This is a written interpretation of the Licensed DreamWorks game which I am currently playing on The PlayStation. I found the new form of events to be an interesting change and I wanted to elaborate on the story. The game opens with Pitch having invaded the Guardians homes, capturing their helpers. Mim has announced their new addition and the Guardians go in seek of Jack Frost. Only when they get there, Pitch is already trying to win Jack over.
The game Uses 'Guardian Gateways'- cenotaphs of huge glowing gems- to take the Guardians from one place to another so Jack and the Guardians can eradicate the Nightmares, and defeat Pitch.
Let me know what you think. I'm writing as I play
The first thing he knew was Darkness. The cold and the fear.
He was so afraid.
Then- There was the moon. It was So Big and So Bright.
It seemed to chase the darkness away.
And then… He wasn't afraid anymore.
Who am I? He asked.
Your name is Jack Frost, it told him. But that was all it told him.
He had spoken to it immeasurable times since- but it remained a silent. A constant presence, but always out of reach.
And Jack Frost was left alone.
It was chaos.
Their homes. Their friends. The children!
Pitch's attack had come so sudden, barley anyone had a chance to escape their homes- let alone defend them. The fairies, elves, yetis, eggs… some were captured; some were left behind to defend what was left of their homes.
The Black Sand.
It came in swarms. Great rolling masses that blacked out the sun. It descended on them all in the forms of Nightmares. Furious dark creatures with teeth and claws and glowing yellow eyes; wolves, bats and huge bucking horses. Each Guardian had fought hard and furiously to eradicate the creatures from their homes. Nightmare after nightmare was slain and vanished in a wisp of black sand at their feet. But they just kept coming. They took the teeth and the memories with them. They terrorized the workshop and demolished the years work. They trampled the warren and tore up the flowers. They destroyed the dreams so carefully crafted for the sleeping children. As the war had waged on- slowly the creatures had started taking on the forms of the guardians own helpers; a sure sign the spirits strengths were wearing thin. It was a hard decision to abandon their homes but one that had been made all the same.
For the first time in many Many decades- the guardian gates had been woken to be used to flee their losing battles. The guardian Gates were large monoliths of glowing stone- their existence was entirely based on the guardians themselves. They existed only as strongly as they did, invisible and out of reach to those who did not believe.
The Guardians convened on a tall hilltop somewhere along the Russian boarders. The sky was a brilliant red as the sun began to dip below the horizon dotted with pine trees and a brisk chill cut the air.
"When I get my hands on that filthy evil mongrel!" Bunnymund hissed, slashing the air around him angrily in frustration. "That no good- rotted piece of-"
"Bunnymund! We have to go check on North!" Tooth cut in sharply. "He should have been here by now! What if things are worse at the pole?!" The fairy's distress was plain; several feathers coming free from her tail as she flitted about incessantly, furiously biting her nails. Purple eyes darting to and fro in alarm.
Sandy, unsurprisingly, was the only one who was quiet. Floating just a little ways above them, staring hard into the horizon. He has known North for what seemed like eons. He knew the Cossack inside and out. He may have abandoned his treasured work shop if he were forced; but he would never have left his-
"The Sleigh! I can see the sleigh!" Tooth cried out and shot into the air, tears of relief in her eyes. "Thank Mim he's alright." She floated gently to the ground with a heavy sigh- coming to her knees and finally folded in on herself in exhaustion. She had fought so hard for her fairies- for her home. They all had. and Now they were riddled with those horrible creatures…
"Whoa- We rest here my friends!" The huge beaded man pulled sharply on the reins of the bolting reindeer as he came overhead. They came to short and heavy landing on top of some of the younger trees.
"Friends!" North called as he struggled to exit the sleigh. "Are you all whole? What of your homes?"
"Pitch has them." Bunny snapped, throwing himself in North's path. "He has my eggs! Its three days before Easter! What am I going to do?"
"My fairies…" tooth added softly into her hands. "The children…"
Bunny's frown deepened. "They came on us without warning. I tried to fight it off but…" he snorted angrily and tightened his grip on his boomerangs. "I got bogged." He finished lamely and looked away.
Sandy rested a hand on North's shoulder and shook his head. North sighed heavily, his boots crunching on the frosted forest floor.
"I had to leave my home as well. The attack was so sudden. The lights were flickering and there was a wave of sand that covered the globe! It became many nightmares. They tore up my workshop and caged my elves!" The Cossack finished with a growl. "The Lights…"
Tooth inhaled sharply. "The children don't believe?!" She whispered. Sandy lowered his eyes.
A silence descended upon them and blanketed each in their own shame at having relinquished their homes to the darkness.
Sandy's shoulders slumped as he floated a little ways away- Something bright caught his eye and he spun around.
The moon.
It has risen only a little ways out of the tree line, but it was full and bright. Sandy was as North's side and heaved him around by the sleeve with a grin. "Sandy- Ahah! Man in moon!" North boomed in confidence. Tooth and Bunny snapped to attention, leaping to North's side and flitting anxiously at his shoulder.
"Old friend!" North threw his arms out and stepped further into the light. The moon beamed down upon them- steady and even. It lifted the weight in their hearts if only a little. "Your timing could not be better!" He called out to the white orb in the sky. "Tell us! How can we defeat Pitch? How can we protect the children?"
At first- it didn't feel like there would be an answer. There was a heavy silent gap between North's echo and the moon.
Then, the light grew brighter, and pinpointed into an unclear shape on the ground at their feet. The guardians surrounded in apprehension. They gasped in shock and comprehension dawned on them in turn. "He's chosen a New Guardian!" Tooth whispered, breathless with surprise. The light seemed to come back to her for a moment as she squealed in delight. "I wonder who it's going to be!"
"What- What are we supposed to do with a new guardian?!" Bunnymund spluttered. "We've got enough on out plates without some fruit loop sticking his nose in, getting in the way!"
"Bunny!" Tooth cried rounding on the Pooka. "We are needing all the help we can get." North replied gruffly, frowning at the light which was shaping into a thin figure. Sandy's grip on his shoulder tightened as the shape became clear. It was a young man-or more accurately; an older boy. He was lean, with a very casual stance leaning on a staff and a mop of white hair.
North felt his shoulders slack in surprise. "Jack Frost!" He said with a clear ring of 'Oh!' to it.
"Jack Frost!?" Bunny and Tooth cried in surprise, Sandy's mouth came open and hung there for a moment.
"Oh no! No-no-no. That trouble maker will Not be Any help!" Bunny rounded on the moon. "Oie! What's the big idea sending That brat into this mess?"
Sandy crossed his arms and frowned at the Pooka. Tooth looked between the others, biting her lip as she hovered over the moonlit figure. "He so young." She whispered anxiously. "How could he help?"
"Jack frost is Not the helpful sort." Bunnymund frowned, throwing a sharp look over his shoulder. "He's only Ever been a nuisance. We don't have a chance as it is- what can he do?"
The Cossack studied the ghost of the boy as it rapidly faded from shape. He snorted and clapped his hands together, throwing a firm but confidant smile on his face. "How can we expect others to believe in us – when we do not believe in Ourselves? We are the Guardians!" The thumped his chest in emphasis, smiling as tooth rose into the air and Sandy nodded approvingly. "Children everywhere depend on us- and we will Not fail them!"
"Did you not hear me say three days?" Bunny snorted.
"But pitches nightmares are everywhere." Tooth bemoaned. "How are we possibly going to start-"
"Ah!" North grinned and held up a single finger, silencing their protests. "Man in Moon says Jack Frost is new Guardian! So he must able to be helping us. Come! We go to him now." With that he ushered them towards the Sleigh.
"I still say this isn't the brats fight." Bunnymund frowned and shot the moon a last begrudging look. "He better know what he's doing."
"The moon always know." North smiled, laying a large hand on the rabbit's shoulder. "You will see."
"I meant the kid." Bunny snorted. He turned to north, narrowing his eyes. "Are you sure its him, Mate?"
"Ah- he might surprise you." The Russian grinned with a twinkle in his eyes. "Remember- it takes many hands to make a light!"
Again, this is how I explain the changes made in the Video game version of the Rise of the Guardians.
Game Critic: So far its quiet enjoyable. I am a little reminded of Kingdom Hearts in the way the enemy attacks and forms. The characters are very in sync with the movie. While it's a bit jarring to hear different voice actors at first, it's soon very easy to forget as they do a great job of expressing the right emotions for the characters. Tooth and Bunny are the most in step with the movie. There is some very funny banter written for it- especially when you leave the game idle for too long.
R&R for good Karma and more chapters.