Requested by Demi Clayton

Chapter 10

(This chapter can also be a prologue for the upcoming arc)

The Moon's apology

Rating for this chapter: K+

There was something bothering Jack frost today. He just kept thinking about what the guardians had told him that Manny loved him. He knew they meant like a son but… the thing that was bothering him was… why did he leave him alone for so long…?

Manny still didn't talk to him even now as a guardian. So how on earth could he love him? Well Jack didn't really care at the moment anyway, well he was but at the moment he was kinda arguing with an overgrown rabbit, but it was more like just making teasing comments about each other. Okay okay, they were kinda playing with each other…. But no one but them knew that.

They we're waiting for the meeting to start. Something about something big was going down and they needed to talk about it. And everyone but North was in the meeting room. He was kinda talking to the moon at the moment so…. This is what led to Jack wondering if the moon even loved him….

Anyway Bunny and Jack stopped their little bickering when Jack made a smart comment about easter which left the pooka speechless and without a comeback. Jack was now playing with his frost. Jack was making little delicate snowflakes and then let them fly into the room and watched them fall over the other guardians in the room.

"Frostbite wha' are ya doin'?" Bunny asked watching the little snowflake landed on his nose.

"Nothing much just bored…" Jack explained with a joyful tone, and then sighed.

"I think it's a bit more than that sweet Tooth. Is something bothering you?" Tooth asked with a gentle tone.

Sandy made some images over his head which ended in a question mark.

Jack sighed. "I don't really want to talk about it."

The three in the room looked worried at the young spirit. He still didn't tell them anything that bothered him. They sighed as North marched cheerfully into the room.

"Alright my friends, it turns out that something sneaky is happening with mother nature." North explained.

"Is it another war with father winter?" Tooth asked worriedly.

"I am not sure, Manny isn't either, which is what makes the situation so worrying." North replied.

They all looked very worried about this new situation. Well except for a sureten winter spirit that was very confused.

"What do you mean 'another war'?" Jack asked confusedly.

The room grew silent.

"The war happened before you were born, even when you were human." North explained slowly. "This war caused great death and despair all around the globe…"

Jack looked down at the table. "That explains somethings i guess…."

Jack looked out the window and saw the moon looking down into the room. Jack sighed.

"Well i got to go see what father winter needs me to do…" Jack walked over to the opened window that he always comes through.

Bunny stopped him. "First ya need ta tell us wha's botherin' ya, mate."

Jack looked at Bunny sadly, he knew that he wasn't getting out of this one, so he sighed. "Okay…"

Jack explained everything. What he was questioning, some of the things he was worried about, and the moon.

"What did you guys mean that Manny loves me? He only talked to me ONCE in the three hundred years that I was alone and! He seemed to know me better than I know myself!" Jack shouted in frustration.

North sighed. "Jack man in moon sees and hears everything on earth. Like you, he has powers. But man in moon… he sees us all as his children… since he made us into the spirits and guardians we are today." North explained.

Jack huffed. "Yeah right! Then why did he leave me alone so long HUH! Do you have any idea how confused I was… how hurt I was when no one could see me and just…. Walk right through me ...!" Jack shouted.

This made them all feel very guilty.

"And then when I tried asking for help… they all scoffed at me… yelled at me and called me a… a monster…. A-and I didn't do anything…. It was all just because I was a winter spirit…"

The other guardians eyes widened at this.

"And you mean to tell me that Manny could have stopped them… could have told me all of this before now? Why didn't he then? Why did he leave me for so so so long ...?" Jack asked sorrowfully.

Tooth was now crying silently, North looked very sad, Sandy had a sand rain-cloud raining on him and looked sad as well… and Bunny…. He… he looked like he was going to kill someone.

Before anyone could say a word Bunny was out of the room and heading to the moon room.

Bunny glared up at Manny. "You son of a rotten blueberry! H-how could ya not tell 'im?! How could ya leave him like that!? A child no less!"

The moon shined on Bunny the light dimmer than normal.

A soft gentle voice spoke to Bunny.

"If I had done what I wished… the boy would be worse than he is now…" Manny explained.

"What?!"

"Bunny, Jack is one of the most powerful spirits I have made, if he were to know everything… if the other spirits of this world knew… Jack would have been attacked, maybe even killed before he even knew how to use them. Jack being alone…. Was the only choice I had…"

Bunny growled up at the moon. "You could have at least told him that!"

"I know… but… there is no excuse for what I did, but now… and I don't really know how to apologize for something as great as this deed I had committed against the boy…"

Bunny chuckled. "Well ya can start by talking to the boy and telling him your sorry."

The light of the moon brighted a bit, as if Manny was smiling down at Bunny.

Bunny came back in to the meeting room and saw Jack by the window looking up at the moon. There was a strange sent in the air… like salty water. Bunny thought it was Tooth's tears but it was coming from the window were Jack was standing.

Jack had a smile on his face… but there was a tear stains running down his cheeks. Jack's smile soon faded and nodded and then he struggled to speak.

"W-well… I-I need to go… I need to see what's going on with father winter and mother nature."

"Alright mate be careful okay?"

Jack nodded.

"I-I'll do that…. Bye guys…." Jack walked to the opened window and flew out of it.

Hey guys! Here's your request Demi Clayton. Hope this explained some things for you and hope you liked it as well. Alright next week is the first arc! Ah! I'm really excited for it! Hope you guys like it too. Anyway I hope you all enjoyed this chapter, thank you all for you wonderful support so far.

Until next time

-GabeElf