So… some of you viewers are wondering about Marcus's mom, North's wife.
Well, this chapter explains who she was, how her and North met….. and why Brownie is licking the wall. (The italics is for the plot from the story Marcus tells, and I don't know if Mrs. Claus's name is Lucinda
Chapter 12: Story time! Part 1
Jack was asleep on the couch, dreamsand floating above his head in the form of snowflakes.
Bunnymund tiptoed over, paintbrush and green paint in paw. "Heh, heh, heh…." That's when he looked down at his arms.
Meanwhile, Tooth was flitting down the hallway, when she heard "GGYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
That's Bunnymund! Tooth flew quickly to the library, and she saw:
"Bunny! You're…. you're a pooka again!" She glanced down at herself and gasped. "I'm a fairy again!"
It was true. When they least expected it, she, Bunny, and Sandy were back to normal!
Bunny screamed again. "GYAAHHHH!"
Jack hopped up, fully awake. "GYAAHH! STRANGER POOKA DANGER!" He repeated "Stranger Danger!" over and over as he hit Bunnymund over and over on the head.
"OW OW OW! FROSTBITE, STOP! THAT HURTS!" Bunny grabbed the staff from Jack's hand.
Jack froze for a moment, surprised. "Wow… Bunny? Huh, this is déjà vu, don't ya think?"
Bunny sighed and glared at the g- shaped edge on Jack's staff. "Get that rotten bloody twig out of my face before I pull it out of your hands!"
Jack pulled the staff away, looking horrified. "Bunny! You can't talk to her that way!" He looked lovingly at his staff, which he held in his arms tenderly. "Shhhh, baby, he didn`t mean it."
Bunny stared at Jack in total and utter disbelief. "You are talking to it like it's your sweetheart!"
"She, Bunny," Jack corrected. He smiled down at his staff once more and murmured, "I named her Susan."
"Erm, why SUSAN?" Bunny questioned. "Like that cutlet shelia Suzy Snowflake-?" Bunny's eyes widened. The he grinned at Jack slyly. "Oh…"
Jack whistled oh- so – innocently. But it was as clear as day: he was as red as a rose. "What?" he questioned.
Bunnymund grinned. "I think your cousin betrayed you…"
"Why would you think that?"
"She's Cupid, right?"
Jack glared at his cousin, who just shrugged. "Sorry, it's just fate."
"Ah, love," a new voice sighed. Tooth- as if on cue- flashed around and saw Marcus, spinning his wand between his fingers, wearing a black, knee length coat, dark hair whisked back from his face, revealing those ice blue eyes. Those eyes Tooth had looked into, and felt spellbound to them and the kindness that reflected through them….
Tooth snapped herself out of it. Marcus walked over and smiled. "Like how my father felt when he met my mom."
"Huh, never heard that one," Jack said, clearly interested.
"Tell us that story," Pippa and Cupid begged at the same time.
Marcus chuckled and shook his head. "I am afraid I am not much of a storyteller," he said.
Cupid, Pippa, Jamie, Sophie, Monty, Cupcake, Caleb, Claude, Heather, and Jack all made big eyes and said, "Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplea sepleasepleaseplease…."
Marcus sighed, "Okay."
"YIPPIE!" everyone that was begging him cheered. Jack did a back flip onto the table.
"YAY FOR MY MINI GOLF MARKER OF CHEESE!" Brownie ran past, her jaw unhinged like a snake, her eyes practically bulged out of her head, and she was holding a stick with a marshmallow at the end.
Marcus pointed his wand at the stick and said, "Confringo."
The marshmallow burst into flames. Brownie screamed, "AAHGHHHH A BURNING WAFFLE! ELVES WE MUST LEAVE THIS CURSED SHOPPING CART PLACE!"
The elves and Brownie all got onto giant balls and rolled out of the library, while the others stared. Then they all looked at Marcus.
Marcus cleared his throat. "Ahem." He sat down on the couch….. beside Tooth.
The Believers and Bunny, Sandy, Jack( who got off the table), Cupid, and Susan all sat down in arm chairs, love seats, of the carpet, ready to hear the tale.
...
Once, when North was young, he and Katherine (now commonly known as 'Mother Goose') were riding around the town of Santoff Claussen. Then they heard a cry. "Help! AHHHH!"
North- quick to action- rushed to aid the sound of the call. He saw multiple Fearlings-
….
"Erm, excuse me," Jack leaned onto his staff. "But what the heck is a Fearling?"
"They were Pitch`s assistances before Nightmares," Bunny quickly responded, eager for the rest of the tale.
Tooth smiled kindly at Marcus. "Please, continue," she said.
...
North saw multiple Fearlings attacking someone. He and Katherine fought off the Fearlings, or the Fearlings retreated from the moon, which had just come out from behind some clouds.
North and Katherine looked upon the traveler; a young, beautiful woman, with raven hair, sky blue eyes, and a white smile.
North and Katherine gladly escorted the young woman to her town, a small village not so far from Santoff Claussen called Saint Clarksion- about 30 minutes from North and Katherine's home.
Within almost those full thirty minutes, North had fallen in love with the woman, but he did not yet know it. As she climbed off Petrov's back, North introduced himself and Katherine. The woman introduced herself as Lucinda.
When North and Katherine got home for dinner, Katherine slurped down her soup. She was famished after that small adventure!
North, however, just stirred his soup around. Ombric- North's wizard teacher- looked a little worried.
"Are you alright, North?" Ombric asked.
"Hmm? Oh," North responded, slightly distant, "I am fine."
"Are you sure?" Katherine questioned. "You haven't even taken one bite of soup."
"I'm not so hungry," he replied.
A confused look crossed Katherine's face. "Why?"
"I don't know." North stood. "I am going to bed."
Ombric nodded. "Yes, you go ahead," Ombric spoke. He and Katherine watched the young wizard walk out of the room.
Ombric turned to young Katherine. "So, you must be famished," he said, hoping to strike up a conversation.
"Mm-hmm!" Katherine swallowed. "I mean, yes, sir." She smiled back at Ombric.
"What did you do today?"
"North and I saved a woman who lives not too far from here!"
"Oh?" Ombric cocked an eyebrow. "A woman?"
"Yes, sir. Her name's Lucinda!"
Ombric muttered, "That means 'light' in Latin." He looked at Katherine. "Where does she live?"
"In the town of Saint Calrksion," Katherine responded.
Ombric was surprised. The leader of that village was one of his rivals!
….
"Ooh, a star-crossed North," sighed Cupid.
Heather slapped a hand over Cupid's mouth. "Shh."
….
Meanwhile, North couldn't sleep. No matter how much comfortable the bed made him, he couldn't fall asleep.
So he got up and walked around, hoping he would get tired. However, he felt like he could run all over Siberia- twice, with no stop.
"Why do I feel so…. Strange?" he wondered.
….
"Sooo…." Jack said, "North fell in the 'L' word-" Jack did quotation marks- "But he didn't know it?"
"No," Marcus replied. "But he'll discover later." He smiled at Sophie, who looked up in admiration.
"When will he kiss her?" The little one asked.
"Soon," Marcus said, ruffling Sophie's hair. The little girl giggled.
Marcus chuckled with a smile on his face. Tooth felt blood rush up to her face when she saw him smile like that.
Marcus glanced up at Tooth. "Tooth, are you alright? Your cheeks are as red as a rose." He tenderly reached out and touched her cheek with the back of his hand.
That made Tooth turn crimson. "Erm, I feel…." She found herself looking into Marcus's eyes and she lost her breath.
Marcus cocked an eyebrow. He then stood up and said, "I think the story needs a pause right here."
The others agreed. They were getting sleepy.
I decided to leave a cliffhanger for you all. Plus, this chapter is getting long. I will update it now, and I don't want to keep you all waiting.
