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"You see?" Tooth said

"I can't believe it" Santa said, amazed. Never had he seen something like this before. He never thought it was anything but completely black and white; either or believed and saw or you didn't. But that wasn't the case anymore. They were all behind a snow bank, watching Jack have a snowball fight with a group of kids, with their parents watching on. Santa was seeing the old Jack, like Tooth; as was Sandy.

Bunny still wasn't so sure.

They left Jamie so they could find Jack. They weren't expecting him to be playing with children, and they didn't want to stop him, so they just watched

Jack was so confused. As he ran around with the children, providing never ending snowballs, he could smell fear; a lot of fear. But the children were having fun; how could there be fear? He wondered. He couldn't believe it, but he was having fun as well. Could Jamie have been right? Did you need fear to have fun? Could he be who he was before; a fun guy, and still be believed in?

He was confused, but he couldn't help but to have fun with the children. He laughed a real laugh for the first time in what felt like forever. He had forgotten what playing with children and having fun felt like.

But then the children had to leave

"Thank you for playing with us" one of the girls told Jack before they left

"Yes, thank you so much, Jack. They had a lot of fun" Lisa said to Jack

"Yeah, I…." Jack stopped before saying that he did too. But he wasn't sure why. He just nodded and slightly waved the parents and children goodbye. He stood in the middle of the field, watching them all walk away

"What am I?" he asked after the children were long out of his sight

"You're a guardian" Jack quickly turned at the sound of a voice and found the Guardians standing behind him. He hadn't realized he had spoken aloud

"What're you all doing here?" Jack asked

"We came looking for you… we were worried" Tooth tells him. It was much easier for her to look at him and speak to him without the sharp teeth and dark eyes. He looked so much younger and innocent without them

"You should be worried about Jamie" Jack said

"We are worried about him, but the doctor said he was going to be okay. He went home" Tooth explained. Jack looked noticeably relieved, even though he tried to hide it

"Good" he said quietly, looking down. He was hoping to avoid the Guardians a little longer… so he could figure himself out

Jack… what did the kids say about your appearance?" Santa asked him

"They… they didn't say anything… but their parents said I didn't look like-"he didn't know how to describe how he thought he looked. It seemed that he was seen differently by some people. But how could that be? The others could see the confusion on Jack's face

"Jack… you don't… not to me, anyway" Tooth told him gently

"What?" he asked, looking up at her quickly. Tooth hesitated for a moment, not knowing what his reaction would be. But he needed to know, so she told him

"You look just as you did before… before Pitch changed you. Bright blue eyes, and perfect teeth as white as snow" she explained

"But why?" Jack asked softly, more to himself, but the others heard him

"We aren't sure why, but… don't you see? You don't have to continue to be that other guy. You have a choice" Santa told him

Jack looked at all the Guardians. They all looked hopeful, probably that Jack would choose fun over fear, all of them but Bunny. Bunny looked wary and worried. For the first time, knowing that someone was afraid of him didn't make him feel strong… it made him feel remorseful. He stood and walked to Bunny, but didn't get too close. He could smell the fear in Bunny increase the closer he got

"Bunnymund…. I'm sorry… for what I said… I just… I just wanted what you've got" Jack told Bunny, his voice slowly lowering to just a whisper "I hope… I hope I can stop focusing on the fear… and stick with fun…. I hope I still remember how" a lone tear fell from Jack's eye, running a little down his cheek before freezing there

Bunny didn't know what to say. Jack put his head down and stared at the snow and everybody else just stood, waiting for the reaction. Bunny didn't want to be afraid of Jack, and even thought the old Jack was annoying, he was a lot better that the new one. He also hoped Jack could remember how to be who he was before. Hope could be a very strong feeling, Bunny knew that more than anybody

"Jack" Bunny said. Jack hesitated before looking up at him. Bunny sighed in relief "There you are, Mate. Those dark eyes were a bit freaky" he told him. He was seeing Jack again, the guardian of fun. Jack smiled at Bunny and, yep, his teeth were back to normal as well. Now they needed to find a way to make the rest of the people Jack had made believe begin to believe in the right Jack

"But how can we do that?" Santa asked

"I… I have no idea. But I'm sure we can do it" Tooth told them. They all stood in silence for a moment, thinking about what to do. Then Sandy got excited and a large lightbulb appeared in sand above his head

"Whatcha got, Sandy?" Santa asked him. Sandy gathered a bunch of sand and it swirled around before coming together in the form of… Jack. The sand Jack smiled at the real one before creating a snowball out of sand and throwing it at him. Jack ducked down before it hit him, though

"So… you're going to make them dream about me?" Jack asked, not sounding too sure about it. The sand Jack wandered around all the guardians, spinning his sand staff around. He aimed the staff upward and shot out a burst of sand that made it start to snow sand "Wow" Jack whispered, staring at the sand version of himself. He couldn't help but wonder if that was how he acted… before

"It could work" Tooth said, sounding very hopeful

"It's worth a try, at least" Bunny then said. And so Sandy began to send out dreams

They all went to the sleigh and started back to Santa's workshop. Jack went straight to the globe and sat in front of it. The others said nothing, knowing he had a good reason for what he was doing

Just as Jack had suspected, many of the lights went off. He thought hard about it on the ride to the workshop and he realized that many people would believe that if they were dreaming about him now, that they may have dreamed their first meeting with him. Jack didn't move for a long time and soon it was only him and Sandy who were still awake. Sandy hesitated for only a moment before he threw over some dream sand and made Jack fall asleep. He knew he needed it. Then he sent him a dream of how he was before

Jack dreamed of his memories; of all the fun times he had with his sister. He missed his old life and he missed his sister. But at least she got to have a life, because he had saved her. At least… he thought he had saved her. But when his dreams of his memories got to that day on the ice, it was different

"Jack…. I'm scared" his sister said, standing in her skates on the cracking ice

"I know, I know" he told her "But you're gonna be alright. You're not gonna fall in…. We're gonna have a little fun instead!" he suggested

"No, we're not!" she exclaimed, still very afraid

"Would I trick you?" he asked

"Yes! You always play tricks!"

"Well, not this time" Jack assured her "I promise, I promise, you're gonna be… you're gonna be fine" he wasn't so sure, but he didn't let that show

"You just have to believe in me. You want to play a game? We're gonna pay hopscotch! Like we play every day. It's as easy as one…" he said, stepping a little closer to her "Two…" he stepped a little closer, acting a little goofy, to try to make her feel a little less scared. It worked, she laughed a little "Three!" he said. He was now closer to her, but not close enough to reach her. But the ice was cracking a little louder now. He saw a large stick on the ice. He could reach it. He was about to lean down to grab it when-

"Jack!" She shouted as the ice gave away and she fell through.