RotG - Stranger Things Have Happened
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squeaklingsTitle: Stranger Things Have Happened
Wordcount: 554
Fandom: Rise of the Guardians
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Sandy has the strangest crush.
Notes: This is just pure silliness that hit me on the way home from work, and it's mainly a personal in-joke. If you've beaten the game, though, you can probably guess the moment Sandy became infatuated.
“I think Sandy has a crush.”
Jack raised an eyebrow at that. “What makes you say that?” he asked, a laugh hinted at in his words.
Jamie shrugged from his spot at his desk. Jack sat on the windowsill as usual, one leg dangling down, the other pulled up against his chest.
“A few days ago I stayed with Caleb and Claude, and watched them beat this game of theirs. Sandy stopped by just as Caleb was going to fight the final boss, and he stuck around to watch.”
“The Sandman watching video games?” Jack thought about it and then shrugged. “Makes sense.”
“Yeah, so we didn’t really think anything of it. Anyway, he was watching, and he had this look of disbelief on his face most of the time. But about halfway through the battle, at the big climactic part, he threw his hands in the air and had this smile so huge I thought he was gonna burst!” Jamie threw his own hands up as a demonstration. “I’ve never seen him look so happy.”
Jack chuckled and tapped his staff against the window. The ice crystals formed into Sandy, his arms in the air. “Still don’t see how that means he’s got a crush.”
Jamie leaned forward in his chair. “The thing is? Ever since that night, every night, I keep dreaming about this huge, white wolf with red markings and a red sun on her back. Y’know, the main character from the game. And not just me, but everyone I know!”
“Wait, wait, you’re telling me the Sandman has a crush on a video game wolf?” Jack laughed and nearly fell backwards out of the window. “Oh man, I gotta tell the others.”
“Could you? I think we need to stage an intervention.”
Just then, golden sand floated down from above, and Jamie rushed to his window to look out along with Jack. Sandy hovered above them high in the sky, streams of Dreamsand winding down into the windows of children’s bedrooms. Jack reached out to touch the strand heading for Sophie’s room, and a wolf sprang from the stream, sand flying off her body in looping tendrils.
When Jack looked up again, an identical wolf sat beside Sandy on his cloud, her tail wagging as the eternal dreamer pat her on the head. The Guardian of Fun choked back a laugh until Sandy was out of sight, and then he did fall out of the window.
“Jack!”
Still laughing, the frost spirit rose into the air, wiping bits of ice from the corners of his eyes. Jamie stared at him a good few seconds before a laugh bubbled up out of him as well.
“It’s really so absurd,” Jack started, waving his hand in the direction Sandy had gone.
“I know, right?” Jamie added, sitting down on the foot of his bed and trying to keep his voice low. “I told you!”
“Yeah, yeah,” Jack said, alighting on the sill. He managed to rein in his laughter, but only just. “Don’t worry kiddo, I’ll let the others know. Hopefully your dreams will be back to normal in no time.” He glanced in the direction Sandy went one last time, then gave a little wave to his friend before pushing off and flying away.
And Sandy continued on his happy way.
Wordcount: 554
Fandom: Rise of the Guardians
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Summary: Sandy has the strangest crush.
Notes: This is just pure silliness that hit me on the way home from work, and it's mainly a personal in-joke. If you've beaten the game, though, you can probably guess the moment Sandy became infatuated.
“I think Sandy has a crush.”
Jack raised an eyebrow at that. “What makes you say that?” he asked, a laugh hinted at in his words.
Jamie shrugged from his spot at his desk. Jack sat on the windowsill as usual, one leg dangling down, the other pulled up against his chest.
“A few days ago I stayed with Caleb and Claude, and watched them beat this game of theirs. Sandy stopped by just as Caleb was going to fight the final boss, and he stuck around to watch.”
“The Sandman watching video games?” Jack thought about it and then shrugged. “Makes sense.”
“Yeah, so we didn’t really think anything of it. Anyway, he was watching, and he had this look of disbelief on his face most of the time. But about halfway through the battle, at the big climactic part, he threw his hands in the air and had this smile so huge I thought he was gonna burst!” Jamie threw his own hands up as a demonstration. “I’ve never seen him look so happy.”
Jack chuckled and tapped his staff against the window. The ice crystals formed into Sandy, his arms in the air. “Still don’t see how that means he’s got a crush.”
Jamie leaned forward in his chair. “The thing is? Ever since that night, every night, I keep dreaming about this huge, white wolf with red markings and a red sun on her back. Y’know, the main character from the game. And not just me, but everyone I know!”
“Wait, wait, you’re telling me the Sandman has a crush on a video game wolf?” Jack laughed and nearly fell backwards out of the window. “Oh man, I gotta tell the others.”
“Could you? I think we need to stage an intervention.”
Just then, golden sand floated down from above, and Jamie rushed to his window to look out along with Jack. Sandy hovered above them high in the sky, streams of Dreamsand winding down into the windows of children’s bedrooms. Jack reached out to touch the strand heading for Sophie’s room, and a wolf sprang from the stream, sand flying off her body in looping tendrils.
When Jack looked up again, an identical wolf sat beside Sandy on his cloud, her tail wagging as the eternal dreamer pat her on the head. The Guardian of Fun choked back a laugh until Sandy was out of sight, and then he did fall out of the window.
“Jack!”
Still laughing, the frost spirit rose into the air, wiping bits of ice from the corners of his eyes. Jamie stared at him a good few seconds before a laugh bubbled up out of him as well.
“It’s really so absurd,” Jack started, waving his hand in the direction Sandy had gone.
“I know, right?” Jamie added, sitting down on the foot of his bed and trying to keep his voice low. “I told you!”
“Yeah, yeah,” Jack said, alighting on the sill. He managed to rein in his laughter, but only just. “Don’t worry kiddo, I’ll let the others know. Hopefully your dreams will be back to normal in no time.” He glanced in the direction Sandy went one last time, then gave a little wave to his friend before pushing off and flying away.
And Sandy continued on his happy way.
