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WAIT STOP DON'T READ YET before you read this chapter I need to clarify some things case there might be a part that's gonna give you the wrong idea, the only ship I'm featuring here is my OTP No oneX No one (how romantic) this fic's genre does NOT include romance. But if you're a (insert ship here) shipper and you think that that was a (insert ship here) moment then you can imagine that it was, it's not like I can stop you anyway. On with the story now you shall know what the surprise is...
2. I Make a Bet with a Kangaroo
The yetis have been working for like eight months and they were still busy making toys. Guess there were more nice kids than I thought. And as usual the elves were doing their own crazy thing, I could have sworn I saw one eat a toy. "Christmas business can get really weird huh?" I whispered to Baby Tooth who nodded in agreement. "Hey Phil," I said as I passed the familiar yeti. He almost dropped the nutcracker he was making at the sight of me. "Don't worry I was invited." I assured him.
Soon we reached the top of the workshop where the globe stood with all the tiny lights; Toothiana and North were already there, murmuring to eachother in Russian. Bunnymund and Sandy didn't seem to be there yet. "Hey!" I greeted making them turned around "So what's the occasion?" I asked looking around for any clues of what it might be. My eyes fell on what Tooth and North had been staring at. "Ah Jack nice of you to come, I just thought you might want to know that we have new guardian." North said with his usual Russian accent. He gestured at the glowing statue I was looking at.
It was that of a teenage girl with braided hair in an aviator jacket and pants that covered half her shin. Her head was looking up to the sky, with hands balled into fists, her arms obliquely downward and her feet slightly apart as if she were ready for anything. The light looked strongest at her eyes.
"So… who is she?" I asked. North looked at me nervously. "Eh… Toothiana will tell you."
"She's the new guardian," she said plainly avoiding my gaze.
"Yeah but who is she exactly?"
North and Tooth exchanged looks; they looked like they were having a staring contest or some sort of telepathic conversation until North spoke up. "We… do not know,"
"Actually I think I've seen her somewhere…"Tooth said looking around thoughtfully as if the answer was on the walls.
This is just sad I thought. What kind of spirit was so unknown that even the guardians didn't know who she was? "Is she new or something? I mean she looks mortal to me." I suggested
"Jack, the Man in the Moon doesn't just choose mortals. If he did we would have known and if we didn't, it means that they're de—" she paused, afraid that saying "dead" might offend me
"Spirits" she said.
Suddenly a hole formed on the ground and a gigantic rabbit hopped out
"So, what's going on 'round here? Did that dipstick show his ugly face again?" asked Bunnymund looking around the workshop.
"No my friend, Manny has picked new guardian to join us," North said
Bunny's ears pricked up "Who is it? Is it the leprechaun this time?"
"Well it's, um, her," said Tooth pointing at the glowing figure
"Ah, May Vernal! It's 'bout time we got 'er in the team," said Bunny happily, looking at us expectantly, waiting for our reaction
"Oh don't tell me you don't know May Vernal."
"I think I do, I just forgot," Tooth said sheepishly, like a student told to answer a question that she had no answer to.
"I just, never really heard of her." I said
"Okay Frostbite here I understand. He was never supposed to know anyway but Tooth? Don't you remember? She was the one who made floral vines grow in your palace when she first visited you. North don't you know her?" asked Bunny, but the man just shook his head sadly.
"She was the one who accidentally destroyed your toys then tried to make new ones because she felt sorry, but you hated her design and just told her that you'd make new ones yourself," he said. North's face lit up.
"Ah! Now I remember! Curious child disassembled all the toys to see what was inside. How could I have forgotten?" North said chuckling to himself
"W-w-w-wait what do you mean I'm not suppose to know her?" I asked
"Well you see May arrived here before you did. When you came in the Man in the Moon told her to steer clear of you, which was fine with 'er. I like that lass, we both hated the same bloke who loved to dump snow on other people's seasons. Remember when I was mad at you about the blizzard? That was nothing compared to her, she looked like she was going to murder you! I was actually worried that she was going to hunt you down and stab your guts out." He said laughing to himself
"She's never met me and she already hates me, wow she sounds like great person," I said sarcastically
"May believes that a person's doing makes them who they are so by her standards she's already met you, seeing that she has to clean up after you every bloody year." Bunny replied
"Wait so who is she exactly?" Tooth asked
"I thought you'd figure that out by now. Tell me, what happens in May and on the vernal equinox?" he asked, waiting for me and Tooth to piece it together.
"She's the spirit of spring! The one who has to melt the snow manually every year, since she lost her staff in a battle none of you have ever acknowledged, so that new things can grow. She's the one who creates the simplest yet most memorable moments for children. And you're telling me you don't know who she is," he said, ashamed of us.
"Well you can't seriously expect us to guess that spring was actually some violent girl with laser beam eyes." I said.
Bunny snorted "From what I see folks picture you as either a blue elf, a snow man or some lunatic nippin' at people's noses. I doubt they'd expect that you were just some annoying kid wavin' a stick around,"
Then North cleared his throat loudly to get our attention "Now we need to bring her in for the oath." "Great! I'll go tell the yetis to get their sack-" I began but Tooth cut me off
"Jack! That's no way to treat a lady," she said
"Oh so your saying that if I were a 'lady' you wouldn't have thrown me into a sack when you 'brought me in'" I said a little annoyed at the feminism
"No if you weren't such a bum-rag we wouldn't 'ave stuffed you in a sack." Bunny said,
"Besides she's too clever and quick for the yetis."
"Pfft! Yeah right she can't even fly. She doesn't even have a staff." I scoffed
"So are you sayin' you can catch her?" I never really saw it that way, but I said:
"Yeah, I bet I could even do it by myself."
"Can't we just talk to her? I mean this is so unnecessary, I'll even volunteer to go," Tooth proposed
"Oh, come on Tooth. We ain't rushin'. Besides, this show pony needs a lesson and May's the perfect person to give it to him." Bunny said
She looked at me as if saying this is a stupid idea don't do it.
"Yeah it'll be fun I like a challenge, even if it's not a very good one," I replied
North just sighed and tossed me his snow globe "Great! I'll go get a sack."
The term 'bum-rag' came from the book Leviathan by Scott Westerfeld, in short I don't own it and it's actually suppose to be scottish but I ran out of Australian words okay! And please don't go just because there's an Oc, first impressions are rarely accurate anyway...