(Marie POV)

I start to pace the room. I must stay awake. I look at the clock on the microwave and sigh. It's only 2 o'clock. Dammit!
Suddenly, I hear a loud thumping noise on the roof, followed by a strange noise coming from the chimney. Could it be...?
My question is immediately answered, a pretty big guy with a large white beard stands in front of me. He seems equally surprised at seeing me as I am at seeing him.
"Are..are you Santa?" It's a pretty stupid question actually. It's obvious it's him. Who else would come down the chimney wearing a red suit? Well, 10 points for me for awkwardness.

He looks around, not knowing what to say. If he is Santa, then he looks nothing like I pictured him to be. Tattoo's reading "naughty" and "nice" cover his arms. He seems to be carrying swords around and he's not really fat, more like, really muscled.

"Uhm...Hello, you must be Marie underweather." he says. He has a russian accent and pronounces my last name as Underveather.

"wow, it's..an honor to meat you sir." I stick out my hand greet him. He shakes it gently. It feels weird, his big warm hand wrapped around my smaller, much colder hand.
"So, jack tell me you have nightmares."

"Oh, he..he told you about that?" I rub my neck awkwardly.

"He want me to check on you."

"Well, yes, I have been having nightmares, but it's nothing to worry about."

"Oh, but it is!" he interrupts me. "It is very big deal."
"Can you then at least tell me why it is something to worry about? Jack seemed very upset. Is he alright?"

"He is fine, but he doesn't really know what is happening aether. You haven't told him everything aether have you?" He gives me a knowing look.
"No, but...i don't have the strenght to tell him everything. I don't even know everything." I grab the picture with my mom and The easter bunny on it and show it to him. He doesn't react to it, he just looks at it, a bit sadly.
"You mis your mother a lot, do you not?"
I sigh. "Yes...i do, but, it's just, I don't know what happened to her. Why did she die? Also, I want to know why The easter bunny is in this picture." I point it out to him.
He looks really closely at the picture, seems to notice it and looks back at me.

"I am dearly sorry, but I can not help you. I am not the one who should tell you."

I sigh and take the picture from him. "I was afraid you wore going to say that. But, my dad won't tell me anything either!" I say angrily.

He lays his hand on my shoulder. "I'm sorry Marie. But, your father doesn't know aether."
He turns towards the christmas tree and places a present under it. "I must say, your christmas letter, very confusing. You want adventure, but I think I find good present. It will help through your adventure."

I frown at him, confused by what he just said and how he just casually tried to change the subject.
"Uhhm, okay, But...wait, what do you mean he doesn't know aether?" I frown. "The doctors should have told him obviously. He has to know what was wrong with her"

He ignores my question and starts to walk back toward the chimney.
"Hey! Wait! Don't leave!"
"I have to deliver presents! It is christmas! You should go back to wore you up in first place?"

"Jack told me not to go to sleep again tonight."

Suddenly, a bright blue light fills the room. I look out the window and see the Northern lights.
What? This is Burgess, the northern lights are never visible here?
"Jack must have called the guardians." He looks at me and seems to be pondering something. He then starts to search for something in his coat.

"Aha!" he pulls out a giant snowglobe."Luckily I take two with me!"

He gently shakes it and says: "Globe room, North pole."
Inside the snowglobe, a big room with an enormous globe in the middle appears. Jack seems to be sitting down surrounded by what seem to be Yeti's, elves, The easter bunny, sandman, and...is that the tooth fairy?
"Once portal opens, you go through." Santa says. He trows the snowglobe and right before it hits the floor, a portal appears.
Well, here goes nothing I guess. I jump through. It feels as if a hook grabs me around my waist and pulls me only takes a second, and I stumble to the ground as the portal ends. I land softly on a red velvet carpet. Two big furry hands suddenly grab me by the arms and lifts me up. I turn my head a bit to see who it is that picked me up. "Wow!" I yelp as I see the yeti staring angrily at me. I start to look around and gasp. The room is filled with toys, flying around or lying on tables ready to be tested. An enormous globe covered with tiny golden lights stands in the middle of the room. We walk around it and after a while, Jack and the other guardians appear around the corner. They seem to be deep in conversation.
"Jack, you called us here because this girl you like had a nightmare?" The easter bunny asks, clearly really annoyed.
The sandman forms a question mark above his head with his sand.

"Yeah, exactly what I was thinking Sandy." easter bunny responds.
Cute, The sandman has a nickname.
The yeti carrying me suddenly grunts really loudly. The guardians all turn their heads and stare at me.
"How did that kid get here." tooth fairy says. She flies over me and opens my mouth. "Good set of teeth though."
"Tooth get your fingers out of her mouth!" Jack jells loudly and rushes over to me.
"How come you are here? How did you even get here?"
"Santa sent me. Now, uhmm, could you ask him to put me down? This is not exactly very comfortable." I ask awkwardly.

"Oh yeah sure, Louis, you can put her down."
The yeti blabbers something. "Yeah, yeah, don't worry, North sent her apparently." Jack replies.
"You understand yeti?" I ask him once the yeti leaves.
"No but I kind of thought that was a good response." Jack says manner of factly.

"So, I recon this is that girl you meant? Nice hair by the way." The Easter bunny says.

He doesn't seem to be really happy at me being here.
"I'm Marie." I wave at them awkwardly. The sandman and the tooth fairy wave back, but the easter bunny just stands their, his arms crossed firmly.
"So...you had a nightmare did you. Want do you want us to do to her Jack. Tuck her in? Read her a bedtime story? Tell her the boogieman doesn't exist and give her a hug?" easter bunny yells.
Boogieman? So that's who that guy was.
"Actually, it's too late to tell me he doesn't exist. I saw him."
"What?" Jack asks shocked.
"He was in my room and appeared right after you left."

I look at Jack. He takes my hand and squeezes it gently. "I'm so sorry, I should have stayed to look after you."

"Hey, don't worry. He didn't hurt me. See, no bruises."

"No, but, I know what he can do to people emotionally. He is the one who even brought you those nightmares in the first place." Jack says worriedly.

"The only way to find out why he is after you in particular is, and you might not like this, is by telling us what your nightmares are about." the toothfairy said.

I sigh. "Actually, there is something I wanted to ask you." I look at the easter bunny. Who only seems to raise an eyebrow.

I step forward and show him the picture of me and my mom. "I wondered if you could explain this to me."

Is Bunnymund going to tell her what happened to her mom?
Does tooth wash her hands after she sticks her fingers in peoples mouths?
And will i ever stop re-reading my chapters with a British accent?

Find out in the next chapter oooof "The wonders of reality" *epic echoing*

Okay, i'm sorry, had to do that...

I might continue to sometimes ad Jack's point of view, i'm even considering a Bunnymund POV, since he seems to be becoming more involved and everything... Pitch might get one too, but he keeps giving me weird nightmares lately so he doesn't get one until he gives me a break.

See you soon,

Love, Theicecreampirate
(I just keep spreading the love out don't I. I wonder if people actually ever read my author's notes?)