"Why do they always have to mess everything up? Treating me like a lab experiment when it's their fault in the first place. I should have-"
"You should take it easy on them." Jack startled and glanced around his hiding place, a cave on the side of a cliff, in the desert.
"Who said that." Jack asked, lifting himself from the ground and tightening his fist around his staff.
"Although I hate admitting it, North and Bunny were only trying to help."
"And who are you to make any judgment about what was right and wrong?"
"I am. This is a weird dream. I've never argued with myself before." Jack stumbled back into the cave wall and covered his ears when he realized that the voice was coming from inside his head, as if he were speaking in his own mind, but without control of the thoughts.
"Get out of my head! Who said you could go in there?!" Jack yelled while covering his ears.
"I did. I think I'm asleep right now, so, long story short, I'm pretty convinced this is a dream. Maybe a prank by Sandy or something." The inner voice mused. Jack slowly slid to the ground and uncovered his ears, finding that it didn't help him.
"I'm going to tell you right now that you are not dreaming, you are in my head. What's your name, anyhow? If I'm going insane I might as well know what I'm calling it." Jack gave in and let his head fall forward into his raised knees. He put his arms around his legs and relaxed his grip on his staff.
"I'm Jack Frost. Man, this is weird talking to myself in a dream." The dream Jack laughed.
"You must be my insanity then. Why else would I name myself the exact opposite of me?" Jack shook his head and gave a short half-hearted chuckle. "So, what are you doing in there, anyhow. Why haven't I heard you before?"
"You think I know? I'm in the same boat as you. Sorry to say it, but I'm starting to think I'm insane too. This has got to be the strangest dream I've ever had." Dream Jack laughed, finding the whole ordeal amusing and not nearly as terrifying as real Jack was taking it. "Maybe you know how I got in here." Dream Jack said after a minute of silence.
"I don't know. It- wait, North said that a potion or something… hold on." Jack lifted his head from his knees and stared forward at the blank wall in front of him. "He said the potion was a means of communication between two dimensions. Wait… I think I'm blowing my own mind here." Jack's mind was racing a mile a minute and a prominent frown dominated his face. He did not know whether to be thrilled or horrified at his revelation.
"Whoa, slow down there, Flash. I can't follow when you're speaking so quickly. And your words aren't making much sense."
"I wasn't talking. I stopped to think about… wait, can you read my thoughts?"
"Clear as day. I thought you were talking."
"I was when I was having my revelation, but not after that."
"Yeah. I want to know what's going on but you won't slow down."
"Damn, you can read my thoughts!" Jack cursed, but a smile was forming at the corners of his mouth.
"That's not what you're excited about, though."
"Not by a long shot. I think you're-"
"From another or parallel dimension or world. And I am starting to believe you're right. I mean, talking to myself? Reading thoughts? And I would never be caught dead in the desert. Well, I mean, I would be caught dead in a desert, actually, more literally speaking."
"So, wait, are you telling me that you're the exact opposite of me?"
"Pretty sure I made that clear. Well, as clear as in my own head is going to get. Why, what's your name if not Jack Frost?"
"Jack Brulant. Spirit of Summer."
"Wow. We must be opposites. Jack Frost, as you already know, Spirit of Winter. I help with the changing of the leaves and am famous for my frost patterns left on windows during the cold season. Can conjure up snow and stuff. And you?"
"Well, I help with the pollinating of new life, for plants," Jack blushed and heard the other Jack snicker before continuing, "And I am famous for creating shapes in the clouds. You know those clouds that look like a butt?"
"Yeah! That's-"
"All me. I can create thunderstorms, although I cannot make it rain, and I can, at times, create tornados and help with the creation of hurricanes, although they are not necessarily in my department of weather phenomenon. I mostly help it to rain, but the conjuring of clouds are my department. I also add that extra boom to a thunderstorm with lightning and thunder."
"Wow, almost jealous. That sounds like a pretty cool job."
"And yours sounds like a literally cool job."
"Yeah, I suppose. So, are we stuck like this forever or…"
"Well, now that I think about it, I fell asleep not too long ago and I thought I had woken up again, but… I think I was inside of your head." Jack almost laughed.
"You know what, I think I remember that. I remember someone asking me questions. I didn't realize it was coming from my own head. It didn't seem totally sentient."
"Well this being is completely sentient and that was one-hundred percent me. So, this whole head talking thing goes both ways. That's pretty cool."
"But, how did you get out of it?" Dream Jack asked.
"I… I woke up. The last thing I remember from you is pain… then I woke up with Bunny stitching up my arm."
"I probably would've been utterly terrified in your position. I mean, Bunny right there when I wake up? No thanks."
"Yeah, but that leaves open the question if you're alright? I mean, that pain was not mine, but I could feel it, like a nagging headache."
"Yeah. And I remember before passing out that my arm was cut open. It seems we have the same wounds."
"But I remember you being so confused my them, like they weren't there before."
"That's because they weren't. I guess I'm somewhere right now bleeding to death, then, if everything lines up."
"We better figure out how to wake you up so I don't kill myself." Jack sighed and pushed himself from the ground. "But how. I woke up, but that's only because you passed out. Maybe… maybe I have to be unconscious for you to be conscious?" Jack mused, and dream Jack agreed.
"So, how do you propose we do this?" Dream Jack asked.
"Like this." And Jack quickly shoved his head back into the cave wall. Stars appeared in front of his eyes and he fell to the ground, still conscious. "Alright… new plan." And Jack, after gaining his footing, jumped out of the cave.
"You know, I think we need to think of a better plan next time." Dream Jack said as the ground became dominant in his vision.
"Yeah, I agree. We'll have to-" But the ground stopped his words.