Legend has it that when a cold wind whips at your nose, it snows, or
you get a day off of school because it snowed really hard, that was
Jack Frost. The big jolly guy, who hands out presents only once a year
and wields dangerous swords, is known as Santa. He goes by other names
too like Chris Kringle, st. Nicholas, and Father Christmas. Here he is
known as north. Now, you've heard of fluffy bunnies right. Picture one
standing on two very big feet, has Australian accent, and doesn't like
to be called a kangaroo. You just came up with bunnymund the Easter
bunny. Next you have the sandman, or as he's known to his fellow
guardians sandy, if you've ever had a dream where you could fly that
was the sandman's work. Sandy doesn't talk much, so he lets his powers
and imagination do his talking, and let me tell you for a guy who
doesn't talk he has a lot to say. Last but not least, you have the
tooth fairy. Here she is called toothina. She can't resist touching
someone's teeth when she meets them. All of these childhood character
have one thing in common, they are all guardians. They protect the
children of the world from evil threats, and as long as the children
believe in them, they are willing to lay down their lives.
This is my story about how I became a guardian, fell in love, and
became best friends with a certain guardian of winter. My name is
nightcore, and I am the guardian of Halloween.
One Halloween day, I was just doing my usual stuff. I was scaring the
children, some of the adults too. My Holiday is one kids enjoy the
most. Of course they like Christmas, but nothing beats getting candy
in a child's eye. I was walking down the streets well after Halloween
was over, for the kids anyway, when I heard a rustle come from a
nearby bush. I turned to see who it was. All I saw before I was shoved
in a sack was blue fur. I was thrown through a magic portal and landed
on a hard floor. I opened the bag a little to find the big five
staring at me. I got up and my green and yellow slit eyes scanned the
room. I was in norths workshop.
"Nightcore, how are you?"north asked me.
"Oh, I just love getting shoved in a sack and thrown through a magic
portal,"I replied sarcastically. It is a thing you pick up after
hanging around humans for four hundred years.
"Good, that was my idea. You are here for a special reason,"north said
in his heavy Russian accent.
"Why?"I asked.
"To become guardian,"north announced. The yetis raised torches and
howled while two elves played music. I slammed my hands together and
created everyone's worst fear.
"What makes you think I want to be a guardian?"I inquired.
"You do! Music!"north shouted. The elves began to play again.
"No music,"I said. One if the elves threw down his instrument and
pushed the other elf out of his way.
"I'm a evil person. Pitch created me. He gave me the power to create
nightmares and scare children with my dark powers because of the gem
in my chest. He raised me, so the only parent I've ever known is him.
Tell me, do you really want an evil being on your team?"I said ranting
a little.
"We've watched you since you were little. We've seen the kind of
person you are inside. That is why we need your help to defeat
pitch,"toothina said.
"You guys are all deadlines and good. I'm fear and nightmares. I can't
be a guardian,"I said.
"Right, what does this girl know about bringing joy to children?"the
blue furred being I ad seen earlier questioned.
"Kids like what I do. I give them candy,"I said anger rising within
me. The blue thing stepped forward.
"None of them believe in you though, do they?"the thing asked.
"Bunny!"toothina gasped.
I raised my hand."the Easter kangaroo is right."
"The what? What did you just call me? I'm not a kangaroo, mate,"the
blue thing said.
"If you're not a kangaroo, then what are you?"I asked. The thing
leaned towards me.
"I'm a bunny. The Easter bunny,"bunnymund growled. He kind of smiled
at me as he turned away. I knew this was going to be the start of a
good friendship.
"So how do I become a guardian?"I inquired. A silver haired boy rolled
his eyes."what are you rolling your eyes for Frosty?"
The boy looked up immediately after the insult. He twisted his staff
in his hands until his knuckles turned white.
"You become a guardian by pledging to protect the children of the
world with your life after you perform a heroic deed,"he told me. He
didn't have to mention that his name was Jack Frost because he and I
work together although we don't really know it. Bunnymund threw his
arm around my shoulders. The other guardians looked shocked that
Bunnymund was warming to me so fast. He obviously took a hundred years
or so to get used to jack. Toothina was easy to get along with as was
north and sandy. They told me I was the guardian of Halloween. In one
way I was happy to have a new family, and in another I was afraid.
The next day...
I was sitting outside norths workshop just thinking. I heard someone
coming up behind me and turned to see bunnymund. He sat down next to
me as quiet as he could manage. In just twenty four hours, we had
become such good friends that we were nearly inseparable.
"What's in your mind Nightcore?"he asked being the concerned bunny he was.
"I was just thinking about who I used to be before I met you guys. I
was pitches servant. I caused nightmares that caused children to
become so scared that they became to scared to do anything. I
terrorized everyone my entire life. How can you change from being
someone so evil to being someone who believes in good?"I said as I
began to cry. Bunnymund pulled me into a hug, so my tears were
staining his beautiful blur fur.
"You only did those things because you were told. It is easy to change
form being one thing to another. It just takes time and effort,"bunny
told me. I nodded and whipped my eyes. That was another thing, people
were scared of me because of my eyes.
"Why do you and jack dislike each other?"I asked bunny.
"It wasn't always that way. A hundred years ago, pitch decided to try
and destroy the world. Nightmares roamed the streets freely and sandy
died because of it. We went on without him, and that was a true
mistake. Tooth was in danger I'd dying as we're all of us because the
children of the world had stopped believing in us. We were weak. I
lost Easter and became a little bunny. The only thing that kept pitch
from destroying us was jack and a friend of his named Jamie, along
with Jamie's friends too. They protected us even as we were fighting
for them, and they brought sandy back. Now jack is my friend and part
of my family, but we do have our disagreements every once in a
while,"bunnymund said. It was nice of him not to mention that I had
helped pitch almost destroy them before I joined them as a guardian.
"Pitch would've succeeded too if hadn't been for him,"I told my bunny.
"Why's that?"bunnymund asked me. That's why he didn't mention me. He
doesn't know.
"About four hundred years ago I was created by pitch. I have all of
the powers he does. He had told me to help him try to destroy you
guys. He would have succeeded because he had me, but jack and the kids
were too strong for the two of us,"I to,d him looking away. I was
expecting him to get up right away and leave, but he stayed by my side
and pulled me closer to him.
"Did you listen to what I said earlier about someone being able to
change? I'm weak as well alone, but with the other guardians I'm as
strong as I could ever hope to be,"bunnymund told me. I couldn't
believe he was telling me that he was weak!
"You told me that every one was capable of changing,"I answered him.
He squeezed my shoulder.
"That's right. I'll see you later,"bunny got up and went back inside.
As soon as he was gone, I started crying my eyes out. It was so easy
for him to believe I could change. Did he really know what I was like
then? Did he know how hard it would believe for me?
Thirty six hours later...
Bunnymund was running around the pole all panicked and mumbling to
himself. I had to jog to catch up with him. When I finally caught him,
he was mumbling about Easter.
"Bunny, what's wrong?"I asked him.
"Nothing's wrong. I just figured out a way to get the children's hopes
up again. Easter is tomorrow, and I need all of your help to get the
eggletes ready to go,"bunny said to me.
Perhaps I should explain. Thirty six hours ago, the five had gone to
help tooth protect her teeth. When they got there however, tooth was
in a panic. Her fairies had all been taken except one that jack had
saved. All the teeth were gone along with all the memories they
contained. As they watched tooth began to loose her
children of the world had stopped believing in her.
"Okay, let's go,"north said as he started to head for his sleigh.
Bunny shook his finger.
"My holiday, my way of travel,"bunnymund said. North gulped as bunny
opened a rabbit hole. A force of wind sucked us all into the hole.
Within minutes we were all standing in a very beautiful place.
"Welcome to the warren,"bunny said. He stood up and drew his
boomerangs all of a sudden. North drew his swords. Jack leveled his
staff. Sandy drew his whips of dream sand. Tooth and baby tooth were
getting ready to knock someone's teeth out, and I was getting ready to
fight off whatever it was with its worst fear. We all began to charge
towards the opening, but when a little girl came out we all hid our
weapons or hands behind our back.
"What is she doing here?"Bunny whispered to north. North patted around
his coat for something.
"Snow globe,"he whispered back. Bunny rolled his eyes and approached
the little girl slowly.
"Would you like to have some fun?"Bunny inquired. The girl nodded, so
Bunny turned to us.
"I'm going to keep her occupied for awhile. Meanwhile, I need you guys
to start getting the eggletes ready,"Bunny said before he bounced off
with the little girl on his shoulders.
Four or five hours later...
I noticed Bunnymund sitting on a hill. He was watching his egglettes
go to the surface. I sat down next to him and noticed the little girl
in his arms sleeping.
"You did good, Bunny,"I told him. He looked at me and smiled.
"You did too. This is so weird. I did this same thing a hundred years
ago, we all did,"Bunny said to himself.
"Hey, Bunny, sorry about the kangaroo thing,"I apologized. He looked at me.
"It's the accent isn't it?"Bunny asked me. I nodded just as the other
four came up behind us.
"Yeah, maybe I should take her back to her home,"I said. Bunny looked
at me with a terrified look.
"I don't think that's such a good idea,"Bunny said to me. The other
four were muttering the same thing.
"Come on, I'll be as quick as a bunny,"I said giving Bunnymund my
famous please-let-me-do-this look. He handed the girl to me.
"Come back as quick as you can,"Bunny whispered in my ear. I nodded as
I shadow traveled to this young girls home.
I laid the girl gently on the bed. She rolled over and buried her face
in the pillow. I stood there watching for a few minutes watching her
sleep. I knew that she couldn't see me even if she woke up. No one
believed in me, no one.
I traveled back to the warren to see the egglettes that Bunnymund and
the rest of us prepared in ruin. I saw no one in the warren, so I
traveled to the place where I felt they all were. When I arrived,
Bunnymund was trying to convince a couple of kids that he was real. He
jumped in front of a kid in an effort to stop it, but it just walked
right through him. Bunny lowered himself onto the ground. His ears
went flat against his head in a gesture of sadness. He saw me and his
expression turned into one of anger. He jumped to his feet and charged
towards me. He stopped just inches from me.
"We never should've trusted you! I never should've trusted you! Easter
was destroyed because of you, and the kids who believe in us are
dwindling even faster now! This is all your fault!"Bunny shouted at
me. The others gave me disgusted looks. I watched in guilt as Bunny
walked away. The others gave me one more look and used one of norths
globes to get them back to the pole, leaving me alone in the park.
I traveled to one of the coldest places I knew. I jumped into a
crevice and scrunched up into a ball. I was hoping to freeze because I
had caused everyone I knew so much pain. I conjured up my version of
the globe with the lights of the children who still believed. I
watched as one by one they disappeared, all but one. I knew pitch was
going to go after this one child who's light still burned, so I
traveled to this kids house.
I was up by the kids window. She was talking to a bunny. She was
trying to tell it to prove that the Easter bunny was real.
"Come on, just give me a sign. Any sign that you are actually
real,"the girl said. She watched the bunny for a moment to see if
anything would happen. Nothing did so she threw the bunny to the floor
saying,"I knew it."
I wracked my brain for some way I could convince this kid that
Bunnymund was real. I created a shadow of a bunny and it fell cross
the wall right in front of the girls face. Her eyes brightened in
hope. I sent a shadow of an egg, and her lit up face broke into a
smile. The next thing I knew I was sending candy into her room. She
looked up in amazement and said,"nightcore."
I fell into her room in surprise. No child had ever said my name
before. I climbed to my feet to see the young girl staring at me.
"Can you see me? You said my name! You said it!"I said in amazement.
The young girl nodded.
"I can see you. My name is Jacqueline. My grandfather Jamie told me
all about the guardians. He even mentioned you,"the girl told me.
"Well, come on, I need your help,"I picked her up and traveled
outside. I set her down, and I watched as norths sleigh crash landed
in front of me. He got out and almost fell onto the pavement.
"North, what is wrong?"I asked him.
"What are you doing here,nightcore?"North replied. I rolled my eyes.
"The same as you, protecting the only light left,"I told him. He nodded.
"Losing Easter took its toll on all of us, but it was worse on
Bunnymund,"North told me. I looked at the sleigh to see a small rabbit
climb out. He saw me and attacked my leg.
"Why are you here? We don't need you!"Bunny shouted at me. He fell in
front of the young girl.
"She's the one who got me to believe in you just when I was about to
give up,"the girl told bunny. Bunny looked at me and smiled.
"We need to get others to believe in us again,"jack said.
"We can do that,"I said. The next minute we were all on sleds going
past Jacqueline's friend's houses. I kept shooting candy into their
rooms and when they'd look out their windows they would see me and
join us. Jack got us all to the middle of Main Street and we stopped
and waited. After a few minutes we heard a voice cackling. I turned
around and stepped in front of the five guardians and the children.
"We'll, if it isn't my daughter nightcore,"pitch laughed. I balled my
hands into fists.
"I'm not your daughter, pitch. I'm nothing like you,"I growled at him.
He laughed out loud. The next thing I knew, his nightmares were
showing up beside him.
"That where you're wrong. You are like me because I created you,"pitch
sneered. I was feeling the pull of his power on me. I thought about
the children and guardians behind me and that feeling melted away.
"You may have created me, but I'm not like you. I have a family. I'm
believed in,"I growled again.
"Tell me dear daughter, if you are protecting those children who will
protect you?"pitch asked me.
"I will," Jacqueline said standing next to me.
"I will," a big girl announced coming to stand on the other side of me.
"I will,"a young boy said joining us.
"I will,"a black girl said. Pitch's smile was growing weaker.
"I will,"another black girl announced.
"I will,"another boy said.
"I will,"a white girl said.
"I will,"another boy said. They were all fanned out on either side if me.
"Get them,"pitch hissed. He rode away on bus nightmare horse. I
created one and followed after him.
We traveled to a roof. He was in front of me. I stopped letting him
get away to see what was happening below. The children were turning
the nightmares into dream sand. The guardians were fighting many of
these monstrous beings at once. Bunnymund dove under a car to avoid
being squished, but when a nightmare tried to pull him out, he
transformed back into a 6' 1" blue furred bunny with dangerous
boomerangs and eggs. Once I was satisfied that they were all safe, I
traveled to where pitch was hiding.
I jumped off of my horse and it disintegrated. Pitch jumped off of his
and it joined its fellow nightmares. Pitch and I were face to face.
Our hands twitched with the desire to destroy the other. Pitch's
nightmares streamed onto the roof. I guess I had been wrong when I
thought it going to join the rest of the nightmares, it was bringing
them here.
"Do you still want to join me Nightcore, or do you want to suffer a
painful death by these nightmares?"pitch offered. I snorted and threw
a wave of black sand at him.
"I will never join you. The guardians are my family now,"I hissed.
"Very well, my daughter,"pitch said and waved his hand. The nightmares
surged forward and soon were overwhelming me. I cried out when one
nightmare entered my chest gem. The next thing I knew, tooth, her
fairies, north, sandy, and Bunnymund were on the roof fighting with
me.
"Hey, what are you doing down there? You're supposed to be fighting
with us,"Bunnymund said holding his paw out to me. I grasped it and he
pulled me to my feet. We tried to stay together as much as possible
when fighting these things, but that was not always possible.
There were so many nightmares in between me and the other guardians. I
could see that they were getting overwhelmed and I knew what I was
going to do. I raised my arms and started to chant. As I chanted the
nightmares entered my chest gem one by one. As they entered, I could
feel myself weakening. I could tell that I was dying. Once all the
nightmares were in my chest gem, I had enough strength left to banish
pitch to his prison once more, hopefully this time for good.
I fell to my knees under the sheer weight of the pain. I fell further
onto my side. My vision started to dim, and my hearing was becoming
muffled. The other guardians noticed me on my side and rushed over.
"Nightcore, get up. Please, get up,"tooth was begging me. Sandy kept
on making am arrow going up with his dream sand.
"Nightcore, get up. We all know that you are just joking. Get
up,"north said to me. His eyes were full of despair. He must know
what's happening to me.
"Nightcore, come on, get up. You can't leave us now! You can't leave
me now! Nightcore, come back! Night, stay with me. Just stay with
me,"Bunnymund was saying. I could barely hear him but I think he said
that I couldn't leave him now. What did that mean he loved me? I guess
I wouldn't find out because my vision went black.
Third person pov
"Bunny, she's dead,"jack told him. Bunny glared at him while holding
Nightcore. In the short time he had gotten to know her, he had fallen
in love with her. It wasn't right that she would die before he had a
chance to tell her.
"No, she isn't. She is still breathing. We have to get her back to the
pole,"bunny said in desperation. The four other guardians went to
Santa's sleigh. They said goodbye to the children with a promise to
visit them sometime. Bunny opened a rabbit hole and made it to the
pole just as the others were arriving.
North climbed out of his sleigh and gestured to Bunnymund.
"Right this way,"north said leading Bunny and the rest of the
guardians into his shop. They passed numerous yetis that looked at the
passed out Nightcorer in bunny's arms and immediately turned away for
fear of getting glared at by bunny. North lead them into a large room
with a view over the runway for norths sleigh and reindeer. North
gestured to one of the beds. Bunnymund sent her down as gently as he
could and sat down in a chair next to her. North summoned a few yetis
into the room and they set to work. Within minutes, they were done and
Nightcore was resting. Tooth, sandy, and tooth's fairies left the room
with the yetis after they had finished their work. North stayed behind
with bunny.
"She'll be okay now,"north told bunny.
"I know, but I. Not going to leave her side unless I absolutely have
to,"bunny declared. North nodded and got up.
"Let me know when she wakes up,"north said and left the room. Bunny
turned back to Nightcore.
"Please get well fast, night,"bunny pleaded.
First person pov
I woke up to see Bunnymund holding my hand in his paw. His head was
laying on my stomach suggesting that he had spent quite a few nights
here. I smiled and shook his paw a little. He immediately woke up, and
his eyes went wide.
"You were nearly dead,"bunny told me. I smiled. If he only knew how
close I actually was to death.
"I know, and I love you,"I said. I was hoping that he had meant he
loved me when he said I couldn't leave him.
"I love you too. Hey guys, she's awake!"bunny shouted. The next thing
I knew, my room was filled with one north, one tooth, one sandy, one
Jack Frost, ten baby tooths, five yetis, six elves, and Bunnymund(my
bunny).
"We are all so half that you are awake,"jack said. I was actually
surprised he was glad.
"Thanks jack,"I said and he smiled at me. Bunny threw him a look and
jack still smiled.
"We really are glad, and we never want you to do that again,"tooth
said. All her fairies and sandy were nodding their agreement.
"I never want you to do that again,"bunny said.
"Too bad, it probably will happen again because saving my family and
loyalty is my center,"I told him while looking at north.
"Are you ready to become guardian?"north asked me. I nodded my answer.
A yeti handed him a large book.
"Repeat after me. I, Nightcore, promise to protect the children and
lay down my life so long as they believe in me,"north ordered me.
"I, Nightcore, promise to protect the children and lay down my life so
long as they believe in me,"I repeated. North handed the book back to
the yeti and gestured at an elf. Music began to play and I gritted my
teeth because I was getting a headache.
"North, if you don't mind, why don't we postpone the celebration until
after Nightcore is well and walking around on her own.
"Gladly, oh and you're the guardian if Halloween,"north replied. He
left the room along with the elves and yetis.
"Get well soon okay,"tooth told me before she and her fairies left the
room. Sandy was showing me get well cards and balloons.
"I will, sandy,"I told him and then he left the room.
"Hope you get well,"jack said before he started to leave the room.
"Jack, would you mind staying for a bit?"I inquired. He turned around
and sat down in the other chair next to Bunnymund.
"I'm sorry about the way I disliked you in the beginning without
giving you a chance to explain,"jack said.
"Likewise, but as a certain bunny once told me, everyone has the
ability to change,"I replied. Bunny smiled I himself at my use of his
quote.
"I'm going to go run a few errands. Jack, will you watch her for
me?"bunny asked the silver haired winter guardian.
"Sure, just hurry back,"jack said to bunny before he left the room.
A few hours later...
Bunnymund returned from running his errands to find jack and I talking
in my room. He had to clear his throat a few times before either of us
realized he was back. That was how close jack and I had gotten while
bunny was gone. We were the best of friends now.
"Bunny, help me up,"I said. He looked at me smiling.
"Sure,"bunny said bending down and wrapping his arms around my torso.
He lifted me off my bed and set me on the floor. He let go of me, but
I held onto his blue paw.
"Jack, will you walk with bunny and I?"I questioned him. He came to
stand next to me with his staff in hand.
"Sure,"jack said and I let go of Bunnymund's paw. Together the three
of us slowly walked to the dining hall where the others would be.
Every once in awhile, one of them caught me when I stumbled, but for
the most part I did okay on my own.
We entered the hall and made our way to the front of the room. North
stood up and watched me walk up to him. I smiled when I reached him
and the other guardians. I didn't know where I was supposed to sit, so
I waited for a minute until jack and bunny sat down.
"Where do I sit father?"I asked north. He seemed surprised at my use
of words as were the rest of them.
"Why did you call me father?"north inquired.
"Because, you have been a father to me more than he was,"I explained.
"Oh, okay, well you can sit between Bunnymund and jack, my daughter,"north said.
I walked to my seat slowly. Bunny and jack were on the edges of their
seats ready to help me up if I fell. I made it there though and say
down in between my bunny and Jack Frost.
Everyone started to clap, and that is when I knew that they had truly
feared for my life. That was when I knew that they were my true
family. That was when I knew where I belonged.
Three weeks later...
Bunnymund and I were racing along one of his rabbit tunnels. We were
always doing this nowadays. It was so funny to see the look on his
face when I beat him. Although the way jack teased him was going a
little overboard.
We were nearing the end of the tunnel he had created and we both put
on a fresh burst of speed. He pulled in front of me for a minute, but
I sped up even more to stay tied with him. That was the way we exited
the tunnel. Bunny smiled as I shifted back into my normal self, but
being the daughter of the king of nightmares or being the adopted
daughter of Santa clause is never normal.
Bunny wrapped his arms around my waist and smiled down at me. It
bugged me very little that he half a foot taller than me. I saw the
happiness in his eyes before he bent down and kissed me. His fur
tickled my chin and I began to laugh. He smiled as he slung me over
one of his shoulders. He was always like this after we had tied in a
race. When I won, he was always down but cheered up after I smiled at
him. When he won, I congratulated him.
He took me to one of the flowers that paints his egglettes. He set me
down smiling. He poked the flower with one of his fingers. It opened
up and squirted out a shower of color. I laughed as some it got on his
blue fur. He gave me a look and poked the flower again. This time it
squirted a fountain of color at me. He began to laugh until he saw the
look on my face. He started to apologize. I slowly smiled and then
burst out laughing. He laughed along with me. We both stopped when we
heard someone clear their throat. We turned around to see jack.
Jack was the only one among the guardians who knew about Bunnymund and
I. He only found out because he came to Bunny's warren to help with
something. I was here and jack saw bunny and I kiss. He had promised
to keep it a secret only because I was like a sister to him now.
"What is it, mate?"Bunny asked the winter spirit. I loved it when he
used his accent.
"It is five months until Halloween,"jack said smiling at me the way he
always did.
"I know, jack, it is my holiday after all,"I replied.
"It's not just that. It may be the first time children see you,"Jack said.
"I know,Jack,"I was smiling now at the thought of the children of the
world being able to see me now.
"When are you going to tell the others,Bunny?"Jack asked Bunnymund. My
bunny looked at him in confusion.
"What do you mean, mate?"bunny inquired. Jack just rolled his eyes.
"When are you going to tell the others about you and Night?"jack
specified his earlier question.
"Whenever Night feels ready to tell her father and the others,"bunny
answered. Ever since the moment I had called North my father in the
hall, Bunny had been referring to him as my father around me.
"Why do you do that?"I asked bunny.
"Do what, love?"he inquired.
"Call North my father around me, but around him or anybody else, you
still call him north,"I explained to my patient bunny.
"Because it means so much to you,"bunny said. He gave me his signature
that's-for-me-to-know-and-you-to-find-out look. I slapped him on his
arm and gave a small smile.
"So what have you been up to, dear brother?"I asked jack.
"You know the usual around this time of year. Planning all the things
I'm gonna do next winter. "How about you, sis?"jack asked me.
"Spending time with Bunny. Loving the fact that I have a brother, a
father, and a boyfriend for the first time in my life. Thinking about
our most recent victory, you know things like that,"I told my
'brother'.
"That's good, but don't let it go to your head,"jack advised me. I
looked at Bunnymund and knew that he wasn't going to let that happen
if I slipped up.
"I will,"I promised my brother.
"So what are you actually doing down here, mate?"Bunny asked jack.
Jack shrugged and twirled his staff.
"I don't know. Things were getting pretty boring at the pole, so I
figured I would come down here and help Bunny with some of the errands
he might have today,"Jack said still twirling his staff around in the
air.
"That was nice of you, mate, but I don't have anything to do
today,"Bunny said. They'd become really close after Bunny had started
dating me and jack had found out.
"Oh, well, I just thought I would ask. I'll see you guys later. I'm
gonna go see what Tooth has for me to do,"jack said flying off.
"Now what?"I asked my boyfriend.
"I honestly don't know. Why don't we go to the pole and terrorize the
elves,"Bunny suggested. I shrugged and waited while he opened a rabbit
hole.
A week later...
I was sitting in the newly made lounge for us guardians when I felt
someone sneak up behind me and wrap their arms around me. I had a
feeling I knew who it was, but I was going to have a little fun.
"If someone doesn't get their arms off of me right now, they might not
have them in few seconds,"I threatened and the arms instantly
retreated. I turned in my chair to find Bunnymund staring at me with a
hurt expression.
"I'm just kidding, sweetheart, I would never intentionally hurt you,"I
said patting his furry arm. He smiled and his nose twitched.
"I knew you were just kidding, it's what you do,''Bunny said sitting
in a chair next to me. He picked up a book on mythical monsters in
ancient times, which didn't surprise me too much. Next jack walked in
and sat down next to Bunny. He picked up a book on certain types of
weather and what they do to their environment, again not surprised.
Sandy drifted in asleep and curled up on the couch we had put in a few
days ago. Tooth fluttered in grabbed a book on the importance of
protecting your teeth and sat down next to me. North walked in saw
there was only one chair left, sat down, and sighed. He sat there for
a minute or two without doing anything, and then he picked up a
catalog on swords, why am I not surprised by that one? We all sat in
silence for a few minutes until a yeti came in a d whispered something
in norths ear.
"Well, I've got to go and break up a fight between two of my yetis and
elves. I'll be back,"North announced leaving. Tooth set her book down
and looked at jack.
"Jack and I have some teeth to collect, so well see you guys at
dinner,"Tooth said before exiting the room. Now there was only Sandy,
Bunny, and I left in the room. I stared at one of my best friends
sleeping on the couch and all of a sudden felt tired.
"I think a nap sounds good right now,"I told Bunny. He looked up from his book.
"Okay, I'll see you later,"he smiled and turned back to his book.
I walked out of the lounge and was met by the yetis putting up some
decorations. I started heading to my room wondering what decorations
they could be putting up at this time of year. I reached my room and
opened the door. I jumped onto my bed and immediately fell asleep.
I dreamed I was in Bunny's warren. We were laughing and talking
together. All of a sudden, Bunny was torn out of my arms and put in a
cage. He was smaller than normal. I whipped around and saw the person
I hated the most in my life.
"Sorry, dear daughter, while you defeated my nightmares I got
away,"pitch sneered in his evil voice.
"I don't believe in you,"I heard myself say.
"That's too bad because I created you, so we can see each other
anytime we want,"pitch said.
"You're not my father. North is my father, and my family is nothing
like you. They actually care about me,"I said.
"That doesn't matter. You are my daughter and that's all you'll ever
be,"pitch said. The next thing I knew, I was ripped from my sleep by
someone shaking my arm.
"Are you okay, love? We heard you screaming all the way from the
lounge,"Bunnymund said. Jack stood directly behind him.
"Pitch isn't gone. He's still alive, and he's going to come after you
guys,"I said just as the others guardians entered my room.
"What do you mean?"North asked me.
"Pitch is coming for me. He is going to kill you all as you try to
come get me. I want none of you to come after me,"I said as I stood up
from my bed. Bunny stared at me in complete disbelief. Jack and North
had looks on their faces that reminded me of the loyalty my new family
felt to me. Sandy and Tooth just looked sad.
"What do you think you're doing?!"Bunny half asked half shouted at me.
"I'm saving my family. I'm the only one who can truly get rid of
pitch,"I said to everyone there then ran out of my room. I ran to the
lounge and curled up in the chair I had been in. I heard the door
open, but I didn't bother turn and look to see who it was.
Bunnymund knelt down in front of me. The hurt and fierce pride shown
on his face more than he probably knew. He pulled me off of my chair
and into his lap. He held me tightly as if I was going to disappear
this minute, and I gladly leaned into him.
"Why are you going to do this?"Bunny asked me.
"I have to protect my family don't I?"I returned. His arms tightened
around me even more.
"Families protect each other not just one of us protecting all of us
alone,"Bunny whispered into my ear.
"You'd all perish if you tried going up against pitch. I'm the only
one that can stop him,"I told my Bunny again.
"But why do you have to do this alone? I don't want to lose you,"Bunnymund.
"Bunny, I'm scared,"I told the Easter bunny.
"I know, love. Believe me I know. I lost my own family due to my
insistence that I could protect them all,"the bunny told me.
"Really?"I asked as I leaned my head against his chest. I could hear
the beating of his heart, and it made me appreciate him even more. He
loved me and I loved him, so why did things always have to get in the
way?
"Yes,"he told me. Every minute I sat there snuggled up against
Bunnymund, I felt like I was never gonna leave. I gently pushed him
away and got up. When I was at the door, I turned and looked behind
me. Bunny's face was filled with hurt and loss. I wanted so badly to
run to him and tell him everything was going to be okay, but if I did
that, I wasn't ever going to leave.
"Goodbye, Bunnymund, I love you,"I said and ran out the door. After I
was a few feet away from the door, I walked into jack's room. He was
asleep on his bed. I shook him awake. He pulled his pillow over his
head for a minute then removed it.
"Hey, what's up?"Jack asked me like the twin brother he wish he was.
"I'm leaving,"I told my brother. He mouth fell open.
"Why?"jack inquired.
"I'm the only one who can defeat pitch. Please, don't make this any
harder for me,"I said. I got up and hugged him. He hugged me back. I
walked to the door.
"What about Bunnymund?"he questioned me. Like he'd probably hoped, I
stopped in my tracks. With my head low I told him,"I've already said
goodbye."and left the room. Two down one more to go, of the guardians
I felt closest to that is. I walked down two and a half corridors
before I reached North's room. I knocked and he opened the door.
"Come on in,"he said stepping back so I could enter.
"I'm leaving,"I said. Might as well get to the point, right?
"Ok,"North replied.
"That's it? No lecture on why I should stay?"I asked confused.
"No, I know you are going to come back because I feel it. In my
BELLY!"North began to laugh. I hugged him and said goodbye to my
'father'. I left his room and started to Sandy's room. Before I could
knock, sandy opened the door.
"May I come in?"I asked him. He gave me a nod and stepped back. I
entered the room full of dream sand. I went to sit down when sandy
tackled my legs.
"Can you let me go?"I inquired of him. He shook his head no really
fast. I gently detached sandy from around my legs and set him upright.
"I have to leave,"I told him. He shook his head no again.
"I have to,"I told him again. This time a single golden tear fell out
of his eye. I wiped it off of his cheek.
"Hey, don't cry. It will only make it harder for me to leave,"I said
hugging him then getting up and leaving the room. I had to walk to the
next hall over and down the hall to get to tooth's room. I knocked and
was met by the sight of a half human half hummingbird being. She
immediately flew back to the couch she had been sitting on. I entered
the room and shut the door. I sat in the chair that was in front of
tooth.
"You're leaving aren't you?"tooth asked me. It looked like she was at
the point of balling then tackling my legs like sandy had to get me to
stay.
"Yes,"I said.
"I'm going to miss you, you know that?"tooth told me.
"You all are, and I'm going to miss all of you,"I said to her. I gave
her a hug and left to go pack for my trip.
Three hours later...
I looked behind me and saw the looming figure of Norths workshop about
three miles away. I had wanted to walk this far to let the others know
I was actually serious. I had to keep myself from running back inside
into Bunnymund's arms. I traveled to where I thought pitch would be
and settled in to wait.
Four hours later...
It was beginning to get dark. I knew pitch would show soon. Since he
had created me, I could come out during the day and still be around
during the night. I whipped around to see pitch behind me. I jumped to
my feet and shot a wave of black sand at him. He deflected it with a
flick of his wrist. For some reason, ever since I'd taken the
nightmares into my gem, I felt stronger than I'd ever had before.
"Is that any way to greet your dear old dad?"pitch asked me. I visibly
shook with anger because he and no right to be calling himself my
father.
"One like you? Then the answer would be yes,"I growled.
"Then you night just die,"pitch said sending nightmares towards me. I
absorbed them into my gem and saw pitch's expression change once I had
done so.
"The gem was never meant to do that. How did you get it to do
that?"pitch asked me.
"If you really must know, I've been able to this since I saved my
family from your nightmares,"I told pitch. He sent a wave of black
dream dust at me and I again absorbed into the gem in my chest.
"I think it's kinda obvious now that neither of us are gonna win this
fight using our powers,"I said creating a sword out of black sand. It
became a real sword as soon as I imagined it so. I looked to see that
pitch had done the same.
We charged at each other. He aimed a blow at my head, but I ducked and
took a swipe at his leg. I managed to cut a huge gash into it. Pitch
slammed the butt of his sword against my back and I stumbled forward.
He cut me on the cheek, a huge gash in my right leg, and a cut on my
left arm. He was better than I remembered. I cut him on the other leg.
He shoved his sword up against mine and pushed me away. We both took a
breather and lunged at each other again.
An hour later...
Pitch and I were both bloodied up pretty well. I had a gash on both
cheeks, a huge gash in my right leg, cuts on both arms, and my
shoulder was so bruised I think I will fell until next week. Pitch on
the other hand had a huge gash in his right leg, two gashes in his
left leg, a large deep cut on his left arm, and multiple cuts on his
cheeks and his right arm.
Pitch lunged at me, but I dropped down and slid penguin style across
the ground. I brought my sword up and gutted pitch. He dropped to the
ground clutching at the sword that was now in his gut. He looked up at
me.
"Save me, my daughter, I never meant to hurt you,"pitch pleaded with me.
"Never. You despised me ever since you created me. You've don't mean
anything anymore,"I said as I started to chant the chant that would
get rid of pitch forever. I finished the chant and opened my eyes to
see the ground swallow pitch. I dropped to my knees. I had actually
done it. I stayed there for a few minutes, and then I got up and
traveled back to Norths workshop.
I walked inside and it was so quiet. I asked one of the yetis I
happened to pass where the other guardians were, and it told me that
they were all in the lounge. I walked slowly to the door. When I
reached it I slowly opened the door and saw them all sitting together.
They didn't bother to look up and see it was me.
"I guess I'll just go this way,"I said pretending to turn to the door.
Bunny's head snapped up and the next thing I knew I was being crushed
in the strong warrior arms of the warrior Easter bunny. North began to
laugh, sandy started to cry again, and tooth smiled at me. Bunnymund
hugged me even tighter and I felt my bruised shoulder send a wave of
pain down my arm.
"Watch the arm, bunny, pitch bruised it when we were sword fighting,"I
said and the bunny released me. North stopped laughing and looked at
me in amazement.
"You fight with swords?!"north asked me. I nodded.
"Yeah, didn't you know that?"I asked my father.
"No, I didn't. You must practice with me and show me what you
know,"North said to me.
"I will, father,"I replied. It felt good to say father for once in my
life. Bunnymund caught my attention.
Mind
Bunny:we need to tell them.
Me:I know.
Bunny:how about now?
Me:as good a time as any.
Let me explain the mind thing. Bunny and I developed a secret mind
link that we only use when we need to discuss something important the
first few days we were together. Like most things about our
relationship, it caught me by surprise. We worked things out though
and as you can see, we are still together.
"Bunny and I have something to tell you,"I announced. Jack leaned
forward on his chair and looked me in the eyes. I knew he was trying
to ask me if I was going to tell the others about Bunnymund and I now.
I sent him a reply through my eyes saying that I was indeed going to
tell the other guardians.
"What would that be?"tooth asked me. Judging by the way the other
guardians looked at her, it was the first time she had spoken since I
left.
"Would you like to share that news, Bunny?"I asked him. He smiled and
slipped his arm around my waist. The others guardians stared at us in
confusion(jack frost was too since he was playing along).
"Nightcore and I have been dating for seven weeks and a day,"Bunny
told the others. Jack jumped up to his feet.
"Night, you're dating the Easter kangaroo, and you didn't tell
me!"jack exclaimed. He smiled at me when his back was turned to the
other guardians.
"I'm not a kangaroo, mate. I'm a bunny,"Bunnymund said to jack.
"Yes, I am dear brother,"I said. Night had become my nickname because
Nightcore was a little hard to say, and it was a little long. Sandy
kept showing me an exclamation point, and tooth was ecstatic. My
father(north)was looking at me and smiling as if he knew all along.
"It's nice to see that Bunnymund has found someone,"North said.
"It truly is,"tooth said smiling at the both of us.
"Are you happy, sis?"jack asked me.
"I am"I answered him.
"We are so glad that you're back, but we should really get you to a
yeti,"my father said to me. I could agree more because my shoulder was
killing me.
Two hours later...
I was sitting back in the lounge. I was leaning against bunny and
reading my book. The beating of his heart was slow and steady, and the
feel of his arms around me mad me feel safe as he held me. North
walked in and saw the two of us together.
"Love bugs kicking back,"north said to himself but we heard him.
"Yes, we are, father,"I told the guardian of Christmas.
"Would you be willing to practice with me?"my father asked me. I put
my book down and squeezed Bunnymund's arm.
"I will, father," I said gently entangling myself from Bunny's grasp.
I followed my father out of the room and down the hall. We turned a
corner and walked down another hall. We took a left, a right, and
another left before we finally reached a room that was huge. The walls
were lined with swords. So that where norths new swords always came
from.
"Pick anyone you like,"my father told me. I looked at the walls upon
walls of swords. Finally, I picked one my father told me was imperial
gold and the other celestial bronze. He picked a hand-and-half sword
and a regular hand sword. We walked about fifty paces from each other
and held our swords high. We each stood waiting for the other to make
the move.
We must've stood there for a few minutes before I finally charged my
father so fast that a he didn't have time to move. He ended up
getting a gash in between the letters a and u. We continued like this
for a few minutes until my father got the hand of my fighting
technique. The next few minutes were hard because neither of us could
gain any ground on the other. Our swords were locked together when I
had an idea. I released my hold on norths swords and stumbled back. I
crouched down and waited. My father took the bait. When he was close
enough to me, I jumped high into the air. I landed behind him. He
turned around and before he could raise the swords again, I disarmed
him and pointed my swords at his chest. I heard clapping so I turned
to look.
Bunny, tooth, sandy, and jack were all standing there smiling. They
were all clapping, but I think Bunny was the loudest. I lowered my
swords and my father smiled at me. He took my swords then picked up
his and put the back on the walls. When he came back, he wrapped his
thick arm around my shoulder and we walked over to the others.
Bunnymund grabbed me and held me. All the while I could hear tooth
talking to sandy, and I could also hear my brother laughing at our
father. Bunny let go of me and smiled.
"It's not every day I can see north get beat by someone,"Bunny told me.
"In fact, no one has ever beaten him before you,"Tooth told me. North
turned to me.
"I never thought that I would get beat by my own daughter, but its a
good thing I have,"my father said. North now had two adopted children.
There was me and them there was my adopted brother Jack Frost. I
couldn't help thinking there was something missing.
All of a sudden I fell down to the ground in pain. I pressed my hands
to my temples hoping to block the pain. A vision came of a boy that
was my age. He looked exactly like me. He must've sensed I was there
because he looked straight at me.
"Help me, Nightcore, I've been in this cellar for years. Pitch didn't
want us together because our power could stop him. You've got to come
rescue me. Please?"the boy asked. The vision vanished and I was left
kneeling on the floor panting. Bunny knelt down next to me and put a
paw on my shoulder.
"Are you okay, love?"Bunny asked. I nodded and got to my feet.
"It was just a vision of a boy. He was telling me that he was my
brother. He looked about the same age as me. I think he's my twin.
We've got to go get him. He's the only blood family I have left,"I
pleaded with the others.
"I'll go with you. He's my brother too after all,"jack said coming to
stand next to me.
"I'm coming too. There no bloody way I'm letting you out of my sight
again, plus I've gotta meet this guy,"Bunny said standing on the
others side of me.
"I'm going. There's no way I'm going to let my two kids go anywhere
without me,"north boomed. He turned to look at tooth and sandy."I want
you two to stay here in case anything happens."
"So, Bunny, are you ready to try my way of travel?"I asked my
boyfriend. He gave me a look. I grabbed his hand and Jacks. I told my
father to grab onto Bunny's and I shadow traveled us all to the place
where I felt my twin brother really was.
The house looked old. The roof was in need of serious repair, and the
siding was falling off. The door to place was off of the hinges. The
windows were broken, and the place just generally looked terrible. I
turned to the three guardians that had come with me.
"North and Bunny, I want you to stay out here. Jack, you and I will go
inside to try and find him,"I said and Bunny gave me another look. I
looked right back at him.
Mind
Me:I'll be careful.
Bunny:you'd better be.
Jack and I walked into the house. The inside of the structure was even
worse than the outside. The wallpaper was peeling. The carpet was
completely worn away in some areas. A lamp was broken. What once had
been the dining room table had broken under the weight of a huge
chandelier. The furniture was busted, and the place smelled terrible.
We found the door to the cellar and began our descent. I had jack
light up his staff so we could see where we were going. We reached the
bottom of the steps and turned to the left and there the boy was. I
ran to his side and shook him awake. At first he was he was scared but
then he realized who I was.
"Nightcore!"the boy cried out happily and hugged me. I took the chains
off of the boys ankles and helped him stand up. He was a little taller
than me, but he looked to be my exact age.
"How old are you and what is your name?"I asked the boy. He kinda
looked at me funny.
"My name is Nightmare, and I'm four hundred years old. Who's that?"my
twin brother asked me. He had just noticed that jack was here.
"That's our adopted brother Jack Frost,"I told him as I slowly lead
him up the stairs. He seemed scared to go out of the basement. I lead
my brothers outside and Nightmare his behind me when he saw North and
Bunnymund. I reached behind me and brought Nightmare around to my
side.
"That's just our adopted father North, and that's my boyfriend
Bunnymund. There's no need to be afraid of them, see?"I walked over to
North and Bunny. They hugged me and we all looked at my twin brother.
Jack laid a hand on his shoulder.
"Go on, they're not going to hurt you,"jack said and pushed Nightmare
forward a little. Nightmare looked at me then at jack. The look on his
face made me think he had decided to trust us. He walked straight up
to North and hugged him. He let go of North then glared at bunny.
"If you ever hurt my older twin sister, I will end you,"Nightmare
threatened Bunny. Bunny held his paws up in a submissive gesture.
"Wait, how do you know that she is your older twin sister? How do you
know that you're not the older twin?"Bunny asked my twin brother. My
brother shrugged.
"I was told by Pitch that I had had an older twin sister, but she had
died shortly after creation. I later found out that she was still
alive,"nightmare said. He looked like he was becoming comfortable
among the living again.
"I didn't knew that you even had a brother,"jack said to me.
"I didn't either until I got Nightmare's message,"I replied. Nightmare
looked at the two of us.
"So let me get this straight, you're my twin. He's my adopted brother.
He's the one that adopted us all, so therefore he's our adopted
father. And you're dating a kangaroo,"my twin said. You should've seen
the look on Bunny's face when he got called a kangaroo again.
"I'm not a kangaroo, mate. I'm the Easter Bunny,"Bunny told my blood brother.
"It must've been the accent then,"my brother told bunny. I could tell
from the way they were joking around that they were going to get along
pretty well.
"Everyone ready to leave?"I asked. They all nodded and got into
position before I transported us all to the lounge in the pole. Tooth
and sandy were waiting for us to return like the family I knew they
were. They immediately knew that this young guy was my brother. They
were just trying to figure out what he could be the guardian of.
North was taking my brother into the sword fighting area to see if my
twin had the same level of skill that I do. North should know better
than to test twins on the same thing. When they got back into the
lounge, I was sitting against Bunnymund. Tooth and sandy were holding
a conversation. By the look on my fathers face, you could infer that
he was beat by Nightmare too.
Let me explain nightmare a little bit. He is my twin yes, but there is
a lot more to him than that. He has most if the same skills I do, but
then again don't all twins? He was four hundred like me hence the twin
part of things. Nightmare is an outgoing kid. He likes to play jokes
on everyone. He is quiet and thoughtful when he needs to be. Nightmare
can be annoying and obnoxious at times too. Nightmare's nickname from
the guardians is Nightie. However, I call my brother Mare. I am the
only one allowed to do that. If anyone else tries it, lets just say it
doesn't usually end well. Mare had been happy to find out that I had
gotten rid of pitch, but was slightly mad when I told him the part
about my getting hurt to accomplish this goal.
Mare sat down in a comfy looking chair. North sat down is his big
chair. Tooth and sandy had one couch to themselves, and bunny and I
had the other. It was a good thing we decided to put this lounge in
here because otherwise Bunny would still be trying to kill jack.
I snuggled deeper into the blue white fur of Bunny's chest and smiled.
I knew Bunny loved me, but how many bad things would have to happen to
break us apart?
The next morning. Four months and twenty-nine days until
Halloween...
I walked into the lounge not thinking about who might be on the other
side of the door. I walked in and saw my brother and another Pooka. At
first, I thought it was my bunny then I noticed how the fur was much
lighter. I sat down in what had been designated as my chair. My
brother looked up at me just as Aster walked into the room. I looked
behind me and saw that Aster had stopped in his tracks. His eyes had
gone huge. I stood up and went to him.
"What is wrong, Bunny?"I asked putting my arms around him.
"That is my younger twin sister B. Rittany Bunnymund,"Bunnymund told
me. I looked at the other Pooka who had stood up and was now staring
at Bunny.
"Aster?"I heard the other Pooka ask. I looked at Bunny with a confused
look and a raised eyebrow.
"Rittany,"Aster replied. I could certainly tell that they were
related. Their accents were almost the same. Nightmare stood up.
"Are you two related?"Mare asked confused. He looked at me as well
looking for some type of answer.
"Yes, Nightie, Rittany there is my younger twin sister,"Aster
answered. He looked at me with a bit of a shocked look on his face.