Mysterie followed Bunny, hoping that the Pooka knew where he was going as she didn't even have an idea as to where to start looking for the fabled fountain that would have the water they sought. It wasn't so much a fountain as a marble thing that most people tended to think, but a pool of water that was crystal clear, hidden in a forest. Bunny sniffed the air as they approached it.

"Wait, mate. Don't move, something's not right here." The Pooka halted where he was as did Mysterie. Before either could react, a water golem rose from the pond and smacked Bunny to one side, it was made of the holy water they sought and it snarled at her. A whispery voice came from the creature before her.

"You are not worthy of the sssacred holy water. We can sssssenssse your impurity. It issss our water that you ssseek. Come back when you're pure again." Mysterie quivered where she stood, but it wasn't from fear as much as trying to hold herself together so she didn't break into sobs from the golem's words.

"It's not for me... It's for the one who is pure..." She choked a little on the words before going on.

"I will never be pure enough... never worthy... but he is.. He is worth it... if I have to spill blood to do so then so be it..." The creature studied her a moment.

"You speak of truth. Where is the pure hearted child you speak of? I will only allow one bottle for the one who is pure and deserves it." The creature extracted a bubble of water from nearby and turned to Bunny who was recovering from the unexpected blow.

"Bunny, you are purest. You hold the water. It cannot be tainted by darkness." Bunny nodded and took the water orb, smiling a little as he put it in one of the pouches on his bandolier.

"Let's go help the others mate." Mysterie gave a ghost of a smile to the Pooka before turning from the area with a sigh; knowing too well she will never be free of the demons within her, but she had resigned herself to her fate long before she had even met Jack. She followed the Pooka away from the water and its golem guardian with a heavy heart.

"Lady Athena, only wish to have piece of hair to cleanse friend." North said, kneeling before the goddess to try and negotiate with her to get at least a small lock for the spell. Tooth and Sandy had joined him after getting the feathers from the phoenix.

"Who be your friend Guardians?" The goddess asked, her voice as soft as silk, her beautiful hair was a chocolate brown that fell to the floor in a braid, her clothes were the white dress of ancient romans; silver owl earnings dangled at her ears, a plate of silver draped her neck, wrists and ankles. Her eyes were like the storm clouds during a rainy season.

"We wish to use your hair to heal Jackson Overland Frost." The goddess seemed to contemplate this a moment.

"Jackson... oh him. Of course, he helped me get a friend back. Anything for him, I owe him but he never took anything in return for helping me." She snapped her fingers and bird-like scissors appeared in her hand and she cut a long lock of her hair. Handing it over to them.

"Fare thee well Guardians and tell Jack I wish him well." They smiled and nodded as they left; regrouping back at the pole to see Bunny and Mysterie were there.

"Bunny, Mysterie. How was holy water hunt?" North asked.

"Successful enough to cure Jack." Mysterie replied before Bunny could. She turned towards the Pooka to give him a look that had him clamping his mouth shut before he could say anything. She didn't want him revealing that they didn't have enough to perform the spell more than once. There was only enough to cure Jack, as she'd mentioned and yet not in a way she thought that anyone but Bunny would realize what she had meant. North nodded, a grim look fleetingly passing over his features and made her wonder if he'd caught her meaning.

"Give me a moment and we'll have the last ingredient." She vanished into the air in a burst of sand; several minutes ticked by before she returned with a small vial with the last ingredient. Meanwhile, Jack had awoken from the grip of forced sleep from Mysterie's sand and his mind was being assaulted, he hiccuped, the room had become a frozen winter wonderland in a matter of minutes as he smashed some of the furniture in his anger before curling up into a ball to try and escape the darkness but it was no use.

"P-please s-stop." He whimpered.

"You're worthless, you can't even protect her or the children. You're a monster." The dark voice said.

"SHUT UP!" Jack cried harshly, the wind pounded against the windows as the blizzard outside the workshop reflected his emotions.

"Perfect! We have all. While Sandy is making potion we see how Jack is doing, no?" North said, but no sooner had he spoken the words then an explosion echoed through the area and shook the building.

"Quickly! Jack might have given in for moment!" The group rushed towards Jack's room.

"They'll never accept you. Stop resisting and let it take over. The more you fight it the more pain you'll get. I mean no one but Jamie believes in you... Well I think now he doesn't, not after you yelled and attacked him, raped him... So I think he's done with you, they all are." That was it and Jack snapped, an explosion of ice and cold shooting out from him.

"I SAID SHUT UP!" The winds whipped franticly and shook the shop, shattering all of the windows, icing the walls, causing everything around hm to be frozen. Mysterie just barely managed to withstand the sudden freezing attack; ignoring the mess that he'd made of the room she struggled agains the wind that was now blowing around Jack as she tried to get close to him. Jack covered his ears as if to block out the terrible, insecure whispers from his past and his own thoughts.

"STOP! I'M NOT A MONSTER!" Mysterie struggled a bit more to reach him; wrapping her arms around him and shirring from the icy cold but she didn't pull back. Jack struggled in her grasp, thinking that something was attacking him but wouldn't let go.

"LET ME GO! LET ME GO! PLEASE LET ME GO!" The wind reacted and grew worse by the second, Sandy couldn't even mange to get a single sand ball close to knock Jack out as the wind was to harsh. Mysterie didn't let go, instead she pressed her forehead to his to knock him out a second time with her dream sand before she looked at the others.

"Let's get this over with before he comes to."