Jack rested his head atop his arms, watching as the snow softly fell covering the ground for as far as the eye can see. He closed his eyes and took in the cold wind.

"Jack..." Tooth whispered placing a hand on his shoulder "are you okay?"

"Of course... it just bothers me."

"What does?"

"The way the wind acted... it's never gone against me before, not like that... and my staff, I can't afford to lose it" he said clenching his fists.

"You where tired and we will find your staff" Tooth assured him, but Jack shook his head.

"It was more then me being tired, the wind... it wanted me to see something, I know it did."

"It dropped you out of the sky, Jack, what could it have wanted you to see there?"

Jack looked up at the sky, clouds covered the sky leaving it hidden, he couldn't see the navy colour of the sky or the stars... or the moon. He fought of the moon hidden by the clouds, he looked thoughtful and Tooth watched him.

"Tooth..."

"Yes, Jack?"

"Is it normal that the moon be covered by the clouds?"

Tooth looked at him for a second confused "well, it often is Jack, especially when the sky is filled with snow clouds, why would you ask that?"

"Because..." he was about to tell her about it then shook his head "no, your right, it is normal I'm just tired" he said resting his head again on his arms and closing his eyes. Tooth looked sadly at him then left him alone so she as to talk to the other guardians, she spoke quietly.

Jack could hear if he wanted to do, they where all so close, but he didn't want to, he just wanted to lose himself in his own thoughts for now.

Jack woke up from a dreamless sleep a few hours later, the sounds of yetis and elves hard at work in the workshop was what awoke him. He opened his eyes and looked around. He was in his room, on his bed, the window was wide open letting in a cold wind and some snow.

He smiled and got up running to the window to feel the breeze though his hair, he climbed up onto the windowsill, he laughed and was about to jump, let the wind take him, but when he did, the wind didn't catch him, he just fell, he wished the workshop wasn't on a ledge as he tried to cling onto the ice desperately.

He was lucky to land on another ledge, grateful for the small layer of snow covering the cold ice he took in a deep breath and stood up. Trembling slightly from the shook. He then burst into laughed realizing how instinctive and lucky he had been. He looked up wondering how he would make his way back to the workshop.

From where he was he could see where the slay went in and out of the workshop, next to him on the ledge was a few windows that undoubtedly led into the workshop, but there where all closed tightly and Jack doubted breaking them would end well.

He touched the thick ice, it was cold all do it didn't bother Jack, he punched it to see if it broke but wasn't surprised when it didn't, if he had his staff he could have probably broken wholes in it to use as steps, but then if he had his staff with him he could just fly up.

Taking in a deep breath he began to climb, grabbing hold of any bit of ice that was slightly forming and edge or cracked, it was hard and Jack wondered how long it would be until he fell flat on his back again. He was so used to just flying everywhere he wasn't a master climber but somehow with a bit of luck he made it to the top, climbing in.

He was grateful the cold didn't bother him. Otherwise it would be completely impossible to climb up. He walked though the ice tunnels slowly, hoping North didn't decide to take his slay for a little rise, since he didn't feel like being trampled on my a load of reindeer. He soon reached the are where the gate was, he remembered it only briefly from the first time he came on the slay, next few times he hadn't been paying much attention.

After climbing up the ice wall getting past the gate was a piece of cake. Soon he reached the inside of the workshop and took the lift upwards. He entered the globe room, North was there and so was Bunny and Tooth, Sandy had obviously gone back to work.

"Ah, here comes sleeping beauty" Bunnymund said watching him come towards them.

"Didn't I give you a room up?" North asked looking at the lift.

"Yeah, yeah, I went for a fly, came in though a different entrance" Jack said waving his hand in a dismissing manner.

North was about to ask about how he flew without his staff when Jack asked "so, now what? I'm guessing you have a plan to find the staff, or do we just search the whole world?" he asked with sitting on the table next to the control panel.

"Ah well, I checked the direction the wind was going on and has been going on when you feel, we believe it could have been carried away by the wind, so we will search along that route" North explained.

"Sounds good, and if we don't find it on that route?"

"Then we will need to make a new plan" North said simply "now lets go."

"I'm taking my burrows" Bunny said.

"What ever, Jack, Tooth, let's go" North called raising his hand as a sort of wave to Bunny.