Hey guys sorry for the wait. Hope this longer than normal chapter makes up for that. Slight warning I still need work on my accents so please don't kill me if I ruin it with North and Bunny (who hasnt appeared in this chapter but this is a future apology).

Heres someresponses to reviews:

AllieSnow = wow I never read that before. You're right it similar. Thanks for introducing me to it. Great read ^_^ Ya as you

can tell I'm not a huge fan of Mannie ignoring Jack, so I decided to do something about it and make him seem like

somewhat of a bad guy. But only a little because he does see the bigger picture in his mind. Ha now I'm rambling.

Thanks for the review.

nellie = Well for now North's parts small as thinking of introducing a teen believer was giving me the biggest writers block for

some unkown reason. But I hope you like what I did put down.

Disclaimer: I DO NOT own ROTG or any of its characters. I only own my OC and her family and this plot.

Enjoy!

North looked up from his work to look at the youngest guardian. "Vhat? A teenage believer? Jack you are playing joke, yes?"

Jack shook his head, "no North. I'm completely serious."

In an instant the big man shot up from his chair and started laughing with his booming voice.

"That is wonderful! There has been no believers of that age for very long time." North paused as an idea seemed to cross his mind. "We must call all the guardians...for meeting. Then we shall go to see lil' girl together as group. Good idea, no?"

Jacks grin widened. He loved that North wanted to meet the girl. And all together no less. It made him feel more and more like they were a family in their own strange little way.

"Well its better than your idea of throwing me in a sack, I'll tell you that", he teased.

North raised an eyebrow at the guardian of fun. "I thought you said you loved that idea."

Jack gave the older man a playful smirk, "it's called sarcasm, North."

"Zar...ka...sm?"

Jack mentally winced at the man's lack of knowledge in such things. "You know what never mind, lets just gather everyone."

It was so hot. Or was it cold. No it was cold but it was a burning cold. And the temperature continued to drop. A little girl hugged herself on the floor. Her brown waves falling in front of her closed eyes as she rocked back in forth.

"Please be real, please come back. I need you, I need you. I believe in you. He believes in you." A tear escaped her, only to freeze as soon as it left her eye.

CREEEEK. The girl opened her eyes and looked up. She was suddenly wrapped in warm strong arms.

"Daddy", she croaked.

She wrapped her tiny arms around the man's neck.

"Baby what are you doing here at the restaurant? In the freezer no less. God you skin feels like an icicle. You could have been seriously hurt! Do you know that?!" His voice started to crack. The worry he felt was undeniable in his voice. "What were you thinking?"

"I just wanted him to come back" Her voice was muffled as she talked into his shoulder.

Rodge pulled his daughter from him and set her on a chair. He knelt down and looked into her eyes. "Who? Who'd you want to come back?"

"J-Jack. You said you never saw him again. You said it was all the mean moon's fault. So I thought I needed to go to a cold place where the moon couldn't see me. That way the moon guy couldn't force me to do something, like he did with you. I want you to have your friend again daddy, and I want to meet him too. And most of all I don't want Mr. Frost to be alone anymore."

To the say the man was stunned would be an understatement. He looked down at his daughter and smiled. "Honey you don't have to worry about me. I treasure the time I had with Jack and sure I'd love to see him again but that's not up to me. And who know maybe one day you will meet him. The world has a strange thing it likes to do called fate. It means we all have a path that were meant to follow and sometimes they'll cross and sometimes they won't. If not then it just wasn't meant to be. Make sense?" The girl nodded her head slowly.

"Good. And you don't need to worry about Jack being alone. Do you know why?"

The girl lifted her head and shook it.

Suddenly the atmosphere in the entire restaurant went dark. Something was off. It was as if everything was becoming distorted.

Not noticing the change the girl continued to look at her father, intent on hearing every word he had to say. She even seemed completely oblivious to the fact that his eyes turned yellow and his smile became wicked.

"Because my dear. You'll be too absorbed in your own loneliness to worry about others. You'll have no one. Completely and utterly alone. No one to save, guard or protect you. You'll be in a world where no one will care for you and you will care for no one."

A deep frown appeared on the young face. "D-daddy." , she whispered. Suddenly two figures appeared behind the man.

The little girls eyes went wide. "Mommy? Kattie?"

"Arghhhhhh!" Her family members screamed in an agonizing pain. The next thing the girl knew, all three were not moving, a dark blue, thin layer covered their entire bodies.

A voice echoed through the walls. "You're alone. Alone. Alone. And now you alone. All alone."

The little girl scrunched up her eyes and fists and screamed and cried for it to stop. But no one would hear. Because she was alone. And her cries would never reach anyone's ears.

"Stoooooooooop." , Cara screamed as she jolted up from a cold sweat on her very uncomfortable bed of dirty clothes and torn up blankets. She breathed in and out trying to calm herself down.

"Only a nightmare. Only a nightmare.", she repeated to herself over and over again. After she stopped hyperventilating, she lay back down and tried to salvage some rest before the next day.

'How many has it been now', she thought. She sighed and closed her eyes.

"Too many to count", she whispered as she drifted off into unconsciousness.

So quick thing, italics are a nightmare from now on.

Did you like it? Hope you did! So why's Cara having nightmares and what does she mean by "too many too count"?

Let me leave you with two even bigger questions that will be answered if you keep reading:

How'll the guardians meeting with Cara go?

What exactly happened to Cara's family?

I look forward to you thoughts,

The-Unnamed Artist