Hello everybody! :D Thanks so much for liking the new name. :) Someone asked why they need to review the AN, and its just for me to make sure that you read it. ^.^'' I know I have skipped over important ANs sometimes and most of the time they had important news and such on them. So just wanting that cleared up. :P Enjoy Chapter 5: Boogieman Dream!
Jack stared at his dad in shock. Hoping any minute he would creak a grin and yell 'Just kidding' or 'I'm just messing with you' but it never came.
"Why?" Was all he seemed to choke out.
Dad sighed and the trio whimpered slightly as they tried to curl around his feet, almost making him fall over.
"I have put you in a terrible place.' He says sadly. 'Now that you are forever a child that means Pitch can take fear from you."
Jack took a deep breath, but the fear still boiled in his stomach. "What are we going to do about it? By what I was told we can't hide here forever."
Moroz was the one to answer. "Jack…We are going to have to send you away from a while. Just till we can get Pitch back into the dark hole he crawled out of."
Jack's eyes widened. "What about you guys?"
Schnee shuffled slightly. "We were brought here from the North Pole, Johnston is going to take us back to a bear colony up there. So we will still be near by, just you might not get to see us."
Jack became worried. "But what about the Castle? The penguins, seals, and all the others that live around here? What are they going to do?"
Dad sighed. "They will stay here, Pitch would not be after them. The Castle will be fine, it has lasted over a thousand years."
Glace nudged his arm. "Hey, it will be fine. We will be near by, and Pitch will be gone before you know it."
"You should get to sleep, we go to take you to some friends tomorrow." Dad says.
Jack nodded quietly, still trying to take everything in. Before he knew it he was in his room and laying on the bed.
He closed his eyes and fell into black, not knowing that he would be meeting the Boogieman soon.
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North stood in his work shop. He breathed in the different smells and looked at the different colors, he loved his job as Santa.
He also loved that he was the Guardian of Wonder. It filled him with warmth to see the joy in children's eyes.
But lately North had been feeling something in his belly, something was not right. He walked past all his workers to the Guardian Hall, it was the place where he and the other Guardians meet at for meetings and such.
He looked up through the sky light to see Manny glowing down on him.
Call the others, we have much to talk about tonight. Manny's voice whispers in his mind.
Quickly he moves over and pulls the leaver that activates the Northern Lights, the Guardian Gathering Signal, and waited quietly for the others.
Bunnymund, one of the Spirits of Spring and Guardian of Hope, came first through a hole in the ground and grumbling about the cold and his feet.
"Oi mate, wha' do ya want, Easter is in a month and I have googies to prepare." Bunny asks as he rubbed his huge feet.
"All will be told when the others get here, old friend." North says gruffly.
Sandy, Guardian of Dreams, came second. He flew in on one of his sand planes, and landed silently next to North as his plane fell apart and disappeared into thin air. He made a question make above his head but North just shrugged.
"We must wait for Toothy then Manny will tell." He says.
Tooth, Guardian of Memories, finally came through the window with half a dozen of her mini-fairies behind her. She was giving them orders of where to go and they would shot off into the night sky. When she got to the others she shushed them softly and turned to North.
"Now that we are all here, Manny has something to tell us." North says.
Manny glowed brighter, when the Guardians looked to the ground a from began to shape from a shadow in the middle of the light. It took the out line of a tall mad with brood shoulders and spiky hair.
The Guardians drew in sharp breaths. "Pitch."
Then it changed to a different shape, it was small like a child. It also had spiky hair, but not as spiky as Pitch's with a staff in its hand.
Bunny grumbled. "Jack Frost."
The others looked at him. "Who?"
Bunny looked right back at them. "Jack Frost. The kid Winter Spirit that was born 300 years ago, he completely messed up Easter of '68 with his bloody storm. What does Manny want with him?"
"It is not Manny that wants Jack, I'm afraid." A sudden voice spoke up behind the huddled group.
They jumped into fight stances, but were surprised to see not Pitch but Father Frost standing behind them looking half amused and half sad.
"Hello, Father Frost! What are you doing here?" North asks.
"I am here because Manny and I have something to ask you about my son." He says.
"What son? I didn't know you had a son!" Tooth says excitedly, she knew Father Frost took very good care of his teeth and couldn't wait to see his son's.
"I believe you were just talking about him." Johnston raises an eye brow.
"Wait a min' mate, you're sayin' Jack Frost is your kid?" Bunny exclaims.
Johnston nodes. "Yes I found Jack 300 years ago freezing to death in a cave. I asked Manny and Mother to save in, in return that made him a Winter Spirit to replace Manuel and he became my son."
"Why did he make the blizzard of '68?" Bunny frowns.
Johnston's face darkened. "A few of your Spring Sprites had cornered him and was making fun of him and our family. Jack got angry and snapped. The blizzard it self may have been Jack's fault, but the reason behind it was all theirs."
Bunny shifted slightly at the harsh look he was getting from the Winter Spirit but didn't say anything.
"What is it you need?" Tooth said with her hands over her heart, it hurt to know that they hadn't been there for Jack but was happy Johnston was.
"As you must know Pitch is back, but he not just after the children this time." Johnston says gravely. "Because Jack is now an immortal child Pitch will be after him to have unlimited power."
"What are you asking?" North questions.
Johnston sighs. "Pitch will know he must go through me to get to Jack. Jack need protection incase anything happens to me, I am asking that you watch over him, care for him. I need you to protect my frozen child."
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The IceCastle was silent, the three polar bears sleep soundly out side, and Jack Frost snored quietly in his empty sleep.
His room had barely any light, leaving plenty of shadows for the dark figure watching him to hide in. It smiled and ran it's hands through the sleeping boy's white locks, the smile widened even more when a little trail of frost started to crawl up his hand as the boy cuddled more into the touch.
A small handful of black sand collected into it's hands and it slowly sprinkled it over it self and the boy.
A bit of light reflected of it's face, lighting up gray skin and golden eyes on a man's sharp face.
The man then placed the tip of his fingers to Jack's forehead and was pulled into the Winter Prince's dreams.
Pitch Black stood in a white area, snow fell around him as he looked around. Near a cliffy sat Jack curled into a ball as he wept harshly with the wind howling around him.
Pitch glided over to him. "Hello Jack."
Jack jumped and backed away slightly when he saw it was Pitch. "Why are you here?"
"To talk." Pitch says simply.
"No your not.' Jack spat as he trembled. 'You want to use me to hurt others."
Pitch sighed. "No one ever truly believes that fear is not always bad. Fear keeps children and everyone else safe, fear tells them to be weary or cautious. But no one sees it that way."
Jack stopped for a moment as he rolled Pitch's words around in his head. "Well why don't you just tell the others that?"
Pitch laughed softly. "My dear boy, do you think they would believe me? Indeed I did go over board in the Dark Ages, but if you think about it if not for me the Guardians and others wouldn't really exist. You know how that is, don't you Jack?"
Jack thought about the blizzard of '68, how everyone pretty much didn't trust him anymore just because he had let out angry at them mocking what he cared for. "Yea…yea I guess I understand why it would be hard to get them to understand. That doesn't mean you shouldn't try though, I mean you might even work with the Guardians if you told them."
Pitch shook his head. "No, Jack. Sadly the Guardians aren't as bendable as you hope them to be. But…"
Jack's eye brows knotted. "What?"
Pitch smiled widely at them. "You could help me Jack. We can spread a little fear, it just might save someone, and we could prove to them that we are better then they thought we are."
Jack frowned a bit and looked down at his feet. "I don't know, making people afraid still doesn't sound nice."
Pitch grabbed his shoulders making him wiggle slightly in discomfort. "Since when have any of them been fair, Jack? When you were just protecting your family everyone began to hate you for something that got out of your control. How is that fair Jack?!"
Jack winced when he saw the slightly crazed look in Pitch's eyes and pulled away. "Be quiet! You're lying to me! You don't care about me or anyone but your self! Leave me alone!"
Jack thrusted out his hand and shot Pitch away with a blast of snow, pushing him out of his dream.
Pitch landed against the wall of Jack's room with a small thud. He cursed silently and glared lightly as Jack cried slightly in his sleep. Small waves of fear washed of Jack to Pitch who breathed them in like the smell of something delicious. Pitch licked his lip and his dark mood lightened a bit as he chuckled.
"Oh, Jack.' He smiles down him as the tears slowly came to a stop. 'You are going to wish you hadn't turned me down. You will be at my side. For now have sweet dreams, because they will be changed with nightmares very soon."
With that he kissed Jack softly on the top of his head and disappeared into the shadows once again.
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