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Chapter 5: Dress Up

"Growth is painful. Change is nothing is as painful as staying stuck somewhere you don't belong."
― Mandy Hale

"Are you sure this is okay?" Wisp asked as she spun around. She then caught herself looking up in a mirror. A short, brown-haired girl with large chocolate eyes stared back. Her hair was still braided to the side, but instead of her usual get-up, she tried on Emily's clothes. "I don't think dresses are my kind of thing.." She said playing with the ends of the red skirt. "Don't you have something else?"

"Most of the things I have are girly things Wisp... So no. Not until we go shopping." She froze. "Shopping~" She melted.

Wisp sighed and rolled her eyes. "You sound just like your sister..."

"Do not!" Emily laughed as she lightly pushed Wisp.

"Well, you did take her room when she left... and most of her clothes... and you look like her."

"Okay, okay, I see your point." Emily said as she continued to dig through the closet. "Why don't you try on something pink or purple."

"If its anything, it might as well be blue." Wisp said, floating around Emily's room. "Otherwise, I'll just not show."

Emily shot a look back. "Now, how suspicious does that sound? Hmm?"

"Right.." She landed next to her. "What's that?" She pointed in the back of the closet.

"What?" Emily reached back and pulled out a denim skirt with blue and gray striped leggings. "You know, If you like this, I have a blue sweat shirt to match."

"Yea! Let's stick with sweat shirts." She nodded and started taking off the dress.

Emily laughed as she rummaged through her closet for shoes. "Just be glad it's winter."

"Winter!" She dashed to the window and pulled the curtain so that her head popped out. "I didn't even get a chance to say goodbye to Jack..." She said softly, lightly touching the window with her fragile fingertips.

"Oh, you'll be fine. Let's get you all prettied up!" Emily said pulling Wisp back into the 'Girl World'.

The harsh winter winds created snow drift on the empty town roads. Upon the snow-filled sidewalk, two chilled girls pushed through the thick snow. "I could just fly us there you know." Wisp said as she used one of Emily's old coats. It was brown and hugged around her hips when it was zipped up.

"Put your hood up." Emily said as she flipped the fluffed out hood on Wisp's head. "You have to try to act normal. So, no ghost things. Got it."

Wisp kept quiet as she walked beside her good friend. She then found herself looking around. The tree's looked larger from the ground. She squinted her eyes as she looked around, Maybe Jack was making his usual rounds?

"What are you looking for?" Emily asked.

"N-Nothing..." Wisp muttered. Her heart twitched with pain as she said that simple little word... Wisp wasn't known to be a liar. "This is going to be so hard..." She said as the two went inside the building. Though it had seemed like an abandoned school house from the outside, but within it was like a workshop of buzzing bee's. It had appeared that the lights were out and many teachers were passing out blankets. "Great.. my first day of school and this happens... I knew this was a bad idea from the start..."

"Oh, don't be a party pooper." Emily said as she slung an arm around her friend's neck. "If it was going to be easy, then everyone would have their high school diploma and be on... their way to get... a PhD.." Her words seemed to trail off. "I.. Uh.. didn't mean it like that."

"Of course not Emily. I understand." Wisp waved a hand. "I'd have my diploma if I wasn't-"

Emily's hand covered Wisp's mouth. "Will you stop with that blabbering hole? You could get caught." Wisp looked up at Emily for several moments and nodded.

"Give me those cards." One voice raised, catching Wisp and Emily's attention. Mr. Kain began picking up the piles of cards laying on the floor. "You should be studying for future tests." plopped a large book down full of mathematical formulas in front of the large group of frowning boys.

"I miss Mr. Hilbertson.." One red-nosed boy muttered as Mr. Kain went to scope out for any 'fun' lurking around.

The young teacher glanced around, his eyes landing on Wisp. For that short moment, he then was off.

Wisp gave an odd look as she watched him go off. "I'm going to go follow him." She whispered.

"Wisp, no. Don't do that." Emily began as she held on Wisp's arm. "Just stay here and entertain the kids with me." She said letting go.

Wisp looked back and sighed. "Okay, fine." Wisp let out a sigh. If this is how things are going to be... then she definitely wont like this idea of joining school. As she made her way over to the kids, she wondered what life would have been like if she didn't rejoin the school program... It's not like they could chase ghosts out... could they? "Hey," Her crisp projected. She then crouched down and lowered her voice. "You guys bored?" Some of them nodded, their head still hung down low. "Why don't," She then lowered her voice to a whisper. "We go in the art room and draw... hmm?" She gave a warm smile. "Do you guys remember where that's at?"

Emily smiled at the thought. Maybe a little drawing will help these kids clear their minds.

"Yeah... but won't we get in trouble?" The small boy asked, rubbing his snot on his jacket.

"Hmm... Maybe..." She looked off. As she glanced out the window, she thought she saw her frosty friend. "Jack...?" She mumbled.

"Niana, aha." Emily pulled Wisp aside. "Now is not the time to be delirious."

"I am not." She stated and folded her arms across her chest.

"Ugh.. whatever. Lets just go to the art room. It's not that far off."

Wisp bent done again. "But we'll have to be sneaky~" She brought her index finger to her lips. "Can you boys handle that?" As she watched them nod, the ghost girl walked off in a simple matter. The group, including Emily, watched. Wisp turned around to see the gawking children. "Scatter."

I do not own 'Rise of the Guardians' franchise. This is a fan-fiction that was based on a recent dream. The only characters I own is: Wisp, Emily, Angel, Elizabeth, Sammy, Mr. Kain, and Mr. Shiftwell.