Well. Christmas was fun, but I missed writing! I love writing this story! Thanks again for the lovely reviews!

Disclaimer: I still don't own Rise of the Guardians. (If I did there would be like 20 movies)

Chapter 6

Jack fell through the ice. Jack was gone.

"JACK!" Mrs. Bennett and Sophie started running towards the lake. Jamie stood on the shore and Mrs. Bennett had to grab him to keep him from running towards the jagged hole in the ice.

"We can't do anything Jamie, and you know how much I want to. He's gone."

"No! He's immortal! he can't be gone!"

"That is where you are mistaken child. When I turned him human I took away his immortality. Your friend, The winter child, Winter itself is dead!"

They spun and finally saw the woman clearly for the first time, and they wished they hadn't. She had thin gray hair and her eyes were sunken and black. she was hunched over but seemed to radiate power and fear, causing Jamie to flinch. His mom was just frozen. So much had happened that day, she just couldn't handle anymore.

"You shall join him soon."

Struggling to breathe, Jack sank down towards the bottom of the lake. Looking up through the water, he saw a sliver of moonlight struggling to make its way out from behind the clouds.

The cold darkness surrounded him, and he felt something brush against his arm. Reaching out for it, he felt a stick that he assumed was his staff. He grabbed it and there was a flash of blue light. A wave of energy rushed down his arm, and after is dissipated, the cold no longer bothered him.

He felt the bottom of the pond and pushed off of it, shooting towards the surface. He reached the surface and grabbed the ice to keep from falling back in. He dragged himself out, and the second he was out of the hole, the ice refroze. Pushing himself to his feet, He leaned against his staff and looked around.

Frost spread out from under his feet and soon the entire lake was completely covered in delicate swirls. A group of figures stood by the shore, and Jack squinted at them. one hunched-over figure confronted taller figure in front of two shorter ones.

Something about that seemed wrong to Jack. Suddenly the fog in his mind cleared. That was Jamie, Sophie, and their mom. Energy filled him as the hunched figure got ready to strike.

Raising his staff, he slammed it onto the ground out of pure instinct. Even he was surprised when frost shot across the ground and the wind howled wildly. The hunched figure was forced to take a step back from the group and Jack shot forward, Landing between the family and the spirit.

The woman moved forward towards the group, raising her hands. As she reached out towards Jamie, a strange darkness surrounding her hands, a sudden vicious wind blew past the group and forced her back. The wind forced The Bennetts to cover the faces with their arms. when they looked back up, a familiar skinny figure blocked the woman's path.

"Get away. Now."

His hair was a shocking white, and his skin a deathly pale.

"You should be dead. How are you here!"

"If you really wanted me gone for good, you should have researched a little more. If you drown me AGAIN, I'll come back AGAIN. I thought that was obvious."

He swung his staff around and planted it in the ground, standing straight and looking the women in the eye.

"Now. Leave them alone. The only reason you got me before is because I was surprised. Do you really want the face me now?"

"The real question is, do YOU want to face ME. Do you not know who I am?"

"All I need to know is that you are threatening people that I care about, and I can't let you do that."

"I am death itself. I threaten all mortals, very few have escaped my grasp once, let alone twice. You have evaded me for 300 years, Frost."

Jack took a step back.

"But you will evade me no longer. I have grown tired of your games. You 'snowballs and fun times' sicken me. Winter used to be known as the season of death. We should have worked together, but no. You wanted everyone to be happy and healthy. You wanted them to play instead of fear. You cannot beat me Frost, but knowing you, you will try."

She cackled, then seemed to dissolve into the surrounding darkness.

Everyone looked around frantically, and Jamie was the first to see her materialize out of the shadows. She was directly behind Jack.

"Jack! Behind you!"

He spun around as she raised a black dagger. A blinding light flooded the clearing and the wind howled. The small family was blown back towards the trees and they toppled over into a snow bank.

Something flew over their heads and slammed into a few trees behind them before coming to a halt in the snow.

"Ugh. That did not feel so great."

so, it was Jack...

They turned back to the clearing and saw the woman - Death - pushing herself to her feet.

"Well Frost" She chuckled, "You have already exceeded my expectations, but know this. You cannot win. You can't kill death, Jack."

"Really? I didn't know that." Jack replied sarcastically as he pushed himself to his feet.

'I don't think you stand a chance! I mean, you're old and slow, and you probably didn't kill me the first time because you're too weak to kill an immortal so you have to make me mortal to do it. That's why we are immortal right?"

Jack casually walked up to Death, swinging his staff around lazily. Jamie was confused for a second by the sudden change, but then he realized. Jack was annoying her and getting her completely focused on him. He was distracting her to give the Bennetts time to run.

"Come on. We need to go hide. This gives us a chance to catch her by surprise." Jamie whispered to his mom and sister. They nodded and the small family backed slowly into the trees.

They heard Jack continue to make sarcastic comments and throw insults as they crept around the edge of the clearing. When they reached the other side, Jamie peeked out and met Jacks gaze for a second before Jack lunged at Death.

By now she was on her feet and seemed furious. A large blast hit her square in the chest and she was thrown back and few steps, but she retaliated by throwing a shard that looked like glass, but absorbed all the light around it. Jack leaped to the side and darted around her.

Looking at Jamie again, Jack shook his head and gave him a sad smile. Then he turned and ran deeper into the forest, away from the small family, and closely followed by death.

I really missed writing this story! I hope you guys enjoy this chapter because I stayed up till 2 am writing it. If there are any typos, go ahead and message me!

Replies to reviews:

blueyedprincess100: That's great to hear! I love this community, so it's really cool to find out that I am actually making an impact and helping people get back into reading these!

Latoofa: I have never really been a fan of sad endings myself, so I don't plan on having one here :D I also think that's a great idea! I might try that, but I also might not because if people actually read these, then they will be expecting it (I'm a very tricky person)

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