She looked at the prism in front of her. An image of a man and woman having lunch shimmered and reflected off of her eyes. She stretched and let her eyes rest for a few minutes before returning them to the couple. "Too happy for your liking?" Sang a voice from across the large room. A young boy strode to the moving images and began to watch as well. "So what are you going to do to them?" He asked, turning his head to gaze at the goddess on her throne. His eyes were a hazy green, with wisps of dark brown hair over his dark eyebrows; his skin a beautiful sun-kissed bronze. "You know me so well, Cupid." She replied, closing her eyes again. "I was going to have the girl cheat on him, but I know I'll become bored with that. I think I'll make the love stronger." She lazily tapped the end of her scepter against her feet that lay over one armrest, her head propped up against the other. "Adonia... I don't want to say it, but-" "Then don't." She said firmly. She pointed her scepter at the woman on the screen and several opaque faces of men appeared, some in conversation, one sleeping. The candidates for that woman. Adonia pointed at one man whom she knew as a good friend of the man who the woman was currently dating. Cupid watched nervously. Adonia had been observing that couple far more than all the others. She had become obsessed with them. "Cupid." She barked, her eyes still stuck to the screen. "Yes, my lady." Said the adolescent, and he swiftly exited the room.
To call Adonia lazy would not be entirely correct. She had energy, but refused to leave her castle. Understandable, since being the bringer of love on Earth can make you not want to even look at humans. That is why Cupid was assigned to her. His duty was to deal with the people. An ermine slunk into the room and curled up at the foot of Adonia's chair. "Leeeeeeeeeeeee..." She called out, and the ermine raised its head to stare at her. Adonia smiled and reached her hand down to pet the soft fur. "What am I doing..."

Pitch had been gone for two years. The guardians have dispersed, returning to their normal lives. Life on Earth was as it should be, but a new threat was beginning to emerge. Sandman was the first to notice, and he trekked to the North Pole to notify North. Yetis and elves waved and politely nodded as he traversed the building. He found North in one of the many workshops, carefully carving a beautiful wooden rocking horse that would no doubt be replicated by a yeti later. North looked up as Sandman entered and a large smile appeared on his face. "Sandman! To what do I owe the pleasure?" He boomed, standing up from the workbench. Sandman walked towards north and shook his head slightly. The smile faded from North's face, and Sandman began to tell his findings using his golden sand above his head. A little girl sleeping, rolling over, a stony look on her face. A question mark. A golden puppy, wagging its tail and playfully hopping about above the child's head appeared, then faded away. A scene of a grand ball materialized, men and women in gowns and dress robes silently danced as others stood and clapped. This too dimmed and faded, the face of the small girl still expressionless. Sandman's face was concerned, as was North's. "Is this happening to many children?" Asked North. Sandy nodded solemnly. "Is it Pitch?" North asked, skeptically. An "X" appeared over Sandman's head. "Do we call the rest of the guardians?" North creased his thick eyebrows with his thumb and middle finger. "Maybe we wait. I don't want to have a false alarm, but..." A moon appeared above Sandman's head. "Yes, I agree. Until then." North said, sitting back down on his bench, immersed in thought. Sandman smiled feebly and left.

Cupid flew high over ant-like people and stone ruins as small as tombstones. Searching for Eros while carrying out Adonia's trivial orders had consumed almost all of his time. His dark brown hair whipped against his face as he descended, choosing to search a half-ruined Colosseum. Cupid was in Greece, a place where he assumed a Greek god would typically be. Unfortunately for him the search was taking longer than expected. Barely anyone worshiped the ancients anymore. As far as Cupid knew he was the only one left, only kept alive by his presence in Adonia's missions. Despite a constant internal debate he felt as if his counterpart, Eros, were still alive. He had to be alive. Cupid would just know if he were gone like the rest. After wandering the ruins for well over an hour, he kicked a small marble piece that had fallen off of a pillar and sat upon a large stone. It was pointless. He would have to cut his hunt short, yet again. There were more pressing issues he had to attend to, after all. His main goal was to be free of Adonia and reign supreme as Cupid, god of love. He stared at the half full moon before departing towards the lights of a bustling city.

Days later, Adonia was still in her viewing room watching lovers and deciding their fate. Lee was napping around her shoulders, the rhythmic rise and fall of his body relaxing her neck. The only sound in the room was Cupid sitting cross-legged on a large white poof to the right of Adonia, quickly writing on a scroll. The sound of his ink-pen against the paper suddenly halted. All at once, Adonia tensed and Lee sprung from his perch. Something was not right in her palace. Adonia sat up abruptly and looked to a disturbance at her side. Lee arched his back and focused on the same spot. A hole materialized in the floor and a large rabbit hopped out. He stood up straight, his tall build made him the largest in the room. His bluish gray and white fur was adorned with intricate designs along his arms and back. A leather strap was strung across his chest, and when he briefly turned to survey the room Adonia saw that it held what appeared to be at least one wooden boomerang. She was taken aback. "I won." He said quietly, a crooked smile on his face. At that moment, a window high above them burst open and a figure shot in followed by a flurry of snow. In an instant a boy had landed next to the bunny. He was tall and lean with a shock of silvery white hair. His intense blue eyes met Adonia's faded gray ones, and she was immediately aware of entirely new things. Her breath, combining with the stillness of the air around her. Her body, rigid from the surprise of the two guests began to relax; each muscle blissfully easing as she became lost in his gaze. Adonia blinked. "Took you long enough." The rabbit said, slyly. "Well, what I lack in speed I make up for in... everything else, I suppose." The boy said, turning his attention to the rabbit and hitting him on the back of the head. "Why you-" The rabbit began, but was cut off by Cupid clearing his throat loudly. "What business do you have here?" He inquired. "We're here for Ad-" started the rabbit, but he was cut off yet again. "I'm Jack. Jack Frost." Said the boy, offering his hand to Adonia. She found her voice. "Charmed..." she weakly replied, grasping his hand for a brief moment. It was freezing cold, but she did not wince or draw back. "As you were." She replied, regaining her composure and nodding at the rabbit. "I don't know if you've noticed anything strange, what with this being your field and all," He said, a thick Australian accent resonating in the tensely quiet room. "But Jack and I, the Easter Bunny, along with other guardians are summoning you. We may need your help." He finished. Adonia's eyes squinted slightly, her mind whirring. Several questions flew throughout her mind, but "Why me?" was all she found herself asking. "That," said the Easter Bunny smirking, "Is something you'll have to take up with the big guy." All four of them instinctively looked up, past the open window Jack had flown through, and at the full moon.

I'll have more of a description of Adonia in the next chapter, along with a lot more of Jack. To be honest, I didn't think this story would have the plot it does, but I'm content with it for now

This story is probably going to be under 20 chapters. Despite the lack of romance in this chapter, things will heat up soon. I PROMISE

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