Chapter 1

North was sipping his hot chocolate while staring at his large globe of blinking lights. His workshop was full of noise due to the Yeti preparing for Christmas. Suddenly, a figure of a tree grew on his globe and started flashing. North's eyes widened and the cup of hot chocolate slipped from his hand and crashed into pieces on the floor. He ran to send for the rest of the Guardians to tell them the good news.

In a magical place deep in a secret forest unseen to human beings, Fawn stirred in her sleep. The animals in the forest could tell that she was awakening and all gathered around the large bed where she slept. They turned around to see Tooth, Bunnymund, North, and Sandy standing there. They were excited to see their friend, whom they hadn't seen since she entered a deep slumber about 100 years ago. Fawn looked like a porcelain doll in her sleep. She had light brown hair with a golden sheen that came down to her waist in curls and was arranged perfectly on her bed.

Fawn's eyes flew open revealing eyes the color of milk chocolate with flecks of gold, her long, dark eyelashes framed her eyes perfectly, making the gold flecks stand out even more. She sat up, her body feeling extremely sore. Tooth was the first one to attack, she flew at Fawn and hugged her.

"FAWN!," she squealed,"It's been SOOOOOO LONG!"

"How long has it been since I went to sleep?," Fawn coughed.

"'Bout a hundred or so years," Bunnymund said thoughtfully,"Glad ta have you back though Fawn."

The creatures had gotten tired of waiting for the Guardians to moved out of the way and rushed forward to greet their "Mother." Fawn giggled and hugged all of them. You see, Fawn is known as Mother Nature although she looks as if she were only 16 or 17. The only mother-like qualities about her are that she's extremely kind, caring, and had a strong sense of responsibility other than that, she might as well be a child.

"So how's the world been?," Fawn asked, concerned since she hasn't been around for so long. Sandy smiled and held up a thumbs up sign made from his sand. Sandy is so cute, Fawn thought. He reminded her of a little doll even though he was the oldest Guardian. She climbed off the bed and as soon as her bare feet touched the grass, flowers started blooming around her feet. When they told you that too much sleep was bad for you, they were right. Fawn felt the 100 years of sleep come upon her as her body dropped down to the ground after being still for so long.

"I'm so sore," Fawn groaned. The Guardians chuckled and watched as more flowers bloomed around her. It was starting to turn to night in Fawn's forest. She got up immediately and ran to her crystal as she felt Manny, the Man in the Moon, trying to communicate with her. He first greeted her, noting how much he missed her in the past century. Then in the crystal she saw a picture of a village on a mountain. She recognized those mountains. Manny was telling her to go there but wouldn't tell her why.

"What did Manny say?," North asked with his thick Russian accent.

"I just woke up and I'm already assigned a task," Fawn said, giggling. Just then, North's watch started flashing.

"Well, I better get back to workshop, Christmas almost here, I very very busy," he said before quickly hugging Fawn and flashing away using his magical globe. Tooth had to go back to her palace to direct her fairies and Bunnymund just wanted to go to sleep. After they all left, Fawn changed from her simple cotton dress to the one she normally wore.

It was a halter dress that stopped mid-thigh. The halter strap was made of vines and held the dress up. The base of the dress was a white cotton dress. The bust area of the dress was layered with green tulle which draped over the sides and back of her dress. There were random pink daisies sewn onto the tulle. She put on her flower crown which was woven out of vines and flowers and had been gifted to her by Manny. Fawn hugged and kissed all of her creatures and walked into the World Tree behind her. She came out of an evergreen tree on the side of the mountain, near the village.

Fawn trudged up the side of the icy mountain, not feeling the cold at all. Although it was well below 0 degrees, it only felt like a cool breeze to Fawn. She spotted the large fire in the center of the village and skipped towards it. She sat down in front of the fire and sighed in satisfaction as a wave of warmth came over her. Suddenly she heard children giggling and turned around. They were having a snowball fight and in the corner of her eye Fawn noticed a boy leaning against a wooden cabin nearby. He had hair as white as snow. He was wearing a blue hoodie, thin brown pants that stopped right above his ankles, and was holding a stick that resembled a shepherd's crook. The boy was smiling sadly at the children and was creating snowballs for them but they didn't seem to see him. Somehow, the boy looked so lost and alone. Fawn walked towards him and when she was close enough she heard him speak.

"Why don't you guys believe in me?,"he whispered. He slid down the wooden cabin and sat there, his bangs covering his eyes and his head hanging down. So this is why Manny told me to come here, Fawn thought. She walked over and placed a hand on his shoulder. The boy looked up in utter shock. His bangs shifted and she saw a pair of icy blue eyes staring at her.

"You, you can see me?,"he asked, excitedly jumping up and grabbing Fawn by her shoulders. Fawn smiled and nodded.

"Finally! Finally someone who can see and hear me!," the boy shouted happily.

"What's your name?," Fawn asked, looking at the boy curiously.

"My name is Jack. Jack Frost."