His Evil Half
Chapter 1: Calling All Guardians
-One Year Later-
It was winter. All the trees were bare, their branches covered in snow. Snowflakes were falling, and the sky was dark. Night time. Most families would be dozing off by now. But in the park, an immortal white haired teen with blue eyes was flying around, yelling with joy, and leaving a long frost trail behind him. "Whoo hoo! Yeah!" He shrieked, shooting past a row of trees and making funny snow patterns on them. Yep, it was Jack Frost. The newest guardian, but not for long. After a while of casting snowflakes and frost all over the place, Jack floated himself up and settled on a tree branch. He grasped his staff and stared up at the moon. Everything seemed back to normal ever since Pitch was defeated, and the guardians had since gone their separate ways. Jack couldn't help but miss his fellow guardians: North, a.k.a Santa Claus, Toothiana, a.k.a Tooth Fairy, Sandy a.k.a Sandman, and Bunnymund, a.k.a the Easter Kangaroo- I mean, bunny. Of course, he got along well with all of them, but it could go a little differently in the future for Tooth. Jack smiled to himself when he remembered how Tooth had reacted when he first came to the North Pole. She had pried open his mouth twice just to look at his teeth to see if they really 'shone like freshly fallen snow'. Could it be that Tooth being the Guardian of memories wasn't the only reason why he spent so much time with her before? Jack shook his head in disbelief, trying to get the thoughts out of his head. No, no, NO! I will not start to like her! I can't! He looked up. Wait a second- There were ribbons of multi colored lights in the sky, moving slowly past him. That cut off his thoughts about Tooth. "The Northern Lights! Something's up at the North Pole!" He yelled. He held his precious staff in one hand and quickly shot up into the sky. "Ow!" He spun round. Down there, on one of the tree branches, a lock of his white hair was hooked on the end. Jack shrugged. "Never mind. It's no big deal, anyway." He then turned and flew off to the North Pole as fast as he could.
The moment Jack Frost was far away, a tall dark shadow fell across the snow. A hooded figure approached the tree, and with one bony hand, picked the white hair off the branch. An evil grin grew on his face. "Exactly what I need." He rasped, looking up at the teenage guardian, who was riding the wind and disappearing into the clouds. The man's maniacal laughter filled the air, but Jack was too far to hear anything. And with that the mysterious figure turned, and with a sweep of his cloak, vanished into thin air.
Meanwhile, North, at the North Pole, was waiting impatiently for the guardians to arrive. The moonlight was starting to shine through the window onto the giant globe which was still dotted with bright lights. "Come on. Come on!" North groaned. "How long will they take to-"He suddenly saw a small figure out of the corner of his eye. "-Aah!" He shrieked. The figure cocked his head to one side in confusion. North stopped shrieking. Wait a second…It was Sandman. Sandman was shooting him a funny look. North tried not to look embarrassed. "Oh, it's you, Sandy." He muttered, looking down at his huge belly. Sandman's shoulder's sagged; he rolled his eyes as he released a soundless sigh. Moments later, the Easter Bunny came in, shivering like heck. "W-wow," He gasped, teeth chattering. "It's really cold out there, mate!" North shrugged. "Not my problem." Just then, they heard footsteps. The three turned to see Jack Frost and the Tooth Fairy appear. "I thought you should be used to it by now." Jack said teasingly. Bunnymund scowled, but said nothing. Tooth gave Jack a smile. "It's been a long time, Jack." She said cheerfully. Jack jumped. He hadn't noticed she was behind him. "H-hi." He stuttered. For a moment, their eyes met. Tooth was mesmerized by her friend's gaze. Her violet eyes had the same effect on Jack. But after seven seconds, Tooth broke the gaze and looked away. Her heart was beating rapidly. Calm down, Tooth. It was just an accident. Besides, he's probably not going to return my feelings. All the while, Jack was staring at her. Tooth…
"Ahem." North snapped. The rest of the guardians turned toward him. "Did you forget I called you here for a reason?" He gestured to the moon, visible through the window of his workshop. The moonlight was shining directly into the room now. Jack squinted his eyes. "What's the Man In the Moon trying to say?" Bunnymund gave him a light shove. "He's chosen a new guardian, mate." He explained in his Aussie accent. A new guardian? "That fast?" Jack questioned. Sandman shrugged, as a question mark formed on his head. Everyone watched in anticipation as the moonlight rested on a crystal like thingy in the middle of the room. Pink light swirled up and began to form an image. "Here it comes," North murmured excitedly. "It's…It's…"
But at that moment, somewhere very far away, in a dark wood which no one dared to enter, the hooded figure was standing alone in a circle of bare trees in the heart of the forest. He was still grasping the lock of Jack's hair. "Now is the time." He cackled. He placed the lock of hair on the ground and stepped back, pulling off his hood. He was a tall, thin man with creepy red eyes and messy black hair. He closed his eyes and lifted his hands up. Almost immediately, dark clouds covered the night sky. Wind began to blow. From every direction, dark mist flowed through the trees to the spot where the white strands of hair quietly lay. They surrounded it in a tall, dark purple column, and inside, something started to glow. The light soon grew into the shape of a human, the same height as Jack Frost. All the while, the man watched with an evil grin. Seconds later, the dark mist dispersed. Standing in the place of Jack's white hair was a teenage girl. She had features that were almost identical to Jack Frost's, but more feminine. She had long, straight white hair that stopped halfway down her back with a white braid at the front near her fringe. She wore a checkered blue cotton jacket with a blue shirt on the inside, light brown jeans that were torn at the ends like Jack Frost's, and a blue hairband that had a cute blue ribbon at the end. Her eyes were blue as well, but not as friendly as Jack's. She stood, clutching an almost identical staff with a funny zig zag at the top. "Janelle Evelyn Frost," She said, stepping forward. "At your service, Eerie sir." Eerie looked down at his creation with a devious smirk. "Welcome, Jan Frost." He rasped, walking round her. Jan's eyes followed her creator. "You want me to do something?" She asked. Eerie stopped walking and turned to look at her. "Why yes. But it will be difficult." He answered, evilly grinning. To his satisfaction, the girl's mouth grew into a sinister smirk. "That's better." She hissed. Eerie's smirk grew wider. "Good." The sky was growing darker. The clouds had cleared, but now the night seemed more eerie and scary rather than peaceful and serene. "So," Jan's grip around her staff tightened. "What is it that I have to do?" Eerie rested his red eyes on Jack's evil twin, and the next few words he said came out as a hiss.
"Destroy the Guardians."
Splashfire99: Yeah, so the guy's name is Eerie. I actually wanted to name this story 'Rise of the guardians 2', but I heard that the people have begun writing a 'ROTG 2' for real, so I had to name it something else. How Eerie came about will be explained in a later chapter.