Hey guys, Duskmuse here, with a new story, I hope you guys like this one has been jumping around the head for a while, a lot of different characters will be appearing in this story, also now that some refernces to the book shall be made, most notably the name Santoff Claussen and a couple of characters.
Disclaimer: Oh I wish , but no, I do not own nor have any rights over Rise of the Guardians. If I did we would have actually met Nightlight in the movie!
Jack gave a sigh as his alarm went off. Another day, trying to live invisible. He gave a quick look in the mirror at the bark brown hair that covered his head. Seeing the slightest bit of white at the roots. He felt a slight panic made it seem much more was grown out. He yelled down the stairs to his mother.
"Mom, do we have any hair dye?!"
His mother tugged his hair all over and gave a sigh.
"Your exaggerating Jack, it'll be fine for at least a few more days."
"Ok, ok, I get it now would you please stop pulling my hair." He heard his younger siblings give a chuckle. "Hey, just cause your hair colour is natural." His younger siblings were really only his half siblings, their dad had been the second man his mom had married. Unfortunately he had been a soilder that died at war. So now his mom had three kids to deal with.
"Kids, your bus will he here any minute, go get ready." As Jamie and Sophie gathered their things, though Jamie was in elementary school and sophie still in preschool, the two school were connected allowing for the same bus to pick them up. Jack hung back sensing that his mother wished to speak to him.
"So, what's up?" He asked. He had bended down to tie his shoes, knowing he would have to head out soon after their conversation.
She gave a sigh before speaking. "Your grandfather called."
"What?!" He slammed his head into the underside of the table. Rubbing the back of his head his mom continued.
"The live one, that lives in Santoff Clausen."
"Oh, " His Dad's dad, Jack never got the chance to know his dad, his mom and dad had had a wild win romance during college, his mom being the free spirit that she was and she had described Jack's dad as a man trying to live in the moment, so they eloped only to be married long enough to conceive and have Jack, before he was even a year old, his dad and mom had gone their separate ways. "This is the first time he's gotten in touch with us. What did he want?"
"He's in town and wants to have tea."
"Tea?" His grandfather had come all the way from Santoff Claussen to have tea?
"Well technically he said cookies and fruitcake but his assistant took the phone and said tea." He gave a sigh. If he was just being told about this.
"I don't really get a choice in this, do I?" His mom handed him a sheet of paper with an address on it. Looking back up at her, she gave him her classic smirk that said "What do you think?"
*Time Skip*
Jack grumbled as he wait for his friends to eat lunch. He had lay sprawled on one of the benches in the courtyard. It was a rare moment of peace, until a sports bag was thrown on top of his chest knocking the wind out of him.
"Sorry, didn't see ya there." The bag was removed to reveal Astrid who walked without giving a second glance before she was off again. Jack headed over to the lockers where he saw a bright head of red, another of long blonde hair cascaded down the back in a braid and a short stack of messy brown.
"I got mistaken for the bench again." Merida gave a sigh.
"Lad, you've got to be more assertive! Change your fate!"
"Merida, it's hard to stand out, you've got the wildest red hair and your accent. Rapunzel has the long blonde hair that catches the eye of almost every guy on campus."
"Almost?" She gave a grin. Jack rolled his eyes. Rapunzel like being the center of attention. The reason Hiccup stood out never need to be pointed out Jack thought as he watched Hiccup roll up his pant leg and gave a quick look over his prosthetic leg. Jack hated being the center of attention, in fact part of the reason he liked having such crazy group of friends was because no one gave him a second glance.
"So off the topic of Jack being invisible, what's everyone up to after school?" Hiccup asked, resetting his pant leg.
"Archery club." Merida said.
"Art club." Rapunzel exclaimed. The others looked to Jack who loved to cause unseen mischief. Only to find his face scrunched up.
"My Grandfather from Santoff Claussen is in town and wants to have tea."
"Tea?" All three asked in confusion.
"You heard me right, Tea."
While his friends tried to guess what his grandfather could possibly want none of them could have predicted what was to come.
*Time Skip*
Jack had been expecting to find a tea shop or a cafe at the address not the embassy of Santoff Claussen. He wasn't exactly sure what he was supposed to do, so he did as he was taught to do, he went to the gate and rang the bell.
"School tours are on Tuesdays, Young man." The voice had made Jack jump as he looked up to the top of the fence to see a security camera pointed down on him.
"I'm here to meet with my grandfather, Nicholas ." There was a moment where he thought he was going to be ignored. His heart leapt when the gate creaked open.
Jack wouldn't deny how awkward it was walking into the embassy, he felt instantly out of place when the door was opened for him. The guard gave him a quick look before speaking.
"You may wait over there." Without question he took a seat on one of the couches the guard had pointed to.
All was quiet, until the sound of two small feet came pitter pattering down the steps.
Jack turned and noticed the girl small in stature and could be no more then a year older than Sophie, infact they may have very well been the same age. She had short darker hair with a beaded headpiece and small feathered earrings that bounced as she ran about. He hadn't realized how closes she was until she plowed right into Jack's leg, giving a giggle as she looked up at him.
"I caught you!"
"You caught me?" Jack asked. The little girl gave a nod. "Now that doesn't sound right." The little one looked confused. "Because, I caught you!" He pulled her up onto his lap and began to tickle her abdomen. The girl gave a squeal, catching the attention of the guard at the door only to grin with a shake of his head and return to his paper.
After a few moments the little girl calmed down. "So what's your name?" Jack asked.
"I'm-"
"Baby Tooth!" The two looked to the staircase once more. A taller young woman came down the steps. She looked very much like the girl that sat on his lap, the newly named Baby Tooth. Her skin just as darker and eyes just as bright a shade of purple.
"Tooth, Tooth." She jumped up and down on Jack's lap reaching for the woman, just as he went to put her down she wrapped her arms around his neck. "New friend!"
"I am so sorry for her behavior, my name's Toothiana, this little one is my niece, Theana."
"Nice to meet you, I'm Jack." Reaching out a hand to shake, his other hand securing Theana. Toothiana's eyes widened.
"Oh, Jack it is great to finally meet you!" Shaking his hand vigorously. "I'm your grandfather's assistant." Jack was taken back, she was quite young though not quite as himself but early 20's- 25 at most.
"Whoa, I didn't expect someone so young."
"She is best!" A new voice boomed from the foot of stairs. All three looked back to find a large cheerful man, along with a white beard and bright blue eyes. "If not for Tooth, I would be running around like chicken with legs cut off."
"It's head, North. A chicken with it's head cut off." Tooth said. Taking Theana from Jack. "I'll go check on tea." Leaving Jack and North in an awkward silence or so Jack thought.
"Jack, I almost not recognize you, with your hair brown and... how are your eyes brown?" Jack blinked almost not realizing what he meant.
"Oh, right their dyed contacts. When you have that kind of hair and eyes, people tend to stare. It's really hard to live normally." He saw sadness flash through the old man's eyes. Which lead to them sitting in silence until Toothiana returned.
"Tea has been served."
*Time Skip*
Jack had mixed his tea and sat waiting for his grandfather to explain what was going on. Though when he looked across his grandfather seemed far more interested in the piece of fruitcake on his plate. But with a hinted cough from Tooth, he focused on Jack.
"Right, time to get down to the tack and bracks."
"Tacks and bracks?"
"Jack, have you ever heard of Manfred Tsar Lunar XII, crown prince of Santoff Claussen?"
"No. What about him?" North looked over to Tooth as if rethinking what he was going to say. She placed a hand on her hip and gave him a look similar to Jack's mother, his grandfather pressed on.
"Manfred Tsar Lunar St. North XII, was your father." Jack gave a chuckle.
"Right, my father, crown prince of Santoff Claussen, that's a great joke."
"Joke, why would I joke?" There was a moment of silence that passed over the garden.
"No, no cause if he was really a royalty-"
"Is right, your not just Jack Overland, you are Jackson Overland Frost , Prince of Santoff Claussen."
La Gasp! I'll explain his full name, took a very little time to come up with Jackson Overland was his name when he was still human in the movie, Frost is obvious and for the sake of his grandfather Nicholas .
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