Yeah, sorry for not posting in so long. I've been bogged down in homework. You know how homework seems to come in waves? Well, I think I'm near the end of this wave of work and I might be able to post a couple chapters in the next week.
This chapter was meant to be longer, but I sense that I may have a few impatient followers. I'm hoping that I'll have the next chapter posted sometime this next weekend.
Jack and Sandy were in North's storage rooms. They left North, Bunny and Tooth all in the living room and had gone to look for any sort of cure that North might have had. Plague was also with them so Jack could keep an eye on the spirit's icy prison.
"You found anything Sandy?" Jack called over as he rummaged through jars of medicine. Sandy shook his head, staring at the labels on a couple of boxes. Jack looked back at his shelf. "Hey! Why hasn't North ever shared this?"
Sandy looked up, a question mark above his head.
"It's the cure for the common cold." Jack shook his head and put the jar back down.
A few minutes later, Jack felt a tap on his arm. He looked over to Sandy. A golden clock floated above his head and he gestured to all they had searched so far. It only took Jack a moment to realize what he meant.
"Yeah, you're right. There's nothing here that North wouldn't have used all ready. We should go ask around for a cure." He glanced at Plague. "I don't want him thawing out while we're gone though."
There was a faint splash as Plague (still frozen) fell into the freezing arctic waters. Jack gave a grim smile to the ocean. There would be more than one immortal that would be glad of his riddance. Now to get on to work. He turned to the fall sprite haven. Time to get some information. Sandy had already left for the Summer sprite's domain because Jack couldn't go anywhere near that heat. Jack was to go find the spring and fall sprites first while Sandy tried to make himself understood to those Summer sprites.
Those Summer sprites. Jack scowled at the thought of them. They were always trying to ruin winter. How they thought heat and sun was better than cold and snowball fights was beyond him. And those spring sprites were nearly as bad; melting all his snow and making it rain. Nobody ever got snow days in Spring and Summer.
He shook those thoughts off as he neared his destination. This place always seemed to be in fall. Jack breathed in the cool air, thinking about how great fall is. Not as great as winter, but at least it paved the way. Jack was good friends with most of the fall sprites. He alighted at the bottom of a tall oak tree and knocked on the tiny door placed at the bottom of it. After a moment, it opened and a little sprite came out.
"Jack? Is that you?" The sprite, who was wearing clothes made of leaves, had to peer up at him, shading her eyes from the sun.
"Pepper! It's been so long!" He scooped the smaller spirit up despite her cries of protest.
"Stop! Stop! Put me down!" She was hammering Jack's back with her tiny fists and Jack eventually put her down. The little sprite stood with her hands on her hips. "You know I don't like that Jack."
He grinned at her, knowing that she was actually really happy to see him again. "Well. That's why I do it."
She stuck her tongue out at him.
Jack's smile faded as he remembered why he was there. "Pepper, do you happen to know about any cure for Plague's illness?"
She shivered at the mention of the disease spreader. Every immortal knew of him and he wasn't very popular.
"No, I can't think of anything right now. Maybe Leaf will know." She turned to head back to fetch the ancient sprite, then turned back as a thought struck her. "Who did Plague get this time?"
Jack hesitated for a moment. Should a reveal the guardians weakness? But if he didn't, they couldn't get better. The children would stop believing in them. He came to a decision. He could trust Pepper, right?
"The other guardians. Me and Sandy are the only ones left. The others are safe for now, but they're all in comas. Sandy's sick too but not that badly. Pitch is sick too now that I think about it."
He realized that Pepper was staring at him. "What?" He crossed his arms.
"Well, how come you're not sick then?"
Jack shrugged. "How am I supposed to know! It might just be the cold at the pole that's help it off, or the wind could have blown it away. You were going to get Leaf right?"
She jumped and gave him a sheepish look before hurrying off. Jack sighed. She had always been very gossipy and evidently forgetful. She had forgotten all about going to fetch her mentor.
A few minutes later, Pepper returned, Leaf trailing behind her.
"Jack Frost! How nice to see you again."Her voice was warm, but her eyes were glass. Jack guiltily flinched as he remembered the last time they had met. He had thought it would be fun to make it snow in this fall sprite's queendom. She had not been pleased to say the least.
This chapter was going to be longer, but I feel that I have a lot of impatient followers. I thought that I'd better post something new. I've been bogged down in homework. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter posted sometime this weekend, but I'm having writers block...and debates in school...