A.N; hey sorry it took so long to get this chapter in and that it's kinda short :/ plz forgive me
Jack was right. It poured. It didn't just rain, but it poured. i had looked for chester but no matter where i looked i couldn't find him, I sighed and looked for any place to stay. It was freezing cold, wet and dark. Lighting scattered across the sky followed by an ear racking thunder. I jumped in fear and ran around, desperately searching for a shelter. More lightning and thunder went off, I ran as quickly as I could and didn't notice the uplifted tree root, it caught onto my ankle and tripped me causing my body to thud into the muddy water. The air was completely knocked out of me. stars danced around as I gasped for breath, I refocused my vision and tried to push myself up. A violent sharp pain in my ankle just brought me back down. I stood up again but this time on my good leg, I hobbled what seemed to be hours, constantly being pushed into the soggy ground by the strong wind, when I finally came upon a cave. I Went into it without another thought, I fell to the base of the cave and hugged myself, trying to conserve some of the warmth left in my body. I just sat there shivering for a moment, until sleep finally took over my restless body.
I was chained up. Masks. The men had masks on. Scary masks. Full of the emotions I never wanted to have. They had knives, needles, tubes and other terrifying human tools. Tears were flowing down my face. I felt numb. My eyes wandered to a child. She looked about 1 year old. She was screaming and crying. The pushed needles into her. Constantly poking her with sharp objects, drawing blood. Blood. Too much of it.
The room started to morph into a forest.
I was running. Running as fast as I could, and when I looked behind me I saw those masks. Those awful masks.
I woke up, screaming with the thunder roaring in the sky. I panted for a good five minutes, I felt clammy and cold. I inhaled a shaky breath only to let it out with a sob, I quickly regained myself, I wasn't going to start crying over a dream. I stood up and yelped at the pain in my ankle and remembered what had happened, I sighed and looked outside. It was still pouring buckets of rain, it seemed like it was about six in the morning, I could still sleep, but with my previous dream still in my head there was no way I was going back to sleep.
Jacks POV
It was raining hard and it made me feel guilty for just leaving dawn in the forest, I smiled, I'm sure she's fine. North had explained her position to me, she was known as a woman called Mother Nature. I like her protector name, I felt like it fit her, North also went on about how she has an enormous amount of power. I wasn't listening much though, I couldn't get her out of my mind, her long red hair and her cherry blossom smile. She had glowing pale skin and a couple freckles, but my favorite part was her eyes. They were a bright green with a light blue middle. I laughed to myself thinking about her cuddling with a deer. I looked out the window, "so why'd you call me here so early, North?" Norths face grew serious "I've talked to all the other guardians but I've forgot to tell you, pitch is on the move, he has his strength back and he's traveling all around the world and is getting children to believe in him." He looked at me for a moment and continued " You see, Jack, this is very bad... very very bad. The more children that believe in him, the stronger he will be. Once he is stronger he will try taking us down like he did last time but he has a much bigger chance in succeeding!" North was practically yelling now, he took a few breaths and looked out the window and back to me. "The next place he is targeting, is the children in Canada, what he doesn't know is that we will be there waiting for him, we need to stop him before be gets any stronger." I stared deep into his eyes, it had been 30 years since pitch tried to make every child stop believing and now he's going to try again but with stronger forces and attacks. "When are we leaving?"
"Now."
I stood up out of my seat
"Now? Do we even have a plan other than attack? And we don even know where in Canada he's at! And-
North cut me off with his booming voice. "That's why we need to leave now Jack! We can find him easier and quicker if we are there! I don't think you see how grave this situation is!" Norths face was red with anger and stress. I fell back into my chair, just the thought of pitch made me angry, what he did, everything. But then I get the feeling he just wants to be known, maybe he is just real lonely. The thought fled my mind as north gave me an apologetic look, I smiled "we better get going then, the morning is coming quickly." North laughed "your right, boy, get that little ass of yours in the sleigh!"
Dawn's POV
I shivered as I felt a blast of wind entered the cave, the rain was starting to die down but the wind was awful. I watched the light rain collide with the wind, it was real pretty, but it became beautiful when the sun joined. The sprinkles of rain glittered with the sun rays making a vibrant rainbow, and the best part was that a bit of lightning went off. I smiled as I watched the dazzling sight as my mind drifted to jack, he had said that he was a guardian but I didn't even know what his job was. I sighed as I forced flowers the grow from the rocky cave, I was starting to understand my powers a little more, I had learned that just touching soil i can make plants grow, but when it comes to hard areas like rocks and bark I had to practically pull flowers and grass out of the ground. At first it was hard to master but now I could do it with barely any effort, I also found out that I could summon animals, at first I thought they just liked me but now I realize its something else. I've gotten to the point were I could just think and want for an animal to be by my side and just like that it would hurry to me with a smile in its eyes. The rain had almost completely stopped now and the wind wasn't as bad, I smiled and decided it was time to take my leave, I walked out of the cave and climbed down. Leaving my garden of flowers behind me.