A/N I may be a little late to the game of ROTG fanfics, but I recently watched the movie again and got the idea for this story. I hope there are still readers in this fandom but either way I am having fun writing again! Reviews are always welcome!

Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians or any of it characters. I do however own the plot for this particular story and the characters I have created for said story.

The Power of Love

Chapter 1: The Element Guardians

It was a bitter cold night, the smell of winter snow with a hint of blood was in the air. The full moon hung low, big, and abnormally bright in the night sky. So low and so bright it was almost as if the moon was watching the scene on the iced over lake below unfold.

Two men stood on the ice. One stood just on the edge where the iced over water met the land. He was wearing a long, dark red, cape coat. The coat had gold trim along the cuffs of the sleeves, the collar, and the front seam where the gold buttons and buttonholes were located. The coat was unbuttoned so you could see the burnt orange color, loose fitting, button up shirt underneath the coat along with the black trouser style pants he wore. He had on a pair of plain black boots that had the look of a few years of wear on them. Around his neck he wore a clear crystal on a leather rope. The crystal looked as if it held a small flame inside of it. Around his waist was a sheath for a long length saber sword, but the sheath was empty.

He held his saber tightly in his right hand. He stood in a fighting stance. The blade of his saber was long and it gleamed in the moonlight. The handle of his saber was the same red as his coat with a flame design carved along the base.

The man had a muscular, fit body and a chiseled face complete with a slight cleft chin. The weathering in his face put him in his mid forties. He had shoulder length black hair with a bright reddish orange streak going down either side of his head. He had his hair tightly pulled back out of his face though. He had bright orange eyes that narrowed in a mix of anger, disbelief, and a slight bit of pain at the man standing across from him in the middle of the frozen over lake.

"How could you Lemiel?! She was an innocent!" He said to the man standing across from him.

Lemiel stood in the middle of the frozen over pond next to a hole in the ice. He wore clothes similar to those of the man who had spoken to him, except for the colors. While the gold accent was the same everything else Lemiel wore was black. He had a much younger face with very short black hair on his head. His eyes were blood red. He too had a sheath for a saber around his waist and his too was empty.

He however held his blade loosely at his side in his right hand. He did not take a fighting stance for he had already dealt his damage. The blade of his saber dripped blood onto the ice that slowly made its way into the cold water from the gaping hole that was in the ice between the two men.

Lemiel, who had been watching the blood drip onto the ice and into the water smiling looked up and smiled at the man across from him and laughed slightly. "What are you going to do about it Ember? Send me into the same watery grave I sent her to?"

"You and I both know that will do no good. My friend and I have an idea of what to do though." Ember replied looking towards the moon and pulling the crystal off the leather rope around his neck.

Lemiel watched in confusion as Ember threw the crystal. It landed a foot in front of him and began to glow. The glow from the crystal became brighter and brighter, hypnotizing him as it did. When he finally realized what was happening he only had time to look at Ember and say one final threat.

"I will break free, mark my words!" Lemiel screamed.

Suddenly the light from the crystal was gone and so was Lemiel. The crystal lay on the ice. It was now black with a swirling flame inside of it. Ember walked to where the crystal was and gently picked it up. He stared down at the crystal for a moment before looking back to the moon.

"What now old friend?"

No sooner had the question left his lips the ice beneath his feet began to glow and the water that was visible through the hole in the ice began to bubble. His question was about to be answered.

300 years later

Ember paced back and forth in a large room. The room was 3 stories in height and the length of a football field. The floors were made of white marble and the walls, also marble, were a deep blue color. The ceiling was glass and showed the beautiful starry night sky in all it's glory. It was a full moon tonight. Suspended as if by magic in the middle of the room was a globe. This model of Earth took up two of the three stories in the room and an equal amount of length.

At the end of the room where Ember paced there was a set of very large wooden double doors. Across from the doors and in front of the globe was a large table. The table was covered in buttons and levers. It was in front of this table that Ember paced. He wore the same outfit as he did long ago and his face nor his body had aged a day.

Hearing footsteps outside the double doors he stopped pacing and looked to the doors just in time to see one of them open. He smiled at the girl that entered.

She was around eighteen years old and absolutely beautiful. She had ocean blue eyes and wavy light blonde hair. Her blonde hair reached to the end of her shoulders and had blue streaks that matched her eyes all throughout. In her hair she wore a headband made of blue sapphire gems and blue and white sea shells.

She had on a baby blue tank top that had flowy material all the way down her back to her waist but the front was cut about where her ribs ended and showed the rest of her stomach from there. Her short shorts were simple dark blue fabric that form fitted to her body. Around her waist was a loose fitting belt made of blue and white seashells and blue sapphire gems. The belt matched her headband perfectly. On her right wrist she wore a thin silver chain that had a single charm in the shape of a trident.

Her name was Arianna. She and Ember were part of a small group called The Element Guardians. Where The Guardians of Childhood that we all know and love watched over the children of the world and guarded their hopes, wonder, and dreams; the Element Guardians watched over and guarded the planet itself.

Ember was the fire guardian and Arianna was the water guardian. There was also Helios who was the air guardian and Liam the earth guardian. Together they made up the Element Guardians. They had each been hand selected by The Man in the Moon himself, each for their own reasons.

The four guardians were closely allied with The Guardians of Childhood, but huge difference in what they were guardians of hardly ever had them working together. Except for special occasions that is. Like when The Man in the Moon chooses a new addition to the childhood guardians. Tonight would be one of the rare nights where every one of the guardians from each group would be in the same room.

North had contacted Ember soon after he and the other childhood guardians had defeated Pitch to inform him of what had happened and about the new guardian. They both agreed that the new guardian needed to meet The Elements.

"What can I do for you Arianna?" Ember asked as he noticed the slight apprehension in Arianna's eyes.

"I had a vision Ember."

In addition to being water guardian with powers to match, Arianna also had the gift of future sight. Every now and then she would get a glimpse of a possible future through a vision. It is only a possible future because the future is constantly changing based on the choices that are made. Her visions were the future outcome of a certain set of choices that were being made.

The panic in Arianna's voice made Ember's smile drop immediately. "What did you see my dear?" He asked trying to sound calm.

"Something or someone is coming. I felt anger and evil. Then I saw the fire amulet you keep in your room burst and the entire room was engulfed in flame. The only thing I could see through the fire was a pair of blood red eyes." She explained.

Ember's thoughts quickly went to a black crystal with a swirling flame inside of it that was sitting inside of a glass case in his bedroom. The case had had many spells and charms put on it preventing anyone or anything from getting to it. It had sat in this case untouched for three hundred years now. He was the only one of the Elements that knew the evil that laid dorment in this crystal he had called the fire amulet. He knew he had to take her vision seriously and increase the protection around it. He couldn't risk what was inside breaking free.

"I will move the amulet to the vault and increase the protection around it. I promise I will make sure your vision doesn't come to pass. Please, don't worry anymore about it." He told her in a tone meant to calm her. "While I tend to that, I need you to round up Helios and Liam and meet me in the main sitting room. Our guests will be arriving soon."

Trusting everything Ember said without hesitation she nodded. "Yes sir." She said and left the room in search of the other Elements closing the door behind her.

Ember looked to the full moon shining in the sky as he took a deep breath and left the room as well to do what he had told Arianna he was going to do.

The home base of The Element Guardians was a lot like a palace of long ago. There were bedrooms for each of The Elements along with a few extra rooms to accommodate any guests that may come along. Though these days the only ones that occupied the palace were The Elements and the magical sprites that worked for them much like the yetis that worked for North at the North Pole.

The palace also had rooms for each of The Elements to train in, a large kitchen, a dining hall, libraries, sitting rooms, a ball room, and many others. There was also a beautiful courtyard outside the front entrance. The courtyard had a large fountain in the middle which held four statues representing each member of the Elements. This was where Helios and Liam sat.

Helios looked to be in his early twenties. He had short,

wavy chestnut brown hair with emerald green eyes. The warm smile that was always on his face seem to make his green eyes sparkle. He wore a simple white long sleeve shirt and white pants to match. Around his waist was a sheath which held a large dagger. The handle of the dagger was made of Pearl and had a design carved to look like wind.

Liam looked to be in his early twenties as well. He had long sandy blonde hair pulled tightly back and light brown eyes. He wore a dark brown tank top with dark green pants. He too had a dagger around his waist. The handle of his dagger was made of a dark metal with swirls of gold.

The two of them were sitting on the edge of the fountain watching the sky when Arianna walked up to them.

"What are the two of you looking at?" She asked following their gaze.

Both men turned to look at her when she spoke. They both smiled at the sight of her.

"We are watching for North's sleigh!" Helios answered excitedly, "You know how bad ass it is coming in for a landing!"

"Plus, we want to get a glimpse of this new guardian before we are introduced." Liam added standing up from his spot on the fountain. "Would you like to join us?" He asked motioning to a spot between him and Helios on the fountain.

Arianna laughed. "His name is Jack Frost. Ember told us all about him. Remember? I would love to join on watching the sleigh land though, but Ember told me to round the two of you up and meet him in the main sitting room."

Helios and Liam looked at her disappointed. "Oh come on you two!" She said as she pointed to one of the statues in the fountain. The stream of water coming out of the statue and falling to the bottom of the fountain quickly changed directions and started spraying Helios and Liam. She laughed hard as they threw their arms up trying to fend of the water and yelling for her to stop. After a minute of spraying she let the stream resume its normal path and she ran for the entrance laughing.

"No fair Arianna!" Helios yelled after her trying to sound angry but unable to hide the laughter in his voice. He snapped his fingers and a gust of wind swirled around him and Liam drying them both off.

"We are so getting you back for that!" Liam yelled, laughter in his voice as well, as they both started to run after her.

After the three of them had entered their palace and the doors shut behind them a magic portal opened high in the sky above and through it came North's sleigh. The Guardians of Childhood had arrived.

Arianna, Helios, and Liam stood facing Ember in the main sitting room of their palace. The room was decorated in dark reds and gold. There was a large fireplace that held a roaring fire. Staged around the fireplace were three dark red plush couches. The Elements stood in the middle of the couches in front of the fireplace. One of the sprites that worked in the palace had come up to Ember and he had bent down so the sprite could whisper in his ear.

As Ember stood upright he smiled at the sprite. "Thank you Talon, you can send them in." He then looked to the three Elements standing in front of him and smiled an even bigger smile. "Our guests have arrived!" He said with excitement evident in his voice.

He led the three of them away from the couch area and close to the entrance of the room. As he did the door swung open quickly and North entered quickly embracing Ember in a hug before he had time to react to the sudden entrance.

"It is so good to see you old friend!" North exclaimed in his thick Russian accent with a broad welcoming smile showing through his long white beard.

"It has been far too long!" Ember replied happily as he broke the embrace.

North, spotting the other three Elements behind Ember quickly grabbed all three of them at once in a tight embrace as well. As he did, Sandy, Bunny, Tooth, and finally Jack Frost walked into the room as well. North released the three Elements from his embrace and watched as Sandy, Bunny, and Tooth greeted The Elements like old friends as well. Smiling North watched as the group interacted and quickly caught up with one another. He looked over to Jack who was standing off to the side looking on with amazement. Following Jack's stare he realized he was looking at one person in particular of the group and he began to smile even wider as he made his way over to Jack putting his arm around him.

"She is pretty, isn't she?" He said as he put his arm around him.

Jack quickly looked up to North with a blush rushing to his pale face. "I uh.." he stammered.

North just laughed. "Come, I introduce you to everyone."

He walked Jack to the front of the group. Noticing the sudden addition everyone stopped talking and looked to North who still had has arm around Jack.

"Elements, I would like to formally introduce you to Jack Frost, Guardian of fun." He released Jack so he could gesture to each person as he said their name. "This is Ember, the guardian of fire and leader of The Elements. Beside him is Liam, guardian of earth. Then Helios, guardian of air. Finally, this is Arianna, guardian of water."

Ember walked up to Jack and shook his hand. "It is nice to finally meet you Jack. I have heard so much about you. As a fellow Guardian please know you are welcome in our home anytime."

Jack smiled at Ember's generosity. "Thank you Ember. Its nice to meet you as well."

Ember smiled and nodded. He then stepped aside and made his way to talk to North. Bunny, Sandy, and Tooth following to join their conversation. Leaving Jack with Liam, Helios, and Arianna.

"Wow! The Jack Frost! It's so freaking cool to meet you man!" Helios said quickly as he grabbed Jack's hand in a hand shake.

Liam pushed Helios out if the way and shook Jack's hand as well. "Yeah, I agree! You will have to show us some of your powers sometime!" He added excitedly.

"Um sure we can do that sometime." Jack said cautiously. He was slightly taken aback by their enthusiasm.

Then he heard Arianna laugh. The sound sent butterflies into his stomach. As he looked over to her the butterflies in his stomach doubled. What was happening to him, he wondered. He had never had anyone cause him to feel this way. He couldn't help but notice how beautiful she was though. Then their eyes finally met for the first time. He saw her blush slightly and smile at him as she extended her hand to him. Could she possibly be feeling the same way he was. Suddenly realizing he was staring at her he quickly took her hand and shook it. He couldn't seem to find words at the moment though.

"It's very nice to meet you Jack." Arianna said as she thought to herself how cute he looked looking at her with his wide beautiful blue eyes.

"It's really great to meet you too." Jack said finally finding words again. Realizing he was still shaking her hand he quickly let go and looked away trying to hide another blush coming up to his pale cheeks.

A hour passed as everyone talked, catching up on the previous events with Pitch and each of The Elements getting to know Jack. Jack and Arianna stealing glances at one another when they thought no one was watching. Each trying to figure out what was blooming between them. Neither of them noticing North and Ember watching and smiling at each other knowingly.

Finally, the sprite, Talon, walked back into the room. "Excuse my interruption but dinner is served." He said.

"Wonderful! Thank you, Talon! I also must insist that you all spend the night with us tonight. It has been so long since we have all been in the same room and I know my Elements would love to get to know Jack a little more" Ember stated, glancing at Arianna as he finished.

Tooth flew up from where she was sitting and rushed to hug Ember. "Oh that's a fantastic idea!" She looked back to see if the others agreed with her.

"Aye!" Bunny said in his Australian accent

North smiled and nodded in agreement while Sandy held up two thumbs up.

"I'm definitely in!" Jack agreed. He was definitely looking forward to getting to know his new friends better, especially Arianna.

"Then it is settled! After dinner we will show you to where your rooms are." Ember said as he began to lead everyone out of the room and towards the dining hall.

Down below in the basement rooms of the palace there was a special room that had been made into a vault. Inside this vault there was a number of weapons, magical crystals, and other magical items. But far in a back corner on a large stone shelf a glass case set by itself. Inside the case was a black crystal with a swirling flame inside of it.

Ember had placed it there earlier that evening after he had put more magical protection around it. For three hundred years this crystal had laid dorment except for it's moving flame. But now, the crystal was beginning to glow and every now and then you could see it twitch ever so slightly. And if you stood very still and very quiet you could almost hear a dark and menacing laugh.