The next morning I awoke to the strange feeling of being watched. Everything came to mind in a rush. My father in my dream. Jack and Lauren helping me. The memory charm. Meeting the Guardians. As I thought of the Guardians and each of their powers, I began to wonder about the Sandman. He had the ability to bring good dreams. The opposite of my father. Could he know another way to reverse the charm?

Jack walked in as I mulled this thought around in my mind. He gave me a less than subtle questioning look. I mouthed, he's watching. Jack seemed to understand. The feeling of being watched intensified. "How did you sleep last night after I left?" he asked

"Fine." I answered flatly, "You?"

"Ok. Lauren wanted me to tell you that she is going to start preparing the portal."

I nodded, "Tell her I'll be right out." Jack nodded and left my room.

"How was that, Father?" I spit out, trying to keep the act up. The sound of my father's laugh filled my head. Bastard.

I walked from my room and entered the hall. I could see Jack sitting at the wooden table in Lauren's living area. I started towards where he was sitting. A strange noise came from outside the cave. I cast a questioning look in Jack's direction before looking out the cave. A strange object was on the floor. From what I could tell, the noises were coming from the object. Lauren stood a few feet from the loud thing, a portal beginning to form in front of her. Jack came out behind me and looked at the thing making noise. A memory came to mind of Lauren showing me the nick-knacks she had collected from the human world. She was holding the strange object in her hand, "This plays music, a strange and wonderful kind of sound that humans listen to for fun. It's called a radio." she was ecstatic about the thing, making me all the more enthusiastic to know more. She pressed a button on the radio and it started to make loud and wonderful noise. "This is music." Lauren looked at me with a glittering smile on her face. I smiled back.

"That's a radio." I explained to Jack, "Lauren told me about a long time ago. She said it plays something called music, which is that strange noise I guess." I pointed to the box of noise.

Jack smiled at me, "I know, Jamie had one. There's so much music, it's crazy. He tried to tell me all about how the different kinds, it's pretty incredible. I felt a blush creep into my cheeks. Of course he would have known about music. I had completely forgotten that some humans could see him. Jack looked at my face and saw the blush on my face. He turned his head, but not before I saw a similar reaction on his face. Why was Jack blushing at me? "Why are you blushing?" I asked, a playful tone in my voice.

His face turned a deep shade of blue. I snickered at this and his face turned even bluer. "Uh.." he opened his mouth but no words came. "I- I uh..." Lauren came to his rescue, however, by yelling our names. Jack and I walked to where she was standing. "The portal is all ready, whenever you are."

I smiled, "Thank you so much. For everything." I hugged her tightly before backing up to stand next to Jack.

"It was my pleasure. It was wonderful to meet you Jack, and it was great seeing you again, Ava." Lauren smiled back at Jack and I.

Jack nodded to Lauren, "It was great meeting you too. Thank you so much."

Lauren gave a friendly smile, "Well, whenever you're ready."

Jack bowed and gestured to the portal with a playful grin on his face, "Ladies first." I laughed and turned to thank Lauren one last time, "Thank you for everything." I waved once and with a deep breath, stepped back into the portal.

The wind blew around me and picked me up. I felt extremely dizzy and lost. Where was I? Right, the portal. The wind blew and spun me around like a rag doll. It was if I weighed nothing. The wind howled in my ears and whipped my face. Colors slowly started to appear once again. I could see green and red, blue, purple. It was a beautiful sight. Things sharpened and my vision completely restored. I was laying on my back and staring at the sky. The colors I had seen were from the northern lights that lit the night sky like a shining torch. I heard a groan near me and my senses came back. I suddenly felt very cold. I started to shiver as I lifted myself from the ground. My frigid feeling was explained when I looked to see the ground was covered in deep snow. I raised my body temperature and then saw Jack out of the corner of my eye. He was, like me just gaining control of his senses. He noticed me and a look crossed his face, but was gone before I could determine what it was.

"Where are we?" I asked slowly, my words a bit slurred.

"The North Pole." Jack responded, looking off somewhere behind me. I turned to see an edifice in the distance. It was magnificent. With multiple different buildings and many windows that spilled warm light onto the ice cliff the structure stood on, the place screamed beauty. This must be the Guardians meeting place? "This is North's dwelling. We meet here when we discuss Guardian business too." Jack's face clouded with concern. "Speaking of which, that's what those lights are for. They go out around the world and call the Guardians here. Why would North call us together?"

Jack looked extremely worried, and walked forward a few steps toward the workshop. "Do you think you can fly with me?" he asked

"Yes." Jack wanted to get to the workshop as soon as he could, and I couldn't hold him back.

"Alright then, lets go." Jack let a mischievous smile go and picked me up bridal style and flew quickly towards the workshop. I let out a little whoop of excitement and closed my eyes as I prepared to meet the Guardians.