Hey guys, sorry about anything bad in this chapter. I have a bad headache that I can't get to go away and so my mind is pretty foggy. Anyway enjoy.

ICE COLD HEART

Family is something I remember pretty well. I remember my dad, my mom, and my little sister. We were a happy family. My mom taught my sister how to cook while my dad taught me how to hunt. My mom also taught me hot to ice skate which I passed onto my sister. I remember campfires with my family and me always telling ghost stories, trying to scare my sister. And I remember hikes with my father. But that family was gone and I knew I was alone.

I have another family now. North is my new father and is teaching me stuff that he has learned. Sandy is sort of like an uncle and always knows how to cheer me up. Bunnymund is my older brother, we always mange to tick each other off but make up for it in the end. Jamie is my little brother and I will do anything to protect him. And Tooth, well I don't know where she fits quite yet, I'd say she's my sister but she feels closer than that. But right now, I'm not sure.

But still I have a family and they will always protect me, so I will protect them…

| BURGESS

Jack's eyes snapped open and he darted up with a gasp, he breathed hard, trying to regain lost air. Tooth's eyes widened and Jamie smiled, hugging Jack. The Winter Spirit looked somewhat dazed but shook it off, getting to his feet. Tooth tried to pull him back down but he wouldn't let her. He walked out of the ally, his mind-set on his objective. He looked at the other three Guardians, all trapped with fearlings surrounding them. Pitch was above them, holding Jack's staff. The boy's eyes narrowed and he started to run. Jamie, Tooth, and Baby went after him, watching as the spirit ran.

He knew he couldn't fly without his staff so he started looking for a different route. He noticed that Pitch wasn't that high and if he could get onto a near by building or get high enough, he could attack. So, looking around he noticed a dumpster not to far off, he knew it was a long shot, but he had to try. Running faster he jumped up onto the trashcan and up onto the wall next to it. He grazed the wall with his hand as he ran again, wall waking.

Wall waking was something he'd picked up over the years, he couldn't do it for very long, but he could do it longer than a normal human. So he wall walked for a few moments, things seemed to slow down. The other three Guardians had just noticed him, their eyes widening as they saw him alive. Though it seemed Pitch didn't seem to notice the young spirit's presence. Jack slowed down, and bent his legs, still running, before shooting himself off the wall at Pitch.

Things started to speed up and Pitch finally noticed the boy, but it was too late. Jack grabbed a hold of his staff and yanked it out of Pitch's hand, flying by the man without a care in the world. "Yoink!" the word left his mouth as he finally got the stick free. Jack then spiraled downwards, the staff's bud facing the ground. "Cannon ball!" shouted Jack as he fell into the mass of fearlings. As his staff hit the ground it sent a shockwave of ice through the ground, fearlings were blown back and disappeared shortly after.

"That's not possible…" Pitch was stunned, how could this spirit overcome death?

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, did you actually think you were going to get rid of me that easily?" and Jack's cocky attitude was back. "I though we all," Jack gestured around him, "Learned by now that I always bounce back! I'm like a cockroach! No matter how many times you try to kill me I'll just come back!"

This angered Pitch more. How could a simple child, a CHILD of all things, defeat him? He wouldn't let this happen. He'd already lost to the Guardians once, and that was one too many times. Pitch, on his nightmare, charged towards Jack, who just seemed to smile and charged at Pitch as well. "Cool, are we going to play chicken? I bet I know who will give up first!" Jack said a smile on his face.

Truthfully the only reason Jack was acting this was because he was scared. He had been scared that he really wouldn't come back and scared for Jamie and his fellow Guardians. He was scared that Pitch would destroy his new family, so he just hid it behind his smile and jokes.

He raced towards Pitch, all too ready to end him. He had turned him against his friends, his family, and for that, Pitch would pay. The man was nothing more the garbage to Jack. He just wished that Pitch would stay out of his way, and out of his hair.

When Jack and Pitch collide, it was an odd sight, lights shot up, blue from one side and black from another. Ice and darkness were swirling into one another, almost in a vortex like way. Jack had his staff attached to his hoodie and his hands were intertwined with Pitch's as both fought for power. Jack's eyes were glowing an icy blue while Pitch's were glowing a sickly yellow. But neither gave in, and neither looked tired.

"You should be in pain on the ground!" yelled Pitch.

"Yeah well lets just say, a trip to the spirit world fixes wounds." And in truth, while Jack was lying dead, his wounds had been slowly disappearing, and now were gone, almost as if they never existed.

"I am the Nightmare King! The mighty Pitch Black! You cannot defeat me!" Pitch spat.

"Say it, don't spray it!" Jack said, as he fought on with Pitch. Both their arms were shaking and the swirling vortex began to grow, dark clouds covered the sky and blue mixed in with them, almost as if blue lightning had stained the clouds.

Down bellow more fearlings were forming, and the Guardians were fighting as much as they could, but there was too many. Suddenly white mist surrounded the Guardians and started to form into something. There was a howl and the mists finally formed into ice wolves. The wolves started to attack the nightmares along with the guardians.

The Guardians only took glances at the swirling vortex now and then, only hoping that Jack would come out the victor. They had already lost him once; they did not want to lose him again. Back up above Pitch started to get the upper hand, sending Jack lower to the ground.

"You are weak Jack; you will never amount to anything! The Guardians do not want you and never will! You know it's true! If they did want you then they wouldn't have left you alone for three-hundred years! Jamie only likes you for your powers. But he doesn't care about you! No one does! I bet your parents were glad when your little sister came home telling them you had drowned in the lake!"

"Stop it! Stop it!" Jack shouted, tears forming in his eyes but he wouldn't let them fall, he'd never show weakness in front of Pitch, never!

"You only wish for me to stop because you know it's true!" Pitch gained more of the upper hand and sent Jack lower to the ground, the ice in the vortex started to falter and Pitch smiled. "You know I'm right and you know you have no purpose. The only reason you were brought back was because the Man in the Moon feels sorry for you!"

Jack just wanted him to shut up, to stop talking. But he knew that Pitch wouldn't stop. "He knows you'll never grow into anything and that's why he brought you back, because he just hopes you won't mess up this time, even though we both know you will! You make a mess where ever you go!"

"Stop!" the desperate plea went unheard. And the vortex began to lose more and more blue ice. And the Guardians noticed this; they looked on with fearful eyes. Jamie stepped forwards, away from Tooth.

"He's lying Jack! You know it! You can't let what other people say get in the way of what you believe in!"

Jack's eyes widened at the word believe. Jamie believed in him, Jamie knew he was real because he believed, he knew that Jack would come back because he believed Jack's words, and Jamie knew Jack could beat Pitch because that's what he believed in.

Jack looked up at Pitch, his eyes still glowing blue, but a dimmer blue. Pitch's yellow glowing eyes had brightened with power. And Jack knew he needed to think fast. He thought for a second when the words finally formed in his head. He looked back up to Pitch and glared at him. "I am not afraid of you." The words left his mouth and power seemed to surge through Jack, as if those words were the most powerful thing on the planet.

The glowing blue in his eyes glue brighter and the vortex suddenly burst with blue ice that took over the darkness, Pitch screamed and Jack glared more. "And you will not hurt my family again." Blue ice shot out of his hands, knocking Pitch away from him. Pitch flew backwards and seemed to almost burst into darkness. The fearlings burst into darkness next. The Guardians stared up at Jack who was slowly floating down. The wolves howled and slowly one by one burst into snow. The vortex slowly vanished and left a small beautiful snow fall in its place.

Jack touched the ground; his eyes had changed back to normal, and was instantly in the middle of a group hug. Jack hugged back, no tears were shed, no words were said. The warm hug from the other four Guardians said enough. When they departed Jamie was standing there, Jack got down on his knees and opened up his arms. The boy instantly ran into the embrace.

"I thought you weren't coming back this time." Jamie mumbled into Jack's hoodie.

"I'll always come back. I'll never leave you alone Jamie." No other words came from the two, they enjoyed the silence as the snow slowly fell around them and the Guardians.

Anyway, once again sorry for the sloppiness and I don't know if I'll make an epilogue to this or not, your choice. But this is either the last or second to last chapter. Also if you know what the "Yoink" part was from, you get a virtual cookie!