Disclaimer: I do not own Disney, DreamWorks, Guardians/Guardians of Childhood series by William Joyce, or Pixar.
If any of you have read the books of which Rise of the Guardians was based on, you should probably know who the light boy is. If you haven't, fret not my children, for you shall learn today!
This is one of the only chapters that I'm not referring to the movies/books for important information.
Enough of boring old me, you came here to read not to listen to me blabbering.
Enjoy!
"Good morning amigos!" Jack said cheerfully at breakfast when the others walked in.
"What did you call me?" Astrid asked, sitting down and dishing out some sausages.
"Amigos. It's Spanish for friends," Jack said, taking a bite of the pancakes he'd made.
"What's that?" Merida asked looking at the pancakes.
"You've never had pancakes? What is wrong with you people?" Jack asked, astonished, loading pancakes onto everyone's plate. He instructed them on how to pour syrup over it, which he also had made, and then to eat them.
"Jack, can you take me to the future?" Rapunzel asked, her mouth full of pancakes.
"Sure, Punz. I'll take you all to the future when all this is over."
"Jack, why did you come into all of our rooms in the middle of the night?" Elsa asked, poking her pancake with her fork.
"Oh, that wasn't me," he said casually. They waited for him to continue, but he just took another mouthful of pancake.
"Well, who did then?" Merida asked, getting annoyed. Jack held up his index finger while he finished chewing.
"His name is Nightlight," he said when he finished.
"Nightlight? And people make fun of my name," Hiccup said, laughing. Jack met him with a blank stare.
"Anyways, he was the first guardian," Jack explained, "He was chosen by Manny's parents to be his guardian before they went to fight Pitch. He took an oath and everything."
"Why does he look like you?" Merida asked.
"Well, according to the author of Guardians of Childhood series, in my book, we are the same person. But because my book doesn't come out until way after this story is published, the person writing this story is going for a simpler reason. He's my brother," Jack said, possibly breaking the 4th wall.
"What?!" they all asked, astounded.
"Where is he?" Rapunzel asked.
"He's in my room. After a whole night of watching over you children and fighting nightmares, he came back to my room as dark as the shadows he was fighting. Oh, that reminds me. Rapunzel, he asked if you could make one of your famous pies for him."
"How does he know about my beloved's pies?" Eugene asked protectively.
"He's always been drawn to Rapunzel's light. He used to watch her when she was still in her tower. Not to sound creepy and all."
"Well, I think I can whip something up," Rapunzel said, smiling.
"Good, because you all owe him one. It takes a lot out a person to fight nightmares. You should all be grateful he didn't give up in the middle of the night and return to his home, Santoff Clausen," Jack said sternly.
"Oh. Well I'll make one now." With that Rapunzel left to the kitchen. Less then five minutes later, she returned with a freshly baked pie, "You think this is adequate?"
"Yes, very. Come my merry men, let us go and show my brother this wonderful work of art," Jack said.
They then left to Jack's room and entered. They found Nightlight sitting up on the rafting looking out the large window that covered the entire wall and reached all the way up the roof.
"Hey, brother, come down here!" Jack yelled upon entering to room.
The boy sat still, in a sulky type of way. Jack rummaged through his bag until he found his phone and a speaker. He turned it on, thankful that he had full battery, and shuffled through his music app until he found the right song. He turned it to full volume and plugged it into the speaker. He held it up and pressed play.
"Jack, what are you doing?" Elsa asked from the back of the group. He just smiled wickedly at his friends.
They all jumped, everyone except Jack, when the whole room was filled with the sound of punk rock music. Everyone covered their ears. The music startled Nightlight and he fell off the rafting and fell hard on the ground. He glared up at Jack, but then his gaze shifted to the group of people watching him. Jack stopped the music and turned off the device, putting it back in his bag.
Nightlight stood and everyone got a good look at him. He looked exactly like Jack, but he wore armor and his face had a younger, more joyful look to it, but the expression in his eyes looked a little sad. He also had a similar staff but he held it the opposite way that Jack did. There was also a diamond dagger strapped to the top of it.
"Uh…..hi?" he said softly, then he looked at the pie. "What's that?"
"This is one of Rapunzel's famous pies and it's for you," Jack said, giving the pie to the boy.
"What? No spoon?" Nightlight asked in a sarcastic tone that made him sound exactly like Jack. Jack brought out a spoon he had stowed away in his hoodie. He blew on it and placed it on Nightlight's nose, making it stick.
Nightlight laughed joyfully, putting his staff down. He took the spoon off his nose and dug into the pie. "Thanks Rapunzel and the rest of you," he said with his mouth full of pie.
"It was our pleasure, creepy stalker kid," Hiccup said. Nightlight laughed again.
"So, have you found out what sleeping draught Hans the Butt-Head used?" Nightlight asked when he finally finished the pie a few minutes later.
"No, we were distracted yesterday by your clown of a brother," Elsa said, fiddling with her dress.
"Jack, please don't tell me you made jokes about the future," the light boy said, face palming.
"Of course not… yes," he said, mocking being offended then hanging his head. Nightlight punched Jack playfully in the arm.
"Oh, you want to go?" Jack challenged. The brothers wrestled around on the floor until Nightlight grabbed his staff and had Jack down at knife point. "Okay you win, cheater," Jack said, holding up his hands in surrender. Nightlight stood up and helped his brother up as well.
"Okay, let's get to work." Nightlight said, ushering the group out the door and handing Jack's staff to him.
"Who put you in charge?" Jack asked on their way to the library.
"You did when you summoned me," his brother said.
"Well, which one of you is older?" Merida asked, walking next to Jack.
"I am," both brothers answered.
"Okay, never mind," Merida said. She handed Nightlight a small carving of a bear.
"What's this for?" he asked, surprised by the gift.
"For giving me the best night's sleep in almost a whole year," she answered.
"Hey, I'm the one who brought him here," Jack said, "Where's my gift?"
"Well, that was my last block of wood, so unless you somehow get me one…" Merida said.
"You, princess, are a piece of work," Jack said, putting an arm over her shoulder. She laughed and leaned into his side, causing him to bump into Nightlight, who bumped Jack back.
The group came to the library and went back to work right where they left off.
Okay so Jack's book in the Guardians of Childhood series doesn't come out till October 2015 and for those who are reading this after the fact, this was written in July 2015. So instead of waiting to see how the heck Nightlight became Jack, I just decided to make them brothers.
And since we are on the topic of Nightlight, yes I know he doesn't talk out loud in the book, he only speaks three times in the whole series, I think. (Don't quote me on that!)
But I thought it to be difficult to have him think everything he says, for those that haven't read the series Nightlight communicates throught telepathy that all the Guardians use, mostly just North and Katherine/Mother Goose.
North gave Jack a phone for Christmas one year so the Guardians could be able to keep tabs on him when he goes around the world.
No I don't personally listen to punk rock, I'm one of those weird kids that listens to classical music and a'capella. Not that I have anything against punk rock lovers, I just chose a random loud sounding music thing. Ha ha, as you can tell , I don't know music.
I think I've said all I wanted to say about this chapter...
Indy: Yes I suppose this will go on for a while, I just have so many ideas running through my head and I get new ones every day. Personally, I don't know exactly how long this will go, I haven't even finished rough drafting yet!
Please leave any questions, comments, suggestions, and/or angry rants as reviews. I really do love reading them and they always put a smile on my face.