Writer's Note:
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Chapter 2: Disasters, and Tea Parties
"So you called us for what, a tea party?" I sarcastically stated as I leaned against the colourful wall in North's workshop. Bunnymund was sitting down drinking some hot coffee, and I eyeballed him from behind his furry head. North had called all of us, though Sandman and Tooth Fairy were late, and for once I came on time- obviously never happening again.
Goldie was hidden underneath the red table that North and Bunnymund sat at. The advantage of coming early…
It is much easier to hide your dog when no one is looking.
It was a good thing I came early though; I wouldn't know what to do if North saw the golden dog. He probably would give me one of those Russian grumbles. Goldie didn't even remotely mind traveling with me to the North Pole; she merely followed me as if she were born to do so. I wondered if she was some sort of message from the Man in the moon…
When I arrived at the workshop, no one was in sight and I stuffed Goldie under the nearby table as quickly as possible, freezing her fur slightly to keep her calm. She lay down, tired from the ride here, and I shoved her leash's loop under one of the table's legs, so she couldn't go running around.
North's helpers were busy working and didn't seem to notice the disruption, but I faintly remember one of the elves giving me the evil eye.
That was definitely creepy.
North's bulky body awkwardly sat in a small red chair as he sipped on a large mug of what I guessed was alcohol, at least from the musky smell of his breath that I could smell from where I stood. I could tell he was mad about something. North furrowed his dark eyebrows; his cheeks flushed with shades of pink- an affect from the alcohol.
"Jack, does this look like a tea party to you?" North muttered angrily, clearly fulfilling my assumptions. I tilted my pale face, "I don't know, maybe? Bunnymund does seem the type," I smirked to myself as I sat down on a green chair beside the furry bunny. Bunnymund merely scowled in response.
I frowned, that was definitely unusual.
This must be important; there is no way in hell Bunnymund would ever show up over something small I thought to myself as I felt the bumps and grooves of my staff. After a few minutes of silence Tooth Fairy fluttered in quickly, explaining herself as fast as possible before sitting beside North who merely nodded. I glanced at her and she gave me a worried look, then at North. I merely shrugged my shoulders in response; she must have noticed North's mood change. Sandman waddled in, yawning half the time before taking his seat next to me. Before I could even look at Sandman, North started to grumble his throat sounding tired.
"Well to start off, we have another problem," North began, and no one spoke so he continued, "The reports of Pitch's nightmares has increased- no doubled than the amount before."
I immediately said, "What? Don't tell he's back again!" clearly not happy about this new situation.
North stated quickly, "No, this time it is not Pitch, because if it was, then I would be able to locate him by now. This is someone else we never met, an insider."
"So one of Pitch's followers did this?! Well, we can easily defeat them, especially if they are weaker than that wimpy Pitch!" Bunnymund replied, placing his teacup down on his plate.
"Sorry, Bunnymund. It won't be as easy as you think. The dreams are much more personal than last time. The person who did this can recognize children's memories. Just like Tooth Fairy's powers," North explained pointing to the videos of the kid's dreams. Tooth Fairy gasped slightly from the power they had, that was the same as hers, and she looked at the screens in horror. Some of the memories she recognized, and she couldn't stand looking at the children's memories that were destroyed.
"So what DO we know?" I questioned impatiently, thinking I could start kicking the new threats around. I quickly glanced under my seat noticing, Goldie stirring underneath the table, and licking my hands. I snickered slightly and North gave me a weird look. I pushed Goldie's face away, and returned to my neutral look, so North continued on.
"Right now we are trying to pin-point a pattern in the children they choose, meanwhile I want you guys to keep an eye out for anything out of the ordinary," North answered and nodded his head as if approving what he said was correct.
A nearby elf was moving around some new toys for the children, when he spotted the doggie under the table. He gasped, and doubled glanced for the second time.
He must have been imagining things.
The elf dropped the box he was holding, and scampered under the table and eyed the dog. The large dog turned from Jack's legs and stared right at the elf. The elf gulped for a second and then the dog did the worst thing possible.
She barked.
Everyone froze at the table, including myself and I suddenly put on a fake smile. North grumbled angrily, "What was that?" Tooth fluttered around searching for the source but came back empty handed. I was surprised Goldie didn't follow the hummingbird, or lick her yet and I stated, "It was probably one of the Yetis, you know how angry they can get."
North gave me a suspicious glance before continuing, though I wasn't paying any attention. My eyes were glued on the fact that the dog could practically flip the table over any second.
Yeah, I was definitely screwed.
The small skinny elf waddled over to the bulky oversized North and repeatedly started to tap him to catch his attention. I glared at the stupid elf for ruining my plan. North shoved the elf away, "Not right now, I'm in the middle of talking." North was getting really pissed since the elf wouldn't leave him alone, so he decided to ignore him.
I felt Goldie moving underneath the table and I whispered a be quiet to her and Tooth questioned, "Who are you talking to?" I snickered, "Uh…you! I was saying you look really pretty!"
Before I could look at Tooth's reaction, Goldie suddenly decided to start nudging my legs angrily. I averted my gaze from Tooth and tried to make my movements seem natural. Clearly, the dog wasn't worth bringing to the meeting- hell I should've skipped the stupid meeting about this new Pitch! I mean who cares if he's coming?! If we defeated him once, we can do it again!
Goldie was about to nudge me again, when she noticed the feet sitting next to mine were abnormally large. She sniffed the feet and stopped bothering me.
And boy was I glad about that. I relaxed a little, and noticed Tooth Fairy looking at me so I blushed a little. Maybe I shouldn't have lied to her? She may have taken my words to mean something else…
The elf started motioning weirdly, and North roared, "The presents caught on FIRE?!" clearly misinterpreting his actions.
The elf started shaking his head furiously and North started yelling again, "SOMEONE PULL THE ALARM THE PRESENTS ARE ON"- but he didn't get to finish his sentence.
"AHHHHGHHGHGH!" Bunnymund shrieked crazily jumping from his seat causing his chair to go flying into the wall behind him.
I gasped as I saw Goldie's mouth connected with Bunnymund's foot.
This is not going to end well…
Goldie chased after Bunnymund who was screaming like a little girl, and Goldie barked ferociously at him, her voice deepening angrily. Her teeth were even shown to all of us who were standing there.
Did I mention that no one moved? Yeah… that's not happening anymore…
North curses, "WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?"
When Goldie was about to bite Bunnymund once again North grabbed her faded pink collar before she could lunge at Bunnymund who was glued against the wall.
North instantly turned his blue eyes right to me.
I knew petting her and freezing the top of her fur would be a bad idea…
"Jack, why did you BRING the DOG?" North yelled, his thick eyebrows furrowing and knitting together.
Translation, I'm double screwed.
"Ugh… what dog?" I asked innocently as I searched around. Bunnymund had sat on the ground and was still gasping for breath from how scared he was, I couldn't blame him though I literally thought Goldie was going to kill him too.
"This dog," North grumbled, pointing right at Goldie who now lied down, but North didn't dare let go of her collar, "the one that was hiding under my table, that I would like to mention, is now knocked over?"
I scanned the room, I hadn't noticed but the beautifully set table filled with tea and everything was now tipped over, and even shattered the ancient teacups from who knows how long ago. I shrugged innocently in response, a smile creeping up my face.
"Hey, I may like him because he hates Bunnymund, but that doesn't mean he's mine," I stated simply, as if it were the truth.
North looked at me as if I was the muffin man, and started spouting like a walrus coming out of the water. North loosened his grip on the collar and Goldie came running towards me. She set her head on my lap, since I was still sitting down. She looked up at me with her big brown eyes, and wagged her large tail happily.
"Oh, yeah I see how he's not your dog," Bunnymund remarks from Goldie's signs of affection as he got up from the ground.
I pushed her face away and put my hands in the air, "I have no idea why he's doing that! Okay? I never met her till" – but I was pushed out of the air in my lungs.
Goldie literally pounced on top of me causing, me AND the chair to come tumbling down onto the ground. I hit my head against the ground and rubbed the aching pain.
Now I was triple screwed, and not to mention humiliated.
Bunnymund burst out laughing at Goldie who licked my face, leaving her sloppy saliva all over my forehead. North grumbled but smiled at the funny dog.
I jumped up quickly, "She followed me," I swung my arm over her, "Can we keep her?" I pleaded excitedly. I smiled hoping they would be fooled and let me keep her.
I was wrong.
"NO," North shouts angrily, as he crossed his arms revealing his printed tattoos.
"Please North? Pretty please! Can we keep her?"
"You still want to KEEP HIM?"
I gasped loudly clearly offended, "IT'S A GIRL!" as I covered her floppy ears so she couldn't hear him anymore. Goldie merely opened her mouth and began panting; her mouth formed a wide smile.
"WHATEVER! This is NOT happening Jack, you are not a chi"-
"Preettttty Preeettty Pweeease Pleeeeease?!"
"I already answered y" –
"Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top! Pretty Pretty Pwease with a cherry on top! PREEEEETTTTYYYY PLLEEEASEEE! PREE"-
"FINE!" North yelled practically red by the time I finished begging.
I grinned and hugged Goldie's warm body of fur. Bunnymund scoffed, "You're too soft on the kid." "Shut up," North snapped quickly as he lightly punched the bunny.
The bunny rubbed his arm from the hard punch, "Hey give the second furry animal in the room some credit okay? I'm pretty cute too," Bunnymund joked trying to pose like a model. North laughed, in a thick Russian accent, and I countered, "Yeah, if someone was blind, maybe. And had no sense of dignity."
Bunnymund growled but everyone merely laughed. Tooth Fairy approached the large dog, as Goldie got off my lap. She smiled at me before hovering over Goldie, her wings rapidly beating, and she peered down at her, her eyes gleaming. Suddenly she opened Goldie's large muzzle and began checking and counting her teeth.
She smiled broadly and said the dog was perfectly healthy, and had the whitest teeth she has ever seen on a dog! I chuckled at her excited state as Goldie wandered around and stepped towards the elf that gave her the evil eye. Goldie yawned at him and lay down, her front paws still laying out. Her ears perked up as she watched the elf that was trying to push her away.
Sandy nudged me in approval his brown eyes softening, before walking to Goldie. Goldie and Sandy just stared at each other for a long time as if they communicated through eyes. It was really creepy to watch…
Goldie even stood up and towered over him a little! It was hilarious, North even admitted he didn't mind her but became serious when he asked where I found her. I was glad he had brightened up from his angry mood about Pitch from before. Relieved, I smiled. I told him the story of how I thought the dog was a kid, then about the lack of contact information.
North frowned at the story and thought the dog may be someone important that was sent to him for a reason, "Sometimes things come to you in the most least expected ways…" North was staring at Goldie his blue eyes seeming softer, I looked too, she noticed me and stared at me then North.
She really did communicate well. It was sort of scary in a weird way. Maybe just maybe the Man in the moon sent her, and if he did I'm sure I will figure out why.
"Try finding her owner, you can stay the night here to rest, I'm sure I have some dog food lying around here somewhere. I use to have a dog once too," he replied pointing to his large workstation filled with determined workers. Tooth encourage me to stay, even though I hated listening to the stupid Yetis work all night, she thought it would be good for Goldie to get used to her setting since Goldie may have been exhausted from the loss of her owner.
I thought the same thing and we even got her a bowl of water, which she lapped up, quickly with her long pink tongue. We continued our meeting about Pitch and everyone was assigned a certain area to look for anything suspicious. I was assigned the same area and town where I found Goldie, so I could hit two birds with one stone instead of traveling around the place.
After the meeting ended North gave everyone a look of dismissal, and we all departed. I wished Sandy goodbye and gave him a high five with a bright smile. I waved at Tooth who was busy chattering with her fellow workers. Bunnymund gave me a grunt and the furry bunny squinted at Goldie in a suspicious manner as he left. Goldie smiled wildly at his reaction and I couldn't help but giggle.
I was about to leave to our room that North gave us to stay in when I heard North's loud voice booming against my back.
"Oh, and Jack?" North asked towards my backside and I turned to face the old man.
"If you see any sign of threat, show no mercy. Cause I'm positive they wouldn't show any mercy to you," North stated, his white beard swinging from his movement.
"Yeah, see you later!" Jack replied before flying off towards his room, along with Goldie who trailed slowly behind.
"That kid's gotta learn sometime soon that not every kid is a good kid out there," North said to himself as he sat back down in his chair. His eyes drifted towards the screens filled with haunting memories of the children, he wondered who could be down so deep to do such a thing to others.
Then he remembered how deep Pitch was.
Writer's Note:
Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It was supposed to be funny and random, and it was really fun to write about the Guardians because each of the reacted differently about the dog. I would like thank CartoonCaster21 for the idea of the dog getting caught by North and jumping on Jack XD she is an awesome friend of mine and you should check out her profile on fanfiction sometime ;) ~cookies for her~