Abril: Hi there! This is my first store of "Rise of the guardians" I just hope it doesn't come out as a total mess n.n Mainly because my mother language is not English so, if you see spelling mistakes or weird sentences… I'm really sorry but I'm not a master of the tongue n.n

Oh, as a side note, thanks to "Esse" her story "In the silence has been a great inspiration for me… It is so beautiful =' ) anyway thank you Esse n.n

Hope you may enjoy my little story.

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Snowflakes where shy, extremely shy to say the least. They could have something as equal of extremely important to say but none of them would spare a whisper to let it be known.

Each and every one of the billions of snowflakes loved Jack Frost fondly, but none of them were brave enough to talk to him. Ones could suddenly feel the rush to tell him how much they appreciated him and would unexpectedly whisper a quick Frost child but the bluntness of the act immediately heated them up of embarrassment and the warmth of it melted them at once. Jack had seen this scene many times and though he knew the fact that snowflakes melted all the time for some reason this kind occasions made him sad, of course he would never show it but that didn't make it less saddening; he thought "Why, poor snowflakes… they only wanted me to know how they felt and ended up despairing in the act" So, with out telling a soul, he made himself the best listener he thought there could ever be, just for the snowflakes. He thought "They take so much effort on saying two small words… just for me… I won't let any of their calls ever escape my ears again… is the least I can do for the brave drops of frozen water" Of course… with this act he only managed more snowflakes to melt for his affection at them… just mare snowflakes of which existed countless and countless and could easily be created and destroyed with one simple command of their master and friend.

So he, Jack Frost, as the small flakes could not do it, spoke to them; he shared with them his secrets and wishes; his thoughts and feels, his hopes and fears; the little beings listened to him with attention as did the winds. Snowflakes learned to be a bit beaver so they wouldn't melt when the white haired boy talked to them, but still… the couldn't say more than a quick whisper Frost child before despairing form existents.

It was a calm evening that day; the sun was slowly hiding behind the trees and mountains of Burgess; the woods where covered in a thin layer of snow and Frost enjoyed the silence of his home; he just sat in a high branch of a tree, eyes closed; inhaling and exhaling with the swift and soft coming and going of the wind, which brushed his wild locks and pale face.

Frost child…

Whispered a lost snowflake before melting in the air. The winter spirit smiled at the act and closed his eyes again. But… something was of… not quite right…

He knew the sound of almost anything, that was for sure; he knew which things did and which others did not have a sound and he knew that it was far from right for the shadows to make a sound. He stood slowly, griping his staff with fierceness, waiting… for anything that might pop in front of him. Jack concentrated, asking kindly for the wind to make silence as well… he heard… the woods which sound was inexistent but was there none the less, sweet and calming… he heard… the chirping of the birds, far away in the town… the heard the earth, the sun and the still water… he heard… sand…

The snowflakes had seen it, they had seen the sand creeping among the rots in the dirt, but they had no courage to tell him to be careful; they had no courage to tell him that that, which was suppose to make no nose, was doing it. Black shadowy sand was making sounds it should not, sand made noise yes but sand was not suppose to be black, that was a shadow and shadows made no sound at all.

"Wind…" He commanded simply, and right away the wind took him gently with its hands, placing him over the ground. Jack walked barefoot over the snow, feeling the worry of the trees; they too knew something was wrong. After what seemed an eternity of waiting he asked. "Hello?" Without warning his face was suddenly attacked by the shadow sand "Aaah!" He fights, he fights the sand, the shadows; they were mad, mad at him for making them attack their master not so long ago. They rip his skin, torn his cloths; he tries, he tries to make them back away, back away to where they came and leave his lake and his woods alone, they are becoming worried and he doesn't want them to worry. Jack freezes them, punches them; jumping in the air and dogging the dark attacks with the grace of his wind. He is confident of himself, but the battle has gone for far too long but he is not by any chance retreating, no way, he'll defend his home and himself.

Jack doesn't notice, but behind him the sand and shadows are cracking the ice of the lake with their claws while some of the other is leading him to those same cracks; pushing him with each blow. The snowflakes, they tray to shout, not whisper, but shout at him to warn him of the danger at his back, but they can't find the straight to do it. The sand hurts him more cause it's getting angrier and angrier at him, they are al frustrated, for what he make them do to their master. With one final and fatal blow of his staff, ice and frost are fired at the enemy. And Jack smiles relived, because the remaining shadows are backing away, away to the caves and holes they came from. But Jack does not notice, not all the shadows and sand are gone, some had stay and are angry for their commanders' retreat, angrier than before; they wont let him get away with it.

Frost child!

Shouts a snowflake in fear, but it wasn't fast enough and the shadows bump him hard and he falls over the ice of his beloved lake. It is to late by the time he notices, Jack is exhausted, he has no energy left to lift himself up, the wind wants to help but it can't do it if his master doesn't make at lest a little effort, but the truth is he cant make that small effort for his friend.

They all hear the cracking in the ice: the woods, the wind, the snowflakes and even the lake who is terrified of letting his child fall. Jack knows he'll fall if he doesn't move soon, but he can't and tears stream down his face as he realises this. The wind is trying her best to not let him fall, it helps little but it does so Jack quickly screams for help.

"Snowflakes! Please!" He begs with quavering voice "Please! Someone, anyone please talk to me! I need help but I can't ask for it my self! Please someone come, I need help snowflakes!" He begs his snowflakes for help but they are to terrified to even get close to him. What if they fail? What if they can't speak when the time comes? None want to go near the lake for their masters' help, they are to terrified of what might happen to him "Please! Come on, you can be brave if you want! At least… do it for me… because I fear that if you don't I'll never be able to see you again…" All the drops of frozen water wanted to cry themselves out, he was right, oh so right but they were oh so afraid…

Believing he was not going to be able to convince at least one of them he lowers his head in defeat. The wind wants to cry as another crack form the ice fills the air and she is afraid she might let him fall so she tries and tries, just to carry a bit of his weight so the ice won't fail under him.

Frost child, Frost child!

Jack lifts his head with new wonder gleaming in his eyes. He knows that voice, he has heard it before and he is amazed. It's the voice of the snowflake that shouted for him a second before the shadows and sands pushed him to the ice of the lake. He is amazed that the little being hasn't melted like all the others who called him before; the fear of the little snowflake has allowed it not to melt, it is too worried for its' master to care about stupid shyness or embarrassment.

As the small being comes forward Jack can see it light like a little blue Christmas spotlight, on and off. It places itself in front of Jacks nose and with another crack of the ice the boy comes back to reality. He has no time to lose…

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Abril: I hope it wasn't bad n.n And well… don't expect me to update soon I'm… kind of a super lazy person hehe

But thanks to all of you who are reading this right now, I you wanna review be my guess but don't be hard on me u.u

And really… I can't wait to se the movie again in the cinema… 3 times already, can you believe it? My dad promised he was going with me next time n.n

Bye bye!