Chapter 1 A New Guardian
Elsa's POV
I opened my eyes to see Jack gazing at me, smiling.
"Good morning my queen," he whispered, tipping my chin up for a kiss. "You look beautiful this morning."
I smiled and gave a short laugh. "That's what you say every morning."
"Only because it's true," he replied and kissed me again.
I sighed happily as I sat up at the edge of the bed and stretched my arms above my head. A year had passed since Jack had promised to stay with me. He had only gotten called away by North once, when the future needed to be colder.
I turned back to Jack. "Time to get up lazybones! We have royal things to do."
Jack groaned and slid out of bed.
I laughed. "For being the guardian of fun, you don't look like you're having much of it."
Jack grinned. "Even after a year, I'm still not used to waking up early."
I grinned back and waved a hand over my nightgown, changing it into a deep, vibrant purple dress, much like my ice dress.
"Nice dress," Jack commented. "Can you do the same for me?"
I smiled mischievously. "As you wish." I changed his pajamas into a dress that matched mine. It was all I could do to not burst out laughing when I saw his expression.
"This is not what I meant!" he spluttered.
I looked at him with mock confusion. "It's not? But I thought that's what you said!"
Jack smirked. "Can I just have my normal attire, please?"
"Very well." I reluctantly changed Jack's dress into his normal clothing of his blue sweater and brown pants.
"Thanks! These are easier to move in!"
Before I could say a word, Jack had grabbed his staff and hurled himself at me. I didn't have time to react. Jack threw me to the ground and pointed his staff at me. Though he acted like we were battling Pitch again, his eyes twinkled teasingly.
"Do you surrender?" he asked.
"Never!" I blasted his staff away and imprisoned him in a cage of ice.
Jack sighed. "Okay, you win again. Can you free me and give me my staff back?"
"Sure!" I brought him his staff and together we thawed the ice away to nothing. That was usually how our mornings went. Jack flinging surprise attacks on me when I wasn't expecting it, so we would be ready when Pitch came back. I usually won, but sometimes Jack would win and do a silly victory dance.
Jack was very quiet while walking to the dining room for breakfast. By his expression I could tell he was thinking about something. He wasn't mentioning anything to me though, so I decided not to press him. Kristoff and Anna were already there, and although Anna was trying very much to look alert, I could tell she was still tired from the way she kept yawning. I chuckled softly to myself; Anna was not a morning person.
"Good morning Anna, Kristoff," I nodded to them. "How are you?"
"I'm fi –" a yawn cut Anna off.
I looked to Kristoff. "How did you get her out of bed?"
Kristoff grinned. "It was pretty easy. I told her the cooks were making blueberry pancakes this morning."
A small smile tugged at my lips. Blueberry pancakes were Anna's favourite. When the servants arrived, carrying a huge platter of pancakes, Jack barely ate. He pushed his food around with his fork, his chin on his other hand, in deep concentration.
Is something wrong? I asked him with my mind. Jack shook his head, but I knew him too well; something was definitely bothering him.
Jack sighed. "I'll talk to you about it later."
Okay. I replied.
Jack's POV
I was deep in thought. This problem had been nagging at me for a while now. I had married a mortal person; I was immortal. Elsa could die, and I couldn't. I really needed to talk to North about Elsa becoming immortal. But then Elsa would have to witness Anna die, and I knew she wouldn't want to do that.
"Is something wrong?" Elsa asked me with her thoughts.
I almost jumped, and my first thought was worrying if she had heard me. Then I relaxed when I remembered that we had learned how to keep our thoughts to ourselves, which came in hand when Elsa was thinking about something I didn't want to hear.
I shook my head and told her that I would talk to her about it later. She gave me a questioning glance, then let it go with an "okay" and started a conversation with Anna. Suddenly Anna looked out of the big window to her left and squealed.
"Elsa, the sky's awake!" she cried as she raced to the window and pressed her face against it.
"I really want to roll my eyes at her right now!" Elsa thought. I snickered. "Anna, you're nineteen! You've got to stop acting like a little kid!"
"But they're so beautiful!"
Elsa and I exchanged a look. Whenever we saw the Northern Lights in the daytime, it meant North wanted to talk to all of the guardians.
"I've gotta go," I said, standing up.
Elsa nodded. "I know. But remember, one day there, is one week here. If you don't come back within a month, I'm coming through that door myself."
I almost smiled at her persistence. "Okay. But only a month and no less."
Elsa grinned. "Fine, but hurry before they decide you're not a guardian anymore!"
I grinned back and nodded, then flew swiftly back to mine and Elsa's bedroom. In one section of the room, there was a bookshelf with numerous books on it. But it was only one of those that activated the portal North had built. He thought it was a more efficient way of getting to his workshop than his globes. I walked right through the portal and almost into Bunny.
"Woah, mate! Where did you come from?" he asked. North had obviously not told Bunny about the portal.
"Arendelle," I replied. "Where's North? Why has he called a meeting?"
"Jack Frost! It's about time you got here! The man in the moon is going to choose a new guardian!" North boomed.
"He is? Do you know who it is yet?" I asked.
North shook his head. "He only rose the pedestal. I guessed that he wanted all of us to know at the same time."
Once we all gathered at the pedestal, moonlight began filtering through a gap in the ceiling.
"Who do you think it's going to be?" Tooth wondered. Sandy showed a four-leafed clover above his head. "You think it's a leprechaun?" Sandy nodded.
When the man in the moon finished the figurine, I staggered back in astonishment. The newly named guardian was a young woman in a dress, with a long French braid slung over her left shoulder. I still couldn't believe it after staring at the figurine for several seconds. The newest guardian was Elsa.
YAY! This is the second book!
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