Jack wanted to stay. To help Ashllyn. His best friend. It felt llike his very heart was being wrenched out at the thought of leaving her in this state. She was the first person who ever really belived he existed. She had saved his life in Antarctica. The least he could do was stay and try to help.
But he didn't. He felt powerless and weak. Ashllyn was being possesed by some crazy, revenge-seeking Mother Nature, and there was nothing he could do about it. With a final glance behind him, Jack followed Bunny down the tunnel.
After a moment of tumbling through the tunnel, they arrived back at the Pole's meeting room. Jaime was witing in the exact same spot as when they had left.
"What happened?" he demanded, leaping out of his chair.
North looked at a loss for words, wich was a first. Tooth looked like her puppy had just died, and Bunny looked crestfallen.
"What are we going to do?" Tooth asked. Jaime still looked confused. No one had an answer, not even Bunny, who always had a solution. But, as always, there was someone who had an answer. A hatch in the ceiling opened, and what should slide into view but the moon. The guardians all looked up eagerly, waiting for the Man in the Moon to give them a solution.
The moon's light pooled on the floor, creating a perfect circle of pale light on the floor. Words began to appear in the moonlight.
This has happened before. Terralia has possesed a mortal before. There is but one way to stop her-
"Well, what is it, then?" North demanded, looking up at the moon.
Patience, Nicholas. There is but one way to stop her. A young mortal must drive a dagger through her heart.
The guardians, plus Jaime, all looked horrofied at such an idea. North asked the question that was ringing through all their minds.
"Manny, what will happen to Ashllyn if we do this?"
Ah, there is a way to save her. If you stab her with the same dagger that killed her the first time, then you might be able to save Ashllyn. If not...
The moonlight faded. No one could even fathom seeing Ashllyn stabbed through the chest and not being able to do anything.
"So, someone has to..." Jaime asked. Bunny nodded.
"And we might not be able to..." Jack finished. North nodded. Jack took a deep breath and said, "Well, then there's only one thing we can do." The others looked bewildered.
"And what's that?" Bunny asked.
"We've got to figure out how to stab Ashllyn in the heart and not kill her."
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