Jamie Bennet hated school.
It wasn't the teachers or the cafeteria or the fact that the workload was ridiculous. It wasn't any of those things that he hated.
"Hey Bennet!"
It was the bullies.
"Yeah I'm talking to you, freak!"
Specifically the bully by the name of Henderson, who at the moment was determining that now was a good time to torment him.
"This loser still believes in the Tooth Fairy! Eleven years old and believes in a dinky pixie!"
The redhead shoved Jamie to the ground, then kicked him hard. The eleven year old snorted. He knew the truth. No matter what this lame brain said or did to him, he would still believe. After all, he helped save the world!
Unfortunately, this was a bad day for Jamie. The bully was also a 15 year old and had a posse of others, and since it was after hours the teachers were not around. Jamie was surrounded, and he ducked his head as the bullies began hitting, pushing, and laughing at him.
What the child didn't know, was that a certain Guardian of Fun was patrolling the area, dusting here and there, making windows creep with his intricate designs, and spreading his season with happy mirth. As he approached the school, hoping to catch a glimps of the first child to see him, he saw the group, circling like sharks. Jack Frost had enough experience in his 300+ years of existing to know what a gang of bullies looked like, and swooped down to see who the unfortunate victim was this time.
His attitude went from mildly curious to very dark and full of rage very quickly.
Jamie was slightly annoyed and slightly, very slightly frightened. The hits were harder, the shoves meant to cause him pain, and he swore that one of the older boys was going to help his chances of running into the Tooth Fairy again when he hit him in the mouth. Henderson suddenly stopped the others, and grabbed Jamie by the collar. As he was lifted into the air, the boy swore that the temperature dropped ten degrees, and the wind grew more powerful.
"Alright Bennet, you want some help summoning the freaky pixie?"
Jamie cringed as the fist came at him, prepairing himself for a blow that would provide a few more teeth to give to Tooth.
Nothing happened.
The boy opened his eyes to find that the bully had literally been frozen in place, a look of confusion on his face. The eleven-year-old grinned, for he knew what this meant.
"Thanks Jack!"
The winter spirit gently tugged the boy free from the frozen grip of the bully, and turned his attention to the others. Using a trick that Wind had taught him long before becoming a Guardian, the Winter King roared with the voice of a storm, speaking to them with the help of his elements. They might have not been able to hear his voice, but they definitely understood what he said.
"Leave Jamie ALONE!"
Whimpering like frightened curs, half the big kids ran away, while the other half foolishly tried to approach the Bennet boy. Jack shoved his first believer behind him and lashed out with a powerful flurry, knocking them back. They descided it was safer to back up, and the wind and snow calmed down. They tried again, and the elements pushed them back. Jamie grinned and stepped towards them, Jack of course keeping them back.
"I may be a freak." The eleven year old said with courage and sneered at the remaining bullies "But I have the King of Winter on my side, and he's kinda ticked off. You really don't wanna mess with him when he's ticked off.."
The boys agreed hurriedly, and ran away. Jack calmed the elements, and dropped down to Jamie's eye level, gathering him in a hug, wich he was eager to return. "Thanks Jack!" the boy said. Jack smiled and knelt so Jamie could climb on his back.
"Come on Jamie, I'll take you home."
Needless to say, Jamie's school days became infinitly more tolerable.