Chapter 3

Becoming a Guardian.

Rating for this chapter: K

Jack woke up in his bed at the pole, he was trying to remember why he was there, then he remembered and flew right out of the bedroom to the meeting room.

You see today is the day that Jack Frost becomes the official guardian of fun.

Jack flew through the hallway, through the meeting room, to the globe room, or the moon room, Jack liked to call it. All of the other guardians were already there, smiling at him as he entered. As soon as he entered the yetis and elves started to play their instruments. Jack chuckled at this.

"Morning guys!" Jack greeted cheerfully.

"Good morning!" They all replied.

"Are you ready, my boy?" North asked, smiling proudly at Jack.

Jack chuckled absentmindedly, "as ready as I'll ever be." He replied nervously.

"Don't worry, Jack, you'll do just fine." Tooth tried to reassure him.

"Yeah mate, just stay calm and be yarself." Bunny agreed proudly, Sandy nodded, smiling.

"Right… thanks guys... " Jack took a deep breath and walked up to the cycle where the moonlight was hitting.

The music stopped as Jack took one last deep breath and stepped into the light.

Jack opened his eyes and found himself somewhere he had never seen before. He was in a wintery forest. Snow and frost everywhere you looked.

But the thing that stood out to Jack, was that a man was standing just a few feet away from him. The man wasn't facing him but he felt like he had seen the man before. The man was as pale as the snow he stood on, hair just as white as Jack's, clothes pale blue, he was taller than Jack but not as tall as bunny.

"I've been expecting you, Jack Frost." The man had a deep smooth voice as he spoke.

"Who are you, and where is this?" Jack questioned, hestently walking over to the man.

The man chuckled, "this is part of your mind, Jack. This is the place that makes you feel safe. I'm correct, am I not?" The man spoke with a smile in his voice.

Jack looked around, realizing that this was a place he had always dreamed about.

"How?-"Jack trailed off as he looked around himself.

The man chuckled, turning around, keeping his head down so Jack couldn't see his face. Jack looked at him.

"I am-" The man started, lifting his head, "-The Man in the Moon."

The man's face was, of a wise man, well into his years. He had a long pointed beard, light gray eyes full of love, staring at Jack.

Jack couldn't speak, his mouth hung open in shock. 'The man in the moon? But I thought North was supposed to read some ancient book or something, not meet Manny himself!' Jack shouted in his mind, Manny smiled at him, lovingly.

Staring at Manny in shock for a few more moments, Jack then gathered himself together. "Okay so why am I here? Did I do something wrong or something?"

Manny shook his head. "No Jack, today you are becoming an official guardian, but not only that you are gaining a new family."

Jack looked at the ground, looking sad as could be. "Do you really think they would want a cold freak like me in they mismatched family of theirs… cause I sure don't think so…"

Manny sighed at this, "They would, I know so."

Jack looked at Manny with disbelief in his eyes. "Whatever, are we going to do this today or not?" Jack asked impatiently, tapping his foot on the ground.

"Alright, alright, first I need to ask you a few questions to complete the ceremony." Manny began, Jack nodded.

"Okay."

"Alright, do you Jack Frost, swear to protect the children of earth at all costs from evil?"

"Yes."

"Do you swear to never harm a child?"

"Yes."

"Do you swear to never cause belief though fear?"

"Yes."

"And lastly, do you swear to protect the fun in children?"

Jack smiled at that, "yes!"

Manny smiled proudly at the young winter spirit.

"I now dub the Jack frost, the Guardian of fun!" Manny exclaimed as he spread his arms out into the air, and a bright light appeared.

Jack closed his eyes from the light, yelling in surprise.

Jack reopened his eyes he found that he was staring at the ceiling.

'Huh how did I get on the ground?' He asked himself as he sat up.

He found that he was actually on a couch.

"Okay now I'm confused." He stated, then started looking for his staff.

"Looks like ya have finally came around, frostbite." Bunny pointed out as he walked over to the coach.

"Whaddya mean 'came around' haven't been asleep at all." Jack stated very confusedly.

"Well sorry to disappoint, sweet tooth, but you've been out for 3 hours." Tooth explained, flying over to the coach.

"3 hours!" Jack exclaimed, extremely shocked. "But- but- how? I was awake just a minutes ago?"

North stepped over to the coach with sandy following not to far behind.

"Jack, my boy, when becoming a guardian, Manny puts you asleep so you can see him." North explained.

"But why?" Jack questioned.

"Because he loves you, and all of us." North gestured to Jack, then the rest of them. "And the only time he can see us face to face is when we become guardians, da."

Jack just stared at North in disbelief. 'Loves me? But no one loves me, other than my family, and…. There all gone… but why else would Manny want to see me face to face…. Does he..'

"Jack, ya okay mate?" Bunny asked sitting down by the boy.

"Huh? Y- yeah… " Jack replied, emptily.

"You sure-" tooth started before being interrupted by Jack standing up.

"Yeah I'm sure. Um… I'm gonna go now… so bye guys…" and with that Jack flew out the window.

Hey guys, Thanks for reading. I'm going to need some ideas for chapter 5 and on so if you guys can give me some requests that'll be really helpful. Thank you all for the support so far and you wonderful reviews they really make my day so thank you so much. Hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Until next time

-GabeElf