I'm back with another chapter. See I told you the wait wouldn't be as long this time!

I want to thank the few readers of you that reviewed the last chapter, so let's get to it.

Guardianboy: I'm glad you think so, and I'll continue to try and make these chapters good.

Anonymous Trainer: Well I hope I won't disappoint, Just don't set your hopes too high. Who knows one of these chapters just might stink.

Angelica Felicity Brice: Well you got your wish, I hope this chapter satisfies you, also your penname is very interesting.

FlightFeathers: Ha-ha, I know right. Those two just need to admit it to each other since it's already pretty obvious. You gave a pretty long review. I must say I'm glad you cleared all that up, it'll really help me if I decide to bring Val back. I'm glad you like Leo's character and thanks for the advice, because of it I was able to come up with a few ideas. I won't say what they are though, that would be telling.

Well now that that's out of the way let's get to the chapter.

Disclaimer: I obviously don't own RotG, the Guardian belong to Dreamworks. I only own Leo and Val.

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Jack came out of the clouds and flew down to where the other Guardians were, "Jack," North said as he spotted him, "where did you go?"

"I found Leo," Jack said, "he's gone now, but I was able to talk to him." that caught their attention, "He said he was going to be at your Christmas Party North and that maybe he could talk to us afterwards."

North nodded, "This is good, Leo comes to party and we make him Guardian."

"I'm not sure he'll accept it that quickly North." Jack said, "Not everyone wants to be a Guardian."

North laughed, "Everyone wants to be Guardian."

"I didn't at first, and Leo probably won't either." Jack pointed out, "Why is it that you didn't know Leo when he appeared?"

North shrugged, "Don't know, maybe new spirit." Jack shook his head and Tooth did too.

"But that can't be right, he helped me with the design and the creation of the tooth canisters." Tooth said.

Jack nodded in agreement, "I asked him how long he had been a spirit. He's older than all of you combined, and yet this the first time you pay attention to him all because Manny chose him to be a Guardian."

Bunny rolled his eyes, "You're sounding like Pitch." Jack looked at Bunny.

"Maybe because he was right about a few things," Jack said before taking off.

"Jack!" Tooth called out to him, but he was already out of earshot.

From the shadows Pitch watched the Guardians, "Oh I love it when everything so easily falls into place." He said silently to himself, "now just a few more steps before I can't put my plan into action."

The next few days flew by and it was now Christmas Day. North was extremely busy the previous night and now that all the work was done, it was time to prepare for his Annual Christmas Celebration. "Put tables there, make sure tree is decorated and- ugh move with your pointy heads." North said as he struggled not to step on the small elves running all around his feet. "Always under boot." He grumbled.

The window opened with a gust of wind and Jack flew in, "Hey North, sorry about ending things so coldly the other day."

"No problem," North said, "does not matter anyway, it's Christmas. I could use big help. Punchbowl to make, can you do it. Make it ice, makes punch keep cool longer."

Jack smiled, "You got it North."

Jack helped North put the finishing touches on the workshop prepping it for the upcoming party a few hours later all the different spirits and assorted guests began to arrive. Before Jack knew it the entire workshop was filled with a lot of spirits that Jack didn't know.

Jack pushed his way through the crowd to where he saw the other Guardians were waiting, "Geez North, I'm always forgetting how popular your Christmas parties are."

North chuckled, "Yes, yes, Christmas is very popular." North scanned the crowd, "Now to find Leo."

Tooth floated higher to get a bird's eye view, "Found him, he's over by the tree."

"Okay, Tooth go with Jack and get him over here so when can get this over with." Bunny said, well more like grumbled.

"Bunny, lighten up. It's Christmas!" North said, Sandy said the same things using the symbols over his head.

Jack and Tooth floated over to where they saw Leo. He was talking to two female spirits. One they recognized as Val, the other was unfamiliar. She had long brown hair that was tipped with pink, a bizarre multi-colored skirt and striped tights. Leo saw the two Guardians approach.

"Excuse me girls." He said walking past them to meet the two Guardians.

"You came," Jack said.

Leo shrugged, "I said I would didn't I?" Jack looked down at what leo was wearing and almost laughed. Leo was still wearing his grey fedora, but he was also wearing the ugliest Christmas sweater he had ever seen. It was bright red with an almost 3D Christmas tree surrounded by tinsel and actually tiny ornaments. Leo looked down, "You like my sweater?" he said before pressing the star of the tree and then the entire area around the tree light up with small blinking green and red lights.

"Yeah is very…" Jack said trying to holdback laughs, "festive." Tooth gave Jack a look.

Leo narrowed his eyes, "I see, thanks. So… what about you two, enjoying the party?" they nodded, and Leo smirked, "Any little episodes between the two of you under the mistletoe?" they blushed and Leo laughed" Totally messing with you. So, you said you Guardians wanted to see me?" Leo asked.

"They did, follow me." Tooth said still slightly flustered from Leo's little joke.

"There he is," North said as the three came in, "Leo Griffon."

He nodded, "In the flesh," leo tried to walk through the door, but his wings were too big, "Okay let me just," He tried to squeeze in but his wings wouldn't fit. Bunny found the scene very amusing. "Oh forget this." Leo said before his wings fanned out before retracting into his back. He walked through the door, "That's better."

"Nice sweater," North said, "way to get in spirit of season." Leo nodded his thanks.

North opened his mouth again, but Leo held up a hand, "Wait, I have something for all of you. It is Christmas." Leo said pulling out his wand. The Guardians looked at each other, Leo got them Christmas presents? "North," leo said waving his wand before a Christmas style cookie car appeared, "Filled with my special cookies, and enchanted to that every time a child does something nice another cookie fills it. Don't worry it's a lot bigger on the inside." He said tossing the jar to North.

"Well, thank you," North said with a smile, "Is great gift." He was actually a little jealous that Leo could make something like this.

Leo nodded, "Sandy," he waved his wand again a soft white and gold pillow appeared, "Made from silk and stuffed with clouds for extra plushness, no need to worry about re-fluffing it. and you can infuse your dreamsand into it to make sure there's always a bit of your magic out there." Sandy accepted the pillow and a sleeping happy face appeared over his head. Leo chuckled, "Glad you like it. Bunny you're next."

Bunny braced himself for a blast of pinkifying magic, instead he felt something land in his paw. He looked down, "A new boomerang?" he asked. In his pay was a wooden boomerang with silver tribal markings carved into it.

"Not just any boomerang," Leo said, "It won't only return, whoever throws it can direct it with his mind, its magic." He said waving his wand creating rainbow sparkles.

"Crikey," he said admiring the weapon, "thanks mate." He said, maybe Bunny misjudged Leo a bit.

"Jack," Leo said, "I know it must be great to have believers and to be seen," The Guardians cringed a bit, "but I figure you could use this on those lonely winter nights." He took off his fedora, showed it to everyone letting them see it was empty. Then he waved his wand over it, "Winter solstice!" there was a multicolored poof and then everyone was surprise. Resting in the fedora was a small pure white wolf pup.

The little pup sniffed the air before he let out a small sneeze; snowflakes came out of his mouth when the small little sound was heard. Tooth cooed at the tiny animal, "Aw, he's so cute."

Leo pointed the puppy at Jack, his small little tail started to wag and he jumped out of the hat and he seemed to run on the wind and into Jack's arms, Leo put the fedora back on his head. "Yep, I always thought Jack Frost should have a magical Artic Wolf at his side, his name is-" he was cut off by the small animal howling very loudly and sending a large gust of wind through the room, "Yeah his name is Gale." The tiny pup started to pant with his tongue sticking out and wag his tail. Bunny reached out a hand to pet him, but the pup snapped at it with a small, yet adorable growl.

Jack chuckled and started to pet him, "I'm going to have loads of fun with you Gale." Gale barked as a response.

Leo nodded, "Okay now last, but certainly not least." Leo started to twirl his fingers around each other and something began to form. He pulled his hands away from each other to reveal a necklace. It was on a gold chain with a few jeweled feather charms and diamonds shaped like teeth with one tooth shaped diamond bigger than the others. Tooth gasped and Leo walked behind tooth and put it around her neck. Jack felt a little jealous.

"Leo… its beautiful." Tooth said before turning around and giving Leo a hug. Jack felt even more jealous seeing Tooth hug Leo. When Tooth pulled away Leo gave her a smile and she gasped again, within seconds Tooth's fingers were in Leo's mouth, "Look at those teeth, nowhere near as white as Jack's, but yours have a whiteness of their own. Like a perfect white and blank canvas no one would dare to paint on."

"Tooth, fingers out of mouth," North said.

"Oh sorry," she said hovering away blushing in slight embarrassment.

"Okay Leo, you give good gifts," North said.

"How is my status on the whole list thing?" Leo asked, "Am I on the Nice List?"

North laughed, "On Nice List, you hold record. I couldn't believe I didn't recognize sooner, more surprising Man in Moon didn't pick sooner."

"Wait, hold up and rewind," Leo said, "The Man in the Moon?"

"Yes he has chosen you, to be Guardian." North said proudly.

Leo was surprised, "Whoa, what? What makes you think I want to be a Guardian?"

"We don't," Jack said, "but Manny must've chosen you for a-" he was cut off by a large explosion in the main room. The all looked at each other before rushing into the room.

Pitch was standing on top of the Globe, it was covered in swirling black said and there was a wind gusting through the work shop. Nightmares were running everywhere. Most of the spirits had left, those that stuck around were launching attacks at the Nightmare King, but the Nightmares seemed to take them like they nothing.

"Now where are you?" Pitch asked as he scanned the crowd. Leo and the Guardian burst into the room. Pitch spotted Leo and smirked, "Lovely day for a celebration, too bad I didn't get an invitation."

Bunny growled, "You are not welcome 'ere." He said.

Pitch narrowed his eyes, "Well I'm not here for you," he said, "I'm here for him." he said pointing at Leo.

An arrow flew by Pitch's face narrowly missing him. Pitch turned and glared at the person that shot the arrow, "You're not taking him anywhere." Val said a bow in her hand with a drawn arrowed knocked and ready to fire.

Pitch scoffed and with a wave of his hand a wave of black sand shot in Val's direction. the wave hit her and sent her flying back a bit. Pitch turned to the Guardians and he made a whip of black sand that he used to grab Leo.

"Hey, let me go." Leo said, grunting he tried extending his wings, but they were still retracted.

"No, you… are coming with me." Pitch said as he mounted a powerful Nightmare with a tied up Leo behind him, "merry Christmas to all and to all a fear filled night." He laughed and he along with his other Nightmares disappeared, and then there was en explosion of sand that blinded everyone.

When the dust cleared they saw that Pitch and the blonde were gone, "Leo!" the Guardians shouted.

"We have to go after him," Jack said.

"Everyone's to the sled." North said.

"I'm coming too," Val said landing next to them there was a bow clutched in her hands and a quiver of arrows.

"No," Bunny said, "It's going to be far too dangerous for a girl-" he was cut off by Val slapping him across the face.

"Listen up Kangaroo," she said, "Leo's my friend and I'm not going to stand on the sidelines like a good girl while he's with that scumbag." She said in a tone that surprised everyone, "Anyone opposed… no? Good, let's go." She said walking to the direction of the sled.

Everyone watched her leave, "She's fought dirty doesn't count." Bunny grumbled.

Val didn't turn around when she said, "All's fair in love and war." Jack laughed at that and so did Tooth. All the other guardians followed the Archer of Love to the Sled Stable on a mission to save their creative friend.

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And that's a wrap.

Leo sure knows how to give good presents, and looks like Val's got a bit of fire in her when it comes to Leo.

Well, be sure to leave a review telling me what your opinion is.

This is W. R. Winter's signing off.