HI GUYS! Thank you sooooo much to everyone who favourited, followed or reviewed, I love you guys! Someone said that the last chapter seemed a bit rushed so I read over it and I agree so I tried to make this a bit slower.
To Huddybuddy I LOVE that idea, I tried to add it in to this chapter but it didn't really fit. I really wish it did though.
Anyway here is the next chapter. Just in case the whole vision thing isn't very easy to understand I'll explain it, so in the other visions they were all together and could talk to each other but in this one they are all in separate visions but they all see the same thing. Enjoy!
The last thing the guardians heard before they were pulled into the vision was the splintering, crack of thin ice.
All the guardians saw the same thing- a silver birch forest in winter- but they were all alone. They were each in separate visions, the same but separate. The forest was covered in a thin blanket of snow that crunched underfoot, which ever way any of them looked everything looked the same, the same pale trunks, bare branches and white snow. They all picked different directions in their separate visions but all ended up in the same place, a small clearing with a single silver tree in the middle and to the left of the tree, a small frozen pond covered in cracks.
Jack meanwhile was curled up in a ball behind a tree. Instead of walking in a random direction like the other guardians, he had sunk to the ground, all too familiar with this; he saw it nearly every night in his nightmares. His breath came in short quick gasps as he panicked, knowing he would have to face it, he always did.
Tooth, Sandy, North and Bunny all looked on at the scene in silence not understanding. The seconds turned to minutes, the minutes to hours. There was nothing they could do, nothing was happening. Without realising it was happening Tooth's vibrant wings where turning pale against the cold white of the snow, as was North's suit, Sandy's dream sand and Bunny's fur. After what seemed like an eternity of waiting they noticed the silence. It was complete, nothing made a noise, all there was, was silence. And once they noticed it, they couldn't ignore it; it was deafening and suffocating, crushing down on each of them. At the same time they all noticed how alone they all were, there was nothing but them and the silent forest, They were fading into the pale backdrop, becoming part of the silence and the nothing. Bunny swished his ears to try and break it but no sound was made, he couldn't make sound, the silence was too strong. The same thing happened when Tooth fluttered her wings, when North scuffed his feet and when Sandy used his dream sand to ruffle the leaves above head. Jack, still curled in a ball, let out a silent whimper. The silence was smothering them, they were drowning in it.
North
Sandy
Tooth
Bunny
Jack
They each heard there own names slice through the silence at the same time.
Jack curled up tighter and began rocking back and forth, covering his ears in a futile attempt to block out the fearful, desperate voice of the young girl.
I'm scared
The guardians saw the child at the same time and silently gasped. She was standing in the middle of the frozen pond, balancing precariously on a pair of skates, her hair and eyes were brown, a shocking splash of colour on the otherwise white world. Her skin was pale with cold and fear. Then they all noticed the cracks around the girls feet, more where appearing, making a horrible splintering sound.
Jack slowly uncovered his ears and stood. He walked, defeated, towards the voice, he couldn't ignore it, no matter how hard he tried, every night he would try and fail to ignore the pleading voice.
The guardians all approached the girl, making comforting gestures, they couldn't leave her, they had to help, they were the guardians of children, it was their job. They all stepped onto the ice and in their own ways, got the girl to safety. Tooth fluttered over and lifted the girl to the edge. North took out one of his swords and got her to grab the handle so he could pull her away from the middle of the pond. Sandy used his dream sand to make a safe path to the edge. Bunny boldly leaped to the middle of the pond and threw the child to safety. Jack emerged at the edge of the clearing and smiled sadly at the child 'It'll be alright kiddo' he tried to say but there was only silence. He walked to the edge of the pond and paused for a second before stepping delicately onto the ice. He used his staff to help the girl. The guardians all managed to save the child, but somehow they had all ended up on the cracked ice the middle of the pond. Tooth, North, Bunny and Sandy all panicked, trying to jump or fly away but they couldn't move. Jack stood at the centre of the pond and looked at the girl, his sister, and knowing what was coming next he thought 'I'm sorry' before the ice cracked and all of the guardians fell into the cold dark depths, the last thing they heard was their name being called by the child they had saved. They all sunk deeper, the icy water freezing their bodies, preventing them from swimming up and finally they were all swallowed by the cold darkness.
The next chapter will be what happens when they come back from the vision and there will be quite a lot of guilt tripping, I think. Thanks for reading please review, comment, criticize, suggest, follow, favourite I love it when you do. Bye GUYS!