Fragile ice.

I'm so sorry I haven't updated for ages- I have been working on my other story. But, I'm here now!

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Enjoy!

Jack walked through the woods of Burgess, occasionally lashing plants with his staff. He had been walked through three times today. The spirit tried to act like he didn't care. But he did. That was probably why he was walking in the woods- no body walked in them. Jack walked deeper into the woods, knowing that he'll eventually find his lake. He closed his eyes. It was so quiet...

"Well- I wasn't expecting ya here, frostbite..." he heard from behind him. Usually, he would call Bunny a cottontail, but this time he just rolled his eyes and didn't even bother plastering a smile on his face. Jack spun around and faced the rabbit.

"My feelings are the same." The spirit said. Why couldn't this rabbit just leave him alone?

"Looks like someone's in a mood." Bunny said teasingly. He knew something was up with the spirit, but instead of going gently on him, he had to tease him.

"I can say the same with you- are little kiddies getting bored of your eggs?" Jack said. This wasn't Jack, Bunny thought. The teen would usually smile and snap out of it. But Bunny felt like he had to keep arguing- to save his pride.

"At least the 'little kiddies' know wha' I do!" Bunny said back, but Jack started to walk away- uncharacteristically. "Those 'little kiddies' won't see ya even if ya right under their noses!" he saw Jack stiffen, and knew he hit a nerve. Bunny was about to go when:

"Children believe that a rabbit hides their eggs, not a kangaroo!" Jack called, but not in a jokey way. He just wanted to be alone. The one time he wanted to, he can't be. Bunny didn't know what's it's like to be walked through. To not be believed in. The rabbit suddenly stood in front of Jack, blocking his path.

"Ya callin' me a kangaroo?" Bunny said, voice low. Jack walked passed him and pretended to think, finger on his chin.

"Yeah," Jack answered, "I think I am." He was almost at the pond- he could see it through the trees. It was frozen over. He suddenly felt himself being lifted off the ground.

"I ain't a kangaroo." Bunny said and threw him onto the ground, "I'm the Easter Bunny. I am believed in. I don't destroy and kill things by doin' my job!" as soon as he said it, Bunny knew he gone too far. Jack winced, like each of the words was a punch in the stomach, and looked down at his hands. Ice had begun to spread under them, and already killed some new plant shoots. He got up. And kept walking. Ignoring Bunny. Walked past him like he wasn't there. Jack reached the lake and looked at the thin ice covering it. Bunny had followed him- not to say sorry, though. When Jack walked past him, it made him angrier and he no longer cared for what the spirit felt.

"Too afraid to go on ya own ice." Bunny said cruelly. Jack gritted his teeth. It was true. He hated water- he was afraid of it.

"Are you?" Jack said quietly. He didn't know why he said it. He knew the ice was too thin. However, before he knew it, Bunny was walking onto the ice.

"Don't!" Jack shouted. He could feel the ice weakening- he put it over the lake to stop anyone from falling into it. Bunny kept walking.

"Stop!" he yelled. Bunny turned around, now in the centre of the ice.

"Come and get m-" he started to say, but he was interrupted by a loud cracking sound. There was a second where the rabbit looked up at Jack, then he fell into the water.

"NO!" Jack screamed and waited for him to come out. But he knew he wouldn't be able to swim in that cold. Making a decision, the spirit started to shuffle across the ice and left his staff by the trees. Carefully, he edged towards the hole, trying to ignore the cracking.

"Bunny!" he called. No sign of anything. Jack closed his eyes and jumped on the ice so he could fall in.

-**"-_)##!

Bunny couldn't move. He tried, but he couldn't. He wasn't sure he could hold his breath for long .

!#-_)##!,-#!-#!

Jack tried to ignore the water and looked for Bunny. The water was so dirty! Suddenly, he caught sight of his friend a couple of metres away from him. He quickly swam to him and grabbed his fur.

-_-#!&(()) _)##!

Bunny was vaguely aware of something grabbing him before falling unconscious.

!#-_)##!-#!-#!

Jack reached the surface, coughing and trembling. Using the last of his strength, he hauled Bunny onto the slippery bank. He then tried to haul himself up, but he was slipping off.

"No, no, no!" Jack cried before landing in the water again. This time, he panicked. He didn't want to be here! Jack frantically tried to swim to the surface but he stayed where he was. Frost was starting to form on the water- he was panicking. Longing for air, Jack closed his eyes and focused on swimming. He wanted to get out! He thrashed wildly but to no avail. He looked upwards and saw a thick tree branch. The spirit kept looking at the branch and swam to it, not thinking of anything else. The ice was getting thicker and closer to his escape route. Jack reached out desperately and seized the branch. Exhausted, he gripped onto it and pulled his head out the water. Jack coughed and breathed in the air. He was so tired. He just wanted to go to sleep, but the spirit knew he had to get out. He kicked his legs weakly and managed to drift to the slippery bank. Jack then pulled his body out the lake and gripped onto a tree root. And lay there, exhausted.

!#-#!-#!''-''-#!

Bunny woke up, shivering. What happened? Then he remembered- he walked onto the should've listened to Jack. Where was he? The pooka looked around, and saw some finger marks on the mud. Does that mean Jack went into the water?

"Jack?" he called. Nothing. Bunny shivered again and curled up into a ball. "Jack!". He looked around again, paying more attention. Then he found him. The spirit was lying a few metres away from him, clinging onto a root. Filled with new energy, Bunny got up, shivered, and carefully made his way over to Jack. He slipped a couple of times, but the pooka soon got there.

"Frostbite?" Bunny said and shook him gently.

"Huh?.." Jack murmured and opened his eyes to look at the rabbit. He smiled but then thumped him, sitting up at the same time. The hit was surprisingly hard.

"What was that for?!" Bunny said, rubbing his arm. Jack turned away from him.

"You should never go on the ice without me telling you it's okay!" he said, "You could've died an-" Jack broke off, and Bunny saw tears fall from his face.

"Hey..." Bunny said gently. Jack fiercely scrubbed the tears from his eyes. "It's alrigh'" he put paw on his shoulder. He noticed Jack was trembling slightly. The spirit tried to shrug him off, but soon stopped. With one last sniff, Jack stood up shakily.

"Come on, kangaroo!" he said, picking his staff up. Bunny got up and walked after him.