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It was another two days before Jack finally got a chance to go home. He simply walked into Jamie's' house, past his parents, and up the stairs. It wasn't like they could see him anyway. Most adults couldn't. They just didn't believe in "fairytales" anymore.

"Makes things easier for me." he thought with a wry grin as he opened the door to Jamie's room. He'd always gone through the house instead of through the window just to remind himself that some people still couldn't see him. It was actually a bit refreshing to know since he was being noticed a lot more often these days.

"Hey Jamie you wanna go-oh he's not here..." Jack looked around Jamie's room. It seemed to be in perfect order. As if the teen hadn't been there for a while. "That's weird." the winter spirit concluded but shrugged it off. He was probably over at a friends house.

Jack grabbed one of the many books off of the boy's bookshelf and started flipping through it not at all surprised to see many pictures of mythological creatures and a lot of folklore.

He sighed and shook his head. "Jeez, this kid'll be married and still be able to see us." he muttered to himself with a smile.

His smile turned to a frown. The thought of Jamie one day getting married didn't sit too well with him.

He didn't want Jamie to get married. He didn't want him to grow up and forget about him. Jack wanted to keep him with him forever. Like a beautiful snowflake that never melts.

But, Jamie had to grow up. He'd have to forget them and move on. But that hurt Jack. Down to his frozen heart it hurt so bad to think about.

So instead of thinking he sat down on Jamie's bed and read through the book a little more to keep his mind occupied while he waited for him to return.


Jack waited around Jamie's house for four more days.

Worry coursed through him. He couldn't think about anything else. What if something had happened? What if Jamie was hurt and it was all his fault? Or worse...

Jack grabbed his staff and took off to find the only people he knew could help.


"What do you mean Jamie is missing?" the large bearded man asked in his thick Russian accent.

"I mean, he's missing! He's gone!" Jack explained yet again.

He'd gotten North to round up the other guardians so that he could tell them all what was going on. If they couldn't help him find Jamie he didn't think anyone could.

"Well, maybe he's just busy." Tooth offered trying to calm the winter spirit. He was pacing at the moment, practically frantic with worry.

"No he's not 'just busy'. He'd have left me a note or something. I know it he's just...he's gone! Please you have to help me find him!"

All four of the guardians had uncertain looks on their faces. They'd never heard Jack actually plead like he was doing now.

"You must be awfully desperate mate." The Easter Bunny observed from his spot against the globe. He raised an eyebrow in questioning. "What's got you so worked up about this anyway?"

Jack had never wanted to freeze the rabbit so much before. He wanted to encase the furry guardian in a block of ice and kick him out the door.

"What's got me so worked up? Jamie is missing! He could be in danger and all you guys wanna do is sit around and talk about it!" he paused to glare at each of them. Sandy seemed to shrink even lower at his fierce piercing blue eyed gaze.

"A child needs you right now and you won't do anything about it. You're all guardians for Christ sake! We all are! Doesn't that mean anything?" his face held an expression of pain.

North took a step closer to the flustered young spirit of winter and rested his meaty hand on his shoulder in a comforting gesture. "Perhaps Jamie is growing up. Maybe he no longer needs us. Maybe this is his way of letting you go."

Jack was hurt by them that they could even consider the fact that Jamie didn't need them anymore. He would always need them.

"No, no Jamie wouldn't do that. Not to us. Not to me. He's too loyal." He looked up at all of them with a defiant expression. "Jamie is in trouble. He needs me now and I'm going to find him. With or without any of you."

And without waiting for an answer he took off into the air as easily as taking one step forward.


Jack searched high and low for the boy. It was about as easy as finding a needle in a haystack. Or in this case, finding a sixteen year old boy in the middle of a snowstorm.

Even though Jack could control the weather he couldn't control all of it and certainly not everywhere. If he could he wouldn't have to travel so much and they wouldn't even be in this mess.

He'd given up on calling Jamie's name out into the wind. No one would be able to hear him in this storm anyway.

Jack turned abruptly and nose dived down to the earth pulling up at the last minute and landed as gracefully as possible on his bare feet.

He sighed heavily and continued on foot. If Jamie was around here he would be easier to find on the ground anyway.

After nearly twelve hours of searching the area around Jamie's house Jack was ready to simply give up and accept that his friend was gone forever.

That is until he saw a dark looking hole in the ground that stood out from so much of the white.

He ran towards it, ignoring the sharp pain that the ice shards caused to his feet. After more than three hundred years of not wearing shoes he was pretty much used to it anyway.

When he finally reached the hole he leaned over to get a better look. "Jamie!" he called down into the blackness. Sadly no answer was received. "It wouldn't hurt to look..." he thought to himself.

Jack jumped into the dark abyss and landed in what he could now tell was an old abandoned well.

He walked around the rather spacious area for a bit. Suddenly his foot touched something.

"Oh god..."

He reached out and touched the familiar fabric of Jamie's shirt. It was freezing.

Jack felt tears gather in his eyes but he wiped them away. He pulled Jamie's warm body close but refused to actually cry.

Wait! Warm? If Jamie was dead his body should have been as cold as ice...but it wasn't.

Jack pulled the boy into his arms and shifted him so that he could still keep a strong hold of his staff at the same time. With that he burst out of the well and took off through the skies.

If he was to save Jamie he had to hurry.

A/N: Here is chapter 2 for you guys. It took me a while to write but it was a lot easier than the first one so I think I'm getting better at writing this one. It's really fun too. ^-^ I love Jack. *sigh* it's an unhealthily obsession I know.

And sorry for being so harsh on the other guardians there but if you actually think about it Jack would be the one closest to Jamie. Sure the other guardians know who he is but he's special to Jack because he was the first one to see him in oh I dunno 300 years? Yeah if I were him that kid would be on a pedestal to me. -_-

So yeah I hope you like it I tried to make it longer this time.

Review and tell me what you think please! :)