The Importance of Family | Rise of the Guardians Reader x Various

Chapter 2

"Hestia? Who's that?" Jack asked.

"I believe that her holidays are Mother's Day, Father's Day, and Grandparent's Day. Hestia is one of the most important spirits that roam this planet. Her job is to make children feel safe, to banish away fear from their hearts. But lately...she seems to have slowed down." North said.

"That...or there is too much work for her." Bunny said.

"She's the direct opposite of Pitch. And now that Pitch has realized how to truly instill fear into the children, he might target her. I haven't seen her in decades..." North said.

"I know her." Bunny sighed.

"You do? What's she like?" Tooth asked.

"She's a lot to handle..." Bunny said, not wanting to say anymore.

North caught the guardian's attention with a clap of his hands.

A few elves scurried over with a big book and plopped it into North's hand.

Jack watched as the elves ran out of the room, obviously tired from holding a book twice their size. He was curious to meet this new spirit.

"Hmm...it's in here somewhere..." North said.

"What are you looking for-" Jack started.

"AHA! Here it is!" North exclaimed, startling a few of Tooth's fairies, "Hestia's home is in Greece, at the temple of the flame." North turned the book around to reveal a building high in the mountains, and inside of it was a burning flame.

"Oh, I remember that!" Bunny said, "Isn't that her life source?"

"Not exactly, Bunny... This flame represents the love and connections between all of the families in the world." North began, "Recently, its dimmed. So we must find her and ask for her help." North said, closing the book and handing it to the tired elves.

"That's not gonna be easy, mate. She's a feisty one. She reminds me a lot of Jack, and not in a good way." 

"Seriously, dude?" Jack sighed.

"Where should we look first?" Tooth asked.

"Last time I checked the globe, there was an increase of love and protection in...Burgess." North said.

"I'll go there. I might drop by Jamie's house along the way." Jack said, preparing to jump out of the window that was just opened by an elf.

"Jack we have no time to stop-" North started, but stopped when he saw Jack was gone. "Alright...Tooth, you take the eastern area. Bunny, you take western, and Sandy and I will go northern." North said.

Sandy conjured a few symbols above his head, showing he agreed.

"Try and convince her to come back here if you find her." North said.

The guardians nodded and left the north pole.

"I hope they find her, Sandy. The children depend on it."

Jack flew through Burgess, looking around for a sign of flames, or love, or whatever North said was Hestia's specialty.

He stopped when he saw a whisk of flaming hair go behind a building.

"Gotcha," Jack mumbled as he followed it.

He rounded the corner just in time to see Hestia take off into the air.

"So she can fly too." Jack groaned, not wanting to chase after anyone at the moment.

He took off after Hestia and did his best to follow her.