Title: All Hope Lost

Rating: T

Genre: Family/Hurt/Comfort/Friendship/Angst

Characters: Jack Frost, Bunnymund, Tooth, North, Sandy, Jamie & Sophie

Summary: CHALLENGE-FIC. Loss is never an easy thing to deal with. And for some, it can seem impossible. But with the support of friends and the understanding of someone who's been there, the pain will slowly fade and wounds can heal.

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Welcome! This is my submission for Jackiechane100's high school AU, angst-y feels RotG challenge. I would first like to clarify that this is not my typical genre, so forgive me if it makes your eyes catch fire and sends you shrieking into madness. Secondly, I am not familiar with the "typical" high school experience or environment, as I attended one with a student population of about 100 people, including 7th and 8th graders. So, naturally, I will probably set this story in a smaller town as well. Also, I don't know how many of you have read anything I've written before, but if you have, you may have noticed that time and I don't get along too well. This means that there will be some jumping around in this story. I will try to keep it to a minimum, but brace yourselves just in case.

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Now, I would like to point out some notes on how I am representing the characters. Obviously, they're all human. That's a given considering the guidelines of this challenge. I suppose the biggest difference would be the names of some of the Guardians. I have either tweaked them or supplied new ones to better fit the modern/real world story line. To avoid confusion, a roster of who's who is supplied below. I will have links to portraits of how I envision them up on my profile page…probably.

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Anna Toothey – This is a play on "Toothiana". Read it as if it was on a high school roll sheet and it would be Toothey, Anna. This will be her "official" name, though she will frequently be referred to as Tooth anyway.

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Easton Bunnell – Aster just wasn't kicking it for me. It's a girl's name, flat out. So I tried to throw together a name that sounded similar to Easter. And Bunnell is the closest name to Bunnymund I could find in the phone book.

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Jack Frost – Jack Frost is Jack Frost, period. However, in address of his "invisible" status, he will often be called Jake, Jace, James, etc. So if a random "J" name pops up in the dialogue, you know who I'm talking about.

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Manuel de la Luna – This is M.i.M. He will be playing the part of Principal/Superintendent of the high school. It is a minor role, but I figured he deserved a place on the roster.

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Nicholas St. North – Not changed, though you will never see me actually call him Nicholas. Nor will he be referred to as "North". The "St." is part of the surname; therefore, he will always be called either Nick or St. North.

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Sandoval Manson – With a name like "Sandoval" wouldn't you go by "Sandy" too, no matter how girly it was?

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There will be no Pitch in this story and all other canon characters will retain their names, though I may tack on a surname to some of those that otherwise don't have one. Also, for reasons, in this story Jack is the younger sibling. I suppose if that makes you wail "NOOOOOOOOOOOO!" whilst ripping your hair out, you can still imagine him having a little sister, but that would create some logic gaps. I apologize in advance.

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Now, I apologize for this spiel, since I know that non-chapters aren't supposed to be posted like this. I just wanted to present this story as spiffily as I could. Fear not, there will be very few other peeps out of me until the end. Now, let us dim the lights while you enjoy the production featured herein.

~Kagi