A/N: I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while. Here's the next chapter.
The North Pole- Later that morning
Jack sat on the windowsill of his room, looking out over the icy tundra, looking for a sign of D.E.. North came in, put his hand on Jack's shoulder and said ," Are you alright ,Jack."
Jack mumbled ," I'm worried. I always worry about her, when I'm not there with her. Even when I was with you guys this past year, I worried about her. Now I'm worried about her even more, since she joined our fight with Pitch. There is no telling what Pitch will do. He's already attacked her once, who's to say he won't do it again!"
North tightened his grip on Jack's shoulder before he relaxed again. " Don't worry ,Jack. D.E. vill be fine. When she returns we return our attention to Pitch and Reaper."
Jack nodded.
Kilowani suddenly burst into the room shouting ," YO ,FROSTBUTT! Where's D.E.?"
Bunny, Tooth, Sandy, Mrs Claus and Jackie were on Kilowani's heels. Jackie was yelling at Kilowani ," D.E. isn't here! She hasn't been here all morning!"
Jack got up and got in Kilowani's face. " Jackie's right, D.E. isn't here. Why do you want to know?"
Kilowani shrugged. " It's just, well, after D.E. and I have a fight, we go off and fume. Then we meet back up again and try to beat the snot out of each other to blow off steam. I just thought she'd be back by now. I need to blow off some steam."
Bunny raise a questioning brow. " It's not you who just decided this right ,sheila. D.E. knows this 'appens"
Kilowani looked at him. " Technically, it was her idea."
Jack pinched the bridge of his nose. " Well, it doesn't matter since she isn't ..." Jack stopped. A sudden feeling of dread washed over him. He pushed past Kilowani and the others.
Tooth looked at him confused. " Jack, where are you going?"
Jack turned to her and shouted ," Something is wrong. Very wrong. I'm going to check on D.E.."
Kilowani smirked and followed him. " Hey, Jack. Lets go on your snow-white steed to rescue your damsel in distress!"
Jack glared at her. " I just have a feeling."
North chuckled ," In your belly?"
Jack nodded, his face still grim. " Yeah, but I hope its wrong."
Burgess
Jack landed on his lake, North's sleigh and Tooth not far behind. Jack ran over to D.E.'s tree and he was surprised to see the kids, plus Zack, Tifa, Arieth and Cloud standing at said tree's base. Jack walked up to them and said ," Hey, what brings you guys here?"
Zack turned to see the Guardians and said ," To be honest, I don't know. Marlene came here after she said she had a bad feeling about D.E.. We just kinda followed Marlene."
Jack gave Marlene a surprised look and asked ," A bad feeling. What do you mean by ' a bad feeling'?"
Marlene shrugged. " I was just playing and then I got this bad feeling that D.E. was in trouble."
Bunny piped up ," It's the Pookan mind meld."
Jamie looked at Bunny. " The Pookan whaty-what?"
Bunny shook his head. " The Pookan mind meld. When ya' create a friendship with someone, you create a bond. That bond, if strong enough, allows you to read the other persons thoughts and feelings. Marlene, you and Jack must be two of D.E.'s strongest friends. That ' bad feeling' ya' had must mean that D.E.'s in danger."
At the word 'danger' Jack jumped to the nearest tree limb. Sandy created dreamsand stairs for the kids, teens, and anyone else who couldn't fly. Jack scurried to the base of the tree and threw open he secret hatch. He ran into the room, only to discover it was empty. Marlene stood beside Jack and looked around the empty room. She whispered ," So this is where D.E. lives."
Jack nodded and walked over to the wardrobe and opened it, hoping that D.E. was hiding in there trying to scare him. It, too, was empty. Marlene looked over at the hammock on the opposite wall from the wardrobe. She gasped when she saw a stick poking out from behind it. Marlene walked up and pulled the stick out. She gasped ," Jack, it's D.E.'s staff!"
Jack glanced at the staff and his worry increased ten-fold. Nether he nor D.E. went anywhere without their staffs.
Tooth flew up to the hammock and reached in. What she pulled out made Jack's blood run cold. ( He he he, see what I did there ,Jack Frost , cold. As if his blood could get any colder.) Tooth pulled out a handful of nightmare sand.
Jack gritted his teeth. He shouted " PITCH!" He flew out the hole in the wall.
Jack landed on the balcony of D.E.'s room at her old house. He ran to the closet and saw that D.E. left he key in the lock. He quickly unlocked it and ran for the mirror inside. Jack pulled on the mirror with all his might, but it wouldn't budge. He backed away from the mirror and looked at it. In the reflection, Jack could see Sandy floating right next to him. He jumped and turned to face Sandy.
" Yikes, Sandy. Don't sneak up on me like that!" He gasped. Sandy shrugged and made an image above his head. There was the mirror, D.E. was standing in front of it. When she pulled on the mirror, it opened. Then the image of D.E. changed into an image of Jack. When Jack pulled on the mirror it stayed shut.
Jack sighed. " Your saying that you think that D.E. can only open the mirror." Sandy nodded sadly.
Jack's face gave of a look of determination. " Then we'll just have to find another entrance. Unfortunately we can't use the one I found last year, because it's still sealed up, but there has to be another one somewhere."
Sandy nodded excitedly. Jack jumped out the nearest window. " Well, come on, let's go tell the others!"
Sandy smiled and followed Jack.
In Pitch's lair
It was a very quiet breakfast. D.E. sat at one end, eating some fruit paste she made, instead of the food Pitch provided. D.E. just didn't trust the fearlings cooking.
Pitch on the other hand was content with the fearlings cooking. He raised his eyebrows when he saw D.E. eating fruit paste. " There isn't anything wrong with the food."
D.E. looked at him. " I like this paste just fine, thank you."
Pitch chuckled ," Is that what you have eaten for the past 301 years. No wonder you and Jack are so skinny."
D.E. returned her attention to her paste. " Okay, One: I like my slim figure. Two: I'm the one who grew the fruit, mashed the fruit, and made this paste. And Three: This paste is what kept Jack and I heathy for 300 years."
Pitch laughed ," Oh, so it's your fault that you and Jack are so skinny."
D.E. glared at Pitch. " So your insulting my cooking now!"
" That isn't cooking, there isn't any heat coming off it. That there, is a mixture, you did not cook that!" Pitch said pointedly.
" Well, would you like hot, moldy, mashed fruit!"
" Well why don't you try something else!"
" I don't want anything else!"
" You are so stubborn!"
" Why are you so surprised? I was stubborn when I was human too!"
" I thought you would have changed after 300 years!"
" Well you thought wrong!"
D.E. and Pitch stopped shouting at each other and started glaring at each other from opposite sides of the table.
Pitch grumbled ," You always have to have the last word, don't you?"
D.E. smirked. " Of course I do!"
Pitch leaded back in his chair and looked at the ceiling. " I hate Frost. I honestly do, but I now slightly feel bad for him. In an argument, I don't see how he could win against you."
D.E. chuckled ," No one ever wins an argument when I'm involved."
Pitch shook his head. " So, do you just want to argue all day, or is there something else you want to do?"
D.E. shrugged. " I haven't seen this place in a long time, so a tour sounds nice."
Pitch nodded, got up, and said ," Well, then. Follow me."
D.E. got up and followed Pitch down one of the many dark halls.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter guys. I'm sorry ,again ,for not updating in a while. As a reminder, if there is something you want D.E. and Pitch to do in the five days they have, or something you want the Guardians to do while they're looking for D.E. ,just drop me a review and I'll see what I can do. Love to hear from you guys. C U Later. :)
