Prologue
Darkness. That's the first thing I
remember. It was dark, and it was
cold. And I was scared.
The silhouette of a body appears as it drifts into a ray of light, refracted through water, which turns into...
A MOON - SEEN IN REFLECTION ON A SHEET OF ICE
The moonlight intensifies almost magically, and the ice above begins to spider-web and crack.
EXT. FROZEN POND - NIGHT
Snow-covered trees in every direction. The ice in the pond continues to crack, until finally a hole splinters open. A young man floats out of the water, bathed in the intense moonlight. This is Jack Frost - thin, pale, barefoot, his tousled hair frosted white.
But then...then I saw the moon. It
was so big and it was so bright,
and it seemed to chase the darkness
away. And when it did...I wasn't
scared anymore.
Jack floats back down onto the ice as the hole closes up
underneath him.
Why I was there, and what I was
meant to do - that I've never
known. And a part of me wonders if
I ever will.
"Your name is Jack Frost"
Jack looks around, confused, then turns toward the moonlight as it dims a bit. Jack carefully treads across the ice until he hits something with his feet. He looks down, and at his feet is a wooden staff. Curious, he picks it up. Almost immediately the staff begins to glow a cold blue in his hands. Odd.
Jack almost drops it as the base of the staff comes in contact with the ground. Frost shoots out and spreads across the ice. Jack is visibly confused. He touches a few trees with his staff sending frost up their trunks. Then he swings the staff again, more confident, as he begins to run across the frozen pond. Another swing, and a gust of wind swirls him high up into the air. Jack floats for a moment only to fall back down to earth and into the trees. Jack grabs hold of a tree branch and pulls himself up to see a small town off in the distance.
EXT. BURGESS SETTLEMENT - TOWN CENTER - CONTINUOUS
A collection of simple timber houses with thatched roofs. Jack comes in for a landing, and it's a rocky one. He stands up, still elated, and brushes himself off. As Jack makes his way into town, settlers are warming their hands by campfire. Jack doesn't recognize anyone.
JACK
(to the townsfolk)
Hello. Hello. Good evening,
ma'am.
(BEAT)
Ma'am?
The settlers walk past Jack, not noticing him. Jack crouches down as a YOUNG BOY runs toward him.
JACK
Oh, ah, excuse me, can you tell me
where I am?
The boy runs right through Jack, as if he were a ghost. Jack staggers back in shock. He's speechless, as if the wind had been knocked out him. His emotions causing it to snow.
JACK
Hello! Hello!
Townsfolk continue to pass through Jack, unaware of his presence. Shaken, Jack turns and retreats into the forest, as he walks he feels an unusual wetness as his vision blurs and he wipes away the warm water from his ice blue eyes.
UNKNOWN VOICE
Now what do we have here?
Jack jumped and turned to see a man with black spikey hair, ash grey skin, and gold/ silver eyes wearing a black robe and black steel shoes.
JACK
Who are you?
UNKNOWN VOICE
I am known as the Boogeyman but you can call me Pitch Black, and you are?
JACK
I'm Jack Frost.
Jack got an odd feeling that he should run but pushed it down in confusion. Big Mistake. The next thing Jack knew was a blinding pain in the back of his head, an evil laugh, and then nothing.