" Nah, not really," Hazelia said.
" Don't you think we should wait until all the guests had gone home?" Manny asked, coming to stand beside her.
" Oh, yeah. Good idea," Hazelia agreed.
In front of them, April and Pumpkin shared a look, wondering why would they be summoned to the North Pole, where the guardians usually gathered?
They didn't get to finish their thought when music suddenly bursted out through the speakers.
" Oh-ho, don't tell me people are gonna dance," April muttered.
She hated dancing, hated it.
" You don't have to dance. Like me. Instead, I'm gonna talk to the DJ kid... why in the world is he turning up this song? So boring..." Hazelia trailed as she walked away with Jack Dark by her side, chuckling and listening to her complains about the song all the way until they reached the DJ who was a boy in about eighteen with striking neon yellow hair with headphones on.
Another song came up then, this time the music sounded more energetic.
" Well, I'm going danzing. Zee you later!" Pumpkin said and walked away.
" Wait! I want to join! Come on, Jack!" Y/N exclaimed and Jack laughed before shaking his head.
" Haha, no thanks. I don't dance... it's just weird," he replied.
" Oh, come on... you're no fun at all. Who cares? I'm dragging you anyway." Y/N urged and grabbed his hand before dragging him away from them all.
He sent them a look that screamed "help me!" but they just laughed. He turned back to Y/N with a defeated look.
" Are you trying to embarrass me?"
" Maybe?" Y/N answered innocently, her eyes sparkling mischieviously.
Jack sighed and she laughed.
" I'm so happy today! Two of my ships have sailed!" Pegasus announced happily, and she wrapped her wings around her with the biggest smile on her face.
" What ships?" Odielta asked.
" Darzelia and (your ship name with Jack), of course!" Rapunzel joined in suddenly.
" Whoa, whoa... let me guess. Hazelia and Jack Dark, Y/N and Jack?" Hiccup asked.
" Mm-hm," this time both Rapunzel and Anna cooed.
They all laughed.
They then turned to Y/N and Jack to see Y/N trying to teach Jack some moves which Jack failed miserably. Y/N tried to keep a scowl on her face and she playfully scolded him but then they both bursted out laughing until everyone on the dance floor turned to look at them who were already clutching their stomachs.
" They're so sweet..." Elsa commented, clasping her hands together and bringing them to her chest as she stared at the two different individuals.
Y/N looked so stunningly red while Jack looked so icyly blue yet they seemed so perfect together.
" Now won't you look at your brother and future sister-in-law, Pegasus," Odielta said and Pegasus shifted her gaze to Hazelia and Jack Dark.
" Lys would flip if she heard you calling her that," Pegasus chuckled.
The DJ boy had disappeared, replaced by Hazelia who was now wearing the headphones. She seemed to be in a disagreement with Jack Dark about what song to play next. What seemed to be a small discussion turned into a bicker between the two as they continued insulting each other.
" Really? I've thought they've changed!" Odielta exclaimed.
" But this seems so entertaining." Merida commented, watching them with a big smile as if to cheer them on with the fight.
" It'll get a lot more entertaining later, just you wait... I just know it," Pegasus said.
And true to her words, Hazelia and Jack Dark suddenly stopped arguing abruptly and they just stared at each other for a while before Hazelia suddenly laughed heartily, Jack Dark laughed along a few seconds later and they were soon laughing just like Y/N and Jack. The two of them turned towards the DJ set then and Hazelia seemed to decide to mix the two songs together. What shocked Pegasus and the rest the most was when Jack Dark slowly brought his hand to wrap around Hazelia's waist, she didn't mind it. She didn't even tried to elbow him in the face or burn him alive.
Infact, she seemed relaxed about it.
" Something's wrong with H, I knew it. She had gone all soft on Dark... where did her fierceness go?" they jumped a little when they heard Jack's voice and turned to see Jack and Y/N already joining them again.
" Of course she had gone all soft. She's falling for him, I can tell." Y/N said, drawing a heart shape with her finger in the air and a sparkly red heart appeared before bursting into million sparkly glitters.
" Like how you are falling for me?" Jack teased.
Y/N turned scarlet.
" Who said that?" she muttered.
" Yer face did." Merida said and they all bursted out laughing, except for Y/N.
But then as they turned towards Hazelia and Jack Dark again, the two were already walking towards them. Jack Dark suddenly leaned down and whispered something in her ear which made her widened her eyes before smacking him in the face.
" Now that's my sister." Jack stated with a proud smile and they all laughed again.
" Why are you guys laughing so much? I could hear your laughter from afar." Hazelia asked when she finally approached them with Jack Dark still rubbing the part of his face where Hazelia had smacked.
" What did you say that made Hazel hit you? Your face is red!" Y/N asked in concerned.
" Nothing. He was just being stupid." Hazelia answered quickly, her cheeks flushing a light shade of pink.
" I'm not being stupid! It's the tru—"
before Jack Dark could finish, Hazelia was already interrupting him.
" You are being idiotic. You said that again and I promise you, you'll be dead." she warned, crossing her arms over her chest and Jack Dark sighed, giving in.
" Fine... I'm sorry," he apologized.
" You better be." she huffed and sat on a chair. " Now come here and let me see the red mark on your face." she said and patted the chair beside her.
Y/N and the others all smiled teasingly at Jack Dark, sharing a look.
Jack Dark rolled his eyes before slowly sitting beside Hazelia who brought her hand up to his face and gently tracing the red mark on his cheek. The red mark slowly vanished, making his skin pale again.
" There. Don't make me smack your face again," she told him and he smiled at her.
" Okay, though I really wanna know what did he say to you, Hazel... I think this is enough. My ship has sailed so I can die happily!" Y/N joked.
Hazelia turned to her and gave her a grin.
" And my ship has sailed too. So we're even." she teased, raising her eyebrows at Jack.
Y/N turned red again and they all laughed.
" Ugh. Fine, I think I'm just gonna go there and help Fred and Honey. They've been standing at the doors for far too long, they must've been tired." she excused herself and walked away before anyone could stop her.
" Hey, you forgot me, your guardian!" Jack exclaimed, still chuckling and flew after her.
" I've never laughed so much in my life." Evelyn suddenly spoke out, wiping a tear from her eyes.
Pegasus came to her and wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
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" Thank you for coming. Hope you have a great life ahead!" Y/N told the last of the guests, a young couple in their mid-twenties who thanked her before walking out of the entrance.
She and Jack shared a smile and they turned around to join the others. Only their family members, friends, the guardians and the other students remained in the hall this time.
" Quick, you two. It's picture time." Rapunzel told them, taking Y/N's hand and leading both Y/N and Jack towards the center of the hall where they were all gathered together looking up at the ceiling where Hazelia was hanging a camera.
" Like this we can get the view of the whole hall," she said from the ceiling. When she's done, she looked down at them. " Ready?"
Y/N stood between her mother and Jack before looking up and nodding with the rest of them. Hazelia pressed a button on her camera and then quickly flew down, shoving herself between Jack Dark and her mother.
" Everybody say "We're united!" in three... two... one..."
" We're united!" they all exclaimed in unison as a bright flash went off from the camera.
Hazelia then flew back up and retrieved the camera, smiling down at the picture.
She flew down and they all huddled together to look at the picture.
" Now that I think about it... we're all just one super big family." Y/N said as she stared at the picture.
" I can't believe we've come all the way here and how much everything has changed," Pegasus said, her voice cracking when tears filled her eyes.
They all "aww"ed at her before joining into an enormous group hug.
" Oh, hold on a sec. I think I said that I want to see Appy and Pump at the North Pole but... I guess we'll just do it here in front of everyone. North, book at hand?" Hazelia asked and North held up a finger before whistling and a yeti suddenly appeared to give him the big leather book.
April and Pumpkin looked at Hazelia in confusion who only smiled in return.
" I'm making you guys as guardians... and even though how much you protest, you both have helped a lot. You guys are guardians without you ever knowing it. You helped us when we're lost at the Realm Between Realms, letting us stay at your house for the night, keeping Janice safe when she didn't come with us into the portal that one time. And most importantly, you helped us in the battle," Hazelia said, earning shocked faces from her two friends. Then she turned to Pumpkin. " I know why you ran away from the offer of being a guardian that one time, Pump. You thought you're not good enough. But you are. What is Halloween without you?" then she turned to April. " Appy, Appy, even with your pranks... you are still a guardian. Like Pump, what is April Fool's without you? Sure, some of your pranks did go wrong in the past, but nobody's perfect. So, what do you say?"
April and Pumpkin both looked at each other for a long moment until they all thought they're going to decline the offer, but then April turned to Hazelia again.
" Well... that was very... motivating," she commented.
" And we'll take your offer," Pumpkin finished. " Yez, we'll be guardianz."
Everyone cheered while the two voiced out their vows of becoming guardians. When they're done, Hazelia hugged them.
" I'm so proud of you." she whispered, then pulled away to look at Cupid. " Cupid, two new Life Guardians will be under your duty now."
" Of course! The more, the merrier!" Cupid exclaimed cheerfully.
" Appy and Pump, I introduce to you... your leader, Cupid." Hazelia said and they all clapped their hands.
" Now, before we start cleaning up this academy. I have an announcement to make," Manny called out. They all stared at him, waiting for him to continue. " I will be giving us all three weeks of holiday... since we have worked and trained and fought so we need to collect our energy again. This academy also need a new look. So you can all go back to your families or take a vacation. While the rest of you who want to stay can help me with this academy. But for the first few days I won't be here because I'll need to clean up the Moon Kingdom so we'll probably start on the fifth day." he announced.
" I won't be here too, I need to rebuild the Jewel Kingdom," Pegasus said.
" I'm going to renew the Dark Kingdom," Odielta joined.
" Well, I'll be in the Hearts Kingdom, so if you need help with the academy, just call me," Y/N said.
" I could help with the Moon Kingdom... I've never been there. But I think I'm staying with mom down at Burgess," Hazelia concluded.
Soon they were all telling each other where they will be staying. Janice would be going home with her mother and she would come back at the second week to start her training at the academy. Rapunzel would be heading back to Corona to visit her parents who didn't come because of being busy. Hiccup and Astrid would be going back home at Berk to help out with the dragons that Drago had tortured. Merida would be returning to Dunbroch with her parents. And so goes on to the rest of them. A few students decided to stay to help out with what they can do in the academy.
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Yay! Another chappie! And I can't believe it... this book is finally ending! Next chapter will be the Epilogue so stay tuned!
~ Author Aura