Chapter 3
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Mystery man whom's identity even I have yet to find out's P.O.V.:
Well, what do you know? Those damned guardians (am I supposed to capitalize that?) were at it again. If the northern lights (how 'bout that? Do I need to capitalize that one?) meant anything, it meant they were on guard, and for me. Curse the moon and his meddling ways.
However, that flower girl, she was very interesting. Low self esteem, despite her admittedly being quite pretty, and always believing as a little girl, I hear. After all, Manfred isn't so bad. He was good enough to let me know when a guardian came into being, and put up with my constant questions. After all, I need to know these things to be who I am.
I wonder… would the Guardians be able to put up with me in my true form? Or would they flinch away like the wimps I believe them to be. Oh, well, Guardians, it's time for a little thing I like to call… an endurance test.
North's P.O.V.:
This was very worrying, very worrying indeed. What was to become of the Guardians if this – this monster – attacked us? Well, that was definitely the dead center of the problem.
I waited impatiently for Bunny, Tooth, Jack, and Sandy. I was sure that I had already paced a trench into the floor, and I was ignoring all these mistakes with the colors the yetis had made. That was very unlike me, and Phil, Ted, Junior, and all the rest were very worried, too. Focus, Nicholas. This is a matter that is quite likely to destroy the guardians forever.
I stopped pacing for a moment and shuddered at the thought of little versions of all of us, just like what had happened to Bunny.
I heard the signature sound of wings fluttering and grumbling, a sure sign that Tooth and Bunny had arrived.
"Finally!" I muttered gratefully, hoping that Sandy and Jack would be here soon. Sure enough, a few seconds later, Sandy appeared, dismounting his sand jet. However, no such luck with Jack. We waited for almost ten minutes before Bunny suddenly broke the silence.
"Well," he started, making us jump. "Since the little bugger's obviously decided to go AWOL, why don't we just get started?"
"No, no," I said. The peanut gallery raised their eyebrows. "This is very important; we must have him here." Bunny sighed but resigned, going back to painting the eggs that had come along with him (seriously, how can he keep a paintbrush with him everywhere he goes? :S).
At long last, Jack arrived… being carried by Hubert, one of the yetis. I raised one eyebrow at him. Jack shrugged.
"What?" he asked incredulously. "I couldn't just walk in through the front door!" Expecting me to laugh. But, my eyebrow still raised, I solemnly held out a hand to help him up. Jack grabbed it and stood up.
"Anyhoo," Jack began, "what's wrong? I know that the northern lights mean something, but it took me about two minutes to realize they were there anyway. I tend to not look up too much." He explained this to us, answering our question before we asked.
I shook myself out of my daze and explained my reasons.
"There is a villain out there," I said, but I was interrupted by Jack.
"Pitch again?" he asked. I shook my head.
"No, but I wish it was," I answered, and then continued. "He is spreading terror throughout the world, but this one prefers the daylight." The rest were immediately clamoring each other with their questions. I waved them all away. Except for one.
From Bunnymund, this one was plain and simple. "Is he dangerous?" I nodded solemnly.
"Much more dangerous than any one of us could ever imagine. No one, not even Manny, knows his name, but he manages to select and categorize everyone else's.
"Even worse is the fact that he does it for his own enjoyment, for his own cruel, twisted, humor. He doesn't want to send a message, not even destroy the world or rule it. He just wants to have fun." I turned to Jack.
"Now, I don't mean to insult you, but is it okay with you if you just stay in the figurative control room for this one? I know you mean no harm, but you are the epitome of fun, and you just might want to make him have some more." Jack nodded, not at all offended. I clapped my hands together, waking up Sandy, who had fallen asleep during my speech to Jack.
"And also there is something else," I said. I beckoned them over to the globe room. I pointed to one of the pedestals, which was glowing profusely, but was not doing anything. "That has been alight for the past half an hour, and from past situations, I know that that means that we are welcoming yet another Guardian into the mix." Sandy's sand formed a heart over his head.
"Please don't be Cupid, please don't be Cupid," I heard Bunny muttering to himself. I shook my head.
"No, it is most likely not Cupid, for she is too meddling," I said. Jack sauntered up to us.
"She, you say? Please be Cupid, please be Cupid," Jack started saying, half to irk Bunny, and half to meet what he hoped to be an attractive woman, but who I knew was actually a meddling old woman, always plotting one love story after the next.
For the next five minutes we waited, Sandy falling asleep yet again, until the moon shone through the window and onto the pedestal brighter than ever, and Tooth was kind enough to move through her open-mouthed stupor to shake Sandy awake. He woke with a jolt and looked around confused before seeing everyone's eyes intently trained on the pedestal, so he looked, too. After a second or two, the moonlight transformed into something none of us expected.
It was Daughter Nature.