You guys are so convincing. I don't even talk to you, and you convince me to upload a new chapter without the requirements being filled! ARGH. Well, consider this a holiday present. But, the chapter after this has the same requirements as the last one! And this time, I'm stick to them! And this is my favorite chapter so far. You'll probably know why. Jack's a little OOC in this, but I had to get this in here somehow.

(I always forget these! Sorry!) Disclaimer: I don't own RotG!


Sometimes being the nicest looking character in the group gets annoying, thought Sandy. The Man in the Moon had told them to be careful with the girl, and to give her some sort of box. The box had been given to North with instructions to never open. Luckily, North was no Pandora. Sandy reached the library and found a small, gentle looking girl reading on the ground, even though there were perfectly good armchairs. She looked up, and he beckoned to her.


Rachel glanced around the room the short man had led her to. It might've been cozy, if not for the yetis. After the tooth fairy had proclaimed her teeth almost as good as Jack's, a fact that he seemed almost offended at, she was introduced to them. Jack, Tooth, North, Bunnymund, and Sandy. She decided Sandy was her favorite.

"You know, I didn't believe in any of you." she said, earning gasps. "I have no idea how I can see you."

"Well."

"We'll figure that out later! Anyways, we're supposed to give you that." Tooth said, pointing at a small box sitting on a table.

"Why are you all treading so carefully around her? She can't do much." Jack said, and Rachel's content face turned to a mask of cool loathing. Five seconds later there was a red hand mark on Jack's face, and a smug smirk on Rachel's. She picked up the box and stalked back to the library. Once the door had slammed shut behind her, Bunnymund burst in to laughter and Tooth was failing at holding back her giggles.

"Jack, you're going to need some iced for that burn!"

"Shut up."


Rachel knelt on the ground and opened the box. A dark tune began to play.

"It's almost like a memory from a dream."

She said to herself, and found herself enthralled.


Jack was now holding a block of ice to his face. It was going to bruise. Definitely the wrong thing to say, but who could've guessed that from the small, innocent looking girl.

"Why would you say something like that?" North ranted, "We were told to tread carefully around her!"

"Well, did you expect that?" was Jack's retort. North's shoulders slumped.

"No, no I didn't." the large man sat down, and ran a hand through his hair. "We need to figure out who she is. She's obviously not all she seems."


Rachel walked through the teeming hoards of people. They all seemed to whisper her name. Of course, she couldn't take them all at once, they all had their time, and this was not it. She reached the shadows. She longed to be one of these girls, no worries, but she quenched the feeling. This was no time for her fantasies. She must not have any grounds for punishment today. Father would be so disappointed. This was her birthright. Her father approached her with his face gaunt and gray and his normally pristine black hair a mess.

"Melantha, you will have to leave."

"Why?" she questions, She has worked so hard for this day.

Father's jaw clenches. Something is terribly wrong.


Sandy bursts into the room where Jack and North were conversing. He was extremely agitated, and was gesturing wildly. Jack was the first to figure it out.

"Is Rachel okay?"

The small man shook his shook his head vigorously.

Jack ran.

He found Rachel lying on the floor, the bow beside her. Jack knelt by her side and as he reached to take her hand, he was flung back into the wall.


Rachel sat up. She kept her face void of emotion. Then she blinked. It was only Jack. She laughed,

"Oops! Sorry about that!" She waved her hand, and the black shackles that had bound him to the wall dissipated. He rose, his expression wary

"Rachel... What was that?" Jack asked. He was scared, she could tell. She supposed a random girl appearing with power over what looked like your arch nemesis' biggest weapon was rather scary.

"I need to talk to North." she said.

There were some questions she needed answered.