A/N: Ok, you can say that I abandoned this story for a long time. I think this is the time to get back. Sorry for taking tooooooooo long and I can't say I finished this story 'cause I didn't. I was caught up with graduating and my undying love for Loki. You could say that I forgot about Jack but not really. Loki and Jack have a lot of similarities but Loki has an overwhelming feels going on. xD I see that the last time I updated this was last year. I was surprised people still follow this after a very long time. Thank you :D I can't say how long I'll be updating this or how long this story goes.. I'm still indecisive and I deleted the chapters I wrote so far 'cause if I go with those, I will never see the end of this fic xD

Anyways, I don't know how to edit the chapters so I'm just gonna say what I can't edit. I go with 'Dad' for Jack referring to Old Man Winter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians


This is the first time Bunny felt completely hopeless.


Chapter11

Pitch hugged the broken boy muttering sweet and nice things to him.

Jack flinched at the contact and shy away from the nightmare king but he kept him from breaking out.

After a few minutes, MN tapped Pitch's shoulders. She realized Jack already fell asleep and motioned him to carry the boy to another room. Everyone realized that MN led them to Jack room when they saw it.

It was a simple room, filled with things that quite odd for a collection. And they saw ice figurines of many people, spirits and humans in a table. There was a bed besides it. Pitch settled the boy down, brushing his hair.

"We need to talk" MN declared back facing them.

They all returned to the living room.

"I think I'll guard Jack while you're talking." Pitch declared retreating back to Jack's room.

"Not on your nelly, Pitch" Bunny snarled.

"I'm not asking for approval, mate'" Pitch retorted blending to the wall. The guardians wanted to chase him but MNs sigh caught their attention.

"Father treats Jack like his own and besides he couldn't harm him in his state of mortality." She stated matter-of-factly.

The guardians were shocked. They thought they were wrong in thinking that Jack turned into a mortal.

Bunny reacted by racing towards Jack's room when he smacked in an invisible wall.

Spirits and their invisible wall! Bunny thought. He turned around at MN and glared at her.

"Let me go, shiela" he spat.

"We need to talk, rabbit. And it's about Jack" MN said calmly.

Bunny eyes softened and the angry look was turned to a worried one.

"But, Pitch-"

"Is my father and technically Jack's grandpa" MN sighed.

"I know you can't trust him but Pitch was the one who took care of Jack for 20 years. He may not seem like it but he loves the kid." She explained.

"20years? Jack never acted like he knew Pitch that much." Tooth said confused.

"Shiela's right. Don't tell us Frostbite lied to us" Bunny added.

"Well..We didn't actually ask Jack, did we?" North said thoughtfully.

Bunny glared at North. Jack's not stupid to forget mentioning that to them especially being a guardian for five months already. But a thought stuck at Bunny's head.

Jack didn't mention Old Man Winter or Mother Nature, too.

Bunny sighed defeated. North was right. They never ask Jack or even have a small talk with the kid.

MN observed the guardians. She wasn't exactly surprised by their reaction but to be honest she's disappointed. She thought that they knew Jack enough to depend him and to believe that he'll never betray him.

She observed each one of them and came to a conclusion that none of them took time for Jack.

MN thought for a second that maybe telling them and relying on them was a bad idea.

She shook the thought away.

No, she thought.

As much as they don't deserve Jack, Jack needs them. And if they didn't change for him they're dead.

MN made up her mind. They'll be the ones to help Jack.

Well, of course she'll help her sweetheart but they'll the one who holds the key to make Jack better again. Maybe never the same but better than this. She was deep in thought when North called her name. She looked at him.

"What happened to Jack?"

MN blinked. She rubbed her temples. Where should I start, she asked herself.

She paused composing herself.

"Tell me, guardians, what do you want with Jack?" MN asked seriously. "I mean, you never cared about Jack last year or the years before that. What change now? Is it because he was declared a guardian and you suddenly think that now he's your responsibility?" She asked growing indignant by the second.

The guardians bowed their heads for the umpteenth time. They knew they were wrong. They knew they should've done something, knew that they can't just declare that they care for Jack after what they've done. North took a step forward. "We know that and we're sorry. For whatever we have done to cause Jack this much hurt"

"And you don't even know what you did?! " MN snapped. "For three hundred years, you didn't know that you didn't just ignored Jack! You were the ones who drove him to this state!" MN shouted.

The guardians flinched but looked confuse.

"But Mother Nature, we didn't do anything to Jack." Tooth reasoned. Surely she knew that. MN can't just accuse them of driving a child to depression. They are the guardians of the children.

But MN looked furious. She approached them trembling with rage.

"You think your rabbit here just chit chat with Jack every time a blizzard came his way? That your Santa here just gave him a disappointed look after that snowy Christmas? And wait, aren't there a lot of divisions that caters to your precious teeth? You sure your rats didn't try to bite Jack to death after a long snow storm that they didn't get to retrieve a single tooth?" MN spat venomously at Tooth standing closely in front of her.

Tooth was so shocked she didn't even recognize that MN slapped her.

MN then turned to North and stood just as closely to him as she did to Tooth. "You yelled at Jack telling him that he was the one at fault if the children didn't get their presents that year! How could you say that to a child you didn't even bother to give coal when he's naughty?!" And again, MN slapped North with just the same force she have with Tooth. And just like Tooth, North didn't react to it and looked devastated.

MN stood back and glared at Bunny. "I think you of all people know what you did, rabbit."

Bunny just stared at her. He knew that he did something to Jack and he felt insensitive to think that he didn't know what MN was talking about. He was scared to say the least to finally know the worst he did to Jack unknowingly or not but he can't take his eyes of MN prompting her to continue.

"You.. " MN's voice trembled. She tried to slow her tears down but it isn't working. "You.. He just- just.. wanted to help…. to stop the blizzard.. " She wiped her tears but they returned wetting her cheeks endlessly.

"He was-" She snipped. "badly beaten.. by the wind.. and ice.." She sobbed unable to glare at Bunny anymore. "You.. shove him and told him to stop killing innocent children for fun." Bunny's eyes grew wide. "After that, he stopped trying to fight back"

Bunny tried to speak. Tried to ask her what she meant by fighting back. But he was frozen.

"Nobody likes winter spirits." MN sadly stated. "Everyone wants to kill them."

A/N: Oook so that's that, I think. xD I never know why I like to make my favorite character the most pitiful person in the world. The most damaged, self-loathing and self-destructive persons that I think only an immortal can still survive after the torments that they've been through. *sigh* Anyways, I still have no idea how to end this xD I never were satisfied in any ending of anything. I always think that this should've happen or that should've been solve and whatnot. I'm sorry to tell you that. I'm also sorry for the mistakes. Kindly point it out if you can. Nevertheless, I'm still not ready for flames and I think my way of writing changed. I'm not sure… Please review and thank you for reading :D