All the Spirits know Jack Frost as the shy quiet spirit that can be easily pushed around, unfortunately this causes a lot of rumors to go around regarding him and the guardians (mostly Aster) want to know what's true and what's not.

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Jack Frost, some spirits said he was completely mute that he couldn't make a single noise not even a whimper, some said his face was completely deformed not looking human anymore, other said that his voice was that of a siren and he used it ti lure in other spirits, some said he was just like a doll or a ghost something perfect and untouchable, and a lot said he didn't even existed but he did and really people had to stop gossiping about him.

Nicholas St. North, or just North had just proved his point to the rest of the guardians that yes Pitch was back and they needed to do something when he noticed that Sandy was trying to get them to see that the man in moon was trying to talk to them.

"Manny... What must we do?" Asked North looking at the raised crystal that Man in Moon was using to talk to them.

The crystal fogs up and creates the shape of a small man maybe five foot four inches in height holding on to a shepherd staff tightly with both hands, it seems almost like he was trying to bring the staff into his body, his face and body where completely covered by a long dark blue hooded cape the only part being visible being his arms and bare feet.

"Ah, Guys do you know what this means?" exclaimed Tooth excitedly.

"He's chosen a new guardian." said North a wondrous tone lacing his words like a ribbon.

"What? Why?" Asked Bunnymund a bit annoyed that Manny thought they couldn't handle Pitch on their own.

"I don't know, Must be big deal, Manny thinks we need help..." said North walking closer to the image of the small man on the crystal.

"But who is it I can barely tell?" asked Tooth also coming closer see a bit of white hair out from the hooded head.

Sandy started flying around it and then he snapped his fingers making everyone look up at him as he nodded letting them know he knew who it was under the hood.

"Oh all right mate , well spit it out who's the Gumby?" wondered Aster looking back at the image a weird sense of knowing who it was somewhere deep down but not being able to pin point the person.

Sandy formed a Snowflake a couple times over his head than made a window with crawling frost coming in from the corners. Everyone gapped at him and that when it all made sense, the new guardian, he was Jack Frost.

"Um, Bunny you have met Jack Frost before have you not?" Ask North trying to lose the shock from his voice.

"Well I wouldn't say met he ruined my holiday back in'68 and I just saw the root rats face," Explained Aster just remembering about '68 pissed him off.

"Yes, that is good, you will fetch him yes?" Questioned North with a lift of the brow.

"Why do I have to bring in that dingo, why can't your or Tooth do it beside I'm sure he will respond better to anyone other than me!" yelled Aster confusion written in his eyes.

"Yes my friend but none of us have ever even seen Jack Frost so we would not know if it him yes? what if we take wrong spirit?" North reasoned with Aster plus Tooth and Sandy where busy, they had to go back to their job soon.

"Fine I'll go..." Said Aster with a roll of his eyes he was not going to enjoy this.

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Some Where in Northern Russia

Jack Frost was delicately flying and twirling through the air the wind, one of his only friends caring him along. he had just given Russia a good snow fall not a blizzard but just kind of a blanket of white, if Jack Frost where to say so he thought it was a gorgeous sight to see. He landed balanced perfectly on top of a thin iron rod on top of a building looking around the country with aw at his work, his long almost floor length cloak settled and swallowed his whole body up just leaving the barest hint of his bare feet poking out and a wee strand of his fringe out. If you where to look over now you might have not even seen Jack Frost to be honest and if you did you wouldn't have an idea of who he was, not really.

Jack decided to jump down and lazily like a snowflake come down to a forested area to walk upon, he was just enjoying the soft creasing of the wind on his body and the bright moon when suddenly something flew right past his ear almost knocking his hood off in the process. Jack looked around for a moment a bit frantic he didn't like confrontation with other spirits they were usually very rude with him.

"H-h-he-hello?" Came the very soft almost nonexistent sound from Jacks lips his voice carried barely through the wind and it was to genital it felt almost privet to hear, as if you were listening to a very personal secret.

"No need for stuttering mate it's just me, I sure' ahm glad ya ain't mute though that would have been more annoying than a dingo to figure out." Said Aster not at all put off actually he was more couriers about the strange spirit than he wanted to let on.

Jack stayed silent through the whole introduction just ducking his eyes and standing very still.

"Look... um can you hear me?" Asked Aster, he knew it was also a rumor that Jack was not mute but simply deaf but rumors where based on truth right?

Aster waited and waited for an answer from Jack but none came, it actually seemed that Jack was trying desperately to crawl deeper into hid hood. Bunnymund took a few small steps forward to tap or wave a hand in front of the smaller man to see if he would at least bring his eyes up off the ground but after the third step Bunnymund took Jack Frost took four steps back.

"I'm not here to hurt you, Jack just look at me you ankle bitter!" Aster was kind of losing his temper at this point especially seeing the light twitch in Jacks direction letting Bunny know that he could be herd, so was Jack just ignoring him. Bunny waved a hand in the direction behind Jack and two yetis came out from behind trees and made a grab for Jack. One was successful and he hoisted Jack of the ground while another got a sack out.

Jack struggled and pushed so hard but he was no match for the yetis who were almost four times bigger than him. Aster's heart clenched when he heard whimpering and crying coming from the, what looked like, dangling coat in the yetis hands.

"Ya mates hol-" Bunny was cut off by more sobbing as jack was put in a sack and thrown through a magic portal.

The yetis gestured towards the magic portal created by a snow globe asking if Bunny would like a ride.

"Not on your neli." said Aster still feeling very uneasy from hearing Jack sob, and hoping he could get to the pole before Jack freaked out to much.

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Jack felt his whole world turned, he didn't like people touching him except...

and he was scared what if they wanted something from him like his powers or his... Jack couldn't think he was about to have a panic attack he couldn't handle this much stress, what did he do to deserve this? He slowly pulled back the sack he was stuffed in and saw he was surrounded by elves and yetis walking around and in front was a big man with a beard looking at him with curious baby blue eyes so different than his own witch where a frozen ice blue big clear and sharp to his surroundings but also laced with panic and fear.

"Ah! Jack Frost! You are here my boy!" yelled North with a big booming voice that made Jack wince at it pure volume. Jack stayed quiet not wanting to answer and not planning to do so. When all of a sudden Jack was lifted up from the top of his hood making Jack squirm and let out a cry from the rough treatment he was not used to by a yeti. But the moment he was lifted and put down the hood od his cloak slipped off exposing his head for everyone in the room.

A variety of gasps filled the room coming from all different parties as they all looked at there now first glimpse of Jacks face, he had soft looking ivory white skin with soft lines curving around his jaw line and a small up lifted nose, he had snowy white hair that was bulled into a long pony tail on the nape of his neck and pulled over his right shoulder with shorter pieces framing his face, but the most shocking was his eyes they were big and blue lined with long brown eyelashes framed by brown thin eyebrows, in other words he was gorgeous, but at the moment his pretty face was twisted in fear.

"Oh, my...He's so pretty..." Mumbled Tooth

That was the moment when Bunny popped out from one of his tunnels.

"Guys, wait don't crowed him-" Bunny was cut off as he looked around and his eyes landed on Jack's frightened form, but besides the scared look there was no denying that Jack was gorgeous.

But right after that is when there was a crash from one of the high windows followed right after by another, Bunny felt a glimmer of hope coming from Jack and he wonder if Jack had caused the crash but that's when all of a sudden there was not one but two fierce white tigers jumping down from the window along the rafters and down crouching in front of Jack a roar escaped from one of them as it bared it white teeth at the Guardians and surrounding yetis while the other circled around Jack. Jack's eyes widen as he saw the large white tigers but then he pulled his hood up and crawled onto the tigers back, hiding his face in the strong animals back feeling safe again.

"Jack! mate we are not tryin' to hurt ya Gumby! call back ya crazy cats!" Yelled Aster while pulling out his boomerang and getting into a defensive position, with Tooth hovering a bit higher, With North and Sandy holding their respective weapons of sand whips and swords.

"Da, Jack we mean no harm boy, Manny has message for you!" Yelled North over the growling tiger in front of him that was quickly making him more and more nervous.

That's when Jacks head shot up from his comforting hiding spot and he looked over at North a question look in his eyes, his eyes switched from North's face to lock eyes with the two tigers blue eyes clashing with brown and green feline eyes, In what looked like a silent conversation, then a node he looked over with his eyes and studied Bunny's face. The tiger carrying Jack walk over closer to the Guardians, the second one with brown eyes grunted but let Jack and the green eyed tiger get closer to North and the rest of the group but still leaving his own massive body in the middle of them.

Jacks slipped down off the Tigers back and stood next to it the large animal sitting in its back legs now Jack pressing the right side of his body into the tiger, looking like a little shy kid trying to hide behind their parent's tall leg.

"T-t-the M-m-moon t-t-talks to y-you g-guys?" Asked Jack very oh so quietly with a hesitant voice as if it was costing him a lot of trouble to speak, maybe he didn't do it so often?

"Yes, Jack he has called upon you for we need your help! Pitch Black is back!" Said North in his strong voice.

"Man in Moon says you're a Guardian." Said Tooth finally letting the cat out of the bag.

Jacks eyes widen as his mouth opened and closed with shock then he seemed to decide something. He shook his head, No, and started pulling on the fur of the white soft mews and grunts coming from Jacks mouth.

They all look in wonder at Jack he was actually communicating with them it sound like pleading to the rest of the spirits in the room, kind of like a winning kitten. But no matter what the tigers would not budge it seems as though the two tigers where think and trying to understand what was going on.

"Jack, I don't think you understand..." Said Tooth. "Every one of those lights on the globe is a child that believes." explained Tooth trying to explain to Jack why he needed to be there.

"And naughty or nice we as guardians must protect them, and Pitch is threatening them!" Said North seeing that what they were saying was catching Jack's attention all though he was still gripping the tiger's fur.

"I'm...not a G-g-guard-guardian..." mumbled Jack looking at them all from the side of his tiger.

"Man in Moon says you are Jack will you help us?" asked North patiently.

Jack shook his head, turning to the tiger with green eyes and pulling her so he could climb up her back, there was no way he could do this.

"Honestly I think we just dodged a bullet, obviously this ankle bitter is not fit enough to even be able to look at people how is he going to help us fight Pitch? How is he going to protect the children when he clings the tigas' for his own protection?" Said Bunny honestly he was getting frustrated with the shy spirit couldn't he understand that this was a serious crises they were going through.

"Bunny!" yelled Tooth, seeing Jacks eyes widen.

"Nah Sheila its true what does this block know about protecting children!?" yelled Aster pointing at the now quivering Jack.

Jack suddenly quicker than expected jumped in the air with animalistic speed and landed right in front of Bunny, kicking his legs from under him and pressing the butt of his staff that seemed to have come from nowhere to the soft underside of Bunny's chin.

"You know nothing kangaroo..." said Jack a glimmer in his eyes as he got off of the Easter bunny and started walking away.

"I am, not meant for this j-job; now please leave m-me..." Jacks voice was becoming strong, he could speak but it was difficult since he so rarely talked and the words were harder to say than the soft grunts and mews he used to communicate to the tigers.

"Jack, walk with me?" asked North already heading for the door.

Jack tilled his head over to North but he seemed much calmer now, he looked over at the white tigers and they nodded one, the brown eyed one going over to him and kneeling so Jack could climb up his back and the other trailing behind.

"Well Jack, are you coming?" asked North. Jack nodded looking back at the other guardians and giving them all a calculated stare and giving Bunny a sharp one, pulled up his hood and turning away and following North with his two companions.

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"Wow, I was not expecting that from Jack Frost!" Said Tooth after North and Jack had left the globe room.

Sandy nodded than a question mark formed over his head.

"You're right Sandy I also have a lot of questions about too! well obviously a lot of the rumors are wrong! he's not mute at all. And he's gorgeous I could almost mistake him as a she if I didn't know better!" Said Tooth in a very excited voice "And his teeth looked so white! Too bad he seems very shy..." Said Tooth.

"I'm still not very convinced Jack Frost is what we need... "said Bunny still kind of annoyed with the kid especially after the little incident.

"Well we'll find out wont we..." Said Tooth, looking over at Sandy who gave her a nod. Yeah maybe Jack wasn't what they had expected but that wouldn't judge him till they knew the whole story.

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Back With Jack and North.

"Jack, hurry, hurry we are going to my personal workshop." Said North looking back and seeing Jack on top of the tiger in a leisurely paces falling a bit behind, the tiger locked eyes with North, but he picked up the pace and trotted closer to North. Jack was just looking around when he noticed something the Yetis where the ones that were making the toys not the elves like he had thought, he usually was able to suppress his questions since the last time he had asked someone something it was an autumn spirit and he had just wanted to know how the leaves where painted and it ended with Sita licking the dry blood from his long hair and Ja growling with suppressed anger from someone hurting his 'cub'. But he really wanted to know...

"Um... North?" Asked a hesitant Jack Frost his 'r's coming out in a soft purr probably from him being used to making purring and mewing and growl sounds with the tigers noted North.

"Yes, my boy?" North was interested he was so sure that Jack Frost was not going to talk to him at all, so hearing the soft voice coming from the young man surprised him.

"I-I thought the elves made the t-toys...?" trailed of Jack his head looking over to a couple elves messing about with some lights and getting electrocuted.

"Ha-ha!" Came the booming laughter from North that made Jack jump and pull his small body closer to Ja, the male white tiger with warm brown eyes, expecting a taunt to come from the older man. he even felt Ja tense underneath him. But to his surprise none came

"No, but we let the elves believe that," North looked over at the group of elves "Very nice, keep up the good work!" North encouraged, but then looked over at north and shook his head with a wink to the boy. Jack smiled and for once felt more comfortable in some else so he pulled down his hood to give North a little half smile before diverting his eyes to the top of Ja's head and he little scraped his nails on the large cats head.

North's smile grew bigger as he saw Jack's show of being more comfortable in his presence it was small sign of trust but it made North feel a lot better about Man in Moons choice to have Jack be a guardian.

"Through here." said North opening a door and leading Jack in to his work shop, Sati the green eyed female tiger came in first looking around the room sort of seeing if there was danger around and then looking back at Jack and Ja and nodded. Jack and Ja came in and Sati stepped out to keep watch for danger as North closed the door behind her.

"Ok than Jack Frost let's get to Texts of brass." Said North cracking his knuckles "Would you mind coming down from your, um friend?" asked North pointing to the White tiger.

"This is Ja, he is not my f-f-friend, and he is my father..." Said Jack looking down at Ja with a loving look in his eyes. North to say the least was very surprised to say the least of all the possible scenarios to whom the tiger could be he was definitely not expecting for Jack to say that the white tiger was his father.

"Ah, well I apologize for the miss understanding. But I would feel much a better being able to speak to you down here." Said North looking between Jack and the whiter tiger he now knew was named Ja. Jack looked a little reluctant, but Ja lowered himself to the floor so Jack ended up slipping off anyway, Jack mewed sadly up at his father, but his father did not falter only pushing his cub with his tail to stand up even though Jack was now desperately trying to step behind his father.

"Please...?" whispered Jack but the large tiger just shook his head.

North seeing Jack becoming uncomfortable again decided to grab Jack's attention.

"Tell me Jack what is your center?" Asked North, Jack just looked at him a question playing in his eyes, he shook his head he did not understand.

"Here let me show you," North grabbed a Russian doll from the shelf and handed it to Jack, who looked at it for a long moment, North thought he was actually going to deny grabbing the doll when he saw a small hand delicately reach over and take the doll from his bigger hands and brought it closer to his body where he brought out his other hand and lightly held it.

"See that is how you see me now right? Big strong intimidating?" Jack nodded now giving North his full attention. "But if you look a little bit closer well..." Jack twisted and opened the Russian doll "You are jolly?" said Jack seeing North on he went to open the next one. "Yes, buy not just Jolly! I am also mysterious." Jack went for the second nodding so North new that he was listening to what North was saying "And fearless! and caring, and at my center..." Jack saw a little wooden baby with big blue eyes.

"You are a wooden baby...?" Wondered Jack he didn't understand what he was supposed to see,

"Ha, no look closer..." By this point even Ja was looking at them both with interest in his eyes.

"You, you have b-big e-eyes...?" Asked Jack he didn't want to be wrong and make the older man mad, he had is Papa here so he wasn't in danger but he was still very wary when it came to North.

"Yes! Big eyes very big! Because they are full of wonder, That is my center, It is what I was born with eyes that only see the wonder in everything, eyes that see lights in the trees and magic in the air, this wonder is what I put into the world and what I protect in children it is what makes me a guardian, it is my center what is yours?" Asked North looking back down to Jack.

"I-I don't know..." Said Jack looking down at the little wooden baby in his hands, he went to hand it back to North but North just grabbed his small hands, and even though Jack wanted to pull away from the un know contact he waited a moment feeling the soft touch and accepting it as North curled his fingers into his palm making him hold onto the baby doll in his small hand. Jack nodded up to North, but North didn't really understand he quirked an eyebrow at Jack.

"Yes, I w-will Help h-however I can," Said Jack a soft tone still there but it was firmer. "But, I have n-not decided to j-join your g-g-group as of yet..." North nodded this was much more than what he had been hoping for.

"That I s all I ask for, for now my boy!" said North a happy look to his eyes.

Jack nodded, he pulled on the end of his ponytail twisting the straight hairs at the end that came down to his chest in nervous tick he had gained over the years just like constantly looking around for his 'parents' so he felt safer.

"Jack if I could ask without being rude but may I inquires how old you are." Asked North he was very curious the young spirit look so small maybe no more than 14 human years.

"I, I am 20 human years old, I-I'm a-a-about 320 s-sprit y-years old..." Answered Jack while going back to his Papa, bending down and nudging him with his head.

To say that North was shocked to see that Jack frost much older than he thought was very obvious.

"Um, Jack let us go back I'm sure the rest are worried about us by now and we should also let your mother? know you alright she seemed very protective of you..." Said North heading towards the door.

"Y-yes? She is my M-mother...?" Said Jack in a questioning tone.

"Do not worry Jack I was merely curious to know that is all." smiled North opening the door and being me with bit green eyes of Sati.

"Mama..." mumbled Jack as he softly floated to her, hugging her around her thick neck.

North looked at the loving pair and started walking knowing that now Jack was more likely to stay and not run off since he had said he was going to help them in anything that they may need help in. He looked back for a second to confirm that yes, Jack indeed was walking in between his 'parents', and North was very curious to know how that relationship had started out, following North down the hallway, pulling back up his hood but this time letting his face and ponytail visible.

North led Jack back to the globe room where the rest of the guardians where Aster Bunnymund was sitting down while Tooth was also nowhere in sight but her job was a bit harder since there was always a kid in the world losing a tooth.

"Where is Sandy?" Asked North while looking around.

"Sandy said he would be back soon but that if Pitch was going to do damage to us he would give as many kinds as possible good dreams about all of us to strengthen our belief." Explained Aster looking behind Jack to see that yes he was still there even though Aster was sure he would have left by now, and that his two tigers where still right beside him, well at least Jack wasn't riding them anymore.

"Ah, Ok well, Good news Jack said he would stay! Isn't that right Jack!" Exclaimed North looking at Jack who nodded yes.

"Ah, well as long as he doesn't get in the way," mumbled Aster rudely.

Jack just gave him a glance but then turned his attention back to the green eyed tiger who was softly growling at Jack.

"Jack would you like something anything at all? food? drink? please sit I insist do not just stand there my boy!" yelled North coming closer to a chair and gesturing to it that Jack should sit there. But Jack only gave a slight shake of a no to his head, but not wanting to be rude he did walk a bit closer to where Aster and North where now sitting, Sati the green eyed tiger laying dawn and Jack sitting down on her back looking very comfortable like he did that usually. While the male tiger just kept a slow pace circling both Jack and Sati as if waiting for an attack to occur.

"Do ya tiga's follow you around every which way you go?" Asked Aster a little nervous by the huge tiger.

"Yes, t-t-they are m-my par-parents," Said Jack a blue frost covering his cheeks. Aster was a bit surprised but that made a bit of sense seeing that Jack clung to them like a babe and both tigers crashed through a window for gods sakes to "save" Jack.

"Oh, you always need your Ma and Pa around to protect you from the bad guys?" Asked Aster a teasing tone in his voice. Jack's eyes got wide and an angry flush came to his face.

"No, Why do they make you nervous kangaroo?" Said Jack his voice was still not strong and he sometimes sounded like a hissing cat but it seemed that Aster's jabs made a stronger fiery side come out in Jack Frost. Aster Just raised a brow and smirked.

"Not at all you Gumby," Said Aster "Do they have names?" Asked Aster looking at the two white tiger seeing how all their attention was on him now.

"Yes... This," Jack gestured down at the white tiger he was perched on "Is my mother, Sati, And over there," he Pointed at the brown eyed tiger that had walked over very close to Bunny, a little too close for Bunny's comfort "Is my father, Ja"

Aster just nodded that he understood.

"Well its, Nice ta meet ya, Do they even understand me?" Wondered Aster.

Ja, growled at him showing a glimmer of white teeth.

"Yes... of course t-t-they under-understand t-t-they are also s-s-spirits" Explained Jack. Aster looked in wonder at the two animals and was going to say something when he noticed that Jack had gotten up and was now pulling his cloak off softly trying not to meet anyone's eyes.

"I-I-it is a b-bit to warm f-f-for me in here," was the explanation Jack gave as the undid the clasp on his shoulder and pulling the cloak off, underneath Jack wore a black chines styled silk shirt with the stitching and edges in white along with the white silk sting that crissed and crossed from mid chest up to his neck, it was long and covered his arms and completely and was lose at the bottom coming down to about mid-thigh with slits along the sides the outfit was complete with what almost seemed like black three quarter leggings or just tight pants. He was thin and a bit shapely for a man, his white crispy hare making a big contrast as it cascaded down his black shirt. Jack lightly pressed his fingers to the snowflake clasp on his cloak, that Bunny could now see was an actual snow flake and the cloak disappeared in a cloud of soft flurries.

Aster could only really gape he really would not have predicted that all that had been hidden under the dark blue cloak that Jack was always seen in. But before he could even make a coherent thought Sandy came in on his Sand made plane and started making rapid images over his head. Unfortunately no one understood him, that's when Jack step forward slightly and started making hesitant but strong signing gestures with his hands.

'Do you sign Sandman?' Signed Jack slowly.

Sandy was shocked to say the least, he was so glad to see that the new member to their groups could actually communicate with him, but right now was not a time to celebrate.

'Yes I do young Frost; There is trouble at the Tooth Pales!' Signed Sandy strongly and quickly. Jack Nodded

"W-we m-must go t-there I-s trouble at t-t-the Tooth Pales," Translated Jack, both tigers up and already in an alert state.

"Da, let's go!" Said North power walking towards where the sleigh was located.