New chapter everyone! Sorry it's late. I meant to update yesterday but I had six tests today that I had to study for, and last week life just got busy with a new school and everything, so here's the chapter! Let me know what you think!

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Chapter 4: New Threats

Jack's head snapped up when the room went dark. It was as if the Guardians were the only things illuminated in the room. He moved closer to Elsa instinctively, but despite the circumstances, he couldn't fight a slight smile as she moved closer to him too. All the Guardians were in a defensive stance, but no one knew where the threat would come from. Suddenly, they heard a voice none of them recognized, but Jack thought he saw a flash of something in Elsa's icy blue orbs.

"So this is the Man in the Moon's new toy," the voice said, and everyone instinctively moved to surround Elsa.

"What about her?" Jack demanded, causing the mystery voice to laugh.

"She's filled with fear. No spirit can be a Guardian and be filled with fear. She'll fall before she can even prove herself," the voice sneered, and Elsa's eyes flashed in anger, hiding pain. Jack thought about what he said, and thought it could be Pitch, but it wasn't Pitch's voice…

"I am not!" she defended herself, and the voice sighed.

"You have always been afraid. You always will be afraid. Becoming immortal won't affect anything. Accept your fear, accept what happens when you're afraid, and turn down these Guardians before they get hurt by your hand, just like your sister did," the voice sneered and the darkness faded away, leaving everyone standing in the decorated workshop, and there was frost forming around the Snow Queen's feet. Elsa looked at the others in the room in confusion, but no one was looking at her. They were all staring at each other with confusion and concern in their multi-colored eyes, all thinking the same thing: who was that and how do they know about Elsa?

"Um, can someone please explain what that was?" the Snow Queen in question asked, but no one had an answer.

"We actually aren't sure…" Bunny began, but Tooth cut him off.

"It's probably just another spirit pranking us. Jack used to do that all the time. It's nothing to worry about. Last time they did this, nothing happened," she reassured the girl, who looked at her skeptically before nodding slightly.

"Alright. But if they do that again, I'm going to find out who they are," she told her new friends, and they just nodded. Jack smiled at her before nodding at her and North to continue her Guardian ceremony. Elsa regained her queen-look while North gave him a thumbs-up and opened his book again.

"Will you, Elsa, vow to watch over the children of the world? To guard them with your life—their hopes, their wishes, and their dreams? For they are all that we have, all that we are, and all that we will ever be," he told her, fighting a smile as he watched Jack mouth the words to the oath every Guardian took. The Snow Queen took a breath and glanced at Jack out of the corner of her eye, then looked back at North with her piercing blue eyes.

"I will," she vowed, and all the elves began playing the ceremonial music once more. The Guardians all cheered, and once Elsa had relaxed, Jack picked her up and twirled her, lifting her high above the floor. She shrieked in laughter and held onto his shoulders until he set her back down. As soon as her feet were on the ground again, Tooth flew over and hugged her. Bunny offered congratulations, and North patted her shoulder gently while Sandy showed her an image of a snowflake and then a thumbs-up.

She smiled at her new family and the party officially started with the two winter spirits cutting the cake. The elves continued playing music throughout the night, and everyone was talking and celebrating. Several hours into the party, Tooth pulled Jack aside. She brought him into one of the spare rooms in the workshop, and Elsa watched them go before turning back to her conversation with Bunny.

Tooth made Jack sit down on one of the stools in the room while she sat on the counter facing him. She watched him with her bright, lavender eyes for a moment before crossing her feathered arms over her chest. Jack sat there silently, waiting for her to say something. After a moment she sighed and folded her hands in her lap.

"So, what exactly is bothering you?" she asked him, and Jack sensed that she knew the truth, but wasn't sure he could talk about it.

"Nothing," he told her, and stood to stare out the window instead of meeting the Tooth Fairy's eyes.

"Jack, we know each other too well for you to lie to me. I know the face you make when you're upset, and you've been making it all day, and all throughout the party," she scolded him, and he just shrugged. She flew over to him and put her hand on his shoulder gently, and he shrugged her off. She watched his sad eyes from the side as he refused to meet her gaze.

"Jack," she urged softly, and the Spirit of Winter closed his eyes, trying to stop the stinging and hold back his tears.

"It's harder now," he said quietly. Tooth wasn't sure what he meant, so she stayed quiet hoping he would continue on his own.

"I just, it's harder when she doesn't remember. It was one thing when she was dead… everyone remembered her, but we could all eventually move on, even if I never would or did. Even Nicole moved on, grew up, and is now ruling the kingdom with Ember the way her mother and I had. They have kids who are growing up and getting ready to rule and date and fall in love. They moved on with their lives without forgetting her. But now she's back, and moving on with her life, but she forgot them, and if I try to tell her she won't believe me…" he trailed off sadly, and the tears he had been fighting began to flow freely. A small flurry of snow began to fall in the room.

Tooth, feeling sympathetic towards her frosty friend, pulled him into a warm hug to try comforting him. Everyone knew he had never gotten over Elsa, and they all knew he had cried several times since her death, but no one had been able to comfort the spirit's frozen heart the way his wife once had. She began to rub his back soothingly, and Jack finally stopped fighting her and began to cry into her shoulder. The tooth fairy held him protectively so he could let it all go, and remembered the way her mother used to comfort her the same way. They stood there in silence for several minutes before she finally spoke.

"It's okay to be sad, Jack. Losses hurt. But now you can rebuild the relationship you had. It'll take time, patience, and watching what you say until she can remember, but it'll happen. I promise, it'll all work out," she told him, and he pulled back to look at her.

"How are you so sure?" he asked, wiping his frost-covered cheeks.

"I've seen families rebuild themselves before. I watched your family do it once, and I've seen families rebuild themselves after huge accidents. There have been families that have lost their memories, and sometimes those families stop believing in everything for a time so it makes it hard to help them remember. You'll make this work, and we'll be here to help," she promised, and the sad spirit smiled at her.

"Thank you, Tooth," he told her gratefully, and hugged her again. She smiled and hugged her back, not bothered by his cold skin because of her feathers. The hug lasted a little longer than most of theirs do, mainly because Jack was still trying to compose himself. Tooth smiled and kissed the top of Jack's head lightly, feeling proud that she can comfort him the way her mom once comforted her.

Elsa had watched Tooth pull Jack away, but didn't pay any attention to it. Bunny had pulled Tooth away earlier, and they came back fairly quickly. When they didn't come back for a while though, she decided to go look for them. North and Bunny had both asked her to dance, and she had accepted both times since she saw nothing wrong with dancing a little. She danced a swing with Bunny and a rumba with North, and she had a lot of fun with both. Sandy was a little too short—and too sleepy—to dance with, but he had fun watching the others dance. Jack was the only of the male Guardians Elsa hadn't danced with yet, and for whatever reason, she really wanted to. She wandered in the direction she had seen Jack and Tooth disappear to, just walking aimlessly through the halls in an attempt to find them.

She found a door that was cracked open with light coming out of it, and decided that was the room they were in. She walked over quietly, her icy heels silent against the workshop floors, and peered in the door. She was about to knock, but what she saw inside the room made her hand freeze in midair. The floor around her feet began to frost over slightly, and she tried her best to control it. Despite all her efforts, the frost continued to grow, and Elsa had to run to an empty room before the frost spread further.

She found a room far away from anyone else, on the other end of the workshop, and she closed the door immediately. Once the door closed, her magic released, and the entire room was frozen over in seconds. Elsa collapsed onto a pile of soft snow in the far corner, holding her head in her hands.

Tooth and Jack were in the room, and Tooth was holding him protectively. She was telling him things Elsa couldn't hear, and she ran away when she saw Tooth kiss the top of his head. She felt a sudden pang of something in her chest whenever she saw them together, and it was something she didn't recognize. What is this feeling, so sudden and new? It started when she first saw them together, and it made her pulse rush, her head reel, and her face flush. She didn't know what the feeling was, but it was fervent as a flame within the Snow Queen's frozen heart. Does it have a name? No, she thought, and leaned her head back. No, it has no name.

She closed her eyes, and tried to control her powers enough to thaw the room. After a long while, Jack popped into her head, and the minute he did all the snow and ice in the room melted away. She opened her eyes to see the room back to normal, then took a breath and walked back out towards the main room, making sure to take a different hallway than she took on the way to find the others, just so she didn't bump into them awkwardly. She got back to the main room and Tooth and Jack were no where in sight, so she sighed in relief and went over to the others.

"I couldn't find them. The workshop halls are like a maze," she told North, and he chuckled softly.

"Ah, yes. There are many hallways to become lost in," the man boomed in his thick, Russian accent. Elsa smiled and nodded at him. Sandy tugged on her skirt and had an arrow above his head pointing to behind her, and she turned to find Jack and Tooth walking in together. Jack had his staff leaning against his shoulder, and Elsa felt that unknown pang in her chest. She took a quiet breath to compose herself, and the elves began to play a fast-paced waltz song.

Jack came over to her with his hand held out, a silent question obvious on his face. She nodded slightly, feeling butterflies flit around in her stomach as she took the Guardian of Fun's hand and allowed him to pull her into a dance position. She followed him as he twirled her throughout the room. This feels, right, she thought to herself with a smile, completely missing the other Guardian's happy smiles as they watched the icy couple dance for the first time in twenty years.

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Question: What would you think if you were Elsa?