New chapter! Lots of character descriptions. Note: North in this story looks like the North from the book aka he's young. And one of you asked me what the temple was: the temple is the side of the head by the eyes and Jack gave Punz a kiss there. If that didn't clear it up, look it up on Wikipedia; it has a whole page to itself. Enjoy
Chapter #2
"Paro!" Rapunzel yelled and ran to her, nearly knocking Paro over in a hug. Paro gladly returned the hug, smiling brightly like a mother who hadn't seen their daughter for a long time. Rapunzel let go the hug and looked up at Paro.
She had a similar body as Rapunzel: slender but Paro was taller than her; everybody was taller than Rapunzel. Paro possessed tanned, flawless skin, large eyes that were bright green and pitch-black hair, which she had put in a long braid and which was then wrapped into a low bun. She had abandoned her usual backless green choli and knee-length skirt and replaced it with a short-sleeved dark-blue choli that reached her thighs, decorated with simple white embroidery, and a white churidar. On her left arm, she had drawn a brownish black henna tattoo of flowers and swirls while on her right arm she was wearing several gold bangles. Paro was the Guardian of Nature and Asia's Spirit of Healing.
"What are you doing here?" Rapunzel asked, very surprised that Paro was there. Paro was very busy as a Guardian of Nature and a Spirit and could rarely visit the North Pole. If she could visit, she would always send them a message but for some reason she didn't today,
"A little flower told me that you had a nice surprise this morning," She said as she looked at Jack, who was still sitting in the chair, "I'm gonna give Nicholas the same treatment." Nicholas was North's actual name but Paro was pretty much the only one who called him that. North was the Guardian of Wonder and the man that Paro loves more than Nature itself. Their love had started about 600 years ago but only in the last 20 years were they allowed to be together. The oath Paro had to take in order to become a Spirit of Healing prevented the ones who took it to have relationship but after the incident that nearly cost Paro her life, her mother, Seraphina, change the oath. Now, Paro and the others could have platonic relationships, if they wanted.
"I know exactly how I'm going to surprise him but I need you guys' help."
"What do you need us for?" Jack asked as he joined the two women. Paro smiled and explained her idea.
Jack was peering over the edge of an empty workbench, trying to get a glimpse of his target. It was his job to get North out of his workroom without raising suspicion that Paro was there. As he looked over the edge, he silently cursed when he saw that the door of the workroom was closed. He couldn't just knock; he would need a good excuse to do that and the only good excuse he could think of was that the globe wasn't working but Jack had used that trick before so North wouldn't fall for that again. As he contemplated his options, he remembered the brilliant idea he come up with that morning: throwing snowballs at North. Jack knew he would probably get a lecture from him later (North was pretty much his father) but he had to get him out of the room.
With a perfect snowball in his hand, Jack eyed the door once more. With a swift movement, he swung his arm and threw the ball of snow. It hit the door close by the knob but instead of movement, Jack heard North's voice grumble. Jack face palmed himself when he realized that North probably thought that it was somebody knocking rather than Jack pulling another prank. Jack threw a bigger snowball which hit the door at almost the same spot as the first one but this time there was silence behind the door. After another few seconds of contemplating, Jack decided to throw one more snowball. If that didn't work then he would knock. He launched the snowball with the same swift and accurate swing as always, aiming higher on the door. What Jack hadn't counted on was North opening the door and the snowball flying onto his face.
Jack ducked behind the bench as North sputtered loudly when the snow dissolved to water,
"I'm in trouble." Jack thought. Glancing over the edge, Jack worried about the next part of the plan: getting North to the globe. After another quick glimpse over the edge and seeing North's blue eyes looking around him for the culprit, Jack decided that his best option was to run and get some distance between himself and North. When North looked in the direction opposite of him, Jack stood up and ran towards the globe, getting only a few seconds worth of distance before North spotted him.
Jack could hear North pursuing him but he didn't look back, fearing that it would slow him down. Jack thought himself to be a pretty fast runner; the only problem was that North was faster. Before North became a guardian, he was, supposedly, a ruffian and a thief so the ability to run fast was necessary and, apparently, North never lost that ability. As Jack ran to the center of the room where the globe was, he had excepted to see Paro and Rapunzel but the room was empty of any form of live, including the yetis and the elves. Jack came to a stop; not a wise decision. Jack felt North grabbing him by the scruff of his hoodie, lifting him into the air like he was a rag doll. Jack looked at North and chuckled nervously, afterwards giving him an awkward smile.
"Two pranks in one day?" North asked in his burly Russian accent, "That has got to be a record." Jack was surprised that North didn't sound angry but rather amused. He gave North another awkward smile as North looked to his left and right, "Ok, where's Rapunzel?" Jack shrugged his shoulders but doubted if North could see it,
"Don't know." North gave Jack a look of clear disbelief and, surprisingly, he smiled,
"Jack," He started, "I know you. The only time you come to the North Pole during the winter is to visit Rapunzel and…" Jack got distracted from North as he saw Paro and Rapunzel standing behind North, their hands covering their mouths to stifle their laughter. Jack gave them a look which clearly said "a little help?" The two women looked at each other and then they charged North, tackling him onto the ground. North dropped Jack and immediately became occupied with wrestling against his attackers.
"Rapunzel! Merida! Get off me!" North yelled with a combination of laughter though he yelled more to the floor than to his attackers. Jack burst out laughing; North still hadn't realized that it was Paro, not Merida, who was wrestling with him. Surprisingly, the two women managed to keep North pinned to the ground, despite his strength. Paro gave Rapunzel a look and Rapunzel responded by nodding and rolling away from the wrestle match. Both Jack and Rapunzel were stunned that Paro, despite her small figure, was actually able to hold down the struggling North all by herself. Suddenly, in a movement that hardly anybody caught, Paro managed to roll North onto his back. She was now sitting on his stomach, her legs on either side of him, and her hands held his wrist above his head and pinned to the floor. She looked at North, whose expression was a mix of shock, surprise, and happiness,
"Paro?!" Paro chuckled and smiled brightly, panting a little
"Hello, Nicholas." she smiled again and leaned forward so her face was only inches away from his. Jack expected her to give North a kiss but instead she whispered something to him, causing his expression to change a serious one. North murmured something to Paro in Russian and she nodded, afterwards sliding onto the ground.
"What is going on here?" Somebody yelled. They all looked up and there on other side of the room stood Hiccup and Merida. Jack, Rapunzel, Merida and Hiccup made up the group that the mortal world called 'the Seasons.' They made sure that the seasons work they way they should but they also helped to protect the children of the world like the Guardians of Childhood do, which North was the leader of. Because of this, the Seasons had two centers. Along with their respectable season, Rapunzel was the Guardian of Creativity and Jack was the Guardian of Fun.
Hiccup is the Guardian of Fall and Knowledge. He was about six feet tall with muscle that he accumulated in recent years, auburn hair with bangs that was just above his eyebrows, and forest green eyes. He was wearing a green buttoned-up shirt with the sleeves rolled to his elbows, light-gray jeans, and on his left foot, he was wearing a brown sneaker while the only thing visible on his right foot was some metal that was part of a prosthetic Hiccup wore to replace his missing shin. Of the four of them, Hiccup was the oldest but how old exactly nobody knew since Hiccup was shy and very secretive, especially when somebody asked about his past or how he became a Guardian. Despite his unwillingness to talk about his past, Hiccup was intelligent, loyal, hard-working, and a strong leader and strategist. His partner-in-crime, as he liked to call it, was Merida.
Merida is the Guardian of Summer and Bravery. She was the second eldest of the group but she was shorter than Hiccup and Jack. She had a slender build with curly red hair, cerulean eyes, and a few freckles splattered on her face. Though her looks seem to suggest a personality that was more lady-like, Merida was tough, defiant, unruly, and headstrong with a tomboy attitude and a heavy Scottish accent. But, despite her rough personality, Merida was brave, kind, and had a strong sense of loyalty. She was wearing a dark blue tang-top, which clearly showed three large scars that were equal distance apart, with black skinny jeans and sneakers. The scars she claimed she got in the confrontation with a bear that ultimately ended her life though Hiccup claimed that the scars were too small to be a bear's. He probably just said it to annoy her and Merida had immediately retorted back that Hiccup couldn't tell the difference between a dragon and a wyvern. And the one thing that made Merida who she is was her trusted bow. She had it slung over her shoulder and a quiver filled with arrows tied around her waist; she was as inseparable from her bow as Jack was with his staff.
"Nothing." Paro replied, "Just surprising Nicholas; that's all"
"Oh, hello Paro." Hiccup said when he saw her. North grunted as he lifted himself off the ground and held out his hand to Paro, who took hold of it and lifted herself. He said something to her in Russian and she replied in the same language. North, still holding her hand, walked in the direction of his workroom with Paro following him, leaving the other to do whatever they wanted.
Not my best way to end a chapter but I was, again, lacking creativity. If I can think of a better ending, I'll change it. Review, favourite, follow.
