Chapter 3

Me: Okay, just saying and trying not to spoil, this is probably the most exciting chapter out of the three so far. I think. In my opinion anyways.

Elsa: Aren't you just saying that so they'll read the chapter?

Me: What? No! I'm like seriously serious here.

Jack: Whatever you say...

Anna: Sammy does not own Frozen, Rise of the Guardians, or characters.

Previously in Chapter 2,

I slowly walk over to Jack, feeling dizzier and dizzier by the second. He doesn't seem affected. I see his eyes open and he wakes up from his unconsciousness. He lifts the tree impressively, almost effortlessly, and runs over to where I am.

By now, I'm on the floor. "Who are you?" I mumble. He lifted a huge tree off of himself and he wasn't suffocating from lack of oxygen.

He ignores my question and instead says, "You're safe with me."

I wake up to a surprised Anna.

"Oh my gosh. Thank goodness you're okay!" She pulls me into a hug.

I'm aching all over, but I really am okay.

I looked around. We were outside, the fire was smaller but still burning. We were beyond the city limits, in the woods.

Jack doesn't say anything. He just looks relieved, but at the same time, uncomfortable.

I ignore it. He was a stranger anyways.

"So who's attacking the kingdom?" I ask, sitting up.

"We're still not sure." Anna says quietly. "As soon as you passed out Jack brought you here and I followed. The Guardians are still trying to fight them, but aren't communicating who they are."

"Oh." Is all I say. "We have to help them." I get up.

Jack grabs my hand. "No." He says.

I would haw blushed if I wasn't more confused. "What?" I ask, lifting my eyebrows. "I need to defend my kingdom."

Jack gets up too, Anna following. He let's go of my hand. "Look, my mission was to protect you both. If something happens to you, it's on me. I can't let that happen." He says firmly.

"But.." I know he's right, but it doesn't feel right.

"What should we do then?" Anna asks.

"I'm not sure.." He trails. That pissed me off.

"Jack. Jack! Something bad has happened." A voice crackled over the com.

"What? Tooth, come in." He says, sounding a little worried.

"It's Sandy." She says.

Right away, he goes pale. Or paler than usual at least.

"I'm coming over there." He says, panicked.

"No Jack, you-" He cuts off the com.

"What?" I ask as he sets to leave. "You just said we shouldn't go into danger and that you have to protect us. Now you want to do the opposite?"

"Um... Yes?" He says, trying to be innocent.

"I can't believe you!" I shout, really pissed at this point.

I look at Anna. As soon as she catches my eye, she looks down. Even though there was snow, I was burning with anger.

"Okay. I'll still protect you. We'll just be... over there... watching." He flashes a cheesy smile.

"Ugh." I roll my eyes and scoff. What a nut job.

Anna looks up and whispers in my ear. "What choice do we have?"

Then it hits me. We couldn't go back to the palace, it was probably under attack by now.

We couldn't run away, we have a kingdom to save... or defeat the bad guys or something.

"Okay. You know what?" I say moodily.

Jack lifts his eyebrows.

"We'll go with you." I sigh.

"Great. We need to go, now." He says impatiently.

"No, we don't. There's a few conditions."

This time, Anna and Jack's eyebrows lift.

"One, you don't keep any secrets from us."

He nods his head.

"Two, We'll save the kingdom."

He nods his head enthusiastically. "We'll try."

"No, we will." Anna reassures. Who's side was she on?

"Okay, now can we go?" Jack asks.

"Yes, let's."

We walk over to the town. When we're there, I realize we're at the city square. Or at least what used to be the city square.

"Oh no.." Anna says.

It doesn't look good. Smoke is everywhere and there are little fires all around inside the buildings. Ahead of us are more smoke and you could hear men, shouts, yells, weapons, and explosions.

"We need to go there." Jack points. It's exactly where all the danger is.

"Let's do it." I say. I needed to protect my kingdom. And I needed to blow off steam. Oh, and train my powers.

They've been pretty out of practice since not much happened in the past year.

Okay, maybe not training but I guess you could consider this as a battle. I was practically ready for anything, yet not.

We run towards the mess, and I freeze the fires along the way. Jack goes with Anna up ahead.

Then I realize, Anna doesn't have any powers. She wouldn't be able to defend herself.

"Anna!" I call out.

"What?" She calls back. She was about 5 meters away.

"You need to stay here. You won't be able to fight over there!"

"No, I can. Jack's here." She shouts back.

What? 'Jack's here'? How did she end up trusting him so much? He was just a guy with a staff. And we just met like two hours ago.

"No! Anna you need to stay here!" I shout, but she's already gone. With Jack. Great.

I keep running and find myself in a total disaster.

Wait. Was that Santa Claus? He was fighting black horses. And the Easter bunny was too. I think the girl or.. flying person was Tooth, next to this glowing golden guy. Anna was there too.

But Jack was no where to be found.

I run over to Anna. "What's happening?" I ask her. I take a look at the golden boy. He's unconscious and... made of sand.

Suddenly Jack appears in the sky. He was flying. Then he points his staff to a group of the black sand horses and something crystal blue shoots out of it. It was ice.. Jack Frost had powers like mine..

The horses are hit and piles of black sand leave their mark.

But then the horses re-form and go up into the sky towards Jack.

I shoot crystal shards at them, but it has no effect, and my aim was totally off.

Just as I gave up on trying to shoot them down, a huge explosion happened on the ground.

Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny were thrown and pushed back. They slid all the way to where we were.

Santa coughed and got up. He looked fierce... which I wouldn't expect at all. The Easter Bunny wasn't smiling, or looking friendly. Instead he was also fierce and a frown was on his face.

Several meters away, we hear more coughing. It's from Jack.

He's on the ground, covered with dirt and black sand. Anna rushes towards him.

As soon as the three get up, everyone huddles together.

Except the golden bot of course, he was still unconscious.

"Jack, you were told to stay with the royals and protect them. That included keeping them away from... this." Santa says sternly.

"It's not my fault! Sandy passed out, Tooth told me. So I thought you guys would need backup... Or something." Jack trails.

"Give him a break, North." The tooth fairy says.

Santa, North, didn't say anything, but he had a displeased look on his face.

"Who're we up against anyways?" Jack asks.

North seemed at a loss for words. "Bunnymund?" North says, signaling for the Easter Bunny to explain.

"It's Pitch, Jack." He says quietly.

Jack's response was to first gape, then he looked angry.

"You should have told me earlier! This is why I need to stay and you protect the royals!" He shouts.

"No." Santa, I mean North, says. "You need to run away. Neither of us would blend into where I'm sending you well enough. You're the best man for the job."

"Sending us?" Anna butts in, eyes wide.

"Yes, I'm sending you to Alaska, in the United States. You both will be in the cold, which will satisfy you're powers. About, Anna, was it? You will be sent to California. Pitch is too strong to defeat. He has a huge army, and until we know what he's plotting, you're not safe."

"No!" Anna and I shout.

"Then what do you propose?" Bunnymund asks.

Anna and I look at each other.

"I'll go to California with Anna." I say. The Guardians must have thought that I couldn't handle heat..

"Jack? Are you okay with that?" North asks him.

"Sure." He says.

"Then leave, now! The horses will soon come back up. I'm sorry you have to do this, but it's for your own good. Until we find someway to defeat Pitch this time, you need to stay in California. We'll come and get you when it's time.

I take one last look at the kingdom. I knew I had to protect my people, but according to the Guardians, the enemy was too strong. Until we knew what to do, I had to run.

Goodbye, Arendelle.

Me: And scene.

Elsa: What just happened?

Jack: Did North and the others really think I couldn't handle the cold?

Anna: Can I have more lines next chapter?

Me: All great questions, soon to be answered!

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