Hey Everyone, here again with another update. Sorry for the lateness, I've just got back from my Holiday in Devon.

Welcome Back to "The Guardians of Winter: The King of Nightmares Returns".

Now in the last chapter we discovered: (1) The Moon has chosen five new Guardians, (2) Jack has been chosen as the fifth new Guardian (3) North and the Sandman understood what The Moon said and it has something to do with Jack's Destiny.

CAST

(In Order Of Appearance)

Characters And Voice Actors

Bunnymund - Hugh Jackman

Toothiana- Isla Fisher

Sandman - ? (Mute Character)

North - Alec Baldwin

Jack Frost - Chris Pine

A white beam of light began to connect the lower projections together around the outside, this created an outline of a square with the four projections representing the corners. Once the four projections were connected by the beam of light, a secondary beam of white light originating from the four projections rose up and connected to Jack's projection.

As North took a step back, he could see all the beams of light together had created the wire frame of a Pyramid. The lower four projections represented the base line and Jack's projection represented the summit.

Soon Bunnymund and Toothiana understood what the Moon was asking of Jack, they both looked directly at him. Unfortunately for Jack, he still didn't understand or at least he was beginning to.

Bunnymund turned back to North, "Good question, is he ready?" wondered the man sized rabbit.

Toothiana flew over to North pestering him with multiple questions, "Do you think he can do it?" she asked.

The Sandman stood with his arms folded presenting a question mark above his head. North gazed at The Sandman, it didn't take long until he understood him. North scratched his beard grunting, "Well the Moon believes so. But as Sandy has rightly pointed out. Why now?" he asked as he turned from the Guardians to The Moon.

Suddenly the projections began to rotate and spiral from slow to fast. As the momentum of the projections quickened, it started to create a vacuum sucking in air, dust and wood. Many of the Elves grabbed hold of the bannisters and pillars before they could be engulfed into the spiralling mass.

Then suddenly the projections collided together and exploded with a deafening bang creating a thick white mist around the room. As the mist began to slowly clear, it revealed something extremely bright at its centre that shone blue. Many of the Guardians covered their eyes at the sight of its glare. When the mist eventually cleared, the light revealed itself to be a giant snowflake slowly rotating. North uncovered his eyes and gasped. Bunnymund half opened his eyes and was speechless. Toothiana and the Sandman looked at one another and then back to Jack.

Soon the Moonlight dropped and the snowflake disappeared, followed by the Obelisk disappearing back underneath the Guardian's Seal.

North looked up at the Moon, "So be it," he said and turned to face Jack, the other Guardians followed his gaze.

As for Jack, he was beginning to feel slightly annoyed. Everyone seemed to understand what was going on except him. He thought he'd understood at first what the Moon was asking, but now he was utterly lost.

"Err...North," he asked trying to keep his calm, "What did he tell you?"

North walked over to Jack and put his hand upon his shoulder, "The Moon has chosen you to become a Leader" he answered.

"Leader?" stammered Jack, his already annoyed and confused expression turned into an expression of fear.

"Yes, to the Guardians of Winter," North confirmed,

"WHAT?!" he spluttered running has hands through his hair and drop his staff in the process, "How can I? I'm already a Guardian. I can't be this Leader he wants me to be." he stressed. "I thought he was asking me to bring joy and happiness to their countries, but this is far from what I expected."

North turned to Jack, "Nothing's saying that you will no longer be the Guardian of Happiness, you will forever be the Guardian of Children's Joy as your spirit and power depends solely on children's happiness and of their belief. But you will be named as a Guardian of Winter with the subtitle the Protector of Happiness." explained North.

The Australian Rabbit walked up to Jack, "Hey mate, everyone here knows that I never wanted you to be a Guardian. But see how wrong I was, when Pitch showed up 10 years ago. You're the one who defeated him because your power is the direct opposite of his own, he brings fear while you bring joy." explained Bunnymund, he put his paw upon Jack's other shoulder. Toothiana flew up to him, "I'm sure we all understand that this is a huge responsibility that the Moon has entrusted to you. We'll all be in the same place as you are should he have chosen anyone of us."

Jack shook his way out of North's and Bunnymund's reassuring embrace and walked to the Globe room fireplace. "I appreciate the comfort that you guys believe that I'm up for the task. But how can I lead any of them, they hardly know me and I hardly know them," he said as he sat down upon a wooden stool next to the unlit fireplace. Even though Jack was still in denial about the task given to him, it appeared that the comments from the other Guardians had settled him slightly taking away his expression of fear and replacing it with uncertainty.

Toothiana flew after Jack and gave him a reassuring hug, "From what I've discovered in my lifetime as the Guardian of Memories, no one is born the same for a reason. In this instance, the reason could be that they are to do amazing things in the future. For you Jack, the Guardians of Winter maybe one of those amazing things," she said kindly.

North walked up and stood next to the fireplace and holded his arms, "These people Jack, they know nothing about their abilities. They know nothing of control and acceptance, so therefore fear begins to thrive. You need to help them understand what they can do," he said softly.

Bunnymund walked up to Jack, "This could be the reason why you became Jack Frost mate," he said.

Jack got to his feet, "To teach people like me how to use their powers?!" he questioned at Bunnymund.

"Hey Mate, take it easy, I'm trying to help here," replied Bunnymund as he folded his arms.

'But what if that's true? What if I was created for this very purpose? To lead the Guardians of Winter?' he thought. Jack took a deep breath and turned to North, "Why now? Why them? And How did they get their abilities?" he asked bluntly.

"I guess I should have told you this a long time ago. Even before you were chosen to be a Guardian," said North. The Guardians all became silent as North told the Legend.

"This all started at the beginning of time after the creation of the World. After the Earth's creation, the Moon created the land, the oceans, the sky and the Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Once when the Earth was nearing completion the Moon released the seasons to orbit around the Earth. When suddenly from the darkness of Space, a comet of Black Sand shot out and collided with Winter. As a result of the collision, Winter was split into five pieces and landed in different locations around the globe."

Jack had listened to everything North had said. However, he thought over and over about the comet of Black Sand, the Black Sand seemed familiar until suddenly it clicked.

"The comet of Black Sand? Was that Pitch?" he asked.

North looked at Jack, "Yes it was, but there is also a rumour that in the event of the collision. The comet was also split, but into two parts. One Black Sand and the other Grey Sand. But it's just a rumour," he said.

From all what Jack had heard and the fact that the Moon had chosen him to be a Leader was a lot to acknowledge. But the more he thought about having his own team the more excited he got about it. (As what you would expect from a teenager).

"Who are the Guardians of Winter, North?" he asked, seeing that Jack was taking interest, North didn't wait to answer his question.

"The first girl you saw was Her Majesty Queen Elsa of Arendelle, the second was Icy from the Magix Dimension, the man in the third projection was Dr Victor Fries also known as Mr Freeze, and the fourth projection was a man called Lucius Best also known as Frozone."

Jack began to walk around the room with his staff over his shoulder, "So a piece of Winter lives inside each one of these people?" he asked.

North nodded, "Yes, they have their own abilities and curses," he answered.

Jack's head spun round to face North. "Curses?" said Jack, "Why would anyone call this power a curse?"

Bunnymund turned to Jack, "Well do be fair mate. Not everyone knows how to use their abilities as well as you do," he said.

Toothiana quickly joined the conversation, "That's why he wants you to be a Leader. You're an amazing role model to follow," she said happily.

North continued, "Dr Victor Fries' skin colour was caused by a piece of Winter. He was working at his laboratory for a cure of MacGregor Syndrome to save his dying wife, Nora. When unfortunately, he fell into a vat of Liquid Nitrogen. It's rare that anyone would survive falling into a vat of sub-zero temperatures, the outcome is freezing to death in an instant. But he lived because a piece of Winter had found its way into that vat and chose to spare him,"

Bunnymund walked up, "Well he survived regardless that he should have frozen to an ice statue," he commented as he looked at North.

"Yes, it's good that he lived, but this outcome has changed his life forever. He is cursed with not being able to live outside an environment higher than sub-zero temperatures." replied North.

"Poor guy, how can he live like that?" said Toothiana.

Bunnymund snorted, "I guess he'd be house bound for the rest of his life," he said.

"Dr Fries is one of the world's most intelligent beings in the world. He created himself a suit of armour which keeps him at a refrigerated temperature. This allows him to stay chilled and cool whenever he needs to go outside a temperature of Sub-zero degrees." said North.

"Ah, smart thinking," smiled Toothiana.

Bunnymund was happy for him as well, "Yeah, smart thinking," he agreed.

North continued, "There is one other person within those projections whose powers have literally torn her family apart, and that is Her Majesty Queen Elsa of Arendelle. When she and her sister Anna were children they played a lot with her gifts of ice and snow manipulation. Her gifts were hardly kept a secret within the family, she brought new types of fun for she and her sister to experience. They would build snowmen, snow slides and even ice skating rinks with Elsa's power,"

Jack turned to North, "That doesn't sound too bad, snow related activities is what I do best as well."

North sighed, "Yes but your powers do not kill people."

The Guardians looked at North. Toothiana spoke first, "Out of so much fun, how can her powers just turn into killing people?" she questioned.

Bunnymund delivered his question also, "Tell us what happened North?"

North sighed as he began to finish Elsa's story, "They were enjoying themselves too much that they became carried away, her powers struck Anna upon her forehead which began to freeze her brain. Luckily her parents managed to get help and Anna was cured. But as a precaution, Elsa separated herself from her sister entirely throughout the rest of her childhood in order to protect Anna from her powers."

Many of the Guardians started to feel melancholy towards Elsa's depressing past, this was even more so for Jack. This story about Elsa and her sister really hit home for him, as he knew what it's like to have a sister and the bond what it builds and then to suddenly lose it.

North walked over to Jack and put his hand upon his shoulders and stared at him eye to eye. "The Moon wants you to bring the pieces of Winter together to destroy Pitch once and for all. Only together will Winter become whole again and only then will you be strong enough," he informed. "Pitch will be stronger than before otherwise the Moon wouldn't have asked for more Guardians let alone four more. So please Jack, will you find and lead the Guardians of Winter?"

North released Jack out of his embrace to allow him to think this through. "Ok North, I'll do it, but on one condition," said Jack. The Guardians were astonished that Jack was taking on the mission set by the Moon.

"Sure," said North as he put his hand upon Jack's left shoulder.

"I think it would be a good idea to have our own base or headquarters. All the elves and yeti's may unnerve them," said Jack.

"Ok Jack," said North, "Where would you like this base of yours,"

Jack whispered in North's ear. North expression changed to a look of astonishment.

"Consider it done," said North. He turned to Bunnymund and motioned him over and passed on Jack's message to him.

Bunnymund smiled, "Alright, see you later mate." He patted with his huge right foot on the ground and a huge rabbit hole appeared. Bunnymund jumped into it and the hole closed immediately behind him leaving a flower with blue petals.

"Ok Jack, your base is being sorted, was there anything else?" asked North,

"Can I have a Snow globe?" asked Jack. North's left eyebrow lifted, Jack continued to explain his reasons why.

"I understand that you've been working on a new design of Snow globe; that will allow you to contact Guardian's from long distances where the Lights of the Aurora can't reach. But also on a personal note, it'll save me from flying back and forth."

"Very well Jack," he said as he handed him a Silver-Based Snow globe.

'These new ones are smaller than I remember. Oh well at least this can fit in my pocket,' he thought as he put the Snow globe into his hoodie pouch.

"Good luck Jack" said Toothiana as she gave him a hug,

"Thanks Tooth" said Jack as he hugged her back.

The Sandman gave him a thumbs up with a big smile upon his face.

"Thanks little man," Jack chuckled.

With the goodbyes over Jack walked outside into the snow covered wilderness and removed the Snow globe from his pocket.

"I guess it's time to get this group together. But I think I'll start with Victor. It'll be nice to see him again," he said to himself. He held the Snow globe up to his lips and whispered. "Gotham City."

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