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They didn't know what to do. Or say. What had Pitch done to Jack? And how? Could it be reversed? Was Jack going to go after the children with Pitch? How did they plan on getting children to believe?
Bunny was stuck for the rest of the night. Again, the lights on the globe stayed steady, so they didn't need to worry just yet. So Bunny stayed by the window… stuck in his past
"Things will get better eventually" Bunny's mother always told him. And he had believed it. And he repeated it to himself constantly. Even when his mother disappeared and he was left alone; even when he was taken by carnies. They dressed him in animal costumes and forced him to perform for many years. But he always had hope and told himself "things will get better eventually"
He thought it had finally come true and that eventually had come when one of the performers stole a large piece of gold from a king they had preformed for. It was huge, the size and nearly the shape of an egg. He planned on getting it from the performer and returning it to the king. Then maybe the king would keep him and he would no longer have to be a carnie. He manage to get the large lump of gold and to better hide it, he painted it. He still held out the hope that he would return it to the king. Even when he could hear people following him; even when they yelled at him to return; even when they caught him, he still held out the hope that things would get better. But they didn't.
Then the Man in the Moon saved him. Never had He seen someone with so much hope. He wanted him to show the world the kind of hope he had believed in. Bunny was happy with it for a long time; seeing the hope in children's eyes as they searched for their own eggs of gold; of hope.
Bunny had never realized he had such a fear of abandonment. And now it was loud and clear. And he was scared. Jack was obviously determined to be believed in; as was Pitch. What if they did make the children quit believing in the rest of them? What if Jack was right and the other Guardians came after the children? What if even the Man in the Moon left him alone this time? He refused to talk to anybody; he only continued to paint eggs with a shaky hand.
Jack showed up back at Pitch's den with a large grin on his face. Pitch was slightly surprised at how riled up the nightmares were; he had never seen them like that
"Well done, Jack! Soon everything, everything will be! - "
"Pitch Black?" Jack offered
"And Jack Frost, too" Pitch said. Jack narrowed his eyes at him. Pitch wanted him so people would believe in him; because he believed nobody believed in him. Jack got angry. He quickly flew at Pitch and threw him back until he was against the wall with Jack's staff at his throat. Pitch could have turned to shadow, had he not been so caught off guard. Jack stared into his eyes until he confirmed his suspicion about Pitch's deepest fear
"You are so pathetic; fearing that you will never be believed in. You are believed in!" Jack shouted at him, pointing to Pitch's globe. He was angry "You have kids who believe in you! Maybe not for long, but they believe! And how many kids have believed in me? None!" then Jack grinned; he could see other fears "Even more pathetic; you are afraid of the Guardians… that they could take you out forever. Stupid." Then Jack chuckled a little bit "Wow… and now I see you are afraid of me… you made me this way, and now you are afraid of me?"
"You- you couldn't possibly know that" Pitch snarled at him. Jack shook his head at him
"You didn't realize that I would be stronger than you, did you? I can see your fears. I can look into your soul and see your fears tightly nestled together, trying to protect each other… but it doesn't work. I see them try to get out, but they are unable. I can see what makes your fears flare and run wild. I had quite the time with Bunny and his fears. But at least with him, the nightmares couldn't get to him… you aren't so lucky" Jack said as the nightmares gathered around them. Pitch was now too afraid to remember how to turn to shadow and get away. He knew what the nightmares could do; he had created him. And now they were looking at him like he was a meal… as was Jack
"Oh, and I also take great pleasure in fear, as the nightmares do. I can smell it all over you… and it's amazing. You should be scared…" Jack leaned in close and took a deep breath through his nose before stepping away… and then the nightmares attacked. Jack simply walked out, listening to Pitch screaming.
Jack went around the world, traveling on the wind. He went to places where there should be no snow, and made a blizzard, while the snow began to melt in other places. He frosted windows with the words Jack Frost and whenever he heard somebody say his name, he hit them with a gust of freezing wind.
And then it happened.
A man was at his car, scraping off the frosted Jack Frost on his windshield with Jack watching him and laughing
"Damn Jack Frost" the man muttered to himself. Jack then hit him with a wind strong enough to nearly knock the man over. The man's son then laughed at him
"What'd you do to upset him, Dad?" the boy asked
"Upset who?" the man asked
"Jack Frost, of course" the boy said. Jack waited and didn't hit the boy with an icy wind
"Don't be ridiculous; Jack Frost isn't real" the man said. Jack shot him a dirty look and nearly knocked him over again with a blast of wind "At least… I don't think so" the man said. He was looking right at Jack, but he didn't know it. Jack hit him with a wind again, this time knocking him over. The man fell hard on his butt. He looked up again at where Jack was standing… and his eyes doubled in size
"J-J-Jack Frost" the man stuttered, pointing straight at Jack. Jack smiled, showing off his teeth. The man scrambled back a few feet
"What's your problem?" the boy asked his dad, laughing
"Jack Frost!" the man shouted, staring and pointing at Jack. Seeing the fear in his father's eyes, the boy's expression changed from one of amusement, to one of fear as well.
The globe lit up bright enough for everybody to notice, even Bunny; who still wasn't himself. Santa stood and went to the globe, looking closely at the new light
"Can it be?" he asked softly to himself. This had only happened a handful of times in the past, and the last time had been long ago, so he couldn't be sure.
"North… is that…?" Bunny said, staring at the light; as was everybody else
"Did Pitch do that?... Or Jack?" Tooth asked, looking nervous
"I'm not sure who did it, but… they must have done something amazing to make an adult believe…"