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I looked at Jack and he smiled. I wonder how many times he has done that in just these few hours...
"Aha! I know what to do!" in his loud booming Russian accent. He walked over to his closet in about 3 steps, yet it took me about 7, and turned on a little lightbulb inside the closet I was just hiding in. As I heard him hum to himself, I looked at Jack, and he looked just as confused as I was. Today is a very confusing day, I thought to myself. As North came busting back through his closet door, he was holding a small nesting doll in his hands. He walked closer and bent down very low to my height(I am pretty short after all) and handed it to me. As I slowly turned its smooth surface in my hands, I looked at the clothes that were painted on it. A dark blue tank top, a black zip up hoodie with white drawstrings, and ripped jean shorts, plus some navy blue converse with bright blue laces. I looked down at my self and saw the exact same thing. I looked up at North, and he looked expectantly back at me. I continued turning it in my hands, and saw that its face was...mine? It had bright red wavy locks and a blue streak down the side, and its grey eyes nearly glowed.
Just like mine. I opened it, and saw the same thing, except with a big smile. Not like the biggest one, which was expressionless, just like I usually was. I opened it again, and saw another smaller version, this time with tears flooding down its cheeks. I opened it yet again and this one was screaming, like it was REALLY mad at something. I was a little scared to open the next one. But I did. It's eyes looked insane, and it had a massive grin, but it was mad. Like, crazy mad, not angry mad. I looked up at Jack and then at North. Both looked a little scared, and so was I. I slowly opened the last nesting doll and felt a tear roll down my cheek. It was cut in half. One half was me, a little baby with giant eyes and a little grin. The other half...was Sam. I fell to my knees on the ground. I felt more tears roll down my cheeks. I felt more and more until I looked a lot like one of the nesting doll covers. I looked blurry eyes up at North. Jack rushed forward to help me up, but I had no intention of standing.
"Why...why is Samantha in my nesting doll?" I asked, stuttering at every other word.
"She must be part of your center." he said in a now comforting voice. He bent down low to me and Jack's level and smiled. He took the nesting doll layers from off the floor and gently put them back together. I looked at Jack, and he smiled happily, yet with sad eyes.
"Don't cry, Lilian. It's okay." I made a puzzled look and felt my face. Tears were still rushing down my cheeks and landing on my jean shorts. He pulled me to his shoulder and I sobbed for a few minutes. Jack pulled me up again as North put the nesting doll back in the closet.
"Let's go meet the other Guardians." he said as we stood up.
"What are the Guardians?" I asked, a bit puzzled. I frowned when all I got from Jack and North were grins.
"Not what—" North began.
"—who." Jack finished with an even larger grin. He grabbed my hand and flew at an alarming speed, pulling me along. There were a set of double doors that Jack burst open, me giggling madly all the way. He swung me around and I landed in his arms bridal style, and I kept laughing, a little dizzy. He set me down, laughing too now, and I took note of my new surroundings. All over the place were big hairy things that reminded me of a bunch of big-foots, and toys and elves everywhere. I spun around in astonishment and laughed at my self. This was the most I had laughed in a while. In a looooong while. I turned back to Jack and North and asked,
"Where are we now?" as if this was some childish game of hide and seek in an unknown place.
"This is my workshop. You like it, no?" North asked.
"I love it!" I said looking around once more.
"So where are these "Guardians" you were talking about?" I asked, lacing my fingers behind my back and walking slower.
"They should be here right about now...Tooth was riding the sleigh though, so I am a bit scared." Jack said, looking at a big opening in the ceiling. No sooner had he said that had I started hearing bells.
"You might want to move out of the way." said North. I walked backwards slowly near Jack and North as the big hole in the ceiling opened up, and a giant sleigh came through the roof.
"Oh my goodness this never gets old this is so fun don't you think E. Aster?" I heard a voice say, her words so slurred together that I could barely understand one of them.
"NO TOOTH, I DONT! LAND CAREFULLY!" I heard another voice say, with a strong Australian accent. As the ginormous sleigh landed on the workshop floor I heard the one called Tooth giggle gleefully. I was ready to see three normal people sitting on a sleigh, but no. Instead, I got a human sized bunny, a hummingbird thing with fairy wings, and a small orangish-yellow guy with a bunch of symbols floating above his head.
