Ok, in case there are people panicking out there, I didn't delete this story. For some odd reason, the Admins of this site decided to remove this alongside with my other stories from fandoms of BLEACH and Saiyuki. While some are acceptable losses, Flicker is among them that was taken off. If this continues, and my profile will eventually be taken off, you know where to find me on either deviantArt or Archive of Our Own. They're not like this site, but they have to do.

And as I said before: This is an adopted fanfiction originally penned by KudaKano. Some changes have been made to make the story flow a better and there will be some references from the original book series, Guardians of Childhood and the film adaptation. I will try my best to keep in the mythos of this story as soon as I hit the 12th chapter mark.

Rise of the Guardians (c) DreamWorks and William Joyce

Flicker (both story and titular antagonist) (c) originally penned by KudaKano

Pairing(s): JackRabbit/BunnyFrost (Bunny/Jack) ; Onesided BenneFrost and OC/Jack Frost

Warning: This fanfiction may contain slash and/or boy on boy action, forms of violence, sexuality, strong language and things of that nature. If these themes are uncomfortable, please press the back button and leave no comment.

Chapter 1: Attack on the Tooth Palace

Toothiana loved her job now more than ever.

After collecting teeth with Jack and the other guardians, she realized just how much she missed seeing all the children as they slept in their beds, waiting for the Tooth Fairy to exchange their teeth for a shiny coin.

And now she was there herself, collecting teeth while fondly watching the children sleep.

She allowed herself a few moments to smile and gaze upon the little face of a sleeping Japanese toddler who just lost her first baby tooth. Lost from the first bite of an apple to be precise…

Such a precious thing, she takes such good care of her teeth, she thought. So young too, and she already flosses on a daily basis.

The moment was ruined however as one of her mini fairies zipped in hurriedly through the window, accidentally knocking into the glass before flying frantically in front of Tooth's face.

"What is it?! Shouldn't you be on your way to Brazil?!" she whispered in a scolding tone.

The little fairy hovered up to murmur in her ear and Tooth's eyes widened at what she had to say.

Punjam Hy Loo was in chaos.

Mini fairies flew around frantically as balls of fire blasted against the pillars, leaving the once beautiful pink designs burned in black. The culprit in question strolled merrily along as if the destruction that he is causing is a walk in a park. Fire arose from his body as he admired the palace's design.

"What a beautiful place," his voice was low and raspy, smoke escaped from his throat with each word. "A bit too much water than I would prefer though…" he added as he looked down one of the ledges to peer at the waterfalls below.

A swarm of mini fairies were trying to distract him by pecking at his face, but he would simply release a wave of fire around himself with a swipe of his arm, forcing them to flee each time to avoid the flames. The man laughed viciously as he watched a few of the fairies' feathers burn up while flying away. He shot his hand out and managed to catch one of them between his fingers by the wings and examined her, calming his flames around his being as he wrapped his fingers around her.

"Now calm down, little bee," he cooed softly. "I just want one thing. If you show me where it is, and I promise I'll leave you little ladies all alone."

The said mini fairy, which happened to be Baby Tooth, struggled against the man's hot and burning grasp.

The man let out a mocking click of his tongue as he smiled. "Stop struggling now, just be a good girl and show me where I can find Jack Frost's memories."

Baby Tooth's mismatched eyes widened at the mention of her best friend's name, causing her to struggle harder as she tried with all of her might to escape the cage of hot fingers around her. Her efforts seemed to amuse her captor when he laughed, until a loud and commanding voice echoed throughout the palace.

"And just what do you want with those?"

The flaming man turned around to see the Tooth Fairy herself, floating high above him as she glared down at him angrily. A smile stretched his lips as he faced her.

"Ah, there she is! The flying peacock with all the answers I need!" he crowed.

Tooth continued to glare at him as a result, looking unamused. She had never seen this man before it was clear that he wasn't human. He had ear-length red hair that jutted out at the sides; his attire of a tattered orange sleeveless shirt and a pair of baggy blue jeans with black boots poking out. From what she could see above, he seemed to be as tall as Bunny and had flames dancing off of his hair and shoulders.

When he grinned up to her, she noted that he had golden-yellow eyes that reminded her too much of a certain shadow dweller. Maybe it was because of the fact that there is some odd mixture of easy-going and sadism within them.

"Who are you? And what do you want with the memories?" she had to tread carefully, the strange man looked very powerful, and Tooth was smart enough to not to tamper with fire. However, she wasn't about to let some stranger waltz in and do harm to any of the teeth or her fairies.

The man responded by barking out a laugh. "It doesn't matter who I am," he looked completely at ease as he leaned back against a pillar with his hand in his pocket. "It's only Jack Frost's memories that I care about."

Tooth furrowed her brows as she took in this information.

Why is this man interested in Jack?

She decided to worry about that later as she glared down at him. "The memories can only be seen by the ones they belong to. You have no right to be here." Her voice was firm and threatening, she didn't need to raise it in order to get her point across. She wasn't known as the queen for nothing.

The man listened as his casual smile faded to a frown and his easy going expression turned into a glare. Tooth didn't falter as she hovered about.

"Now leave this instant or I won't go easy on you." It was more of a promise than a threat.

Tooth noticed that the flames on his shoulders grew a bit as the man had a look of irritation. It seemed that the flames around him react more to his emotions than his movements. What she didn't expect was him holding up a something in his hand. Her eyes widened with horror when she realized that he has one of her fairies, Baby Tooth, and she was getting some nasty burns on her tiny body as she struggled in the man's fist.

The man reveled at her reaction, going as far as giving the poor fairy a good squeeze while petting her tiny head with his finger, which is on fire.

Baby Tooth shirked in pain, kick-starting Tooth's instant reaction to fly forward but only halted when the man held a flaming fist above the fairy's body. A snarl marred her features as she backed away a bit, not wanting to have one of her fairies harmed any further.

This somehow made the man smile with satisfaction, while keeping his flaming fist over Baby Tooth.

"Now then…nobody has to get hurt, just show me where I can-"

WHAM!

The man was cut off as a giant ball of ice slammed hard into his side, sending him flying off the ledge. Baby Tooth quickly zipped out of his grasp and landed into the palm of Jack Frost, who floated downwards from above the palace until his bare feet touched the pink mosaic floor.

"Oh, Jack!" Tooth smiled as she flew towards him, wanting to hug the daylights out of him. But she stopped short when she saw him glaring at the fallen man; which the said flaming man was now standing on a hovering fireball, looking up at Jack with a smug smirk.

"Are you ok, Baby Tooth?" Jack asked as he turned his gaze to the burnt fairy upon his palm.

Baby Tooth nodded her head, sighing in delight as Jack's hand cooled her aching burns. He then gently set her into Tooth's hands as she flew up to his side with a worried expression.

"Just leave this guy to me, Tooth." He reassured her.

Tooth nodded and watched as he walked off the edge and hovered in front of the enemy. She noticed that there a cold wind along with snow had picked up around them at Jack's entrance. She examined Baby Tooth to see how bad her injuries are, finding that they are not life-threating before turning her gaze back at Jack.

He had gotten so much stronger in his few years as guardian. Already, he had millions of believers all around the world and his strength was amazing. If Pitch were to fight Jack now, the Nightmare King wouldn't stand a chance.

The flaming man straightened himself up and adjusted his shirt as he continued to balance on his ball of fire.

"What's wrong, Jack? Are you still mad that I melted your snow?" his tone was teasing, almost reminding her of Jack's but more on a sinister edge.

The latter stared at him coolly, looking not once amused. "The snow has been replaced," he simply responded, aiming his staff at the other man's head as he glared at him.

"Now I'm bad because you hurt my friend!" Jack's staff glowed and shot out a bright streak of ice towards the man.

Panic washed over the flaming spirit as he quickly leapt off of the fireball, which immediately went out as soon as the ice struck it. He soon recovered though as his legs and feet formed into flames, allowing him to hover in place like a rocket. That didn't faze him as the man grinned up sadistically at Jack.

Tooth shuddered at the sight but not from the cold.

That look…why is he looking at Jack like that?

The flaming man was eyeing Jack's body, running his gaze from the snow spirit's face down to the bottom of his feet and back up. He seemed to be hungry…that is the closest thing that she could describe it. Tooth's feathers ruffled in worry before glancing over to Jack, but he didn't seem at all distracted by the latter's expression at the moment.

"I forgave you for melting my snow and destroying my icelings, but if you hurt anyone else…I'll blow you out like a candle!"

It had been a long time since Tooth had seen Jack as angry as he was now. Though to be fair, it had been awfully calm since the Battle in Burgess.

"Oh….Jack Frost is gonna put me out!" Tooth was still puzzled by this man and his behavior. He didn't speak at all mockingly at Jack, if anything he seemed excited at the statement and his ember-colored eyes seemed to glow even brighter. The cool wind grew stronger around them and the flaming spirit's grin melted as he looked around. Frost and ice grew around the surroundings and slowly cause his flames to diminish. He seemed to be having trouble maintaining altitude as his flaming feet burned out against the wind.

Jack wasn't kidding…he really was going to put him out.

The man smiled at Jack again, only this time faking innocence.

"Come on, Jackie! I just got lost…I was exploring and somehow ended up at the Tooth Fairy's place. I couldn't help but take a look at-"

He was cut off again as soon as a giant icicle barely missed his head.

Jack was already formed more as behind him, ready to strike them through the man's body. The flame spirit huffed and sunk down lower.

"Ok, you're mad, I get it," he spoke, holding his hands up as a universal sign of peace. "But you'll forgive me later!" He quickly ducked as a shard of ice went sailing for his head, then his he shot downwards and towards the east, melting into the darkness of the mountains nearby.

Jack would have shot forward to follow him, if it weren't for Tooth calling out his name. He stared at the mountains for a moment, making sure that the man in question had really disappeared before flying back up to the palace. When he set himself a good landing spot, Jack didn't had time to brace for Tooth's surprise hug, which he didn't mind as he smiled and returned the hug.

"It's ok now," he reassured her. "Is everyone alright?" Jack looked around as the mini fairies swarmed around them. Some of them had blackened, burnt feathers but thankfully they were flying just fine.

"They're all ok," Tooth replied as she examined her fairy army before turning to him with concern. "Jack…did you know that person?"

Jack looked at Baby Tooth, who flown into his hand, chilling the palm of his hand to sooth her burns, earning a soft sigh of relief as she snuggled against it.

"Kind of," he admitted. "He calls himself Flicker. He's been harassing me for months now, melting my ice and stuff…but I never thought that he would do anything like this." He gestured to the interior of the palace; the pink mosaic designs and golden structure were both tarnished in black marks from the fire.

Jack sighed as he turned to Tooth apologetically. "I'm sorry, I should have told you guys about him from the start."

Tooth smiled at him reassuringly before hugging him again. "Oh, don't even apologize! I'm just grateful that you came here to stop him. I can't say I have a lot of experience with fire." Then she pulled away and placed a hand to her chin in thought. "Hmm, Flicker…I never heard of anyone by that name."

"Where do you think he come from, Tooth?" Jack asked as he made sure that Baby Tooth was cooled enough to fly back to rejoin her sisters.

"I don't know, but if he is going to cause trouble to the guardians, we should go and speak with the others."

Jack seemed to be unsure about her suggestion as he looked around. "You don't want to stay and take care of things here?"

Tooth waved her hand as she shook her head in response. "The palace will be alright, the fairies will take care of things for a while," Her expression became serious when she faced Jack. "But right now, my duty as a guardian is more important."

The winter sprite nodded in understanding before holding his staff up. It began to glowing blue at the very tip of the hook and slowly a small bird made out of ice formed then broke off as it left behind a sound that reminded Tooth of a glass chipping before it began flying around them in circles. She watched the small creature in amazement. Ever since Jack became a guardian, he started to make animals of all kinds out of ice. Needless to say, she admired his new ability.

As soon as it hovered in place before Jack, he gently touched its beak with his finger and it suddenly changed direction, heading downwards into the mountains below.

"I sent it to fetch Bunnymund," he explained before turning to her. "Can you get Sandy?"

Tooth nodded and spoke to one of her fairies before she flew off into the sky, and then she turned to the rest of the fairies.

"Alright, girls, let's get our feathers together! I need ten of you in Brazil and five in London!" She continued to bark orders, listing off different kinds of teeth that were located in either streets or countries. Occasionally placed caution on the weather condition. Jack waited for her to finish before she hovered in front of him in excitement.

"To the North Pole then!"

The flaming spirit grumbled to himself as he rested his chin on one of his palms, watching Jack talk to that annoying pile of feathers. He was perched behind a rock on one of the mountains, watching the spirit of winter intently.

"Well…Jack's memories are out of the question."

His side still ached from that cheap shot, and he definitely wasn't going to try to break into the palace again.

There had to be some other way to get Frost's attention…

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