Author's Note: I didn't realize it had been so long since I posted! Unfortunately I am so not up to giving you guys a full chapter, so I'm giving you an interlude instead. Instead of showcasing a seasonal or anything cutesy, I gave you an extremely vague look at what's behind the weird weather, just to show that I AM thinking about plot and there IS something going on and it will be revealed.. all in due time. I kinda feel like a jerk giving you this, since it is SO cliffhangery and I have no idea when the next update will be. Just know that I will continue this story no matter what and I haven't given up on it.

Now.. Reviews!

Wuili asked about the blue lights. I guess I had them at the Pole the entire time even when Jack and Lillian were missing..? WHOOPS. Also, plothole since the Guardians/Pitch could have just looked at the globe to see where Jack and Lillian were. Uh.. there will be an explanation! I'll think of something. Thanks for catching my error though.

Apollomon x Stingmon suggested that Lillian should make a Guardians comic and it would be a good Lillian/Bunny bonding moment. This is sooo going to happen at some point. We need more Jack/Lillian/Guardians bonding! The fluffy times will be coming!

Brenne suggested that the Guardians also help care for Jack and Lillian, and I agree. If anything they will be getting a visit from Dr. Bunny.

Also, so you guys aren't confused, this interlude is a few days after Jack and Lillian were rescued. I might backtrack for the actual next chapter, so you can see all the confrontations and things. Can't skip that! Also.. I'm sorry this is so short.

Interlude 4: He Broke the Weather Channel

It had been a few days since the incident where the Winter and Spring spirit had gone missing. Other than The Guardians, Mother Nature and Jasper, no one really knew that Jack and Lillian had been missing. The kids from Burgess suspected something was up, but hadn't gotten anyone to explain anything to them yet.

So no one else in the spirit world or otherwise really knew what was going on. What had all the spirits in an uproar currently was the very strange weather. The humans had chalked it up to global warming. In Burgess the temperatures were already over ninety degrees and climbing. California had over one hundred degree weather and it wasn't even quite summer yet.

Yet in other places, it was unseasonably cold. Texas had record low temperatures, as did most of the southern states. In Orlando, Florida, the temperature was below forty degrees. People were frantically calling the weather station asking what was going on and if the world was ending.

And watching all this with malicious glee was a certain spirit. It had taken careful planning, but he had managed to pull it off. A few kidnapped Seasonal sprites here, a kidnapped Seasonal there and.. voilĂ ! Total chaos. Ah, it was delicious. The best part was that no one would ever suspect him! Not those Guardians and certainly not that meddling Man in the Moon.

The spirit sat in his dark lair, watching all the events unfold through a special mirror he had on his wall. Like most of the spirits, he was not technologically advanced. An evil grin spread across his face as he saw people and spirits alike all panicking.

He just knew that eventually the Guardians and the Man in the Moon would put it together and all blame Pitch Black. After all, look what Pitch had done! He had flooded the town of Burgess with Nightmares and almost wiped out the belief of every child in the world. Of course they would blame him for this latest catastrophe.

The spirit's mirror shifted its focus to show first Jack Frost and then Lillian. Both were in bed with colds and looked quite miserable. It warmed the spirit's black heart to see them suffering so. His eyes narrowed as he regarded the new Spring Spirit. She looked so.. young. Innocent. Weak.

His grin grew a little wider.

Maybe it was time to make another Seasonal or two disappear.

In the background, locked away in small cages, several weary looking Spring, Summer, Winter and now a few Fall spirits and sprites looked on at the dark spirit in growing horror.

What was he going to do now?!


Author's Note: I made a reference to something this spirit might have done, regarding certain missing Seasonals. Didja notice? Have any guesses on what it was? Also, this new evil spirit is an original character. He seems to be working solo for now, but who knows?

As always, if you have any plot suggestions/ideas/anything, let me know! And I promise the next time I will give you a full chapter. With angst and confrontations and fluffiness. We could use a little happy before some evil jerk comes along to ruin it. Not to mention North has to get his letter.

Edit: Forgot a few reviewers. My brain is too fuzzy to think about character requests at the moment, but I'll think about it. Also, thanks CrossoverJunkie for your suggestions and things. If I forgot anyone else, I'm sorry. I'll get everyone in the next update.