I LIVE! Sorry for the long wait! I will explain in the AN at the and of the chapter, for now...
Disclaimer: I (sadly) do not own rise of the guardians
Jack had planned on staying awake, but it seemed to get harder and harder to keep his eyes open. One thing did help. Every time he was about to drift off, he saw something move outside the window, and it just reminded him of the real danger he was in when she was still out there.
Finally, Jack saw a golden glow out the window.
"Sandy."
Jack breathed a sigh of relief.
The sand flowed through the gaps around the window and gathered above Jamie's head, but then a section split off and approached Jack. It halted when it reached him. Jack frowned in confusion until it turned into a snowflake.
Smiling, Jack realized Sandy knew he was here. he reached out and touched the sand, and it turned into a clock. A few minutes later, Jack looked out the window and saw a small gold light appear and start to get bigger.
Jack opened the window as Sandy approached. He flew in the window and landed in front of Jack. A question mark appeared over his head and he gestured to Jack. Jack shrugged.
"I don't know what happened. I was attacked by... someone from my past... and she turned me human again. Jamie and Sophie found me at my lake and brought me here." Jack started pacing as he spoke, running his hands through his hair as it finally settled in. He was HUMAN.
Sandy approached the agitated teen and put a hand on his arm, halting him in his tracks.
"Sorry sandy. Anyway, do you think you could tell the guardians what happened? Maybe you guys could look into this in, I don't know, the library?" Sandy sighed, then probably realized he wasn't gonna be able to get Jack to accept help, so he just nodded and left, waving as he drifted away from the window.
As Sandy flew into the night, Jack felt kinda lonely. Jamie and Sophie were great, but he missed the freedom of flight and the crispness of the night. Now, when he goes outside, or even opens the window, the cold bothers him, Hurts him almost.
He sighed heavily and laid back down on the make-shift bed, staring up at the ceiling. unbeknownst to him, a thin trail of golden dream sand drifted into the room, and soon he was asleep.
"How long have you been alone?"
Jack was startled by Jamie's mom's question. He had been looking out the window on their way back from dropping off the kids and getting him clothes.
"A While."
Jack didn't want to lie to her. That doesn't count, right?
"Look. I get that this must be a little strange to you, but I need to know more than just 'Awhile' if I'm going to help you."
She sighed and Jack didn't respond. He struggled to come up with something better, but could only think of one thing.
"If I tell you, you won't believe me."
She must not have known how to respond because the drive continued in silence.
"Try me."
Jack looked over at her and smiled a little bit. Maybe he would, but not right now, well, not completely.
"My father died years ago, and my mother and sister were grieving. I wanted to cheer them up, so I took my sister skating. I should have waited until the next winter, but we went out too late in the winter. The ice was unstable. She was in the middle of the lake when the ice cracked. My life ended that day. "
Now I had to start lying.
"my mother died soon after, probably from the grief. I wanted to do the same, but something wouldn't let me. I realized I wanted to try and live for them."
She nodded silently as I finished, and we pulled into the driveway.
"Go ahead and change, I'll be in the living room working."
Jack nodded and took the bag of clothes upstairs and into Jamie's room. Sitting on the bed, he pulled out the new hoodie Jamie's mom had gotten for him. He looked at the battered sleeve of his old hoodie and missed the frost that normally decorated it.
a soft tapping on the window brought him out of his daze and he looked up to see a familiar, brightly colored fairy. He stood up and opened the window, only to almost be tackled to the ground.
"Jack! you're ok!" Tooth released him from the hug, and a smaller brightly-colored blur flew over and buried itself into his hood.
"I brought baby tooth as well so she could stay with you and you can send her to get us if you run into trouble."
"So have you found anything yet?" Jack asked eager to find out how to return to normal.
"Not yet. You know, it would help if we knew who did this to you."
Jack visibly paled. "Someone I wish I had never met." He began to pace back and forth.
"Look Jack. We are doing all we can, but it would go much faster if you could at least give us a name."
"That's kinda hard to do when she doesn't have one."
"What?"
Jack stopped pacing and looked her in the eye.
"She doesn't have a name, at least, none that I know. All I know about her is that she is not supposed to exist. Not anymore."
He looked away from her and sat on the bed. He heard her fly over and sit on the bed next to him, so he wasn't surprised when he felt her arm around his shoulder.
"We will fix this, I promise Jack."
He just nodded mutely. Tooth sighed and glided over to the window. With one last glance, she turned and sped off into the clear day.
Jamie's mom stood outside Jamie's door, holding her breath. Who was Jack talking too? Was he on a phone or something? If he couldn't afford clothes there was no way he could afford a working phone. Something was going on, and she needed to figure out what it was before it was too late.
She's getting suspicious! Sorry for the long wait. Life is a little hectic at the moment, so I had a hard time finding time to write, and I didn't want to post a half written chapter. I probably won't be able to post again till sometime after Christmas, so sorry for the large gaps.
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