Rise of the Guardians 2

Chapter 30

I was peacefully sleeping until an urgent voice roused me.

"Breeze! Hey Breeze wake up! Beanpole's in trouble"

I sprang up at the sudden noise, and then promptly fell out on bed. "Huh, what's goin' on" I said sleepily. The Lorax had lifted himself on to the ledge on my open window.

"Beanpole's in trouble! Come on, he's down by the river!" He then ran off in the direction of the river that we had noticed earlier. I stumbled around for a second, before grabbing a jacket and hurrying out. My mind was still clouded by sleep, so I didn't question why the Lorax of people was trying to save Once, or why Once was down by the river in the middle of the night.

I go the river and was completely bewildered at what I saw. Once-ler's bed was floating him down the river. He was still snoring, completely oblivious to his predicament.

Mustache was running down the bank of the river trying to keep up with the bed. "Hey Beanpole, wake up!" It did little good, Once's only reaction was to grab the poor Pipsqueak, who had somehow managed to accompany him, and cuddle him like a teddy bear.

I was now jogging to keep up with Mustache and then bed. I began to heard a distant roar and a had a sinking feeling.

"Oh, that's bad" Mustache said as he caught wind of the noise too.

"No really" I muttered. Thankfully at that moment Pip crawled to the end of the bed and flipped it over twice, dunking them both into the frigid river water. This finally woke him up, and he coughed and spluttered.

"What's happening! Where am I?"

"Hey," I called "We have trouble, and it's coming up fast!" Once looked ahead of him and saw river rapids, with lots and lots of sharp rocks jutting up.

"What! We're in a river!" Captain Obvious strikes again. They careened around the rocks narrowly missing being smashed to bits.

Mustache and I kept running, trying to find a way to get them out of there. As we ran I saw that the rapids ended in a waterfall. Great, this just got better and better.

"Up there!" Mustache shouted. He pointed to a small cliff right next to the drop. We both raced up there and pushed a heavy rock over. It hit the bed, catapulting Once and Pip high in to the air and the landed safely on the grass. Pip got up and walked away, perfectly fine. Once, however didn't move. I ran over to him and put my ear to his chest.

"His heart's stopped" I said hysteria rising in my voice "He's dead, He's-"

"Out of the way" Mustache ordered. He grabbed two Barbaloot's, and rubbed them together, creating a static charge. "CLEAR!" He yelled and he placed the on One's chest. The charge jolted through him and he sat up.

"Oh," He shouted and started to laugh "I was heading into the light and you pulled me back and here I am" He pulled Mustache into a hug. "You saved my life!"

"Well, you know, it's not that big 'a deal"

"It is a big deal, I almost went over that waterfall, wait..."

"How did your bed get in the water?" I said

"Uh, well about that" Mustache said nervously "Acctuly...Ipuyourbedinthewater." Once dropped him.

"I didn't mean you any harm" He said, but we turned to leave. "We just wanted to calmly float you away." We stopped but still didn't face him. "Look, everyone here needs the tree's. And you two are cutting 'em down. So, we have a problem" Once sighed and we both turned back to face them.

"Ok, look. I hereby swear that I will never chop down another tree. I promise"

"I promise as well" I said

"Thank you" Mustache said in relief "But I'm gonna keep my eye on you two."

"Good," Once said "We have kind of a big day tomorrow"

"So, we both are going to get some sleep" I finished and we both turned to leave. We walked a few paces in the direction of our tents,and then Once turned around.

"Right after I find my bed"