I am soooo sorry for not posting chapter for so long! It's been what? A week? Wow. I don't usually take that long… Okay, maybe if you added in homework, a busy schedule, school, and BLAH BLAH BLAH. I'm pretty sure you don't want to hear my life story, and just get along with the real story. Fine… fine. Okay, I am back with Chapter Five. Hope you enjoy!

I DO NOT own Rise of the Guardians.

Chapter 5 – Nightmares Combined

Jamie grumbled. He just couldn't get it right! School just had to be so hard sometimes. Why must it be so cruel (at points)? Why did he always get such hard math homework, or more importantly, teachers?

Jamie was about to get up to ask his mom about the question he was on when a portal suddenly opened up in his bedroom wall. The Guardian of Fun popped out of the wall, along with… four little kids.

Jack had landed face flat on the ground, and when he looked up to face Jamie, the boy was surprised at how desperate the spirit looked.

The teen's hair was all messed up, his eyes showed exhaustion, and his whole entire face just seemed to scream, Help me!

Behind Jack were four toddlers, all sobbing away, who looked an awful lot like the rest of the Guardians…

"Jack?"

"What?"

"What did you do!?"

Jack was baffled. "What did I do? I was trying to take care of all of them! Do you know how crazy it was trying to take care of FOUR, IMMORTAL, and HAS POWERS, toddlers!?"

Jack slowly rose to his feet, using his staff to balance himself. That fall with all the others must have been really hard, plus all the exhaustion from babysitting. Jack pointed to the four crying Guardians. "Just look at them!"

"I am! I just can't believe what I'm seeing!"

They all stopped short when Jamie heard his mom calling for him down the stairs. "Jamie!" He turned to the door. "What?" Her reply made Jack even paler than he already was. "It's time for bed!" Jamie responded casually. "Okay!" He obviously forgot all about his homework.

When the boy turned around to see the ever paler Guardian, he raised an eyebrow. "What?" He asked. It was then that Jack snapped out of his trance. "Sandy still has to give dreams!" Jamie didn't get it. "So?" The winter spirit eyes grew wider. "That means Sandy has to go up there, and send dreams, as a TODDLER!"

"Oh…"

In his hurry to send Sandy up to the sky, Jack shoved all the other crying toddlers to Jamie. The boy had the same reaction Jack had when he first had North dumped into his arms. "Wait, what!?"

Jack looked back from the window. By then, he had already scooped a crying Sandman, and had one leg sticking out the window. His hand was on the ledge steadying himself and the toddler. "I need you to take care of all them while I try to get a toddler to make dreams!" And before Jamie could protest even further, the winter spirit was flying to the skies.

Once he reached there, he realized Sandy was still bawling his eyes out. So, he put Sandy close to him, hugged him a bit tighter, and began to pat his back. Come on… This worked last time with North… Jack silently prayed. "Sshhhh… It's gonna be okay…" This better be okay.

Sandy still continued his crying. Jack nearly groaned with frustration. It sucks sometimes how everyone is different. Then, the winter spirit had an idea.

He flew to Jamie's window pane, and did a little check up on the boy. It's not that bad in there. He thought, as he watched Jamie attempt to chase down a flying Tooth with all the others having tears stained cheeks or damp fur, watching with amusement.

After checking up on Jamie, Jack focused on the window. He looked back at Sandy, and smiled the warmest smile a winter spirit could muster. Then, with that, he turned his attention back to the window, which he had already frosted up. From there, he began to use the same technique he had used to get Jamie believing in the Easter Bunny again, only this time, with different images.

With his finger, Jack delicately outlined a picture of dinosaurs, horses, teddy bears, dolphins, anything he thought a child would dream up of. Sandy, looking at all the pictures, slowly turned his sobs to small hiccups. Even Jack had to admit that the bright smile Sandy put on afterwards was pretty cute.

Once he finished, Jack smiled and turned to the Sandman. "You ready to make some dreams?" He asked, his earlier panic all gone. It was as if that little moment of plain drawing made him calmer and made it feel like he could do anything. After all, he was with the Sandman himself, the creator of all dreams. Jack's genuine smile came to light as the Sandman gave a firm nod with his, once again, determined face. He began to fly higher and higher with the creator of dreams.

Jamie, unfortunately, wasn't having the same amount of luck as Jack. "Hey! Get back down here!" The boy cried. The Tooth Fairy just wouldn't listen. There was a sudden crash, and Jamie whizzed around to find the mini Easter Bunny in the place of… "Not Mom's Christmas present!" He had spent so much money just to get the present his mom wanted. Sophie? He just planned to give her his old stuffed bunny, but his mother's present… To him, it was priceless. He spent his whole saved up allowance on the snow globe his mom always wanted.

Before the boy could further complain, his mom knocked. She sounded very stern. "Jamie, what is going on in there?" Yikes! She can still hear them! "Uh… Nothing, Mom! Just having a hard time getting my… Pajamas! Yeah, pajamas out of my drawer!" He lied. His mother's voice's style almost immediately changed. "Do you need any help?" she asked. "NO!" Jamie realized that he had said a bit too soon… and a bit too loud. It's gonna blow the cover! "I mean, uh, no, I don't need help! I got this!" He tried to sound okay, but cringed when another crash was heard. He tried to guess what it was this time.

Apparently, his mother had heard the crash too. "Are you sure you're okay in there? It sure sounds like you're not." The boy got restless. "I'm fine, Mom! It's okay!" Her reply made Jamie go into panic mode. "I'm still going to come in, just to be sure." NO!

Pitch smiled to himself. Ah, the beautiful nightmares that were happening. It seemed that the big nightmare had managed to get Jamie into the dream as well. His and that putrid Jack Frost's dreams, or nightmares, were combined! Twice the fear and exhaustion!

Jack, high up in the air, was calmly telling Sandy to make some dreams. Unfortunately, even after the agreement and the pictures, the Sandman just looked at the teen as if he had three heads. Both the spirits were hovering in the air, and Jack was getting a little impatient. "Come on, Sandy… Anytime now…"

Sandy floated there with big eyes looking up to the taller spirit, as if he didn't understand a word Jack said. The winter spirit's temperature lowered, as his eyebrows began to knit together. He just felt like going up to the toddler, grab him at the sides, then shake him, all the while shouting "MAKE DREAMS! THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO DO! MAKE DREAMS!" If the toddler still didn't create any dreams, then he would complain even more. "JUST MAKE SOME DREAMS ALREADY!", and after some consideration, "Please?"

Sandy was still silent. If he doesn't make any dreams soon, Jack thought, there's going to be major consequences. Jack folded his arms together, and then started to tap his foot in mid-air.

Jamie wasn't faring well either. As his mom opened the door, she gasped at the sight. Papers were everywhere, either crumpled or ripped. His table side lamp had fallen to the ground (thank goodness it was made of plastic), and some picture frames that was supposed to be on the wall had fallen facedown on the ground. The only thing she didn't see was the Guardians, since she didn't believe in them. They all stopped, as if sensing that if they did anymore, they would be in big trouble.

"What is going on in here!?" shrieked Jamie's mother. The boy nervously smiled. "Heh heh… well, you see, Mom… I was, uh…" Jamie stuttered. He was at loss of words to say. His mother gave him her you're-lying face. She crossed her arms, then began to tap her foot impatiently, much like Jack was right above them. "Spit it out." she ordered, using the tone of voice that Jamie knew he would have to make up something soon, or it would be game over. Thankfully, he noticed his dog, Abby, who somehow, after all this commotion, was asleep. Jamie wished he was in the dog's place now. One look at his dog, and an idea came to him.

"I was chasing Abby around the room because he was… uh… having a sudden burst of excitement?" The sentence came out like a question. His mom's hard expression softened as Jamie relaxed. Her arms uncrossed and her foot stopped tapping. She walked for the door, but before she got passed the door frame, she asked Jamie something. "Clean up your room before you go to sleep, okay?" She said with a smile. Jamie smiled back. "Okay."

"Goodnight Jamie."

"'Night."

As the door closed, Jamie let out a sigh of relief. Then, he turned around with a stern look on his face. He never thought he would be frustrated with the Guardians. He looked at each and every one of them straight into the eye. Once they made eye contact, they immediately sat down in front of him. Once everyone was seated, Jamie grinned. "Good." He said with a nod.

Up in the air though, things weren't going as smoothly. There were still no dreams being made yet, and one impatient Jack Frost tapped his fingers on his staff. Sandy observed his hands like they were the most interesting things in the world. The teen groaned as he smacked himself on the forehead. Toddlers can't be that clueless.

He slowly went up to the little Guardian while taking deep breaths to calm himself. He didn't want to approach the toddler yelling his head off, then the kid being scared of him for the rest of his immortal life. When Jack spoke, his voice came out softer then he expected. "Sandy, you promised me that you would make dreams, right?" The Sandman looked up in wonder, as if he were thinking about it. After a while, he nodded vigorously. "So, can you please make some dreams now? Now would be a good time to make some dreams." It was then that something clicked in Sandy's head. His face brightened with realization. Then, the magic began to happen.

The Sandman's arms spread out as magic dream sand started to spiral out in all kinds of different directions. Jack watched in pride. He had managed to get a toddler to make dreams! He began to smile a genuine smile, which was even more genuine that before. He watched as all the golden sound lit up the night sky and travelled its way to children's windows. Now Jack knew that children wouldn't be dreamless tonight.

WARNING – LONG AUTHOR'S NOTE

Yay Chapter 5! Again, I am very sorry that I haven't been around for so long. You already know why (busy busy busy), so now I kind of have a new posting schedule. I will now try to post a chapter or two every week, so I wouldn't leave you hanging, and that they wait wouldn't be very long. The process will go slower as time goes on, but it will speed up again once summer vacation comes (Yay summer vacation!). By then, school would be over; homework would be out of the way and all that. I will try my best to warn you next time if I do have to be taken away from my laptop for a while. This chapter is longer than usual so hopefully that makes up for my absence. Sorry!

Well… Now it is time for the list of who followed, favourited, or reviewed this time! (Yay!)

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Right now, I just feel like I'm going to burst with happiness. It turns out people still love me. Thank goodness. At least you people don't hate me for gone so long. Phew! :)

From what I saw, a lot of people here seemed to have liked my first story, Movie Shock (thank you to the ones who have already seen it and/or favourited and/or followed it and/or reviewed to it). So far, it only has one chapter, considering that it was originally a one-shot, but people started to follow it, which I took as a hint as to make a second chapter. Plus, I would also be fulfilling So, the second chapter will, hopefully, be up by the end of this week or next week. I hope you all read it and like it!

... I'm starting to realize that I say "yay" way too much. Oops. :/

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