He was almost asleep when Tooth screamed.

North jumped up in surprise "Tooth? Are you alright?" he called. He and the Pooka exchanged nervous glances.

"It's Jack! There's something wrong with him!" shouted Tooth. North and Bunnymund bolted up the stairs as fast as their legs could carry them.

In a flash the Russian warrior and the Pooka were at Tooth's side. She was kneeling in front of Jack waving her hands furiously in his line of vision but the winter spirit didn't blink once. He just stared into empty space with his memory box in his hands.

"Tooth aren't you supposed to become zombie like when you watch your memories, I mean I'm no expert like you lass, but I've seen people with their boxes and they seem to always just sit there and stare.." said Bunnymund, a bit confused at Tooth's antics.

"Of course Bunny! I'm just worried, Jack should have snapped out of it an hour ago if he started when I gave the box to him. Usually I can get anyone back from memory surfing, but he's stuck, literally, in his past. But also look closely at his face." whispered Toothiana sadly.

And that's when it hit North. The Guardian of fun didn't look like he was having fun at all; in fact he looked down right miserable. His mouth which always carried smiles and laughter was set in a stubborn frown, his eye rows were knitted together, and maybe the most disturbing was the perfect round drop of water on his cheek, a frozen tear from his glazed over eyes.

"He's crying, Jack is crying! North, Bunny! Go get Sandy, we're going in after him." Said Tooth determinedly, looking like she was about to burst out in sobs any minute herself.

"Whoa, whoa, there Sheila, isn't that an invasion of his privacy? You can't just barge into someone's memories and expect them to be alright with it." Said Bunny nervously

"Bunny, he doesn't even look like Jack with that miserable face. He has been alone for 300 years, and he's just a kid! It's our job to make sure kids are always happy, does this look like a happy kid to you? Don't you want to help him?" said Tooth pleadingly

"She's right you know Bunny. Well I'm going to get Sandy, let's see what we can do." said North as he left the room.

"Can you even get into someone else's memories while they are in it?" questioned the Pooka

"Usually…. No, but hey I'm not the Tooth Fairy for nothing. I'm pretty sure I can get into Jack's memories without him noticing us." Answered Toothiana

"Oh…. Great….."

By then North had returned with a half asleep sandman being towed behind him. The four guardians circled around Jack and the memory box. Tooth placed her hand over the box, and the other followed her example. Soon the room around them began to disappear.

The Four Guardians found themselves in a large snow bank in the middle of the woods. It was just about dusk and snow fell softly around them.

"Well lass, where are we? …..goodness it's cold our here, you'd think we were near Santoff Claussen…." Shivered Bunnymund

"Well obviously we are somewhere in Jack's past… now we just have to figure out where his memories start…hmmmm which way Sandy?" asked Tooth

The Guardian of Dreams formed and arrow of sand pointing to just above the snow bank. Together the four trudged up the hill. Down some ways on the slope stood a neat little cabin with a warm light emitting from the inside. You could even see smoke coming from the chimney. "This must be where Jack lived, well used to live…" said Tooth leading the way to the house. The scene around them changed and they were inside the cabin.

The inside seemed just as inviting as the outside. The cabin was small, but it was plenty cozy. A large fire heated the whole house in a large fire place. There was a ladder leading to a loft where a couple of beds were made. Of the ground floor there was a simple table with three chairs. Near the fire was a small boy, about the age of three playing with a toy cart with a mini horse.

"Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww ww! Look at baby Jack! Isn't he just precious?" squealed Tooth in delight

"Wait… Are you saying that Jack was that little squirt over there? He looks nothing like Jack! Where's the annoying smirk, or his staff? That kid doesn't even have a staff, how could he be Jack, he looks like a human for Christ's sake!" said Bunnymund

"But Bunny, Jack was a human. MiM made him the spirit of winter after he died." North whispered sadly

Bunnymund gaped "but he's so young! The Jack I know can't be older then sixteen! How could he have died so soon?"

"That's why we're here bunny, to find out about the mysteriously short life of Jack Frost." said Toothiana determinedly.

"Jack! Jack sweetie, what are you doing so close to the fire? Be careful not to get burned okay?" said a kind faced woman who had just entered the room. She had dark brown hair and brown eyes that reminded E. Aster of the finest chocolate.

"Mommy look!" said baby Jack triumphantly "I made the horse go neigh!" he pushed the cart over the floor shouting NEIGH! Clomp clomp clomp Niegh, giggling to himself. Laughing, his mother sat down next to him and played with her son. It was a cheering sight for the four guardians, unseen by the mother and child.

Suddenly a cold gust of wind entered the room and the pair looked up to see a man enter the room. He was tall and handsome while a mischievous smile, in fact he looked just like a grown up Jack. Baby Jack got up, forgetting his toy and ran to his father. "Daddy! You back!" said Jack grinning. Chuckling his father picked him up and put him on his shoulders.

"So son, how was your day with your mother?" said the main smiling at his wife

"Oh he had fun, he made his horse go neigh!" said his wife laughing

From atop his father's shoulders Jack laughed and clapped his hands "yeah! NEIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGH!"

"Well Jack, maybe when you get a bit older I'll take you to help me with our horses, you can help me with my work!" said Jack's Father, setting his son on the ground.

"Yeah!" Jack shouted jumping up and down "Daddy, when I grow up, I wanna be like you!" his parents laughed

The scene began to change.

Bunnymund smiled before he could help himself. So Frostbite was a nice kid at one point I suppose he thought. Turning to share this with the others he noticed Tooth's reaction.

"Tooth, why are you crying, that was a happy memory!" said North worriedly

"I know, I know, it's just that Jack never did grow up. He died before he could…." sobbed Tooth.

A cold feeling of dread settled in Bunnymund's stomach.