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"Alright then. Jack has to stop by before he comes here, so he can bring you with him." Emma said, handing him a snow globe. Cheering, Jamie and his friends and Sophie ran through gleefully.
"THey'll be safe at the North Pole." Emma assured their parents.
DARKNESS
JACK (V.O.)
Darkness.
The whole room, besides Emma of course, jumped.
That's the first thing I remember. It was dark, and it was cold. And I was scared.
Lucy had to bite her lip. She recognized her son's voice, the whole village did. It broke their hearts, knowing he didn't remember them.
The silhouette of a body appears as it drifts into a ray of
light, refracted through water, which turns into...
A MOON - SEEN IN REFLECTION ON A SHEET OF ICE
The moonlight intensifies almost magically, and the ice above
begins to spider-web and crack.
Emma flinched slightly, she still hated hearing that sound. Lucy reached over and put her hand on her daughter's. Emma smiled weakly.
EXT. FROZEN POND - NIGHT
Snow-covered trees in every direction. The ice in the pond
continues to crack, until finally a hole splinters open.
A young man floats out of the water, bathed in the intense
moonlight. This is JACK FROST - thin, pale, barefoot, his
tousled hair frosted white.
"Oh Jack..." Emily whispered. Her husband wrapped an arm around her shoulders, grief for his best friend welling up in him. Jack's had brought their village closer than ever before, as everyone felt the loss deeply.
JACK (V.O.)
But then...then I saw the moon.
It was so big and it was so bright,
and it seemed to chase the darkness
away. And when it did...I wasn't scared anymore.
"Jack wasn't ever afraid though." Anne said softly, as only a six year old can.
"Everyone's afraid of something, little one." Emma said.
Jack floats back down onto the ice as the hole closes up underneath him.
JACK (V.O.)
Why I was there, and what I was
meant to do - that I've never
known. And a part of me wonders if
I ever will.
Renee looked at the other mothers. They all looked saddened, having children of their own.
Jack looks around, confused, then turns toward the moonlight
as it dims a bit.
Jack carefully treads across the ice until he hits something
with his feet. He looks down, and at his feet is a wooden
staff.
"That was mine. I gave it to his father. When he was ten Thaddeus passed away, and it was given to him." James Overland said, patting his sister's hand. She whimpered slightly at the mention of her husband.
"Thaddeus Burgess?" Monica asked. She was a history teacher at Burgess Elementary. Lucy nodded.
Curious, he picks it up. Almost immediately the
staff begins to glow a cold blue in his hands. Odd.
He almost drops it as the base of the staff comes in
contact with the ground. Frost shoots out and spreads across
the ice. Jack is visibly confused. He touches a few trees with his staff sending frost up their
trunks. Then he swings the staff again, more confident, as
he begins to run across the frozen pond.
Another swing, and a gust of wind swirls him high up into the
air. Jack floats for a moment only to fall back down to
earth and into the trees. Jack grabs hold of a tree branch and pulls himself up to see a small town off in the distance.
Everyone greaks into giggles or smiles at Jack as he rediscovered the world, and learned about his powers. Lucy winced when he landed in the tree.
"Don't worry, Mama, it takes a lot to hurt a spirit.
EXT. BURGESS SETTLEMENT - TOWN CENTER - CONTINUOUS
A collection of simple timber houses with thatched roofs.
Jack comes in for a landing, and it's a rocky one. He stands
up, still elated, and brushes himself off.
The kids giggle as Jack has to untangle himself from his cloak.
As Jack makes his way into town, settlers are warming their
hands by campfire. Jack doesn't recognize anyone.
Any signs of laughter vanish.
JACK
(to the townsfolk)
Hello. Hello. Good evening,
ma'am.
(beat)
Ma'am?
Said young woman gave a choked sob, trying not to cry. Emily gripped James' hand.
"He walked right passed us." she whispered.
The settlers walk past Jack, not noticing him. Jack crouches
down as a YOUNG BOY runs toward him.
"Hey it's me!" Thomas exclaimed.
JACK
Oh, ah, excuse me, can you tell me
where I am?
The boy runs right through Jack, as if he were a ghost. Jack
staggers back in shock. He's speechless, as if the wind had
been knocked out him. His emotions causing it to snow.
Thomas stared at the screen, stunned tears filling his eyes. He had run through his brother's best friend, the brother of the girl who saved his life.
"Thomas, you didn't know. It wasn't your fault." Emma said softly, kneeling in front of him.
"B-But-" he stammered.
"Thomas, you couldn't have known." she said, cupping his cheek and smiling before returning to her seat.
JACK
Hello! Hello!
Townsfolk continue to pass through Jack, unaware of his
presence. Shaken, Jack turns and retreats into the forest.
"How could we have just walked through him?" Victoria exclaimed, her husband John having to struggle to keep her from hysterics. Jack had crushed on her for a few years, until John had won her heart and hand.
"You didn't believe in him. It was as if he didn't exist... I didn't even see him back then." Emma trailed off.
JACK (V.O.)
My name is Jack Frost - how do I
know that? The moon told me so.
But that was all he ever told me.
And that was a long, long time ago.
"So he had no memories? He was just left alone to wander?" Renee asked, incredulous. Emma nodded.
"Why? No one should be put through that, but especially not a child!" she exclaimed.
"I went through the same, but I found my memories much sooner. It only took me fifty years." Emma said softly.
"How long did it take Jack?" Emily asked.
"Three hundred. I'd have told him but... It's a long story." she said with a wry smile.
The words 'Rise of the Guardians' fill the screen until the next scene loads.