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Jack went to his pond. He went to this pond often, even before Pitch had changed him. He was always drawn to this area, though he never knew why. Right now this area had snow in it because it was supposed to, not because Jack made it so. Right now there were several kids ice skating on the frozen pond. He sat in a tree and watched them, seeing as they had not seen him
"Let's have some hot chocolate" one of the girls said, coming to the edge of the pond and sitting next to a backpack. She pulled out a thermos and several small cups. She poured one and held it out to the boy who was in front of her, still on the ice "Here, Jamie" she said
"Thanks" he said, carefully moving to sit next to the girl as she filled and handed out the rest of the cups
"So, Jamie, you're into all those kinds of things, what do you think about Jack Frost?" a different girl asked
"What do you mean, what do I think about him?" Jamie asked, taking a sip of his drink
"Do you believe in him?" the girl asked. Jamie seemed to think about it
"I believe in Jack Frost, but not the Jack Frost people have been talking about" Jamie said
"That makes no sense" the girl with the hot chocolate said
"Sure it does" Jamie picked up a book from the snow, Fantasies, Myths, and Legends "He's in this book. It talks about his history and he is nothing like what people are saying now. Jack Frost is playful and fun; he's never been described as scary" Jamie said, flipping through the pages until he stopped on one. He held the book up so the others could see. It was a drawing of Jack Frost, but it didn't really look like him. "See? He doesn't look scary, and he doesn't have sharp teeth. I looked in another book and he didn't have sharp teeth in that one either. I believe in this Jack Frost" he said, pointing at the picture. The other children seemed to consider what Jamie had said while they drank their hot chocolate. Then they went back to their skating like it never happened. Jack stared at the book from afar, but didn't approach the pond
The Guardians were all at Tooth's place, all helping the fairies search for Jack's memories. They had already been looking for hours, but there are a lot of people in the world even though half of them had already been re-filed. They searched for what felt like forever, and seemed no closer to finding it than when they started. And they only had a couple more hours…
Jack stayed at the pond long after the children had left. Long after the sun had set and darkness overcame everything. He stayed right where he was, even when it began to snow. He just stared at the pond and thought about what the kid, Jamie, had said. He believed in him… but not as he was. He was deep in thought, only pulled out by the sound of one of Santa's snow globes opening and his reindeer flying through it. The Guardians had found him. He has completely forgotten about the deal about his memories. He watched them come over to the tree he was still seated in
"How did you find me?" he asked; curious. Nobody answered, but Jack did notice when Santa's eyes briefly flitted upward. So the Moon had snitched on him. Tooth flew up a little bit closer to Jack and held out a small, long box.
"We found your memories" She said quietly. Jack quickly floated down to the ground. Tooth moved to the ground as well and, again, held out the box. Jack saw the face on the end of it; a boy who looked a little like him, but with brown hair. He hesitantly took the box from Tooth "Just touch the top of it" she nearly whispered. He looked up at the others and they all stared on in anticipation. He looked back down at the box and gently touched the top of it just his index finger. And he was thrown into his memories
He wasn't expecting what he saw. He was a fun guy. Always playing around and making jokes. He saved his sister. The other Guardians didn't say anything to him when he came out of the memories. He looked behind him, at the pond. It was that pond. With the box held tight in his grasp, Jack walked to the exact spot where it happened. He stared down at it, saying nothing and showing no noticeable emotions. The Guardians didn't move from where they were; not wanting to upset him. He put the box in his pocket, gripped his staff tightly with both hands, and then brought the end of it down hard on the ice. It cracked and he quickly hit it again, breaking open a small hole. Then he just stared down at the hole… this hole is what got him here
"Jack Frost?" he heard a voice say. Jack turned his head towards the voice, as did the Guardians. It was a boy, the boy from yesterday; Jamie. But this time he was alone. The Guardians were worried for the boy's safety around Jack; there was no knowing what he would do. And now he had weakened the ice by putting a hole in it "Are you Jack Frost?" Jamie asked
"…Yes" Jack said. Jamie smiled hugely and took a step closer to Jack "I knew I was right! You look just how you were described in the books" Jamie said. Jack was now confused; Jamie had said Jack sounded nothing like the Jack he had read in his books. Jack moved closer to Jamie, and the Guardians all held their breath
"Do I?" Jack said, grinning at him
"Yeah! They said you had dark eyes and sharp teeth, but I knew that didn't sound right" Now they were all confused, including Jack. The Guardians were still seeing Jack with sharp teeth and deep, dark eyes. And Jack had seen himself in windows and mirrors; he knew what he looked like. Jack stepped closer to Jamie; now they were only a few feet apart and Jack was nearly off the ice
"And what do I look like to you?" Jack asked
"Just as you were described in my books; you have white hair and ice blue eyes. And your teeth aren't sharp; they are actually perfect and really white; like snow. And you look like you love to have lots of fun" Jamie told him
"What is going on?" Bunny said quietly to nobody in particular, but Jamie heard him. He looked in their direction and his face lit up
"I knew it! People kept telling me I was too old to believe, but I knew you were real!" Jamie says, running over to the Guardians. He hugged each of them, and they hugged him back. But they were all very confused. Why did Jamie see Jack differently?
Jack was still on the pond, and by now he had drifted back over to the hole he had created in the ice. Jamie noticed the confused and sad expression on Jack's face over Bunny's shoulder when he hugged him.
"What's wrong with Jack?" Jamie asked
"We don't know" Santa said under his breath. Jamie walked back to the edge of the pond and looked at Jack for a moment longer. The others followed behind Jamie, but stopped a few feet behind him
"Jack… what's wrong?" Jamie asked. Jack hesitated for a moment before he looked away from the hole and at Jamie
"I died here… right here in this exact spot… saving my sister" Jack says "but the moon saved me and turned me into what I am"
"You say that like it's bad" Jamie says, confused by why being saved would be a bad thing
"I didn't know any of that until recently…" Jack says, sounding sad. Tooth was amazed; she could see a little bit of Jack before Pitch changed him. Maybe they really could change him back, she thought. The others were thinking it too. "I have been living since then without anybody" Jack continued to tell Jamie
"Why?"
"Nobody believed in me… so they couldn't see me. I had to change and become that awful being to be believed in… and now you don't even see me like that" Jack says, sounding exacerbated
"The others can see you like that too; the way Jamie sees you" Tooth says, flying forward a little bit. But Jack shook his head and took a step back, keeping the distance between them
"No… it's too late" Jack utters
"Jack… your center-" Santa remarks
"Whatever it was before is gone… my center is fear" Jack replies
"Jack… your center was fun… you had fun all the time" Santa tells him. Jack shook his head and was about to say something back when Jamie spoke
"But, you kinda need fear for good fun" Jamie suggests
"What?" Jack asked, confused
"I was on my sled a few days ago and I got my tooth knocked out when I went my sled went crazy and I slid around town. It was a lot of fun, but it did get scared sometimes. It makes adrenaline, and that makes fun even more fun" Jamie responds, stepping closer to Jack "You don't have to be scary to the other people. We can make them see that you aren't scary" Jamie steps a little closer
"Jamie, you need to get off the ice" Bunny warns, after seeing little cracks beginning to spread from the hole Jack made in the ice. But Jamie ignores him
"Please, Jack" he says, stepping closer again. The ice cracks more, spreading toward Jamie. He looks down and sees how the ice has broken. He tried to take a little step back, but the ice cracks again, louder
Jack is seeing the scene all over again. But this time, it will be his fault; he busted the hole in the ice, weakening it. And now Jamie may fall in. He could smell the fear on Jamie, the fear that he would fall, but this time the fear didn't feel good. Jamie attempted another step back, away from the cracks. But it didn't work. The ice cracked loudly… and Jamie fell through
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