As Jack Frost was sworn in to the Guardians he heard a whisper across the wind.

"Fear will always be there, beware your sleeping enemy,"

Jack froze and looked around, had he really heard that?

"You coming Jack?" Called the Tooth Fairy.

"Yeah.." He ran and jumped into North's sled, waving good-bye to the children that had helped them.


One hundred years have passed since Pitch was defeated and Jack never mentioned the whisper in the wind.

Three weeks before Halloween, North called the Guardians together. Jack was the last to arrive. As he entered the main room he looked up at the globe that showed all the children that believed in them. The lights twinkled all around the world, not a single one was out. Jack wondered why they were called together. He walked around the corner to see the group; they looked seriously up at the Man in the Moons crystal. His eyes grew wide and he rushed to get a better look.

"He's chosen a new Guardian? Why?" Jack questioned.

"We do not know," North responded. The clouds floated away from the moon and a beam made the crystal glow. Jack shielded his eyes until the light dyed down.

"Who's THAT?" He asked looking at the crystal.

"Jack O'Lantern." North replied solemnly.


Jacklyn looked down from her tree branch at the carved pumpkins sitting on porches. The candles inside them flickered. She swooped down and approached the pumpkin.

"Custodes lux tueri hac domo. §" She whispered. A light shield emitted from the candle and wrapped around the house before disappearing. That was her last pumpkin in this country. She heard rustling behind her in the trees.

"These homes are protected demon." She stated before turning around. To her surprise there was no one. It wasn't like ghosts and demons to hide, they often challenged her for rights to the homes. Jacklyn took a step forward and looked around in the dark. The rustling came from behind her and she spun around. She felt a large hand grab her and a sharp pain in her head before she fell to the ground.

Jacklyn opened her eyes and moved her hand to her head.

"Ugnh," she grunted as she touched the lump that had formed. She sat up at looked around her. At first she thought she might be dreaming but after a couple blinks it was clear she was not.

"The North Pole?" She asked still dizzy and confused.

"We needed to talk," Spoke a rough voice with a heavy Russian accent. Jacklyn looked up to see North standing off to the left. Behind him stood Bunnymund, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman, and Jack Frost.

"So you whacked me on the head?" She scowled and stood up.

"I thought North said it was Jack O'Lantern?" She heard Jack Frost whisper to Bunnymund.

"It is," She hissed back.

"The Man in Moon has chosen you to be a Guardian." North said throwing a hushed look at the winter spirit. Jacklyn looked at North with distrust.

"I'm not exactly 'kid friendly'." She responded looked around the room. She looked at the globe in the middle of the room and watched all the lights twinkle. She knew about the Guardians, understood what they did and why she wasn't chosen.

"You don't say," Jack called out from behind the white-bearded giant. Jacklyn's eyes focused on the boy, he had been frozen in time around her age. She pointed a finger at him tilting her head to the side.

"Bang," A fire crow shot out of her finger and launched itself at the winter spirit impacting with a loud hiss.

"OUCH!" He yelped trying to pat out the flame on his chest. The crow flew back the Jacklyn and landed on her shoulder cooing in her ear before smoldering out. Jack pointed his staff at her ready to shoot.

"Enough." North bellowed. He rested his hand on Jacklyn's shoulder and looked down at her with stern eyes. "My office."

Jacklyn nodded and followed him into a room down the hall from the globe room. As North shut the door behind him Jacklyn sighed.

"North, I've been protecting children for more than a millennia, from things far worse than any boogyman. Why all of a sudden does he want me here?" She asked taking a seat in one of his overly-large green and red chairs.

"I know Lyn. But he told me of something I think you need to hear." North walked around his desk and sat down, his face clouded with trouble.

"He told me Pitch has found in Potestas Diaboli. § Do you know of it?"

"That's not possible." Lyn's eyes widened in disbelief and terror.

"The Man in Moon does not lie."

"If he found that he will have more than Nightmares to command…"

"Which is why he wants you, Lyn. You know how to fight demons and ghosts. We do not." North said looking up at Lyn who met his eyes.

Rough Translation from Latin

(Using Google translator sooo… yeah…)

§ Guardians of Light protect this home.

§ The devils power.