I'm baaaaack, the same day too! ;D Again, I really don't have anything better to do, except write. So…here you go!
Chapter 3: Saved by the Moon
Instinctively, I tightened my grip on my staff. Whoever this guy was, I wasn't about to do anything he wanted me to do. "What do you want with me and my friends?" I growled.
The man stepped through the wall of Guardians and faced me, sizing me up. It was a bit disconcerting, since he was a few inches taller than me. He was extremely muscular, and had a deep tan. His white muscle shirt revealed his broad chest, and he had fiery red hair to match his blood red eyes. "Simple," he stated like I was an idiot for asking. "I want to get rid of you, of course. The girl and Blondie can stay, I don't really mind them, but the rest of you interfere, distracting everyone from the joys of summer, especially you." He was a breath away from my face.
To be honest, this guy scared me, but I couldn't let him see that. "So…" I bluffed, "Are you like the sprite of sunburns or something?"
He lifted the corner of his lip in a snarl. "I am the great Heat Miser, whelp!" he snapped, flames flickering off of his hair.
I thought the Heat Miser was some fat troll in some song sang by singing puppets. My eyes darted around him, looking for a way out of this mess. Spotting the mindless drones behind him, I couldn't help but smile. "Sorry," I shrugged.
Heat looked at me like I was insane. "What are you babbling abou-"
"Wasn't talking to you," I interrupted, correcting him. I shot a blast of ice under Bunny's feet, freezing over the floor. I ducked down and slipped under Heat's feet, missing his swinging fist. I nimbly jumped over Bunny and twisted around, kicking him forward. His bare paws skidded across the ice, and he collided with Heat.
He scrambled to his feet, throwing Bunny off of him. He pushed aside the others as the attempted to help him up. Hatred burning in his eyes, he launched himself at me. I rolled to the side, but a fiery fist caught me under the jaw.
I cringed, feeling my skin burn with his contact. He swung again, but I ducked the blow. With my staff, I jabbed him in the gut. Momentarily, frost encased his chest, but it melted away. Somehow I felt like that was going to happen to me if I didn't stop this guy. He charged, but I leapt up, kicking off his head. Unfortunately, he grabbed my ankle and yanked me down.
My back collided with the hard floor with a bone-cracking thud. His feet pressed against my ribs, holding to the floor. Heat radiated from him and it spread through my body, sapping my strength. Sucking in my breath, I blasted him with a wave of ice.
It threw him off and into North, who was behind him. "Don't just stand there!" he screeched, "Get him!" Sandy, Tooth, and Bunny charged; their red and black eyes were blank. I ducked Tooth, but Bunny's boomerang hit me, both times around, cutting into my arm and forehead. I was so focused on them, that I was unprepared when a wave of sand crashed into me. It started to fill my mouth and nose, and I was forced to squeeze my eyes shut.
Something that felt like a rhino rammed into my side. I struggled not to gasp, because then sand would fill my mouth even more. Panicked, I let power escape my body in a rush. The sand froze instantly, and it cracked open. I gasped for breath, but it was knocked right back out of me as Heat's fist hit my gut.
I skidded across the floor, luckily stopping next to my staff, which I had lost in the sand. I quickly grabbed it and swung. A sheet of ice formed from it and separated me from them. Not knowing what else to do, I ran the other direction, into the Globe Room.
Once inside, I caught my breath. Remembering the eclipse, I looked up through the moon hole. I sighed in relief when I saw that it was over, but the moon did seem paler than usual.
The door flew open, and I looked over my shoulder to see Tooth dart into the room. Great, Hot-head must have melted my barrier. "I don't want to hurt you!" I cried as Tooth charged at me. Suddenly, wisps of pale light fell on my shoulders, and I realized that I was under the moon hole. Without thinking, I formed and promptly chucked a snowball, hitting Tooth square in the face.
Blue light shimmered in her eyes, and they faded back to violet. She gasped, and fell to the ground. Quickly, I reached forward and caught her before she hit the ground. Tooth groaned softly, then her decorated eyelids fluttered open to look at me. "Wh-what happened?" she whispered, tracing the cut on my forehead gently.
"Nothing much," I lied, smoothing down her soft feathers. Footsteps outside made me jerk my head up. I blasted the door, freezing it over just as somebody rammed into it. "We gotta get out of here," I muttered.
The moonbeams around intensified, and I found myself in the middle of silvery-white images, drawing out what looked like Tooth's castle.
Just as the ice shattered and the door flew open, I found myself falling, still holding Tooth. My feet hit the ground with a thud, and my staff thumped me in the head as it fell beside me. I looked around and realized that we were at Tooth's castle. All the little tooth fairies swarmed us, surrounding Tooth. Baby Tooth landed on my shoulder and rubbed against my white hair in greeting. The fairies took Tooth out of my hands and laid her down, fetching food, water, and teeth to wake her up.
I lifted my gaze to the moon, shining brightly in the sky. "Thank you," I whispered, "But this is far from over."
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