Jack had guarded Jamie's house all night but Danny didn't return. Jack watched Jamie, Sophie and Diana walk to school together. Sophie had tried to convince Diana that Jack Frost was real but Jack didn't blame Diana. She was at an age where children lost their childhood beliefs. Also having a seven year old explaining everything wasn't very convincing. Jamie had been too scared of how he would look to help his sister explain. He gave Sophie one last wave as she turned the corner. Jack chuckled at the young girl.
Jack sighed as he dropped his hand to his side.
"Now what to do? I could go freeze over a few lakes in Russia or I could go find Danny?" Jack wondered aloud. He looked up.
"Or, I could go the North Pole and see what's wrong," Jack concluded as he saw the northern lights. He shot up into the air and quickly arrived at the North Pole.
"Did something happen?" Jack asked as he landed in a run.
"Jack! Did you find Danny?" Tooth inquired and fluttered over to him with a number of her tooth fairies, Baby Tooth was one of them.
"Oh, hey Baby Tooth, Tooth. Yeah I found him, but he refused to come," Jack answered.
"The sack wasn't such a bad idea then," Bunny grumbled as he warmed his paws by the fire. Jack scowled at the oversized rabbit. Sandy signed a load of shapes above his head. Jack nodded.
"I told him that he was a guardian Sandy. He said he doesn't obey the Man in the Moon, or the guardians," Jack answered. Bunny straightened and frowned.
"What? He thinks he's better than us all of a sudden then?" Bunny growled. Jack shrugged.
"He said he doesn't play well with others whatever that means," Jack recalled. North marched into the room.
"Guardians, we have a problem. Pitch is on the move," North informed them. The room erupted in shouts of concern.
"One at a time!" North roared after trying to get in the order five times.
"How do you know?" Bunny demanded quickly. North seemed to deflate.
"Turn the globe," he ordered his yetis. They garbled something to him and pressed a few buttons on the console. The globe slowly rotated and the guardians stared in horror at how dark the other half of the globe was.
"He's targeting children this time. Somehow he's destroying their belief. We must stop him," North explained. Bunny edged forward.
"Those lights. They were all lit yesterday right?" Bunny whispered. North nodded.
"At that rate, Pitch might destroy every child's belief before Hallowe'en!" Bunny gasped.
"I'll send my girls out. We'll search for clues as to what he's done," Tooth offered. North nodded.
"I have a couple of months before Christmas. I can spare some of my yetis. I would let my elves go but you know," North suggested and motioned to an elf watching them, picking its nose with a silly grin on its face. The guardians scowled with disgust before giving quick agreement that the elves shouldn't be sent out.
"Meanwhile, I'll look for Pitch. Sandy, North, Frost. You're coming with me right?" Bunny announced. North nodded sternly and shouted for his yetis to ready the sleigh and get his swords. Bunny shuddered.
"Man, I hate flying," he muttered to himself. Jack scowled with thought.
"Actually Bunny, I'm going to look for Danny," Jack decided.
"What!? We're trying to stop Pitch, not help him!" Bunny retorted sharply. Jack nodded.
"I know that cottontail! Manny obviously wanted to make Danny a guardian for a reason. He made me a guardian when Pitch attacked last time. Maybe Manny knew this would happen and wanted us to be prepared. Besides, we might need the Spirit of Fear to find Pitch. Danny told me he could sense fear. Maybe he can use that to find Pitch," Jack replied. Tooth, Sandy and Bunny stared at Jack, North had gone to get his coat.
"And what if Danny is helping Pitch?" Bunny inquired.
"Then we'll be able to find Pitch and stop him. But I really don't think that will happen. Danny was furious when I brought Pitch up," Jack recalled.
Bunny looked ready to continue the argument but Tooth got in between them.
"Jack, I trust your judgement but be careful. Don't make this a repeat of what happened before. For all we know, we might be walking straight into Pitch's trap. Don't go anywhere suspicious and don't take on Pitch alone," Tooth decided. Jack nodded.
"Will do," Jack agreed and before Bunny could stop him, Jack jumped into the air and flew out of the workshop. Bunny scowled at Tooth.
"If he gets killed, it's on your head. You don't mess with Pitch. And Danny is the same," Bunny growled before tapping the ground and jumping into his warren. Sandy glanced at Tooth and gave her a worried expression.
"I'm sure Jack knows what he's doing. Besides, he was able to fight off Pitch before single-handedly. You weren't there but it was impressive," Tooth assured him.
North returned in his big red coat and swords strapped over his shoulders.
"The sleigh's ready. Where's Bunny and Jack?" North asked. Tooth smiled.
"Bunny's using his tunnels and Jack decided to find Danny instead. I better get back to the Tooth Palace and send out my girls. Good luck guys," Tooth explained and flew out of the window with her fairies close behind. North shrugged. Sandy smiled at North as the large man pushed his way through the yetis and elves to get into his sleigh. Sandy ran after him, feeling bad that North was alone. North loved to show off his sleigh.
And the plan begins. So yeah, not much to say, except, let me know what you guys think of the story so far.
Until the next chapter.