Cadence walked down the sidewalk from school. It had ended early due to unexcepted snowfall. She was quite happy taking the day off, and she loved the winter. It was slowly coming to an ended, but she took in every moment of it. She loved the cold air, the smell of smores and kindling, the fresh, beautiful snow.

Plus, she knew there was another reason for the unexpected snowfall. Walking home, she thought of her best friend. She promised to meet him at the pond later that day, for some ice skating.

Her bluish/black raven haired fishtail braid shone in the bright sunlight. Her skin was still snowy-white with her favorite purple winter coat that she always wore with her favorite pair of faded jeans and black winter boots that covered the ends of her jeans. Her backpack was halfway on and her textbooks in one hand.

She was almost to her house when something pushed her from behind.

"Whoa! Sorry, lady!" Three kids ran past her and waved. Two of them were African American, obviously twins, while the third one was Caucasian with brown hair and chocolate eyes. The brown haired boys eyes were glued to a book on mythological creatures.

"It's alright." She called after them. The brown haired boy looked back at Cadence and eyed her in confusion.

"Are you a vampire?" He asked. She stiffened at the boy's ignorant curiosity. She may have been used to it, but the word vampire still stung her like a heated needle.

"No. I'm an albino." She gritted through her smile.

The boy shrugged and continued walking. He ducked through an opening in the fence, followed by the twins. Cadence continued walking. After a few moments, Cadence finally made it to her house. The wrap around porch was painted blue with white fencing. It was a two story house with a white garage door, and a red door. Cadence dug around for her key, opened the door and found her house empty.

"Mom?" She called out.

No response. She walked to the kitchen to find a note taped to the cabinets, written in her mother's handwriting.

Cadence, I'm sorry for such short notice, but I'm leaving town for the weekend for a business trip.
I'll be back on Tuesday, and I can trust you to stay safe. Call me if you any problems.
Love, Mom.

P.S. There's extra blueberry brioche left in the fridge.

Her mom always knew that Cadence loved brioche. It was so sweet and fluffy. But that had to wait. Cadence had to finish her homework before she could go and hang out with Jack that night.

She got right to work so she could go out with Jack.

Oh, yeah, I forgot to mention, her best friend is Jack Frost.

Jack Frost was hanging upside down outside of Jamie Bennett's bedroom window. His cool breath frosted over the glass. The full moon above him lit up the night sky. He flipped onto the roof of the house.

"If there's something I'm doing wrong can...can you just tell me what it is because I've tried everything and no one ever sees me." He pleaded, his voice cracking ever so slightly. "'Cause I've tried everything, and no one, but Cadence, ever sees me." The moon continued to shine, steady and unchanging.

"Y-You put me here, the least you can do is tell me...tell me why!" He demanded accusingly. But of course the all too familiar silence is the only thing that greeted him. "Why do I bother?" He came off the house and jumped onto a telephone pole.

"Hey, Jack!" A voice called from below him. He looked down to see Cadence waving up at him. Smiling, he flipped down gracefully next to her. When standing next to each other, they were both practically the same height.

"Where've you been? You were supposed to meet me at the pond hours ago." She said.

"I-uh, got a little distracted." He explained everything he did on Jamie's wild ride. They walked along the streets on the cold, clear night. Everything was silent, save for the wind blowing through the small neighborhood and apartment buildings.

Cadence listened intently. Since Jack was her only real friend, she couldn't be happier. He smiled brightly as he explained all of the action during the sled ride. She loved it when he smiled. It was so bright and mischievous, warning you that he might shove some snow down your pants. His sharp blue eyes gave off a little twinkle when the light of the lamppost hit them just right. His white hair was messy and tangled, just the way he liked it. He'd never looked more handsome. Cadence felt embarrassed for staring. She looked to the side when she felt her cheeks warm up. Hopefully Jack didn't notice her blushing.

"You just had to mess with them, didn't you?" She giggled.

Now it was Jack's turn to stare. Her snow-white skin was so flawless and perfect; her almond-round, vividly purple eyes glowed in the dark. Her bluish/black raven hair braid whipped around as she walked, giving off a dark shade of shimmering blue. Last, but definitely not least, he loved to hear her laugh. If he got her to laugh enough, she would start snorting, which he found completely adorable.

"Whoa!" Jack got distracted when a shadowy figure ran past them.

"What was that?" Cadence asked. They both stood absolutely still. At first, all they heard were the voices of the townspeople preparing to inside for the night.

A man asked his wife, "Did you leave the windows open again?"

They didn't hear the reply, but a person in another house said, "The garage door is wide open."

Jack and Cadence wandered past the houses, still searching for the shadowy figure. Once again, something zoomed past the two friends. They couldn't see what it was, the shadows were too dark.

Whoosh. There it was again. A trash can tumbled behind them .

"Stay behind me." Jack put his arm protectively over Cadence and held his staff in a defensive position. They scooted backwards into a dark alley.

"'Ello, mate." They both spun to find the owner of the voice. Jack squinted as the Easter Bunny, or Bunnymund, stepped fully in to the light.

He stood between six to seven feet tall, with grayish-blue fur, with flower-like imprints on both his forehead and shoulders, and bright green eyes. He wore leather bracers set with orange stones, a single-strap holster with which he carried his boomerangs, and leather wrappings on his feet.

"Been a long time. Blizzard of '68, I believe. Easter Sunday wasn't it?" He pointed one of his boomerangs at Jack.

"So, that's the Easter Bunny?" Cadence asked. Bunnymund blinked, as if finally realizing that someone else was here. He was quite stunned. Not just because a teenage girl could him, but because a teenage girl could actually see Jack!

"Who's the shelia?" He asked, gesturing towards the snowy white girl.

"Oh, uh, Cadence, Bunny. Bunny, Cadence." Jack gestured between the two of them, before turning back to Bunny, "So, you're not still mad about that, are you?" Jack tried to put on his 'innocently guilty' face, which always made Cadence's heart flutter.

"Yes," Bunny gritted through his teeth, "But this is about something else." Bunnymund glanced towards the side alley. "Fellas."

Before either of them could react, a huge sack was brought over Jack and Cadence's head, engulfing them both in darkness.

"Hey!" Jack protested.

"Let us go!" Cadence shouted.

They were both ignored as the first yeti pulled out a snow globe and then smashed it on the ground, saying, "Durtal bardla burdlew." A magic portal opened in front of them. The yeti's indicated that Bunny should go first.

"Me?" Bunny pointed to himself. "Not on your nelly. See you back at the Pole."

And with that, Bunny stomped his big foot on the ground. A rabbit hole appeared, and Bunny jumped into it.

"Bwardla arghl." The second yeti said before tossing Jack and Cadence into the snow globe portal.

"Ahhhhhhh!" Both Jack's and Cadence's voices echoed as he fell. The two yetis leaped in after them.

The Tooth Fairy was running her business from North's fortress. "Tangiers! 421 rue de Barat! Allez!" She sent a Mini Fairy to get a tooth from that address.
Suddenly, a sack flew out of a magic portal and thudded onto the floor.

"He's here," North announced. But North and Sandy were both surprised to see two figures crawling out of the bag. Tooth was nearby, surrounded by a dozen hovering Mini Fairies who came and went as she barked orders at them.

"Walla Walla, Washington, we've got a trampoline mishap at 1340 Ginger Lane," She told a fairy. "Canine, lateral, and central incisor. Ouch!" The little fairy hurried away.

North cleared his throat. "Jack Frost, and. . . friend."

"My name is Cadence." The pale girl pointed out.

"Ah, yes." North and Sandy looked at each other wearily. "And just to be clear, you can see us?"

"Yes. I can see all of you. Am I not supposed to?"

Sandy made a snowflake out of dream sand appear above his head.

"Wow. You've got to be kidding me." Jack breathed out, taking a look around the room. Then a pair of yetis reached forward and propped Jack and Cadence up.

"Hey! Hey! Put me down!" Jack protested, while Cadence merely thanked the yeti that had picked her up.

"I hope the yetis treated you well." North said.

"Oh, yeah." Jack said sarcastically. "We loved being kidnapped and shoved through magic portals in a sack." Cadence giggled at the statement.

"Oh good," North nodded, "That was my idea."

Bunnymund entered the room and North said, "You know Bunny, obviously."

"Obviously." Jack growled under his breath. Bunnymund, however, had his eyes on Cadence, who stood quietly away from the group. Other than the girl's appearance, there was. . . something about her. He stood to the side, with his arms crossed, while the Mini Fairies swarmed around Jack.

"And the Tooth Fairy." North made the introduction.

Before Jack could answer, Tooth glided toward him. "Hello, Jack," She greeted. "I've heard a lot about you. And your teeth."

Jack put a hand to his mouth. "My. . . My what?"

Tooth leaned in way too close. "Open up," She said. "Are they really as white as they say? Yes! Oh, they really do sparkle like freshly fallen snow!"

Cadence felt a twinge of jealousy. The Tooth Fairy had the guts, that Cadence didn't have, to fawn over Jack! Of course, she thought fawning over some guy was stupid, but she didn't know if she liked Jack as a friend or. . . more than a friend. They'd been best friends for 7 years! She's a little too scared to tell him about it because she thought that it might wreck their friendship.

North went on with the introductions. "And Sandman." He gestured to a little golden man with golden robes, who had fallen asleep. His hair reminded Cadence of a clown's hairdo. North tried to shake the Sandman awake. "Sandy! Sandy! WAKE UP!" North voice boomed, causing Cadence to wince.

The Sandman finally woke up and then smiled at Jack.

"Anyone want to tell me why I-Er, We're here?" Jack corrected himself as he remembered that Cadence was here. The Sandman made sand images above his head. "That's not really helping, but thanks." Jack told him.

"We?" Tooth asked. Jack pointed to Cadence, who was standing off to the side. Cadence waved hello to the hummingbird hybrid.

"Anyway," Jack intervened, "Why are we here?"

Bunny grumbled. "First of all, you were supposed to be alone!" Bunny pointed at Jack accusingly. "Not smooching with albino girl over here." Jack and Cadence both blushed at Bunny's remark.

"I must've done something really bad to get you four together. Am I on the naughty list?" Jack said as he looked around.

"On the naughtily list?" North laughed so hard, his belly shook, before becoming serious. "You hold the record."

Cadence pretty much expected that.

But Jack's antics weren't all that for a bad cause. Once, the older kids were chasing Cadence, so they could beat her up. Jack iced the cement sidewalk and the kids slipped and slid, allowing Cadence to escape. It was one of the sweetest things that Jack ever did for her.

"But no matter. We overlook. Now we are wiping clean the slate." North said.

"How come?" Jack asked.

"Good question," Bunny smirked.

"Home come?" North repeated, "I'll tell you how come!" He turned to Jack. "Because now you are Guardian."

While Jack stood stood there entirely confused with Cadence, the yetis lit ceremonial torches. Elves leaped down from columns, unfurling banners as they descended. A few of the mini Fairies brought a crown of flowers, which Jack refused to take.

"What are you doing?" Jack pushed the fairies back. "Get off of me."

Horns blared throughout the room, causing Cadence to cover her ears, protecting her ears. She always had such delicate hearing, so hearing people screaming or trumpets blaring alway hurt her ears.

"This is the best part." North told Jack.

An elf marching band entered the room while the yetis pushed Jack to his designated spot on the floor, and pushing Cadence to the side behind the rest of the Guardians. She almost fell over, but Sandy constructed a chair for her to fall back into. She smiled at him and nodded as a silent 'thank you'. A yeti handed North a thick book. He blew off the dust and then began searching for the correct page.

Jack slammed his staff on the floor, frost and wind blasted throughout the room. Everyone stopped as the torches blew out.

"What makes you think I would want to be a Guardian?" Jack asked.

North looked at Jack and chuckled. "Of course you do." He cued the elf band to start playing again. "Music!"

"No music!" Jack demanded. The band gave up. And with a huff, one of the elves tossed his trump onto the ground and stomped out of the room.

"Look," Jack said as he hopped up onto a nearby desk and sat down on it, "This is all very flattering, but ah, you don't want me. You're all hard work and deadlines, and I'm snowballs and fun times. I'm not a Guardian."

"That's exactly what I said." Bunny agreed.

Tooth flew toward Jack. "Jack, I don't think you understand what it is we do." She told Jack to look at the massive Globe behind him. "Each of those lights is is child." Tooth began.

North picked up the story. "A child who believes. And good or bad, naughty or nice, we protect them," Then he added, "Tooth, fingers out of mouth."

Tooth was once again examining Jack's mouth. She obviously loved looking into other people's mouths. "Oh, sorry. They're beautiful." She blushed. Cadence felt that twinge again.

North went on, saying, "Okay, no more wishy washy! Pitch is out there doing who knows what?"

"The Boogeyman?" Jack and Cadence both snickered.

"Yes!" North said. "When Pitch threatens us, he threatens them as well." North pointed to the globe.

"All the more reason to to pick someone more qualified." Jack said.

"Pick?" North boomed. "You think we pick? No, you were chosen, like we were all chosen. By the Man in the Moon."

That caught Jack's attention. "What?" He asked.

"Last night, Jack," Tooth said, "He chose you."

Bunny snorted. "Maybe."

Jack squinted at North. "The Man on the Moon? He talks to you?"

"You see, you cannot say no," North said. "It is destiny."

Feeling like his head might explode from too much information, Jack asked, "But why wouldn't he tell me that himself? After three hundred years, this is his answer? To spend eternity like you guys, cooped up in some hideout, thinking of new ways to bribe kids? No, that's not for me. No offense."

"How's that not offensive?" Bunny sneered. "You know what I think? I think we just dodged a bullet. I mean, what's this clown know about bringing joy to children, anyway?"

Jack felt like he needed to defend himself. "Uh, you ever hear of a snow day? I know it's no hard-boiled egg, but kids like what I do."

Bunny replied, "But none of them believe in you."

Jack pointed his staff at Cadence , who was still sitting in the dream sand chair, "Then explain her!" All the attention in the room was then drawn towards Cadence.

"Please don't bring me into this." Cadence pleaded.

"Actually," Bunny growled as he stomped away from Jack and towards the purple-eyed girl, "I'm sure we would all like to know how you even believe in Jack. How do we even know that she's actually human? She looks more like a vampire."

Cadence finally snapped. "Because Jack saved my life when I ran away and nearly froze to death." Cadence shouted, jumping up from the chair at lightning speed. "And, yes, Bunny, I am human! It's not my fault that I was born like this!"

Her outburst surprised everyone, even Jack. He was so used to see the calm, smiling girl, he had forgotten that Cadence could actually shout like that. The Guardians stared at her with blank expressions.

Once she had calmed herself, she continued speaking. "Jack has been my only friend for the past 7 years. Every other person that I met would call me a freak, just because I don't look like them. Jack was the only person I could actually turn to, besides my own mother, who is barely ever at home."

She stood over next to Jack and took his hand into hers. Jack suddenly felt self-conscious when she held his hand.

North stepped forward. "Jack, Cadence. Walk with me." He gestured for them to follow.

I thought it would be time to put my OC into the movie. Sorry I left out the "kangaroo" part, but I needed a scene for Cadence to interact with the Guardians.