It had been maybe an hour since the power went out and everyone was getting quite bored. "Anyone have any stories?" Jack suggested. Seeing as he couldn't amuse himself with simply making snowflakes, he was improvising his entertainment.

Jack didn't notice but Sandy raised his hand enthusiastically and he tried to start a story but frowned. Tooth realized it first, "We can't use our magic so you can't use your sand." She said sorrowfully. Sandy nodded then smiled and waved it off, it can be a story for a different time. He gestured to everyone else as to ask if anyone else had a story. When no one responded, he pointed at Jack. Jack never talked much about the time he was alone and he figured that Jack had some good stories. Though Jack was looking directly at Sandy, he didn't seem to realize it nor notice Sandy pointing at him. His eyes seemed unfocused and glazed over though the rest of Jack's face showed that he was listening to everything.

"Jack?" North said.

Jack turned his head to face North. "Yeah?"

"Do you have story?" North asked.

Jack thought for a moment before chuckling. "Have I told you about the time that Wind had a tantrum?"

"What do you mean, how could the wind have a tantrum?" Bunny asked.

Jack smiled. "You didn't know?"

"Know what?" Tooth asked.

"The Wind isn't just a thing, she's a living being as well." Jack said.

"She?" Bunny asked.

Jack nodded, "Always been by my side." He frowned. "Except now with our magic gone. I know she's still here, I just can't feel her." He smiled once more. "You want to hear the story?"

They were awestruck for a moment at the revelation that the wind was sentient. But they snapped back quite quickly. "Sure." North smiled.


By the time Jack had finished his story fifteen minutes later, everyone was laughing so hard tears were streaming down their faces. Jack was laughing too. "Took me a day and a half to clean up all those leaves."

Once their laughing died down Tooth spoke. "She sounds like a good companion."

Jack smiled, "She is, always helps me when I'm lost." His smile faded, did he say too much?

"How would you get lost?" Bunny asked, doubting that someone like Jack could get lost.

Jack made up a quick excuse. "Only when I find new places." He knew it was weak but it was the best he could think of at the moment.

Bunny was about to respond when he noticed Jack's breathing hitched then he wiped his forehead. "You okay, Frostbite?" He asked.

Jack nodded weakly, "I'm fine."

"You don't look fine." Bunny said. The other guardians studied Jack.

"Is it too hot in here for you?" North asked, even he noticed the rise in temperature.

"I mean just a little bit but," He stopped talking, it was more than just a little bit. He felt like he was going to melt. Tooth got up from her seat and blew out all but three candles that were the farthest away from Jack. Jack heard what was happening, though he didn't know who was doing it. "Thanks." He sighed with lack of breath.

"You're welcome, Sweet Tooth." She replied. Though it was much darker in the room, no one really minded. It wasn't like there was anything they absolutely needed to see.

Jack felt tired from his fatigue so he decided to lie down on the couch he was on, he was slightly delirious as well and he laughed. "What is so funny?" North asked.

Jack had a smile on his face. "Remember the time you let me fly your sleigh at the Tooth Palace?"

"Yeah, I saw the light flash before my eyes." Bunny said who was sitting next to him.

Jack chuckled once more. "Sorry I almost crashed it, it's not like I could see where I was going anyway."

That statement confused everyone but before they could ask what he meant, Jack's eyes had fallen shut and his breathing evened out, he had fallen asleep.
North got up and grabbed a thin blanket from a shelf in the hall and placed it over Jack, letting him sleep. They all stared at him for a while as there was nothing else to do. His hair hung over his eyes and his mouth was opened slightly. He looked quite peaceful and as that thought occurred in everyone's minds, they all realized that Jack never took a break. Even when he was simply sitting there, his shoulders were never relaxed as he seemed to listen to absolutely everything around him. As if analyzing.

"Does anyone else notice that unfocused look that he always has in his eyes?" Bunny asked.

"Like he's looking at you, but not?" Tooth asked.

"That's the one." Bunny said. "What do you think that is?"

"I've noticed it too." North said. "I've always wondered what it is also." Sandy nodded in agreement.

They all looked at Jack again in wonder. They realized that they really knew nothing about him. Who he was in his past life, what he liked to do when he's not working, not even so much as what his favorite color was. He was a complete mystery wrapped in a blue hoodie.


They didn't know how much time had passed when Jack finally started to stir but North had to guess it had been a good few hours.

Jack's eyes opened and he rubbed them, when he was conscious enough to gather his surroundings, he felt something covering him. He grabbed it only to realize that it was a blanket, he was still at the Pole. He sat up.

"Did you have nice rest?" North asked, smiling at the obviously still tired Jack.

Jack nodded, moving his hair out of his face. "How long was I out?" He asked.

"A few hours but nothing really happened though." Tooth informed.

"Oh." Jack said. Tooth noticed how the ever analyzing posture had returned and suddenly wished to see him relaxed again.

There was silence again 'till Bunny finally asked the question that was burning everyone's minds. "Before you fell asleep, what did you mean when you said you almost crashed North's sleigh because it wasn't like you could see where you were going?"

Jack stiffened, when did he say that? "What are you talking about?" His head cocked to the side as he tried to think.

"Do you not remember?" North asked. Jack shook his head. "Well you were pretty out of it when you said it." North said. The subject was dropped after that.