Here's the follow up of the last chapter, it's a Sandy/Jack friendship chapter because I love those kind of fics/chapters. Read and enjoy.
Ten months after they defeated Pitch Jack was aimlessly wondering around North's workshop when he heard music coming the room that North had set up for Sandy to use whenever he stayed there and followed the sound. Finally reaching Sandy's room he quietly opened the door to the sight of Sandy dancing by himself in the air, his eyes closed so he didn't see Jack.
Sandy's opened as the song came to an end and he turned to look at Jack with a hint of sadness in his eyes. "Are you alright Sandy?" Jack asked floating over to his friend. Sandy nodded in answer. "So is there a reason why you were dancing to this song?"
Sandy shrugged as he floated over to the bedside table where he kept a drawing he had done of Bambi, picked it up and held the frame out for Jack to take. Striding over he carefully took the frame and looked at it. "Who is she?" He wanted to know, raising his eyes to meet Sandy's. Sandy reached over and pointed to the name written below the drawing. "Bambi, it defintly fits her. She's beautiful Sandy. When do I get to meet her?" He asked innocently.
Sandy silently sighed shaking his head. Jack stiffened up at Sandy's reaction to his question about meeting Bambi. "Sandy what's the matter? Is she alright?" Sandy took Jack's hand in his and tugged his arm to let him know he wanted Jack to come with him so Jack did.
After flying by several states Sandy finally landed in a cemetery in front of Bambi's grave, Jack beside him. After reading the name on the gravestone Jack jerked his head to stare at Sandy, going to his knees he gently laid one hand on Sandy's shoulder and used his staff to form an ice flower on her grave. "How did she pass?" He asked and Sandy wrote his answer in the dirt just long enough for Jack to see it then erased it. "I'm sorry you lost her Sandy and I wish I could've met her. She must have been quite the woman to catch your attention and heart. How old was she?"
'Thirty-one when I met her but thirty-two when she passed.' Sandy wrote once more erasing his answer after Jack read it. "You only got to know her for a year?" Jack whispered then Sandy wrote, 'Yes but I'm glad for what time I did get to spend with her. I loved her Jack and wouldn't trade my time with her for anything.' Sandy smiled over at Jack then leaned over and ran a hand along the top of the gravestone.
After a moment of silence Sandy waved his hand to let Jack know he was ready to leave. "Alright, I'm going to stay here a while longer. This town is due for a snow day anyway. I'll see you later Sandy." With a small nod and a wave Sandy flew off as the sun began to set. "You're lucky to have been the one to capture the Sandman's heart, he's quite the guy and for you to have done what you did well you must have had something special inside you to keep you believing in him enough to see him."
As he stood there several moonbeams shone on Bambi's grave, hitting the ice flower Jack made and MiM's voice echoed in his head, "She had the innocence of a child Jack which enabled her to cling to her belief of not just the Sandman but all the Guardians, you included." Jack looked up at the moon startled.
"She believed in me?" He questioned but got no reply. "She believed in me." He repeated with a small smile, running a hand over the gravestone and leaving a trail of frost behind. "Thank you for believing in me." Once he was done bringing snow to the town Jack went to find Sandy and asked him if any of the others knew and Sandy admitted they didn't, making Jack promise he wouldn't tell them to which Jack agreed to and made sure to keep his promise.