She finally got to the front of the line- and only one person behind her. She was in a bakery- grey tiled floors, blue walls, blue sealing, and a glass case that protected the delights from children`s hands. And possibly adults. There was a girl crying underneath the counter- and a soda case behind the clerk. The man on the other side of the counter was pudgy, and had a hastily put together pompadour haircut. Her face crinkled in disgust at the sight of the man. He was greasy and smelly.

"What do you want, young man?" The clerk asked. A small boy with blonde hair and bare feet came up... and through the girl.

She sighed, her head hung low, and she slumped. She stepped out of line and put her money on the counter. She jumped over to the other side and grabbed a root beer and danish. She jumped back to the 'customer' side and sat in a booth in the far left corner.

Just another day, she thought sadly.

Once she finished her danish, she threw away the wax paper and walked into the cold outside. She put her hood up, and finished the last swig over her pop. She threw it on the ground- seeing no recycling bin, and flew off into the air. She looked at the ground, and saw a teenage boy with white hair and a blue sweatshirt, as well as brown leather pants having a snowball fight with what looked like a bunch of ten year-olds. She knew who the boy was- Jack Frost. But she took no interest in the game. She didn`t like the snow much either, but she knew she couldn`t do much abut that. Even if she could end winter, all of the kids would be unhappy and had to go to school.

And everyone knew how boring that was.

She had an evil thought- What if I burned the school down?

But she also knew that then a town ruckus would be born, and the parents would just home-school the kids anyway. She sighed. When she saw a small patch in the woods a ways away, she bolted down to it, hitting the snow as hard as she possibly could. A snow cloud formed around her. She smiled at her own amusement. She took off her black leather gloves (she purchased these years ago to protect the world from her 'hot hands') and stuffed them in her sweatshirt pocket. She took her hands and pressed them on a nearby tree. A black hand-print appeared. After a second, green moss appeared from it. She put her hands out in front of her, and flew in an upward circle around the tree. A green vine with purple flowers started to grow around the tree, and 'branches' sprouted from it, creating a vine covered tree that most would call 'nature`s artwork'.

More like 'Addy`s artwork', she thought happily to herself.

The only part of the tree the vines didn`t cover was the moss hand print. She bent down and wrote in the snow:

-Adelaide Ash 'Nature`s Hand-Print'

She dusted her hands off and put her gloves back on. Satisfied with herself, she flew back up into the clouds. She noticed the Northern Lights spread across the sky. She cocked her head.

"Wonder where that leads to," She mumbled to herself.

She was just about to fly in the direction of the lights, but a dark figure ran below her, next to her artwork. She squinted her eyes, trying to make out the figure. It looked up at her and paused, then ran like there was no tomorrow. Addy stared for a second- not knowing what to do, then, finally deciding, she went after it.

Jack was usually the last to come- which was why North hadn`t started the meeting when everyone else arrived. Bunnymund sat in the corner of the room, playing with his boomerangs. Tooth was zipping around, quickly ordering around the fairies swarming her. While Sandman... he just hung around North, and both had no clue what to do other than stare at the clock, watching the minutes pass by. When Jack finally arrived, he had feathers randomly placed around his body, and his hair was messier than usual. He skid to a stop when he landed, and a gust of ice-cold wind came with.

"Sorry I`m late!" He said, taking a few feathers from his sweatshirt. "Kind of a traffic jam."

Bunny rolled his eyes. "Don`t do it again next time."

Jack steadied himself. "Sorry- sorry. There was no intention to run into a bird of prey." He spit out another feather.

Bunny turned away from the 'ignorance' of Jack Frost- Guardian of fun. Bunny shook his head at the thought. He turned to North, "So, we`re all here. What did ya call us here for?"

North looked at him questionably. Then a look of surprise crossed his face. "Oh! Right! I think a new villain has risen."

"And you have reason to believe that... why...?" Jack asked curiously.

"There was a cackle that echoed through the whole place... and the ground shook like an earthquake. The whole place tipped to one side. It was chaotic!" North exclaimed.

Bunny's expression shifted to confusion. He looked at Jack, who just shrugged and mouthed, "Who knows?" Tooth zipped over, her hummingbird wings beating faster than ever. She had a worried look on her face.

"Do you think it`s Pitch?"

"The laugh was to feminine."

"Then who?"

North shrugged in response. He looked at the globe, then noticed a bright circle of white in the sky. It was brighter than usual, telling him it was going to give them some information. The Man in the Moon.

"Manny! Didn`t expect to see you for quite a while!"

Everyone looked in the direction of the moon. A yellow question mark appeared above Sandy`s head, and in a 'reply', the moon`s 'light' shone on a small circle in the floor. The shadow of a female appeared, she had wavy hair (and this description is all what they could see from the silhouette) and was thin. She had one leg far out to the side, which came from a long dark shadow that concealed what she was wearing- which gave them the inference of a cloak.

Who in the world is that? North thought.

Sandy seemed to be asking the same question, for a copy of the silhouette appeared in sand above hi head, then an 'imprint' of the world. Then the shadow disappeared. A giant pillar of ice started to come up through the floor where the circle was, and the circle slid into the floor. Possibly shining through a red bottle, Manny made the statue red, and a female with a sweatshirt and wearing jeans showed up. The pillar was more detailed- showing the word "Hollister" across the chest, and a pair of gloves were on her hands. Her hair was more straight than the recent shadow, but still had a 'wave' to it. Nobody knew who on Earth the guardian was. Across the bottom words appeared. They read:

Adelaide A.

North stroked his chin. He remembered where he had heard of that name- he had given her presents for Christmas. She was high on the Nice list- unlike Jack, who was high on the Naughty list. He raced to his 'files' and found her profile. She was blonde. She died in 1966 from... not recorded. North cocked his head, then shrugged and kept reading. Once location was known, he ran back to the group.

"I know where she is. Hop in the sled," He ordered.

Bunny shook his head. "Nah, mate. I`ve got the tunnels." He stomped on the ground, and a hole appeared in front of him. He saluted them and hopped down.

Jack shrugged and said, "I can get there faster."

"What about traffic?" North asked.

Jack frowned. He jumped into the air and out the window. Tooth and Sandy followed North, and once in sled, they took off to find their new Guardian...

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