A/N: Okay, so I took out Pitch's plan in this scene since it will be short. If you want to read it though I will post it in Tales Before Time, the companion piece to this fic and the second part of the Of Frost and Spring series.

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Chapter 25 – SANDY!

3rd POV

Jack and Tooth continued to look down at Jamie with soft smiles; the only sound was of Tooths fluttering wings and Jamie's soft snores. It had been a long time since Tooth was able to be this close to a child while they were asleep or even in general, for a Guardian she had now noticed what she had missed since deciding to never leave the castle.

"Here you are!" North almost shouts as he stumbles into the room with his sack loudly. Tooth and North scold him, shushing him as they pointed to the sleeping child. Sandy and Baby Tooth laughed silently as they watched on.

"Sorry! Vat gives slowpokes?" North asked his voice now a raspy whisper. Jack shook his head and leant back down on the balls of his feet, his knees bent and his free hand's knuckles resting on the floor while his eyes trained on the boy's face.

Baby Tooth fluttered to Jack's side as her mother spoke to North. She watched as her new friend and hero's eyes glassed over, she knew the look; her friend's mind was in another place. Her eyes narrowed slightly as she saw her friend's posture. He was leaning on the balls of his feet, back straight as he sat back on his haunches; his head twitching up to one side as if he heard a noise. It was a familiar movement that the Easter Bunny did often.

A flash of an image crossed Jack's mind startling him; he remembered the night of the small family by his lake with tears in their eyes and flowers at the frozen lakes edge. The girl looked much like Jamie, the same eyes and cheekbones; even the same eye colour. He still envied the brother that had passed, even when gone his sister loved and believed in him.

"I will always believe in you Jack. I love you."

"…All working together to make sure the rabbit gets last place." Aster's voice followed by North's loud shushing broke Jack from his memory.

Shaking his head of the memory he smirked, "You think I need help to beat a bunny? Check it out, Cottontail." He laughed while holding up his bag; he knew it was small compared to the others. He didn't put much effort into collecting like the others. Though they had fun helping Tooth to keep her believers he was still wary of the big four.

Aster smirked at the bag in amusement. "You call that a bag of choppers?" he asked laughing before holding up his collection. "Now this's a bag of choppers."

"Friends! Gentlemen! It iz not competition, it iz about helping Tooth, da? So letz not argue over who's bag is bigger… but if it waz a competition." North chuckled out while swinging his sack over his shoulder and loudly dropping it to the floor causing Jack and Aster to cringe at the noise. "I WIN! YEEEEHAAAAH!"

"Santa Claus?" Jamie gasped in awe as he quickly turned his light on and shone it on what woke him. He couldn't believe his eyes, "The Easter Bunny and Sandman… The Tooth Fairy!" Jamie gasped out in surprise as he shone the light over them all.

Jack watched in silence as the beam flickered past him from Sandy to Tooth, the hurt of not being seen was just as bad as the hurt of being walked through. He sighed softly as he looked down and away from the bright eyes of the boy, he didn't want to risk seeing that little girl again from when he had helped them with a snowball fight the morning he was spirit napped to the North Pole.

Growling filled the room and for the second time tonight Jack was broken from his thoughts. A small laugh escaped him as he saw the dog that was fast asleep at the end of the bed almost nose to nose with Bunny.

Mischief rises up in him as he sees Roo's alarmed eyes. Sure he might be over six feet and claims to be a warrior but he was still a rabbit in front of a snarling greyhound, instincts like that can't be ignored. Even he himself was slightly wary of the dog and he was human.

"Nobody panic, no one move." Aster said calm as he slowly raised his paws up slowly.

"It's a greyhound cottontail. Do you know what greyhounds do to rabbits?" Jack chuckled out while pointing between them both causing Aster to narrow his eyes.

"I'm a six foot one rabbit, master of tai-chi and the ancient are of… CRIKEY!" Aster yelled before trying to get away from the dog that was trying to attack him.

Jack from his safe perch on top of a chest of draws laughed hysterically as he watched the scene play out before him while dodging the ball of dream sand as it bounced uncontrolled around the room, knocking the dog and all of the guardians but Sandy out. He just couldn't help it, nor did he expect this outcome from knocking the alarm clock to startle the dog.

"Uh, oops?" Jack laughed as he turned to look at Sandy. Sandy gave him a look as he knocked a laughing Jamie in his arms out and placed him in North's arm.

Jack watched on amused as he saw Aster's golden carrots merge with the candy canes and begin to dance. "Oh I wish I had a camera right now, this would be good blackmail material on Roo don't you think?" He asked Sandy with a laugh.

Sandy chuckled and turned to answer when he caught sight of the nightmare behind Jack peeking in the window. His eyes widened and Jack spun around just to see the nightmare take off.

"Man of Sand come on! We can find Pitch!" Jack yelled as he took off out the window.

Sandy paused at the open window and looked over the other guardians, he didn't want to leave them here but there wasn't much he could do. Should I stay or should I go, of course I have to go Jack will get hurt if I don't help him and he faced Kosmotis alone! I haven't had a good fight in a long time, culling some nightmare sand from Pitch's grasp would be… With a sigh and a roll of his eyes at the thoughts even stopping mid-sentence as he quickly flew after his friend.

Jack laughed joyfully as he flew through the streets of Burgess after the nightmares, Sandy flying by his side on his dream sand. It had been a while since they had flown together and it was the first time ever that they were chasing down a threat together.

Sandy chuckled silently as he watched Jack traipse over chimneys and looped through the air, he didn't realise till now at how limber and talented the boy was till he saw him backflip off the roof of one building and down towards the ground after the nightmare. Shaking his head with a fond smile he took off after the other horse, landing on its back and his hand slamming down on the mane. A silent smug laugh escaping as he cleansed his corrupted sand.

"Sandy! MAN OF SAND YOU NEED TO SEE THIS!" he heard Jack laugh from a few buildings away.

Jack was chuckling as he poked the frozen flat nightmare on top of the building, this was truly amusing.

Pitch feeling the loss of a nightmare stepped out from the shadows only to be surprised as he saw the familiar white hair and blue jumper of Jack Frost. "Frost?" he asked surprised, so much for a neutral party.

At the sound of the Nightmare King's voice, Jack tensed before spinning around and looking up into the amber eyes of Pitch Black. Rage coursed through him as he shot frost towards him, nearly cursing as Pitched dropped down into the shadows.

"This isn't your fight, Jack." Pitch hummed darkly as he stared down from a taller rooftop, "So much for a neutral party."

Jack grasped his staff tighter ready to send out another jolt of frost towards him, "you made it my fight when you harmed the children and took the baby teeth. If you have harmed them in anyway…" Jack hissed out furious.

Pitch looked down at the boy with a frown as he saw the blue eyes blaze with something familiar, he knew he had seen that spark before but just couldn't place where. As the kid smirked his eyes flickered to his left causing him to look at his side into the glaring gold eyes of the falling star. Pitch jerked away with a startled gasp and laughed awkwardly at the glaring star, he was so wrapped up in frost he forgot about the other.

Jack watched as Sandy flicked his hands out revealing brilliant whips of sparkling gold and began to strike at Pitch who managed to avoid them and forming his own weapon. Pitch's scythe slashed through the air viciously but always missing its target.

"Remind me to never get on your bad side Man of Sand." Jack chuckled as he peered over the edge of the building to see Pitch struggle to get to his feet. Sandy simply smirked and shrugged before stepping off the ledge and began to advance on Pitch.

"Okay! It was stupid of me to mess with your dreams, Sandy. I should never have corrupted them and taken them from you, but you don't know my pain! You don't know what it's like to be hated, weak! So I'll tell you what…" Pitch pleaded his hands up as he looks down at Sandy, Jack shifted nervously something wasn't right about Pitch; the gleam in his eyes was familiar. "You can have them back!" he laughed raising his hands.

Sandy and Jack shared a look as they watched corrupted dream sand merge from the shadows and the glowing yellow eyes of the Mares pierced through them as they took shape. Their nostrils flaring as they pawed the ground with their hooves.

"Uh, you take the ones on the right and I'll take the left…?" Jack asked warily as he shifted around in a circle his hands positioning themselves on his staff. From the corner of his eye he could see that sandy once again had his sand whips out.

Jack heard something being muttered before the nightmares attacked. Whips whirled and cracked around his head as Sandy began the battle, he didn't even have time to use his own weapon as the sleigh flew hazardly over them nearly crashing into Pitch on his mare. Sandy took the opportunity to shoot up in the air with a sand rocket, his hand grasping Jack's hood as he did.

"WOAH SANDY!" Jack cried out in surprise at the sudden jolt causing the Man of Sand to laugh silently.

Jack swung his staff sideways as he watched the nightmare sand swirl up after them, only the heads of the Mares visible while the rest of their bodies morphed into what he would describe as a ghost like body. The wind howled in anger as he directed her to attack, the wind complied. No one dared to harm her boy without facing its wrath.

Jack felt himself being thrown away from Sandy by the man himself, the wind catching him in her grasp and spun him to see the oncoming threat. He hissed as he let loose a burst of frost before smashing it to pieces with his staff before doing it again and again. He could hear from the jingling of the sleigh and Aster's grunts and war cries along with the zapping of Tooth's wand? That part confused him. But he was glad none the less that the Guardians had joined them.

A cry escaped his lips as he felt something ram him sending his body flying and then he was falling. His eyes popped open wide and hands flailed around as he tried to grab his staff, the wind howling as she tried to catch him.

"Might wanna duck," Aster warns with a twitch of his lips and whiskers as his feet touched the sleigh, hearing the whizzing through the air Jack jerked his head to the left and felt the breeze of Aster's boomerang fly past and right into his hand. Jack was awed by and was impressed by the action.

"Nice reflexes mate," Aster said surprised as Jack jerked his head to the side without blinking, at the right time and no flinch. Jack just smirked at the kangaroo before jerking his head up, the sound of laughter catching his attention. Sandy was surrounded by nightmare sand and looked to be losing even though he was putting up a good fight.

"Man of Sand! We need to help him!" He yelled to North, his hand clenched the side of the sleigh, legs bent ready to jump as North pulled them closer.

"NOOOO! MAN OF SAND!" Jack roared in horror and anger as he saw Sandy's body jerk followed by Pitch's laugh.

"Scheyeta!" Jack roared shocking Aster to the very core as his head whipped around to see Jack launch himself into the air towards pitch and Sandy. Hearing his native tongue's word that was used as a battle cry brought forth many memories and much more questions. The main one was though how the hell did the bloody show pony know it and to pronounce it perfectly at that?

Jack couldn't hear the taunts Pitch made as he pushed himself faster with the aid of the wind. Fury built up in him on top of the fear. He saw Sandy stagger on his cloud, his chest heaving before he stood tall. Jack watched as Sandy looked down at him, sorrow and apology in his eyes before the sand swallowed him whole before there was a flash of gold and the nightmare sand pulled away. Sandy was no more.

"NO!" Jack snarled before pushing himself towards Pitch once more from his stunned halt at his friend being snuffed out from the world, one of his only friends that understood him.

The Guardians gasped as they saw sandy disappear, not wanting to believe what they saw. One of the eldest of them all, their silent rock and keeper of dreams was no more. Wind howled violently rocking the sleigh viciously causing North, Tooth and Aster to nearly lose their footing.

"Te'te a'ben!" Aster breathed in shock as they watched the wave of nightmares slam down on Jack.

All Jack could feel was fear and the sensation of being suffocated. It felt as if time had stopped the second the wall of sand slammed into him.

Cries of his clans war cry echoed the valley as they attacked, the mass of black slithering from the darkness. They were corruption my father told me, Fearlings.

I lay hidden, my eyes locked on Kosmotis, a friend of our world now darkness. He held my mother's quivering body at his feet, a blade at her throat. "Give up Tecomanthe and I won't kill your precious mate Phlox." He laughed darkly, his voice overly sweet...

"The Easter Bunny delivers and hides millions of eggs for children all over the world, he creates a game, hides them for the children to find them..."

"Pippa Calla-Lilly Overland..."

Fear clung to him as he struggled to escape, his hands clawing at the now frozen ice and his eyes connect to the moon as light seemed to bath him.

I'm sorry! Sandy's eyes screamed before no more.

Many memories and images flooded his mind altogether, each bringing rage and grief in the span of seconds. Jack curled in on himself as he felt the power build with his wrath, he held it all in until he could not hold it back no more and the magic burst sending his arms out wide and his chest to jut out as bright pale blue light exploded to him.

"S'MOTIS AS'HE TRA-AHR" He screamed in his delirious rage before slamming his hands together, a sonic boom erupted somewhere before frost exploded outwards and up the corrupted sand before exploding sending he and Pitch both falling to the ground.

Tooth flew up and caught him, her hands cradling him to her chest before gently laying him on the sleigh seats.

"Jack, how did you do that?" she asked softly, curious.

"I don't know… Rage… Man of Sand…" Jack mumbled out, faintly hearing North mutter something before darkness took him. There would be no sweet dreams tonight.

A/N: *Gasp* close to the movie I know but it was needed to be done. Also, words made up. I didn't know what language to use for Pookan and made my own, I'll provide translations.

Scheyeta! – Charge, it was the Pookan shared word for it. Though each clan had their own they often used the universal one in wars.

Te'te a'ben! – *smirks* Aster cursed in shock – Equivalent to holy fuck.

"S'MOTIS AS'HE TRA-AHR" – S'motis is my name for how they said Kosmotis in the language. As'he Tra'ahr is you traitor.

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