Chapter 7

"It all started a long, long time ago and it began with crackle of thunder and a flash of lightning…."

"As you know there are many sprits in the world, though we are the only Guardians. Jack you were just a spirit once and so was Mother Nature. Well there is a spirit of thunder and lightning and his name is Zachary Bolt. Zachary is a boy that is 18 years old, just like you. Anyway, he has always..how do I say this? Zachary has always been fond of Mother Nature. And when I say "fond" I really mean that he is in love with her, only she cannot stand him at all. Every year after Christmas he comes down from his house in the sky in search of her..and her hand…her hand in marriage that is..

"Hand in marriage?! Is he crazy?! What the hell is wrong with this kid?!"

"As I was saying, he wants to make Mother Nature his bride and he comes down every year to try and capture her and take her back to his home in the sky. He has not succeeded so far but I have heard rumors of him getting stronger, much stronger. Although Nature is very powerful herself, I am fearful that Zach might be even more powerful and succeed in taking her away. He will stop at nothing to make her his bride and if he succeeds you can be sure that you won't ever see her again. I would not doubt that Zach would keep her in the sky to make sure that she remains his. Jack we have to work together to keep her safe, so I have come up with a plan. Toothiana will send her little tooths in search of Zachary, to spy on him and they will find out when he is planning on coming down to take her away, that way we can be sure to be with her when he comes. Are you on board?"

Jack just sat there…his eyes were filled with something..what was it? Rage? Fear? Jealousy?

Minutes seemed to pass as all the other Guardians just stared at Jack waiting for him to respond, when all of a sudden he stood up and said:

"I'm in. We will take shifts protecting her since we still have our jobs to do. But I have one condition…on the night that he is supposedly coming down to get her, she will be with me."

North just smiled knowingly, who better than her knight in shining armor to protect his princess? "Of course, consider it a deal. Now, Toothiana please send your little tooths out on their very important mission"

"Aye aye North!" and with that she took off to her palace to inform her tooths of their mission.

Everyone dispersed and took shifts when keeping an eye out for Nature. Jack, no matter what was going on always seemed to end up wherever she was making sure that she was safe and that there was no sign of Zach anywhere.

Some days later at Toothiana's Palace

"Aww! Well aren't these just the cutest little teeth ever?! They even have some blood and gums left on them, so ADORABLE!"

All of a sudden a group of little tooths flooded in and swarmed Toothiana all chattering like crazy, they seemed to be trying to tell her something very important!

"Zach is coming.. when?! Oh..okay..wait what?! He's coming TONIGHT?! AAH! I need to tell the others right away! Thanks little tooths! You guys did great!"

Toothiana took off faster than the speed of light, Zachary Bolt was coming TONIGHT and Mother Nature was off who knows where, doing Mother Nature-y things!

In matter of minutes, literally, all the Guardians (except Mother Nature) were gathered at North's workshop. Toothiana told them all what her little tooths had told her.
"Zach is on his way from his home in the sky at this moment coming to get Nature and he plans on arriving later tonight so when she is asleep so he can just grab her and take her! Jack you have to make sure she stays with you no matter what!"

All the Guardians looked at Jack and Bunnymund just stared at Jack and said "Go to her Jack and don't let her get taken away. And mate, don't even think about coming back here without her safe and sound"

"Heh, like you even have to tell me that." Jack did his famous smirk and took off through the window to go get his princess.

Jack found Nature by a frozen lake petting a snow white bunny that seemed to be enjoying the company of such a kind and pretty girl.

"I'm kind of jealous of that rabbit. I mean, you never pet me like that."

"hahaha, oh I didn't know that you wanted to be pet! Come here wittle Fwostyy, come here"

"okay now you are just treating me like a dog!"

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"Wait, you mean you aren't a dog?! What the heck?! All this time and here I thought my best friend was a talking dog!"

"Okay okay, cut the sarcasm Snowflake!"

"I told you NOT to call me that!"

"Hm….naaahh! Snowflake! Snowflake!"

"I am seriously going to punch you in the face."

"You have to catch me first!" and with that he took off swerving in and out of the trees laughing.

After what seemed like hours of playing it started to get dark and Nature was getting tired, Jack noticed this and decided that it was time for him to be on guard.

"Come on, you're tired right? Let's go home" Jack said to her

"Where are we going?"

"We're going to my house! It's nearby, you'll like it! Especially since you're in your snow outfit" as he said that he looked at Nature in her eyes and winked.

Did he just…he just winked at me….

And for the first time since she became Mother Nature, she blushed. Her cheeks suddenly turned pink and her face felt hot…this is so unlike me. what is going on?! Okay Nature don't let him see…just act like your normal self..

She just smirked and said "What's wrong with your eye? Got a twitch or something?"

Without missing a beat he responded "Yeah I got a twitch…..a twitch for you" and he winked at her again!

Nature scoffed "You should really go get that checked out by a doctor or something" and by that time they arrived at Jack's house.

It was actually very big! There were ice pillars in front of the house that seemed to guard the door. Once inside, it was like Nature had just walked into a Winter Wonderland. Everything was so pretty! There were mixtures of all sorts of blues and whites and everything sparkled.

"Woah. It's so pretty! You live here?! Psh, I'm moving in and kicking you out. Pack your bags buddy because this is my new house."

"Hahaha, I'm glad you like it but sorry this is my house! Of course you can come here whenever you want, I mean I know how much you just love being with meee" said a very smiley Jack Frost

"Hahaha in your dreams Frost! But seriously, this place is amazing!"

"Well if you will follow me my lady, I shall give you the grand tour"

Jack offered out his arm for her and she gladly took it and said "Lead the way!"

After the tour, Nature's eyes were sparkling even more than usual. She couldn't believe that she was actually in a Winter Wonderland, it was just sooo gorgeous!

Jack began to smirk as he said "Now, there is only one little problem…there's only one bed…soo, don't try anything funny kay?"

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"There's only one bed?"

"Yep!" said a seemingly happy Jack

"…and you're worried about me trying to do something funny?! I'm worried about you! You're the pervert!"

"I am hurt by your mean words! I am nothing but a perfect gentlemen!"

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"Okay maybe not a "perfect" gentlemen..but a gentlemen nonetheless! Besides we can keep each other warm" and he winked… again…

"Fine but one move and I will blast a fireball through your head! Understand?!"

"Yes, yes I understand! Now come on, I'm tired!"

They got into the big bed that was made out of ice, normally Nature would be very cold but because she was in her Snow element outfit, the temperature felt perfect. Only a couple of minutes after she had fallen asleep had Jack put his arm around her protectively and pulled her closer to him. He couldn't help but notice how tiny and petite she really is. At that moment, everything felt so perfect that he knew he would fight a thousand Zachary Bolts in order to protect his Snowflake. As much as he wanted to fall into a deep sleep, he knew he couldn't for Zach would be there any second ready to take Nature.

Jack chuckled a little when he started to think what face Zach is going to make when he walks in and see's Nature sleeping with a boy, not to mention the fact that his arm is around her protectively and she is snuggled into his chest.

All of a sudden, he saw a flash of lightning, Zachary Bolt was here, and the fight for his Snowflake was about to commence….