Chapter One:

When the moon tells you something…. believe it.

Lady Luck

That was what the moon called her when she had woken up from her slumber. Her large eyes opened when a cold breeze blew by and the moon shining brightly in the night sky immediately greeted her. Its presence was calming and she felt her heart, which was beating frantically against her chest before she awoken, slowly return to its normal pace. The girl waited for the moon to speak to her again, maybe tell her where she was and what she was to do, but it remained silent as if her name was the only thing it knew.

Slowly, the girl rose from the ground and felt a shiver run down her spine when she felt something cold slide down her back. She immediately stood up and looked around her surroundings, trying to figure out where she was. The first thing the girl noticed was that she was in a forest of some kind and that it was the winter season for everywhere she looked, she saw snow. The grass beneath her was covered with a white blanket along with the bushes and trees. Turning around, she saw a large tree trunk standing behind her and she decided to lean against it as she tried to think of what she should do next.

"Where am I?" The girl asked herself, turning her attention to the pond beside her. It was frozen over and she was tempted to skate across it. Looking down at her feet, she saw that she was wearing woolen boots. Perfect for keeping her warm but not exactly made for skating.

"Could you…" She began, looking up at the sky once more. The moon stayed in the same place, silent and unmoving. "Could you possibly tell me where I am? Who I am?"

"Lady Luck."

The girl furrowed her brows at the name. She reached up to her neck and found a scarf wrapped snuggly around it. She tugged at the material and caught something glittering around her wrist. Curious, she brought her hand up to her face and admired the bracelet hanging on it.

It was a silver bracelet with numerous charms dangling on its chain. Silently, the girl counted each unique charm that hung, admiring the detail the charms held. There were a total of ten charms on the chain. There was a ladybug, an acorn, a tortoise, a dream catcher, a horseshoe, a penny, the number seven, a four-leaf clover, a star and, lastly, a key. The girl thought that with all the charms the bracelet would be quite heavy, but, to her surprise, it wasn't.

"Lady Luck, huh?" The girl muttered to herself, squinting at the accessory. "These are good luck charms, aren't they?"

She looked up at the moon, hoping that maybe the moon would answer her question but, once again, it didn't. Lady Luck was starting to wonder if the moon had really spoken to her when she woke up. Maybe she was hearing things. Maybe she was just listening to the voice in her head. Maybe…

The sounds of someone's sobbing brought Lady Luck out of her thoughts, nearly scaring her heart out of her chest in the process. The girl swirled around, trying to find the source of the sob, wanting to know if she had heard it correctly or if it was just her ears playing tricks on her. Lady Luck saw that there was nothing but trees behind her and when she looked to the opposite side, it was only the pond.

Lady Luck was just about to shrug the sound of the sob off when she heard it again, much louder this time. Carefully, the girl placed her hand on the tree's trunk, not minding how rough it was to the touch, and slowly walked around it.

Her boot got caught under one of the trees roots and, before she could steady herself, the girl stumbled forward, landing roughly onto the snow with an oomph! Lady Luck grimaced when she felt her face becoming numb and, not wanting to stay in the snow any longer, she pushed herself up and wiped the snow away with her scarf. Once her face was dry, the girl looked up and saw figure curled up by the tree.

After scrutinizing the figure, Lady Luck realized that the figure was actually a young girl, much younger than herself. The young girl was dressed warmly (a black dress, tights, boots, a scarf and mittens) and had blonde hair with jagged layers. It fell just passed her shoulders and her bangs covered her face. It was the young girl who produced the sob she heard a while ago.

Curious as to why she was crying, Lady Luck stood up from the snow and approached the blonde. She quietly stepped around the blonde haired girl and saw that she was slouching over something by the base of the tree. Seeing as her body was covering it, Lady Luck couldn't possibly tell what the object was. Deciding to wait for the young girl to compose herself, Lady Luck decided to study the tree she tripped over.

It looked like any other tree in the forest except it was much larger. The trunk had some frost decorating it and when she looked closely, she saw something carved into the bark. Without thinking, Lady Luck rubbed the frost away, not caring how her fingers soon lost feeling at the action, and, to her surprise, saw two hearts.

The first heart was lopsided and slightly pointed at the top when it should have been curved and inside it, she saw the letters J + I. Lady Luck raised her brow at the letters and looked at the second heart, wondering what was written inside it. The second heart looked more like a heart than the first one and inside it she saw the letters J + R.

Lady Luck wondered if the J represented the same person.

"Sophie!" She heard someone call out, making the young girl freeze. The voice belonged to a young boy and when Lady Luck turned around, she was surprised to see one standing just a few feet away from her.

Quietly, Lady Luck walked towards the boy and observed his physical appearance. The boy had messy brown hair, brown eyes rimmed red as if he was crying and he was dressed warmly as well. He wore black clothing, just like the young girl sobbing. In his hand, Lady Luck saw an umbrella.

It seemed that while she was observing the hearts in the tree, it had begun to snow.

"Who are you?" Lady Luck asked the boy, moving to stand in front of him. The boy didn't flinch. He just continued to look at the girl by the tree. "Hell – o?" The girl tried again, waving her hand in front of his eyes. "Can you hear me? You know, it's quite rude to ignore someone –"

"Sophie!" The boy called out again, shocking Lady Luck. She had not expected him to yell. "Come on, it's getting late. Mom wants us home now…"

Turning to look at the young blonde, whom she guessed was named Sophie; Lady Luck saw that she was standing now, hands to her face, wiping away her tears. When her hands wrapped around her body, the girl saw that Sophie had large green eyes that were slightly swollen from her crying.

"Jamie!" Sophie cried out, running to the boy who now had a name. Lady Luck was just about to jump out of Sophie's way when the young girl ran right through her and into Jamie's arms.

Lady Luck's eyes widened in shock and her hands immediately shot up to her chest and stomach, the area Sophie just ran through, and she patted them, wondering if her hands would slip right through her as well. They didn't. She was as solid as she thought she was. Lady Luck swiftly turned around and saw that Jamie and Sophie were now making their way out of the forest, both shielded from the snow by Jamie's umbrella.

The girl immediately made her way towards them, her feet leaving the snow for an instant as if she were floating, and stopped right in front of them, hands held out.

"Wait!" Lady Luck said in a loud voice, hoping that this time they would hear her. "Wait! How did you do that? How did you walk right through –"

Her words immediately died on her lips when both Jamie and Sophie passed right through her as if she was nothing but air. It didn't physically hurt her when they walked through her but it sure made her heart throb painfully as if something just cut it open. Lady Luck bit her lip and turned to watch Jamie and Sophie walk away until they were out of sight.

Scared, Lady Luck looked up at the moon and hoped that this time it had answers to the millions of questions running through her mind. She waited and waited but no matter how long she stared up at the moon with her worried expression, it did not budge. It just continued to shine as if it didn't see what had happened to her.

Defeated, Lady Luck trudged back to the tree and decided to see what Sophie was sobbing about. In the distance, she saw something glimmer by the tree's roots and she immediately forgot about the fact that two people just walked through her. Lady Luck ran towards the object and skidded to a halt when she was close enough, not wanting to smack into the tree by accident. She felt her tights begin to absorb the snow and she was pretty sure some snow entered her boots but that didn't bother her for the object by the roots had her full attention.

It was rectangular and seemed to be buried into the ground beneath the snow. Lady Luck dug her fingers into it, wanting to see if she could maybe pry it out of the ground but like waiting for the moon to talk to her, it was no use. Sighing, Lady Luck wiped the dirt on her clothes and decided to read what was written on the rectangular object.

Rina Licia Snowe

Loving daughter, amazing friend and strong believer.

Author's Note:

Welcome to Winter Snowstorm! If you guys didn't know, this is a sequel to my first Rise of the Guardian's fic, Frosted Glass. If you haven't checked that out yet, please do because you wouldn't really know what going on if you haven't read the first one. This is not the kind of fic that can stand on its own.

Anyway, I just want to say "Welcome New and Old Readers!" I'm so happy to, metaphorically, see all of you! Please come in! I know that the start of this fic is quite... hmmm... shocking? And there are A LOT of questions that need to be answered but, fear not your questions will be answered in this fic. The trick is to be patient. Yes, I'm most likely going to keep you guys on the edge of your seats. I hope you're all ready.

Nyahahahaha.

Before I finish this Author's Note, I would just like to say that all sorts of reviews are welcomes. Well, the polite reviews. You know, praises or constructive criticism. I love reading your reviews and they really encourage me to update because I know that there are people out there reading my fic.

Also, I would like to apologize for any typos, grammatical errors and the like. No matter how hard I try, I can't seem to avoid them.

Lastly, Stay tuned for the next chapter and I only own what I own!