Hey, just forgot to add this, but Jack is only 13 in this story!

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Melting a Frozen Heart

Prologue

Jack's POV

I love playing practical jokes.

I love the snow.

For me, that's the best combo.

See, my name's Jack Frost. Yes like the "nipping at your nose" winter spirit. But I'm not just a winter spirit now. You see, last year, I was recruited by the Guardians when they needed help fighting off Pitch Black and his failed attempt of bringing back the Dark Age.

You might think, "Wow, that's so cool. You get to fight evil and blah, blah, blah…" The truth is, it's not all that easy. Being a winter spirit was hard, but a Guardian, that's just plain stressful! Every once and a while I just need to let loose, and being me, that's not too hard.

You see, a little while ago, the rest of the Guardians put together a "Happy One Year Anniversary for Joining the Group" surprise party for me. It was actually kind of fun. North, for the first time ever, let us play with some of the toys in his workshop. After that, things took an odd turn.

FLASHBACK

"Now, over with fun and games," North started, "let's get down to business."

All of a sudden, gone were the faces of cheery friends of mine, instead replaced with stern looks of such seriousness that not even a wrecking ball could break it.

"Jack," Tooth started, "have you ever heard myths about Greek Gods and Goddesses?" "A few things," I said, "Why?"

Bunny hopped over and towered above me. "Because they're real."

What the hell, I thought. What was he saying!? The Gods had survived thousands of years to this day? How was that even possible?

As if he was reading my mind, North said, "The gods have survived for so long by following something called Western Civilization. Wherever the flame was the brightest was where the gods settled. First in Greece, then in Rome, and sometime in England."

By this point, my head was spinning like a top. "How do you guys even know all this? It's not like you see gods walking around on the streets. And if they follow Western Civilization, where are they now?"

"They're in the United States, Jack," Tooth said to me slowly as if I was a child hearing someone talk for the first time. "Mount Olympus is on top of the Empire State Building, on the 600th floor."

"Exactly," Bunny cut in. "But it gets boring for them up there alone for so long. Sometimes, the gods will come down and have kids with mortals. Half god and half human, called demigods or sometimes halfbloods. They go to this special camp, called Camp Half-Blood, where they train to fight monsters and survive in the real world. There are tons of them all over the world, roaming in places that you would never know or go."

"That still doesn't tell me how you know all of this," I said.

"Jack," North said and I turned to him, "because I am one. My father is Hermes, messenger of the gods."

END FLASHBACK

It's been a month since that happened, and a week since all five of us were offered to visit Mount Olympus.

When we first arrived, the place took my breath away. The array of Ancient Greek style buildings lining the brick roads was amazing. But the most spectacular thing about the whole place was the giant palace placed on a snow peaked mountain.

"Mount Olympus," Bunny said in awe.

Sandy showed a face of a man with wide eyes and a mouth that was gaping open. Tooth on the other hand was fluttering around the elevator trying to figure out how it worked, as if that was the most amazing thing here. And then there was North. He looked at this place as if it was his own workshop. "It hasn't changed a bit," he said, "let's go!"

Then we walked all the way to the palace and met all of the twelve Olympian gods. At first, I was amazed at how tall they were, but then they explained to me how they could look like anything they wanted to. After that, we settled in our guest rooms and were free to do as we pleased.

That's all we really did. Roam around the city multiple times, doing the same things over and over again. I didn't see the other Guardians much, which just made it that much worse. Now I understand why there were so many demigods in the world. There was nothing else to do! I had to do something or else I thing I would've died of boredom.

Being me, when I was bored, I pulled pranks.

I went around and when some spirits would water their plants, I would freeze the water. Sure, they got mad, but it gave me a good laugh and I felt better immediately. Then I did something that had never gotten me in so much trouble before.

I made it snow.

It started as a light fall, but then it got heavier, thicker and colder. Being in the hot sun is never good for a winter spirit, but the cold sensation danced along my skin so gracefully that I completely forgot how pissed off the gods would be.

That is of course, before I heard the thunder.

"Jack Frost," Zeus' voice boomed saying my name so loud that it probably echoed across the city. "Do you know what you have done!?"

I stared at the cold tiled floor and shrunk down a bit more, if that was even possible standing in front of all twelve Olympian gods. Zeus continued, "You have altered the magical climate control and now we have to wait for all the snow to naturally melt!"

"What about Apollo?" North asked hopefully. "He can increase the temperature of the sun to melt the snow faster."

"It won't work," Apollo said, clearly annoyed. "His magic cannot be changed or reversed by mine. It's one of the Ancient laws."

"Because of your act of idiocy, you must be punished," Zeus said firmly.

"He is just a child, Zeus," another goddess said. "Clearly a punishment would be out of hand."

"Silence Demeter!" Zeus yelled so loud the whole building shook.

Then, a man in biker leathers and sunglasses said, "Send him to 1000 painful deaths!"

"No, no. Not that," Zeus said which I was very grateful for. "Jack Frost," he said and I met his eyes. Electric against ice. Pride against fear. "For one year, you will be stripped of your immortality and live as a normal child. You will attend the Yancy Academy Boarding School. If you have not learned your lesson by then, another year will be added."

I looked at my friends for support, but their faces said it all. They couldn't do anything. The decision was final. "Now, off with you." Zeus said and with a flick of his wrist, there was a flash. Then a warm feeling passed through me, something that I haven't felt in over 300 years. I opened my eyes and found myself on the busy streets of New York as a distant rumble of thunder swept across the sky.