A/N: hey it's me again. I just want to say. You will hate me for writing this. Also this fic is solely based on the song Face Down by the red jumpsuit apprentices and my twisted mind this is a character death. Rated for Death and thoughts for suicide. I hope you enjoy it. Will have added scenes.
EDITED 10/10/13: Ok people here I am again with editing my stories just so you know I will be going in alphabetical order of title with editing. (That's the order on my flash drive.) Just so you know I am looking for a beta for my ROTG stories if anyone is interested. Also I will not edit much with this first chapter because this is pretty much is a written version of Easter scene. Finally I forgot to do the disclaimer *face palm* I know I know well I'm doing it now.
Disclaimer: I do not own rise of the guardians dream works and William Joyce does with his guardians of childhoods series. (Really good worth reading.) I also do not own anything that has to with the band The Red Jumpsuit Apprentices. (Please listen to the song then the fic will make a lot more sense.)
Jack's P.O.V
"No jack what did you do." Pitch taunted while vanishing into the corridor in front of me.
I ran after him with my staff emanating a pale blue light in the darkness that seemed to reach out to. Slithering at those who dare to enter.
I felt grass underneath my feet and the smell of morning dew. I stepped out further and feel the cracking of an egg shell beneath my feet. I look down the tunnel floor in horror at the thousands upon thousands of destroyed eggs.
I realize that the familiar twitting of BT is gone. "Babytooth." I bang on the back of the tunnel to try and get back to her. 'I did this.' I back up in shock trying to proses everything that has happened. 'I really do make a mess of everything. The other spirits are right. I deserver everything that ever came to me.' I barely hold on hope praying the small amount of trust I put with the guardians is worth all the pain to come. 'They won't abandon me right. Right?' I take off letting North carry me to the Guardians.
I fly towards England I know the guardians would be there because that was the place we agreed to met up if we got separated during Easter. I land behind the bushes. Just as bunny got walked though by a child no older than ten. I wince in sympathy. 'Oh Bunny.'
"Jack where were you?" I turn to face North with a sorrow filled with a hint of worry in expression. "That nightmares attack the tunnels. They smashed every egg crushed every basket. Nothing made it to the surface." North explained to me with sorrow filling in his eyes instead of the wonder he held so dear. 'I did this. No this is pitches fault he, he attack the tunnels.
"Jack." Tooth calls out behind me and moves next to North. Then she let out a small gasp when she sees the tooth container in my hand. "Where did you get that?" she whimpers out with betrayal rising to the surface.
"I . . . Was . . ." Tried to speak out in my defense, but I could not form the words to speak out.
Tooth looks around then notices Babytooth was missing. "Where's Babytooth? Oh jack what have you done?" I see betrayal in her eyes as tears almost start to fall from her eyes. I take a step back in panic.
"That's why you weren't here you were with pitch." North accused only putting half of the evidence together.
"No . . . Listen, listen. I'm sorry I didn't mean for this to happen" I whisper out taking the blame with the small flame of hope of being cared for that was slowly diminishing to nothing but embers.
Then I hear bunny who is coming up from behind me whose words hurt the most out of all of them. "He has to go. We should have never trusted you." Bunny rushed towards me. I violently flinched back out of reflex. My one fear has come true. Abandonment.
He backs up probably not noticing the flinch and relaxes slightly. "Easter is about new beginnings. New life. Easter is about hope and now it's gone." Bunny sighs walking away dare I say it depressed.
My hope is almost gone I look towards North and Tooth pleading. Hoping they would take the chance to hear my side of the story, but they look away with pity and betrayal within their eyes glazed over in unshed tears. I take out the small doll north had given me and look at it in slight disgust. I listen to it fall to the ground with a small thud and fly away with a single tear falling to guardians below.
Bunny's P.O.V (A/N: didn't except that did you.)
"He has to go. We should have never trusted you." I rushed the kid with my fist held high ready to strike ignoring the way the kid violently flinched back in fear. On the edge of my mind I can feel as though a child's hope disappearing, but I ignore it think it was just another lost believer, and not one of those rare but heart breaking cases. I backed off and relaxed just enough to speak. "Easter is new beginnings. New life. Easter is about hope and now it's gone." I walk away hunched over with a small sigh.
I continue to walk until I feel a frozen drop of water no tear melt on my shoulder. I look up to see jack fly away to moon knows where*. I feel a strong but kind hand on my shoulder. I turn to see north with a sad and comforting smile he sends to me.
That's when I feel it. My breath hitches and I start to get dizzy. Then a wave of cold worse than being walked through a hundred times. The cold you get when everyone has abandon you. The cold you get when you are truly alone. An emotional cold. I stagger back surprising the other two guardians breathing hard trying to get the black spots out of my eyes. I only feel this chill when some one loses all hope, and I knew who it is. "Jack." I gasp out in fear and pain. "It's gone." I whisper out a little louder getting the other two guardians attentions.
North looks at me confused and slightly worried. "Aster what's gone?" after he says this he must of realized what happened because he starts to panic.
"Jacks hope. It's all gone." I look upon the guardian's faces as what have we done crashes upon us. We the Guardians of Childhood destroyed the hope of our immortal child.
A/N: yeah, yeah I know you hate me, but this will be a two-shot so I will post part two here soon. Also there is no eggnog just brotherly love. Though it could be seen either way it that's your view. So I hope you enjoyed it please review.
EDITED 10/16/13: Yeah I know there is a large time pass between the updates with the other chapter that is because there was the weekend and I only have time to thing during my tech class. (Which is right now.) To work on editing my documents.
* When I wrote that line I originally wrote it as where hades knows where. I was crossing fandoms for a moment good thing I noticed before I posted it.
Well I hope you enjoyed it please review leave comments, concerns, or even how your day was I don't care. I would love to hear anything from you. I need a beta I you wished to be one for me please either review or PM me. First come first serve.
