Wolfie: Sorry for the long wait you guys?! When was the last time I update. . .last year, right? ._. Sweet baby cakes, it's been a while. Well, any who I MISSED YOU GUYS! DID YOU MISS ME!? c:

Chapter 7: Help is Coming & We're Leaving

"What took you so long?"

'Can I get comfortable in the sleigh first, before I'm interrogated? Jeez.'

"Nothing. Sorry."

"Hmm. . ."

"What?" Avery asked, raising an irritated eye brow. She tried to act calm, but the fight with her mother had somewhat agitated her. And the more she thought about it, the more she grew irritable. 'I should probably stop pondering on it then, hmm Avery? But that's easier said than done. I just got into a fight with my mother over my grandfather. How can I not think about it? I wonder what she'll say when she sees that I've left again?'

She tried to picture herself in her mother's shoes. How would she feel if she had a daughter who had run away from home and hadn't come back since? How'd she feel if her own flesh and blood had chosen her grandfather over herself? Who loved him more than her? Who even spent more time with him, more than her own mother? She tried to imagine how'd she feel if as soon as her daughter got right back in her arms, where she felt was the safest place for her, for her daughter would return just to elude her love again.

'Oh my gosh. . .I'm. . .I'M A TERRIBLE DAUGHTER! What have I done?'

Avery flinched. She didn't know if anyone noticed, but she wasn't thinking about that at the moment. 'How could I choose my grandfather over my mother? And I've just abandoned her! What if she needed me, what if there was something she wanted to tell me? . . .We didn't even say I love you. . .'

"You okay?" A pale hand was placed on her shoulder. She shoved it away, still staring into space. "Hey, I was just trying to help. What's wrong?"

"Nothing. Nothing that concerns you."

"You're my friend. I want to help."

"Just leave me alone right now, Jack." Avery sighed in frustration. She ran a hand through her hair which she had put in a high ponytail recently. She leaned back into the sleigh, dragging herself down. Trying to avoid further conversation. She didn't feel like talking right now, she wanted to be left alone. But she knew she had to help North and the Guardians with this journey. For some reason, she had a feeling that this fight was going to be. . .different. Oh great, now the battle was on her mind as well.

'Why do I have this feeling in my gut? I feel like this battle is going to be different from the last one. What's Pitch planning this time? He couldn't certainly be planning the same thing twice. No villain would ever do that. He probably still has that want to be seen though. Every Spirit, I think, has that wish to be seen. Even if it's fairly small. I pretty sure it's there. But how is Pitch gonna pull it off this time? I remember when North said that he just wanted this battle between the Guardians and Pitch to be over and done with. What if Pitch wants the same? Of course he wants the same. This war has gone on for centuries without end. But-'

"What's wrong? Tell me." Jack asked, determined to know what was on Avery's mind. They weren't enemies or something, why couldn't she tell him what was wrong with her? Did she not trust him? Was it his fault? Had he done something wrong in the time that they've been together?

"Nothing."

"Av-"

"I said nothing, Jack! Now leave me alone!" She glared, sliding away from him on the seat they were sharing in North's sleigh. He was sure the others had heard her plea. She technically yelled at him, how couldn't they hear it? You'd have to be deaf not to hear her yell. However, if they did hear it, they weren't expressing it. They more than likely wanted to stay out of the conversation. One definitely wouldn't want to be in it.

"Why?! I didn't do anything wrong?! I was trying to figure out what was wrong! I didn't cause the problem!" He yelled back, defending himself.

'I may have. Especially with the way she yelled at me, it's probably all my fault, whatever it is.' He thought, still keeping his guard up.

"And I told you not to worry about it!"

"HOW CAN I NOT?!"

"JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! THAT'S HOW YOU COULD'VE STOPPED WORRYING ABOUT IT! JUST. LEAVE. ME. ALO-"

"NO!" Avery glared even harder at him, snarling at him because of his outburst. All though she was furiated with him now and was still frustrated with her thoughts, he shocked her into silence. "NO, I'M NOT GONNA LEAVE YOU ALONE! NOT UNTIL YOU TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG! IS IT MY FAULT? WHAT HAPPENED?! YOU WERE FINE EARLIER AND WE TECHNICALLY SPENT THE WHOLE DAY TOGETHER! WHAT WENT WRONG?! I'M NOT GONNA LET YOU SIT UP HERE LOOKING AS IF YOU WERE ABOUT TO CRY-"

'I was about to cry?' She thought, refraining herself from feeling her face.

"-YOU'RE MY FRIEND! SO I WANNA HELP YOU! NOW TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG!?" He screamed, ending his speech. Avery turned away from him and stared ahead of the sleigh. Passed Bunny, Tooth, and Sandy who looked a little uncomfortable from the argument.

"Maybe we shouldn't be friends anymore. . . ." Avery muttered, leaning on the her side of the sleigh. Jack's face softened and he sat straighter. He shifted over more to his side of the sleigh.

"Maybe we shouldn't." He quietly agreed, staring over the edge. Avery glanced back at him, but didn't say another word on the situation.

'It took me 300 years to even get one friend by my side. And it took me only 5 minutes to lose one.'

"Oh my, well that can't be good." The White Queen said, thinking over what Hatter had told her about Pitch and the Guardians.

"Yes, well as much as I'd like to stay, I cannot."

"Thank you, Hatter." She kissed his forehead and watched as he skipped away and towards the forest where his home lay.

'So, Pitch wants to involve the other villains? And there's word to be another Guardian, a girl. That's would make the fight 13 villains, including Pitch himself, against 6 Guardians. That's not very fair. If I ask, I think I could get Hatter to fight with the good guys. But that's still 12 villains against 6 Guardians. I think I might have to call on some friends. . .' She thought as she gracefully walked inside her all white castle. She passed down several eye blinding hallway before she approached her bedroom. She ignored all the furniture that one would define as beautiful and headed straight towards the middle of the room.

" Whooo." She sang like an Owl. Immediately, a white owl came down from a one of the corners in the room and fell on to her shoulder. I want you to deliver several messages for me." She said as she scribbled down on a blank piece of paper. The Owl craned its neck trying to see what see what she was writing, but she was deliberately blocking his view. After she was done writing, she folded it and put it in a little ankle pocket that had been strapped onto the Owl's ankle. "Take this to. . ." She whispered the names, just in case someone was listening in on the conversation.

The Owl took off out the window, immediately knowing where it was supposed to go and who the message was for.

"Aww, such a trust worthy friend." The Queen smiled in delight. 'Don't worry Guardians, you are not alone.'

The Owl flew blindly, clouds blocking his view. It dove straight down and shook its feathers out, letting the water fly off in different directions. It flew straight towards the island in sight, fully aware of its inhabitants.

"Whoa!" He stopped flying, hearing his desired person hovering next to him. "Who are you?" The voice chuckled, never have seeing a white Owl in its homeland before. The Owl turned around and flew face to face with the boy and shook its ankle, drawing attention to the note. "Oh, you're from the White Queen!" He took the note out of the pocket and read it carefully, knowing the Queen only sends messages if they urgent.

Dear Friends,

Our allies, the Guardians, are in need of great help. I ask for you to come to my palace and we will discuss of the situation more thoroughly. Thank you.

The White Queen

Peter Pan scratched and tilted his head. "Well, guess I'll be on my way." He flew up and away from the Owl without even muttering a thanks.

'Hmm, children.' The Owl shook his head as it flew off in another direction.

"Bunny, can I check out your Easter. . . home, please?" Avery asked. She had decided to shove her thoughts to the back of her mind, but she was still angry at Jack.

"Sure, mate."

"Then afterwards you can come and see my Tooth palace!" Tooth smiled excitedly. Avery nodded in agreement, happy that her new friends had taken a liking to her after these weird 3 days.

"Actually. . .I have idea." North said slowly, cautious of what the other Guardians might think.

"What is it?" Jack asked.

"We split up." He said.

"What?!"

"Split up. We cover more ground, apart." North explained. "We get novwhere staying in one place."

They considered it. It's not like they can't live without each other, anyway. Maybe some time separated and searching for Pitch alone will do them all some good. What harm will be done anyway? It won't hurt anyone, maybe except Pitch. "Okay. I think that's somewhat a good idea." Bunnnymund nodded his head, agreeing. They had returned back to the North Pole, trying to strategize new idea for getting Pitch. No one had yet to come up with anything because for the last battle, Pitch had come to them. They had taken the defense. How is one supposed to change over to offense so quickly? No one had a clue on how to fix this, until North's idea of splitting up.

"If you find Pitch, tell us all." North said, standing up from his chair. The rest of the Guardians stood up also.

"See ya later, you little bugger." Bunnymund said as he ruffled Avery's hair. He walked towards the entrance and left. Sandy gave them a thumbs up and also left the premices.

"Goodbye Jack. See you, Avery." Tooth said, hugging everyone. She was always so sweet. She floated over to the door and exited as well.

"See you soon, North." Avery said to him, hugging him tightly. Nobody knew how long they were going to be separated, but as soon as they found Pitch, they'd reunite immediately. But Pitch was a sneaky Spirit. Who knew how long that'd take?

"Bye North." Jack said, smiling towards him. North grinned and retreated deeper into his workshop, out of the two youngest Guardians view.

". . . ."

". . .Bye Avery." Jack said first, admitting defeat to their anger towards one another. She sighed and slumped her shoulders.

"Goodbye Jack." She wrapped her arms around his neck and gave him a tight hug. "I'll miss you."

"I'll miss you to." He said, returning the embrace. They separated and smiled at each other. "Who knows, maybe we'll see each other soon." He shrugged, trying to lighten the mood. In all honesty, Avery didn't want to leave her new Guardians friends just yet. They had only met two days ago, why'd she have to leave them all now? But they had to find the Nightmare King and take him out, so the separation was probably necessary. "And thank you." He said, referring to when she let him spill out how he felt about his loneliness.

"No problem. That's what friends are for." She said, blushing slightly. They walked out of the Pole together, returning to the freezing tundra outside of North's home. Avery summoned a Polar Bear as her ride. She took off towards the East while Jack called for the wind to take him West.

And they parted in two different directions.

"Thank you, heroes, for joing me all on this day." The White Queen nodded her head as if to quickly bow. "Now I've brought you all here for one reason and one reason only." She looked at all of the heroes that were in her room, each one different from the other. Alice Kinglsey; Robin (Batman's Sidekick); Billy and Mandy; the Teen Titans group; the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles; Simba and Nala (Mufasa's son and daughter-in-law); Rapunzel, Flynn Rider and Pascal; Mowgli, Baloo, Shanti, Bagheera and Ranjan; Peter Pan with his Lost Boys; and Tiana and and her trumpet-playing alligator companion Louis.

"To help our Guardian friends stop the Nightmare King."

Wolfie: Hi :3 Sorry for not updating so long, like I said I would. And I also now have a DA page. My DA name is :

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Bunny: *holds heart* Goodbye Avery. BOO HOO *starts laughing at Jack*

Jack: Shut up! At least I had a heartfelt moment! :/

Tooth: It was really. . . .nice. *crooked smile*

Avery: . . . .alright then. e_e

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