"Pick? You think we pick? No! You were chosen! Like we were all chosen. By man in moon." North says through his thick Russian accent. Wait, did he say Man in Moon? No way. I turn around in disbelief to see a sympathetic Tooth and a proud looking North.
"Last night, Jack. He chose you." Tooth says in her soft voice. Very suiting for a fairy. Bunny mutters something along the lines of a 'maybe', but I don't hear anything.
The man in the moon chose me to be a guardian? Me? Of all the people, he chose me. "The man in the moon? He talks to you?" I say, barely loud enough for them to hear.
"You see, you cannot say no. It is destiny." Destiny my ass. My luck it I would hurt someone, like I almost did with that Jamie kid earlier on his sled.
I stare through the hole in the roof at the moon, in a state of disbelief. I still don't believe it. "Why… why wouldn't he tell me that himself?" I mutter, getting more and more frustrated with the situation. This man in the moon business is getting on my nerves. "After three hundred years, this is his answer? To spend eternity like you guys cooped up in some… some hideout thinking of new ways to bribe kids?" I say loudly, forgetting my situation. "No, no. That is not for me!" I shout at the man in the moon. I still can't believe for three hundred years the asshole has the audacity to never say anything other than my name, but he tells them about my 'destiny.' Oops, I forgot about them. "No offence." I throw in quickly, hoping it will lessen the blow of what I just threw out.
Bunny doesn't seem to buy it. "How is that not offensive?" He asks menacingly through his Australian accent. Oh Bunny, if only I was scared of you. "You know what I think; I think we dodged a bullet!" He says, directed to the group but for my ears to hear. "What does this clown know about bringing joy to children?"
Oh hell no. He did not just say that. I have no idea how, but I kept my cool on the outside, shrugging and turning around, asking confidently "Uh, you ever hear of a snow day?" I feel myself getting more and more frustrated with this asshole mutant on two legs. "I know it's no hardboiled egg, but kids actually enjoy what I do." Apparently striking a nerve, he gets up, eyes full of daggers.
"But none of them believe in you, do they? You see, you're invisible, mate, it's like you don't even exist." By the time he finishes, my hands are in fists so tight, I would have drawn blood. I hear Tooth grab Bunny and begin to scold him, but the hateful words still hang in the air.
'It's like you don't even exist' runs through my mind, building up as anger welling in little pits in my hands, my feet, and my stomach. It becomes too much, and I snap, yelling and screaming bullets. "It's like I don't exist? Yeah, well I wish I didn't either! Do you know how hard it is to be alone for three hundred years? Three Hundred Years! May not seem that long to you, you guys have something to keep you busy. But me? Frost patterns start looking the same after a few decades, and that glint of hope that you see in children's eyes gets old. But I wonder how long it has been since someone walked right through you. Watching them stroll through your being, going on with their day like nothing's wrong. But no! I live a life of non-existence, and that happens every day. Every day,someone naively walks through me. So shut the hell up about me, and forget any chance of me ever wanting to help you. You don't need me, remember, it's like I don't even exist" I shout at Bunny, before slamming my staff on the ground and flying up through the roof.
Faintly behind me I hear North calling to me, but I ignore him and summon the wind to carry me far away from the pole. I remember all the years trying to sneak in there, and now that I've been inside, I never want to go back. I lay back into the wind, creating little flurries in my hand.
After an hour, I seemingly slam into a wall of hot air, and remember that it is summer in the northern hemisphere. Ugh, heat. I settle down outside a primitive little town, not really caring where I was. I search around the forest, and begin walking around. It's not like anyone can see me. Suddenly, a group hustles by me saying something about gates being opened. Huh? I spin around in the direction they're running to, and see a magnificent castle. Knowing nothing better, I follow the couple towards it.
A large crowd has gathered on a bridge right outside the palace gates. I hop up onto the ledge, and plop down, straddling the side of the bridge. I hear lots of muttering about 'Arendelle' 'Princesses' 'Queen'. I'm presuming that Arendelle is the kingdom I'm in. Suddenly, a perky young girl with a strawberry blond bun with an odd white streak rushes past me through the opening gates, singing something about 'The first time in forever' and 'True love." I look at how happy she is, looking like a caged bird being set free. . I sigh at her happiness.
The crowd rushes in, getting more and more excited by the minute. But sadly for me, due to all the people gathering it's getting hotter and hotter by the minute too. I decide to go out to the forest and get out of the heat. It's beginning to make me uncomfortable. I notice one of the shadows moving in an odd way, making me uncomfortable. If that is Pitch, I don't want any business with him. Because Pitch means trouble, and trouble means the guardians.
But before I can move, some girl walks through me again. The horrifying feeling that I've came to know rushes through me and I shudder uneasily. I need to get out of here before someone else walks through me, or else I might freeze everything.
Flying up, I head to a mountain that isn't too far away, making a mental note to come back. This place is covered in snow, even though it is intensely hot down in the kingdom. I circle around it, cold and looming, and begin to fly away when I notice a beautiful weeping willow meadow below me. I have always thought that weeping willows are the prettiest trees, the way water freezes in little droplets down the long, hanging branches, creating long, clinking chains of frozen beauty. I drag my hand through each tree, watching in awe as each branch sways with the breeze. I could stay here for a while, since this place is so secluded and small, the other guardians probably wouldn't look twice at this place.
Just as I decide, a cold impact hits me, like a snowball all over me at once. I spin away, and watch as a frozen blast covers everything in snow. I didn't do that, did I? I go and see what caused that sudden change in my element. I jump up, hovering above the trees and kingdom, and notice how the warm kingdom I was just in is now facing blizzard conditions. The center of the blizzard seems to be the castle, so I race over there, not paying any attention to whatever is happening below me.
By the time I make it there, I see the same girl who was singing earlier sulk back into a room. I decide to follow her back, but stop short when I hear her say that some coronation party is over and that everyone must leave or something like that. I peak my head into the room and stare awestruck at the sight I see. A room full of icicles, the ones that show up when I am anxious. Some old man with a big obnoxious moustache is muttering things about someone being a monster and trying to kill him.
"Ok, Jack, you're going crazy. Time to go home." I mutter to myself before strolling to the window and picking up the first gust of wind heading to the US. I drag my staff around my pond, and fly around the world, bringing snow and frost the the world.
Even though I try everything, the quaint little kingdom of Arendelle never leaves my mind. It must be one of those few places left in the world so secluded not much has changed technology-wise. I don't think that was causing the attraction, though. I had seen other places like it, one in Scotland named Dunbroch, an island in the Dragon Sea called Burk, and one close to Arendelle named Corona. It was an odd attraction to the place, and I never did understand.
For a few months, I shrug the attraction off as curiosity, but the attraction to the place grows, even though I do not allow myself there in case I was what caused that freak storm. I had heard that it caused a temporary starvation, and I don't want to hurt anyone else.