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I helped Penelope shed her blankets and get her to her feet. We then followed North downstairs through the Workshop and to an ice cavern, after he stopped to pull on a red fur lined coat and a black fur hat.

I looked around at the ice cavern, admiring the skill and time it must have taken to carve it out. It was supported by ornate, curved, wooden beams that stopped just as the ice began to tilt downwards. "Whoa..."

"I thought you'd like it." Said Jack, over his shoulder I could see that glare from Toothiana's fairies again.

"Are you sure you aren't cold Jackie?" Asked North as he walked over to pair of ornate, wooden, double doors in the wall.

I shook my head, "No." Despite the fact I was standing in an ice cavern in the Arctic in a t shirt, I could barely feel the cold.

"Hmm, interesting how you Descendants work, no?"

Before I could answer there was a creaking noise and the doors in the icy wall began to open. A group of harnessed reindeer walked out, snorting and bucking as they did so. The tiny people in pointy red hats ran among them, trying to calm them.

As the reindeer walked out, they pulled out a sleigh, but not the sleigh you'd expect.
It had a high back and benches with multiple seats, alongside it were wings for lift and at the front was a console similar to the one in Nigel's, although this one included an smaller version of the Globe on the dashboard. The seats were essentially long benches, and they seemed to be able to extend for more seating room.

"Oh wow." I breathed, walking around it. Inside my chest I could feel a warm emotion bubbling up, but I couldn't put my finger on what it was.

Penelope also stared at it in wonder as North laughed. "Everyone loves the sleigh."

"What Nigel wouldn't give to see this." I said.

"Who is this, Nigel?" asked North.

"Burgess Branch's Descendant of North, he's always tinkering with stuff apparently. He got us to Scotland in a sleigh he designed and built, although his had a dome to keep the air in."

"It seems that my Descendants are missing an important thing when it comes to designing a flying sleigh." Said North, his eyes gleaming, "Magic."

He then clapped his hands, "Everybody into the sleigh!"

I hoisted myself in and slid along one of the near back benches, Penelope got in next to me, Jack went behind us. Sandman went in front of us and Toothiana on the same row while Bunnymund hesitated outside the sleigh.

"Bunny, do I have to lift you in again?" asked North.

"No no, I'm coming."

He hopped in close to front as North got himself settled in front of the dashboard.

"Is everybody ready?!" He called over his shoulder.

I looked left and right on the seats, then said back.

"Where are the seatbelts?!"

"There aren't any!" He called back.

"WHAT?!"

North lashed the reins, "Ya ya!" and the sleigh started to move.

"No no no no wait! Aiiiiiii!"

We ran down the ice caverns, which were filled with needless hard corners and even a loop de loop. It was much faster than Nigel's sleigh, so I was pressed back into my seat again. Penelope looked like she was enjoying herself, although one look at Bunnymund told me that he wasn't enjoying the ride. He was gripping the sides to the point where his claws started to dig groves into the woodwork.

In front of us a rickety wooden ramp leading into the sky approached. As we cantered towards I gripped the underside of the bench and did my best not to scream as we leapt off it.

The reindeer cantered into the air and we flew away from the Workshop.

"Oh my..." I breathed, pushing my glasses back on my nose.

"Quite a ride isn't it?" said Jack, a grin in his voice.

I nodded until I felt my stomach churning in revolt.

"Does it come with a bucket?" I gasped, doubling over slightly, one hand on my stomach while the other drifted to my mouth.

"If it did I'd have beaten you to it mate." Groaned Bunnymund, who looked as ill as I felt.

"Aw, poor Bunny." Teased Jack and Bunnymund glared at him.

"Keep at it and you'll end up with carrots on you."

I ran a song through my head to keep my mind of the sickness.

Hey there Delilah...

One run of that song and I felt a bit better.

"Say Jackie?"

I looked down at Toothiana, "Yes?"

"What did you mean earlier? About your brother?"

I froze, this seemed to be a very wrong time to bring that up.

"It was an accident. I was younger and couldn't really control my powers properly, and in a moment of panic I threw my hand out and sent an icicle into my little brother's chest."

Toothiana gasped and held her hand to her mouth, "Oh no."

I shifted uncomfortably as Bunnymund and Sandman also looked over, "Like I said, it was an accident."

"You didn't really mean what you said, did you?" asked Jack, concerned. "About your power giving you nothing but trouble?"

I looked at my feet as I answered, not wanting to disappoint one of the few people I considered a friend.

"I, I don't know. On one hand, I could be normal, be able to drink hot chocolate." I grinned slightly at that, "I wouldn't be so shy because I wouldn't have been afraid of them showing. However..."

I looked at my hand and allowed small snowflake to form. It floated around my turning hand as I continued.

"I wouldn't be me if I didn't, and this would still be happening if I never had these powers, except I wouldn't know, there'd be someone else sitting here, or maybe not anyone at all. If I didn't have them then things may have been much different."

North quickly interrupted us, much to my relief. "We need plan!" He yelled back at us.

"I'll head to Antarctica." I said without hesitation, glad to get off the previous subject.

"Wait, what?" cried Bunnymund, "but you're a human, there's no way you'd survive that!"

"I didn't know you cared." I said dryly, "but you don't have to, like I said, I have a higher tolerance for cold. I thought that the North Pole was a bit nippy, the Antarctic can't be much different."

"That's the Arctic summer, the Antarctic winter is worse!"

"It won't kill me." I said, hoping to settle the subject.

"I'll head to the base in America." Said Toothiana, successfully distracting Bunnymund.

"Are you sure?" asked North.

"Yes, we'll be fine. Right girls?" She turned to her fairy entourage, who nodded and chattered in agreement.

"Well, I'll be heading to the Sahara." Grumbled Bunnymund.

"I'll be heading to Moscow." Said North, "which leaves Sandy with Sydney, you okay with that?"

Sandman nodded.

"That leaves me and Penelope spare." Said Jack.

"Well, that's easy, Jack you go with Jackie, and Penelope goes with Sandy, so he can keep an eye on her."

Of course they didn't quite trust her.

"Everyone okay with this?" Asked North, we all agreed, although Penelope looked nervous at the idea of being paired with Sandman.

"Alright, first stop, Antarctica!"

I opened my mouth to object, because geographically that made no sense, but North pulled out an orb from the dashboard and flung it into the sky, where it exploded and seemed to form a portal.

We flew into it and after a strange spinning sensation we were flying above the Antarctic.

"Can you two get off here? We can't afford to stop!" Called North.

Jack nodded and jumped off the back the sleigh. I managed to stand up and jumped off myself, pulling my arms up at the same time to get an ice pillar to form beneath me.

The wind whipped at my hair and it almost seemed to stroke my arms, causing goose pimples to appear and bringing out a shiver. It was definitely colder here than in the Arctic, with the wind adding to the lowered temperature. This time it definitely felt uncomfortable, but I could live with it. However I did really start to miss my coat.

The pillar sank into the ground and I looked around for Jack, the Antarctic air not bothering me too much.

"JACK!" I yelled, not sure where the Spirit of Winter had gone, all I could see was
white, without a speck of blue in sight. For a moment I felt very small in this sea of white, very small and scared.

"JACK!"

"No need to shout."

I spun to see him standing behind me with his staff over his shoulder, I sighed with relief.

"So, do you know where to go?" He asked, walking up to stand next to me.

"...No."

"Oh."

"I suppose we pick a direction and start walking?" I said with a shrug, causing a twinge of pain to go across my shoulders.

Jack also shrugged, "Best plan we've got."