Early update everyone! I don't normally do this, but since I got to fifteen reviews with the last chapter, I decided, hey, why not? Thanks for being so supportive everyone!

Now, I know not all of you liked me having Elsa as 15 and Anna as 12 when their parents died, but honestly I feel like later in the movie Anna acted more like a 15-year-old than an 18-year-old, and like I believe I said before, none of the Disney princesses are older than 20 (I think Tiana was the oldest at 19). And also, creative liberties. So ya.

Enjoy everyone, and please review!

Chapter 8: New Additions

For three hundred years after Elsa became the Moon and created the Guardians, everything was peaceful. Children feared and overcame those fears, and the universe was balanced. One day, however, as Elsa was standing on her balcony watching the world, she knew in her heart that something was very wrong. She watched in horror as the shadows she had fought to keep balanced began to grow, and her light couldn't break through them to show her what was happening. Olaf came to join her on the balcony then, and immediately saw the spreading darkness.

"Um, Elsa? Why is everything dark? What happened to your light?" the joyful snowman asked her innocently, and Elsa shook her head.

"I don't know, Olaf, but I know it isn't good. Can you go find out for me? I need to know what's going on so I can warn the others," she requested, and he agreed immediately, saying he was always happy to help. He saluted her, causing Elsa to smile faintly, before running out of the palace to find out what was going on. In the meantime, Elsa sent a message to her family of Guardians to tell them something big was happening, and that when she knew what that something was, she would let them know and tell them how to fix it. She thought she might already know what the problem was, but she didn't want to tell them her hunch before she was sure.

A few hours later, Olaf returned, and Elsa was alarmed to see the happy snowman had fear in his eyes. Never before had Olaf been afraid, which was why he always helped the rulers of Arendelle—he always saw the good things in life. He was too terrified to speak at first, which made Elsa's heart sink. She was almost certain she knew who was causing the growing darkness, but she was still hoping Olaf would tell her she was wrong. She created a snowflake and touched his nose with it, causing the small flake to explode in a flash of blue sparkles, bringing joy back to Olaf's heart and allowing him to speak again.

"Elsa, it was awful! That man with the grey skin and yellow eyes is back! He was riding through towns on horses made of black sand, and he was interfering with Pabbie's dream sand!" Olaf told her quickly, and Elsa's eyes widened. Pitch never had horses made of black sand, and he had never been able to interfere with Sandman before. She realized that Pitch was stronger now than he ever had been, and she had to stop him. She immediately sent an urgent message to her family telling them to meet in Santa's workshop as soon as possible.

The next day, all the Guardians were gathered in the workshop tensely. Kristoff and Eugene were arguing—like always—about who's holiday was more important, and Anna was watching from the sidelines with Faylinn and simultaneously directing three of her other Tooth Fairies, Rose, Sparkle, and Rue. Pabbie was making pictures above his head trying to get them to stop arguing, but the two weren't paying attention. Elsa used her magic to open the roof, which was how she always entered the large workshop, and Olaf followed her inside. Pabbie immediately tried to get them to pay attention, to no avail. He finally picked up one of Kristoff's small elves and shook it, ringing the bell on the poor elf's hat. The others turned at that, and quieted when they saw Elsa and Olaf standing there.

"Well if it isn't the Man in the Moon? Grand Pabbie, you should have told us," Kristoff remarked, and Elsa rolled her eyes as Pabbie gave Kristoff a look that clearly said he should be glad his grandfather couldn't talk.

"Elsa!" Anna exclaimed and flew over to wrap her sister in a hug. Faylinn followed excitedly, eager to play with Olaf, and the two ran off happily.

"Hi Anna. Now, I wish I was just here for fun, but we have a huge problem," she informed them regrettably, and everyone watched in horror as Elsa used her magic to create a shadow of Pitch's silhouette on the floor.

"Pitch is back? I thought we all but destroyed him after your winter ended?" Eugene asked in confusion. Elsa just shook her head sadly.

"I thought so too. I always knew he was around, but he was weak. He was just strong enough to give children the fear they needed to stay alive, but I never imagined he would become as strong as he did. We need help this time, guys. We can't do this alone," the Snow Queen explained, then stepped back and created a pedestal of ice on the floor. All five Guardians gasped as they realized Elsa was going to choose a new Guardian to join them. Elsa heard each of them trying figure out who it might be, and who they didn't want it to be, but none of them considered Elsa's actual choice. She created an image of a boy with snow-white hair, deep blue eyes, wearing a blue, frost covered hoodie, and holding a crooked staff. Each of the Guardians recognized the spirit immediately, and Eugene almost choked.

"Jack Frost?" he yelled. "Jack Frost doesn't care about the children! All he does is run around freezing water pipes and mess with my egg hunts! He's selfish and irresponsible and—" Elsa silenced him with a look.

"And a Guardian," she told him in a tone that should have ended all counter-arguments, but Eugene turned on her.

"Jack Frost is many things, but he is not a Guardian, Elsa," he informed her, and Elsa lost it. A snowstorm began to swirl through the workshop, catching everyone off guard and causing Anna to grab Faylinn and the other fairies before they were caught in the wind.

"Jack Frost is a Guardian, Bunny. In fact, he's been a guardian longer than any of us have, myself included. I knew him when we were humans, as did all of you. His name was Jackson Overland, and he was my best friend," Anna recognized the name immediately and gasped. Elsa glanced at her before continuing. "He saved me from Pitch every day. I was the only one who could see him growing up, but when I went to visit Jack, Pitch couldn't follow me. He died saving his sister's life, and he's saved mine without even knowing it. He gives children snow days, which they enjoy, and always tries to have fun with them. He is a Guardian, and we need his help to stop Pitch." Everyone stared at her in shock, since the last time they had seen her upset, she froze over the world. Eugene shrunk to hide against the cold he now hates so much—a hate he developed when Elsa froze Arendelle the first time, at her coronation—and tried to process her calling him Bunny. She only ever used their Guardian names when they were doing their duties and she was being official, when she was stressed from her duties, and apparently when she was upset. Anna went over and put her hand on Elsa's shoulder soothingly.

"Elsa, why didn't you tell us he was alive, or make him one of us before?" the feathered girl asked quietly so the boys wouldn't hear, and Elsa shook her head, feeling ice cold tears sting her eyes.

"Anna, he doesn't remember me, or anything…he can't hear me, and he doesn't believe in me. I can't tell him anything. The only thing he knows about who he is is his name. He stopped listening after that and I can't tell him I brought him back to life because I needed him to help me stop Pitch the first time…" the Snow Queen told her sister, and the blizzard stopped as a tear spilled out from her eye, leaving a trail of frost before completely freeing halfway down her cheek. Everyone turned and stared at Elsa, who was rarely seen crying, but none of them knew what to do. Anna hugged her sister tightly, rubbing her back and trying to calm the Queen of Winter.

"He knows me as the moon, but he won't listen to me…he's spent three hundred years in isolation, and I know exactly how he's feeling because I was there, but when I was isolated as a human at least I had him to help me…until I brought you guys to help me, I was trapped in my ice castle because a voice told me I could never leave until someone like me believed in me, and that until he believed in me, he would never hear me. I tried and tried and tried to talk to him, but I never sent any of you after him because I figured, if he wanted to be with me, he would've believed in me. I figured that since he didn't believe, he wanted to find someone else, and he'd be happier if he did, and I'd rather spend an eternity alone than force him to be with me if he didn't want to and have him hate me forever…" Elsa trailed off, crying harder now than before, and she felt a large hand on her back as Kristoff came over.

"Elsa, he loved you. We all knew it. His sister Emma even wanted the two of you together. That's why she had such a hard time telling you he died. She knew you two loved each other and wanted you to be together, and when he died she lost her brother, but she knew you lost someone you loved and that hurt her more. She explained it all to us just after you started the winter, when she brought Anna your necklace," Kristoff told her sympathetically. Elsa shook her head, wiped the tears from her eyes and attempted to compose herself. Granted her attempts failed, but she decided any attempt was better than standing there feeling sorry for herself when Pitch was out there and needed to be stopped.

"Thanks, Kristoff. I need a favor from you now. Jack can't see me, and he can't hear me, and if we were in the same room together, he'd probably walk right through me since he doesn't believe. I need you to officiate the Guardian ceremony. Pabbie can't because for some reason, when he became Sandman he lost the ability to speak. I don't know why, but he did. Because of that, you're the most experienced Guardian who can talk to Jack, so I need you to handle the ceremony. I'll be here watching, and when its over I'll make it snow a little in celebration, or maybe make him an ice-skating rink. He always loved that…" Elsa trailed off, realizing she had gotten sidetracked, and blushed faintly. Anna nudged her while the boys smiled at the Guardian of Love knowingly. Pabbie was making hearts above his head with his golden dream sand, Eugene was smirking at her teasingly, and Kristoff had a huge smile on his face.

"Of course I'll officiate it. You don't have to explain your reasons, Elsa. You brought us all here and we owe you for everything you've done," her brother-in-law told her honestly, and her sister, cousin and Pabbie (who Elsa assumed would be her uncle-in-law or something, since he raised her sister's husband) all nodded in agreement, and Elsa couldn't ask for a better family.

"Thank you, for everything. Just remember, Jack doesn't remember any of you as people. He just knows you as Santa Claus, the Tooth Fairy, the Easter Bunny, and Sandman. He doesn't know your names, so be careful. Anna, you have his memories. I trust you'll give them to him when he needs them? I mean, he will eventually, but if he needs to remember to get him to agree, give them to him. None of the ones you have involve me, so it'll be fine," Elsa told all of them, and while they each exchanged a brief look of—was it sadness?—they all agreed. Elsa spent a few more minutes working out details before deciding she needed to get back to the moon to watch over the children. She took Olaf and left, telling her family she would be back to see Jack become a Guardian.

Elsa and Olaf made it back to her ice palace right on time. As she got there, she felt in her heart that something was wrong, and rushed to the balcony with Olaf. What she saw horrified her. Pitch was standing in the middle of the town Jack lived in, manipulating Pabbie's dreams. He looked up and stared at her, as if he could see her, as if he could see the horror on her face. He had a threatening smile on his face and his eyes were full of hatred and a challenge.

"Don't look at me like that, old friend," he called to her, and she gaped at his use of the word friend. "You must have known this day would come. My Nightmares are ready. Are your Guardians?" With a wicked laugh, he vanished, leaving Elsa to hope the Guardians could get Jack to the workshop quickly. Usually this ceremony took place in Elsa's palace, but since Kristoff was officiating, it had to take place in his home. When she saw Eugene and two of Kristoff's yetis meet Jack in the streets of his hometown, she quickly rushed back to the workshop, not waiting to see how they got him there, and Olaf stayed in the palace so he could let them know if Pitch tried anything. She wasn't worried about Jack, especially since they all knew how much he meant to her and she only expected the best from her family.

She reached the North Pole just in time to see the two yetis throw a large sack through a portal, which landed on the ground with a painful thud. Jack stuck his head through the top, taking in his surroundings, and Elsa glared at Kristoff for his brilliant idea. Next time I need him in the ice castle for something, the Snow Queen thought, I'll send Marshmallow down with some rope and a sack and see how he likes it.

Jack stood up and stepped out of the bag, looking around in wonder, and Elsa felt her heart flutter as all her happy memories of him came flooding back. It had been centuries since they had been in the same room together, and even though he couldn't see her, she had missed seeing him. Kristoff introduced all the Guardians using the names Jack would recognize, and announced that he was at the workshop to become one of them. Faylinn and the other mini-fairies began to flit around him while Jack was staring at them in surprise, and Elsa realized he was trying to process what Kristoff had said. She saw the refusal in his eyes and felt her heart sink, but she could only hope that he would come around before Pitch attacked. Jack refused, not once but twice, and none of them understood why, but Jack's reason broke Elsa's heart, since he was talking about the moon.

"After three hundred years, this is his answer? To spend eternity like you guys, cooped up in some, some hideout thinking of, of new ways to bribe kids? No, no, that's not for me. No offense," he told them, and Elsa felt quite offended but tried to brush it off. Eugene apparently picked up on it and tried to stand up for the girl standing behind Jack he couldn't see.

"How is that not offensive?" he asked Jack as he turned to leave, walking right through Elsa. She gasped quietly and clutched at her chest, and Anna flew over to try to help but her older sister just waved her off before Jack could notice anything happened. Eugene was mad now and decided he would take it out on Jack, so he continued. "You know what I think? I think we just dodged a bullet. I mean, what's this clown know about bringing joy to children anyway?" Elsa just shook her head at him, trying to tell him this won't help and remind him that they need Jack's help, but it was too late. Jack was already mad, and when he turned back to get in Eugene's face, he walked straight through Elsa once again.

"Uh, you ever hear of a snow day? I know it's no hard-boiled egg, but kids like what I do," Jack informed the six-foot-tall Easter Bunny standing in front of him. Elsa sighed sadly and Anna looked at her, both of them remembering being children and playing in the snow days Elsa created with Jack and Emma, and later with all the people in their kingdom. Eugene leaned in closer to Jack so he was towering over him.

"But none of 'em believe in you. Do they? You see, you're invisible, mate. It's like you don't even exist," the giant bunny sneered at him, and although she knew he only said that to hurt Jack, she couldn't help but take it personally. She knew that she was to Jack what Jack was to the children. He was invisible to them, and she was invisible to him. He didn't exist in their world, and she didn't exist in his. She felt empty inside, reminding her that she was a spirit now and could only be real to someone who believed, and that hurt her more than anything. She felt her face begin to prickle as she fought back the tears stinging her eyes, and Anna took that moment to stand up for her sister.

"Bunny! Enough!" she reprimanded him, and he shrugged and gave her an incredulous look as if he did nothing wrong. Before Anna could say anything else, Jack cut her off.

"No, the kangaroo's right," he informed the group, and Eugene fired up again.

"The, the what—what'd you call me? I am not a kangaroo, mate," he told the barefooted boy standing in front of him.

"Oh, and this whole time I thought you were. If you're not a kangaroo, what are you?" he asked smugly, and Elsa wished they would just stop.

"I'm a bunny. The Easter Bunny. People believe in me," he responded condescendingly, and Elsa couldn't take it anymore. She looked over at Kristoff only to see he wasn't looking in her direction.

"Kristoff…" she called quietly to get his attention, and when he glanced over her eyes begged him to get them to stop. He agreed and took Jack to his office to talk to him, and Elsa all but collapsed against one of the counters. Anna and Pabbie came over immediately to make sure she was ok, and Eugene followed slowly.

"Elsa, I'm sorry. I just, he made me mad when he walked through you, and everything just got out of control. I didn't mean for anything I said to hurt you," he apologized sincerely, and Elsa just shrugged.

"Eugene, it's not your fault. He needs to become a Guardian so we can stop Pitch, so you guys need to learn to get along and get over the blizzard of '68. That's in the past, and it's not important. The children are important, and if we don't want them to stop believing, we need to work together. Everything else can be worked out later," she told them, and they all knew the everything else she was talking about was Jack not being able to see her, but each of them nodded. Before anything else could be said, and before Kristoff came back with Jack, Olaf came running in.

"Elsa! Anna! It's the Tooth Fairies!" he yelled, and Anna's face turned whiter than Elsa's braid. Faylinn started flitting around, panicked, and it took everyone a moment to recover. Elsa was the first to clear her mind, and she knew they had to stop Pitch before he took all the memories Anna protected in the teeth she collected.

"Eugene, Pabbie, get Kristoff and Jack and bring them to Anna's palace immediately. Anna, Olaf and I will go down there right now and help the fairies. We don't have time to waste," she ordered, and everyone scattered.

And...cue cliffy! Don't kill me! Tell me what you think! I want to know if this is too awkward or not.