Me: Okay guys, a combination of several requests and ideas in this chapter, from some awesome readers... And thanks to rainycasey, deadwithoutyou (for also faving me as an author!) and EraPenn, for the follows and/or faves! Hopefully you-
Vader: NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Me: *blinks, looking at the doorway, then shrugs, about to speak again when...*
Vader: NONONONONONONONONO! NOT THE CAPE! AND THE MASK! THAT LITTLE GREEN MONSTER HAS GONE TOO FAR THIS TIME!
Me: Oh... Cripes. *under breath* Not the cape… *shouting* Vader!? What's up?
Vader: *storms in*
Me: *freezes, then bursts out laughing*
Vader: *outfit now entirely covered in bright pink and blue feathers, including the cape, glares at me* This is not funny. Yoda has gone too far this time!
Me: It's … fine... *hiccupping and managing to keep a straight face, whilst holding my hands behind my back and using my wrist com to get the security cameras to take several photos* We can fix it...
Vader: HE USED SUPERGLUE! WHERE ON CORUSCANT DID YODA GET SUPERGLUE!?
Obiwan: Err... In the Earth styled bazaar actually... On Coruscant.
Me: Earth styled- wait, what?
Obiwan: C3PO wanted a change in his line of work...
Me: I- Don't even want to know. *turns back to Vader* He super-glued feathers onto your outfit? Hear that Killuaxme? He used your idea! He must be hacking into my-
Vader: Who gave him the idea?
Me: Err... No-one... Vader! Come back here!
Vader: Nope. I am going to see this Killuaxme, then-
Gok wan: Really? In that outfit?
Me: Wait... What are you doing here?
Obiwan: Damn auto correct... It replaced me with Gok Wan! Right, sorted...
Gok Wan: *vanishes*
Obiwan: Anyway, you're going out in that?
Vader: *grumbling about it being a good thing he has spare suits*
Me: Well, that was random... WOAH! *leaps aside to dodge a nightmare, and a block of exploding ice*
Pitch and Ice Black: WE'RE BACK!
Ice Black: With the various threats and things we have got from various readers, we decided that they were a bigger risk to our health that even you, Raven...
Me: Really? They have learnt...
Rafiki: *appears* STOP STEALING AND PARA-PHRASING MY LINE! *vanishes*
Me: Again... Random... Anyway, I'm glad you're here Icey... You see, Luke Skywalker and Jack have been getting along rather well, and Luke wants to have a... chat with you about recent events...
Ice Black: *gulps* Vader's kid?
Me: The very same...
Ice Black: Huh... *suddenly spins and tries to vanish*
Me: *Grabs a lasso and catches him* Huh... Lasso? WHAT IS GOING ON HERE! WHAT IS ALL THIS MADNESS! Ahem, anyway... You aren't going anywhere... Pitch! Stay Right There! Right, I'm going to get these two secured, so enjoy the chapter whilst I do guys!
"NORTH! MOVE!"
North leaped out of the way just in time to avoid thewinter spirit that was currently sliding himself to a stop. Having arrived from the top of the huge snowdrift, on skis of all things, Jack stepped off of the two deadly pieces of wood –as North decided to call them- giving him a sheepish grin.
"Sorry. Didn't think you'd be out here, especially away from that train design."
"Train design is finished. Though I should have known better than to simply expect peace around Pole… Da?"
"Well, at least I didn't give skis to the elves…"
"… I do not even want to know. I did not know you ski?"
"And snowboard. I thought nothing was going to surprise you guys anymore? I just figured that, seeing as I'm a winter spirit, I may as well give it a go. Shame I crashed my snowboard a few years ago though…"
"You crashed a snowboard?"
"I was snowboarding on the slopes of Everest… Mainly because I was bored and it sounds cool to say I snowboarded on Everest. Hey, you ever skied North?"
North blinked.
"No. I distrust flimsy pieces of wood."
Jack snorted.
"Who said anything about wood?" He held up the skies to reveal that they were, as a matter of fact, made of ice. "Reinforced ice. I have no idea how it's possible, but it is, and it's nearly impossible to break. I spent months actually trying, then managed it after a single day of snowboarding. Typical…"
North, not sure how to respond to Jack's apparent love of dangerous sports, simply nodded.
"Da… But maybe come inside before elves see skis?"
Jack grinned.
"Might be a plan…" As they head in, Jack cocked his head at North. "Hey, do any of you guys skate…?"
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Tooth giggled as she span around on the small layer of ice Jack had created. The ice skates on her feet- which Jack had created by letting ice trail over her feet, up around her ankles, and then forming a thin blade on the bottom of the shoes- were actually really comfy, and she had found, to her delight, that she quickly became proficient at Ice Skating. She was now cautiously attempting spins and twirls, using her wings to aid her balance, whilst Jack rolled his eyes at the others.
"Aww, come on guys!"
North, having made the excuse that he had to work, had managed to get out of it, and Bunny was simply giving Jack a look that said no way was he getting onto the ice.
So that left Sandy. And the oldest guardian knew it too.
But, unlike the others, he was curious, and, once Jack had shown him how to create the skates, he replicated it with dream sand and head onto the ice. He did not get it as fast as Tooth, but he was eventually skating easily to and fro.
Jack gave Bunny an eye roll, forming a pair of the ice skates on his own feet, before he leapt onto the ice, landing in a twirl, and casually spinning and gliding, backwards, across the surface. Placing a hand to the ice, he let the surface grow larger, and started showing Tooth some different twirls, though Sandy decided he was more than comfortable just sauntering and gliding around.
Time travelled quickly that morning, and it was soon the early afternoon. But, before Tooth head off, she was insistent that Jack show her some of the paired moves on the ice.
After a lot of wide eyes and wheedling, he agreed, ending up showing her an entire routine.
Half an hour later, after some practise, Tooth thought she had it, and decided to try a couple of moves.
She had thought she might be nervous about letting someone else hold her up over the ice, but found that she had no qualms about it with Jack.
It wasn't long, however, before she really had to leave, and Jack grinned.
"Another time? Hey, and I might be able to get the others to come along… Aspen and Clo have this great routine… And me and Clo have this weird move that we made up only a couple of months ago…"
Tooth grinned.
"Definitely…" She quickly called over to Sandy, as she gave Jack a hug and rose into the air. "See you later Sandy! Bye Jack!"
With that, she flew off, leaving Sandy to sigh about the fact that he really should be leaving too.
Though that might explain why the children's dreams were all filled with snow and skating that night…
Jack decided to leave the ice where it was, and flew inside, rolling his eyes as he saw elves, with normal skates on their feet, or even with just their boots, mimicking the movements.
Then he grinned… He had a plan… A GREAT plan… but he would need help.
With that thought, he flew off to find Aspen- the name they had all taken to calling him, though he didn't seem to mind- and Clover…
They both stared at him.
For several moments after he had stopped talking.
Then Aspen coughed, blinking.
"You're… being serious?"
Jack nodded.
"Yep. Boredom and a curious mind have led me to believe it is possible."
"And you want us to help?"
"Well, I could teach them on my own, but it would take forever…"
Clover giggled.
"For a good reason. You cannot be serious?
Jack nodded.
"I am. Deadly serious."
Clover sighed, as the pair shared an eye roll before turning back to Jack.
"So, we're teaching the elves to ice skate… Great…"
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To the surprise of all of them, the elves did not take long to learn. Taking them out in shifts, Jack and the other two managed to teach about a hundred per day, and North, though he was wondering what Jack was up to- him having been unusually quiet that week- had no idea.
However, it was nearly a month before they were all twirling around without Jack needing to supervise-though several collision did occur, most likely deliberate- and it was lucky they finished when they did, because now that things had been lax for a couple of days, Tooth had asked if they could spend another day skating again. And this time, Baby Tooth and several of the other fairies wanted to join in.
Jack, instructing several of the elves that were actually taking this seriously, much to his total shock, paired them up with a fairy each, telling them to teach them the basics.
Tooth, astounded by the fact that the elves could skate, spent almost an hour simply watching, as the elves taught the fairies.
Jack, on the other hand, had decided to teach Baby Tooth.
After a couple of hours, and, on a whim, Jack stopped, and hmm'ed, before forming a block of ice and shaping it into the form of a tiny person. Then, like he did with the ice animals and things like that, brought it to life. But, instead of leaving it to its own devices, he reached out to it, trying to feel for it.
Tooth and North, who had decided to join them for the show, both stared at him strangely, until he broke off long enough to explain.
"I've been experimenting with different things. Sometimes, if I can get enough concentration up and everything, I can actually connect to the ice and… well, it's almost like I am the ice. It's kinda cool actually. Though I have definitely got to figure it out properly…"
Tooth, tying to puzzle that out, spoke out loud.
"So… You can control the ice… Like you are the ice?"
"Something like that. I am honestly not sure…" Then he grinned, giving up on his pet project, and, realising that Baby Tooth was perfectly fine on the ice, got up to greet Clover and Aspen, who had just arrived.
"Looks like all the hard work paid off!" Aspen said, laughing as he and Jack high fived, though Clover simply shook her head.
"Men… They come up with the most ridiculous ideas…"
Or not so ridiculous, as it turned out.
Everyone was sent into hysterics as the elves did their little showy off-y dances, that, up until they started having a snowball fight at the same time, actually went really well.
It took several minutes for Jack, who was laughing and dodging and twirling and basically trying to leap and dodge the flailing elves, to break up the fight, which, of course, led to him being stalked, on the ice, by several of the fairies.
Then Tooth whispered something to them, and they buzzed off, before eagerly turning to watch Jack with a keen eye.
He only had time to give her a raised eyebrow, wondering what on Moon she had planned this time, before he felt his wrist grabbed and found himself being spun around.
He slid to a smooth stop, half glaring at, half amused by Clover's sneaky attack, before she motioned to the fairies, speaking in a conspiratorial whisper.
"They won't go until they've seen you dance on ice."
"Bu they've seen me dance-"
"Not on the ice…"
Jack took the whole of half a second to decide, before grinning and grabbing Clover's hand, spinning her in a circle and using the momentum to lift her into the air, still spinning.
They were both grinning as he lowered her down, and they started going through a basic routine they had perfected years ago.
Aspen, having Ice Skating as a favourite hobby, had spent a lot of time doing it, and as soon as he realised Clover had a knack for it, it was a very regular thing for them. Which was why Jack motioned for Aspen to take over, spinning Clover off so that the other spirit could smoothly twirl her into another dance.
But, before he could escape, he found himself accosted by Tooth- much to North's amusement and subsequent regret that Bunny was not here to witness it- and ended up going over the routine he had showed her before. It wasn't long before her quick mind picked it up, and they were soon spinning around, doing lifts, twirls and gliding around the other pair in complicated patterns that the elves immediately tried to replicate, only for it to devolve into another snowball fight, which North decided to try and sort out.
Meaning the others quickly stopped skating to see how it would turn out.
It turned out badly.
It was a matter of moments before North was buried up to his beard in snow, and Jack was almost doubled over with laughter as he grabbed his staff and swiped it all away with a mischievous glint in his eyes.
Because as the snow swept away, it formed snowballs, which joined the rapidly growing piles dotted everywhere.
The meaning was simple…
It was strange how easily they gravitated into teams.
Their earlier enmity forgotten, the elves sided with North, as Aspen and Clo dove behind a pile together, leaving Jack and Tooth to do the same…
North cursed in Russian as he was pelted just before he found the cover of one of the piles of snow. He could not wait to get Jack back for this…But till then… He leapt up, throwing several snowballs, before ducking down again, then running to a nearby snowdrift.
Jack, noticing this, nudged Tooth.
"Cover me!"
She nodded, and he grabbed his staff, letting the wind carry him to the top of the high snowdrift, before forming his newest weapon. Then, leaving his staff on the top of the snowdrift, he shoved himself away from the edge, letting the wind speed him up until he was skiing at a ridiculously fast pace.
The basic skies were more than enough for what he had in mind, and, upon nearly reaching the bottom, directed himself behind North, who turned just in time to see Jack spin and slide to a stop, sending a wave of wind aided snow over the older guardian, burying him again.
As North spluttered, shoving his head out, his half-hearted glare morphed to a grin, as he saw that Jack had tumbled from the skies, his laughter having knocked him off balance, and had tumbled into the snow drift, where he managed to get to his feet, buried up to his chest.
Still grinning, Jack widened the small hole he had made, ducking down inside it, before resurfacing with dozens of snowballs.
How he could make them so fast without the aid of his powers, north could never figure out, but he knew where his aim came from, and the winter spirit used it to good effect, taking out the various elves that tried to dig North out, as well as throwing the occasional snowball at his head.
North eventually managed to dig himself out, and Tooth, who had, up till now, been battling Clover and Aspen, called a truce and whispered to them.
The pair grinned, and both Jack and North sighed as they took in the meaning of this.
Okay then, looked like a change of teams…
Then Jack grinned, a plan forming, and started whispering to North…
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As North took the brunt of the attack, with the elves, Jack used a variety of leaps and rolls to get out of sight, around the curve of the snowdrift, before he swiftly clambered to the top.
Forming several larger than normal snowballs, he positioned them at the top of the snowdrift, before grabbing his staff. This was going to be great…
He threw a snowball at North, who sighed at the terrible signal before ducking behind a pile of snowballs.
Then, even as the other figured out that something was up, Jack sent the snowballs off the edge of the snowdrift where the immediately started to get bigger and bigger…
The other caught sight of them too late, and, before they could run, the huge balls of snow had caught up with them.
Jack guided them after the three of them, even using the wind to lift one into the air, and, as soon as they were close enough, made them explode. The one in the air ended up showering Tooth with freezing flakes of snow, even as the ones on the ground exploded with enough snow to virtually bury the two spirits.
After about ten minutes of watching them try to wade out of it, however, Jack decided to lend them a hand and swept the snow away, leaving them up to their knees in it. At Clover's glare, he shrugged.
"No point in making it too easy…"
Then it was cookies. Still warm cookies, which was even better.
Sandy, as he popped in quickly, was annoyed to have missed it, but the knowledge that the plan he, North, Tooth and Bunny had come up with to get back at Jack in a prank war made up for it, and he flew away with a grin on his face that made Jack almost suspicious…
Was there something going on here that he didn't know about…?
Ah well, he'd find out soon enough…
As he walked Aspen and Clover home, from the place the orb had decided to leave them, in the forest, his suspicions grew, and, as he said goodbye, the 'Be Careful' that Clover sent him, grinning and with a glint of humour in her eyes, which was matched, if not exceeded by Aspen, sent him into an even more suspicious state.
He said a quick goodnight to North, Tooth having already left, before he head to his own place…
Where he began preparing for every eventuality…
Blasters… and paint bombs… and glitter bombs… and... well, everything really.
Because his senses were tingling, and something told him that a lot of fun was heading his way soon…
Luke: You're such a nerf-herder!
Ice Black: And you are a complete… waste of space. Seriously, I doubt you could hurt a fly!
Vader: Oi! That's my son you're talking to! *uses the force to lift Ice Black into the air and spin him around, like he did with Tony, then, after a few minutes, dumps him on the floor* Luke, you must understand that, around Raven? She really does not mind you actually using the force on people… as long as it has a humorous factor into it-
Me: *still blinking from the overall awesomeness of Vader* AWW! You went over protective Daddy Mode! That's so sweet! *still squealing from the cuteness of it all* I just… I MUST GIVE YOU A HUG! *runs and leaps, grabbing him around the neck and squeezing*
Vader: *Sighs*
Luke: I'll… err… I'll just… See you guys later then… *grabs Ice Black* Okay then Mr Olwen Rollo Chrissie Fir-Pine Kanchenjunga Popocatepetl Snow, you're coming to have a little chat with… Hmm, I haven't seen Hulk in a while.
Ice Black: WHY WOULD YOU TELL THEM ALL MY NAME!
Me: *still squeezing* Because it's ridiculous, and can inspire so many nicknames… Such as Piney whiney… And Popeye… And plus, Chrissie is such a girl's name! Hey, guys? *to you readers* Any more ideas for mocking nicknames? Even if they are not related to his actual name…
Vader: I like that… The readers clearly… 'dislike' Mr Kitty Cat-
Me: Nice one...
Vader: Thanks… Anyway, I'm sure they will come up with some awesome ones, which we could use in the next footnote… Oh, and I will see you soon Luke.
Luke: Sure… See ya Raven… *walks out, dragging Ice Black by the ear*
Pitch: Err… Have I been forgotten..? AGAIN?!
Me: *finding Vader's shoulder really comfy all of a sudden and yawning* Whatever Pitchy Witch…
Vader: *rolls his eyes, swinging me, once again, into-(what I am now changing the name of, seeing as it sounds cooler and more fan-girlish, as pointed out by D. D. Natanya, than 'Like a Baby')- a bridal style position*
Me: Ooh, even comfier…
Vader: *sighing, half sarcastic, half amused* Why Thank you… Glad to be of service…
me: Okay guys… Till next time! And guest review responses are written below. Hey, Vader? Can you annoy Pitch somehow?
Vader: *somehow managing to grab a walkie-talkie whilst holding me* Why Of course… Until next time Readers!
MEC- Buddy, Vader is really not in a good mood right now, but he says he might be able to share… (I had a little chat with him :D ) And glad you enjoyed the update! And that you found it funny :D
And yay! I'M INSANE TOO! Though you probably got that from the footnotes… Lol :D
Anyway, hope you enjoyed the chapter!
M- Glad you enjoyed, and yay! Multi-fandom Buddy! Nice to know, Lol :D Hope you enjoyed this chapter as well!
Guest- Thank you very much! Glad you enjoyed :D
