Frosted Trust

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Submerged into the water. He was foolish to skate on thin ice, and his sister nearly paid the price. He guessed this was Fate's cruel attempt at a joke. Nobody was laughing.

Somewhere in the back of his mind he wondered if his skates had fallen with him, but that though was hastily dismissed as a new wave of cold enveloped his body.

Pieces of ice drifted down with his fall, floating aimlessly above him. All sound had been blocked out due to the water, except the annoying ring in his ears. He could only hold his breath for so long, this was further proven as his vision blackened at the corners.

Jack's eyes drifted closed and he took a deep inhale. His body was unprepared for the frigid water as it gushed into his lungs. His chest burning and aching for air, body stiffening before going limp, all this happened in a few seconds. And though he was drowning Jack's water-logged brain could only do so much.

So, it was unsurprising when the only complaint he could think of was how bad of a brain-freeze he had.

Numbing cold flowed through his swaying hair and bit his pale skin, while his brown eyes dulled. And the moon came up to take it's prize.

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Saying Bunnymund was cold was an understatement. A freaking big understatement. Bunny was shaking horribly while running toward the workshop. It was his luck that his tunnels mis-calculated, and ended him a mile off course. It was hard to concentrate on tunnels when all he had on his mind was Jack, alone and hurt. Even if it was emotionally.

Now stomping through the snow banks he could just spot the workshop in the distance. Grumbling unhappily through his chattering teeth Bunny continued on.

A while had passed before Bunny arrived at the shop, nearly breaking the doors with his hurried entrance. Yetis' were startled by the giant pookas' arrival, stopping their work momentarily before calling in North.

Bunny made himself welcome by pulling a chair by the blazing fire, grabbing some eggnog from a passing elf. Just when he started to feel his toes North walked into the room.

"Bunny! What bring you here to shop? Don't suppose just for visit, eh?" Sighing the rabbit knew he had no other choice but to confess to North, seeing as he was going to find out eventually.

"Aye. I messed up. Big North," Bunny said.

"Do not tell me you and Jack have been having fight again. You know what happen to workshop the last time you two had argument."

"Nah, mate. This was more than a spat. I may have said some things that were outta' line, and I think I broke all our hard work of bringing him closer to us." Bunny tugged at his ear. "I dunno what to do, North. I really messed up."

North stroked his beard. "Hmm, seems like you got yourself into big hole, yes? Ah, nothing we cannot fix as family. I can call up the other's and—"

"Aw no," Bunny held up a paw. "This is my fault, I need to be the one to fix this."

The jolly man nodded and took a seat opposite of the Pooka. "I see, I see. Well, any idea of were Jack had gone. It might help to find him before you apologize."

They sat there in a thick silence before North sprung from his seat. "Idea, idea!"

Bunny raised an eyebrow.

"We go look for boy! I can get yeti's to prepare sleigh, we'll have this sorted out in no time!" And without room for another opinion North bounded out to his sleigh, grumbling yeti's in tow.

Bunny wondered why he didn't just go to Tooth first.

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They've already searched half the globe, and Bunny was seriously considering giving up. The kid had to show up sometime right?

The hours in the sleigh was taking it's toll on the poor rabbit, as he gripped the sides with deadly force. His stomach lurched as another sharp turn was made, nearly throwing him across the seat.

"'Ow much longer North?" He called over the loud wind.

North raised his hand. "Not much longer, we have just reached land!" North was correct as Bunny watched the palm trees underneath them. He wasn't with the whole idea of checking so far down south, it was a ridiculous idea that the literal embodiment of winter would be in the tropics. North landed the sleigh in the hot sand and started calling out for the boy. They repeated the same search they've done in every other country so far, and it was turning out to be a fruitless attempt.

"Jack!" Bunny called out. He'd split up with North in order to clear more ground. "Frost, I swear to Manny if you're not here I'll..." He trailed off as he stepped in something warm. Under his paw was fresh charcoal, and as he took a closer look the whole part of the forest was covered in ash. Bunny followed the blast marks before he stumbled upon ice. "Dear Mim."

Bunny took off in a sprint following the trail of ice and charcoal, a bad feeling burning in his stomach.

"Jack!"

It was all too soon that Bunny spotted a mop of white hair contrasting with the ashes around him. Mind in panic, Bunny rushed over to the still form, fearing the worst. Ignoring the burn mark on his back he flipped the boy over to check him over. He was breathing, that was a relief, but he was still worst for wear.

Bunny ran his hands over his body, not finding any obvious breaks. After a quickly looking over his injuries Bunny determined it was time to find North, there was no time to wonder who or what had hurt the winter child so badly. Bunny stood and made his way back to the beach, carrying a black, blue, and red boy in his arms.

Now Bunny could feel the imbalance of the scales, and it was all because of some silly snow.

Another one down.

I hope you guys like the changes and I'm not just messing everything up. Will you guys tell me if these are too short or whatever, I want to make these perfect for you. Thanks for reading and drop a message while your here.

-C3