The Big Four: Return of the Dark Ages
1-The Fall of the Guardians
"Jack! Save yourself!" Nicholas St. North shouted as his last sword dissolved and a black hole developed beneath him, sucking him down into the abyss.
A wet, ungraceful version of Jack Frost cried out and desperately grabbed at the thin pocket of air where North once stood.
"Jack!" Toothiana shouted, her wings flapping hard as they struggled to pull her out of a black hole quite like the one that took down North. "Take this," she ordered, placing a small object into Jack's open palm. "Nightlight sent it, use it to protect yourself. You can still stop him. It's not too late."
"But Tooth! What about you?" Jack asked, using his staff to shoot slush shards at oncoming Nightmares.
"I'll be fine, Jack, don't worry about—" the last word of her sentence was never heard as the black hole gained the forefront and engulfed her under the ground.
"Tooth!" Jack cried, pounding his fist against the now solid ground. A Nightmare snarled at him and spit black sand into his face, blinding him and causing him to shoot water from his faintly glowing staff in every direction except the target's.
"Mate," a miniature version of E. Aster Bunnymund called out, nudging Jack out of the way of the Nightmare's killing lunge. "It was nice knowing ya, but I'm afraid I can't stick 'round much longer."
"Bunny?" Jack screamed over the roar of the Nightmares behind him. "What's happening?" Another powerful black hole began to form underneath Jack as he swung Bunnymund behind him using his staff. Even so, the Nightmares kept multiplying.
"The kids," Bunny yelled, dodging an attack and hopping behind Jack's leg as Jack shot another splash of water in the Nightmare's face. "They no longer believe, none of them. We, as Guardians, are disappearing into nonexistence. But, no time for that, mate, you gotta go."
"But, why me?" Jack asked, staring at Bunny incredulously as the tiny Pooka tapped his foot against the asphalt.
The tunnel overpowered the black hole tugging at Jack's legs, and he began to fall.
"You'll find out soon enough!" Bunnymund shouted before the tunnel closed and Jack tumbled downwards.
Tree roots and rocks bumped into Jack's already battered face and his legs continuously got caught on several of them before he had the sense to call his buddy the Wind to help him coast the rest of the way down.
Soon, the tunnels evened out and Jack tumbled out into a field as the Wind dropped him.
Blinking his eyes, Jack sat up and tried to get a clue of where he was. He clutched his powerless staff close to him as he lifted the object Tooth gave him against the sunlight.
It was a manila scroll tied up with a bright blue bracelet. The bracelet had the oddest symbol in its centre but Jack barely took any notice to it as he took it off and opened the scroll.
"Nightlight, huh? Interesting…" Jack muttered, holding the open paper in one hand and staring at the bracelet in the other.
"My Dearest Toothiana," Jack read, absentmindedly twirling the bracelet around with his finger. "I know this is quite sudden, but I am afraid that something dreadful is going to happen. Pitch is planning on breaking free and although I, too, shall also be free, I fear that this would affect you in the most disgraceful way. He's gotten stronger, Tooth, and angrier. He seeks revenge. I fear that there will be a return of the Dark Ages if I do not help in some way. Therefore, I have sent you this bracelet, it shall —Hey! Wind! What's gotten into you?!" Jack interrupted himself as the Wind blew the paper out of his hand.
Jack stood up sharply, his head swimming violently from the sudden movement as he tried to grab the paper back.
It was to no avail as the manila scroll blew up higher into the sky and out of sight. Jack stomped his foot against the green grass and snapped his fingers in anger.
The Wind then gently pushed Jack forward, regaining his attention. "What? What is it buddy?" he asked, but the Wind only gave him another push.
Jack obeyed his friend's direction, walking forward before he fell flat on his face, groaning in pain as his staff jabbed into his side.
He shook his head, sending pieces of grass flying out of his snow-white hair.
When he looked up, a lone tower loomed before him, casting an eerie shadow upon the boy.
"Woah," he whispered; his eyes wide at the sight before him. He stood up and let the Wind take him up to the only window in the tower, wanting to peek inside.
Jack landed on the windowsill, not as gracefully as he would've liked, but he was on it. He wiped away the fog off the window his breath had managed to create.
"Oh dear, I'm getting warmer," he muttered worriedly, staring down at his blue jacket; the frost lines already completely melted and soaking him to the bone. He glanced into the window and saw a girl inside.
A girl with long, blonde hair.
Extremely long hair.
The girl turned towards the window and Jack quickly turned away and held on to the side of the brick tower wall, breathing heavily.
For the first time in his entire life, Jack Frost was star-struck.
EDIT: This is an edited version of a previously uploaded chapter. I went to pick up where I left off with this story and discovered my writing was absolutely horrible. I would say this is a rewrite, but I only changed a few words around, so just more like a really serious makeover lol xD I will upload Chapter 6 after I update the chapters already uploaded, so don't worry, this isn't a fake update :) [this note will also be added to the following chapters, just in more... concise words XD.]
Author's Note: Yeah. lol This was something I started writing a year ago, forgot about it; and started writing for it again XD lol I'm currently writing Chapter 8 at this moment, and guess what guys? My AP Chemistry exam was yesterday... Phew, thank the Lord that is out of the way. Gah. I ran out of time toward the end there. I'm going to calculate whether my tears have acidic or basic salt properties now... Anyways, this is going to be a Big Four story, and yes, it is going to be a very interesting read. The turn it took in Chapter 3 wasn't what I remembered planning a year ago. XD So, yeah, rating this T for a good reason, but if later on you feel it needs to be rated higher, please tell me. I do get descriptive with certain scenes and there is implied themes but I think I'm over worrying myself because I never really described scenes like what is to come before and I'm just not used to it because I'm always writing playful romances so yeah lol XD This is more blood and action than romance and friendship, even though that stuff is included in here too. So, don't own Jack, or any of the Guardians, or Nightlight's mention, they all belong to DreamWorks and William Joyce. The others I'll disclaim next chapter when they make their grand entrance lol XD So, yeah, lol got to do my Pre-Calc homework now, so, good bye-bye and allons-y! And oh, by the way, if you were or are interested in starting, the sequel to my other RotG fanfic Starting Over is up, just putting it out there XD lol and ooooooohhhhhh Hunter Hayes' new album was released today! So exciting. Can't tell if I love "Wild Card" or "Secret Love" more lol XD Oh, image belongs to VivianaxD if I spelled it right I googled it and it looked awesome so credit to her! Okay, I'm done rambling. :) Bye!