[IC] The Guardians

[MegaraFoxfire]

She sat watching the city lights, looking around as the night lights around her blinked and sparkled. She stood up, her black cloak wrapping around her like shadow. She looked up at the moon and said "Where will you send me tonight, Man in the Moon? Who's ready for the next world?" She listened and hear a soft voice in her ear and she nodded. "Very good, they will be protected" She moved her shoulders and huge black wings appeared, her cloak turning into her wings. She jumped into the air and flew above the busy city, heading for a small apartment. A young girl was coughing, her mom checking her temperture. "Oh sweetheart...how are you feeling?" the small girl shook her head and said "Not good momma..." The mother stood up and said "I'm calling the doctor...I'll be right back..." She left the room and the little girl curled up, coughing. The woman appeared at her bedside, resting her hand on the small girls head. "Poor thing...you've had a bad couple of days haven't you?" The little girl looked at her and her eyes got really big. "Are you an angel?" She smiled and said "YEs...I'm your angel...your going to be alright, Cindy..." Her hand glowed and Cindy glowed. A black form came from her and the angel caught it, putting it into her cloak. Then she kissed the girls forehead and said "You will be a great person Cindy..." Then she vanished. Mom came back in to see Cindy sitting up and smiling. "I'm all better mom...an angel came"

The angel landed on the roof, looking at the dark energy floating in her hand. "Well, third case of infected soul this week...odd" Then she looked up at the Moon again and said "What's going on? Something is coming...I can sense it"

Jack Skellingtion was walking up to Santa's workshop, looking around in wonder. He had been here before, but the northpole was still so wonderful to him. He stopped at the doors and knocked, stepping back. After a few moments the door opened and Jack Frost was standing there. He smiled and said "Hey Pumpkin King. Your the first one here. Come on in and take a load off" He pulled the door open more and JAck walked inside, smiling widely. Both Jacks headed to Santa's office, Frost smiling as he watch the bone man look around. "First time in the workshop?" Skellingtion nodded and said "Its very wonderful...I wish Sally could have come with me but she is home with the little ones..." Frost nodded and paused at the office door and knocked. "Santa!? Mr. Skellington is here.! Open the door!"

[Nica]

Large, fluffy, feet collided with the floor as a massive rabbit jumped high into the air. He arrived at Santa's workshop, perhaps later than intended, and found himself in the company of an unfamiliar face. Well, skull, actually. "Crikey," he exclaimed, jolting back for a moment. "Who're you mate?" The puzzled rabbit learned forward in confusion, arms crossed and eyes slightly narrowed. "A new Guardian?" That seemed the most plausible explanation.

"Silence!" A powerful, heavily accented, voice thundered through the workshop. A burly man, dressed in red and black attire, came forward with crossed arms and a minion of small elves following behind each step. "Jack Skellingtion!" The man opened his arms, forcing the fragile skeleton into a painful embrace. "Welcome to my workshop!"

A clumsy elf appeared as Jack was released, offering a steaming cuppa coca.

"I trust you've become acquainted with Frost and Bunnymund," the legendary Guardian assumed, falling back into his favorite chair. "I'm North, it's been too long my friend!" Not exactly friends, but they did share a history in the past. In fact, North still shivers at the idea of Oogie Boogie.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Jack bowed to them all and said " it is a pleasure to be here, north. I am very happy to join the ranks of the guardians" frost shook his head and said "you and north will be great friends. But where are tooth and sandy?" Right on que the window opened and tooth and sandy came flying in. Tooth landed and said "sorry, sorry we are late. It's my fault, got side tracked" frost nodded and said "now that we are all here, let's get down to business. The main reason for the meeting was that the man in the moon wanted to call more guardians. Jack Skellington, the king of Halloween, is one of them." Skellington bowed and said "I am happy to be here. Nothing is more important then the protection of the children" jack nodded then said "there is one more which we are waiting to hear about from the man in the...." Just then the seal on the floor glowed and the moon beam appeared and a figure appeared, which looked like a angel. Frost tilted his head and aid "I don't know her...." Skulkington moved forward and said " I do. She is Angel, the protector of fate and souls of children, we have met before. But she's a powerful spirit, what could cause her to be needed now?"

Angel was watching the city again from the top iof a church building, ever watching when a streak of black past her view. She frowned and said "that's not going to happen" she released her wings and took off after the black form, fighting to catch up. It was like the stuff she had caught earlier that night but before it took a host. She flew a head of it and cut it off, catching it in her wings and both fell onto a rooftop, hitting the stone hard. Angel got back up, reaching for her blade as the black form twisted and turned before her eyes and took on the shape of a tiger, no sound coming from it as it moved towards her. She watched it, unsure what this was. It looked like one of Pitch's creatures, but something was off about it. The tiger jumped at her and she pulled her blade free and cut it right in half. Not that it did any good, simply reforming and facing her again. Angel circled the creature and the tiger suddenly lost it's form and flew straight at her. Angel was caught by surprise and the blackness hit her straight in the chest, going into her body. She cried out and fell to her knees, feeling her powers weaken and almost ending drained from her. Her eyes glowed as she muttered "get....out...." Her black wings suddenly turned pure white along with her clothing, taking her true form that only children could see. The blackness burst out from her and hit the ground, unable to hold it's form as it slowly turned to ash. Angel panted, returning to her hidden form and tried to get up. Then she looked down and saw her body covered in cuts and wounds, a big one right where the blackness burst from. "Darn....well...that's...not good..." And fell to her knees, her head spinning from the wounds and the drain on her powers. She looked up at the moon and said "man...in the moon....a little...help..." Then she hit the stone, blackness taking her.

[Nica]

Bunnymund recoiled, moving himself into the background. The others may have accepted Jack, but he remained skeptical. A new Guardian? That always brings along new problems, usually extremely complicated issues at that. Bunnymund watched in silence as North introduced Jack and reminisced a bit.

Once the trip down memory lane was concluded, North called everyone into the main room where his golden globe hovered, alight with thousands of bright lights. Each glow represents a child that has continues to believe in the Guardian of Christmas.

"I believe we should begin the induction to the Guardians now, yeah?" North questioned, grabbing the ancient book from his shelf and prepared himself. "Are you ready, Jack Skellington?"

[MegaraFoxfire]

Jack bowed again and said " it would be my pleasure. If you would, mr. North" frost suddenly looked around, feeling something was off, like something bad had happened somewhere. He looked at tooth who sure enough was looking around wildly. Skellingtion saw them and stood tall, looking at them. "Is something a miss my friends?" Frost shook his head and said " I don't know.,,something feels....wrong. Like when you forget to turn the stove off or something....it feels like something important but I can't remember" tooth nodded, as did sandy.

Angel moaned, fighting to get up, trying to moved but her body was too weak. She wouldn't be able to stay awake long, but she had to try. She reached for her wing and pulled a lose feather out and kissed it to her lips. "If any spirit can hear me..." She blew on the feather and it floated away, heading for the nearest help. Then Angel shuttered and hit the ground again, darkness taking her once more.

[Nica]

A single feather, black like the night, floated gracefully outside her window. Curious at the sight, the young maiden approached her window and gently set a hand onto the glass. She didn't seem bothered by the cold temperature, and simply continued to watch as the winds gently carried the feather away. "I wonder where that feather is going to land?" Her thoughts were spoken aloud, though no one was around to listen.

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Bunnymund, along with the others, fell silent when a feather suddenly landed at their feet. It wasn't from Tooth, her feathers radiated with brilliant colors, this feather was a single shade of black. Confused at the display, Bunnymund looked up to North and questioned what was happening. "Something is wrong, isn't it?" He really didn't have to ask, but did so anyways.

[MegaraFoxfire]

Frost knelt down and picked up the feather, looking at it carefully then looked at north and the pumpkin king. "We might need to hold off on this....I have a very bad feeling that something has gone very wrong" suddenly the feather flew out of Frosts hand and hit the globe. Skellington walked over and looked where the point was at. "New York city, seems this feather is giving us a location. We should hurry if we are to give aid where it is needed" tooth and sandy nodded.

Angel stirred, sensing another one of those creatures near by. Another child was in danger. She fought to get up, pushing herself up he looking around. "Have to....help them....can't let them....get hurt..." She pulled herself to the roof edge and stretched out her wings. She jumped off and stayed airborne for a few moments then her wings buckled and she fell, hitting a fire escape and landing hard on a landing, right outside young maidens window. She rolled over, trying to get up again, but she would bleeding badly and wouldn't last as she tried to get up again

[Nica]

A sudden and rather loud unknown sound from outside woke the child from her slumber. She'd just recently fallen asleep and jolted from her bed in a panic, eyes widen with hair sprawled out in all directions. Curious to discover the source of the noise, she carefully peeked out her window and looked into the sky. She didn't see anything, but grabbed a long winter coat, scarf and some boots before opening her window.

Slowly climbing towards the fire escape with freezing hands, a bright red nose from the chilly air and clouds forming from her warm breath.

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"I agree," Bunnymund readied himself to travel, a huge hole appearing beneath his feet. "You should stay here, mate." He gestured to Jack Skellington. "We'll be right back. Don't want you to become until you're an official Guardian."

[MegaraFoxfire]

Angel was fighting to stand, seeing the shade nearby trying to get inside. She saw the lights turn on and she cursed, then she raised her hand and light flashed and hit the shade, sending it away. She sighed then fell to her knees again, heading the window open as she fell against the railing and breathing hard.

Frost nodded and said "Maybe bun and I should just go, we will be faster in a smaller group" tooth nodded and said "good idea, we will get things all sorted here" Skellington nodded and folded his arms. "Good luck my friends, and be safe" jack nodded and jumped into the rabbit hole after bunnymund, the hole sealing after them. Skellington looked at north and said "any ideas what could be wrong?" Tooth looked out the window and said "what ever it is...I fear it's only the start of more trouble"

[Nica]

I'm losing my interest in our threads. Give me a bit and I'll have something written for both. Sorry.

[MegaraFoxfire]

K, no worries