Prologue

He shot up from his bed covered head to toe in sweat. His breathing frantic and erratic, eyes scanning through his pitch black surroundings as if his eyes could make out the figures around him. He gave off a relieved sigh "It felt so real..." He squeezed his hands feeling the warm bundle of blankets bunch up and squeeze between the crevices of his fingers. He squeezed his eyes shut and tightened his grip on his sheets. "Get out get out get out get out get out" he pleaded with each and every cry sounding more like the whimper of a child.

Hard at work, Santa hastily wrote more and more names to his list which grew longer and longer with each scribble and dab of ink that made contact with the scroll. Jake forced open the door squinting slightly as his eyes began quickly adjusting to the man made lights that bathed the man's room in a rich yet unnatural glow for what seemed to be modern electricity.

Jack speed walked over to the man while hopping over the list that stretched and went in all directions around the room. "Sorry for the intrusion Santa but they won't stop" he said, knocking against his own head like a knock at a door

He gave a yawn and place the ink pen to the side. "What is it that's troubling you?"

"The dreams...nightmares are more like it. Ever since I became a guardian I've been having these weird visions. I don't even need sleep but for some reason these...sights are making me exhausted."

The man gave a hearty laugh, shaking the room around them "Jack..." He sighed "these sightsyou've been telling me about. What exactly are they about?"

He pulled up a chair across from Santa's desk. His hands fumbled through his hair as he started recalling the sights as he called them. "Well they're pretty strange and they're never usually the same..." Jack's words peaked Mr. Claus' interest even more. His silence and analyzing eyes made it clear he wanted Jack to continue. Although slightly uncomfortable, he continued "One reoccurring one is one involving these weird bat looking things!" He threw his hands in the air crossing his thumbs together to imitate wings.

"Bat things?"

"Well they have wings...and they fly!" He flew up from his seat and flew around the large room flapping his arms in an attempt to imitate them as best he could. "They're not small though. The smallest ones are about my size...and the biggest ones...well I don't want to talk about the size of those. But what's scary about them is that they breathe...the-they breathe-"

He stood up from his desk, eagerly awaiting the conclusion "Yes yes, what do they breathe?"

He flew down sporadically just inches away from the older man's face "F-Fire! They breathe fire!"

He sat back down with a sigh of relief "Oh, so you mean dragons" he chuckled "They don't exist, my dear boy! Just the over imagination of primitive humans-"

"But I've seen them! I don't just have them when I sleep. They come just randomly and lately...more of them. These...dragons...I've seen them in our world! They pass through things as if they're physically not there!"

Santa pinched jacks cheek "Relax, Jacky"

"What did you just call me?"

"These sights are common for new guardians. It's just the fluctuation of magic through your teeny tiny body" he said, pointing to Jack's chest "It's just something you must bear"

"S-so they'll go awa-"

"In time my dear boy! In time!" He lightly scooted Jack out of the room "Now I have a lot of names to take note of for next year, so if you'll excuse me" their meeting was cut short by the large door slammed in Jack's face.

The bearded man draped in red pulled the small hourglass from the drawer. The blue sand inside turned a dark red as he touched it. "It's okay. Soon enough the sights will stop...and new guardians will come to him. I know none of us are strong enough to defeat the ever changing evil that manipulates this world. He'll need their help. But time is of the essence.

So that's the end of the prologue. I hope you like it so far! As time goes on I aim to make Jack who's rather immature to become more of a big brother to the characters and he learns to accept what the moon has in store for him. Next chapter coming soon :D