Chapter 3

Disclaimer: If I owned Frozen and Rise of the Guardians then I'd be famous, but I'm obviously not so...

(Jack's POV)

He had been waiting for a very long time.

Normally he would be enjoying the icy weather. But ever since he lost her, he had felt hollow inside. Chilly.

At first he had tried to convince himself that she would come back. Then the first hundred years passed, and he started to believe that it was hopeless. And everyone knows the power of belief.

Then, on the five hundredth anniversary of her departure, something changed.

Jack was sitting on the power lines over Burgess, his hometown, watching dusk turn the town silent and dark. His hood was covering his head, and his staff was lying on his lap.

A rustle came from below. Jack didn't move. After a couple seconds, curiosity won, and Jack turned to look at the alley behind him.

He looked exactly as he had ten years ago, when Jack and the other Guardians had last fought Pitch.

The rabbit looked at Jack above him. "Hello, mate," he said.

Jack pushed the hood off his head, revealing his white hair. "Hey Bunny. Not to pry, but what're you doing here?" He slipped off the electrical lines, and landed softly on the ground.

Bunnymund ignored the question. "Er… How'r you doing?" The other Guardians had always stuck by Jack, but they knew they couldn't fix this. It was up to him to find what he was looking for.

Jack turned away and stared at his bare feet. "Good as ever." He flew back up the wire and hung upside-down, his legs curved around the wire. "Probably better than you. At least I don't live in a magician's hat."

"Shove off, you bloody show pony!" Bunny retorted, hiding a smile.

Jack flipped off the wire and turned his attention towards a dark window, creating spirals of ice crystals across its surface. "Ok, kangaroo, why don't you tell me what's really going on." The smile disappeared.

"I know you're here to check on me. Last month it was North, the month before that, Sandy, the month before that –"

"Alright, alright," Bunnymund said. "You're right. They're worried about you. I couldn't care less, of course, I'd rather go visit the Groundhog."

Jack gave a small laugh. "Yeah right. You do care." He sighed. "Fine, Bunny. You win. I'll come visit the Pole in a week. Christmas and all that."

"You better," Bunny tapped his foot twice and was gone.

Jack flew high into the air and landed on the frozen lake in the park. He stared longingly at the full moon.

He slowly fell to his knees. "Please," he whispered. "I need her to come back. I've waited so long." A tear slipped down his face and dripped off his chin. He lay down on the ice.

Then, as dawn began to break, he saw the colored lights in the sky.

Only the guardians could see these special northern lights. No matter where a guardian was, they could appear in the sky, and no one but them would be able to see it.

Jack sped towards the workshop as fast as he could. He flew in through the open skylight. "What's wrong?" he asked North.

Sandy was here already, but not Tooth or Bunny. "Let us wait for others before telling news!" North had a huge smile on his face.

Bunnymund came in through the workshop entrance. "What's going on?" he asked confusedly. "Hello again, Jack!"

Toothania, with her little fairies, flew in seconds later. "Hello boys!" She called before going back to ordering her fairies.

Sandy was sleeping while standing up.

North cleared his throat, jolting Sandy out of whatever dream he'd been having.

"I have called you all here today, because someone very important has reappeared." His smile grew even bigger (if that was possible).

Jack's eyes grew wide. It couldn't be.

North noticed Jack's expression. "Wait for me to finish!" His smile trembled with excitement.

"Sandman found him on mountain. I consulted Man in Moon, and he is the sign Jack has been waiting for."

Jack felt like he couldn't breathe.

"It is a pleasure to introduce –"

A crash sounded from the back of the room. A short snowman with an odd shaped head, sticks for hair, and a giant carrot nose bounded into the room.

"Hi, I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs!"

AN: Hey guys, I hope you enjoyed this chapter.

Olaf is important, you'll see...

Also, no one's guessed (from the last chapter) how I came up with Mary's name. If anyone guesses, then I'll tell all.

-L