I had to laugh at some of the reviews I got. Poor Jack.

I don't own Jack or the Guardians... I do own the OCs though.

"Jack!" Three panicked voices cried as Jack's unconscious body crumpled to the ground.

Tooth knelt next to Jack and placed a hand on his cheek. "Oh!" she gasped, looking up at the other Guardians. "He's warm."

Sandy flashed sand shapes angrily and Bunny's ears drooped. "'E didin' want ta come… did 'e? 'E tried to tell us… bu' we wouldn't listen."

"He knew something we not… but we not realize until too late." The words were barely out of North's mouth when a small swirl of autumn colored leaves revealed a teenage. Her brown hair reached her mid-back and was accented with red side swept bangs.

She was muttering something under her breath but froze when her eyes fell on Jack. "Jack?" She stepped out of the ring of leaves at her feet and hurried over to the Winter Spirit; her feet made no sound on the forest floor. "What're ye doing in Kalo's territory? This explains why he was in such a bad mood earlier…"

Tooth backed away in shock; then got angry as the girl put one hand on Jack's forehead and the other grabbed his wrist, taking his pulse. "Who are you?! Get away from him!"

"I'm Chroma Reign; I'm the Spirit of Autumn. And I'm trying to help Jack; so back off; your body heat won't help anything." Tooth fell silent and hovered a few feet away. Chroma frowned, passing a glowing hand over Jack. "How long've ya been here, Jack?"

North cleared his throat guiltily. "Nearly hour."

Chroma looked up in shock. "How long's he been out?"

"Few minutes."

Chroma turned back to talk to the unconscious boy. "Well, ya lasted longer than last time; I'll give ya that." Chroma placed a hand on Jack's forehead again and frowned before picking him up. "Can someone hand me his staff?"

Bunny placed it in one of her hands. "What're ya doin'?"

"I need to get him cooled down. Meet me at the South Pole." In a swirl of leaves; both Jack and Chroma vanished.

The Guardians all stared at each other. "I didn't realize there was an Autumn Spirit." Tooth whispered, staring at where the spirits had disappeared.

"Wha's more; she's obviously fairly close ta 'im…"

Sandy flashed a few sand shaped and North nodded. "Yes, I thought Jack said he was alone for 300 years."

"An' who's this Kalo person she was talkin' abou'?" No one knew the answer to that question.

"From what she said; I would guess it's another Spirit." Tooth offered. "Why don't we go find them and ask her?"

North created a portal and they all jumped through it; reappearing next to where Jack lay in the snow. Bunny immediately began complaining about the cold.

"'bout time ya showed up." Chroma stood a few feet away, hugging herself against the cold as her hair and skirt whipped around in the wind. "He should be wakin' up soon."

"While we're waiting for 'im…" Bunny replied, teeth chattering, "you got a LOT of explainin' ta do."

Chroma sighed and gave a reluctant nod. "I s'pose that's only fair. Whattaya wanna know?"

"Why didn't we know there were other Spirits for the seasons?" Tooth asked and Chroma rolled her eyes.

"We don't draw as much attention to ourselves as Jack does."

"We?"

"There are four of us; one for each season."

"So Kalo is…"

Chroma nodded, "Kalo Sunce is the Spirit of Summer. He and Jack… don't get along very well…"

"What about other two spirits?" North interjected as Jack groaned and tried to open his eyes.

Chroma bent down to help him sit up. "Well, one of the two is, ya know, ME. And the other is Faun."

"Fawn's Spring I'm guessin'."

"Chroma?" Jack groaned, his eyes opening slightly. "What're you doing here?"

Chroma bonked Jack on the head playfully. "Kalo was in a really bad mood so I went ta check it out. What were ya thinkin', goin inta Kalo's territory like that?"

"We needed to find the Tree Sprites." Tooth explained, "Dracula is back and he's attacking the Legends!"

Chroma stared at her for a second; then looked at each of the Guardians in turn. "No way… that sucker's back?"

With a small smile, Jack replied, "Yep. He must've been pretty drained from his long exile."

"Bet he really sank his teeth into the whole revenge idea, though."

Bunny, North, Tooth, and Sandy looked back and forth between Jack and Chroma as a full- on pun war began…

"The stakes are very high!" Jack shot.

"Well then," Chroma replied, "let's hope we don't cross paths with him!"

"Yeah, that would bite!"

"But next to Pitch, he pales in comparison."

"We should still be careful- he's out for blood…"

"Fangs for the warning, Jack."

"No problem. I just hope it's not in vein."

"I really appreciate you sticking your neck out for me like this."

"STOP PUNNIN', Frostbite-" Bunny interrupted but was cut off by Chroma.

"Yeah, Jack. That's what we'd call you if you were a vampire—Frostbite!"

"And if you were one, we'd call you Chroma-tick!"

Before Chroma could reply she was knocked to the ground by a boomerang. Said boomerang hit Jack as well, rebounding back into Bunny's outstretched paw. The two sat in stunned silence. "Are we finished 'ere, mates? Cuz legends're dyin' n' we don' have time for this."

"Sorry…" Chroma muttered, flipping to her feet.

"I guess we got a little carried away." Jack laughed, taking his staff from the snow.

"You seem to get along pretty well." Tooth remarked and both teenagers smirked.

"We have complimentary centers." Jack explained with another grin at Chroma.

"Yep- Imagination and Fun!"

"Chroma's center is Imagination?" Jack and Chroma nodded, glancing at each other with mischievous grins.

"Can we continue thi' conversation at the North Pole?" Bunny asked, shivering.

"I suppose so…." Chroma began slowly.

"But don't you just love the weather out here?" Jack continued, gesturing around playfully.

Bunny scowled. "No."

"Aww…. c'mon. Have some fun Kangaroo."

Bunny stared incredulously at Chroma. "What'd ya jus' call me? I'm not a Kangaroo, mate."

"Wow. THIS sounds familiar…" Jack laughed and Chroma grinned at him.

"Let us go. Before this goes further." North suggested and Chroma turned to Jack.

"Want a ride?" Jack stepped closer to her and took her outstretched hand as the other Guardians left.

^^^^ROTG^^^^

"Whoa…. I forgot how disorienting your mode of travel is." Jack gasped as he and Chroma appeared in the Globe Room. Chroma laughed as the others entered the room.

"I could've sworn we left before them…" Bunny muttered.

"Ya get used to it." Chroma told Jack; then turned to Bunny. "Not even you're as fast as the wind, Kangaroo."

"Chroma, Jack…" the two teens looked at Tooth. "Could you guys get a hold of the other two Spirits?"

Jack hesitated, "I know I can get Fawn…"

"But are you sure about bringin' Kalo inta this?" Chroma questioned.

"We'll need as much help as we can get."

Chroma sighed, "Fawn and I'll have our work cut out for us… I'll find Kalo."

Jack nodded emphatically. "I'll go get Fawn. Meet back here in two hours?"

Chroma agreed and Jack flew out the window as Chroma vanished.

Aaaannnnd you have now met my first OC! (Dracula doesn't count as he already exists elsewhere ) When I finish the story, I'll post a chapter at the beginning with a list of the OCs for reference.

Jack may have seemed a little OOC in this chapter - but may I remind you that this is 4 years after the movie so he's not exactly the Jack from the movie; and there is a new person to consider as well. I'm sure we all have different quirks that we only show around certain people.

Keep reading! (and reviewing...)

~~Wavelength