Chapter 2

After the battle (part 2)

Rating for this chapter: K+ (because I'm paranoid)

'...' thoughts

"..." speech

Bunny stared at Jack for a moment. "So Frostbite, how did ya hide that you were hur' for so long?" Bunny questioned, Jack tensed.

"And why should I tell you that? It's none of your business, kangaroo." Jack stated, rolling over to look at the oversized rabbit.

Bunny's nose twitch at the name "kangaroo" but he let it slide… just this once. "Look Ah' know ya had ta of done somethin'. So if ya just tell me, ah'll leave ya alone ta ya rest, okay?"

Jack grumbled, huffing out a defeated sigh, he told what he did. "Um uh… I um… froze the wounds… it was a quick job… The ice started melting in the sleigh… I guess…"

Bunny sighed, "Alrigh' Frostbite, next time tell us, okay. Ya scared us haf' ta death." Bunny told as he turned around to leave. He heard Jack sigh.

"Maybe… I can take care of myself, you know." Jack rolled over to face the window.

Bunny heaved another sigh that felt like the fifthy time that day. "Whatever ya say, Jack, Ah'll take ma leave now." Bunny stated as he opened the door to leave.

Jack mumbled something along the lines of "stupid rabbit". Bunny shook his head fondly as he closed the door.

"What am Ah' goin' to do with tha' troublemake'a?" Bunny sighed leaning against the closed door.

Sandy was floating down the hallway to Jack's room since he felt him fall asleep and wanted to make sure that he had good dreams as he recovered. He noticed bunny leaning on the bedroom door. He floated to the side of his furry friend and waved his hand in front of his face.

Bunny jumped a bit at the sudden motion but quickly recovered and look over to his golden friend and raised a questioning brow. Sandy picked up on the curious expression and started making images above his head that ended with a question mark.

"'What am Ah' doing'? Well Ah' just had a talk with Jacky and well… Ah' just feel really bad for ignore 'em for so long…" bunny sighed again more deeply this time and more sadness.

Sandy nodded looking a bit sad himself. He looked up at Bunny and patted him on the back comfortingly. Bunny looked down that the sandman. Sandy looked up at the pooka. "Thanks mate, Ah'll fix this somehow…" Bunny stated, determined, Sandy smiled.

After Bunny had left the room Jack looked back at the door.

'Why is that stupid kangaroo being so nice…? Does he- No! He probably just feels guilty now that I saved his furry backside, and doesn't want to be indebted to me. Yeah that's it. Nothing more nothing less.' Jack thought, huffing as he faced back to the wall.

Jack then yawned loudly, eyes drooping. 'Well I guess I'll take Bunny on that offer.' He closed his eyes and let his tiredness led him to sleep.

An hour later, Jack woke up, sitting up in his bed, groggily, he looked around the room for something to use to walk with. He then spotted a cane at the end of the bed. Jack chuckled as he grabbed the cane and saw a note taped to the stick:

Dear Frostbite,

I had North make this cane for you.

Sorry I wasn't there when you woke up.

From

The Easter Bunny

Jack took the cane and set the wooden end on the floor, then his feet. He put all of his weight onto the cane, and took a step. "I can work with this." Hey nodded to himself.

He limped out of the room, to the hallway, and then to the meeting room, which was empty at the moment. Not even an elf in sight.

"Wow, where is everyone?" Jack question aloud as he waddled further into the room.

He sat himself down on a chair, groaning as the weight on his legs disappeared and the pain that he had not realized was there.

"Well i guess I'll sit here for a bit. I really have nothing I can do, since I don't have my staff." Jack sighed, laying his head on the large wooden table.

He brought up his arm up to the table and took his index finger and started drawing frost patterns on the wood. Jack lazily watch his frost spread across the table.

A yeti, Phil, walked into the meeting room, carefully carrying boxes to one of the storage rooms. He stopped when a very cold air hit him, making the yeti shiver slightly. The yeti set the boxes on the large table of the room, not realizing that the frost all over the wood.

The boxes started to slide across the table, while the yeti went to get the key from around his neck. The boxes slid down the table but coming to a harsh stop when it ran in to something, that made a loud surprised yell.

"Ah! What on earth? What is this stuff?" The winter spirit, Jack, asked opening the box that just hit him in the face.

The yeti made some noise in yeti-ish and grumbled. Jack sat up and stared at the yeti for a moment, before bursting out laughing.

"Hey Phil, what are you doing?" Jack asked with a smile.

Phil rolled his eyes at Jack, pointing to the hallway.

"Oh are you taking theses to the storage?" Jack questioned, pointing over to the door.

The yeti nodded, sighing sadly.

Jack thought for a moment. "Is it okay if I help? I'm bored out of my mind just sitting here!" Jack exclaimed, sighing loudly.

Phil shook his head, Jack gave him the puppy dog eyes. "Please~" Jack clapped his hands together, holding them up to his face.

"I'll do anything, even opening doors, just give me something to do!" Jack whined, the yeti sighed, grumbling and segesting with his body to follow him.

"Thanks you!" Jack shouted with joy, Phil shrugged while grumbling.

Jack stood up off the chair slowly and then waddled over to the yeti.

"Okay where is the storage room that this key leads to?" Jack asked taking the key from the yeti.

The yeti picked back up the boxes, and walked over to the door. Jack chuckled, then limped as fast as he could over to the door without tripping.

Phil and Jack put all the boxes into the storage rooms where they meant to go. Phil gave all the keys to Jack so he could open the doors without having to go get the key to the room. This arrangement lasted till all the boxes were put away, which took an hour.

By the time they finished Jack was ready for a nap. So he sat himself on a couch in one of the living areas next to the meeting room.

He curled up on the couch till he was only taking up one square of the couch. The cane next to the couch resting against the arm. Jack fell asleep relatively quickly, feeling himself drift he allowed himself to let his frost spread across the room.

Bunny hopped out of his hole into the bitter cold wind. He shivered furiously as he made his way to North's shop. He made his way to the meeting room after he got into the workshop.

After he entered the room he saw some lingering frost patterns on the table, and raised an eyebrow.

"Bloody crackers?" He stated, walking over to the table. He then saw frost coming from the bottom of one of the doors. He walked over to the room and opened the door. He was met with freezing cold air, he squinted, trying to adjust to the cold as he walked in.

When he opened his eyes, he was met with a beautiful sight. He had never seen frost patterns like this. He followed the frost to its owner, who was sound asleep on the couch.

Bunny walked quietly and carefully over to the couch and looked down at the boy. Jack was looked as though he was the frost itself, which probably wasn't to far off. Bunny ran his furry paw through Jack's snow white hair, softly petting his head.

"Ah see ya found a nice place ta nap." Bunny whispered with a silent chuckle of fondness.

Then someone else entered the room. Bunny stopped running his paw through Jack's hair, and turned around to see a bewildered North.

"What is all thish?" North asked in awe as he entered the room.

"Jackie here takin' a nap, and it seems 'is pow'r wanted to have some fun." Bunny replied, chuckling.

"Oh, I shee, thish is quite beautiful, I didn't know he could do thish." North stated cycling around the room.

"Ah hear ya mate. It's qui'e a picture." Bunny agreed.

Bunny then stretch Jack out on the couch, so he could check his wounds. He slowly unwrapped the boy's bad leg. The wound looked like it was healing good. Bunny re-wrapped the wound with new bandages that north had in the room.

"Alrighdy, time 'dat Ah go. Nice seein' ya north. Ah'll leave one o' ma' egglets so if ya need me this little delly can come and get me." Bunny instructed, handing North the tiny Egglet.

"Ah, yes, thank you bunny. I'll be sure to use it if needed, da." North replied, nodding to his old friend.

"Ah'll take ma leave now, bye North." Bunny waved goodbye bye as he left the room. Leaving the shop and out to the cold, he tapped the ground three times, a big hole appeared and he jumped down into it.

Jack woke with a start when something crashed. It was Phil, he was coming to get Jack for dinner. He went into the room he knew Jack was in. He hadn't noticed the cold or frost on the ground, till he slipped and fell on it.

Jack sat up as fast as he could, turning around to see what the sound was. Jack burst out laughing seeing who it was. Phil glared at Jack as he stood but stopped as he got a good view of the room.

Phil looked around the room in awe, then he looked to Jack and gestured to the room.

"What are you doing phil?" Jack asked, Phil insisted to the room.

Jack sighed, confused at the yeti. When he finally looked at the room he was shocked.

"Oh wow, that… that was done in my sleep?" Jack shockly asked, Phil nodded. "Wow… If that's the case, I'll sleep more often."

Phil smacked himself in the face. Jack chuckled, "just kidding, Phil. Can't you take a joke? Anyway what was it that you came in here for?" Jack question, Phil sighed.

Phil picked up Jack, making him yell in surprise, Phil grabbed the cane and left the room. He sat Jack on a chair at the meeting room's table.

There was lots of food on the table, but what was the most shocking to Jack was that the rest of the guardians were there, smiling at him.

"Hello, sweet tooth, how was your nap?" Tooth asked cheerfully.

"Um… good i guess." Jack replied.

"That's good!" Tooth exclaimed happily.

Bunny walked over to Jack with his hands behind his back, looking very serious.

"What do you want, rabbit? I'm not in the mood to argue right now." Jack stated, not looking at bunny.

"Well that's fine 'cause Ah ain't here for tha'." Bunny replied, Jack looked at bunny.

"Then what is it then?" Jack questioned, Bunny covered the boy's eyes with one paw and placed something in Jack's hands.

"What the-?!" Jack exclaimed, bunny removed his paw.

Jack saw his staff, and gasped, "My Staff!" He looked at Bunny with the happiest expression Bunny had ever seen. "Thank you!"

Bunny chuckled, "no problem mate. Sayed one a day of restin', and ya have ya staff back."

Jack hugged his staff, then feeling wind rush around him happily, as frost creeper across the wood.

"I missed you too wind." Jack contently said, confusing the others tremendously, but they decided that they ask about that later, right now, they needed to get some food into something very hungry bellies.

Hey guys, hoped you guys enjoyed this chapter. Tgank you so much for your support, am going to try and post 1 chapter every 1 to 2 weeks, the 2 weeks wait might because of a request or something came up and prevented me from posting, just thought I'd give a heads up. Anyway thank you for reading. And you don't have to review for me to continue, just favoriting, or following or both will be enough to motivate me to post.

Well until next time

-GabeElf