I'm so so so so sorry it took me so long guys. But right after school was done (Just to let you know, I got all As), I was busy applying to graduate schools and trying to find a full time job. I did find a part time job so now I need to find another part time job. But enough about me, I know everybody is excited to get to the story.
Shout out to my reviewers: Tactless Unicorn, lrrajjmn , snm1, 3 Guest, cartec677, .Princess, Lauren, Applejax XD , DeathlyIceMaiden, xXBloodJewelXx, SmallLittleCagedBird, The Dreamer17
Underlined: Bunny's Australian slang
Italics: Sandman talking with images
Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians in any sense.
Genie's POV
Based off what I learned in my Introduction to Psychology course, there are five phases you go through when you grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance. And I've completed 4 out of 5.
Denial was when Manny let it slip that I was going to die. There was no way to truly describe how I felt, but I'll give it a shot. It felt like no matter how much air I breathed, my lungs wouldn't fill. It felt like even though my heart was beating faster, there was no blood going or coming thought. Every limb was shaking uncontrollably, how Manny was able to pull me from my chair and make me walk was baffling.
I had tried to convince myself that what I heard was wrong. That my mind was playing an evil trick on me. But when I practically begged Manny to repeat himself, he didn't deny or change anything.
Anger was when I was sent back down without getting one answer. So badly, I wanted Sandy to send me back up. Not going to lie, if he had done it, I probably would have gone up to Manny and punch him right in the nose, but I wouldn't have stopped there. The anger was so fierce that my limbs didn't shake from denial anymore, they now shook with anger. There was a huge difference between the two; and it felt like everything in me was on fire. My teeth clenched so tightly that I'm sure a few must be chipped now. The rage was so strong; I didn't even notice four pair of hands on me, trying to hold me back from charging at Sandy. It didn't even faze me one bit, I wanted to go back, no matter what. But no matter how much I yelled and yelled and yelled, it was clear that Sandy was not going to honor my request.
Smart man.
I looked straight at Sandy, once again pleading. He could see the desperation in my eyes, No words needed to be said. He knew the pain I was feeling in my heart and the fear I felt creeping up in my stomach. He knew that I wasn't doing this to be mean, I didn't want to hurt him and I wasn't going to; I just needed an answer, an explanation, something. In response to my silent plea, he just looked down to the floor, a frown plastered on his face.
That's when the bargaining stage began. Once the Guardians were sure I wasn't going to charge at Sandy again, they all released me, taking a few steps back to be safe. Ironically, they now formed a circle, with me standing right in the middle.
Man in Moon, Please say you were wrong. Please say I won't die. I don't want to die. Is there a way we can prevent this? I'm too young.
"WHAT ABOUT JAIME AND SOPHIE?!" I yelled at the top of my lungs before collapsing onto my knees to the floor. My arms wrapped around myself and my head fell forward, letting my hair fall to cover my face.
And I let it all out. Thankfully my hair hid my face; I didn't want them to see my crying face. I must look so weak right now to them.
I don't know how long it was since I started crying, but I was beginning to hyperventilate so bad that I could feel my lungs demanding more air.
I was concentrating so hard on breathing that I didn't even hear a pair of footsteps coming towards me. It wasn't until I saw the shadow of a figure in front of me that I remembered where I was. I carefully pushed myself up from my knees into a standing position; my arms remained where they were. My head move up slightly, making bits of my hair fall away from my face; great, I'll be able to see where I'm walking now.
I didn't want to be in the middle of this circle anymore.
The fireplace wasn't that far away but it was still away from here; with my lingering strength, it would probably be the furthest I could get without falling over from muscle fatigue. Completely ignoring everybody, I started to walk forward. Someone called my name and someone else placed their hand on my shoulder to stop me. I don't want anybody comforting me at the moment, so I just pulled away from their touch.
In silence, I scurried over to the fireplace, taking a place against the brick wall that surrounds the flame.
Now began the depression stage. My head fell back against the brick, a small thud was heard. It didn't bother me when I felt a dull pain in the back of my head. It was a nice change from the emotion pain I was feeling. My eyes looked up at the ceiling, slightly burning from the crying.
The tears had finally stopped though, thank goodness. How pathetic was it to start crying in front of them?
I took a few deep breaths to help regulate my still struggling respiratory system. My chest was feeling better with every shaky breath. Being by myself allowed more questions to pop into my head.
Of course, the first one was about my younger siblings, Jaime and Sophie. How would they survive without me? I know I'm not their primary caretakers but….they're practically my babies. They've been attached to my hip since they learned how to walk.
It nearly broke their hearts when they had to say bye to be at the airport. Can anyone imagine the pain they would feel if they had to say goodbye to me for good? Especially Sophie, since she's so young, she still doesn't fully comprehend the whole life and death thing.
When her pet hamster died, I had to run out to the pet store, get one that looked just like her old one, and race home in a matter of 30 minutes just so that she wouldn't have to be exposed to death so young.
The others questions followed: How was I going to die? Since I am a pretty healthy person, I'm too young to die from natural causes. So that means, somebody is going to kill me. Will it be Pitch? Jack won't be there to protect me? Didn't he promise he'd always be there? What about the others? They promised Jaime they'd protect me.
I'm capable of protecting myself from humans but not against immortal psychos.
All in all, I'm just a total wreck and at a total loss at what to do.
"Sweetie?" A small, timid, high pitched voice called to me. I didn't need to look to see who it was.
"Hey Tooth." I responded, keeping my eyes on the ceiling. I didn't want to look at her, in fear that if I did, I'd start crying again.
Since the fire was on my right, she took a sit to my left. I needed to get into a more comfortable position so I pulled my knees up to my chest and circled my arms around them to keep them in place.
SO who was going to speak first: me or her? Or did she just come sit here to be a silent shoulder for crying?
One of her hands came to rest on my knees, as if testing the water to see how I'd react. I just sighed. There was no reason for me to push her away.
But now I feel bad and ashamed for how I reacted and treated everybody over there.
"I guess I scared everyone, huh?"
"A little." Crap.
"But we understand."
"I'm sorry for….all of it. I know two of you were trying to console me. And Sandy might be a little freaked out for me trying to rush at me. God, I was a jerk to him."
"We're all really sorry Genie. But honestly, none of us really know how to handle this. I don't even know if I'm being any help by talking." She confessed. Why does she have to be such a sweetheart?
I felt like this was my place to say something, but nothing came out of my mouth. She thinks she's at a loss for words? I'm at a full lost. She must have noticed me struggling to convey my feelings to her. So in turn, she started speaking.
"You're so use to dealing with things by yourself, being the strong one for your family. That can be very tiring. But you don't have to do this all alone anymore. We're all here for you, so please don't run from us..." Shit, I thought I had reached a breaking point; nope, this was my breaking point right here.
I thought for sure I was out of tears, but my body just proved me wrong. My head fell forward onto my knees and once again, the crying began.
Tooth didn't say anything anymore. But I did feel her arms wrap around me and felt her hand rubbing my back in a soothing manner.
It sort of reminded me of how when I was little, before Jaime was born, my mom would just embrace me whenever I was sad or mad or cranky. I'd cry into her shoulder and she'd rub my back; all while telling me that no matter what, it'd be alright.
I don't' know how long we sat that but for the full time we were there, she didn't move away. She just held me. It'd be so long since I felt that motherly warmth and protection.
After a while, my tears completely stopped. Now I'm sure I've gotten very bit of water out of my body from crying, I think I may have even popped a blood vessel in my eyes.
My chest and my stomach were a definitely sore from the intense crying; I'm going to feel this in the morning.
"Can I let go now?" Tooth asked me. I chuckled a little before nodding; she took that as her cue to let me go. When she pulled away from me, I looked up and noticed that there was a bit of snot left on her arm from where I was apparently crying. Pretty sure she is going to need to take a bath now.
"Sorry." I mumbled to her, using the sleeve of my shirt to wipe the rest of the mucus away from my nose.
"Don't worry." Her hand moved towards my hair, tucking a few strands behind my ear. "Do you feel a bit better?"
"Not really." No matter how much crying I did, it wasn't going to change a thing. So I've come to the final stage, Acceptance. "But thanks for staying here with me. I don't know if there is a way to prevent this event from happening; it doesn't mean I'll just sit back though."
Tooth and I could tell that I was starting to get my 'cheerful' self back.
"Well, I'm sorry to leave you like this but I do need to get back to work….and I need to bathe." She motioned towards her mucus stained feathers, showing me the evidence once more.
"Again, I'm sorry." Her wings started to flutter, preparing herself for take-off.
"Before I go, here." Her right hand reached behind her back for something, and it pulled out a thin silver chain with a locket hanging from it.
"Where were you keeping that?" She has no pockets, where did she keep the locket, and the globe, and the coins? She's a freakin' magician.
"You will never know." Yup, a magician.
I lifted the ends of my hair slightly so she could clasp the ends of the necklace easily. After she clipped it on, I let me hair fall and started to admire the beautiful gift. It was fairly simple; there were no designs of any sort on the heart, but it was still one of the most gorgeous pieces of jewelry I've ever seen.
"I just cried into your arms and you give me a piece of jewelry. What's this for? " I twirled the heart in my fingers, relishing in the cool touch the metal gave off.
"I asked North to make it for you yesterday. It'll be our own personal communication line. If you ever need to talk to a girl, aka me, just open up the locket and you'll reach me wherever I am; we'll be able to talk instantly."
"Wow, this is so awesome. Thank you so much." I got to remember to thank North for this also. He really is such a creative man, but you have to be if you're the awesome Santa Claus who makes every type of toy in the world.
"I know how exhausting it can be having all these guys around. Especially the one approaching." She pointed toward the white-haired Guardian. I think Jack was really holding himself back, because he seems a little too excited walking towards me.
"He's trying really hard, you know." I let the locket fall from my fingers, letting it now rest against my chest.
"Sweetie, he's trying so hard because he loves you." Did she just say what I think she just said?
"The hell do you mean by…" I couldn't finish my sentence. She had already taken off. "That's messed up." I mumbled. Damn fairies and their speed.
"Yeah." Jack was now standing in front of me, with a white plate in one hand and a glass in the other. He was somehow balancing his staff on the nape of his neck "She has a tendency to leave mid-conversation. I hate when she does that."
"She is the Tooth fairy, one of the people that doesn't get to work just one day out of the year, like Sandy. So what you got there?" He let his staff fall to the ground, and took the seat that Tooth had previously occupied.
"A little something to help you feel better." He lifted the plate to be right underneath my nose, letting the delightful smell fill my nostrils. He had brought me a big piece of chocolate cake with a generous amount of frosting….and sprinkles. Yes, I still love sprinkles.
"Cake!" I lowered my knees down to where they were pointed out straight, letting him place the plate on my thighs.
" And a glass of milk to help wash it down, since chocolate is like peanut butter and likes to get stuck in the throat. " Grabbing onto the fork, I wasted no time in shoveling the cake into my mouth. "You know, you're almost as bad as North. Except he would eat the whole cake by himself."
I got to admit, it made me feel all warm inside, knowing that Jack knew exactly what to do to cheer me up. It also made me think back to what else Manny was saying, aside from the whole me dying thing.
He really does ship Jack and I. Plus, according to Tooth, he loves me. So does everybody in the Guardians ship Jack and I together?
"Is it good?" He started the small talk, pulling me out of my thoughts. I reached for the glass at my side and took a big gulp, not wanting to splatter crumbs all over his face when I talked.
"Yeah it is." I looked down to realize that I had already polished off half of the cake slice. And it was a pretty big slice. "I'm sorry, I'm hogging all of it. Want some?" I cut a piece off, put it on the fork, and lifted it up to Jack's mouth. He shook his head.
"I just want a little taste." He lightly smacked my hand, making me drop the fork with the piece of cake on it down onto the plate.
I was getting ready to scold him for almost wasting good cake until he grabbed onto my chin with two fingers and pulled my face towards his. He waited a second, letting me process what he was about to do. He moved forward, closing any open space there was distance between us, his tip of his tongue coming out of his mouth. I shut my eyes immediately, feeling the heat rush to my cheeks as his tongue slowly licked up the chocolate frosting that was apparently on my bottom lip. I totally kept my eyes closed, really shy to see him take between his lips and into his mouth.
"Taste good, but I prefer the 'underlying' flavor." I felt the tip of his tongue lick my lips again, trying to sneak their way inside my mouth
"You know…" My talking somehow blocked off his tongue; and I opened my eyes to see his staring so intensely into mine "this isn't taking it slow." I mumbled to him, my chin still in his fingers.
"In my defense, you never gave me an answer, but you were going to kiss me before those two interrupted us." He mumbled back. His cold breath on my lips was making the hairs on the back of my neck stand up. And it was also making my whole body shiver….in a good way.
"Well, in my defense, I was in a bad spot at the time." I retaliated.
Can he please let go of my chin now? I'm not going to lie to myself; this is such a freakin turn-on right now. Damn it Jack, you're doing this on purpose.
His forehead pressed against mine, his fingers moving from my chin to my cheek. His fingers softly caressed it, his thumb often moving lower to play with my lips.
"Be mine." He whispered.
"Excuse me?" My hearing is trying to play tricks on me.
"I said, ." He said with a bit more force on the last two words.
Where did Jack learn to be so forceful like this? This can't be the same boy I taught how to french kiss. Although after teaching him, he did push me up against the wall and grinded against me while showering my neck with kisses.
"You better say something soon before I start ravishing you." His voice was so husky when he whispered like that. A warm heat started to spread in my lower region, and that's only from him talking.
Curiosity got the best of me, I decided to see what would happen if I tease him a little.
"What if I want you to ravish me?"
"Don't tempt me Genie. I'm more than ready to be your willing slave." This time, he licked his own lips with anticipation.
One thing's for sure: I can't deny my feelings for Jack any longer. I spent far too long debating everything. So I finally told him the words he's been dying to hear since probably the first time we met.
"I'm yours." I whispered to him. I felt him jump in disbelief slightly against my forehead. I guess he wasn't expecting that kind of answer. Maybe just a simple 'yes' would have sufficed but…I want to push him just a little further.
"Can you say that again?"
"Jack Frost." I tried my hardest to give him my most seductive look. "I'm yours."
It must have worked.
He grabbed onto my face with his both hands, directing our lips to meet in a heated passion. I immediately felt relief wash over my body, like I had actually made a good decision; it gave me so much happiness.
He nibbled lightly on my bottom lip, wanting access to my mouth. I smirked against his lips before opening my mouth slightly, letting him slip his in just to meet mine in ultimate bliss.
Right now, I don't care if the elves or the yetis were watching. Right now, all of my attention is on my boyfriend. He has worked hard for this, and I am more than willing to give him his prize.
North's POV
"Shoo shoo, away with you now." Elves could not stop staring at the 2 lovebirds kissing near fireplace. Elves even started to make kissy noises at each other and at me. OK, that is very weird.
Friend Bunny hasn't been able to take eyes off of Genie since she broke down. He had been one to place hand on her shoulder to stop her from running, but she pulled away. I could tell that hurt him on inside.
Why did the Guardian that like son and Guardian that best friend have to fall for same girl?
"You ok?" I ask him, just to be safe.
"Makes you want to chunder, eh mate?" Chunder, what does this mean? In all years knowing Bunny, I still yet to understand his Australian words. It no matter that I visit Australia for the past…..many many years.
"Uh, yes." I learn to just go along with it.
"I'll tell you what, He better not be a dipstick and ruin this." He leaned against the railing surrounding my globe, turning his attention away from the two lovebirds. Yes, it still bother him.
I started to wonder why Manny choose Genie to be new Guardian. Could it be that it because she the one adult we found in years that still believe in us? There has to be reason behind that. She must have special center.
"Bet he's Grinning like a shot fox." Bunny voice brought me out of thoughts.
"That's horrible. Why would shot fox be grinning?"
"It means he's happy." How could that phrase mean happy? A fox would not be grinning in that situation.
Both of us looked back at new couple, thankfully, they had finally stopped kissing. Oh wait, Jack just leaned in to kiss her cheek. And she giggled. Bunny not needing to be watching this right now.
"She's beautiful." He doesn't think I could hear, but underneath his breath, Bunny mumbled how he'd be a better match for her.
"Will this cause trouble between you and Jack?" I already deal with them fighting over small weird things, I don't want to see fight over girl.
"I'm a Guardian, my duty comes first." I do believe that Bunny will be civil, but I must still keep eye on situation.
"Speak of duty, I worry that Genie will be distraction for Jack if she move back."
"Distraction? The show pony doesn't do anything anyway, except ruin holidays." I can sense a bit of malice from Bunny's voice, it just like when they first met. Always natural rivalry between the two.
"Bunny, Sandy don't have 'home' where Genie can stay, Tooth fall behind in work due to meeting with Man in Moon, and Jack will not leave Genie side when she here; I find it best that she continue to stay with you. Would that be ok?"
"Of course, she'll be safe with me."
"I know she will." He seemed very excited to see have Genie stay with him. I know that probably not best choice, but right now, it probably only choice.
Jack's POV
Before I worked for the Guardians and before I ever laid eyes on Genie, I was just a wondering lost spirit, trying to find the one place I belonged. North's place looked fun to be in so I often tried to sneak in to see if it was right for me.
Unfortunately, I never got pass the bookroom a few hallways down, thanks to Phil, the best security yeti that any man could ask for.
While hiding in that room, I had made a shocking discovery of 'Santa Claus'. Turns out, the jolly old man had a secret obsession for romance novels. Who would have guessed?!
How did I know they were romance novels? Well, flying through the cities and watching teenage girls bury their noses in them; they were kind of hard to miss. So out of curiosity, I 'borrowed' one or two of them, but I could never get past the first 3 chapters without getting bored.
It didn't matter how different the books were, it all had the same thing. Man or woman falls in love with man or woman and they would always say how they would have a hard time describing their happiness. I mean, come on, happy is happy. I didn't understand what was so difficult about that.
But now I do.
I'll say it: Words can't describe the way Genie makes me feel.
I don't know how to explain it all: The way it feels when our hands touch, the sharp contrast of warm and cold; the way it feels when I run my hand through her long silk hair; the way it feels when I look into her soft dark brown eyes; and most important, the way it feels when our lips meet in a heart-melting kiss.
I don't know what possessed me to lick the frosting off her lips earlier but I'm glad I did. After all, it got her to say yes to be my girlfriend.
Holy Shit, I have a girlfriend!
"So what are you thinking of?" Her gentle voice brought me out of my love struck mind. After our kiss, we just settled for holding hands and staring into each other's eyes. Personally, I wanted to keep going but I could tell that she really needed to breathe.
"Nothing." I told her. She chuckled slightly, before her tongue came out slightly to lick her moist lips. Oh man, that just made a tremble runs up and down my spine.
"You have this goofy grin on your face, so you're obviously thinking something." She pointed out to me. I guess she's starting to learn more about me, just like I know everything about her.
"Well, originally, I was thinking if you weren't holding onto my hands, I'd be jumping all over the factory in joy, probably knocking over a few toys and breaking them in the process. But after seeing you lick your lips, I'm thinking of going somewhere private where I could have you all to myself and have my way with you."
"Private? Here? Jack, the elves don't know a thing about privacy." She took her right hand from mine and pointed to whatever was behind me. "See for yourself."
Do I have to? With a sigh, I turned my whole body around to see what she was pointing out. Turns out, we attracted quite an audience with our kissing scene. All the elves were behind me, and all of them were puckering their lips and making kissing noises.
"Don't you guys have some toys to be building, like over there?" I pointed to where all the yetis were working. I don't care that they don't really build the toys; I want them over there and not over here.
With that being said they all shook their heads and ran around me to Genie. They surrounded the both of us and were all jumping to get her to kiss them. I bet she finds this kind of cute, while I find it creepy.
"Aw, do you all want a kiss too?" She cooed at them. The bells on their hats went crazy as they nodded their heads vigorously.
"Don't encourage them Genie. They will take it seriously." I pushed the elves surrounding me away, giving me enough room to stand up fully. I had to push a few more away in order to grab my staff. "Need help standing up?"
"Very much." She raised her arms so I could grab onto her hands. With a quick pull, she was up on her feet, the elves still surrounding her. "Guys, I was joking about the kiss." She tried to explain to them. From the looks of it, none of them understood. Or they did understand, they just still wanted the kiss.
"Look what you started." I teased her. The elves must have thought I was in the way because they started tugging on the bottom of my pants for me to move.
"I started? You know, you were kissing too." I moved further and further away from her, until I was finally out of the elves invasion.
"But I told you not to encourage them and what did you do, you encouraged them." She didn't look so amuse at that.
"Jack!" She called out to me to come save her.
"You're on your own with this matter. I am not kissing any elves. But I do need to go talk to North and Bunny about something. Holler if you need some chap stick." With that, I turned away from her and walked over to the guys.
"Worst boyfriend ever." I heard her yell out at me.
"I love you too babe." Oh yeah, this boyfriend girlfriend thing is so gonna rock. I made it over to North and Bunny, who were apparently watching the elves scene unfold.
"What's happening to Sheila over there?" Bunny asked me.
"Well, she asked them if they wanted a kiss and they all said yes." They seem way too into the scene, it wasn't that interesting. I turned around to see that I was fully wrong.
Somehow, I don't know how she did it, she got all of the elves to get in a single file line. At the front of the line was her, on her knees, kissing each elves' cheek. Some of them would try to sneak back into line but the others wouldn't let them.
"How she do that?" North asked in disbelief. "I can't even get elves to bring cookies without breaking plate. She got them to be in line, and they all acting….normal."
"She's pretty spiffy." Bunny responded.
"Yeah she is. Wait, that's a good thing, right?" Bunny nodded his head. Man, I wish the guy would stop using his Australian slang.
"Anyway, North, I wanted to ask if it'd be ok for Genie to move back in with us?" North and Bunny gave each other a weird look, something tells me they were talking about this earlier.
"Jack, I don't know if that good idea." It's a great idea, why does he think it's not a good idea?
"Why not? She'll be able to help you with the elves, the yetis seem to love her, and if something happens, I'll be there to protect her."
"I'm Gobsmacked; you don't think I can protect her?" Bunny spoke up.
"I didn't mean it like that. It's just…" This isn't turning out how I hoped it would.
"Jack, I know you want Genie around all time now since you are 'dating'." Oh man, now North is using that fatherly tone on me, I'm definitely not going to get my way. "But you already neglecting duties since we took on assignment of protecting her."
"What? Me, neglecting my duties? Name one." Please have a bad memory and not remember anything.
"Mother Nature requested services yesterday. Instead of going to help with snow, you were flying over world to find flower for Genie." Oops, I totally forgot she contacted me about that. Oh man, he got me there.
"Or how about going to Groundhog to unfreeze his door?" I heard Bunny snicker a little with that. Truthfully, I had lost a bet against Bunny a few months ago and he said I owed him. And what did he ask me to do, freeze the Groundhog's door. Why does he hate the Groundhog so much?
I'd be lying if I said I didn't enjoy doing it though. It was fun.
"It's not like he's needed right now, we still got a while until Groundhog Day."
"Or how about…"
"North, I said name one thing, not a list."
"Look here mate, all of us made that promise to Jaime; and look who you're talking to, nerves of steel, master of taichi and boomerangs. She'll be apples." I trust Bunny, I really do. After our last fight with Pitch, we've become really good friends. I'll never tell him to his face, but I sort of think of him as the brother I never had.
Dang it, I can't think of anything else to say. Bunny and North are some of the best negotiators in the world. I swear, if they were never Guardians, they could have been famous lawyers. I'm not one to give up though. Before I could keep fighting, Genie had showed up in the ground and I got heavily distracted.
Ok, I'm started to see North's point now.
"North, you have a lot of elves." My baby finally finished her 'kissing booth' and the elves are now leaving us alone.
"Really? Never notice. How many do I have?"
"I lost count after 142." Her hand started to lightly rub her red lips, no doubt from the soreness of puckering. "I didn't know it was possible for lips to be sore."
"Want me to kiss it and make it better?" I grabbed onto one side of her hip and pulled her to me, her breast right up against my chest. I like it when we're this close; it makes all of her attention be on me.
"Seriously Jack, that was lame." Bunny just had to ruin our moment, didn't he?
"Give me a break, I'm new to this." I moved my hand from her hip to her cheek. "Did you think it was lame?"
"You'll two have plenty of time to play kissy face, but it is late and I feel stuffed." Stuffed? But I don't remember him eating today. Apparently, all of us were giving him a confused look.
"It means I'm tired." He explained to us.
"So ready for bed." Genie brought her hand to cover her mouth while she yawned. "Well, Good night Jack." I leaned in to give her a kiss goodnight but she somehow maneuvered out of my grasp and headed to Bunny.
"Hey, I don't get a goodnight kiss?"
"Look at it this way, you'll get a hello kiss tomorrow." Is she doing this because I left her behind with the elves?
"Is this revenge for leaving you behind with the elves?"
"Suffer Jack." She winked at me, which means it is revenge. She can be cruel, but I'm a sucker for it. She must have felt bad because she came running back to me and placed a quick kiss on my cheek before running back to Bunny.
"Sweet dreams, babe." My cheek felt so warm from her lips, I really do hope I can always feel that warmth. She waved a quick good-bye to North.
"Ready?" Bunny looked down at her, wow, she's short compared to him.
"Carry me?" She asked.
Bunny didn't answer her verbally; he just scooped her up into his arms, holding her bridal style against his chest. I couldn't help but feel a twig of jealousy building up inside. If only I was able to convince North to let her move back, we could be sharing the bed and she'd be falling asleep in my arms.
Whoa, I really need to calm down. Bunny isn't doing anything bad…I was never a jealous guy before. This is insane.
I definitely need to work on that.
"Now I'm ready, Liftoff!" She yelled as he stomped the floor with his foot, opening up the hole to his warren. He hopped right in, Genie yelling in delight as they glided down the tunnel. The hole closed up when her voice fully disappeared, indicating that they arrived safely at the warren.
"Well, now that over, get back to work Jack!" North practically yelled into my ear, I better do as he says before he decided to yell in the other ear.
Pitch's POV
Ever since that last battle, my army of nightmares has gotten significantly smaller, all thanks to that annoying kid Jaime…uh, I can't even say his name without my anger brewing over. I can't wait to get my army back so I could destroy that little pipsqueak and his family.
I will need to thank his parents for one thing: for given birth to the most gorgeous creature in the world. They did one thing right.
Now back to business, according to the clock I'm standing at, Big Ben, it's 10 pm. Which means… right on cue, Sandy's golden sand came flowing down onto the many houses with children.
All the good little boys and girls are tucked away for the night. Time to get to work.
Now, which one should I go to first? Not really caring, I blended into the shadow of the clock tower, appearing underneath the bed of my victim. It's a young boy, about 4 years old.
The younger the better, their dreams are easier to manipulate.
He smiled in his sleep and clutched tightly onto a stuffed dinosaur plushie. Seeing that the golden sand dancing around his head is dinosaurs, I guess that means they're his favorite.
Now to work my magic, it's simple really. All I do it poke the sand and watch it manifest into my beautiful nightmare. The dinosaur sand soon disappeared and the boy's smile turned into a frown, I watched intensely as the sand swirled around, waiting for it to take its final form.
Unfortunately, I was so rudely brought out of my concentration by a small plastic dinosaur hitting the back of my head. I turned around to see who the culprit was. I am relieved to see that it wasn't another child, but it was one of those cursed Guardians.
"Oh, Sandman. What an unpleasant surprise." The short chubby man frowned at me; in one of his hand was a golden whip, ready for battle. He came ready.
"Man in the Moon warned me to keep an eye out for you. You just don't learn, do you?"
"It doesn't concern you with what I do or don't do." I tried to turn my attention back to the child, but him snapping his whip meant he was getting ready to attack.
"When it involves children, it does."
"So a few kids have a few nightmares, what's the big deal?"
"It's harming them."
"I really don't see how. Nightmares are just as normal as dreams. It shows them that the world isn't all bright and colorful like you Guardians; there is also a mixture of darkness and evil. The sooner they know that, the better."
Sandman didn't seem to like any of my statements. His fists tightened and 'steam' blew out of his ears, he looks just like those horrible cartoons that adults put on for kids to make them shut up.
"Leave now."
"I don't take orders from anybody." Moving my hands to my side, I started to form daggers of black sand as my weapons. "I'll leave when I'm ready."
With a flick of his wrist, the whip was headed towards my neck. I lifted up my arms, getting ready to send a wave of black sand to block it off; until from behind me, a black figured jumped in front, the whip going around it instead of me.
A nudge against my shoulder caused me to look back to the sleeping child. My eyes widened in shock from what I saw, these weren't my nightmares. They no longer took on the form of a horse; now, they now took on the form of saber tooth tigers.
And they were not ordinary saber tooth tigers.
These stood at an incredibly height of 6 feet, just a few inches shorter than me, and were as long as 5 feet long. They're eyes were a menacing bright red, and their bodies looked more like fur instead of sand.
No longer nightmares. These were my new creation, Night Terrors.
I couldn't stop the sinister smile from forming on my face. I knew I was stronger after meeting Genie, but this...this is incredible. And all I have done, so far, is have sex with her in her dreams.
This just makes me crave her even more. Genie, how I wish you were here with me right now, to see my power up close. That would strike fear into you and teach you that hiding from me is a big mistake.
My Night Terrors sniffed my body up and down, memorizing the scent of their master. I put my palms out, facing down, waiting for their response. They both looked into my eyes before closing theirs and rubbing the top of their heads against my hands.
Looking back at my enemy, I saw him struggling against one other night terror, his whip wrapped around its neck.
So instead of creating just one nightmare, I now can create three night terrors. Interesting.
He held the whip in both of his hands, trying to pull the tiger towards him; while my lovely creation grabbed onto the whip with its mouth, tugging on the other end.
"Let's take this outside, shall we?" I strolled over to the window in the child's room behind Sandman, opening it fully. Without even giving the command, the night terror charged forward, pushing the little man through the window, sending him flying out onto the concrete streets.
"Marvelous!" I exclaimed.
Sandman laid face-down on the street, the whip long gone from his hand. I could see him struggle to get to his knees.
"I could destroy you once again right here and now. But what fun would that be?" I walked over to him, my hands now in my pockets. There's no need for daggers, I've won this battle.
Once over the struggling Guardian, I smashed my foot down onto his back, making his crash back down onto the concrete.
"Look how far you've fallen, Sandman; couldn't even beat just one of my night terrors. Such a shame." I lifted my foot off of his back, swinging it back to kick Sandman with full force, sending him flying a couple of feet.
He collided right into a stone wall. Too bad he doesn't bleed like the others do, I would relish in that. He slide slowly down the wall, falling onto his knees; his right hand was placed over his side, making him wince in pain.
"Run along now, little man. And be sure to tell the others I say 'Hello'." The Night Terrors growled at Sandman as he finally stood to his feet. He did his best to look intimidating but it didn't work; in fact, he just looked pathetic. With a sigh, he flew straight up into the air, no doubt heading over to North's place.
"Let's get you three home and introduce you to my remaining nightmares." I strolled along the empty streets, my night terrors right at my side. Stopping for a bit, I looked straight up at the moon. No doubt Manny watched all of what took place.
"How will you Guardians handle me now, Old Friend?"
Phew, well guys, what did you think? I'm really hoping I didn't make too many mistakes. I did re-read and all but it is after 2 am right now so...yeah. I'm tired.
I tried to make this chapter a bit longer since it took me forever to upload. Please leave me a review, I love reading them and they help inspire me. Until next time, Laters!
Australian slang:
Chunder- vomit
Dipstick- a loser, idiot
Grinning like a shot fox- very happy, smugly satisfied
Show pony-someone who tries hard, by his dress or behavior, to impress those around him
Sheila-a woman
Pretty spiffy- great, excellent
Gobsmacked- surprised, astounded
She'll be apples- it'll be alright.
I feel stuffed- I'm tired