Jack, with Nyfe riding on his shoulder, followed North as they got unto a lift.
"I'm not a Guardian," Jack informed the man.
"Ha!" North said. "If Manny say you are Guardian, then you are."
"He's right ya-know," Nyfe added. "If the Man in the Moon says something, you should listen."
Jack frowned and grabbed the pixie. He quickly stuck Nyfe into the pocket of his hoodie. Just as he let go of the tiny creature, he felt a sharp prick in the fleshy part of his hand, between the fingers and he saw Nyfe shoot out.
The pixie abruptly buzzed up into Jack's face, pricked his nose with a very tiny dagger and shot off. Jack flinched more from the anger from Nyfe, then the tiny puncture wound that he was now bleeding from. The Winter Spirit made a note to apologize to the pixie later.
"I'm not joining you guys," Jack said as North stepped off of the lift. "No offense, I just can't be a Guardian."
"If Manny chose you, " North said, signing a paper. "Then he has reason."
Jack saw the big man throw the pen behind him, to the shock of the boy, and walked past him. It was then the Winter Spirit noticed the workshop.
Santa's Workshop!
Jack Frost stopped right where he was and stared at the large area in awe. There was just so much going on. Nothing that Story had ever told him, could compare to what the boy was seeing.
"Hurry up," North said to Jack as he started to lead the way to the destination.
"Whoa!" Jack exclaimed excitedly. "I wanna see everything. I've been trying to bust in here for years."
"What do you mean, bust in?" North asked shocked at the revelation.
"Oh don't worry," Jack said mischievously, not seeing the look on the man's face. "Never got past the Yetis."
The Winter Spirit bumped into something and he turned around to see a large furry Yeti, "Oh hey, Phil."
The burly Yeti made a fist and punched his other hand, threateningly.
"Keep up, Jack," North said, motivating the boy to hurry.
Jack saw that the workshop was more wonderful than what Story could ever describe. The boy watched in awe, as Yetis were making toys and trying them out. Jack Frost attempted to keep up with North. The Winter Spirit saw a Yeti making a toy train from a ice sculpture, when he suddenly had to duck to avoid being hit by a large toy plane, which Nyfe so happened to be riding.
Jack Frost quickly looked back to see the pixie laughing and whooping as the plane shot up higher into the workshop, and the boy shook his head.
Jack then saw the elves and he frowned slightly as he realized that it was the Yetis who were working.
"I always thought that the Elves made the toys," Jack said, looking at a group of the small creatures. He watched them as North leaned closer to him.
"Story tell everyone that," The jolly man whispered in the boy's ear. "We just let them believe that.
Jack stood watching the elves finish wrapping their friend up in Christmas lights and plug it into a electric socket. Jack smirked at the elf, as it lit up like a Christmas tree. Nyfe came buzzing up and settled down in his hood, as North wrapped an arm around the boy, to pull him away from the amusing scene.
Jack followed the man and came close to the edge of the floor. The boy looked down and saw that the workshop had many other floors below. The boy smiled as he glanced around him, to see North reaching a door.
The Winter Spirit ran to catch up with the man and as North opened the door, Jack noticed that Nyfe was now sitting on his shoulder.
As Jack walked through the door, Nyfe saw Ejit offer a platter of a fruitcake. The pixie pointed to the man as North took it.
"Fruitcake?"
Jack refused it, as he looked around the personal workshop. He almost missed the man tossing the mockery of a dessert somewhere behind him. The boy heard the pixie laugh and he went back to looking.
"Now we get down to tacks of brass," Jack heard.
"Tacks of br-" Jack started to say, but North advanced onto him.
"Who are you," North said almost jabbing a big finger into the boy's chest. Jack took notice that Nyfe seemed to be calm, so Jack remained curious. "What is your center?"
"M-my center?"
"Who you are," North exclaimed.
Jack watched as the man straightened up and slightly tugged on his beard.
"When I was younger," North told the boy. "I used to be top Bandit. But when my first believer needed my help, I came to her rescue. I found out something about myself."
North reached up and grabbed a Russian Nesting doll and forcefully gave it to the boy.
"This is how you see me, no?" North said as Jack looked at it. "Big and intimidating."
"But if you get to know me a little," North said with a chuckle.
"You are downright jolly," Jack said, realizing that this seemed to be turning into another lesson.
"But not just," North said, as Jack twisted the top off. "I am also mysterious, fearless and caring. And at my center..."
Jack looked at a tiny doll.
"It's a tiny wooden baby," Jack commented.
"Look closer," North pushed.
"You have big eyes," Jack pointed out.
"Yes!" North exclaimed, as Nyfe buzzed off. "Very big eyes. Full of wonder! Eyes to see the wonder in everything!"
Jack grinned as he barely noticed that the pixie was riding a firetruck, instead taking more notice that the man was really into what he was saying.
"And I protect that wonder," North finished. "I put wonder into the world and protect it in children. It's what makes me a Guardian."
"It's my center," Jack heard North tell him. "What's yours?"
Jack looked down at the wooden baby and then looked back up at the man, "I dunno."
The moment was suddenly broken as Nyfe came buzzing up, and Bunny was seconds after him.
"Trouble at the Tooth Palace," The Pooka announced.
I hope that you guys liked this. And thanks to all the people who left a review on my story. I promise that the next chapter will be worthy of your notice. It won't be like the movie. I'll be leaving out the sleigh ride. So if you wanted to read it, you're better off watching the movie. It's just perfect as it is, why mess it up with words.
So enjoy!