How's it going everybody? Wow, chapter 11 I'm excited! I hope you all liked the last chapter! This chapter is going to be interesting, so I hope you enjoy! Feel free to leave a review or favorite and follow!
"Hey Autumn, time to wake up we have to go to North's." Jack shook Autumn's shoulder trying to get her up.
Autumn opened her eyes and saw the look on Jack's face. He was scared, just like her. She didn't want to say anything to Jack about it though she didn't want to hear him beg for her to stay behind when he goes after Pitch. She made her decision and no one is going to talk her out of it.
"Okay." She said as she sat up from the bed. Jack stared at his wife with a sad expression as she stood from the bed. "What?" She asked.
"Are you sure?" Jack asked so quietly that Autumn wasn't even sure she heard him.
Autumn turned and looked at him, "Are you?" Jack didn't say anything and turned away from Autumn. "I know you are scared, I am too. We are doing this for the right thing. This war has gone on long enough it's time to end it. This is the only way." Autumn walked over to Jack and put her arms around his torso. "It's scary to think that we are dying a second time."
"Yeah," Jack muttered, turning around in Autumn's arms. "It's just; I wish you didn't have to be involved. I wish you can let me do this alone so you can live."
"You can't leave me that easily, Jack." Autumn joked.
Jack smiled, "Alright." He leaned in and kissed Autumn on the lips. "I will never leave you." He wrapped his arms around Autumn and held her tight.
"We should go." Autumn said against Jack's chest.
"Yeah," He said and took Autumn's hand. "Let's go."
Once Jack and Autumn got to the Workshop, everyone was there waiting for them. Bunnymund was the first to see them but never made a comment about being late. He honestly wished they wouldn't do it, so did the others. North spotted them and gave a small smile. "You two made it."
"Yeah," Jack replied. "So, what do we need?"
North sigh sadly, "Have you heard of the legend of the Diamond Dagger of Innocence?"
Jack and Autumn looked at each other in confusion, "No." They said in unison.
"I was told this as a bed time story when I was just a boy," North began. "However, it isn't just a story. The Diamond Dagger of Innocence is believed to hold incredible power, so powerful that you could sense it miles away. Legend has it that it can hold any magic. If you two can find it and get it back here, we can combine all of our magic together and put it in the Diamond Dagger. It is the only way to perform Rebirth correctly."
"Where can we find it?" Autumn asked.
"In Mir Mine," North said.
"That's in Eastern Siberia, right?" Jack asked.
North nodded, "Correct, it may be well hidden, humans can't sense its power but you two will definitely pick it up. You might have to do some digging."
"Okay." The two spirits nodded and flew out of the window to fly over to Eastern Siberia.
The two spirits flew over to Russia in silence while they were thinking. They had so many questions that they did not know the answer of. Like, where would they go after their second death? Would they return to their real families? Would they be a part of the earth somehow? Or would they just be nothing? To Jack and Autumn, being nothing is probably the worst thing that they fear of. For years, they felt that they were nothing. Now that they can be seen, they finally began to feel as if they touched many lives and were needed.
Autumn grabbed Jack's hand as she flew next to him, "Do you think… That we changed people's lives?"
Jack squeezed her hand as he looked at her, "Of course we did. Or that's what I hope."
Autumn glanced up at the moon, "Why do you think Manny is so quiet?"
Jack looked at the moon as well, "Maybe, he can't help us. It's our fight." Suddenly, Jack and Autumn stop mid-flight in surprise. A wave of strong energy rushed over the two sprites like a tsunami. "What was that?"
"The Diamond Dagger," Autumn looked toward the direction the energy was coming from. "Come on, it can't be too far!" Autumn flew as fast as she could toward the energy with Jack right behind her.
They reached a large pit that formed in the ground years ago, it was huge and super deep! "Wow!" Jack looked at it in awe, "How did I not notice this before?"
"Same here," Autumn stared at the pit with the same fascination as Jack.
"This is so cool!" Jack exclaimed as they flew down to the bottom of the pit. He could see many diamonds sticking out here and there in the ground and sides of the pit. He picked up a small diamond to examine it, "Remember the value of theses back in our time? I mean, they still cost a fortune now but back then it was crazy!"
Autumn laughed and picked up the diamond from Jack's hand. "People went crazy with them as well. They still do," She giggled. "We should start looking for the Dagger."
Jack nodded, "Yeah." Autumn dropped the small diamond on the ground and walked around the bottom of the pit, searching for a spot where the energy was the strongest. While Autumn searched on the ground, Jack flew higher to search. After a while of searching, Jack was getting impatient and frustrated that they couldn't find the source of the Dagger's energy. "What is this? Some game of Hot and Cold?"
Autumn laughed at Jack's comment and stopped searching for the Dagger as well. She turned around and saw Jack with his arms crossed and pouting. "We can't give up."
"I know but where can it be?" Jack asked and flew over to Autumn.
"Maybe we have to concentrate harder." Autumn said and closed her eyes to feel were the energy was really coming from. Jack did the same as Autumn but she picked something up first. "Got it, it's over here!" She turned around and jogged over to the spot where she felt it was coming from.
Jack walked over and stood over Autumn who was bending down. "You always were better at sensing things then me…"
Autumn tried to dig in the dirt but it was frozen over. "It's frozen…" She summoned one of her chakrams and tired to dig that way.
"That's not going to work," Jack laughed. "Here," Jack created a trowel with his ice and handed it to Autumn, "This will probably be better."
"Thanks," Autumn put away her chakram and picked the trowel up by its icy handle. Jack created another trowel and helped Autumn dig into the ground to find the Dagger.
After a while of digging, they finally began to see a piece of a large diamond. "Jackpot," Jack exclaimed and helped Autumn get it out. Once they got it out, they stared at it in wonder. It was pretty big with two sharp points at each end. "It doesn't really look like a Dagger, but still looks pretty cool."
"Good!" Autumn clapped. "Let's take it back." Jack nodded and put the large diamond in his jacket pocket. He was surprised it fit. He can fit anything in his pocket!
As the two spirits began to fly back to the North Pole until Jack remembered something. "Wait, before we go back, let's go see Jamie and Pippa."
Autumn looked at Jack and smiled sadly, "Yeah."
Jack and Autumn landed on the yard of the Bennett's house and looked at it in sadness. They walked up to the door and as always, it was open just for them.
As they entered the house they heard the TV on in the living room. Everyone was in the room, Jamie, Pippa, Sophie, Amelia and Connor were laughing and having a good time. Jamie was the first to see Jack and Autumn.
"Hey Jack, Autumn how is everything?" Jamie said, getting up from the couch. "Things have finally settled down for us."
"Jack, Autumn!" The kids shouted and hugged the two spirits. Autumn swallowed the lump that formed in her throat and hugged them back.
"Hey guys!" Pippa and Sophie waved at the two.
"Hey everyone," Jack gave a small smile.
Jamie gave the two a bright smile, "You two have perfect timing, I just ordered pizza and we are going to watch a movie."
"We actually came to stay, goodbye." Jack said. "We, uh, are going away for a while." Jack covered.
Sophie jumped up from the couch, "Oh, where are you two going?"
"I hope you have fun!" Pippa exclaimed. The women smiled and walked over to the two spirits but Jamie didn't look happy for them, he knew something was up.
"Is everything alright?" Jamie asked with a frown.
Jack and Autumn flinched a little, but covered it with a fake smiles. "Yeah, why would you say that?" Autumn asked.
"The fact that Pitch is out still out there and I don't see you two going away to some ski resort in the middle of a war." Jamie said. "Whatever you are going to do, don't do it."
"Honey?" Pippa put a hand on her husband's shoulder, she never seen him worked up this way.
"What are you going to do?" Jamie continued.
"I can't tell you that…" Jack said.
"You mean you won't tell me." Jamie responded.
"We're sorry..." Autumn said, trying to keep her voice from shaking.
Jamie looked at Autumn with a pleading look, "Then don't say goodbye! Promise me that we will see each other again." Autumn didn't say anything but looked down at the ground letting a few tears escape. Pippa and Sophie were crying, now understanding what was happening.
"Take care, all of you." Jack looked at everyone. "Live your life to the fullest, don't forget to have fun!" Jack said with a smile as a few tears formed in the corner of his eyes.
Before the two spirits can turn around, Jamie wrapped his arms around both of them. "We love you guys." Jack and Autumn's eyes widened, it was a nice thing to hear that you are loved. Pippa and Sophie came over and wrapped their arms around the two as well. The children didn't understand what was going on but walked over to hug Jack and Autumn too.
"Hey, don't go soft now." Jack tried to joke but his voice came out dry.
Jamie gave Jack a mischievous look, "You like to ruin every moment don't you, old man."
Jack laughed and didn't even bother to call Jamie an old man back this time. Autumn playfully rolled her eyes at the two but then looked at Jamie, Pippa, Sophie, Connor and Amelia, "You know we love you too." The spirits pulled away and looked at everyone again. They hated goodbyes as well so they are just going to say what everyone wanted to hear and believe, "Then, we will see you later." Jack and Autumn said, even though they know that they will never see each other again.
"See you later..." Jamie muttered as the spirits walked out of the house. Once they left, Pippa broke out into sobs and clung onto Jamie. Jamie hugged his wife and cried into her shoulder. Sophie sat back down on the couch and cried into her hands. The children didn't know why all the adults in the house were crying, so all they could do was cry with them.
Autumn let the tears run freely from her eyes now, "I hated that…" Autumn confessed.
Jack held her hand, "I know me too." Autumn took a deep breath to calm down as they flew to the North Pole.
Once they got to the Workshop, the Guardians were still there. "Sorry we are late, we wanted to say goodbye to the Bennett's."
"That is all right," North said. "We can take as much time as we want to."
Jack walked over and placed the Dagger on the table. "Now what do we do?"
"We all place our hands on the Diamond Dagger and channel the power of our centers into it." North said. Everyone stood around the Dagger and placed their hands on it. They all focused on channeling their energy into the diamond. A light all came from the Guardians hands and into the Dagger. Once the light dimmed, they all took their hands off. "The Dagger now contains the power of wonder, dreams, hope, memories, fun, courtesy and also innocence." He turned to Jack and Autumn, "You have to impale Pitch through the heart with it."
Jack's eyes widened, "The heart?"
"That is the only way," Tooth answered.
Jack looked at the Diamond Dagger of Innocence it looked like it would be hard to try to impale Pitch in close range. He then looked at his staff, what if he… "North, can you get me some twine?" He asked. North didn't question Jack and went into his office.
Sandy created a question mark with his dream sand and Bunny looked at him confused. "Why do you need twine, mate?"
"You'll see." Jack responded. North came back with a long string of twine and handed it to Jack, "Thanks." Everyone watched as Jack put his staff on the table and started to tie the Dagger on the end of his staff. Once he was done, he picked it up to examine it. "So we can attack Pitch in a longer range that I'm use to."
"Very well…" North nodded.
Jack turned to Autumn, "Ready?"
Autumn signed and nodded, "Ready."