Whooo! I'm back! I originally had no clue what to write for this, but thanks to Jokermask18 I do! THANK YOU! And without further ado, have the tale of North's first Christmas ride! IDOROTG... MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Tooth and Bunny stared at their newest member.
"Is not-breathing-while-he-sleeps a thing with him?" Tooth asked with a confused look on her face. It was true. This was the first time they had seen Jack sleep, so when there was no rise and fall of his chest that signaled 'Hey, I'm a living being!', they were a tad freaked out.
"Ah didn't know he slept at all," Was Bunny's reply.
"Well should we wake him up?" She questioned. Jack looked dead. There was no other way to put it. He was white as paper. His lips were slightly blue. Once again, he wasn't breathing. He just lay there, only thing that didn't change was the death grip he had on his staff. They weren't sure what to do besides wait for Sandy to come back. He had gone with North to make sure that the children were actually asleep. Jack had gotten his job done an hour before, spreading snow everywhere possible like there was no tomorrow. They weren't exactly prepared for this little bit of information. Bunny turned his eyes away from Jack first, then he took out some plain eggs and started to paint them. It took Tooth a couple more minutes before she pried her eyes away . After she did, she started commanding a small group of fairies. There really was nothing to do but wait, so wait they did.
Jack woak up about two minutes before North and Sandy made it back. Like every year, North promptly collapsed onto the nearest couch and started to snore like a freight train. Sandy traveled around the world every night, so this was nothing new to him. Judging by the smile on his face, everything had gone as planned. No words were necessary to welcome them back. Sandy's smile turned into a smirk at the sight of Jack. He looked even more disheveled than normal!
"Hey there, Sandy," He murmured. When he realized they were back, all sleep abandoned him as he pummeled Sandy with questions. " So what now? Did you tell Jamie I said hi? I know he stayed up, last time I checked on him he drank seven espressos. Have fun?" Sandy's eyes went wide as the verbal assault. Tooth started laughing and Bunny groaned.
"Ah think ah like him better asleep."
"Speaking of that! Hey Jack," When he heard his name his seemingly endless onslaught of questions faded out and he looked at her, raising an eyebrow. "Is it normal for you to not breath when you sleep?" If he were drinking something, it would have immediately made it's reappearance in a spit tank. Sandy, who was drinking eggnog, actually did do the said action.
"What kind of question is that?!" He asked, seriously creeped out. A particularly loud snore from North made all of them stare at the red hunk on the couch.
"The kind that you need to answer." Jack rolled his eyes. That was something he would say. The other's recognized this too. Tooth giggled. "You are such a bad influence, Jack!" She remembered what had caused this, and sobered up instantly. "Now really. Is that normal?"
This elected another eye roll. "How am I supposed to know? That was the longest I've slept since I was a newbie at this whole 'Immortality' thing." This response clearly shook Sandy to the core. He took sleep very seriously (obviously, being the bringer of it), and even Jack could feel a lecture coming. "I mean! Uh, yes. Yes that is perfectly normal!" He tried to correct himself. The others exchanged glances. It was Christmas, which meant no depressing topics. And Jack's life before he became a Guardian definitely counted as depressing. They would interrogate him later. Bunny continued painting his eggs, Tooth started bossing around the fairies again, and Jack and Sandy just sat there. Jack reached into his hoodie pocket and pulled out a pack of cards. "I challenge you to a game of Go Fish!" He declared. Sandy gladly accepted the challenge.
North woak up to a scene of utter chaos. After watching three rounds of Jack and Sandy playing Go Fish (all of which Sandy won), they had decided to join. Then a few elves joined. A few being most of them. Jack was currently flying around looking for another deck, Sandy was making the elves cry with his awesome card playing skills, Bunny was showing Tooth how to play the game 'right' (their definitions were very different), and the elves who weren't crying were rampaging everywhere. He tried to sit up and almost got decked in the head by an elf who had been thrown across the room.
"What... what iz going on here?" He said slowly, taking in the scene around him. All activity came to a halt. Jack froze (no pun intended! Mostly...) in mid-air. Sandy looked like a deer caught in the headlights, and he hid the crying elves behind his back. Bunny and Tooth stopped arguing over the right way to play. The rampaging elves stopped their fighting and turned to face him with wide eyes. It was Jack who answered for them all.
"A friendly game of Go Fish! Nothing to worry about, North. Merry Christmas! Everything is under control here! You can go back to sleep..." He managed to get out. North stood up with a blank expression on his face.
"I will be anywhere away from here. I am too tired to deal with this." He said in a tone that made it seem like he was focusing on anything but the scene in front of him (which he was). Off he went. The others remained glued to the spot, watching and making sure he was out of sight.
Chaos resumed.
Well there you go! Merry Christmas to all, and to all a good night. Even though it's 4pm where I'm at. Same difference! It is my personal belief that Jack doesn't need to breath. Or eat. Or do any of the normal human stuff. Besides sleeping, and that's only after he uses a lot of power. Like, more than usual. Yep. I know some other people think this as well. I know that you all are probably SO FREAKING TIRED of Christmas Specials, but it had to be done. As always, REVIEW! I need to know your thoughts. Good and bad alike. Seriously, constructive criticism is welcome here! Sorry about the accent screw ups I have going on here. I tried to make Bunny speak only if necessary. Is there an app for this kind of stuff?! I need to know *Pulls out hair in frustration*
Guest Review Responses:
Berlin- Um... Ok? I would never stab you in the back on purpose, you know. If I was going to kill someone I would use poison. Much cleaner. I could probably do that! What genre would that be anyway? Crack-Romance? Whatever. I'm with you on the no shipping thing. Jack too much of a lone wolf for that.
And POOF! Magic has occurred here. Merry Christmas again!
