Chapter 2
Jack backed away as the others got closer. He could tell from their faces that they were curious as to what he had said. How did Jack know this girl. They wanted to know. He held up his hands as he walked.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa, guys."
Bunny pointed his boomerang at Jack. "Start talking." He pointed the boomerang back towards the figure of the girl. "How do you know that girl?"
"I don't know her personally."
"What do you mean Jack," North asked. Jack took a breath. It looked like he wasn't going to be able to escape this. He was going to have to explain what had happened in his dream.
"Okay, so this is what happened." So Jack explained what he had seen in his dream. What he felt and how he thought Manny had sent it to him.
North scratched his head. "That's new."
Now Jack was confused. "What is?"
"That Manny would send something like this in a dream." The Tooth Fairy looked at Jack. "He doesn't send dreams. At least none of us have ever gotten one." Jack blinked. No one else have ever been sent a dream? What did this mean? What did Manny want from him? Jack turned towards the sky. But he knew no answers would come.
"This is all fascinating, but what does it mean?" asked Bunny. "Is this girl suppose to be a new guardian?" Sandy shrugged and made a question mark. North and Tooth Fairy both looked at each other. Jack was staring off. He didn't know what was happening or how things worked.
"Well first we need to figure out who this girl is. And then we'll figure out why Manny chose this girl." Everyone shook their head in agreement, except for Jack. He knew that's what they should do but he wanted answers. He needed answers. He wanted to know why. Jack didn't want to go trekking across the world to find some girl without knowing why.
He looked up and closed his eyes. Wishing for once he could just be given a straight answer. The rest of the Guardians were getting ready. North gesture to him.
"Come with me Jack." Jack followed him. As they walked to North's sleigh Jack saw the yeti making toys, preparing for next Christmas. It seemed things had calmed down from when he first arrived. He noticed the elves trying to make toys but weren't doing so well, like usual.
"What's bothering you Jack?"
"Why does Manny only show us so little?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean why doesn't he just give us some real answers." They continued on North looking deep in thought. Trying to find an answer. Finally he spoke.
"He does give us answers. It's whether you pay attention to what he shows you that you can truly see the answers that you seek." Jack looked at North confused. North noticed and continued. "What I mean is I think Manny believes in each Guardian's ability. Like how we all found what our special something was. You had the most difficulty Jack but you were able to figure it out for yourself." They had reached the room housing North's sleigh. The reindeer snorted and stomped their hooves. North climbed up, sat down and looked at Jack.
"I believe we'll be able to find the answers that we need Jack. You just have to have more faith in yourself and in Manny." Jack looked down. "Do you need a ride?"
"No thanks." He looked back up at North. He needed some time to himself to think.
"Suit yourself." North grabbed the reins and snapped them. The reindeer plodded off taking to the sky. Jack slowly walked outside. He stopped for a moment. Would he really be able to find answers? He didn't know, but he knew he wouldn't find any just standing and doing nothing. He held up his staff and rode the wind.
His mind went to the girl. What kind of person was she? From his dream he could tell that she was a kind person, but somewhere inside there was a cold person. He didn't know what to make of this.
He saw North up ahead. He willed the winds to go faster and caught up.
"Hello Jack. Did you change your mind? Would you like a ride?" Jack thought for a moment and decided to take North up on his offer. He quietly sat next to North. Jack was expecting North to ask him questions. He appreciated the silence. He still had things to think about. He assumed North was thinking about things too.
Soon after they found their way to Arendelle. The entire place was covered in snow. North directed his sleigh towards a wooded area. Hoping to hide the sleigh from view. Jack thought there was no point. It was a big red… thing. It didn't exactly blend in with the trees.
"What's wrong Jack?"
"Someone's gonna find this I hope you realize. A big red sleigh in the middle of the woods isn't exactly inconspicuous." North looked behind him.
"I guess you're right. Well I'll fix that then."
"How exactly are you gonna-" North rubbed his hands together and blew something at the sleigh. Within seconds it and the reindeer became invisible.
"-hide that." Jack thought he would be more surprised by this but he was dealing with Santa Claus. Nothing he really did surprised Jack. Not since Jack first met him.
Jack turned around and came face to face with Sandy. Jack let out a yelp and fell backwards. Sandy created an exclamation mark over his head.
"You alright Jack?" Sandy put out a hand which Jack happily grabbed and pulled himself up.
"Yeah I'm fine." He looked at Sandy. "Don't just appear behind me like that." Sandy put up a thumb as if saying 'Okay'.
"I see the poor little frostbite fell on his rump."
"Bunny. I was wondering where you were. What took you so long? We've been waiting for you."
Bunny glared at Jack but didn't say anything. Bunny wasn't in the mood to get into a fight with Jack. He just wanted to find the girl and get back to someplace warmer. He didn't like the cold. Jack wasn't really in the mood to fight either.
"Where's Tooth Fairy?"
"I'm sure she'll be along shortly," said North.
"Where is she then?"
"You know how she is. I'm sure there are kids here with missing teeth. She's probably gone to collect teeth," Bunny interjected. "Let's just go find this girl." He began walking ahead of everyone. Jack looked at North who just shrugged and they followed, with Sandy not far behind.
It was pretty late at night so the little town was quiet. Jack looked at the houses thinking that it was a nice little place. It was snuggled up near the mountains with the only access to the little kingdom by sea. Kingdom was a more appropriate word. He hadn't noticed the castle at first but now it was all he could see. It was quite magnificent for being such a small place.
"Let's start searching the houses," said North.
"How are we supposed to know which girl it is?" Bunny had a good point. Then Jack remembered.
"Look for a girl with blonde hair. It might even look white from how pure it is." Sandy gave two thumbs up and left.
"Alright. Let's go." North left with Bunny following suit in the other direction. Jack sighed and began searching. He knew he'd know who it was right when he saw her. From the dream Manny sent he felt like he had a connection to her somehow.
Jack looked at Manny. "Is that right? Am I connected to her somehow?" As he watched clouds covered Manny as if he was trying to hide himself. Or trying to hide the truth. Jack scoffed. He shook his head and continued his search.
After a while Jack returned to the town square where everyone had been before. He waited and soon after everyone came back one by one. Even Tooth Fairy showed up.
"Hey Tooth. Where were you?"
"I was collecting teeth. Oh Jack you have to see them. They are just perfect!" She flew up to him in excitement. She grabbed the little pouch hanging at her side and pulled out some teeth. She practically shoved them in Jack's face. "Aren't they just beautiful?"
"Um yeah."
"But they aren't as perfect as your teeth Jack."
"Thanks?" Jack didn't really know what to say when Tooth talked about teeth. He just didn't have the same fascination with them like her. Which is probably why she was the Tooth Fairy and he wasn't.
"Moving on did anyone find anything?" asked Bunny. Everyone shook their heads.
"How could we not find her? We searched all the houses. This is the place that was shown on the globe. Why didn't we find her?" Jack was starting to get irritated. He looked up at Manny. "Did you get it wrong? Did you send us on a wild goose chase? Where is she? Huh?" Jack waited for a response. Everyone else looked up at Manny waiting. Nothing.
"Of course. When we really need Manny's help he doesn't do anything. This was a waste of time." Jack started to walk away. He was expecting someone to stop him but no one made any move to.
The clouds that had been covering the moon departed and a beam of moonlight shone down.
"Jack, Manny answered you." Jack stopped and looked back. His eyes widened. Had the man in the moon really responded to him? But why now? After everything he'd put Jack through, why had he chosen now? Everyone followed where the light pointed. It came to rest on the castle.
"She's in the castle? Does that mean she's a princess?" Tooth Fairy seemed to be getting excited. "Or even a queen?"
"Well let's not stand around and go find out. It's cold here. I'm ready to just leave." Bunny started heading towards the castle. Jack finally came to his senses and followed everyone else.
When they finally made it to the castle they all split up to search the rooms. Jack was at the last room of the section he was checking. He went through the door and came into a baby's room. It was a cute little room. He noticed a fireplace in the corner that was lit.
And right across from that was a baby crib. He walked over and his eyes grew wide. He was looking at a beautiful baby girl. With blonde hair that looked almost white.
Jack had done it. He'd found her. But she was a baby. What were they supposed to do with a baby?
