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Sandy and Bunny had made their way to the North Pole as soon as they could. Once inside, Sandy seen Martha and Izzy fighting off some nightmares with a broom and a sword they found. Izzy had the sword and Martha the broom. Sandy had also noticed Jack lay unconscious on the floor. So he let Bunny go over and help the girls while he checked on Jack.
Bunny threw his boomerangs at Pitch, who was not aware he was there till the boomerangs hit his head. "Ahh!" Pitch hissed and stumbled sideways.
He looked over and noticed something coming towards him, however his vision was blurry.
Bunny caught his boomerangs when they came back to him. He went to help the girls when he noticed black sand gathering around Martha's and Izzy's feet.
"Watch out!" Bunny yelled and headed for the girls. The sand picked up the girls and black tendrils wrapped around the two girls with a bone crushing squeeze. "Let them go!" Bunny growled at Pitch.
The nightmare king rubbed his head from pain and smirked, "No."
The tendrils became tighter and the girls began to loose consciousness from not getting enough air.
That's when Sandy used his dream whip that wrapped around Pitch and threw him out the window breaking the glass.
The tendrils dropped the girls and Bunny gave Sandy a look before going to check on the girls. Sandy shrugged and turned to Jack who got up in a daze. He had a now bruised eye and used the wall for support. Sandy flew over and looked at Jack worriedly to which, he shook his hand, "I'm fine, Sandy..." He let go of wall and stumbled a bit, but Sandy caught him. "Thanks." He got his staff and used it to hold him up, then he looked up.
Bunny was helping the girls to some chairs to sit in. They were getting bruises on their arms thanks to Pitch.
Jack stumbled over and grew a concerned look on his face, "I'm so sorry girls..." He apologized.
Bunny looked over and noticed Jacks black eye, "Ouch, mate."
Martha looked up and gasped, "Oh Jack..."
Jack shrugged, "Hey at least we got that funny picture of Pitch." He snickered.
Bunny looked confused for a second and glanced between the two then to Izzy. She began laughing with the two and Bunny looked to Sandy who shrugged.
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The three boys got the girls to go rest in their room till the others got back. Jack and Sandy cleaned up the mess Jack had made and Bunny watched over the girls.
North and Tooth eventually came back and were at an ends. They didn't know what to do nor how to stop Pitch from doing this again.
"Jack," North walked over and Jack turned around as his name was called. North winced when he turned around, "What happened?"
"Pitch..." Jack looked down a bit, "North I couldn't do it... I couldn't protect them... How am I suppose to live up to the name Guardian?"
North put a hand on his back, "Jack, being a guardian doesn't mean you have to be perfect. We've all had that one or two children who we couldn't save.." North told the winter spirit as he remembered a past experience.
Jack sighed and put his hand in his pocket, "But... I was here.. I could've done something..." "Jack, stop worrying, I'm sure the girls forgive you." North paused, "Speaking of which, we need to take girls home.."
"What?" Jack became wide eyed, "We cant! What if Pitch comes back to get them?!"
"Their parents, Jack. Their parents are broken hearted and I'm sure the girls miss home too. You and Bunny can stay near their home to make sure nothing happens, but they need their parents."
Jack sighed once more and gave a nod.
Tooth came in after having visited the girls first, "Hey Ja-! Jack!" Tooth flew to him and inspected his eye, "Oh my goodness! Did Pitch do this to you?" She asked worriedly. Jack nodded.
"He's not gonna get away with this..." Tooth said with a newfound anger in her eyes.
"Hey don't worry about it, Tooth... It'll be gone soon..." He smiled and began walking to the girls room. North and Tooth followed.
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"And then ya just carefully add the details..." Bunny said as he painted a practice egg. Since Easter wasn't till a few more months, this gave him plenty of time to practice his painting skills on eggs.
Martha and Izzy were painting practice eggs as well.
"Is this good?" Martha asked Bunny and showed him the egg. It was very detailed, even more so that his and he chuckled, "That looks great! You got a noice talent there, Martha."
"Mine sucks..." Izzy pouted. Bunny smiled sympathetically, "No it doesn't, it looks really good." He spoke.
That's when North and the others came in.
"Time to go home, girls.." North said as he stepped in.
"What?" Bunny asked, however, the girls expressions were a mix of both sadness and happiness.
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