"Where are we going?" Jack asked as he followed the others. He was surprised at how easy it was to run and practically glide as he followed them. He wondered if he could fly, but wasn't ready to test that theory just yet.

Now and then he'd accidently bump into a tree or a rock and cover it with frost.

"Just keep up, Frostbite." Bunny yelled, smiling as they finally came to a clearing. Jack was still adjusting to the fact that the once cute little bunny he bought for Emma was a gigantic Australian Easter Bunny.

Jack made it, surprised he wasn't out of breath and his jaw dropped when he saw the most magnificent sleigh with eight majestic-looking reindeer waiting impatiently. He stared at the thing as North got inside quickly, "Everyone in!"

"Okay, that's got to be the coolest thing I've ever seen." Jack nodded as he hopped inside excitedly.

Bunny moaned to himself as he reluctantly got in, "I keep telling you lot the tunnels are faster!"

"Nonsense!" North said as they all clambered inside, "Are we ready?"

"NO!" Bunny yelled as North took off with a crack of his whip.

Jack held on but the smile on his face was huge as the thing took off in a flash. He could see the whole island where he was and couldn't stop laughing at how exciting and almost unbelievable it was.

He wanted desperately for Emma to see and that's when his face fell…Emma….

He needed to get her back and this time; he wasn't losing her, not to anyone.

"Everybody hang on!" North called, interrupting Jack's thoughts.

He stared at the big man curiously as he removed what looked like a snow globe from his pocket. The man whispered something inaudibly and an image came into view in the thing. Jack blinked a few times as North shook it and then threw it out of the sleigh. His eyes widened as a portal opened up.

"What is that thing?!" he gasped to Bunny who looked just as nervous, "A wormhole?"

"Portal." North corrected as they flew threw it quickly.

What was once a clear and sunny sky turned into a cloudy snowstorm and Jack was astounded to see his island was gone in seconds replaced by snow and ice covered mountains.

He was surprised that he wasn't even that cold but then again, he was able to make frost come out of his new wooden stick thing he held. He looked around; ice and wind clouding his vision a little.

"It's bloody freezing!" Bunny moaned, rubbing his fur covered arms with his paws, "Let's go back to Hawaii, mate!" he groaned out.

"Not without Emma!" Jack said firmly as he walked towards the front where North stood, guiding the sleigh, "Where is she?"

"This is where Man in Moon led us." North commented, "She must be here. Jack you have strong bond with her, see if you can't feel where she may be."

"How do I do that?" Jack asked.

"Listen, look, feel." North advised wisely, "You can do it."

Jack swallowed and finally closed his eyes, forgetting the snow and ice hitting his face forcibly. He thought of Emma and only Emma, her face when she was taken, how scared she was. It infuriated him. How dare this scum take his sister and frighten her that way. Well he was taking her home and making sure she was never afraid again; that was for sure.

"Jack?"

His eyes shot open the minute he heard her voice.

"Emma?" he gasped.

"Where?" North asked him.

"I don't know…I heard her." Jack said as he leaned over to look over the edge of the sleigh, "Come on, Emma. Where are you?" he whispered to himself.

"Jack! I'm scared!"

He could see her; but it was in his mind. She was huddled in some sort of ice cave, crying. He blinked and then looked up at the moon that somehow shone brighter than anything he'd ever seen and heard that voice again. The one that spoke to him when he was named Jack Frost, that told him he would be okay; that Emma would be okay.

"She's there!" Jack yelled, pointing to a large mountain, "There should be some sort of weird ice cave."

North led the reindeer that way. All looking blindly through the snowstorm.

"There!" North yelled as he pulled the reigns tights. Jack and the others held on as the sleigh swerved, avoiding mountain peaks and gusts of violent wind.

"Not again!" Bunny moaned as an impending snowbank on the mountain side came much closer than anticipated.

"Everyone hold on!" North yelled as he attempted a smooth landing, only to nearly crash into the mountain. The reindeer nearly slipped and it flustered them to have made such a bad impact into the snow.

Everyone in the sleigh meanwhile, had practically collapsed into one another back onto the seats.

Jack was the first up and he practically hopped out of the sleigh, still surprised at how lithe and agile he was.

"Jack?!"

"It's her! EMMA!" Jack yelled, rushing forward and looking around helplessly for his sister. The voice sounded so much closer, but it echoed. She was here; he knew it.

The others got out and followed him. North carried his dual swords, ready for anything while Bunny perked his ears up and listened closely. Sandy and Tooth followed close behind but were also in a fighting stance. They knew that wherever Emma was, Pitch would be close by.

"Emma? Emma!" Jack yelled, hoping his sister could hear him.

"Hold it…" Bunny mumbled and tapped his foot carefully on the mountain top, "There's a tunnel here, mates!" he said happily. Sure enough as he tapped his foot, a tunnel appeared in the snow, but it wasn't like one of Bunny's. It belonged to the mountain.

Jack walked forward quickly but Bunny held him back, "I better go first mate. This tunnel is part of the mountain, which means it might not be as sturdy as mine are."

"I don't care, I'm going first." Jack said defiantly.

"No! You'll come right after me. Let the pro's help you, yeah?"

Jack didn't have time to argue, his sister might freeze to death if she hadn't already. She was scared from the sound of it and needed him. Against his will he nodded, hoping to just speed things along.

"Don't worry mate, it'll be safer if I go first is all." Bunny explained as he sniffed around, "You're not exactly a whiz at being Jack Frost yet."

Jack nodded, "Just go."

Bunny nodded back and hopped in, as soon as he did, Jack was right behind him, practically surfing the round tunnel walls as they twisted and turned. Behind him, the rest followed.

He came to land softly on his feet, surprisingly but considering he was practically a spirit now, it came as no real surprise anymore.

He looked around with the others and realized they were in a cave filled with glaciers and ice from the mountain. It was surprisingly bright with all the crystals, but it was also extremely unsafe. Sharp icicles hung all over the place and the slightest movement on any of the ice could cause a break or a fall, impaling anyone in the way.

Jack was relieved that as he walked, frost merely followed him, giving him more support as well as the others.

"Em-!" he started yelling, but Bunny shushed him, pointing upwards and Jack realized that his voice would shake the icicles and cause them to fall if he'd spoken any louder.

"Best whisper, mates." Bunny said quietly and then led them forward as he sniffed around, "I smell her, she's this way."

They began following a strange path through the tunnels, their reflections all distorted and strange, almost sinister as they walked through the icy cave. The Guardians had no doubt that it was the work of Pitch.

"Listen!" Tooth said quickly.

They all looked up and Jack heard it, a faint sob echoing in the cave.

"Emma." He whispered, rushing forward.

"Jack! Wait!" North gasped and grabbed Jack's shirt before he rushed right into an onslaught of falling icicles.

They all scrambled back as the ice shattered before them, causing fragments to go everywhere in a cloud of dust and ice.

They all sat up and heard distinct laughter. Jack narrowed his eyes angrily as he heard the voice.

"Well, well…I must say I wasn't expecting company! I should have prepared biscuits."

Jack shot up angrily and pointed his staff up at the ceiling, not caring what or who he hit. Ice blasted forth from it, crashing right into the ceiling as he roared.

"Where is she?!" he yelled, not caring about noise or crashing ice, "What did you do with her?!"

"Hang on…is that? What on earth did they do to you?" Pitch laughed, "They gave a child powers? Oh this is going to be fun!"

"Bring it on you creep. You let my sister go, now!" Jack yelled.

"Or what? You'll turn me into a popsicle? I feel so threatened." Pitch laughed.

"Pitch, you know this is wrong!" North yelled, "Kidnapping a child-"

"Oh I'd have given her back…but there's some work to be done yet."

"You're not putting your hands on her!" Jack yelled, rushing around, his staff before him ready to strike.

"Oh please I'm hardly doing anything; it's all her, Jack. And it's all you. You failed as a brother and now I'm simply letting her fears consume her to her very core. What we'll have left is a child with no more wishes, wonders, hopes, dreams, or memories. She'll be nothing."

The Guardian's faces fell and Jack's eyes widened and he felt tears pooling at the surface. He fought them back with a glare at a shadow coming towards them.

"Would you like to see your sister, Jack?" Pitch asked in a sickly sweet voice, "Go ahead, she's right around the corner. But don't say I didn't warn you." He teased as he smiled and disappeared into the shadows around them.

"We need to stop him." Bunny said to the others.

"I'm getting Emma!" Jack said.

"Bunny, you and Jack go; we'll take care of Pitch." North said, "But Jack…"

Jack turned to look at the large man. North put a hand on his shoulder and pointed to his chest, "No matter what you see, what you hear, you are her brother, her Guardian. Find your center, Jack, use your power, and get your sister back."

Jack nodded, wondering what some of it meant, but having no time to dwell on it.

"Let's go, Jack." Bunny said quickly as he hopped forward.

"Be careful!" North called as they disappeared around the corner of the cave. They followed the bending curve of the tunnel.

"What did North mean, Bunny?" Jack asked as they ran, huffing as they did.

"You'll know it when it's time, mate. When in doubt, ask the moon."

Jack wished they'd stop speaking in riddles, but knew once again, there was no time to waste. He was ready to sprint when they both had to stop very suddenly before reaching the very sharp edge at the end of the tunnel. They'd reached an opening with ice coating the roof of it, but a very steep drop had they taken one step further. Both slipped and stumbled back. Jack looked around and noticed another side, only it was completely covered in ice, with no other way out. There was however a very small little block of ice hanging onto the side of the wall of ice and on that little cliff, was Emma; huddled and crying, practically shaking from the cold and fear.

"Emma!" Jack called.

Emma looked up with tear stained cheeks and shrunk back into the icy wall, shaking her head, "No! No more!" she cried, her hands going to her head.

"Emma! It's me!" Jack called, wishing he could just jump to the other side and get her, "It's me!"

She continued crying and shook her head. She heard her brother's voice, but what she saw wasn't her brother. What she saw was a monstrous rabbit creature and a boy with white hair. Her brother was gone; and so was she.

"Emma, it's going to be okay!" Jack called, suddenly remembering that he had powers now. Not only would she not recognize him, but he might scare her.

"Okay…think, think…" he muttered to himself, wondering how much of his power he could use without causing harm to anyone. He wondered if he could make more ice and create a bridge but from the looks of it, that would take too long and he didn't have that level of power, "You said I could fly, right?" Jack asked, turning to Bunny who was looking just as frantic as he watched Emma.

"Yeah, but…I don't know…" Bunny admitted, "You don't know how yet."

"Well I have to get to her somehow!" Jack argued, hands going to his now-white hair and rubbing the strands forcefully. He had no other choice, Emma needed him; he had to try.

He closed his eyes, willing himself forward to the edge, but for some reason, that twinge of fear held him back and he grew frightened and helpless.

He backed up, feeling like a failure. Of course, he already was. He'd lost Emma to the social worker, to the freaking Boogeyman, and now here he was, losing her soul to the cold and fear consuming her and for that matter, himself. If he lost Emma, he lost himself.

"I…I can't…" he whispered in despair as he sank to his knees, "I should have been there…I should have been a better brother…I should have stayed in Hawaii…not New York…"

"Jack!" Bunny said angrily as he knelt before the sobbing boy, "You can't give up now! You're nearly there! Look at her, she needs you."

Jack could hear Emma crying his name and remembered the night he finally made it back home, only there was no welcoming party for him…just sorrowful glances and a sister in the hospital who looked to him to fix everything. He was only nineteen and his world had been turned upside down from that fateful storm.

"Jack…I'm scared…" Emma had told him in the hospital, all covered in bandages.

"I know…" he'd told her, taking her hand gently, "But I'm here now…you don't have to be scared. I'm gonna watch over you."

Her eyes seemed to look a little less heartbroken and instead she'd smiled for the first time since she'd seen him and knew he would make everything okay, that she didn't have to be scared anymore. She trusted him and needed him.

Jack took a breath and looked up, standing and then finally walked to the edge and jumped off. He felt the rush of wind as he fell. He almost anticipated hitting the bottom until he felt a gust against his face and his gut somersaulted. He felt dizzy as the ice cave spun around him but the realization hit that he was indeed flying, be it not so good.

He couldn't stop the laughter as he zig-zagged through the cave. He was unfortunately so off balance he ended up hitting the icy walls and fell onto a small glacier near Emma.

"Ow…" he mumbled as he got himself up. Then he saw her, "Emma?" he breathed as he righted himself and stood carefully on the glacier. She was practically two feet from him and he was relieved to see she was okay. But when she looked into his eyes, all he saw was fear and sadness and it broke his heart.

"Emma…" he said softly, "It's okay…it's me."

"Go away! Please!" she cried, sobbing into her knees.

Jack was crestfallen as he watched her. She didn't recognize him.

"Emma, look at me. It's me…Jack…"

"No you're not!" she cried, "I'll never see Jack again!"

"That's not true!" he told her firmly, "I'm right here. I have special powers is all."

"You're not Jack!" she screamed fearfully, scooting away, "Please stop!"

He felt his heart sink and looked over at Bunny who nodded to him to keep trying. He had his boomerangs out and was ready to fight in case Pitch came by. Luckily he was obviously distracted by North, Tooth, and Sandy so they had time.

Jack stepped carefully and then heard a noise he didn't want to hear; the sound of ice cracking. Emma's glacier that she was sitting on was slowly breaking and would fall if he didn't get her soon. He was too afraid to fly and hit the wall again, so all he could do was reach out to her and coax her to him, but first, she needed to believe it was him.

She must have realized the ice was breaking as she heard it too and gasped in fear and sobbed harder, clutching her knees and looking hopelessly around.

"Emma! Just-just look at me. It's okay, just look at me."

He was relieved when their eyes met finally and she looked at him, really looked at him, "Jack?"

"Yeah! It's me! I look pretty crazy right now, don't I?"

"W-why do you look like that?" she asked him.

"Long story and I'll tell you everything when we get home, okay? But right now, I need you to come to me."

She shook her head nervously, "Are you really Jack?"

Jack looked down, wondering how he could convince her it was him when he smiled, "Ask me a question, something only me-Jack would know."

She thought one over quickly and then looked back at him, "What game does Jack play with me every day after school?"

"That's easy…hopscotch! And you always beat me." He laughed.

Her eyes suddenly lit up, the dull brown turning bright when she realized it was indeed her brother, "Jack…"

"Yeah, it's me." He nodded. Both gasped when the ice she was sitting on continued to crack dangerously. He held his arms out, "Emma, I need you to jump towards me. I'll catch you."

"Jack…I'm scared." She whimpered.

"I know…don't be afraid, it'll be okay."

"I'll fall!" she cried.

"You won't fall. I'll catch you! I promise…I promise."

She gasped out a breath and closed her eyes as she crawled carefully towards the edge, shrieking every time the ice cracked from under her. When she managed to stand she looked once more at Jack, "I-I can't…I can't do it…I'm scared!"

"Emma, I will catch you. I promise….how about this," he suggested, "We'll have a little fun instead."

"No we won't!" she sobbed.

"Would I trick you?" he chuckled.

"Yes! You always play tricks on me!" she shot back.

"Okay, you got me." He laughed, "But…but not this time, this time…you're gonna be fine. You have to believe in me. I'm going to catch you, I promise."

She took some calming breaths as she continued to stare at him, hopeful.

"We're gonna play our favorite game; hopscotch. It's easy, right? All it takes is a step and jump. I'll do the rest, okay?" he smiled reassuringly.

She finally nodded, her breathing calming down and her eye contact never breaking from Jack's.

Jack had his staff ready as he watched her carefully, the ice was cracking even more so and she only had so much time.

"Emma, don't look down, just look at me, okay? I'm gonna count to three and I want you to jump."

"It's too-"

"Emma! I won't let you go. I'll never let you go again, I swear it. You have to believe in me." He pleaded with her, "It's time now…one…"

She hesitated but bent her knees.

"Two…"

She gave him one last hopeful look, reaching out, ready to jump when the minute he said three the ice broke. She jumped just as it did, screaming.

She was not going to make it, but she felt a tug on her back and a pull towards Jack and realized he'd used the crook of his staff to catch her and bring her to him. He held her in his arms and hugged her tight and all she could do was hug him back.

"You caught me!" she panted over and over as she cried, "You caught me!"

"Of course I did! I'm your big brother!" he chuckled, his hand going to her head as he held her.

He suddenly heard a lot of strange noises and Emma tightened her hold around his neck.

"We need to go now, mate!" Bunny yelled to him.

"Hold on, okay Em?" Jack told her softly as he held her in one arm, readying his staff in case he needed to defend himself and Emma.

He looked up and his eyes widened as a black sandy figure hurled itself at them. He jumped before it could hit them and he looked over to see it breaking into tiny sand particles. He nearly slipped on his glacier but managed to maintain a grip with his feet on it.

He slid down much like he would surf and was relieved to get to the bottom right as North, Sandy, Tooth and Pitch all came out of the cave. Pitch was fighting them off with a scythe he managed to create and Jack was relieved to see he was being bested by the others.

"The Boogeyman…" Emma whimpered as she held on to Jack.

"He's just a bad dream, Emma. Don't be scared." Jack told her, squeezing her tight, "Come on, we need to get out of here." He told her as he looked around for an exit. She was shivering like crazy and he knew he needed to get her warm. North's sleigh might have something!

He was relieved to spot a tunnel and ran towards it. He almost made it when another black sandy figure stopped him. Emma shrieked and Jack held out his staff.

"You're not taking my sister again." He told the creature angrily.

It charged and both Emma and Jack held out their hands to try and stop it. Jack didn't know how, but the black sand turned to gold and shimmered before them. He stared at Emma who had wonder in her eyes as she watched the swirling sand before them. He then looked up at the Guardians and came up with an idea, "Now we're gonna have a little fun instead." He told her mischievously.