One day at sunset a week after Jack's recent meeting with Elsa he was preparing for the next meeting. Jack ran through the factory's hallways to find North. Before long he found him. North was consulting the Man in the Moon regarding Jack's feelings for Elsa. Before he could consult the Moon for information on the matter Jack ran up to him panting.

"North! I wondered where you were."

"Greetings Jack, can I help you?"

"I need a portal that will open between here and Arendelle, please."

"That's right, we all planned on meeting your girl tonight." North rummaged through one of his sacks for a portal globe.

"Yes, she's going to be brought here. By the way, please keep in mind that she's a Queen."

"Is that so?"

"Yes, it's also going to be her first visit here at the North Pole. So, I just don't want any of you to scare her not that you'd mean to scare her."

"You said she needed a little fun in the first place, didn't you?"

"Yeah."

"Well, if fun is what she needs, we got it. Especially you."

"I guess," Jack turned away for a moment. I hope this goes well, he thought. He turned back around to embrace North, "I better be going. I'll be back in the wink of an eye." Jack activated the portal and went through it. North turned back to the Moon's crystal. "Is there anything you have in mind for Jack and this girl, Manny?" Some imagery appeared in the crystal's rays conveying images to North. "Show me the girl." As North looked the crystal's rays revealed a vision of Elsa. North's eyes suddenly became big and his mouth dropped. "Shostakovich!" he gasped. "Jack wasn't kidding she's a beauty!"

Before long Bunny walked into the room. "What did the Moon have to say?"

"He's got something special in mind for Jack and this girl he's been seeing."

"Oh really," Bunny replied sarcastically.

"What? Is there a problem?"

"In fact, there is mate. You remember how much trouble Jack was at the start?"

"We all do, we forgive him, why?"

"I just hope this so called Snow Queen is worth all the trouble."

"Oh, Bunny you are always so nervous."

Bunny raised an eyebrow. "Nervous, huh? Well, at least I never have yetis who keep messing up the colors on toy soldiers."

"Oh please, mess up schmess up why don't you do me a favor and get the others so they can see what Manny had to say."

"Right," Bunny replied and hopped away.

Meanwhile, back in Arendelle Elsa was out on her balcony watching the stars. A while later when the whole castle was asleep Jack abruptly flew up onto the edge of her balcony. Elsa jumped with a start unintentionally covering her balcony with ice and frost crystals at the same time.

"Jack! You startled me!"

"No harm intended."

"Really?" Elsa replied, as she magically thawed her balcony. "Well, how about something doesn't startle me this bad like hitting me with a magic snowball perhaps?

Jack laughed, "So, you were expecting the magic of fun I take."

Elsa giggled, Yes, if you want to put it that way. She paused for a short moment. "By the way, it's hard to get away with much on the balcony anyway because we can't be too loud."

"I see. Well, as promised I have a portal with me," Jack said quietly as he held up a sphere.

"It's a glass sphere?"

"But, it isn't ordinary. Watch," Jack tossed the sphere toward the floor and as he did the sphere magically opened into a bright circular portal. Jack offered a spare cloak, "Here, put this on."

Elsa smiled shyly. "The North Pole is on the other side of that portal?"

"Yes, and it's going to be very cold there."

"The cold never bothered me anyway."

"Really?"

"You'd be surprised."

Jack offered the cloak again. "Go ahead, I insist."

Elsa graciously accepted his offer. "Thank you."

With that Jack took Elsa's hand, and they both jumped into the portal. Before long, they arrived at the North Pole, the portal magically closed and Jack picked up the sphere again. Elsa abruptly looked behind her and wondered if she'd get home later.

"Don't worry, I'll return you home later, safe and sound."

Elsa looked at him with greater trust than before. "You sound so sure."

"I know this for certain. Take it from someone who's been on the Guardian squad for a long time."

Elsa looked around. She looked into the sky high above to see the northern lights dancing across the atmosphere. "It's beautiful here," she said. "You live out here?"

"I sure do. Anyway, about my friends. I say they're friends but they're also like family. For a long time, I used to wander around until they kind of took me in. I don't want to scare you, they can be a bit loud-mouthed, occasionally inappropriate and somewhat overbearing. But, when you get to know them you'll find they mean well."

"Overbearing is my sister's middle name. I'm sure I can deal with it. Besides, I'm sure they're wonderful."

"Okay. Well, if you feel otherwise never say I didn't warn you and don't be afraid to let me know."

"I'll keep that in mind Jack."

"I almost forgot something, especially be careful around Tooth she'll get in your face just to marvel at your teeth."

"She must be the Tooth-Fairy."

"Yes, she is."

Jack beckoned Elsa to follow him. As they strolled through the snow Elsa was now more at ease. He isn't exactly what I first expected, he sure turned out to be very sweet, she thought.

Before long, they reached the Guardians' domain. Jack knocked on the door, no one answered. Then Jack knocked again, this time Bunny answered the door.

"Good evening Jack," Bunny grabbed Jack gave a noogie and punched him in the arm. "He's brought his sheila, mates!" he shouted as he hopped away.

"Isn't he supposed to be a cute fluffy bunny?" asked Elsa.

Jack shrugged and smiled weakly. "Not anymore." Jack invited Elsa into the establishment. Almost as soon as they entered Tooth flew toward them then stopped some feet away.

"I see you brought a girl." she looked at Elsa "You look beautiful."

"Thank you… I think," Elsa stammered.

Tooth flew closer "Are your teeth as white as they say they are?" She examined her teeth. "They are white as newly fallen snow!"

"Okay, okay Tooth," said Jack "Chill out! By the way, where's North?"

"He's supervising the toy making line,"

At that moment Sandy approached and showed a series of dream visuals above his head with his dream sand. The sand images seemed to suggest greeting Elsa.

Elsa looked over toward Jack. "What did the Sandman say?"

"He said hello."

Elsa laughed somewhat nervously, "Uh, hello."

"Are you okay? I never meant to make you feel uneasy."

"No Jack. It's okay, I'm fine," she smiled weakly and blushed.

"We still haven't met North yet, but he should be in the great hall shortly. I can find you a place there to sit down." Jack gestured for Elsa to follow him. They took several confusing turns around a series of corners until they arrived at the great hall. Jack escorted Elsa to a bright red chair near the fire. "Can I interest you in a snack or a drink? North has some cocoa being heated up if you like."

"Cocoa does sound good actually."

"All right, cocoa it is. I'll be right back as soon as I find North and be careful when your cocoa mug is served it's still going to be hot."

Elsa smiled and winked just before Jack turned and went back up the staircase to find North. All the while, North was supervising the toy soldier assembly line. "Don't like it paint it red," said North as he passed by a yeti painting a batch of blue toy soldiers. The yeti groaned in dismay at hearing North's feedback. At that moment, Jack approached.

"North she's here."

"Well, Jack glad to see you. Where's your girl?"

"She's in the living room in the great hall. Would you do us a favor and serve our guest some cocoa when it's ready?"

"Of course my boy. I even have some cookies being baked right now and I'll even bring them to the living room as well."

"Fantastic! Thank you North!"

"No problem."

With that Jack ran through the halls, down the stairs and back to the living room. Once at the bottom of the staircase Jack walked slowly back to Elsa who was in a trance staring toward the fireplace. "Hey, are you okay?" asked Jack.

"Oh hello again Jack. I'm fine, just lost in thought I guess."

Jack sat in another seat next to Elsa. "Our leader has some cocoa and cookies going right now. They should be ready shortly and when they are the others are going to join us by the fire."

Elsa made eye contact with Jack and smiled lightly "It sounds wonderful." After a short time Elsa noticed the large globe in the center of the room. "What's with the globe Jack?"

"My comrades and I use it to keep track of children who believe in us. Each individual light on the globe indicates a child who believes in the Guardians."

"Oh"

To pass the time until the cookies and cocoa were ready to be served Jack and Elsa chatted and swapped some parts of each other's life stories.

"Tell me something embarrassing about you." said Jack.

"Well, there was that one time I caught a cold. Ironic isn't?"

Jack laughed, "It is, when did that happen?"

"Well, it was almost a year ago since the magical winter. It was Anna's birthday, and I wanted to make this the best birthday of her life. I hid some birthday gifts for her throughout the kingdom and marked the series of hiding places with a piece of string and had her follow it. But, I was sick with a cold and didn't want to admit it. Every time I sneezed I magically made some snow babies appear out of nowhere."

"That sounds crazy."

Elsa nodded. "By the time we reached the end of the string at the top of the clock tower my cold took its toll. So, my sister talked me into going to bed once we got home. That's when I noticed all the snowgies that spawned from my sneezing. I felt like I ruined her birthday by getting sick but she didn't seem to feel bad at all. She somehow found joy in tending to me that day which I never expected let alone asked for."

Jack smiled, "Sounds like you have a very sweet sister."

"I couldn't agree more."

"What became of those snowbabies you talked about?"

"They live in my ice tower with my snow golem, Marshmallow."

"You have a snow golem?"

"Yes, I used to use him to keep people out of my tower. What about you? Tell me something embarrassing from your past."

"Well, the one I remember most is the time I called Bunny a kangaroo just because of his Australian accent."

"You smart mouth." Elsa said.

"Guilty as charged," he said, throwing his hands in the air in mock surrender.

Jack and Elsa continued to chat and laugh with each other and before long North walked down into the room with a plate of cookies and two mugs of cocoa.

"The cookies and cocoa are ready," North said. He set the plate and mugs on a small table, in front of Jack and Elsa. "Be careful with the mugs. They're still piping hot."

"Thank you," said Elsa.

"You're welcome your Majesty. Please help yourself to a cookie."

After nibbling on a cookie Elsa sipped some of her hot chocolate and then spoke to North. "This is amazing, you know this cocoa tastes a lot like the chocolate back home in Arendelle. Have you been there?"

"If I had a cookie for every time I flew overhead there I'd be up to my nose in them."

Elsa laughed "Sounds like a lot."

North nodded then paused for a moment. "The others should be arriving down here at about three… two… one."

At that moment Bunny arrived with two more mugs of cocoa in each hand with Sandy and Tooth following him. As soon as the group reached the bottom of the stairs Bunny passed a cocoa mug around to everyone else.

"Thank you Bunny," said North.

Soon everyone sat around the fireplace. As soon as everyone sat down. North decided to start a conversation.

"So, your Majesty tell us about where you live."

"My country Arendelle is located near the mountains, by the sea. There's a fjord where the cliffs and mountains meet the sea."

"Sounds magnificent."

"I love that location. There's even a glen situated north of my castle, I love that spot. Whenever I go up there I like to watch the swans on the river."

"You must live in a beautiful place. What do you usually do all day?"

"I spend my days running my kingdom back home. I take letters and petitions from citizens and nobles alike and negotiate trade and other economic and political matters. By the way, what do I call you?"

"Everyone around the world knows me as Santa Claus, but you can call me North."

"All right. What about the rest of you what do you do all day?"

"As Santa Claus I fly around the world in my reindeer drawn sleigh delivering toys to children around the world once a year." North looks over at Bunny. "Go ahead and explain what you do."

"Well, I'm the Easter Bunny. Also at a certain time of the year I would arrange a colored egg hunt. The children have to run around and find as many of them as they can and the one who finds the most eggs wins."

"Sounds like fun," said Elsa. She glances at Tooth. "And you are…?"

"My name is Tooth. I'm known as the Tooth-Fairy. Whenever a child loses a tooth my assistants and I collect them out from under their pillow and we leave a coin in its place."

"Sounds like you are all a great bunch here," Elsa switched her eye contact to Sandy. "What do I call you?"

Sandy used his dream sand to make a series of pictures above his head consisting of a sandbag and a sleeping child to say his name and explain his job.

Elsa turned back to Jack. "What did he say?"

"His name is Sandy and his role is to put dreams in the heads of sleeping children."

"Ah… Why doesn't he speak?"

"It's out of fear of waking up others and it since became a habit of his to talk with his dream sand."

"I see."

Just then Sandy revealed a dream sand visual pattern as if to suggest teasing Jack and Elsa.

"Sandy!" Jack yelled.

Elsa glanced at Jack with a start. "What? What did he just say?"

Jack blushed. "Don't ask."

Elsa laughed, "If you say so."

North joined back in on the conversation. "So far we talked about our individual roles, however our highest purpose as Guardians is to protect the children of the world from the Nightmare King, Pitch. The children of the world know him as the Boogeyman."

Elsa nodded, "I heard about him. But, how will I know him?"

"Oh, you'll know him all right! He's the darkest spirit around! Whatever you do don't show any fear!"

"I see."

At that moment Bunny spoke up. "I have something to say to the sheila in front of us tonight, is it true you happen to be the fabled Snow Queen?"

Elsa jumped a little. "Certain things are sometimes best left unsaid and let's leave it at that."

Bunny laughed nervously, "Sorry."

"It's all right." Elsa said and suddenly felt very tired. Tooth decided to say something after a long moment. "Are you okay?"

"I was just thinking of my family and other subjects back home. I seriously doubt they'll buy any of this as wonderful as this visit was."

"Yeah, the children are usually the only ones who believe in us."

Elsa nodded, "Yet, I read all about each of you and to my surprise you look just as I figured you all would. It was especially interesting when Jack here showed up while wolves were attacking me. And the funny thing was I could hear his voice, but he wasn't visible right away."

"Jack told us all about it that day," said Tooth

Elsa nodded and slowly looked at Jack.

"You look tired, I can take you home," Jack said.

"I better, it feels like the middle of the night right now."

With that Elsa got up from her seat shook everyone's' hand and thanked North for the cookies and cocoa.

Jack picked up the portal globe he used earlier. "I'm going to take her home. I'll be right back." Jack activated the portal and went through the portal with Elsa. Before long they arrived back on Elsa's balcony.

"You know? You have a fun bunch of friends back at the North Pole. Thank you for letting me meet them. I had a good time."

"Good," Jack whispered as he embraced Elsa.

"By the way, I'll be kept busy during the next week. However, what would you say if I showed you my ice tower the weekend after at dawn?"

"I'd like that."

Elsa smiled, "Well, I better turn in. I have a long day ahead in the morning."

"Sleep well Elsa."

"You too Jack."

The two hugged once more, and she walked through her balcony door into her room. After watching her walk away for a short moment Jack reactivated the portal and jumped back through it, returning to the North Pole.