Chapter 5


We fall for a while, my heart pounding as I buried my face into his chest. His chest heaves, his heartbeat slow but calming. I feel us slowly come to a stop and his soft voice into my ears. I take a deep breathe looking up from his shirt slowly at the towering factory like house. It had small smoke clouds puffing out its many chimney's, bright red bricks sparkling in the sun's rays. The door swirls with a clear coating of glitter with the door knobs being made from candy canes. Jack lower us on the porch and I get a sense of relaxation as the door opens revealing the smell of ginger bread cookies. He holds my hand and pull me inside as I look around. The hustle and bustle of thousands of elves run around, carrying a variety of toys and a toy train fly around the room dropping off pieces to the elves. I look back at Jack who was grinning at my expression.

"Like the view?" He pushes open a door as he spoke.

"I've never seen anything like it honestly." I say following behind him. A group a people huddled around the hologram in the middle of the room. Wait. Not all of them are people. A female shaped, fairy winged woman flies and tackle Jack. I step to the side not wanting to be tackled as well.

"Jack your back! Teeth white as ever." The bird like thing agreed with her giggling with her. They turn their attention to me and I feel my heart start panicking again. The room falls silent. I look around at each one, a mutant bunny, an old man, a midget and a bug like girl. The old man took walked up to me, towering over me by at least four feet.

"What's your name?" He leans down being about twelve inches away. I take a huge step back and take a breath, speaking.

"Jynx"

"Well Jynx... Welcome to the family!" The old man belted pulling me into a tight bear hug. I look at jack a bit scared not knowing what to do. He chuckles and floated up patting him on the back.
"Jynx, meet Santa Clause or Saint Nick. Which ever you prefer to call him."

Clause let go of me as I fell into a pile of sand. I sigh in relief that it was there. It moved me onto my feet and looked around. Jack smiled watching my facial expression change to amazement. It's something I've never seen. It's really... magical. The little man appears from it, giving a slight wave. I smile and wave back as jack step beside me.
"He don't really speak much...Nice person though..."
The sand man nod and smile handing me a sand flower as jack slowly put it into my hair. I blush and pull away, hearing girlish giggles through the sand. I step out of it and take a deep breathe. Man, this is a lot of friendliness going on. I leave out of the room quickly stepping out onto a balcony. Jack quickly followed a bit concerned about Jynx.

"Hey what's wrong?" He grabs her hand softly, looking down into her eyes. I look away and pull away leaning on the balcony.

"I'm fine it's just a lot going on...' I spoke out staring out into the night sky Falling upon the forest swirled round the mountain.

"We'll if you want to talk about it. I'm here... and I'm not going to leave you..." He stands next to her looking up at the sky as well. I look over at him leaning on his shoulder. He smiled and whispered softly to her, slowly pulling me onto his chest. "No worries you dont have to talk about it... no rush." He kissed the top of my head smiling as i let out a small sigh into his chest.

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