How To Chase Away The Boogeyman
A/N: Well hello there, people of the Rise Of The Guardians fandom! I have come to join you all.
Basically I really like the characters in this film so most stuff I write will be exploring back stories and characterisation and such. Maybe one or two will be written with some plot, but probably not for a while. Soooo you get short stuff like this :3
Okay, so, little oneshot of Jack as a human, before he was Jack Frost. Apparently people call his sister Pippa a lot, so that's what I went with because like hell I know. I'm totally new to this fandom.
Well, hope you guys enjoy!
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"Jack! Jack, wake up!"
Jack groaned as he turned over in his bed, blearily opening his eyes. Through the gloom of the night, he could see his sister Pippa. She stood by the side of his bed, her brows furrowed in a nervous, fearful expression, occasionally glancing back over the other side of the room where her own bed was.
"Hey Pipsqueak. What is it?" He mumbled, smiling slightly.
"I'm scared, the boogeyman is under my bed!" Pippa cried quietly. She sniffled and looked down at her older brother.
"Aw no, the boogeyman? He's a nasty piece of work. Come on, hop in." Jack murmured, lifting up the corner of his blanket in invitation, and Pippa crawled in eagerly. Jack let her cuddle up close, before he talked again. "Now, there's a way to chase away to boogeyman, d'ya know how?" Pippa shook her head. "Alright, here, I'll show you."
"See under your bed?" He paused and waited until Pippa nodded slightly. "Right, look straight into the darkness... And pull the stupidest face you can."
"What?" Pippa furrowed her brows in confusion and disbelief, looking over her shoulder at Jack. He laughed and ruffled her hair, his signature grin plastered on his face.
"Yep! Look Pip, like this..." Jack scrunched up his nose, and wiggled his eyebrows, and stuck out his tongue in the direction of Pippa's bed. The young girl giggled, and turned to cross her eyes and puff out her cheeks at the underside of the bed. "And now tell him you ain't scared. And if you ain't scared, he can't do anything. See?"
Pippa nodded, and frowned at the darkness, muttering resolutely "I'm not scared of you." Jack smiled gently down at her, ruffling her hair again and wrapping an arm around her to hug her close.
"There ya go. Now come on Pipsqueak, sleep, brother Jack is tired."
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A/N: Yay! Short, I know, but I quite liked the idea.
Now actually, the first draft of this I had contained the usual, adult's argument: he's not real. I originally wrote it down as "Course he ain't. The boogeyman ain't real, and even if he was, he couldn't hurt ya."
However, I changed it because I didn't think that was Jack's character. I've read quite a few things on here where Jack is shown as 'still a child' – I know some people don't agree with it, but to me, even if he is not 'technically' a kid he's still a child at heart. I imagine Jack to still believe into his teens, at least to some degree – because, after all, for example, where is the fun in Christmas once Santa isn't real? As a kid I loved Christmas, especially attempting to stay up all night to catch Santa. That was the whole fun of it. Losing the belief loses the fun. As such, I believe Jack would hold onto his belief in all of the Guardians while he was a human.
Where the boogeyman comes into this is that as a child himself, he'd probably at some point believe and be scared of the boogeyman. His parents being adults they told him 'he doesn't exist so you shouldn't be scared' – but that doesn't help. That just brushes it off. Jack believes that the boogeyman exists, but is no longer scared of him (much like the film's view on it) and so encourages his sister that way. The pulling faces would be his way of making it fun and cheering his sister up to get her over the fear.
Dunno if it makes sense when I explain it, but I know what I mean xD
Uh, if you like it, do drop a review! Cause if some people do like it, I'll keep writing for this fandom. And... yeah. That's about all I've got for now. Ciao.