Author's Note: Alright, guys! As promised, this is my first multi-chapter ROTG fanfic, Believe It. This takes place right after the movie and mostly centers around the father/son relationship between Jack and North. You'll see why that is as the story goes on. Hope you all like this one!

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Rise of the Guardians.

Chapter 1

My name is Jack Frost, and I'm a Guardian. How do I know that? The Moon told me so, so when the Moon tells you something…believe it.

Jack Frost, the newest Guardian…the Guardian of Fun watched the little snowflake that he created fall down to Jamie and his friends in the city of Burgess that continued to grow smaller and smaller by the minute. He was a little sad to be leaving the city that he called home for so long, yet the radiant smile never once left his face as he sat on the back of Nicholas St. North's sleigh. He had never felt so happy in his life, and why wouldn't he? After 300 years, his life finally changed for the better. He finally found his purpose…his reason for existing and who he was before he became Jack Frost, and that was not all.

When the snowflake, the children, and Burgess itself finally disappeared, the young winter spirit gave the world below him one last look. Then he turned away to look at Baby Tooth on his right shoulder. She looked up at him and smiled in return. Finally, he turned around to face the four other immortals in the sleigh…North, E. Aster Bunnymund, Toothiana, and Sanderson Mansnoozie, the four veteran Guardians of Childhood, also known as Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, and the Sandman. His smile grew even wider as he watched Bunny trying his best to hide his fear of flying and to look as relaxed as possible, Tooth and Sandy engaging in conversation, and finally North driving the sleigh.

Now Jack was sure that his face was hurting from the huge smile that still refused to leave his face. The four of these immortals…or the Big Four as he liked to call them…were now his new friends. After 300 years, he finally found people who took the time to get to know him and to care about him as he did with them in return. It only took a few days of battling the Boogeyman for their friendships to get started after being forced to work together, but that didn't matter to Jack. All that mattered was that they all took these past few days and work together to become closer friends…maybe even a family… The Guardian of Fun quickly shook his head at that last thought.

"Baby steps, Frost, baby steps," he thought to himself.

"Oi, Frost," an Australian accented voice suddenly said jolting Jack back into reality. The teen looked down from where he sat and saw Bunny giving an inquisitive look. "You okay?"

Jack gave a confused look at the 6'I'' rabbit. "Yeah, I'm okay," he said not sure as to what gave Bunny the idea that something was bugging him. "Why?"

"Nah, you just looked really distracted," the Pooka replied. "Something on your mind?"

"No, no, I was just…spacing out, I guess," Jack said as he moved from his spot on the rim of North's sleigh and down next to Bunny. "I'm a little tired."

"Are you sure, Jack?" a Russian voice suddenly asked making the Pooka and the teen turn to see North, Tooth, and Sandy all looking at Jack with concerned looks on their faces.

"Y-Yeah," Jack replied getting a little uncomfortable with all five pairs of eyes, including Baby Tooth and Bunny, staring at him. "Yeah, I'm sure. I'm just tired. That's all. I mean, come on, can you blame me? Fighting the Boogeyman for two…three days straight takes a lot out of a guy."

He wasn't lying completely. Everything he and his fellow Guardians went through was no walk in the park, especially when he unleashed all that power on Pitch after Sandy's "death," but he also didn't feel like pouring his heart and soul out to North, Tooth, Bunny, and Sandy about how happy he was at the moment and how this was the greatest day of his life just yet. He wasn't sure how they would react. Would they just laugh at him? Would it not matter to them? Would they suddenly turn him away again? Would this whole ordeal turn out to be fake somehow? Jack didn't know, and at the moment, he decided not to worry about it. All he was going to do was just enjoy everything in the moment with his new friends regardless of what he feared might happen, and if that meant not opening up, right now, then so be it.

Bunny raised his furry eyebrow at Jack not sure whether or not he should actually believe his words. Then again, the Guardian of Hope figured it was best to not push Jack. They had just finished a huge battle and did need to recuperate for a while. Not only that, but Jack was probably not too keen on sharing anything personal with them after just meeting the Guardians two days ago and getting cast out by them when they thought he betrayed them to Pitch not too long ago. While Bunny was still devastated that his holiday was ruined, he still remembered the pained look on Jack's face when he, North, and Tooth sent him away, but the Pooka refused to think about that now. There was no time to focus on that. They had to get some rest and relaxation and to celebrate their victory and Jack's induction.

Bunny's suspicious look turned into a soft smile. "Well, tell you what, why don't we all get some shut-eye when we get back to the Pole?"

"Excellent idea, Bunny!" North added seemingly catching onto Bunny's attempts to break the tension. "We will have yetis prepare for our feast while we Guardians rest up. I'm sure we all need it."

As the big man's fellow Guardians exchanged words of agreement, he took out of the many snow globes that were tucked away into his coat pockets. He gently shook it and whispered, "North Pole," into it. Then, he threw it in front of the reindeer causing a rainbow vortex to form in mid-air. North snapped the reigns commanding the reindeer to fly faster before the portal closed on them, and within seconds, they were flying over the snowy and icy Artic regions.

Jack chuckled to himself as he leaned back against the back of the sleigh cradling his staff to his front with Baby Tooth still on his shoulder. He smirked at the small fairy and whispered, "That is never getting old," referring to North's trick. Baby Tooth chirped a small giggle in reply.

The sleigh reached North's extravagant palace, also known as the Pole, and the Guardians quickly were greeted with cheers and applause from yetis and elves alike. Somewhere among the noise, as they all jumped out of the sleigh and made their way inside the workshop, Jack could have sworn he heard an elf playing the fanfare on the trumpet. It was amazing! Not once had somebody turned him away for messing something up, and he was praying really hard again that it wasn't just a hallucination or a really amazing dream. It had to be real. It just had to be.

"Phil, you and other yetis," North suddenly bellowed to the head yeti as he placed a hand on Jack's shoulder causing Jack to jolt back into reality again. He had forgotten North was right next to him, "start preparing a feast for my fellow Guardians and me! We have much to celebrate!"

Phil garbled an affirmation and turned back to a few of the other yetis ordering them to head to the kitchen.

"I'm definitely seeing things because I could've sworn I saw Phil smiling," Jack finally said as they entered the Globe Room, where the Globe of Belief stood once again illuminated with the millions of little lights on every continent.

North laughed at the boy's comment. "Of course, he is smiling," he said in his thick Russian accent. "We are all smiling! We have much to smile about! We defeated Pitch and made you an official Guardian!"

Jack let out a huge deep breath looking away from North as he felt his heart pound. "Yeah…a Guardian…me…" he muttered to himself and let out a soft chuckle. "Still pretty unbelievable."

"What was that, Jack?" North asked suddenly growing worried for the newest Guardian again. First, he looked so distracted in the sleigh, and now, he was talking to himself.

However, Jack kept a smile glued to his face as he turned back to North. "Yeah, North," he said, "I'm fine. Really. All I need is some sleep, and I'll be as good as new. Promise."

"Jack, if—" North tried to say.

"What's going on here?" Tooth asked as she, Bunny, and Sandy came up to North and Jack from behind. "Are you two okay?"

"We're fine, Tooth," Jack said before North had the chance to say anything. "Don't worry."

"You really sure, mate?" Bunny asked eyeing Jack again.

"Guys, please, I'm fine. I told you already. It's just been a really long couple days. We just need a little recharging. That's all."

North sighed in defeat promising himself to talk to Jack privately as soon as possible. "Alright," he said, "why don't we all head to my den? I'll have the yetis give us some pillows and blankets."

They all exchanged words of agreement and followed North into the den just down the hall from the Globe Room. It was simple room compared to the extravagant, busy workshop Jack had seen. There was a fireplace with the fire already lit, a red couch, and a chair right across from it. The floor was lined with a soft red rug. The walls on either side of the fireplace contained a few shelves full of old books, and a small clock rested on the mantel. Right across from the door, the Guardians had just entered through, was a large window that looked out onto the snowy region with a small cushioned bench for someone to sit on.

It wasn't long until a yeti finally came in with pillows and blankets for each of the five Guardians. They all took their personal spots in the den. North sat in the big, comfy chair. Bunny made himself comfortable by the fireplace curled up under the blanket. Tooth claimed the couch. Sandy leaned up against one of the legs of the couch with his hands folded neatly on his round stomach, and Jack took a spot next to North's chair but still far enough from the fire. It would've been bad if the fire melted him on the first few hours as a new Guardian. Jack surveyed the sight in front of him. He watched his new friends fall asleep within a matter of seconds. His eyes then fell on Baby Tooth, who had fallen asleep on his pillow. Jack widened his smile as he placed his staff next to him on the floor and shifted so that he was under the blanket. The warmth shocked him as he began to follow his friends to Dream Land. He realized that he was indeed being overdramatic. This was no dream. It had to be real. His life was finally changing for the better. He was a Guardian, now…and nothing was going to convince him otherwise.

"Jack…"

"Jack…"

"Jack!"

"Jack!"

"JACK!"

Jack gasped as he jolted awake catapulting into a sitting position. He was breathing heavily staring off into space completely unaware of what was around him.

"Jack…" He jumped when he felt a small hand on his right shoulder only to come face to face with Tooth, who was looking at him with great concern.

"Tooth…wh-?" Confusion struck Jack as he stared into the gentle amethyst eyes of the Tooth Fairy.

"Jack, are you alright?" a Russian voice suddenly asked from Jack's left.

The winter child turned to face North kneeling down next to him, and he looked just as concerned as Tooth did. Jack then snuck a quick glance behind him only to find Bunny and Sandy both still sound asleep. This made Jack even more confused. Why was he back in the Pole? Wasn't he supposed to be in Burgess?

North became even more worried when Jack didn't answer and just stared at him. He couldn't get over how confused the poor boy looked or the tears streaming down his pale cheeks, so he decided to try again.

"Jack?" North said with more firmness in his voice.

This time, Jack was able to snap out of his trance. "Uh, sorry, what?" he asked.

"Are you alright?" North asked again.

"Uh, yeah…yeah, I'm fine," Jack replied before turning to face Tooth again. "Why would you guys think I wasn't?"

Tooth opened her mouth to answer Jack but quickly closed it again. She then looked at North. The Guardian of Wonder looked the Guardian of Memories in the eye and nodded. She nodded in return and looked at Jack again. "Well, North and I just came back from checking on the lights on the globe, and…when we got back, we saw that you were crying in your sleep." Her heart clenched as she remembered what happened moments ago. She was definitely not used to seeing Jack in that state, but she continued, "Baby Tooth was trying to wake you up, but you wouldn't until we tried to wake you ourselves."

Baby Tooth suddenly flew from her spot on Tooth's shoulder and onto Jack's chirping and looking up at him with the same amount of concern as Tooth's. Jack looked from Tooth, to Baby Tooth, to North, and back to Tooth even more confused. He was never in Burgess. He had been here dreaming and crying in his sleep. That was when he realized that his cheeks felt wet. He brought up a hand to his face and felt the moisture on his cheeks.

"Huh…guess I was crying," he said. "I didn't realize." He then quickly wiped his face dry with his sleeve. "Don't worry about it, Tooth. I'm okay."

Tooth, Baby Tooth, and North all stared at Jack still unconvinced. Nobody said anything as they stared at the winter teen, who was getting more and more uncomfortable with each passing moment. It was sweet relief when North finally took charge and said something.

"Jack, why don't you and I go take a little walk?" the big man said placing a large hand on Jack's skinny shoulder and turning Jack around so that they faced each other. "We'll let everyone else rest for a little while longer before dinner."

The newest Guardian smiled at the leader. "Sure thing," he replied.

Author's Note: I decided not to include the nightmare because I didn't want things to get too angsty just yet. That'll come later, trust me.

Alright! So, that was the first chapter, everyone! Hope you all liked it because this was honestly the hardest chapter to write mostly because of Jack. He can a really difficult character to write sometimes, and I had a hard time trying to get his character just right, especially when it's right after the movie ends. I know some fanfics that take place right after the movie have him get all upset and angsty yelling at the Guardians and/or running off because he was left alone for 300 years, and I was originally going to go down that route, but as I was writing this, I began to doubt if that's how he would actually act, especially toward the Guardians. So, I watched the movie again, and I realized how happy Jack was at the end. And who could blame him? He finally got children to see him. The Guardians accepted him. He found out who he was before becoming Jack Frost and that he really was meant to be a Guardian! So, I began to doubt if Jack would actually get so upset after all that.

Okay, yeah, he was left alone for 300 years, and the Guardians clearly didn't help with that. Not to mention that three of them had the nerve to cast him out when they accused him of betraying them, but he really does not seem like someone who would get that upset over it or hold a grudge. And he showed no signs of anger or sadness or even resentment at the end. No, he was happy, and if anything else, he looked relieved too…relieved that he had people who could see him and friends who accepted him, which made me think that he would at least have some doubts…you know if he can actually talk to them…and whether or not it was really happening and not some dream, but I'll go into more detail about that as the story goes on, which I hopefully can post soon. I'm going to try to post once a week, but with school going on and the end of the semester being so close, I can't really make promises.

Anyway, thanks for reading! Please leave a review and let me know what you thought! Thanks, guys!