Santa examined Bunny's frozen body which was now in the middle of the workshop, surrounded by elves, trying to defrost Bunny with no luck. They tried hair driers, blow torches, fireworks, heck they even doused him in gasoline and set him on fire a few times which had no affect on the strange ice.

"Dis ice, it baffles me."

"D-do you think it was..."

"Ve don't know for sure. Ve shouldn't make vild assumptions vitout proof."

Tooth nodded and crossed her fingers begging the man on the moon that Jack was okay, and that he wasn't behind this, in her head.

All they could do now was wait for Jack to reappear.

Slowly slipping out of Pitch's hold, he stood up and looked around the room, it hadn't been used in years.. Tracing the cracks on the walls, he looked over to Pitch, who was sound asleep.

Why on earth did he make such a strange request?

A soft hiss escaped the thin lips of the sleeping male as he began to curl and tremble.

Suddenly the walls and floor began to rumble, the nightmares were getting coming. Their loud hooves and neighs could be heard clearly inside the big room.
Jack was defenceless without his staff, and quickly searched for alternitives around the room.

Jack closed his eyes again and slid his fingers into the raven black hair, pressing his cool forehead against the other's. The long arms pulled him into another embrace, making Jack's face flush.

The sudden coldness made him flinch a bit in his sleep, but eventually he relaxed against Jack. He hadn't slept like this since he became the Boogyman, because his own fears and nightmares would haunt him in his own dreams, and it eventually drove him absolutely mad.. He wanted everyone to suffer like he had, unable to sleep, unable to be happy or live without fear.

The sound and vibrations kept growing closer. He needed to protect himself and.. Pitch.. Even if they were enemies, it would be cruel to just leave him alone to be attacked.

As gently as he could he unwrapped himself from the long arms and sat up. The shaking became more violent, and how that didn't manage to wake Mr. Sleeping beauty baffled the white-haired teen. Just how long had it been since he slept?

Raising his pale hand he tried to focous. The staff began to pulse from its hiding spot as its master concentrated on it. The Nightmares were less than fifty steps away, and they were ready to attack. Suddenly, the staff ripped through the darkness, landing in its master's open hand.

"No way.. It worked!" Amazed, with a dazziling smile he examined it. A moment later the door burst open and the nightmmares rushed in. Jack began freezing as fast as he could, and almost missed one that was inches away from the other's face.

They kept coming, and Jack was running out of energy fast, especially now that he wasn't surrounded by snow. "PITCH!" Jack called, just to get a tired groan.

The tall dark-haired man shifted to a sitting position and slowly opened his eyes. His eyes widened as he saw the frozen Mere hovering over him. His eyes slid to the pale teen that now had his staff and an open door, but chose to fight though he could have left at any time.

"STOP!" Pitch demanded, and his Nightmares vanished into thin air, leaving Jack in a fighting stance, exausted and trying to gulp down the stale air.

"Why... Did you.."

"Don't get the wrong idea. I wasn't protecting you because I.. Like you or anything.. I am a gaurdian, and I protect. A-and thats all there is to it."

Everything began to blur as he could see the tall slender man rise from the bed and approach him.

He felt weightless as he was lifted into the air.. The last thing he could see was Pitch's lips move though the words were distorted. then everything faded to white.

(a/n: New ability unlocked: THOR POWERSS *Shot* Thank you for the kind reviews, they mean alot to me and they make me all warm and fuzzy ;v;3 Also sorry, I realise I have been rushing the story, but to be honest I wasn't going for a long story in the begining, and I am not sure how long I will have this story be yet, but I will try to slow it down a bit, a big BIG thank you to everyone who has been supporting the story so far ;v;3 )