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Cupid Makes You Stupid

Chapter 3

Cupid could fly, and Jack knew that perfectly well. He'd seen her fly before. She had these long, beautiful, pink, feathered angel wings that looked amazing when flying across the sky. But, Jack did the flying instead, holding Cupid in his arms.

He doubted she minded at the time. Thanks to the Wind, Jack could finally see under her hair, and saw her mascara running. Black, goopy lines ran down her cheeks.

Jack flew faster. This was bad. Pitch was on the loose again. He needed to get to the others before Pitch got to them.

Jack was just entering the North Pole when something hit him.

'Wait a minute,' he thought. 'How am I suppose to get Cupid into the workshop? There are Yeti troops everywhere!'

Jack had a conundrum now. There was absolutely no way in Moon he'd be able to sneak Cupid into the workshop. For the love of Moon, he was never able to sneak in himself on a good day in the past! How was he suppose to get Cupid in?

"Uh, Cupid?" Jack began.

"Yes?" Cupid answers.

"How are we gonna get in without freaking out the Yetis?" Jack asked.

Cupid thought for a second. "Well, the Yetis trust you, right?"

"Sort of..." Jack mumbled.

"Well, Jack, just explain the situation to one of the Yetis, and he'll let us go."

"But what if he doesn't believe me?" Jack asked.

"I thought you said the Yetis trusted you?" Cupid asked, calming down from crying.

"I said, 'sort of,'" Jack said.

"Then just jog," Cupid said.

"Huh?" Jack asked.

Cupid sighed. "Jack, have you ever noticed he busy the Yetis are? You know, walking fast from one place to another?"

"Constantly," Jack said.

"Well, we just do the same thing. Do a light jog. Look like we have something important to do."

"Do you think that'll work?" Jack asked.

"Why wouldn't it?" Cupid asked. "It's not like we're lying. We do have something... important to do."

Jack thought for a second. "But this is still ME we're talking about, going into the Pole with YOU, so close to VALENTINES DAY."

"Do you have a room at the Pole?" Cupid asked.

"Yeah."

"Then I'll hide there while you get North and Bunny," Cupid said.

"Okay," Jack nodded. "But what do I tell the Yetis if they ask me what's wrong?" Jack asked. "I mean, they almost trampled me alive last time."

"Just tell them you're going to see North," Cupid said. "They're less likely to question you if I'm not with you."

"Really?" Jack asked.

"Sure. I meant, why not?"

Before long, the two reached the workshop. Jack carefully landed on the windowsill of his room and opened the window.

The room was fairly simple. I nice, comfortable bed with blue covers, a bedside table, a dresser, and a closet. Jack let go of Cupid and let her sit down on the bed.

"Okay, I'll get North," Jack said

"And Bunny," Cupid said.

"And Bunny," Jack repeated. "Then, we'll have one of the Yetis look at that bruise while we talk."

With that, Jack left the room.

Cupid's jogging strategy actually worked for the most part. Jack walked as fast as he could without bursting into a sprint, ignoring any Yetis who might have noticed him.

Though, it's not like the Yetis would have noticed too much. They were far too busy guarding the place. Any on-guard Yeti that did notice him turned back immediately once they realized it was just Jack. It was mostly the elves noticing him, and they were too dumb to ask him anything.

Jack quickly approached North's office and opened without knocking.

Jack narrowly avoided being hit in the face with soft ball of some kind, like an old NERF ball. The office was rearranged like a battle zone, the furniture arranged in a circle in the middle of the room, the rest of the room mostly clear. North was in the middle of the furniture, with a pasta strainer on his head. Books, old toys, other knickknacks, North's swords, and what looked to be a shield, sat with North.

"Jack!" North exclaimed with relief. He quickly came up to Jack and slapped a bicycle helmet to Jack's head. "Come in! If Cupid comes, it be two against one!"

"North," Jack said. "What're you doing?"

"Protecting myself from Cupid!" North answered. "Come on! Can't be having Cupid's silly arrows hitting us, huh!"

Jack didn't even want to know what happened in the past between North and Cupid that got North to act this way.

"Why?" Jack asked, unclipping the helmet.

"So we don't fall for Tooth, duh!" North exclaimed.

"But Tooth isn't here," Jack said, setting the helmet down on a table.

Realization might as well have smacked North in the face. "Oh," he muttered, slowly taking the strainer off of his head, and handing it to Jack. "Right." North's eyes were blank, glancing around the room. like he was just now realizing how ridiculous he'd been acting.

"Yeah..." Jack said slowly. Then he remembered what he had came here for.

"Hey, North," Jack said, his voice now urgent. "We've got a problem. A big, big problem and you need to call Bunny."

"Iz it Cupid related?!" North asked immediately.

"Well, half of it, yeah," Jack said slowly, before quickening his voice. "B-But, I mean, she's a problem in this, but not the problem right now."

North looked at Jack suspiciously, before nodding his head. "Very vell. I vill call Bunny."

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"This betta be important, mate," Bunny said, clearly irritated as the three Guardians walked towards Jack's room. "I don' wanna have ta be dragged here fer nothin'."

"Bunny," North said.

"Wha' could possibly be more important tha' tryin' ta avoid Cupid?" Bunny asked impatiently.

"You mean besides Pitch coming back and attacking Cupid?" Jack asked sarcastically.

"What?!" The two older Guardians exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah!" Jack said. "Cupid came to my igloo in a panic, saying Pitch attacked her. She was crying and freaking out, and asking me to get you guys."

"Jack," Bunny sighed, pinching the bridge of his nose.

"What?!" Jack asked. "Doesn't this count as important?"

"It would if I wasn't hearin' tha' Cupid was involved," Bunny said.

"What do you mean?" Jack asked.

"Jack," North placed a hand on Jack's shoulder. "Cupid must be playing vith you. She can be very manipulative."

"I don't think someone can fake bruises on their arms," Jack stated.

Bunny rolled his eyes. "Yeah, sure."

"Hey!" Jack said. He grabbed the doorknob of his room. "I'll prove it to you! Just look!"

With that, Jack yanked his door open, his body partly turned to face the others, only to get hit in the side with something hard. It didn't hurt, but it felt heavy and it definitely surprised him. Jack nearly collapsed from it, suddenly feeling weak.

Bunny, who'd been standing right behind Jack, quickly grabbed him to avoid Jack falling to the ground.

"Oi! Frostbite! Are you o-"

"Bunny didn't even get to finish his sentence when he was hit by something as well.

"Gah!" He cried out, dropping on his back.

"Ow!" Jack cried.

"Vhat on Earth vas that?!" North cried out. He moved the boys out of the way and looked into Jack's room to discover Cupid standing there on the window sill, open.

"Cupid!" He exclaimed. "Vhat have you done?!"

"Just matched up the two most meant for each other people I've ever seen," Cupid said, an evil smile on her face before she fled.

"Oh, dear," North whispered. "This izn't good." He quickly turned to Jack and Bunny again.

Jack was still on the floor, and Bunny was standing above him. They were both staring at each other, and odd glint in their eyes.

Wide smiles plastered across their faces.

"Oh, Moon, no," North said, quietly.

Before North knew it, Jack practically launched himself into Bunny's arms, like his life depended on it.

And Bunny happily accepted.