Ch. 2 Elves
The months of July and August were always so boring for Jack. It was much too warm for him to stay near his lake, so he had followed the winter weather south. Truth be told, there was just not that much work to do in the southern hemisphere. Besides, he was really missing Jamie, his first true believer. Jack sighed. He'd known loneliness for hundreds of years, but now that he'd made friends and had been seen by children he found it hard to be all on his own for even a few weeks. Months earlier, in that life-changing, world-tumbling moment when Jamie had hugged him, and those sweet innocent arms squeezed tight around his waist, Jack felt a strange flutter inside. A piece of his heart, no longer numb, now ached for physical contact. The feeling was unfamiliar and quite uncomfortable. Jack shifted uneasily, before doing the only thing he could think to do. He flew as far north as the winds blew.
Nicholas St. North was surprised to find Jack at the North Pole in August, and even more surprised to find him absolutely covered in elves. They gathered around him, climbing up his legs and clinging to his arms, clamoring for the sparkly snowflakes he created so effortlessly at his finger tips. He created a unique frost-jeweled flake for each of them in turn. They happily walked off with their prize until it melted a few moments later and they ran back to him for another.
Jack had not seen North in the doorway so he quickly ducked back down the hall. Some questions are better left un-asked. It was a funny thing to do, but then again Jack was a funny guy sometimes.
He never told the other guardians about his secret trips to visit the elves, but Jack made them frequently in the early years when children he could play with were few and far between. Jack figured it took about a hundred elf hugs to equal one human hug.
Thank you to everyone who read or reviewed my first chapter! This one is a much shorter bit of fluff, but it's my favorite, the one I think about it most. Wanna know the best part of all? It's a pic-fic! Only I've gotten the words done ahead of my drawing. I still have some inking to do, hopefully I'll get it done and posted for you tomorrow, Thursday at the latest.
** UPDATE** I've got it posted on (www.)Flickr(.com)/photos/candycalamity/8289079201/ Also I made it my avatar for the time being
