Jack Frost

Chapter 9: The Turn of Jack Frost

Bunnymund thought it was too easy. Jack had been under Pitch's influence for over fifty years. But he had joined without a fight? Nuh-uh. Way too easy. And Bunny was right. Pitch had been in control the entire time. He had heard every single one of Jack's thoughts and had almost had him attack the Guardians then and there. But then it had occurred to him; this was the perfect opportunity to destroy them. His revenge would be so much more complete if they trusted Jack only to be betrayed by him! And once Jack had regained control of his body then he would be considered an outcast by the Guardians; never to again be trusted or loved or even welcomed. Even that silly little Tooth Fairy would reject him!

The Guardians walked back to Jamie's house, with the exception of Jack who was flying above them, Jamie holding on to him tightly. "This is fun!" the little boy whooped as they brushed the top of a chimney.

"Yes it is," Jack agreed as he pulled up just in time to avoid hitting a low hanging tree branch. "But not everyone thinks so," he added with a conspiratorial glance at Bunny.

"What?" Jamie was outraged. "How could anybody not like flying?"

"If man was meant to fly we would have been born with wings," Bunny called.

"Or blessed with magic staff," North added. "Or magic sleigh."

"I have wings," Tooth informed them. "But I currently can't fly," she said mournfully, her shoulders slumping.

Jamie was just about to ask why when suddenly Jack dropped him. The boy shrieked in surprise and, fortunately for him, was caught by Bunny. "Watch it, mate!" the giant rabbit called. "You're losing passengers."

Jack didn't answer but instead shot a bolt of ice at them.

"Why are his eyes turning yellow?" Jamie asked Bunny who looked up and scowled.

"Pitch," he growled as he carefully sat the boy down.

"Bunny, remember he has no control over his actions," North warned.

"I don't care," and with that Bunny leapt into the air, his boomerangs and egg bombs taking care of some of the snow and ice. And he himself landed right on Jack Frost.

The winter spirit yelped in surprise then quickly recovered and shoved Bunny off of him. Wind carried the Easter Bunny a short distance and deposited him on one of the reindeer who quickly made its displeasure of having a passenger known. "I'm gonna kill him!" the rabbit howled just as he managed to hop his way back to the actual sleigh.

"But this is fun!" Jamie protested.

"Kids," North mumbled. "They have such funny ideas of fun."

Now, as they watched, Jack began to use even more power than they had thought him capable of. So much ice and snow flew at them Tooth was surprised they hadn't been turned into snowmen! Apparently Bunny was wondering the same thing because he asked, "Why hasn't he gotten it over with yet?"

"Look at his eyes," North pointed then was forced to grab hold of the reins again.

The other two Guardians frowned in confusion as they looked then their eyes widened. Jack's eyes were alternating between yellow and blue, indicating that a struggle was going on somewhere inside him.

"You must fight, Jack!" North called out to the young Immortal. "You must fight Pitch's control."

Jack didn't respond but the weather continued to grow more and more violent. It wasn't long before he disappeared from view completely, the snow swirling around him acting as an effective shield. Suddenly, Jack flew from the snow and towards the sleigh, his eyes now bright yellow.

"Guess we know who won," Bunny muttered as they braced for impact.

To their immense surprise Jack didn't hit the sleigh but instead flew headfirst into a tree. They all winced as he fell to the ground, his eyes closed and his body completely still. But then the wind caught him and placed him gently on the snow covered earth.

North landed the sleigh and they got out, hesitantly walking towards him. "Is he dead?" Jamie asked in a whisper.

"He's Immortal," Bunny said. "The word is self-explanatory."

"Well we're Immortal too," Tooth pointed out, earning herself a dirty look from Bunny.

They had almost reached Jack when he suddenly sat up, black sand falling out of his hair as he blinked big blue eyes at them. "Hi," he said brightly. "What's up?"

A/N: Yes, I know. Very short. Sorry that the last chapter was a little…abrupt. I keep forgetting that you guys don't share my head and therefore my thought processes. I'll try to better; I promise.

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