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ICE COLD HEART

Weakness, I know it pretty well. It's one of the first things I learned when I was 'born'. I learned it soon after coming back. The second that first person walked through me, I felt weak, like I couldn't do anything. It was me against the world, and I couldn't win a losing fight. I was too weak, too stupid. I couldn't do anything. I thought that for a long time, it slowly led me into depression, but I got over it. I put on a fake smile and a fake laugh, everyone thought I was alright, but I wasn't, I was weak.

The Guardians helped me become stronger and I have to thank them for that. The second Jamie saw me though, the very second he could hear me, I felt like I could take on anything, anyone. I wasn't weak, I was strong, a soldier of war, I was the Man in the Moon's soldier. And I would fight for the children of the Earth.

But now I was destroying that, and I couldn't help but wonder how I became so weak…

| BURGESS

Pitch walked forwards, jumping on one of the nightmares and flying up to Jack. The boy's eyes had begun to glow red again and more snow came down. Pitch snapped in front of Jack's face and he did nothing. "He will not disobey me." Pitch told them, looking back at Jack once more.

"What's he talking about?" asked Tooth, still shielding the shivering Jamie.

"I tried to t-tell you!" Jamie said, the other Guardians looked at him. The fearlings had stopped advancing for the moment, either Pitch wanted to hear this, or Jack was the one controlling the fearlings and had called them off for the moment. "When you told me a-about Jack coming to you all c-cut up and b-bruised, I know why he was!"

"Jamie, how could you know that?" asked Tooth.

"He was protecting me!" Jamie shouted, more tears going down his face. The Guardians looked startled. "I knew pitch w-was back so I went to Jack for help. He tried to fend off Pitch but he somehow got Jack on the ground. H-he injected Jack with something! It paralyzed Jack for a while." Jamie whispered the last part.

"I'm sorry! I should have told you guys earlier."

"It is okay Jamie, you did not know." North said.

"The boy isn't a liar, I'll tell you that." Pitch commented, smiling. "Every time Jack gets angry, his body can be controlled by me and when he gets angry enough times I can control it whenever I want, which is what you're seeing now. Jack is aware of what he is doing. He just can't help himself." The smile grew. "He's currently trapped in an endless nightmare, the only way to get out, is to fight it. And he doesn't have the will power to do that. And it's not like you can help him, he's too weak and as the storm rages on, he'll become weaker."

"He can fight it, and he'll stop this storm the second he gets out!" Jamie yelled up to Pitch.

"Aww, how cut, you actually believe in that over grown snow cone! Besides, even if he breaks free, he can't stop the storm. It'd kill him." The last words hit everyone hard. Jack would have to choose, himself or the people of the world. And the Guardians and Jamie knew which one he'd choose… death.

"Oi! I may think Frost Bite is a thorn in my side, but he's stronger than you may think, mate!" Bunnymund said, outraged.

"Tell me that again after you're buried in ten feet of snow." Pitch laughed, smiling all the more.

Sandy was out raged, figures were popping above his head faster than anyone could read.

"Oh stick a sock in it Sandy. Oh wait, that wouldn't help, would it?" another smile from Pitch.

Sandy blew sand out his ears. He hated Pitch, the Nightmare King had taken Jack away from them, and forcing him into doing something he'd never want to do. And all Jack could do was watch as he destroyed his friends. Sandy looked at Jack, surrounded by what looked like a force field of snow, his red glowing eyes staring at something in the distance. But even more so, Sandy could see sweat dripping down Jack's face. The fever had returned and was slowly shutting down his body.

Sandy's eyes widened and he turned to the other Guardians, who were arguing with Pitch about something. Jamie was the only one looking at Sandy. This gave Sandy an idea, he formed a snow flake above his head, and Jamie just sort of shook his head and lifted an eyebrow. Sandy sighed and made a sand Jack. Jamie's eyes brightened with realization, 'Jack' he mouthed back. Sandy nodded, a smile forming on his face.

Sandy then formed a thermometer; he made it slowly go up till it reached the top. This one stumped Jamie for a second, a large list of words formed in the boy's head, but finally he mouthed back the word 'fever'. Sandy nodded and gestured to Jamie, hoping he'd put two and two together.

"Jack has a fever?" asked Jamie in a hushed whisper, he wasn't sure if he was right or not and he didn't want the other Guardians, or Pitch for that matter, to hear him; the Guardians didn't stop arguing which was a good sign. Sandy nodded all the same. Jamie looked up at Jack, just now noticing the beads of sweat "We have to do something." Jamie whispered to Sandy, the Guardian was about to answer when Pitch's voice rang out.

"Enough of this! Jack!" the Nightmare King called up to the sickly pale boy, his fever worsening by the second and he looked tired. He raised his staff and ice shot out towards North and Bunnymund, the two quickly dodged, with that the fearlings shot forwards and started attacking again.

Sandy looked back at Jack he looked so tired, so weak. Without really meaning to, Sandy shot some dream sand up towards Jack; it changed into a dolphin and started swimming around jack. The glow in Jack's eyes faded but his eyes were still red. A smile formed on Jack's face and he watched the dolphin dance around him.

North was too busy to see the change though; he attacked fearling after fearling that came too close to Tooth and Jamie. He let out a battle cry and charged into a group of them. Bunnymund didn't see them either; he was being attacked on all sides. The fearlings were treating to take him under any second. Sandy saw the change though.

As he used his whips to take down the fearlings surrounding him he couldn't help but smile at Jack who was laughing, looking less tired even though the fever was still there. Sandy knew that this was proof that Jack was really fighting in there.

Sandy whipped another fearling, if Jack could fight whatever inner battle was plaguing him; the Guardians could beat a couple of fearlings. But still the wind and snow ragged on. Jamie was slowly freezing to death and even the Guardians were shivering. Sandy himself shook a little but it was nothing too bad.

Pitch now noticed Jack, laughing and smiling. He glared at the sand dolphin and shot black sand at it. The golden sand turned black and the dolphin morphed into a shark with razor-sharp teeth and red eyes. Jack gasped, but his smile faded and his laughter died away. His red eyes glowed again and a scowl returned to his face, almost as if it had never left. The shark swam into the crowd of nightmares.

Sandy saw this and saddened; he thought that would have worked. Pitch just looked angry and annoyed. He glared at them all. "How could you possibly think he could break free?" he asked the Guardians. None of them answered, just looked at Pitch while holding off the fearlings.

"You can fight it Jack!" Jamie called, this just make Pitch even more angry.

"I think you will be the first to die, child." Pitch said, looking at Jamie. Jack flinched at this, catching the eyes of Pitch, the Guardians, and Jamie. But they moved on. "He is mine! I control him!" Jack flinched again.

"You will not…" Jack whispered, his fists clenching. "Even touch," his eyes clenched shut, "Jamie!" Jack shouted, his eyes opening again only they were glowing blue. "I am not your slave and will not be controlled!" Suddenly the dark grey skin cracked and fell apart almost like broken glass; it gave away to pale white skin.

His dark black hair looked almost as if it was melting away, giving way for his normal white as snow color. The dark crack marks disappeared, and he scowled at Pitch with his blue glowing eyes. He was about to charge at Pitch when he felt the effects of the fever hit him. But he didn't back down. The Guardians gasped and Jamie had a smile on his face even though he was shivering.

"And what do you intend to do? You can't stop this storm." Pitch said, looking startled and angry but still determined.

"Wanna bet?" suddenly snow started to form all around Jack, it gathering until he was in some sort of ball.

"You'll kill yourself!" Pitch warned.

Jack knew this, but he had to try. He looked down and Jamie, and his heart sank, the boy was shivering, dying from the cold. He had to do this, for Jamie, for the Guardians, for the world. His body seemed to almost glow blue as he forced the storm to stop. It felt like someone was tearing his insides apart but he continued. He screamed and his eyes started to glow brighter.

More snow formed around him until he shoved it all out words. It looked almost like a white explosion. All the snow flew out and away from him. The bright snow-covered everyone's vision for a second. But when they got there bearings back they realized something. The snow had stopped falling. But instead Jack was also falling, fast. North ran as fast as he could. Fearlings were panicking, racing away from the war zone.

But North couldn't bring himself to care, Jack was falling, and that was his main priority. He dove and caught the boy before he hit the ground. He cradled Jack in his arms and looked him over. Jack was sweating from fever and his eyes were half-open, his face turned up in a pained expression.

"Jack, you need to stay with us." North told him. "Just stay awake." The rest of them gathered around Jack, all stunned that he had such power. Above them Pitch sat outraged, still on his nightmare.

Jack looked at them all; his eyes still only half-open. Jamie ran out of Tooth's arms and ran towards Jack, attaching himself to the boy's jacket. Jack put a hand on Jamie's head and the boy looked up at jack. "Be strong, e-everything is g-g-going to b-be al-alright." Jack stammered out.

"But you'll be gone." Croaked out Jamie, "I don't want to lose you…" tears came to Jamie's eyes. Jack whipped away one of them with his thumb. The Guardians sat in silence, Tooth was crying quietly and the other three just looked pained.

"I'll never l-leave y-y-you Jamie, you h-have t-to b-believe in me." Jack said, smiling. "Promise…" Jack could hardly finish the sentence. "P-promise m-me you won't s-stop b-believing…"

"I-I," Jamie whipped away some tears and sniffled. "I promise."

"Good. A-and guys." He said looking towards the Guardians. "D-don't let this g-get to you. Just p-please, for me, k-keep doing what you d-do best." He smiled and they all nodded. He nodded and his eyes slowly closed as he went limb in North's arms.

That's when the war really started…

It really hurt me to write this. I swear I didn't want to! The evil plot bunny made me! Anyway here you guys go, I swear it'll get better soon! Just please trust me!