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Now I understand that a few people have been a bit confused so far but I want every one of you to know that the story will get some clarification on Zero's character, especially in this chapter.

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KazeChi: I'll make sense of it this chapter. But it would not make sense is Jack suddenly appeared not dead, would it?

Kigan Dawn: You're right. Quite right! But hang onto your seat and listen right here, I'm gonna write a chapter that will burn your ears.

Dark Ace: I promise you will understand with this chapter. And also, he didn't hate or not love his wife and children… he just always will love Jack. It's profound love.

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Here is Chapter 3

I have loved you for 1000 years

The cold winter air didn't particularly bother him… but it felt incredibly intense this evening… wasn't he supposed to control this stuff? Maybe it really was his influence… the wind and cold was as furious as the rest of him.

He stood on the precipice of change. That change was actually the tip of North's workshop overlooking the rapidly building Temple of Time. For this change, Jack was happy. If it didn't mean he would have to waste time flying across the world to get the Poland again, he would take it. Zero had insisted he move his home to this area so he and North could stay in close proximity… and something about the two catching up on their lives, if you could call what they had lives. The two seemed to have a deeper understanding of one another than most of the other Guardians.

Zero was certainly organized and good at multitasking, if the large amounts of whirring and clamoring that was audible from his position meant anything.

This worked well for Jack, considering he was most likely preoccupied with the building opperations to notice him sneaking in… he wasn't entirely sure what he was going to do or why he felt so strongly about it but he had to try something. This was his life and if the opportunity is there, he should have the right to try and reclaim it. In this moment… only one thing was certain to him.

He needed that staff. The one Zero always had near him, even though it seemed he didn't really need it. He just had to wonder how many tricks he was going to have to pull to get him to walk away from it, and how he could possibly cause that much dissonance. He had been observing the construction for a while now and he was sure he had a few ideas on how to cause some nearly harmless, or totally harmful, commotion. Enough to throw Zero's love of clockwork out of balance. He was the winter trickster. He was the epitome of fun. It was not beneath him to use his repertoire of tricks to cause chaos, which is what his season was all about.

He looked over to the opening in the building and allowed himself to fall backwards into the wind, aiming directly for it, the wind and snow whirring past him as he aimed for a small opening into the side of the building… and he swept in, hearing Zero's echo's from… wherever he was. It was just a room full of old hourglasses by all appearances. There was no clockwork going on here… a perfect place to stage a prank. One of many he could come up with. By the time he was finished with this place, Zero would be tearing his beard out in anger over the chaos. Before he knew it, he would he off and flying away with the staff

'Step one… loosen these nails a bit.' He thought to himself as he approached the beautiful oak shelves that held all of these wonderful hourglasses. He didn't worry about breaking them. He was sure Zero had prepared by making unbreakable glass for his hourglasses, just in case he did ever drop one.

He had snagged a few tools from North's workshop, and he took to loosening the bottom two nails on the shelves, making them wobble just right. He smiled after a few good minutes as he loosened about five of the shelves. Just enough to really set him off… and with that, Jack set off to other parts of the temple.

He was surprised at the complex dynamics of this place. He realized after moments of examining is that this place was literally self sufficient. He supposed he could make a time metaphor… saying that time is always moving forward no matter what. But he didn't think on it too heavily as he got an 'Ah-hah!' moment as he spotted a set of those mechanical arms exchanging hourglasses

After a few moments of floating about the machinery, he discovered some of those mechanical arms that moved the hourglasses and winded the clocks, working perfectly as they moved and organized hourglasses… and paying him no mind. 'Zero really needs better security… Does he honestly expect no one to ever find this place? None of the guardians?' He thought to himself as he approached the visible gears that were bronze and gorgeous… for now. Jack reached into his pocket and produced a few lovely items he had picked up around North's shop… a few nice and jagged rocks. Pointed on the end but utterly small. Small enough to fit between the ruts of these beautiful gears that kept his shop organized. He quickly and very very carefully placed them between the ruts. He gave a few of the arms 2 to three stones a piece… and moved on. This was almost ready to set off… he was bound and wholly determined to get that damn staff. He turned his head and checked his surroundings once more after a few more minutes of flying around… he spotted it.

'Bingo.' He said before walking over to the wall of clocks… the modern clocks that monitors everyone's life. Unlike the hourglasses, these were apparently more modernistic, much like the lives they kept in check. This was by far the most important area in the temple of time, currently. So, Zero made sure this was set up first. This one was more harmless but it was certainly distracting… among the clocks was clocks that ring like a bell when they go off… time to give Zero a real scare.

The last item Jack had swiped from North's shop was a small collection of egg timers, which were normally used to time the speed of North's help. This was sure to set his plan in motion. He set each of the egg timers for a minute and a half, which was plenty of time for him to find the old man and watch the chaos unfold. The old man was in for a rude awakening.

He flew across the temple to where Zero was working his 'magic' as the shop continued to get set up with the still living hourglasses… he was absentmindedly giving orders… as he didn't even realize Jack was in the building. He was focused, checking on items with his clip board… a fact about Zero Jack happily would exploit here.

He sat there and waited… and waited… and waited.

The egg timers rang and chaos unfolded. Zero jumped out of his skin as the timers went off. "What was that!" He said as his voice shook the temple, as Jack anticipated would happen. He began flying off as his other two pranks fell into place. The rocks, being small and unbalanced, suddenly tipped over in their gear slots! Catching the gear opposite and jamming the machine! The machines dropped their current hourglasses and began whirring like crazy, making loud screeching sounds as they began malfunctioning. And the loose screws suddenly came out of the shelves and the hourglasses sitting upon them came tumbling to the floor. Chaos had been created like Clockwork… his plan went off perfectly as Zero watched his shop suddenly get thrown into chaos… he began screaming at the top of his lungs as he dropped his staff and began flying around the shop, willing the chaos to end.

Jack took the chance! He bolted from his hiding spot and grabbed the surprisingly heavy staff and let the wind carry him out into the open air, flying out wildly into the night sky. He got it. He had the staff of time in his hands… it still glittered in the moonlight. Jack bit his lip… The man in the moon was certainly watching this happen and he wondered what he was thinking about it… but he shook his head, pretending their leader would understand as he ran to the only place he was sure he could escape to.

He remembered the Sanctuary they had escaped to a while back… remembering how he discovered the guardians had absolutely no way to really interact with kids outside of their comfort stations. He flew into the night sky as he headed towards his friends domain… he hoped Tooth would understand as well… She was by far the most empathic of all the guardians and she knew how important memories are, considering she guards some of the most important ones.

"Jack… what have you done?" She said as Jack came bursting in with the staff in hand, panting heavily at the staff's weight weighing on him over time. He merely pushed past her and set the staff up as steadily as he could. Tooth was sitting in stunned silence as he looked at the golden clock. "How… how do I get you to work?" He said, looking at it as she flew over to his shoulder, "Oh no… Jack, you didn't! I know you were upset with him but you didn't really do this!" She said, her breath getting heavier in panic.

"I had to do it Tooth… He wasn't really giving me the option to do anything else. What is he saying?" He asked as the multi-colored woman flew around frantically. "He's apparently yelling his lungs off at North, saying you snuck into his home and that he needed to find whoever took it… and then North discovered you weren't there. North and Zero are absolutely furious and searching for you… Jack you don't realize how powerful that staff is! You had no right to take it!"

"He has no right to deny me the life I ruined!" Jack said, turning to her with sadness in his eyes before turning back to the staff, "And I do know how much power I have here… I need to find out how to break the fabric of time and create a parallel… It may not be the exact same as having Hiccup again but… it'll be pretty dang close." He said as Tooth grabbed his shoulders, "Jack! Don't you realize that you sound crazy right now! You are saying you want to break time and make a new world! All over some boy! What makes this so different than your family?"

Jack sighed and sat down, "This was different because I didn't really know much else about my family after I learned about my life… I figured they mourned but after a while they just got over their grief and moved on. When Zero showed me these memories… he also showed me Hiccup's memories. He lived in grief and basically died with my name on his tongue. I hurt so badly watching it… my heart ached and my guts wrenched at the obvious pain he felt over my loss. And… I mourned a bit too."

"He reminded you of the love that the two of you used to share?" She said before sitting down next to him and hugging his shoulder, "Jack… as Guardians, we are protectors of memories but that doesn't just mean everyone else's… it also means our own. We all died at some point and we left behind a life with people who grieved for us. What we learn is not to grieve and mourn those people… instead we learn to cherish and honor those precious memories because they meant so much to us when we were alive. You died, Jack… but you died knowing you loved him and he loved you. He loved you so strongly, he never forgot about you until he died. He still loved you so strongly he could feel sadness over not seeing you… It's sad but it's happiness at the same time." She said as he nodded.

"I… I guess you're right." He turned his head back to the Golden staff before shaking his head, "Let's just get this back to Zero and try to explain my reasoning behind all this, yeah?" He said as he was suddenly thrown by a powerful Gale of wind. "YOU!" came the loud thundering voice that was clearly Zero. The short monk-like man came flying in, lighting brandishing his fists and his eyes a similar color. He looked… well, furious.

"You cannot fool time, you foolish boy! I knew of your treachery before you even left! You wreck my shop like a vagrant and then steal my staff like a little thief!?" He said as he began shooting lightning at him some more before grabbing his staff… which seemed to calm him down. "My staff allows me to channel my power, you little fool." He said as Jack came out of hiding. Jack scratched the back of his head as a disappointed North flew into the shop, landing his sleigh and getting out. "I.. was about to give it back… Tooth convinced me to do it but-"

"You didn't want to because you are still hung up over your memories of that boy in your mortal life? You asked for those memories Jack!" He said as the Winter spirit looked furious, "Because you tempted me with them! You didn't even make a move to stop me! If you know all about time then you knew what this would cause! It's not just my fault!"

"It's hardly my fault you can't control your emotions like a good boy." He said as Jack grabbed his staff, ready for a fight but North stepped up, "Zero, that's enough." He said as Jack's arm was grabbed by the green woman. Zero scoffed, "Hardly. Jack will never truly be satisfied until he gets his precious lover back. He wants it so bad? He can have them. Who am I to deny his wish?" He said as all the wind suddenly came out of Jack's sails. "R-really?" he said with a growing smile. Zero turned his head, "I wouldn't be smiling yet Jack… this is as much of a punishment as it is a reward." He said before floating in the air. North stepped up, "Wait a moment, Zero, Jack! Jack, you are Guardian!" he said, angered by their carefree attitude to his duties.

"Oh please North, I can control the winter well enough on my own that no one will stop believing in him. Stop worrying so much. Plus, not too many people can anger me this much… it'll be like a vacation." He said as Jack flew up beside him. "You've known me for three days."

"And what an earned vacation it will be…" He said before the four took off into the night.

"It took me a while but I was able to gather your sand's, Jack…" Zero said as he made the beginnings of a circle with the snow white sands, "What with your broken hourglass from your last visit." He said, stopping short of a full circle. Jack rolled his eyes as he briefly glanced at the other Guardians, "Just get on with it, old man." He said before Zero scoffed, "Pissant." He said as he turned to the boy, a handful of sand remaining, "I feel as though I should explain every detail about this before I do this."

"I am willing to do whatever it takes." Jack said, reinforcing his point.

"It's not particularly what you are doing but… what are you giving up." He turned his head. "Essentially what you are asking of me is to break apart the very strands of time and with those strands… I will be reforming this line and forming another. On top of that, I will be dropping you at a very specific point in that time period. Hundreds of years in the past… as you can imagine… this is a strong magic." He turned his head back to Jack, "Stronger than I can muster by myself."

"Are you saying you can't actually do it?" Jack asked, annoyed.

"I said by myself. It is physically impossible for me to recreate this world the exact same way in a different dimension if it's a parallel. It will be almost exact but you… will lose quite a bit to do so. For one… Pitch will not be gone in this world. He will be alive and well… as you are being dropped back into a time period he was still a fear on the tongues of men." He said as Jack's heart sunk… Pitch was going to come back… and he may just mess with Hiccup… that may be a problem.

"But that's not all Jack… while that may be a powerful sacrifice… I need something even more powerful to actually complete this process. And with that, comes a personal sacrifice from you."

"What do you want? My staff? My powers? Just name the price. I want this. I'll do whatever to get it." He said as Zero laughed.

"Be careful what you wish for, Frost… you see, to truly rejoin the world of the living… you need to give up that which matters most to you… and that is very simple."

His eyes closed, "Hiccup's memories of you." He said as silence fell over the temple. Zero's eyes opened as he starred at Jack, mouth open, eyes wide. This wasn't a trick. "I told you that it was no simple request Jack… as a Guardian, we all understand the importance of belief and memories. We have them for a reason… their magic can be powerful… powerful enough to do what you want."

"So… Hiccup will never love me?" Jack said as Zero shook his head. "That is far from the truth. Technically memories can be forgotten but never truly destroyed… Hiccup may remember feelings of love for you if you play your cards perfectly… but there's always a gamble. You can never tell Hiccup who you are to him, or you will literally shatter the space-time continuum… and obviously, that would be bad." He said before turning around yet again. "It's a big sacrifice but if you have patience and temperance… I don't see why Hiccup could not love you as he once did. It will just be incredibly difficult."

He turned back to Jack, eyes serious and handful of sand presented to him, "Is it still worth it to you, Jack?"

Jack swallowed… This was his life, and he was being asked if he wanted to have it back. He figured the answer would be easy but… at what cost? Was all of it worth it for… a maybe? He looked at the others, eyes filled with both admiration and fear for Jack… he sighed and thought of those loving green eyes staring back into his and… despite his conflicts, he knew his answer.

"Drop the sand and lets do this." He said as the other guardians surrounded the circle of sand as Zero let it tumble to the floor and finish the circle as Zero chanted, "Then as the authority over the fabric of time! I banish this boy from this world! I revoke his rights as a Guardian and I cast him into the world he so strongly desires! So let it be!" He said as the sand began glowing white and the other Guardians repeated his words, "So let it be!"

And everything went black.

It was cold… more so than he was used to. He didn't feel the familiar comfort of his cloak and pants. A few moments after semi-consciousness, he realized he was naked. The slow steady fall of snow on his bare body was apparent… then he regained his other senses. First was his hearing, a loud voice calling out to him as the crunch of snow was also audible… it was running toward him.

He felt it kneel by him and press something to his lips… it was a canteen of water. It was so soothing to him, he tilted it back and drank heavily before the hand pulled it away and pressed a hand to his forehead, "You're freezing cold… you should be burning hot." He said as he offered him more water. The voice… it was so soft and gentle but… it was a bit nasally. However, as he talked, he made it sound endearing…

Jack's eyes opened as he was met with brown hair and bright green eyes starring down at him with concern. "Are you okay?" He asked as he cradled Jack's head gently. Jack starred at him before he finally regained his voice, "Hiccup…" He said as the brunette suddenly jumped at the word.

"How did you know my name? Should I know you or something?" He asked as he sat back and helped the naked winter spirit up. Jack shook his head before declining, "I… it was a lucky guess? I think I meant to just… you know, hiccup… I probably drank too fast…" He said as the memories of what had happened came swirling back to him… he saw Hiccup accept his excuse. He already almost slipped up by saying his name… but he merely sought to hide his nudity before continuing this conversation.

Hiccup merely removed his cloak and handed it to him. "Here you go." He said as Jack took it and wrapped it around himself… smelling like pine and smoke. "Do you have a name?"

Jack bit his tongue and nodded, "My name… is Jack Frost."

Sorry for the late chapter! I meant to post this on Monday and obviously that did not happen. I was up all night and had class that morning and ended up passing out for 14 hours when I got home.

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