A/N: Hello there, I hope you'll enjoy the following story. I wrote this while listening to Little Bird by Ed Sheeran, he is absolutely the most fantastic sing and song writer, so if you don't have anything to listen to at the moment he will most likely make you fall in love. E/N
Disclaimers: i don't own the original movies/books or the characters only the plot.
- This story is mainly focused on the relationship between two men so if you're not into that sort of thing, this is defiantly not for you my friend.
Parings: Jack Frost x Bunnymund
- . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . -
Roll With The Wind
Jack Frost was once again gazing at the moon, waiting for MiM to answer his many questions; to hear him tell him the reason for his loneliness, the reason for being created. Jack Frost was the manifestation of winter, capable of manipulating ice and snow. He has endured 300 years of solitude and he was starting to get fed up with it. No child or adult could see him, they didn't believe in him while the other spirits ignored his existent, not wanting anything to do with him, well so he assumed.
Jack remembered his first meeting with the Easter bunny, he had seen him lay down a couple of colourful eggs behind a bush - making him curious. As the easter spirit continued his round Jack sneaked closer to the eggs hiding spot. They were beautifully painted in pale colours and Jack had felt the need to hold one of the pink ones. It felt warm and chuckled softly as he felt a tickling sensation on the pam of his hand. That's when it all went down hill. Jacks powers were at this time still slightly new to him and as he watched a thin coat of frost decorate the shell of the egg he failed to notice the snow falling from the sky. The ground had been coated by a thin blanket of snow, making Jack cursed under his breath as he made the snowing stop; unfortunately it hadn't been fast enough.
He turned around at the sound of angry shouts. He tried to apologise but the bunny wasn't having any of it. He was accused of trying to ruin Easter while being pushed backwards. Jack felt the wind lift him up in the sky a couple of meters from the angry easter spirit, not to get hit or pushed again. The bunny didn't cease his angry shouts nor accusations so Jack apologised once more, even though he doubted it being heard, and left.
That had been in '68 and since then he avoided confrontations with spirits of other seasons, not that there were any winter spirits that wanted to have any contact with him either..
''I can't keep on living like this..'' Jack whispered to the moon as he hugged his slim form, shying away from the open space surrounding him.
''You should have just let me die in peace. Now I'm alone instead..'' His tears blurred his vision until he closed them, letting the ice cold tears slid down his pale cheeks.
- Chapter break -
Santa's workshop was filled with life and loud noises. Christmas songs were sung, yetis was humming along as they worked leaving the elves to play and sing undisturbed. North watched with joy as toys were built and cookies were baked.
North had been feeling uneasy since a bad feeling in the gut had started a few days ago. It wasn't until now that he had decided to contact his fellow guardians to a drastic meeting. The same he gut clenching feeling had occurred many years ago. It was around Christmas - 1872 - that a blizzard took place, North was forced to cancel that Christmas and he lost a lot of his believers because of it; since then he knew to never take a risk by not listening to his gut.
Tooth was the first to arrive to the meeting with one of her little fairies by her side, She was a beautiful hummingbird fairy with a colourful feather suit. Next to arrive was of course Sandman - A chubby, golden little man - He sat himself in the chair next to Tooth and started chatting, using the symbols he made out of his dream sand over his head.
And as the final arriving guest, who jumped up out from a hole that had opened on the floor surface, was no other than the Easter Bunny, known as Bunnymund who took a seat across the other guardians with a friendly smile on his face.
A loud sound came from the door that suddenly bursted open and a fear stricken North stood in the door-opening breathing heavily.
'' I knew something was up...'' Was the only thing he said before turning around signing for the other guardians to quickly follow him.
As they reached the guardians meeting room they all saw how the globe of the children's hope where shaking and as the little golden lights shifted from its glistening shine to black they all knew that this was the work of Pitch Black, the Boogieman.
"It is as we all feared.. he's back.'' North stated in horror, As a bright light came down from the moon they were all surrounded by a soothing embrace of magic.
"He's..he's choosing a knew guardian!" Screamed Tooth in excitement when she saw the light shift towards the guardian circle. Sandy was also smiling in hope and North were just as excited as Tooth though he choose to put on a calm, satisfied smile plastered on his face. Bunnymund was the only one scared of who MiM might choose.
"Please don't let it be groundhog, please don't let it be groundhog.." He repeated as a mantra and then a hologram of a white haired boy was showed.
The boy had white hair with a more feminine face and body, he was covered by a dark blue hoodie and some well worn brown pants. But the most astounding feature though was his eyes, big bright blue orbs with long black eyelashes around them; shining with innocent and joy. His hologram was sporting a cute little smile, waving at them.
''Jack Frost! Oh MiM he's adorable!'' coo'ed Tooth while flying in circles! Sandy was laughing at her excitement and North looked intrigued by the little fellow who would soon get a surprise visit by them.
Aster looked at the hologram in shock, Jack Frost! The little ankle biter had tried to ruin easter '68! He remember the shame he had felt when he watched the apologetic boy fly away from him. He knew that he was stubborn and probably shouldn't have shouted as much as he had, but it was his holiday and he was very protective over it.
"Come on everybody! We have a new guardian to collect!" North said while laughing and activating a snow globe for them to use. And with a bright swirl of light the guardians were on their way.
- Chapter break -
Jack woke up a couple of hours after falling asleep, he watched as the sun was rising behind the mountains and sighed. He hadn't gotten any answers yesterday either, not that he had really excepted to anyway.
He jumped down from the three and stretched, his looked down at his reflection in the water and felt himself tear up once more. He dropped his feet into the water and watched the thin layer of frost spread over the water. He sighed as a couple of tears fell down his cheeks.
''Are you alright?'' A soft, feminine voice asked; making Jack startled. Harry watched the bird woman stare at him with eyes filled with concern. Jack frowned and slowly stood up from his place by the water.
''Y-You can see me?'' He whispered forth in disbelief. But as he saw the three unidentified men behind the woman, he backed a couple of feet away from them; holding his staff, prepared to leave.
A couple of seconds went by before he recognised one of the men as the Easter bunny. Jack chuckled nervously as he started backing up even further.
''Oh.. Bunny you're not still mad are you? I-I didn't mean to make it s-snow I-I promise..'' Jack stuttered forth as the group slowly moved forward. They all looked at him with frowns making him even more nervous.
Bunnymund was in shock, seeing how the frost spirit nervously clutched his staff. The boy was scared for his life, not knowing who they were; except for he himself and their first encounter many years ago.
''Calm down kid, we're not here to hurt ya.'' Aster said softly, trying not to scare the boy away. Jack seemed to believe him as a confused frown marred his face. The unasked question was loudly asked by the now joyous North.
''We're here to take you to the pole for talk my boy!'' North said with his thick Russian accent. Jack looked shocked and the tears that had yet to fall from his eyes slid down his cheeks making Asters heart clench uncomfortably. Why was the little ankle biter crying?
Jack wiped away his tears quickly before walking a bit closer to the group. Tooth seemed to want to envelope the teen in a hug but she knew just as well as Aster that it probably would be unwelcome'd at the moment.
''Who are you all?'' Jack asked with a sigh filled with slight frustration, he hadn't spoken to anyone for centuries and here suddenly was a group of spirits that not only wanted to speak with him, but bring him somewhere; already knowing who he was. The Easter bunny didn't seem to want to beat the living shit out of him this time at least.
The Russian man seemed to shake with laughter as he heard the question.
''I'm North, but most know me as Santa Clause.'' He said with a kind smile, making Jacks own shy smile appear.
''And I'm Tooth! The tooth fairy!'' The bird woman said, flying around in circles excitedly. Jack couldn't keep the soft giggle from appearing when he watched Tooth's attics. Then there was the short golden guy who with glistening sand made signs of clouds and Z's.
''That's Sandy! He is the guardian of sleep!'' Tooth helped out. Jack had seen the dream sand once before. It had been a couple of years back when he had flown home from Japan. He had envied the children then. The beautiful dreams of had always made him stay a couple of minutes just to watch them, unfortunately they always started to squirm uncomfortably as the cold air that was surrounding him chilled the air.
''And I'm Bunnymund, the easter bunny.'' Bunny said as he rubbed his neck, Jack nodded at him; no smile present. Bunny felt ashamed that he had caused the boy to be nervous because of him.
''And you are Jack Frost!'' North stated as if it was the most wonderful thing in the world. Jacks cheeks flushed a pale blue making his shy smile appear once more. North watched the boy with adoration, so innocent and sweet. North pulled one of his snow globes from his robe watching the curious eyes take in the artefact.
''So Jack, all you need to do is to put hand on globe, da?'' North explained, watching Jack nod his head. As all the guardians garbed the activated globe they all missed the glowing, yellow eyes and the softly whispered curse from the shadows.
- . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . - . . -
Please leave any thoughts, comments or concerns in the review section.
- Michael Collins.
word count: l 933
