Santa's Workshop

I felt myself go through something and heard voices.

"He's here." I heard.

"Ooh I see someone is excited." I heard a familiar voice.

"Shut up!" I heard a more familiar voice.

I struggled out of the sack and saw two elves staring at me.

"Walla Walla, Washington. We've got a trampoline mishap at 1340 Ginger Lane." I heard.

"Quiet."

I looked up to see everyone. I looked to my left and saw Elsa crawled out of her bag.

"Canine, lateral and central incisor. Ouch!"

North cleared his throat.

"Hey, there they are! Jack and Elsa Frost!" North said.

"Wow you gotta be kidding me." I said.

"Hey Jack." Punzie waved.

"Hey." I waved.

Two yetis picked Elsa and I up and onto our feet.

"Hey, hey. Whoa, put us down!" I said.

"I hope the yetis treated you two well?" North asked.

"Oh, yeah. We love being shoved in a sack and tossed through a magic portal." I said.

"Oh, good! That was my idea! You two know Bunny, obviously." North said.

"Obviously." I smirked.

"Still sorry about 68 Bunny." Elsa said.

"Eh it ain't your fault missy." Bunny glared at me.

"And the Tooth Fairy?"

Before either of us could answer, Tooth flew up to me.

"Hello. I've heard a lot about you two. And your teeth."

"Our, our what?" I asked.

"Open up! Are they really as white as they say? Yes!" She asked as she pried my mouth open.

"Hey! What're yo-" Elsa began before her mouth was inspected by Tooth as well.

"Oh, they really do sparkle like freshly fallen snow." Tooth said.

A bunch of smaller fairies that looked like Tooth were acting crazy towards us.

"Girls, pull yourselves together… Let's not disgrace the uniform." Tooth said.

"And the other seasons?" North motioned towards them.

"Fifty years and you haven't changed." Rapunzel leapt at me and hugged me.

"Isn't that like supposed to happen?" I asked as I returned the hug.

"Are ye two done?" Merida asked.

"Merida." I said.

"That little stunt you did to Scotland was REALLY funny." Merida said with venom.

"That was my intention." I said. "Hey Hiccup. Toothless."

Toothless grunted at me.

"Hey Jack. Hey Elsa." Hiccup said.

"Hi Hiccup." Elsa said.

"And Sandman…" North looked down to see Sand was asleep, "Sandy! Sandy! Wake up!"

Sandy bolted up awake and stepped up to us, smiling.

"Hey! Ho! Anyone wanna tell us why we are here?"

Sandy started forming multiple images above his head.

"That's not really helping. But thanks, little man. I musta done something really bad to get you four together. Am I on the naughty list?" I said as I frosted an elf.

"HA! ON naughty list? You hold record!" He pointed at me.

"What about me?" Elsa asked.

"You are on nice list." North said.

Elsa smiled.

"But no matter. We overlook. Now we are wiping the slate." He wiped his arm.

"How come?" I asked.

"Ah, good question." Bunny said.

"How come? I tell you both how come! Because now… you two are Guardians!" North said.

Suddenly, two yetis lifted torches and elves were blowing horns.

"Ooh I love the ceremony!" Rapunzel clapped.

Hiccup and Toothless seemed amazed by the lights and Merida was uninterested as usual. A bunch of elves appeared doing some sort of ceremonial dance and fairies tried putting a necklace on me.

"What are you doing! Get, get that offa me!" I said.

I looked at Elsa and saw she was all for it. She had the necklace on her and she was clapping along.

"This is the best part!" North said.

Before I knew it, an elf tapped my foot and pointed at these ridiculous ceremonial shoes. A yeti walked up and handed North a giant book.

I couldn't take it anymore. I raised my staff and slammed it into the ground, sending a blast of frost and wind across the room. The torches went out and everything stopped.

"What makes you think we, let alone ME, want to be a guardian." I said.

"Jack…" Elsa said.

"Of course you do! Music!" North said.

The elves began again.

"No music!" I said.

An elf threw the trumpet to the ground and walked away, pushing another elf out of the way.

"Look, this is all very flattering, meeting old friends and all but ah...you don't want me. You're all hard work and deadlines, and I'm snowballs and fun times. I'm not a Guardian. Maybe Elsa but not me." I said.

"Yeah, that's exactly what I said!" Bunny said.

"Jack… I don't think you understand what it is we do." Tooth said, turning both Elsa's and my attention to the globe.

"Each of those lights is a child." Tooth said.

"A child who believes. And good or bad, naughty or nice, we protect them." North said.

"It is our duty to protect them Jack." Hiccup said.

Suddenly Tooth flew over and opened my mouth again.

"Agh!" I said.

"Tooth...fingers out of mouth." North said.

"Oh, sorry. They're just so beautiful." Tooth said. I saw Rapunzel gripping her hair tightly while Hiccup put his hand on her shoulder.

"Easy girl." He chuckled.

"Okay, no more wishy-washy! Pitch is out there doing who knows what!" North said.

"You mean the Boogeyman?" I asked.

"Yes! When Pitch threatens us, he threatens them as well." North said.

"All the more reason to pick someone more qualified!" I said.

"Jack don't you want to help?" Elsa asked.

"Not really." I said.

"Pick? You think we pick? No, you were chosen like we were all chosen. By Man in Moon." North said.

"…What?" I asked.

"Last night, Jack. He chose you." Tooth said.

"Maybe. Bet he was mainly talking about Elsa." Bunny said.

"The Man in the Moon, he talks to you?"

"You see, you can not say no. It is destiny."

"But why, why wouldn't he tell me that himself?" I asked. "After 300 years this is his answer? To spend eternity like you guys cooped up in some, some hideout thinking of, of new ways to bribe kids? No no, that's not for me. No offense." I said as I turned to leave.

"How is that not offensive?" Bunny asked. "Elsa surely you are not as dull as your twin."

I turned my head slightly.

"Yes. If it means stopping something as bad as you say then I'm in." Elsa said.

I began to walk again as Bunny spoke.

"Great! You know what I think? I think we just dodged a bullet. I mean, what's that clown know about bringing joy to children anyway?" Bunny asked.

"Uhh, you ever hear of a snow day? I know it's no hard-boiled egg, but kids like what I do." I turned back to him.

"But none of 'em believe in you. Do they? You see, you're invisible, mate. It's like you don't even exist." He said.

Elsa got in between us.

"Jack may be a bit air headed but he is still my brother." Elsa said.

"Now don't you go defending him like you always do."

"Bunny! Enough!" Tooth said.

"No, No," I pushed Elsa aside, "The kangaroo's right. I don't my sister defending me."

"The, the what?! What'd you call me? I am not a kangaroo, mate." Bunny said.

"Oh. And this whole time, I thought you were. If you're not a kangaroo, what are you?" I leaned in.

"I'm a bunny. The Easter Bunny. People believe in me." Bunny said.

Now, Rapunzel stepped in between us.

"Bunny that's enough." Rapunzel said. "Jack follow me."

We walked away from the others by walking to the other side of the globe room.

"Jack, I know that you are angry-"

"Oh no, I'm fine. The one person who can tell me the answers I want refuses to speak to me but hey as long as a kid gets a painted egg, who cares about Ol' Jack?" I asked.

Rapunzel grabbed my hand.

"I care and you know that." She said. "Don't you want t work together?"

I looked at her and opened my mouth when we heard someone clearing their throat. We looked to see North.

"Are you two done with the kissy kissy talk?" North asked.

Rapunzel quickly let go and looked away.

"Jack. Walk with me."

North's Workshop

We walked through the factory floor.

"It's nothing personal, North. What you all do, it's just, it's not my thing. Maybe Elsa's but definitely not mine."

"Man in Moon says it is your thing. We will see!" North said as he walked ahead.

"Slow down, wouldja? I've been trying to bust in here for years, I want a good look." I said.

"What do you mean 'bust in?'" North asked.

"Oh don't worry, I never got past the yetis or Elsa." I said, looking over my shoulder at one of the yetis pounding his palm.

"Oh hey Phil." I said.

"Keep up, Jack! Keep up!" North said as he continued walking.

I saw the workers making toys and was surprised to discover it was yetis and not elves who made the toys.

"I always thought the elves made the toys." I said.

"We just let them believe that." North said as we saw elves "making" toys. That being them just injuring themselves.

We walked past a yeti who was painting a train.

"I don't like it. Paint it red." North said.

I felt kinda bad since he made like a hundred blue trains.

"Step it up, everybody." North said.

I followed North into his office. Shelves filled with toys, sketches and prototypes everywhere.

"Fruit cake?"

"Ah, no, thanks." I said.

Suddenly, North throws it against the wall, breaking it.

"Now we get down to tacks of brass." North said.

"Tacks of brass?" I asked myself.

"Who are YOU, Jack Frost? What is your center?" He poked my chest.

"My center?" I asked.

"If Man in Moon chose you and Elsa to be Guardian, you must have something very special inside."

"Why isn't Elsa in here then?"

"Because Elsa has shown her center. Determination. This is not about Elsa. What is YOUR center? Hmmmm…"

North walked up to a shelf of Russian nesting dolls and grabbed one that looked like him.

"Here." He handed me the doll. "This is how you see me, no? Very big, intimidating. But if you get to know me a little— Well, go on."

I opened it and saw the more typical depiction children have of Santa.

"You are downright Jolly."

"Ah, but not just jolly…"

Every description of himself seemed to be exactly as I saw the facial expression on the doll.

"I am also mysterious. And fearless. And caring. And at my center…"

I held the small, almost jelly bean sized doll.

"There's a tiny wooden baby?" I asked.

"Look closer. What do you see?" North asked.

"You… have big eyes?"

"YES! Big eyes. Very big. Because they are full! Of wonder! That is my center. It is what I was born with. Eyes that have always seen the wonder in everything." North raised his hands and all the toys on his shelves came to life.

"Eyes that see lights in the trees, and magic in the air! This wonder is what I put into the world and what I protect in children. That is what makes me a guardian. It is my center. What is yours?" North asked.

"I… don't know." I said as I looked down at my hand. North closed my hand and looked at me.

"You will know in time." North said.

Suddenly Bunny and Rapunzel ran in.

"We have a problem, mate! Trouble at the Tooth Palace." Bunny said.