Hiya! As promised, another small change to make this fit with FoF. Given the Guardians origins in this universe, the Descendants origins change, it's actually easier, as it's made clear that each Guardian was human and had a family, excluding Pitch. Pitch was a self formed spirit in this universe, so his Descendants came out from an overextension of his power. Other Descendants were helped into existence by MiM, who is infinity more powerful in this universe than how I see him in my story universe, when he saw how Pitch's Descendants were being used.

Now, on with the story.

I was woken up a couple of hours later by Taboo roaring in my ear.

"Get up!"

I jolted awake and glared at my ice tiger, who didn't look even a tiny bit ashamed.

"Really Taboo?" I groaned and squinted at the clock, its red digits looking blurry to my vision. "It's two in the morning."

"Look outside you idiot!"

Frowning I got out of bed, my bad leg still complaining slightly and limped over to the window.

Shining in dark sky were the Northern Lights.

I swore and ran to my drawers, pulling on anything that passed as clothing. I ran a brush through my dark hair, putting it up in a ponytail and shoving on my glasses, blinking as I was finally able to see properly. I then hopped around to get my shoes on, trying to do up the laces while standing on one leg. I grabbed my communication device from my bedside table and shoved it into my jeans pocket along with my keys, all the while cursing under my breath. Why this time of night? Why couldn't emergencies happen at a reasonable time of day?

I pulled on my hoodie, which Taboo hopped into the hood of. Deciding to not bother with the door I unlocked the window and jumped out of it, using ice to catch me.

I landed and began skating back towards the lake, the pretty lights of doom shining above me.

Most would stop and admire them, but I doubted I had that kind of time. Unlike most, I knew what seeing the Northern Lights this far south meant. Something was up with the Guardians, and if trouble was making its way to the Guardians, chances were that trouble would head towards us as well.

I reached the lake and flew behind the rocks on the far side, easily finding the entrance to the base by the purple flower that was stubbornly pushing its way through the snow.

I tapped my foot on the ground beside the flower and skated down the Tunnel that formed. After a few tense minutes of hard skating I slowed to halt at the exit. We'd upgraded our security in the past years, and now I needed to identify myself before entering the base. In theory I didn't have to, but I'd have to deal with the alarm, and I was too tired to bother with it.

I tapped the exit and a touch panel, about the size of my hand seemed to grow out of the wall. I pressed my hand against it and my palm was scanned.

"Recognised. Jacqueline Davies."

The panel disappeared and the exit dissolved, revealing the Departure Cavern.

I ignored it and made my way to the Council Chamber, where Alexander, Tracey and Harry were waiting.

"Still waiting on Lily and Claire?" I asked as I entered, making a bee line for my seat.

"'Fraid so." Said Alexander, speaking with a thick Australian accent. "Looks like it's not you that's last for once."

"Haha." I said as I sat down on the cushioned, pale blue seat, Taboo leaping out of my hood and settling beside me at normal size. Tracey was opposite me in a grey chair, which was rare, with Alexander in his dark green chair next to her. On my right was a yellow chair which was occupied by Harry, and on the other side of that chair was an empty purple one. Opposite the purple chair was an empty red chair.

No one sat at the head of the table. It was a symbolic thing, because we had the same level of power there was no one leader, therefore no one sat at the head of the table.

Behind each chair hung tapestries bearing the symbol of our group of Descendants. For example behind me was a pale blue, dark blue and white tapestry bearing an eight sided snowflake. We'd upgraded slightly, although behind the tapestries you'll be able to see where the symbols had been carved into the wall.

Behind the head of the table hung a tapestry that was green, blue, purple, yellow and red, with threads of grey and silver, and a silver boar against a new moon in the middle. That was our logo. The Guardians had their ornate G, we had a pig.

I wasn't quite sure how long we were waiting, but eventually Alexander gave the missing pair a call, to find out they'd both been asleep. I couldn't get on their case, because I'd done the same, and that it was late in Cape Town and Wales, however I could understand why Jason got so annoyed when he was alive. People often said that it was the stress of dealing with me that did him in, and I couldn't deny that. He and I never got on, and I'll admit, I missed our arguments sometimes. Sometimes.

Less than quarter of an hour later Claire flew in and settled in the purple chair, and was quickly followed by a sheepish looking Lily. She was quite slim, with very dark hair and blue eyes with a round face. Descendants of North and Descendants of Jack Frost tended to look similar, the obvious difference being powers.

"Okay, now we're all here." Said Tracey, taking charge. "We've all seen the lights, but the question remains. Why would they be set off?"

"It's possible it was those Nightmares I saw a couple of hours ago." I said, fighting back a yawn. Getting up less than fifteen minutes ago and sitting next to Harry was not the best of ideas.

"Nightmares?!" Cried Lily in alarm.

"Yes." Responded Alexander calmly. "According to Jackie, twelve of them were seen in Burgess." Alexander turned back to me. "I thought you said that Jack Frost had already dealt with them?"

"I did, but obviously that's not just it, if the lights have been activated."

"Before we start talking in circles." Said Claire, "How about we actually ask them?"

Everyone's heads turned to me and I struggled not to sigh. I was HOG's emissary to the Guardians if you will. I was the only one who actually got along with them, and didn't start bowing and scraping when I saw them. We'd never have done this less than a decade ago, relations between us had improved so much since Jack joined the Guardians.

I opened a drawer by my chair and pulled out a communication device that was linked to an identical one at the North Pole. I placed it on the table and hit call.

The camera at the back whirred into life and extended itself to face me as a blue light appeared. After about thirty seconds North appeared in the light.

"Jackie, good to see you."

"Good to see you too North. Sadly this isn't a social call."

"I guessed as much." Sighed North. "You saw the lights?"

"They were hard to miss. What's going on?"

"Nightmares were sighted in Burgess, we're trying to work out why."

"So, you know about as much as we do."

"Sadly. We've established that someone must be ordering them, and that it's unlikely to be Pitch."

I nodded, Pitch wouldn't be showing his ugly mug until I was long dust.

"We've been considering his Descendants." Added North, to which I shook my head.

"Unlikely. They're not as powerful as Pitch. And it would have taken over sixty of them to control that many Nightmares, I'd have seen them."

North frowned, but didn't ask any further.

I thought for a second. "What about Lupine?"

Both North and Tracey shook their heads.

"Lupine doesn't have that kind of power, and I assume his Descendants don't either?" Said North

I looked to Tracey, who nodded in confirmation.

"No, they don't."

North tapped his chin with his finger.

"What about the Descendants of the Nightmare Hunters?"

"Possible." I admitted. "We've never had that much contact with them, so we don't know how much power they have over them. So it's possible that a few have gone rogue, but we won't be able to confirm it."

North sighed, presumably at a loss now.

"Okay, we'll call you if we get anything."

"Same here." With that the call was dropped.

"Well, that was useless." Commented Taboo from her position on top of the table.

"That was pointless." Said Lily, having not heard Taboo. Out of everyone in the room, only I could understand her.

"Agreed." I said, putting the communication device back in the drawer. "So what now?"

"What we did last time the lights went off." Said Alexander, and Claire nodded. Those two however were the only two who knew what that meant.

"What, sorry?" I asked.

"Contact Branches and tell them to be on high alert."

"You do that." Said Tracey standing up. "I'll go to my pack. We'll let you know if anything happens."

With that Tracey left, and we organised who would alert which Branch.

I would like to point out that the conversation with North took place after Tara had already left with Jack. I think I've got each instance timed so HOG doesn't show up during the actual narrated story, especially since Tara is mortal, the Guardians would take care to make sure she didn't learn about Descendants at this point.