Here's the next chapter. Unfortunately, this fic isn't going to have a lot more chapters because I have ideas for other fics and my life is really busy between school and competitive volleyball, so I'm sorry for anyone who was enjoying this story. But, on the bright side, this story has now officially had more than a 1000 views! Thank you all so much and feel free to review! Enjoy!
Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians, I just own my OCs
"What are we supposed to do?" Arrows exclaimed as she paced around Flora's greenhouse. The nature spirit was calmly flipping through yet another potions book. The love-struck Jack was currently sitting in a chair with his hands bound behind his back. He was staring at Jack and it was making her uncomfortable.
Flora looked up with an emotionless face. "Well, I haven't found any potions that can help us. Your the spirit of love, don't you have something up your sleeve?" She raised an eyebrow as she pointed an accusatory finger at Arrows.
The said spirit raised her hands in defeat and exclaimed, "No! I've checked with my cherubs, too, and there's nothing. Nothing at all that can change him back, my sword's magic is too strong! We just have to wait 24 hours." She dropped herself onto a chair and rested her chin in her hand. Arrows looked at Jack and he sighed as his eyelids partially closed.
"You're eyes are pretty." He said and Arrows blushed. Even if he was under a spell, a compliment is still a compliment. "Their like warm chocolate."
She rolled her eyes. "Be quiet, you're under a spell and I will not hesitate to gag you." She looked over to Flora, who was staring intently at Jack. The nature spirit huffed and blew some of her auburn locks out of her hair.
"Why don't you bring him to North or something? He probably has something that can help you. Or at least he'll keep Jack." She said in defeat.
Arrows turned back to Jack, who's bottom lip was stuck out in a pout. "But, I want to stay with Arrows, I love her! I don't want to go to North." He exclaimed. The winter spirit was reminding arrows of a little kid that wasn't getting the toy he wanted.
"Fine, I'll bring him to North's. But, if he does anything to me, it's on your conscience." Arrows hissed as she untied Jack from the chair. His eyes followed her wherever she went, and even when she was behind him as she untied him, his head was craned backwards to look at her.
"Come on, frosty the snowman, we have to get you to North's." Arrows said as she grabbed his hands and held them behind his back.
He giggled. "If you wanted to hold hands, you could of just asked." Arrows rolled her eyes and she could see that Flora was trying hard not to laugh.
"Shut up." She rolled her eyes at her roommate and the fellow spirit just shrugged.
"I just find it funny, that's all." Flora replied as Arrows dragged Jack out of her room.
Jack was petting and stroking her hair as she pushed him out of the front door. She swatted his hand away and his bottom lip stuck out in a pout. "What? I just find your hair pretty, it shines like a sunset." He said as he tried to reach for it again and is hand was met with yet another slap.
"Will you stop it? Your just under a spell, that's all! So, just cam down already." Arrows yelled as she started flying them to North's workshop.
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The trip was long enough already, but it didn't make it much better that she was carrying a lovesick guardian that kept squirming and trying to touch her hair and face. With each city they passed over, Jack would continuously say something along the lines of "You're pretty when your angry," or " the lights make your eyes shine."
Arrows knew that it was her fault and she should have known that he would just have to touch her sword. Of course he had to touch the magic sword, he was Jack Frost, the curious guardian.
She was tired from flying and her wings were starting to strain from the cold that bit at her. Jack wasn't helping with the cold problem either, since she had to hold him or he would fall and his body temperature was bellow freezing.
When she finally saw the lights from North's workshop, she almost screamed in joy. Almost. She didn't get the chance to.
The problem with Arrows was that she never, ever admitted defeat. So, naturally, when she realized that she was actually starting to freeze, she didn't care, she kept flying. She didn't ask the guardian of cold to make it warmer. She didn't make him take the winds t North's. She didn't do anything but fly faster. Arrows knew that she was physically drained, she couldn't go farther, her body was rejecting it.
Her wings froze. The majestic feathered angel wings were frozen, which meant she couldn't fly. The pair of spirits started to rapidly lose altitude when Arrows started to see the faint outline of the humongous workshop. Jack shot her a look of confusion as she tried to fly again. "What's wrong, darling?" he knit his eyebrows together and shot her a caring look.
She looked at him and he could see the exhaustion in her face. Her cheeks were flushed, sweat was dripping down her face and she was breathing like she had just sprinted three miles.
She brushed of his look of worry and tried to keep flying. She fell, and Jack fell with her. And that's when she blacked out.
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The first thing she thought of when she woke up was that she was drowning in fluffy blankets. She moaned as she opened her eyes to see another pair of icy blue ones staring back at her. "Ahh!" she shrieked as the owner of the pair of eyes flew out of sight. She sat up quickly and clutched her head that was being attacked by a headache and nausea crept over her. He shook off the feeling and scanned the room she was in.
It looked like any other hospital room, with curtains surrounding her and shades of white everywhere. White walls, white sheets, white chair that sat in the corner. She looked to her left side and almost screamed again. Standing right beside the bed was a boy she knew all too well, with his snowy white hair and clear blue eyes. Jack Frost was looking down at her and a look of worry plastered to his face.
He opened his mouth to speak but she cut him off. "Where am I and how long have I been knocked out?"
The winter spirit looked down at his toes. For the guardian of fun, he looked pretty worried. It took him awhile to look back at her. "We're in North's workshop. After you passed out, I brought you here and North brought you here." he looked down at his toes again. "You were out for a few hours."
Arrows groaned and swore under her breath. "So, does that mean your still under the spell?" she asked.
He raised an eyebrow in curiosity. He brushed a stray hair from her cheek and sat down on the side of her hospital bed. "What spell, honey?" She groaned.
"You're still under the spell, oh joy." She propped herself up on her elbows and closed her eyes. "When you touched my sword, you were put under a spell. You see, my sword is magic, because if someone other than me touches it and then they touch someone else, they fall in love with them and it stays that way for a day." She opened her eyes and faced Jack. "You touched the sword and then I was the first person you touched, so you fell in love with me. That's why I brought you to North's, I was hoping that he could reverse the effects because it's gonna get in the way if we want to see what your hobbies are."
Jack bit the side of his mouth in thought. He opened his mouth up and looked at her. "You're pretty when you close your eyes, it makes it look like your sleeping. You're pretty when your sleeping, you snore like a kitten." Arrows rolled her eyes and pushed off the pile of blankets that she was drowning in.
"Where are my clothes?" She asked as she looked down at her body that was covered only by a thin hospital gown that had no back. Jack went over to the chair and brought her her clothes. "Thanks." She swung her legs over the side of the bed and sat up straight.
Jack left and Arrows quickly put her clothing on. It felt good to be able to sink into her old worn jeans and soft flannel shirt. She swung her bow over her shoulder along with her quiver and she walked out of the small room to find Jack standing right there. And she means right there. She would've crashed into him if he hadn't backed up.
She shook it off and looked around. She thought her own shop was nice, but North's was a million times better. Yetis and elves were everywhere, building toys, baking cookies and doing anything else that seemed Christmasy. Robotic ducks and jelly fish floated through the air and in the middle of the room, there was a giant globe with yellow lights that shone scattered across the spheres surface.
"Woah." Arrows whispered under her breath. Jack wasn't even looking around, he was so familiar with the workshop. But, he let her look around for as long as she wanted because he knew how he reacted the first time he saw the workshop.
After a few minutes of looking around at the workshop, Arrows finally turned to Jack. "Sorry, it's just a lot to take in. Anyways, come on then." She grabbed his hand and dragged him to a large door that said "North's Office" in fancy cursive writing. She tapped on the door and called into it. "North! Are you in there? It's Arrows and I need some help with Jack."
"Why did you not just tell me then?" Arrows jumped and spun on her heels to look at the owner of the thick Russian accent. The large man studied Jack as he stroked his long white beard. "I do not see what the problem with him is."
Arrows bowed her head and mumbled, "I may have put him under a love spell by accident." North was silent for a moment before he threw his head back as he laughed a loud, booming laugh.
"Why did you not just tell me that, Arrows? I might be able ti fix him." He burst through the doors to his office and Arrows followed him in, dragging Jack with her. She was instantly welcomed by the smell of fresh cookies and warm milk, the smell made her want to lay down and go to sleep, but she resisted the urge.
"So, you can help him snap out of it?" Arrows asked as she gently shoved Jack into a chair.
"Of course! It is quite simple. I simply need to splash him with hot water, it is what usually snaps him out of simple spells." North said as he grabbed a kettle of hot water and poured some of it into a glass that had little Christmas trees on it. He handed the glass to Arrows. "Now, you just have to pour it on his head, should wake him up."
Arrows turned to Jack who was looking up at her with doe eye. "What are you doing Arrows? Why would you hurt me,, I love you! It isn't supposed to be like this! We're supposed to love each other forever. Please, don't hurt me." He pleaded and Arrows almost felt bad for him. It was her fault for making him fall under the spell, she should have brought her sword with her when she changed. Now she was going to hurt him to make him back to normal. Great job. What an amazing way to make friends, Arrows scolded herself.
"I'm sorry Jack, but it's for your own good." She took the glass of boiling water and started to pour it on Jack's head. When it came in contact with his freezing cold skin, steam curled into the air as it hissed in a plead to stop. After it was half empty she paused. "How do you feel?" She asked the winter spirit. He was wincing and cringing as the water seeped through his skin and poured down his head. He yelped as one drop went into his eye. He was looking at her like she had just killed a puppy.
"Stop it please! I love you, Arrows and nothing is going to stop that!" She continued to pour the water on his head. He shrieked in agony and clutched his head in his hands. After the glass was empty, she knelt down and hugged him.
"I'm sorry, but the spell needed to go away and that was the only way it would." Arrows said as she buried her head in his shoulder.
"It's ok Arrows, it didn't hurt that much." Arrows thought about how he winced and shrieked. "But, why did you have to? I love you Arrows, and I told you it wasn't going to change that. Nothing is going to change that." Arrows groaned and pushed him away from her, but he clung to her shirt like his life depended on it. "Where are you going? No, I can't live without you, come back!"
Arrows ignored him and turned back to North, who had been awkwardly standing there the entire time. He looked just as confused as she was. "Why didn't it work? I thought you said it would!" She said as she sat down in another chair with her head resting in her hands.
"I do not know, it usually works. Maybe he is telling truth, maybe he does really love you." North said as he stroked his chin. Arrows scoffed at the possibility. Jack love her? Please, he didn't even know her that well to love her. And anyways, he's a guardian and she's just a spirit with a few believers. How could he like her?
"No, it isn't that, I'm positive. I'll just have to wait for the spell to wear off, it should in a few hours. Thanks anyways North." She waved at him as she dragged Jack out of the room.
He was still wincing at the hot water that still clung to his skin and Arrows felt a wave of guilt hit her like a tidal wave. He clung to her arm like a small child as they walked to the grand doors at the front of the majestic workshop. He shook his head and drops of steaming water flew in every direction. "Where are we going now?" He asked as he stumbled after her.
"Well, we were going to do whatever you like to do for fun, before the 'incident' happened, so we might as well still do whatever it is. So, what do you do for fun?" Arrows asked him as she walked through the grand doors and turned to face him.
His eyes light up and a goofy smile spread across his face. "I love playing with Jamie and his friends, like have snowball fights and stuff. But, they would all be asleep, so we'll do my other favourite thing!" He said as he started to march off in a random direction. Arrows pulled him back.
"Not so fast, what is your second favourite thing to do?" He looked down at his bicep that Arrows was clutching and he blushed.
"Umm, I like getting ice cream from little shops. Come on, I know a great place." He said as he commanded the winds to take them up. He grabbed her hand as they flew and she pulled it back. "What? I just want to hold your hand darling, what's the harm in that?" He huffed and tried to grab her hand again.
"Your under a spell still, calm down. Luckily, it's wearing away, though, should be gone and you'll be back to normal soon." She said as she flew farther away from him. He was becoming less like a lovesick school girl luckily, but he still was under the spell for at least another few hours.
And if he continued to act like this, it was going to be a long few hours.
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