North was sitting in his shop getting ready for the Christmas season. He was painting away a little toy train he has spent the past month creating. Nowadays it was rare children would ask for toys because of technology but it was good to see that actually toys were still being asked for.

He had his Yetis and Elves to make the toys for him but making the toys himself relaxes him. The detailing of every curve, every bump, every colour, every shape. It makes him feel calm and he makes sure he gets every single detail. If he missed one, he felt like he was going to go insane.

He painted the last spot and delicately place the train down onto the table in front of him. North stood back and admired his work. He was very proud of this. The train had three matching carriages and was blue and red.

He thought back to when he last built a train. The day Manny told him that there was a new Guardian and they had to find him.

Jack Frost.

Boy, they were not expecting him.

He had a childish aura about him that made the other Guardian's worry that he was not fit for the role. It took Jack some time to warm up to the idea of becoming a Guardian but he was doing an amazing job at it. He found his center and used it to the best of his ability and North couldn't be prouder.

*Knock knock*

There was a knock at North's door which pulled him out of his thoughts.

"Come in." He called out to whoever was behind the door.

It was one of his Yeti's that stepped in nervously.

"What is the matter?" North asked.

The Yeti stood there silently for a second before talking to him in their form of communicating and pointing outside into the main room.

North screwed up his eyebrows and rolled back up his sleeves which showed his 'Naughty' and 'Nice' tattoos before following the Yeti out of the room. The atmosphere in the place was tense which caused North to feel uneasy. He knew it was mainly due to Christmas stress but there seemed more to this new atmosphere.

"Oh North! Finally, you're here. Manny is trying to tell us something, I had to quickly fly over to find out what's going on. Do you know what's going on?" Tooth bombarded him with questions as soon as she saw him in her line of sight.

"Bloody hell Tooth. The man just got here, he barley knows what time it is being stuck in his room all day playing with his bloody toys." Bunny said with his thick accent as he stood in the corner with his arm crossed. Sandman was standing not far from him and conjured up a picture of a train. North just shook his head humorously at his fellow Guardians and their antics.

"I'm sorry if I am nervous Bunny. When Manny calls its only two reasons; a good one or a bad one. I would like to find out if it's a good one." Tooth said as she let her feet touch the ground for the first time since she got there.

"Well we need to wait for Jack first-" North began to say but was interrupted by another voice.

"Did somebody say Jack?" Jack announced as he flew in a from the window and went straight up to Bunny with a large smirk on his face.

"About time ya got here." Bunny mumbled as he looked at the white-haired boy.

"It takes a while to fly all the way to the North Pole Bunny."

"Told ya my way is the better way." Bunny said smugly.

"Yeah yeah yeah. You two can talk about that later but now, let's listen to what Manny has to say." Tooth told the group as she began to float in the air again because of how nervous she was felling.

Sandy nodded his head and he walked towards the platform where the moon light stared directly down on.

"Alright. Let's see what Man in moon has to tell us." North said as he took control over the situation. "Manny... tell us what you want us to know."

For a few seconds it was silent which made them all nervous. This was the first time Jack had reserved one of these messages and he was even more nervous than Tooth was, he just knew how to control his feelings better. He was wondering what Manny was trying to tell them.

Maybe there was a new Guardian?

Just as he finished his train of fault, Manny began to speak.

Somewhere far far away, years ago...

The darkness was creeping up around them, suffocating them. It was inviting but they weren't sure they wanted to welcome it. The more they let it simmer the more it grew in strengths. Is this the only way they would awake? By accepting this darkness around them and let it consume them.

'Wake up!' They screamed but it seemed like it was only internally as there was no type of sound around them. Everything was silent.

'Breath... you can do this...' They encouraged themselves.

Taking a deep breath, they let their mind drift, thinking about waking up and the darkness that was calling them.

It took a few minutes but it worked.

They opened their eyes to and observed their surroundings. It looked like it was some kind of underground cave of some sort with the only source of light coming from the moonlight.

"Where... Where am I?"

They tried to stand up but instantly fell to their feet, making them realize how weak they were feeling. Their breath began to speed up as the anxiety in their body grew alongside the darkness looming around them. They had no idea where they were and it was extremely frightening.

Suddenly, a figure strolled out of the shadow which caused them to jump back in fear.

That's when the figure began to speak.

"Don't you worry my child. Everything is going to be fine..."

I have been so busy lately I haven't had much time to write more chapters but I hope you enjoy this one so far.

-TBG