Bunnymund held the knife high, ready to cut it into the boys back. But he hesitated for some reason, could he really do such a thing to that boy? He forced all the thoughts of guilt to go away, he could take care of those thoughts after his job was done. Now he needed to concentrate on his mission.

Jack turned around just in time to notice the knife that was heading towards him. He dodged the attack which was a surprise to Bunny, no one had never been able to dodge even one of his attacks before. That second of shock gave Jack just enough time to take his staff that were laying on the ground and he directed it towards Bunny.

"Who sent you? I can freeze you in a second so don't you dare move." Jack said as he backed a bit just to make sure there was enough space between them so that the pooka wouldn't be able to reach him before Jack could stop him. How could Pitch have been so careless when he picked out a bodyguard? It would have been better if he had taken a couple of the yetis with him.

Bunny thought for a moment, he was certain that if he attacked then he wouldn't be killed. That boy wasn't the type to kill anyone. It would give him an advantage since he attacked to kill while the boy only would try to hurt so that he then would be able to get away. The problem was that he wasn't certain if he could kill Jack. Not because Jack might be stronger than him, but because the boy was too innocent. Even though he hated human kind for what they did to his family, his friends and his species, he still couldn't blame this kid for it.

"The king" The pooka answered Jack.
"I meant, who told you to assassinate me?" Jack changed his question, even though he knew that the bunny knew exactly what he meant.
"I know." Bunny said without changing his answer. He looked a bit pained as Jacks expression became shocked for a moment and the staff sank a bit in his hands, but then he pulled himself together.
"You're lying, why would Pitch want to kill me? He's like a father to me." Jack argued.

"He said that you were standing in his way." Bunny explained, "if you return there then he will just find someone else to kill you. He may even do it himself."

Jack wasn't certain what he should believe, Pitch had been a bit distant ever since Toothiana died but why would he want to kill him? He had never done anything to stand in Pitch's way.

"How do I know you aren't lying?" Jack asked the pooka.

"You can't mate." Bunny said, there was no reason for the boy to believe the person that tried to murder him. "But its not like you are the first person to be killed because of him."

"What do you mean?" Jack asked confused by the last sentence.
"You really don't know do ya? When he took over the throne four years ago this kingdom fell into darkness. People are starving and for the first time in two hundred years slave trades has been legalized. He even went into war with the neighboring kingdom for no other reason than to kill."

Jack wasn't in a fighting position anymore, he had stumbled back and were leaning against a tree.

"If you don't believe me, then you just have to get to the closest city and see for yourself." Bunny told Jack. "If you think everything lookes normal then you just have to return to the castle and tell them about how I tried to assassinate you."

"And if what I see makes me convinced that you're right. What then?" Jack asked the pooka.
"If you don't want to die then I suggest you flee, run away and never come back. Make it impossible for him to find you so that he will think you're dead. I will go back to the castle and tell him I completed my mission. Then its up to you if you are coming back or not." Bunnymund told Jack.

Jack felt like just returning to the castle, he wanted to go to Pitch and make sure that everything were a lie. But what if it wasn't a lie? He knew that it hadn't been such lucky years for the kingdom the last years, but all he had been told were about an increase in robbery and murders. He hadn't heard of starving and slaves. Jack was afraid, what if he went into town and everything was true? What was he supposed to do then?

Even though he just wanted to get back to the castle and pretend that nothing had happened he still knew that he needed to know the truth. So instead of flying towards the safety of the castle he took the way into town.


I think Bunny became a bit too much out of character in this chapter ^^' That might be because I don't know how to do or write in a Australian accent xD hahaha

I will probably not update again before Monday or Friday... ehehe... My 20th birthday is on Sunday and I will have friends over both Saturday and Sunday. I know that I will get the ten first true blood books in present from my parents so I will probably be reading them like a maniac for ten days xD So we'll see how good I'll be on updating. I'll try to write one on Monday.

Btw, this was a very hard chapter for me to write. I didn't know at all how I were going to pull off this scene ^^' I hope its not too bad. He will get to the children in the next chapter, I promise xD