Come Back Jack

Chapter Three

The fact that Bunnymund was helping was quite the relief. He was strong and fast, that'd come quite in handy. That and he had that weird friendship with Jack, whether the rabbit wanted to admit it or not. It could be a big help in the long run. The only thing that worried Jamie the most though was the fact that Jamie was human. What could he do to help? Jamie felt so helpless at the moment. He was sitting on a red couch somewhere in Santa's workshop. All of the thoughts swilring and swiliring inside of his head.

He watched as the yeti's worked and almost all of the elves tried to feed him a cookie of some sort. Jamie turned it down, his stomach too much of a ball of nerves to eat anything. Santa, Bunnymund, and Sandy said they had important information to discuess in private. Jamie was a part of this. He should be able to know what's going on too! Instead, he sat quietly and only had the yeti's and elves to keep him company.

A buzzing noise then went in his ear and Jamie heard the flapping of wings. His eyes looked up and he saw Baby Tooth flying in front of his face, putting her little fingers on his nose.

"Hey Baby Tooth," he said softly with a smile. The little fairy started tapping on his nose harder and faster, wanting Jamie to stand up and follow her. When she saw the nose tapping wasn't working, she tugged on his sleeve until he finally stood up. "What is it little lady?" Baby Tooth latched onto his sleeve and lead Jamie away to the giant globe. She flew up quickly and pointed to a point on the map that Jamie knew all to well. His hometown.

Baby Tooth made little happy chirping noises when she realized Jamie was understanding what she was talking about.

"You want me to go there?" Jamie asked. She waved her head excitedly and then flew back down to the tall boy. "Well how? I mean...won't the other Guardians know that I've gone missing?" The fairy just shrugged, trying to tell him it wasn't that big of a deal. She then flew over to one of the yetis and tugged on his fur mustache. The yeti grunted and marched on forward. Apparently he was also in on this plan that Baby Tooth had made, despite the fact she didn't technically talk.

The yeti held up a snowglobe and threw it into the air, it making a glowing portal. Jamie's chocolate eyes widened as he saw how they must have transported earlier. She nudged him to step foward but motioned that they would stay behind. Jamie gulped as he wrapped his scarf around him, knowing it'll be cold there. He slowly stepped through, looking behind him to see the yeti and Baby Tooth waving goodbye. The transport felt weird since he wasn't in a large sack. Soon, he could feel sunlight hitting his cheek and the sun was in his eyes.

Even though the sun was out, it was still quite cold. Although, Jamie noticed that there was no snow. Not a single drop of it. Was Baby Tooth even right about him coming here? He sighed deeply, knowing that there was no going back now. He was already here. Maybe he could drop by and see his parents, sister, and his now old dog. That would feel nice. Especially after all of the stress at college lately.

Jamie realized that with this whole thing, he'd probably miss some classes and have a lot of makeup work. He sighed, knowing that if it was for Jack, it was definately worth it.

"Where should I go first?" Jamie whispered to himself. Flashes of memories of the frozen lake showed in his head. He smiled and started running. He knew exactly where to go know. His running was fast and smooth as he strided along. Jamie had worked out while in college and was in shape. He ran as fast as he could, breathing softly out of his mouth. The venture to the lake was a bit tough but he made it.

Unlike his memories of this lake, it wasn't frozen and the water shined from the sun's light. Jamie breathed in the fresh air and started walking.

Jack! Jack! He heard a voice call out. Jamie looked around, wondering who could be saying that name. It sounded like a young girl. But Jamie had never heard that voice before. Jack walked along, looking around to maybe see someone. Maybe he had been hearing things?

As Jamie walked, he tripped over a small hole and landed on the ground.

"Ouch.,.." he whispered to himself. He went to stand back up when a cold black hand grabbed his ankle. He gasped and felt himself spindling down into absolute darkness.

When Jamie's eyes opened he saw bright blue eyes staring back at him. He instantly recognized those eyes. He tried to sit up quickly but he was shushed. It was none other than Jack Frost.

"Hey cute thing," Jack whispered, moving his cold fingers along Jamie's cheek.

"J-Jack?" he asked, kind of confused. While Jack looked the same as he did when Jamie last saw him, something was different about him. He had dark, dark circles under his eyes and his smirk looked sinister. It wasn't his usual playful smile, it honestly looked mean.

"I'm glad you still remember me," Jack told him, continuing to careress Jamie's face. "You shouldn't sit up yet. You took quite the fall," he added in, chuckling a little to himself.

"How could I ever forget?" Jamie asked, his eyes softening. He wanted to ask him so many questions, but now he didn't think it was the time. "The others told me you were in danger...and that Tooth was missing..."

"Oh Tooth is just fine," he assured the boy who had grown a lot taller than Jack. "She should be back on her way to the North Pole to tell the others." Jamie just nodded. Jack started to float up and he flew over to where he was floating over the other. Their faces were extremely close. It looked like Jack was doing a handstand, but with no hands. His body in the air but his face staring down at Jamie.

"Uh Jack-" Jamie began, but he was cut off when Jack placed a cold finger onto his lips.

"I want you to go somewhere with me, Jamie," Jack said. His voice sounded a bit sketchy, but after waiting years to see Jack again, Jamie would definately go anywhere with him.

"Okay... Where are we going?"

"You'll just have to wait and see. Do you trust me?"

Jamie nodded his head yes. Of course he trusted Jack. He had helped him defeat the so called Boogyman. He still had a lot of questions. Like when Santa said Pitch was back and using Jack's snow. Was that just a theory? What was actually going on.

Unfortunately he didn't have time for those important questions because Jack was grabbing his hand and leading him away to another location. Jamie observed the area with his eyes, wanting to know where he was. The area was dark and it looked like that any normal person would get lost in here. The area was littered with large bird cages. Yet, these cages were old and had rust forming all around them. The hinges looked like they would fall off any day now.

"Jack, where are we?" Jamie asked, his eyes looking around in curiousity. This whole thing was starting to really confuse him and he didn't know what to do. He felt so helpless.

"A fun place. Don't talk anymore, just for a little bit longer. Okay?" Jack informed him, keeping his grip on Jamie's hand tight, squeezing every so often. Jamie just nodded, walking along as Jack flew. He noticed that Jack didn't have his usual staff on him. Where could that be? He was able to fly without it? There was just too many things that Jamie didn't know.

They walked for what felt like forever until reaching a bright area. It looked like an entrance way without a door. Jamie stepped through it and saw a large land of nothing by snow and ice. Jamie started to shiver and he wrapped his scarf around him even tighter, stuffing his empty hand in his black coat pocket.

"You can talk now," Jack said loudly. He had to talk loudly with this wind going on.

"Where are we?" Jamie yelled out.

"I'm not quite sure myself, but I've been here before," Jack said, pulling Jamie along. As they walked, Jamie noticed a large ice...sculpture? Jamie wasn't sure what it was. The ice was mixed with black and it actually looked kind of pretty. He awed at it and Jack noticed. "Don't look at that," Jack said, only this voice sounded different, not the one that Jack had just used. But it didn't last long, because Jack let out a cough and returned to the other voice. "Follow me."

Jamie did as instructed. He just wanted to know where they were going already. But his questions about that were soon answered when he saw a beautiful looking house made completely out of ice. It looked like the black ice that he saw before, the one Jack told him not to look at.

"Here we are," Jack said, the sinister smirk returning.