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Jack

There was a small blizzard blowing snow in circles outside the window. Actually it's my window. In my room. It's still awkward to say 'my room.' Honestly this whole experience has been uncomfortable. I never stayed in one place for more than a few days. I was restless. I want to fly through the skies, riding the Wind. I want to feel the frost spread out of my body. To see it shine over trees and windows. I want to feel the biting cold and hear the whispers of the Wind. I want get away from the loud noises and the wild atmosphere of the workshop. I want to be alone.

My body froze at that thought. I want to be alone. A laugh burst from my mouth. It sounded hysterical, crazy even, but it just made me laugh harder. All this time I wanted someone to look at me, to see me. Now that they did, I didn't like it. I wanted to be alone again. Oh the irony! I laughed till frozen tears spilled from my eyes. My laughter broke down to leave a weird silence as a few of the tears spilled down my cheeks slowly. Now what do I do? What do I want? Maybe it's not being alone I want but the normalcy of it. Being around North all the time, making things, having a room, wasn't normal. Flying in the wind, covering things with frost, running, being alone, that was normal. It might have been lonely but it wasn't bad. I played with the kids all the time. Granted they never saw me but-

But now some do see me! I could go play with them. My gut told me that they weren't due for a snow day. I let out a sigh. There goes that plan. Maybe I could watch other kids play. I haven't been in Australia for a while. Yep, I'm going to Australia. I jumped from the window seal and opened the window. It felt good to feel the Wind rush in around me. I heard it whisper its concern about leaving North without giving him a warning. I rubbed my staff as I thought about confronting the jolly man. He wouldn't miss me, and I would be back in a jiff. What's the worse that could happen?

Tooth

"YOU LOST HIM!" I roared. Everyone flinched back. I wasn't one to raise my voice. But there were certain things that I would not stand for. Like North losing track of our youngest, cutest, most vulnerable Guardian. "How could you lose track of an 18 year old boy?!" I was a little livid.

"He vas here in room. I hear him laughing. Than later vhen I check on him, he's gone." North said frantically. Whether it was in worry about Jack or fear of me I didn't know or care.

"You weren't watching him! You can't leave a kid like him unsupervised and alone and-" I pause momentarily to get a breath in but then Bunny steps between North and me.

"We did." His somber words deflate me instantly. "We left him unwatched and alone for a three hundred years. We need to understand that for him, us caring all of the sudden ain't normal. You of all people should know that." I looked away from Bunny's piercing gaze. Usually it's me scolding him, so I was uncomfortable with the change of roles. But I kind of understood him.

"I was being hunted. It's different. Jack is, Jack is-" I cut off afraid of the words escaping my mouth. While Jack's scarred skin burned in my mind I still couldn't believe that, that was him. Sandy touched my wrist lightly.

"Jack is being hunted in his own mind." Sandy signed. I couldn't, no I didn't want to understand.

"What?" I gasped incredulously. Sandy gave a sorrowful sigh and he was beginning to sign something but Bunny stepped forward again.

"Look sheila," Bunny growled. North and Sandy tensed but I know Bunny. He worried with anger. I worried with panic. "I know you don't want to face the facts, but Jack hurts himself to not feel pain. And to not feel pain he keeps from feeling other things." I gently laid a hand on his arm as the words 'like hope' filled the air. I couldn't help but admire how Bunny was always able to face a situation upfront. "He's a runner sheila." He grabbed my shoulders tightly, but gently. I was never scared by Bunny's touch. He was anger and truth, he was safe. He was the only one strong enough to be the wall to stop me from flailing in panic. "We need you to think like you did when you were like him. When you first came to us." I trembled in fear. I hated that time. It was full of paranoia, anger, hopelessness. Always looking behind my back, never getting too close in fear of getting torn apart, feeling alone. Bunny's grip tightened, pulling me back to the present. I looked down in shame and vulnerability.

"Normality." I whisper. I heard North ask Sandy what I said, but Bunny just kept his steady gaze on me. "He would be looking for anything that makes him feel normal. He's being approached by something he wants but he won't accept that he fears it. He would've felt overwhelmed and strive to get any bit of normality in his life." I finish strong and I look up at Bunny. I gasped as a cold feeling entered my stomach and tightly grabbed Bunny's arm. "He would've gone to do something he can control."

"Like a storm!" North said excitedly. Out of my peripheral I saw Sandy nod enthusiastically, but I stared at Bunny hopping that he got what I was saying. His eyes widen a fraction but quickly he nodded.

"Then you drongos should go check out that theory. He's most likely trying to cause some trouble for those kids from the battle." Bunny ordered playful. I still heard the falseness of it. North and Sandy quickly went off as Bunny left my grasp to see them off. The cold feeling began to get bigger, leaving me empty. My fairies that followed me couldn't even dissipate the feeling. I began to meditate on the feeling trying to pinpoint its location. "Tooth." Bunny's thick voice broke me out of my concentration. "Sorry to interrupt, but I need to know what you know."

"What's happening in Australia?" I asked quickly. Bunny seemed surprised by the topic change but as I gave several faires new directions he began to meditate as well.

"There was a small snowstorm." He said in awe.

"Let's go!" I barreled towards him practically taking his arm off. I heard a small breath exit him. "Sorry. Always in a rush." His small eye roll released some of the dread from my stomach. He tapped the ground with his foot and we began to slide through the green tunnels. I held tightly to Bunny, hopping not to get lost. Yet it was over as soon as it started. "I thought it would be longer." I mumbled quietly when we tumbled out. I was expecting a quick retort back but nothing came. "Bunny?" When I turned around towards him, his back spoke of a man devastated. I gulped as stepped around him to get a better look at he was seeing. It was horrible. There was three cars smashed together, glass littered the floor, pieces of the cars were strewn across the road, blood stained the road sporadically. I fluttered down when I saw a little tooth, a small tan front tooth.

"What-" Bunny gasped at the scene around him.

"He was six." I began. The words spilling out of my mouth before I could catch them. "He didn't have the best hygiene, but he brushed twice a day. He was sitting in the back his seatbelt on and his favorite stuffed fish, Flounder, held in his arms. He was telling his parents about the new fish he saw at the zoo. Fish were his favorite animal. He saw, He saw Jack in his window. He tried to tell her parents but his parents began to lose control of the car because-" My hand to my mouth as tears poured from my eyes. Oh no.

"Because of wha-" I didn't let Bunny finish. I flew to him grabbing him fiercely.

"Antarctica! NOW!" I sobbed. Bunny was shocked but he nodded and compared to the trip to Australia, the trip to Antarctica was much faster. We tumbled into a land of eerie barren silence. I got up quickly scanning the area. I spotted a small blue ball at the base at the dark ice formation. "Jack!" I cried. I flew towards him with all the speed I managed. I wanted to get to him before he noticed me, but even I wasn't that quick. He looked up. I could barely see his face before I heard the howl.

"GO AWAY!" Instantly a blizzard began. Snow struck my skin and fathers like small icicles. Part of me wondered if they were his tears. The eerie silence from before was filled with a roaring wind. The cold bit my skin and pinched my feathers as I held my wings close. I fell to the hard frigid ground. The tears pouring from my eyes even froze. Somehow the whole thing just made me cry harder. I shook as I stood up pushing against the wind. I needed to get to Jack.

"Jack! Jack please!" I begged, but it ended in a coughing wind. I didn't know that the cold could be suffocating. I looked out into the blinding storm. "Jack!" I called weakly yet. I wasn't sure if he would even hear me.

"LEAVE ME ALONE!" The wind howled with Jack's voice. Not a chance Jack. Soon there was stillness. I breathed deeply, thankful for the relief. I looked up to see that the desolate storm was still raging but it was directed by another, stronger force.

"Tooth!" Bunny knelt beside me. "Blimey! You're wings are almost frozen. That bloody wanker is causing too much trouble." Worry laced his anger, but I felt hurt at Bunny's words.

"Is that what you thought when I joined. Always flitting around, having someone chase me until he started to destroy your guys' homes. Was I a bloody wanker causing too much trouble?" I looked up at him. He looked guilty of what he said, ears droopy, his mouth looking for words to say. Somehow, to see him so flustered made me smile. "I know you're just worried about me, but just how you guys fought for me, I want to, no, need to fight for Jack that way." I saw his quick eyes observe me. Finally he nodded.

"I'll have you from behind. I don't know how long Jack's friend will hold off the blizzard for us so stay close." He ordered I nodded with determination. I looked out to scan the area again. Somehow I made it closer to Jack. I pointed forward signaling our direction. We moved in sync, Bunny's warmth encouraging me and the Wind protecting us. The storm howled and raged on around us. Soon the Wind's shield became smaller and smaller, till there were only a few steps away from Jack. The shield was gone and I covered my ears from the screaming wind and my face from the piercing snow the best I could. What amazed me was that Bunny still stood like a rock behind me. Soon we made it till we were three steps away from Jack who was as still as night.

"Jack." I whispered. I couldn't make my voice louder, the storm taking my voice, but the way Jack curled tighter told me that I didn't have to be louder.

"Leave." Jack's voice was empty, cold, lifeless. That hurt my ears more than any roaring or howling ever could.

"No." I said, but my voice caught on the cold.

"You'll die." There was that lifeless voice again. Even the slowing storm didn't ease my nerves.

"Jack what happened?" I asked quietly. He curled tighter than I thought possible. I reached out towards him but the moment my fingers were a breath away, they began to turn blue and they stung. I couldn't help the cry of pain that escaped my lips. Jack finally looked up at the noise. I gasped at the heart-breaking sight. His eyes were bloodshot as shining tears fell down his face, that had lines of red from the harsh snow. "Jack." I practically sobbed. I went towards him again but this time he tumbled backwards, trying to crawl away.

"Why? Why are you here?" He seethed. Everything about him seemed darker and sharper, but most importantly I didn't miss the lines on his sleeves that were darker. "Don't you know what I am? I'm winter. The killer frost!" He practically screamed. The storm stopped now, Jack was breathing hard. I shook my head vehemently.

"No. You are a Guardian. Chosen by the Man in the Moon himself." I stated. He shook his head and laughed. The broken dark laugh sent shivers down my spine. I realized in that moment that Jack was near breaking point.

"Really, you think I'm a Guardian?" He stepped towards me, towering over me. I put my palm backward to ward Bunny off. Our faces were only inches away and I could see that he wanted an anger, "Tell me Tooth," he wanted to hate, "would you believe in," he wanted pain and punishment, "a killer?" He wanted to die.