poems :)
'Twas the night before Christmas in the small town of Burgess
Presents piled under trees, each game, toy and purchase
Asleep in their beds, children dreamed of the morning
Ignoring the nightmares that heeded a warning
For the boogeyman, Pitch Black, did not like the holiday
He hated it and the Guardians, but this year they'd pay
"I'll stop Christmas for good," he said with a snicker
As a nearby Nightmare gave a nervous whicker.
The shadows grew deeper as Pitch finalised his plan
"But the first thing I'll steal is from that old man."
After all, how funny would it seem for the children to see
Santa himself snatching presents from under the tree?
/ o | o \
"Vhat's zis?!" North cried, as he opened his closet
Where is red woolen cloak he'd always deposit
"My clothes have gone missing! And ze toys! Zis is bad!
"Vith no Christmas, ze children will all be so sad!"
But there was a solution to the problem presented
North would call up the others, on the device he'd invented
Through the sky, the lights shone, and soon the Guardians came
And each of them knew exactly who was to blame
"It has to be Pitch," Tooth cried. "It must!"
"We cannot let Christmas crumble to dust!"
"And we bloody well won't," Bunny added, decided
Though Easter's still better, his inner thoughts chided
North said, "Ve'll save Christmas! For kids near and far
"Ve'll return every book, board game and guitar!"
The old Guardians cheered and got ready to go
But not the young spirit who brought all the snow
Confused, he leaned over to Sandy and said,
"I get the 'stop Pitch from spreading his dread'
"But there's one other thing that's weirding me out
"And whether it's necessary, I really do doubt
"But anyone notice we're speaking in rhyme?"
"Jack, to ze sleigh! Ve have little time."
/ o | o \
"There he is!" Tooth shouted, hovering over the town
"He's right on the roof, just take a look down!"
"I see him!" North said, "And he's wearing my cloak!
"Now let's stop him from hurting any more of ze folk!"
"Seriously, is rhyming a fundamental part of this job?
"'Cause the same sounding syllables really make my head throb"
But no one heeded Jack's well-placed complaints
They were too busy acting their roles as the saints
"Stop, Pitch!" Tooth cried as the boogeyman headed
Down the chimney, to make Christmas even more dreaded
"You cannot stop me!" He laughed madly and jumped
Straight down the smokestack, to where presents were dumped.
"After him, quick!" North commanded, landing the sleigh
Four Guardians swooped down to keep fear at bay
Only Bunny remained, lying sick in the sled
Rides in that thing made him wish he were dead
It turned out however, his help was not needed
The others were fine; down the chimney they speeded
And out they came inside a familiar house
"Jaime," Jack whispered, hoping the boy wouldn't rouse
Though it might take a miracle; there was quite a ruckus occurring
North's shouts were so loud, anyone would be stirring
"Put ze presents down, Pitch! And take off my cloak too.
"Ve are putting an end to this plan. And to you."
"I'm hurt," Pitch said, mocking, a hand over his heart
Though he'd never really had one, even to start
"But if you Guardians want your precious holiday so much
"You'll have to snatch it from fear's powerful clutch"
Jack smiled. "Wouldn't have it any other way."
And with that the four Guardians charged into the fray.
Ice flew from one direction, dream sand from another
The good spirits wouldn't stop until fear they could smother
At least they thought so, until the young girl walked in
The fighting had to stop as Sophie gave a huge grin
"Santa!" she cried, but ran not for North
It was the fake in the cloak for whom she set forth
The four tried to stop her, but it was too late
Pitch reached out a hand, planning her terrible fate
But before he could scare her, a boomerang flew
And whacked him right on the head, almost as if on cue
"That's my ankle-biter, mate," Bunny said, finally appearing
"And personally I find her rather endearing
"So leave her alone unless you're willing to mess
"With the most awesome bunny in all of Burgess"
"And the rest of us too," Tooth said, glaring at Pitch
Sandy nodded, his whip of dream sand giving a twitch
The five Guardians started to advance through the room
But not before another kid ran in with a zoom
"Soph, you okay? I heard noises," Jaime said
Then, seeing his visitors, a smile started to spread
"Jack!" he cried, running to the winter sprite
And passing straight through Pitch with a small flash of light
The boogeyman winced at the reminder he wasn't believed in
But went unnoticed by Jaime, who continued happily to grin
"Jack!" he repeated. "You came to visit! This is great!"
"But why'd you leave the living room in such a bad state?"
Jack stared at the boy, not responding on time
Jaime didn't . . . he couldn't . . . did he really just rhyme?
Finally, Jack said, "Oh no, you're starting too
"We'd better leave now before rhyming infects all of you"
Jaime frowned, quite confused, and didn't notice the man
Fuming behind him at being forgotten again
It was just like before, when they had the nerve to laugh and play!
While he'd still been trying to spread fear that day.
"Enough!" Pitch shouted, getting the Guardians' attention
"Frost," he spat, pointing to the spirit of mention
"You always do this: ignore me. Me! Ruler of fear!
"I'm still here to destroy every laugh, grin and cheer"
"Face it, Pitch, you've been beaten," Jack said, leveling his staff
"Your plan to steal Christmas was nothing more than a laugh."
"Leave the gifts and North's cloak and get out of sight."
"Or you'll be the one who's given a fright."
The others all nodded; they'd had enough of the man
Finally realising he was beat, Pitch turned and ran
The Guardians cheered; Christmas was saved!
Now the children would get all the presents they craved
"Vell," North said, "Zere is much work to be done!
"Zese gifts must be delivered before the rise of the sun."
"We'll help, North!" Tooth said. "Anything for a friend."
"Yeah," Bunny agreed. "A helping hand we'll extend
"After all, you've helped with Easter before
"I owe you this favour, to settle the score."
So Sandy quickly put Jaime and Soph back to bed
Before North led the Guardians back to the sled
He smiled at the others. "Zis vill be best Christmas yet!"
And with that, the sleigh took off like a jet
But Pitch was still near, watching in rage
That one winter spirit 318 years in age
"He always gets to win," Pitch muttered, annoyed
"Just once I'd like to see the cocky spirit destroyed.
"I'll get my chance, at one point or another
"And then Jack, you'll wish you could run for your mother
"For I will be back, in Rise of the Guardians 2
"And hopefully that time, fans won't come just for you."
Confession time: I totally went to see the movie because of Jack Frost. Who didn't? :)
Here's hoping there is a Rise of the Guardians two!