Chapter 8: The meeting of South
The door of North's workshop opened with a loud bang, startling the guardians and spirits. North walked up to the young guardian and noticed black dust on his shoulders. He raised a bushy eyebrow.
'Jack. Where did you go?' North asked only to be ignored by the winter spirit. He walked over to Angela and grabbed her by the arm. Jack pulled her up and started dragging her.
'Ow! Jack! This hurts! Why are you grabbing my arm? Where are you taking me?' Angela asked quickly. Jack kept a stern face and opened a small closet and threw her in. He walked in after her and closed the door.
'Ow...' complained Angela as Jack switched on the lights. She noticed his angry expression and shut up.
'Ange, I really need you to think hard! Ok?' Jack grabbed her shoulders, shaking her a little. 'Can you remember anything from your past? Anything at all?'
'N-no... Why?' stuttered Angela. Jack let go of her and rubbed his forehead. Angela gave a confused face. 'Why?' she said, more bravely than before. Jack looked at her.
'I saw his apprentice it's not you... But some imposter. She is crazy!' Jack's outburst rendered Angela speechless. 'I'm not his apprentice! But... how can there be someone who looks exactly like me?'
'Jack! Angela!' muffled shouts came from the corridor. Angela put her hand on the handle, took a final look at Jack and went out. Jack leaned against the door and sighed. He stared up to the ceiling and sunk to the floor.
Tooth flew over to Angela and buzzed around her. Angela stared solemnly on the ground while walking, thinking about what Jack had told her. Tooth smiled a sad smile. She looked around.
'South should be here actually...' she mumbled. Angela jerked her head up.
'What?' Tooth turned to Angela and shook her head. Suddenly there was a loud shout from upstairs. Tooth grinned and took Angela's hand.
'C'mon, you'll see'
Angela and Tooth reached upstairs of one of the towers where a woman who looked slightly younger than North was pinching the ears of the elves. All the elves were hiding from her. Tooth stifled a giggle, knowing that would be dangerous. North's forehead was drenched in sweat. The woman saw Angela and immediately smiled. She dropped the two elves, which ran away possibly to a corner to dig a hole and cry, and went over and gave Angela a hug. Her hug was so tight that Angela was practically gasping for air. When she placed her down, she grinned.
'Hello there. My name is South.' North walked over and sighed.
'Angela, this is my wife, South... South Angela the Autumn spirit.'
'Come come! I shall show you to your room!' declared South as she ushered Angela to the lift. Angela looked over her shoulder and gave North a death look, which got a rather big sweat drop from his head.
South led Angela up the East tower to the top floor where a brass door was standing. It had the words "Autumn" engraved on a gold plaque. Angela looks at South and opened the door. What she saw stunned her. it was a small but adorable bedroom. It had a regular square bed next to the wall with a purple blanket. There was a glass door to a balcony that had light curtains. There was a small beam of light beaming through the curtains. Angela walked over and turned the handle. She stood out on the balcony and breathed in the cold night air. The moon beam shone as bright as the sun. Angela rested her arms on the balcony and felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned and saw her fellow spirit from Japan. Sakura rested her head on the railing and sighed.
'It's beautiful up here. Isn't it?' whispered Sakura as she took out a purple orchid from her hair. She twirled the stem in her hands and leaned her head against the Autumn spirit.