#Polaris Pan

[cupidlemon]

Descendants Oc Masterlist

Fair warning: I have a lot of them! So, this post will be a bit long (-_-") * means that I don't have a set last name for them just yet. ^ means that they're still a work in progress, for names, personality, backstory, etc. Names in this color or with this symbol: ♡ means they're for Rise of Red.

Original Ocs

Francesca "Fran" Woods

Polaris Pan

Autumn Kingsleigh

Blanche Rabbit ♡

Princess Cassandra of Hearts

Taraji Askari*

Princess Bronwyn Rogers

Lydia Chandler^

Rowen Foulfellow^

Aleka Pelekai

Shi Yun Yu

Ivy Hatter

Priya Mowgli*

Sandra Sanderson

Wednesday Sanderson

Marina Sanderson

Calypso Cheshire

Adeline Ambrosius/Merlin* ♡

La Rue Wolfe ♡

Jillian Mim ♡

Briar Porter

Ruelle Tritondatter

Anastasia "Ana" Radcliffe

Princess Karina Kuzco*

Jason Darling

Marcus "Mark" Darling

Serena Birdwell^

Allen Dennison

Winona "Winnie" Darling

Bellamy Baloo^*

Georgia Gideon^*

Past Characters/Parents

Valentina Fairy^*

Eris Thatch

Just Disney characters how I imagine them if they went to Merlin Academy. (Don't own any of the following characters, they're just tweaked a bit to fit the whole going to Merlin Academy thing, mostly how I see them, but they mostly stick to the original).

Peter Pan ♡

Wendy Darling ♡

Big Bad Wolf ♡

Red Riding Hood ♡

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Love...

In real life love hurts a lot and it's easy to want to have nothing to do with it. Thankfully in fiction where happily ever after does exist, we can lose ourselves in fantasy. So here are some of the romantic works I've done. Some happy some more realistic.

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A WINTER NIGHT EXCHANGE

Polaris Pan for @cupidlemon

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I hope you like it!

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Meet Njord the Crow Elytrian!

(Basically my sona in this wack as all hell story and world i am trying to create.)

Name: Njord

Age: 22 (at the start of the main story)

Height: 5'3

Species: Crow(?)

Pronouns: He/Him They/Them

Sexuallity: Pan

LORE: (age 7) adopted by his godmother, Queen Polaris, and she raises him to enjoy art and education, but Njord still had a fascination with the history and the different species and cultures of the Emerald Isles.

This fascination would lead to Njord (age 15) meeting Ajax (who can control and generate amethyst, geode stuffs, dripstone) in kind of a trade school and then after they completed school they both join a year long research project to document the fauna, species, cultures and history of the Emerald Isles.

At some point Njord (Age 17) and Ajax both realize that the feelings they have for each other were no longer platonic and romantic but, before they both could confess, they're sent to intersept a Witherian and a Crimson Piglin who possess an odd Nether Star, which the Redstonians/ Tinkers Guild wants in their "safe" hands.

After a long battle scene on the outskirts of a small village, Ajax gets fatality hit and Njord rushs to his aid and with the last bit of his strength, Ajax puts his hand, covered in forming amethyst, on Njord's cheek and says "I love you my little feat-th-th-r-." as his hand falls to the ground the amethyst on Njord's face shatters leaving the purple scar on his face. And in this moment, Njord realizes that they where send to die.

Njord feels the firey rage in his heart bleed up to the surface, where there was wind magic there is now fire, as Njord rushs and kills the Piglin who dealt the blow on Ajax then, before finishing off the Witherian, the Witherian sticks their claws into Njord's arm and starts to cast a soul swap spell but, Njord kills the Witherian before it's complete, now the Witherian's soul is also in Njord's body (giving Njord the Soul wind/fire abilities).

To stop the wither effect from spreading, Njord cuts off the affected arm and takes the Nether Star to not let the Tinkers Guild get it. He tries to get to safety but, is stopped by an old mentor on the same mission and tries to get the Nether Star, but Njord explains the truth to her and she let's them go.

After flying for what feels like days, Njord crash lands into the home of a Beefolk who takes care of them for like 4 months and in the process of that, the Beefolk realizes that they're trans and Njord helps Jade to transform and stuff to try and return the favor of saving their life, and THEN they both fall for each other after helping one another through their lowest points.

Then, Njord (19) meets a forgeman and teaches em to forge weapons and how the making of a weapon is a sacred thing, then Njord uses the skills from the time at the Tinkers Guild to make a new arm powered by Soul Quartz. The blacksmith mentor passes away, then Njord creates a sword to protect the thing he cares for.

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Finally took some time to myself to get back to customs yesterday, and it felt so good. The G3 Abbey custom is so close to done. She just needs her wings and a haircut and she's ready for photos. She's meant to be something of a Sugarplum Fairy, though I haven't settled on a name for her yet. The other two are quite interesting. So the G3 Lagoona is something special, and I can't quite talk about her yet, but I love how her face is coming out I wanted to put clouds along her cheeks, and I rediscovered a pan pastel in my supplies that made it so much easier to do. The Avea Trotter custom is one of my OCs, Polaris. She's the Queen of the Great North, which, yes my nutcracker friends, this is Jumbalah's wife. XD And he loves her very very much. She's speckled with the essence of the northern lights, and I love her. There's some rainbow yarn in my stash I've been waiting forever to use, and it's going straight to her mane and tail.

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The Hook Family Names (AU)

Captain Hook is born James Bartholomew Orion Jones. His last name is really Jones not Hook however after he loses his hand he embraces the name Hook. His children continue to use the name Hook even after they come to Auradon. James is the name of his maternal grandfather while Bartholomew is the name of his paternal grandfather. Orion is the hunter constellation foreshadowing his hunting of Peter Pan.

Harriet is born Harriet Vela Bellatrix Hook. Harriet was the name of Hook's mother who dies long before Harriet was born. In connection to the second star, I like to think hook really loved stars and constellations which he learnt from his paternal grandmother. Vela from the Argo Avis constellation (considered the pirate constellation) which was divided into Carina (the keel), Puppis (the poop deck or stern) and Vela (the sails). Bellatrix is for the 3rd brightest star in the sky which is also considered the warrior star.

Harry is born Harrison Sirius Canopus James Hook. Harrison to honour hooks mother again. Sirius is the brightest star in the sky and in my mind Hook's father's name. Canopus is the second brightest star in the sky. James obviously is for Hook's first name.

CJ is born Calista Jane Carina Hook. Calista was Hook's paternal grandmother's name. Jane was for himself once more as Jane is often considered the female version of James. Carina is for the constellation Carina (The Keels)

Hazel is born Calliope Cassiopeia Puppis Polaris Hook. Hazel is a nickname that stuck. Calliope comes from the Greek Muse Calliope. Cassiopeia comes from the lady of the chair constellation. Puppis is unfortunate but he wanted to complete the pirate constellation. Hazel likes to forget its apart of her name. Polaris comes from the star in the ursa minor constellation. Pirates has to calculate their position they had to recognise celestial bodies like the sun, moon and particular stars including Polaris, Rigel and Procyon which is here Polaris comes from.

Captain Hook has nicknames for his kids related to their celestial| Greek names. Harriet (My warrior), Harry (My brightest Star), CJ (My beauty, in Greek Mythology Calista or Calisto was a huntress loved by Zeus and turned into ursa major) and Hazel (My Muse or my North Star)

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Arcana Twilight BUT it's queer as FUCK

Coming in hot to throw some cannons at your head- Here are some of my basic head cannons of the cast! I mighhhhht use these when writing in the future when making stories for my persona in an artw au.

[Disability | Neurodivergence | Mentions of sexual relationships(no details but sort of NSFW) | Disorders | Cute shit | I love them]

Viewer discretion is advised beyond this point O-O

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Alpheratz HCs

The First Sorcerer of Andromeda

Gender/Pronouns: No gender, any pronouns. Alpheratz doesn’t care what pronouns you use.

Sexuality: Doesn’t care to explain, too much energy. Will remain uneducated.

Health-Related Content: Mana Fluctuation.

Magic Specialty: Excellent Overall.

Love Language: Likes to Give: Quality Time / Gift Giving. Likes to Receive: Quality Time / Physical Touch.

Alfie’s Flower: The Pink Camellia, it symbolizes longing.

Other

Alfie's spell book(catalyst) feeds off the wielder's mana to remain bonded thus leading though this isn't the cause of the fluctuations it does worsen them if the book takes from him when his mana is low. Alpheratz is almost always fatigued, due to the reasons above he sometimes refers to his condition as Chronic Fatigue.

Nap time with the Summoner is Alpheratz's favorite way to spend quality time. With cuddles of course!!

As Sirrah in Alpheratz’s past life Alfie once took down a flying whale with Polaris, they were close but how close? At the beginning Alpheratz doesn’t recognize the Summoner as Polaris nor does Alfie trust them, warms up to them slowly, but as Alfie gains memories of Sirrah, Alfie is noticeably more fond of the Summoner.  

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Arcturus HCs

The First Sorcerer of Bootes

Gender/Pronouns: Unlabeled he/she

Sexuality: Asexual/Panromantic is a term that describes people who can experience romantic, or emotional (but not sexual) attraction to any person, regardless of that person’s gender, sex, or sexuality.

Health-Related Content: ADHD.

Magic Specialty: Inducing Magixs.

Love Language: Gives: Words of Affirmation / Quality Time. Likes to Receive: Physical Touch / Words of Affirmation / Quality Time.

Arcky’s Flower: The Yellow Rose is a symbol of sympathy and empathy. When your friends get sad or sick, you can entertain and brighten your friends days. 

Other

Those with ADHD have difficulty completing tasks due to a lack of motivation because their brains have an extremely low quantity of the chemicals that reward you with happy vibes if you complete it so they tend to hyper-fixate on whatever gives them that bit of reward.

Arcturus, as typical of people with ADHD though not all, tends to get that reward when she completes tasks for others or helps them, but she tends to hyper-fixate on this and forget to take care of his own needs, like eating, drinking, and using the toilet. Please remind her Summoner!!

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Pollux HCs

The Second Sorcerer of Gemini

ESFP-T

Gender/Pronouns: Genderfluid [he/they/she] usually goes by he/him

Sexuality: Pansexual, fluid. A term that describes people who can experience sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction to any person, regardless of that person’s gender, sex, or sexuality though he feels this change from time to time and doesn’t prefer to stick to any singular sexuality, not even Pan.

Health-Related Content: Bipolar disorder is a mental health condition that causes extreme mood swings that include emotional highs (mania or hypomania) and lows (depression).

Magic Specialty: Destruction Magic.

Love Language: Gives: Physical Touch. Likes to Receive: Gift Giving / Words of Affirmation / Physical Touch.

Polly’s Flower: The White Rose, this flower represents pure and innocent love.

Other

Often needs time alone to just decompress, Alpheratz typically keeps an eye on them just in case they ever need help.

Everyone has a case of cuteness aggression towards him whenever he is near, Alpheratz is always the first to act on it and coo at him!

Sirius was dating him for a time, or so Pollux thought but it was never made official. It was more like sexual benefits. Pollux would like to think they’d at least been Friends with Benefits. He behaves hostilely towards the Summoner at first because Sirius began avoiding him, giving him the cold shoulder in favor of the Summoner… Pollux warms up to the Summoner after they are there to comfort him despite his hostility.

Sirius previously referred to Pollux as Bunny in a sexual way. Arcturus once looked over Pollux’s shoulder at his phone screen and asked what that meant. Pollux was mortified and refused to answer.

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Sirius HCs

First Sorcerer of Canis Major

ENTP-A

Gender/Pronouns: Mirror Pronouns. Your pronouns are his, and he is running away with them. His legs are too long, you will never catch him!! (I tend to use he/him for Sirius when not mirroring them to other characters though any other usage of pronouns or just his name would work)

Sexuality: Omnisexual. Similar to pansexual, it is used to describe people whose sexuality isn’t limited to those of a particular gender, sex, or sexual orientation

Health-Related Content: If he has any, well, you don't know. Sirius isn't one to let others know such personal information... Though Polaris might know.

Magic Specialty: Transformation Magic.

Eyes:

Red: Love, desire

Orange: ? Haven’t seen them but I assume they’d be joy & love

Yellow: Delight, joy

Green: Jealousy, anger?, annoyed

Blue: Sadness, dissapointment

Icy Blue: Shock, surprise, worry

Purple: Fear, determination, anger?

Squinted, blank Purple: Desperation

Red/Purple: Love and Determination

Love Language: Gives: Gift Giving / Physical Touch. Likes to Receive: Physical Touch / Words of Affirmation.

Siri’s Flower: The Purple Rose represents individuality and artistic flair but the closer to black they are their meaning could double with Black Roses which symbolize, grief, anger, hatred, unrequited love, mystery, subversion, resistance, and dark side of desire and passion.

(Definition may vary from other sources because I tailored it to Sirius.)

Other

Sirius just likes to occasionally visit the Summoner while they are studying in the library. If the Summoner is short he’ll pick them up, sit down, and place them on his lap like it’s nothing. The Summoner has become used to this, they recognize his presence before he even approaches so they are already mentally prepared- but when Sirius begins whispering in their ear he becomes quite the distraction.

Loves playing with your hair, especially if it’s long enough to style!!

Has no idea how to react when you actually flirt back or make a move, possibly tenses up or asks if what you did was a cruel joke… (poor baby has self-esteem issues)

Does shit to make you distrust him because he doesn’t trust himself

Very torn up about Polaris not quite being there as they once were for him. 

Sirius likes to roleplay as your student sometimes, maybe he was Polaris’s student once and he wants that time back.

Sirius cannot let go of the idea of Polaris, he will often project onto the Summoner when roleplaying with them and tell them vague stories with minor changes about himself and Polaris in hopes of triggering memories.

Sirius adores you, the Summoner, Polaris, seeing you as his only safe space but still he has trouble opening up because he knows you aren’t his Polaris but so very much wishes you to be… To an unhealthy degree, wishing that in the first place is unhealthy and projecting.

Floor 8-17 The Summoner asks Sirius if he knew Polaris personally, he asks them what they think. Sirius did and does.

Pollux was his rebound. Sirius never thought much of their “relationship”, he never intended to make it one.

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Spica HCs

The First Sorcerer of Virgo

Gender/Pronouns: Cisgender Man [he/him]

Sexuality: Bisexual, a sexual orientation that describes people who experience sexual, romantic, or emotional attraction to people of more than one gender. Old man energy. Prefers binary, cisgender, individuals with few exceptions. Uses it like one would use Pansexual. When Spica quotes himself "When I was younger Bisexual was the “pansexual”." the others refer to it as Spicaism. Spica lectures them over their supposed misuse of grammar.

Health Related Content: Severe OCD(Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

Magic Specialty: The Half of the Traditional Sorcerer. (I assume that refers to magic that is considered traditional to practice, possibly to his home or family.)

“Spiky Spica, you aren’t spiky but your personality is sometimes!” - A Summoner Quote

Love Language: Gives: Acts of Service / Physical Touch. Likes to Receive: Words of Affirmation.

Spiky’s Flower: Yellow Tulips symbolize of unrequited love, though this is an older tradition and less relevant today.

Spica CANNOT sleep till he has completed everything necessary and then some each day leading to barely even getting 4 hours of sleep a night! Summoner make him SLEEP, please!!

Everything in his room is COLOR and ALPHABETICALLY ORDERED. If even ONE THING is out of place he will not stop till it is back in its rightful place.

Washes his hands like a million times or they aren't clean enough to him. Germs... ... Everything is sanitized. Daily. Possibly more. Arcturus helps him not go overboard.

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Vega HCs

The First Sorcerer of Lyra

Gender/Pronouns: Transmasc/enby he/it

Sexuality: Demisexual because the only attraction he’s felt was the crush he has had on the Summoner since childhood, despite being apart for so long it didn’t take long for those feelings to rekindle.

Health Related Content: Autistic

Magic Specialty: Pathfinding Magic

Love Language: Gives: Acts of Service / Physical Touch. Likes to Receive: Words of Affirmation.

Vaggie’s Flower: The Pink Camellia, it symbolizes longing.

Other

Due to sensory processing disorder, common in Autistic individuals, he will need time to decompress for a variety of reasons likely related to that or socially.

Vega often avoids non-packaged yogurt tube foods because the textures are overwhelming for him, though he'll try whatever the Summoner makes it's best to keep it separated and simple to not overwhelm it as this could cause a sensory upset

Alpheratz tries finding Vega new safe foods whenever old safe foods aren't safe anymore.

Vega sticks to a very strict routine, typical of Autistic individuals. If anything throws off his routine he may need to take a break before trying to get back on track or won't.

All his clothes are made with soft sensory friendly fabric, including uniforms. Contell Academia makes sure to accommodate all its student's needs.

Likely possessive due to his abandonment issues, he doesn’t want the Summoner to disappear again.

Incredibly possessive of Summoner to the point of threatening Sirius and attempting to have their magic sealed once they reconnect with Ursa Minor and find that they were once Polaris.

THIS 'TIS THE END MY LOVELY READERS, thank you for being here, existing, and reading this :3 buh byeeeeee~

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[littlebvtterfly]

A WINTER NIGHT EXCHANGE

Polaris Pan Character Profile for @cupidlemon

I hope you like it!

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The Saucepan of The Sky

Also known as the big dipper!

My all time favourite constellation, if only for one reason.

My dad started my astronomy fascination when I was only 10 years old. He pointed up to the sky one night, and told me “that that set of stars right there? That’s the saucepan. And it’s full of gravy.”

And so I’ve spent more nights than I can count, staring at the sky and wondering. Today is the 15 year anniversary of his death, and so I wanted to share a little bit of him with everyone else.

Now the big dipper isn’t just a pretty constellation, it’s also a helpful tool! If you line up the edge of the pan (the part where the gravy would spill!) and follow the trajectory upwards, you’ll find the Little Dipper! The handle of which contains none other than our wonderful Polaris- the North Star.

So, may you never be lost, and may your saucepans always produce the tastiest gravy!

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self indulgent salmon run themed npts !

names 🐟

grizz, sal/sally, hazard, maroon, polar, polaris, smokey, w-3, deluge, goldie, anchor, squiddor, lamp, smallfry, scrappy, muddy, bone, horrorboros, cohozuna, scale, froth

pronouns 🐟

eel/eels, sal/salmon/salmonoid, chum/chums, sting/stings, power/powers, egg/eggs, maw/maws, drizz/drizzlers, pots/pans, bear/bears, grizz/grizzly/grizzco, emer/emergency, wave/waves, king/kings, fish/fishes, scale/scales, grill/grills, swamp/swamps, mud/muds, bone/bones, rattle/rattles, slop/slops, ink/inks, fin/fins, coho/cohozunas, horror/horrors, tox/toxins, fren/frenzy, bait/baits

titles 🐟

(prn) who is lurking in the ink, the sniper stacked on the pots and pans, the fourth member of w-3, grizzco industries employee of the month, the profreshional, grizzcos fresh meat, (prn) who's at eggsecutive VP 999, the one who defeated the king salmonoid, the one with too many fish scales, the reigning champion of bonerattle arena, (prn) with the grizzco weapon, the one being targeted by grillers, the one in the slopsuit/gloopsuit, the coho king, (prn) who scraps with salmonoids, the valiant green flame born in jugokudani, the faithful servant of the true salmon emperor hizunamasu, the firstborn child of alkyne - the hidden blade of yakiharas

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"What did the system read this year?" Probably eighteen more books than average, thanks to Rune specifically. But let's get into the highs and lows.

Our Favourites:

Yellowface by R.F. Kuang was something the whole system loved. Inventive, hilarious, and too relatable. It also brings up vital talking points about minorities in creative fields. This was the favourite of Polaris and I.

Starling House by Alix E. Harrow. A dark and whimsical read that reveals both the best and worst about society and our own imaginations, mostly beloved by Rune and myself.

I'm Starting to Worry About This Black Box of Doom by Jason Pargin was an absurd, witty, and contemporary read that I feel like everyone should be required to write a book report on before logging onto the internet. This was Sparrow's favourite.

Our Least Favourites:

Caraval by Stephanie Garber was overrated and cliché with the protagonist being such a dull, fussy person to slog through her POV. There was no suspense because one of the cast would pluck a convenient Deus Ex Machina out from behind your ear or something.

Lost Boy by Christina Henry asks the question, "What if Peter Pan was evil?" and hits you in the face with it enough times to require reconstructive surgery. That and the protagonist being bludgeoned with red flags until finally saying, "Yknow maybe I should do something."

Funniest:

Tales from the Gas Station from Jack Townsend is an absurdist, morbid horror/comedy with a deadpan protagonist talking about sentient gnomes, accidentally murdering the same man multiple times, and a death cult as if it's another Tuesday shift.

Most Scarring:

Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn, pun fully intended. It's not needlessly edgy and it's a good, haunting story but bloody hell, she was really going for some trauma warning bingo.

Most Surprising:

No One Left But You by Tash McAdam is a great queer story with an engaging, twisting plotline and poetic passages. I did not think I would be floored when picking up a coming-of-age high school trans masc story, but this was a good one.

Most Boring:

The Reformed Vampire Support Group by Catherine Jinks. I'm a little impressed by how the author managed to make vampires a slog, but at least it's short.

What We Reread: Vicious by V.E. Scwab and John Dies at the End by Jason Pargin.

If you see something in our list of 38 we've read this year, feel free to ask about it. We've reviewed nearly everything on here, between the four of us.

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The last paragraph I wrote from PPiS!

After all, his life had been a fuckup from day one. His mother had seen his face and decided she didn’t want him. So why did it matter? Maybe it would be a shitshow. Maybe it would all go to hell, taking him with it. Maybe he was about to break his own heart and Pan’s heart. Maybe he was going to throw everything he’d achieved in the past ten years into the bin. But who fucking cared? If he lost, if he died, if it was a fucking disaster, it couldn’t be any worse than what was behind him.

Ellis sat up and took the controls, feeling the Polaris hum to life beneath his palms. First, to Atania to make some credits. And then he was going to go and find Pan.

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Disclaimer: I only own my original characters, I've done some research but there will likely be Navy/military inaccuracies, and I do not consent to the posting, translating, or publishing of my work to any 3rd party site, the only place it may be found is on tumblr and Wattpad under @.itswildflower

A/N: This story is heavily inspired by the hallmark movie of the same title and is very self-indulgent. I'm also trying a different format than I'm used to using so it may change in the future chapters. Hope everyone is having good winter holidays!

Looking for the other chapters? U.S.S. Christmas Masterlist 

Summary:  Kate and Jake take on New York City

Chapter 5: New York

“Oh! Look at this! Oh, I can't wait to see the rockettes and the the rockefeller Christmas tree, the decorations on fifth Avenue, but first, we gotta get New York pizza!” Elizabeth exclaimed.

“Okay, she's gonna wear me out. Now, the ship leaves at 8 P.M. on the dot. Don't be late,” Jackson reminded them.

“2000 hours. Roger that. I think the historical building is right up here,” Jake told Kate, taking her hand in his.

“Do you keep records of all the performances?” Kate asked the lady at the front desk.

“We sure do. The older ones haven't been transferred to the computer, though. We've had all kinds of personalities to perform for the troops. You said 1965?” she asked.

“Yes,” Jake nodded.

“The Polaris, right?” she asked again and Kate nodded.

“Do you see a Dorothy in there?” she asked.

“Oh! Here it is. It looks like Dorothy Milne. It lists her employment as a dance instructor,” the lady told them.

“Just like the journal says,” Kate whispered to Jake.

“She actually worked at the ovation dance studio right here in the city,” the lady told them.

“I could hug you right now,” Kate grinned and they headed out.

“We might just solve this Christmas mystery after all,” Jake told her, nudging her shoulder. 

“I can't believe it! The ovation dance studio is actually still around! Wonder if Jonah tracked her down there. I remember the last passage in his journal said…” 

"I saw Dorothy perform last night with the uso. She's breathtaking. It was like she was floating on air. I got to talk to her again after the show, and she's truly everything I imagined. Sweet, smart… But when I went to find her this morning, her brother said Dorothy left on the cargo plane. It's crazy, but I feel like I've known her forever. I have to find her after we dock in Norfolk."

“We might just solve this Christmas mystery after all,” Jake told her, nudging her shoulder as they headed into the dance studio. There were little ballerina’s dancing around the room.

“They are so sweet,” Kate couldn’t help commenting.

“Aren't they? Today's the dress rehearsal for our big Christmas show. Can I help you with something?” the instructor asked.

“Yes. Hi, I'm Kayleigh Wells of the Norfolk register newspaper. This is Lieutenant Seresin,” Kate introduced.

“Nice to meet you both. What's this about?” she asked.

“We're looking for a woman who might be a military spouse. Her name is Dorothy Milne. Apparently she worked here years ago,” Kate told her.

“Yes. Dorothy was my teacher as a girl. I eventually bought the studio from the owner,” she crossed her arms.

“Could you tell us more about her?” Kate asked.

“She, uh, moved to New York to be a rockette, but her dreams never quite panned out, so she worked here instead, and would sometimes perform for the troops with the USO,” the woman told them.

“Any idea where she was from?” Kate asked.

“Kansas City, I believe,” she told them.

“Do you have any idea if she was married to a pilot named Jonah?” Jake asked.

“I remember there was a pilot she met on an aircraft carrier. He came to find her after the ship docked. Surprised her with roses right here in the studio in the middle of class! But she had a boyfriend at the time who she said was planning to propose, so I'm not sure who she ended up with,” she told them.

“Any idea what Jonah’s last name is?” Kate asked.

“It was so long ago. After that Christmas, we were told Dorothy moved to California. But that's all I know. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help.”

“Thank you,” Kate gave her an appreciative smile.

“I think we could use a snack right now, have you ever had roasted chestnuts?” Kate asked Jake.

“No, actually,” Jake told her. Kate smiled and went up to a cart selling them.

“We'll take two,” she told the man and went to pull out some money.

“I got this,” Jake told her, handing the man money.

“Thank you. All right. Let's see what this is,” Jake said as they began their walk again.

“Mmm! Lot sweeter than I thought,” he told her after having one.

“Hmm. Kinda how I feel about you,” Kate teased.

“I'll take that as a compliment,” Jake laughed.

“So, have you ever been to New York before?” Kate asked him.

“When I was six my parents brought me here for Christmas,” he told her.

“Before the divorce?” she asked hesitantly.

“Yeah. It was our last Christmas as a family together,” he bit his lip and looked down.

“That's bittersweet.” Jake nodded.

“Yeah, but it was the best Christmas I ever had,” he looked at her.

“Well, I think it's nice that you have those memories. Whenever my dad would be home for Christmas, we'd always go to Picasso’s diner and we would get semi crispy bacon. It was kind of our thing. Semi crispy is the only way to go,” Kate told him.

“I know, right?” Jake asked and Kate laughed.

“That looks really familiar. New York model train museum annual Christmas show! I went there when I was here with my dad,” Jake pointed out.

“Yeah? Come on, you wanna go? It'd be fun!” Kate exclaimed.

“Uhh... I don't know…” he trailed off.

“Oh, come on! You said it yourself, best Christmas you ever had,” Kate taunted.

“All right, yeah. Let's do it,” Jake smiled.

“Okay. Perfect,” Kate smiles, taking his hand and pulling him along. 

“This really brings me back,” Jake says as they wander through the train exhibits. “You okay?” Kate asks.

“Yeah, it's just, uh… I remember my dad taught me how trains worked when we were here. And after the divorce, that's pretty much all we talked about trains, planes… Pretty much anything with a motor. You know, we never went too deep. Stiff upper lip, you know?”

Kate nodded. “My mom was the complete opposite. I think after my dad died she was just so heartbroken all she wanted to do was talk about him, but… I couldn't do it,” she told him.

“Why not?” he asked.

“It was too painful,” Kate shrugged.

“I'm sorry. He died from an accident, right?” Jake asked and Kate nodded.

“I was 16… The day everything changed,” she told him.

“My dad says he was a great man,” he told her.

“He was. And he loved us very, very much. So all the times he invited me to go on the Christmas tiger cruise, I should have,” Kate sighed.

“Well, I'm sure he understood. It's not easy being a Navy brat,” Jake tells her.

“Yeah, well, it's something I still regret to this day.”

“Look, don't beat yourself up over it. Believe me, I get it. All the moving around, the uncertainty… Our dads were gone for months at a time,” Jake told her, nudging her shoulder.

“Well, you're lucky yours is still around. You should cherish that,” Kate told him.

“I do. You know, he… He bought me this little red train…” Jake trailed off.

“Yeah?”

“At the gift shop here. Ahh. I drove that thing around on every surface of our house until the wheels fell off,” he told her.

“That's really sweet,” Kate smiled.

“I'll never forget that moment we picked it out together. Cost five dollars, but… Nothin' meant more to me than that train.”

Kate paused at one of the displays. “Do you still have it?” she asked.

“Got lost in one of the moves,” Jake shrugged.

“I'm sorry,” Kate apologized, she knew the feeling of losing something in a move fairly well.

“It's the memory that matters, right?” Jake asked. Kate nodded.

“Hey. Let's go check out the north pole train!” Jake exclaimed.

“You know what? I'm gonna get us some hot chocolate, but I'll meet you over there?” Kate asked.

“All right,” he smiled and headed over to the display. 

“This is flight 747 to JFK tower, comin' in for a landing,” a little boy is flying a toy plane around.

“Copy, flight 747. Proceed to runway one-zero-niner and wait for clearance. Psst!” Jake pretended like he was a tower operator.

“Psst! Copy,” the little boy responded.

“I brought Teddy here for the trains, but he's obsessed with flying,” the dad laughed.

“Smart kid. You know, Jake is actually a fighter pilot in the Navy,” Kate told them, walking up with two hot chocolates.

“Whoa,” the kid marveled.

“At your service,” Jake tipped his imaginary hat.

“Do you fly off aircraft carriers?” the boy asked.

“Sure do. But flying off the carrier is the easy part. Landing, that's the hard part,” Jake told him.

“That's so cool! I want to be a Navy pilot!” the kid exclaimed.

“Well, you certainly can if you put the work in. Here. This…” He pulls out a pair of wings that they give to the kids on the cruises from his pocket. “Is for you, eh?” he offered with a smile.

“Whoa! No take-backs?” the kid asked.

“No take-backs, buddy. Promise,” Jake smiled.

“You just made his Christmas. Thank you so much. Have a great holiday,” the dad told him.

“Merry Christmas,” Jake told them as they walked away.

“You know, you were really good with him. And did I just hear you say, "merry Christmas"?” Kate asked.

“Yeah, well, don't tell my shipmates,” Jake told her.

“Oh, no, they'd never believe me. Hey, we should probably go get something to eat, and I know a place that's gonna actually change the way you see Christmas forever,” Kate grinned.

“Mind games, huh?” Jake asked.

“It'll definitely mess with your brain. Come on,” Kate laughed and took his hand in hers. 

Christmas music played quietly in the background.

“Brain freeze!” Jake groaned.

“They don't call it the colossal Christmas cocoa for nothing,” Kate laughed.

“We don't mess around here. We take Christmas very seriously. Two burgers coming up,” the waitress told them.

“Thank you. I feel like I don't have a care in the world right now. Honestly, that's not happened very often,” she told Jake.

“That's how I feel when I'm flying my jet over the ocean, those moments when I'm at total peace. Until I realize I have to land on a ship that feels like it's the size of a postage stamp,” Jake laughed.

“Does that ever scare you?” Kate asked and Jake shook his head.

“I love every second of what I do. The adrenaline and the rush… I don't think I'm scared of anything,” he told her.

“Not even Christmas?”

Jake raised a brow. “Christmas? Why would I be scared of Christmas?” he asked.

“I'm just sayin', it… Kind of seems like you've been running away from it,” she told him.

“What do you mean?”

“Based on what you told me earlier, it seemed like maybe your parents got divorced shortly after your trip here,” she said simply.

“Yeah, well, after that, it was mostly mom and me at Christmas. Just wasn't the same without my family together. Just couldn't really see the magic in the holiday anymore,” Jake shrugged.

“I'm sorry.”

Jake waved her off.

“And I'm also sorry 'cause I totally judged you,” Kate apologized.

“It's okay. I know I can be a bit of a Christmas curmudgeon,” Jake nodded.

“A bit?” Kate teased.

“Mmhmm,” Jake laughed.

“Well, it's okay. If I wave my merry magic wand, maybe you'd think about embracing some new Christmas memories,” Kate tried.

“Hmm? Like what?” he asked.

“Like, you know, today, we… You made the little boy smile at the train show, right?” Jake hummed in response.

“He met his hero. And we saw the world's most adorable dance troupe, and I wasn't gonna say anything, but it appears that you actually took a bite of your candy cane,” Kate told him.

“I don't know what you're talking about,” Jake hid the candy cane.

 “I haven't had this much fun in a long time,” he told her.

“Good!” Kate smiled.

“You're amazing.”

Kate tilted her head questioningly.

“The way you made me imagine our day like a living scrapbook. You really have a way with words,” Jake clarified.

“Well, I'm a writer. So…”

“You're much more than that,” Jake told her, and it felt like he was looking into her soul.

Her phone started buzzing and Kate smiled apologetically before reading the text messages.

“It's my mom. Oh, my gosh, we have to go. It's 7:30!” Jake’s eyes widened and then they were both collecting their jackets.

“Uh, sorry! Forget the burgers!” Kate called to the server.

“Sorry. Here you go! Merry Christmas,” Jake added, placing money down on the table.

“Yeah, merry Christmas! Sorry!” The two of them ran out.

“Taxi! Taxi!” Kate yelled and it only took a moment before one pulled up and they got in.

“Pier 90,” Jake told the driver.

“We're almost there,” Kate groaned as they got stuck in traffic with 10 minutes till the ship left.

“We're never gonna make it. Maybe we should run,” Jake suggested.

“Run?!”

“Yeah. We can do it. Come on!”

Jake was handing the driver money and climbing out of the taxi. He took Kate’s hand and they began running.

“Go, go, go, go!” he encouraged.

“You're crazy! Whoa! Excuse us! Sorry!” Kate yelled as they ran by people.

“It's this way! Hi, Santa! Oh, wait. Wait, wait, wait, wait,” Jake had to stop and put some bills in the santa’s bucket.

“Merry Christmas!” he exclaimed as they took off running again.

“You barely made it, Lieutenant,” one of the sailors greeted them as they climbed aboard the ship.

“I can't believe we just ran 15 blocks,” Kate panted, trying to catch her breath.

“I know,” Jake laughed.

“Thank you for today. You know, for all the memories. The new ones.”

Kate smiled.

“You're welcome, Jake.”