When they woke up they were fully healed and in a new area that they did not know of. It was a forest that looked and felt inviting to them which made them relax. They looked up through the canopy of trees until they saw the moon which seemed to shine down on them with a gentle and loving glow of a grandparent.
"Your name," a deep and calming voice said," is now Titania White and you are now the Spirit of Ice and Snow."
"Oh, oh, oh, me next, me next," Kitty said jumping up and down like a maniac. Man in the Moon chuckled softly and a small wind ruffled Kitty's hair.
"Your name, young one, is now Alice Black and you are now the Spirit of Chaos and Insanity." MiM said. Kitty gasped and danced around in delight, before pausing and turning back to MiM. Before she could even state her question MiM said," and yes child, you can still use Kitty as your name if it still pains you to hear the name Alice."
Kitty smiled and quietly said, "Thank you, Grandpa." They heard another soft chuckle before MiM faded away, off to see to important matters thinking that his new granddaughters could handle themselves.
"I guess we should find someplace to make a home." Titania said looking around while Kitty skipped off to the side.
"What about this cave?" Kitty asked walking into a large cave until she felt something tapping her leg. She looked down and saw a little baby bunny rabbit ramming its little head as hard as it could against her calf. She bent over and picked up the little bunny. It squeaked in protest until Kitty somehow managed to calm it down by just looking calmly into the kit's eyes. Kitty cocked her head to the side, "Is that so?" She whispered, "Well you can live with us then and we'll keep ya safe. That alright, ya little ankl' bita'?"
"What did he say?" Titania asked.
"Said his family was killed by a bear. He somehow managed ta survive." Kitty replied putting the snow-white kit onto her shoulder near the crook of her neck where he was slightly hidden from view because of her hair and also since her hood was raised.
"Okay, but what is his name?" Titania asked, looking at the rabbit with rising curiosity. A few more high pitched squeaks emitted from the small kit.
"Says he can't remember." Kitty translated. "Hmm, then how 'bout we call 'im Peter." The little kit jumped up and down on its front paws to show his approval.
The three just stood there in the large cave laughing until the bushes near the entrance started to shift and a full grown brown bear. There was blood all over its maw and under its claws as well as some tufts of fur. Peter pressed himself closer to Kitty's neck and growled toward the bear in anger but whimpered in fear of it at the same time. Kitty patted his head to calm him down a bit before handing him over to Titania and smiled comfortingly to him. She suddenly disappeared from sight causing the little rabbit to look around in surprise wondering where she had gone. When his small button-like eyes landed on the entrance of the cave he nearly fainted from the sight. The walls and nearby snow was stained red from the splatters of blood that had erupted from the hole in the bear's neck. Standing in front of the bear was Kitty; her bare arm was soaked in blood all the way up to her elbow and a bit past it. A small and childish giggle escaped through her lips as she twirled around to face the other two with a dark smile on her face.
"I think I found us dinna' mate," she said while lapping at the blood on her arm. "Now all we need is some vedgies for Peter." She started to walk back toward them, licking her arm the entire way. She reached out with her other hand to pick up Peter but he shook his tiny furry head and pointed to her bloody hand. Kitty frowned with a look of confusion and reached out her bloody hand which Peter started to lick hungrily. Titania just stared at the rabbit that was now being held in Kitty's clean hand and was still licking the blood ravenously.
"I thought that rabbits and bunnies were herbivores not vampires." she said in amusement. Peter looked at her and shrugged and squeaked something that once again only Kitty understood. She giggled and looked to Titania, "He said that he came from the only clan left in the world of carnivorous bunnies. His father was head of the clan but now he is the sole survivor." Titania hummed in thought as she scratched Peter on the back of his head which he seemed to thoroughly enjoy. Titania walked over to the mouth of the cave and dragged the corpse of the bear into the cave to prepare it for eating when, out of the corner of her eye, she saw a flash of brown and blue. She looked toward the spot where she had seen it but there was nothing there. Hmm, she thought, must be imagining things.
An hour later when everybody had eaten their fill, Kitty ran out of the cave to go exploring with Titania following slowly behind, enjoying the peacefulness of the forest and the refreshing breeze. They soon reached an area that was densely packed together with trees and bushes with thick vines to form something that looked similar to a wall. Kitty hopped up on a hollow log near the edge, spread out her arms and pretended that she was on a tightrope. Peter was sitting on top of her head, hidden just under the hood while Titania was walking along the edge, studying how the vines entwined together. She suddenly fell through the ground with a small shriek of surprise. Kitty's head shot up, Peter gripping her hair as best as he could with his little paws so that he wouldn't go flying off into oblivion.
"Titania! Titania where are you!" Kitty shouted, her foot furiously tapping the ground. She started to panic even more when no response came until Peter jumped from his perch to the ground near the edge of the trees. She quickly followed him and knelt down before patting the ground until she found a small hole hidden beneath the wall of vegetation. Well, she thought, this seems familiar don't it. It's just like the dream I had when I was lil ankl' bita'.
"Come down...gotta check...out!" she heard Titania's voice at the bottom. Without thinking she stood up then jumped down the hole. There were many twist and turns and, had it not been for her worrying whether or not Titania was alright, she would have told anyone that she was enjoying the most thrilling amusement park slide in the world. When she reached the bottom, she fell through the roof of a large cavern and landed on her feet in what appeared to be a large cavern. Peter came bounding over to her and hopped into her waiting hands. Kitty started tapping the ground again before walking over to a very giddy Titania who simply took hold of her hand and muttered something under her breath before turning her around so that Kitty could see the cavern in her view. Before them stood a frozen lake that shined in many different colors from purple and green to blue and orange and many other colors that seemed to shift every few seconds. The ceiling of the cavern was covered with little stones that looked like stars on the clearest night sky in the country-side. Overall, it was beautiful.
"Well it looks like we found ya a new stage Sheila." Kitty muttered before turning around giving Titania a pouty face with huge, pleading eyes that would have put Puss in Boots from Shrek out of business without any possible hope for a comeback. Titania took one look at the face and felt herself break down; she could never say no to a face like that. She sighed before floating down to the middle of the lake. Her cold toes touched the ice making cracking and snapping sounds echo throughout the cavern as the ice thickened at her touch. She took a deep breath and started to sing her voice as soft as snow but strong like the ice she stood on.
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I'm tired and I
I want to go to bed
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
And then leave me alone
Don't try to wake me in the morning
'Cause I will be gone
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I will feel so glad to go
Sing me to sleep
Sing me to sleep
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Sing to me
Sing to me
I don't want to wake up
On my own anymore
Don't feel bad for me
I want you to know
Deep in the cell of my heart
I really want to go
There is another world
There is a better world
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Well, there must be
Well...
Bye bye
Bye bye
Bye...
When she looked over she saw that Kitty was sitting on the ground with Peter in her lap; her eyes were closed and her smile was one of bliss. Titania smiled softly and laughed quietly making Kitty open her eyes a look of amusement etched into her face.
"What so funny mate?" Kitty asked.
"You just look so peaceful; I thought that you were sleeping or that someone came and shot you with a tranquiliser gun." Titania said with a giggle, "But then again if that was true there would be a bloody corpse somewhere next to you."
"Hey! I can be peaceful sometimes too, ya know." Kitty said in mock offence and pouted. They both started laughing. Kitty suddenly spun around, throwing a large hunting knife in the process. There was a yelp of shock as the knife slightly cut a boy's cheek before lodging itself into a wall behind him. The boy had snow white hair and amazingly blue sapphire eyes. The blue hoodie that he was wearing had intricate frost designs along the edges and he had brown pants with straps of leather pulling it close to his tall and skinny frame. In his hand he was holding an old Sheppard's staff that had more frost filling in the cracks. He's hot; Titania thought before she realized it; when she did her face was a fire-hydrant red but thankfully for her the lights in the lake decided to be the same color so that it looked as if she was just reflecting it. Oh my MiM, what is wrong with me I don't even know the guy and I'm making remarks like that. Wait…is that?
"You're who I saw earlier in the forest, aren't you?" she asked him. He smirked weakly at the statement but was still a bit ruffled up from the knife. Kitty got up from her seat on the ground, caring Peter in one arm and gave the boy an apologetic smile.
"Sorry mate, reflex." She said, flexing her free arm. She grabbed the knife and easily pulled out which somewhat surprised the boy because the knife had appeared so deeply lodged into the wall that he thought it would have taken ages for anyone to pull it out.
"If this is what you do on reflex I do not want to be the target when you actually mean it," He chuckled warily, "and to answer your question, yes that was me. I'm sorry I didn't try to talk to you earlier, I'm just well…"
"Awkward around new people." Titania finished for him. He nodded slowly before pointing to Kitty who still had the hunting knife out and ready to stab the living shit out of anybody who got to close.
"Kitty put the knife up if he wanted to hurt us he would have done it all ready see how many chances he had today." Titania told her before turning back to the boy, "She dose that around new people or ones she doesn't know very well because she doesn't know if the person is going to attack us or not."
"Oh," he said. He looked at his staff as Kitty put away her knife. "Here." He said handing Kitty his staff.
"Why?" she said curiosity lighting up her face as she took it from.
"Because I'm basically powerless without it. Seriously, it's hard for me to even fly without it, let alone even make a snowflake appear out of thin air." He stated. Titania stared at him.
"Why would you give it to us then?" she whispered. He looked down at the ground with a purplish-blue blush starting to form on his cheeks.
"I thought that maybe you would feel more at ease with me defenseless or less intimidated seeing as you guys have the upper hand." He said.
"What makes you think that we have the upper hand?" Kitty asked.
"Well considering the fact that your 'reflex' nearly chopped my head of I think it's safe to say that you could probably beat me up without blinking." They all laughed at this.
"Here," Kitty tossed the staff back, "I don't think ya would hurt us if you're trying ta make us feel comfortable. What's your name anyway?"
"Jack Frost, Spirit of Winter, Guardian of Fun at your service." He replied with low bow, "What's your name?"
"Well, it's nice to meet ya Frosty. The name's Alice Black, but ya can call me Kitty and I'm the Spirit of Chaos and Insanity. This here is Peter." She raised the baby rabbit in her arms. "And that's my baby sister over there."
"Your only twelve minutes older than me," Titania pouted before introducing herself, "My name is Titania White and I'm the Spirit of Ice and Snow." They talked for a while more before Jack said that he had to go home so his adoptive father, North, wouldn't get worried.
"See you guys later." He said floating to the hole in the ceiling before stopping and turning around to look at the sisters. "Uhm, would you guys like to come with me. I know that it can get pretty lonely out here and we have lots of extra rooms that you guys could stay in…if you want that is…" a blush started to find its way to his face as he saw Kitty giving him a smirk.
"Aww, you miss us already Frosty. I guess we have to go with him Ice Queen or he might die of the embarrassment of being rejected or loneliness." She skipped over to Titania who was smiling softly with a snowflake in her hand that kept growing bigger as it spun round and round in her hand. She threw it in the air where it became 7 feet tall and wide.
"Just tell it where you want to go and it will make a portal there." She looked at Jack patiently before Kitty said, "Come on Frosty, we ain't getting any younger here."
"Take us to Santoff Claussen." He told the snowflake portal. The smell of cookies, cinnamon, and the sound of toys being made, crept its way to them through the portal and enveloped them in a sweet embrace. Jack moved so that he was in between the girls and held out his arms, "Shall we."
Titania giggled, "Yes, I believe we shall." As they linked arms and walked through the portal the came to a large living room where little tiny elves stared at the spot that they had magically appeared from.
"Hey guys. These are my new friends and they'll be staying with us for a while. Can you tell Mama and Dad that we're home?" Jack asked them. The elves snapped out of their daze and nodded then started to run around to spread the message, bumping into each other or table legs. Kitty giggled while Titania looked on with a blank look, but you could see the smiling laughter in her eyes.
"I'll show you the rest of the place and maybe we'll run into the others." He started to lead them towards the stairs that lead to the globe room while Kitty slipped her hand into Titania's; Titania muttered something under her breath again before they followed Jack. When they reached the top of the staircase their eyes nearly shot across the room from how much they were bulging out of their heads. Yetis were busy making toys for the good children of the world while more of the elves were either electrifying each other or testing out the toys to see if they were any fun or safe for the children. The building was huge but still managed to give you a feeling that you were safe and at home and nothing evil could touch you. From the intricate designs on the banisters and railings to the crackle of the fire and the smell of cookies baking in the air, you could drown in the felling of home the workshop gave off. Kitty's heightened ears twitched from under her hood as they picked up on a sound that didn't quite fit in with the rest of the workshop; worried bickering. She walked over to Jack since his name had popped up in the conversation and tugged on the sleeve of his hoodie, "Oi, Frosty, I think someone is waiting for ya'. They sound pretty worried and mentioned the Northern Lights I think." Jack's faced paled before he raced off to a place in the workshop. The girls just looked at each other and shrugged before racing after him.