Jack Frost may have been the guardian of fun and a protector of children but he was still an immortal teenage boy with crazy hormones.
He observed the picture of the girl in his hands with a light blush on his face.
She had long dark pink hair as well as beautiful dark lilac eyes; she had an hourglass figure and a strange tattoo on her chest. (Well actually like right below her collar bone.) Upon closer observation it was a snowflake tattoo.
"Why does she have that?" asked Jack pointing at the tattoo. "Have what?" answered North looking at the picture and seeing nothing. Wondering what Jack was pointing at Bunny made his way over to the two guardians. " I'm afraid we don't see it mate," said Bunny thinking Jack was just seeing things. "It's the tattoo right under her collar bone," said Jack getting annoyed. "WHAT," yelled an enraged North taking the picture from Jack trying to find the tattoo he spoke of. Bunny's eyes seemed to bug out of his skull in realization "North," said the equally angered Bunny. "You know as well as I do why we're not seein that tattoo Snowflake's talkin about." Jack looked at the two legendary guardians and raised an eyebrow. "What's going on," he said sounding dead serious.
Bunnymund cleared his throat and eyed North who looked like he was about to explode.
North shook his head but Bunny had already decided to tell all. "Jack" he began and took a deep breath "the mark that you see means that the two of you are now connected eternally." Jack just about fell over in shock.
"Wait a minute, I'm too young to get…"
He looked upon the picture once more." Tell me more," he said. "Well here's the thing mate, you didn't mark her" said Bunny. "Manny did" and for the second time that day Jack Frost's jaw hit the floor.
It took a few minutes for Jack to get is mind back together but when he did it came back with a vengeance. "WHEN DID HE DO THAT?" Jack exploded. "EXACTLY 200 YEARS AGO!" North countered with a fierce anger in his voice that could make the nightmare king pee his pants. Jack could only watch in utter terror as the pissed Russian stormed out of the room. "You'll have to forgive him mate, when Cupid disappeared it broke his heart," Bunnymund said his voice full of sorrow.
"In fact it broke all our hearts" he sighed.
Jack looked at Bunny and suddenly felt very ashamed for his outburst earlier. "She meant a lot to you didn't she," he said.
A small tear escaped Bunnymund's eye but he quickly wiped it away. "North found her asleep in a tree shortly after she was turned by M.I.M. and brought her back to the pole.
She was like a daughter to him. She got away with everything to, the little bugger. I'm telling you if you caught her with a hand in the cookie jar just one look at her er' big ol' eyes and all would be forgiven but that was only if we could catch her first the little speed demon."
Bunny's eyes were threatening to spill over with tears now. He sat down in a nearby chair and wiped his eyes.
"Then I don't believe it," said Jack. Bunnymund looked at him quizzically. "That story you told me about her leaving just because she didn't want to marry me, I don't think that it would have made her just disappear like that. There's gotta be something else," he finished.
At that Bunnymund shot out of his chair. "Right you are mate, defiant as she could be she would never just do that to us," he said composure fully regained. "Then I'll do it," said Jack "can you drop me off in Venice?" Bunny nodded and prepared to open a portal but stopped "I swear if I didn't hate you much I'd hug you mate" and then they were gone.
Now to Cupid
The sun had just set in Venice Italy and a local high school was hosting its prom night. Couples where dancing and others where enjoying the view. The prom was being held in a park that was covered in greenery. There was a little cobblestone pathway that led people from the sidewalk next to the street all the way to the party and beyond. Everywhere there wasn't a path was filled with grass or flowers of some sort all the way up to
The party, which was under the biggest tree in the park. There was a little dance floor on the grass and a disco ball hanging from one of the tree branches. All the seniors of that year were laughing and dancing away. There was one particular couple that seemed to be in their own world as they danced a short distance away from the party. They were in a little patch of grass and both were barefoot. The moon was shining brightly on them as they kissed and laughed. Cupid was watching from a nearby tree and giggling to herself. Oh, how she loved prom nights. Jumping from the tree Cupid decided she was going to party as well. You see many years ago because so many people believe in love Cupid was seen by almost everyone, but because of the few people that couldn't see her there where a lot of problems. So to fix it Man in Moon gave cupid a human form so that she could be seen as she pleased and go unseen when needed. However that has also caused its own problems. Because of one tiny slip up about 10 years ago the worlds very own secret service agents have been tracking her down everywhere she went thinking she was some sort of weapon. Cupid laughed to herself thinking about how if north found out he wouldn't let her leave the Pole for a good 50 years.
When she reached the party her wings had turned into a tattoo on her back and her clothes turned into a sparkling mint green prom dress just for the occasion. (As for the dress style, think Jessica rabbit.) Her long pink hair was now pined up in a bun with some loose strands on the right side. Like usual she went to the punch table and waited for a nice young man to ask her to dance, which only took about two minutes.
"Excuse me?" a voice came from behind her. Cupid turned her head to see if the comment was directed to her.
A tall young man wearing a white tux leaned across the punch table. His black silk bowtie hung from his collar over an etched crystal punch bowl filled with chilling red liquid.
Cupid's eyes followed the loose hanging tie up to the face of the speaker.
Usually, Cupid could sort the people in a room and make a match for each of them in a matter of minutes but as she smiled at the young man she realized that a match for him would require some thought.
Intrigued by the challenged Cupid raised he perfectly formed eyebrows, "Yes?"
The young man flashed a dazzling smile right back at her. "That's an interesting tattoo. I've never seen anything like it before. It's different than the typical angel wings girls get these days.
"Oh, believe me, you won't ever see another set of wings like these." She said, turning fully to face him.
Now it was his turn raise his brows. "Why is that?"
"These wings were designed just for me."
The young man smiled showing perfectly straight white teeth. He looked straight into her violet eyes "Are you with a date?"
Cupid giggled, "No, you?"
He shook his head. "Don't move," he said. He walked around to her side of the table and offered her is hand. "May I have this dance?"
Cupid placed her delicate hand in his palm. A slow song played as they joined the other couples on the dance floor under the stars.
Jack hid behind a tree and watched as his betrothed swayed in the arms of another man. Rage began to build in his chest at the thought of that man's hands on Cupids waist. But as the couple turned, Jack noticed a glimmer of something that caught a reflection of light coming from the mirrored disco ball. The glimmer came from behind Cupids dance partner's ear.
