Melting the Ice

by Amy's Mischievous Little Owl

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Chapter Two: I Must Be Dreaming

"If you see the magic in a fairy tale,

you can face the future"

~ Danielle Steel

Katie's Point Of View

Why does my head feel so heavy ? I feel a bit numb and I have a huge headache. My eyes were closed so all I saw was darkness. I tried wriggling my fingers. I could feel them. I did the same with my toes. I can feel them too. As I tried to open my eyes, I remembered the past events. The park... Portal... Snow... Pushed in... Landing on something hard... Gosh, my dream is really weird. One minute I was at the park and the next I fell through a portal. What vivid imagination. Anyway, time to get up for another day of torture.

I opened my eyes slowly. Another boring day. Oh look, an elf smiling weirdly at me. An ELF ?

I immediately sat up, eyes wide. I stared at the red elf. It stared back, its grin getting bigger. Oh boy, I must be hallucinating. The elf walked towards me and I scooted back, afraid. It kept doing that and my back brushed against something furry. I looked up to see some kind of big furry thing looking down at me with a confused expression. Terrified, I dove left; only to find that there were a lot of those creatures everywhere. And the elves were... I shuddered. Finally, my back was against some cold control panel. Finally finding the courage to stand up, I looked at the controls.

There were buttons everywhere. I looked up to see a big globe. On the pieces of designs of land, there were a lot of yellow lights. Other than the fact that I am somewhere I don't know or the fact that mythical creatures exist, this was one of the things I could marvel at. Suddenly, some sort of hummingbird. It kept lingering in my face, excited and kept trying to get to my mouth. I backed away, using my hands to shield myself.

"Woah," I said as I jumped over an elf. The little hummingbird tried to pry open my mouth. "Hey, cut it out !" I caught the hummingbird in my hands. It was sort of turquoise with some light green, blue and other colours. Other than the fact that it looks different because of its hands, it looked pretty cute. One of my fingers skimmed over its head. "Hey, you're sort of cute even if you tried to man-handle -sorry, bird-handle- my mouth," I said as it nuzzled my finger.

"That's because you have pretty teeth," called out a sweet voice from behind me. I turned around to see a girl. No, scratch that. A kind of hummingbird-human hybrid. She had wings, violet eyes and was a bigger version of the bird I held in my hand. I unconsciously let the thing free.

"I'm sorry, but what ?" I asked, bewildered. She flew around me in circles.

"Your teeth. They're one of the best I've seen!" She squealed. Suddenly, she was right in my face. "Let me see them!" Her hands tried to do what the small bird tried. I backed away, unsuccessfully. The girl opened my mouth and grinned as she looked at my teeth. "I was right !" I grabbed her hands and pulled them away from my mouth.

"Who are you ?" I asked, drawing in some breaths. "Why are you so excited in my teeth ?" She flew a few steps back and put her hands behind her back.

"Isn't it obvious ?" She asked with a shy smile. My face contorted in confusion.

"You're the tooth fairy ?" I quizzed. She nodded. "But that's impossible. You're just a fairy tale. A story told to kids." The tooth fairy tilted her head to the side. "I must be dreaming," I muttered, running a hand through my hair. "This has to be some kind of weird, twisted dream." That's the only logical explanation there is. The tooth fairy suddenly held my arms.

"Katie, this isn't a dream," She told me, her face serious. I pulled my hands from hers.

"How do you know my name ? If this was reality, you wouldn't know," I challenged her. She chuckled.

"I'm the tooth fairy. Of course, I know," She answered. I scowled. This isn't real.

"Yeah right," I rolled my eyes. "Suddenly, you're gonna tell me that Santa, The Easter Bunny and the Sandman exist," I said, jokingly.

The tooth fairy raised a finger, "You missed Jack Frost." My jaw dropped.

"You have got to be kidding me," I gestured frantically to my surroundings. "This is all just a dream. It's not real." I gestured to an elf, "That is not real. There are no elves.I'm gonna pinch myself and wake up." I pinched my arm. I could feel the pain but nothing changed. Tooth fairy looked at me sadly, "If you don't believe we are real, then how can you see me ?" I shrugged, trying to accept the fact that I'm actually here.

"That's because she still believes in you, mate," Someone said. A large bunny hopped out of the shadows. It stood like a human. In his paws, he held two boomerangs. "She believes in all of us."

"Bunnymund is right," A guy with a Russian accent said. He also walked out of the shadows. He was wearing a red suit and had a white beard. "Right, Sandy ?" Someone stood beside him. He was shorter than the Russian and he was mostly dressed in what looked like gold but I think it was sand(?). The guy suddenly made small pictures appear above him. I raised an eyebrow.

"I still don't forgive her for forgetting me," Said another voice. This time, a kid walked out. He was dressed in a blue hoodie, brown pants and was barefoot. He wielded a wooden stick in his hand. "Besides, I'm the one that brought her here." He had a mischievous grin on his face and that made him mysteriously hot.

Cut it out, Katie! You have a boyfriend. I reminded myself.

"Now, this is just great," I said, sarcastically. " We have the Tooth Fairy, Santa Claus, Sandman, Jack Frost and an overgrown Easter Bunny." The bunny hopped closer to me.

"What did you say?" He snarled in his Australian accent.

"I said, 'an overgrown Easter Bunny'. Got a problem with that ?" I challenged him. If this was a dream, he can't hurt me. "I thought the Easter Bunny was supposed to be a cute-"

The Easter Bunny groaned. "Don't !"

"-fluffy, harmless little bunny holding a-"

"Shut up!"

"-woven basket with colourful eggs." The bunny moved so fast he was suddenly in my face.

"I am the Easter Bunny but I'm not cute or fluffy or harmless," He said in a deadly calm voice. A hand pulled the bunny back.

"Chill out," Said Jack Frost as he calmed the bunny. He regarded me. "I like her." He said, making my heart skip a beat. " She annoys you. Anyone who does that is a friend of mine." The bunny snarled at Jack before hopping next to Santa Claus. I sighed.

"Okay, before I go insane, can someone tell me why I am here ?" I demanded. No one answered. I frowned. My feet started tapping, a sign that I was waiting for an explanation. "Um hello ?" The five of them exchanged glances. I cried out in frustration. Sandman pointed to something behind me. I turned around.

Right behind me was a giant monster. Great...

A/N :

Sorry for the OOCness. Anyways, review and tell me what you think about that 'monster'.