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"So, what kind of song do you want me to sing?" Arrows asked as she ruffled through some papers. Jack was sitting on her bed, gazing around the room.
It was a large room, with three doors, one was the one that they had come through ad Jack didn't know what was on the other side of the other two. All around the room hung a paintings and pictures of couples kissing, getting married, laughing at a coffee shop, just doing generic couple stuff like that. On the wall on the other side of the three doors, there was a four poster bed with red drapes and a pink quilt draped over it. There was also a wardrobe, a bookshelf and a little white piano pushed up against a wall the was made up of a giant window. The most interesting thing in the love spirit's room, was hanging above her bed, though.
It was a map. Not just any map, though, it looked ancient, with the dog-eared corners and brown colour. On it there were red, purple and pink lights and little white dots that went around from the different pink dots. In one of its corners was a cherub, that was holding open a roll of parchment that said something that Jack couldn't make out, it was in a different language.
Jack didn't realize he was staring at the map so intently before he heard Arrows sigh. "Jack," He looked up. "You're drooling." He wiped at his mouth and glared at her when there was no drool. "And can you answer my question?"
Jack just stared at her blankly and Arrows just huffed and blew some of her ginger locks out of her face. "What am I going to do with you Jack? I mean, you can't even listen to me when I'm talking. Anyways, the question was what kind song do you want? I have a few to choose from." She picked up some of the sheets and went to sit on her grand bed, gesturing Jack to follow her. "These are just some of my better songs that aren't all sappy that I thought you might like."
Jack's eyes widened as he looked at them. He read through them quickly and looked up at her, his eyes wide with utter amazement and shock. They were good songs, better than she had implied them to be. Arrows blushed and her lips curled into a bashful smile. Jack laughed and threw his arms u in the air, which seemed to confuse his fellow spirit. "These are amazing! We need to share these with the world! There awesome, you have a gift." Jack said as he grabbed her by the shoulders and lightly shook her, which made her giggle.
"Calm down, Jack! Thank you, though, you're the only other person I've shown these to, ever, other than Flora So, you need to keep it a secret, okay? Or else the guardians and other spirits will never take me seriously." Jack nodded his head in understanding. "Now, which one d you want me to sing?"
Jack studied the songs for a while longer before he handed one to her and her eyebrows flew up in surprise. "Really, this one? This one wasn't even supposed to be in the pile, but okay."
She sat down at the ivory piano and started playing a pleasant tune and soon, her sweet voice was filling the large room, cascading over Jack's ears like a soothing waterfall.
(A/N: The song is Good to You by Marianas Trench, but with piano, btw)
Everyone's around,
No words are coming out
And I can't find my breath,
Can't we just say the rest with no sound?
And I know this isn't enough,
I still don't measure up
I know I'm not prepared
Sorry is never there when you need it
And I do want you to know
I'll hold you up above everyone
And I do want you to know
i think you'd be good to me,
And I'll be so good to you
i would
Thought I saw the sign,
somewhere between the lines
But maybe it's me,
Maybe i only see what i want
i still have your letter
Just got caught between someone i just invented
Who i really am and who I've become
And i do want you to know
I'll hold you up above everyone
And i do want you to know
i think you'd be good to me,
And I'd be so good to you
Whoa, whoa, whoa
You'd be without,
Whoa, whoa, whoa
Yeah,
I would
And I do want you to know
I'll hold you up above everyone
And I do want you to know
I think you'd be good to me
And I'd be so good to you
I'll be good to you,
I'd be good to you,
I'll be so good to you
I'd be good to you
I'd be good to you,
I'd be so good to youuu
Arrows stopped singing and playing the piano and looked over at Jack, who's mouth was hanging open in shock. She rubbed her fore arm and avoided eye contact, looking anywhere but him. "So, what do you think?"
After a few minutes of silence Jack seemed to shake himself out of shock and started clapping. It was soft at first, but it grew with his excitement. She looked at him and it was her turn to be shocked.
He got up and started jumping on her grand bed, still clapping. Finally, his excitement calmed down and he fell down on her bed, landing on his back. "And you said you're songs weren't that good." Arrows could feel her face heat up as Jack turned his head slightly to look at her. "That, was probably the best unknown song I've ever heard. You, missy, have a gift!" He hopped off the bed and padded across the room to her. He looked at the song sheet and started to smile. "Where did you learn how to write music anyways? And play piano?"
She started to smile and got off of the piano bench. "Well, I guess I learned how to when I was alive, and just remembered it. I'm not sure though, because my old life is still foggy in my memories, but I think that's how."
Arrows glanced over to a clock on her bedside table and cursed under her breath. "What?" Jack asked as the spirit groaned.
"I have to check on something, come on." She led him through one of the doors on the wall and Jack gasped. He had thought it would be like a bathroom or a closet, or something else small, but that wasn't what it was at all.
It was a place that looked like some sort of headquarters, and it was much too big to fit in the little cottage. It reminded Jack of North's workshop, or Tooth's palace. It had a domed ceiling that had a giant mural of people that were falling in love and little cherubs that were flying around with bows and arrows. And in the actual room, there were cherubs. They were exactly how Jack thought they would look, like little fat babies with bow and arrows. But they were wearing weird robes and sandals, like an ancient Greek person would wear, and they all had light pink hair, that resembled cotton candy. They flew around the hall. Some were making arrows in a little workshop, some were flying out of a big open window in the roof. Other were doing paperwork in little offices along the walls. A few of the larger cherubs with golden laurel wreaths on their heads were shouting orders as the looked at a giant map on a wall, that looked identically like the one in Arrows's room.
As soon as they walked in, all of the commotion stopped and all of the cherubs' little heads turned to look at them, confused. Arrows waved them off and they went back to what they were doing. She walked over to the commanding cherubs with Jack on her heels, gazing around the great hall in amazement. "Wow." She heard him say under his breath and Arrows smirked. About time someone groveled at her workplace.
The turned their head to look at her and they smiled. "Hello, Miss. Arrows, how are you today. And who -may i ask- is accompanying you?" The cherub was larger than the other ones and his hair was more of a mix between pink and purple. His voice was deep too, deeper than Jack expected and he bowed to Arrows, like she was a queen. And for all he knew, she was a queen for these guys.
Arrows looked down at him and smiled. "You really don't have to act that way, Cupid. I'm only me, not anyone special! So stop it with the formality."
The cherub straightened up and said. "Yes, Miss. Arrows, as you wish." Arrows huffed and took the papers that Cupid, the large cherub was looking at.
She snapped her fingers and an old fashioned red quill appeared in her hand. She signed the bottom of the sheet and handed it back to the cherub. "Show these to Flora, we would need her help with the magic in the tip of the arrows, soon magical herbs and stuff." Cupid the cherub flew away on his little angel wings and Arrows continued to walk through the magnificent hall. Her head was held high and her shoulders were back. She looked like a respected ruler, not a funny immortal spirit like she was with Jack.
Next, they went to the little forge that was in the corner. She went to a counter and immediately there was a little cherub that was there to help her.
This cherub was smaller than Cupid, and his hair was a vibrant red, like a man's blood. His face and body was covered in soot and ash and cuts and bruises, like an engineer. He wore protective gloves and a tool belt that hung around his toga.
He took off his gloves and wiped his hands in his robe. "Hello, Arrows, what can i get ya today?" He spook less formally to Arrows than Cupid had, and it seemed that Arrows preferred it. She put her quiver -which was now empty- on the counter, along with her bow.
"I need more arrows of every type. Oh, and is it ready yet?" Arrows asked the cherub and he smiled.
"Yea, it's ready. I'll go get it for you, along with the arrows." He said as he walked away. He hadn't even acknowledged the fact that Jack was there. Jack was used to this, but it still was weird because he was pretty sure that the engineer cherub was able to see him, and chose not to acknowledge his presence.
Arrows turned towards Jack. "Sorry, i just have to get a refill and check on something, then you get to show me what your hobby is. For now, you can look around for a bit, it you'd like. I know you're probably bored out of your mind." Jack nodded in agreement and walked away into the large and magnificent workshop.
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As soon as Jack disappeared into the crowd, Arrows turned back to look over the counter. She liked her workshop, and she liked her workers. But, out of all of them, she liked Egan the most. He did respect her, he just acted differently to her. He acted like they were old friends (which they were,) but he still respected her the same as the others did. And she like that about her little friend.
She didn't have to wait a long time, because soon after Jack left, Egan arrived with her quiver filled with arrows and a wrapped package. She put her quiver back on and picked up the package. "Thanks, Egan, the arrows are awesome." Arrows thanked him as she unwrapped the gift and she gasped.
It was perfect. It was her own design, and she was proud. Arrows had designed a knife. Not just any knife though. A knife that if anyone touched it (other than herself and some of her cherubs) they would instantly fall in love with the next person they touched. Arrows's only weapon was her bow and arrows and she didn't like the fact that she kept having to constantly get refills. She had designed the bow just in case anyone tried to mess with her, and she had a feeling that it would happen soon. Arrows thought that it would be a helpful weapon and got Egan to make it. As soon as someone touched it and someone, they would instantly fall in love and become smitten with that person for 24 hours, which was helpful in combat because then they would stop fighting her and go to the person they fell in love with. And if the next person they touched was her, then they wouldn't want to hurt her.
It wasn't just good in combat though, it looked good too. It was made of a light silver metal, with a darker hilt engraved with writing that made it magic and other designs. And, at the top of the hilt, there was a red ruby the size of a golf ball. Overall, it was nice and powerful, and Arrows loved everything about it.
"Thank you so much, Egan! It's perfect! And it works the same and everything, right?" She asked as she examined the sword more. It didn't just have engravings on the hilt, it had engravings along the side of the blade More magic in the ancient language, Arrows assumed.
Egan looked around nervously, like he was a school boy that did something bad and was being scolded by a teacher. "Well, actually, there is one minor thing I changed." Arrows looked up at him, with her head cocked to the side in curiosity. "You see, i thought that you would hate having to carry it around like that. So, I made it so it can magically shrink if you want it too. It transforms into a sword necklace." He said as he brought out a scabbard for the magic sword. He sheathed the sword and pressed the red ruby. It instantly shrunk into a necklace that was long enough to fit under her sweater. It was a silver necklace, and the sword looked exactly the same.
"To make it grow again, you just take the sword out of the little sheath. Don't worry, though, it can only come out with your command." Arrows smiled and she saw that Egan relaxed.
"I love it, this is amazing, way better than I thought it would be. And calm down, I like what you did. You did a good job, thank you."
She turned to walk away when she heard Egan call to her. "And be careful f that Jack Frost fellow. I hear that he's one heck of a troublemaker." Arrows made the sword grow again and sheathed it at her belt.
She was probably going to make it small most of the time, but right now, she wanted to show it off.
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Arrows found Jack playing with some of her cherubs that were doing paperwork. Well, he wasn't exactly playing with them, he was terrorizing the poor workers. As they tried to file the important papers, he would blow cold wind at them, making them blow away. She rolled her eyes at jack as one of the frustrated cherubs grabbed at his hair in annoyance.
"Jack, stop terrorizing my cherubs." She scolded him as she walked over and picked up the papers. She straightened them and handed them back to the cherub that looked on the edge of going insane because of Jack's shenanigans. "These look good. Put them under 'fixed.' Send a cherub out to mend the girls broken heart too, the poor teen's heart must feel like it's been torn in two." Arrows looked at Jack and told him to come with her.
"So, what do they need to do paperwork for anyways? I mean, don't you guys just go around making people fall in love?" Jack asked as he walked beside Arrows.
"Well, say if one of my cherubs makes a mistake, then we need to keep it in track to make sure that the cherub doesn't make a mistake again and to make sure that there isn't another mistake with that person." Arrows explained as they walked back to her room.
"What do you do if the cherub makes another mistake?" Jack asked as Arrows walked int her room with Jack following close behind her.
"Sometimes I fire them, especially if it's the same mistake and if they make it a few times. But, I usually ground them by not letting them out in the field for a month or so, depending on the mistake." Arrows went over to her closet and opened it. Inside, there were a bunch of shirts, pants, shoes and headbands. She looked through it as Jack lied down on the bed.
"Wow, you run a tight ship here, those guys really respect you." Jack whistled as he closed his eyes and put his hands behind his head.
Arrows ignored him and chose a shirt, shoes and pants. "I need to change, I've been in these clothes for more than a day." She hung her bow, quiver and new sword on hooks on a wall and went to another door. "Don't come in." She commanded as she closed the door behind her.
Instantly, Jack's eyes flew open and he got off of her bed. He went around her room, studying it even more, especially the map. He figured that it was a map of her believers and in one of the corners there was a legend. It said that the red dots were her believers, the pink dots were people that were in love, the purple dots were her believers that were in love and the moving white dots were working cherubs.
He tore his eyes away from the map and looked around her room more. His eyes rested on her weapons. Jack glanced towards the bathroom door. She's a girl Jack thought She's gonna take a long time getting dressed. Jack went over to the hooks they were hanging on and looked at her bow first.
It wasn't much to look at, just a regular bow made of birch wood. There were carvings along it that were written in the same language the map was written in. The string was white and flexible.
The quiver was boring, too. It was made of worn brown leather. The arrows were made of birch wood -like the bow- and their tips were silver with a pink tint, in the shape of hearts.
The sword was cool. With a gleaming shine coming from it, Jack couldn't help but touch it. "Ow!" He yelped as his blood spilled from a new little cut in his finger. He stuck the finger in his mouth. That's when Arrows walked out of the bathroom.
Jack turned around to look at her and he quickly took his finger out of his mouth and hid his hands in his sleeves. He didn't want her to criticize and laugh at him because he cut himself on her sword while he was looking at it.
She had changed into a pink flannel shirt and she had changed into red converse. She was still wearing her light jeans and she was pulling a brush through her knotted hair. "Hey." She said as she went to inspect her hair in a mirror.
"Hi." He did an awkward one hand wave to her and if she thought that his behaviour was strange, she didn't show it.
After Arrows was satisfied with the way her hair looked, she turned to Jack, with a mischievous smile on her face. "Now, its your turn to show me what you do for fun."
Jack forgot about thinking that she might make fun of him, he wanted to show her what he did for fun. They would have a snowball fight with Jamie and his friends, they could go get frostys at Wendy's, and they can go pull pranks on Bunnymund. "What are we waiting for then, come on!" He grabbed her wrist and was going to pull her out of her door, when his mind went blank. All he could think of was Arrows. Her hair, that was as red as a budding rose. Her eyes, as brown as warm chocolate. Suddenly, his hand he was holding her wrist with started to tingle. A goofy smile spread across his face and his eyes glazed over as he stared at her.
"You know Arrows, you're really pretty. And smart, and funny. Mmmm, I could just kiss you're bright red lips." Jack ignored Arrows's blushing face of horror and went in to try and kiss her. She dodged his mouth and examined his hand. On his index finger, there was a little cut that was bleeding a little bit. She looked at her sword and gulped.
Arrows looked back at Jack. "Oh no."
That happened, and the song is "Good to You" by Marianas Trench. I love them. Anyways, thank you Guest for reviewing and feel free to review! Thank you for reading this chapter!