Hello! It's been a while. I have been working on this for a long time. I finally got it done. I love to write Jack Frost, he's sooooo much fun. I have fun writing AU too. Have fun!

It all started with a battle. Pitch had broken into Father Times castle, somehow putting the old man to sleep. Using some old magic that kept him hidden from the time master. Ombric had just enough time to send a message that reached the Guardians in time to get them their just after he had fallen asleep under the nightmare sand. Pitch sneered at the Guardians before he threw a glowing hourglass at Jack. Each of the other Guardians dived to keep the glass from their youngest. Bunny hit Jack, pushing him out of the way as the hourglass broke in front of the others, pulling the 4 into its grasp. The Guardians watched helplessly as they were sucked into a portal, Pitch cackling as he disappeared in the background. Jack screamed after them, his anguished face the last thing they saw.

"They are another illusion brought by the General. We should just kill them now." A feminine voice woke North from darkness.

"You know the Guardian has given strict orders. All evil in this form is to be brought to him to dispose of…. Just in case." A masculine voice said.

"Just…. Just in case what?" North could have groaned as Tooth murmured as she woke up. North opened his eyes to see that they were in the middle of a forest, one he didn't recognize. Standing with crossbows pointed at them were three women and two men, all in early adulthood. One of two of the men was looking at them harshly, while the one was looking at them curiously.

"We know who you claim to be so there is no need to introduce yourselves. If you'll get up we will take you to the Guardian to see if your truly the Big Four or not." The one with the curious gaze said, earning a glare from to suspicious one, showing him to be the leader. Bunny groaned as he woke up, reaching over to shake the Sandman awake. Sandy rubbed his eyes, shooting awake when he saw the four young adults.

"How can you see us?" North asked as they traveled along at arrow point.

The tallest of the teens looked at him incredulously. "Have you been asleep for the last six hundred years? The Darkening happened, the Guardian and the Man in the Moon are the only ones who have been fighting it off." The girl was a surprising six foot five inches tall with black dreadlocks and green eyes that almost seemed to glow in the moonlight.

"Enough! We are almost at the entrance to the Pole, we have to cross a stretch of ice so be careful and run fast. This is where the darklings like to attack patrols the most." At the leaders words, an uncomfortable silence fell on the group.

The entire walk was spent with the teens scanning the area around them. The stretch of ice wasn't flat, it had jagged protrusions of ice and random jagged patches that they had to walk around for fear of tearing apart Bunny's feet. When they finally came over the crest, the Guardians stopped dead in their tracks. Standing before them was Santof Clausen, but not as they knew it. The building was mostly steel now, and it had a huge city all around it. Each building seemed to be made of steel as well.

"Welcome to the Sanctuary!" The excitable smallest member of the party piped out, before being shushed by the leader with a glare.h

"What happens to this place? What's with all the houses?" Bunny said, his ears twitching in agitation and confusion.

"This is the Sanctuary. We won't be going through the town, we will be taking a tunnel straight to headquarters." The leader said, stopping next to one of the ice protrusions that had what looked like an easter egg barely visible on the side of it. He stomped his foot twice and on the ground next to him a hole opened up, similar to who Bunny traveled. With an incredulous look the Guardians followed two of the teen down while the other three followed. The tunnel was lit by florescent moss, with frost littering the walls helping to reflect the light, making the tunnel look more lit than it actually was.

They arrived in a room that was half familiar, half alien to the four confused Guardians. The globe was still in the center of the room, with bright tight clusters of lights all over the globe among the giant swaths of darkness. It was much different from the scattered many lights the Guardians were used to seeing.

Standing in front of the globe was a tall figure, just a touch shorter than North, with broad strong shoulders and wearing a blue fur jacket with a hood, a large egg on the back made of frost with toothfaries and Christmas presents decorating the egg as well as golden sand creatures moving around inside the open parts of the egg. All around the room were screens made of slim sheets of ice and at the consoles were what looked to be elves, though they were all hard at work instead of goofing off.

"Report!" the man in front of the globe barked out without even turning around, startling the four Guardians.

"The east and west regions are clear, we found a few darklings in the south region and… we found some of THEM in the north region." The leader of the group intoned, sneering when referring to the Guardians standing before them. Each one of the four mystical beings gasped as one when the figure in front of them turned around.

It was Jack, but not as they knew him. This was no teen, it was a battle hardened warrior-man. His white hair now had a streak of brown running through the right hand side and colorful feathers interwoven into longish braided sections of his hair. His right eye was half brown and half green. There was a large scar running from his hair line on his left side, over his eye, noes and lips down past the right side of his chin. The front of the blue fur jacket was covered in frost and dream sand. He wore blue jeans with a tear showing his left knee, still no shoes. The image was completed by the scythe that he they had somehow missed in his right hand made of the wood of his old staff, the blade made of ice. Strapped to his side was a boomerang. He looked at them with a neutral eye.

"You may leave Jamie." He said softly, his gaze unwavering from the four before him.

"But Guardian…." The revealed Jamie said, worry lacing his voice.

"Go… you know they will not make it passed me, and even if they did the moons magic will kill them before they step foot out of the main doors." He said calmly, the teen sighed before walking out, followed by his companions. The door that was behind them closed with a thunk.

"Jack… Jack Frost… is it really you?" North asked, confusion coloring his voice.

"You know I hate that name darkling. What does Pitchnier want this time? He knows I won't sign that damn treaty with him, I thought I made that perfectly clear two hundred years ago." The hatred in Jacks voice made each Guardian take a step back.

"Watch how you talk to North ya dingo. We come through that damn portal Pitch through at ya and this is the thanks we get?" Bunny said, only to yelp when the mans boomerang hit him in the ears painfully.

"Watch what you say darkling. Pitchneir has played this card too many times. They died, I know that now. The last time was the last time I will fall for this ruse. He killed them two thousand years ago. Now, either you tell me what I need to know of I'm going to let Manny handle your demonic asses." Jack listened to Tooth's reprimands for his language for all of two seconds before he closed his eyes and snapped his fingers. There was a flash of moonlight which blinded the Guardians who yelped in surprise. Then there was silence.

"What…."

That's a wrap folks. I'm gonna leave it here because I'm evil and I'm ok with it. I have finally got something done. It's been a while but I think this will, hopefully, be the start of another writing spree. I'll try to get another chapter uploaded at some point in the next two weeks. I have exams for my college classes next week so it probably wont be till the week after that but I will get it done, of that I promise. I have so much planned to surprise you guys with. It's gonna be fun. Let's just say Baby Tooth is involved. Tee-hee-hee.

Please remember to review my friends, it's the only way I can get stuff done because that is what my creativity engine runs on.

Thanks

Z