" Seriously?" The Easter Bunny stood over the brooding Jack, looking rather intimidating with his boomerangs in paw.

"You're just gonna walk up to a potential killer and expect to find all the answers?" Resting on his haunches, Bunny gave Jack a searching look.

"Think it through mate. It's not worth it." Silence. It was a few moments before he conceded that Jack would continue with his plans nevertheless. Bunny rose, turned his back on Jack and motioned the other Guardians into a huddle. Meanwhile, cogs whirred quietly in Jack's mind as he puzzled over how to actually find Elsa.

Could the dream cliff be somewhere in reality? Where? Exactly how should he approach Elsa; with deliberation or with caution?

Leaping noiselessly to his feet, Jack sauntered over to the window. He needed to clear his head. The surrounding icy landscape filled him with confidence. Here, at the heart of the North Pole, ice was established and never fully melted in summer. His staff pulsed gently like a second heartbeat as Jack jumped from the window pane. Hovering in the air, kept aloft by the Wind, Jack breathed in the crisp air. Perhaps Elsa also yearned for a place to call home. A place of resbite and peace...

" You see Bunny! I told you if we turned our backs that Jack would go without us." Jack inclined his head towards North's voice; it was barely audible over the roaring wind.

" Hey, hey, hey. Calm down he can't have gone too far." Replied Bunny, " Look, if he has gone already we'll be able to find him." Although Bunny's reassurance seemed to satisfy North's worries, it only intensified Tooth's.

" Jack! Where are you? Oh, he couldn't have gone without us, could he? We work together!" Only the anxiety in Tooth's voice was enough to stir Jack from his stupor. Like a fish caught fast on a hook he was dragged back inside. Jack inhaled deeply and spoke,

" I'm still here."

The Guardians converged on Jack, relief on all their faces. " Alright guys, back up! Give me some space please. I need to talk to you. All of you. Now." Disentangling himself from their clutches, Jack brushed himself down and looked about him. North, Bunny and Tooth readily returned his gaze.

" I think you already know what I'm going to tell you. I've got to find Elsa on my own." Tooth muffled her sobs with her dainty hands and North wrapped an arm around her shoulders. " I don't know where she is. I don't know how to stop her. But I know that I can do it! All I want from you guys is your trust and faith, please. I need to do it alone." With her chest heaving, Tooth smiled tearily at Jack. Flinging her arms around him, she buried her feathery face against his hoodie. Unnoticed by Jack, Tooth slipped her clenched hand into his pocket. North and Bunny exchanged a glance as she withdrew.

" I'll be fine. Honestly. I've survived Pitch so I can survive whatever this Elsa can throw at me. See you soon."

Giving one last reassuring smile to his friends Jack cartwheeled out the window.