The Lost Guardian (RotG fanfic)

An Old Enemy Returns

Liana walked around the noiseless forest. A dense blanket of quietness wrapped around her. Her ankle boot-clad feet made crunching noises in the snow.

"Hello, Aeliana" said a voice. Liana whipped around, taking out a sterling silver arrow and pointing it at the voice. "Why do you fear me?" the voice asked. Liana shot an arrow.

Loading another one, Liana summoned her two toughest, fastest wolves, Elisabeth and Cassandra. (A/N: Italics is Cassandra, bold is Elisabeth, and bold italics is Liana talking mentally with them)

What is wrong, Mistress Aeliana?

Someone is here.

Friend or foe?

Foe.

Cassandra and Elisabeth nodded. They were sisters with identical amber eyes but Cassandra had silvery blonde fur and Elisabeth had auburn fur. They could turn into humans, but they preferred being wolves.

"Again, why do you fear me?" the voice asked. A tall and lithe man with golden yellow eyes, pale gray skin, glossy black hair, and wearing a long black robe appeared from the shadows.

"Pitch. Why are you here? You've been defeated twice" spat Liana.

We helped in one of them.

Elisabeth! No talking!
It's fine, Cassandra.

Pitch rolled his eyes. "But I am more powerful than ever. I have fire fearlings" said Pitch. Flames appeared, becoming horses with gold eyes. "And then my nightmare fearlings"  he continued, summoning those as well. All in all, there were more than all of Liana's minions combined, but somehow they all fit in that one forest.

"Attack."

***

Liana turned and jumped. "RUN!" she shouted to Cassandra and Elisabeth. The two wolves ran away as nightmare and fire fearlings began to chase her.

***
Jack Frost flew through the sky, totally calm. He couldn't believe that one year ago, he had become a Guardian and helped defeat Pitch.

Then, out of the corner of his eye, he thought he saw flames. Looking down, Jack's eyes widened. What he saw was Liana being chased by nightmare fearlings and... fire fearlings? Jack flew down.

He froze fire fearlings and broke them. He saw Liana shooting at fearlings with her arrows or hitting them with her throwing knives. They were soon all gone except for Pitch. He was clapping slowly, eyes glaring.

"Looks like the youngest Guardians have defeated my minions. Try and defeat me, see if you can do that" he challenged. Jack and Liana looked at each other.

Liana whistled. Her wolves returned. "We fight with my wolves. Four against one. If you're so tough, you can handle that, right?" Liana asked, glaring. Pitch nodded in agreement. "Seems fair enough" The Nightmare King said.

Liana POV

For a few moments, silence covered us. Pitch attacked first. He summoned two large fire fearlings at us. Jack froze them easily. I stabbed them with my knives. I shot two arrows. One got Pitch in the arm.

Jack threw ice at him, but Pitch threw shadows at it. Forming a bow and arrow made of black sand, he shot arrows at us.

We had to keep dodging the arrows. Finally, I made an elephant out of moonlight and made it solid. "Charge" I told it. The elephant nodded, running forward. Cassandra, Elisabeth, Jack, and I followed.

Pitch's eyes widened. He dissapeared.

***

No One's POV

Liana turned the elephant back to moonlight, letting it go back to the moon where she had summoned it from. "You okay?" Jack asked, walking over. The brunette nodded.

Liana collected her knives and some of her arrows. "I've gotta get to the North Pole" said Jack. Liana nodded.

"Bye, Liana" Jack said before flying off.