Alas! Another chapter to the great and powerful story, A New Guardian! So I recently got a great review from one of my readers, EmotionalDreamer101, so I want tho throw a thank you out to them! THANK YOU! And now, one with the greatness! Please enjoy, please review, and please keep on reading! In Frost we Trust!
Jack watched as Tooth's palace came into view, the reindeer getting hyped up as Jack cracked the whips, sending them spiraling downward as they came in for a landing.
"Whoa! Easy there guys!" hollered Jack as the sleigh came bounding down on the smooth tiles and ceramic of the ornate floor.
"Holy crap! Jack, this is awesome!" screamed Jamie as he hopped out of the sleigh, mini fairies zipping past him as they flew towards giant spiral masses of marble and tile, some picking up coins while others deposited teeth. Jamie laughed as he saw many of the fairies start flying over to the Yeti's, both of them clearly inspecting each other.
"Jack! Jamie! You guys came!" hollered Tooth as she flew down from one of the many bridges connecting her palace together.
Jamie felt as a pair of energetic arms wrapped around him and drew him up in the air as they spun him around and around.
"Whoa! Nice to see you too Tooth!" Jamie said excitedly, feeling as the energetic woman bounded down towards Jack and picked him up off his feet as well, squishing Jamie and him together.
"Tooth, your gonna kill us!" Jack said, trying to squirm out of the over energetic woman's grip.
"Oh! Sorry, just get too excited some times!" Tooth said sheepishly, giggling as she lowered the two down to the floor.
"Tooth..your place...i-it's amazing!" Jamie said, running around looking at all the new sights. Jamie giggled as a bunch of mini fairies crowded around him and began flying around his face like swooning teenage girls.
"Girls, come on no disgracing the uniform!" Tooth hollered, causing some of the mini fairies to giggle as they flew back in line with the others.
That's when Jack felt a tiny pair of arms wrap around his wrist as he looked down to see the mini fairies he had befriended years ago.
"Baby Tooth! Hey there little buddy!" said Jack happily, scooping up the little fairy in his hand, her eyes twinkling back as she squeaked at him excitedly.
"She's missed you Jack, ever since we defeated Pitch." explained Tooth, hovering over to Jack and placing a tender hand on his shoulder.
"She knows...about the situation undergoing right now. Jack, if you didn't mind could I have a word alone with you?" said Tooth questioningly.
"Yea sure, Baby Tooth go say hi to Jamie!" Jack said, sending the little fairy on her way as he watched her start fling around Jamie causing him to giggle. Jack turned away as he walked a few feet away from the two with Tooth.
"Jack, I'm worried about you." Tooth said, turning to face him as her eyes turned to ones of concern. Slowly her head turned to face out towards the mountains that were visible from the massive openings to the cave.
"Me? Why me Tooth, Jamie's the one you should be worrying about. This ordeal is mainly focused around him ya know." Jack said, leaning into his staff as he always did as he looked at Tooth, her eyes distant.
"I know Jack, and believe me I am worried about him as well. But Jack, I'm worried about you as well, about what this is doing to you." said Tooth, turning her eyes back to Jack as he shifted his weight to his other foot.
"What do you mean what it's doing to me?" Jack exclaimed, confusion clearly marked on his face.
"Jack Overland Frost, I may be thousands of years old but I am not blind. The connection between you and Jamie, it's stronger than any I've ever seen. Don't you care deeply for him?" said Tooth, smiling as she watched Jack's facial features turn a deep red as he suddenly looked down to the floor, like it was the most interesting thing in the world at that particular moment.
"I-I don't know what your talking about." Jack said, trying to overt his eyes from the all knowing fairy in front of him.
"Jack, I see the way you look at him. There's this look of longing, kinda like a twinkle in your eyes. When somethings wrong your always the first one by his side, protecting him like your life depended on it. Jack you can open up to me, you know that I won't judge." Tooth muttered softly, hovering closer to Jack as she placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Is it really that obvious?" Jack said, looking up into Tooth's eyes as a scarlet blush burned his cheeks as he repeatedly started moving his weight from foot to foot.
"Well Jack, I'm not the only Guardian who's noticed." said Tooth, a smile creeping onto her face as she watched Jack's jaw drop.
"What?! Who else knows!" Jack said almost too loudly, thankfully not catching the attention of the energetic Jamie only a few feet away as he looked over to see him playing with some of the fairies and running around playing tag with the Yeti's.
"Oh Jack, all of us have seen it. We just haven't said anything, we didn't want to embarrass you. I told them that this would be taken care of on your own terms, Bunny wasn't too keen on wanting to keep it under wraps seeing as he's always looking for something to embarrass or have on you." Tooth said with a slight giggle, watching as Jack's face went from shocked to annoyed.
"Well you can't tell Jamie! I doubt he even feels the same toward me anyways...I just know he doesn't." said Jack, eyes looking down towards the floor as he felt the sadness grow inside of him.
"Oh Jack, I wouldn't be so sure. Jamie shares the same look you give him when your not looking. I wouldn't write your chances off just yet. Now come on Mr. Winter, lets go have fun!" Tooth said excitedly, taking Jack into a hug before turning and flying over to Jamie and picking him up and twirling him through the air, causing Jack to smile lightly as he saw the boy laugh, finally free of any nightmares and terror for now.
Jack ran over to Jamie, his heart pounding with excitement now as the fairies all started chirping with happiness. He watched as Tooth and her squad of mini fairies including Baby Tooth flew through the air beautifully, Jamie in his arms as they flew around the marble towers and laughed loudly.
"Come on Frost! Keep up, or is a fairy too much for you!" Tooth hollered back teasingly, only causing Jack to smirk as he placed Jamie on his back and flew faster, the teen boy wrapping his arms around Jack's neck as they flew.
"Hold on Jamie! We are going to teach this fairy a thing or two about racing!" Jack said excitedly, only earning a eager head nod from the shorter male.
Jamie felt as his hair flew back in the passing wind, screaming with joy as he watched mountains pass by them, the fairies all chirping up with joy as they flew past his ears and around Jack. This was indeed going to be a fun day for everyone.
Hours later found Jamie and Jack being hurled from a portal into Bunnymund's warren, causing a few eggs to flee in fright at the two newcomers.
"Aye, what do we have here? The bloke and the annoying winter flea." said Bunny, racing down the hill to meet the two teens.
"Oh ha ha, coming from the kangaroo!" Jack retorted back, smirking at Bunny's scowl after that.
"I am not a bloody kangaroo ya little frostbite!" yelled Bunny, walking towards the ice teen till he was mere inches.
"Hey! Bunny ease off for now!" hollered Jamie, stepping in between Bunny and Jack, glaring at the much taller rabbit as he pressed himself firmly against Jack protectively.
"Ah, look at the ankle biter protecting his bloke." scoffed Bunny, only gaining a confused look from Jamie and a glaring look from Jack.
"Don't pay attention to him Jamie, the kangaroo is just grumpy because he has nothing better to do." Jack said, picking Jamie up and flying him up in there only gaining a surprised yelp from Jamie.
"Bloody show pony." Bunny muttered softly under his breath, turning his back to go about painting eggs.
"Jack! Lets go over there!" Jamie said excitedly, pointing to a large pond surrounded by pink cherry blossom tree's.
"You got it buddy!" Jack said happily, relishing at the fact that Jamie was so close to him and in his arms. He could feel Jamie's warmth penetrate into his skin, and it made his heart race even faster than what it was.
Soon Jack watched as Jamie was playing with the little eggs roaming around, running from him every time he made a sudden sound or movement. Jack walked over to the waters edge and playfully kicked a small stone into it, watching as the ripples cascaded outwards, deforming his reflection.
"It'll only cause ya heartache mate." came a voice from behind, starling Jack as he turned to see it was Bunnymund.
"What are you talking about this time?" Jack scoffed, crossing his arms and leaning against a nearby tree as he watched the bunny walk up to him, staring out at the pond which Jamie was playing next to.
"Frost, don't play ignorant. Ya know who I'm talking about, the ankle biter. This thing you have will only cause you hear-"
"He has a name, and he isn't a kid anymore. He's 17, and it won't cause me anything. Jamie makes me happy! Why can the others see that, but not you?" Jack said, getting madder by the second as Bunny kept pressing the issue.
"Because I know reality! I know what is going to happen eventually! Jack he won't live forever! Jamie will die someday!" Bunny hollered at Jack, and before he knew it Jack was on top of him, inches from his face, face flustered and eyes filled with hatred.
"DON'T YOU SAY THAT EVER AGAIN!" Jack screamed at the top of the lungs, scaring off a lot of little eggs that had been cluttered in the surrounding bushes. "YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS KINDA THING!" Jack continued screaming, bunching up his fists as his eyes teared up at the edges.
"IT'S THE TRUTH AND YOU KNOW IT!" Bunny screamed into Jack's face, and that's when Bunnymund felt a hard fist connect with his face, stunning him as he felt his head hit the ground.
"SHUT UP!" Jack said, trembling with anger as tears began to fall down his cheeks, jumping up and backing away slightly. "You will never understand Bunny!" Jack said softly, his chest heaving.
"Jack...what's going on?" Jamie said softly, bringing Jack back to reality as he turned and saw Jamie standing there with worry in his eyes.
"Jamie, come on were leaving." Jack said softly, walking away when he suddenly felt Jamie's hand grab his, stopping him in his tracks.
"Jack what happen? Talk to me please." Jamie said softly, causing Jack to turn his head slightly as he looked down into Jamie's brown eyes, begging and pleading to understand what was going on currently.
"He just said something, something very personal. I-I will explain later tonight okay?" said Jack, earning a head nod from the shorter of the two.
"But wait real quick." Jamie said, reaching towards Jack's face and slowly wiping the tears from his eyes with his sleeve. "Can't have a looking too sad, you look better with a smile." Jamie said, smiling as Jack let out a small laugh as he shook his head at Jamie.
"What am I going to do with you?" Jack said playfully, earning a few giggles from Jamie as he blushed a light pink as Jack squeezed his hand.
"I'm not entirely sure, I think I'm stuck this way. Think you can deal with it snowflake?" Jamie said teasingly, earning a small nod from Jack who smiled warmly at him. Jamie always knew how to reach out and grab Jack's heart and make him feel better.
Jack wrapped his arm around Jamie's shoulder as he glanced back at Bunnymund who was rubbing his cheek slowly as he looked at them, slight regret in his eyes as he turned and hopped off into the bushes.
"How about we head back and enjoy a nice cup of cocoa with some of North's cookies, I know where the elf's keep them!" Jack said happily once more, as Jamie looked at him with glee.
"That sounds like a great idea Jack." Jamie said warmly, feeling as Jack rubbed his back slowly and gently.
The two of them soon disappeared into another portal, happy to just be together in that moment as they headed back to North's workshop.
Thus this marks the end of chapter six! I really hope you enjoyed it, I kinda feel like it was a flop, please review and tell me what you think so I know if it was or not! Anyways, hope you all enjoyed a new chapter to A New Guardian!