Living
Hello again! I'm here with another fan fiction about Rise of the Guardians, starring Jack Frost. I came up with this idea in a dream. The story is about Jack, being a Guardian and the bringer of winter, but that somehow he winds up in his house, with his sister and his parents. His sister his alive, much to his relief, but he is also human. It's as if none of the past three hundred years had ever existed, and no one recalls anything. Jackson Overland never died, but Jack Frost still has his memories telling him that it did happen. What's going on? Will Jack be able to figure out what's happening?
Chapter One
Jack Frost, the Guardian of Fun, also bringer of the winter season, flew over the clouds in the North Pole to get to North's place. He had called for a meeting, and so every guardian had to go. Thoothiana, the Tooth Fairy and Guardian of Memories; E. Aster Bunnymund, the Easter bunny and Guardian of Hope; Sanderson Mansnoozie, the Sandman and Guardian of Dreams, and Nick St. North, Santa Claus and Guardian of Wonder were the first original guardians chosen by the Man in the Moon to protect the children of the Earth. However, ever since Pitch Black, King of the Nightmares, threatened and endangered the kids the Man in the Moon chose another guardian to help them. That last, but not least, guardian is none other than Jack. He arrived at the same time Tooth did.
"Do you have any idea what is this about?" Jack asked her, but she just shook her head.
"I just hope it's not anything bad," he heard her whisper, more to herself than her. She looked down and sad, she wasn't being herself. Jack was pained by this and decided he would try to cheer her up later, with a snowball fight or maybe ice skating.
He followed after her and in the center of the room were already Bunnymund, North and Sandy waiting for them. If they thought anything about Jack and Tooth arriving together, they didn't say. Everyone had stern faces and the atmosphere felt heavy. It looked like everyone knew something Jack didn't, because he simply didn't understand.
"Hey, what's going on?" Jack asked worriedly. They're secretive attitude was getting on his nerves. "What's wrong?"
"Jack," North started to say something, but closed his mouth without saying another word. He was hesitating to tell him something. Then it dawned on Jack.
"This meeting is about me, isn't it? Did I do something wrong? Why is everyone so upset?" Jack asked again, more worried than before. All of their faces jerked up to him, but they didn't deny it. After all, the meeting was about Jack. Finally, Bunnymund took a deep breath and a step forward.
"You've been a guardian with us for a year now and… the Man in the Moon told us he wants to test you," Jack's eyes widened and soon Tooth intervened.
"It's not that you aren't a doing a good job, in fact, the way in which you work is impeccable. But as you are the newest member of us and are still… lacking experience, the Man in the Moon thought it would be wise to put you through The Test," she told him. She had such a serious expression on her that Jack thought for a second she wasn't the real Toothiana. His eyes darted from one guardian to another, not knowing what to say or do. Finally, it occurred to him a not-so-dumb question.
"Did you all take the test?" He asked them.
"We did it when we had to, when the Man in the Moon thought it was the right time," replied North. "For example, one day Tooth found some teeth scattered around in the ground, she picked them up, cleaned them, and stored them. She tracked down their owners to give them the prize they deserved, and she discovered that they were from the Man in the Moon. He told her that it had been a test to know if she would do the right thing, which she did, so she passed the test.
"Is every test the same?" Jack asked again, starting to feel nervous. If it was about doing the right thing he wondered if he would do it or if he wouldn't.
"It doesn't present itself in the same form all the time, but the essence it's the same. You have to prove yourself worthy," Bunnymund translated from Sandy's image language.
"So, when is it going to be?" Jack asked uneasily.
"We don't know. It's going to come to you when you least expect it," Tooth told him and put a reassuring hand on Jack's shoulder. Then, suddenly, North burst out laughing and a lot of elves entered the room with trays of cookies and hot chocolate.
"That's enough of serious stuff. Jack, we called you today because of the test, yes, but the main reason here is your anniversary party!" North exclaimed, leaving Jack a little bit more speechless than he already was. All of the sudden everyone embraced him and the party started.
For hours to no end they played, talked, laughed. Everyone was happy and Jack managed to forget about the test for a little while. When the party was over, North was snoring loudly next to Sandy in a couch in the living room, Bunnymund had left, and Tooth and Jack were the only ones left. Jack decided he would fly together with Tooth to her palace of teeth, and so, they were on their way.
After flying in silence for a while, Tooth spoke at last. "I think you are going to past the test smoothly, Jack. You have already proved yourself more than worthy, and I think the Man in the Moon is doing it just to follow the rules he established himself," she told him and smiled at him, looking into his eyes.
Jack chuckled softly and then felt silent, deep in thought. "What does the Man in the Moon do if we… I fail?" he asked softly, and Tooth almost didn't catch it.
"It has never happened before, and I don't think you'll fail Jack. Have some faith in you," Tooth told him but Jack just looked at her and repeated the question. Tooth sighed. "Maybe he'll relieve you from your duties as a guardian, I don't know Jack. If you think that you are going to lose, then you'll have a hard time winning."
Jack sighed next. "But what if I don't deserve this? What if I don't prove myself worthy of being a guardian?" he asked, revealing his deepest fears to Tooth and regretting it because he didn't want her to see him as weak; if he wanted to achieve something with her, at least.
Tooth stopped on his tracks and pulled Jack's arm, stopping him too. "You deserve this more than anyone. Believe in me and, more importantly, in you," she told him for the third time expecting him to actually believe it. She also hoped she could reach seven times and maybe that way it'd become truth. Jack looked at her, trying to decipher if there was any hint of lie or something, but he found just determination and truth in her eyes. He smiled. Maybe she was right; he was going to pass the test.
Before he could stop himself, Jack embraced Tooth tightly. He whispered "thank you" in her ear and, luckily for her, missed the deep shade of red that colored the queen's face. Then they broke the embrace and looked at each other. Tooth felt she was ready to tell him how she felt, until Jack pointed to his left, her right, and she realized they had arrived at her palace. I'll tell him another time; Tooth thought to herself before waving him goodbye and wishing him luck in the test, not that he needed it. Before he left she threw him something. It was spherical and was wrapped up in silver paper with a blue ribbon on it, but when Jack turned to thank her she was already gone.
Jack, having nothing special to do for the rest of the night, left for Burgess and his pond. When he arrived he sat in the middle of it and started unwrapping the present. The box was round, giving the gist an spherical shape, and inside of it was a necklace of dark blue braided string with a pendant of a silver snowflake. Jack was touched by the gift and put it on, reminding himself to give something to her too. Then, he went to a tree and settled to sleep. He saw the moon, wondering if Tooth had been right about him and then he drifted off to a peaceful, yet dreamless, sleep.
He woke up with the sunlight. It gave him straight in the eyes and so he blinked trying to get used to it. Still, when he opened his eyes he discovered he was in a small room made out of wood, and he was in a bed. Or, well, something that was trying to make up for a bed. It was what looked like a sack of potatoes, only bigger, filled with straw. It wasn't the most comfortable, especially after trying those in North's place, but it was fine.
He sat down, aiming to stand up, but when his head spun around he did the only thing he could: slump bad into the bed.
Suddenly, the door in the room opened. There, a young girl with brown hair and big eyes, brown too, stepped into the room with a tray of food. When she saw him, her hands slipped off the tray and she dropped it, her mouth open and his eyes wide. Tears welled up in her eyes and she stood there for a whole five minutes. In the meantime, Jack tried to process what he was seeing: the girl in front of her wasn't just any girl; she was his sister, Pippa Overland.