Chapter 7
"Elliana what are you talking about?" asked North with a stern look.
I gave him a truly confused look, "Dont you guys know who Death is?"
Bunnymund then came into the conversation. "Death is not important right now, he was gone in the dark ages as well as Pitch..."
"Agreed, right now we need to make the children of the world believe again." stated Tooth as they tried to go back to the North Pole.
I stayed back because I rather not be in the same sleigh that might crash. I sighed and looked around the Park. I went to look for some eggs that could have made it through the surface; its better to think positive, right?
After twenty minutes no luck and i gave up. I layed down on the green grass and looked up in the Easter clear sky.
"You know for a non Guardian, I dont know why you would want to hangout with them." echoed a voice.
"You're not real, its all in my head." i whispered,
"If its in your head then why am i staring at you?" asked the voice.
"You're lying, you are not here." i said as I stood up.
"Can you just leave me alone?" i said and with that i didnt hear the voice for awhile. I sighed in relief.
I was about to leave the park until i heard another lugubrious voice. "Time, I haveto say you seem down."
My eyes turned cold and i retracted my clock staff. I started to attack with my clock rays
"What do you want Pitch." i huffed; he gave me chills on my back but i stood tall. He gave me a huge smirk and he engulf me in his dark sand. I struggle getting out and he laughed even more.
"Struggling will get you no where!" chuckled Pitch as i struggled even more.
I then looked at him and glared, "What do you want?"
"Hmm nothing, its just, I have a propsition for you" Pitch chuckled,
"Now why would i help you?" I growled, Pitch went up to me and held my chin up.
"I dont know, dont you want an answer of why you were not the next Guardian?"
I stared at him in shock, his smirk grew wider.
"Reason why you didnt want to say anything about Jack being a Guardian is because you wanted to be the Guardian, not him..."
"Shut up!" I screamed as Pitch continued.
"The only thing you are afraid of is not being accepted or not being good enough. Or worse, you dont want to kill them."
"You dont even know that!" I screamed, I finally got out of the black sand and I backed away from Pitch.
"I do know that, that's what I am, I'm fear itself, i know everyones fear, Elliana." whispered Pitch as he step closer, I then grabbed my clock staff and point it at him. Pitch smirk only grew wider seeing my reaction,
"Now, Elliana we shouldnt be too hasty, you wouldnt want anything bad happenning to Jack, now would we?"
I looked up at him, "What did you do to him?"
He smirked at me and i looked at him in horror.
"Let's just say he is going to be colder than he is now."I looked down and sighed, "Now why would I still help you?"
"What a bad tone Elliana, you do know the consequences."
I looked back at him and glared, ""How can you kill Jack with the cold, it's not going to do anything!"
He only smirked and i looked at him in shock again.
"Where is he?"
"Where is the coldest place on Earth?"
My eyes grew wider and I flew out of the Park. Jack couldnt be powerless, he is Jack Frost for goodness sakes!
"The coldest place in the world is Antarctica. " I whisper as I flew toward Antarctica..
I finally got there and i started to look around the frosty place. The artic wind rushed toward me and i shivered. Antarctica was nothing like The North Pole, nothing was there, no Toy Factory, no elves, no reindeer, no Yeties, and of course no North. Only ice and snow.
"JACK!" I shouted, i kicked a rock and followed it where it went. The small ice rock stumbled upon an ice sculpture of Black sand and Ice.
"Black Sand and ice? I know I'm in the right place." i whispered as I rubbed my hands together.
"Jack?" I shouted, I then kicked the rock again and it went down a trench. I looked down the trench and there he was; Jack Frost. My eyes widen seeing he was not moving at all and it started to water.
"J-Jack!" I shouted as I jump down the trench.
I grabbed his shoulder and started to shake him. "Jack wake up!" i cried.
My eyes began to water some more and i cried into his chest.
"I shouldnt cry... I shouldnt cry..." I whisper as I laid my head on his chest.
I then notice his hand was holding his container. I touched it and I felt Jack heaved his chest up."Did you see that? I had a family, I had a sister!" Jack scream as I watch him look at Baby Tooth; when did she get there?
Jack looked up and started to whisper, "That's why you chose me."
""J-Jack...?" I whispered as he looked at me in shock.
"Elliana, what are you doing here?" he asked, again my eyes started to water and I started to hug him.
"Jack! I thought you were dead!" i shouted as my grip tighten.
"Dead? Why would I be dead, that's stupid Elliana." smiled Jack.
I then looked up at him, "But, Pitch said..."
He then cut me off and place his cold finger on my lips to shut me up. "Now why would you believe Pitch? He is the enemy..."
"I dont know, I was just afraid that you were dead." I whispered as I looked down on the ground.
"Come on Elliana, we should get going", Jack stood up and grabbed his staff. I looked at the condition of his staff and gave him a concern look.
Jack looked at me, "Pitch did it." I nodded in understandment and watch Jack trying to get his staff back.
He tried putting it together at first but failed, he did it again and he finally got his staff in one piece again.
We then flew out of the trench and flew into the forest.
"Jack where are we going!?" I shouted as we head into the forest. He then looked at me and gave me a smirk.
"Into Pitch's lair of course."
I looked at him wide eye, "You know where it is?"
He then gave me a sheepish grin, "Sadly yes... Come on!" he shouted as he grabbed my hand and led me to Pitch's lair.
We head into a hole with an abandon bed ontop of it. We were in a tunnel ofdarkness. After the tunnel we go into Pitch's lair. It consist of so many bird cages on the top and a huge black globe in the middle of the ground. This place was a real labyrith, with its pillars; both broken and standing, different doors leading no where, and many broken columns.
"It's so dark and gloomy here..." I whispered as I watch Jack go to the cages. He then grabbed the door and open it.
"Hey come on!" he shouted as he watch the Baby Tooths as they look at him. I set next to him and looked at them, "Cant they fly?" I asked as both Jack and I look at eachother. We looked down at the black globe and notice most of the lights were going out.
"Jack the lights..." I said as I jump down toward the globe. "They're, they're going out..." I whispered as Jack jump down too.
He looked all over the globe and saw one last light still up. It was in the top right corner indicating somewhere in Virginia. His eyes lit up and looked at me.
"Jamie!" he shouted as he grabbed my hand and head out of Pitch's lair.
"Whose Jamie!" I shouted as I felt the wind on my face.
Jack gave me a smile, "He is one of the kids I play in Burgess."
"That one kid that North woke up!?" I asked as he nodded his head.
We then went toward Burgess and we saw the boy Jamie looked like he was contemplating in believing in the Guardians.
We watched him and I prop open the window a little bit.
"Look, what we are dealing with is called a cross roads. And I want you to give me a sign." he then paused and continued, "I believed in you for such a long time, like my whole life even." he whispered toward the stuff bunny. He then lean foreward, "So you kind of owe me, just give me a sign that you're real. Just a little one." His eyes started to water and let the bunny fall, "I knew it."
Jack then open the window and started to formed ice in his window. He started to draw.
"J-Jack, what are you doing!" I whispered, he looked at me and smiled.
"I'm trying to make him still believe."I then smiled and I started to draw on the window too; I drew an egg while he drew a rabbit.
Jamie looked shocked and look at the bunny again,
"He is real..." he whispered as Jack continued to draw the rabbit.
Jack then grabbed a hold of the ice rabbit and it started to move around the room. I watch the rabbit hop around until it reached the top and turned into snow. Jamie looked around and saw the snow; he was shock. "Snow?" he asked as a snowflake landed on his nose. He looked around and he whispered, "Jack Frost?"
Both Jack and I looked at him in shock, "Did he just say..." Jack whispered,
"Jack Frost?" Jamie asked again, he then looked around,
"He said it again..." I whispered as Jamie turned around and saw Jack. His eyes turned into shock and his mouth widen.
"Wow, Jack Frost..." he whispered,
"There he goes again, he said my name, thats my name! Jack Frost!"" shouted Jack. We both looked at Jamie and something felt weird.
"Wait can you hear me?" Jack asked as Jamie nodded his head. Jack then was in shock again.
"Can, can you see me!?" he asked again, Jamie then nodded his head, Jack then started to jump up and down.
"He can see me!" Jack smiled, I then gave him a small smile.
"You made it snow!" Jamie smiled
"I know!" Jack grinned
"In my room!"
"I know!"
"You're Jack Frost!"
"I know! And remember the time you were on the sleigh!""Yes, that was you?!"
"That was me!"
"Cool! Does that mean the Easter Bunny is real!?"
"Yes, everyone of us real!"" Jack smiled as he grabbed the bunny and gave it to Jamie.
"Jamie, who are you talking too?" asked a motherly voice. Jack looked at Jamie and gave him a smirk.
"Jack Frost?" he answered, we then heard a short pause and then heard the voice again, "Okay hunny."
Jamie then grinned back at Jack. Jack then turn to me and smiled. I gave him a small smile and he grabbed a hold of my hand.
"Come on Elliana, I bet he can see you!" Jack grinned.
I gave him a shocked look and whispered, "J-Jack i highly doubt that!"
"No, I'm pretty sure he can..." and with that Jack pushed me infront of Jamie.
My eyes soften knowing Jamie cant see me. It was obvious, he was looking right through me and at Jack. I turned around with a meloncholy smile, Jack looked at me confused. "Elliana, whats the matter?" he asked. I looked at him and stared back at the ground.
"I told you so Jack, he cant see me... No one believes in me." I whispered as I went toward the window. Jack went toward me, he then grabbed a hold of my shoulder and looked at me.
"What is it Jack?" I asked, he then stared at me in my eyes and he leaned his head on my forehead. I felt his breath on my lips. My face started to turn red as I watch his actions.
"Jack?"
He looked at me with his electric blue eyes and I looked down.
"Elliana look at me."My eyes verted back toward Jack's and he sighed.
"I believe in you, like how you believe in me." he whispered as my face flushed at his compliment.
We then heard a crash outside Jamie's window and looked out;
It was North's sleigh, that contained Tooth and North, but where was Bunnymund?
