ALl rights to Rise of the Guardians goes to DreamWorks Animation! OC's go to me!
Sorry everyone! I didn't mean to take so long! I haven't had any idea's for the story lately, so I've been making it as I go. Plus lately I've been in a rut. Some people have been dissing on my stories for no reason, and it's been making me discouraged to the point I don't want to write. SO please forgive me.
R&R
"Wake up!" Crystal said happily with a hug smile on her face.
She jumped on her brother, sitting on his back as he groaned from the sudden wake up call. He twisted his body, trying to throw her off somehow. He peeked up at her and saw her let out a small giggle with her eyes focused on him.
"Why you!" He teased, flipping over and sitting up quickly.
He grabbed her and tickled her sides, making her squeal in delight. He stopped and ruffled her hair, giving her a small hug before throwing his legs over the side of the bed. Crystal leaned forward and hugged her brother, making him look back at her.
"I'm glad you're back big brother." She said warmly.
She lets him go and hops outside the door before he could answer, making him let out a small chuckle and run his fingers through his hair.
"It's good to be back." He said to himself. He looked at the door where Crystal was before. "If it weren't for you I wouldn't be here."
"Jack!" Crystal said skipping through the work shop.
She found North and jumped on his back, laughing as he spun her around and held her up.
"You seem to be in a good mood." North said ruffling her hair.
"Of course!" Crystal said sticking her tongue out. "I have my brother back after all!"
"Settle down, shiela." Bunny laughed, ruffling her hair as he came through his tunnel in the floor.
Crystal squealed as someone grabbed the back of her dress and pulled her back. She turned her head and smiled cheekily at Tyler who stood there shaking his head.
"You still have a bad habit of hanging onto someone." Tyler sighed.
Crystal giggled before turning quickly and latching onto him instead, laughing as he held her on his hip as if she were a child still.
"Hey, Crys." Tyler said, seriously, making her look at him expectantly. "I think we need to build our house again."
Crystal looked at him in shock as the room silenced. "You mean, leave the workshop?"
"Yeah, I mean we can't stay with Santa forever." Tyler told her as she dropped off of him and stared.
Crystal looked away from him and furrowed her brows, her time with her aunt and uncle coming back to her. Tyler patted her head and gave her a small smile.
"Hey, I promise that it won't be bad. They could always visit us. We'll visit them. And you and I will be like a family again." He told her, leaning down to look her in the eye.
She pouted her lips and looked at the others questioningly. Jack walked over and held her hand, giving her a reassuring smile.
"We'll help. I think it's a good idea." Jack told her, the Guardians nodding their head in agreement.
"So, you want to try it?" He asked her with a smile. "I'll let you pick the location." He threw it in and knew he had her when she smiled.
She looked at Jack and both knew exactly where she was going to pick to place the new house. The others raised their eyebrows in confusion until Crystal looked at her brother and told him.
"There's a clearing I really like." She told him, her smile widening.
The others let out a small laugh, finally understanding where she wanted it to go. They all knew about the clearing her and Jack had met at for so long, and had great memories.
"Are you sure you guys can help? You're busy after all." She told them with a raised eyebrow.
"We'll help for a little bit. I'll even bring some of my yetis." North told her proudly.
"I can help for a couple hours, but then I'll have to go back to work. I'll leave the baby tooth's to collect the teeth." Tooth told her with a hug.
"I have time." Was all Bunny said as he smirked at her.
Sandy nodded his head and showed a clock moving forward a couple hours. She nodded at them thankfully and turned back to her brother.
"Let's do it!" She told him happily.
"Lead the way," He bowed teasingly.
Crystal slugged him in the shoulder playfully before Crystal grabbed her brothers hand and lifted them into the air. Jack and Tooth flew into the air next to them as North quickly whistled for his sleigh and Bunny thumped his foot for his secret tunnels.
She flew quickly towards the clearing, her eagerness growing the closer they are. Tyler laughed at his sister as she was bouncing in the air. He wasn't really sure how she was doing it, but she was, and she was doing it with her goofy wide grin as she did so, making him laugh all the more.
"We're here!" She told him, light flashing in her eyes with happiness.
Tyler looked around at the open clearing and the large pond on the edge of the clearing. A cherry blossom tree stood next to the pond from when Crystal was showing off her powers to Jack. His jaw dropped slowly as he looked at the clearing and saw how large it was.
"How did you find this place?" Tyler asked her, watching as a proud smirk swept over her face.
"Jack brought me to it. It's been our hang out spot ever since." She said with a happy smirk.
She linked her arm with Jacks and squeezed, dragging him over to the pond and walking onto the water, watching as the water swirled with warm and frozen water.
"You know, I never would have seen this happen." Tyler said, looking at the water. "A spring Guardian and a winter Guardian being together."
"You're just jealous." She teased sticking her tongue out at him. She let go of Jack and skated across the flowing water with the toes of her feet, feeling the water glide underneath her. "You know, Jack was the first one to help me after the accident."
Tyler watched her as Jack skated over and froze the water beneath her, making it so she transitioned from water to ice.
"Let's start building!" North said, sliding into the clearing.
Bunny shot through the ground. "Woah!"
The others turned and stared wide eyed at all the supplies North brought in the sleigh with him. It was filled with wood, nails, hammers, and much more for the house.
"Where are my yeti's?" North asked Bunny, holding his arms out and looking around.
"Oh! Sorry mate." Bunny said, thumping his foot again.
Yeti's shot out of the ground, and grumbled at Bunny as they stomped on the ground. Bunny waved them off and ignored their grunting rants as he walked over to the sleigh and began to bring the stuff out.
"Is this enough for building a house?" Jack asked looking at the supplies warily.
"I have more in sack!" North said with a hardy laugh.
Everyone began to grab boards, planks, nails, and hammers, bringing them over to the middle of the clearing. Slowly the house began to get built, the frame going up slowly. Progress was much faster than they expected, but it helped that they had more help and power than others did.
"She's changed a lot." Tyler said, looking up at his sister as she walked across the top of the frame of the two-story house.
Crystal laughed as Jack flew up and picked her up into the air, spinning her around. She gave him a kiss on the cheek as her arms went around his neck and his arms went around her waist. They pressed their foreheads together as their eyes shone and pierced into one another.
"She not a little girl anymore." North said, looking at Crystal with a smile.
"She's happy right?" Tyler asked them, hammering in another nail for support.
"She is mate. That mate up there was always with the shiela. All these years that you were gone, Jack was with her, everyday. He made her smile and laugh, and always brought her places that would make her happy."
Tyler looked at Bunny with a smile, and then at Jack, thankful he was there for Crystal. "You know, I used to have to protect her all the time when she was little. She was always walking into things being so oblivious and pure hearted." Tyler stopped as Crystal laughed and put in the last nail for that plank. "I used to worry if she wasn't close by. Mom used to say it was an over-protective brother syndrome." He let out a small laugh. "But I wanted to make sure she was happy and safe and always smiling and laughing."
"Jack is that person to do that." Tooth said, flitting over to them with a smile. "Whenever Crystal wants to cry, whenever she wants to give up; Jack is always there to make her happy again."
"I guess I have to let her live her life now." Tyler said happily. "It won't go back to the way it was before."
"No, but it will be close." North said, patting his shoulder. "You just 'ave to know, Jack is now in her life."
"I know," Tyler said with a chuckle.
"Tyler!" Crystal shouted, flying down to him and hugging him. "Look! It's being built so fast!"
"Let's get this done quickly! Then we'll have a house again." Tyler told her, looking up at the house.
For three weeks, the Guardians, Tyler, and the Yeti's worked on the house, building it in record time. Soon all that was left was painting the walls, and bringing furniture inside the house.
"Jack!" Crystal screamed as he dabbed her with paint.
Crystal turned on him and dabbed paint on his nose, watching as the already cool blue color changed with frost. North walked in and took the paint brushes from them, giving them a stern look before walking away.
"I think it's time for furniture." Tooth said, dusting her hands off dramatically as she looked around the room.
"Let me finish drying this real quick." Crystal said, swiping her arm across the air, making the wind fly over the paint gently and drying it.
She looked over the wall and smiled happily at the result. She took Jack's hand and ran out the door, ready to go find some furniture.
"Big sis!" Jamie shouted happily, crashing into her as she walked out the door.
"Sis!" Sophie said with a laugh, jumping onto her as she sat on the ground.
"What are you two doing here?" Crystal asked, hugging them close.
"Tyler told us to buy some furniture and bring it here." Auntie said, catching her attention.
"What?" Crystal said, looking from Auntie to Tyler in surprise. "Since when did you guys meet?"
"A couple weeks ago. He told me how he wanted to build a house for you two and be like old times." She said with a smile. "Think how surprised I was when I find out that he was the same as all of you!"
"Aw, man! I wanted to surprise you!" Crystal pouted, ruffling Jamie's hair and sending him off to Jack. "But why did you guys get the furniture?"
"Did you really think people would give an unbelievable person some furniture?" She joked with her. "I found some furniture that was in storage from my parents that no one uses."
"Did you ask them?" Tyler asked.
"Yeah, I told them we were going to give it to some of our old friends who were building a new house." Uncle said walking up to them from the truck at the edge of the clearing.
"Thank you guys! So much!" Crystal said, standing up and hugging the two.
Sophie laughed in glee as Bunny tossed her into the air and caught her. The children helped as everyone started to bring the furniture into the house, making it look more like home the more they put in.
"Finally!" Jack sighed, flopping onto a couch in exhaustion.
"Come on, it wasn't so bad." Crystal laughed, sitting next to him.
Sophie jumped up and crawled into her lap, bouncing excitedly on Crystal's lap.
"What are you so excited about?" Crystal laughed, hugging the little girl close and tickling her sides, making her squeal out in happiness.
"She's happy that we can visit you more often now." Jamie told her.
Crystal looked at them with a sly smile, picking Sophie up as she hopped off the couch. "How about I make some cookies?"
"Cooky! Cooky!" Sophie said, jumping out of her arms and running to the kitchen quickly.
"You want help?" Jack asked, following after her.
"Oh, wow. Three professional chefs helping me." Crystal said with a huge smile.
Jamie smiled up at her as he already grabbed a huge bowl to put the ingredients into. Jack grabbed the ingredients and laid them on the counter. Crystal laughed as Sophie piled in the flour, and Jamie cracked the eggs.
"Who wants to mix it? Jack?" She asked giving him a wink.
"Only if I get to lick it afterwards." He smirked, taking the whisk from her and kissing her neck affectionately.
"Oh! Cookies!" North said, looking into the kitchen happily. "I want decorate!"
"Not yet," Crystal told him. "Ask the others if they want to make their own."
North smiled happily as he literally skipped off to the others with thunderous booms going after him.
"O boy, what have I done?" Crystal sighed, hitting her forehead in exasperation.
"You have created a situation that is going to be chaos." Jack told her with a laugh, finishing as he mixed the last bit.
"We heard you're making cookies." Tooth said excitedly, flying into the kitchen.
"Mine will be the best!" Bunny said with a proud smirked.
"No, mine is!" North said with a huff and crossing his arms.
"I see you got some help." Auntie said with a giggle as she spotted to kids licking the whisk with Jack.
"Let's just hope they run that sugar off." Uncle said with a laugh.
Crystal shook her head as she scooped some flour out and spread it on the island counter. She took the dough out and rolled it onto the counter, grabbing a rolling pin, and flattening it out onto the counter until they were a half an inch thick.
She walked to the pantry and looked for anything to decorate it with. She found coloring, sprinkles, and sugar crystal's of all colors. Cookie cutters were in a drawer under the island, and she made frosting quickly and mixed in some food coloring to make the different colors.
"Okay, here are some decorating utensils. Decorate them how you want, but please be careful." Crystal told them. "And remember….this is not a competition!" She said, looking pointedly at North and Bunny as they stared off with one another.
Bunny and North almost pushed one another, trying to get to the cookies and decorations first. Instantly cookies were being cut and decorations were flying through the air.
"Geez, they act like children." Crystal sighed, looking at Tooth for help.
She fell to the ground in exasperation as she noticed everyone else had gone into the battle and started making the best cookie, even the children.
"I guess I'll have to be the judge." Crystal said with a smile towards them.
She shrugged her shoulders and took some of the dough, folding it and shaping it to the shape she wanted. Tear drops folded on the side and connected in the middle, strings burst from the middle with small round tops.
Crystal grabbed a paint brush and grabbed some of the food coloring and mixed it with milk, making a light coloring of pink. She brushed it gently over the dough, and textured it with like frosting and sugar crystals on the round tops.
"Wow!" Sophie gasped, looking at her cookie.
Crystal snapped out of her concentration and saw the shades and coloring of her cookie in shades of pink, with light pink strings and darker pink round tops. The others gathered around and looked down at it, noticing the cherry blossom that sat there made out of cookie dough. The petals were curled slightly, and gave the effect that it had landed there off of a tree.
"How did you do that?" Jamie asked her with his jaw hanging down.
Crystal shrugged her shoulders as she looked at the flower determinedly. "I just started making it how I saw it in my head."
"I think she wins this one." Bunny sighed, rubbing his head in defeat.
"What? No, I wasn't trying to compete!" She said waving her hands around.
"Well this makes my work look like child's play." North laughed, hitting her shoulder gently.
Crystal looked around at all the cookies. Seeing a train with red paint and blue wheels, an Easter egg with colorful swirls and dots, a…tooth….with white frosting, a snowflake, a yellow dinosaur, a butterfly, a flower, a baseball, a football, and a crystal.
"Who made this one?" Crystal asked, looking at the light blue crystal sitting on the counter.
"You like it?" Tyler asked.
"You based it off our necklaces huh?" She asked, touching her necklace affectionately.
"Of course," He said, hugging her quickly.
"I think these masterpieces need to go into the oven." She said, then realized she hadn't preheated it yet.
She waited for the alarm to go off that it was ready, then put the cookies in and set the timer for ten minutes. Sophie and Jamie watched as the cookies colors brightened and hardened, showing their masterpieces in their full glory. The frosting didn't melt, but glazed onto the cookie, giving it a shiny coating on the cookie.
"Just like old times." Crystal sighed, leaning back against Jack as he wrapped his arms around her.
They watched the kids as their eyes widened with awe from the cookies. Crystal smiled as she watched the kids, giving a forlorn feeling over her.
"Hey," Tyler said, catching the couple's attention. "So, I guess you've always been with my sister?"
Jack let her go and looked Tyler in the eye as he stood his ground. "Yep,"
"So you dated a child." Tyler said quirking an eyebrow.
Crystal hit her brother over the head as her cheeks flushed. "No! We started dating when I was older! Why would he date a child? You're such an annoying brother."
"No, just protective," He said grabbing her and rubbing his fist onto her head, mussing her hair into a frizzy ball.
Tyler leaned his arm on her head as he placed his chin on his arm, looking at Jack sternly. He sighed and held out his hand. "Just take care of her. Okay?"
Jack smirked as he clapped his hand on Tyler's and shook it, glad that her family accepted him for the moment. "Already have been."
Crystal smiled at Jack as he gave her a wink. Tyler let her go and pushed her towards Jack, making said Guardian catch her and pull her close into an embrace.
"New life." Auntie told Tyler. "A better one."
"Yeah," Tyler said with a smile. "If it makes her smile like that, then it's worth the change."
Crystal laughed as Jack kissed her nose, making the frost nip at it playfully. She kissed his lips and sighed as he hugged her close, not realizing they were being watched in the other room. Sophie squealed and ran between them, grabbing onto Crystal as she laughed at Bunny as he hopped in.
"Hey Sophie, let's get him." Crystal said.
She picked the little girl up and chased after Bunny, making him run for it and hide from them in the new house.
"Definitely worth it," Tyler said again, watching with a smile at all the people there with them.