Tadaa! Here it is! I did it as soon as I could since so many people asked, thank you to all of you that reviewed: WRATH77, darkbloodynightmare38, LuvFiction Xxxx, Night-Fury1, Rose Jennison (thanks again for the advice, AyameKitsune, Taranodongirl1, Wolf Mirage, TeddyBear98, Janazza, GreatWolfSpirit, ReaderWriterDreamerGirl7, Dark Inu Fan, starskulls Alaia Skyhawk, .rain, Emoemo, Jack Frost The Frost Child, Bearybeary, IWillNeverStopFanGirling, Dude, Fangirl705, TeddyBear98, AbigailPaine, Super-Dash, Mystery Girl Who Writes and guest (this is good advice, thank you :D). You guys are amazing :D I've been able to escape homework for a little while to do this, my parents are gonna be mad when they see this… Don't care. It's worth it! Oh here it goes, my brother is throwing me blankets and pillows, telling me to get off the computer. Oh well. So there you go and enjoy!
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Sandy was angry, that was understood. No, he was furious. How could the Guardians do that? They didn't even let Jack tell them a complete sentence before rejecting him without one thought. They didn't even consider the possibility that he might have picked his memory off the ground where he might have found them. They just assumed he betrayed them. That, was frustrating.
North, Tooth and Bunny winced as Sandy made some angry and rude images with his dream sand quickly, it wasn't yelling but they didn't need any words to know that Sandy was very, very disappointed.
North bit his lip. "We know Sandy and we regret doing what we did, we acted suddenly and without thinking, we were still under shock of your death and we were not thinking strait. We're sorry."
Sandy shook his head a made a few images that clearly said: It isn't me who needs that apology, it's Jack.
Tooth sighed. "Yes, you're right Sandy; we have a lot to make up to him for all we did."
Then they were picked up by the wind and carried off after Jack.
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When they saw Jack next, he was at the top of a glacier and was attempting to throw his memory box in the ocean.
"What's he doing!" Bunny exclaimed.
Jack groaned in frustration, looking at the picture of the boy at the end of the box, as if wondering if it was really him.
"I thought this might happen."
"Pitch." North spat with discust.
The spirit of winter clenched his jaw, trying not to listen to Pitch.
"They never really believed in you. I was just trying to show you that. But I understand."
"As if! And we do believe in him doofus!" Bunny growled.
Jack turned around and shot a jet of ice at Pitch who simply blocked it with some nightmare sand. "You don't understand anything!" He shouted angrily.
"No! I know what it is to be cast out!" Pitch said back.
Jack flew up and yelled a battle cry, letting go all of his anger in a powerful beam of ice. Pitch slashed upwards with his hands, shooting some black sand at the jet, creating a shockwave that resulted in a massive amount of snow swirling in the air, acting as a thick mist blocking the Guardians' view for a few seconds.
"To not be believed in," Pitch said again.
Jack walked around cautiously and looked for Pitch. He spotted him a few meters away and raised his staff defensively.
"To long for… a family." Pitch said.
Jack lowered his staff in surprise at the pain in Pitch's voice.
"Don't listen to him mate, he's faking it!" Bunny said.
But of course, Jack didn't hear anything.
"All those years in the shadow, I thought: No one else knows what this feels like." Pitch looked at Jack with fake hope. "And now I see I was wrong. We don't have to be alone Jack! I believe in you."
"He's lying! He just wants to bring you to his side!" Tooth exclaimed.
"And I'm sure the children would too."
Jack looked at Pitch with wide eyes. "In me?" He whispered.
Pitch smiled, Jack was getting closer to abandoning the Guardians. "Yes! Look at what we can do!"
The Guardians gasped when Pitch gestured a giant ice statue with black sand mixed in it, making it look dangerously sinister. It was a spectacular sight.
"What goes together better than cold, and dark?" Pitch tried to convince Jack.
"Milk and cookies." North said.
"Teeth and floss." Tooth said.
"Easter and spring." Bunny said.
"We can give them a world where everything, everything is-"
"Pitch Black?" Jack said, unimpressed.
Pitch froze, as if sensing his mistake. "And Jack Frost, too." He hesitated. "They'll believe in both of us."
Jack showed no interest in Pitch's offers anymore. "No. They'll fear both of us. And that's not what I want." He turned around and walked away from Pitch. "Now for the last time, leave me alone!"
"Good job Jack!" North cheered.
Pitch's expression turned into one of anger. "Very well, you want to be alone? Done! But first…"
Jack heard a squeak behind him. "Baby Tooth!" He shouted.
Tooth gasped in horror.
Jack turned around to see Pitch clutching tightly the small fairy in his hand. Jack raised his staff as a threat.
"The staff Jack!" Pitch said with an evil smirk. "You have a bad habit of interfering! Now hand it over, and I'll let her go."
Bunny stomped his feet in outrage. "That's blackmail!"
Baby Tooth shook her head vigorously.
Jack paused, looking at his staff. Pitch tightened his grip on Baby Tooth and she squealed in discomfort. The winter spirit hesitated, and then flipped his staff to give the end to Pitch who snatched it from his hand with a triumphant smile. In the nightmare king's hands, the wood of the staff looked dead and rotten, compared to its beautiful frost patterns that decorated it when Jack holds it.
"He actually did it. Even if he knew she was one of my fairies and that I turned my back on him, he still did it. They must be really close." Tooth said with tears in her eyes and a bit of jealousy in her voice.
Jack held out his hand. "Alright, now let her go."
Pitch smirked. "No."
Jack stared at Pitch with surprise.
"I knew he was gonna do that!" North whispered, gritting his teeth together.
"You said you wanted to be alone, so be alone!" Pitch shouted.
Baby Tooth chose that moment to stab her sharp nose in Pitch's hand. Pitch yelled in surprise and pain then threw Baby Tooth.
"No!" Jack yelled as the same time as Tooth. Then his eyes widen in horror when Pitch took his staff in both hands and snapped it clean in half over his knee. He doubled over with pain and Pitch propelled him backwards with a powerful throw of nightmare sand. Jack slammed painfully on a wall of ice then seemed to fight unconsciousness as he fell down a deep ravine and smacked to the ground. Pitch looked at Jack and laughed mockingly and threw carelessly the two halves of Jack's staff with its owner.
The Guardians watched the scene unravel before them with horror. Jack had never said that this happened to him. The same sad thought crossed their mind: Maybe it's because he doesn't trust us enough.
Tooth had her hand over her mouth and her eyes were soaked with tears. "Jack." She sobbed then flew quickly to go see him. The Guardians shook themselves out of their trance then followed Tooth, Bunny and North using the wind to slowly lower themselves to the ground down the ravine and ran to Jack.
"I hope he's alright!" North said, then tries to shake Jack awake but his hands passed through Jack like he was a ghost. He growled in frustration and Bunny put his hand on his shoulder.
"Were still in the memory North. He didn't look injured the next time we saw him so that means that he was alright." Bunny said reassuringly.
Jack gasped and raised a hand to his head then he remembered what happened. "Baby Tooth!" He said worryingly.
"He doesn't care about his own wellbeing, only for Baby Tooth." Bunny remarked. "Self-sacrificing idiot." He mumbled fondly.
Jack looked around and spotted her lying on the ground not far from where he was. He crawled up to her and took her in his hands. "Hey Baby Tooth, you alright?" He whispered.
The small fairy nodded and Jack covered her with his hands protectively. He heard a squeak and quickly withdrew his hand. Baby Tooth shivered and sneezed.
"Sorry, all I can do is keep you cold." He sighed. "Pitch was right. I make a mess of everything."
Baby Tooth widen her eyes, as if she has an idea then hurried to Jack's hoodie pocket.
"Hey!" Jack frowned then sighed again. He crossed his arms and curled into a ball, leaning on the icy wall and closing his eyes.
After a few seconds, he heard the same voice he heard earlier. "Jack? Jack!"
Jack open his eyes quickly and looked at his hoodie pocket, which was glowing a faint gold.
He jumped in surprise and scrambled backwards to a wall. He put a hand in his pocket and took out his teeth canister.
"His memories." Tooth face-palmed. "It calls to him if he needs help to remember something in a time of need! Oh why didn't I realise that before!"
"Wow wow! You mean he's gonna watch his memories! And were gonna watch it too?! Isn't that like invading his privacy?" Bunny said quickly.
Tooth bit her lip. "Well something in his memories certainly made him have faith in himself again. Maybe Man in Moon wants us to know what it is?"
Jack looked at Baby Tooth uncertainly and she nodded softly, putting her hand on the canister.
Jack looked at the box in wonder and lightly brushed his fingers on the top of the box. His and the Guardians' vision flashed white and their minds were gone to see a memory in a memory.
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Grrr… I have to stop doing this! Sorry, I'm a lunatic that loves leaving cliffies to nice people. How rude of me. Well I best be off, school tomorrow and a big math test. Yay.
Loks
