Marina's Point of View
I've met up with Jack Frost, a Guardian of Children. I just fought along side of him against, which is weird because I hate conflict but something just came over me. All I saw was the nightmares and the visions, so I just flipped out and started pitching water blobs at it. It's one of the few abilities I have, using water to create shapes and in this case weapons against my attacker. That and travelling by bubble. I know that Mother Nature and Sol frown on violence, so I've never tried to use my abilities other than to clean or to travel, but in the heat of the moment all I could see was the enemy and that we needed to defeat him. In the back of my head, I knew that nightmares could be destroyed by happiness and love.
My bubbles can collect things so, in a blink of an eye, I created the biggest bubble I could muster and told Jack to put everything happy and joyful into it. He made the bubble glow a bright white light and the nightmare was gone. A wave of relief washed over me, but it was very brief. From what I had seen this morning, it was not over.
Jack Frost was still staring at where the nightmare vanished, but I made sure that Kadia was okay. She was cold but safe. I wrapped my arms around myself to keep the heat in. Jack Frost noticed how shaken I was that he came over to me and put his arm around my shoulders.
'A-Are you okay?" he asks.
Suddenly something washed over me. My heart began racing and my shivered slightly. My cheeks flushed a bright red and I didn't feel cold anymore. I followed into his eyes...His pale blue eyes...like the shallow parts that pool under a waterfall, rushed and exciting. His touch was like a blanket over my shoulders and I had a desire to lean my head on his shoulder. I stopped myself before I made him too uncomfortable. I break the hold to face him.
I opened my mouth to speak.
"Y-Yes." I stammer.
What is wrong with me? I've never felt like this before...
"B-But this is not the end. When Pitch finds out that one of his nightmares is missing...he will come in search for it and he will figure out that we destroyed it... something's going break loose."
"But why are the nightmares out here?" he asks, rubbing his neck. My face is burning now, from just seeing his wide bicep. "Sure they still haunt people, but why would they be hanging out in Elva, a place full of magic, love and joy? They wouldn't thrive out here. How could they possibly survive?"
"U-Unless..." I say.
"Unless what?" he asks, twirling his staff.
"Unless..." I swallow hard, trying to hide my bright pink face. "They are getting stronger...What if Pitch is..."
He cuts me off. It seems to me that he believes whole heartily that Pitch was destroyed in "The Great Battle". It was heard all over the two worlds, is made headlines that The Great Guardians of Childhood were able to defeat Pitch Black and his army of nightmares. He had almost succeeded in doing so. He attacked Toothania's world, but the Guardians managed to keep many children's belief alive. He then destroyed Mr. Sandman for a brief while, which allowed his nightmares to thrive. When he was in full power, Pitch distracted Jack Frost and destroyed Easter for many children, but when a group of mortal kids believed in Jack Frost, he used his newfound confidence and power to destroy Pitch and have him cowering in fear again. Mr. Sandman was revived and all children's hopes and dreams were restored in the real world and peace came back into the lands. Most of us in both worlds believed that Pitch would remain powerless for many years, but from what I have seen we are all sadly mistaken. I saw darkness thriving in a magical land and watched it take over my home.
"I saw it, Jack Frost!... He IS back... he...he took over my home. Why my place I'll never know, but what I saw was no illusion. I almost died today if Kadia didn't save me! What we saw was no illusion! Pitch is coming back!"
My heart is in my throat. I turn beet red and immediately cower away. I rub my bare shoulders and fight back my embarrassed tears. I never speak like that, especially to someone I...
"I...I'm sorry,to fly," I say. "I'll leave..." I start making a fly away in
"Wait!" Jack Frost yells. He flies right over to me and grabs my arm. It doesn't hurt, but my face goes bright pink. Just his touch gets my heart fluttering and my cheeks glowing.
"You can't leave... You're just upset, I understand..." he says.
I look him in the eyes. I can see the confidence and courage he has. I look away to Kadia. Her head is tilted slightly as if curious about the way I'm acting. Another thing I forgot to tell you about Kadia is that she can sense other peoples' emotions. I don't know where she picked it up from or how she does it, maybe through her antennae, but she can always tell how you're feeling at that moment. She cuddles with me when I'm sad and stays away when I'm angry, but right now she's utterly confused. I can understand, I really don't know what I'm feeling myself. Is it...?
"We need to go to North as soon as possible", he says anxiously. He lets go of my arm and the sensation stops. "Although I don't believe Pitch can come back, something is definitely wrong in Elva."
"Okay...I'm sorry though." I say. I grab his hand. It's surprisingly soft even though it's cold. The sensation comes back, it's warm and glowing. Our eyes meet again and I blush. Okay, now I know I'm in...
Kadia comes buzzing up to me to snap me out of my trance. Her buzz is agitated and frantic. She seems upset about something. I let go of Jack Frost's hand and turns to her display of panic.
"What's wrong?" I ask her.
She begins buzzing around in a circle before she uses her body to point. I look beyond her shoulder. It's something dark and indistinct. It moves in a weird way, almost like a snake. I squint hard.
"What is that?" I ask.
"Sand." Jack Frost says. "Left by a trail of nightmares..."
Something clicks in my head, that can only mean.
"We have to leave now!" I squeak.
"Why?" he asks.
"It was listening." I say in a panic. I need water to get a bubble going. I have Kadia fly me down to the closest body of water and I begin creating my bubble.
"Wait!" Jack Frost yells, flying down next to me. Again that warm feeling comes back as I create my sphere shapes.
"We have to go to Mr. North, you guardians must assemble." I say.
Jack Frost reaches out and before he can touch my shoulder, his ice abilities come into contact with my bubble. Elegant patterns criss-cross across my mass of water, creating a vast white and blue ball. I'm captivated by the patterns. I've seen snow before, it is just a colder version of my own element, but frost is something different. The grace and artistry of it, makes me want to preserve the designs.
"Keep going" I say. I sound like a child, enchanted by his magic. I can't do things like that. All I can create are bubbles, blobs and purifying waves. He can create snow storms if he wants to, or snowballs or snowflakes. He can create anything from thin air, I need to be close to water in order to be useful, plus he can fly. I guess those are the perks of being a guardian
"Here," I say with excitement. I draw another blob out of the lake and pitch it towards Jack Frost. He taps it with his staff and the water becomes the largest snow/water ball I've ever seen. He bats it back to me and I hold it in my hands. It's cold, but I couldn't careless. The billions of crystals glitter in the moonlight, it looks like a diamond that not even the richest person could have. My eyes are captivated and my heart is racing.
"Amazing..." is all I can say.
Kadia buzzes up to me and nudges my shoulder. I recognize her nervous buzzing sound and remember where we need to go.
"Right," I nod to her. I let the ice crystal drop from my hands and watch it sink into the lake. I can find it later, but right now I need to go warn Mr. North about Pitch.
I create a new bubble and begin floating upwards. Kadia and Jack Frost follow closely behind. As we go, I decide to make conversation.
"Your powers are really great Mr. Frost", I say.
"Thank you, but Marina, you can call me Jack."