This story takes place about 7 years after the Guardians defeated Pitch.
And just a thing to take note of; Jack and Toothiana are together in this story and have been so for about 5 years I would say. It's not the main focus of the story though, but just a nice side thing to know to maybe understand some parts of the story better v u v
I hope you'll like it and the future chapters that will come up!
It had been a normal day, a rather regular plain and boring, normal day.
Nothing was out of the ordinary, spectacular or extraordinary, everything was simply just very plain and very normal.
Not that normal was wrong, but sometimes normal could get tiring and repetitive.
Jack was at the North Pole, together with Bunnymund and Toothiana. They just had a meeting, and decided to relax with a movie before departing again. Sadly Sandy had to leave before that so he could continue his work. It was a nice 'tradition' they had come up with; meet up once a year to have their annual meeting of; what is happening, how is it going, is trouble lurking etc. and end it with a movie or board game.
For 7 years so far, after they sent Pitch back down to his lair, there had been peace. It was a calm time, a serene time… a normal time.
But who could complain about normal if it meant peace?
Still, as the three guardians were huddled together on the couch, watching whatever was on the TV as North continued to work, Jack was about to fall asleep by simply being too bored.
He enjoyed being here though, like this. He leaned against Aster, and Tooth against him and his arm was draped gently over her shoulder.
Jack grinned as he noted that she had already fallen asleep, and he bowed his head to place a short kiss on her forehead
"Oh please, get a room" Bunnymund rolled his eyes with a kind grin, whispering to not wake her up.
"What, are you jealous?" Jack chuckled, keeping his voice low
"You'd like to think so wouldn't you?"
"C'mere, I'll give you kiss"
Jack puckered his lips, much resembling a fish, to which Bunnymund simply huffed out a short laugh before he put his paw over Jack's face. "Take a nap, ye?"
The frost spirit removed his face, sputtering a bit "urgh- hair ball" before chuckling and resting his head down again.
"Don't whimper now" the Pooka patted Jacks shoulder, chuckling before he continued to watch the TV. It didn't take long before both Bunnymund and Jack fell asleep.
It was a beautiful setting really. Three friends (or two lovers and a friend) tangled together and all three sleeping together. North came by to check up on them, and snickered at the sight. It wasn't the first time they fell asleep like that, and usually if Sandy was here, he would be sleeping next to Tooth.
North turned off the TV and the lights and left them to have their moment of rest.
Jack woke up hours later, rubbing his tired eyes and stretching his entire body. He found that he had an awful lot of space to move around on, and sat up, realizing that the others were gone. He shrugged it off though, knowing that both Tooth and Bunny were busier than Jack.
Yawning, he stood up and let a hand run through his hair, waiting for his eyes to get used to the dark. The usual red and orange glow to Norths factory was gone, and replaced with a much more dim and dull blue, making it rather hard for him to orientate himself in the room. He had to find the light switch, and proceeded to walk to the walls of the room, successfully bumping into the coffee table with his foot.
He hopped on one leg as he held his foot, before the stinging pain went away and at the wall he ran his hand over it to look for the switch.
"Ah there you are" he mumbled to himself and clicked it- but nothing happened. "…Jesus North, you run an entire factory but you don't know how to switch a light bulb?" Jack grinned shortly. He didn't take much note of it though, his eyes had already gotten used to the dark, so he went over to pick up his staff and decided to look for the big jolly ol' fella'.
Though as he walked to the door, he had to stop midway when he felt something crack and sting in his mouth.
He moved his tongue around to remove whatever it was from his teeth, only to gasp by a sudden sting off pain. Something that resembled a small rock clacked against his teeth, and quickly he spat it out in his hand. Due to the lack of light, he had a hard time seeing what it was.
Another sting of pain in his mouth, and he coughed as what he assumed was another rock was about to slip down his throat. The coughing didn't stop until he sputtered it out on the floor, and a metal liquid along with it, slid down his chin.
He dropped his staff only to run to the nearest bathroom. The bright light still worked out there, and in a matter of second he threw the rock from his hand down in the sink. It wasn't a rock though. It was white and small with one flat side and the other side with 4 small spikes. It was a tooth.
The pain was there again and he groaned. Looking up to see his illuminated pale face in the mirror. He saw blood trailing down his mouth.
The blue eyes widened by the sight, and carefully Jack opened his mouth to look inside.
His teeth were bloody, loose and falling off one by one. The sound of the sturdy white ivories ripping loose from the pink, bleeding nerves and flesh was disgusting. Adding the pain that spread to his head and down his neck, the shivers down his spine and to his legs. It made him panic.
Jack bend over the sink, spitting, coughing and trying to scream, but the blood kept building up in his mouth and not allowing him to do so. He threw up in the sink, and eventually his legs gave in and he fell to the hard cold floor. Gasping and shaking, he finally managed to open his mouth and shouted out a heart-breaking 'HELP!'
