Chapter One:

Rina Snowe was a young girl with shoulder length blonde hair and large pale green eyes. She was small for her age and didn't seem to mind one bit for she never wanted to grow up. The people around her village tended to call her the female Peter Pan with the way she never seemed to realize that she was no longer a child by their standards. She wore clothes that were two sizes too big and kept all her stuffed toys and childhood movies in plain sight in her room, proud that she never got bored of them. Rina wasn't like her classmates who found the need to hide their favorite teddy bear or blanket.

For Rina, everything was a brand new adventure. Whenever she left the house, she was quick to notice even the smallest of differences. Those small differences, no matter how insignificant, always brought a smile to her face as she marveled at them. Rina was easily amused and she never thought it was a bad thing. She stared at everything with childlike wonder and still believed in things that most people her age had ceased to even think about it. It was just who she was and she found no problem with that.

"Oh, come on, Rina!" Lyndi, Rina's good friend, rolled her eyes, folding the piece of paper in her hands.

School had ended five minutes ago and Lyndi was wondering why Rina had yet to exit the building. When she finally lost her patience, she pushed past the school's front doors and went to the first place she thought, Rina's classroom. Lucky for Lyndi, Rina was in fact in her classroom, hunched over her desk, jotting things down on a piece of paper. Curious, Lyndi snatched the paper, and ignoring Rina's protests, read it.

"You can't honestly still believe in Santa Clause! You've got to be joking!"

"What's there to joke about?" Rina huffed, standing up from her seat and took her letter back. "It's never too early to write to Santa what you want for Christmas."

"First," Lyndi frowned, holding up her pointer finger, "It is too early to be writing your letter to Santa. Easter is just around the corner. Second," Lyndi held up another finger. "Santa doesn't exist."

"Then who puts all those presents under the tree and eats your cookies?" Rina raised her brow, pouting. "They just don't vanish into thin air. Someone had to eat them."

"Yeah, your father," Lyndi deadpanned. "Don't tell me, you still believe in the Easter Bunny and the Tooth fairy too?"

Rina's brows knitted together as she pocketed her letter, placed her blue beanie on her head and slung her backpack over her shoulder. She looked ready to face a storm with her oversized jumper, knee length skirt, black tights and boots.

"Of course I do," Rina said, already making her way to the door. Lyndi quickly followed. "You said it yourself, Easter is right around the corner. The Easter Bunny must be pretty busy, decorating all those eggs to hide."

Lyndi sighed and placed her hand on Rina's shoulder, stopping her. "Honestly, Rina. I can accept you playing with your stuffed toys and watching all those childish movies but this? This has gone too far," Lyndi twisted Rina in order for the small blonde to face her and for Lyndi to be able to place her hands on both of Rina's shoulders.

"Listen very closely, Rina. You need to take in what I'm going to say. If you don't, you're never going to be taken seriously and everyone will laugh at you. I'm doing this because I'm your best friend and I care," Lyndi took a breath and looked Rina dead in the eye. "Santa Clause is just your father sneaking around at night, putting all your gifts under the tree and eating the cookies you leave out before the rats get to it. The Tooth fairy is your mother coming into your room when you're fast asleep and taking that sweet little baby tooth from under your pillow and replacing it with some cash. Look through her drawers. You'd probably see a little box filled with your baby teeth. Heck, you might find your Santa letters there too."

"Lyndi – " Rina began, getting uncomfortable with what her friend was saying.

"The Easter Bunny is just a mascot and it's really your relatives hiding all those eggs. Wonder why they tell you and your cousins to go inside for like ten minutes? They're hiding those eggs while you guys wait to go out with your baskets. What else is there? Oh! The Sandman is fake and the Boogeyman is probably some ratted sweated of yours that got kicked under your bed and collected dust."

"Are you finished?" Rina asked, frowning deeply at her friend. Lyndi was one of the "cool" kids in their school and was the kind who couldn't wait to grow up. In fact, Lyndi was one of the first people in their grade who stopped believing in Santa Clause and the like and tried her very best to convince others to stop believing as well. Rina was one of the rare few that refused to listen and it annoyed her greatly that Lyndi continued to try and "convert" her.

"Unless you believe in more idiotic things, I've said what I had to say," Lyndi released her hold. "So, do you get what I'm saying? All those things you believe in are just your parents trying to keep your dream alive. They're all pretty stupid when you think about it."

"Whatever. Let's just get out of here. A teacher might catch us," The blonde huffed, turning, and briskly made her way towards the school's door, pushing it open only to be greeted by a cold gush of wind. Her nose immediately felt numb and a shiver ran down her spine. Rina looked out and her pale eyes widened and her frown was instantly replaced by a large grin. She watched as children ran around throwing snowballs at each other, building snowmen and creating snow angels on the ground.

"Come on, Lyndi!" Rina called back, already forgetting that she was annoyed with her friend. "You're going to miss out on all the fun! Let's build a snowman!"

"What's the rush?" Lyndi asked, taking her time in approaching Rina. "The snow isn't going to leave anytime soon."

Rina ignored Lyndi's comment as she grabbed hold of her hand. "Come on! I want to join the snowball fight!"

"I honestly don't see the fun in that game. It's pointless. You're just throwing balls of frozen water at each other."

"You want to make a snowman then?" Rina asked, not wanting to back down from playing in the snow. After all, it was practically her name.

"Childish."

"Snow Angel?"

"I can't believe you just asked that, Rina. Do you know how much this outfit costs? I'm not going to get it wet."

Rina threw her hands up in the air in exasperation and stomped her foot. "Gee, Lyndi, then what do you plan for us to do with this wonderful snow? Just walk on it?"

"Preferably," Lyndi said, already making her way down the steps and the moment her boots made contact with the snow, creating a squish sort of sound, she grimaced. "Well? Are you coming?" She asked, looking back at Rina who was now pouting her lips.

"I want to play with the snow," Rina mumbled, stomping down the steps. When her shoe sunk into the snow, an amused smile graced her lips. "Cool."

"It's just snow, Rina. Nothing special," Lyndi rolled her eyes and opened her mouth to continue when something cold and hard hit her at the back of her head, exploding and scattering all over her body.

Lyndi's eyes widened and her mouth hung agape as she stared straight at Rina who was just as shocked as she was. Rina; however, recovered from her shock and a small smile graced her lips as she tried her best to suppress her laugh. Lyndi, on the other hand, wasn't amused. The girl wiped the remaining snow particles off her neck and shoulders and glared at Rina's joyous expression before turning around to see several kids running around, throwing snowballs at each other.

"HEY!" Lyndi bellowed, catching the children's attention. "WATCH WHERE YOU'RE THROWING THOSE THINGS!"

The children looked at her with confusion, the snowballs in their hands slowly losing their shape. They glanced over to Rina, someone who they often had snowball fights with, who just shrugged. "What are you talking about?" One of the kids was brave enough to ask.

"What do you mean what am I talking about?" Lyndi folded her arms across her chest. "One of your stupid balls hit me!"

"So?" Another said, wondering why Lyndi was making such a big deal out of nothing. It was snow. Snow would have hit her anyway even if it weren't from a snowball. Snow was falling from the sky! She couldn't avoid it until she got indoors.

"So… So…. SO?!" Lyndi nearly exploded before Rina jumped in and covered Lyndi's mouth with her hands, grinning sheepishly at the kids.

"Okay, Lyndi, it was an accident. I'm sure they won't do it again," Rina chuckled, sending the children a look. They stood a little straighter and when Lyndi relaxed, Rina sent them a wink making them giggle under their breaths.

"Whatever," Lyndi huffed, giving the kids one last glare before turning her backs at them. "You want to stop by my house? We can watch that new Vampire movie."

"You want me to stop believing in the Tooth fairy and yet you want me to watch Vampires? You believe in them just as much as I believe in Santa Clause!" Rina laughed, shaking her head and kicked a pile of snow out of her way. A gust of wind pushed her forward. "Whoa," Rina muttered, glancing back. Where did that come from?

"There's a better chance of meeting a Vampire on the streets than the Easter Bunny," Lyndi shrugged before laughing at the disbelieving look Rina was giving her. "Okay, okay but let's face it. Vampires are H-O-T – HOT!"

Rina rolled her eyes at her friend as she stuffed her hands deep into her pockets. It seemed to have gotten colder but when she glanced at Lyndi, the girl seemed to have no problem with the dropping temperature. When Rina was about to make a comment about it, the sudden cold feeling disappeared.

"So do you want to come over?"

"I can't. I'm heading over to Jamie's. I promised him I'll teach him some coloring techniques," Rina said with a soft smile. Jamie was her neighbor and he was such a sweetheart. "He's really getting good with his art skills."

Lyndi stopped walking for a while and furrowed her brows. "Jamie? The kid who goes on and on about…." She trailed off, her eyes widening with realization. "No wonder you still believe in that nonsense! You hang out with that kid too much, Rina. It's unhealthy."

"It's not unhealthy. It's fun," Rina frowned. "And he's a cool kid."

"If you want fun, you should spend more time with me and the girls instead of Jamie and his bratty bunch," Lyndi said with a matter of fact tone.

"Your definition of fun and my definition of fun are very different, Lyndi," Rina laughed, brushing off her friend's comment. She was used to Lyndi disapproving of the people she hung out with. In Rina opinion, hanging out with Jamie and his friends was much more fun that having sleepovers and gushing over the guys in their school. "Anyway, I'll call you later!"

Rina left Lyndi after giving her quick hug. She jumped over a pile of snow and dashed towards Jamie's house. She was just about to turn a corner when she heard Lyndi yell out angrily. Apparently another snowball had hit her and she had no idea who it was who threw it. Rina let out a laugh and continued on her way.


Hi! I just watched Rise of the Guardians yesterday and I just have to say that I fell in love. I want to watch it all over again but my parents won't let me :(

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