EDITED 4/15/14
Alright my readers…I had my boyfriend take me to see this movie and I just absolutely loved it and I just have to write a story for it because while taking a wonderful bubble bath I had a wonderful story idea for it…and here is the first chapter.
Now, I don't own any of the original characters from Rise of the Guardians, HOWEVER; any characters that I make up are indeed MINE and I can do with them how I please. (Also the plot is MINE)
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ONTO THE STORY!
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The month was February…the day; the tenth. Only a few short days until it was the fourteenth, a day that lovers spent giving each other gifts or going out for a romantic evening. A day where young children might buy their crush a card or a flower and either had the courage to give it to them face to face, or to try and do that whole 'secret admirer' that humans seemed too fawned of doing. Though the sun was out on this day the small town was still covered in snow. Jamie and his friends, though they were at the age where they were kind of sort of getting to know what exactly Valentine's Day meant, though they child-like mind still only thought of throwing snow balls and making snow men instead of acting out on it.
Jack Frost was still in town. Though only a single handful of the kids could actually see him, those who were looking at the snow battle going on would only see the five children playing. Though unknown to them, Jack was amongst the kids, joining them in the throwing of the snow.
Today was one of the days this week that Jack was not supposed to be in the town. He was to leave for the owner of this holiday to come in and start to alter some of the lives of the people living there; to play Fate. Jack would have none of it though. It wasn't as though he hated Valentine's Day…no, he just didn't really like it. Over three-hundred years old and really all he had known was being alone. Sure he had the children who could now see him after all this time, but soon they would grow up and stop believing in him so they could move on in their lives. He couldn't blame them though. Even Jamie, who he had become great friends with, would one day no longer be able to see him. It was the human way.
They would meet someone to fall in love with, and Jack would be alone again until a child could see him once more.
Love could change people. Can make them grow up. Even he could justify for that.
Just before Pitch Black came to threaten all that the Guardians stood for, he had been only looking out for himself really; all for the sake of fun and pranks. When he was kidnapped and had witnessed North, Tooth, Sandman and Bunny, well he just laughed and didn't want any part of it. And then Little Tooth came and became his very first friend. He began to actually care about something…someone other than himself, this being proven when Pitch had threatened to crush the little fairy and Jack had willingly given up his own staff to keep her safe. He had felt love towards her as one would a best friend, a brother, a sister.
But actual, true love? That he really didn't believe. Not even Cupid herself could change that. Just the name of the Valentine's child made him stop mid throw in the still ongoing battle.
He had never met her. Out of all the beings out there, she was the only one who seemed to never show up on the radar. Not even on her day.
Hell; he knew Santa Claus for crying out loud…and had defeated the Bogeyman! He had helped the Easter Bunny play with a child, had helped the Tooth Fairy by saving her little helpers when Pitch had taken them. He became friends with the famous Sandman. He had met the famous Vlad Dracula from ancient Romanian times for Halloween; along with his best friend the Native skin walker, Dale, who transformed into a werewolf. He even met Bigfoot and the Loachness Monster, Nessy, for all that was righteous in the world.
Yet he had never seen Cupid. Which was why he was staying, even though North had given him orders to stay away, Jack was one thing if not stubborn. This time he would meet this Guardian.
The sound of a child's attempt at a battle cry brought him quickly out of his thoughts and turned just in time to avoid the ice cold weapon-like ball that was aimed at his face. A joyful laugh escaped his lips as he used the wind to float above the kids, smiling at their shouts of 'that's cheating!' 'No fair, we can't do that!' and all their other accusations. Well…in his defense, they never did make rules for the game, so for Jack, floating high above the ground so nothing could reach him didn't really qualify as 'cheating'.
"Oh come on Jack! How can we get you when you're way up there?" came Jamie's shout above all the others, who all agreed as they stared up at his floating figure. His staff in his left hand and his other hand hiding in his hoodie pocket, Jack just cocked his head to the side before smiling and shouting out, "You don't, that's the whole point."
Now visibly shaking with laughter as they all gathered up snowballs and began to chuck them as high as they possibly could, though none could reach him, a movement caught his attention out of the corner of his eye. Looking over, he could clearly see the shadowy figure hiding in the shadows that the alley provided between two buildings. He would know that figure anywhere, giving the very long ears on top of the head.
Bunny.
Turning back to the children and giving them a mock salute, Jack disappeared in a flurry of snowflakes before their very eyes, though this was nothing new to the kids, having seen this happen before and knowing he would be back later and so they turned their war onto each other.
In the shadowed alley, Jack reappeared above the furry rabbit, smirking down at him as he called out, "Hey there cotton tail, how goes thee?" his icy blue orbs laughing at the new found nickname.
"What are you doin' here mate? Do you not realize that you are goin' against round belly's orders?" came Bunnymund's thick Australian accent. Leaning against the brick building, Bunny kept his gaze on the Guardian above him, not really trusting him in case he decided to pull one of his games.
Lying on his back with his arms resting behind his head along with his staff, Jack just shook his head, "Just because North said to keep away, doesn't mean I am going to listen to him." Seeing Bunny about to respond, he quickly added, "Come on ears, don't you want to see what she at least looks like? How she does what she…well…does?"
Narrowing his eyes at the floating man above him, he just crossed his arms as he all but growled out, "It ain't our right to intrude on another's day, especially if they don't want to be seen. It's called privacy."
"No…it's called keeping a secret. And I want to know what she has to hide. Bunny, she hasn't been seen even on the radar! Tell me that doesn't sound weird." This time he began floating down towards the ground, keeping his distance from Bunny as he did so.
It happened so fast that if Jack hadn't been looking at him, he would have missed the way Bunny's eyes held a bit of pain to them before he quickly looked the other way. He knew something Jack didn't. Narrowing his eyes, Jack brought his staff up a bit, "What do you know that I don't?"
Letting loose a rough sigh, Bunny just turned his head back towards Jack, not even caring that his staff was raised a bit, he wouldn't hurt him. "Look mate, it ain't my place to say what happened, but just know this; when you become what you are now… sometimes there are consequences."
From what Jack could sense though, Bunny wasn't talking about all of them. Sure, he had died saving his sister all those hundreds of years ago, but did that mean he resented for what the Man in the Moon had planned for him? Now, not so much; maybe in the beginning he had, but that was because he didn't know his 'center' as North had called it. But he didn't know what life the others had had, though of course he had never really thought about it before until now.
"So…do you know what happened to her?" the question was asked lightly, but Jack knew that it wouldn't be answered. At least he could say he tried, right?
And he was right. Immediately, instead of slightly hurt eyes, the emerald turned angry as they narrowed onto Jack's own frosty blue ones. Paws clenching into fists, Bunnymund shoved himself off the wall and slowly made his way towards Jack, who quickly moved away from the angered bunny as he all but growled out, "Now you listen here bub, you leave for the next few days til after Valentine's Day, ya' hear? You may be a Guardian, but that don't give you the right to be noisy. If you really want answers, then go see round belly. I won't say a word."
Frowning at the way the furry creature was acting all over a simple question, Jack held up his hands in a mock surrender before slowly lifting himself from the snow-covered ground, before putting his one hand back inside his pocket.
"Alright, alright calm down long ears before you start something you can't finish," flashing a blinding white smile before continuing, "I'll leave tomorrow ok?"
Shaking his head, Bunny argued back, "No, mate! I was told to bring you back to the Pole and that's exactly what I'm gonna do, ya hear? We need to leave now, she will be here soon to begin!" and as soon as he said the last bit, he immediately knew he made a huge mistake when Jack's face all but lite up like one of North's giant Christmas trees in the dead of the night. Looking at him with a serious expression, one that promised a little pain should Jack not heed it, Bunny quickly tried to right himself, "Now listen here mate…"
Unfortunately before he could even really begin, Jack drew out a small ball from his hoodie pocket and held it up. But upon a closer look, it was not just a ball…but a globe. A snow globe. Green eyes widen in recognition, it was one of the teleporting globes! Shit! Jack just continued to smile at the look on Bunnymund's face. Really, it was just too priceless that he wish he had one of those cameras the humans had to capture this moment.
Bunnymund couldn't even concur up a hole fast enough when Jack shook the globe, not bothering to see where it would take him, and all but threw it at his giant paws. It all happened in a matter of seconds but before he could be ported away, he heard Jack yell out in a laughing tone, "Don't worry cotton tail! Tell North I'll be there tomorrow!"
And then he was gone.
Jack just floated above the scene of the crime, a shit eat grin on his face as he still recalled the look of shock on the furry face of his fellow Guardian. Boy would he never forget it!
"I sure got him!" he couldn't help talking to himself, after three-hundred years of doing it; it was a hard habit to break. But the sound of Jamie yelling for him and so he turned away from the shadows and into the blinding light to head back to his human friends.
Help
Quick as a whip, Jack swung about, his eyes widening at the whispering call carried by the wind. It was too similar to the eerie whisper that had led him to Pitch's underground hide out. After Pitch had disappeared so had any callings; but maybe he was taking Bunnymund's warning too seriously. Pitch was gone, no more nightmares happened to the children around his town. Shaking his head, causing the moon kissed locks to fly; he once again turned back to the kids.
Please
It was so soft, so light that Jack just ignored it. The wind was blowing, the kids were shouting, surely it was just something along those lines. It meant nothing. A frown formed on his lips as he looked up to the slightly showing Moon. A light feeling in the pit of his stomach made Jack narrow his eyes, did this mean something?
Cupid would be showing up soon, so he had to be ready.
Pitch was gone; he hadn't been seen nor heard of in months.
A snowball planted itself on his face.
Caught by surprise, Jack quickly shook off the cold snow, throwing a large grin and a joyful laugh at the children before once again joining them in play; never noticing the two completely different pairs of eyes that followed him.
One pair a light crystal pink.
The other…a sinister gold.
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Time went by and when the church bell sang its song, it was past six in the evening and Jack was starting to worry.
'She isn't going to come?' his thought actually made it all the more real, making his happy mood into a lesser one. Letting out a soft sigh, Jack watched as the parents of the children yelled for them to come inside for dinner, which then resulted in the complaints of said kids and that sure did bring a slight smile to his face. It was quiet funny to witness.
Waving at them as they all hollered out their goodbyes, Jack made his way over to the large fountain with a statue on it that was located in the center of the town. Perching himself up onto it, he couldn't help but sulk. This was supposed to be the day he witnessed what Cupid did…who she was and how she did everything.
He watched from his place as adults and teens walked about, each in their own little world, none looking in his direction, which was understandable, seeing how no one could see him besides Jamie and his small group of friends, plus Sophie.
Soft footsteps brought his attention behind him; a girl was making her way towards the fountain, only to stop once she was in front of it. Jack took in her state of dress as she stood before him, from below he could clearly see the black curls that flowed down her back, so soft looking that he wanted to badly to see if they really were as soft as they looked. A simple light grey sweater hugged her torso with a dark red scarf wrapped around her neck, a pair of dark jeans and a pair of black calf high boots added to the rest of the look. When she looked up though, full lips met his eyes, a slim nose and high cheekbones completed her facial structure and when he glanced up, Jack was caught in amazement and wonder.
Pink.
Never before had he seen a human with light pink coloring before and he couldn't help but stare. But something wasn't right. Her eyes…they held anger. Jerking his head back a bit, he narrowed his icy orbs at her own crystal ones.
"Is she…can she see me?" he couldn't help but whisper to himself as continued staring at her. There was no way. Not unless at her age, which to him seemed older than the average teenager, believed in him. Was that possible though? But then again, who was she? For as long as he had been hanging around this town, Jack had never seen her around here before. Was she new? But with eyes like hers…
No…no she wasn't looking at him; she had to be looking at the statue. Yeah, that was it! Smiling in amusement at his foolishness Jack leaned forward to get a better look at her, fascinated by her very being.
Jack watched as the mysterious girl shake her head, letting out a sigh of what sounded to him, like annoyance, before he watched her turn on her heel and walk around the fountain.
"Get out of here."
How many times this day was Jack going to be shocked? Though her voice was soft and almost bell-like, there was a hard edge to it. Twisting around so fast that he nearly fell off from his perch on the statue, Jack stared at the retreating back of the girl. Was she talking to him? Was she telling him to get out? Glaring at her, Jack formed a snow ball in his palm. The least he could do was have some fun before he had to leave. Keeping his staff in one hand and taking a pitchers position, he drew the ball back and with a flick of the wrist, released the ball and watched it fly true towards her back.
Then it happened. It happened so fast, Jack wasn't even sure it had actually happened until the razor sharp tip of an arrow buried itself into his staff was but millimeters from his face, if he hadn't raised his staff in time…looking away from the near death weapon, Jack looked at the girl, whose hair was still attempting to settle down after twisting around as she had. Her body was completely straight, turned at a slight angle with the bow still up in firing position. But it was her eyes that had him mesmerized once again.
They were glowing.
He replayed what had just happened in his mind…right when the snow ball was to make contact with her back, in a move so fast, she had whipped around and to his pure astonishment, had materialized a single bow and arrow and fired, completely demolishing his projectile and into his staff. Thank the Moon he had quick reflexes, years of honing them ever since that first day coming back to life and first experiencing his gift of ice and snow. Having bare-feet on ice could cause trouble if one wasn't careful and one had to be quick if they were to use it constantly.
Locking eyes with hers, he suddenly felt giddy as realization hit him so hard, a huge smile bloomed on his face and he lowered his staff and taking out the arrow, noticing the dark red coloring of the reed and the pure white feathers at the end, and began twirling it in-between his fingers as he lowered himself to the white ground. Sticking the staff in the snow, Jack took a step forward, noticing the Guardian of Love before him flinch a bit but otherwise stood her ground, not yet lowering her bow.
Bending slightly at his waist, Jack gave a small bow as he smiled a dazzling smile at her; his frosty eyes seemed to be smiling too as he said a smooth tone, "Hello Cupid, nice to finally meet you face to face. Though I thought you would be a baby in a diaper flying around, not well…this." As he gestured to her entire body.
Narrowing her jeweled eyes at the Guardian of Fun and Amusement before her, Cupid slowly lowered her bow to her front, and responded back to him in a tone that this time, was not as pleasant as his was, "Hello Jack Frost."
