Chapter 2
A/N: Hey my little snowflakes, sorry I have been gone for so long, I kinda forgot about fanfiction after awhile. But hey! I'm back aren't I? And I'm not dead! Uh...I have a feeling that this is no excuse so nevermind, let us get back to the story shall we, I'll see you all in the next authors note...or not, depends.
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It was unnaturally sunny. The light shone down on the snow that covered every inch of land as far as thee eye could see. Just a normal day in the North Pole. In the center of this frozen, winter wonderland was what appeared to be a workshop and inside were a series of elves and yeti's making toys for Christmas eve which was awhile away, but you couldn't be too prepared, could you?
Within one of the many rooms that were inside this workshop a man was humming a tune that was playing on a record player in the background as he sculpted toys out of chunks of ice and snow. The man had two tattoos, one on each arm, reading "Naught" and "Nice" in a nice cursive print. This man was known as North or Santa Clause, and many other names that were given to him throughout the years. North had just sculpted a toy train along with a track for it, with a loop. He set the train engine on the tracks and sung the chorus of the song he was listening to out loud as the train engine grew wings as it jumped off a ramp, only to be destroyed when the door slammed open to reveal a Yeti as North covered his mouth in shock, the yeti mimicking his gesture as North shouted in a Russian accent,"how many times have I told you to knock!?"
The Yeti responded back in some incoherent language that only the man could understand as he tilted his head to the side and asked,"what about the globe?" He walked out of his office, stepping around a sea of elves as he shooed them off. "Off with you," He said in a commanding tone as the elves moved to the side, giving North enough room to reach the giant globe in the center of the room covered by golden lights that had begun flickering. "What the-" North was interrupted mid-sentence as what appeared to be black sand began to surround the globe, covering it until it was a black ball before dispersed in a giant explosion. North was utterly confused on what happened, having no comment until a shadow went slither past-under his legs, past some elves and into the air as it changed into the form of a person, their laugh echoing throughout the workshop before it vanished.
"It couldn't be..." North said to himself as he quickly headed over to the globe and opened a panel, turning a switch clockwise then pushing it down as it set out a signal...the northern lights to summon the only protection to the world and its children. The Guardians.
Fairy-like-wings beat at a mile per hour as the tooth fairy, more known as Tooth by the other Guardians listed off the names of different countries where children had put their teeth that had fallen out under their pillows to her smaller fairies who were flying off with coins and coming back with the teeth to put them in golden vials to save. Tooth was interrupted from her work when a fairy tapped her shoulder and pointed to the rainbow of lights in the distance. Tooth gasped and stopped what she was doing, flying off as a couple fairies followed after her.
Over a city in Europe, golden sand flew threw the skies, bringing children's dreams to reality as the puppeteer of this magical show sat on a cloud of golden sand. The sandman, Sanderson, or Sandy for short. He had just finished bringing good dreams to everyone when he spotted the signal. He shifted his sand into tha of a small plane and flew off in the direction of it.
In a land of clear skies, green pastures, and happy colors, stone egg shaped gollems sat, waiting to protect the Warren when they needed to. Under all of this a creature with grey fur, long ears, and a fluffy tail ran through the tunnels, he had created, on all fours. This creature was most known as a Pooka, or Bunnymund as his actual name, but he was known as Bunny for short. He appeared out of the tunnel at the North pole, shivering at the cold as he cried out in an Australian accent,"Ah! Cold feet, cold feet!"
"Welcome Guardians!" North called happily as Tooth, Sandy, and Bunny looked at him with confusion, wondering why they had been called so suddenly. "Why did you call us here North?" Tooth asked, breaking the silence between the four of them. "I saw Pitch. Here," North said in a serious tone.
All the Guardians looked at him with a shocked look. "Pitch? As in the Boogeyman?" Bunny asked, hopping close as he wanted to make sure he was hearing the other correctly. "Are you sure it was Pitch?" Tooth asked, hoping it wasn't true. "Yes, first the globe got covered by black sand and all the lights went out...then suddenly a shadow-"
"A shadow? So you're telling me that you didn't see Pitch..." Bunny stated, feeling slightly annoyed by the older Guardian. "Yes, I could feel it...in my belly," North said, putting his hands on his stomach as Bunny laughed and rolled his eyes. "Hehe, if I did this to you three days before Christmas-" "Ah, but Christmas isn't Easter, is it?" North interrupted Bunny mid-sentence with a smirk on his face.
Tooth was slightly relieved by this information as she spoke to her fairies, listing off more cities they had to go to once they got back to her palace. In the sky, the moon was beginning to move over into a skylight that was in the ceiling of the Workshop.
Sandy seemed to notice this and tried to get the other Guardians attention by waving his arms and making symbols out of sand above his head. Since he was mute, it didn't really help since no one noticed him as he began to feel irritated and was getting very tired of this as he grabbed a elf that had walked by with a plate of cookies and picked them up, shaking them violently as the bell on their hat jiggled, getting the others attention as he pointed up to the moon that was shining through the skylight.
"Ah! Man in Moon, why didn't you tell us earlier Sandy?" North stated as he walked past the sandman who's mouth was opened in shock before he fumed, puffs of sand coming out of his ears in a cartoon like fashion. "So...Manny, what do you wish to tell us?" North asked as he looked up at the moon only for a moonbeam to shine down on a specific panel on the floor within the workshop as a shadow appeared of Pitch, within his hands was a snowflake.
"Pitch..." Tooth said in shock as she covered her mouth.
The light shining down on the panel grew brighter as the panel opened and a crystal rose up. "He thinks we need help?" Tooth asked. Bunny put his paws together and closed his eyes as he silently pleaded,"please don't be the groundhog, please don't be the groundhog." A figure appeared in the crystal of a boy who seemed to be in his teens with his hood covering his head and a staff in his hand. The spirit was unknown to the guardians as they looked in confusion
"Who is that?"
"I'm not sure but there's no way that this kid could be a-"
"Guardian~" North said, interrupting Bunny once again as he smiled at the figure, feeling very confident.
It was night in a town in Italy, golden eyes glowed within the shadows, but one pair of eyes stood out from the rest-they were an icy blue as the creatues with golden eyes let out a roar, which sounded a lot like the neigh of a horse as these monsters made of black sand moved through the night, sticking to the shadows as a boy wearing a blue hoodie and black pants rode on the back of one, his staff strapped to his back with what looked like snow and ice as his blue eyes glowed in the dark.
He had been told by his caretaker to stick to the shadows and only come out at night since those were the only times he would be safe. He always listened and did as he was told as he said in a soft voice,"come on Onyx, we have to get more Nightmares and get back to the lair by sunrise." The Nightmare responded with a neigh as it ran ahead to the front of the herd, guiding them through town as the sand brought nightmares to most of the children, helping them to grow in strength and power.
The spirit smiled at this and jumped off Onyx and onto the back of another Nightmare, giving the other a signal to gather the others. The boy was riding perfectly fine on the Nightmare till something destroyed it, causing him to plummet to the ground and into the light of a streetlamp as he groaned lowly, the light showing off more of his features. His skin was an unnatural blue, as if he had gotten frost bite and his hair was pure white with sprinkles of what looked like black sand.
"So you're the newest Guardian?"
The boy flinched at the sound of another voice, trying to dart back into the shadows only to be captured in a brown sack. "Feisty one aren't ya," Bunny said as he held the spirit, hoisting him over his shoulder as the other continued to struggle, trying to escape as he made sounds of distress as Bunny tapped the ground twice and opened a tunnel that led back to the Workshop as he jumped in it and made his way back.
Bunny threw the sack down onto the ground in front of the other Guardians who surrounded it, waiting to see the new spirit.
A pale hand reached out of the dull brow sack that held the spirit as it was lifted up slightly to show a pair of crystal blue eyes that glanced between all the guardians-starting at Bunny and ending at Tooth as they hesitantly took a step closer. Unknown by them, the spirit was terrified and confused on what was happening as the sack was pulled back a little more before a swift figure went flying past them, leaving a cold chill as the figure made their way into the shadows of the ceiling, perching upon the raptors on the ceiling as they watched the Guardians from above, refusing to come down, no matter what the cost.
"What's up with 'em?" Bunny asked, raising an eyebrow as he looked up at the area where the spirit was hiding. "Bunny, he's just scared...come on, it's okay, we won't hurt you," Tooth said as she tried to fly up to them only for a bolt of blue energy shot out at her.
"Stay away from me!"
Tooth quickly jerked to the side in shock as the blast hit the floor, turning into ice and snow. "Woah! Tooth, you okay?" Bunny called up to the fairy as she made her way to the ground again, startled by what happened. "I don't know what happened, but I believe he may be a winter spirit," Tooth said as she stared at the sheet of ice and snow now on the floor.
"A winter spirit?" Bunny asked as he glanced up at the spirit on the raptors who was holding a wooden staff in the form of a shepards hook. "It doesn't matter what type of spirit he is, he's a Guardian now. Hey! can you come down here now, we promise we will not hurt you...all of our weapons are away," North stated, showing his empty hands to reassure the boy that everything will be okay.
The winter spirit looked down at them and was extremely hesitant but he did as he was told and came down, landing a couple feet away from the Guardians so they could see him. "Why am I here? I want to go home..." The winter spirit said in a soft tone, holding his wooden staff tightly in his hands. "You're here because you were chosen by the man in moon to become the newest Guardian! Music!" North shouted happily as trumpet blared and elves and yeti's began to surround him, playing instruments loudly as confetti rained down. The spirit wasn't used to all this noise and covered his ears and shut his eyes tightly as he opened his mouth and shouted,"BE QUIET!" Ice coated the entire floor of the workshop as sharp spikes, protruded up from the ice, threatening to run the Guardians through if they hadn't dodged in time.
Sandy, North, Bunny, and Tooth gasped in shock and horror at what happened as the spirit opened his eyes and took his hands of his ears, sighing in relief as he walked past a couple elves that had been stabbed by the ice shards, blood dripping onto the clear ice as the winter spirit floated up and landed on the very point of one of the spikes as said in a series tone, his eyes cold as the very ice he created,"never will I now...nor ever will I join you and be a Guardian and if you dare try to kidnap me again, you'll meet the same fate as those elves of yours."
The spirit stood and quickly flew out of the workshop, leaving the Guardians utterly shocked and terrified by what had just happened.
