"My Guardians, I have a request of you all. " Manny's voice said.
Earlier today, North had been working on some of his Ice figurines when Phil had burst in. The Yeti had said something, that no one but North could understand, and the Russian man quickly made his way to the globe room. Once there, Manny had asked him to call the others. Now the five of them stood waiting for orders.
"In this time of Peace it is important to create friendships. So that is why I would like the five of you to forge a friendship with 'The Keepers.' There is a large bell, it's how you summon them. " Manny finished. The Guardians all stood in silence, that is until the youngest of them spoke up.
"Who are the 'Keepers'?" Jack asked, looking confused at the others looks of shock. " Keepers are immortals that keep the line our world from spilling onto the normal world. Mostly they keep dark creatures in line, that way they can't harm anyone." North explained.
"Like Pitch?" The snow bringer asked. "Worst than Pitch, from what I know." The Russian said, looking around his work shop for something. "You know a lot about them, North, have you ever met them?" Toothinna asked, fluttering close to Jack in an attempt to see is teeth. " Nyet, at least I don't think so." He said.
"It's only been few hundred years since their name has been that. We may have already met them. AH HA!" North let out a victory yell as he pulled out an enormous bell from a hidden compartment on a shelf. "So are we really going to invite them over now?" Bunny asked, as North grabbed his coat. "Of course. Why not?"
"Shouldn't we take time to plan this?" The Pooka asked, Sandy nodding in agreement. "PHIL! Prepare food and entertainment, we have guest coming!" The Yeti gave a garbled shout in response. "Now let's go summon our guest."
Bunny, Toothinna, and Sandy shivered a little as the group stood outside the workshop. "This is going to be loud, Bunny cover ears." The Pooka grabbed his sensitive ears and pulled them down.
BONG! BONG! BONG!
Everyone stood in silence for a moment, their ears still ringing. "Was that it?" Jack ask, looking around as if to suddenly spot people. "Let just wait a little. they might not even know to come here." Toothinna said. About a minute went by with no movement.
"Can they hurry up! My paws are freezing." Bunny snapped. "Ah great, you know making it snow isn't helping Frostbite." Jack looked over to the rabbit. "I'm not making it snow." He stated. Sandy held his hand out and caught once of the little flakes. Tugging on North's coat he got everyone's attention. "What's up Sandy?"
The short man held up the little flake, forming a sand snowflake with circle and slash over it. "You're right, this isn't snow." Jack said, catching more as the wind blew. "They're...pink flower petals." He said. The wind blew harder, bring more petals. The flowers all converged at a single point, swirling around in a pink vortex.
Slowly the vortex began to disappear and a young woman, not much older than Jack, appeared. She looked like of Asian decent and dressed in a light pink kimono with a flower pattern. Her bangs perfectly framed her face as pink colored eyes looked around, the rest of her dark brown hair was up in a bun and hidden under a little cap.
(I don't know what it's called but it's the little thing that Ino Yamanaka from Naruto had on her ponytail ofter she cut it.)
"Konichiwa, my name is Shiro. It's nice to meet you." She said, bowing to them. "Oh you're so cute!" Toothinna said, flying forward. "I'm Tooth, can I see your teeth?" She said, not waiting for approval.
"Chu!" A little white fluff ball bounced out from behind Shiro and launched it's self at the fairy. "Oh how cute!" Tooth said. "Bunny look! A bunny." She said, holding a tiny little rabbit. "Yuki, don't go attacking strangers." Shiro said, taking the bunny back. "Gomenasai, he's very protective." She said.
"So, Miss, Shiro, are you the only one of the Border Keepers?" North asked. "Oh no. There are three others. Jack-kun and Dianna-chan should arrive soon. Vahness-chan may take longer, she's very busy." Shiro explained. "So are yah like a holiday?" Bunny asked, Yuki eyed him carefully.
"I'm White day. It's a Japanese holiday, sort of the same thing as Valentine's day." She explained. " What's the d-"
Neigh!
The group turned and looked down the path. A large black horse was was making it's way to them, the Guardian's stood on guard thinking it could be a one of Pitch's Nightmare. Once it got close enough did they see the horse was pulling a carriage. "They're here." Shiro said. the door to the carriage open and out came a young man.
He was dressed in a Victorian style with a little steampuk. A dark brown cloak over his shoulders, the bottom of it torn and worn. The male's eyes were gold, like Sandy's but less bright more haunting, and a little scar under his left eye. His hair was short like Jack's and duel colored, the right black with the left was orange.
"Top of the morn' to yah!" He said, holding his hand out and helping someone else out. This time a woman came out. She looked of Latin decent with light tan skin. Dressed in a red and gold ruffled dress, with long wavy brown hair. The thing that caught the Guardians off guard were the tattoos..or was it make up?
The designs where mostly on her face, in colors of white, orange,red, purple, pink, and yellow. The designs trailed down her neck and to her arms.
"Hola." She greeted. "Ai it's freezing. Can we go inside?" She asked. "Not yet, V will be here in a moment. " The boy said before noticing the guardians again. "Oh where are my manners." He said and popping his head off, a strange black smoke emanating from his neck, before giving the group a bow.
"Jackson Octavius Lander. At your grim service." He said, cradling his head in his arm. "Eh, I know you." Bunny spoke up. "You're the pest that the Leprechaun talks about, Jack O Lantern. The spirit of Halloween." Jackson smirked, his eyes giving off a quick glow. "Ah so ye know the old man. Yah, I can't help it if I cause trouble, it's in my nature."
"But that was back then." He concluded. "Yeah that's why you spent all last week on the sitting around the house." The Latin girl said. "Hey, I'm Dianna Santos or Lady of the Dead." Dianna introduced herself. "I represent Day of the Dead." She said. " Oh I've head of that! Isn't it when families go to cemeteries and visit their relatives graves?" Toothinna spoke.
"Basically." Dianna said, a small smile on her lips. "Vahness need to hurry." Shiro let out a chuckle as she pet Yuki. "You know how she is. Love doesn't rest." She said. "Or maybe her sleep deprivation finally caught up with her and she's crashed landed somewhere." Jackson said, placing his head back on.
"Or maybe she's behind you." Someone said, kicking the Halloween spirit to the ground as they landed. "BITCH!" Jackson's head said as it popped off and rolled off. It landed at Sandy's feet. "Some help L'ttle man?" He asked. Sandy lent down and picked the severed head. " Thanks." Jackson said.
Floating over, Sandy handed the head back to its body. "Much better." Jackson said, placing his head back before turning to the new arrival. " The hell is your problem V." He shouted. The woman that had arrived shrugged. She wore a white/ cream color off the shoulder toga style dress. Her right arm was exposes along with her left leg. She had short dark red hair, and a pair of large wings coming out of her back. Her eyes were a strange murky green bleu color.
" Oh stop complaining, you know I can't see where I am and Hermes can't come, it's too cold!" Vahness said.
Dianna rolled her eyes and broke up the little quarrel. "Enough, it's freezing and my back is killing me from all the cold. Just introduce yourself and lets go inside!" She shouted. Vahness sighed. "You don't have to yell." She said walking to her friend's voice. "Alo, I'm Vahness Valentini or Lady Valentine. Pleasure to meet you all." She greeted.
Sandy made a little sand heart with wings and question mark appear. Jackson noticed first. "She isn't Cupid if that's what you're asking." He said, making everyone turn to the Halloween spirit. "Who's asking if I'm Cupid?" Vahness asked. "I'll tell you soon. And You little man are gonna have trouble talking with her." Jackson informed Sandy, who looked confused.
"OK THEY'VE MEET US LETS GO INSIDE NOW!" Dianna shouted. "Da, follow me. There is food and warm drinks." North said, leading the way into his workshop. The group followed, Shiro and Jackson leading Vanessa while Dianna hurried into the warmth of the work shop. Once out of the could, the Keepers followed the Guardians from the back for the group.
" Entonces, ¿por qué crees que nos llaman aquí?"
(So, why do you think they called us here?)
" Sore wa isshu no torappu no ikutsu ka no shuruidearu kanōsei ga arimasu. Watashi ga imi suru, watashitachiha Kosmotis de no yūjindeari, karera wa shibaraku mae ni shōtotsu shimashita."
(It could be some kind of trap of sort. I mean, we are friends with Kosmotis and they did clash a while back.)
"Ναι, αλλά είπαμε ότι ηλίθιος που Μάνι ήταν μόνο με τη χρήση του, όχι ότι ακούει. Ακόμα πώς θα μπορούσαν να γνωρίζετε ότι είμαστε φίλοι με Kosmotis? "
(Yes but we told that idiot that Manny was just using him, not that he listen. Still how could they know we are friends with Kosmotis?)
" Bhuel chúis ar bith go bhfuil sé go dtugtar siad dúinn. A ligean ar a choinneáil ar ár garda ar bun. D'fhéadfadh rud ar bith tarlú."
(Well whatever reason it is that they called us. Let's keep our guard up. Anything could happen.)
Hello everyone, I hope that by now I got you interested in this story. It's my first ROTG fanfic and I've been working on this story and characters for a while. I'm going to be a little slow on updating this, due to work and updating my other stories, but reviews are greatly appreciated and help speed up the process. So please review and look forward to chapter two.
P.S: on my tumblr I have a drawing of the Keepers plus a little bio so u can get a picture of what kind of people they are. Just remove the spaces. justcusimawesomelikethat . tumblr post / 62333818019 / ive- been- working- on- these- guys- for- a- while