Refusing to join – What's my centre?
"You two are Guardians," Marcus answered.
"Guardians? Us two?" Snowmoon asked confused.
"That's right!" North cheered. Music filed the room as the elves played the instruments whilst the yetis were holding up torches. One handed North, a large book with the large G symbol imprinted in gold on the front cover.
The elves poke her feet and motion her to a pair of shoes.
Some others started poking Snowmoon's paws but he flicks them away.
Marcus, Tooth and Sandy hold up cups of eggnog to toast in their honour. Bunny meanwhile rolls her eyes.
However Snowmoon begins to huff in annoyance whilst Jenna frowns her eyebrows. They looked at each other and nodded. Jenna slams her staff on the floor and creates a slippery ice surface that makes the music die away and the torches blow out.
"What makes you all think Snowmoon and I want to be guardians?" she asked not convinced.
North started laughing loudly and erratically. Bunny however laughs nervously along but turns back to his serious mood after that.
"Of course, you two want to be Guardians," North referred back to the subject not caring about what Jenna and Snowmoon thought. "Music!"
The elves started playing on their trumpets again.
"No music!" Jenna shouted.
The elves just kept playing but Snowmoon roared at them and they scurried away.
The Guardians were frozen at seeing them so aggravated and annoyed.
"Look guys, you all are hard word and deadlines. And well Jenna and I are…snowballs and fun times," Snowmoon stated.
"You see, we're not Guardians," Jenna said as she hopped onto his back. "Now if you'll know what's best for yourselves, you'll leave us alone,"
Bunny was delighted. "You see guys, I told you they weren't Guardians. Now good day, Jenna and Snowmonk," he waved mock fully at them.
"Don't call me, Snowmonk," Snowmoon warned snarling at him.
"That's right, Bunny," Marcus said standing up for him. "And also don't act like what is you're seeing is true isn't,"
Tooth fluttered to Jenna and Snowmoon. "Jenna, Snowmoon…" She began reasoning with them. "I don't think you two understand what we do," she started indicated the large Globe spinning around the room's levels shining with loads of believers. "Each of those lights is a child…"
"A child who believes," North added. "And good or bad – Naughty or Nice, we protect them,"
Tooth dug her fingers into Jenna's lips again.
"Tooth, please?" Jenna's muffling voice pleaded.
"Tooth, fingers out of mouth!" Snowmoon ordered as he twisted his head at her.
"Sorry!" Tooth backed away. "It's just they're beautiful,"
She backed away. Marcus started stepping in looking serous.
"Guys, this is no time for lectures," he stated whilst Snowmoon and turned to go down a corridor with Jenna on his back. "Pitch is out there still doing who knows what,"
The mention of that name made Jenna freeze in horror. Snowmoon did too.
"Wait, you mean Pitch Black?" Jenna slid off her dragon. They turned their heads to the Guardians. "The Bogey Man?"
"That's ridiculous," Snowmoon not impressed replied. "Completely ridiculous. You're wrong. That creepy guy can't be out there,"
"Well sorry, Snowmoon but I'm afraid Pitch is out there," Tooth reasoned.
"When he threatens us, he threatens them as well," North explained gesturing to the lights.
"All the reason to bother and pick people are who more into this sort of stuff," Jenna argued again. "Snowmoon and I aren't goanna dragged into something that's not our problem,"
"You think we picked you?" Marcus asked making Jenna look at him in anger. "You Jenna Frost and your dragon were chosen just like we were all chosen by my father. The Man in the Moon," he gestured to the large moon through the opening on the round structured roof.
"The Man in the Moon is your father?" Snowmoon asked shocked.
"He what?" Jenna asked shocked.
"Last night, Jenna and Snowmoon, he chose you two," Tooth softly answered.
"Maybe," Bunny said but Marcus elbowed him in anger.
Snowmoon and Jenna looked clearly into the sky and saw the moon. "The man in the moon, he talks to you?" Jenna asked surprised.
"You see Jenna, you and your dragon cannot say no. it is Destiny,"
Jenna and Snowmoon still weren't convinced.
"If this really is our destiny…wh-why-why would he tell us that himself?" Snowmoon asked.
Jenna groaned smack her head on her forehead. "After 300 years, this is his answer to spend eternity like all of you cooped up in some- some hideout, thinking of new ways to bribe kids?"
"Oh, no, no, no," Snowmoon refused. "That is not for us!" he shouted up at the moon. "No offense,"
"How is that not offensive?" Marcus demanded. "You two dare refuse my father's claims?"
"Marcus! Your father abandoned us for 300 years," Jenna ranted. "The only good thing he ever did was bring us together,"
"Well you know what I think…" Bunny cut in again as Snowmoon and Jenna were walking away again "I- I think we just dodged a bullet. I mean what do those mischief makers know about bringing joy to children anyway?" he asked the others as he bent down on his back blacks and used his left back paw to scratched behind his ear.
"Uh, you ever hear of a snow day?" Snowmoon asked.
"We know it's no... hardboiled egg, but kids like what we do," Jenna answered.
"But none of 'em believe in you two. Do they?" Bunny mocked as he stepped towards them. "Y'see, you're both are invisible, it's like you two don't even exist,"
Snowmoon bit at making him jump back in fright.
"Bunny! Enough with your insulting words," Tooth ordered standing up for them.
"No, the kangaroo's right," Jenna agreed.
"Yep the hoppin kango is righto," Snowmoon said as well.
Bunny's eyes widened "The- the what? What'd you two call me? I'm not a kangaroo!"
"Forgive us if we're not talking to the animal who's as tall like a kangaroo, who bounces so high like one and has the Australian accent of one," Jenna retorted.
"If you're not a hopping kangaroo…" Snowmoon began staring into Bunny's eyes. "What are you exactly?"
"I'm a bunny," Bunny dare fully answered staring back in his eyes. "The Easter Bunny. People believe in me,"
There was silence between everyone for a sec.
Jenna decided to refer back to her Snowmoon's answer. "Okay, look guardians, Snowmoon and I believed in the Man in the Moon once back when he saved my life and bought us together but now we don't want anything to do with what he says. If he really did chose us for a purpose, he should have told us that a lot sooner," she turned her back and proceeded to get onto Snowmoon.
"I agree," Marcus attempted to reason placing a hand on her shoulder.
Jenna quickly reacted with a quick turn and pointed her staff point at his neck. "Don't get familiar,"
"And don't act you care about us or how we have feel," Snowmoon warned.
"I care," Marcus sympathized in a whispering tone gently pushing the staff's tip away. "I agree he should have told you two, his reason for choosing you a lot sooner. But Jenna, Snowmoon this isn't just about being believed in or not, this is about the children and we don't help them, Pitch will bring fear and darkness to them forever,"
"Forget it," Snowmoon pushing Marcus back with his paw. "We have,"
Sandy blows his checks then gestures to North to do something/
North decided a better way to get them to join. "Jenna, Snowmoon will you two walk with me?"
"No way," Jenna refused.
"Come on just this once," North pleaded.
Jenna huffed. "Fine, one walk but that's it,"
Jenna and Snowmoon followed North into the heart of the workshop. "It was a amazing how a medium-sized dragon could fit through the spaces in the workshop,"
"Nothing personal, North, what you all do, it's just- it's not our thing," Jenna reasoned.
"Well Man in Moon says it is your thing," North argued "You will see,"
"Slow down, would ya?" Jenna pleaded. "We don't walk a lot so we're not much of a pair of runners,"
"Keep up! Would ya both?" North demanded
Jenna was amazed at seeing so many cool tools that the Yeti's were making "Woah! I always thought the elves made the toys,"
North advised. "We just let them believe that.
The elves were experimenting with Christmas lights and made a spinning elf on a music box with decorations
"Very nice. Keep up good work!" North ordered impressed. They passed by a yeti working on blue toy robots. "I don't like it, paint it red!" North ordered because he didn't like the color blue due to it not really being a Christmas color.
The Yeti gasped in frustration. He turned to a whole shelf full of the blue robots, and slammed his head on the table. Snowmoon passed by tapped on the head with his tail tip making him jump up in fright.
"Step it up everybody!" North commanded to all the Yetis as they made more cool toys and loaded up more presents. The three came to the entrance of North's personal workshop room which kind of belonged to Marcus as well when he was staying around with his best friend.
"Snowmoon, I want you to stay outside," North said to him. "You're a bit big and you might mess up my workshop,"
"I don't trust you," Snowmoon said threatenly.
"It'll be okay, Snowmoon," Jenna assured stroking his right head's side. "I'll be fine,"
"Fine but don't you dare do anything," Snowmoon warned North.
"No harm will come to Jenna. I give you my word," North vowed. He and Jenna stepped inside his workshop. Jenna couldn't help but admire what was in there. There were cool ice models, trees with lights and etc.
"Fruitcake?" North offered take a plate of his favorite cake from an elf who fell to the floor.
Jenna answered, "Uh, no... Thanks,"
North tossed the plate away before crack his knuckles "Now we get down to tacks of brass.
"Tacks of-"Jenna started to ask but the door suddenly closed and locked behind her much to her shock.
Outside Snowmoon's eyes widened when the door slammed suddenly, he banged his head against it. "Jenna?"
Jenna was about to respond when she noticed North marching up to her making her back away into the door "Who are you, Jenna Frost? What is your center?"
"My center?" Jenna asked confused. "What are you talking about?"
"If Man in Moon chose you and your dragon to be Guardian, you must have something very special inside that your dragon shares in common with you,"
"I still don't know what you're talking about," Jenna retorted.
"Hmm...," North answered. Whilst he turned his attention to a nearby shelf, Jenna turned her head to the door. "Snowmoon…" she called, "I'm okay," North picked up a Russian Nesting doll that resembled himself. "Here, this is how you see me, no? Very big, intimidating... But if you get to know me a little... Well, go on,"
He handed it to Jenna. She made her staff leaned against and table before focusing back on the doll.
Jenna took off the first doll layer. "You are... downright jolly?"
"Ah! But not just jolly. I am also mysterious…" he continued as Jenna kept take off the dolls layers one by one as they were becoming smaller "And fearless, and caring, and at my center...,"
Jenna came to the final layer and dropped it into his palm. There was a tiny wooden baby. She said: "There's a nothing but tiny wooden baby," she looked at him going 'seriously' with an unamused, unimpressed face. "How's this your center?"
North instructed "Look closer. What do you see?"
"A-ah... Ya have big eyes," she analyzed seeing large blue eyes on the tiny wooden baby.
"Yes! Big eyes, very big, because they are full of wonder," North answered. That is my center. It is what I was born with: eyes that have always seen the wonder in everything! Eyes that see lights in the trees, and magic in the air - this wonder is what I put into the world!" they walked out of his workshop and saw loads of cool things like flying jellyfish and bird devices whilst Snowmoon came back to Jenna's side. "And what I protect in children. It is what makes me a Guardian. It is my center," North explained "What is yours?"
Jenna sighed looking down, "I don't know,"
North held a sympathizing face with her and rolled her fingers over the baby doll figure. "Keep it,"
North eyed Snowmoon for a second before he asked. "Jenna, where did you find your dragon?"
"Well…" Jenna hesitantly began as she placed North's wooden baby center in her knapsack still hung across her chest. "On the night, the Man in the Moon saved me from a frozen lake, I was asleep near the lake when I heard a loud whooshing noise and I looked up to the sky, some comet like trail. It landed in the forest. I went to go look for it thinking it might be the answer to my questions. But all I found was Snowmoon as a hatchling. When we touched this happened,"
She showed North her palm and his eyes of wonder widened at seeing the G symbol shining in silver.
"And the moon symbol appeared on my head," Snowmoon's eyes poked up gesturing North to the moon crest on Snowmoon's head. "The two of us were inseparable for 300 years after that day,"
"Your bond with Snowmoon is very strong. Dragons protect us Guardians just as how we protect children," North explained to Jenna. "You both spiritually connected to each other. Snowmoon has something inside himself that makes him similar to you and therefore makes him worthy of being your guardian dragon,"
"How come I was invisible to the rest of you?" Snowmoon asked.
"Because guardian dragons are invisible to the eyes of other guardians until their time comes for them to chosen by the Moon along with their riders. But I must advice you Jenna. You must be very careful,"
"Why?" Jenna asked confused.
"Because the easiest way your dragon can die is by you being killed or stabbed through the heart. If a Guardian dies so does their dragon" North warned. "It is very important you're very careful wherever you are,"
Jenna and Snowmoon stared at each other for a short.
The moment of silence was cut off by the sound of hummingbird wings outside the window. They looked out and saw Tooth and her three Mini-Fairies zooming out of sight.
Marcus, Bunny and Sandy came running up to them. "We have problem, guys. There's trouble at the Tooth Palace," Marcus alerted.