Jack has always been alone, ever since he woke up on that pond. His pond. For over 300 years he was completely alone, so when the others asked him to be a guardian he was skeptical. Why after all these years would they finally acknowledge him? And when he found out that the man in the moon told them to, after only talking to him once just to tell him his name… He felt betrayed, and more alone than ever. The man in the moon could have talked to him, could have made him feel even a little less alone in the world, but he didn't He chose to leave Jack completely and utterly alone.
But despite that, through the hard ships he faced with them against pitch, he learned to trust and depend on the other guardians. So much so that he didn't think he could ever live the way he did before, that his heart just couldn't handle it.
Still, he didn't feel completely comfortable with everyone. Bunny teased him all the time calling him names like frostbite and telling him he is always in the way, and Jack believes him. Tooth and Sandy were always too busy for him, he knows that but when he goes to visit them just to say hello it still hurts to be brushed off and ignored. Maybe he could talk to North about it, north was a pretty understanding guy and had become sort of a father figure for the young winter spirit. So that's what he intended to do as he made his way through the toy fortress to North's workshop.
Jack tapped his shepherds hook on North's door apprehensively "Come in!" North called in his thick Russian accent.
Jack stepped into the work shop and immediately regretted coming. "Um, wow that's a cool train, how fast does it go, is it sturdy, does it take long to make stuff like that?" Jack said with wavering enthusiasm. North instantly caught on to Jack's stalling.
He sighed cutting off the boy by raising his hand, "What do you really want to talk about?" North rubbed his temples as he waited for a response, it had been a busy day for the guardian of wonder.
Just as Jack opened his mouth to say something a yeti came bursting into the room, obviously distressed, flailing his arms around flamboyantly yelling something in yeddish. "All right, all right I'm coming!" North turned to jack with a week smile, "Jack, wait for me in the kitchen and we will talk about, uh, whatever it is you want to talk about over lunch." With that North hurried out of the room shouting orders at yetis and mumbling Russian profanities.
Jack did what he was told and waited for him in the festive kitchen colored in all sorts of rich reds and greens with all the clumsy elves, which made surprisingly good cookies, scrambling around him. Jack waited for hours that seemed more like days to him, but North never came. He forgot about him, abandoned him just like everyone else. Most people didn't realize that spending so much time alone had made him a terribly fragile person, he may smile and act brave but he wasn't as happy as he tried to make it seem, and for jack this was the last straw, or should he say snowflake. He had been alone far too long just to have everyone play with his emotions.
Jack stood from his seat in the corner of the large heavily decorated kitchen and flew out the nearest window as fast as the wind would take him. Naturally, jack went back to his pond. He sat to the side of it under a snow covered tree hugging his knees to his chest.
The wind, who always found a way to be by Jack's side weather he was inside North's castle or underground in Bunnymund's tunnels, causing mischief of course, blew itself at Jack saying, Everything will be fine! Come and play with me! But the wind knew Jack couldn't hear what it was saying, he never did, not fully. Jack tried to hear the wind though, and that was more than anybody else even tried to do. This time Jack didn't even try to hear the wind, he didn't want to. He wanted to shut out the world, he wanted to not feel anything, but instead he felt everything. He felt hurt and betrayed when all he wanted to feel was loved and needed. The wind knew this, after all the wind was there when Jack was 'born' from the lake, from the ice. The wind has been there for Jack, the wind and Jack had a lot in common, both had been alone a very long time and the wind was just as sick of it as Jack was. So the wind decided to do something about it. MiM I have never asked for anything before, so please let Jack see me! Let me be real! The wind pegged and pleaded like this for several minutes. The wind hated seeing jack upset, he was the guardian of joy after all. Luckily MiM heard the winds pleas, and after much consideration, decided he would grant the winds wish.
Jack was still sitting under the tree when the wind picked up, swirling around him tousling his hair and lifting his sweat shirt. He finally looked up curious; the wind had never behaved this way before. The wind was picking up the snow making a small tornado. Suddenly the snow tornado slowed then stopped leaving a small odd shaped lump in its wake. Jack stood slowly inching his way towards the strange mass when it suddenly jumped out at him.
"Whoa!" he yelped almost losing his footing. Too shocked to move, he glanced down at what appeared to be a mop of obsidian hair. Upon a little further examination he realized it wasn't just hair it was an entire person! It –she- was girl that appeared to be about the same age that Jack looked.
When he noticed that she was no longer conscious Jack slowly lowered her to the ground it was only then that he finally realized she was completely nude. Jack's face flushed a bright purpley blue. After fidgeting around, eyes averted, panicking for a good thirty seconds he promptly took of his sweat shirt leaving only his once white blouse that was now yellowed with age. He panicked again when he thought about how he was going to get the hoodie on the girl. He paced back a forth quickly one hand clutching the hoodie the other running fingers through his hair nervously. Because Jack was obviously not looking at the girl he didn't notice her slowly coming too.
The mystery girl launched herself at Jack. he yelped once more startled by the sudden contact. She wrapped her arms around his neck, his hands danced in the air around her feeling too embarrassed to return the gesture, blushing furiously at her lack of clothing. "Jack," she whispered barely loud enough for him to hear.
"What?" he asked bewildered, the dark haired girl just stared at him smiling. Jack suddenly regained his senses jumped back shutting his eyes and thrust the hoodie in her direction. The girl just stared at it oh, right; humans wear cloth to cover themselves. Though she was not sure why he, or anybody for that matter, thought it was necessary she attempted to wear the strange contraption, she struggled, the fabric getting tangled it losing her balance and falling on the snow covered ground.
Jack, hearing the commotion, cautiously snuck a peek at the odd girl on the ground, she had somehow managed to get the hoodie on somewhat, but the poor girl managed to get the sleeves tangled together. Jack almost laughed shocking himself. He was so close to tears earlier.
All the unpleasant thoughts and feelings from earlier came flooding back. Free from the momentary distraction Jack did something he hadn't done in a long time: cry. When the silent tears started rolling down his cheeks freezing on the way down he quickly turned not wanting his sudden company to see him.
Thinking of is strange new company, where had she come from? …And why was she naked?!
This is my first fan fiction! Please R&R! I need to know if it's any good! Also any plot ideas are very welcome! Ch. 2 coming soon! *frowns at over use of "!"*