He was tired of it.
Tired of the hurtful words. Tired of being called a chaotic trickster...He didn't mean to be 'annoying'. He just didn't know what was right and what was wrong. He played tricks to keep himself busy because it was BORING with no one else to talk to. It was not his fault that no one paid attention to him! He had attempted to get someone to notice him. Tried to get anyone to notice. Sneaking into North's place, talking to the baby tooths when they were doing their job, using the dream sand so Sandy would see that an immortal was using it, and causing blizzards on Bunny's holiday(sadly).
Why did no one notice him? He didn't know. He had run across North on Christmas a few times. The first time, he had been outside looking in through the window that had began to frost(pun time!) over. North had appeared from the fireplace and had placed the presents under the tree before disappearing up the chimney again.
The thing that really had bugged him, still did bug him, was that they all must have known about him. North had said that he was on the naughty list...How did he get on the list anyway? Tooth had gone into a frenzy when she saw his 'white as snow' smile and had stated that her fairies had mentioned him. Sandy must have noticed that he wasn't a child falling asleep with the dreams. And Bunny had only taken the word of the other spirits who had hated him...
Most importantly, he was tired of putting up a smile. As weird as that sounded, he really didn't like. He loved being happy, and he was easily excited. He liked spreading winter and starting snowball fights with children(even if they couldn't see or hear him). But he was tired of it.
He used smiles and jokes to hide the pain.
He used sarcasm to get away from his depressed thoughts
So now was he was in the middle of nowhere. He was leaning against the gray, rocky wall of the crevice that Pitch had thrown him into after his staff was snapped in half. Only this time, Baby Tooth wasn't with him and his staff wasn't broken.
His hands were stuffed into the pocket of his frosted blue sweatshirt where his tooth canister was hidden. When Pitch had been defeated, all of them had went back to the workshop(he didn't have to sneak in this time) to celebrate. When Jack had held out his hand that had the container in it so that he could give it back, Tooth simply fluttered into the air and gently pushed his hand back to his chest.
"Keep it, Jack," her amethyst eyes wandered over his face before she gave him a small smile, "So that you can watch your memories whenever you want to."
His mind ran through the memories that he had just watched. Him playing with his little sister who he had promised to protect. His mom saying that he couldn't always have fun, and him proving her wrong by making everything a game. Telling stories to the children when the adults had an important meeting to attend. The Easters where they went searching for Bunny's eggs, and the Christmases where presents were sent from North. The dreams that involved snowball fights and staying up all night for the Tooth Fairy to come so he could see her.
But most importantly, he thought of saving his sister.
None of the others knew about that. They didn't know that he had died before becoming a spirit. They didn't know that he had been the child who had stopped believing in them, not because he grew up(he probably would never have grown up anyways), but because he had fallen through the ice on his lake.
That made him feel awkward around them after they had told their stories of how they all had become Guardians.
North was from Russia, and he had decided that he wanted to go northward to find somewhere to make wonders for children around the world who didn't get any gifts with their own family as they were poor so that they couldn't get them anything. He had found the barren landscape of the North Pole where he soon found the yetis nearby. Man in Moon saw this and offered to make him a Guardian so that he could continue. A little bit later, North had met the elves and had taken them in.
Tooth had been a beautiful woman from somewhere in Asia. She had worked with her parents who had been sort of doctors. They would diagnose illnesses, but they mostly stayed secluded. She had picked up a fascination for teeth when she was only ten-ish. When she was old enough to leave, she had adventured throughout Asia to study about teeth. Whoever she met, she got them to remember memories from their childhood that had been long forgotten. MiM had seen this so he requested to know if she would keep returning memories.
Sandy's story was not very known and there wasn't very much told. He was the oldest of the Guardians, and he had been a man of big dreams. He often went through his days sleeping and when he wasn't, he was helping others dream. Filled with imagination, he helped the people around him by helping solve their problems. When someone had a nightmare, he was always the first one to comfort that person. MiM noticed this so he asked and Sandy accepted.
Bunny's story was abit different. He was a Pooka who had originated from Australia and had loved to draw and paint. Him and the rest of the Pookas practically migrated around from place to place. But slowly, Pookas started to disappear from the group. Bunny after bunny disappeared from sight until it was just Bunny that was left. But despite all of that, Bunny held out hope that maybe they would come back. MiM offered him the chance to look for them and he became a Guardian. He had searched for a long time, but eventually had given up(but he still had hope) and he had started bringing hope in the form of chocolate eggs.
They then had asked him what his story was, but he was gone before they could question him. The wind had carried his voice back towards them so that he could hear his message.
"I gotta go," he shouted in a hurry, "England needs more snow. And Canada is in for more right now!"
He hadn't been lying... But that's why Jack felt left out whenever he was around them. He felt like an intruder. He felt like he didn't belong. None of the others had to die to become a spirit. None of them had saved someone before they left...
Anyways, he was leaning against the snowy wall with his his eyes tightly closed while just listening to the noise around him. Not thinking, just listening. The wind whistled wildly around the area and snowflakes were quickly falling in a white mass of sparkles. It was getting colder than it had been a while ago and Jack noticed this.
"Great," he sighed before he chuckled a humorless laugh, "Another blizzard...At least it's not Easter and I'm in Antarctica where this can't really reach anyone."
As the snow swirled around and icicles began to form, Jack still laid against the rock.
Even though he was a Guardian now, he still remembered the bad memories. Like the blizzard of '68.
He didn't mean to cause a storm...It just happened. He had just gotten done spreading a light powdery touch of snow so that the eggs would look better when he felt a sudden spike of pain in his abdomen. He painfully fell to the ground as he had been flying through the air when it had started. When he had awoken, a full out blizzard was in progress. He had attempted to stop it or even slow it down, but more pain flared through his body when he tried.
When the storm had finally quit, there was already multiple feet of snow piled around.
"FROST!" A voice called out, cutting the silence in the air, "Ah swear Frost!"
Out hopped a huge bunny. That was the first time Jack had ever been acknowledged by anyone! Normally everyone just ignored him.
"I'm gonna kill ya Frost!" He shouted before he saw Jack and starting marching up to him. Jack didn't move back because he had dealt with the other seasonal spirits beating him up all of the time. Spring sprites said he stayed too long into their season, Summer sprites just hated him because he controlled the opposite element, and Autumn sprites said that he ruined their hard work.
¨Yeah, Cottontail?¨ Their faces were only a few inches apart and Jack had to tilt his gaze up to see Bunny's grass-green eyes.
¨You caused this storm, didn't ya?¨ Bunny glared at Jack who just smirked while shrugging.
¨Maybe I did,¨ he smiled even wider when he saw the look that Bunny was giving him, ¨Maybe I didn't.¨
¨Ah know ya did!¨ Bunny glared down at the teenager.
¨Just because I'm a Winter spirit?¨ Jack faked a hurt expression while putting his hands over his heart, ¨That hurt! Someone else could have done it.¨
¨Stop messing around,¨ Bunny demanded harshly, ¨Ya might like being childish, but no one else does! Just GROW UP!¨
¨Yeah,¨ Jack just continued to smirk while leaning against his staff, ¨I would, but there's no FUN in that!¨
¨It's not about fun!¨ Bunny angrily yelled and took a step closer to Jack, ¨This day is about hope. A fresh beginning! And you just ruined it!¨
¨Wait,¨ Jack stared at him with confusion written on his face, ¨What's today?¨
¨Ya know!¨ The pooka shouted back.
¨Oh yeah!¨ Jack looked like he knew what day it was until he suddenly gave a blank stare, ¨Nope...¨
¨How idiotic do ya have ta be ta not knew what day it is?¨ Emerald met sapphire in a glaring contest.
¨Oh, I don't know,¨ Jack retorted with a calm voice, ¨Maybe because I never get to look at a calender! Or maybe because no one tells me!¨
¨Well,¨ the human-like rabbit didn't move, ¨Whose fault is that?¨
¨Mine...yours,¨ Jack grabbed his staff and laid it across his shoulders like a scarecrow would, ¨Who knows!¨
¨Enough Frost!¨ Bunny snatched up the staff before Jack could even think and held it in both of his hands, ¨Should I snap this in half?¨
¨NO!¨ Jack lunged for his staff only for Bunny to pull it away.
¨Ya know what?¨ Bunny pushed Jack so that he fell back into the snow, ¨I don't care!¨
¨What?¨ Jack choked out when he recovered from the shock.
¨Ya don't matter,¨ he gripped the staff roughly, ¨If ya did, ya would be seen. They'd believe in ya. But they don't. Ya are a nobody!¨
Before the teen could say anything, there was a loud crack that filled the air. Jack felt pain like part of his spirit was getting separated from the rest of him that exploded in a burst of molten water, and he let out a scream. The two halves of his precious staff were thrown in front of him as he curled up into a ball.
¨Don't mess with mah holiday again Frost!¨ Then he was gone.
That's why he panicked about Bunny getting his staff. It's not that he didn't trust Bunny(well not completely). He just didn't know if he would take it again. Tears gathered in his ice-colored eyes, and he rocked himself until an hour later, he fell into a nightmarish sleep.
HA! That was fun...If I made mistakes, then oops! I don't own RotG!
QUESTION TIME: What is your favorite season and why?
Mine's WINTER because I love the snow, ice, and all. I also don't like the heat and WINTER isn't very hot out. You also get to throw snowballs depending where you live so...
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