Chapter 14
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Jack just sat there, gazing into nothing, tears falling silently from his cheeks. He wrapped himself in his cloak more tightly and hoped that Nukpana would come strolling to him from behind a glacier, and tell him everything was okay.
An impossible fantasy.
However, an impossible fantasy is just what Jack wanted right now; he wanted Nukpana back.
Sounds were distant to him, and it seemed that he no longer belonged in the world he was in.
The spirit took his mask off slowly, and turned it so he could see it's decoration. He traced the red lines with his finger before hugging it close to his chest.
He wanted Nukpana back.
"Why did you go?" he muttered quietly and clutched the mask tighter. Jack jumped as he felt a hand rest on his shoulder. It comforted him, and he didn't shrug it off.
"Jack..." it was North. Jack didn't look up, just kept his eyes on the snow in front of him.
"We know how you feel..."
The spirit looked up then, into North's eyes, and knew that he wasn't lying.
Throughout all of their lives, the guardians had seen people live and die. They has seen death, but they kept on living. They knew how he felt.
The spirit looked around at all the guardians, and knew that if he ever needed help, the guardians of wonder, memories, dreams and hope would stand by him. Jack looked back to the spot that Nukpana had died in, and created a delicate ice flower in the snow. Then, he stood up slowly and North put his arm around him, and soon he found himself in the middle of a guardian group hug.
"Let's go..." North said, and Jack walked away from the flower, but before he did, he took his cloak off and placed it by the memorial; he decided to keep the samurai sword.
The wind wrapped itself around it's master, glad to have him back.
"Hi, wind." The spirit said and suddenly heard a voice whisper in his ear:
I'm just not see able to the eye...
At that moment, he realised that Nukpana would always be with him, in spirit at least, and would watch over him.
The last thing he would want him to do was morn over him.
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The guardians watched Jack as he stood at the spot where the demon died, and couldn't help but be a little worried for him.
Bunny studied the spirit, and noticed there was none of the usual twinkle in his blue eyes.
"Come on frostbite, smile..." the rabbit muttered under his breath as Jack greeted the wind. With no smile.
"He needs time." Tooth said fluttering slightly. Bunny nodded and watched the spirit again.
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Grabbing his staff, Jack looked over to the guardians, then flew off into the air. He needed to be alone.
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What was he doing here?
He should be with the guardians, not in Burgess...
Jack sat down against the tree, and found tears falling from his face again.
He wanted Nukpana.
Jack curled up, and thought of the last things the demon said to him.
Just not see able to the eye...
"You don't want me to shut myself out, do you?" Jack muttered and looked at the mask he still held in his hands. The spirit could practically hear the answer:
Of course not, that would be too dramatic..."
Jack felt like someone had just lit a light inside him, pulling him out of the darkness.
Everybody had to leave sometime, no matter what.
And Jack finally accepted that.
"Wind! Take me to the pole!" he cried, and thought of all the guardians, and the pranks he could play on them.
He couldn't help but smile.
The end.
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