Pitch was defeated and North thought it would be more than appropriate to celebrate and invite all guardians to the north pole. Tooth, Bunny, Sandy, and Jack were the first to arrive.
"Jack, have you met any of the other guardians?" North asked
"Other than you guys? No." Jack replied.
He has been a loner for as long as he could remember, the four major guardians were the first he could actually call his friends.
"Well, you're in for a big surprise mate." Bunnymund added
Out of nowhere, an old man flashed into the room. He looked like he was bracing himself for something, he opened one eye, then the other, and relaxed.
"Phew, it worked this time!" the old man said
"Father Time! Nice to see you again. Long time no see." North greeted Father Time with a friendly handshake.
"4 months, 1 week, 3 days, 13 hours, 10 minutes, and 45 seconds to be exact. Oh, make that 46 seconds, 47, 48, 49," Father Time joked as he stared at his humungous gold watch, "Hmm, I see we have a new addition to the guardians."
Jack walked up to Father Time and shook his frail old hand, "Nice to meet you Father Time."
"Please, call me Time." Time said
As Time and North were socializing, Jack walked towards Bunnymund, "Nice guy."
"Yup, he reminds me of my great granddaddy." Bunny exclaimed, "And if all goes well, she should be here right about now."
"She?" Jack asked, but before Jack could continue, a warm breeze filled the workshop and as if brought by the wind, a girl appeared tossed petals into the air and yelled, "Surprise and Congratulations!"
"April!" Bunnymund said as he hopped to her side, "You remind me more and more of Mother Nature every time I see you." he whispered in a proud tone.
"Thanks, but she never made this guardian job look easy." April replied in a whisper. All of a sudden, Tooth quickly flew towards April and pried her mouth open to observe her teeth . . . As usual. "Still keeping those pearly whites pearly, I see."
"Nice to see you again Tooth." April replied with a gaping mouth. Tooth let go of April's mouth and hugged her.
"How are you?" Tooth asked
"I've been good." April replied
"Seems like what you're saying is true, you've got the teeth to prove it." Tooth said with a giggle before fluttering away.
Jack was still staring at April. She had long wavy brown hair, with white flowers that kept her bangs away from her face. She wore a light orange dress that stopped above her knees that made her look like a flower herself. It seemed like her smile and laugh lit up the whole room. Jack's thoughts were interrupted by Sandman, who was standing next to him.
"Who is that?" Jack asked
Sandman showed the month of April on a calendar with his dream sand above his head.
"No, I already know her name is April, but who is she, you know, what type guardian is she?" Jack clarified
Sandman rolled his eyes and shook his head, he knew it would be hard to explain through sand images. He gestured towards April, showing Jack that he should ask her himself.
"Ask her? I barely even know her." Jack argued
Sandman pointed at Jack, pointed to a heart he made with his dream sand, then pointed at April and wiggled his eyebrows.
"What? Me? Like her? No." Jack said in a panicked and embarrassed tone, this was true, Jack didn't like April . . . Yet. He just felt sort of drawn to her. But before he could scold Sandy, Jack felt someone tap his shoulder. He turned around and saw April standing right in front of him.
"You must be Jack Frost." she said with her hand reached out, waiting for a handshake
Jack cleared his throat, "I, uh, yes, that's me." Jack said while shaking her hand
April smiled, "So, you're officially a true guardian, huh? Are you excited?"
"Well, yeah I guess so." Jack replied
"I remember when I became a guardian . . ." April said. Jack noticed her smile shrink, but quickly snapped out of it, "Hey, this is no time to be gloomy. Is Redd and Angel here yet?"
As if on cue, a heart shaped arrow went flying across April's head. The arrow dissolved into a red mist. Everyone had their attention to the shooter of the arrow.
"You almost killed her you showoff." yelled a woman with dark red hair and dove-like wings. She also wore a belt with red vials filled with a red liquid.
"I was trying to get everyone's attention. That wasn't suppose to hit her. You need loosen up sis." said a man with identical hair color and wings to the woman who spoke before him. He carried a simple bow and quiver full of red arrows.
North approached the bickering siblings, "Redd, Angel, nice of you to come."
"Sorry we're late, pretty boy over here can never decide how to do his hair." Angel complained with messing up Redd's hair.
Redd flinched and tried fixing his ruined hairdo, "Hey, at least I try to look nice, unlike Miss Not-so-angelic."
They were fully grown adults that just kept on arguing like children. But everyone found it somewhat funny. Now everyone was present at the party.
April was still standing next to Jack when a yeti carrying a tray walked towards them. The tray carried an elf carrying another tray full of cookies. April took one and thanked them. Jack took a cookie as well, just to be nice, then offered a piece of advice to April.
"I wouldn't eat that if I were you." he said
"Why?" asked April, "They probably put a lot of hard work into this, and it wouldn't hurt to try."
"Okay, don't say I didn't warn you." said Jack
April took a bite from the cookie, chewed but didn't swallow. Jack saw her gag a little, but she still managed a smile. "What's in this?" she asked politely
The elf excitedly help up a tube of glitter and a Christmas ornament.
"Oh! Glitter and a Christmas ornament, what a lovely combination." she said with her mouth still full of the inedible cookie.
The elf wondered if she wanted anymore cookies by holding the tray closer to her.
"No thanks, I think I'll stick to one cookie for now." she said, and the yeti carrying the elf skipped away, happy to know that someone liked their cookies.
Once April was sure that they far away enough, she ran to the closest garbage can and spit out the cookie filled with glitter and pieces of a Christmas ornament. She wiped her mouth in disgust, then said, "Well, at least I made their day."
Jack threw away his cookie and laughed at April, "Told you shouldn't have eaten that." he bragged.
"Making a new friend here April?" asked Angel as she was approaching the two.
"Hey, Angel. I'm sure you and Redd have heard of Jack Frost."
"Why yes, yes I have." Angel said as she shook Jack's hand, "my name is Angel and the meat head over there is my brother, Redd."
"Who are you calling a meat head?" Redd asked who was already beside Angel, "We're in charge of Valentine's Day."
"There's two of you?" Jack wondered
"Yeah, I'm out on the field and Angel stays home and makes these love arrows. She can't be on the field with me because she has very, very bad aim." Redd explained casually
"Yeah, but without me you wouldn't even know what those are." Angel argued and pointed to Redd's quiver of arrows
Redd decided to change the topic. "Hey what are you two doing over here anyway, the party is over here." he said, leading Jack and April towards the crowd
"You better watch out guys, you're walking with the wildest party animal ever." Angel warned and the party officially began
A couple of hours of socializing and celebrating passed and Jack noticed April wasn't in the crowd anymore. He looked around North's workshop and saw a figure standing in the balcony, it was April, and Jack decided to accompany her. He stood next to her and asked, "Aren't you cold out here?"
"Not really. See." April replied as she held out her arm for Jack to touch. Jack laid his hand on her arm and she felt really warm, it was like she was her own heater.
"Why are you out here?" Jack asked once again
"Oh, I like to think in peace." April said
Jack had so many questions, he didn't want to be nosy, but he couldn't help it.
"So, this might sound really stupid, but what guardian are you?" Jack asked as politely as he could
April hesitated, then said, "Well, I technically known as Mother Nature."
Jack nodded, he still had a lot of questions, but he decided to keep his mouth shut for now.
"So, do you know what any of the other minor guardians do?" April asked
"Yeah . . . Sort of . . . Okay maybe not." Jack replied
April laughed, "Tell you what, Redd, Angel, and Time are really good friends of mine, so maybe I can show you what they do. That okay?"
"Sure! That sounds great!" Jack said excitedly and automatically regretted it because he thought he sounded too eager to spend time with April
April nodded and headed back inside, "Listen guys, this has been really fun and it was really nice catching up with you guys, but I really have to go."
Bunnymund was the first to respond, "Alright. You be careful out there okay?"
"Okay." April replied, "Oh, and Angel, is it okay if Jack and I stop by at your place tomorrow?"
"Yeah, sure, whatever." Angel said
April smiled and walked back to the balcony, "Meet me by Eiffel Tower tomorrow, okay?"
Jack nodded, a warm breeze came and April disappeared. Jack sighed and went back inside. He was distracted by his thoughts that he didn't notice that he walked right past the crowd.
"So, you going to Paris tomorrow Jack?" North asked
Jack was brought back to reality, "Oh, yeah, April is going to show me what the other guardians do."
"Yeah, well don't get too carried away, alright mate?" Bunny warned
"Hey, why do you care anyway?"
"April is like a daughter to me. We go way back. Have you heard her back story yet?" Bunny asked
"No, not yet. Why?" Jack thought he might be missing out on something
"Well, should hear sometime. It's a doozy."
Redd, was being Redd, and teased Jack by singing, "Jack and April sitting in a tree K - I - S - S - I - N - G." And to make it even worse, everyone else started singing along and laughed their behinds off.
Jack shook his head, put his hood up in embarrassment, decided it was time to head back to Burgess, and told the wind to take him home. Thinking about what's in store tomorrow in Paris.
Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians. Period.
A/N: Hope you like this first chapter guys! More coming soon.