This is my first RoTG fanfic, so please bear with me. This idea has been spinning in my head for MONTHS now, and I really needed to write this down. The new Guardian is my OC, but she'll come in the next chapter. I hope you like it. Disclaimer: I don't own RoTG (no duh).
Nine months. Nine months of peace. Nine months of happiness. Nine months of wonder, hope, dreams, happy memories, and fun times. The summer had passed without incident, as did fall. December rolled around and everyone held their breath. For three weeks, there was nothing. But four days before Christmas, something started to stir.
The Guardians knew that the Nightmare King never stays down for long, and with increasing world problems, there were considerable amounts of fear in the world. But the Guardians are ready to protect the children of the world, no matter what. As long as a child believes, they will give their very lives to ensure that the children are safe.
And that is where our story starts. With the Guardians of Childhood.
It was late at night and all the children were tucked into bed. If any of them had just glanced out the window, they would see a truly wondrous sight. They would see the night sky lit up with golden streams of light, but only if they believed. But none did. They were busy dreaming of kicking the winning soccer goal or flying with fairies.
High up in the sky, Sandy watched the children dreaming. His dreamsand had already spread to all the children of this time zone and he wanted to inspect his work up close. He floated down to one of the children and he sighed. Not many kids really believed in the Sandman, but in their dreams, every child did. The little girl in front of him was dreaming of riding wild horses through the meadows. Sandy sent a small stream of dreamsand and the horses began to fly. The girl smiled in her sleep and Sandy turned away.
As he floated back up above the clouds, he spotted something in the distance. Fifteen nightmares raced away from a small town in central Iowa. Sandy quickly flew down and checked up on the kids. He frowned as he remembered that this small town couldn't have more than thirty kids at the most. His suspicions were confirmed as he saw roughly half the kids in town with nightmares. It was the third time this week something like this had happened. And it certainly wasn't a coincidence at this point.
Sandy transformed his dreamsand into a biplane and fixed his goggles into place. He took off in the direction of the North Pole as fast as that little plane could go. As the land underneath him flew by, Sandy hoped that North and the other Guardians would get the message. For once
On the other side of the world stood a long chain of mountains. You would be lucky if you could travel to the peaks of the mountains and spot a blur of color, but if you believed, you would see something really incredible. Hundreds upon thousands of little winged fairies constantly filled the skies. If you looked closely, you could see them carrying teeth. Baby teeth.
In the heart of the mountain, a palace floated in the sky. Queen Toothiana, or Tooth as she's commonly known, buzzed out teeth locations to her fairy army.
"Central incisor, sector two, quadrant three. Lower left premolar, sector seven, quadrant thirteen. Wisdom teeth? You know we don't take those," Tooth rapidly spoke to her Mini Fairies. Tooth fired off commands like this constantly as a steady stream of fairies came and went. Tooth heard a chattering from one of her fairies and she listened close.
"What? Three fairies attacked? Are they okay? Yes? Good," Tooth said to the distressed little fairy. Tooth drifted off, looking concerned. Lately, Mini Fairies had been reporting more and more nightmares wandering, but this was the first time a nightmare had directly attacked the fairies. Something was up. Tooth gestured to three senior fairies and they flew over.
"You three keep things in order, got that?" Tooth said to the three fairies. They nodded and flew into the fairy hub. Immediately, four or five fairies flew next to Tooth. They spun in the direction of the North Pole and flew off. Under normal circumstances, she would have waited until a meeting was called, but this was serious.
After all, he couldn't be back, could he?
You would be hard pressed to find the place where it is eternally spring. One, it's underground, two, there are no permanent entrances, three, it's in Australia, and four, large sentential golems are ready to kick you out if you do manage to find your way to the Warren. If you get past all of that, you'd still have to deal with the Warren's master, E. Aster Bunnymund, Bunny for short.
Bunny hopped around the Warren, checking his home. Finally, everything was back to normal. All of the flowers were back in working order, the glitter rivers flowing, the vines were repaired, and the basket supply was back up to normal. It took nearly nine months, but everything was back in working order. Bunny flopped down under a large tree and sighed. He could relax.
A shadow fell on Bunny's face and he opened one eye. There, one of his golems stood with its angry face on.
"What's up mate?" Bunny said to the golem. The golem walked over to one of the shaded alcoves and started bouncing up and down. Bunny hopped over and peered in.
"What the…" Bunny mumbled as he saw a strange sight. A coating of black sand covered the base of the alcove. Bunny picked up a small amount and threaded it through his fingers. He quickly stood up and thumped his foot twice. A hole appeared and he jumped through it. He bounded in the direction of the North Pole with a sour taste in his mouth.
MiM had better have a good explanation for this.
Most people think that the youngest Guardian doesn't have a permanent place to stay. Until he became a Guardian, he really didn't, unless you count the Burgess Pond. When the rest of the Guardians found that he didn't have a real place to call home, they badgered him constantly until he finally built a place high in the Northern Canadian Rockies. The place has rooms for all of the Guardians, and for some of the Burgess kids if they come for a visit. The owner of the 'Winter Haven', as his home has been dubbed, doesn't stay there often, but it is a nice place for Jack Frost to call home.
Jack stood on his balcony and looked out over the small villages below. He had already given most of North America their White Christmas and he was simply taking a break before heading off to Europe and Asia. On his shoulder, a small fairy fluttered. She resembled a Mini Fairy, but she had two different colored eyes, a beauty mark under her right eye, and a golden feather on her forehead. The little fairy snuggled up in Jack's hoodie and Jack turned to look at the little fairy.
"You okay Baby Tooth?" he asked. Baby Tooth let out a chirp that confirmed that she was okay and Jack smiled. He reached over and grabbed his staff. He jumped into the sky and flew east.
"We'll make a quick stop in Quebec and then I'll take you home. Sound good?" Jack asked Baby Tooth. Baby Tooth nodded and Jack sped off to Quebec. As he flew, he sent a few specialized snowflakes over the towns below. He laughed in delight as he did a few flying corkscrews and a loopty loop or two.
As he was flying over Saskatchewan, he spotted a familiar friend. He flew over and landed on the Sandman's plane.
"Hey Sandy. Where you going? Shouldn't you be in Mexico right now?" Jack asked the Sandman. Sandy quickly formed images of horses galloping around several children. He pointed at a town and Jack got the gist.
"Nightmares? Now?" Jack asked in disbelief. Sandy nodded his head and he flew on in silence. Sure, Jack had seen a few nightmares here and there, but he thought it was normal. From what he understood from Sandy, there were more than a few nightmares roaming around. Jack settled down on the plane's wings as the North Pole came into view. He spotted Tooth and Bunny coming in and he instantly knew what was up.
Shadows were rising again.
The North Pole to the normal eye looks like a flat, barren, wasteland. To eyes that believe, it is a wonderland of snow and lights. Yetis walk around building structures and making toys while the elves goof around underfoot. Two large boots parted the wave of elves as the most famous of childhood figures walked though. Santa Clause, but North is more accurate.
"Ve are behind schedule. Double time for everyvone. We must be done by Christmas!" North shouted as he walked with his lists in hand. A yeti walked up to North, showing the childhood icon a new design for a rocket.
"Not now Phil. Ve are four days from Christmas! There is no time for changes," North said as he walked through the workshop. Several elves ran around under North's boots and he sighed. This Christmas had to be extra special. After the whole Easter fiasco, the Guardians needed Christmas to restore the children's belief in them.
A yeti flagged down North by waving his paws and saying some gibberish (to our ears, not to North's). North looked up and was surprised to see his fellow Guardians flying in. Bunny ran into the Globe room and instantly took his place by the fire. North walked over as the Guardians landed, their expression's grim.
"Ah, Tooth, Sandy, Bunny, Jack, is pleasant surprise to see you. Vhat is vith the long faces?" North boomed. The other four uneasily looked at each other and then Bunny hopped up.
"Mate, Pitch is back."
North looked at the Guardians in shock. "This is bad joke, right?" he asked. Sandy shook his head furiously. Sandy quickly made some horses and showed them galloping around a few houses.
"North, nightmares attacked some of my fairies when they were on patrol," Tooth said, her face sad and concerned.
"I found this in my Warren," Bunny said opening his paw. A stream of black sand fell to the floor. The five Guardians looked at the pile of sand on the floor. North nodded his head and stroked his beard.
"If Pitch is back, he will try to ruin Christmas, just like he tried to ruin Easter. I must keep up preparations for Christmas if ve do not vant disaster," North said.
"Mate, there is no 'if'. He's back, and we got to do something," Bunny said his no-nonsense attitude.
"But what about Christmas?" North boomed. Bunny sighed in exasperation and turned to the Russian.
"Here we go again," Bunny said. "Look, you've got a full year to make toys. My googies can't last more than a week at most. If you think for one second that Easter is more important than Christmas-"
"But it is!" North retorted. The Russian and the rabbit argued like this while Tooth went back to giving Mini Fairies orders. Jack sighed and turned to Sandy.
"Does this always happen?" he asked. Sandy nodded his head and then did a face palm as the noise escalated. He peaked his eye out and saw a shaft of moonlight stream through. He tugged Jack's hoodie and pointed to the skylight. Jack looked up and nodded.
"Guys! Um, guys!" Jack shouted over the noise. Bunny and North continued arguing and Tooth most likely couldn't hear him. Sandy flew around and tried to find an elf to shake, preferably the one who drank his eggnog last time. Jack saw Sandy's efforts and shook his head. He flew out the skylight and returned with three snowballs. He threw the snowballs and each one made contact.
"WHAT!" the three Guardians shouted. Jack pointed his staff in the direction of the moon. Everyone made their way over to the mural around the Guardian stone. Jack's mural was a recent addition and it showed the winter sprite casting some ice. It had Jack's signature smirk.
"Ah, Manny, it has been a long time," North boomed. "What is problem old friend?"
The moonbeam moved over the mural and showed a dark shadow. The Guardians looked at each other and nodded.
"Told ya so," Bunny said with a smirk. North frowned and turned back to MiM.
"Manny, what must we do?" North asked. MiM responded by moving his moonbeam over the Guardian stone and shining his light over the cover. The Guardian stone appeared and began to glow. Jack looked over the stone curiously.
"Oh, this is the Guardian stone you were telling me about," Jack said. "Looks different than I thought it would. I wonder who it is."
"Please not the Groundhog, please not the Groundhog," Bunny chanted over and over. Sandy formed a clover over his head and Jack looked at him.
"The Leprechaun? You mean Patrick? I hope not," Jack said.
"What's wrong with Patrick? His teeth are very white," Tooth asked. Jack gave her a mischievous grin.
"We're on good terms, but I may or may not have buried him in a snow bank a while back."
"I'm surprised you aren't still hiding in a hole, mate," Bunny said. "His temper is legendary."
"It was a century ago. I'm sure he's over it. Personally, I hope it's not Lady Luck."
"You're on her bad side?" Bunny cautiously asked. Jack shook his head.
"Not exactly. Some young summer spirits thought it would be funny to replace my housewarming gift to her with clown flowers. Lady Luck doesn't blame me, but she won't allow me to give her anything now," Jack said. Bunny nodded and turned back to the Guardian stone. It was glowing brighter and brighter. An image started to form and everyone leaned closer in anticipation. The image cleared and everyone looked in disbelief.
"HER?!" everyone (besides Sandy) exclaimed. The hologram showed a girl with short, indigo blue hair, a light blue dress with lots of little designs on it, and a flute in her hand. Around her neck laid a circular, silver amulet with a raindrop in the middle. The Guardians exchanged nervous glances and Jack sighed.
"I'll go get her. I don't think she wants to be shoved through a sack and tossed through a magic portal."
"How y'a going to find her mate? She's like you. Never stays in one place for long," Bunny asked. Jack shrugged his shoulders.
"She's probably in one of five places right now, but we always met up in Burgess before Christmas. Don't worry, shouldn't be too hard."
Jack flew up to a shelf and picked up a snow globe. "Might need this," he mumbled to himself before taking off into the night. The rest of the Guardians looked at each other.
"She's a good candidate," Tooth said. "She's kind, she loves kids. There's really no one better."
Bunny looked at Tooth and sighed. "Yeah, I know. I just hope we can trust her."
So...ready to meet the mysterious girl? You'll have to stay tuned for the next chapter. The rest of the chapters will be from her point of view because she will be the main character. Please review. It gives me moral support.