A/N: sup guys :3 thank you for all the reviews and support and stuff like that it really cheered me up. Also updates might be slow since last night I cried myself to sleep at around 11pm and then I woke up around 5am and then I have all this stuff to deal with that my friends forced me into so im really tired
After the chapter is another authors note responding to lots of people so just a heads up
Disclaimer: Disclaimer: I do not own Rise of the Guardians or any of its characters
Chapter Thirteen
Day Three, Seventeen Days Remain
The sun had come up by the time Jack Frost had realized what Sandy was saying. Bright sunlight glistened over the dream sand and it kind of hurt Jack's eyes.
The point is that Jack had a family now. He wasn't completely alone anymore.
Tooth placed her hand on Jack's shoulder.
"We all care about you Jack, and we want you to be safe."
Looking at everyone Jack saw them agreeing with a grin embedded on their faces. Even though none of them had even acknowledged him before MiM chose him to be a guardian, they were there for him now.
This was all too much right now. His mind was buzzing with thoughts. Out of all this emotional tension, Jack picked up his staff and flew off before anyone could stop him.
"Jack wait!" Tooth called out. It was too late. He was gone.
"Everyone in the sleigh we have to go after him."
"What about Bunny?"
"We can get him later now let's go!"
Sandy and Tooth scampered into the sleigh with North and they took off. This would probably be a little easier if Bunnymund was here to pick up Jack's scent but after he stormed off he probably wasn't coming back anytime soon.
"Where do you think he's going?"
"Probably to Burgess."
"What if he's in Antarctica again?"
"We can check for him there if he's not in Burgess."
North pulled out one of his snow globes and made a portal which they flew through to Burgess.
/
The wind was carrying Jack at such a high speed that he felt like a rocket. He made it to the other side of the Earth in about an hour.
Touching down in Burgess, Jack sighed and mentally kicked himself.
Why did he do that? Why did he run off? Dang it he felt like an idiot no, he was an idiot. Jack had wanted to fly off so bad and he didn't even know why.
He walked on the sidewalk to Jamie's house. He was too tired and confused to flinch when people walked through him. Jack hadn't made any snow in a while. Not wanting the kids to get worried, Jack waved his staff and a light snow fell from the sky. It wasn't his best work but hey, at least he did something.
With his eyelids slowly beginning to close, Jack sat in a snow bank. He felt light headed and was so drowsy. The sagging bags below Jack's eyes were almost entirely black while he was as pale as a ghost.
Deciding to go to the forest because he didn't want Jamie to see him in this condition, Jack called upon the brisk wind and he was half awake by the time he got close to the forest.
Noticing that Jack was falling asleep, the wind blew Jack trough a pine tree snapping him awake.
"Ow okay wind I get it jeez."
Brushing pine needles out of his hair, Jack landed on the frozen lake. He pulled out some more excess pine needles from his clothes sat down on the ice in a huff.
Maybe he should go back and apologize.
He's just making everyone worry about him more except maybe Bunnymund because of what he said. Looking up in the sky, Jack stood back up. He really had to make up his mind if he was going to go wallow in self-pity all alone or go interact with other sentient beings.
With a wave of his staff Jack leaped into the air. Weaving in and out of trees, Jack continued on at dangerously fast speeds.
He had an apology to make and he had to make it before he changed his mind again.
He didn't want to apologize, but Bunnymund had a point. Jack needs their help. He'll never admit it to them or to himself, but it was true. Look at what happened when he thought that he could handle this.
Focused on his thoughts, Jack didn't see the large oak tree he collided with and he was too unconscious to notice that he fell back into a deep snow bank.
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Bunnymund held a tight grip on his boomerangs. Throwing them at a target, he let out a huff. Jack Frost could really get on his nerves sometimes. Why should he care anyway? The only thing Jack will do is push them away and if he does get better he'll just freeze the place again.
Like the blizzard of '68. Bunnymund had worked his tale off trying to make that Easter a good one and all that hard work for nothing thanks to the spirit of winter.
Jack Fost had no respect for anyone. Not for the people who try to help him and certainly not for the people who brought him out of his shell of loneliness.
That stubborn little brat. But still, he is just a teenager. A teenager who died saving his younger sister. A teenager who was given a another chance at life only to be ignored and not have anyone there for him until he was used to help take down the nightmare king.
Well, technically Jack was a teenager on the outside and a three hundred year old winter spirit with a child's innocence of the inside.
A child's innocence.
A child.
Bunnymund sighed and picked his boomerangs back up. Maybe he should go back. Jack did help take down Pitch after all and he is the reason why Jamie's friends believe in them more. Come to think of it, North treats Jack like a son. Sandy is like his brother and Tooth treats him like her own child. It's been so long since any of the guardians interacted with children and Jack had changed that.
/
As much as they didn't want to, Tooth and Sandy departed to attend their jobs. They spent the entire day looking for Jack. They didn't find a trace of him. Maybe they should have gotten Bunnymund to help before going to Burgess.
It was just North at the moment. He was in the sleigh guiding it across the dense snow covered forest using his aerial view and big eyes to see if he could spot Jack.
North didn't see Jack but what he did see was a hole in the ground open up and a tall Pooka hop out of it. Looks like he finally calmed down enough to show up. North smiled as he turned the sleigh around.
Landing the sleigh and getting out of it, North ran over to Bunnymund who shivered as an icy breeze blew through his fur.
"Bunny! Glad to see you've come to help."
"Woah woah slow down there mate. I didn't say anythin about helping Snowflake. I just came here because he wasn't back at the Tooth Palace"
"Oh that's right. You left before Jack stormed off."
"He what?"
"For some reason he flew off."
"What was he thinking pulling a stupid stunt like that?"
"I don't know."
Bunnymund facepalmed. He went all the way to Southeast Asia just to find out he didn't have to and all for a thick headed tired guardian.
"If we want any chance of finding Jack before something happens we'll have to split up."
"Way ahead of you mate."
Bunnymund shot down another rabbit hold appearing on the other side of the forest. North looked at the small clock in the sleigh. 12:07 am. He went to park the sleigh somewhere safer before continuing his search on foot. He would never find Jack from above the forest and flying in the forest was too dangerous.
Hoping to find a clue of Jack, North began his search.
/
Jack woke up rubbing his eyes. He had a splitting headache and his body was sore. Popping out of the snow bank, Jack dizzily got up. How long had he been asleep? Was he still asleep? Is this a dream? Was everything that just happened a dream? Is he just overthinking this?
All these thoughts just contributed to his headache. The sun was peaking over the mountains and-wait, the sun was rising. Before Jack had crashed into that tree it was still during the day and the sun was in the middle of the sky. How long had he been out?
This is not good. This is not good one bit.
Grasping his head, Jack was having second thoughts about why he was in this mess in the first place. The guardians wouldn't really abandon him would they? But what about when he ruined Easter? They were all so angry and disappointed in him and that had driven him to fly off to the South Pole nearly losing his powers.
What if something like that happens again? What if he does something again causing them to lash out at him and making him feel- no, they're his family. Family sticks together. Sure families fight sometimes and sure they get on each other's nerves from time to time but they're still there in the end right? Right.
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A/N: and now it's time for my responses to a lot of you
CuddlyHawk: yeah I have the entire thing planned out in a journal im just typing them up c:
Lc251: yeah and I hate the feeling. I wish I could help
EpicDetour9: ahaha well I still got a few tricks planned for jack ;)
NightFury812: awww thank you
Kallik's Eternal: yeah there are a lot of people now who can relate to what I said
FallingSkiesxxxHalMason: good to know you have atleast 1 close friend c: im 14 now and I have 6 friends but one is an insufferable prick that almost raped me, one is kinda a jerk, I don't really talk to another one, and the other two aren't that close which means I only have 1 close friend but shes at a different school
RY0ung: YES YOU CAN BE MY BETA READER AND THAT GOES OUT TO ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTS TO BE MY BETA READER. Im still new to so once I figure out how to get someone to be my beta reader ill start sending out messages :]
CloakiSchemer: well you see, I still have a lot more nightmare planned for jack heh heh heh
Keyblades of Oblivion: oh im sorry ;_; I hope none of the things happening in the story are affecting you
the irish plague: the image of karkat was when he first met kankri
Rangerapprentice: aw thanks for liking the story :3
Darkblade County: my feelings have been affecting what happens in the story and is basically and output for me because I have all this stress going on in my life but you know its my life .-.
LadyPsycho16: I know how that feels. I met one of my bested friends and when we started texting each other he would reply about 2 hours later then stop responding
Janazza: well I think the main problem is that im surrounded by the wrong people
kazoquel4: yeah! All of my readers are awesome :3
Holy snop I did not mean for this to be so long 0_o
I really appreciate all the feedback from all of you. When I was reading these I was going through something and then I started crying because you guys are so fantastic C:
Also I got the first book of the guardians series and I cant wait to read it asdafd