A/N Welcome to Snowbank - the new dumping ground for all my Rise of the Guardians one shots that have nowhere else to go or are completely pointless but I'm still too attached to to get rid of.

This will have no strict schedule but will be updated whenever I please.

This first one is some of the aftermath of my story Crossing the Line - I have seriously been trying to write a sequel to that thing but as of yet, this is all I've got. There could be more coming but there also may not be. *shrugs* If you have any ideas of what you may want for that then you can let me know - I won't make any promises, but it could definitely help with ideas. :)

Enjoy!

The lights were on again... they had been on for almost an hour and every couple of seconds they turned completely blue, signaling that while there wasn't an emergency, they wanted and were waiting for him to come in.

The thought made him scowl darkly. A frustration that had been budding inside him for weeks was finally threatening to boil over and he was very tempted to just let it.

Honestly, who did the guardians think they were! They were not in charge of him - and no one would ever control Jack Frost except himself. Anyone who could have ever had that right had lost it more than 300 years ago.

They were supposed to be a team.

Team. Equals. Partners. Whatever.

Being part of a of their team didn't mean they were suddenly in charge of him and everything he did and that they could tell him what to do. That wasn't the way it was supposed to work.

Teams were supposed to help and support one another - to be equal among themselves.

And he had seen that! He had seen the way they had worked together when they first "recruited" him and he had admired it. And even while he had never really experienced it himself, he had recognized the respect they had for one another and the friendship they obviously shared... he had watched the way they had worked together and he began to hope that he could maybe one day share that with them too.

That idea, however, was abruptly thrown out the window.

Where was that respect for him? Why was everyone equal except for him? Why were the others allowed to work freely with their duties, trusted to do them perfectly and with no help from anyone and he was suddenly under scrutiny and watch? Why did the guardians suddenly doubt his ability to handle his season, despite the fact that they had left him to do it for the past three centuries?

He understood perfectly that he was new to this whole thing - being a guardian, being seen and acknowledged was all something he was completely unfamiliar with.

But he still knew kids better than the other guardians did and he knew winter. No one knew the white season better than he did.

And they thought they could just... ground him because something happened that they didn't like? And by taking his one possession that was the outlet for his power?

He couldn't feel anything but rage towards the other guardians. It was constant, for the past few weeks it was always there curling and twisting inside him but blotting out the hurt that otherwise would have occupied his mind.

How dare they! He seethed to himself. They had. No. Right.

He hadn't even done anything! It was Easter all over again - they had jumped to conclusions and blamed him without a second thought. It only went to show how much respect they had for him.

Just blame Jack. He's the youngest... the infamous trouble maker without a cause - the selfish, irresponsible winter spirit is at it again. Better put him in his place.

Yeah, they were a team.

He didn't need this.

He looked up from where he was perched on a tree limb at the flashing blue borealis lights, the moon shining round about him.

Let them wait.

He didn't need to be there, it wasn't necessary and he didn't want to see the guardians.

He was Jack Frost.

He didn't need anybody.

Nodding to himself and with his course of action decided, Jack stepped into the wind and allowed it to whisk him on his way, furiously pushing the guardians from his mind until all he saw was the blinding whiteness of his own magic.

A/N So what did you think? Please leave a review and let me know! Christmas is coming up and that would be just fabulous. XD

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone!

DragonflyonBreak