Do I even have to explain anything? I don't own RoTG, so enjoy (and please review!).
North opened a portal over France and I looked over Paris. I had been here before, but Paris always looks better at night. The lights, the people, the shopping, and the Eiffel Tower. Gorgeous. There are few sights as beautiful as Paris at night.
We dropped from the sleigh and started to spread the dreams. Remember, Sandy was weakened by Pitch and couldn't do a lot of dream-spreading at once and Jack and I had only tried it once or twice, so we had to do it basically kid by kid.
I flew around to the kids and, after doing a little bit of experimenting, dropped dream-filled raindrops on their heads. The raindrops didn't have the same effect that dreamsand did, but a dream appeared over their heads nonetheless. I constantly kept a floating water orb next to me so I wouldn't have to constantly remake the raindrops. Acionna was very helpful.
I took a look around. There are fifteen different houses with kids on this block.
"Thanks Acionna," I said as I flew along. I entered one kid's room and Little Sand flew over to the kid motioning for me to come closer. I flew over and I watched her take my raindrop and add a pinch of dreamsand to it. She dropped it on the kid's head and the dream became a lot clearer. Little Sand then sprinkled a little bit of dreamsand onto my water orb and it turned a stronger shade of gold.
"Thanks Little Sand," I whispered. Little Sand nodded and flew back onto my shoulder. Did I have to whisper? No, but I wanted to think the kids could see me, so I whispered as to not wake them up. I flew out of the kid's room and proceeded to more houses. The dreamsand infused raindrops worked really well and I was able to personalize a few of the dreams. I tried to stay to gender-neutral themes like swimming and kite flying.
While I was at a kid's house, I felt something wooden come around my waist and yank me out of the way. I glared at Jack as he dropped a snowflake on the kid's head. He looked my way and gave me a mischievous grin.
"Oh, it's on," I said to Jack, still staring him down. I flew out of the kid's window and flew to another house, only to find Bunny already there. I threw my raindrop at the kid's head and it made contact. Bunny looked up in surprise before jumping out of the kid's bedroom and onto the roof.
"Jack and I already started the contest. Want to join?" I asked. Bunny gave me a confirming grin.
"You don't want to race a rabbit, mate," he said before taking off faster than I thought a rabbit could bounce. A blue and green blur flew past me followed quickly by an eight-reindeer sleigh. A golden plane flew past us and I glanced over at Jack. He gave me a wide grin.
"No Misty, NOW it's on," he said as he took off after the Guardians. I quickly flew after him towards the next city.
Things got really crazy, really quick.
I zoomed past Jack and dropped raindrops on the kids as I flew by. Five houses covered in less than ten seconds. Not to be outdone, Jack flew past me and found a household with close to thirteen kids. I peeked in and saw they were all about the same age, and they were all girls.
"Slumber party," I groaned. I rocketed to a house and found North about to give a dream. I sent a thick layer of fog and snuck in the house. I dropped the dream on the kid's head and flew out. I then waved away the fog and North stuck his head out the window, trying to fan away the fog.
"You are on naughty list!" he shouted to me as I flew away laughing. I flew into a different house and a swarm of blue and green appeared in front of my face. I felt lots of little hands pry my mouth open and I felt them being brushed. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Tooth giving the kid a dream about teeth.
"Toof," I said through the brushing, "Pweese helpf." She gave me a wink and flew out. The Mini Fairies abandoned my brushing and flew after their queen. I moved my jaw around a little bit and shook my head. Little Sand was on my shoulder laughing. I ignored her and flew out of the kid's room. I glanced in another window and saw a very interesting sight. Somehow, North and Bunny had gotten stuck in one tunnel hole. I causally flew through the window and dropped a raindrop on the girl's head.
"Misty, that's my dream," North said as he desperately tried to escape.
"No, it's mine," Bunny retorted as he tried to force the tunnel to become bigger. I tried to hold in my laughter until I made it out of the room, but I miserably failed. North and Bunny gave me a death stare as I flew out of the room holding my sides. Sandy flew by me and peeked into the window. He gave me a silent laugh and continued on the block. I hit a few more houses before a swirl of wind surrounded me.
I got a message from Old Man Winter. He says that Jack wants to team up against the rest of the Guardians, Acionna said. Wind spirits can communicate with each other, so long distance communication isn't a problem.
"Tell him yes," I said as I flew around the French countryside. I spotted Jack in the distance and flew over to him.
"You ready?" he asked me.
"The two of us against the four of them?" I asked Jack. He gave me a smirk and I responded with a smile. We both flew off in separate directions: him towards the U.K, me towards Spain.
You do realize that's not fair at all, Acionna said as we flew along.
"I know. It's not fair for the Guardians at all," I replied as we passed over Spain. I tackled a whole city's worth of children before Bunny managed to catch up. He hopped next to me and we tackled the rest of the city.
"Where's Frostbite mate?" Bunny asked as he jumped from rooftop to rooftop.
"Oh, somewhere in England I think. Why?" I asked as I lazily flew next to him.
"I thought you two would have teamed up by now to kick our butts or something," Bunny said. I gave him a wide grin and I thought I saw his face pale, if that's possible on a rabbit.
"Cricky!" Bunny shouted as he bounded away from me. "North! We've got the Trickster Twins against us!" I laughed as I finished up Spain. I flew over the Atlantic Ocean and caught a glimpse of Jack. He laughed when I caught up with him and playfully pushed me away with his staff. Our eyes met and we smiled, my dark brown eyes reflecting off his ice blue ones. We flew in silence for a little bit, allowing the ocean to pass us by. Baby Tooth and Little Sand chatted as we flew along. Jack lazily ran his staff along the waves as a bunch of dolphins leaped out of the water.
"I thought I heard Bunny screaming like a little girl when I passed over the coast of Spain," Jack commented. "I wonder who could have done that?"
"Guilty as charged," I said as I gathered a light mist around me. The dolphins seemed to like it and started whistling and clicking. Jack made a frost dolphin and it started jumping through the waves as well. The dolphins found this very funny. We stayed like that for a while: two seasonal spirits, a tooth fairy, a dream helper, and some playful dolphins riding the waves.
The American coast came into view and we snapped back to reality. We zoomed in the direction of New York City, leaving the dolphins to their mischief. We weaved in and out of the buildings spreading dreams as we did flips in the air. I glanced over my shoulder and spotted a sleigh coming through a portal in the sky. I turned to Jack and gave him an uneasy look.
"Tell you what, I'll go south, you go north, and we'll meet in Burgess," I said as the sleigh neared us.
"Good idea," Jack said as we bolted in two different directions. The sleigh started following Jack and a golden biplane followed me. I quickly drew a pair of binoculars and looked at the plane. It was just Sandy coming after me. My stomach did a 180* turn as I flew to Virginia.
Maybe this would be more difficult than I thought.
I flew closer to the ground and I started spreading dreams as fast as possible. Sandy was the expert in giving detailed, wonderful dreams, so my only comfort was speed. Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida were covered in the blink of an eye. Once I reached the Gulf of Mexico, I turned around and flew faster than a jet back to Burgess, hoping to leave Sandy in the dust. Burgess flew beneath me and I dived down to one particular house. I landed in the kid's room and froze. Somehow, someway, Sandy was already there. He was sprinkling dreamsand over a little girl with short brown hair. On the girl's wall was a drawing of a snow bunny. Sandy looked up at me and smiled.
Your work? Sandy asked as he motioned to the bunny drawing.
"Maybe, maybe not," I replied. After the incident twenty-five years ago, Sandy had kept his mind connection with me. He also checked up on me frequently. Sandy was like an uncle to me. I could always talk to him and he wouldn't question me.
I remember when I could do this kid by kid. Once the population reached five million though, it got difficult to do a personal visit for every child, Sandy said as I saw the dream play out over Caroline's head. She was reliving the day she had just had. I saw her make the snow bunny and then a snow rose that took her most of the day. I smiled sadly. I didn't remember my childhood. I didn't know if I even had a childhood.
"Sandy, do you remember who you were before you were a Guardian, or even a spirit?" I asked. Sandy looked at me kindly.
Yes, I remember who I was. Every one of us was someone different before they became spirits. Do you not remember? he asked me. I shook my head.
"I don't remember being a little kid. All I remember is from when I was born until now," I said. Sandy floated up, patted my shoulder and gave me a smile.
Someday, you will know. I promise, Sandy said to me. I gave him a ghost of a smile and went back to watching Caroline.
A creaking noise from the window turned both of us around. I saw Tooth and Jack trying to force North through the window. They both gave one last shove and North fell through. Jack and Tooth fell in behind him and the three of them ended up in a pile on the floor. North untangled himself from the pile and walked over to us with a big smile on his face.
"Sandy, you look better already!" North boomed. Tooth, Jack, and Sandy shushed him and I laughed. They weren't invisible to the kids, but I was, so no problems with noise. A hole appeared and Bunny hopped out, looking annoyed.
"And here I was thinking that only Frostbite and Aquagirl had teamed up," Bunny said with a frown. Sandy, North, and Tooth looked at me with smiles on their faces. I must have looked really angry because Jack started laughing.
"Aquagirl? Looks more like Miss Angry Alice," he said with a laugh. I causally formed a water sphere over his head and dropped it. The sphere exploded, drenching Jack in water from head to toe. Everyone burst out laughing as the water hardened on Jack's body, causing him to look like an icicle demon.
"Now he looks like Frostbite," I said while holding my sides in laughter. The laughing spree continued while Jack broke off the icicles and threw the out the window. He was almost back to normal when a bright light turned on. We all froze as we saw Caroline holding a flashlight. Oops.
"Santa?" she began as the beam of light passed over North. "The Easter Bunny? Sandman? The Tooth Fairy? Jack Frost? Jamie was right!" Caroline asked in wonder. I smiled wide.
"She can see us!" I exclaimed in excitement. I watched the flashlight beam pass over me and I felt my heart being torn in two. This was worse than when kids walked through me. Jack looked my way and I could tell he felt sorry for me.
"Most of us," Bunny replied. My smile faltered and I was about to turn away when I heard a growling noise. A small dog stood on the edge of the bed and was growling fiercely at Bunny.
"Fluffy, no!" Caroline said to the dog. It was entirely gray and it had a long snout. Jack looked the dog over and laughed.
"That looks like one of Abby's puppies. Am I right?" he asked Caroline. She nodded.
"Got her from my cousin six months ago, and she should be trained! Fluffy, don't growl at the Easter Bunny," she continued. Bunny stood his ground and looked the dog in the eye.
"Alright, nobody panic," Bunny began.
"You do realize that's a greyhound, and that greyhounds eat rabbits," I asked.
"I'm gonna bet that she's never seen a rabbit like me. Six-foot-one, nerves of steel, master of tai-chi…" While Bunny was rambling on about how he wasn't the usual rabbit, I quickly tied a dog treat to Bunny's tail. Fluffy jumped down and started chasing after Bunny.
"Cricky!" Bunny shouted as they leaped around the room. "Sandy, do something!" Sandy formed a ball of dreamsand and threw it at Fluffy. Unfortunately, the ball bounced off the wall, hit Tooth, and North, bounced off a mirror, Jack, Baby Tooth, and Bunny, and finally hit Fluffy as she jumped on the bed. Caroline flew up into the air and I caught her. Sandy nodded his head and Caroline instantly fell asleep. I placed her on her bed and surveyed the damage. Four Guardians, one greyhound, and one kid asleep, a partially wrecked room, and dreamsand carrots using dreamsand candy canes to fight dreamsand snowflakes. I drew a camera and took a few photos.
A whiny from outside turned my head. A few nightmares stood there and they galloped off. I flew out of the window and motioned for Sandy to follow.
"Come on! I feel like settling a score!" I shouted as I raced after the nightmares. Sandy followed me as the nightmares raced down the street.
That turned out to be the worst mistake of my life.
Guess where this is going. I won't give any hints to what's going to happen next, but let's just say this: it won't be pretty. The next chapter will be up as soon as life will allow me to, so stay tuned (and please, please, please review)