Chapter One – The Wedding

I just knew that my mother's wish would come true eventually. Mother was a spirit, like me, before she was called to be a Guardian. Now, she is not just the Spirit of Wind and Music, but she is the actual Guardian of Belief. But, unlike me, she actually started out life as a human being. Her name was Melody, she once told me when I bit younger than I am now, and she lived a life of love with her two children, my brother and sister, who were also human before they were chosen as spirits by the Man in the Moon.

However, even when Mother became a spirit, she suffered while trying to find her true calling, but there was something, or should I say someone, special that helped her along the way. And, that was my dad.

You might know the Sandman. He's my dad, my actual dad. You know him as the Guardian of Dreams, who brings dreams to children all around the world.

When my mom first became a spirit in 1656, it was Sandy, as he's known to all the rest of the Guardians, that helped to start her on the right path. But, it didn't just stop there. Sandy, or Dad as I like to call him, was there by her side whenever he felt like she needed him, and I know Mom never complained, she never did. That was the time when she was separated from her two kids for time. However, next to Sandy, Mom was never really alone, because like my sister, she had her own little helpers called the Lyrical Sprites. Whisper, my mother's leading wisp sprite, is a bit of a handful, but she was there to help keep Mom in check, or should I say, keep Mom on her toes when it comes to getting into mischief. And not soon after that, Mom met the rest of the Guardians – Uncle Bunny, Grandfather North, and Auntie Tooth, or otherwise known as the Easter Bunny, Santa Claus, and the Tooth Fairy.

Eventually, in the following years, Mom also met up with some other spirits known Jack Frost, Narain Hart, and Casey Aqua. I like to call them Uncle Jack, Aunt Narain, and Aunt Casey. Mom met Aunt Casey and Aunt Narain around the same time in 1820, and they had all been close since.

Mom was still a spirit for over near 356 years, but her true calling came when the Moon chose her and three other spirits – Casey Aqua, Jack Frost, and Narain Hart – to join the fight with the Guardians in the roundabout with Pitch, otherwise as the Nightmare King. You could imagine my reaction when I first heard this story.

Pitch had attacked my parents and the Guardians at every turn, and yet, they still didn't give up. And just when all seemed lost, belief made its way back into the cycle of success. With that newfound belief renewed, the Guardians soon regained their strength and let Pitch have it. Although he almost made a final blow against the Guardians, that same renewed belief brought back his own moral fear, my Dad. Pitch had personally attacked my Dad because, like the Sandman, Pitch had the ability to turn dreams into nightmares. And, he also had his own form of dark dreamsand – I think it was called black sand. Anyway, when he had supposedly got ridden of my Dad by turning him into a nightmare, it almost destroyed my Mom. And, it sure didn't help when Pitch attacked her, too. However, he just merely tried to destroy her wings, seeing them as the source of her moon sands, or in Mom's words, moondust. But, that proved insufficient, because Mom got her wings back soon after and that helped her to aid the Guardians in defeating Pitch once and for all.

This was also the point where everyone witnessed my Dad's return, and if I was there, I would have probably laughed out loud just to see the look on Pitch's face as my Dad let him have it. Everyone was happy to see Sandy's return, but no one was more ecstatic than my Mom. You see, my mom and Sandy had a thing for each other long before Mom actually became a Guardian. And, based on my father's images, I assume that he had a thing for her, too. I mean it's true that my mom married and had two kids in her human years, but when she lost her husband, her love for Sandy just intensified to fill her longing heart. Their strong bond and friendship grew ever stronger over the years, even after Mom became a spirit.

So, today serves a monumental step in their relationship, because today is their wedding day …

"Mom, where is your bouquet? It was right here," my sister, Cloud Whisper, called as she flew in and out of the room with a roll of violet fabric in her arms.

"Did you look down on the dresser, honey? I think I sat it there," my mother replied as she stepped out of Cloud Whisper's twilight room.

"Oh, here it is," my sister cried as she flew back into the room. Looking up at her, she smiled. "Mom, you look beautiful."

"You sure do, Windsong," a pretty and gentle voice said as a green adorned dryad came out to stand next to Cloud Whisper.

By now, you probably know that my mother is Windsong, mother of Cloud Whisper and Solar Flare and soon-to-be bride of the Sandman. Yep, that's her. And, I honestly say that I couldn't have a better family. So, she stood there with a smile as two other dryads, one purple and the other yellow, placed a beautiful pale lavender veil over her twilight blue eyes. It only made them sparkle more as she sighed with a twirl in her new bridal soft lilac lavender gown. Her snow white hair was swirled back into exquisite curls that cascaded down her back. And, on her feet, where thin ivy sandals were often invisible, simple lavender slippers encased her tiny feet.

"Well, thank you for your help, Natura. This was truly a lovely spot to get ready at," my mom said as held out a hand for her daughter. "Oh, Lindsey, Manny sure took good care of you. I'm sorry if I …"

"Mom," Cloud Whisper murmured, placing a hand on her shoulder as she embraced with her other arm. Kissing her on the cheek, she said, "It's ok now. You don't have to worry about that anymore. Everything happened like it meant to, just like today."

"Sandy," Mom murmured as she looked out of one of the windows of Cloud Castle. Cloud Castle was the home of Cloud Whisper and her Nature Dryads, but today it served as a bridal room to ready the bride. However, it also served as a place for getting Windsong away from her Silent Glade, because upon her marriage, she was due for a special surprise.

Cloud Whisper had just gathered some more moonflowers and shrinking violets to add to her mother's flower bouquet, when she heard her mother say, "Oh, that reminds me, do you think we should see how Whisper and the others are doing?"

Before Cloud Whisper could say a thing, Natura gently took Mom by the hand and sat her down before a crystal mirror as she said, "Never mind about that, dear, I'm sure they're fine."

"But, what about the …" My mom started to say before Natura started brushing a bridal comb through Mom's already-made curls.

"All taken care of," came Natura quick but kind reply.

"Lindsey, where's your brother?"

"He's with Sandy, Mom, getting ready, of course."

"Well alright, I just wondered." By now, Mom had caught on that they were hiding something from her, but she didn't push it as she sat on with eyes sparkling up out at the sky.

You couldn't really blame Mom if she had a case of pre-wedding jitters, or however the saying goes, for this was going to be one of the best days of her life.

As the day withered on into twilight, there was a sudden knock at the door as North peeked his head in to the company.

"Are we ready?"

"Almost," Cloud Whisper said, placing a final periwinkle flower next to Mom's twilight star barrette. "There."

"Alright, then," North said, holding the door open. "We're ready whenever you are, ladies."

So, as Cloud Whisper waved goodbye to her dryads for the night, she took Mom's hand as they fluttered down to the sleigh, where Tooth sat waiting for them in the passenger seat. Also, there was something waiting for them in the seats, waiting to make the speedy but safe ride more comfortable.

Mom laughed as she looked up at North. "Seatbelts, North? When did you install these?"

North shrugged sheepishly with a chuckle as he replied, "Just recently."

"Well, at least Bunny will be happy if you can ever convince him to ride in the sleigh, again."

"Oh, I have no doubt if I have anything to do with it," he said, taking the reins. "Hang on!"

Hefting the sleigh into the sky, he called for Tooth to throw out a snow globe to erect a portal. And as they went into it, they found that the wedding had just started.

As they rode out into the sky, the orchestra of elves started up playing the Wedding March as North helped first Tooth out of the sleigh and then Windsong. Cloud Whisper was right behind Mom as they came across a sheltered wood. Finding the sheltered wood familiar, Mom looked around at the rest of the surrounding woods as she found that her feet were resting on clouded ground.

"What's all this?" she murmured, seeing Sandy in the distance next to her beloved fountain. "This is …"

"This is your and Sandy's new home, Windsong," North said proudly, gazing up at the moon, who was there to witness the night's event. "This is your new Silent Glade."

"Aw, nestled in the heart in the clouds," Windsong murmured, tears pouring down her eyes. "Thank you all so much."

By then, Sandy had made his way over to his bride as he held out a hand to her with a smile.

Taking his, they both watched as North and Tooth walked up the aisle, where they saw Narain and Bunnymund with their little daughter Aurora between them and finally Jack and Casey who stood proudly on the other side of them.

Cloud Whisper went next as a flurry mist of transparent wings swooshed down with her, dropping lily petals down the misty trail to welcome the new couple.

Solar Flare was next as he stepped out from behind Windsong carrying a pillow in between his hands. However, beneath his feet, his board led him out onto the trail as he stepped off lightly. "No one said I couldn't ride in," he said, smiling up at his Mom, shaking his soaked hair lightly.

So, soon after my brother made it up the aisle holding the rings, that was when my Mother and Father finally made it up the aisle.

As they walked, they exchanged their vows with only a still and quiet gaze into each other eyes. They did that, because all that they had experienced and went through together said it all. Ok, some words were said, but I'm only repeating what I've been told.

So, as they finally stood in front of North and the Moon underneath the arc of the Silent Glade and next to Mom's precious fountain, they received their rings and exchanged them. Moms slipped a silver moondust encrusted ring onto Sandy's hand while Dad slipped a golden dreamdust enchanted ring on her other one. And, then under the light of Manny's stretching moonrays, they kissed.

Now, I know me not being there is kind of hard to picture, but yeah, I wasn't around at that time, so I'm just basically telling you how it started based on how I've been told. However, it's not that impossible to see the way Mom and Dad look at each other with such dear love. When I see that, I feel as if I was there myself, but I came a year later, almost exactly a year later.

Who am I, you ask? My name is Dusty, and this is my story …

Well readers, here is the first chapter of Dusty's story. This starts out the sequel of my Rise of the Guardians fanfic of "Windsong: the Spirit of Wind and Music." I hope you enjoy it, because this story doesn't just one POV. This story is only a part of one big sequel me and my two friends (writergirl142 and arielkatze) are planning for the movie Rise of the Guardians.

If you have enjoyed this, please review. :)