Title - Imaginary
Chapter title - Job Done
Author - OblivionsGarden
Genre - Romance/Hurt/Comfort
Disclaimer - I do not own Rise Of The Guardians in anyway shape or form. I only own the plot points surrounding my oc's, not recognized from the film. For this chapter I own, Immy and the children.
Summary - A new guardian has been chosen and that only spells trouble. Not to mention that all of the Guardians know her well and know that nothing would make her agree to this. Except one. Jack knows her, but not from this life. How is she still here? When they find her it becomes clear but what isn't is why a new guardian was needed in the first place. (Jack/OC)
A/n - I posted chapter one of this a few days ago and then got a new idea for this story so I deleted, re-wrote and am now re-posting. I watched Rise Of The Guardians for the first time a few days ago and couldn't resist writing a fan fiction for it. The characters are too fantastic. I hope I do the existing characters justice and that you enjoy. Please, if you want to give criticism, make it constructive. Telling me my writing is crap does nothing to help me improve.
Anyway...Enough rambling from me... Please read and review, I'd greatly appreciate it. Hope you enjoy, xx (:
It was a bitterly cold day of November when the Guardians were called to the Pole again. The Man In The Moon had requested North gather the five together for something big.
Sandy of course never made a fuss and Tooth was just as excitable as she always is. But Bunnymund and Jack were both on their way to the Pole with sour attitudes. Bunny hated what the cold did to his paws and Jack? Well, it's November! Jack's been spending his days freezing lakes, making snow days and causing all sorts of wintery mischief. The last thing he wanted was to be called away from his snowball fight to hear a message from the moon.
Jack arrived at the Pole first, perching on a desk and swiping a cookie from one of the elves as he awaited the arrival of the others. Bunny came soon after, hopping straight to the fire to warm his fur. Tooth and Sandy arrived almost together, both mentioning how busy they were immediately.
"It's four weeks to Christmas, you don't think I'm busy too?" North frowned.
"And what exactly are you busy doin', mate? The yeti's make the bloody toys not you. You only work on the twenty fourth delivering 'em."
"Christmas takes planing and preparation, not like painting a few eggs."
"A few eggs?"
"Guys, c'mon, stop!" Tooth insisted flitting in between the two. "And either way, both holidays cause kids teeth to fall out. Easter chocolate and Christmas candy... You keep me busy." She moved over to Jack with a smile as he swallowed the last part of his cookie. "You're lucky all your baby teeth have already fallen out."
"You ever eat candy, Tooth?" Jack asked, taking another cookie from the elves and holding it out to her. She shook her head.
"White and pristine." She tapped a finger against her front teeth. "And staying that way, thank you very much, Frost."
"Everyone!" North began, calling the attention of each guardian. He pointed to the moon and silence fell upon them as they listened to what he had to say.
The Man In The Moon told of an approaching danger, something stronger than what they have encountered before. When Jack asked if Pitch was back the Moon didn't answer. Instead he shone his light at the familiar symbol on the ground until the pillar holding a large gem rose up in front of them. Jack's mouth fell open as he watched, moving forward to get a better look.
"What's that?"
"He's choosing a new guardian." Tooth whispered.
"Is this how I was chosen?" Jack asked and she nodded.
The moons light refracted through the gem casting light all over the room.
"I wonder who it's gonna be?" Tooth clenched her fists in excitement as Bunny mumbled, 'please not the groundhog' over and over to himself.
A bright flash and gust of wind and the figure on the pillar was revealed. A girl, simple looking, in jeans a tee shirt and boots. A bright smile on her face and a sparkle in her eyes. Silence echoed around the room as Tooth's babyteeth fluttered around the figure.
"Oh no." Muttered North.
"You said it, mate." Bunny nodded forgetting their earlier argument.
"This could be difficult." Tooth commented as Sandy's dream sand formed a cross above his head.
"Imelda?" Jack's blue eyes were wide as he stared up at the figure.
"Eh?" Bunny shook his head. "Her name's Immy."
"No... Her name's Imelda. She was my friend... Before." Jack was off the ground now, his face millimeters from the figures.
"Before?" Asked Tooth, curiously but Jack continued, ignoring her question.
"But how can she be a Guardian, she would've died hundreds of years ago..."
"She did..." Tooth move to rest her hand on Jack's shoulder. "Jack... Do you know her?"
"When I was human she was my best friend! We spent everyday together just playing and having fun. I don't understand, she doesn't look any different." She eyebrows furrowed together.
"Oh Jack." Tooth's tone was saddened as her friends expression fell, realizing what had happened.
"She died too?" Tooth nodded. "How?"
"An accident..." Tooth offered a sympathetic smile as the others looked on. "Y'know... She doesn't remember, just like you didn't. Every time I've offered her her memories she comes up with some excuse to do it another time... I think she's scared of remembering."
North cleared his throat interrupting their conversation. "It's still going to be hard."
"Yeah, what did you guys mean by all that before?"
"We've joked with Immy before about being a Guardian. She completely freaked out, said it was something she could never do and then ran off." Bunny explained. "She'll never agree to it."
Jack smirked a little. "Bet you thought the same about me when you first told me I was chosen."
It was a typical winter scene in the park that day. A group of children working together to build a snowman, dogs playing in the frost covered grass whilst their owners snuggled into the scarves and an unspoken sense of magic in the air. The freezing snow seeping through the fabric of the children's gloves and numbing their fingers, the crisp air tinting their cheeks and noses red as they rolled a small snowball into a big boulder like shape.
However, just at the bottom of the hill where they had chosen to stand their sculpture, one young boy sat alone, staring down at his shiny black boots, snow melting on the laces. Well, he wasn't really alone... But nobody else could see his friend. A girl, perched on the back rest of the bench, feet settled on the seat. It should be impossible to miss her what with the colour emanating from her very being. She wore denim jeans with a zip up, apple green hoodie covering a white tee shirt with red spots. Even her boots, one yellow and one purple were a stark contrast to the white spread around them. Her hair was currently the same dark blue as a night sky and her eyes were a chocolate brown.
She glanced down at the quiet boy beside her and then back at the children playing together with a sigh.
"Why don't you just ask if they need some help. I'm sure they could use an extra pair of hands. Looks like they're trying to make their snowman touch the sky." She suggested, smiling as she imagined a giant snowman roaming around the town.
"They'll say no. They don't know me." The boy sighed.
"How do you know?"
"I just know."
"Smarty pants." The boy chuckled as she poked out her tongue, hoping down off the bench and skipping over to the group.
Using the fact that none could see her to her advantage, whilst they were making their second snow boulder, she forced the first towards a hill until it began to roll on it's own. When the children noticed they raced after it, none fast enough to reach it. The lonely boy jumped up when he saw the ball coming straight for him but couldn't move quick enough, the icy cold ball colliding with him, knocking him straight onto his back.
"Oh my god, are you alright?" The children reach his side and started to push the clumps of snow from his body.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine. Thanks."
"Now we're gonna have to start over." One girl groaned.
"Yeah but now we have help. You know, if you want to help."
"Sure. I'm Sam." The boy climbed to his feet.
"I'm Jimmy, this is Talia, Ben, Mikey, Sarah, and George." The supposed leader of this group introduced. "Do you live around here?"
"Yeah. Just moved in near the grocery store."
"Cool. You should come hang out with us, we could use one more in our group."
The brightly dressed girl smiled as they passed by, their idle chatter music to her ears. As Sam glanced back she shot him a big smile and a thumbs up but the boy frowned, glancing around. He couldn't see her anymore but her smile didn't falter. Her job was done.