Hello everyone. Thanks for waiting! Here's a the next chapter, hope you enjoy. Hopefully, I'll update more often.
Disclaimer: I don't own ROTG but I do own Evangeline Hallows, Angel and the crazy idea of this version of Skeleton Jack and Halloween town.
With Halloween quickly approaching (October 18th), the Guardians decided to have one last get-together before North has to start the last-minute prep for Christmas. As usual, North and Aster were arguing about which of their holidays was better. Tooth was ordering her mini-fairies to retrieve teeth. Jack was freezing elves as they walked by him, chuckling as he did. Sandy had yet to arrive.
"I'm telling you North, Easter is more important Christmas," Aster argued as he painted an egg.
"Please Bunny. Easter is not Christmas," North replied. He patted Aster on his cheek and took the egg from him.
In the background, Tooth's orders could still be heard while Jack kept messing with the elves.
"He he. Here we go," Aster said. "Listen North, Easter always comes before Christmas, therefore it is more importan'," he grabbed the egg from him.
"It may come before but without Christmas there iz no Easter," North countered.
Aster was about to reply when Jack yelled, "Sandy's here!" North laughed and turned away from Aster to greet the last Guardian.
"Ah Sandy, finally able to come yez?" North walked over and held a glass of eggnog to the small, golden man that he had taken from a passing elf. Sandy smiled as he nodded and took the glass. North laughed and said, "Come enjoy yourself." Sandy floated over to the sofa and sat down. North went back to arguing with Aster while Tooth and Jack continued what they were doing. Sandy chuckled and watched them when he noticed that the moon had come into view through a window in the ceiling. The moon's rays shined brightly, filling the Globe Room with moonlight. He dropped the cup he was holding and tried to signal to the other Guardians with his dreamsand images, but they were not paying attention.
"Why are rabbits always so nervous," North asked messing with Aster and almost knocked the egg out of his hand.
"Why are you always such a blowhard?" Aster stated managing to save the egg.
Tooth flew in between the two. "Is that all in one house?" she asked one of her fairies.
"Tooth," North got her attention. "Can't you see we are trying to argue?"
"Sorry, not all of us get to work one night a year," she replied as the Mini Fairies tweeted and swirled around her. "Am I right Sandy?"
The Sandman made an image of an arrow and pointed to it.
Unfortunately, she was sidetracked. "Huh?! San Diego, Sector 2!"
"Oh come on guys, we always go through with this," Jack complained as he flew by the older Guardians.
"Ah Jack, good timing. You tell us vich holiday iz better; Christmas or Easter?" North turned and asked the Winter Spirit. Aster turned to him too. Both looked at him eagerly to see who he would side with.
Jack held his hands up in defense, "Neither, I pick Halloween."
Sandy didn't know what else to do so he grabbed one of North's elves and began to shake him. The elf's bells' rang throughout the room. The other Guardians finally stopped what they were doing. Sandy formed an image of a crescent moon above his head.
"Aah! Man in the Moon!" exclaimed North. "Sandy, why didn't you say something?"
Sandy gave North a frustrated look and dreamsand poured out of his ears like steam.
North spoke to the moon. "It's been a while old friend. What is the big news?"
A beam of moonlight formed on a spot on the floor in the center of the four Guardians. Then the light shifted, darkening to shadows until it revealed a silhouette of Pitch. The Guardians continued to stare in disbelief.
"Oh great, he's back," Aster groaned.
"Manny, what must we so?" asked North.
In response, the beam of moonlight grew brighter before shrinking to a thinner ray of light. At the center of the circle, the light illuminated an ornate symbol on the floor. The symbol rose out of the ground, revealing a large gem on top of a pillar. North was awed as the gem refracted light throughout the chamber, like a crystal.
"Uh guys, you know what this means?" Tooth asked the group with a gasp.
"He's choosing a new Guardian," North said.
"What? Why?" Aster was stunned.
"Must be big deal," was the only answer North could give. "Manny thinks we need help."
"Since when do we need help?" the pooka replied looking to his fellow Guardians.
"Geez, don't be such a blowhard Kangaroo," Jack snickered as he mimcked the Australian accent terribly.
"Oh rack off ya bloody show pony and Ah'm a bunny!" Aster yelled back. Jack snorted in response.
Tooth nodded. "I wonder who it's gonna be."
Sandy created an image of a four leafed clover over his head and Tooth voiced his guess for everyone to hear. "Maybe the Leprechaun?"
"Please not the Groundhog, please not the Groundhog!" Aster urgently chanted. Jack snickered at that and Aster gave him a dirty look.
A sudden bright light flashed through the room. Above the glowing stone on the pillar, was the holographic image of a young girl, in her teens, with short hair and a cat and broomstick by her side, but the most notable feature was the sunglasses on her face.
"Evangeline Hallows," North said in disbelief.
"Ah, I take it back," Aster whimpered. "The Groundhog's fine!".
Jack's eyes widened, "The Halloween chick? The one that has never spoken to any of you?"
Aster groaned, "Great, another prankster."
"Oh lighten up Kangaroo, no one's a better prankster then me," Jack said proudly.
"She doesn't care about children! She's an irresponsible, selfish-"
"Guardian," North cut in.
"This Shelia's many things but a Guardian ain' one of them." Jack narrowed his eye slightly at the Pooka.
"Bunny, you don't even know her, just give her a chance. I became a Guardian and everything turned out all right," Jack mentioned. Bunny huffed but knew he could not come up with a retort.
North clapped his hands, "Well, since Evangeline is always out at night, Sandy knock her out with dreamsand. Bunny you distract her like you did with Jack and when she is knocked out, we have yetis toss her in sack and through portal. Good plan yeah?"
Aster sighed but agreed and Sandy gave two thumbs up. Jack scoffed, "Again with the sack North?"
"Vhat? Sack is good idea."
"It's a bad idea mate but Ah guess it's better than nothing. Anybody know 'er nightly routine?"
Jack raised his hand, "She always goes to Burgess as soon as she leaves her home in Salem. At sunset, everyday." Aster nodded and opened a tunnel and looked at Sandy, "Comin' mate?" Sandy nodded and flew into the tunnel; it was about to be sunset in Burgess anyway.
"I hope this goes alright," Jack hoped.
North laughed and pat him on the back, "Of course it will, who doesn't want to be Guardian?" Jack gave him a look but shook his head and went back to freezing elves. North went to have the yetis and elves prepare for the New Guardian Ceremony.
Evangeline Hallows, Spirit of Halloween or Pumpkin Queen of Halloween as known by her monster citizens, awoke from her day's slumber. It was finally the last night before the Thirteen Cursed Nights, October 18th. She changed out of her simple black silk pajamas and into her usual black turtleneck, orange skinny jeans, and black combat boot. Her short pixie cut was a mess until she tackled it with a brush. Once it was set, her orange highlights were uniformly placed within her jet-black locks. She put on her dark sunglasses and smiled at her reflection. Angel purred and jumped onto her shoulder. Eva chuckled and scratched her behind the ears. She exited her room and grabbed her broomstick.
Once she locked her house with her Skeleton Key, Eva took flight and flew over Halloween Town. The citizens were not awake yet since the sun was about to set. Eva smiled and flew to the well-hidden entrance in the cave. She waited until the sun was gone before soaring out into the night sky. She flew from her home in Salem, Massachusetts to her favorite town, Burgess. It turns out that the Burgess kids were some of the sweetest there were. Eva reached it in a matter of minutes. She smiled as she flew around the houses of the seven children who helped the Guardians, saving the Bennett's for last.
Eva watched as Jaime Bennett's mother tucked him in. "I can't wait for Halloween Mom! I'm going to dress up as Jack Frost!" His mother chuckled and kissed him good night. Eva smiled at the sweet boy one last time before taking a slow flight. She watched as golden streams of sand filled the night sky and went into the children's room to bring them sweet dream. "Sweet dreams kids," she whispered in her British accent. Angel mewed in agreement.
The two were about to take off when she noticed the movement of something from the corner of her eye. She turned her broomstick to face it but saw nothing. She was about to leave again when she saw it again, this time she followed it. It led her to an abandoned corner. When she was sure it was nothing, she turned to leave when she found her path blocked by ice. Angel hissed at something behind them. Eva turned to it, Jacko-bomb ready to fire, when something hit her head. She was knocked out and tossed into a sack, along with Angel and her broomstick. Two yetis picked her up and tossed her into a magic portal, a golden followed them.
Eva cried out in pain as the bright lights hit her eyes. She quickly closed and covered them. She felt Angel jump into her lap; her sunglasses were held up by Angel's tail. She thanked her cat and quickly put them on.
"Are you alright?" someone asked from above her, a chill present. Eva looked up but her vision was still blurry.
"Give me a moment, my eyes need to recover," she replied. She felt the figure move away, the sudden chill leaving as well. As soon as her eyes adjusted, she looked in front of her and blinked. "The Guardians?" North smiled at her. Aster gave North a glare before turning to her.
"You alright Sheila? Tha' yelp sounded painful," he said to her in his Australian accent. She nodded but did not speak. "Really North? Did ya hav' ta throw 'er in a sack? Sandy knocked 'er out jus' fine." North just laughed in response.
Eva's eyes widened, "You threw me in a sack? After you knocked me out? A simple letter or messenger would have been enough. Why am I he-" she was cut off as a pair of hands pried opens her mouth.
"Oh this is a shocker! Your teeth are perfect! I thought that with all the candy you made and ate they would be rotten but their almost as beautiful as Jack's," Tooth chimed as she looked into Eva's mouth. Eva tried to talk but Tooth would not let her. Angel hissed slightly at Tooth.
"Tooth, fingers out of mouth," North warned. Tooth moved away and apologized.
"Thank you for the personal space," Eva growled. Eva was about to say something else when she saw a familiar glow. Her scowl turned into a small smile when she saw Sandy chuckling at her. "Hello Sandman, it's an honor to finally meet the man responsible for sweet dreams." Sandy made a bowler hat appear, bowed, and smiled at Eva. Angel finally relaxed as she felt Eva relax and curled up in her lap.
"Ah, so you already know Sandy," North asked jollily.
"No, but he always sends the sweetest dreams to my favorite kiddies," Eva started to pet Angel out of habit. Sandy smiled at Eva. "So where's Frost?" As if on cue, a blast of cold air blew Eva's short hair and sent chills up her spine. "Forget I asked," she frowned. Jack's mischievous laugh echoed in Eva's ear. The Winter Spirit landed in front Eva.
"So this is the Halloween chick huh?" Jack studied Eva. "Eh, I don't see why the Man in the Moon chose her to be the new Guardian." He started to float around.
"A-a Guardian? The Man in the Moon wants me to be a Guardian?" her eyes were wide and she stood up. Angel jumped down and appeared to be frowning at the Guardians.
"Yes a Guardian. Manny says you will help us beat Pitch thiz time," North laughed. "Now we start. Cue music!" Elves blared their trumpets; two yetis came in tossing torches of fires. Tooth's fairies brought a garland of little spider webs, bats and Jack O' Lanterns; Eva dodged them and stared at the Guardians angrily. A grand performance was given. North opened the Guardian book and was about to read the Guardian's oath when Jack noticed something was wrong.
"Hey North, wait," but the jolly man did not hear him. However, before he could say a word, Eva's broomstick flew to her in a blink of an eye and hit itself hard into the ground. A blast of orange heat came from Eva and spread around the ground of North's workshop. The force blew back everyone. Everyone but Jack stared at her in bewilderment. Eva was shaking with anger and Angel was poised to strike.
"Vat iz the matter Evangeline?" North questioned, confused. Jack watched the girl carefully, he knew that she had been alone for a little longer than he had but unlike him, she was still alone.
Eva took a deep breath to calm down to refrain from cursing out the Guardians. "Angel," she harshly whispered. Said cat relaxed but kept growling. "Now, what exactly makes you think I want to be a Guardian?"
North laughed as if her question was funny. "Of course you do. Now music!" The elves started to play again. Jack tried to speak again to stop the elves but Eva beat him to it.
"NO MUSIC!" Eva growled loudly. The lead elf threw his trumpet in surrender. The Guardians looked at her wide-eyed, save for Jack, before they realized they did the same mistake they made with Jack all over again. Jack walked forward but Angel growled at him, so he stopped moving but looked at Eva. He tried to meet her eyes with his but the sunglasses were in the way.
"Look Evangeline, I know you're angry but let us ex-" Jack was cut off, as Eva was two inches away from him, the heat radiated of her. She was taller so he looked up at her surprised.
"First of all, it's Eva. And second of all, angry doesn't cover it." Eva glared at him through her glasses. "Explain to me exactly why I should even consider becoming a Guardian." She moved back from Jack and crossed her arms.
Jack sighed, "Come on, being a Guardian isn't bad." Jack stopped when North placed a hand on his shoulder.
"Eva, I don't think you understand what it is we do." They all looked at the massive Globe in the center of the room. "Each of those lights is a child," Tooth began.
North picked up the story. "A child who believes. And good or bad, naughty or nice, we protect them." North went on saying, "Okay, no more wishy-washy! Pitch is out there doing who knows what!"
"You mean the Boogeyman?" Eva growled.
"Yes!" North exclaimed. "When Pitch threatens us, he threatens them as well." North pointed to all the tiny lights on the Globe.
"You mean to say, you kidnapped me on the last night before the Cursed Thirteen Night, just because you all couldn't handle the Boogeyman?" Eva was steaming and Angel had once again poised herself for attack.
"Listen Sheila, the Man in the Moon chose ya to be a Guardian, so qui' with the hostility," Aster said in an annoyed tone.
Eva turned to him," Listen to me you over-sized puffball; I am perfectly fine with my life as it is. I do not want to become a Guardian. So, I'm not going to quit with the hostility."
Aster growled, "Wha' did ya call meh Sheila?" He stepped forward when Jack placed his staff in front of him.
"Chill out Cottontail. The chick deserves to at least be angry with us," he said.
"Oh rack off ya bloody show pony."
Jack ignored him and turned to North, "North. Tacks of brass?" North nodded understanding.
"Hold on mate. Lemme talk to the Sheila," Aster spoke up. The others turned to him in bewilderment.
"Really Cottontail? You just made her angrier. Let North handle-," Jack was cut off by North.
"Hold on Jack. I think Bunny has plan," North told the boy. He turned to Aster, "You do have plan right?
Aster scoffed, "North, ya mind if I take the Sheila to my room?" North has spare rooms for each of the Guardians in case any want to sleep over.
"Go ahead but if you can't handle it than it's the tacks of brass." Aster nodded and looked at Eva.
"C'mon Sheila, Ah'll show ya to meh room. Ah'll show ya somethin' importan'." Eva thought for a moment but nodded. Angel relaxed and jumped onto her shoulder.
"Show the way Puffball," she said with a small smirk. Aster growled at her but grabbed her hand and dragged her to his room.
Once they were out of the room, Jack turned to North. "What are you thinking North?! Bunny will just make her angrier again!" North laughed.
"Don't worry Jack, Bunny may seem like big grumpy rabbit but he s really just a big sensitive fluffball. He has plan to get through to Eva...I think." North chuckled and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly. Jack let out an exasperated sigh and floated off to freeze some more elves and bug Phil. Tooth and Sandy flew over to North. Sandy made an image that looked like Aster and one of a Jack O' Lantern.
"Sandy's right North. Are you sure that she'll even listen to him? Eva seemed like she despised him," Tooth said concerned.
North smiled, "Eva is much like Bunny, both are self-confident, competitive, grumpy, distrustful, daring and impulsive, and sensitive," North stopped and thought of what he just said, "But then again, that could be bad news. Didn't think this out." Tooth shook her head and went back to ordering her fairies. Sandy rolled his eyes and went to sit on the couch and nap. North turned to the moon. "I hope you have a plan, old friend."
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