;can I start off by saying how amazing you all are? Over 35 reviews and 24 follows/favorites for this one story!? I know its not much but have a virtual hug and a pretty long chapter as my way of saying thanks for your lovely messages and support! Any who, I don't own ROTG, just the plot and any OC's;
"Jack stop juggling the eggs I need those for the dough." Maeve half-laughed as the winter spirit walked across the counter juggling 5 eggs. "Alright, alright." He said jumping down. "Whoops!"
The eggs slipped out of his hands mid-jump and 3 of them landed right on top of Maeve's head. Not only, but the other 2 landed on the sack of flower she had out, spraying her with the white powder. She spit out a large cloud of flour as egg yokes dripped down her head.
Jack snorted while trying to suppress the urge to burst out laughing. His ribs started hurting from his resistance and he ended up leaning against the counter.
"Yep, yeah. That sure was funny. You know what else is funny?" Maeve said picking up the bowl full of dough and plopping it up side down on top of Jack's head.
The winter spirits grin vanished as cookie dough dripped down his face and covered his silvery hair. Maeve removed the bowl from his head and wiped a small amount of cookie dough off his cheek.
"Hm." She mused aloud as she taste tested it. "Needs more sugar." At that Maeve picked up the large cup of sugar she had set out and dumped it on top if the cookie dough.
Jack smiled as he wiped the dough and sugar out of his eyes. "You do know." He said picking up several eggs. "This means war."
XXXXX Lazy time skip weeee~ XXXXXXX
It took a few hours, but Maeve and Jack finally managed to make a good 2-and-a-half batches of cookies and clean up the mess from their mini-food fight.
As well as get Amelia home. The six year old fell asleep instantly on the couch after having a busy day playing with her friends at the park.
Jack offered to take Amelia up to her bedroom for Maeve. The 17 year old swore she heard a few loud thumps and a couple of swear words coming from the six year old's bedroom. Jack came back down stairs a few minutes later, looking slightly embarrassed, but saying Amelia was in bed.
Maeve was stirring a pot of hot chocolate while Jack continued to tell her about his adventures over the past 340 years. Sometimes he'd make the window frost over then draw pictures in the ice and make them come to life letting them fly around the kitchen, like he had done in her art studio.
"-and then Jamie went flying over the statue, strait into a pile of snow. He also got hit by a couch. He was fine though! just lost a tooth." He finished sliding across the counter top into sitting position.
Maeve laughed as she poured them two mugs and joined him at sitting on the counter. "So, you just nearly got my dad ran over by several trucks then hit him with a couch. Gee, You sure are great with kids."
Jack laughed and took his mug. "Hey, it was an-" he stopped as his eyes widened. There was a slight rumbling out side on the Bennett's front lawn.
"Aw you have got to be kidding me... They couldn't have followed me here..." He muttered setting his mug down."Who could've followed you here?" Maeve asked standing up as well. "Is it the Boogeyman?"
"No." He moaned. "The other Guardians."
"Other Guardians?!" Maeve demanded. "There's more of you?" "Yeah. North, or Santa as you probably know him, the Tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, who looks more like a kangaroo, and the Sandman." Jack replied grabbing his staff.
Maeve shook her head. "That's just... Your kidding right they're just-" Maeve was going to say "fairy tales" but then she remembered who she was talking to. Jack raised his eyebrows. "Oh right." She muttered. "Never mind."
They walked into the living room to the small entry hall just as there was a slight tapping on the door in the followed by loud voices.
"Vhat are you doing? Juzt open zee door!" A male voice said with a thick Russian accent. "Well, I don't want to be rude." A female voice said. "just open t'bloody door already!" Said another male voice, this time with an Australian accent.
Maeve walked up to the front door and reached for the nob. she stopped half way and hesitated. The 17 year old looked back at Jack. He nodded for her to continue even though he wasn't very happy about it.
Maeve nodded and opened the door to the weirdest quartet she had ever seen.
The largest of them was an old man. He was wearing big leather boots, with a pair of black pants that went up to his belly attached by a red patterned belt. He had a plain red shirt that was hidden under a red jacket with a black fur trim that matched the large fur black hat he was wearing. He had grayish hair, even though he didn't look that old. His beard, same color as his hair, was long and stopped near his belt.
The only female of the group reminded Maeve of a humming bird. She was actually quite beautiful and covered in feathers from head to foot. It started at her feet with a dark shade of blue and turned green to bright yellow. Instead of hair, the hummingbird woman had a full crown of diversified feathers. Her lightly colored wings buzzed behind her. Around her where many little fairies that looked like baby versions of herself.
The strangest of them had to be the man-bunny-kangaroo hybrid. He had his ears perked up and a serious expression stamped onto his face. His fur was of a blue-ish kind of gray, but turned white on the abdomen and snaking up his neck. Random symbols patterned both of his long arms and some sort of golden armor attached to his forearms. He had two large boomerangs along with many multicolored...eggs strapped on a belt that was looped over his shoulder.
The smallest of them was a small orange-yellowish man with spiked up orange hair that looked liked it was constantly being blown back. He had a rather kind, welcoming, round face. He seemed to be made entirely of gold sand.
"Ah!" The old man said. "Finally!" He walked strait into Maeve with his large stomach, sending her right onto the floor.
"Ow!" She yelped. "Watch where your going!" The man looked startled down at her like it was some big surprise that he had actually hit Maeve. The bird-like woman flew up to the 17 year old and looked at her quizzically. "Can you see us?" She asked. "Uh... Yeah." Maeve said weakly.
"Vonderful!" The old man said helping Maeve up by grabbing her by the shoulders. "Ve hope ve aren't intruding. Let me introduce myself. I am Nicholaz Zt. North!" The old man greeted Maeve while shaking her hand. "You may know me better az "Zanta" though."
"Thiz iz Bunnymund, zee Easter bunny." He said waving a hand at the bunny-kangaroo-man. "G'day, little lady." he said nodding at her in greeting. "And Tooth, zee tooth fairy."
"Hi!" Tooth exclaimed cheerfully flying up to Maeve. "Jack hasn't told us much about you! In fact he hasn't told us anything about you! Or your teeth!" The 17 year old blinked at the tooth fairy trying to make sure she had heard her correctly. "My-my what?" She stuttered.
Before Maeve understood what was happening, Tooth had wrenched open her jaw and was studying her teeth. "Oh wow, you do a fantastic job brushing!" Tooth said cheerfully. "You should really pick up on flossing more though-"
"Tooth!" North sighed while resting his hand on his forehead. "Handz out of mouth." "Oh right." She said releasing Maeve. "Sorry."
"And thiz Sandy zee Sandman." North finished waving a hand at the small orange-yellowish man.
Sandy smiled at Maeve. He made a hat purely out of sand on top of his head and lifted it in greeting. "Um... Hello." Maeve greeted back awkwardly.
"Jack!" North said cheerfully at the winter spirit. "Vhy did you not tell us you have girlfriend?" "What?!" Jack and Maeve exclaimed together. "What? Oh, no! We're not dating! We're just friends!"
Bunny and Sandy both smirked at the teens the raised they're eyebrows at each other.
A few tooth fairies flew up and studied Maeve's face. The kept squeaking to each other and either looked depressed or excited at her.
Sandy waved his hands around like he was saying something while sand in the form of symbols appeared floating above his head one after the other. They where changing so fast, all Maeve understood was that he was "talking" about her.
"Sandy's right." Tooth said. "All this commotion and we didn't even get to learn her name."
Maeve looked around them wide eyed. She wasn't so sure she wanted them to know her name. To be truthful the freaked her out a little. "my name is Maeve." She said quietly.
"Oh that's a lovely name!" Tooth said. "Is your family Irish?" "I-I don't know." Maeve stuttered clearly overwhelmed by the guardians questions.
"Iz that hot chocolate and cookiez I zmell?" North said sniffing the air. "A glazz and a few cookiez vould be nice." "Why not." Bunny agreed walking over. "Oh, a few treats wouldn't hurt anyone." Tooth said. Sandy nodded and gave two thumbs up.
"Oh... Um... O-ok. I'll just go and get them." Maeve said walking into the kitchen. Jack followed her as the other guardians made themselves comfortable in the Bennett's living room.
"I'm sorry." Jack apologized crouching on the counter while Maeve placed all the cookies onto a serving tray and poured more glasses of hot chocolate. "I hope this isn't to stressful for you."
"Oh no." Maeve replied sarcastically. "I just have the Sandman, Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, and Santa Claus siting in my living room demanding hot chocolate and cookies. Why on earth would I be stressed?"
Jack smiled a little and hopped off the counter and followed Maeve into the living room. "I swear I'll get rid of them as soon as I can." He promised.
North and Bunnymund had made themselves comfortable on the couch while Sandy rested on one of the arm chairs. Tooth remained flying in mid air while she talked to several fairies at once giving them some sort of directions. It was the small little girl that had joined the guardians that made Maeve stop dead in her tracks.
"Maeve!" Amelia squealed from the couch. "Amelia?" Maeve asked dumbfounded. "I thought you where asleep." The six year old giggled. "I was. But I heard you talking to people and I came down stairs. I didn't know you knew Santa, the Tooth fairy, the Easter bunny, and the Sandman!"
Amelia's eyes grew wide when she saw Jack. "And Jack Frost!" She squealed jumping up and down. "You did come back!"
Maeve turned and looked at the winter spirit. "'Come back'? When did you meet Amelia?" She asked. Jack blushed a little while he smiled sheepishly. "It's -uh- a long story." He muttered. Maeve shook her head dismissing the matter. "Did you challenge him to a snowball fight?" She asked sitting back down.
"Uh-yeah, Melia. I did. Just like a promised." Maeve replied setting the tray of food on the coffee table. "Ah, thank you, Maeve." North said taking a glass of hot chocolate and two cookies. A few of Tooth's fairies flew up and took several cookies for themselves.
"Did you win?" Amelia continued while taking a treat for herself. Maeve adverted Amelia's eyes and hesitated. It was probably made clear she hadn't won by her snowball throwing skills.
"We actually tied." Jack said leaning against his staff. Amelia giggled excitedly as she nibbled on her cookie.
"Ha! Yeah right." Bunny smirked."After how much you brag about how your a "undefeated world champion"? What'd you do stand completely still while she-" Jack threw a cookie at Bunnymund's head. the Easter bunny glared at him but shut up anyway.
The guardians stayed for a little over half an hour eating cookies, telling stories of their past adventures and playing with Amelia. Sandy even made mini sand dragons to fly around the room.
The six year old fell fast asleep on Bunnymund's lap, cuddling with several of Tooth's fairies. Maeve picked up her little sister from the Easter Bunny's arms and took Amelia up to bed. When she returned the guardians where getting ready to leave.
"Thank you for your hozpitality." North said placing his glass down. "Ve zhould be leaving now." "Hold up, hold up." Bunny said waving his paws. "I thought we followed frosty t'see where he's been for the past two weeks, then figure out why he isn't on watch."
Jack looked around the room, his face turning redder than Maeve's. "I just came to see-" he mumbled "your girlfriend?" Bunny offered crossing his arms. "She's not my girlfriend." He said clearly annoyed now.
"Ve'll discuss it later." North said waving off the matter. "Later?" Bunny asked angrily. "Pitch shows signs of returning and frosty decided it was a good idea t'go have bloody cookies and hot chocolate with his girlfriend-"
"I'm sure Pitch would've made a bigger attack or would've been more careful if he could." Tooth jumped in. "After his last attempt-"
"Um... Who's Pitch?" Maeve asked quietly looking between the guardians uncomfortably. They all looked surprised at her. they probably forgot that she was there.
"The Boogeyman." Jack answered looking more embarrassed by his teams argument. "Oh that guy." Maeve muttered. "You told her about Pitch?" Bunnymund demanded.
"I didn't know it was a secret." Jack shot back with the same anger. "Wonderful!" Bunny said. "Might as well take her t'the pole and recruit her-" "vondetful idea, Bunny!" North said. "Ve zhall take you to see the Pole!"
"What?" Maeve and Bunny exclaimed at the same time. "I was joking!" Bunny said as North stood up.
"Come!" North said grabbing his coat. "Ve vill take you now!" "The-wait what?" Maeve asked. She shook her head finally understanding what North was saying.
"I-I can't leave. I have to watch my sister. My parents won't be home till tomorrow-" "then ve'll come back tomorrow!" North said closing the matter. "North!" Maeve exclaimed jogging after him into the entry hall. "North really you guys don't have to-"
"Ve insist! Anything for a friend of Jack." North said putting on his hat. "I-" Maeve tried again. "ve'll be back to get you tomorrow." North told her.
"Good-bye! See you tomorrow!" Tooth said waving goodbye before flying out the front door. "Well... G'day, mate." Bunny said waving her goodbye. Sandy waved goodbye then floated out the door as well.
"Come Jack!" North said heading out the door. Jack sighed. "I'm really sorry." He muttered. "Don't worry about it." Maeve said waving away his apology. "I had fun."
Jack smiled a little and headed to the door. "I'll see you tomorrow." He said turning back to look at her. "See ya." Maeve said closing the door.
The 17 year old went into the living room and cleaned up the small mess the guardians had made. There was a slight pinch of worry and excitement in her stomach. She was going to spend tomorrow with Jack and the guardians.
5 guardians,1 teenage girl, and the Boogeyman on the loose. What could possibly go wrong?
;i'm sorry I fail so horribly at writing Australian and Russian accents. Thanks for reading and please leave a review!;