Pranks again?
Jack's PoV:
"Oi! Everyone she's awake!" Bunny sent out the tooth fairies that were left at North's castle to notify the rest of us when she woke. It had created quite the commotion that she passed out. North teased Bunny saying that he was big and scary. Maybe he should drink less milk. We had gotten her carried inside and since someone had to keep watch we kinda debated who should do it. Tooth got an urgent thing with some teeth, as usual, and I had to get snow to Siberia. Sandy had some dreams to deliver on the northern heme sphere so he couldn't watch over her. North had to attend to some matters involving two of his reindeer. They had apparently gotten into a fight. He didn't know when it would be solved. So the lot fell on Bunny, not that he liked it.
"Why does it have to me!? It's not like I don't have stuff to take care off! Even with Easter over I have to prepare for next year!" I could hear where this one was going. "Dah, Bunny you worry too much! Easter not important. You got plenty time to spare!" Oh, boy here we go. "Easter not important! Ya listen up here mate...!" And so Kangaroo and North argued for a good half hour before the rest of us got them separated and calmed down.
Well, the lot fell on Bunny. North threatened to tell Man in Moon if he didn't look after the girl and here we are.
Baby Tooth caught me on the way back the North's place. She was really hyped about it too. Kinda adorable if you ask me...oh, whups...back to business. *snickers*
The others were already by her room when I arrived. I noticed some colorful light kinda flickering under the door. What in the world was going on? "Have you guys seen that?" I pointed down at the door way. "Well spotted Jack! Bunny did you leave disco ball in there?!" Kangaroo got all angry over that comment. "Y'all gone absolutely bonkers?! I don't even have a disco ball!" I couldn't help to chase the subject further. "Aw, you're just saying that so we wont come party at the warren." "Why...I aughta...get over 'ere Frost so I can beat you to a pulp!" Before anything happened North got in the way. "Settle down both of you! Remember why we're here!" Oh, yeah we had to find out why there was a disco ball in North's room.
North opened the door and what a wonder that met us! Light in all the colors of the rainbow were reflected through the window and in front of that window the girl was sitting. The only thing there was some frost flowers I made yesterday. Did she give them those colors?! Wait just one moment! I've seen that before! Until around 1880 I some times had snow balls in all colors in my hand...often just before throwing it. And since I didn't know what it would do to the kids I threw it at a tree or a house wall. Then the most spectacular thing happened: the minute the show ball hit it burst into a rainbow! The kids often just stood there in wonder and awe.
Was that her doing? Bunny had briefly told us that until yesterday neither one of us could see her, except Pitch. I wondered about that.
But either way it was one beautiful sight. Right until she showed us her wounds and scars. Her back was covered in them and she had the gal to say they didn't matter. I was surprised to hear that what Pitch had done to her didn't matter. I felt rage built up inside of me...if I ever saw that...that...that creaton again he was a icesicle! Buried deep inside a gletsher on the south pole. I hadn't noticed going over to her, but right now I was running my hand over the scars on her back. I don't know why she froze at my touch. I hope it wasn't because she was cold...
There were so many things I wanted to ask her. Like how come she seemed so familiar...why she had me so fascinated with with her hair, her eyes, her everything!
I vaguely remember talking with her and the next she's not only hugging me she also started to cry! First I was completely taken by surprise, but it somehow felt right. By then she was crying as if she hadn't hugged or touched anyone for decades.
Her hair felt so soft under my touch. Okay, get a grip Frost! It's not the time for that!
Later we introduced everyone and we had to come up with a name for her. Since she loved Valentines Day all of us tried to find a name that had something to do with that. Bunny suggested Aster. Sure if she was a boy. Sheesh Bunny can you be more original? Her name is Valentina. I suddenly heard this voice whisper that her name is Valentina. Hmmmm...good name. When I suggested it to her she shot up like a ray of sunlight on freshly fallen snow. I swear she looked like she would kiss me then and there.
It felt like the name belonged to her, but who was that had told me her name was Valentina? At that moment I caught sight of the moon. I narrowed my eyes in suspicion. Was it him who had told me?
Valentina's PoV:
When we had gotten the matters about my name in place I looked down at myself and thought about where I could get some clothes. Bunny and North had gotten into an argument about whose season was more important. I smiled at it. They must be very close. It must be nice to have a real family. I got kinda sad thinking that way, but it didn't last for long when my attention again got turned to the window next the fireplace. The colors in the ice weren't that strong anymore, but they were still there. I touched it and in some freakish way I pulled out a string in a navy blue color. I thought about how it would stand well against my green eye as a china dress. The next thing I know is a load of sparkles and I had a china dress. It was gorgeous! Let me describe it for you: it had a closed neck, the slits were around mid-thigh high and it had no sleeves. I put it on and it fit like it was tailored to my body down to the smallest detail. I was soft and not in the way at all. The rest of the dress reached a little below my knees.
I looked at my reflection in the window and thought something was missing. I didn't really like that there was nothing under my dress than my panties so I figured I could pull out another string to make some short pants to cover up at bit. I touched the window for the second time and pulled out a red string. It looked to have a purple-like tone to it. I imagined the pants and there they were. Again I looked at my reflection and still something were missing. I knew it! Something that could function as sleeves, but without being attached to the dress.
A very short cape with sleeves that reached down to my knuckles, with holes for my thumbs and that were open in the shoulders. Perhaps in an almost black on the outside and a mailbox red underneath with a golden edge. To my surprise I pulled out three different colored strings this time and they looked to be in the colors I thought about. I pictured the cape and I got it. How I did all this don't know...it just kinda happened. Well, for now I wouldn't think too much about it and put on the cape. It had one button and something to close over the button.
As I stood there admiring my reflection I heard a familiar chirping. "BABY TOOTH!" She immediately popped up behind North flew in my direction.
Oh, my goodness! It had been ages since I had had a chance to hang with my favorite little tooth fairy! We hugged and jumped up and down...(well, it was mostly me, but you get the picture.)
"Oh, my gosh! It's been ages since that time. Are you okay? Did Tooth find you in time?! I'm so sorry I didn't get there in time to save you from getting hurt by the dog." A pause followed as I listened to Baby Tooth tell her story. She had wondered how she had gotten back to the castle so fast and how her wounds had been attended to. She also told me it wasn't my fault and that it came with the job. "But..." She cut me off and told me not to worry about it anymore, but she would like to hear what had happened to me after that. How am I to have such a cool friend as her? I had been a regular helper among the fairies before the incident with Pitch. Animals had been the only ones that could see me and the tooth fairies of course. They were more animal than Tooth and the others.
"Well, it was really weird." I started to tell her. "After I told you to fly ahead I fell several times while flying and when I got to the city I had a hard time finding you. It was a good thing the other fairies could help me. Little Bird took me to you and just time as well. I did a crash landing and scared the dog that were attacking you. By that time you had lost consciousness and the child had woken up. I took the tooth and flew, with you in my hands, back to tooth palace. I have now idea how I attended to your wounds, but I somehow made sure you were out of danger when I left. Everyone else were too busy to notice me, but they did find you. I felt so guilty for leaving you there, wounded an' all. I were in chock at what had happened and I, at that time, couldn't fly anymore. So not only did I have to care for you, but I also had to find a way down and back to...the cave...Oh, Baby Tooth I know you don't really want to hear this, but I'm really so sorry! If you ever need me for anything just come see me, okay?" She had been sitting so quiet in my hands while I told my story to her and when I finished I didn't know if she was angry at me or not, but the next thing she did blew any doubt from my mind. She gave me the worlds biggest smile and kissed me on the nose and then one kiss on each cheek. I was so touched that I started crying again. I felt proud and overly happy to have a friend like her. She then sat down on my left shoulder rubbed her head against mine for a bit and flew back to Tooth.
That was when I noticed the others. "Eh, you guys been here the whole time?" They nodded. "..." Silence was so thick you could cut it with a knife. Then it just hit me and my head got really hot and I felt so embarrassed! "Argh, someone bury me in lava and ice! This is so embarrassing! Please don't tell anyone about that okay?...arw, stupid question! How lame can someone be?" At that moment I just wanted to crawl into a hole and stay there for all eternity.
Tooth were the first one to speak. She didn't seem worry much about the fact that I knew her fairies. "You can fly?!" "I could up until that moment. I've tried many times since and that ability is just gone. It made me feel grounded, no offense Bunny, and so slow. It was one of the few joys I had. To soar through the clouds and watch the sun or fly so fast that the autumn leaves flew up around me. Everything seemed to close and then in slit seconds that was lost. I guess that would be why Pitch later got so much power over me...Oh, my goodness here I am rambling about such depressing stuff and you're not stopping me!? Tooth do me a favor and stop me next time I start down that lane again. I don't know if I'll ever regain my flying ability, but I'll be fine either way. Hey, is Pookie here with you?" Her expression changed along with my mood, but I could read in her eyes that the subject wasn't closed. "Who?" Oh, yeah that was mine and hers nickname for her. "Oh, I totally forgot that you don't know my nickname for her. It's Panda Tooth. Is she here with you?" Now she knew who I was talking about." Yes she's here with me, but I don't know where she is right now. I just sent her and a few of the others to South Africa. But I think she'll be back any moment now." And like she had heard it my little Pookie came flying in the door. She just took one look at me and flew over faster than the speed of sound. I put up my hand for our usual high-five, but instead she gave a huge hug (for a fairy) and said she had been so worried about me, that she had missed me. That was when we did our high-five. And if I hadn't been knocked over by either Baby Tooth or Pookie I got knocked to the floor when the rest of the fairies, that came with Tooth, saw me. It was shrills and chirps of joy and a lot of fairies hugging and kissing me. It made me really happy.
"Now girls you've said hi and done your hugging and kissing. It's back to work now." Tooth gave each of them orders and they flew off. They all said they would visit me when they could as they flew out. Pookie and Baby Tooth each gave me a kiss when they passed me.
When they flew out the window I noticed the colors in the ice flowers were gone, probably used for making my clothes. I noticed they sparkled like a thousand diamonds when I moved in the light, just like the sun on freshly fallen snow. I liked them more and more for each minute.
"So you mean to tell me that we couldn't see you until now, but Pitch and Tooth's fairies could?!" Bunny had been staring at me with skepticism and doubt for the whole time now. " No, not quite. Animals could/can see me as well. I don't know why it was like that, okay? With Tooth's fairies they're more hummingbird than human so it's only natural they could see me. It took me some time to figure that one out." As I spoke, while getting up, his eyes narrowed more and more by each word. "It's really hard to believe ya know. And on another note you're sure you're not loyal to Pitch in any way? You're not spying on us for him, are ya?" That made me really angry. How could he say that after I more or less bared myself to them and showed them the most embarrassing part of my self and the most ugly part too? I stood for a moment and collected myself before answering, but I guess I wasn't as collected as I thought I were. "How dare you even imply that I would spy on you guys for Pitch?! In all these years I never told Pitch anything about you guys and what I saw! Had he known I had spent time with Baby Tooth and the others he'd have killed them all and every animal I ever got close to! Just to hurt me and for the fun of it!" I could feel tears building up. How humiliating! And he wasn't finished there. "And what was that thing you did with the ice on the window, Huh? Plus how you made your clothes!" "I don't know! I just thought it would be pretty with colors in it and blew some color dust on it! As for the clothes that one is new for me too! Since I was invisible to you and everyone else I never need much, so when I wove them I was as surprised as you were!" Good grief he was thick-headed! I kept telling myself he was just stressed and stuff, but it didn't help much. I looked down and focused on controlling my breathing.
"Bunny, calm down. You think she could make those wounds and scars on her own? I don't know about you, but I have a pretty hard time hitting myself that hard on the back. And besides would Baby Tooth and the other fairies react like they did if she had been mean to them? I'm willing to give her a chance, are you?"
I calmed down when I heard Jack speak on my behalf. I had been right about him all along. His kind heart knew now limits. I dried my eyes and looked up. I almost burst out laughing...you should really see Bunny right now. He was pouting while Tooth and North gave him the Jack's-right-glare. In that moment I felt kinda sorry for him...I also thought about how he would see this. In some way he was right to be suspicious. I'd just have to show him I wasn't a threat to them or the children. That meant no pranking or teasing him for a while. Even if it was funny to see his reaction and stuff. "Oh, alright! I'll give her a chance, but ya slip up once and I'll have you out before you can count to three! Ya got that, mate?" I smiled while nodding.
I then realized that North hadn't said very much during all this. I looked over at him."Ehm, Santa you haven't said very much about me being here and stuff. What do you think?" He gave me this stern look and walked over fast to me, leaned in and said:"I've told you it's North, right?" "Yeah?" "So no Santa, okay?" I smiled. He wasn't gonna do me harm. "Okay, got it. So? Umf!..." He smiled back and before I could do anything he picked me up in a big, warm bear hug! "HAHahahahahaha...Of course you welcome here. Bunny is just grumpy because he had to watch you. Don't worry about that." He put me down and started another discussion about whose season were more important. As I watched the two argue Tooth tapped my shoulder. "Is it really true you helped my girls?" "Yes, I did. I didn't collect any teeth if that's what you mean. I was more like a helper who kept pets and what not away from them. But when I lost my ability to fly it harder and harder to help them and in the end I stopped. I was more of a burden than a help and the accident with Baby Tooth made it all the more clear to me." I felt really bad about it, but I was telling her almost a straight lie. The thing was that Pitch had found out about it and had arranged that "little" accident to prove a point. I never really found out what that point was. If making me promise not to help out Baby Tooth and the others wasn't bad enough, he told me he would kill my beloved cat, Mime, slowly and while I was forced to watch, if I as much as tried to fly. Not only is she still with him, but I think I've truely forgotten how to fly.
Tooth looked like she just realized something. "So they were telling me the truth!" "What do you mean? Have they been telling you awful stories about me?" They had said they had tried to tell Tooth about me, but she either didn't believe them or she or they were often too busy to give it further thought. She smiled and said:" No, nothing like that. I wonder why I hadn't believed them back then. Perhaps it would've changed things for you. Oh, had I just known!" "You know it's fine. I'm fine with it. I have learned a few things that I doubt I would've learned if you guys could've seen me or maybe I would've learned them faster, I don't know and it doesn't matter now. What's done is done. Learn from the past, live in the present and prepare for the future. Just something a wise man once said. ^_^" She looked at me with a gaze that told me she felt guilty as hell about it. I put a hand on her shoulder. "It's fine, really! I had already accepted that as fact back then and now I'll have to accept this as a fact and enjoy it. So don't feel bad, okay? I'll be sad if you do." She thought about it for a moment and her expression changed back to how I learned she was just by watching.
Well, I felt a chill go past me and a small rush of wind as if someone opened a window. Jack! Oh, boy he probably felt like I had been ignoring him. Shoot!
I turned around and sure enough he was sitting in the window about to leave. No! I couldn't let him leave feeling ignored! I still have to thank him for standing up for me.
"Wait, Jack!" He stopped mid motion and turned to me. I couldn't make out what was going on in his head from his eyes. They had this blankness to them...I couldn't read anything in them. "Are you okay? I'm sorry if you felt like I ignored you. I didn't mean for that to happen. I'm sorry." "Oh, that's not why I'm leaving! I have to take some snow to Alaska, so don't feel sorry. I am sorry about not telling you. Truthfully I just wanted to slip out unnoticed, but I guess not." He laughed a bit and ruffled up my hair. His hand lingered a little longer than it should. It felt nice.
He suddenly got this slight pink color to his cheeks. Oh. my. gosh! He was blushing! Somehow that made me feel happy. My mouth kinda just moved on it's own and I smiled. He removed his hand and were about to jump out when I grabbed his sleeve. "Um, wait a bit...uhm...thank you for defending me against what Bunny said, though he did have a point." He gave me this breath-taking smile that showed all his pearl-white teeth. "Hehe..don't mention it. But I was also right and Bunny can be a little uptight, but deep down he actually got a good heart. So don't worry I think he'll warm up to you in no time." "Yeah, but thanks any way. It meant a lot to me. I'm so glad that you and the others can see me now. It makes my situation a bit easier to bear." I gave him a quick hug and let him get on his way.
As I stood there waving to Jack, like some love-struck idiot, it dawned on me: Where am I going to live from now on?!
"Eh, guys?" I called to the others. Wow, North and Bunny's discussion had gone from heated to a blazing fire! Tooth both tried to calm them down while delegating fairies as well. And Sandy? He was sleeping as usual.
"HEY!" Okay, that didn't help though it woke up Sandy. He looked a bit disoriented, but quickly got into what was going on. I tried yelling again, but no use. Though they were The Guardians right now two of them were being really thick-headed. Sandy showed some pictures over his head. I looked down and to my surprise I understood what he said. Well, no time to dwell on that now. "You got that right. What do you think we should do?" He was surprised that I understood him, but when I pointed to Bunny and North he got used to it real quick. "Take the sleigh and go wreck the Warren?" "Well, that sounds like a fun idea, but I think that will have to wait till some other time. So how do you get their attention when they're like that?" He pointed at an elf. Walked over, grabbed it by the hat and shook it real hard. It was loud and the elf didn't feel to good afterward, but it got their attention alright. Smart man, that Sandy.
Let tell you how this was looking, I'm sure you'll laugh your butt off. Bunny, North and Tooth were completely frozen in middle of a motion and it looked so funny. While laughing I asked them where I was to live from now on. Bunny and North got their acts together and started thinking. "Well, I don't really have any room in the warren and it would take to long to make a new one. I have to start new preparations and stuff." North was just about to say something about that when both Tooth and Sandy shot him a look so he let it slip and started to stroke his beard. "Hmmmm...I know an old part of castle that is not used for anything, only storage for old things. If you don't mind fixing it up a bit then you can live there. Jack lives in the top tower...it needed fixing too." I started to see a pattern here. Wait Jack lives here too?! Okay, Val stop it! You don't have the hots for Jack Frost! No way no how! You just met the guy! True I've been watching him for the past 300 years...like some creepy stalker, but that doesn't mean anything!
Oh, boy this is gonna be a lot of work. I could tell already. Well, North did say that this wing needed some fixing, but when we got there I could see it needed a little more than that. But I would just have to get started then...but not before morning. I was really tired after a quite an eventful day. I fell on to the bed and as soon as my head hit the pillow I was out like a light.
Alright, I know it's a reeeeeeeaaaaally long chapter, but bear with me. If there are something I should change or do better please let me know. Enjoy and remember to RxR
Disclaimer: I do NOT own Rise of The Guardians, but I do own Valentina. Have fun! :D