Me : 'Ello!

Jack Frost: am i finally going to meet Rowan?

Me: We'll see, I'm not sure...

Rowan: Please!

Jack: Awww, you actually want to meet me

Rowan: Yeah, so I can punch you in the face

*fighting in background*

Me: Guys! *sigh* I should've known

North: I'll do the disclaimer!

Ahem... None of these characters besides Rowan and the plot belong to this author, please review! Criticism is welcome as long as you provide a solution!

Tooth: Now let's get the show on the road!

Chapter 3

To be forgotten

I feel so empty. There's nothing in my memories but shadows and a couple of glimpses. During my earlier years as being spirit it wasn't so bad, but now it was just so frustrating. It was like a window that just wasn't clean enough to see through, but you could see shapes and objects. It also didn't help that I had no one to talk to. I must have done something pretty bad in my life to deserve this punishment. If the man in the moon wanted me to forget my past why didn't he just wipe it all away? Why leave traces of it? It's more torturous then not being able to remember at all, at least then you wouldn't try so hard to see what's not there. In my frustration I accidentally started killing a couple of oak trees. My anger vanishes and was replaced with regret. I ran over to one of the trees and tried to give pack its colorful leaves to no success. I gave out a sigh. I was a spirit of autumn, a person who helps people prepare for the coming of the destructive winter; I was not someone who could reverse time like spring could. I walked along, alone in the forest. I heard a gunshot, but didn't bother. People no longer hunt for their survival much anymore, just for the fun of killing. Some still did though, and if I found one I would give them my blessing. Another trick I found I could do, give blessings for a good hunt. Maybe it was because I had a bow and arrow myself and autumn was the time for packing away food, meat or plant. In my deep thought I found myself in a town. I noticed the changes in people as technology grew; more people now lived in towns and cities, the only good thing there about that was I also noticed more trees in towns then villages had. I strode over to one person's front yard and there lined in rows were marigolds, still blooming. I smiled. Something I thought I couldn't do. I decided to pick one and arranged it into my hair that already had leaves in it. I looked over the front yard that was covered with leaves to notice a light layer of frost over them and the grass. Walking further I came to a park and stood in horror. This town was supposed to be in fall still, but here in the park, a layer of snow, 4 inches deep, covered the ground. Looking further I saw a small pond thinly frozen. I thought for sure my head would explode. Every time fall came around lately winter seemed to be a little impatient, always freezing stuff before my season was up, but this…this was too far. I hope there is a winter spirit because as soon as I meet him or her, I'm going to punch their face.

Meanwhile at the meeting in the North Pole

Jack Frost Pov

I flew in through the window to find I was 15 minutes late. Tooth sighed in relief; Sandy rolled his eyes, North grunted, and kangaroo started on about me being late.

"Late again snowflake? I should've known not to get here so early, I still have eggs to paint!" Bunnymund said exasperated.

"Yeah, yeah, blab blab bla, let's just get this over with shall we?" I answered, slumping down on the chair.

"Da, to begin with I've been thinking about allowing the reindeer to graze somewhere else, and I thought the prefect place would be the warden…"

"Oh no mate, I ain't letting those animals into my home!" Bunnymund shouted

"Oh come on!" North said in his merry oblivious self "just for a little while, your grass is always green!" I sighed. It happened like this every meeting with the guardians. That's when I got a chill down my back, which never happens, ever. The only time that ever happen was when… no, it couldn't be possible, that was 5 years ago, and surely… the voice that came next confirmed it.

"Hope you enjoyed your little break friends, because I'm back" the voice seemed to echo through the room, the edges of the corners got darker. All people around the table paled. A figure then stepped out of a shadow. Good news: it wasn't Pitch. Bad news: It charged with its mouth open ready to chomp on anything, wicked pointy teeth that would make Jaws swim away. The figure was in the shape of a human, but wavered like he was still just a shadow, it was all black except for the eyes which glowed yellow and the pearly white teeth that made Tooth scream. I don't know if it was from fear or joy. I fired at it, pushing it back but not destroying it. North was out of shock and already unsheathing his double blades. Kangaroo threw a couple of eggs at it. But all it did was push it back, but now it was slowly gaining ground. Then, a blast of golden sand came from Sandy. This time it looked like it hurt the creature, making it wilt away to a puddle of inky blackness on the floor. Even that was gone in a few seconds.

"Very good, but I'm slowly gaining power, you don't honestly think I was using my full power last time do you? Get ready guardians your time is drawing to an end." Pitch's voice echoed and then the air seem to lighten and the shadows looked much less dark, but it didn't improve the mode.

"What the heck!? How's Pitch back? Tell me he's lying about being stronger!" I shouted frantically

"I would love to say da, Jack, but that was a shadow man, those haven't been around since the dark ages." North answered solemnly. Tooth nodded

"They aren't created by Pitch, not directly" She added "They are made from all those feelings like hate, anger, loneliness, regret, sorrow, jealousy, and, of course, fear. Everyone has them, even spirits, but Pitch hasn't been able to control them for a long long time." I gulped. I had had a lot of anger and loneliness in my past. Then moonlight streamed in from the observatory on to the circle in the floor. I remember Sandy explained to me that's how they knew I was a guardian, the circle in the floor opens and a blue gemstone comes out and poof! Manny choose the new guardian, me. This time shadows depicting a picture are shown on the floor. One of pitch and a mass of humanoid shadows and Night Mares, the next one was of a single leaf falling and freezing. When it was over, to all of our surprise, the circle did opened and out came this giant blue gem. This was like the mother of all gems!

"Oi, come on mate, we just started getting use to Frostbite here now another one!" Bunnymund complained.

"I hope it's Mother Nature!' Tooth exclaimed

Sandy made a four leaf clover over his head. North laughed.

"You really like Patrick don't you Sandy." North exclaimed

"As long as it isn't that blasted hedgehog…" Bunnymund started but was cut off by North

"Shhh, the picture is coming into focus!" North said. There on top of the gem shimmered a picture of a young girl. She had long hair that ended a little after her neck and seemed to have a couple of leaves in her hair and a flower as well. Her outfit consisted of a ruffled top that arched over her stomach, showing another layer that did cover her stomach. She had pants that seemed to poof out at the edge like one of those pants I seen in a Disney Movie called Aladdin. What? Don't judge me, I found some kids watching the movie so I joined in. She was barefooted and had a bow and arrows slung across her back. The whole hologram was blue so I couldn't tell if she had a distinct color combination, most spirits do though. As soon as the picture appeared it was gone and the gem sank back into the floor. Leaving me puzzled. Who was this new guardian? Sandy seemed to be the only one who knew her as he seemed to be the only one not puzzled.

"You know this spirit Sandy?" North asked. Sandy simply nodded, not going into any detail on how he met her.

"What's her domain?" Bunnymund asked, probably wondering if it was another annoying tricksters like me. Sandy showed a picture of a tree losing its leaves and people harvesting.

"Fall." North stated. Sandy nodded.

"Do you know her name?" Tooth questioned. Sandy showed a picture of berries

"Umm...Cherry?" Bunnymund asked

"Blueberry?" I guessed

"Huckleberry?' North chimed we all looked at him

"Vhat?" He asked innocently

"A spirit of autumn named huckleberry?" I asked. Before I could tease North more, Tooth tried,

"Rowan?" Immediately Sandy nodded his head.

"Okay, so how do we find Rowan?" I asked Sandy shrugged and then pointed to the globe that showed all the children that believed in us.

"Oh yeah! That's right I upgraded the globe to also track spirits, all we need is the name and their dot should show up in green." North exclaimed. He ran over to the globe, pushed some buttons and before we knew it a green dot glowed from the globe along all the yellow lights.

"Well What a coincidence, she's in Burgess!" North pointed out "I'll go get the sack!"

I rubbed my hands together, I never liked getting put in the sack, but being a prankster I've always wanted to try putting someone else in there and shoving them through a magical portal. I looked over to Bunnymund

"Want to do this with me, Kangaroo?" I asked and for once, he and I agreed on something

"I've always liked this part mate!" He answered with glee as North came back with the sack and two magic globes.

Sorry guys but there might not be another chapter for a while. Stupid school... want to know something interesting? when i had them guessing different kinds of berries I had the ask a berry that related to them, cherries for spring blueberries for blue but huckleberries don't have much to do with Christmas that is why they laughed at North's suggestion, that and the fact of naming a person huckleberry sounds like someone likes fruit a little too much.