The small town of Burgess, Michigan was used to a lot of weird stuff. First, the weather: Winter would not leave until the end of May and returned early October. From June to September there was only heat with a bit of chills from time to time. Second, the Overland Lake: IT. NEVER. MELTED. It was frozen to the end of time.
And no one seemed very surprised to hear that five teenagers had moved into the abandoned house at the hill, near the town and the lake.
Jack woke up with a headache. He was still feeling dizzy, but he tried to get up anyway with the help of his staff. He could not find it. Jack started to panic, but then he felt something around his neck. It was a necklace, and its charm was Jack´s staff. Shrunk.
He also noticed something different. His skin. It wasn't as pale anymore. It had more color. And then everything came back to him: the meeting, Manny turning him and the others human and the stupid summer activity week.
Manny turning him and the others human. That memory shock Jack. He needed to see how human he looked like. And after that he would search for the others. After all, Jack Frost had always been known for being a little too curious.
The first thing that Jack noticed was that he was in an old bedroom. It looked like the previous owner had been dead for a very long time. The walls were made out of wood, and the room itself was a bit small. And there was a bed (in which Jack was currently sitting on), a closet and a mirror. A mirror. Jack struggled to walk to it to at least see how he looked like (and he had a very good idea on his current appearance).
When he looked at the mirror, he couldn't help the "Wow" that escaped his mouth. Jack Frost wasn't staring back. Instead, it was Jack Overland, the 17 year-old from colonial Burgess that drowned saving his little sister from thin ice.
"Oh, man. This is going to take a while to get used to" Jack muttered to himself.
In his defense, he had found out that THIS is how he looked like before becoming Jack Frost three years ago. So, yeah, it was going to take some time.
"All right then, I know how I look like. Time to find out about how Tooth, North, Bunny and Sandy look".
And, on almost perfect cue, four high pitch screams shook the house.
Jack opened his door and started to race down all over the house looking for the other Guardians.
"TOOTH!", "NORTH!", "SANDY!", "BUNNY!" Jack screamed.
"Jack, is that you?" Tooth's voice came from one of the doors behind him.
Without even thinking, Jack slammed the door open and he stood there, unable to move. Instead of a part-humming bird, part-human fairy, there was a beautiful teenage girl around the age of sixteen. She was short, with light brown skin and black hair with a few colorful streaks.
Just when he was about to ask who she was, Jack noticed her eyes: they were a beautiful amethyst. Tooth.
"Tooth, you- you- you look…" Jack was struggling to find the words. "Beautiful, gorgeous, amazing, incredible, pretty…"
"Human?" Tooth answered.
She too was admiring Jack. She always thought that he was handsome with his white hair, icy blue eyes and pale skin; but Tooth never thought that Jack would look just as handsome with fair skin and brown eyes and hair. And his teeth still seemed to sparkle like freshly fallen snow.
"So this is how you looked like before you were chosen" They both said at the same time.
"Vat is all that commotion about?" asked a voice down the hall.
Jack and Tooth shared a look, silently agreeing that they should start looking for the others. Together they exited Tooth's room (the fairy was having a bit of trouble walking, as she was used to flying) and headed for the direction in which they heard the voice.
"North, is that you?" Jack asked.
"I'm right here Jack. Bunny and Sandy are vith me too." North answered. However he sounded different. His voice sounded a bit more… younger.
The Guardian of Fun and the Guardian of Memories stepped into what looked to be the living room. In it there were two teenagers sitting in a couch. One was very short; he had golden hair, yellow eyes and looked Caucasian. The other one was tall; he had black hair, green eyes, tanned skin and had tattoos in his arms and face.
"Sandy?", "Bunny?" Jack asked, not even trying to hide his amusement.
"Sheila?", "Frostbite?" Bunny also looked very surprised.
Sandy, on the other hand, didn't seem very surprised. Since he brought dreams to children and his friends (most of the time), Sandman knew that sometimes Jack and Tooth would dream about their mortal days.
"Ah, there you are" North's voice sounded from behind them. They turned around to find another teenager whose skin tone matched Jack´s. His eyes where blue and his hair a very dark brown.
"Now, let's get down to business"
