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Just want to say I am feeling much better from last chapter. I didn't write for a day so instead I read a story from my favorite author (Starskulls, I know SOME of you out there love her too!) and it lightened my mood. My mind is clearer and I know what to do next!
And thank you to Nikki Pond who offered to help me! You know what!? THANK YOU EVERYONE!:) Thank you for all your support! Thank you for being so dedicated to my stories and me and my cliffhangers!XD Makes my day! Do you think we can can three more reviews so we have 35!?:) I am also happy because this story has been viewed 2,000 times! Thank you all!
Anyway, enough of my rambling, time to start some epic reading! Long chapter and... NO CLIFFHANGER. I promise this time cause I don't feel like one lol!
Tooth blinked the sleepiness out of her eyes. She could see morning light stream through the window and a simple cool breeze in the air. She warily sat up and rubbed her eyes. It was a beautiful day! The storm had vanished! Probably because Jack was... Jack! Tooth cried for joy as she swung her legs off of the bed she was sitting on and started to fly... only to trip and stumble forward.
Tooth gasped in shock and pain. Pain spiraled up her leg and arm. But most of all, that stumble caused Tooth to hunch, irritating her back... a lot. She could feel the pain surge as she propped herself back up on the bed... no, cot. Tooth got a better baring of her surroundings and she realized she was in the infirmary room. She then noticed that one of her arms and legs was bandaged like crazy. But the thing that caught her attention the most was the brace on her back. Her back was layered with bandages and cloths but to hold her back in place was a back brace. Not too heavy, it was flexible but it was troublesome.
Her wings. They were gone forever. Her weapons. They were what let her fly and be free and do her job. It's what made her a fairy. But that was taken from her. It ailed her to move but she warily turned around to see her fellow wounded friends all waking up from their cots. Tooth trudged towards her friends. She could move fine but not naturally.
The Pooka was second to wake. His condition was okay but his bones were weak. Any twerk in the wrong direction could set off a bone. They were very fragile. Bunnymund was very depressed by this for he knew he probably wouldn't be racing around in Australia in a while. Bunny also wore a wooly coat to keep him warm, he could still feel the chill in his bones which made him shiver occasionally.
The Guardian of Wonder woke up next. He could not sit up as easily but managed to do so. The yetis managed to shift his ribs back into place but it was an excruciatingly painful process. His side ached to no end. North's arm was destroyed, many little bones had been shattered. Some were even found completely dislocated and had wandered off somewhere else in the big man's arm. But otherwise, North was doing quite fine.
The little golden man behind the dreams was last to wake, with a yawn. Sandy was the best out of the four. (Tooth was the worst, then North, then Bunny.) The little man had some trouble breathing and swallowing at times but that would wear off in a few weeks.
Even though the room was full of pain and hurt, everyone had a smile on their faces. They had done it!More like the kids but who cares! Jack was back! Everyone could read each others thoughts and helped each other get up and walk out of the infirmary with some yetis and elves at their side ready to say hello to Jack Frost.
Tooth could not wait to see her sweet tooth, she missed him so much! When she got her hands on Pitch, it wasn't going to be pretty. "Jack!? Jack, it's us! Where are you! Please come out, we want to see you!" Tooth's voice echoed through the ice palace. No response. This had to be another one of Jack's pranks.
Bunny scoffed, the little ankle biter was hiding in this palace somewhere. "Yo, Frostbite! Come on out this instant or I'll send you on a one way trip to Hawaii!" Bunny knew this had to get Jack, Hawaii was one of Jack's least favorite places in the world. But still nothing...
North rolled his eyes. "Okay, Jack. Very funny, very elaborate, fantastic job but can you please come out now so we can say hello already? We just want to see how your doing ya know?" Silence. The guardians were starting to get a little pissed.
"Guys?" A boys voice came through a hallway.
The guardians dashed as fast as they could down the hallway and to the foyer. But instead of finding Jack Frost, they found Jamie and his friends.
"Phil!" North boomed and bellowed. Soon Phil stumbled forth and started to rapidly speak in gibberish trying to give an explanation. "I told you to send the kids home!" North exclaimed. Clearly the children had slept at North's palace as a few were getting off couches. "What are the parents going to think?"
"I uh... he he... sent a text to my parents that we were camping in the woods since the storm had cleared. They didn't object!" Pippa said, wavering a phone in the air.
"Good thinking... but, why?" Tooth sweetly asked.
The children's faces grew dim and solemn. Their heads bowed at their feet which were tweaking the ground. Their hands all a bundle. Uh oh, this couldn't be good!
"It's Jack." The twins said in unison.
"Ok guys, where's the little devil?" Bunny jokingly demanded.
Cupcake groaned. "We have a hunch. And it's not a good one."
Sandy motioned with his hands for the children to carry on with their explanation.
Monty spoke up. "H-he uh... well... he." Monty stuttered before clearing his throat. "W-when you guys came through the portal, you know, knocked out and being carried to the hospital and all... well, Jack told us to stay here but a..." Monty had grown to nervous to continue.
Jamie couldn't bear it anymore, "Jack didn't come back through the portal!" He finished loudly and abruptly. "We saw that he didn't fly in as soon as you guys did so we were going to go in but it closed!"
The palace went dead silent. The yetis were motionless. The elves were speechless. The children were emotionless. And the guardians were... expressionless. You could hear a pin drop. The only noise that could be heard was their own pounding heartbeat.
Tooth was the first to snap the silence, startling everyone. "We must get him this moment! Who knows what Pitch could be doing to him! Oh he'll see once I get my hands on him..." Tooth said coldly.
"Do what? We are weaponless and wounded!" Says Bunny crossly. Of course, he made the statement. The guardians had no weapons... let alone the fact that walking and breathing wasn't the easiest. No way could they get him now if Pitch caught them.
"But we have to get him! We just have to! It's like Tooth said, for all we know, Pitch could be turning Jack evil again or torturing him or... something! We have to go now!" Jamie protested.
The guardians groaned. They knew with all their hearts that they had to move fast to rescue Jack again but deep down they felt that once they were in Pitch's lair... none of them may come back out. The guardians were in no fit condition to fight, even Sandy.
Cupcake growled, "Seriously guys? What if you were down there and Jack was here? What would he do? Just stand and ponder if he was going to make it? Hell no! He would be down that rabbit whole faster than the wind could say no!" She couldn't understand why the guardians were being so despicable.
"Y-yeah, Cupcakes right! N-no time to be a c-coward!" Monty stuttered, he should take his own advice he thought.
Pippa cheered. "That's right, Monty!"
The twins then spoke up, "We've got no time to lose! Come on, lets go get our Winter Spirit!" The boys high fived but the guardians were still starstruck.
Jamie felt like slapping some sense into the guardians, literally. What the heck!? Where were there minds? "What it comes down to is that Jack could be suffering or something and you are all being cowards right now. Jack would die for you guys, he told me that... and you should know it." This made the guardians raise their eyebrows. "Wouldn't you die for him? Aren't you his family?" The guardians were too stunned by the children's actions to speak.
The twins groaned. Cupcake scowled. Pippa and Monty whined. But Jamie was fed up with the guardians. "Well, forget it. We'll go down there to save Jack, all by ourselves! And tell him that you didn't bother to help because you were afraid. I'm going to get Jack now!" Jamie roared and cleared a path through the yetis and elves with his friends marching behind him.
"Your going to need a snow globe to get there."
Jamie and his friends stopped and smirked. North held out a snow globe with a smirk on his face, like the teenage winter spirit himself, North chuckled. The children had gotten to them, they were right, as always!
"I knew you would reconsider!" Pippa exclaimed confidently.
The guardians chuckled.
"And we've got some presents for you guys... just some, you might call, weapons. Well, not exactly. But we've got an idea!" The twins raved.
Everyone laughed, high spirits were roaming the palace once more. The kids explained the plan and that some of the yetis and elves could come join the party! To the guardians surprise, the kids had a wonderful and rambunctious plan that would work for sure. They didn't need weapons, nor a perfect body, they just needed to have a little... fun.
But things were not so lighthearted and fun in Pitch's lair:
-Meanwhile ~the portal closes~ Pitch's lair-
Jack slammed the cold stone wall in front of him. He looked at it with horror and terror. The guardians and children were going to be okay but him, not so much. Jack turned around to Pitch, shooting a beam of ice at him.
Pitch swiftly dodged the ice with grace. He saw it coming. He smirked. But truthfully, Pitch was crushed and devastated, but mostly angry. Very angry. He could not believe Jack Frost had returned, it was impossible! He had worked so hard to crush the guardians for life with the very thing that enlightened it. But now, more than anything, he wanted Jack Frost dead. But, Pitch knew that the guardians would return in matter of time so he ultimately decided to kill Jack Frost later... have a little fun with him first.
"Ah Jack, so happy to see you... in, former self." Pitch said with sarcastic dismay.
"Shut up!" Jack spat as he shot another piece of ice at Pitch. It tweaked him a bit but was not enough.
"Oh you want a fight? Really? Your not going to fly off to go see your friends who think you are their right this minute watching over them?" Pitch taunted, in fact, he did not want Jack to leave and he knew that. Jack did not reply.
"I take your response as a no... that's a shame." Pitch exhaled.
With a yell of effort Jack shot another beam of ice at Pitch which was able to make him unbalanced. It was clear that Pitch did not want a fight. "They will have to wait, till I finish you!" Jack then walked right up to the Nightmare King and socked him in the jaw. Good old punch!
Pitch groaned then stood up massaging his jaw. "Your not going to go see your family? After all you did to them? They would feel crushed! Well, they literally are..." Pitch snickered before continuing, "You saw the damage they took. All because of you! You know what, Frost? It's always because of you!"
Jack thrusted his hand at Pitch's throat and back him up against the wall, pinning him with his throat. Jack squeezed tighter. Pitch gagged. "You made me!" Jack hissed.
"And w-what did you d-do ab-bout it?" Pitch gargled and managed to splutter out. "Nothing!" Pitch said using his last breath.
Jack's jaw was slightly open and his eyes focused warily towards the ground. The place was coming into focus and out. His vision was blackening in the edges. He heaved, it was getting hard to breath. His tight grip on Pitch released as Pitch collapsed to the floor, holding his dear neck catching a breath. Jack placed his hand on the wall for support and placed the other over his forehead.
The last thing Jack remembered was laying in the snow, his vision blurry, he was fading away. He gave into the pain and darkness. The, Dark. Nothing but Dark. Heartbeats. A breath. It was so fast. Then... a voice. Jamie's voice calling Jack back. He heard it, light started to stream in. And Jack had returned. He knew nothing of what happened when he was Evil Jack.
"What did I do?" Jack asked slowly.
The boogieman grinned, he new the teenager would ask and he had the perfect way to tell him. "Are you sure you want to know?"
Jack threatened to punch Pitch again. "Are you kidding? Tell me right now!" He roared.
"Ok..." Pitch shrugged but did nothing.
Jack was ready to shoot him with some ice until he heard the voices again. The voices that drove him insane. But now, pictures flashed before him. And the voices were combined with the video Jack was seeing. Jack cried out from anguish, he clutched the sides of his head and sulked to his knees, watching the flashbacks.
Tears streamed to his eyes. He could not see or what was really happening, all he could hear and see was what torturous things he did to the guardians and how he taunted the children. It was awful. Let alone the shrieks of pain from the guardians and the sobs of the children. Jack did not feel that he was literally being dragged and locked into a chamber to cower there with the dreadful memories.
After what seemed like hours, (Jack did really know how long) Jack's hands were drenched with his own tears, let alone sitting in a puddle of them. The flashbacks and voices had ended but they swam in Jack's head, they were never going to leave him. The pain he inflicted on his loved ones... what had he done? This would scar everyone for life... all because of him. Jack was shaking to the bitter end with fear. It was too much. Everything, the pain, sadness, the voices, the flashbacks... and himself. Jack was not a guardian. Jack curled up, tucking his knees into his chest with his arms wrapped around them, his head shielded with his hoodie as he buried his head into himself. Still shaking and sobbing of what terrible things he had done.
Me: *Sniff* Poor Jack!:'( Pitch, you are SO dead! I will KILL you! Face my WRATH!
Pitch: … O.O …
Me: That's right!
Ha ha... anyway. Yeah! The children pulled through once more and its off to save Jack once and for all! Please review so we can 35! three would make it!;)
Peace out!
-SkatingDJ