This chapter is for those Sandy fans out there. In most fics I read it's always Jack Frost who falls in love with some mortal and I decided that Sandy deserved to have such a fic written about him and this is what I came up with, hope you like it. This chapter takes place two years before Jack was chosen to become a Guardian.
Sandy was passing through a small town in New Mexico when he came across a house one night which had music blaring from it. Curious who would be up this late at night he flew to the window of the two story house and peeked through one of the windows to find a young woman dancing across her room, lost in her own little world, a happy grin on her face, her eyes closed.
Entranced he opened the window and moved over to her and, without touching her, began to dance with her. When the song ended the young woman opened her eyes and blinked in surprise before the grin returned once she recognized him, holding a hand out toward him. "May I have the honor of dancing with the Sandman?" She asked.
Quickly getting over his surprise at her being able to see him Sandy smiled back at her, placing his hand in her's and the two of them are soon dancing together. As they did the young woman talked about whatever. "My name is Bambi but you properly already knew that, hehe what am I talking about of course you knew that. You are the Sandman after all. I bet you're wondering how a thirty-one year old woman can still see you, hm. Well I guess you might say I'm still a child at heart and never stopped in believing in you, the Tooth Fairy, Santa, the Easter Bunny and even the Spirit of Winter, Jack Frost."
She chuckled, slightly nervous. "I know that most people say Jack Frost is just a saying but I felt that he never was, stupid right." Sandy shook his head to show he didn't it was stupid for her to believe in Jack Frost and formed images over his head, telling her that he knew each of the legends she listed, Jack Frost included. The two of them danced to a few more songs quietly before Sandy informed her that he had better get back to his job and left after promising her that he would visit her again every chance he got, which he did.
A year after Sandy met Bambi, it was around Christmas time when North got a unusual letter from a thirty-two year old woman only asking for one thing, that she get a visit from Sandy before she passed from this life making the Guardian of Wonder pass the letter onto Sandy, who was gone before North could question about the young woman as soon as he read the letter.
When he reached Bambi's home Sandy waited until the nurse caring for her left the house before entering her room. Bambi looked over at him and a weak smile appeared on her face when she saw Sandy. "You came Sandy." She whispered happily and moved to stand up.
Sandy was by her side in an instant and helped her to stand upon her request. "I would like to share one last dance with the Sandman before my time is up." She moved over to put on her favorite Garth Brooks song, 'The Dance' and took a hold of Sandy's hands as it started playing. Sandy held her close as the two of them slowly swayed to the music together.
Once the song was over Sandy helped her to lay back down and covered her up, staying by her side until her eyes slipped close for the last time and, with a quiet "Thank you Sandy," her breathing stopped. Sandy clasped her hand tightly as he lowered his head to silently grieve for the friend he only got to know for a year before cancer claimed her life, death stealing her from him.
His fellow Guardians became worried about Sandy for the week that he mourned Bambi's death, the Guardian of dreams having become withdrawn and sad, refusing to 'talk' to any of them the whole time. The day of Bambi's funeral finally arrived and Sandy made sure to attend it, knowing that only the children would be able to see him. Tears came to his eyes when the last song he and Bambi ever danced to started playing and he began to dance to it in honor of her memory then made his way to her casket, once the song was over, and lightly placed a kiss on her forehead leaving a little of his dream sand on it when he did.
At the gravesite when they were lowering her casket into the ground Sandy created dream sand fireworks just for her before he left his heart feeling like it was breaking when he realized that what he felt for her went far beyond that of a friend and spread his dreams from his island, hiding away from the world until he was ready to face it once more.
Every year from then on, on the reunion of her death Sandy would make a stop at North's, playing 'The Dance' as he silently danced to it, making it a tradition to make sure he wouldn't forget the first and only mortal woman he had ever loved.