Hi everybody! It's me again, Poké-Potter-Pitch.1, Guardian of Mysteries, Rider of the Night Fury Kozmotis etc, but like I've said before, please just call me 3P. I'm sorry for starting a new story even though I've only completed a couple of chapters of my other Rise of the Guardians stories, but I couldn't help it! My head keeps filling with new ideas and I have to write them down! Rated T for now I guess cause I don't know what'll I'll write, but don't worry there's barely anything bad in here. This chapter will probably be really short, and sorry if the writing sucks because I still am just a rookie, but it hope you like it!
Disclaimer: the only thing I own here is Katherine and her family, trust me if I owned RotG you'd know. But anyway that's all I have to say for now, so please enjoy! ~3P~
It was 2 years after the events of Jack Frost becoming a Guardian, and there hadn't been any trouble since. Sure, there was the occasional bickering between him and Bunny, or even one or two disagreements with the rest of the guardians, but nothing major. No new enemies, no new spirits, no word from Man in Moon, just their daily duties of restoring fun, memories, hope, wonder and dreams into the hearts of children.
Far away, on the edge of a thick forest, was a tiny wooden cottage. Inside was a small family consisting of a 14-year-old girl, and her mother and father. The girl's name was Katherine Johnson and she had shoulder-length brown hair with a long side fringe that covered most of her left eye, she wore a light purple shirt with a black skull on it, but instead of two bones crossing over each other behind it, there were two black roses. She also wore patterned black fingerless gloves, a black belt, knee length jeans that were ripped at the bottom and black-and-white converse.
She was sitting in a hanging chair in a small room, gently swaying back and forth, reading a book.
Her door opened, and her mother stood there, also with brown hair but in a high ponytail, and with glasses. She came in to say something, but then saw Katherine reading her book,
"Are you reading that again?" She asked in disbelief.
"I'm up to the good part." She answered back, not looking up.
"We barely ever go out on holidays and when we finally do, you just sit in that chair reading."
"Well I never got an acceptance letter to a school of witchcraft and wizardry when I was 11, so this makes up for it." She said, still not looking up.
"Wizardry? What kind of book are you reading now? Last time it was about a vampire and now it's wizards?" She was a real book worm, especially for fantasy tales, but her mum only read stories that could actually happen, so nothing to do with magic or mysteries, boring!
"Well if we were actually going to go outside and maybe look around, then I'd stop reading." She said, finally looking up.
"We can't go out in the rain! We'd get all wet!"
"You don't say?" Katherine said sarcastically, "I don't mind rain. You know that."
"Well if you wanna go out and explore the place be my guest." She said.
"Wait, really? I can walk around the forest?"
"I never said you couldn't, I just said we didn't want to go." And with that Katherine stood up and got ready to go.
She walked into the living room and saw her dad sitting on the couch watching TV. He was wearing a green sweater and dark blue jeans. She was about to walk out the front door, when...
"Where are you going?" He asked.
"Mum said I could take a look around." She answered.
"Ok but have a drink before you go." She quickly went to the fridge, poured some water into a cup and drank it, then opened the door to go outside.
"And be back soon, ok?" He added on. She was already outside, but you could hear a faint noise, which was Katherine agreeing then walking around the back of the house and into the forest.
The rain wasn't so heavy anymore, so it was easier to see and walk around. It was fun actually, every now and then she saw something amongst the dirt and tried to find out what it was, or she saw a squirrel trying to crack open a nut. The wind and calls of animals sounded nice, it relaxed her.
After 30 minutes or so of walking, she heard a rather loud crack coming from ahead. It sounded like something stepping on a branch, and whatever it was, it was pretty big, so thinking it might be a deer or some other animal, she went to take a look.
It took her to a clearing. It was kinda eerie, but Katherine liked that. The wind was howling, and sure she was kinda freaked out, but what's life without a bit of fear? It adds a thrill to things.
Snap
Katherine turned around and tried to see what caused the noise, but she couldn't see anything.
Snap
Another sound, and this time she managed to turn around quick enough to see a crow flying away from one of the trees.
"Just a bird..." She reassured herself, starting to feel a bit silly for thinking otherwise.
That's when it happened. All time seemed to stop, at first there was no pain at all, just shock, but then the pain spread through her entire body at an incredible speed, she manged to control herself just enough to look down, and saw a sharp blade emerging out of her stomach.
She collapsed onto the cold and wet forest floor, covered with Autumn leaves. She just lay there, limp, unable to move. She could still see in front of her, but it was all a blur. She heard a male voice from not to far away.
"I got her!" Then two people could be heard running, who then leaned over her.
"Wait... Oh shit! Man, this ain't her!" Said the other voice.
"She looks just like her though! What do we do?" The first guy was panicking. Katherine couldn't see their faces, only a rough outline.
"We could bury her! No one will know!"
"It's too late! Her scream was probably heard by others, who would've contacted the police by now!" Did she scream? She didn't even realise.
"Ok then, let's get outta here, man! Boss won't be pleased, but we'll think of somethin'!" And with that, they ran off.
Katherine tried to move her legs, and even her arms, but nothing seemed to be working. She was dying, and she knew it. She tried to fit in a few last words, but even that was too hard. The pain started going away, but she knew it wasn't because she was healing. Dying didn't feel at all liked it was described in all the books she read, it was always said to feel like you were being pulled away, to be gone for eternity, but it didn't. It felt like a temporary thing, like she wasn't that far away, and it wouldn't be long before she returned...
...and that's chapter one! I hope you liked it! I did warn you it'd be a short one, it's even shorter than I thought, and knowing me it'll take a while before the next chapter, so if you want to, you could start reading my other two Rise of the Guardians stories, but you don't have to.
I'm not even going to ask for a follow or favourite, but please, please, PLEASE review! If you have any suggestions or advice for me, I'd be happy to hear it! But let's keep it constructive. Please? Not just that you didn't like it cause it was stupid, or you didn't like the name etc. But anyway, I'll see you soon! ~3P~
