Jack then tied the four knocked out thieves to the rope he uses and pulls them his closet, which is surprisingly empty. Jack was pulling the four heavy people he bumped into the closed closet, he stumbled back nearly walking onto the four. He opened the closet door; he first laid the two skinny people and the short man on top of the huge old guy. Jack then grabbed North's feet and pushed him hoping he'll go right through the door, unfortunately they went under the sky blue closet. Then he thought of tossing them in the closet by tying them to the end of the rope and pushing the knocked out people off one of the ceiling beams which caused them the be thrown into the closet and the doors shut quickly with the rope closed between them. He smiled with accomplishment, but when he tried to get the rope out it was stuck between the tightly shutten door which made Jack annoyed. He had the closet open with the four people lying on their backs in it and Jack standing in front of it thinking of how he can put these people in his closet and he got an idea. He quickly pushed them up and quickly shut the doors, and he started to walk away chuckling to himself till North, Bunnymund, Tooth and Sandy fell on top of Jack and he groaned. The these time he uses his staff to push them up into the closet which was slightly difficult at first, but he shut the doors quickly but it shuts on they're figures. Jack noticed and pocked they're figures back into the closet, and he ran and grabbed a chair and put it up to the doors so they cant fall out of the closet these time. Jack backed away from the closet slowly pointing at the closet incase they came out and attacked him and he said to himself.
"I got people in my closet… I got people in my closet." Jack said nervously and he saw himself in the mirror and he looks happy at what just happened "I GOT PEOPLE IN MY CLOSET!" Jack said happily now talking to his reflection
"To weak to handle myself out there… huh father?" Jack asked his reflection cockly "Well tell that to my sta-"Jack was cut off when he spun his staff in his hands but he hit himself in the head with it, he rubbed his head and the he stops noticing something sparkling in the bag the four people dropped.
Jack walked over to it and pulled the crown, he looked to Baby Tooth on what it was. Jack first dropped it onto his wrist, but Baby Tooth nodded no. Then Jack looked through the big diamond on the crown seeing Baby Tooth's head had grown huge, but she nodded no again. Then he turned to the mirror still holding the crown confusedly and he looked at himself in the mirror and he placed it on his head. Looking at himself he looked speechless, and so did Baby Tooth for awhile but she nodded no again. Then Jack heard Pitch calling him to drop the rope, Jack quickly put the crown away and hide the bag in on of the empty pots, and he ran to the rope and dropped the end down to Pitch pulling him up. But while Jack was pulling Pitch up Pitch said.
"I have a surprise for you!" Pitch said cheerful
"So do I!" Said Jack just a happy
"I bet my surprise is bigger!" Betting Pitch sit sounding happy then Jack muttered to himself
"I seriously dough it…" Jack muttered to himself knowing his right
Then Pitch came through the balcony and took off his winter coat with a smile on his face.
"I bought parsnips, I'm making hazelnut soup. Your favorite, SURPRISE!" Said Pitch cheerfully
"Well father, there's something I want to tell you and…" Jack was cut off by Pitch
"Jack, you know I hate leaving you after a fight… Especially when I did nothing wrong." Pitch said taking the basket of food to the table
"Yeah… But, I've been thinking about what you said…" Jack excited to show him that he can take care of himself
"I hope your still not talking about the stars?" Pitch asked gloomly
"Floating lights… and I'm leading up to that." Jack walking to his closet
"Cause I really thought we dropped the issue?"
"Well father, you think I'm not strong enough to handle myself out there."
"Oh I know you're not strong enough to handle yourself out there."
"Well if you just-"
"Jack, we're done talking about these."
"Trust me! I know-"
"Jack!"
"Oh come on!"
"ENOUGH WITH THE LIGHTS ALREADY, JACK! YOU ARE NOT LEAVING THIS TOWER! EVER!" Pitch yelled angrily at Jack which made him quite quickly pulling his hand away from the chair the kept the door shut and Pitch fell into a chair pinching his nose bridge sighing sadly "Great, now I'm the bad guy."
It was quite for a while, then Jack looked at the painting over the fire place and he looked at the closet. He took a deep breath and said.
"All I was gonna say is… that I know what I want for my birthday now." Jack said sounding sad a bit
"And what is that?" Pitch asked having enough of these
"New paints… the paints you gave me that were made of the white shells?" Jack asked Pitch and he seemed to calm down
"Jack, that's a very long trip, nearly three days tops." Pitch said sounding concern
"I just thought that was a better idea, then… the stars."
Pitch gave Jack a small smile and got up and walked over to him and gave him a hug. "Are you sure you'll be alright?" Pitch asked nervously
"I know I'll be safe as long as I'm here." Jack answering him to keep him calm
Then it shows Jack putting some food in a basket and handing it to Pitch who was putting on his winter coat, then going down the rope and you hear Pitch say.
"I'll be back in three days time." Said Pitch "I love you very much, son."
"I love you more." Jack responded
"I love you most." Pitch then vanished into the cave signaling Jack that he was gone and he rushed away from the balcony and to the closet. He pulls the chair that was keeping the closet doors shut.
Jack then opened the doors to see the four thieves still knocked out. That surprised him, so he quickly put the four people in chairs they were like back, to back, to back, to back and he used his ice powers to freeze to make an ice around them so they don't escape. Then Baby Tooth tried to wake the four up, so far she had no luck till she then yells in a high pitch squeak in Bunnymund's ears which caused him to scream which caused the others to wake up and Bunnymund hit her with one of his ears. North was the first one to notice the hard cold ice around them.
"Guy, are we tied in ice?" North asked a bit confused and they heard Bunnymund's teeth chatter from the cold of the ice
"Yeah! These is ice alright mate!" Said Bunnymund a bit annoyed and Tooth noticed a frost trail that lead to where Jack was hiding in the shadows
"Guy? Is that frost over there?" Tooth said pointing out to the frost and they saw it and Jack said
"Struggling… Struggling will do you no good. I know why you're here and… I'm not afraid of any of you." Jack said nervously and the four friends looked confused and Jack came out of the shadows holding his staff tight looking serious "Who are you and how did you find me?!" Jack asked with a serious tone on his face and Tooth was first to spoke first
"We don't know how we found you but may I just say… Hi." Tooth trying to seem all smooth "My name's Tooth, these are my friends, North, Bunnymund, and Sandy." Jack seemed slightly confused
"What do you four want with my staff? Take it? Use it? Destroy it?" Jack asked while circling the four holding his staff tightly in his hands, which made them confused and Sandy had a question mark over his head and Bunnymund spoke.
"What?! No, the only thing we want. Is to get out of this ice!" Bunnymund said still annoyed and Jack could see he was telling the truth
"You mean, you don't want my staff?" Jack slightly surprised
"Yes! We were being chase, we saw a tower and… OH NO! Where is my bag?!" North asked concerned and worried
"I hidden it somewhere you four will never find it." Jack crossed his arms across his chest and Sandy saw the pot Jack hide the bag and he made an arrow over his head pointing to the pot and Jack quickly used the frying pan to knock them out again and he hide it somewhere they'll never find it. And Baby Tooth woke them up the same way she did the first time. "Now it's somewhere you four will never find it."
"Oh come on!" North said annoyed
Then Jack turned to Baby Tooth turning his back to them as they struggle to get out of the ice.
"Look I need some one to take me." Jack talking to Baby Tooth who was squeaked her answer "Well they don't have sharp teeth." Jack pointed out and Baby Tooth was quite for a moment and nodded for Jack to go for it.
Jack walked to his painting over the fire place.
"Look over here." Jack said using the winter winds to spin the four thieves but North fell and hit his face on the floor and Jack moved the red cartons showing the painting "What are these?" Jack asked and Bunnymund answered
"You mean the lantern things they do for the lost prince?" Bunnymund answered boredly and Jack smiled
"Lanterns… I knew they weren't stars." Jack muttered to himself while smiling to himself and he turned back to them "Well I trust you four take me to see these lanterns and bring me back home, andI will give you back your bag." Jack pulled them back up
"Horrible idea to trust us… and us and the kingdom aren't really good at the moment." North pointing out and Sandy, Bunnymund, and Tooth nodded in agreement
"But trust me when tell you four these, you can tare this tower brick by brick but without my help you four will never find your bag." Jack said seriously
"Let me get this straight… We take you to these lanterns, bring you back home and you'll give us back our bag back?" Asked Tooth curiously
"Yes, I promise…" North and the others had a facial expression like they don't believe him "And when I promise something, I never ever brake that promise! EVER!" Jack said sounding very serious and Tooth sighed
"Look, I didn't want it to come to these but you leave me no choice… It's come to the smolder." Tooth then batting her eyelashes and puckered her lips making herself look innocent "These is and off day for us…" Tooth said sounding calm and cool and Jack giving her a strong glare are her and Tooth snapped out of it giving up and said "Fine will take you to see the lanterns!" Tooth said annoyed
"Tooth!?" Yelled North and Bunnymund in shock and Sandy had exclamation points over his head
"Really?!" Jack said excited and the four fell and Tooth hit the ground
"I think he broke my smolder." Tooth whimpered
North and Bunnymund were claiming down and Sandy and Tooth were flying never to them and Bunnymund called up to Jack who was at the edge of the balcony.
"Are you coming frostbite?!" Bunnymund sounding annoyed and impassionate
Jack looked down holding his staff tightly and he seemed nervous.
"Look at the world so close, and I'm half way to it…" Jack singed looking outside "Look at it all, so big, do I even dare?" Jack then looking back at his painting over the fire place "Look at me, there at last! I just have to do it." Jack then looking back outside having second thoughts "Should I… No. Here I go." Jack turned to his shoulder to see Baby Tooth hanging on tight to his brown old shawl and flying out the balcony quickly flying down smiling around his surroundings then he stabbed his staff to the ground wrapping his arms and legs around he staff looking at the ground which was barely covered with snow so he can still see the grass and dirt and he stared nervously at the ground, he then touched the ground for the first time and he smiled and he pulled his staff out of the ground and he got on his knees feeling the ground with his hands.
"Just smell the grass. The dirt… just like I dreamed they be!" He singed then he saw a flower for the first time and the winter winds blow the petals off "Just feel that winter breeze, the way it's calling me." Jack chasing after the flying petals then he stepped in a puddle that wasn't frozen he felt the cold water that didn't bother him, his smile just grow "And for the first time ever! I'm completely free!" Jack the grabbed a handful of the water and throw it into the air.
He saw a blue bird fly in front of him and fly up into the air and he saw the cave and started running towards it "I could go running, and racing, and dancing, and chasing, and leaping, and bounding, I'm flying, heart pounding," Jack ran through the vines on the other side of the cave and smiling "and splashing, and reeling, and finally feeling! That's when my life begins!" and five snowy owls flew into the air Jack still smiling
