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The moon was especially large, shining down upon the earth with a forgiving and thoughtful gaze, his face ageless and all knowing. A girl, ageless and beautiful herself, sat alone in the hazy glow. Her name and gifts long forgotten, perhaps even not believed in, her story untold and her presence un-beheld to those around her. Yet to the moon, her purpose is quite clear. Though she had never thought much about asking questions to the moon, for all she knew, her gifts were given by the sun.

The twinkling of starlight brought back ancient memories, warm and full of love, yet painful to remember. She stroked her short brown hair, the length not having grown for hundreds of years, not since… She closed her eyes as tears slipped down her face. Everything was gone now, the kingdom, the castle, the people, all of them having disappeared with age. And yet it seemed to her that she had disappeared long before most of it. Stuck in time since her love had sliced her hair to save her life, she never grew old. Knowing the kingdom would grow suspicious, they had been sent away by the king and queen; in fear that her gifts would be discovered. And so, when her love had passed away, "Eugene…", she recalled quietly, there were no others to remember her powers. The people all grew blind to her, walking through her like a ghost, afraid and pained she had come here. She turned and stared to the bustling town at the base of the hill. Even though it was the night after Christmas all of the lights were still up, and she always enjoyed looking at them. Taking one last glance at the stars and moon, she stood, turned, and brushed off her skirt.

"Rapunzel…"

She looked around franticly. "Yes?" Rapunzel grinned at the sound of another calling for her. It had been so long since she had heard it. "I'm here! Who is it?"

"Rapunzel…" The voice came again from behind.

Rapunzel turned back to the sky and stared up at the moon in shock. "It can't be…"

"Daughter of the sun, I have something more for you…"


North stormed into the center platform of his workshop where the large globe stood. The four other guardians stared nervously back and forth from each other. All of them were frightened when North punch one of the stone pillars. "How dare he ruin Christmas like this!"

Bunnymund's ear perked, "You know who he is, then?"

"Of course I do. It's 'Percht', 'Krampus'. He's back." North leaned on the base of the globe and stared up to it sorrowfully.

Jack shifted his staff to his other hand, "Who?"

North turned to them, "Black Peter,"

Jack scoffed, "Sounds a little bit familiar…"

Toothiana fluttered up beside Jack, "No, he isn't the same as Pitch. Black Peter used to follow North after Christmas, punishing the naughty children and even kidnapping them. We thought we had taken care of him, but…"

"He's back! Torturing not only children, but parents!" North calmed himself and gave a short sigh. "I should have known…" Sandy shuffled to his side and patted his arm warmly.

Bunnymund shook his head, "It isn't your fault, Mate. You couldn't have known this would happen."

"So, how are we going to get rid of him?" Jack was shocked by the helpless glances he received from all of them. "I mean… How did you do it before?"

"We didn't. We would make sure to retrieve the children, but it was so strange… He stopped coming one Christmas. All of us assumed after so many years of missing, he had just given up." North frowned.

"It's impossible for the mongrel to lose his powers. Not with all of the parades they throw for him back home." Bunnymund shuddered.

Anger slipped across Jack's face. "So you're saying we can't do anything?"

"I'm afraid not, Jack." Toothiana's flittering stopped as she landed next to him. "We'll just have to do what we always had."

"We can't just let him get away with it! What's wrong with all of you!"

"We've tried, there's nothing we can do but get the children back." North paused as a blue haze filled the room. He frowned up to the moon as the others turned to look as well. "Tell us, Manny. What more CAN we do?"

A thick stream of light beamed down onto the symbol of the guardians on the floor. The tiles lowered and a large crystal rose. Jack turned up his nose, "It's barely ten years, another guardian?"

Bunnymund shoved Jack's arm as he stepped closer. "If Manny says so, then yes."

Sandy stepped forward with a shrug and looked up to Toothiana. "?"

"Oh, I don't know who it could be… I can't think of anyone powerful enough to-" A gasp interrupted her words as the image of the new guardian appeared above the crystal. "ANOTHER GIRL!"

Jack squinted at the image as he leaned closer on his staff. "Who is that?"

North stroked his beard at the image. The girl was young, and a large smile played across her lips. The image of the sun was sewn into the embroidery of her dress and she wore no shoes. "I don't know."

"A mystery girl, eh? I wonder why we've never seen her before." Bunnymund flattened his ears back when Toothiana clung to him with a squeal.

"I don't care who she is! Oh, I want to meet her!"

The image faded and the crystal lowered back into the ground. North shook his head as he turned and motioned for the others to follow. "There's no time, Tooth. We have to go get the children. Jack,"

"What?"

"Since you seem so interested in doing more, why don't you go find this new guardian?"

Jack frowned as all of the others followed after North. "Yeah, sure. Why not?" He stepped over towards the window and opened it, stepped over the edge and was whisked into motion by the wind. "Any hints on her location, Manny?" In the darkness of the cloudy night, a thin beam of moonlight pointed in the direction he was to go. "Alright!" Jack laughed as the wind sped him forward.