Disclaimer; I do not own Rise of the Guardians, if I did, I would not be here. Basically.

Fresh oxygen burnt my lungs. Although I had been encased in water, I felt as though I was on fire. Wait, where am I? Why am I cold and wet? I blinked the remaining pond water out of my eyes and stared up at the moon. I've never seen it look so big. As I got to my feet at the side of the pond, I suddenly became aware that my clothing was ripped and torn, barely covering my body. Clutching myself, I ran towards people calling for help. Although it was late in the night, people still seemed to be out. A tall middle aged man passed me.

"Where am I?" I demanded, standing in front of him, hugging my petite frame. The man said nothing and walked straight through me. I gasped as I felt my whole body grow cold and I felt as though someone had reached through my body, squeezing my heart and lungs as tightly as possible. I ran up to another lone passer-by. "Please," I said, staring into her blank, expressionless eyes, "help me…"

I was filled with the same sickening feeling as she too passed through me, not even giving a single sign that she knew of my existence. I began to cry and wondered the streets, breathing heavily as people continued to walk through me like air. What happened to me? I looked up at the moon and for some reason, felt comforted by its presence. I crept along to an alleyway and curled into a ball, keeping my eyes on the moon. I stared up at it for goodness knows how long until eventually; I drifted into a light sleep.

"I think I found her, come quickly and bring a coat."

My eyelids fluttered open and I noticed a large shadow standing above me. Once my vision cleared, I noticed it was a large male wearing a big red coat. He had white wispy hair, a large white beard and these twinkling blue eyes. I tried to say something but my voice came out as a dull croak as my throat had become extremely dry.

"She's awake!" he said, breaking into a grin. What's his accent…Russian? I thought to myself. "Tooth, hurry up!"

"I'm coming!" said an enthusiastic voice, clearly female. A feathered, winged lady came rushing up behind the giant man and handed me a big, purple coat with a sorrowful smile on her face.

"What's taking you so long? Hurry up before the kids start to wake up." A six-foot bunny came bouncing up behind the other two strange people.

"Calm down, Bunny. She is clearly traumatised." replied the big man. Bunny gave me a sad smile and apologised. I just looked at him and nodded, trying to clear my throat.

"Will someone please tell me what is happening…?" I managed to say. The three strangers stood there staring at me with worried expressions. This cannot be happening… I thought to myself once again. It was quite a while before the strangers stopped exchanging glances so I just sat their pulling my coat tighter over my semi-exposed body. The feather lady cleared her throat to speak.

"Maybe it would be better if we explained at North's place." She gave me a reassuring smile and nodded at the fat red man (who I assumed to be North). He pulled a snow globe out of his pocked and smashed it at the ground, causing it to explode into some kind of portal. Cool! North walked in first, closely followed by the fairy.

"After you, sweetheart," I looked up to see that the Australian accent belonged to Bunny from earlier. He gave me a wink and I hesitantly stepped through the portal into the largest, most magical building I had ever seen.

This was a place only kids would dream of. It was full of toys, hairy yetis and tiny elves that just about came up to my knee.

"Lizzie," North said, "you have been chosen, by man on moon, to become a Guardian."

"Woah, woah, woah! Wait! I don't even know why I'm here, who you are and why I even trusted you in the first place! And how do you know my name!?" I began to get hysterical and the feathered woman placed an arm around my shoulder.

"Sorry, dear. I am Tooth, as in, the Tooth Fairy." My mouth dropped open. "This is North," she indicated to the red man, "and this is Bunny," she indicated to the rabbit who winked at me again.

"Aren't you going to introduce us?" said a young voice. I spun round to see two more people walking towards us. One as short as the elves and made of golden sand, the other was tall and lanky with white hair and crystal blue eyes. I melted a little as he shot a smile at me. Lizzie, get a hold of yourself, you don't even know these people, I thought.

"This is Sandy," said Tooth and Sandy gave a wave and a smile.

"And I'm Jack," said the gorgeous boy (dang it Lizzie), extending his hand. Instead of shaking my hand, he brought it up to his mouth and kissed it gently, keeping eye contact with me the whole time. My insides practically melted.

"Ahem, we got you a suit," interrupted North. I opened my mouth to speak but got cut off before I got to say anything. "Save all questions for later. It might be better if we clothe you first, eh?"

I nodded and grabbed the suit off the Yeti and went into the closest room. I swung the door open and a cosy office was revealed containing all types of toys and ice sculptures. There was a large pine Christmas tree in the corner as well. Santa… I quickly pulled on my outfit, discarding the torn clothes in a bin, and studied myself in a mirror. My hair was mid-length and copper brown but had purple streaks in it. I also had bright violet eyes and a smooth pale complexion. My outfit was silver and made of a body con material. I had expected it to show unflattering lumps and bumps but surprisingly, it fitted perfectly. I run my hands over my smooth full figure, taking in my appearance. Not too bad if I must say so myself. I walked back into the workshop space and straight to North. I wanted answers and I wanted them now.