A/N: I'd been kicking this idea around for ages, not really sure if it was "good enough" to be posted. It was inspired by a few things, really. Firstly, the line from one of the trailers, "Who said I wanted to be a Guardian?". Secondly, a RotG Jack Frost AMV over on YouTube, using the song "O Death". Lastly... This writing I had found; "Angel of Death" (Udiah, Witness to Yah). I dunno, really. My mind is just twisted or something. In any event... Here it is. Requiem: Darkness.


In darkness of the night

I spied him in a tree

Sat I froze by the sight

He was looking at me

The summer's heat became a chill

The angel of death at his kill

My heart skipped with the fright

Blinked my eyes to bet'r see

Glanced back with all my might

Parted he my comp'ny

My chest was quickly pounding still

The angel of death at his kill

I did rise and take flight

The fear made me to flee

From darkness into light

To free captivity

Unbinding my soul from his will

The angel of death at his kill

Many years since that night

Gazed I on that braz'n be

Mem'ries of still incite

Fears of my slavery

Existence of him makes me ill

The angel of death at his kill


I stood beside the gate of the churchyard, watching as each came to pay his or her respects to the recently deceased. His name was Jackson Overland. He was me, I was he. Never was I to be held by the rules of the Daylight again.

My time was now spent for a greater cause. You wish to know what that cause is? I was chosen. Chosen to be the next angel. Others could argue I was to be a demon, but that is beside the point.

You could say that my first target was myself. I knew I was to die. I let them take me. I can see the confusion in your eyes. You shouldn't worry too much. All your questions should be answered in the story I am about to tell you...


"Lottie, hurry up already! I don't have all day!" I called up the stairs.

"Coming, Jack!" I rolled my eyes as my ten-year-old sister ran downstairs full speed, succeeding in knocking both the coffee table and herself over.

"Finally... Time for some fun, right?" She nodded, and I helped her to button her bulky coat. It would be worth it once we got over to the lake.

See, I had to watch her and her friends while they went skating. They were literally playing on thin ice.

I was worried; it wasn't uncommon for a child to drown or get Frost's Bite. Lacing up my skates, I was completely ready to get out there if something happened.

If someone must go today, take me. Yeah. I had pretty much just signed my life away with those words.