Ariana's Trials

Part 1

All original work belongs to the creator (I don't own Rise of the Guardians)

Ariana's POV

I walked in at a bad time.

After we saved the Berkians and my brother proposed to Annabeth, a message floated down from the sky, saying a group of heroes needed my help, and if I succeeded, it would count as one of my trials to become an Olympian. I had hardly recovered from my last quest, but who can refuse the gods? I set off for the north pole, apparently. I had never been to the arctic, but who questions Artemis's wishes? I made a water portal when I was close enough to do it without passing out. My portal opened into a warm meeting room, where a group of people sat around a table. weirdly enough, one looked like she had been spliced with a hummingbird, one was made of sand, one was a huge rabbit, and the two humans looked like Santa and some guy wearing a blue hoodie. The guy in a blue hoodie was kinda hot. 

"Sorry to interrupt, but I was told you guys needed my help"

Jack's POV

North was having a meeting to do with Pitch. North had seen some tell-tale signs he was coming back and wanted a plan of action. He had about five minutes before the glitter bomb it put in his chair went off. he was going to be an absolute mess. Tooth was fluttering around anxiously when a gigantic water orb formed and convulsed in the corner of the room. A girl about nineteen stepped out.

"Sorry to interrupt, but I was told you guys needed my help," she said, planting a hand on her hip.

"And who the heck are you?" Bunny asked back "And how did you get in here?"

"No clue! I just got a message from the night sky on a full moon saying "Go to the north pole and open a water portal, I'll send you to the folks who need your help" How am I supposed to ignore a command from the freakin' MOON? you tell me." She was super sassy. I liked her immediately. and she was kinda hot. I wondered if she liked pranking "And I'm going out on a limb here and guess" she pointed at Bunny "You are the easter bunny. You are the tooth fairy. You're the Sandman, and you're Santa. Sorry, I never had time to believe in you guys, I was too busy saving the world" she looked at me. "and I have no idea who you are, but guessing from your clothes, you're Jack Frost?"

"If you don't believe in us, then how can you see us?" Tooth said

"No idea. but, The moon said you guys needed my help with something, and I really want to kill the prick who is gonna make me miss my brother's wedding" she tapped her foot in beat with her words. she was as hyper as Bunny.

"Manny said we need your help?" North said, rising from his chair.

"No idea who Manny is, but if he's the moon, I guess so." she said "My name is Ariana." I got up and went to her. Tooth asked a small fairy of hers something, and they fluttered off. "Any idea who the prick I gotta kill is? because my brother will be sad if I miss his wedding" Wow. she can call Pitch a prick without blinking an eye? tough. the fairy Tooth sent out came back and whispered something to her. Her eyes widened

"Why don't you have memories?" She said

"Sorry, I'm pretty sure I have all my memories, especially the ones filled with torture." She rolled her eyes

"I mean, all the people in the world lost their baby teeth at some point, and it's my job with my fairies to make sure they are safe. you don't have any" Tooth explained, hovering slightly.

"Oh, like that? I grew up under da sea, so my dad probably destroyed them or something. maybe my stepmom. I dunno" she shrugged

"Under da sea?" Bunny asked, "How did you grow up underwater?" 

"Eh, always have been able to. I'm just weird. So, who's the prick I gotta kill?" she said again

"A guy named Pitch Black," I said, holding my staff

"Good. wait, Pitch Black? like-the color? Eh, I'm used to weird stuff. Guess I gotta kill Pitch Black. Bye!" she turned around like she was expecting something to happen, and nothing happened "Curse you!" she turned around again "Moon isn't letting me leave until I work with you to kill Blackie, or, whatever"

"We call him Pitch," I said. Dammit! Ariana was hot. super hot. like-I will kill to see you smile-hot. It made me tell her all sorts of things. 

"Okay, Pitch then. Where is he and how soon can I have his neck at the point of my blade?" she said

"You fight with a sword? Where is it?" North asked. He probably wanted to know that other people enjoyed sword fighting

"My ring is my sword" a sword appeared in her hand "And I can best anybody with it"

"A boast!" North bellowed "Want to fight?"

"Try me." Ariana flipped on top of the table, and North unsheathed his swords. They moved to fight in a blur, and watching them was like watching a tornado. Deadly but fun. A few minutes later, when they migrated across the room, Tooth dodged a bit too slowly, and her wing got clipped by one of North's blades. The fighting stopped at her shrill scream, and she was sobbing

"I'll never fly again!" half of her wing was missing, lying on the floor. Ariana's sword blinked out of existence and she ran over.

"Hold still" she whispered, and like with the water portal, all the fluid in the room converged inward onto them, swirling like a whirlpool. when the water disappeared, Tooth was sitting on the floor, the severed part of her wing reattached and Ariana comforting a sobbing Tooth. Ariana stood up.

"I haven't done that in a long time. along with meeting another swordfighter who poses a challenge," she said

"Healing somebody?" Bunny asked

"Yeah. takes a lot out of me. It got easier when Thalassa... disappeared" she said. "And I'm going home again!" She opened a water portal, stepped through, and was immediately shot back out. "F*** YOU! I JUST WANT TO HAVE TWO DAYS WHERE MY LIFE IS F****** NORMAL!" she shouted at the roof. "Guess I'm going home the long way. swimming" she said. "Anyone knows where the exit is?"

"Where do you live exactly?" I asked

"America. I swam most of the way here, so I'm swimming back!" she said. She seemed chipper again. "Or maybe I'll sleep underwater. That works too"

"You live in America and swam to the north pole in one night? and can sleep underwater? did you die?" I asked

"I should have died. three times, exactly. Two involving the same thing, and one Hellgate. the first time, I was stuck in a giant clamshell, regenerating. the second time I was strong enough to withstand the power. the third was the same as the second" she shrugged

"So, you're not dead?" I raised an eyebrow

"No, otherwise I wouldn't be standing here, would I?" she lifted an eyebrow too.