Hi !
So here's the next one!
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They were all quiet. Just sitting there staring to nothing.
It wasn't like they didn't have anything to talk about, not at all. In fact, it was the other way around. But they just couldn't put their thoughts into words. No, they were too busy thinking about what the events of that day had meant for every single one of them.
It had all started like any other day. It was autumn so Jack would spent most of his time at the pole. But it was getting closer to Christmas so North had asked him not to stress up the yetis so much. Huh. 'So much' was a beautiful combination of words, he had thought. But no, he would never do anything that attempted against North's work. He was just getting to know him after all and he liked him very much. North was pretty cool.
Anyway, one of those autumn days North had suddenly realized it was way to quiet. Hmm. His belly was feeling something, but it wasn't a 'Jack doing naughty-list like things' kind of feeling. So he stood up and walked around to see what was going on.
This would be Jack's only second Christmas with them and he was meaning to ask him if he would like to help with some designs. He had loved it last time! Both of them had actually.
Then he saw some elves peeking through one of the meeting room's door. Okay, he was curious now. He opened the door a found a couple of yetis and a bunch of elves with hesitantly expressions.
On the other side of the room, Jack was sitting on an open window's frame, back toward the room and legs hanging out of the window. He was just sitting there in silence while the Wind hovered around him.
It was freaking everyone out. A bunch of elves and one of the yetis (not Phil) were about to go and ask him if he was okay when North had suddenly stepped into the room and made his way towards him. He looked at them with curious eyes before looking at Jack.
"Jack! Everything so quiet I thought you weren't here" he laughed, but he already knew there was something wrong.
"Hi, North" smiled Jack turning his head.
"What you doing?" asked North while sitting on the frame next to him.
"Just thinking… I was bored!" he smirked and North laughed at that.
"Ha! Toothy would kill you if you told her that! What were you thinking about?" he asked kindly. He knew it was something bigger that wondering what was it he would have for dinner. Jack didn't left his smile but looked outside and North realized the way the wind kept nuzzling the boy. Interesting.
"I have time now, you know" he suddenly said and North's eyes widened in confusion.
"Time? Well, we're immortal, we have plenty of time!" and Jack laughed at that.
"I mean, I'm not busy right now"
"Oh" North nodded "Busy for what?"
"To see my memories" Jack said in a low voice. Oh, North thought. Delicate topic.
"I thought you had already seen memories"
"Well… I didn't see all of them" he laughed "I just saw… pieces… you know?" and North nodded "And I was really happy, but…"
"Yes?"
"Can I tell you something?" he suddenly asked and North found himself smiling, a warm feeling in his chest. Of course Jack could tell him. Tell him anything at all.
"Of course" he encouraged.
"Well, I had thought this was my life you know? That I had just appeared one day and I didn't know why. So when I saw my memories… I was so happy…" he said while staring at the air "I had a family" he smiled looking at North with such a proud expression that North had felt like saying 'aww'!
"Good" smiled North.
"Yeah…" Jack said "But then Tooth made me realize it wasn't just that. There're still a lot of memories I haven't seen. I hadn't thought about it though. And now I'm curious…"
"Is not bad thing wanting to see all your memories, Jack. You should have had them all with you from the start. I would say is your job to watch them" North explained at him patting his shoulder.
"Is not like I don't want to watch them…" he huffed "But what if I see something bad?"
North's eyes had widened at that. Jack was scare of watching his memories. And he, Santa, felt a ball of emotions inside him. It wasn't something unusual for him. Having thousand of different emotions exploding at once inside you! But these particular emotions were different. Very different in deed…
"Well" he began after a few second of Jack staring at him "It is memories! They might be bad, but they're yours. And you have us here" he smiled "if you see sad memories then we hug you!" he laughed. And he was surprised at how relieved he felt once hearing Jack laughing along with him.
"Hope they aren't sad then!"
"Ah! But hugs good, da?" and Jack laughed even harder.
"Heh, guess so" he rolled his eyes "I'll tell Tooth then, mind if I watch them here tonight?" and North looked at him with smirk.
"Of course!" he huffed "Now, why don't we have some cookies and then you can help with ideas for toys!"
"Really? Cool! I have a lot of ideas from Jamie!"
"Good!" North laughed "You are like my spy!" and they both laughed at that.
After that they had both spent the rest of the morning laughing while thinking about ideas for toys and Jack would help North with his ice sculptures. North would never get tired of having him with him while working. It was like big vacation! And he made as much as new toys (if not more) than he would on 'non vacation' days!
Jack had then gone to some German mountain ranges leaving North to think.
Not only had he seen an undiscovered part of Jack, but he had also gotten to be trusted by him. Well, maybe it hadn't been a matter of trust for Jack, but North couldn't help to feel proud for being there for him. He started to think about their conversation. Jack was so child like. He was mischievous, yes. He was independent too. He was Jack Frost! But now that he thought of it. How could have someone survive through three centuries of not being seen, not being believed in, and not having any memories to hold on to?
There was that odd ball of emotions again. It made him feel sad. Sad for Jack. He really must have been so happy when he saw his memories, so happy and excited in fact, that he didn't know what to do, and he was scared. Or at least confused.
Now that he thought about it, he had only once before seen other sides of Jack. It had been after Sandy had 'died'. Jack had felt so… sad. He had even told him he wished he had done something! How many things didn't they know about Jack? He was surely much more than the 'Jack Frost' everybody knew about. In fact, none of them knew Jack.
North frowned. No, Jack was guardian now. He had them now, and he would make sure Jack was his happy self always. Jack was Guardian of Fun after all. And not only that.
North wouldn't be able to place it yet, but his belly already knew what the feeling growing inside North was. It was the feeling of protection. Protection towards the new member.
And North's belly knew North would hold on to that feeling.
…
Tooth had arrived at the pole at midday.
"Hi, North! Hi, Jack!" she smiled before flying towards Jack to check his teeth.
"North! You gave him way too many cookies!" she frowned while Jack chuckled. He hadn't even had to tell her he had eaten cookies!
"Bah, cookies good for teeth" he waved his hand "make teeth happy!" he giggled and Tooth huffed. She was about to say something when Jack stopped her.
"Tooth, hey, I think I'm watching my memories today"
"Oh!" she gasped "Good… do you want to see them now?" she asked kindly. It had taken her by surprise really. But it was important for Jack to see all his memories and she wanted him to see them.
"Okay!" he shrugged with a smile "I can't see them without you right?"
"Yeah" she giggled "I have to open it for you! It might take a while so you should get comfortable"
Jack looked around and decided to sit on the frame of a window. It had cushions and the window opened only a little bit above it so he could place his elbow there and his head on his fist. Meanwhile Wind would be nuzzling him. Wind had been the one telling him to watch the memories after all. Wind wanted Jack to tell him everything just as he had done with the first memories he had seen.
So anyway, North was sitting on a couch while looking from afar what was going on. He wanted to make sure Jack was okay.
"Alright, ready?" she asked her with an excited smile. She so wanted Jack to get his memories back!
"Yeah" Jack smirked mischievously.
…
Bunny got to the pole the minute after Sandy and they had both felt pretty surprised to find their comrades in silence. North was drawing some designs he had came up with that morning with Jack´s help and Tooth was leading her fairies with quick phrases that were killed by the silence atmosphere.
"What's going on?" asked Bunny when he saw Jack resting on the window frame. The window was open and the kid had his legs crossed over the cushions, his cheek resting on his right hand, right elbow resting on the window's wooden frame, staring blankly out of the window. Only then did he notice his left hand resting between his legs holding a golden tube.
"He's looking at his memories" said Tooth with a smile.
"Oh" said Bunny, but both him and Sandy glance at Jack with worried expressions. It was good for him to see his memories, but for some reason Bunny didn't feel happy about it and neither did Sandy. But it could have been because of how estrange it was to see Jack like that. Expressionless.
Nope, they didn't like it one bit.
…
It had been around an hour since they had gotten there and they were talking about different things regarding their jobs and children they all knew about.
It was cold. Very cold. And they were near the fireplace! A chill run across Bunny's spine.
"Jeez, it's freezing!" he suddenly said. He turned around to look at the open window Jack was sitting next to "Can't we close th-" and he stopped in track with an almost silent gasp and froze in place.
The others noticed his reaction and followed his gaze. There, still sitting in the same position, was Jack. The floor and window glasses had started to frost around him. But that hadn't been what had made Bunny gasp. No. It had been Jack.
With the same expressionless look he was still looking out of the window.
But he was crying.
Well, i don't know how it turned out but while writting it i felt it was pretty sad, hope it was good and hope you enjoyed it !
Actually i wanted to do this a one-shot arc but it took more pages than i thought and i really wanted to update!
So what do you think? second chapter or to replace this one with the finished version?
Review and tell me what you think :D !
