"Jack! Jack!"

The white haired boy could hear his name but he stayed quiet, keeping his potion hidden.

"Jaaccccck!" Again, he didn't move. He heard the footsteps getting closer and closer so he decided to hold his breath to silence any sound he was making. He couldn't let him find him.

"Found you! I found you!" Jamie cheered and jumped as he pointed to where Jack was hiding.

"Oh no! How did you find me?" Jack said as he exaggerated his defeat of being found.

"I told you, I am a fantastic detective." The young boy told Jack as he pretended to have a magnifying glass making Jack laugh.

"Whatever kid, we should get back to the others now." With that, Jack picked up Jamie and flew them over to his house, where his friends were waiting for them.

"Look guys! I found Jack!" Jamie called out to his friends as they finally landed in front of Jamie's home.

"Aww that's unfair why did you get to fly back? We had to walk." Caleb complained. Jack had set Jamie down on his front pouch and sat next to him as the kids sat around him.

"He was the last to be found so of course he was going to carry me back. Who has time to walk when you can flllyyyyy." Jamie said as he pretended to float through the air making all his friends laugh.

"So Jack, what are you going to bring us this winter?" Cupcake asked as she pushed her hands deeper into her pocket.

It was the beginning of winter and Jack decided it was time to visit the children who help saved them from Pitch Black. It has been nearly 3 years since Pitch disappeared and Jack would regularly visit the kids who were now reaching the age of 10. They may be maturing but their belief never left which is why Jack made sure to see them, he owed it enough to them. These were special children and they kept the lights on, every holiday they would remind them of North, Bunny and Jack and whenever someone's tooth came out, they would remind them about Tooth. Whenever they had a good dream, they remembered Sandman. To Jack, they were honorary guardians because they were constantly doing their work throughout the years.

It was harder for the children to keep that hope alive because as they were getting older, the children no longer became children and their beliefs would change. The lights changed once you get to the age of 13, around puberty. Once you hit that age you no longer become a light and it usually transfer into another light, another child has taken their place so people Jamie's age where beginning to lose that belief of the Guardians.

"You know the usual, snow, some ice here and there. The usually." Jack answered the children.

"Please can you make a blizzard; I don't want to go to school." Monty asked the Guardian of Fun.

"Yeah can you pllleeeaassseee!" Claude begged him and all Jack could do was chuckle and shake his head.

"You know I can't do that. North will be very upset with us and you do want your presents for Christmas, right?" Jack raised his eyebrows at the kids and knew he had gotten them there.

"Fine." They all mumbled as they looked down in defeat.

"Hey, don't feel bad. It just means when you do finish school, you are more excited to play out and the games will be more fun." Jack tried to encourage them and it seemed to work for the most part.

"Yeah Jack is right!" Jamie said and they all nodded along.

"Jamie! Time to come inside now!" His mother called from inside and a frown formed on his face.

"I guess that's me."

"I should be heading home too, bye guys." Pippa said and all the friends said their goodbyes to Jamie and to Jack who just waved to them.

"When will I see you again?" Jamie asked the winter spirit.

"Not sure, have to check in with North to see if he needs anything. I will come back before two weeks. Remember to stay in school." Jack said as he began to float away in the wind.

"Bye Jack!" Jamie called out as he waved to his friend who was flying away.

Jack began to fly over the city, creating light snow to kick start the winter season as he did best. The children wanted it so why not give them something to look forward to. When he discovered his memories (not the way he would like to), the town he was in now was his town. Where he lived and where he died. It had changed so much. The world had developed over the years and he witnessed it all. At first it was in the shadows but now he was out an about. He was probably the only Guardian you would see around. Tooth, North and Sandman always came in your sleep and Bunny knew how to hide.

In the beginning, they weren't too happy with Jack's constant visits and coming out into the light but Jack explained to them that people lost their belief because people couldn't see them, now they could so he wanted to keep their spirts up. They respected this and Jack has been doing this over the past three years and enjoyed every second of it.

Jack's thoughts were interrupted by the moon signally him to look up. It was relatively early evening times and the moon was barley coming out but you could still see the moons light. He paused in the air before resting his bare feet on the edge of the building and looked up at the moon.

"Yes Manny?" He said out loud but he knew he wouldn't get an answer out loud but that's how he talked to the moon.

"North Pole..." Was the only answer he got.

'North Pole?' Jack asked himself but chose not to dwell on it. The longer he stood there thinking the further away he is from finding out the answer. With that, Jack called out to the wind and off he went to the North Pole to find the answer to Manny's direction.

What's happening at the North Pole?

-TBG