Chapter 1

Arya POV

Getting a duck's butt unstuck to a frozen pond was not how I planned to spend my day, but it was nothing compared to what was coming later...

There I was, Arya, overseer of nature. Aka, Mother Nature. I'm not a real mother, nor do I ever plan on becoming one. In fact, I never planned on having a boyfriend or falling in love again after what happened the first time. I have my plants and animals, and that's all I wanted... Or so I thought.

"Why does the little brat insist on always making it snow?! It's June!" I cursed as I stepped on the the frozen pond I had created for the deer to drink from only a month before. I took a stray strand of copper blonde hair from my face and tucked it behind my ear. I pulled the frost covered cat tails out of the way to reveal a mallard duck with its tail feathers frozen to the pond.

"Did he freeze you to the pond!?" I yelled when I saw the mallard.

The duck was trying to fly away while quaking very loudly. "It's ok baby, I'll help you."

After melting the ice and freeing the animal, I marched out in the middle of a snow covered field. "Jack Frost! Get your frozen ass down here now!"

As I suspected, Frost was sitting on a telephone pole, leaning on his staff. Slowly, he floated down to the ground, landing with a soft crunch under his feet.

Jack POV

"Jack Frost! Do you know how long it will take that duck to grow those tail feathers back?! It was those duck's mating season! Now they won't have babies! The balance won..." That's when I stopped listening. I looked at the girl in front of me. She looked only a year younger than I do. I look 16 or so. She had coppery blonde hair and sharp, forest green eyes. Her pale skin only had a few freckles on it, and most of those were on her arms and nose. I knew that she was older then me. I'm not sure by how much, probably 300 years or so.

The first time I ever saw Arya, was the first time I ever liked a girl. She smiled at me and walked away. I could tell she didn't care to introduce herself, and she was going somewhere important. But I pursued. When I caught up to her, she was talking to a doe in a language I didn't understand. So I just walked next to her. Eventually, she looked up from her animal friend, only to run in the direction of a meadow. I tried to keep up, but fell behind. When I got to where she was, she was helping a golden eagle with a broken wing. She mended its fracture and helped it take off. I cleared my throat and she turned around and introduced herself. After that, we've been good friends. But she lectures me. It's boring.

I leaned on my staff. "Ary, look, I'm sorry, ok? I didn't know he was literally going to freeze his ass off."

"Don't call me Ary right now! I'm pissed with you!"

"Ok. Well, I'm sorry." Then I flew off.

Arya POV

God, what a child! It's 2013! He's 308 years old! He should act better! I thought. He can't just go around freezing things in the middle of spring! He knows he can get away with it just because he's cute. Those icy blue eyes and that snow white hair and that playful smile. His smile! I love his smile. Oh god, how can I stay mad at him? Maybe I should be the one to apologize. At least for getting all pissy.

By then I had walked too close to a lake that hadn't froze all the way. I fell in.

"Ahh!" I screamed as I wove my arms for balance. Splash!

I pulled myself out of the freezing liquid and trudged in the snow. Just as I was starting to sniffle and sneeze, I heard a familiar Australian voice. "Damb bloody wombat. I see he got you too."

I turned to see my springtime friend. Bunnymund was standing four feet in front of me holding a boomerang.

"Twice actually."

"If he wasn't a guardian, I'd b-" Bunnymund began.

Jack landed behind the spirit of hope and smirked. "Hey Kangaroo. Glad to know you care about me."

"What did you call me?"

"Hm? Oh, nothing. Kangaroo."

The Easter Bunny kicked Jack in the stomach, then Jack shot him with frozen magic from his staff. After a few punches and blasts of magic, I stepped in. "Hey! Stop! Frost go freeze something. Bunny, go paint some eggs. You both have more important things to do that fight each other!" I am the only person who can talk to them like this when they're in a fight, because I know they will listen.

"Go paint some eggs!?" Bunny shouted.

"Yes! Now!" I stamped my right foot.

Bunny glared at Frost one last time and disappeared into a hole. A purple tulip blooming in the spot where it had closed.

"Jack! I was going to forgive you and everything!"

"What did I do?"

Well for one, your gorgeousness made me space out and fall into a lake! I thought but didn't say.

Instead I said, "Just come with me!"