Your sprites were by your side in a flash. Their bodies made of various parts of the forest, woven together to form their bodies. Their silhouettes grew as they travelled at supernatural speeds. You loosened the orang-utans grip on you, letting your natural warmth fade so it would not latch on to you. The baby orang-utan cried out, confused as to where motherly warmth had gone. You handed it to one of your sprites who cradled it as it found comfort in her forest scent. You gave them the situation and they raced off to find a new home.
You watched them fade into the distance then let yourself sink to the ground, too weak to do much else. Your breathing heavy, you rested on your knees for a while, leaning forward and letting your hands sink into the soil, letting yourself rejuvenate. Once you were ready you pushed yourself to your feet and brushed yourself off. You didn't let yourself look any further into the destruction of your domain. You prepared yourself to leave, but just as you did you heard a noise coming from behind you. It was the sound of earth crumbling, falling. You turned to see a hole quickly forming, earth sinking in and stopping once it was about 2 metres wide. As you watched on a six foot rabbit covered in tribal patterns and a boomerang slung on his back jumper out. You smiled at the site of your old friend.
Before you could greet him you heard screaming and wooing come from the tunnel as four others shot out. You watched the familiar faces as they appeared; Tooth, North, Sandy, and a face you hadn't laid eyes on in 330 years, Jack Frost. The Guardians. You had heard about the new addition but had never seen him with the other Guardians. Tooth hovered over Sandy, North and Jack as they recovered from their tumble from the hole, Bunny turned to see what your eyes were fixated on and rolled his eyes at Jack who was brushing himself off, "new addition" he said, nodding in Jacks direction. You tore your eyes away from the boy and turned back to Bunny, chuckling at his dismissal of the new guy. You ran up to him and threw your arms around your furry friend, shocked by the sudden movement, he tensed, but soon accepted it and hugged you back.
You stepped back to great the other Guardians, nodding at Tooths excited chatter, smiling at the name of children you recognised, returning Sandy's cheerful wave and North's bear hug. Finally, you turned to Jack, his new form suited him, white tousled hair and ice blue eyes met you own, he was more handsome then you remembered. He gave you brief hello, but didn't take his eyes off you, this time it was his turn to stare
Jack couldn't help but stare, this girl had captivated him, he had never seen anyone hug Bunny, and he swore he saw what looked like affection in the rabbit's expression. He had watched as she greeted the other Guardians like old friends and now it was Jacks turn. He managed to force out a hello but that was all. He was too busy taking her in, she looked his age. Not 330 years old but young like 17 or 18. She seemed to resemble the tones of the earth, a deep tan, long thick hair the colour of rich soil, only more vibrant was braided and lay on her shoulder. Towards the end her hair turned a lush green. The same green tinged the outside of her eyes faintly, and though that would be strange on a human, it only helped to brighten warm brown eyes. A dark green Top was draped around her torso, flowing with her figure and dark brown pants, similar to his own, clung to her legs, cutting off just above her ankles and her feet remained bare.
She looked gorgeous, Jack thought, and it wasn't just what the Man in the Moon had made her, her features were delicate but held strong expression, her body flowed, was fluid in movement. Jack hadn't realised he had slowly gotten closer to her, she was almost his height. She decided to break the silence, "I'm Terra" she said, offering a smile. "Jack Frost" he responded. He couldn't bring himself to think of anything else to say, he felt embarrassed for staring at her so long.
"Struth…."
Jack turned his attention to Bunny's exclamation; the other Guardians who had all caught on were also looking around. They surveyed their surroundings, and for the first time since his arrival Jack noticed too. Everything was dead, stumps of trees remained, some up-rooted, twigs and leaves and all sorts of forest debris covered the floor that was probably once fertile and green with undergrowth. It was a total wasteland. Jack turned back to Terra who didn't look up, sadness and shame in her eyes.
Bunny noticed, he looked concerned, "it's worse than I thought". Terra nodded "they've been up scaling their work, taking more of the forest with them". North came and placed a large comforting hand on her shoulder. Jack wanted to do the same, but what comfort would she find in the cold?
Authors Note: So I didnt expect such a quick response to the first chapter!literally just hours later! Thanks for that guys, I realise these chapter are pretty short, I'll try and make them longer. Let me know how you feel about the Jack point of view thing I have going on because I wasn't sure how people would feel about that and if you have any other criticism to give it would be much appreciated :)
