Chapter 6: The Guardians

Forgive me for not posting, everything will be explained in the A/N at the end of this chapter.

I stepped into the icy ball room. I was suprised, how it didn't melt. My ice was more powerful than I thought it was.

There was a sudden gust of wind coming from the door.

A man in a red suit, sitting in a red slay with two- what seemed like- yeti's. Bunnymund hopped in to the icy building while a fairy-bird flew in with hundred of small replicas of herself. I could feel my mouth being wide open. I looked over to Jack. He was leaning on his staff, smirking at me. I blushed, looking back to the unexpected visitors.

„Hello!" cheered the man, getting out of the slay. He had a thick russian accent. As he got out I realized he was bigger and more intimidating than I first saw him.

Bunnymund hopped over with the fairy-bird by his side.

„Oh my! You're even prettier than I though you were!" she flew over. „Mind if I look at your teeth?" she smiled. I peered over to Jack again. He mouthed to me that it's safe to say yes, but I wasn't too convinced.

„Uhm, I do mind a bit..." I rubbed the back of my neck, feeling uncomftarble in this situation.

„It's alright darling, just wanted to make sure they're clean." her smile got wider. I nodded, giving a scared smile, trying not to show my teeth.

All this seemed a bit too much for me. I started to loose control over what was happening. I knew that the russian man was speaking with his yeti's, the fairy-bird was flying all around me, Bunnymund was nowhere to be found, I felt completely lost in this chaos.

But then Jack stepped in.

„Hey, guys, maybe we should move a bit faster? I think her majesty wants to get back to her home." he shouted. Everybody stopped. Bunny popped out of nowhere, the fairy-bird and her little servants landed, and the red man calmed his yeti's down. I looked back at him as I mouthed 'Thank you'. He nodded back at me.

It wasn't long after I got introduced to everybody. I mostly just shook hands and smiled, trying not to talk to much. I was told that the red man's name was North and the fairy-bird's was Tooth. At first I didn't understand what was going on, why all this chaos and what I had anything to do with it. I was too shy to say anything, I was mostly trying to make a good impression by not asking any, what seemed like, stupid questions.

„When's Sandy gonna come?" Jack turned to North. He saw his serious expression.

„He's not coming." North stabbed his two gigantic daggers into the ground, causing it to shake a bit. I jumped back.

„What do you mean he isn't?" Jack looked confused. North glanced at me then at Tooth and then back at Jack.

„You see Jack, whilst you were gone, he attacked us. Sandy tried to defend everybody, but it was a complete failure."

„That's one of the reasons we called you here" Bunny stared at me. I looked down, checking if there's nothing wrong with my clothes.

„But what does she have to do with it?" Jack asked. North gave a big sigh.

„It is her who is next." Jack winced after he heared his big friend say those words. I looked at him, shocked, yet still confused about everything.

„But...my kingdom.." I whispered out, trying not to draw any attention. I didn't succeed. I felt eyes being drawn on me. I looked at everyone as tears started gathering up into my eyes. „Am I in danger?" I asked, not even thinking about hiding my emotions. North glanced at Jack. He could see a painful expression on his face. He looked back at me. Tears streamed down my face, yet I tried not to make a single sound.

„I am afraid so." North sighed. Jack couldn't handle it anymore. He stabbed his staff, deep into the ground, making it shake. He leaned his forehead on it, forcing the tears back. I didn't understand his actions or his emotions. I saw Tooth flying over to him, comforting him.

„We will protect your kingdom from the nightmares. In that time, you will be taught how to use your powers for battle. Jack will be your teacher." North slowly explained. I looked deep into his blue eyes. My eyes quickly broke the eye contact between us, making me stare into the ground.

„Can I go home?" I whispered. I felt North put his hand on my shoulder. He looked over to Jack, who was tearing up, but ready to face the challenge. He nodded, and Frost responded in the same way. He pulled out his staff and went over to me, pulling me into an embrace.

„Come on, I'll get you home." I felt my feet being lifted off the ground. We were flying again. Jack looked down and nodded at North again.

I pressed my face into his hoodie, weeping but slowly falling asleep.

'Here we go again...'

Hi. I know it's been a while, and as I promised, I'll explain. You see, the past few months have been extriemly hard for me. My father is gone for six months (I don't have a lot of contact with him, and we're really close), I have a lot of school work and I've been losing a lot of hope. I don't want to get to deep, but I thought about deleting this story, but after reading another fanfiction that I absolutley recommend you read (Ice Skates and Guitar Strings by ReyZel616) I decided that I'll write on. I hope that you can forgive me. I tried not to rush it in this chapter, and also I deleted the one before (A.K.A.: Warmth) and replaced it with this one. Anyways, I'll definatly try to post more since its the winter holidays now. Thanks for reading and again I'm terribly sorry. Bye. 3