Hours passed and Jack continued his work, but as he looked up to the moon, it seemed to be covered by clouds, Jack shrugged, then realized. He was above the clouds, as high as he could go, there could be no clouds above covering moon from his view... yet there was.
He stopped, the wind held him up and he stared up at the moon for a few minutes, then closed his eyes shaking his head before looking up again "I must be tired... I should hurry and finished up my job" he finally decided, making the wind move faster he got back to work spreading snow.
But as Jack went on, each hour it become harder to control the wind for some reason, he had only a few hours left of work when he couldn't hold on. He was fighting the wind fiercely as it tried to drag him, he couldn't force it any more, he was too tired so he took a deep breath and let the wind carry him to where ever it choose.
"What's going on..." he looked up at the moon kind of expecting it to be his doing, maybe he had something to show him, perhaps that was it, but the moon was still invisible behind the clouds. Jack closed his eyes wishing he could sleep before opening them wide and holding his staff tightly preparing himself for anything.
Finally the wind stopped, Jack held tight of his staff and let out a scream of surprise as he suddenly fell though the wet clouds, he tried to start the wind again with no luck, taking on a pose he prepared himself, closing his eyes tightly.
Pain ran though his body and he groaned as he opened his eyes, he was lying on the ground, thankful for the snow that broke his fall, he held hi staff tight to his chest before falling asleep on the ground.
"Jack! Jack! Jack! Wake up! Jack!" shouting, but who was shouting? Jack closed his eyes tighter.
"Hey wake up you silly snowflake!" Bunny shouted, Jack recognized his voice.
"Bunny?" Jack asked opening his eyes. Tooth was closest to him, holding his head softly, she let out of a sigh of relief. Bunny was standing nearby leaning on North's slay. North was standing behind Jack along with Sandy "what happened?" Jack asked his eyes widening as he sat up.
"That what we where meant to ask you" North said crossing his arms "you made it snow for Christmas, well most places at least, then vanished into thin air. Christmas was two days ago, how do you think we felt when you didn't show up to celebrate? We fought you'd ditched us to hand out with Jamie or some of the other kids."
"I knew that wasn't it, you would tell us" Tooth said "and I was right wasn't I? What happened to you? Did you crash?"
"I-I... am not sure" Jack said thinking back "the wind refused to obey and it dragged me... then dropped me here, I took it I was just too tired to control it."
"Has this ever happened before?" Bunny asked.
"Not that I can recall."
"Have you ever flown when tired?"
"Not as tired as that I don't think."
"Then you where probably right, all do two days is a long time to sleep, you ill or something?"
"Can Guardians even get ill?" Jack asked grinning before standing up "well I definitely don't feel ill, at least no at the moment" he said and looked around for his staff.
"Where's your staff? Jack" Tooth asked.
"I... don't know, I had it with me when I fell" he said getting to his knees "maybe the snow hid it" he said digging around for it. At first he was calm but soon he began to worry.
"You sure you had it when you fell?" North asked.
"Yes I was clinging onto it... I knew I was."
Sandy looked around confused and shook his head "I agree with Sandy, it definitely isn't here" Bunny said looking at Jack.
"Then where is it, huh?"
"How'd I know, it's your magical staff, you should have made sure you knew where it was before taking your little nap."
"Are you saying his is my fault?"
"Who's else would it be if not yours?"
"Bunny! Jack! This is not time for this" Tooth interrupted "Jack, we will find your staff, but you've spent the last two days asleep on the snow, we should go now. I don't like it here" she said.
Jack hesitated then nodded "it will turn up eventually" he whispered, getting up, Tooth helped him up, Jack appreciated this more then he imagined, not having his staff to lean on felt kind of strange. A bit like the absence of a necklace on always wears. Except he had that staff for 300 years, it was no small change.
The five climbed into the slay and began to head back to the north pole. Jack put his head on his arms as he looked at the spot where he had fallen, Sandy was right, his staff definitely wasn't there.
