Into Rise of the Guardians
Jack had been arguing with Bunny about various topics while Tooth was berating North about his habit of eating nothing but sweets. Sandy was drinking from a cup of eggnog, watching over everything with an exasperated look.
Right as Jack was going to throw a freshly made snowball at Bunny's face, a pitch black portal opened in the middle of Santa's workshop where everyone had gathered for an after Christmas celebration. Everyone that had gathered there grabbed their weapons, preparing to fight some new evil it seemed Pitch had created. It came as a surprise when a small child fell through and landed with a dull, boneless thump on the plush carpet.
"Oh no! Pitch must have taken her!" Tooth flew closer and inspected the child closer before picking her up and handing her to North.
"Then ve must get her to home!" North boomed out.
Jack stepped over as well, and only had to take a glance at the child before his face was pinched in anger along with Tooth's. "I swear, if he did this. I'll destroy him!"
At Jack's outburst, North looked closer at the young girl he held in his arms. "Oh, she is injured! Ve must get her to infirmary!"
The five guardians of childhood raced to an infirmary room where a group of yetis began the challenging task of healing the small girl. The guardians were shuffled out of the room and asked to wait. It took nearly an hour for one of the yetis to come out and began speaking to North.
"Vhat! Is this true! Then she vill stay here!" yelled out North in anger.
"Woah mate, tell the rest o' us what's wrong and maybe we can help." Said Bunny while Sandy nodded in the background.
North looked around sadly at the group who were all waiting for answers. "Yetis healed little girl but vounds vere not accident."
"What! I saw some of those girl's cuts! You mean to tell me that all of those were on purpose!?" yelled out Tooth, her feathers puffed up in anger as she fluttered up to North's face.
North nodded sadly and stroked his beard. "Yetis say young girl will be in bed for six days. Cuts on back were festering and broken bones healed bad. Little girl has concussion, too, which will heal by sixth day. Yetis say old vounds created over years while she vas starved."
"Then who do ya think did it, mate?" Bunny asked.
"Didn't Pitch do this, though?" Jack asked, leaning on his shepherd's crook which he clutched fiercely.
Tooth shook her head, "Pitch revels in children's terror, but he would never physically harm a child."
"Vell," North said with a grin, "Vhen girl vakes, ve vill see vhere she comes from. See if she goes home or stays here!"
A few days later, Dawn woke up to find herself in a clean bed with a plush comforter lying atop her. A weird animal creature attending to her signified that she must have fallen through a portal by accident, one which was finally large enough for her to leave her wretched home.
She was currently confined to her bed by the shaggy looking creature, not quite a man but definitely not an animal, and was given plenty to eat whenever she wanted. Dawn was also allowed to do whatever she wanted as long as stuck in bed and slept as often as she could. The creatures, the very large and bearded 'men' called yetis, carried her around when she needed to use the restroom and gave her plenty of toys and books to entertain herself without being overwhelming.
The very large man, who called himself North, had come in a little while after she woke up and asked her simple things such as her name and where she lived.
"My name is Dawn and I don't belong here." Was her only answer.
It was only till Jack got worried about her mental health and was prepared to blow a fun filled snowflake onto her nose, that she gave any sort of normal reaction.
"Who are you?"
Jack stopped in shock, "You can see me?!"
"Of course I can, or do you think me as dimwitted? I would take offense if that were so."
Jack's eyebrows came together in confusion. "It's not that you aren't smart but it's a matter of believing in me."
"How could I believe in you when I don't even know your name?"
Jack's jaw dropped in shock, "You don't know who I am but you can see me?!" Jack slapped his forehead before smiling brightly towards Dawn, "Well, I'm Jack Frost."
"Ok, my name's Dawn Potter, nice to meet you." Dawn held out her hand which Jack shook in his much larger hand.
"How old are you Dawn?"
"Well, I only turned three about a month ago, but I'm really small compared to the ball of lard that is supposed to be my cousin."
Jack spluttered in shock, "Jeez, I've never seen a three-year old speak as well as you do! Did you eat the dictionary or what?"
"Of course I didn't eat a dictionary, I read it."
Jack face-palmed again, "Well, I don't have the patience to sit down and read so why don't we get out of this room."
Dawn raised an eyebrow, "But I can't leave this room."
"Sure you can!" Jack hopped over to her side and kneeled down carefully. "Just hop on my back, I can carry you!"
"I don't know about this." Dawn looked down nervously at Jack who was still kneeling with his back turned to her.
"Oh come on, I won't drop ya, it's fine. Now, hop on!" Jack sent her a warm smile that reassured Dawn into scooting over to him and getting carefully on his back. She held on tightly with her unbound arm while Jack held on tightly to her legs.
After standing up, Jack walked out of the infirmary and began the giant tour of Santa's workshop. He even managed to make her laugh at the antics of the various elves. He continued to walk around until she fell asleep with her head resting on his shoulder and a cookie in her hand.
"Jack!" yelled out Bunny with his Australian accent heavily accenting his speech. "We've been lookin' all over for ya! The lil' ankle biter is missin'!" The six-foot-tall bunny came running forward with a trio of mini-tooth fairies as an entourage.
"Woah, Bunny! She's fine. I went to her room and when she saw me, we struck up a conversation. After that, I've been carrying her on my back to see the workshop. She just fell asleep so let her relax, she actually had fun."
Bunny nodded and simply tapped his foot to hop into one of his rabbit holes he used for travel. Jack continued walking back towards the infirmary and set Dawn gently in the bed where she simply grumbled a bit before curling underneath the blankets. Jack walked out quietly and closed the door to see a worried group of guardians behind him.
"So, how is she?" North stage whispered, which was the same level as a normal person talking as he normally boomed out everything he said.
"She's better today than when she first woke up. I gave her a tour of the workshop and I know she had fun."
"Oh, that's good then, she's getting better!" exclaimed Tooth quietly. Jack just shrugged his shoulders in response.
"Well then, let's leave and let the lil' ankle biter rest." Said Bunny as he ushered the other guardians away but let Sandy sprinkle some of his dream dust over Dawn's head.
Sandy watched with a smile as the sand began giving Dawn a good dream but frowned when his dust was taken over by a toxic green color. The same color as Dawn's beautiful eyes. He watched the toxic green sand morph from Dawn riding a powerful stallion racing with other wild horses to Dawn growing into a teenager wearing various pieces of armor and weapons. She wore intricate shoulder guards and bracers with some sort of hidden blade underneath, a bow over her back with a large quiver of arrows, dozens of throwing knives and regular knives hidden in all sorts of nooks and crannies over her clothes, two impressive swords where strapped to her sides and guns strapped to both thighs. She had almost fairy-like wings that actually gave her the ability to fly along with decorative feathers that were intertwined with her short cropped hair.
Two things that stood out most, was the hood she wore that cast a deep shadow over face along with a cloth scarf that was pulled up over her mouth and nose to hide the rest of her face in its baggy folds like a mask. Sandy could see her going through the motions in various situations, making friends, even killing dangerous enemies. Sandy felt scared for the dream she was having with the toxic colored sand, because he knew this wasn't any sort of fantasy dream. He knew that she actually having a dream of her future and he knew there was nothing he could do to change it.
It was near the end that he saw dozens of men and women surrounding the adult Dawn and Sandy could easily tell how much they loved Dawn. He watched as she was surrounded by her friends (or lovers though he didn't know which) as they made it through hundreds of different tasks set before them. He knew that no matter the hardships Dawn would go through, she would at least find people she loved and that loved her.
Sandy walked out of the infirmary with a heavy heart and walked over to North.
"Vhat is it, friend?"
A picture formed above Sandy's head of Dawn and her prophetic dream.
"Is there nothing ve can do to change it?"
Sandy shook his head sadly before showing a design of miniatures of all the Guardians giving Dawn various gifts to keep before she would inevitably leave.
"And that is exactly vhat ve shall do, my friend!" North slapped Sandy's shoulder, "I vill tell others and you start on your gift!"
~~ Two Years Later ~~
Dawn's wounds had healed and all that was left of the Dursley's treatment were old scars. She had learned to have fun with the Guardians over the two years she was with them and could even replicate the various magics the Guardians could use.
She was ready to finally move on though, move on because she felt there was not much more the Guardians could teach her when her childhood had already been screwed. Dawn opened her own portal after explaining her reasons to the Guardians and receiving the gifts each had made for when they knew she would be leaving.
Tooth had made her a pendant with crystalized feathers holding beautiful pearls, while Bunny gave her a small pendant of an ivory egg with carved designs inlayed with gold. Jack had poured his powers into a single snowflake, ensuring that it stayed as beautiful and cold as it was first created. She placed the three trinkets on a silver chain that fit snugly around her neck.
North had made her an entire outfit with thick leather boots, a nice durable skirt that matched the long sleeved cotton shirt, soft leather leggings, and a thick leather vest with metal buckles and hood. He had also made her a long and fancy leather coat that trailed just above her ankles that also had a fur-lined hood with a matching pair of gloves. A yeti gave her a small side bag that was slightly bigger on the inside than on the outside filled with empty journals and sketch pads so dawn could keep track of where she had been.
Dawn already had a notebook bursting with journal entries, trinkets and pictures of her time with the Guardians and she was thankful to receive more ways to record the next world. She fit this small side bag to rest over her shoulder and sandy gave the final gift. He gave he a pouch of Dream sand, a part of himself so she would never be alone.
She hugged each of the Guardians before turning around and opening a portal to go to her next world, intent on learning something from every world she visited on her way to get to her original world.