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Jack was in a room that he had never been before, but from the walls and roof he could tell he was in the workshop. Jack looked around. There was five beds in the infirmary all perfectly spaced away from each other. Between the spaces between the beds was a small side table. A large cupboard was on the other side with a large sign on it saying 'tools and medicine.'

The entrance was the only exit and it was a large double door. Sandy saw Jack's face and smirked. Tooth was already flying around ordering a yeti that was previously cleaning the room to place North on a bed next to Bunnymund.

She told the yeti to make sure to prepare the other yetis and elves just in case. Jack placed his staff against the wall.

"How can I help?" Jack asked as Tooth was mumbling to herself. She snapped out of it and replied,

"Jack can you clean up North while Sandy and I check Bunny?"

He nodded as Tooth pointed to a cloth in a water bowl on the side desk nearest to North's bed. Jack pulled up his sleeves and pulled out cloth giving it a quick wring before he began gently cleaning the blood from North's head.

Tooth and Sandy began examining Bunny, he had lots of bruises and some minor cuts, but he had a medium sized gash on the back of his right shoulder. Most likely due when he pushed Tooth out the way.

Once Jack cleaned the blood he noticed the gash wasn't too deep and it stopped bleeding. North's head wasn't too bad. Tooth finished cleaning Bunny's cuts and gash on the back of his shoulder. She bandaged up his shoulder with a bandage to stop the bleeding.

"How's North?" Tooth asked as she looked to Bunny to Jack.

"He might have a concussion, but we can't be sure until he wakes up." Jack replied.

"Okay Sandy can you?" He knew what she meant and left the room. Jack didn't ask what it was about, he knew he would find out.

Tooth stared at Bunny and sighed. Jack saw and shook his head at her,

"Tooth no. Don't go there. It wasn't your fault." Jack's voice had slight guilt that Tooth caught. She realized something at that moment,

"Jack what were you doing when we began to fight them? You weren't fighting."

He looked away slightly ashamed. "I froze." He replied after a while. He grabbed his staff as he said it.

Tooth asked, "Froze? What happened?"

Jack began to look frustrated, "Those originals I've seen them before and I can't remember where. When I saw their eyes I froze because I get filled with..."

He stopped. Tooth thought she knew what he meant, "Jack it's okay to be scared."

Jack shook his head, "It's not fear I felt. It felt like being extremely upset like being angry. I've never felt like that before, not even about Pitch. Somehow it made me freeze."

Tooth flew over to Jack and said, "You shouldn't beat yourself up about it Jack. Sometimes seeing something can be like a triggers for memories, even if it's just a feeling."

Jack took a step away from Tooth, "That just makes more curious." At that moment Sandy walked in with a large bottle. Jack saw the label,

"Vodka?" Jack asked.

Tooth somewhat smiled, "Yeah it's to test North if he has a concussion when he wakes. It's strange but every time he has a concussion he always wants vodka."

Sandy nodded at Jack confirming it. "Okay." Jack mumbled. That was a bit strange even for North.

Jack glanced at Bunny and North and said, "I'm going for a walk around the workshop."

He didn't like to be cooped up when he could walk around by himself.

"Don't be too long." Tooth called as Jack left. She decided not to tell anyone what she and Jack discussed. It was rare for Jack to tell anyone, anything if he was troubled or bothered by something.

As Jack left he couldn't help but wonder if he should of told her about the fearlings. But Jack assumed that it was normal since they had special abilities.

Jack managed to find his way to the North's workshop room from the infirmary. He couldn't believe that he never knew it was there before. The doors when he walked out looked like part of the wall. It was a smart idea.

Jack sat down on a chair and sighed. The fearlings spoke to him. What did that mean?

The window in the room blew open from the wind. Jack quickly shut the window. When he turned back around he saw a photo album on the ground. It was knocked down by the wind.

He picked it up and read the front aloud, "Good times."

Jack sat down with the photo album and began to flick through. There was pictures of the guardians together and happy. There was writing under one picture that he read aloud, "As long as the children believe, we'll be strong."

Suddenly his vision blurred. "Here we go." Jack muttered as his vision completely shifted.

"Come on Jack. We have to try tomorrow."

Jack laughed, "You know father Christmas won't come out if you're looking for him." It was the day before Christmas Eve.

She pouted, "Then how do we know he's there?"

"He's always there. Just like the tooth fairy, the Easter bunny and the sandman."

"Now get some sleep so the sandman can give you good dreams." He patted her on the head.

"Okay." His sister smiled as Jack pulled a blanket over her. Jack's mother was at the door way. Jack and his mother shut the bedroom door.

"Do you honestly still believe in them?" His mother made sure it was a whisper so they didn't wake her.

"Yes. Why?" Jack looked like he had this conversation with his mother before.

She sighed, "Jack you know you shouldn't believe in such childish things now. You're seventeen years old, an adult. Dear, I want you to be able to be young, but don't you think this is nonsense?"

"Mother you might not see things the way I do. I believe in them and that's my choice. I know I'm meant to be an adult now, but it doesn't mean I still can't believe."

"I'm just concerned. Most boys your age already have a wife."

"I vowed I'll always be there for her. I'm keeping that promise mother. Even if it means not ever marrying or having children. Father even said he's okay with that fact."

His mother gave in, he was stubborn just like his father.

Jack thought his mother was disappointed, "Does this make you think less of me?"

His mother looked him in the eyes, "Jackson Overland. I would never think less of you." She gave him a kiss on the cheek and said,

"You should get some rest." The way she said it was sweet and kind.

"Goodnight mother."

Jack snapped himself out of the memory and accidently dropped the album. He believed in the guardians even to that age?

He also wondered why this was a trigger. This time the memory wasn't mysterious or strange, it was actually pleasant. At least to Jack anyway. He also felt slight joy, his real original name was 'Jackson Overland.'

At least his first name didn't really change. For a minute he forgot what happened and about everything. When he remembered again there was no forgetting.

He essentially felt fine. Jack found his way back to the infirmary. Tooth was patting a cool cloth on Bunny's head as Sandy got fresh water.

"What happened?" Jack asked. He must have been out of it for a while.

"Bunny has a bit of a fever and it won't go down."

"Okay Tooth stand back." He placed his hand over Bunny's forehead. "If I stand here for a while it'll definitely go away."

Tooth nodded. That's when Jack had a good look at her. Tooth's feathers were sticking in different directions as if saying she was stressed.

Jack looked to Sandy and he said, "Tooth you should take a break for a while."

Sandy hit her with dreamsand knowing she would protest and continue to nurse the others. Sandy used his dreamsand to lift Tooth unto the empty bed beside Bunny's.

Jack took a look at the three guardians and said, "Well Sandy it looks like it's you and-" He was cut off when he saw Sandy asleep while standing.

"Well just me then." Jack finished. He stood in silence with his ice cold hand on Bunny's head. Leaving him alone in his thoughts.

No one even noticed that they were being watched and for once Jack didn't seem to have a sixth sense.

A lot of the original fearlings found their way to the ice cavern. Where he was.

They this time examined the ice carefully.

"This is powerful."

"And we don't want to warn the boy as we do it."

"We must store power."

"Yes the night is almost among us."

"Not long now. Not long."

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