A/N: Well hell... I hope you guys are enjoying it so far!
Chapter 29 – Belief
3rd POV
Every single emotion, sound and memory merged with his new mind causing Jack's breathe to come out short and begin to feel suffocating.
Shhh, deep breaths young one… the voice he woke to soothed him, Jack commanded his body to comply and he found himself looking back up at the moon on his back; breathing under control once more.
"Why? Why would you make me forget? Why would you take my form away from me… my pride…" Jack sobbed out at the moon, as he covered his face with his hands and breathed in sharply.
For years they had made him thought he was alone and now, now he wasn't alone and he had Bunnymund. Aster oh god… what is Aster going to say?
"Aster!" Jack moaned out loud, "He will hate me forever." He moaned again.
You need to be wary Hellebores Frost, we did this to protect you, you were not to your full potential yet and Pitch would have killed you… You cannot mention this to anyone but the little fairy that lay by you… Not until the spell has been broken, we are sorry child for the pain we have caused…. Forgive us… Tsar Lunar beamed down to the boy from his home, he knew the time was coming but what he had seen in the teeth brought them back all at once and faster than he had anticipated.
Jack inhaled sharply before standing to his feet. "You expect me to forgive you for this? For nine years I believed I were the last when all I wanted to do was die! Then three hundred years of being alone, mistreated by others and being drawn to the darkness for what I am! I am death; you ripped my meaning from me! You made me this death, you along with those who helped you and Seraphina; who else could have made me this way!" Jack screamed to the sky angrily before turning his face sharply away as the moon brightened.
Baby Tooth stared up with wide eyes as she saw Jack yell at the moon, she knew that the words he uttered were English but the accent was thick of unknown and made the words he spoke unrecognisable the angrier he got.
"I'm sorry for scaring you Baby Tooth; I guess I need to explain?" Jack mumbled somewhat sheepishly as he saw her wide eyes.
Baby Tooth chirped and nodded, her hands flying frantically as she spoke causing Jack to laugh.
"Do you know I am older than this earth? I am as old as Aster and Man of… Sand…" He trailed off sadly, "I am a Pooka."
At the words Baby Tooth's eyes popped out before she laughed, he couldn't be Pooka. Aster was last one and why wasn't Jack laughing? You're serious? Then why human? She chirped to him.
Jack glared at the moon quickly before brushing a finger down her head. "I was put under a spell, I was gravely wounded Baby Tooth. Have you been told of what happened to the Pooka's?" He asked before he could explain more.
Yes, mother told us… Aster told us when we needed to know… Pitch killed all Pooka's, Bunny escaped…
"Yes, Pitch killed all Pooka. I was in the war; I am the son of Tecomanthe and Phlox Frost; the chief and mate of the Winter Pooka clans.I was a warrior like my father, when I was attacked by Pitch himself my father had managed to take me and hide me in the snow banks that remained while he perished in the battle. I failed Baby Tooth, I had failed my clan, my sisters and brother; my mother. Not because I survived the war, but because I forgot them. I forgot them and when I had the flashbacks I didn't know who or what they were or meant." He sighed sadly, "But I was found by Seraphina and Tsar, there were others, I could hear them but I cannot recall them and they saved me. They placed me in a healing sleep and put me on the back of a star, the star crashed and it led me here. When I woke the star was gone and Helene and Thomas Overland found me, took me in and loved me." He explained before frowning back at the moon before looking at his staff.
"I keep on failing but I will make it right. My human sister was the one that saved me did you know that? The night she was born and I held her in my arms I gave her a little of myself and I swore to protect her, she was my reason to live and I saved her. I was a guardian then and I am one now, I will not let Pitch win again." He swore before moving to his staff, he would not let this be the end of the Guardians… the end of Wonder, Hope and Memories… He had already taken dreams.
Baby Tooth watched on from her perch in his hoodie as he strode towards the staff, her heart breaking at what she had heard. She knew deep down that this was something no one could know yet and she would keep it a secret till the right time.
With a grunt he slammed the two pieces of wood together before concentrating, he felt his power draw into the staff to mend it before fizzling out causing him to gasp. Shaking his head he held them together and tried again. The image of Pippa from the night of his memorial popped into his head; her eyes wide and glistening from tears but shining with belief nonetheless.
"I will always believe in you Jack. I love you."
A cry left his lips as he felt his chest explode before feeling the warmth of his power travel up his arms leaving a warm sensation and into his staff. He opened his eyes at the sound of Baby Tooth squeaking in joy and let out a holler of joy as he saw his staff mended and felt the agony in his chest begin to fade before making sure Baby Tooth was nestled safely in his hood before taking to the air.
You need to go to Burgees; only one child is left with belief… The voice of Manny whispered softly through his mind. No matter how pissed he is at the moon he knew that this was important and he also knew who was that last believer.
He urged the wind to push him faster, his normal cheerful face set into one of determination. Jaime was the last believer; and if Jamie suddenly lost hopes and wonder of the guardians then they will fade. He would not allow them to fade out of existence because of his foolishness; he will not let Pitch take them one family was enough.
Soon enough he found himself clinging to the outside of Jamie's window, his eyes locked onto the boy and the stuffed animal in front of him. Oh Aster, I am so so sorry…
"If it… if it wasn't a dream and if you truly are real… then-then you have to prove it. Like, right now!" Jamie stuttered out to the stuffed animal before looking around, hurt filled him as his hope of the fact that it wasn't a dream begin to fade.
"I believed in you so long, like my whole life long… You owe me; you owe me this… prove to me you are not something I dreamed up! Just a sign that my belief wasn't useless; hopeless." Jamie whispered desperately causing Jack's heart to clench as he took in the words. He could feel the hope in the boy fade quickly as he muttered something and chucked the bunny away.
Jack quickly and silently made his way into the room and splayed his hand across the glass forming frost. The sound causing Jamie to turn and gasp as he watched an egg begin to form in the frost; he was full of awe and hope. Hope that his plea was heard. He stood on his bed quickly and watched with wide eyes that made Jack think of Pippa with a fond smile.
"He's real…" Jamie whispered out in hope as he watched more frost form and a rabbit being drawn. Jack smiled before turning to the image and holding his hands out and began to remember his training from long ago.
"Hellebores, when you want to make your art come to life you must believe that it is alive. Think of the way it moves and the way it acts, think of its life and then use your magic to recreate that. You're magic is strong Hellebores, why is it so hard for you to do this?"
The voice of his old instructor whispered in his mind, this was the one thing he had always failed in. to use his magic to bring to life from paper and paint wasn't right to him. But now? Using his element, his frost?
A gasp echoed from behind him and then a smaller one followed in his ear as he pulled his hands back and felt something twist in his hands. Jack's eyes popped open and a smile took to his face as he saw he frost bunny in his hands snuffling, waiting to be released. With a laugh he let it go and watched as Jamie jumped to grab it, laughing as it burst into snow.
"Snow?" Jamie asked out loud as he watched the white flecks fall in his room. He was confused, why was it snowing? He watches as a snowflake landed on his nose leaving a cold feeling and the words from his mother the other day came back, 'don't want Jack Frost nipping at your nose.'
"Jack Frost," Jamie said the name out loud causing Jack to inhale sharply, had he just said his name?
"Did he just…?" Jack trailed off asking Baby Tooth who nodded excitedly. Jamie froze as he heard a noise, before spinning around and staring at the boy before him with wide eyes.
"Jack Frost." He uttered in awe causing Jack to jerk back in shock. The last time a boy believed in him he had died and it had caused the blizzard, so if Jamie could… if he could see him now and he wasn't dying, was he… he believed in him.
"Jack Frost! That's my name! You said my name! Can you hear me?" He asked excitedly causing Jamie to nod with his mouth ajar.
"Can you see me, truly see me?" He asked again causing Jamie to nod. He let out a laugh and back flipped onto the desk in glee causing Jamie to laugh. "You believe in me! He believes in me!"
"You just made it snow in my room!" Jamie laughed once his shock wore off causing Jack to laugh and nodded. "You're real?"
Jack nodded before moving closer to the boy but not touching him, his fear and memory of his first believer in the fore front of his mind. He actually had a believer that he did not ask for; he wasn't expecting it at all. "Yeah kiddo, all of us are real. Every single legend is real; Santa, Tooth Fairy, Sandman and the Easter Bunny are real. We're all… real." He told him with a soft smile.
Jamie cheered, "I knew it!"
Jack laughed before pointing to the book he had the other day, "Remember when you were talking about Bigfoot? Well…" Jack laughed as he opened the book to reveal Phil. "He's a yeti, one of Santa's helpers, his name is Phil."
Jamie laughed as he looked down at the image, "That's so cool! I knew it! But really a Yeti named Phil?" Jack laughed and he swore he would have to tell the big guy.
A crack of thunder echoed as the windows blew open, Jack's eyes snapped to the sky instantly to see black clouds rolling in. Some of nature itself, the rest was Pitch. He turned to Jamie as the sleighbells rang throughout the night, "I need you to get your jacket, we're about to see Santa, Tooth and Bunny. Meet me out front." He said before taking off out the window.
Jamie blinked and then quickly rushed for his jacket which was downstairs, he was thankful that his mom and dad were a sleep before he crept out of the dog door and towards Jack; he knew something bad had happened.
A/N: Well here you go! I am also changing the ending of the movie slightly and how bunny will find out… Maybe a little six armed candy again?
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