A/N: Ok, this is my new favorite movie EVER! I mean…wow. Awesome! :) I hope you like this. It starts off kind of using a scene from the movie, but it looked really cool in my head, and that's the way it needed to be written. Oh, and you will need to know this for later. In the Nintendo game of Rise of the Guardians, Sandy's home is a ship. It doesn't look like a ship, it looks more like a bunch of…circular…coral…things. It's really hard to explain. Just picture a bunch of gold circles that have about five on each level and there are multiple levels and are connected by little walkways and tunnels. If I could post a picture I would, so if you guys know how to do that, tell me. And you also need to know that Jack doesn't know who Pitch is at first, and he still does not live with North, and is therefore not a guardian yet.

~North's Sleigh; Bunnymund's POV~

"I can't believe we have to find Jack Frost. What is he- a bloody child, who's selfish and doesn't do anything for kids- going to do against Pitch?" Bunnymund asks.

The guardians look back at him.

"We don't have a choice Bunny." North says, using Bunnymund's least favorite nickname.

"But why him?!" Bunnymund asks, almost falling out of the sleigh.

"Because the Man in the Moon chose him." Tooth says.

Sandy nods, a picture of the moon formed above his head.

"The Globe says we're getting closer." North says, urging the deer to fly faster.

~Antarctica; Jack's POV; One Hour Prior~

"Hello, Jack. My name is Pitch Black."

Jack turns and points his staff at Pitch. "What do you want?" Jack spits at him.

Pitch laughs. "Can't people from different sides talk without threatening each other?"

Jack doesn't answer. Different sides?

Pitch moves closer, waving his hand around, forming a horse out of black sand. He sends it forward to circle around Jack, its yellow eyes glaring at the boy's blue ones. "Listen, I won't bother you for very much longer…if you just give me the staff." Pitch says, holding out his hand.

"And why would I do that?" Jack asks, staring down the horse, but keeping an eye on Pitch at the same time.

"Because," Pitch pulls a small golden box out of thin air. "I recently acquired this." He shows it to Jack, holding it up as he speaks. "And I know you have been searching for these for a very, very long time. Just think of it as a trade."

Jack thinks about it a moment. Tooth had told him, when he ran into her once during one of her rare visits out in the field, that the teeth carried the memories of the children. Ever since, he had been searching Tooth's Palace for his whenever she was busy, so that she wouldn't know he was there. He looks down at the ground, then reluctantly hands over his staff.

Pitch tosses the box to Jack…then laughs. "You stupid, stupid boy." Pitch raises the staff above his head, then brings it down onto his knee, snapping it in half.

"No!" Jack falls to his knees, one arm clutching his side, the other dangling by him in the snow, holding onto the box. He sits there staring at his broken staff in Pitch's hand, before he loses consciousness, and falls, face first, into the snow.

Pitch grabs Jack's hood, and drags him to a ledge, where the ground lies a hundred feet below. He looks at Jack one last time, and sees him still holding the box. He takes it, then throws him down into the crevice, his broken staff following behind him.

~Antarctica; North's POV; Present~

"Finally!" North yells. He hops out of the sleigh and looks around at the icy, snowy, sparkling white and bare landscape. "I don't understand. The Globe says he is right here!"

"Maybe the Globe is malfunctioning." Bunnymund suggests.

"Impossible. I built it myself." North looks around again before turning to his fellow guardians. "Everyone spread out. He has to be here somewhere."

They all set out in different directions. They search, and search, and search, even digging around in the snow until, five hours later, "North!"

"What is it Tooth?!" North asks, worry creeping into his voice. He was just able to here her voice, thanks to the wind, who carried it to him.

"I've found him!"

North and the others run to the sound of her voice, stopping just in time, or else they would have plummeted to their deaths, and if not that, had a few broken bones.

They look down into the crevice and see Tooth, with Jack Frost cradled in her arms.

They all jump down next to her to get a closer look at the young, soon to be, guardian.

"He's so pale." Tooth says, stroking his white hair.

"What's wrong with him?" Bunnymund asks.

Tooth looks in one of the corners of the crevice. Everyone follows her gaze, and they see his staff, broken, and just barely sticking out of the snow.

Sandy shows them a picture of a cliff with Jack falling off, and his staff breaking on the landing.

"I don't think so." Tooth says, answering Sandy's question. "He would have seen that. I think that…" She is stopped short when Jack rolls in her lap, and moans.

She lets a smile form on her face. She had always liked Jack, ever since they met on one of her trips in the field in a little town named Burgess. They talked and Jack helped her out, and when the sun started to come up she had to leave. She saw the tears beginning to form in his eyes, and knew that it wasn't easy being alone. She invited him to come with her, and he did. They quickly formed a bond, with Tooth being almost like a mother to him, and he accepted the role as her son. She knew he was just happy to finally have someone to talk to.

"Is he waking up, Tooth?" North asks, bending down to get a closer look.

She looks at him. "No, I just think he's in a lot of pain. His staff is important to him being Jack Frost. When it broke, it probably felt like he was the one who was snapped in half."

"Come on. Let's get him in the sleigh." They get out of the crevice and settle into the sleigh, Jack still lying in Tooth's lap- she refuses to put him anywhere else. North pulls out one of his snow globes. "North Pole." North whispers to it, then throws it in the air, and a portal appears. The deer begin running towards it and within twenty minutes, all the guardians are in the infirmary, waiting for the young boy to wake.

"Do you think he'll only wake up if his staff is fixed?" Tooth asks.

"I don't know. I'm tempted to give it to my yetis and see if they can fix it, but I don't want to take a chance of him being further damaged. The best we can do right now is wait." North sits down in a too small chair, and cringes when it creaks underneath him.

~Jack's POV~

"No. No! Leave me alone! Get away from me!"

Jack rolls around in his bed, his blankets already on the floor.

"No! Get away!" Jack yells.

North, Tooth, Sandy, and Bunnymund bust open the door, running into the room.

"Jack!" North yells, shaking the boy by his shoulders, trying to wake him.

"No! No! Let me go! I won't ever be like you! Leave…me…alone…P…"

Jack's eyes open and he looks around the room, worry and relief appearing in his eyes when he sees all of the guardians in his room.

Wait, this isn't my room. I don't even have a room. It's an infirmary. "What happened?" Jack asks.

"Well…that's kind of what we want to know, mate." Bunnymund says.

~Jack's POV~ (Just a little A/N, Jack is feeling two things at once. For example, when someone is touching him in the real world, he'll feel it in his "dream".)

Everything around him turns dark, and Jack is left standing in the middle of it.

"Hello again, Jack." Pitch says, grabbing Jack's arms.

"No." Pitch's grip tightens. "No! Leave me alone! Get away from me!" Jack yells, trying to shake free of Pitch's grasp.

"Join me. We will rule the world together. I know how strong you can be. I will help you. I have been like you for so many centuries, alone, invisible, and not believed in. We could rise up and show those pesky guardians their place." Pitch says, whispering into Jack's ear.

"No! Get away!" Jack yells back at Pitch, stomping on his toes. I don't even know you.

Pitch doesn't even flinch. He readjusts his grip to hold onto Jack's shoulders, digging in hard enough to draw blood. "Jack!" Pitch yells angrily.

"No! No! Let me go! I won't ever be like you! Leave…me…alone…P…" The darkness surrounding Jack disappears, and he is able to see the guardians in front of him, their scared and worried looks making him begin to worry.

"What happened?" Jack asks, relaxing a little to see his shoulders aren't bleeding, and that Pitch is no longer there.

"Well…that's kind of what we want to know, mate." Bunnymund says. "What happened? We found you in a crevice."

"Umm…I don't remember a whole lot. I remember seeing a man. He was wearing a black…robe that was the same color as his hair. His skin was…gray. But…his eyes…they were…gold almost, and they were so full of hatred, and evil. He told me that his name is Pitch." Jack looks at all of the guardians. "Who is Pitch?"

All of the guardians' eyes grow to three times their original size, and their jaws drop.

"Wait. So, you're saying that you have never heard of Pitch?" Bunnymund asks, leaning closer to Jack.

"No." Jack says, shaking his head. "I've never heard of him. Who is he?"

"Oh, he's nobody, he's just THE MOST EVIL PERSON ON THE FACE OF THE EARTH!" Bunnymund yells, making gestures with his arms, and basically hitting the other three guardians around him. "How could you not hear about him, or see him, until now?"

"I…I don't know." Jack looks around again. "Where am I?"

"Oh, sorry my boy. You are in an infirmary in the North Pole." North says.

"Wait...what? You mean…I'm finally in the place I've been trying to…never mind." Jack says, turning his head towards the wall, trying to hide his smile at finally being able to see the inside of the famous "Santa's" Workshop after trying to break in for so many years. "So…what do I do know?" Jack asks, turning back to them.

"Well…the first thing to do would be to get you out of this room and get you something to eat." North says.

~Jack's/North's POV~

North watched Jack completely devour two sandwiches and smiles when he reaches for a third on a plate in front of him. "Slow down a little my boy, it's like you haven't eaten in a week." North says, laughing slightly.

Jack looks up at him, a sad look in his eyes, then takes another bite out of his sandwich.

"Wait, how long has it been since you've last eaten?" North asks. He noticed the sadness in the young boy's eyes, and he knew he said something that had hit Jack hard.

"A week and a half." Jack says, suddenly unable to look at the guardian in front of him.

A week and a half! No wonder he is so thin. "Why have you not eaten in so long? You do have a kitchen in your home, right?" North asks, trying to joke with him.

"I don't have a…home." Jack says, a lump forming in his throat.

He doesn't have a home? Well…there's something I can do about that. North smiles and pushes his chair back, standing up. "Well, that's about to change."

Jack looks back up at him, confusion, surprise, and hope appearing in his eyes. "What?"

"Come." North says, opening the door and motions for Jack to follow.

Jack stands up and follows North through the door. "Where are we going?" Jack asks as they walk into the Globe room.

"We are going to call the other guardians." North says, pushing down the lever, making the Northern Lights appear in the sky.

Jack looks around, just noticing their absence. "Where did they go?"

"Well, you know where Bunnymund went." North says, referring to the blizzard of '68, when Jack sent a blizzard to the Warren and the area around it, and cracks a smile when Jack isn't looking. He always thought that Jack and Bunny could have been brothers in their previous life. They played pranks on each other- mostly Jack playing them on Bunny. "Tooth went to Tooth Palace, and Sandy went to his Ship."

"Ship?" Jack asks, tilting his head slightly to the side. "So, he lives on an ocean…or a lake? Won't kids see him during the day?"

"No, Jack, it's not actually on water. It's…somewhere. The other guardians don't even know." North tells him, shrugging.

"Alright, North, this better be good. I have more than a billion eggs to paint, and I don't have time for you to call me every ten minutes." Bunnymund says, pointing a paintbrush at the toy maker, and egg in his other hand.

"E. Aster Bunnymund! Don't yell at him. He is just as busy as you, if not, busier. Christmas is next month after all." Tooth turns her attention to Jack. "How are you feeling?" Tooth asks, her warm smile brightening up the room.

"I'm fine." Jack says, slightly confused.

"Your abdomen doesn't hurt?" Tooth asks, surprised.

"Wow, Tooth. Using scientific words now are we?" Bunny asks, his arms crossed, and a smile on his face.

Tooth glares at him, then back at Jack, and is surprised to see him lifting up his hoodie and beginning to inspect his wrapped torso."

Jack looks up at them, his sweatshirt still showing his white wrappings. "Why do I have gauze there?" Jack asks.

"Jack, follow us." North says, looking up as Sandy enters the room through the open roof.

They all make their way to a room at the back of the large Workshop. The closer they get to it, the colder it gets. Every step they take, it feels like the temperature drops about ten degrees.

North puts his hand on the door handle, then turns to face Jack. "We found it with you at the bottom of the crevice. We're actually surprised that you haven't asked for it yet."

North hesitates for a moment, letting Jack try and put the pieces together.

Then Jack realizes what they're saying, and immediately pushes North away from the door, and pulls it open. He stops in the doorway, fog pouring from the room, and stares ahead of him, sadness gripping at his heart. He walks forward and grabs the two pieces of his staff. He looks at the pieces, and tears begin to appear in his eyes, and freeze halfway down his cheeks. He turns back towards North and the other guardians, and looks at them. They all have the same somber look on their faces. Jack turns back around, and looks down at his staff. I won't allow Pitch to get away with…whatever it is he wants. He made this personal when he broke my staff. He runs his hand up and down the staff pieces, stopping at the jagged edges where it was snapped. I can fix this. Jack sits down, his legs crossed. He holds the staff out in front of him, and fit the pieces together so that it looks like it never broke in the first place. It slips, and he gives a frustrated sigh. He looks at it again. He sits up straighter, and fits the pieces together one more time. He concentrates harder, adding some of his powers into it, by forcing some of the fibers of the staff to meld together with ice. Then, the entire staff lights up with a blue and white light, making the guardians behind Jack turn their heads. But Jack keeps watching, tears of joy streaming down his face. He starts laughing when the light disappears and he can see his staff again. He stands up and, just as the guardians turn around, takes off, flying down the hallways, his smile spreading across his face. "Yes!" He laughs, and takes another lap around the Workshop, then returns back to the guardians. "Did you see that?!" Jack asks, still smiling.

Tooth rushes forward and hugs him, and he returns the gesture. "Yes, Jack. We did." Tooth says, pulling away from Jack to look at him. "You look so much healthier. I can hardly tell that you have broken ribs." Tooth says, smiling.

"Wait, what?" Jack asks, his smile falling, and his eyes getting wider.

"Oh!" North facepalms, then looks back at Jack. "I'm sorry. You asked and I forgot to tell you. When we found you in the crevice, you had several broken ribs. We could probably take another x-ray to see if your staff fixed that." North says.

Jack nods and follows North to the infirmary again. He lays down on a bed, and hesitantly allows North to take his staff away and hand it to Bunnymund.

"Don't worry, mate. I'll take good care of it." Bunnymund says.

Jack doesn't look at him, but nods, and continues to stare at his staff, feeling powerless without it.

"Alright, Jack." North says, appearing next to the white haired boy. "Look straight ahead."

Jack looks North in the eyes, then up at the ceiling.

"Here we go." North says. North turns on the machine and waits, and waits, and waits…and waits, until finally, North comes to Jack and he is able to hear the results.

"Well?" Jack asks, the suspense killing him.

Bunny steps forward and hands Jack his staff, trying to hide his smile…but fails.

Jack sees it. "Are they really?!" Jack asks, his own smile appearing. He hops off the bed, but his arm is grabbed by North.

"Jack, they're not completely healed. They are still cracked. It will take a little while for them to heal. I recommend no strenuous activity for at least five months. Sorry, Jack." North says. "But you can fly. Just no heavy lifting or anything like that."

"Ok. Thank you, North. Where is Tooth and Sandy?" Jack asks.

"They had to leave to go to work. It's about two in the morning." Bunnymund says.

"But Jack, before we were detoured to come take x-rays, we were talking about you getting a place to stay. How would you like to stay here?" North laughs as he watches Jack's face light up for the millionth time that day.

"So…you were serious?" Jack asks.

"Of course. I would not kid with you." North says. "Come on. You can choose your room." North walks to the door, and walks through with Jack and Bunnymund in tow.

They walk through several hallways, and look at countless rooms, all different sizes and different colors. They enter one room, and the moment Jack sees it, he knows it was made for him. The walls are dark blue, with a white ceiling and carpet. It isn't the biggest room Jack had seen in the Workshop, but it has a small walk-in closet to his left, and a bathroom on the right hand side. But that's not what draws Jack's attention. Across from the door, in the middle of the wall, a large window looks out at the white landscape, the sun just beginning to rise after their hours of searching the large workshop.

"I can tell he likes this one, mate." Bunnymund whispers to North in the doorway.

"Yeah, I think it's probably the window." North smiles. He remembers making that window the first day he became a guardian. He had found all the tools he needed and chopped down a tree, and brought it back here. He started early in the morning, and didn't finish until around midnight. He spent only an hour actually building the trim, and cutting out the hole in the wall, but spent the rest of the time carving out the design of snowflakes falling onto a little town into the trim. He remembered Manny had told him that day that it would be important to make the trim for that window, and cut out the window in that exact spot. Now he knew why.

"Is this your room, Jack?" North asks, already knowing the answer.

Jack turns around to look at him and nods. He looks North in the eyes, filled with happiness. Jack runs to him and buries himself in the older man's clothing, giving him the biggest hug he has ever given to anybody. "Thank you, North." Jack says.

"Alright, no need to get emotional kid." Bunnymund says, trying to keep from tearing up himself.

Jack looks at Bunny. "Shut up, Kangaroo."

North forces down a laugh. There's Bunnymund's new least favorite nickname.

A/N: Wow. Now there's a long chapter. I hope you guys are understanding this so far. If you're confused on something, just ask me any question you may have. Please review. They help me to get inspired. :)