Frozen III: Return of a Nightmare

Chapter 2: A Whisper In The Air

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A Whisper in the Air
Meanwhile, the fun-loving, freespirited Jack Frost was playing with Jamie and his friends in the park by his house. It had been about three years since the defeat of the notorious Boogyman, aka Pitch Black, and ever since then, Jack had gained more believers than he had ever dreamed of, making him even more powerful than he used to be before he became a Guardian. Since he was now part of the Big Four, he felt as if he had become apart of a family that he had longed for his entire immortal life. Jamie, his first believer, especially became a top priority to Jack and he tried his best to make time to travel to Burgess and hang out with him in between Guardian meetings, which were more frequent than one might think.
This night in Burgess was of much importance because the next morning, Jamie and his little sister Sophie were leaving to attend a Summer camp across the State. Jack wanted to make this night count by having a snowball fight with him and his friends, the usual, followed by a snowman making contest, and an extreme sled ride across town. As much fun as they had, eventually the sun began to break over the horizon and it was time to go home before the parents noticed they were gone. Jamie said his goodbyes to his friends and Jack escorted Jamie and Sophie back to their rooms to give them a proper farewell.
"I don't want to go, Jack. I haven't been away from home for that long before. What if I don't make any friends there?" Jamie said with tears in his eyes. "What if I get sick at camp, or what if Sophie gets hurt, or if I get eaten by a bear or.." he tried before Jack cut him off.
"Easy there kiddo, you're thinking about this way too much again." Jack said as he gently put his hand on Jamie's shoulder. "It's okay to be nervous about going somewhere you're not familiar with, but think of it as an adventure, I mean it's not every day you get to go outside your comfort zone. And don't worry about making friends, knowing you, you'll have a handful by the time camp is over. In fact, if you make at least one friend, I fly you to the North Pole to meet a few yetis."
Jamie lifted his head and sniffed "Ok, I'll try, thanks Jack" he said giving Jack a hug. "Will you come and visit me at camp?"
"Hmmmm, I don't know." Jack started making Jamie's head start to lower. "Are Bunny's feet the size of motorboats?"
Jamie gave a smile and giggled at his insult, remembering the Easter Bunny's gigantic feet. "Yes" He replied
"Then I will, anyway you need to pretend you're asleep, it's almost 6 in the morning," Jack said looking at Jamie's alarm clock and seeing him give a wide yawn. He pulls the covers over Jamie, ruffles his hair a bit, and heads toward the window, opening it wide. "See you soon kid." said Jack, and with that, he flew out the window towards another roof.
Now that Jack was alone again, he now had time to think and a sudden sadness came apon his mind. Jamie was getting bigger every time he visited and, eventually, he will grow up and stop believing in him, Jack dreaded for that day, Jamie was like a little brother to him and the thought of losing him to time seemed unbearable. Yet, even when Jack knew he had everything he ever wanted, family, friends, and a place to stay in North's workshop, he felt as if something was missing, but he couldn't figure out what it was. It was as if there was still a part of his life that was left undiscovered, an object or, maybe, a person.
"Days turn to years
And it seems for a lifetime
That I've tried going solo
Been on my own
Can I find that somewhere
For this heart of stone"
Jack jumped off the higher roof top onto the one below it and sees a young couple taking an early morning walk.
"Am I living a life that seems frozen in time
Searching for warmth, but my world is cold
And I'm stuck in a dream with no end it seems
Can I find a way, find a way, find a way"
Jack sighed, looked up at the Man in the Moon for the last time before the sun takes its place in the sky, and turned to fly towards the Pole.
But before he even had the chance to jump into the wind, a bright beam of moonlight was shining down upon Jack as if to get his attention.
"Hey Manny, how's it going?" Jack said turning around to meet the fading moon and receiving silence, as usual "...Great, um, listen old friend, I know you have little time to talk but there's something that I can't get out of my head. It's just that even though I have everything I've ever wanted, I still feel like something is missing." He said with his head hanging low. Slowly bringing his head back to the moon, Jack asks, "Will I ever, truly be happy?" once again hearing nothing from Manny. Feeling a twinge of disappointment, Jack turned his back to the moon with the intention to leave again when he hears an unknown word, spoken just above a whisper.
"Ahtohallan."
"What?" Jack quickly turns back around to see who spoke, but no one was there. Instead of leaving, Jack stood completely still, pondering the same word over and over again in his mind.
"Ahtohallan? What's Ahtohallan supposed to mean?" He thought to himself
After a few more minutes of deep though, Jack then hears something else in the distance, a women's voice singing a soft four-note melody.
"Ah ah ah ahhhh"
Silence filled the air once again for 10 seconds when the same voice came back, this time with a different melody.
"Ah ah ah ahhhh ah ah ah ah"
The tune was beautiful but something was off about it, almost as if it was a cry for help.
"Ahtohallan" He quietly says the himself once again. Jack thoughts were suddenly interrupted once again, a high trilling sound and some kind of force pushed past him, almost causing him to fall. He raised his staff, already glowing blue with frost, to fight whoever was near, yet it never came back.
"Who's there?!" Jack shouted "Bunny, if this is some kind of prank, number one, that's my job, and number two, it's not funny!" The trilling came back, sounding even closer than before, and vanished once again. Jack then decided to go to North to ask about what's going on, but then the invisible force, somehow, picked him up and carries him towards the woods.
"Hey! Put me down!" He shouted trying to free himself from whatever was holding him. Once he was far from civilization, Jack then is shoved forward into a bright light and everything goes into a blurry red and orange glow before he makes contact with something hard, yet soft.
"Carpeting?" He thought to himself. He looks up and realized that he was inside North's workshop.
"Jack Frost! Welcome back my friend!" A strong Russian accent stated as a pair of large arms picked Jack up and brought him into a bone-crushing hug. The voice, Jack knew almost instantly, belonged to the one and only, Santa Claus. A few more bodies joined the hug, in which Jack recognized as Tooth and Sandy, and Bunny was leaning against a pillar a few feet away just rolling his eyes and smiling.
"Yep, great to see you guys too. Just...can't...breathe." Jack wheezed.
"Oh my gosh, sorry. North, let him go!" Tooth shouted. Everyone released Jack and cool air filled his lungs, causing him to breathe a sigh of relief.
"Thanks," Jack started rubbing his painful neck, "again with tossing me into the portal, North? One of these days, you're going to give me a concussion." Everyone looked at each other in confusion, then Tooth was the first one to speak.
"What are you talking about Jack? North opened the portal for me to go find you."
"Yeah, we did not expect you to come barreling through the portal just as we opened it, mate." Bunnymund decided to cut in.
"Whoa, I didn't barrel into the portal willingly, something pushed me! Something I couldn't see." Jack started to argue, but was interrupted
"Ah ah ah ahhhhh!"
Bunny's ears immediately perked up in surprise. Jack looked around to see everyone looking around the room as well.
"Wait a minute, you guys hear the voice too?" Jack asked wide-eyed.
"Yes Jack, this is reason why we wanted to find you." North stated with deep concern in his eyes.
Sandy was jumbling pictures over his head trying to say, "And you say you were pushed by somebody completely hidden?"
"Well yes and no" Jack tried
"'Yes and no?' What's that supposed to mean, Frost? Bunny said, clearly annoyed with the situation.
"It wasn't completely hidden, I could still hear it, it was kind of like a high pitched trilling. What's so weird is that it felt same as when the wind helps me fly, yet this time, the wind seemed more playful than usual." Jack replied.
Everyone stood quietly for a moment (sorry Sandy), knowing immediately what Jack was talking about.
"I know what is happening here." North started, "We are being called by the siren of Ahtohallan." Just as he said that word, Jack's eyes widened to the size of golf balls.
"Octa-who-what now?" Bunny said in confusion.
Before North could explain , Sandy was shaking one of the elves to get everyone's attention. Man in moon, was shining down on the floor in front of them. As the Guardians gathered around the circle, a shadow of a wolf and another figure engulfed the light in to a shape they all knew too well.
"Pitch Black!" Toothiana shouted in shock. "How is he back? We defeated him years ago!"
"I'm not sure. Manny, what do you need for us to do?" North asked as he stared at the moon. Just then, the moonbeam narrowed down onto the golden 'G' on the floor and the Guardian crystal emerges into the room, sending streaks of light to brighten the room.
"He has chosen a new guardian!" Tooth just about shrieks.
"Again, but we already have Frost. We don't need another bloody Guardian." Bunny starts but immediately regrets when North shoots him daggers
The crystal's magic began to take form, or in this case, forms. First, a whisp of crystal dust flies around the Guardians, carrying maple leaves along with it, almost playfully, and swirls into a diamond above the crystal. Then another shape appears, a small salamander crawling along the floor, trailing fire as it went before bursting into flames, transforming into another diamond diagonal to the first one.
"What is Manny doing, is he choosing multiple guardians?" Jack asked only to be shushed by Bunny, earning him a death glare.
The magic then took the form of a beautiful stallion, galloping around them and jumping into another diamond above the salamander, creating a splash of water. The last shape came from behind Jack and Sandy, making them jump a little bit, a giant made out of stone flew past them and collapsed into the fourth diamond right across from the water horse. After the four diamonds were in place, magic dust burst around them, creating a lines connecting them all into a snowflake and in the center, a four sided star glowed a bright white, thus signifying Manny's intention.
"Interesting," North began intently, "Manny has chosen the Fifth Spirit of the Enchanted Forest!"
To be continued...

Author's Note:
Yes I know this chapter took longer to post than I intended, but I hope you enjoyed it either way. Hope you guys are having a great day. See you later in chapter 3!!!