Chapter 3 – Rise of the Guardians
A/N: Hey dudes and dudettes! Thanks for reviewing and stuff ya'll really made me happy! And also, sorry for the suuuper late update. You know, the fact that Christmas vacation's over and school became hectic again. Thanks for the movie request of 'thegirlwholived' and also to 'EmbersOfLife' and 'Guest' for all the support and advice! I'm sorry but I haven't been able to include Splinter in this or the next chapters. Just please be patient and wait for him to appear. Now on with this lot!
BTW, This story is somewhere between the 2k12, 2k3, and the 2k7 worlds but mostly on the 2k12 turtles. And this chapter is set on Christmas so sorry for the HUGE delay. I know it's the friggin start of the month of February so please don't remind me and rub it on my face.
Disclaimer: I obviously don't own anything because if I did, I wouldn't be writing a story in a site and instead, I would be creating and directing a whole FREAKIN movie!
Movie: Rise of the Guardians
It was a cold winter night and everyone was in the living room doing their own businesses. Raph was cradling a hibernating Spike on his shoulder (yes, reptiles hibernate. The Turtles don't cause they're half-human, but that doesn't mean they can't), Leo was meditating in front of the TV, and Donnie and Mikey were trying to beat Leo's highscore in pinball. Suddenly, Donnie stopped and tensed as he narrowed his eyes. Mikey looked at him with raised eyebrows, "What is it Don? If you don't continue playing now you'll lose!"
Don ignored him and only muttered the words, "She's here." just before a girl wearing heavy winter clothes with a bit of snow here and there appeared in the lair's entrance. They all looked at him astounded and Mikey gaped in awe, "Dude… plain AWESOME."
"Hey April! Merry Christmas!" Donnie greeted happily, neatly ignoring his brothers' expressions.
"Merry Christmas to all of you too! By the way, I just came back from a video rental store and guess what? I decided to rent a Christmas movie!" She grinned and waved a dvd in the air. "Unfortunately, the stocks were almost empty because many people rented as well. This was the only one remaining."
"So what is it?" Leo asked her.
"Is it Gremlins?" Mikey perked up and Raph smacked him on the head.
"Didn't you forget that the last time we watched that you had a whole night full of nightmares of those creatures and in the end, you cried and wailed yourself to sleep in Leo's room?"
Mikey pouted and glared at him annoyed. "We were seven then Raphie-boy."
"And if I recall correctly you didn't sleep well the whole night too." Don pointed out and Leo smirked slightly. Raph glared at them in irritation, "I did NOT. And like you weren't." He grumbled that last part and this time, Leo laughed silently. He was the only one who wasn't affected by it and even thought that it was lame. The puppets weren't that realistic.
"Well, I didn't rent Gremlins because I wasn't a big fan of it." April said. "But I brought this!" She showed the dvd and they all crowded to take a look at it better.
"'Rise of the Guardians'?" Leo read in confusion.
"Isn't that the famous movie that showed last year?" Donnie frowned.
"Great, another animated movie…" Raph grumbled.
"Wow! This looks COOL!" Mikey grinned as he snatched the cd away in his excitement. "Look! There's Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny! Hey, anyone noticed that he looks a lot like Usagi? Well… not exactly. He's too tall and looks like Raph. Wait, who's the little guy?" He pointed at the small sandy person. "And this girl with the wings… looks familiar…"
"That's the Tooth Fairy Mike." April informed and Mikey 'ohhed'.
"So… does this mean we're no longer banned from watching TV?" Raph whispered to his eldest brother. Before Leo could reply however, Don glanced at them with a steely glare and mouthed the words: 'just this time' and then gestured to April. Apparently, he heard it. They both groaned, Leo hasn't been able to watch Space Heroes for at least three whole days and Raph was damn bored. They just waited as Mikey placed the cd in the player and settled back to watch as the screen started to show the Dreamworks logo and icy dark blue water. Everyone quieted down as a voice of a young boy suddenly talked and described how the water was so dark and cold and that he was feeling scared…
In the middle of the movie…
"Hahaha! Go get 'em Bunny!" Mikey yelled as they watched the Easter Bunny slip his hand underneath a pillow and brought it out again but this time, with a handful of teeth. Turns out the boy who owned it was someone a whole lot like Casey: a brumby.
They watched as Santa Claus AKA North leap inside a chimney, but the screen later shows Bunny light a candle and threw it in the fireplace, muttering Santa's trademark laugh but much more creepy-sounding. Immediately, the chimney exploded and you could hear North's groan followed by Mikey's cackling. The scenes continued showing the tooth-collecting race going on between the protagonists: North, the Tooth Fairy, Easter Bunny, Sandman (Mikey finally found out) and of course, Jack Frost. (April was caught staring at Jack so deeply that a suspicious Donnie immediately knows something's up.)
Near the end...
Everyone watched, their breaths held as they saw the Bunny's den filled with colorful cracked eggshells and scattered baskets and how everyone turned their backs on Jack. The room became totally still (even Mike) as they absorbed the events. They all were a bit sorry for the main character but Raph quickly huffed. "Well if he didn't follow after that black guy then this wouldn't have happened. I mean, the other guardians promised the kid his memories right?"
"Well how was he supposed to know that huh? I bet you would do the same thing he did! It's just impulse!" Everyone became silent as they realized that the one who said that wasn't Mikey or any of the brothers but April. They stared at her surprised as the movie went on in the TV. Raph immediately sensed Donnie's angry glare trying to burn a hole in his head and gulped. "Oh.. well uh… yeah.. uh.. guess yer right… sorry April."
April nodded and returned her gaze to the TV as the turtles (especially Raph) stared uncomfortably at each other. Donnie suddenly brought two fingers at his eyes and proceeded pointing it at Raph, making the universal sign of 'I'm always watching you'. Leo and Mikey grinned from ear to ear as they enjoyed Raph getting scolded by their love struck brother.
"Guys, I think we should continue watching this now. The sooner it's done the better." Leo whispered and they all sighed wearily and gazed back at the movie. Animated films feels so childish to watch…
The end...
The silent group was ultimately absorbed into the movie (Raph was denying it the whole time though) when they saw the final battle and eventually, the credits, they all released the breaths they didn't even realized they have been holding and glanced at each other with small smiles. Leo has taken a liking to North because of his leadership skills and the fact that he wields twin swords and also to Bunny because, like Mike said, he looks a lot like Usagi, his samurai rabbit friend. Meanwhile, Mikey loves little Sandman because he's just plain cute and at the same time, powerful. Donnie, oddly, thinks that the Tooth Fairy was very vulnerable and asks the others why she was appointed as a guardian when she clearly couldn't protect herself against stronger enemies. And he was disliking the fact that there's no super genius in the group. Raph, obviously likes the Easter Bunny for his tough personality and accent. He claims 'they almost sounded alike' when clearly, it's a whole different accent. Finally, April has taken a liking to Jack Frost and it has just been confirmed when Leo heard her sigh and smile as she watched Jack remember his memories 300 years ago from when he was just a kid with a loving family. They avoided telling that info to Donnie, mainly because they knew the consequences and the prices to pay. (that is, Donnie taking his frustrations out on all three of them. They'll probably have no technology in a month or so if he finds out.)
They sighed contentedly and looked at each other. Christmas movies are finally done and it will soon be the time for them to open their gifts and celebrate with their family and friend.
Next, would be the Valentines day movie screening (yeah, they watch movies on every occasion). They could only hope they stopped watching animated movies. At least, not after a very long time…
So done! Again, I apologize for the non-existent humor in this chapter. But please bear with me. And like the turtles said, they're already tired of animated films so please request something that is not-so cartoonish and also suited for Valentines or anything interesting in particular. Maybe after a few live-action films we can start going back to the cartoon ones. So yeah, reviews? It makes me very happy whenever I see one, whether it is from a critic or someone who just likes my story so much they still clicks on this whenever I update. Also, a warning. It might be a bit longer before I can update again. Maybe I can do this every once a month? Sorry, I'm just reeeaaalllyyy busy with life that it sucks. Soooo… (this is kinda awkward…) thanks once again to those who requested their share of movies but I can't really let them watch each one. Mainly because there are others I still haven't watched myself yet and there are others that I'm not interested in making so yeeeaahhh.. (returns to awkward position earlier) XD