Ok next chapter.
Fact: Someone mentioned that Jack is american and I knew this but thank you anyway. For my last chapter Jack mentioned he had seen most of the fourth of July celebrations meaning he started celebrating back in 1777 when he was already a spirit because he had died when America was still colonized by Britian. Jack then only missed the fireworks if he was busy or it was too warm for him.
This is the last arctic fox part!
So far you are all wrong in who I will kill so I will put up the list again and see if anyone can get it.
A. Tooth
C. Sophie
D. North
E. Sandy
F. Bunny
G. Jack
I don't own ROTG
Anyway onto the final part of this arc!
It turned out Artemis was telling the truth. Whenever one of the Guardians tried to approach the fox, he would yelp and ice would spread out and attack. So the Guardians had settled for hunting down Artemis. But that was easier said then done.
They looked all over the globe for her and it took about two weeks until Sandy found her and dragged her to the pole, unconscious. They locked her in a room and chained her to a wall. The locks were enchanted so that no animal could unlock it with paws or beaks or etc. and the one locked up could not pick the lock with any simple pick. The keys were in North's pocket.
The Guardians stood around Artemis, waiting for her to wake up. Suddenly she groaned and opened her eyes, fixing them on the Guardians. "Why am I chained up? Is this how you treat your guest?"
"It appears you were telling truth about Jack." North said, "So we want you to call him here." You see North had found the spell to change Jack back, regain his realization of the Guardians, and make the staff its original size. But they of course need him here to preform it.
"Now why would I give him to you?" Artemis asked, "He is so adorable. I might just keep him."
All the Guardians were angered by this statement but it was Tooth who flew up at the spirit. "Now listen here." Tooth hissed, "You will call our Sweet-Tooth here or you'll be missing quite a few teeth. You will not be keeping Jack and you will never leave here until you call him."
Bunny pulled Tooth away as Artemis swallowed nervously but tried to hide her fear saying, "Now why do you want him back so badly? He's just an annoying spirit who became a Guardian. Are you just doing this because of the moon? Because he's a Guardian? If so then get rid of him and make someone else a Guardian."
"We do not chose who is Guardian." North said, "And Jack is family and we will always look out for him."
"Now we'll ask you again," Bunny said, "Call Jack here and we'll let you go. If you don't you can deal with all of us rather than just Tooth."
"Make me." Artemis growled.
Bunny shrugged, "You asked for it." He then let go of Tooth and they all walked closer to her. Seeing they weren't bluffing, she cried out, "Alright! Alright! I'll call him!"
They all stopped and glared at the spirit as she let out a low whistle. They didn't need to worry about windows or anything for the Guardians knew that because she was the spirit of animals, Jack would hear her.
"You better have called Jackie or..." Bunny gestured to Sandy who made a fist and punched it into the palm of his hand.
Artemis nodded again and Bunny grinned, "Good." Then the four left the room, locking it behind them.
They walked through the Pole until they reached Jack's room. They had purposely closed and locked all the windows except for one in Jack's room. North then left the others to get the spells from his office. The other three entered it just as the fox had landed.
Jack turned to them and growled, sending ice their way. The Guardians dodged the ice and split up to different corners of the room, surrounding the fox. When Sandy tried to send dream-sand to knock Jack out, ice would appear and block it. But when Jack was too busy blocking Sandy's attack, Bunny had snuck up behind him and pulled the spirit into his arms, trapping the fox no matter how much he struggled. Soon though Jack stopped struggling and he just sat in Bunny's arms, ears back and tail swishing unhappily.
Sandy got a ball of dream-sand ready to throw at the fox when Tooth stopped him and knelt in front of Jack. She wanted to see if she could calm down the fox. Jack narrowed his eyes and bared his teeth at her.
"Jack." She whispered but it had no effect. She put her hand out, like how Bunny had done before, and waited. It took a few seconds but soon he leaned forward and let her pet him. Bunny slowly let go of the fox and it walked over to Tooth and lied down next to her, head on her lap. Tooth then began running her fingers through his fur. Bunny watched for any sign of recollection in the fox's drooping eyes but there was none. Sandy was about to sprinkle dream-sand in the fox's blue eyes just as North entered.
"Sorry." North said, "Spells were buried under papers."
Jack's head shot up but just as he was about to freak out, Tooth calmed him down.
"We should fix staff first, yes? So Jack does not freak out." North said.
Tooth nodded and reached for the collar but it wouldn't come off. Sandy then suggested that it too was enchanted so Tooth tried another approach.
"Jack? May I take off you're collar?" He gave her a look, "I won't hurt it I just want to look at it." There was a hesitant nod from the fox and Tooth was able to unclip it. But it was when she was taking the miniature staff into her hands and hand it to North did Jack stand up. He growled at her and was about to attack when he was hit with unsuspecting dream-sand and knocked out.
Bunny put Jack on his bed as North fixed the staff. After he leaned the full sized staff on the wall, North went over to the bed and stood over the white fox. He began muttering the spell and a glow surrounded Jack. When it dimed and vanished there was Jack, surprisingly in his hoody and pants, lying asleep on the bed.
They all smile at him and decide to spend the night at the Pole.
Jack groaned as he slowly opened his eyes. He felt himself on something soft and warm. Not the painful warmth but the one that made him feel safe and tired and comfortable.
Suddenly the door to his room opened and Jack shot up. He didn't recognize the people that stood in the doorway so he slowly backed away.
Seeing Jack backing away from them all the Guardians began to worry.
"Jack?" North asked taking a step into the room, "You recognize us don't you?"
At first Jack was confused but then he remembered them. He remembered what happened. Jack gasped as he remembered then slowly nodded.
Tooth instantly rushed forward and hugged the winter spirit, "Oh Sweet-Tooth! Are you ok? Do you remember what happened?"
"Yeah, Tooth. I do." Jack said with a small smile
"We should've had a camera." Bunny said with a smirk, "I would have had enough leverage to get you to not prank me for a while." Then there was suddenly a snowball in his face and a scowling Jack.
"Please Kangaroo," Jack said with a smirk now forming, "You'd just get a hug prank that would leave me laughing for months."
They all laughed and soon questions were being asked. Jack explained that the two weeks he didn't recognized them it was like he was starting all over in life again. He then asked if Artemis was still here. The Guardians said yes and Jack told them to let her go, for he'd get her later. The Guardians then spent the rest of the day together and only split up when night came.
Yeah so that was that!
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Until next time! :D
