Wolfie: . . O.O

Avery: Are you okay? e.e

Wolfie: O.O *whispers* does it creep you out, that I stare?

Bunny: No, your personality does that for you.

Wolfie: -_-

Chapter 5: Battles and Tracking

"At least you're okay." Avery sighed to Jaime. She stood up walked towards the window. When she felt that no one was following her, she turned back around. "What're you all waiting for? C'mon."

"Where are you going?" Bunny asked.

"To find Pitch. Let's end this, now." She said matter-of-factly, as if the Guardians were suppose to already know her intentions. She opened the window again, but the wind closed it in her face. She glared at the Winter Spirit for doing such a thing. "What?! C'mon guys. let's go already!"

"Are you sure you're even ready to fight Pitch? Let alone, a Fearling?" Jack asked with a raised eye brow.

"What! Of course I am! Are you doubting me?" She asked with a warning tone. But Jack being Jack, he ignored it.

"Yes, actually. I am." He smirked, resting his staff across his shoulders and his eyes full of amusement. She stared back with a defensive stance and a smile all her own.

"Bring it on, Frosty."

"Whoa, whoa, are you two actually gonna fight?" Tooth asked, horror in her voice. They were friends, allies! You're not suppose to try to injure you friend?!

"More like practice." Jack said, getting into a stance himself. Ready to win the battle.

"Wait!" Tooth tried to reason again, but it was already too late. Jack had already fired ice at Avery's head. She dodged it, but lost her footing and fell out the window. "AVERY!?" Tooth cried out, but relaxed when Avery appeared on the back of a flying Stingray. It brought her over to the roof of the building in front of Jaime's window.

"C'mon Jack! Don't think a little frostbite could leave me down!" She chuckled daringly. The horror on his face changed back into a smirk and he flew over to her.

'Why do I always forget she has powers?' He thought, but would never say as he shot more ice at her.

"Are they done yet?" Bunny groaned, rolling his eyes. The "battle" between the Winter Spirit and soon-to-be Animal Spirit had felt like it was going on for ages. Sandy had fallen asleep and Tooth had spent her time talking to Jaime about nonsense. North and Bunny had just observed the fight out the window. It seemed as if the two were using the whole town of Burgess as their battlefield.

"Almost. They're getting tired." North said, staring with awe as the two colors of green and white collided fiercely. In the middle of the battle, Avery had discovered that instead of summoning animals to fight off Jack, that she could just turn her ability into a beam of green light. She was happy for that because it made it so much more easier to fight him.

(A/U: I will explain this at the end of the chapter.)

"They seem equally matched." Bunnymund grunted as Avery shot a beam at Jack. He barely dodged it, mistakenly falling to his knees. "Alright, I'm getting sick of this." He stood up from sitting down on his chair. His legs felt weird from staying in one place too long, but he ignored it. "STOP RIGHT NOW!" He hollered to the two teens. They paused and turned to the Pooka, but they had already fired at each other. So Jack was hit by one of Avery's beams and she was hit with his ice and they both were sent falling on their backs.

"Oops." North said while laughing at the scene, holding his stomach. Bunnymund sighed in frustration before walking away from the window. "C'mon you two." He said, also walking away from the window as the two fighters came back also.

"Now that, that's out your system. . ." Bunny started, rolling his eyes again.

"Let's go find Pitch." North said and the two youngest both got a look of determination on their faces.

"What do you mean?!" North said angrily, eye brows furrowed in confusion.

"I said, it's not here! What more do you want?!" Bunny glared back. They had arrived, on North's sleigh, to the place where Pitch's hideout had been when they fought him before. They were all completely ready to fight the Boogeyman and end this already. Bunny had his boomerangs ready, North had his swords, Jack had his staff, Tooth had her fairies, Sandy had his sand, and Avery had her animals. But there was one thing missing.

His hideout was gone.

"How could he just move a hideout?" Jack asked, just as confused as the other Guardians.

"Always expect the unexpected when it comes down to Pitch Black." Tooth sighed in disappointment, shaking her head. Sandy pouted and kicked the dirt. He was fully ready for this battle and was disappointed just like the floating fairy beside him was.

"His hideout was here?" Avery asked, pointing to the ground with a raised eye brow. Sandy nodded. "Wow, that's a little scary. My house is right around the corner." She asked with a shiver of thinking that the Nightmare King lived just around the corner from her own house for years and she hadn't had a clue until now, when it was gone.

'Come to think of it. . .I don't even know what Pitch looks like, sounds like, or anything. All I know is that he's. .evil.'

"By the way, what does Pitch even look like?" She asked.

"Like a big teddy bear." Jack said sarcastically, pursing his lips. She rolled his eyes and smiled slightly. "But seriously, he's not that scary-looking. He just looks creepy." She nodded her head, understanding completely. She knew he meant like pedophiles and stuff, but kept the thought to herself. She didn't feel like explaining what a pedophile was to the older Guardians (since they had no clue), that'd be extremely uncomfortable.

"Bunny, see if you can track him down." North said. Bunnymund perked his ears up and his nose twitched as he tried to search for their enemy. He led the group in several circles, finding false scents and hearing noises that he though were strange. During the short journey, Jack, Avery, and Sandy sometimes just had fun with each other, playing very small pranks on each other, chucking snowballs, and just talking (the last one, excluding Sandy). Sometimes forgetting about the task at hand and being harshly reminded by the motherly fairy that floated next to North and behind the occupied Bunny. After hours and hours of walking/floating (Jack, Tooth, Sandy got tired so they just floated), Bunny finally gave up on tracking Pitch.

"North, I can't find him." He said roughly, angry with himself that Pitch had gotten away so fast that even his highly trained nose couldn't find him.

"Thanks for trying Bunny. I appreciate it." North said smiling softly. He looked up towards the moon as snow fell upon the Earth, due to the Winter Spirits happy mood by being distracted from the situation at hand and instead having with Avery and the Sandman, oblivious to Bunnymund and North's frustration and Tooth's disappointment. "Manny, this one might be tougher than we thought. . ." He muttered to his dear friend, MiM, knowing he wouldn't get a response from him at all.

But at least he listened.

Wolfie: UGH! This is the shortest chapter I've written for this story! -_- And also, Avery transformed her powers (please forgive me for this comparison) but kinda like Starfire's bolts from Teen Titans. Yes, I know. It's strange to think of them that way, but that's how they are. Go on YouTube and type in Teen Titans or Starfire from Teen Titans if you've never heard of Teen Titans. Ya' know. . .Robin, Raven, Cyborg and Beast Boy. ._. I'm a very strange creature.

North: *sees Avery, Jack, and Sandy whispering (Sandy's just nodding) in the corner* What're you three doing over there? .

J.A.S. (Jack, Avery, Sandy): :3 *starts throwing snowballs at everyone else in the room*

Wolfie: *being ambushed by EVERY SINGLE GUARDIAN* Oh no, I'm doomed! *dramatically faints.*

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