Adventure 2: Flight

A/N: Hello all! I recently watched Rise Of The Guardians for the first time, and I was prepared to be let down but I absolutely loved it. Jack is a deep character I enjoyed very much and as a writer, I love to play with ideas for those who exist already, haha. I love because it really allows me to feel free to write what I think versus just what was produced as a final testimony. There is a fanfic grammy thing apparently going on, so I'd appreciate if I got nominated in either the Romance or Humor category! Ya'll don't have to do this! I enjoy just writing but yes! I thought it'd be so funny if Jack met Rudolph (not a guardian but I like to think of him as a cute sidekick, ) in the world Of Elsa's, instead of typically in Santa's. Children believe in Rudolph as well so I thought hey, just like the holidays, what about Rudolph? He goes great with the Winter Season. Haha. I debated on having him able to talk or not but decided it'd be funny if he could. He already has a glowing red nose, why not screw science and give him a voice box too XD

Jack's eyes widened.

Rudolph hesitated and then stuck his face in the snow next to Jack instead. His words were muffled. "Ooh are nit huhppy."

Jack shook his head. "Wh-what. Oh no...it's just...well...your... your nose..." he repeated lamely. He almost forgot about his frantic search for his staff. Looking to the clouded sky, and squinting, Jack wondered if the moon had sent him a guide after all. However, the staff was still missing and Jack knew he needed to find it and fast. "Rudolph, right?" He tentatively petted the Reindeer's neck. Rudolph took his face out of the snow, and shook it, revealing that glowing red nose.

"I can normally conceal it...but my emotions are what trigger it to glow..." Rudolph's head drooped.

"Emotions?" Jack found himself asking.

"I...I want to be useful...I guess...I've always wanted to have somebody who could believe in me..." Rudolph pawed at the snow, evidently dampered in spirits. Jack blinked. Rudolph wanted to be believed in? That sounded very familiar to Jack. Jack suddenly felt a bit more relatable to this odd half-grown Reindeer. Despite his panic in being unable to locate his staff, and being turned human -who knows why-, Jack extended his hand to Rudolph's lowered face, and held it in his hands. He gently lifted Rudolph's face to look him in the eyes.

"You and me both," he replied gently. Rudolph's eyes brimmed with tears suddenly, and his nose glowed even brighter red than before. Jack squinted against the brightness of the glow.

"You really DO believe in me..." Rudolph sounded emotional. Jack scratched Rudolph behind the ear.

"Of course. Now...can you do me a favor and help me look for my staff, it's about this long," and Jack used his arms to explain the length. Rudolph nodded, looking determined.

"Of course!" Rudolph and Jack set to pawing around in the snow for the staff. The wind picked up however and Jack shivered harder. He had forgotten how vulnerable humans were to the cold. His teeth chattered. His staff wasn't here. His heart pounded, and for the first time, mortality, struck like an icy blast through Jack's blue jacket, and worn leggings and pants. Suddenly Rudolph made a gleeful noise.

"What is it?" Jack asked quickly, his head snapping up.

"I...I found something!" Rudolph lowered his head and then brought it up again. Jack's eyes lit up. In Rudolph's mouth, was Jack's staff.

Jack practically bear-hugged Rudolph from happiness. HE suddenly felt giddy. His staff was here! It was here! He was saved! All he had to do was grab it and-

And.

Jack took the staff from Rudolph. He smiled at Rudolph. He turned back to the staff. He closed his eyes in concentration. "Allow me to introduce myself properly," He said dramatically. "I am, Jack Frost."

He opened his eyes. He shivered after a moment. Rudolph blinked questioningly at him. "Jack Frost? That's a cool name...what are we waiting for, Jack Frost?"

"Uh...as I said before," Jack cleared his throat thinking perhaps he needed more determination and emphasis behind his words, so he spoke louder, " I am The one and only Jack FROST!" He raised his staff dramatically. However, nothing but the cold air cut through his jacket. Rudolph blinked at him, puzzled.

"You already said that three times," he replied puzzled. Jack furrowed his brow in concentration.

Why wasn't it working? His panic was working back up again. His heart began to thud in his ears, and he slumped in the snow, falling to his knees, clinging to his staff which remained upright. Rudolph made a small noise of worry and dashed over. "I-I d-d-don't under-und-understand..." Jack chattered, shuddering from the cold.

"Ah..warm place...humans need warm places!" Rudolph pranced around him, a bit flustered. "I- I can help you...but we really need to get going..."

"W-Where to...?" Jack asked emptily. He couldn't believe his rotten luck. He was human. He was human and now he knew he missed being Jack Frost. Things had finally be looking up, oh why did MARRIAGE have to come along and ruin everything?

"I found this really nice place, made entirely of ice that I recently inhabited due to um...reasons..." Rudolph pranced around Jack, a bit eager. Jack looked up at the clouded sky. His heart felt like it was going to break. If he could fly, if he could only...why was he brought to this place, completely powerless? What good would his staff do him, if he didn't have what made him Jack Frost?

"Rudolph...you don't know anything about Santa, do you?" Jack asked helplessly. Perhaps this...time period, or world, or wherever he'd been landed, had Santa Clause at least. Rudolph shook his head though apologetical.

"I don't know this Santa Clause, I'm sorry," Rudolph bowed his head ashamed. Jack quickly patted Rudolph's snout.

"Not your fault," Jack said quickly, dragging himself to his feet. Rudolph nudged at Jack's palm that wasn't tightly gripping the staff.

"Do you hear that?" Rudolph suddenly paused, his ears twitching. Jack frowned.

"Hear what?" he asked.

There was a snap of twigs to their left. Jack's head turned. There was a snap of twigs to their right. Jack suddenly became aware that hungry, angry red eyes were amassing around them. He backed up against Rudolph, clutching his staff in front of him, shaking from cold and mortal fear. He hadn't even realized how strong fear could be. Even alive. However, Rudolph shook, despite being the one with fur. "Bad, bad, bad, this is very bad!" He whimpered.

"I think I understand why you wanted to get going earlier..." Jack quietly groaned.

"What do we do, oh we'll get eaten..." Rudolph's knobbly knees were knocking together. His nose however, lit up like a freaking red flare, basking both Jack and Rudolph in a deep red light. The growling got louder from the bushes. Out of the trees, surrounding them, were hungry wolves.

"Rudolph, can you make us any more obvious?" Jack found himself hissing. Rudolph whimpered in response.

"Stress, it's the stress! I don't want to be eaten!" Rudolph gulped.

Jack tried not to get light headed from hunger and panic. "We have to do something, come on, can't you...can't you learn how to fly?"

"I said before, Reindeer don't fly!" Rudolph huffed, indignant. "If we were meant to, don't you think we'd be born with wings?"

"You don't need wings to fly!" Jack replied, exhasperated as he brandished his staff against the closing in wolves. Suddenly, an idea clicked. A wonderful, terribly dangerous and completely irrational idea. Jack quickly turned and hopped onto Rudolph's back. Rudolph yelped from surprise, but Jack grabbed Rudolph by his adolescent antlers, and nudging Rudolph's sides like he were a horse, Rudolph's eyes widened and with a noise, Rudolph took off, being steered by Jack, with the wolves chasing after, snarling and snapping. "Turn left, LEFT!" Jack had no idea where he was going, but he just had a feeling that he needed to go left, at least, that's the direction he tugged Rudolph to.

"I'm going as fast as I can! You're not exactly a light weight!" Rudolph whined, panting as he ran. The wolves continued to bear on them and Jack looked behind him. He raised his staff and hit the snow in the trees so that it fell in clumps on some of the wolves. If only he had his magic. Something to intimidate the wolves with. "We-we have a problem!" Rudolph suddenly shouted, still running. Jack turned to gaze in front of him. His heart plummeted. There was a giant gap between the two mountain sides. It was a good 300-400 foot drop. Jack gripped Rudolph's Antlers, steering him straight on. Rudolph tried to skid to a halt but Jack quickly spoke.

"Rudolph, this is going to sound crazy," he blurted. "...But you have to trust in me and you have to most of all, trust in yourself!"

"What part of this ISN'T already crazy?!" Rudolph yelped.

"I- I need you to fly!" Jack continued urgently.

Rudolph made a noise of exhasperation. "For the last time, REINDEER CAN'T-"

Rudolph ran off the edge without realizing he was doing so. The wolves all skidded to a halt behind them growling and snarling however Rudolph screamed as they instantly began to go down. Jack realized that Rudolph may be a bit more of a challenge than he first thought. Jack clung to Rudolph and squeezed his eyes shut as his world plummeted into snow and increasing darkness. It was like landing in a bed of cold wet sheets. Jack heard Rudolph's cry but his mind slipped from him, and as did his staff from his cold fingertips.

Was this how the legend of him, Jack Frost was going to end?

A/N: Rather short I know, but that's because I wanted to introduce the main point straight up so that's why it's 4,000 something words. These chapters will vary by mood. However, each chapter covers enough and alot I believe. Enjoy! The next chappy may be longer.