Sorry , I'm so late with this, I had a little trouble deciding on how this chapter was going to play out, now I know. So Enjoy.


"Okay, Jack. Are you ready to tell me why I'm here?" I said as we entered the globe room. I was guessing it had something to do with the information I knew, or the naughty list.

"Uhhh," looks like Jack was still uncomfortable with telling me. Sandy tried to tell me with his pictures, it looked like me, pitch, and some other stuff, but I couldn't make it out.

"Nice try Sandy." I said. I was trying to fit into the loop they were disclosing me from. "I'm going to take a wild guess here; does it have to do with the naughty list?"

"I said no," said Jack.

"Besides we cleaned the slate with you," said North.

"Really, is that because I have information you want?"

"Kind of," said Jack, chuckling nervously to himself.

"Okay, then what am I doing here, and why did you want me here? Why did you want me here before even before Pitch attacked me?"

"That is a good question," said Bunny. He obviously did not want me here. Not only did I eat all his candy that one year, I also put tennis balls on the Easter egg hunting grounds another year, making it take twice as long to find Easter eggs. So I would understand why he can hold a grudge against me.

"Jack, you want to tell her," said North.

"Might as well," said Jack.

"What is it?" I asked curiously.

"Well, you see Ema, it was decided 2 days ago that, you were, uhh,"

"I was what?"

"Well, you are…" The guardians were glaring at Jack, probably wanting him to spit it out. What? Was Jack scared of me or something?

"You're a girdian." Did he just say what I thought he said, or was he was he speaking of a new term here?

"I'm a what?"

"Oh for crying out loud, you're-a-GUARDIAN," stressed Bunny. "See Jack, was that so hard to say?"

"Well you don't know her." Meanwhile, I was glued to the spot, stock still; a guardian, really? "Ema, are you alright," asked Jack, who noticed my condition.

"Uhh," I did not know what to say.

"See, she's speechless. Music!" cried North. Soon it was all the sha-bang, confetti, elves playing trumpets and drums, yetis wielding torches. I couldn't believe it; they were attempting to swear me in, just like Jack said. Well, they can attempt all they want; they will not succeed, not if I can help it. I caused an illusion atom bomb by stamping my foot. The celebration stopped, after that Jack glared at the guardians.

"North, I thought I told you not to do this, she doesn't want to be a guardian."

"Why would she not, job's amazing."

"Can I speak for myself please?!" I exclaimed. They all looked at me.

"Thank you," I said sarcastically. "First of all, I don't like people speaking for me on 'my behalf'. Second, where was I when it was agreed that everyone else would decide on what happened in my life. Why is everyone planning things for me when I'm not around to voice my opinions? I'm okay with the guardian thing, but why now!" I was turning red before, now I was on fire. "Don't force things upon me, okay!" After that, I started to cool down and return to normal. They were all a little shocked, the elves were hiding.

"I told you she can be scary when she wants to be," said Jack.

"You guys don't want me, I'll just goof off. I'm no guardian."

"Hey, I said the same thing." said Bunny.

"Bunny, we discussed this," said Tooth. Then she came over to me, "Ema, you must know what we do, right? Jack explained it to you?"

"He might have, but it was probably a long time ago," I glared at Jack. "Basically you guys protect kids, and to make sure you stay around to do that, you have them believe in you, and to do that, you bribe them, and if they don't believe in you, you don't protect them."

"You make it sound like a bad thing, Ema."

"Jack, you know why I'm like this. I explained it to you, 25 years ago." I was referring to the time I said I had a soft spot for kids, and now I have to ignore some. I'm also referring to the times I said I was ignored by everyone, why would I want to join them if I was ignored by them.

"Ema, it makes sense to not protect the ones who don't believe in us, because we don't exist to them, and they don't expect us to protect them. Meanwhile, out there, there are kids who believe in us and expect us to protect them because we are real to them. We can't exactly help the ones we're not tangible to."

"We could try, I mean, I will try. Even though I haven't been seen by anyone, I will try."

"Ema, we need your help with Pitch."

"Yeah, because I know stuff about him; seriously guys, don't make someone a guardian, just so they will help you." I knew their plan. They would make me a guardian so I would tell them what I know, because it would be "my duty" to. The Guardians looked confused.

"Ema, do you think we made you a guardian just so you would tell us what you know?"

"Yeah?" Was that not what happened?

"Ema, that's not what happened at all. You were chosen just like all of us by the man in the moon."

"What?"

"He chose you Ema."

"Well, actually you were chosen 2 days ago. Jack was supposed to pick you up before anything happened to you, because he told us you were claustrophobic, we couldn't bring you here by capturing you," Tooth explained. I noticed something she said.

"What do mean 'before anything happened to me'?" All the guardians looked a little guilty.

"Ema," said Jack, "Let me explain." I put 2 and 2 together.

"You knew Pitch was coming after me! You knew for 2 days, which would mean- You knew he was coming after me when I came back to Berwick! You didn't even let me know! You could have said something! Like: (Shape shift into Jack) 'Hey, Ema! Welcome back, but you probably shouldn't stay here because the Nightmare King is coming after you with 100 nightmares, to tear you apart!' (Shape shift back). I can't believe it, my LIFE is in danger and it's all you guy's fault!" I was red and on fire again.

"Ema, I wanted to tell you, but you were upset."

"That's no excuse, I was in danger! You could have told me earlier!"

"I wanted to give you a day, they gave me a day."

"Well, technically you gave her two days Jack."

"Tooth, she just got home after 7 months, I didn't want break up her homecoming by making her go somewhere else."

"I wouldn't have cared! I would've wanted to get my butt out of there! I care about that place Jack; I wouldn't want to see it attacked!"

"You do have a fair point, it kind of cancels out the point that we figured as long as he's chasing you, he wouldn't be going after the children."

"He's a Multi-TASKER!" I can't believe this, betrayed by another one of my friends to the boogeyman. "SOME FRIEND YOU ARE!" Then I flew off to an empty room in the workshop to be alone. Behind me, I heard from Bunny "And we want her to be a Guardian, why?"


A big rage fest. Now we know when she's mad she catches on fire, cool right. What'd you think of the chapter, tell me in reviews. Stay tuned.