Author's Note: Hi guys, it's Egyptian Samurai again. I was planning to post my new Jack Frost and Mavis Dracula crossover story a few days ago, but unfortunately, I haven't been able to because of all the homework I was getting at the last possible second. I'm so sorry for not posting this sooner, but hey, what do you do? Anyways, I've been working on this story for a little over a year now, and this is my first multichapter story ever, and I hope that it's good enough to have me post the second part of this chapter. I do NOT own the films "Hotel Transylvania", or "Rise of the Guardians". They all belong to their original owners. Okay then, now sit back and relax, and enjoy the story. Here we go.
Summary: After several months after the events in 'Hotel Transylvania' and 'Rise of the Guardians', what if Jack Frost and Mavis Dracula happened to cross paths and meet for the first time? And since Pitch has returned to terrorize the world and its children once again, Mavis must rise and find the courage to face her destiny and stop Pitch before its too late, but she's not alone.
Snow Vampires
CHAPTER ONE: UNUSUAL GREETINGS OF UNUSUAL PEOPLE Part 1
As the bright, golden sunshine began to set over the silvery, snow-covered mountains, the ocean blue sky had painted itself with beautiful streaks of yellow, orange, red, purple, and pink as its special way of welcoming the darkness into a warm embrace. The full, silvery moon was peaking above the horizon, while the snow-white stars glowed and sparkled like newly, polished diamonds. As the last bit of brightly coloured sunlight disappeared into thin air, some tiny, beautiful crystal-like white snowflakes softly began to fall from the dark clouds that were circling the black, night sky. The moonlight gently and softly kissed the slippery and icy surface of a frozen solid lake. The howling wind rushed through the tops of the tall and twisted trees, and furiously began to shake their sharp, pointed branches until they seemed like they're out of place. Upon of the tallest and steepest snow-covered cliffs that arched over the frozen lake, a strong stone and solid brick walled European-like castle stands proud and tall against the wind's current and the black, shadowy and freezing atmosphere. Inside one of the highest rooms in the tallest tower of the castle, the darkness inside of the empty room was suddenly erased from the walls by a dim, amber candlelight. The candlelight grew bigger, and glowed brighter, chasing away the black shadows that remained untouched by brightness. Rubbing the dull sleepiness and eerie tiredness away from her eyes, a crumpled figure wrapped up in a bunch of scarlet red sheets and blankets yawned as she stretched he arms over her head, and raised herself into a sitting-up place. Then, the girl shuffled herself out of her warm, cozy bed, and she glanced over her shoulder to face one of the walls of her bedroom. The girl's eyes scanned up the wall, until they fell at the sight of her monthly calendar.
"Hmm, let's see. What day is today? Well… Holy rabies! HOLY RABIES! Today's the first day of winter, which means that today's the shortest day and the longest night of the year! And that means that Christmas is almost here! Yes! Yes! YES!" the girl cheered out loud as she threw both of her arms into the air and jumped up and down on her bed over and over. But then, her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by her bedroom door creaking slightly open, and a young man with short, neatly combed jet black hair poked his head into the room with a wide and toothy smile spreading across his face.
"Good morning Mavis! How did sleep last night, and can you tell me why you sound so loud and satisfied now, my little mouse?" the man called out as he entered himself into the girl's room.
"Good morning, dad! I slept great, and guess why I'm so thrilled right now!" Mavis shouted happily as she threw her arms around her dad's neck.
"Well, you tell me why, because I don't know the answer. What are you so excited about this early in the morning?" the girl's father replied.
"Okay then, I'll tell you why. I just found out that today's the first day of winter, and that Christmas isn't very far from here! Just a few more days left, and it's finally here! Isn't that great?!" Mavis exclaimed with a burst of joy and thrill in her voice.
"Oh, yes! That's right. It's almost like that Christmas is just around the corner. And are you also excited about the Christmas party that will take place in a few days?" the man asked with a gentle tone of voice.
"Yeah I am, dad!" Mavis cried happily.
"Good, that's what I like to hear from you! Now, when you're ready, come on down stairs and join me for breakfast, alright sweetheart?" the man's voice called out as he slowly pushed the door open, with his hand clutching the doorknob.
"All right, dad. I'll see you in a few minutes or so!" Mavis answered back as she flashed a smile across her face at her dad, watching him shut the door behind him, and hearing his footsteps die away.
But then, Mavis' smile has suddenly disappeared from her face as some gloomy and grieving thoughts entered her heavy-clouded mind. Sadness, sorrow, anger, and fear began to build up into a huge, tangled up knot in the pit of her stomach as illusions and visions of deep, dark memories of her deceased mother, Martha Dracula, and her ex-boyfriend, Jonathan, began to flash through her eyes like the speed of lightning bolt during a severe thunder-storm.
Many years ago, when Mavis was about three to five months old, humans have feared and hated Mavis and her family, because of one stupid rumor that they were vampires. One night, a terrible tragedy occurred. The humans were already fed up of the Dracula family living in their neighbourhood, that they have gathered into one angry mob, and attacked them off guard. The humans burned down their home, and killed Martha, while that incident left her husband, and their only daughter, Mavis Dracula, the only survivors left. From that day forth, her father, Count Dracula, swore at the bottom of his heart that he would do everything he can to protect Mavis from the threat of humans, no matter what the cost was, or what it takes to keep her as safe from the threat of humans as possible. It hasn't been that long since Dracula had last spoken to Mavis about her mother's death. And to make things worse for her was the night that Mavis found out that Jonathan had cheated on her with another girl he desperately cared about. When she found out, she didn't realize that it made Jonathan very angry with her, that he decided that he wasn't in love with Mavis anymore, and he ditched her for that same girl that he recently began dating with. Just thinking about those memories made Mavis feel so vulnerable on the inside, and nearly brought her down into tears again.
When she felt her eyes burn with anger and hatred, and tears pouring down her face, Mavis then gained control of her emotions before they grew out of hand and exploded all over the place. As the poor girl dried all of her tears away, she scolded to herself in frustration, "Okay Mavis. You need to calm down. You know perfectly well that mom's dead, and that stupid jerk is gone for good! There's no point in getting upset about this all over again. But, this still doesn't make any sense! Why am I getting upset about this again? I should've been over it by now! Wait…maybe I'm not! Why? Why, me? Why did these horrible things happen to me? WHY?"
After letting her mixed-up emotions loose from her mind, Mavis then felt her happiness quickly return to herself as she scurried over to her closet and find a perfect outfit for the day. As Mavis pulled the wardrobe doors open, her eyes fell upon the sight of gorgeous and colorful dresses, lined up from one side of the inside storage space to the other. Having a tough time deciding on her outfit, Mavis' eyes scanned on each dress her hands could get on until she found herself holding a dark, navy blue long-sleeved dress painted with swirly patterns of tiny, white crystal-like snowflakes and a pearly, snow-white sash that wrapped around the waist line.
"Perfect." Mavis thought to herself as she gently placed the dress on top of her bed, and rushed over to her sock drawers to pick her remaining accessories to complete her outfit. She pulled one of the shelves towards herself to open it, and pulled out a pair of shadowy black tights, a pair of red and white sneakers, a blood-red and jet black shawl, a silver skull shaped locket with bright red rubies for the eyes with a matching pair of earrings, and finally, a shiny and sparkling silvery and ivory-white headband out of the drawer. Taking all the items into her open arms, Mavis then slammed the drawer shut with her hip, and carefully put the accessories on her bed next to her dress. After she pulled off her pale blue nightgown and gently brushed her long, wavy jet black hair out of her braid until it fell upon her shoulders, Mavis grabbed her tights and stretched them over her bare legs until they sat down nice and snug. Next, she placed the sneakers over her feet, and tied up the laces into neat, little bows until they were in place. Then, she threw the dress over her head, pulled down her body for proper fitting, and tied the sash around her waist to keep it from sliding downwards. She slipped the shawl around her shoulders, as she clipped the earrings on and hung the locket around her slender-shaped neck. And finally, Mavis placed the headband on the very top of her head as she turned around and saw herself standing in front of a full-length mirror, casting her own reflection. As she frantically stared at the mirror in awe, her heart stopped at the sight of her fully completed and gorgeous reflection.
"Wow! This is beautiful! I should wear this outfit more often." Mavis gasped with surprize as she gazed at herself proudly. Now she wasn't going to let her horrible and tragic memories of the past spoil the start of a new day. Especially not today, for crying out loud! Then, she started to spin and dance around her bedroom, breaking the empty silence and stillness into a million lost fragments with her loud laughter and gleeful cheering. But then, the girl suddenly stopped spinning and dancing when she saw a bunch of colourful lights begin to flash and glow brightly across the ocean blue sky. Just by having her eyes fixed on the brightness caused Mavis to tumble over, and fall flat on her back upon the polished, wooden floorboards.
"Ouch! That hurt, I'm okay," Mavis mumbled to herself as she pushed herself up from the floor, and dashed to her open window as she gaze never left the brightly coloured sky, and the pure white dancing snowflakes danced and gently fluttered down to the frozen earth upon a cool blast of wind. Then, she asked herself, "What was that? Were those bright colours the Northern lights that dad has always told me about? I don't know. I'll figure out what those lights are sooner or later, right now I'd better get downstairs and join dad for breakfast before he eats all the food on me!"
As Mavis silently giggled to herself, she quickly slammed the bedroom window shut and locked it up, nice and tight so that the wind didn't blow snow, frost and ice into her face. After she cleaned up her room, and made her bed in silence, she then dashed out into the hallway, shut the door behind her before she raced towards the staircase that sat at the end of the hallway, undisturbed. Then, Mavis threw herself over the banister, and felt her body sliding downwards going at least forty kilometers an hour. And before she knew it, the ride had come to an end, and Mavis found herself standing in the doorway of the dining room.
Meanwhile, somewhere up in the North Pole, the snow-covered peaks and silvery mountains stand proud and tall above the horizon of the Arctic region. Upon a side of a steep cliff of the tallest mountain that was surrounded by a circle of icy peaks, a solid stone brick and sturdy wooden fortress sits on the very top of frozen high grounds, surrounded by the wintery atmosphere undisturbed. The same colourful lights that Mavis had noticed from earlier were also painting the pale blue Northern skies, and they glowed so brightly that they had caused the fortress to cast long, jet black shadow that reached far from what the eye can see. And as a result, no one was able to see that these were the Northern lights, and that they were coming from the top of the highest tower of the sturdy building. But just as beautiful colours were beginning to vanish, a bright light had suddenly appeared inside one of the fortress' windows, and had sent a group of screaming and shouting figures flying from the brightness and disappeared into the solid brick walls of the sturdy building. And then, the light that had just appeared out of nowhere had suddenly faded away as well.
The four people who're sent off flying was now inside the warmth and comfort of the fort, and as you were able to tell, their proper entrance didn't end well, when a young boy's voice had yelled out loud, "Ow! That didn't go well as I thought. Hey! Tooth! Will you get off me please?! It's hard for me to breathe with you on top of me like that!"
Then, a young female voice replied as a small figure pushed herself upwards and lend a hand over to help the boy up from the blood-red carpeted floors, "Oh no! I'm so sorry, Jack! Are you alright?! You're not hurt, are you?!"
"Yeah, I'm fine! Thanks." Jack answered back.
Then, another voice interrupted the boy's thoughts as it called out, "Guys! Can you hear us?! We can really use a hand here! Hello?! Guys, a little help over here? Please?" Then, when Jack and Tooth had turned around, they saw a huge over-grown rabbit being hanging from a small brass hook with his long ears tied up in a huge knot, and a short man who looks like he's made entirely out of golden sand being hung upside-down from the staircase railway by both of his feet caught on an entire role of long forest green ribbon.
"Oh My. Gosh! Hang on, you guys! I'm coming up now to get you down from up there!" Tooth gasped as she Grabbed a pair of sharp scissors and flapped her fairy wings as fast as she could to help her friends. While the scissors in her hand snipped through the ribbon, the little man made of sand slowly fell and landed on the floor without a single scratch. Then, the small fairy flew over to the over-grown rabbit, grabbed his ears, and untied them out of the knot as she gently lead him to the solid ground, unharmed. While that was happening, everyone's attention was suddenly turned to the boy, Jack Frost, who was rolling on the floor, grabbing his sides with his hands and hysterically laughing his head off out loud. As his loud laughter filled the empty and quiet room, Jack's face turned from a pale white, to a rosy shade of pink, and to a deep blood-red colour.
Then, he shouted at the top of his lungs to muffle his laughter, "You know, Tooth! You should have left Sandy and the Easter kangaroo up there, and they would have had to fend for themselves!" But when he tried to keep a straight expression on his face, but he failed as a crooked grin spread across his teenage-like face and his laughter grew louder, breaking the room's silence once more.
"Hey! Can you even tell the difference between a bunny and a kangaroo, you frost-bitten clown? And what are you, brainless or something?" the rabbit yelled back.
"Yeah, I can tell the difference between those two species of animals. You just look like an over-grown kangaroo that is highly sarcastic and who doesn't use his head very much. And you're an ugly one too, you know." Jack proclaimed with an angry-looking scowl on his face.
"Jack! Bunnymund! That's enough out of both of you. Now stop it before you make it worse!" Tooth pleaded with a hint of stern frustration and slight fury in her voice.
"You just stay out of this, Tooth!" Bunnymund scolded angrily at the fairy for interfering.
Just as things seemed to get worse, a voice had suddenly interrupted the small group's argument by yelling out loud, "Alright, alright! That's enough out of all you!" Then, all the angry voices and harsh words tied to the argument had instantly died down when the last voice put all the unnecessary bickering to an end. The voice yelled out again, "I didn't invite you all here to start arguing over a pointless subject. I only needed all of you to come here for a very important council meeting. I will not allow you to start fighting while we're in the middle of facing a huge problem here. Not while I'm here. Do I make myself clear?"
The rest of the members of this small group each nodded their heads, signifying that they understood the man's warning and that they will try not to fight with each other as much.
Then, everyone's eyes turned directly at a man in red clothing, a pair of jet black boots, a long white beard, and with the words, "Nice," and "Naughty" printed on both of his arms in shadowy black ink. And with that, their council meeting has begun.
Then, Jack spoke up, "Yep, you make yourself clear. So, North, what did you call all of us here for? Are the children of the world losing their faith in us again?"
The man in red, North, or better known as Santa Clause, answered, "That's not the only reason why I called all of you up here for the meeting. I also have some very unfortunate news for all of you. Pitch Black has returned, seeking for his revenge on us since we had last defeated him. Not only is his dark magic is grown stronger, but this time, the fear and worst nightmares of children are over-powering Sandy's magic for creating good dreams. If Pitch were to destroy the good dreams of a child, and bring out their worst fears and nightmares now, then that child will be trapped in those bad dreams and their fears every time they fall asleep for the rest of their lives."
"Oh no! That's terrible! Why would he do such a thing? What are we going to do?!" Tooth gasped with a hint of shock and fear in her voice.
"Calm down, Tooth, and let me explain," North replied in a stern, yet gentle voice, "As you all know, the reason that Pitch has returned for revenge, because of his defeat and banishment. And the Man in the Moon had recently told me that we are expecting a new Guardian fairly shortly, and that being said, the new Guardian who has recently been chosen is the only one who can help us in defeating and banishing Pitch once and for all."
"Another Guardian? Wow! That's pretty exciting! I wonder who it'll be this time." Jack exclaimed in awe.
"Well let's find out who it is then, shall we?" North asked as a small, beautifully hand-carved and decorated ebony-shaded iron pillar poked its way out of the floorboards, leaving behind no permanent scratch or spotted dents of any sort in sight. And on the tippy top of the pillar was a small crystal-like snow globe that sat in silence undisturbed. Then, suddenly, the small ornamentation began to glow brightly as the silvery moonlight slowly poured from outside, and on the pillar, casting a long, black shadow across the room. The light flashed a brilliant and bright shade of blue, and it looked as if it was transforming itself into a bright, pale blue flame. The snow globe's blue flame grew bigger and glowed so brightly that it caused all the people watching to shield their faces with their arms before its light permanently damaged their eyesight. Then, the flame became of what seemed like a moving tapestry hanging on the wall. Everyone gazed at the scenery in awe as the image in the tapestry revealed itself an image of a girl with long, jet black wavy hair and pale blue eyes, clothed in a dark, navy blue dress painted with a small and simple snowflake designs with a white sash tied around her waist, and a pair of shadowy black tights with a pair of red and white sneakers tied to her feet. She also had a jet black and crimson red shawl tied loosely around her shoulders, a silvery and snow-white headband sitting on top of her head, and a pair of silver skull-shaped earrings with tiny red rubies for eyes with a matching locket that hung around her neck. The girl was spinning and dancing around her room, with her loud laughter and gleeful shouting destroying the silence and emptiness of the night. Then, when the group saw her fall over, the tapestry's light disappeared and ignited flame burned out as the ornamentation restored itself into its original form. After that, the snow globe attached to the pillar had slowly sunk beneath the floorboards, until nothing left was seen.
Then, Bunnymund yelled out loud in disappointment and frustration, "Her?! That girl was chosen to become the new Guardian?! Pfft! Seriously, North? This is the best that you can do? I mean, come on! How do we know if we can trust her, or not? We don't even know who, what, or even where she is…"
"Great! Now all we really have to do is to find this girl, and bring her all the way up here. But there's just one more problem: who is willing to get out there and do that?" Tooth whispered to herself quietly.
"I'll do it! I'd be happy to go find the girl, and being her here," Jack volunteered with thrill and excitement rushing through his voice, "This shouldn't be too hard. If I can create and spread winter around the world in a short time period, then it won't be too much of a problem here. I just need to know where I'm going and all."
Relieved that the girl isn't too far away from here, North smiled and replied, "The girl lives somewhere up in the Northern mountains of Transylvania, Romania. And Romania rests in the Northern boarders that sit between the two continents of Europe and Asia. You think you can do this, Jack?"
"Yep! I'll be fine, so none of you guys have to worry about me. Well, I'm on my way, now. I don't want to keep the new Guardian waiting, and I seriously hope that I find her before Pitch does." Jack sighed as he took a small clear magic orb about the size of his fist from North's open hand. The object that Jack had just received was a magical sphere that was often used in Witchcraft and Wizardry, and this orb creates magic portals that can transport anyone to anyplace they want to go when they stepped into the portal's light. Then, clutching his magic staff in his other hand that remained empty, Jack then glanced back over his shoulder, and gave out his one last soft smile across his face before leaving for his new journey. Jack grabbed the magical orb, threw it at the wall, and instead of it cracking open into a million pieces, it transformed itself into a bright white light that sparkled brightly than any star in the universe.
Before Jack stepped into the light, Tooth called out, "Jack! One more thing for you to know before you go. Be careful out there and keep an eye out for Pitch and his dark magic. You never know when he is about to make his next move. So in other words, look out for yourself and be ready for what might happen to you. Be back soon, okay? And good luck!"
"Thanks Tooth. I will be careful. I can't promise you how long this will take me and when I'll be back. And don't you guys worry about me, I can take care of myself out there, you know! Alright, then. I'm on my way now, and I'll see you all in a few hours or so! Bye, guys!" Jack called out once more with one last smile. And before they knew it, they saw the boy had already tossed himself into the magic portal before its bright and sparkling light had disappeared.
Author's Note: Okay then, I admit it, some parts of this are kind of blunt, and I know that some of you guys must be bored out of your minds after reading this. But trust me, this story does get better later, so just bear with me on this, okay? Good. I hope I did okay on this overall. Thanks for taking the time to read this. I really appreciate that. Rate and Review, and again, NO rude comments please! Thanks again, and I'll see you all next time! ;D