Pitch loomed in the corner of the room, a cruel smile spreading across his face. He gently ran a finger along the sleeping Jack Frost's jaw and chuckled at the dancing sand dreams above his and young Jamie's head. "Oh, Sandman...you've only made my job easier. How will Jack Frost survive if he's asleep until it's too late?" The shadowy man pulled a candle seemingly from nowhere and lit it. After first lighting the window curtains on fire, he made his way through the silent house, setting every possible exit on fire. He returned to Jamie's room again, happy with the progress of the spreading curtain fire. He set the still lit candle underneath the spirit's chair. "I do so hope you'll enjoy my little surprise, Frosty. Don't melt too fast now..." Pitch slipped into the shadows of the open closet, using his shadows to disappear from the house.

Jack awoke to the feeling of being overly warm and the sound of screams. He groggily sat up, feeling dizzy.

"Jack!"

Jamie's screams finally broke him from his sleepy trance. He finally opened his eyes, terrified at seeing that the room was engulfed by flames. The teenage spirit immediately jumped out of his chair. "Jamie, are you-" He stopped when he heard more screams from other parts of the house. "Go, find your mom! I'll get Sophie!" Jack and Jamie ran from his room. Jack swept into Sophie's room and quickly spotted the cowering little girl. "Sophie!

Her head snapped up, tears streaming down her face. "Jack-Jack!"

"I got you. Don't worry, Soph. I got you..." He lifted the little girl into his arm, immediately realizing how much the fire had already sapped his strength. He used his staff to break the window in the room, and he jumped through it and out into the night air. He set Sophie down, and almost immediately both of her parents came running around the house and spotted her. They rushed over and scooped their daughter into their arms.

Jack almost let out a sigh of relief, until he realized something. Wait. Where's-

Then he heard the scream coming from inside the burning house. "JACK!" Without hesitating, the winter spirit jumped back through the broken window and into the burning inferno.

E. Aster Bunnymund prided himself on loving all of the children he helped, but he felt especially connected to one little girl in particular. And when he felt deep down that something bad was happening to her, he immediately opened a portal to Burgess and ran as fast as he could through the tunnels, a sense of fear gripping him more with every bound he took.

When the pooka surfaced right next to the his special little girl's house, he nearly fainted at the shocking sight of their entire house engulfed in flames. "Sophie!" He began frantically looking around. He spotted her crying in the snow, as her parents panicked, trying to find a way to get to their son.

"Bunny!" The little blonde ran into the pooka's arms. "Save Jamie and Jack-Jack! Fire not good for cold!" Tears ran down her face, as even she knew the effects such heat would have on the fun-loving winter guardian.

The building sense of dread finally fell deep into the pit of Bunny's stomach. "Jack!" He jumped through the nearest broken window, frantically searching for his fellow guardian. He had to jump out of the way to avoid a falling chunk of ceiling. Blimey. This place is about to come down!

When Jack found the boy, he was trapped in his parents' room, the door in flames. The guardian used the butt of his staff to shove the door open so Jamie could run out. The kid immediately ran into his arms, and Jack had to step back a bit, falling a bit off balance. "Jack! You came for me!"

"Of course I did! But we've...I've got to get you out of here!" He grabbed Jamie's hand and turned to leave, but when there was a sudden flare in the flames next to him, the winter spirit collapsed, gasping for air. He felt all of the frost on him melting and starting to drip off of him.

"Jack!" Jamie coughed, trying to get his friend to stand. "Come on, Jack! We have to get out of here!"

Luckily the Easter Bunny found them just then, and he quickly put Jack's arm over his shoulder, helping him stand. "Come on, Jamie! We've got to get both of you outta here!"

"Bunny..." The winter spirit coughed, being half dragged next to the over-sized rabbit, while Jamie ran in front of them. When he heard a sudden loud creak in the ceiling above them, Jack could see the structure beginning to give in. Bunny, no! He quickly shoved the pooka out of the way just in time to save him from the collapse. Jack himself wasn't so lucky, though. In an instant he was half buried under a flaming wooden beam and rubble, the wood searing into his back. At least I saved him... were his last thoughts before everything went black.

Aster and Jamie couldn't do anything but watch in horror, as their friend was buried, both of them screaming, "JACK!"

Bunny quickly leapt into action, throwing everything he could off to the side. "I ain't leaving here without you, Frostbite! I'll get you outta here. I promise." He finally shoved the beam away and lifted Jack's body into his arms. "Let's go, kid!" Bunnymund and Jamie ran through the house, finally jumping out the broken window in Sophie's room. Bunny quickly ushered the kid over to his family.

As another part of the house collapsed inside, Jack suddenly cried out in pain, clutching his chest before and falling out of Bunny's arms. Only seconds later he hurtled back into the world of the unconscious. "I've gotta get him to North!" Without any farewells, the pooka quickly scooped him back up into his arms, and he jumped into his hole, starting for the North Pole.

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