THORina2245: Glad you think so. Thanks. :)
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Cougar Rolypoly bug: Ya, I know. I was thinking of that after, but by then I had it published. Maybe if I do another POV for Jack I will. :) Ha, I am truly happy you reviewed. :) That means a lot to me, so thank you. :) I'm glad you like the pairing. So happy you like the story. Thanks. :)
SomeoneFromEarth: It's like you want me to cry right now. :( I prefer the books than the movies, but I do love the movies. :') Oh, I love the ship Fremione, it's so cute. :P Ha, I ship... Hmm... I kind of sometimes like the idea of Dramione, but he was a complete douche to her, but I've read fics of them... and ya. XD Oh, and from PJO, I ship Percabeth.. They are my OTP... :') Oh, ya. I know, but I was mostly trying to show his serious side, you know? :) Like, because he's all new to this too? Blah, I don't know. XD
Dreamsand Caster 2: I know what you mean. Sandy is so damn cute. :)
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Black-Death-646: Oh my gosh. He is like a little puppy though. DX I am so obsessed with him at the moment. XD Happy you think it's adorable. :) I absolutely hate writers block. It sucks so much. XD Oh my gosh. :) So happy you really like this chapter. :) Oh, and I love your comments. :)
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Zillah: Ya, of course. Next time I will. I was just messing around with my story mostly 'cause I was bored. XD Hm, ya possibly. I don't know.. I don't ship those two together. Meh, matter of opinion though. :) Thanks for the review. :)
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I felt I should be worried. Really worried. Jack said he'd be back... Sunday? It was no longer Sunday. Sure, Jack had visited and disappeared for a while before, but now things were different. Everything was different. Oh, and what day was it? Wednesday. Whatever they wanted Jack for must have been big and important. I couldn't get rid of the sickening feeling in my stomach. I hope he'd be okay. He had to be okay. This was Jack Frost we're talking about here... he'd bee fine.
Unless... Unless what? There was too many possibilities of what else might have happened. What if it was a trap? Oh god... I needed to calm down. I was becoming the overly attached girlfriend type- and NOBODY wants to be her. Ethan and Edith both called me on the Sunday asking if I was okay and the usual. They were both okay, just a little shaken. I was glad they were fine. Everything was going to be fine.
"Sophie, what is with you?" my mother frowned, as I played around with my dinner, thinking of Jack. Can I think of something else please? Thinking of him made my stomach sick with worry. I needed to get a grip! Why was I so worried? Oh ya, my dreams. It's always my dreams. They were dark, cold, and they showed me Jack. Jack was scared and cowering in fear. He looked paler than usual, and the light in his icy blue eyes had vanished.
I broke out of my thoughts. "Sorry... Just thinking about stuff," I admitted, piling mash potatoes into my mouth.
"You look a little pale, darling," my mother pointed out, her expression turning to worry. "Are you okay, dear? Did something happen between you and Jack? I haven't seen him since Saturday."
"He's fine," I said, doubt dripping from my voice. "He's gone to North's."
"I still can't believe it's all real," my father muttered. "How did we not see before? Even as a kid I never saw."
"Adults are oblivious to everything around them," I shrugged. My parents didn't seem to register my comment. Oh well... It's only been three days, right? So maybe I had nothing to be totally worried about. I mean, Jack was old enough and well capable of minding himself. He did defeat Pitch after all. He'd be fine. I hope. I really needed to stop being so doubtful. But I really did feel worried.
After dinner (and after my mother made me clean up- ew), I went up to my bedroom. I was half-hoping that Jack would be there. But he wasn't. What was so important? I frowned. I wish I had a way to contact him (note to self: give Jack an old phone of mine to keep in touch with him). I was mostly worried because of everything that has happened. Too much has happened. I just hated that he disappeared right after he said he loved me. That kind of sucked a lot. Well, it would have sucked anyway, but ya.
I was about to leave my room when I saw a glow from the corner of my eye. I froze and turned as the glow grew bigger and finally... an elf appeared? What was one of North's elf's doing here? That was strange. But aw, they were so small. The elf looked dazed for a second, but eventually came around and ran to me. He looked scared. My stomach turned and my heart dropped. Oh god, what happened?
He took out a small note and handed it to me.
I read it, and I felt fear crawl through my body. The note read:
Sophie, you need to help us. Evil's trapped us. -Jack
I was so shocked that I didn't feel the elf tugging at my pants. Surprised, I looked down and he pulled out a globe. Hastily, I took the globe out of his hand. What if this was an evil plan by Evil? This could be a trap... But if Jack was in danger I needed to help him. And Mund. Mund was there too, I knew he was. How could one man capture all of the guardians? This was crazy!
I needed to tell my mother. I couldn't just go without telling her.
I told the elf one minute and ran out of my bedroom. I found my mother sitting on the couch in the sitting room. My father could be heard in the kitchen. Okay, I had to avoid telling my father because he'd say no. My mother on the other hand might not be as... reluctant. She saw my panicked look, and sat up straight.
"I have to go to North's," I panted with worry. My mothers eyes turned confused. Okay, I needed to explain more. I handed her the note and she read it. "Evil is a really bad guy, Mom. I need to go, I have to save Jack and the others. If they're trapped that means no Christmas, no snow, no Easter, no child getting dreams or money for their teeth. That'll stop believers and that will destroy them. I have to go."
My mother looked thorn. I thought for a horrible second she was going to say no. She couldn't say no. I had to save them. I just had to. My mother looked scared for me. This must be horrible for her; her daughter going off to North's workshop to help save supposedly 'mythical beings'. I decided not to tell her about Evil wanting to destroy me to hurt the guardians- especially Jack. She would definitely say no then.
After looking scared, she sighed. A long deep sigh. "How are you getting there?" she asked, her face covered in worry and defeat.
"A globe. They're portals," I told her. Okay, she still hadn't said yes, but asking a question like that gives me hope.
She looked so confused now, like she was battling with herself. Maybe she was. Maybe one half of her was telling her to say no. Maybe the other was telling her to say yes. I hoped that side won. I wish she knew how important this was to me.
"You're going to go whatever I say aren't you?" she said with a grim smile.
"That was the plan," I smiled a little. "But I needed to tell you."
"Promise to say safe?" she asked me. I bit my lip. I couldn't promise that. Who knows what I'll be facing up there?
"I- I'll try," I replied. She got up and hugged me. "Bye Mom. Tell dad I said bye too."
With a final hug, I ran off to my room where the elf stood awkwardly. I nodded at him and he threw the globe. A portal opened up. Well, goodbye safety. I walked through the portal, my mind completely numb. I landed on snow, the elf by my side. I was about to walk on when I realised where I was. I was on a flat part of the freaking roof. Okay, just great. Already my life was in danger. Wait a go little elf.
I walked over to a window and peered in. I could see them. The guardians. They were in a cage, a freaking cage! They were also tied up. Jack looked like he put up a good fight. His hair was messier than usual, his jumper was thorn slightly and his cheek was bruised. At least he was here, okay.
The window led into the highest balcony of the workshop. I opened it. No creek or groan- thank god. I slipped into the workshop, still no sign of evil. The elf followed edgily behind me. I ushered him to safety, one less thing to worry about while here. I slipped along the balcony, trying to quietly edge my way to the stairs... (Can I just add, although I was in probably life threatening danger, I felt like a ninja and it was both awesome and scary!).
I encountered my first skeleton near the stairs. He was alone and has his back to me. He had a sword in his sheath. That thing was going to hurt somebody if not careful. Namely me. How old was this guy anyway? Who uses a sword any more? I have to admit it would be awesome though. If I had one I'd name it Riptide- sorry, getting distracted again. I needed to focus. One wrong movement and I was shish kebab!
My heart was racing as I neared him. Without much of a thought, I yanked the sword out of its sheath and swiped the sword through the skeleton (which is harder than it looks- it took all my power not to fall over with the force of my swing!). The skeleton broke in half and turned to ash. Good, I like him better like that. Okay, at least now I have a weapon. All I had to do was be careful.
Okay, things just got strange after that. I encountered no more skeletons after that.
I was down on the floor that the Guardians were trapped on in minutes. None of them looked well at all. Tooth looked very weak. Mund was struggling against the ropes, North was swearing (which was very odd... I never expected Santa to swear), and Sandy was... well, Sandy was making rude gestures with his sand. Wow, they were mad. Jack noticed me first and his eyes opened wide in amazement; even more when he saw the sword in my hand.
He edged to the bars which trapped him (no way was I breaking those, not yet). He turned around, and nervously I sliced open the ropes that trapped him. He stood up and turned to face me.
"You're actually amazing," he smiled, but that quickly faded. He turned to the other guardians and began to untie them. I wondered how on earth they got North tied up. He was so big and you know... jolly. They ran (well, Tooth struggled) over to me.
"You need to find a way to get us out of here," Mund said.
"Ya, Evil use my button! I slice him up!" North added, his voice full of unmistakable anger. Okay, important: Keep Santa on a leash and don't get on his bad side. He had a sword too. I gave him a look and it dawned on him. Wow, Santa could be a little... slow sometimes. "Oh! I has sword!"
We all stood back as North brought his sword out and hit the metal. No luck. "Jack, freeze it. Maybe it'll weaken and North could you know.. Slice it."
"I don't think freezing it is going to help," Jack said. "That would just expand it, right? In other words, we're screwed."
North sliced at it again, and much to our shock a crack appeared. The metal bent and groaned a little. Hm, not bad. "Again, North," I cheered him on. North used all his force and the metal creaked as it came off of the middle bar. North pulled the bar away leaving a gap big enough for the others to get through. North on the other hand would have to keep working until the gap was big enough. The joys of being jolly I guess.
"Okay, what now?" I asked. Mund looked around, his ears twitching as though listening closely for something. I had an idea of what he might be listening for. Tooth still looked weak.
"Tooth feels weak. We think her fairies might have been trapped again. The Yetis and almost all the elf's have been captured," Jack explained. "We've been trapped for three days, so if that's the case, people are starting to lose faith in Toothiana."
"Where's Baby Tooth?" I asked.
Jack looked grim for a second, but quickly wiped it off. "Probably trapped like the others," he replied bitterly. Baby Tooth was one of Jack's many admirers but also his favourite off all the fairies. Jack and the fairy did share a close bond.
"I'm not weak," Tooth protested lamely.
"Tooth, please," I said to her softly. "You are barely able to fly at the moment. Look, I suggest we find Evil and get this over with. We need to trap him. We can't destroy him as evil is everywhere, but who says we can't trap him?"
"I could kiss you right now," Jack said.
Mund gave a cough of annoyance. "Sophie, you're right. Maybe we can do just that. Evil just disappeared, we don't know where to."
"Ya, I only found one skeleton minion of his," I told them. "But guys, remember when we first saw Evil? He melted straight out of the shadows." I thought of something from an awesome book I read: Percy Jackson. I know, bad time to think of books, but this was something to do with shadows. "Guys, what if he can travel through shadows? He could be anywhere."
"As I said before: we are screwed," Jack said pessimistically.
"Right, Jack? Shut up," Mund told him. "Sophie, that's a good theory. Well, not so good for us... But Evil was threatening us saying that he was going to capture you and kill you right before us. I think I might know where he's gone."
"Burgess?" I replied, hoping I was wrong.
Of course I wasn't though. Why can't I just be wrong for once? Mund nodded. I swore, which shocked all of them. "My parents are there! What if Jamie and Pippa are there at my house too?" I felt like venting out my anger, but held it in. I was going to leave my anger until I caught up with Evil. That guy did not know who he was messing with here. Sophie freaking Bennett, that's who. I'll show him. If he lays a finger on my family I will personally seek to destroy him somehow. Nobody, and I mean nobody, hurts my family.
"Well, what are we all waiting around for? Let's go!" Jack said, his expression almost as angry as mine. "Tooth, stay here. Ah, North, you're finally out. Okay, I'll fly there, Mund, Tooth and Sandy, you go with North. Sophie, you come with me-"
"Well, I wouldn't mind going on the sleigh," I saw his annoyed expression. "But you're the boss."
"We're going to kick some Evil butt," he finished.
"Oh, man," Mund said, "isn't this exciting, or what?"
"I think I'll go for 'or what'," I replied sarcastically.
Was that a plot twist? Hope it was. I've never written a plot twist really, thinking about it. O.O I'm such a loser. Okay, well... BYE! :) Review for more. :P
