Dear readers, if some of you are wondering why Jack didn't appear in the last chapter, it's because I have a more special appearance for him along with other characters. Though be assured, Jack will be appearing soon. I just ended up pushing him back further than originally planned. As a special apology for not giving you guys notice of this little set-back before, here is another chapter upload. I sort-off rushed to get this one done, so sorry if there are still some errors in this. ENJOY!

CHAPTER 8-They're Real

Elsa, Anna, and Lukas, were all very confused by North's question. For what importance does it even have in their meeting?

"Of course we have herd of them." Anna responded, while giving them a weird look. "I mean, anyone who has ever been a kid has herd of them. They're figures in children stories. Myths."

"Ah! You are right Anna, but do you know how myths, stories, legends come to be?" Ask North with a gleam in his eyes. "Some through a flash of inspiration, some from superstitions, while others, a spun-off from truth."

"Why are you even telling us this?" question Lukas, getting a bit impatient. "We don't have time for this; if you know why we're here then you know that we're in a hurry. We have to recruit some alleys fast. We have a war to prepare for!"

North ignored Lukas's interference. He walks up to Lukas displaying his height and body size to him, but only smiled at the prince. North reached into his pocket for a second, and then tosses something at Lukas, which he caught with clumsy hands. It was a small wooden carving of a mouse, dressed in a robe with a sword in one hand, and a shield in the other. "Lukas, at age seven, you asked for a pop-up book titled Redwall. Where the story centers around a young mouse, who led his animal friends and family to defend their home against a mad tyrant rat." Lukas was surprised as to how this man could know what he had wanted from such long ago. But North didn't give him time to respond.

He moves to Anna. "And you my dear. At age seven, you wanted some new ribbons, like these." North reached into his pocket again, and pulls a set of five ribbons in different shades of yellow. Handing them to Anna, she can only stare at them in amazement.

"I lost them when I turned ten. I was really sad about that too, they were my favorite ribbons."

North turns to Elsa, smiling gently at her. "And you Elsa..." He made to reach in deep one more time into his pocket. He pulls out an object that fit right in the palm of his massive hand, revealing it to be a small box with a short handle to it. North turns the handle a few times, and then opens the box. Slowly the box started producing soft music, like ringing of bells.

Elsa smiled, and took the box from North, holding it in both her hands. "This…This was my music box. It stopped working four years ago."

"…And what are you trying to convey by doing this?" ask Lukas.

North chuckled, "Why, you don't get it yet? I'm Santa Claus."

The three humans looked at him as if he was crazy. "You mean you are like, Santa Claus," corrected Anna.

"No. I am Santa Claus," North stated firmly, before moving on to his companions. "And Tooth is the Tooth Fairy, Bunny the Easter Bunny, and Sandy the Sand Man. We are more than just stories or myths. We are real!"

Anna was hesitant to continue the subject, but she couldn't help it. "But…you look nothing like Santa—no offense, and The Easter Bunny; I thought he would be a bit more…well…cute."

All the Beings laughed at the mention of Bunny being cute. Remembering when he was once reduced into being an adorable bunny in one of their battles against Pitch. "Ha!" laughed North, "like I've said, spun-off from truth."

This time it was Lukas's turn, he just can't accept the Beings in his Promise Book, the ones who are going to help them in an important war, are no more than childhood story figures. "But the Beings in the book; none of you are in the book!" Lukas spat in anger as he takes it out of his satchel. "I've looked through these pages, read all about the creatures in the book several times before arriving in Arendelle. There's no mention of you!"

There was a moment of silent due to Lukas's sudden outburst. Bunny was about to snap back at Lukas, but Tooth stops him. She slowly approached Lukas, and carefully spoke to him in a gentle voice. "That's because you won't looking for us." Once she was close enough, face-to-face, without hesitant she flips the book to the very end where dozens of empty pages lies. She reached out her hand, indicating Lukas should reach out with his. Reluctantly he did. Tooth placed his hand on one of the empty pages. "Here, try this. Think of me—think of the Tooth Fairy, imagine hard. What did you thought I looked like when you were young? See my name on the very page you are touching, imagine me on it."

Skeptic as Lukas was feeling, he followed Tooth's instruction. He imagined as hard as he could her name on the top of the page. He also tried to conjure her image as he once thought she looked like. A small fairy with a human figure, save for pointed ears, and with skin that glowed; her tiny hands holding onto a coin in ready to exchange for a tooth.

Soon after, he started feeling a strange sensation under his hand. Ink started appearing over the surface of the page; some forming words, others into the image of the Tooth Fairy. But not the image he had imagined, but the actual Tooth Fairy, Tooth. She was leaning towards a group of children as she hovers on one side. Her hand outstretch to them with a single glowing tooth, and theirs to hers, with Tooth's tiny fairies around her with coins ready to hand out.

Lukas was mesmerized. He turns the page to find it filled with infos of Tooth, her strength, ability, her tale, and so on. He felt something tugging at his pants so he looks down to find Sandy. The little man had formed golden arrows pointing to himself, smiling a big smile at Lukas.

Tooth giggled, "He wants you to try looking for him next."

Lukas repeats the process. Though this time he pictured the Sandman from his childhood imagination, as a tall skinny man wearing nightly clothes, and in one hand he holds his sandbag that contains all his sleeping sands. In response, the picture and infos of Tooth all vanish to be replaced by Sandy's.

"…I still don't understand…we are searching for warriors, fighters, not-"

"Not what?" challenged Bunny, getting offended, "Do we need to give you another demonstration, this time I'll make sure my blows connect."

"Bunny!" warned North, seeing faint snowflakes floating around Elsa's hands, a sign he assumes she's getting ready to fight.

Thinking better, Lukas decided to ask something else. "Alright fine, if all children story figures are in this book, along with myths and such, why do I need to be in search of you specifically in order to find you?"

"It's a bit complicated to explain…Think of it as this way, the Beings you normally see on the pages are related to some of us in one form or another. They help people to believe in us. And if you truly believe, then we'll be on the pages. Beside, we can't just let anyone see our infos. Otherwise, the wrong person can render us powerless…possibly kill us."

Lukas understands part of what Tooth is saying, and the need to protect important information, but still. He couldn't understand the book's special treatment towards these Beings. What makes Tooth special than her fairies, or any of the other Beings and creatures normally visible on the pages...? But there was something he remembered seeing that may help to answer this question. Lukas skims the pages like he did with Tooth's info, finding a particular part that was curious to him. "It says here you are the Guardian of Dreams, and I saw that it said Tooth is the Guardian of Memories. Why are you guardians of such things?"

"Because," spoke North, "dreams, memories, wonder, and hope. Those are what we bring into the world, and what we protect in children."

"The world, children?" ask Elsa.

"Yes." confirmed Bunny. "As Guardians mate, we have vowed to watch over the children of the world. To guard them with our life, their hopes, their wishes, and their dreams; for they are that we have, all that we are, and all that we will ever be." All the guardians had some sort of spark in their eyes when Bunny said what he said, but it was soon replace by their original look.

"And that is why we are going to help you fight in your up-coming war. For the children of the world is at stake," said Tooth.

"The world? It's only the children of Arendelle and Southern Isles who are going to be in any mediate danger of the war." said Anna, confused by how the whole world is suddenly involved.

Up to this point, most of the Guardians have had a content look. But now, it was clear that they were holding back their anger. Sandy threw a handful of sand onto the ground near the sister's feet. The patch of sand begins to swirl forming a golden shadow image of Hans. Sandy throws another patch and it started forming another shadow image as well, showing a very tall slender man, cloak in a long robe, with slick hair that was pulled back to pointed ends.

"We are very much aware that your human friend here," said North, taping a foot next to Hans' image, "has made a Pact with this Being."

"And you know this Being?" ask Elsa, moving towards the image.

"We all know him mate, even you." reply Bunny.

North taps his foot near the image of the Being before he looks over at the sisters and Lukas. "…His, name, is Pitch Black. But in your world, he is commonly known as the Boogeyman—but don't take him lightly. He is a powerful Being, More ancient than Man in Moon…He is long known as The King of Nightmares."