Rise of the Winter

Chapter 1

Elsa first saw him skating on a pond. He was barefoot but skating perfectly. He was magnificent. But what was with that giant stick? Elsa shrugged and studied him again. His hair was white, his teeth were sparkling like freshly fallen snow, he was pale and his eyes. His eyes were just dazzling. They were like electric blue in colour. He wore a dark blue hoodie with white patches on the front. Wait, was that frost? He had light brown pants. Elsa walked up to a tree and put her skates on. He still hadn't noticed her. She went onto the ice and started skating. He must've stopped because she skated into him.

"Can you watch where you're skating?" he asked.

"I was practising skating backwards. I would've thought you'd think about getting out of the way!" Elsa argued.

Elsa turned to face him. The stick had fallen from his hand and he made no attempt to get it. His fault. Elsa grabbed it and threw it away.

"That wasn't yours to throw away." was all he said.

"I didn't want to be attacked." Elsa said.

"I wasn't going to, you know." he replied.

"How was I supposed to know?" She yelled.

"You think I know?" he shouted back.

There was a slight hesitation before Elsa said "I'm sorry."

"No I'm sorry. I shouldn't have stayed still. I should've gotten out of the way. Oh, I'm Jack Frost!" he said.

"I'm Elsa." she told him.

"Nice to meet you, Elsa." he said.

"Why do you carry that stick?" she asked him.

"It's a staff." he replied.

He got up and walked to it and he picked it up. He turned to the trees where Elsa had come from and a blast of ice came from the staff. The ice hit the trees and frost started to spread. Elsa was shocked. She thought she was the only one that had power over the winter.

"What did you think of that?" Jack asked.

"It was cool. But I thought I was the only one that had that power." Elsa admitted.

Jack looked confused.

"What do you mean?" he asked.

She showed him. She thought of the last time she had used it. When Anna was dying, she wanted to see Elsa's magic once again. Elsa focused on Jack. He was stunned.

"You. You're like me? I can't believe it!" he exclaimed.

He took Elsa's hand but she stepped back to put her shoes back on. She walked back to Jack and he started to fly. Elsa held her breath. The view was fantastic. She had only had a view like this when she was in her ice castle. They flew for hours. When they reached their destination, Elsa was confused.

"Where are we?" she asked.

"I'm taking you to see one of my friends!" he explained.

"Who? The abominable snowman? I created him a long time ago. My sister named him Marshmellow. I would've thought he died a long time ago." she said.

"What? No! Santa Claus!" he told her.

"Oh." she said, feeling a bit stupid.

Her took her inside a strange building. It was amazing. There were toys everywhere. Some were even flying. Elsa thought the elves made the toys but she was wrong! It was the yetis. She laughed with delight when she saw the elves. Jack led her through the corridors until they got to a door. He knocked and they waited until they heard a gruff "come in" from the other side. Jack led her into the room she realised was an office.

"Jack, who's this?" said the man behind the desk.

"This is Elsa. She's like me. She has winter magic as well. Except she doesn't need a staff." Jack said.

The man looked at her. Elsa gulped. The man was freaking her out. He was intimidating.

"Hello Elsa. I'm Santa Claus but the people here call me North." he said.

"Hello, North." was all Elsa could manage.

"Do you really have winter magic?" North asked her.

She looked at Jack for reassurance. He nodded. She put out her hand with her palm facing up. She felt a tingling sensation in her hand. A snowflake was hovering over her palm. North looked impressed.

"Well. Do people see you?" North asked.

Elsa was taken aback.

"What?" No. No one sees me. Why? Is it important?" she asked.

"We don't know yet. It may mean nothing or it may mean you're one of us. A guardian." North replied.

"A guardian? Of what?" Elsa asked.

"The kids. There are five of us. North, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy, the Sandman and me. We all protect and give different things. For North, it's wonder. Easter Bunny, it's hope. Tooth Fairy, it's memories of childhood. Sandman, it's dreams. Me, it's fun. I protect and give fun to all the kids." Jack answered.

"What do you protect the kids from?" Elsa asked.

"Why do you ask a lot of questions? We protect the kids from Bogey man or Pitch Black as you might know him!" North answered, exasperated.

"Sorry." Elsa said.

North shrugged. Jack shook his head, amused. Elsa managed a smile. She was starting to like North, as scared as he made her. Suddenly, one of the yetis burst through the door, closely followed by a man dressed in black.