Once inside, Lea scanned the huge, spectacular place she was in. More yetis were all over, working on toys, instruments, accessories, and so on. There was also flying contraptions that only exist in fairytale books. She even spotted some red Santa hats near the toys but didn't get the chance to see them better while moving fast and her hand grabbed by Jack Frost. Last, but not least, a gigantic globe of the Earth located at the center of wherever Lea was. It had special lights all over the continents that brought everything together as a perfect touch.

"This is the most incredible place I have ever seen plus been in," Lea managed to say, not taking her eyes off the scenery.

Jack couldn't help but laugh at her reaction. "Yep. This is where all the magic happens. A place full of wonder! So, wanna meet the big man himself?"

"Oh, yes! Yes, I do!" Lea said in feverish excitement.

"Okay! Down, girl! Heel!" Jack joked, earning a playful punch in the arm from Lea.

"WHO IS THERE?!" A voice boomed that made the Guardian and Blonde Teen stop. That's when a huge man jumped down wielding a giant sword in each hand.

Lea screamed and hid behind Jack. "Stay back! I know how to use this!" she warned, trying to sound brave and lightly shaking her grip on her hockey stick she brought out that was pointing at the giant man with a heavy Russian accent.

He had bright blue eyes, thick black eyebrows, and a long white beard plus mustache. He was a tall, buff, and slightly rotund man. He wore a red long-sleeved plaid shirt, tied with a thick sash-like belt that had diagonal patterns all around, black faded pants, and old-fashion flat light brown shoes. Lea caught that the long sleeves of his red shirt were rolled below his elbows, revealing well-designed black tattoos on each forearm that had a different word sprawled across: 'Naughty' on his right arm and 'Nice' on his left. She even spotted a big, golden ring on his right thumb.

Lea swallowed hard. Perhaps she should have known better than to bring a hockey stick to a sword fight. Especially when the one wielding the swords looked like he can cut Lea to ribbons!

"I knew I should have brought my metalbat on this adventure, instead of my wooden hockey stick," Lea muttered to herself.

"Jack Frost?! Who is this little one?" asked the tall, imposing man.

"M-my name is Lea Carolina Thompson! Fr-fr-from New York City, brought here by Jack Frost to meet the Guardians of Childhood!" Lea answered, trying to stay strong.

"Well, what's with the hockey stick, my dear?" asked the large man.

"Yeah, you think that toothpick is gonna keep him at bay?" Jack questioned, pointing at North.

Lea looked at North, then her hockey stick. Feeling sensible, she put the stick down.

"Sorry. Back home, it's usually not safe being in the streets of a bad neighborhood. My hockey stick is my weapon of defense, and you did come out of nowhere, ready to attack us," Lea explained, a bit shameful on her actions. "I just assumed you were going to hurt us."

"Don't feel bad. In fact, I have a fearful effect on people, being big and all," the big man said.

"Right. Big and intimidating, but nice," Lea agreed, only to realize who this guy really was. "Are you...Santa Claus? The Guardian of Wonder?"

North's blue eyes grew wide. "How did you know that?!"

"Well, before coming here, I asked Jack on what each of the Guardians are like and he described you as fearless, downright jolly, mysterious, and occasionally intimidating but caring," Lea explained, chuckling a little. "Also, you're pretty much the only non-yeti in this place and kind of match the description of Santa. So, I had a hunch."

North let out a big belly laugh. "She's a sharp one, isn't she?!"

"Yep, she sure is," Jack grinned.

Lea blushed again, really not used to being complimented by THE Guardians. "And I thought my first greet with Jack Frost was embarrassing."

"Oh, it gets better," Jack said. "Why don't we say hi to the others?"

Lea gulped in fear. "You mean...the other Guardians?! Oh, boy. I don't know if I'm up for it. The last thing I want is to make a fool of myself in front of the greatest legendary protectors of childhood, and I already did a terrible first impression meeting you and North," she replied, looking down sadly.

Jack nudged her shoulder. "Keep it together, will ya? Be cool..." He emphasized this by poking her back with his staff, causing icy chills to run down her spine.

"AAAH!" Lea jumped a mile long. She glared at Jack, who laughed. "Not cool, Jack..."

"Sounds to me like someone's getting cold feet," teased Jack.

"Says the boy who spreads Winter and fun around the world with no shoes for hundreds of years," Lea remarked, as she crossed her arms.

Jack opened his mouth to say something, only to close it; chuckling at Lea's comeback. "Touché."

"Okay, enough flirting, you two," North said, as he walked off. "This isn't Valentine's Day."

"HEY!" Jack and Lea yelled.

"North, we're just friends! Besides, I don't think I can date an immortal," Lea argued, only to realize what she said. "I mean, there's nothing wrong with Jack as an immortal! I just think I'm too young for him! Not that I'm saying he's old! I think Jack looks pretty good for a three-hundred-year-old spirit in the appearance of a sixteen or eighteen-year-old! I mean-GAH!" Lea covered her faced with both hands on her face while lowering her head. She could feel her cheeks burning hot from humiliation. "See?! I'm already rambling like an idiot and I still haven't met the other Guardians, yet!"

"Okay, okay. Just keep it together," Jack put a hand on Lea's shoulder. "Just breathe," He took several deep breaths to make it point across.

"...You're right, Jack. I need to calm down," Lea agreed, taking a few deep breaths. "Oh! I know who can help calm me down...But I need you to promise me not to make fun of me or laugh at me when I get him out of my bag, okay?"

Jack did his best not to smile too hard. "I'll try..."

Sighing, Lea took her backpack out in front of her, unzipped the front pocket to reveal something glowing, and took out a certain little wooden boy. Once getting him plus returning her bag onto her back, Lea squeezed Nightlight close to her and began breathing again to calm down.

"Huh. I was expecting a teddy bear or something..." Jack said, getting a closer look at the wooden toy.

Lea chuckled. "This is Nightlight. He's a special handmade gift by two people I love…And miss," She kept her voice low from Jack hearing that last part. "You can hold him, if you want."

Seeing that she offered, Jack put his staff away on his holster strap and grabbed the toy gently to feel the smooth wooden surface of it.

"I call him Nightlight because he has glow-in-the-dark paint coating all over him that lights up at night, whenever I feel scared. Nightlight gives me courage when I become nervous, and inspiration when I have run stuck on a project," Lea explained, watching her favorite myth look at her childhood companion. "He even helped me figure out what to make you for your anniversary."

Jack blinked, after giving Nightlight back to Lea. "How can a wooden toy tell you anything?"

"Well, I usually just imagine that Nightlight talks to me in his own special way. Like I can understand his thoughts just as much as he can understand mine," Lea explained. "He's a little shy, but extremely friendly. Very curious and playful, but is also very loyal to those he cares about."

"You don't have a lot of friends, do you?" Jack asked, as he strolled by, freezing an elf with a wave of his staff before putting it away.

Lea sighed sadly, placing Nightlight on a work table to sit at and put her hands on the wooden rails. "...Not that many, no. When you're in high school and still into myths and legends that little kids believe in, it's hard finding friends who understand you. Especially when they think your weird, once they find out. The only friends I have are Nightlight and Katherine,"

"Katherine?" Jack repeated.

"Yeah, she's someone I met weeks ago at a bookstore. Kate seems to be a bigger fan of you and the Guardians than me," Lea admitted with a small smile. "She even gave me a book on everything about you. How you became Jack Frost when sacrificing your own life to save your sister from drowning into that frozen lake and all that."

Jack and North stared at Lea. Nobody, absolutely nobody should know the TRUE story of Jack Frost.

"That's impossible!" Jack said. "There's no way humans know what really happened to me!"

Lea stiffened on Jack's reply, now a bit confused. "They aren't? But why? Shouldn't people know the truth about myths and legends, like you?"

"Weeeeell..." North began. "Its best people don't know about certain truths, especially when it comes to us. Ignorance is bliss."

"The world ain't cool like that," said Jack.

Lea then looked down in shame. "...I guess you make a good point. Kate did mention to me before about the author not trusting anyone about getting their hands on his work. Which would explain why he only publishes his work in a bookstore that's not on the map. So, I guess you both don't have to worry too much about that," she replied sadly, slowly feeling frustrated. "I just find it unfair that not many people know the real Jack Frost! Or even know he exists! Jack Frost has done so much for people and not many thank him for what he does! He's just as important as the other Guardians!"

"Well, I appreciate your gratitude. But people aren't ready to know the truth," Jack reasoned, even though he didn't like it either deep down.

Sighing, Lea looked at the two Guardians and said with teary eyes of sorrow, "Then I guess I'm not ready to know the real Guardians, either. If I wasn't supposed to know about how amazing the Guardian of Fun is, then I probably shouldn't be here."

"Hey, come on! Don't be like that!" Jack said, putting a hand on her shoulder. "You're here now, so there's no going back. What do you say we just keep this as our little secret?"

Lea sniffled a bit, trying to wipe her nose with the back of her right hand. "...Okay."

"Good. Now that we got this settled, it is time you meet the rest of us," North spoke, walking towards the center desk. "Phil! Make preparations," ordered the Guardian of Wonder, "We are going to have company."

And with a twist and push of a lever-like button, North sends out a signal for the Guardians to come by creating the northern lights that streamed in different directions, crossing every continent around the globe.

Lea watched above from the clear cylinder window in top of the globe before hurrying over to the windows near the fireplace to watch the sky full of radiant colors across icy tundras, white and strong within her view.

"Whoa…" Lea said in awe, placing her hands on the window like a little girl watching the first snowfall of the year. "You signal the other Guardians using the Aurora Borealis?!

Jack chuckled. "Yeah. It goes all over the world so, wherever the Guardians are, they can see it and hurry back here to know what the emergency is together," He explained, walking all cool with both hands in his jacket pocket.

"Amazing, Oh! How long does it take for the others to get here?" Lea questioned, walking back and forth on what to do. "Maybe I should help make some hot chocolate for them, after such a long, cold travel before they arrive. I mean, do they like hot chocolate? Do they want it with or without marshmallows? What do you guys think?"

"That is very thoughtful of you, my dear, but Yetis already got that part covered," North assured.

"Oh...right," Lea rubbed the back of her head in embarrassment with a small nervous chuckle. "I just want to do something nice for them. Try not to get on their bad side, you know?"

"I'm sure you'll be fine," North said. One of the Yetis got to work on making the hot cocoa and cookies.

Just then, the blonde teen noticed an elf carrying a bag of marshmallows.

At first glance, Lea thought it was only another regular Christmas hat in green until she realized that it was an elf with his arms, legs, and ears sticking out.

To Lea, the elf was a tiny creature with long pointy ears sticking out of the sides of the hat. A small jingle bell seemed to be attached to the end of the hat instead of a cotton ball. The tiny little man also had a belt around his body, a long-sleeved shirt underneath, and wore toeless, striped stockings revealing its feet. Lea counted four toes plus fingers on him when moving. She soon noticed the hat has a large open hole for the face, revealing his round golden eyes, upturned nose and rosy cheeks, followed by a mouth with almost pointy teeth.

But just before he could continue, the yeti stopped the tiny creature and took the bag before heading into the kitchen.

The elf groaned in irritation. "We never get to do anything!"

"What's wrong, little guy?" Lea cooed, sensing the elf was upset.

"Everyone! That's what!" snapped the elf. "They think we're too low on brains to do anything!"

Lea took a knee and placed a right caring hand on his back. "Come on. I'm sure that's not true. Don't you and the rest of the elves play an important role around the workshop? North wouldn't have you guys around unless there was a good reason."

"Yeah, well, I'd like to find out what that reason is," The elf sneered. "Maybe North took us in just to keep us off the streets at night," he rolled his eyes as he shuffled off.

"Or maybe because he sees you as family and believes that you'll do great things to help him!" Lea called out, catching up to the elf. "I know there are times that we feel hopeless, but the important thing is that we shouldn't give up on trying to help and figuring out our purpose. No one is useless. Not even elves like you," she reasoned, giving a caring smile.

The elf saw the sincere look in Lea's eyes. He let out a sigh. "Alright, since you're so sure, I won't give up."

Lea patted him on the back. "Good," She got up and went to check up on the Yetis.

"Oh! I'm Lea, by the way. What's your name?" Lea replied, stopping and turning her head to the elf.

"Roy,"

Lea blinked, making sure she heard him correctly. "Roy?"

"It's short for Fauntleroy," The elf frowned. "Tell anyone, and you'll be sorry."

"I won't say anything. Your secret is safe with me, Roy," Lea promised, nodding her head in understanding. "But, for the record, I think your full name is unique. Either way sounds nice to me,"

And with that, Lea gently waved good bye and hurried to find the yetis.

"How's the cocoa, fellas?" asked Lea, poking her head into the kitchen.

The kitchen was neatly structured and packed with hardworking yetis in the baking department. The whole room looked like something from the 1800s or even more old fashioned than that. She saw numerous wood fired ovens across each sides of the kitchen and a big table in the center to make the food.

Although the Yetis speak a language that the young teen couldn't quite understand, they seem to have it done and offered a mug to Lea.

"Oh, thank you," Lea replied, before taking a sip. "Mmmm, taste great! The Guardians will love it. Don't suppose you have some cookies baking in the oven that would go great with these drinks?"

One of the Yetis gestured to the oven. Inside was a batch of delicious gingerbread cookies.

Lea closed her eyes and sniffed the oven from a distance, enjoying the delicious aroma of baked gingerbread cookies.

"Perfect," she replied. "Keep up the amazing work, everyone!"

Lea was so excited! She skipped out of the kitchen but slammed into something covered in fur and dropped her mug on whatever or whoever she crashed into. It caused Lea to collapse and fall flat on her butt.

"Crikey! What was that?!" It sounded like an Australian voice, jumping high up on that unexpected hot spill on his fur.

Once getting her senses back and feeling her head, she looked up and was utterly surprised at what she was seeing.

A small gasp of astoundment escaped from Lea, as she witnessed her Australian accented guest's appearance. He was not human, but a big, grayish-blue furred rabbit! With a hint of white around his mouth, torso, and feet…not counting the hot chocolate stain that's very noticeable all over him. He appeared to be around six to seven feet tall, with dark blue flower/grass patterns on both his furry forehead, shoulders, and upper legs. He wore leather bracers set with spring colored egg-shaped stones: orange, light blue, pink, and green, a single-strap holster that has the same style imprint designs as his fur plus carry two boomerangs, and leather wrappings on his feet, which had silver nails. In Lea's opinion, he looked like an ancient warrior bunny protector of a magnificent realm.

"Whoa…The Easter Bunny, Guardian of Hope," Lea whispered to herself. My cousin was not kidding about him being big and cool-looking, she thought.

The Easter Bunny let out a huge gasp, when seeing Lea. "What the-?! What are you doing here?!"

He hopped as fast as his feet carried him.

"Wait! Come back!" Lea chased after him. She whipped around a corner and heard,

"Sandy! Knock her out!"

Suddenly, Lea was blasted by a strange force. She had no clue what it was but she quickly began to feel sleepy. Like, verysleepy.

Before she knew it, Lea was out cold and collapsed on the floor forward.

Redbat132: By the way, Roy the elf was created by RD. She helped make him up. Also, for guestsurprise, the present idea was just a little something I've been meaning to think about, after seeing Jack Frost nearly lose his staff in a few scenes from the movie and or put to the side that could get lost. As for Katherine and Nightlight, you just got to read the story and find out. ;)