The two had stayed like that for a while, when Jack finally offered up heading out to find something fun to do, a mischievous grin on his face whenever he had an idea of fun. Valentine couldn't help but laughed at the smile she was used to, as well as feared what he had in mind. They both took off out the window, looking as if they were flying toward the moon from the view of someone watching from inside. The two spirits then flew around as fast as the winds would take them, and as far as they could without failing. Jack showed off some new tricks to Valentine, who laughed happily as she watched her best friend try to show off, and she even attempted a few herself, but it was harder due to Jack using his staff to add more effect. Valentine then had an idea, grinning with the idea. "Hey, Jack, want to free fall?" She said, and before he could respond, her white wings disappeared from her back, and started to fall, shouting in joy. Jack commanded the winds to stop, which made him free fall as well after her. They laughed as they fell through the air, trying to attempt to do tricks the best they could in this fall. Snow danced around the two gracefully, and the cold air felt refreshing on their already cold to the touch skin. Valentine, without knowing what she was doing, grabbed one of Jack's hands as they continued to fall, and for a moment they looked at each other, smiling widely. Heat suddenly came to both of their faces, and had to let go and look away. The girl opened up her wings again, which acted to a parachute, and started hovering in air a bit. The winter spirit realized how close they were to the ground as well, and commanded the winds to pick up again with a silent command, and they started leisurely flying in the air, still smiling and laughing from their brief enjoyment.

They flew to Burgess, which night was falling over and kids where retreating to their homes and families. Jack and Valentine decided to head to the pond, which Jack started to show off some moves he had learned recently, and Valentine laughed and cheered him on, on the side of the pond before ice met land.

"Jackson, you're cheating!" The pink haired girl said at one point, knowing he used the winds to help.

"Oh yeah? Then you try it!" He grabbed her hands and started pulling her out into the ice, which was rather easy to do despite her trying to stay on the ground. It was hard for them to be serious, they were laughing so hard their sides hurt a bit from the pure fun this was. It was the young guardians' specialty after all. He also knew just how to make his best friend laugh, even when she was down like she was not too long ago.

Valentine, unlike Jack, had troubles trying to stand on the ice, and almost fell repeated amount of times, but managed to move around on the ice due to him giving her skating lessons before. He also had the wind to help him keep balance and stay upright, as well as help with all his little tricks he managed to do. The spirit of love moved a wrong way, and lost her footing, and started to fall to one side. Closing her eyes, she waited for the impact of the ice that never came, and opened her eyes wondering what had happened. Jack was there, smiling at her, who caught her before she hit the ice. Just like earlier, they stared at each other for a moment, before their faces turned red again, and Jack helped her catch her balance again. Valentine nervously tucked her hair behind her ear a bit, and watched as Jack went back to being the joyful show off he normally was.

"Stalking the poor kid now, are we?" A female voice sang a bit, as she was the only blaze in the dark underground cave, and that was not to be taken as a metaphor. Her hair and clothing had fire on its ridges, which breathed at a low and steady pace. Her face wore a slight smile to it, as she gracefully walked closer to the only other person inside the cave.

The tall, grey man looked into the nightmare sand in front of him, which showed two figures on a frozen lake, skating around on its surface. One was clearly a female with pink hair, and the other was a male, with pure white hair, and the two were laughing and having fun.

Fun.

In rage, the man swiped at the image, rage showing in all of his movements and features. The little mention of fun set him in a rage. "And what do you want, Flame?" He said, turning towards the female who continued to him. She walked a globe that showed millions and millions of yellow sparking lights on it. Flame chuckled a bit, trying her best to look innocent. "Oh, come now, I am not freely allowed to visit who I want?" He disregarded her with a wave of his hand impatiently. "Unless you have news for me, then you are worthless."

Flame shook her head, sighing a bit. "You know I am neither good nor evil, so I cannot just tell you something without telling the other side something, but seeing how you are deemed weak in this state, then I will pity you and tell you something that might be of use." The male turned back to the girl, a faint smile on his face. "Humor me."

"You know who that pink haired girl is, right?" His smile faded, wondering what on earth she could be going on about. "Yes, Cupid. And what about the girl?" Flame took a moment to answer, wanting the suspense to fill in him a bit. "She is not just Cupid. In her past life, and this life, guess who her best friend is?" He thought for a while, and thought back to the image he was shown just recently.

"Frost?"

"Bingo."

"Interesting.. Both this life, and past."

"Indeed." The man brought back up the image of the two, who were clearly still skating on the ice without a clear care in the world. Only that moment seemed to matter to the two. Flame walked over so she could see it as well, smiling.

"And her fears, is of losing Jack to the grips of death, as well as never being able to be believed in." Flame chuckled, and the man turned to look at her as she walked away. "But, I'm sure the Boogieman, pure fear itself, would have known that already."

In a blaze of fire, the girl was gone, leaving no trace that she had just once been here. Pitch smiled and turned to the image the sand was still playing, thinking of a plan. "Now I know how to get to this pesky guardian, and get him out of the way, once and for all."

Flame looked up at the big moon, where night had just reached her own home town, and sighed, smiling a bit. "Don't look at me like that. I only just made things more interesting. Is that not what you wanted? Isn't it why you brought her back in the first place?"