Not letting North speak I continue "he saved me in place of his own life. He was driving and someone fell asleep at the wheel and their car went into the wrong lane. He saw it before I did. There was nowhere to go with traffic on one side and a fence on the other, he unbuckled me and tossed me in the back which could only fit one. Then he faced his fate, and died. Now I'm thinking because he saved me in place of saving himself he might be a guardian. So please let me meet all of the guardians."

Understanding North nods his head "what was his name? It might narrow down the guardians."

"His name was Jesse." I reply.

"There are three Jesse's that became guardians one is the Groundhog, another is the guardian of Fall and the last one is Thanksgiving. Who do you want to start with?" he asks.

"Let's go Thanksgiving, Fall then Groundhog, and thank you so much for doing this." I say grateful.

He smiles at me "of course. Anything for a fellow guardian."

Seeing what he's getting at I frown "I told you North I'm no guardian, I don't like children, well I like one person but that's just because he knew me before I died and he was my best friend, so of course I like him, but that's where my people skills end. I mean look at our first encounter, still sorry about that by the way. I used to hang out with kids in my neighborhood, because I was forced to. That's who I am, I protect the ones I love and threaten the ones who take me from them, or anyone else really."

"You are still guardian. Manny chose you for a reason," he says, thick accent coming through.

I shake my head a bit "well I think he chose wrong, because I am no guardian."

He nods "you might think that now but Man In Moon is never wrong."

I sigh knowing that I'm not going to win against the optimistic man. "Ok so can we start tomorrow because, knowing any logical person they would wait to take the deadly weapon out of their body once they got back home, or to a hospital, and I don't think that we have a hospital," he nods and went to speak but my phone went off in my pocket. Looking at it I see "GET TO ELIJAH NOW!!" across the screen, I turn off the alarm and look at the time. 6:00. SHIT! I need to wake Eli up and send him off to school. Grabbing an arrow out of my quiver I shove it into the ground speaking quickly "I need to go back to Eli he's gonna wake up soon and I need to be there. Thank you so much for your help." I quickly get to Eli and try to wake him up "wake up," I whisper. Nothing. "Wake up," I say a little bit louder. Nope. "wake up," I say in my regular voice. Zero zip zilch. Smirking I grab my phone and play "Highway To Hell" by AC/DC loudly from my headphones. Then I place them on his head. He shoots up and screams. Laughing I turn the music off quickly, and only stop when I hear footsteps running down the stairs.

His parents run into the room his dad with a baseball bat and his mom with a 42 shotgun "get behind me where's the danger!" she yells.

Eli blushes and tries to think of a way out of it, while he does that I go and pack his things for school and put a pop tart on a plate, and head back down stairs. When I get back down his mother is yelling at him "YOU WOKE ME UP BECAUSE YOU HAD A NIGHTMARE!?"

Scared he responds "yes?" he says in more of a question.

His mother takes a deep breath "Fine just don't miss the bus cuz I'm not driving you to school," she says calmly and his father nods in agreement, and they leave with me moving out of the way not wanting to be walked through.

Smirking as I walk over to him "you're welcome for that nice wake up call."

"Ya ya very funny. Now if you excuse me I have to go pack for school."

"No need I grabbed all your books, packed your lunch and made you breakfast," his face scrunches up in disgust, knowing my cooking skills. I chuckle "don't worry it's just a pop tart." he raises an eyebrow "not toasted, look I'm not gonna try to cook anything. Okay? We both know I burnt down part of the school when I tried to make cookies, I had just put the butter in the bowl and it somehow lit up in flames. Everyone kept blaming me for not having band, construction or foods for the rest of my time there. So what, it burned down three rooms for a couple years, and a bunch of lockers, and some people got severe burns. But hey no one died." he looks at me with an eyebrow raised.

"Okay so I shoved someone back in so they could burn in hell and he died for a minute, but he was brought back to life. Not that I was any help." still looking at me he crosses his arms "fine I might have tried to sabotage it but..." Eli sighs and starts to walk up stairs, with me following "why did Manny chose me, I mean I tried to kill someone, unsuccessfully, but I still tried."

Flashback

I put the butter in the bowl and look at the recipe, in my hand. Next step is flour. I look at my kitchen mates, to see them leaning on the counter, laughing at me, Olivia slaps one of them. I smile then, sigh, put my headphones in and look for the flour. My hand starts to burn. I look down and see the paper on fire.

"SHIT!" I scream. I drop the paper on the wooden ground and run to get the fire extinguisher, across the room. I grab it, run back only to see the fire got bigger and my kitchen mates can't get through without getting burned. I spray part of it so they can get through. Only two of the four had the guts to trust me and jump to the other side. "COME ON THE FIRE IS GETTING BIGGER!" I yell as I hear the fire alarm go off. The fire starts to spread to other kitchens, everyone but us are out by now. One more person jumps towards me. The last person is Olivia. I look to the door, fire almost consuming it, the only way out is through the second door, but the fire is creeping slowly to it. "OLIVIA! JUMP FOR FUCKS SAKE!" she looks at me with fear overwhelming her eyes. My arm starts to burn as well.

"I CAN'T!" she's always been scared of fire because that's how her dad died.

I look at her as she stares at the inferno "OLIVIA YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME! PLEASE I WANT TO GET YOU OUT!"

She looks at me again "JUST GO WITHOUT ME!"

"I can't do that," I mumble. I spray some more of the flames and jump to her, burning my leg in the process. "Just look at me. Don't look at flames," I shoot more fire, grab her elbow and run to the door that the fire has not destroyed, grabbing my bag on the way. We get out and the fire has started to go down one end of the hall and smoke down the other. I move part of Olivia's shirt to her mouth as a makeshift gas mask and do the same with mine as we run through the smoke. We get to a door and I shove her outside. I hear footsteps running down the hall. I look to see Bramley running to get away from the conflagration. I run to him and shove him back into the fire. "THE WORLD IS BETTER WITHOUT YOU ASSHOLE!" I slam his head into the wall and toss him farther into the blaze. I run outside to see Olivia's 'friends' crowding around her.

One of them notices me and starts to scream at me, "YOU JUST HAD TO GET HER BURNED DIDN'T YOU?! YOU COULDN'T GET HER OUT UNHARMED!"

I stalk towards the bitch that left her behind, get in her face and whisper "I did my best to get her out of the fucking building you abandoned her, I got you out too so suck it up buttercup one little burn won't kill her, I could have ran but I didn't. I got burned to, saving all your asses now if you don't mind I'm going to check on my friends." I walk towards Olivia "hey," I smile at her "you ok?" she nods holding her arm behind her back. I sigh "let me see," she shakes her head "please," she gives in and let's me see the first degree burn on her arm. I nod and scream "DOES ANYONE HAVE A CLOTH AND COLD WATER?" a few of people come up to me some with bottled water and some with cloths. I take one of the bottles and one of the cloths. I pour some water on a cloth and turn to Olivia "may I?" I refer to the burn and she nods I pour some of the water over the burn and she winces. I start to dab the burn with cloth. My leg starts to throb, I give the wet cloth to Olivia and look around. Off in the field I see Eli, staring at me. I run to him to make sure he's ok. After the firemen get here, they put out the fire and pull out Bramley, who has third degree burns all over his body. It doesn't look like he's breathing, or moving at all. I smirk knowing that he's dead. I walk over the the gurney that they placed him on, to see that they're going to be giving him sedative. Whilst they're not looking I poke a hole in the bag, switch around a few things and run.

A few minutes later one of the firewomen walks out and yells to the crowd "THE FIRE IS OUT AND THE KID IS OK! HE WON'T BE COMING TO SCHOOL FOR A WHILE DO TO THE BURNS HE RECEIVED!"

End of flashback

Eli looks at me. He nods when he sees me move again. When we get to the top of the stairs he looks around for his parents but they went back to bed, knowing that he can get to the bus by himself, and he states "well maybe it's because you tried unsuccessfully and he's still walking to this day-"

"WHAT!?" I scream at him.

He sits down, starts to eat his poptarts and nods "yeah I have a google alert for when someone with his name dies. So far I got one. It wasn't him."

"Damn. What job does he have again?"

"He doesn't have a job he's out of work and sadly has a lot of money." god when did he get so successful I still remember him as my worst bully. I make a mental note to throw everything of his in the trash, everything that he worked so hard for. Wait he's 16 now why am I thinking like he's Bill Gates's son.

"Wait why do you have a google alert for when someone with the name Brayden dies?"

"His last name is in there as well so it narrows it down by quite a bit."

"Okayyyyyy." I say dragging it out at the end, "oh and I just remembered I won't be able to help you out at school today, I have to help North with..." I stop mid sentence not wanting to get his hopes up "...with making toys."

He looks at me questioningly "you suck at making things not made of wood though, and even then you suck."

Chuckling I look at him "well he sees potential, he is a jolly, optimistic toy maker."

"Fine you do you just don't use anything that can go up in flames." he says jokingly

"Hardy har har." I say whilst making a weird face. I hear the bus horn "ok so let's get you to hell, and me to the coldest place on earth," we hug and he's off to the bus and I'm off to the pole.

When I get there I see everyone, standing by the fireplace, talking. Shocked to see the rest there I awkwardly say hi. They turn to me and Bunny speaks first "mate we heard about your situation-"

I cut him off "North you told them?!"

"Yes of course how else are they supposed to help?" he answers my question with a question.

"They weren't supposed to help! I didn't even tell the one person I've trusted my whole life about this, because I didn't want to get his hopes up, and because it was personal!" I come close to yelling.

Tooth flies up to me "but we want to help, that's what we're good at."

Giving in I say "fine help but stay in the background."

Bunny comes up to me "so who are we seeing today?" he asks smiling

"Thanksgiving, fall and the Groundhog. In that order."

His face falls "the Groundhog? Why would we go see him?"

"He is one of the only Jesses that died and became a Guardian. That's why." before he can say anything I continue "LET'S GO!"

North quickly yells "TO THE SLEIGH!"

But before he can go anywhere I grab his arm "Nope my mission my means of transportation." I've been around the world so I know where most of the Guardians live. I shove one of my arrows into the ground and say "hold on." I wait for them to grab on to me or North but they just stand there, sighing I grab onto Jack's hand and put it in Tooths, winking at her as her cheeks turn red, I put her other hand on Sandman's shoulder I attach Sandman's hand to North's pant leg, taking North's hand I plop it on Bunny's shoulder, I grasp Bunny's hand and walk over to my arrow, and say "Thanksgiving."

When we get there I walk around a bit trying to find the guardian of Thanksgiving. After a minute I find a small house decorated with Autumn leaves and hand turkeys. Walking in I see someone leaning back in a chair drinking beer. They look kind of like a human turkey. Nervous I speak "Ummm hello?"

He looks up "OH! Hello. Who are you?" he asks.

"I'm Siren." looking behind me I see the rest of the gang. Sighing I go and close the door, before I do I see North give me a thumbs up and a smile. Turning back to the spirit of Thanksgiving I utter bashfully "I would like to know how you died."

He raises an eyebrow "I don't just tell that to anyone, you know. But I might  tell you if you let me know why you want to know."

Sighing I look at him "I want to know because I'm looking for my cousin. He might be a Guardian but I don't want to get my hopes because there is still a big chance that he isn't. But I still have to check because he is still family."

He looks at me sympathetically "well I died by saving my sister from a deadly turkey. Does that sound like your cousin?" he asks.

"No," I reply "I'm sorry for wasting your time."

"It's alright, hun. I wish you good luck." I smile at him and leave.

They look at me waiting for me to say something, so I do "one down two to go."

Their faces go from hope filled to pity in record time. Stabbing my arrow into the ground, I tell them to hold on. When they do I say "Fall."

When we get there I look around, to find a house painted with different shades of red and orange. Knocking this time, I wait at the door until it opens. When it does I see a man with brown hair and brown eyes like my cousin. "Hello my name is Siren," I say speaking with slight hope in my voice.

He nods "and what can I do for you Siren?"

"I would like to know how you died."

He looks behind me "and what do they want?"

Glancing at the Guardians I speak up "they're just tagging along. Can I come in, they can stay outside if you like."

He nods again "yes of course you can come in, but they have to stay outside," he says stepping aside.

Walking in I stand to the side, as he closes the door. "So I would like to know how you died, please."

He looks at me "why do you want to know?"

"I'm looking for my cousin and I'm trying to see if he is a Guardian."

"Well I died saving my little brother from a hawk. Sound like the person you're looking for?"

Shaking my head I say "sorry for the bother. I best be going."

"I wish you luck on your mission."

I fake a smile and nod "thank you," I walk out and say to the Guardians "two down one to go."

Bunnymund speaks up "maybe you should go without me mate. The Groundhog and I don't have a very good relationship."

"If I'm going then you're going. Get it? Got it? Good." sticking my arrow in the ground and saying hold on to everybody. When I feel a hand on my shoulder I look back and see everyone holding on to each other. All but Bunny. His paw is hovering on Jack's shoulder. Smirking I make sure my foot is touching his leg and say "Groundhog."

When we get there I hear Bunnymund sigh "how the hell did I get here? I wasn't holding on."

"Ya I saw that so I made sure my foot was touching your leg." I reply. I sigh and yell "GROUNDHOG!" he pops up seconds later.

"Who are yo-" he stops his sentence "Bunny how nice of you to drop by. What can I do for you my kind man?"

Irritated Bunnymund crosses his arms and speaks "you can help me by helping her," and he points at me.

The furry man looks at me. He has brown fur, brown eyes, is about 6 feet tall and has little ears on top of his head.

"Do I know you? You look awfully familiar."

Trying to keep my hope down I speak "I'm looking for my cousin, and I would like to know how you died."

He looks at me "I died by saving my cousin from a car crash. Sound like him?"

Smiling I nod "yes. Yes it does."

Looking at me he says "what's your name?"

"Siren."

"No your real name."

Looking back at the others I pull him aside "Meagan."

Shocked he whispers "Lalonde?"

Nodding I whisper right back "Jesse Wills?"

He nods and tears well up in my eyes I hug him and whisper "you didn't lie to me."

He whispers right back "I thought I did." he hugs me for a few more seconds and then pulls back "now aren't you too old to believe in the Groundhog, or the Easter Bunny for that matter?"

"Umm... about that..."

His smile fades "tell me you're still alive Meg."

"Well then I would be lying now wouldn't I." I say trying to lighten the mood.

"No, no no no," I think I just made it worse.

"Jesse I died saving a life," I tell him.

"THEN IT BETTER HAVE BEEN YOUR BROTHERS LIFE!" he screams.

Sighing I say "no it wasn't."

"THEN WHO IS WORTH SAVING THAT ISN'T FAMILY?!" he hollers.

"Elijah's life was more important than mine," I say softly.

"THAT GAY FRIEND OF YOURS?!" he bellows.

"That's him," I say starting to get annoyed.

"THAT PIECE OF SHIT WAS NOT WORTH YOUR LIFE!" he roars.

That pissed me off "THAT PIECE OF SHIT IS MY BEST FRIEND! WHEN YOU DIED HE HELPED ME THROUGH IT! HE STOOD BY ME WHEN EVERYONE ELSE WAS AGAINST ME! HE IS THE REASON WHY I LIVED SO LONG!" I was going to continue but Jesse cut me off.

"HE'S ALSO THE REASON WHY YOU'RE DEAD!"

"I CHOSE TO DIE IN HIS PLACE! YOU TOLD ME THAT YOU WOULD WATCH OVER ME! But this conversation proves that you broke that promise. The promise you made while you were dying." he was about to speak but I stopped him "you... you're no family of mine if you break a promise. You know Elijah believes in me he still helps me. I always thought you were brave to die in place of me. Now... now I'm thinking that you didn't want to get chewed out by my real family. Hell even your brothers told me that if I died because of you, they would have beat the crap out of you. If you were watching over me you would have known how many times Eli saved my life."

"How many times did Elijah save your life? Huh not to many I imagine."

"Twenty-three times. He saved my life twenty-three times. During how I died I thought I might as well return the favor at least once."

Shocked he takes a step back "twenty-three?" I hear a small whisper.

"Ya. he was family. Not by blood. But by choice." I feel my phone go off in my pocket to see the ID say ELI "now if you don't mind I have to talk to my chosen family," I sass as I pick up the phone "what's wrong? You only call me during school hours if something is wrong."

"I know you were lying when you left and I want to know what you're doing," he says sternly.

Sighing I mumble "I was looking for someone."

"I HEARD THAT WHO WERE YOU LOOKING FOR?!" he exclaims.

I look at the time and smirk, it's 2:12 "shouldn't you be in class?"

"Ummmmm... no?" he states as if it was a question.

"Get to class before I go and make you."

"Yes ma'am," he utters.

Smiling I turn around I face the person I once considered family and my face falls. "Now let's deal with you, shall we?" He looks at me with pity in his eyes. "Don't look at me like that," I pronounce pissed.

"I'm sorry, you had to go through that. I didn't know."

I cut him off "because you never checked up on me."

"I'm sorry I yelled at you. I'm sorry I said those horrible things. What can I do to make it up to you? I'll do anything." he pleads.

"Anything?" I smirk as he nods.

A/N:

School is coming up soon so I wont be able to update as often

I want to thank you for reading my book and say sorry for any spelling mistakes or grammer errors