"Hey, Jack?" Emma walks over to Jack who is leaning up from the ground. "Are you ok?"
"I…*Grits teeth*… Yes…" Jack holds his side in pain.
"Let me help you…" Emma sits down on her knees and looks at Jack's side. "He hurt it pretty good…"
"Harder than he hit you?" Jack looks up at Emma making sure she wasn't going to faint because of the blow.
"Likely not… I've had this weird thing happening where my injuries heal quickly, so I don't know."
"I hope that doesn't affect anything..."
"What do you mean?" Emma looks at Jack.
"I mean…" Jack stares at Emma's hair.
"Are you ok?"
"Your hair is turning black."
"It is?" Emma looks at her hair and sure enough, it was turning black.
"Why is it turning back?" Jack asks hoping she would know.
"I don't know… But does it really matter?"
"Not really…"
"Can we go back to Russo's house, yet?"
"Sure…"
Back at North's/Russo's workshop…
"Where are they?" Tooth says flying around like mad.
"…" Sandy points out the window and this time North sees him.
"Tooth." North says.
"What?" Tooth says frantically.
"They're back."
"Where?" Tooth flies over to the window knocking Sandy off balance.
"…" An exclamation point appears over Sandy's head.
"Jack looks like he's hurt." Bunnymund notices. "Wait? Emma is flying him here? Something must have gone wrong!"
"I'll go see." North says walking out the door. "Emma!"
Emma looks over and sees North at the door. "He's hurt!"
"Bring him in!" North yells over the winds.
"Ok!" Emma responds back flying easily through the wind and landing on the doorstep.
"Where is he hurt?"
"Pitch got him in the back and side. It's not too serious, but he isn't looking too good."
"Did you get hurt?"
"Pitch hit me on the head with his scythe, but I'm fine." After Emma says that Tooth gets a 'that had to hurt' face.
"Can we have a look at it? It should at least have left a mark."
"Fine…" Emma puts Jack down on his bed.
"Where did he hit you?"
"Back here." Emma puts her hand on the back of her head.
"Hmm…"
"Is something wrong?"
"You look like you've never been in a fight in your life. There's no mark or anything."
"Is that a problem?"
"Yes… You are still mortal and that should have hurt you more than Jack and he looks pretty beat up."
"So what if there's no damage? It's better than there being a gash there."
"You don't understand… No one can heal that quick… Sandy couldn't even if he had all the dreams in the world on his side."
"I might have healing abilities? I already can control fire, ice, and air."
"You control air?"
"Yeah… Not like winter wind, but I can do many things with air."
"I wonder…"
"Is something up, Russo?"
"Huh? *Grunt* I think maybe you can control the seasons."
"What?" Bunnymund, Tooth, and Emma all say and Sandy forms a question mark above his head.
"Just think… Fire represents heat and warmth… that is summer. Ice represents cold… that is winter. Air represents a cool breeze… that is fall."
"Where does spring fit in there, Mate?" Bunnymund asks.
"Spring represents regrowth with flowers blooming… Healing is like spring with regrowth."
"I see what you mean, but I thought there already was a Mother Nature?"
"Mother Nature has many people with parts of her power. Jack controls winter and Bunnymund helps spring blossom. I'm surprised someone hasn't gotten her powers until now."
"Does that mean I can help Jack?"
"It might…"
"How could I heal him, though? I've healed myself without doing anything."
"What were your emotions when you healed yourself?"
"I was scared… umm… and determined to not be picked on."
"I think if you're determined enough to heal him, it will work."
"I was determined to get him better when I was flying here… So why didn't he heal then?"
"Do you know that you were just trying to get him healed or were you scared enough to not try?"
"I was trying to do anything, but I didn't know I could heal him."
"Then why are you back?"
"What…? Oh… I heard what you guys were saying about I'd kill everyone…"
"We didn't mean you would kill everyone without fault. We meant if you didn't learn to control your emotions with fire and all…"
"Then why did you say that after I could control them?"
"We knew you could control winter well, but we knew Jack couldn't teach you about fire."
"He sort of did…"
"He did?"
"Fire is just like ice or anything else. It has life in it. Fire destroys like ice freezes. After the damage is done life will grow back. It's the four seasons pretty much. If fire was in winter it would burn things down, but some things need fire to grow."
"How would Jack know about fire?"
"Fire is life and without fire life wouldn't be here. Without ice life would die, too. Jack never said anything about fire, but ice is opposites of fire. Therefore, linked with each other in a cycle. Pretty much like me and Jack being able to talk to each other in our heads."
"So you got fire because of your link with Jack?"
"That and because if there is no balance the whole world couldn't hold up. Two Jack Frosts would mean two winters. There were no summer people at the time so the Earth was at risk of losing control of the balance in the seasons. That's why I got fire and by learning by the other element you learn strengths and weaknesses of the other. Learning ice only made fire grow. Melting the ice barrier and preventing ice from spreading. I lost my control with ice by using enough fire to melt the connection of both together, but the connection of life is still in fire and ice."
"…" Sandy makes a picture of leaves in the wind and flowers.
"Yes, Sandy. Spring and fall both have life and death, too. Fall is the coming of winter and the cold winds chill the air. Life blooms for the cool air turning off the heat of summer. Spring warms winter with warm breezes for the coming of summer. Life bloom, too, for the heat of summer. Each have similarities and differences and must be treated equal. Air and healing or ice and fire; All are new life and old life together. Without their balance there are no seasons and no life."
"… Can someone tell me how she knows that?" Bunnymund asks scratching his head.
"Bunny!" Tooth gives Bunnymund a glare.
"Can I ask why you were talking about the four seasons and the elements?" North says politely.
"I can't heal Jack without the powers of winter. I'm more or less fire now. That's likely why I kept getting angry for little things."
"You had a right to get mad at Pitch."
"I mean for getting mad at you. You were just thinking about part of what you said and figured I meant that."
"I shouldn't have said it anyway. You had already said it was wrong."
"Now I can't even be happy that we won."
"Jack it's going to die."
"I know Sandy died once. He got brought back by the happiness and dreams of the kids."
"Maybe you can get your ice back the same way?"
"I don't control dreams…"
"I mean maybe if the thing that triggered your ice powers happened… Oh right… You already have a staff."
"Speaking of which… Where is my staff, anyway? I haven't seen it?"
"I thought you flew off with it."
"I didn't… I didn't need it anymore. I just carried it around for fun and to play pranks on 6ft Bunny."
"No wonder I kept seeing Jack's staff, but not seeing him…"
"I never did things like hid and seek… I froze your door locked."
"That would explain a few things…"
