My fellow Guardians, it is our job to watch over the children of the world, and keep them safe. To bring wonder, hope, dreams and laughter.

For as long as they believe in us, we will guard them with our lives.

We go by many names, and take many forms. We are the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy. We are the Easter Bunny, Santa and Jack Frost. And our powers are greater than you ever imagine.

But, there was one thing we did not count on…

… Are we the only ones that protect children?

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"The world can't live without fear."

For 600 hundred years Pitch Black said that, hidden under beds, even inside his dark and cold home, his screams would echo through his shadows and join the wind, traveling distances and come out as nothing but a broken whisper, a howl of a lonely wolf; always there, but never truly heard, or understood.

"The world can't live without fear."

And always he would say that, and always they would never listen. He screamed it so much his throat would burn as if he has swallowed golden sand. The Moon greeted him with silence.

"The world can't live without fear."

It was also the last thing he said to the Guardians, right before he was attacked by his own fearlings, by his own mistakes and nightmares, and locked away forever.

"…" And finally, he gave up.

And on his silent realm, when he no longer had strength to scream, they would finally hear him. They would finally understand him. The Guardians didn't knew what they had done…

… Until now.

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A year later…

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"Jack! Jack! I know you're in here somewhere!" Jamie's squealing voice rushed through the dead trees and up the hill. The noise of cars and adults walking by was the only thing beyond that. The brown haired boy looked around, gazing over the snow angels and snowmen, with a grin on his face he was trying to hide.

"You can't hide forever, Jack! I'll find you! Sophie, help me out!"

"Jack! Jack! Hidden! Hidden!" The blonde little girl screamed full of joy, hopping with such glee her small body got covered up her knees. He had to take the yellow bangs out of her view so she could see a harder path to walk upon and search for the winter spirit, yet she still did it with a smile.

"Hahahahaha!"

"We can hear you laughing, Jack!" The Bennet yelled as he continued his search for the guardian. "You know, this isn't fun anymore!" But Frost could tell it wasn't true by the look on Jamie's face. He was biting his inner cheeks to not join the giggles of his sister that was still jumping all around the garden, not really looking for the 300 year old magic being, but his brother knew she seemed to be trying her hardest.

"Shh, be quiet, Sophie! If we make silence, maybe we can hear him!" The child told the little girl, bending over a bit so they could be at almost the same height. The smaller person seemed to like the idea, stomping her feet on the floor, letting out a squeal before covering her mouth with both hands, becoming completely still after that.

"Hahahaha!"

Jamie scanned the area with a frown. The laugh was just way too close, yet he could not find him. He was so busy looking at the ground and behind the snowmen he completely forgot that Jack could fly... And was just above his head, following his every move, looking somehow like a kite. Sophie probably could not see him too with all that hair over her face.

"Search! Search!" It was more like a whisper than a scream. Bunny would be proud if he saw the way his special person was hopping like the fastest rabbit of all. A little bit like a kangaroo if Jack Frost could give his opinion.

"Search! Search! – Search…" A honk of a car called Sophie's attention. She raised her head up –for some reason the little girl was busy watching her shoes-, staring at the vehicles running over the street, moving the dead leaves around. She watched a very special leaf –a one shaped like a star- float a couple of feet up before landing perfectly right on the middle of the road.

"Leaves! Leaves! Leaves!" And the hopping began again. She stretched her arms like an airplane and opened the front gate.

"…-" Waking up from his sleep on the porch. Jamie's dog started to bark right after he heard the familiar creak of the entrance,

"Quiet, Abby! I'm looking for Jack!" He had to step in front of the animal that for some reason was running and circles and howling at the passing cars, but Jamie didn't cared much, since the dog always seemed to hate buses and kids that liked to cross the front of his house on their skates. "Abby, come on, be quiet! I'm trying to find Jack! What's wrong with you?!"

"Oh, still don't give up?" The kid widened his eyes and turned his body at the opposite direction with and almost scared-cat like pose after feeling a cold whisper over his ear. Yet, when Jamie switched sides, Frost still wasn't there.

"Hm, I don't know Jamie, perhaps you gotta…" And when the boy finally realized what the guardian of fun was doing, he was hit by a hard snowball right between the eyes.

"… Look up!"

"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!"

And a car braking pierced the ears, so loud Abby ceased his barks and started to whine, hiding his face between its paws. Jamie only had time to turn around, the smile on his face slowly fading away as he saw a familiar small figure laying on the ground, a few inches away from a Toyota Prius. He blinked until the snow had melt from his eyelashes, the air suddenly stopped reaching his lungs.

Jack dropped his staff on the snow with a thud that followed his feet right away as if suddenly gravity decided to apply its laws on him, although the winter spirit felt as if a huge rock had fell on his chest.

"S-Sophie!" The winter spirit yelled before using a breeze to reach up the girl.

Suddenly a bunch of adults showed up, rushing over to her direction, followed by a lot of 'is she ok?!', 'what happened?!'. The Bennet felt his mother yelling his sister's name before passing right over him, with such a speed his bonnet came out.

"…- S-Sophie…?"

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Hey, guys! This is my second fanfic about Rise of The Guardians (the first one being 'Talking to the Moon').

This is set after the movie, a year after. Pitch Black was erased from the world, and the catchy phrase he seemed to repeat so much started to make sense. Why? Figure it out by waiting the next chapter! This was just a teaser, the next one will be way bigger, I assure you!

I don't like to rush things, so, please have patience with me! This will be a Blackice fanfic (but as I said, I like to take things slow, so their romance will probably take a long while). Unlike some fanfics I've read, no, Pitch won't try to get vengeance on the guardians… You will see everything if you keep reading!

Please review and favorite!