Hello hello! First, thank you for picking this story to read. I hope you like it. I have seen the movie and read all of the three books. I will try my best to include many characters as I can, but so far it looks really difficult to do put them all in.

Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians and the picture of Dr. Crane

Appetizer (just because I didn't want to say prologue)

"What? No, Tina, please! I don't like being pulled like this, especially like this! Tina!"

The doors burst open. The man sitting at the desk tore his eyes away from the papers and looked ahead. Two students stood at the door frame. One was pulling the other by her arm, like dragging a reluctant dog into the cage. The other tugged her arm away and muttered, "I can walk perfectly by myself you know." The door slung shut. The girl that was pulling the other girl looked straight into the man's eyes and said, "Professor Pitchiner, you also do counseling, right?" The man gave a warm smile and replied with velvet voice, "Why, yes I do Miss. Thiania. How may I help you?" The girl blushed slightly and pointed at the other girl, who was now rubbing her wrist, "She needs your help." The other girl shot her an angry stare and retorted, "I certainly do not!"

Chapter 1

She stepped into the campus ground, her heart shuddering inside her chest. Gulping nervously, she held her head higher and walked on, stealing glances of the talkative and smiling people around her. She quickly took long and wide steps, carrying her across the grass field in an amazing speed for someone short as her. Her eyes frenzied over signs. The top most sign read, only to have her arching eyebrow left. She let out a deep sigh. Taking out the flimsy campus map, she fingered all over the paper. A moment of silence rang through her head before she gave out a frustrated sigh. Wearily looking around, she cautiously went up to a girl walking toward her direction.

"Um, excuse me, sorry. Could you tell me where the dormitory A building is? Sorry."

The girl smiled, "No no, it's ok. The dormitory A building is over there. Just go straight ahead, and there will be a big square with a fountain in the middle. Take a left turn and there will be a sign to dormitory A. Just follow the sign and you will be there."

"Oh, thank you. Thanks."

The petite girl took quick steps and soon slowed down with a sigh of relief. She clasped her thumping heart. Putting on a weak smile, she hurried her way down the sidewalk. She passed by the giant trees that towered over her. Licking her lips nervously, she went under a big archway and entered into the round square. The white stone with tint of grey from age lay across the clean area. Beneath her feet, dark stones colored to read "University of Burgess". A big simple fountain was at the center. Several students were sitting on the ledge, causally conversing. Looking to her left, she moved her.

"Room number 401...402…403…404!"

Shuffling through her pockets, she took out a key and turned into the doorknob. She gently pushed the door open and dragged her bag behind her.

"Ah, this is perfect."

She marveled at her room. It was single bedroom with only the necessities. Across the door was a small section designed for kitchen. The bathroom was on the left of the kitchen. On the left wall, an open window let in the fresh autumn breeze. A desk was beneath the window with one lonely bookshelf standing beside. There was a single bed pushed against the far left bottom wall. A closet was placed beside the bed. Beside the door was a small drawer for putting in shoes.

With a smile, she took off her shoes and dragged rest of her luggage into the center of the room. She took out her books and started to organize them neatly into the bookshelf.

"Ugh…"

She looked at the crowded hallway with despair. Grabbing tightly to her backpack, she took a step through the glass doorways. She pushed her way into the crowd, squeaking out "excuse me" every time she unintentionally hit someone or stepped on their shoes. She reached out to the door in front of her, latching her grasp onto it and pulled herself away from the mass. Giving a silent sigh, she pushed into the door and into the room.

The room was not a big lecture hall. Those were at the end of the hallway and that explains why the hallway was squirming with people. It was a moderate sized room with five or six rows of desk and a board in front of the room. One podium stood at the side of the board and a desk at the side of the podium. A window on the left front of the room let in the warm sun rays into the cozy room. There were already few students in the room, taking seats in the front row and talking to each other. Scanning the room, she took a seat in the corner near the door.

She looked over to the other side of the room and saw a boy sitting in the opposite corner. He was rather short and plump. His skin was only slightly tanned that it still revealing the pale and plush skin underneath. His sandy blonde hair strutted out and ruffled into careless streaks, glittering golden despite the lack of light in the corner. His eyes were golden brown and seemed to droop a little in tiredness. His nose and ears were pudgy in an adorable way. The golden-yellow turtleneck shirt with caramel colored pants finished him.

He stared back at her for a moment, and she quickly turned her eyes away, adverting to the window. The boy frowned and cocked his head. Giving a shrug, he followed the same suit, looking out at the window. As minutes came closer to class starting time, more students filled in the empty seats. The room exponentially became loud. Groaning, she stuck her earphones into both ears. Fiddling with the player to increase the volume, she leaned her head against the wall. She closed her eyes and drowned into the music flowing into her head.

Her eyes slowly opened when she felt the cool air brush against her neck from behind. Swiftly walking through the desks, a tall man completely in black attire strode with his long legs. Swirling around the podium, he placed his black suitcase on top. Her eyes scanned the man. He was tall and lean. He was pale with unnatural tint of grey. His glossy black hair fashioned to the back into spikes, giving him professional and neat yet casual look. His eyebrows were very faint that it seemed not to exist when looked in the distance. His eyes were alluring but cold golden with grey hue at the edge. His sharp pointed nose accented his high cheekbones and long slim face. He wore crisp black suit jacket over black button down shirt with black necktie. His black pants slimed down to his black shoes. A black overcoat hung over his right arm. The black and greyish white contrast made him look like a ghost, blending in with the tenuous air and the shadows.

The pursed thin lips gave way into a meek smile. A velvet soft voice spiced with English accent rolled off his delicate tongue, "Sorry for arriving late, ladies and gentlemen."

Alright, so how was it? Please leave a comment. One word would be fine. How this story came to be (if anyone is interested), well... I was just reading these other AU fanfictions and I thought AU can be exactly pretty good. And then I remembered about Scarecrow from the movie Batman Begins I just rewatched and I started to make these connections between Pitch and Scarecrow. I thought, hey that's pretty cool, and so here it is. A story started from just a random idea. Honestly, because I just started from this little connection between Pitch and Scarecrow, I only made the basic outline for the characters, not the story. So, I have absolutely no idea how this story will take place. If you have specific way you want this story to go, please leave a comment or a message. And I will introduce the main girl character that is only refered to as "she" in this chapter more in the next chapter. Until then, adios~!