Jack was about to ask what she mean by that when she suddenly turned and flew back to North's Workshop. Jack didn't know what to think or what to do as he floated there above the icey mountian tops. He stared after her untils he disapeared behind a mountian peak and sighed to himself, floating down to sit on the edge of a cravas.
"It's not possible! He can't see me like that!" Val ranted, passing wildly, almost knocking some toys off the shelves which caused the Yeti's to panic and run after her, straightening the mess her wings were making.
"Valentine, please to be calming down, I am sure there is an explanation." North said, offering a hand.
"No...no...no, people are supposed to see me as the one they Love, as the person who is perfect for them...why does he see ME?" She paniced, allowing North to lead her to a plush armchair and sit her down.
"Maybe you're his ideal girl?" Tooth offered, bringing her a mug of minty hot-cocoa. Val took it and sipped wildly.
"No, don't you know all those myths? Cupids aren't supposed to find love! We may love people but no one can love us in return! A Cupid is supposed to fulfill other peoples wishes, not their own. Remember what happened to the cupid before me?"
The others nodded, the cupid before her fell in love with someone and that someone fell in love with him, he loved her so much he ignored everything around him and no one found love. He was banished from the Guardians, and as a Spirit. Val was chosen a few centuries afterwards since she was already a spirit.
"Listen, shiela, have you ever thought that maybe...I can't believe I'm saying this, bu that Jack might by The One for you? You've been alone for so long..." Bunnymund said, sitting on his haunches next to her.
"He has point, it is time you find right man." North said, though inside he was begging the Man in the Moon that this wasn't real, how could little Valentine fall for Jack?
Val sighed and leaned further down in the chair, her wings spilling out over the armrests. She was so confused about everything right now, she almost wanted to go hide in a hole for a few months but Valentines day was coming up in a week and she couldn't shirk her responsibilites, shehad to look over all the love letters sent to her.
Yes, Cupid recieved love letters, people wrote them either directly to her or wrote them to a crush and would never send it, instead they threw it out or burned it, and those letters came to Val. She had thousands of them to read over and she should have gotten started ages ago.
"Look, guys, I apreciate the concern, I do, but I think I should go and prepare." Val said, standing and thanking each of them before flying off
Val wondered around her home, which was a hidden temple in Greece. The temple had fallen deep under ground after a mudslide and no one had found it in centuries. Val liked it here, she would sit up on her stone throne, looking through letter and books for hours before leaving on her duties. Around her, her little cherubs flew. She created them 208 years ago to help with some of the stress of her job. Their job was to fly around the world, finding the love letters that were thrown out and then reporting back to Val, waiting for a decision, and if Val was busy, which she usually was, they were given permission to fire their own arrows. These arrows' magic wasn't as strong as hers, but it brought people together, and if it was needed, the magic could be broken.
Val was wondering up and down the halls of the temples library, pulling out different books and marking information down. She marked how a girl named Gretchen was beginning to develop a crush on a boy named Dilan. She had to keep track of all of this and it gave her huge headaches. One of her fairies floated over to her, chittering wildly. Her fairies were beautiful little women with flowing blonde hair that reached their feet. They were only six inches tall and wore flowing white dresses that looked like the dressed Greek woman wore centuries ago.
Val listened to her speak, although to anyone listening the little fairies voice sounded like the sweet ringing of a bell from heaven. Val nodded as the fairy talked away. "Use the topaz arrows, I wanna be safe with this one." Val told her. The fairy nodded, did a loop-de-loop and flew off. Val walked further down the rows of books and pulled out one, jotting down that her fairy was going to use a topaz arrow on someone. She kept track of every arrow that was used and on who and when. Val groaned and bent backwards, feeling her spine crack in seven places before standing up fully and looking around. Maybe she could find something on Jack Frost…
Jack sat in a tree overlooking the pond in which he had drowned. He considered this home since this was his first memory as a Spirit. Down below, children ice-skated in the ice, which Jack had early made sure was thick enough. He couldn't stop thinking about Val. She was so beautiful. And if what he saw was really her, then she was even more beautiful. How cliché? Cupid, beautiful. Tch, of course she was! She's the Guardian of Love, she has to look beautiful, doesn't she? Jack smiled down at the kids and waved to a few of them he knew before looking at the sky in time to see a small figure zip by. Jack followed it with his eyes before realizing it was a cherub. A worker for Cupid! Jack smiled and jumped into the air, following the small creature who was busy looking at a letter she held in her tiny hand. Jack kept his distance, making sure the cherub didn't see him.
In only a few minutes they were over Greece. Jack wanted to look at the scenery but he wanted to see where this little cherub would lead him. The small woman dipped down into a grove of olive trees and flew on before dipping down into a small hole under a tree. Jack stopped and looked down the hole, laughing at his luck. He found where she was! Now he could finally talk to her! The hole was small, almost too small for him but Jack managed to squeeze himself in and pull his staff in, with some difficulty of course. The inside of the hole led down a small earthen corridor that Jack had to stoop down low in order to walk down. It would have been dark if not for the tiny crystals growing from the wall and giving off a small, soft glow. The little corridor went dipper into the earth and slowly opened up to a large room filled with the little cherubs, flying from one place to another. Jack smiled and laughed for no apparent reason as he walked in, gazing around him in childlike wonder. None of the little women noticed him as he walked down the large room, looking at everything they were doing.
He saw them sorting letter, bringing pits of colorful rock up from another hole in the wall while others chipped away at these stones to make arrow heads. Jack looked at them quickly before moving on to other parts. This time he reached what looked like a large library. He looked at the books and saw they were all sorted by Country, State, area number and alphabetical order. Whoever organized this had way too much time on their hands. As he walked, he didn't notice the winged girl on the other side of the bookcase, walking almost next to him in the same direction, and neither did she. They both moved on, in sync with their stops and steps as they near the end of the row.
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