Chapter 1
Jack Frost
I was used to the fact that people ran away from me at first glance.
A normal wolf was feared around these areas so imagine a wolf twice the size of a normal one,white fur,sharp teeth and claws,blue frosty eyes and icy blue markings on its fur.
You can easily guess how people are when they see me.
At first,I was hurt and would try to make them see I wasn't a threat but it never worked. Now I'm so used to it that I don't even care anymore. A strong scent filled my nose so strong and sudden that I nearly tripped as I was walking.
I turned my head to the smell and sniffed the air.
Wolves!
And this time it was a pack. He also caught the scent of a man,a woman and a moose or reindeer. On the day when Jack was 117 he made a vow to protect anyone from harm as he remembered that that was what a Guardian was meant to do. When he was still getting used to the whole at night being a wolf thing,he had thought of trying to make a pack but quickly realised that him being a human in the day would interfere with trying to make a pack. So he decided that at night he would protect both animals and humans in need.
He turned to the smell and ran. Snow crunched lightly underneath him and branches whipped across his face but his fur protected him from the worst. "Anna,stay back!"a voice yelled. His ear twitched. The voice came from his left. He whirled around and ran faster,his breath turning into small white puffs of clouds.
At last,he broke from the forest to see the commotion.
A young woman,a man and a reindeer with a sled attached to it with blocks of solid ice in it were at the edge of a snowy cliffside surrounded by a pack of wolves. The man had a flaming stick in his hand waving it in an arc to keep the wolves at bay. It was working but Jack knew that sooner or later the stick would go out. "Kristoff what are we going to do?!"the woman asked the man named Kristoff. "Just say behind me and the fire!"Kristoff told her. The reindeer brayed as a wolf snapped its jaws at the reindeer's legs.
Jack threw his head back and howled.
The wolves immediately stopped what they were doing and slowly turned to him. Jack knew that taking on all the wolves would be suicide so he looked around for the alpha. Soon enough,he found the alpha. The alpha was always the biggest,the strongest smelling wolf or the one with the most scars. This one was bigger than the others,if only by a few inches,and had plenty of scars. He directed himself to the alpha and snarled,issuing a challenge. The alpha snarled back,accepting the challenge,before it ran at him.
He ran to the alpha as they collided together.
The world shrank down to tooth and claw,snow flying as they rolled and spun and tore at one another,the other wolves snarling and snapping around them. His jaws closed on a limb thin as a stick,but the wolf clawed at his face and tore himself free,rolled then lunged for him. Fangs snapped closed on his throat but he shook off the wolf as he would a rat,then charged after him,knocking him down. Rolling,ripping,kicking,they fought until both were ragged and fresh blood dappled the snow around them. But finally,after he knocked the wolf on its back,the alpha laid down and showed its belly.
He snapped at the alpha twice in warning then turned to the pack and snarled angrily,making his fur raise and warning them to leave at once. The wolves whined,growled or bowed in submission but took the cue and ran off into the forest. Once he was sure they were gone,Jack laid down and rolled in the snow to get off any extra blood. He then got up and looked at the little group of humans. The woman was looking at him with curiosity while the man and reindeer were trying their best to get away from him.
He slowly walked towards them,being extra caution not to spook them. The reindeer brayed and snorted while the man,Kristoff,stood protectively in front of him. He decided that he would go before the woman since she was the one who looked the least frightened of him. He sat down before her and stared at her. "Kristoff,do you know what it wants?"the woman asked Kristoff softly. "How would I know that Anna? Just don't go near it."Kristoff told the woman. The woman,Anna,turned her attention back to him then slowly took a few steps towards him.
"Anna,what are you doing?! Kristoff hissed in disbelief. "I don't think it wants to hurt us."Anna told him still slowly edging towards him. "And how would you know that?"Kristoff asked. "Because if it wanted to it already would have done something. Plus it saved us from those wolves."Anna said. She stopped when she was an arm's length away from him. She raised her arm and extended it until her hand was right in front of his muzzle. He got up and pushed his muzzle into her hand. He felt her arm tense for a moment then slowly relax and rub his fur softly. He wagged his tail a bit,to show her that he liked it,and she became bolder.
She scratched him behind his left ear and he would be lying if he said he didn't like it.
She finally moved her hand back then turned to Kristoff. "He's fine. Not a threat in the slightest,"Anna said. See then noticed the markings on his fur. "Wonder what those markings mean."she added so softly that only he heard it. "If you believe that Anna then you're more optimistic than I thought,"Kristoff told her. "Anyway,we have to get this ice back to Arendelle before the coronation." Anna gave him a look of disbelief. "Let me get this straight. Even after we nearly got mauled by wolves you want to go through that forest at night."she said,emphasizing the word night.
"I know it's dangerous but we don't have a choice. This ice needs to be delivered and you want to get there to see your sister's coronation."Kristoff pointed out.
Jack's ears perked up.
Sister's coronation...so she is princess Anna,the sister of Queen Elsa and they're going to the coronation. He had heard a few merchants and travelers talking about it and decided that he would go to the coronation. It seemed like the perfect situation for him. I want to go to the coronation and they need protection.
The hard part is going to be to tell them that without actually having to speak. Even as a wolf,he could speak and be understood by a human but the two humans he tried to do that with had tried to capture him in order to get money. He walked to Anna and lightly nudged her hand. She looked at him. "Do you want food? Kristoff we can spare a bit of meat for him?"Anna asked.
Jack mentally rolled his eyes.
He walked back to the border of the forest and cliff then tilted his head sideways. "Hey Kristoff,"Anna called to him as she got in the sled. "I think the wolf is trying to tell us something." "Yeah something like ' I'm going to lead you to your doom and eat you so you better run' "Kristoff said in a deep voice,trying to sound like a wolf from a fairytale but failing so bad that Jack had to clamp his jaws shut to keep from laughing. "I'm almost certain that that is not what it's trying to say,"Anna said,giggling.
"But we see what it's trying to tell us. I know the way to Arendelle so if it leads us anywhere else I'll know."she added. Kristoff looked at him for a long time. Jack could see in his eyes that he was debating whether or not to listen to Anna and follow him. He waited patiently as years of being a wolf around humans taught him. Finally,Kristoff sighed. "We'll follow the wolf. But if it does so much as bare its fangs at us,we run."he warned Anna. She nodded. "Alright Sven,let's go. Wolf,lead the way." So Sven,the reindeer,walked a good distance from Jack as they headed through the forest towards Arendelle.
Author's note: In this story,Kristoff and Anna know each other before the whole Elsa freezing the the entire kingdom thing
