Chapter 10 – Former Enemy
Jack's POV
"Emma?!"
"I'm back! Did you guys miss me?"
My sister, Emma, suddenly came barging in the library. Everyone was surprised because we all haven't heard from her for a long a time. She was always an adventurous person. She likes to different places in the world and discovers lots of things. She has long brown hair and eyes, and actually looks more like Jamie or is that the other way around? Haha, oh well, those two definitely look alike and Soph must have gotten her looks from her father.
She doesn't have powers like I do but she has characteristics and personalities that a guardian has. And she actually knows how to battle because she's often out on adventures so she knows how to use a sword and bow and arrow. If she ever did have powers, I bet she would make a great guardian.
She is the mother of Jamie and Sophie. She is currently a single mother because her husband died during the war. Jamie was still very little and Sophie was just a newborn baby when their father died so they don't remember much about him.
She actually left Jamie and Sophie in my care, and she used to come home very often. A few months ago, she suddenly stopped coming home but she sometimes sends letters and recently the letters we have been receiving didn't come and we haven't heard from her since, until now.
"Hi big bro! Long time no see, how are you?" Emma said as she was walking towards me and gave me a hug
"Great! How about you? Where the heck have you've been? It has been such a long time since I last saw or heard from you?" I said
"I am so sorry about that. I was so busy. I've been staying with an unknown tribe in an island because my ship crashed. I couldn't contact any of you because they absolutely have no communication to the world neither do they have transportation. It took us a long time to repair the ship that's why I've been gone for so long."
"And let me guess… you actually enjoyed being shipwrecked…" I sarcastically said
"Yes! It was really fun, I learned a lot. I even used the survival skills that I learned."
"Uhuh…" I wasn't really surprised at her answer and neither did the other guardians.
We've already known about her personality so nothing about this is actually new to us.
"Wow mom, can you take me next time with you? You told me last time I couldn't come because I was still small but I've grown up a lot since then, see?" Jamie enthusiastically said as he was showing his mom how tall he's gotten
"Yes, I can see that… hmm, I'll think about it…"
"Really?! Yay! I am going to explore the whole world! Haha" Jamie was laughing and running and jumping around the library
"Haha Jamie slow down or you might trip… so enough about that. What were you guys talking about before I got here anyway? You really seemed depressed and not really fit for guardians." Emma asked
"...umm… well…"
"What's wrong Jack?" Emma asked. She was obviously worried because I couldn't tell her straight away so it was obviously a big problem
"Sigh… Jack if you're not going to tell her then we will…" Bunnymund said
"Geez, to get this over with I am going to get to the point: Jack likes someone but was immediately dumped (indirectly) because she got engaged to someone." Tooth bluntly said
"Uhh… woah…" Emma was shocked and apparently speechless "Is this true Jack?"
I couldn't say anything and just nodded.
"Um, well first off… congratulations in discovering the feeling of love. I always knew you were kind of the late bloomer or you just haven't thought about such things because the children matters to you more…" Emma smirked at Jack
I couldn't help but giggle a bit at her reaction. I knew she would be excited when she found out but I didn't expect it to be this much.
"And secondly, who is this girl anyway?" Emma asked
"Her name is Elsa of Arendelle and she—" I said but was suddenly cut off
"The famous Snow Queen of Arendelle, right?!" Emma said
"Uh, yeah, but how—?"
"Of course, I know her. I've heard a lot about her from the people when I was in one of my adventures. She has the power to control ice just like you, doesn't she?"
"Yeah, she does…"
"Wow, you actually have good taste in picking them big bro." Emma sarcastically said
"Hey! What's that supposed to mean?!"
"Oh, nothing. So what are you planning on doing about it anyway."
"Um, actually that's kind of the reason why I came here in the first place…" I answered
Wait, did she just like totally changed the subject? Oh man, never mind. This is more important than that.
"Oh I see, well I don't think I can help but I think I might know someone who can and you know him too"
"Huh? Who?" I curiously asked
The other guardians also have a puzzled look on their face because none of us know who it will be. I don't think any of us actually know or remember someone like that.
"Who is it Emma?" Tooth asked
Sandy made a question mark on top of his head.
"You guys seriously don't know?"
We all shook our heads.
"Ouch… that's going to hurt him, can't believe you've forgotten about him…"
"So, who the heck is it already?!" Bunnymund demanded
"Who else but the Spirit of Love, silly…" Emma grinned
"WHAT?!" I shouted
"Oh yeah that's a brilliant idea." North said
"Yes it is, why didn't think of that…" Tooth nodded to North then she turned to me "Oh yeah… Jack—"
"WE HATE EACH OTHER!" I screamed
"Wha—? How come?" Emma asked
I crossed my arms and silently sat on the desk. Tooth sighed and turned to Emma and started to explain our situation
"They don't really get along so well. There was one time on Valentine's Day, Cupid was creating his greatest Valentine's Day in Paris and everything was perfect until a certain spirit of mischief…" Tooth turned to me and she was clearly talking about me, "created a huge blizzard for his own entertainment and ruined Cupid's hard work… and ever since then they've been on bad terms with each other…"
"Oh my, tsk tsk… Jack." Emma reacted on Tooth's story
"Hey! It's not entirely my fault! How should I know? I was still acting like a child back then and I was still young! I was an innocent kid who didn't know any better, right?" I pouted like a spoiled brat which made me look kind of silly.
"Uhh… erm"
"So anyways, Cupid's the best choice you've got right now, wait scratch that. Cupid's the only choice you've got right now so stop acting like a child and settle this argument like adults." Emma said
"So let's go now. To Cupid's Palace…" North said he called upon his sled and we all went out the balcony to ride it.
I hopped on it and reached my hand to Emma to help her get on.
"Now Jack, when we get there, remember what I've said: like adults, okay?" Emma said as she reached for my hand
"Yeah, yeah…" I said and I pulled her up
Once we were all in the sled, a magic portal appeared and we were immediately transported to Cupid's Palace.
In Cupid's Palace—
"AAAAHHHH" Cupid screamed as he threw a giant metal sculpture of a heart to Jack
"WOAH!" Jack flew up in the air and dodged it
"Tsk, dammit…"
Next Jack created a snow storm which made the furniture float and were coming towards Cupid but he quickly dodged it all, though they almost hit him. Cupid shot flaming heart arrows and shot them at Jack. Jack summoned the ice to shield him from the arrows. Jack made a giant sphere of solid ice and threw it. Cupid made a giant flaming heart which shielded him and melted the ice quickly. And they just kept on fighting and throwing stuff at each other and using their magic against each other.
"Well, this is actually going better than I expected…" North laughed
"Wha—? Aren't you going to stop them?" Emma said
"No, we're kind of used to this by now so we just wait. They will stop eventually anyway when they get tired and run out of energy…" Tooth sat on a sofa which hasn't been destroyed by the two "Why don't you just sit here and rest for a while…"
"B-but…"
"Don't worry about it… see, Bunnymund is already taking a nap…" North pointed to Bunnymund who was sitting in a corner and sleeping.
"Geez…" Emma couldn't do anything about it as she watched the two go on and on in throwing things at each other.
She sat beside Tooth and just waited for the two to get tired and stop. Half an hour has passed and they were still full of energy to fight each other. Emma couldn't take it anymore.
"JACKSON OVERLAND FROST AND CUPID! STOP THIS FOOLISHNESS THIS INSTANT!" Emma yelled and drew out her sword and used it at them which shocked everyone since they've never seen nor heard Emma this angry.
Jack and Cupid turned into obedient puppies and stopped fighting.
"Wow… she's pretty good…" North smirked
"Well… she is the only one who could ever tame the spirit of mischief so it isn't actually that surprising…" Tooth said
"Haah, now why don't we move to a room that you didn't destroy…" Emma demanded
Cupid nodded and showed them to the door.
"You know, it actually looks better like this…" Jack smirked at Cupid's destroyed office
"Hmm…" Emma glared at Jack telling him to stop and it brought shivers to him
Cupid's Castle Dining Room –
"YOU WANT ME TO WHAT?!" Cupid slammed is fist on the table
"We want you to help Jack about his love problem. After all you're an expert at this since you are Cupid." Emma said
"Tch… no way in million years!" Cupid crossed his arms
"Hahaha" Jack laughed so hard and everyone turned their face to him
"W-what's so funny Jack?" Tooth asked
"Oh sorry about that. I just imagined that in a million years Cupid will be an old man, oh wait he already is old, yet still wears diapers. Pfft HAHAHAHA" Jack was almost crying out of laughing so hard
North and Bunnymund covered their mouths to prevent themselves from laughing.
"Grrr…" Cupid's face turned red because of anger
"Jack!" Emma shouted "Would you just stop it! You need his help so you won't be such a crybaby. If you continue this nonsense, you're the one who's going to wear diapers…"
Jack stopped laughing and actually thought about it. He knows that he really needs his help.
"Sorry…" Jack's expression was serious and Cupid was shocked to see this side of Jack.
Never in a million years did Cupid expect Jack to actually be this way. He used to see the mischievous and rebellious side of him and thought that he would never change but apparently, he was wrong. But what really shocked him is that the thing that changed him was love.
"Haa… fine. I'll do it…" Cupid said
"Y-you… you will?" Jack raised his eyebrow
"What? It's better to get it over with than have my place destroyed. I just got this renovated after all…" Cupid smirked
"W-well… okay then… um, let's get started…" Jack couldn't believe that Cupid actually agreed to help him
Jack's POV
"WAHAHAHAHAHA" Cupid was laughing so hard as Emma explained my situation
"Urgh…" I couldn't do or say anything about it
"I can't believe this… Jack Frost spirit of mischief and guardian of fun was flat out rejected before he even confessed…" Cupid just kept on mocking and laughing at this matter
"Ahem… so we wanted to know if you know anything about Elsa and Edmund about well… um being together. Did you or any of your auroras (they are like Tooth's mini fairies which help her to do her job when she stopped collecting teeth on her own) by any chance umm… you know… made them fall for each other or something?" Tooth asked
"No… if they did… I should have known about it… I haven't been personally sending love to people but I still watch over them…" Cupid replied with a confused look on his face
"Then… w-what about mine? Are you the reason for this…?" I had to ask. Maybe he was just playing a prank on me so he struck me with one of his arrows or something.
"No Jack, you see… um… this is a bit difficult to explain…" Cupid said
"… okay then get on with it…"
"You see Jack love… it's a very complex emotion, it can't be manually controlled even by me. And so there are some rare cases when a person falls in love with another on their own… you see, I don't create love between two people I just build them a bridge to help them because love is already there, they just need to connect. And that's where I come in…"
"I see…" I understood a bit of what he is saying but I still don't get about my situation
"But… but there are, like I said, cases wherein a person builds that bridge by himself without my help…"
"But then what about Elsa and Edmund… how do you know they didn't build it on their own?"
"Jack… I monitor all the love that people have in their hearts. I know about yours too…"
"Huh? Then why—?" Now I'm really confused
"Come on. Let me show you…" Cupid stood up went outside the dining room. Afterwards, he showed us the way.
We entered a special room in the castle. It was at the highest place of the castle tower. As we entered, we saw many of Cupid's auroras flying around and working. It was as if I were in North's workshop but only a Valentine's Day version. I can see hearts everywhere I look. It's almost really irritating, but I had to bear with it. I was going to make another annoying remark but I didn't because I didn't want Emma to be mad again.
"Well, here it is…" Cupid pointed at a giant heart-shaped screen that shows a map of the world with blinking pink and red lights everywhere.
"Wow, that's pretty cool except for the pink hearts and stuff…" Bunnymund said. I bet he doesn't like pink much either.
"So what is this?" I asked
"This is a screen that monitors the people who are in love, just like the globe that views the kids who believe in you that you have in your place." Cupid replied
He went to the controls and the screen zoomed in a place, and it's…
"This is the place where we are right now…" Cupid pointed at one blinking pink light "And this light is you, Jack Frost…"
"No way… so that's how you know about me…"
"Yes." He typed on the controls again.
It went to another part of the Earth and it's somewhere in Norway, I think.
"This is Arendelle…" Cupid said "As you can see there are a lot of glowing lights… but over here is the Arendelle Castle." He pointed at two red lights "These are Princess Anna and Prince Kristoff but Queen Elsa's light isn't there neither is Prince Edmund which means—"
"Which means that they aren't in love with each other!" I jumped around with joy and relief
"But why are they getting married if they don't love each other?" Tooth asked
I stopped and wondered about that too. The others were also puzzled about this matter.
"Well, looks like there's only one way to find out…" I grinned at them
They all nodded and it seems we all have the same idea.
"We're off to Arendelle!" we all shouted together.
We went to the sled and said our goodbyes to Cupid and thanked him. Of course I did too. I think our feud might've decreased or at least we're no longer enemies though I don't know why he suddenly agreed or why he changed his mind about this. Oh well but I think we might get along quite well from now on.
"Hey Jack, let's bring Jamie and Sophie with us in this adventure and spend some time with them. This is going to be like a family outing." Emma giggled
"Yeah, okay…" I nodded "We're going back home anyway to pack up our things anyway…"
A portal appeared in front of them and they were going back home…
A/N
Hi everyone sorry that it's been a while since the last update. I've been so busy with all the school works and other stuff. For the next chapter, I'm working on it but I probably won't be able to update again soon.
Jack: Is it just me or is this story a bit slow on progress? I mean, when the heck are we going to get to the romantic part? I know, it's a bit weird for a guy to ask this but this story is all about romance after all. I can't believe I'm saying this but I kind of miss Elsa in the story…
Elsa: Aww, isn't that a sweet thing of you to say…
Me: I know, I'm sorry about that. I kind of realize it too because I originally just wanted it to be 10 chapters but when I just write I couldn't stop because the ideas just kept flowing. Don't worry, for a bit of spoilers: Elsa will be back and there will be some cute moments between them.
All: So anyways, see you guys in the next chapter!