Hey, I'm totally obsessed with this story. Seriously, I have exams next week and I still have my culminating to do. But oh no, my mind just HAD to come up with this idea.
I sadly don't own ROTG.
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"Sophie!" Mrs. Bennett called as she watched her youngest daughter race towards the door, following her brother. "Get back here!"
The little blonde turned towards her mother, an over exaggerated pout forming on her small face.
It was the second winter since the defeat of Pitch, and though she had slept through most of it, Sophie was still very proud that she had helped the Guardians. Bunnymund in particular.
Sophie loved the giant kangaroo. In fact, it was one of the reasons she had been in such a rush to go out the door. Jack had stopped by last night, and thanks to several please from Jamie and the twins, though it hadn't taken much effort to convince him, he had given them a snow day. The lawn was covered in a heavy layer of packing snow and Jamie had promised to help her make a giant snow bunny.
"Honestly, what am I going to do with you?" said Mrs. Bennett as she bent to scoop the small girl up. Setting Sophie on the small bench beside the door, Mrs. Bennett reached over for the bright pink mittens beside her daughter. "If you don't start wearing these your fingers are going to freeze off!"
Sophie sat up straight; crossing her arms in front of her she increased her pout which was surprising considering how far out her lower lip already was. "Don't wanna,"
Mrs. Bennett sighed, holding the mittens in front of her as she bent down to Sophie's eye level. "Jamie wears his mittens,"
"Jackie doesn't"
Mrs. Bennett looked surprised at this. She had never heard of 'Jackie' before. Was he one of Jamie's friends? "Who?"
"Jack Frost!" Sophie said, stretching her arms above her head. "He's in charge of winter and he doesn't wear mittens. He's outside all the time and his fingers don't freeze off. He doesn't even wear shoes!"
Mrs. Bennett paused for a moment, taken aback by her daughter description of the winter spirit. Had her mention of Jack Frost nipping Jamie's nose when he didn't wear his hat affected Sophie so much that she'd made an imaginary friend out of it? Mrs. Bennett raised an eyebrow; she had to go around this subject carefully, not wanting to crush her little girl's dreams of having her 'imaginary' friend.
"Well," she started, reaching for her daughters hands. "Maybe that's because he doesn't have any mittens to wear,"
Sophie's eyes widened at that thought, the way children do when something they never thought of comes to their attention. "Really?"
"Absolutely!" Mrs. Bennett cried, wiggling her finger in front of her daughter's face, "I bet that if he had mittens he would wear them. So why don't we give him a pair, and then you and Jamie and Jack can all have mittens."
Sophie thought about this for a second, her lower lip sticking out again, "I dunno if he'd wear them, but Jamie would know!"
Mrs. Bennett smiled at this; of course Sophie thought Jamie would know all about her little imaginary friend who, little to her knowledge wasn't so imaginary. "Well, why don't we ask him?"
Sophie clapped her hands excitedly as her mother called for Jamie. Immediately he came in through the front door, snow sitting at the top of his hat.
"Come on Soph', you're missing all the fun!" He said as he saw her sitting on the bench, he laughed as she pouted again. "You know, birds are gonna start perching on that lip of yours,"
The little girl immediately clasped her hands over her mouth, shaking her head vigorously. Her choppy hair swaying around her, "Nu uh!"
Mrs. Bennett rolled her eyes, "Jamie, your sister won't wear her mittens because Jack Frost never wears mittens. Could you please tell her that, if he had pretty mittens like hers, he would wear them all the time,"
Jamie scrunched up his brow, contemplating the idea, "I don't really think he'd wear them,"
His mother gave him a stern glare. If he didn't want to lose this precious snow day he had worked so hard for he had better find a way to convince Sophie to wear those gloves.
"I mean, I don't think he'd wear those mittens. Pinks not really his colour," he paused for a moment, putting some serious though into his words, "But, if he had blue mittens I'm sure he'd wear them all the time,"
Sophie stared wide eyed at her brother, hanging off every word he said, "You think?"
"Definitely," Mrs. Bennett said, grabbing the box of miss-matched mittens and socks, "In fact, why don't we give him a pair? Then you three can all match!"
Sophie smiled at this. Clapping her hands together she put on her own bright pink mittens before grabbing one light blue and one dark blue mitten from the box. She hurriedly hugged her mother before grabbing Jamie's hand and racing out the door, giggling all the while.
"Let's go find him!"
"Be careful!" Their mother called after them, laughing as she watched them turn down the lane.
Jamie really hoped Jack would wear the blue mittens.
Sophie and Jamie raced through the town, heading towards the woods. They had learned last year, when Jack had taught them all how to skate, that he liked to sleep on the frozen lake that was there. So the Bennett siblings assumed that was the best place to find him.
On their way there they passed by the twins house. They were out front, shoveling snow.
"Hi, guys!" Jamie had called, ignoring Sophie's pulling on his arm.
"Hey, Jamie!" Caleb called, stopping his work to lean on his shovel, "What you doing?"
"Going to see Jack," He called back, "Just a sec, Soph',"
"Maybe we'll join you," The boys yelled back, returning to their work, "We just gotta finish shoveling the drive way first,"
Jamie laughed, having finally been successfully pulled forward by Sophie. He eyed the twin's drive way. They had only managed to get the front walk way done so far, "We'll probably be back at the house by then!"
He laughed again as the boys faked being hurt, clasping a hand over their hearts as they laughed. He turned and let Sophie pull him towards the trees. As they got closer and closer to the pond, the snow got deeper and deeper. Soon it was up to Sophie's knees and she had to jump through the snow just to go forward.
"You know, you look like Bunny when you do that,"
The siblings turned around. There, sitting in the tree above them was Jack. He sat with his back against the tree, one knee up close to his chest while the other hung down lazily, swaying from side to side.
"Hop, hop, hop," The little girl cried, bouncing up and down.
"Hi, Jack!" Jamie called, stepping closer to the tree as the winter spirit jumped down. Jack landed gracefully beside him, barely making a dent in the snow. He ruffled the boy's dark brown hair, earning a laugh.
"Hey, guys," He replied, a lopsided grin spreading across his face, "What can I do for you today?"
Sophie stopped hopping and smiled. Racing over to the boys she jumped up, grabbing onto the bottom of Jacks hoodie, "We have a present for you!"
Jack paused, his eyes widening in surprise, "A present?" he asked uncertainly. He looked between the two siblings, "For me?"
"Yup!" Sophie said tugging Jack down to her level.
"But only if you want it," Jamie added nervously.
Jack raised a brow, wondering just what this gift could be.
"Here!" Sophie said, thrusting the miss-matched mittens into his hands. She smiled at him, her hair falling into her eyes.
Jack crouched like a frog in front of the little girl, his staff resting on this elbow. Slowly, he pulled the two mittens apart. He slowly turned them over in his hands, examining them. Jamie fiddled with his hands awkwardly.
"Sophie," Jack said, smiling a bright, full smile, "Thank you,"
He tugged the girl into a quick hug, ruffling her hair as he did so. She giggled and returned the hug, snuggling into his blue hoodie. When she finally pulled back, Jack hoped a little bit backwards, giving himself a better view of the little girl.
"Now," He said, waving a finger in front of her face, "I think that I better give you a present back,"
Sophie giggled excitedly, clapping her two pink mittens together as Jack closed his hand. When he opened it again, an intricate snowflake floated in the palm of his hand. With a wave he sent it off to the side, watching as the small girl chased after it.
He stood and leaned against his staff, flipping the mittens over in his hands. A small smile rested on his face.
"You don't have to wear them if you don't want to," Jamie said, stepping beside the young guardian.
Jack gave him a startled look, "Are you kidding me?" He said, smiling again, "I love them!"
With that he pulled them over his hands, covering his slim fingers in the different coloured wools.
Jamie heaved a sigh of relief, glad that he hadn't had to lie to his mother.
"Besides," Jack said, a sly look appearing on his face, "I'll get to tick Bunny off that I got a gift from Sophie and he didn't,"
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I really like this one.
I think I might continue this, just to have Bunny's reaction to the present be shown. I think I also wanna have him see the snow bunnies Sophie will make.
I also don't know the names for the twins. Someone said that one of them was Caleb, but I don't know the others name. But please feel free to tell me. As well as his brother's name.
I'm also kind of wanting Jack to sing a lullaby at some point throughout this. So if anyone has any ideas for what he should sing, I would love some ideas. It'll have to be something that he could have learned when he was still alive, if his mother could have sung it that would be perfect.
Anyway, reviews are loved and you will receive one of Jack's snowflakes as a gift for doing so!
