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Chapter 21: I'd Send You a Blizzard
The next morning, Jack and Elsa were standing on her balcony, watching the world wake up. Elsa was playing with little snowflakes in the air, happily leaning back against her fiancé's chest with his arms around her. Every time her eyes landed on her beautiful engagement ring, her smile widened. She tilted her head back to look up at Jack, and saw that his bright blue eyes were already watching her. He leaned down and kissed her lovingly, and as Elsa kissed back, she felt their powers combine, and a blizzard formed around them. It seemed like it was protecting the winter couple, and the longer they kissed, the more intense the blizzard got. When they finally broke away, the blizzard had reached incredible speeds, and the snowflakes burst into sparkling blue dust that settled beautifully over everything.
Elsa laughed at the glitter and pressed a quick, gentle kiss to her love's lips, pulling away when a certain teenage girl woke up far below them.
"You know, Sophie's eighteenth birthday is tomorrow," Elsa said, using her magic to show an image of a tall girl with emerald green eyes and long blonde hair opening her window to let the morning light in.
"How are you going to have her join us? It was easy with the rest of us—we had all died. But Punzie is alive," Jack asked, looking between his lovely fiancée and the image of her cousin with concern.
"Her parents died in a plane crash a year ago. It's just Jamie now, and he can still see us," Elsa reminded him. "I'll go talk to him about it, tell him what's happening. Punzie will wake up tomorrow and remember who she is, and then when she falls asleep that night she'll join us."
"It's kind of sad," Jack commented.
"I know. I shouldn't have done it this way, but it seemed like a good idea. Have Punzie be her husband's biggest believer and then join us? It made sense at one point," Elsa murmured, and Jack kissed her nose.
"Don't feel bad. We'll figure it out. And Eugene will be ecstatic," he promised her, and she smiled up at him again.
"Then should we go tell Jamie right now?" she asked.
"I think we should," Jack agreed, and the two flew down to Burgess to find their friend.
When they got there, the town was mostly quiet, but the Bennett household was bustling. Sophie was making breakfast while her chameleon friend Pascal (yes, Elsa resurrected him too) ran around looking for the ingredients she needed. Jamie was upstairs in his bedroom, looking for something. They knocked on his window just as he was reaching under his bed, and he jumped. He stood up quickly, and smiled when he saw Jack and Elsa outside his window. He ran and opened the window, hugging the two icy Guardians as they entered.
"Jack! Elsa! What are you guys doing here?" he asked with a smile, and Elsa smiled at the twenty-four-year-old.
"We have two things to tell you," she said, and he nodded, waiting expectantly. "First, and don't tell anyone you were the first we told, but Jack and I are engaged."
"It's about time!" Jamie exclaimed, hugging Elsa, and Jack gaped at the young man.
"Excuse you?" the Guardian of Fun said, offended, and Jamie just shrugged and the Snow Queen laughed.
"It's been three hundred years, Jack. It's about time," Jamie said bluntly, and Jack started mumbling to himself about how Jamie was 'a punk' who 'didn't realize how hard serious relationships were when you were dead' as his technically second believer hugged him.
"So, what's the second thing?" Jamie asked as he pulled away from Jack, and Elsa sat down on his bed.
"Sophie is special, Jamie, I'm sure you know that," she said slowly, and the older brother frowned at her.
"Of course I do. She's my sister. What does that have to do with anything?" he asked, and Jack sighed.
"Jamie, Sophie is Elsa's cousin. Her real name is Rapunzel Fitzherbert. She's one of us," the Winter Spirit said gently, and Jamie frowned.
"But she can be seen. How is that possible?" he asked them, and Elsa put her hand on his shoulder.
"Jamie, you know I'm the moon. I know you do. I had her reborn as your sister, when I probably should have just made her a Guardian in the first place, and for that I'm sorry," she said quietly. "Tomorrow, when she wakes up, she'll remember who she really is, and tomorrow night she'll become one of us."
"Will I still get to see her?" Jamie asked after what Elsa told him processed, and the Snow Queen smiled warmly at him.
"As long as you believe," she said, and he laughed quietly.
"Alright. I guess it's not so bad. Did she have a good life before?" he asked quietly, and Elsa nodded.
"Yep. In fact, she was married to Bunny before he became the Easter Bunny," Jack answered, going to sit next to his queen. Jamie's eyes almost popped out of his head.
"Really?" he asked, and Elsa laughed.
"Yes, really. Life makes more sense now, doesn't it?" the blonde asked, and he nodded vigorously.
"Jamie! Breakfast is ready!" Sophie yelled from downstairs before her big brother could say anything else.
"Coming!" he called, and turned to the two Guardians in his room.
"We'll come back tomorrow, and we'll bring the others," Elsa promised, and he nodded before going downstairs to have breakfast before going to work.
The couple made their way out of his room and decided to go to North's workshop, where everyone usually met up in the mornings when they finished their jobs and in the evening before their jobs start. They made it right on time, since Anna had just gotten there and Pabbie looked like he'd been there for at least ten minutes, and Jack took her hand as they walked into the main room where everyone was gathered. Elsa took a breath and cleared her throat to get their attention, and they all looked at her curiously.
"Hey, Els. What's up?" Hiccup said, concern in his tone, and Elsa smiled at them reassuringly.
"Two things. The first one is for Eugene. You're not planning on being busy tomorrow, are you?" the platinum blonde asked, and he frowned.
"No. Why?" he asked, and Jack smiled.
"Sophie is turning eighteen tomorrow, and I was thinking we could all go surprise her," Elsa said. Anna squealed, causing everyone to laugh, and Eugene nodded.
"Alright. I'll be there," he promised.
"Perfect," Elsa said with a nod, and then smiled at Jack briefly before looking to the others. "So, I don't know how many of you were involved with Jack's surprise yesterday, but I'm going to tell you this anyway. He proposed, and I said yes."
This time everyone cheered, and Anna flew over to hug her sister and—finally—future brother-in-law tightly. Merida and Hiccup followed once the Tooth Fairy had let them go, giving Elsa a hug and dragging Jack off to who knows where. Each of the other Guardians came to congratulate her, starting with Kristoff, then Pabbie, then Eugene, and finally Pitch. As Anna dragged Elsa off to one of the sitting areas Kristoff had set up, Merida came back and told the guys where Jack was before going to join the sisters on the couch.
"So, tell us everything," Anna said as soon as the redhead was seated, and Elsa laughed.
"I know for a fact that you were involved in the decorations, Anna, and I'm pretty sure he roped you in too, Mer," Elsa accused the girls, and Merida shrugged.
"He didn't tell us exactly what he was planning! He just said he wanted to surprise you with something special for yesterday. We all assumed he wanted to apologize for everything you'd been through since he died. It was the anniversary of your deaths, after all," Merida replied, and Anna nodded vigorously.
"Yeah! We didn't know he was going to propose! Can I see the ring?" the purple-eyed girl asked excitedly, and Elsa laughed as she held out her left hand for them to see. "Els, it's gorgeous!"
"Thanks! I love it," Elsa replied, looking down at the ring with a distant, happy look in her eyes. Her little sister and cousin watched her with huge smiles, and hung on every word as the platinum-blonde recounted the night before.
"Well did you guys do anything after he proposed?" Anna asked suggestively, and Merida burst out laughing as Elsa's jaw dropped and she felt her cheeks start to heat up.
"Anna!" she exclaimed, throwing a snowball at her little sister. "You don't ask things like that!"
"What?" Anna asked innocently, her purple eyes wide. "It was just a question."
"A horrible one," Elsa muttered, glaring at the Tooth Fairy. Merida decided to change the subject.
"So, tomorrow is really a surprise for Eugene, isn't it?" the redhead said with a knowing smirk. Elsa nodded.
"Yeah. Punzie is joining us tomorrow. I've already talked to Jamie about it, and he said he's okay with it as long as he gets to see her. Eugene still hasn't figured it out though, so don't say anything," Elsa said, and the girls nodded.
"Promise," they said at the same time. Elsa smiled.
"Thank you. So, I was thinking we could set off lanterns that night, when she's becoming one of us. I have the ones her parents would set off on her birthday to bring her home. I thought it could kind of symbolize her coming back home, and it'll be on her eighteenth birthday again, which would be a nice way to bring her and Eugene full-circle," the Snow Queen told them, and they grinned.
"Ay, lass, that's perfect!" Merida exclaimed, and Anna nodded eagerly.
"Oh! We have one more thing to tell you! Pitch found a girl," Anna piped up, and Elsa's jaw dropped for a second time that day.
"Seriously? When?" she exclaimed, and the girls shrugged.
"We're not sure, but he's been spending a lot of time away from the Workshop, even when he's not working. He said he's just visiting an old friend, but I had Rue follow him and she said he's visiting a girl," Anna spilled, and Merida rolled her eyes at her gossipy cousin.
"Can't keep a thing secret, can ya?" the redhead said, and Anna shook her head.
"Nope. Well, I kept Jack's secret about his surprise," she said, and Elsa laughed.
"That's only because you didn't know what it was," the blonde accused, and her sister shrugged.
"Maybe. But I haven't said anything to Eugene! I've known for almost thirteen years!" Anna defended herself.
"Fair enough," her big sister said, nudging the hummingbird playfully. "I didn't sense anything about Pitch though. Are you sure it's what you think it is?"
"Well, it might not be love yet, which is why you didn't sense it. But it might be a crush, meaning…" Anna said, trailing off slightly as Elsa caught her meaning and finished her little sister's sentence.
"Merida could tell us if something was going on," Elsa said, and the redhead in question shrugged.
"I could try. Let me see what I can do, after Sophie's birthday," Merida answered, and the girls all smiled.
"So you finally proposed?" Pitch asked, a knowing smirk on his face, and Jack glared at him nonthreateningly.
"Why does everyone say finally?" he exclaimed, and the guys sighed.
"It's been over three centuries and you knew her before you both died," Eugene reminded him, and he shrugged.
"It's still not my fault! She was a queen and I was just some peasant kid living outside the village, and then I didn't have any memories," he tried to defend himself, and the guys rolled their eyes.
"You've been dating her for years, Jack. Almost thirteen years, to be exact. It's about time," Kristoff remarked, and Jack sighed.
"I know. But hey, I told you I was planning this and weren't snarky then," Jack retorted, and all the guys stared at them blankly while they processed.
"Wait, you told Kristoff but not the rest of us?" Hiccup exclaimed. "Not cool!"
"Actually I'm always cool," Jack sassed the Dragon Rider, who shot him an unimpressed look.
"Ass. You totally broke the bro code!" Hiccup said, hitting Jack in the arm.
"Well how do you think I got the ring? Kristoff helped!" Jack said, and Kristoff shrugged.
"Actually, Jack designed it, and I gave his design to Phil, who made it for him. I just drew what he wanted," Jack's soon-to-be brother-in-law—and strangely enough, father figure—said. Everyone just kind of huffed.
"Look, I'm sorry for not telling you! But I wanted to surprise Elsa and I was worried that if I told too many people she would hear or I would ask at the wrong time or mess up and I didn't tell the girls either and—" Jack said, but Eugene cut him off when he started rambling.
"It's okay. We get it. We could've helped a little more had you told us, but it's your engagement," the Easter Bunny said, causing everyone to nod, and Jack smiled at them.
"Thanks guys," the Winter Spirit said, happy to have so many friends (including one that was completely unexpected) supporting him. "I actually have a question."
"What is it?" Pitch asked, and Jack shrugged.
"It's totally unrelated, but Kristoff and Eugene, how did you guys get your accents? None of the others have new accents," he asked, and the guys looked at him strangely for a minute before Kristoff shrugged.
"It just kind of happened. Anna didn't ever get one because she was traveling the world for so long and still doesn't really spend enough time in any one place to develop a specific accent. Sometimes it's like mine, but that's only when she gets really emotional. Pabbie doesn't have one because he can't speak, so there's no accent to have. I don't know about Pitch but I would imagine it's the same reason as Anna, and Hiccup's been spending most of his time with Merida since they came back, so neither of them have developed a new accent. Elsa spent most of her time on the moon, not spending time up close to people very often, so she never developed one. Eugene and I spend most of our time in one area, him in Australia and myself here, only really traveling once a year unless there's a threat. We just developed the accents of the people closest to us," Kristoff said, looking around the room for confirmation, and everyone just nodded.
"Oh. That makes sense," Jack said thoughtfully, and the guys all rolled their eyes.
"Of all the questions in all the world, you asked the one that was about as unrelated to what we were talking about as it gets," Pitch teased, and Jack stuck his tongue out.
"Not true. I could have asked why the sky is blue," Jack said sassily, and Pitch rolled his eyes.
"Then we probably would have left the room," the Nightmare King remarked, earning nods from the other guys.
"Fine. Eugene, how does it feel to know your biggest believer is hours away from turning eighteen?" Jack asked, turning to his friend.
"It's weird. I keep having this sense of déjà vu when I think about her birthday. Like, I was with Rapunzel on her eighteenth birthday. It feels, right, somehow, to be with Sophie for hers, but I don't know why. I guess she just reminds me of her," Eugene said, not really looking at any of the guys, and Hiccup smiled as a golden heart appeared over Sandy's head.
"That's why your so protective of her," the Dragon Rider said, and Eugene smiled almost absentmindedly.
"I guess," he said simply, and all the guys smiled. Eugene was the only one who didn't know what was really going on, but no one was going to ruin the surprise now. They had kept it a secret for thirteen years, they could wait one more day.
Well, that one more day passed in a flash, and before they knew it, Sophie was waking up on her eighteenth birthday. Everyone had worked together that night—without telling Eugene—to make sure she would have her memories back (mainly Elsa and Anna, but Pabbie helped too), and it had worked. When Elsa and Jack arrived early that morning with the lanterns and the purple box from Elsa's vanity drawer, hiding them all in Jamie's bedroom before making their way downstairs to where Sophie was painting, but she was different.
Her already long, blonde hair was even longer—68 feet longer, to be exact—and seemed to glow whenever the light hit it. She was wearing a pink and purple dress and her feet were bare, and Pascal was sitting on her shoulder as she painted. The canvas was painted a rich, royal purple, with a glowing, golden sun in the center. Her back was to them, but she looked so happy and natural that it made Elsa smile. Jack took his queen's hand, and the two of them created a small flurry of snowflakes to fly around their cousin. She looked around in surprise when she saw the snow, and when she turned and saw Elsa and Jack, she squealed and ran over to them.
"Elsie! Jack!" she said, wrapping them in a tight hug, and the spirits in question laughed before hugging her back.
"It's good to see you, Punzie," Elsa said, looking at her cousin with a smile.
"Welcome back, Summer," Jack said, using her nickname that came from the princesses' group nickname the Four Seasons. She stuck her tongue out at him, and he nudged her playfully. Jamie came in and smiled.
"You guys are here already! Where are the others?" he asked, and Punzie looked at them curiously.
"Others?" she asked, and Elsa smiled.
"Yes, others," the Snow Queen said, then waved her hand in front of Rapunzel. A flurry of snow surrounded the girl, and Elsa focused on the memory of her becoming the moon and resurrecting everyone. She made sure to skim over Jack's resurrection, just showing enough that she understood what happened, and included her resurrection and the resurrection of both Merida and Hiccup. When the flurry dissipated, Punzie stood there in shock.
"Wait, so Eugene is Bunny? Is that why he was always my favorite?" she exclaimed, a slight blush growing in her cheeks, and Jack and Jamie both laughed at her.
"That it is," her older brother said, smirking, and Elsa rolled her eyes.
"Better be careful, Jamie. I know who you like," the Guardian of Love taunted, and Jamie's eyes widened.
"That's no fair! Your center is love, of course you know who everyone likes!" he exclaimed, and Jack chuckled.
"Actually, Jamie, she knows who everyone loves," Jack corrected. "Merida, Elsa and Rapunzel's cousin, deals more with liking someone and little crushes and puppy love. Elsa deals with true love. There's a big difference, trust me."
While Jamie processed this new information, Elsa smiled knowingly at Jack and took his hand. Rapunzel caught the motion and grinned at them, and Jack just stuck his tongue out at her and pulled Elsa closer. The queen's smile grew, and suddenly there was a strange noise outside. Punzie's face contorted into a look of confusion for a second, before she smiled again.
"They're here," Jack, Elsa, and Rapunzel said in unison, and Jamie smiled at them before everyone ran outside. Elsa held out a hand to Punzie, motioning for her to wait until she told her to come out and see her family.
Kristoff's sleigh had landed on the back lawn, with Sven leading the reindeer pulling it like always. Anna, Faylinn, Pitch, and Pabbie piled out of the sled, smiling at Elsa, Jack, and Jamie, who had walked to the center of the lawn. Toothless landed moments later, and Merida and Hiccup climbed off his back. The last to arrive was Eugene, who had used his tunnels to get to the backyard and appeared just behind the trio, closest to the house.
"So, Elsie, where's Sophie?" Anna asked innocently, and Elsa turned to face Eugene and smiled at a spot just behind him with a nod.
"Right there," she said, and suddenly a petite girl with 70 feet of long, golden hair was tackling Eugene from behind, knocking him to the ground.
"Eugene!" Punzie cried, laughing as the giant bunny froze under her. "You're so fluffy!"
"Rapunzel…?" Eugene asked quietly, as if afraid the girl was just a joke, but after seeing the way everyone was smiling at him, he laughed. "I don't believe this…you only get a pass for the fluffy thing because it's your birthday, Blondie."
"No, I get a pass because you love me," she teased, getting off her husband's spine and helping him stand up. He hugged her tightly, not wanting to let her go.
"Elsa, is this why she didn't become one of us sooner?" the bunny asked quietly, and the platinum-blonde nodded.
"Yes, sir. It was a surprise. I thought it would be nice," Elsa replied, and before she could blink she was wrapped up in a fluffy hug.
"It's definitely surprising. Thank you," he said quietly. "I'm sorry for always being moody when she wouldn't be the one chosen…"
"You didn't know what I had planned, Eugene. It's okay," she said with a soft laugh, and he pulled back to look at her, shaking his head.
"I should've trusted you. You've never failed any of us before. I should have known you'd be planning something," he said, pitching his voice so she would be the only one to hear what he said, and she smiled brightly.
"It's okay. You missed her, but now she's back and here to stay," Elsa promised him, and he grinned before picking up his wife and spinning her around. He got tangled in her hair, however, and the two would have crashed to the ground had Elsa not created a pile of soft snow for them to land on.
"Thanks, Els," Rapunzel said, a brilliant, sunny smile on her face.
"So, can we do introductions?" Jamie asked, smirking at everyone. Elsa smiled and led everyone inside to the living area, where they were all cramped but found seats anyway. Rapunzel sat in Eugene's lap on the floor, surrounded by her very long, golden hair. Anna and Kristoff sat together on one of the couches, with Kristoff's arm around his wife's shoulder and Faylinn sitting on her dad's shoulder. Hiccup and Merida each pulled over a dining chair and sat next to each other with Hiccup holding her hand. Pitch sat in a dining chair he pulled over and placed so he wasn't too close to anyone, but was still a part of the group. Jack plopped down on a couch, pulling Elsa onto his lap, and she blushed slightly but leaned into him happily. Pabbie sat on the floor near Pitch's chair, including the Nightmare King a little more. Jamie sat on the couch next to Jack and Elsa, looking around the Guardians in the room.
"It'll probably make the most sense if I start," Elsa spoke up, sitting up a little straighter. She explained her past, tying in how everyone knew each other and how she brought them all back. Jack went next, and when he mentioned the proposal, Rapunzel gasped, then started cheering.
"Finally!" she cheered, and Jack threw his arms up.
"Every time! I'm done," he said, nudging Elsa off his lap and walking over to sit in the far corner to pout. Everyone started laughing at his child-like reaction.
"Aw, Jackie is pouting," Hiccup teased, and Jack used his staff to almost blast his friend with ice.
"Shut it, Haddock," he grumbled, and everyone laughed again. Anna decided to go next, followed by Kristoff, Hiccup, Merida, and Pabbie (whose story was translated by Pitch). When it was his turn, Eugene cleared his throat.
"This is the story of how I died," Eugene said grandly, and Rapunzel rolled her eyes.
"Eugene," she scolded playfully, and he shrugged.
"It kind of is!" he said, and everyone laughed before he finally started telling his story. Punzie went next, telling both the story of how she grew up locked in a tower and met Eugene, and the story of her life as Sophie. Finally, it was Pitch's turn, and Jack was sitting on the couch again with Elsa in his arms, ready to listen.
"A very long time ago, I had a wife, and a daughter. I was good, and I was responsible for guarding the cell that a group of fearlings had been locked in. They made me think that my daughter was in there with them, and tricked me into opening the cell to save her. When I did, they changed me into what I am now. My daughter, Emily Jane, grew up to be Mother Nature. She hated what I had become, and we fought bitterly any time we were together. My wife died trying to make it seem like both she and Emily had died so Emily would be safe from a group of people called the Dream Pirates. Emily had snuck out that night, and wasn't around to make them believe otherwise. Years turned into decades, and a century after becoming the Nightmare King, I met three women who called themselves the "Queens of Darkness."* Their names were Cruella de'Vil, Maleficent, and Ursula. We got along, and we worked together for a long time. One day, we got into a huge fight, and I walked away," Pitch recounted.
"That was the day I found Elsa. Her fear fueled me, made me stronger, and I began to crave a world controlled by ice and darkness. I didn't expect her to have a friend who could protect her from me, however, and in my frustration I formed a plan to kill him. It worked, if I'm honest, better than I thought it would, because I could fully control Elsa's powers, but after eighteen years Anna broke the spell, and Elsa became the moon. I was irritated that I had lost, and continued trying to rule the world through fear, and when Jack became part of the picture, my hopes for a world ruled by ice and fear came back. I didn't know who any of them really were, but I found out who Jack was when I opened his memory box. It seemed perfect, until it wasn't and your friends helped defeat me, Jamie. About a year later, Elsa had a new enemy, Medusa, who had killed the boy Emily Jane had loved, the boy Elsa had created for my daughter when she asked for someone to love, before it was his time. I became a Guardian to help fight her, and Elsa showed me that fear can actually be helpful. I found out who everyone was then, and yes, it was rocky at first, but I think it's gotten a lot better," Pitch said, looking around at his fellow guardians to get their take on his thoughts. Everyone nodded eagerly, including Jack, and he smiled a little.
"Wow. Well, I guess it's only fair for me to go next, even though you all probably know my story already, but I'd feel weird if I didn't tell it," Jamie said. He began to recount how he met all of his friends, his experiences throughout his schooling since he still believed in the Guardians, and how all but one of his friends had stopped believing. That one friend was Pippa, and she was still his best friend. They had gone to the same college, and when Jamie's parents died, she had offered to come back to Burgess to help him and Sophie through it. He spilled that she was going to be there that night, and right as he finished his story, the doorbell rang. Most of the Guardians missed the faint blush dusting his cheeks as he got up to go answer the door, but Elsa, Jack, and Pitch all saw it and started smiling. When Pippa walked in, wearing a white button down blouse, a green skirt, a pair of green and white Toms wedges, and a white knit headband in her short red hair, her eyes lit up.
"You guys really did come!" she exclaimed, and Elsa got up to hug her. She quickly used her magic to review all the stories they had gone through, so the girl was totally caught up, and Pippa smiled before telling her own story. It was very similar to Jamie's, and everyone smiled at the pair. When all the stories were finally finished, the sun had gone down, and Elsa smiled and stood up.
"Everyone needs to go outside," she instructed, and everyone did as they were told. She caught Jack's hand to stop him, and the two went upstairs to get the lanterns and box from Jamie's bedroom. They carried them out to their family, and Punzie's eyes lit up.
"Those are from Corona!" she exclaimed, and Elsa laughed.
"But of course," she said, handing a lantern to each of them. They lit them quickly, and Elsa set the purple box down at Punzie's feet. She smiled when she saw Corona's emblem on the lid with the word "Health" written under it, and watched as Elsa took two steps back, one for herself and one for Rapunzel, and smiled at her cousin.
"Punzie, are you ready to become a Guardian?" Elsa asked, and Rapunzel nodded eagerly. The Snow Queen smiled and released her lantern into the night sky, and everyone followed suit as Elsa began the magic.
Her aura of pure moonlight became brighter and brighter, bathing the entire backyard in a silvery pale glow. When it was bright enough, Elsa raised her hands, palms facing down, and a flurry of snowflakes emerged from them, swirling towards the box and around Rapunzel, gaining speed with every second. The lid of the box suddenly flew open with a burst of moonlight so bright that everyone had to shield their eyes, and when the magic faded, Rapunzel's hair had been woven into a beautiful half up, half down style, and her dress had changed. She was now wearing a spaghetti strap dress with a draped, scooped neckline, that faded from pink on top to Corona's royal purple at the very bottom in an ombré style. The sash was Corona's purple, with the sun emblem that was the symbol of Rapunzel's home that had the Caduceus medical symbol engraved in the gold. Her hair was intricately braided and woven with purple and pink flowers, and she wore a crown just like the tiara Flynn had stolen centuries earlier, but with the sun symbol from her dress in the center instead of one of the diamonds. The center diamond had been cut into smaller stones and placed around the sun, and with the remainder of her hair falling to reach her feet and flowing around her like a ray of sunlight, she looked regal and summery.
"Wow," was all Pippa could say, and Jamie and the Guardians were all simply staring in awe.
"Does it always look like that?" Anna said quietly, and Elsa smiled.
"Usually it's just the boxes, since you guys had already died when you became Guardians, but because Punzie was alive, I just needed to release what was left in the box," Elsa said, and then turned to Rapunzel, assuming her queen-look. "Punzie, step forward please."
Rapunzel did as she was asked, and while the others all looked on proudly, knowing what was about to come, Rapunzel had been too young to remember what would come next.
"Will you, Rapunzel, vow to watch over the children of the world? To guard them with your life, their hopes, their wishes, and their dreams. For they are that we have, all that we are, and all that we will ever be," Elsa asked her cousin royally, in the true manner of a queen, and Rapunzel smiled, looking around at her family—mainly Eugene—before turning back to Elsa.
"I will," she promised. Elsa smiled.
"Then congratulations, Rapunzel, for you are now and forevermore a Guardian," the Snow Queen said, and everyone erupted into cheers. Punzie smiled and hugged her cousin, looking like she was about to cry.
"Elsie?" she asked quietly.
"Yeah, Punzie?" Elsa asked in response, letting her queen-look fall away.
"What am I guardian of, exactly?" Rapunzel asked, and Elsa couldn't help but laugh softly.
"Health. And the Spirit of Summer," Elsa replied, and Punzie grinned at her, feeling incredibly important.
"Thank you, Elsa," the new Guardian said, and Elsa smiled.
"That's what family is for," Elsa replied, and the Guardians all celebrated their new addition late into the night, with only Pabbie leaving early to help the children sleep.
So? What did you guys think? Who does Jamie like?
Who do you guys think Pitch's girl is? She could be anyone, really. Someone we've met before, someone mentioned in this chapter, or maybe it's someone who hasn't been introduced yet. Tell me in your review!
*For those of you who don't recognize the name, the Queens of Darkness are from ABC's Once Upon A Time. Any mention of those characters is referencing the OUAT versions of them, not the movie versions.
Snowflakes of love and fun to you all! ~Des