Tsar Lunar, or Man in Moon as he was mostly known, had been watching the events in Burgess with sadness. He felt awful about not having the chance to warn the Guardians about Pitch's return and his help from Amelia. If he had, they wouldn't have to be fighting for their lives until midnight. If he had, the girl that had helped them, Rosi Zendem, wouldn't be dying from an internal heat wave. If he had, Jackson would still be alive.

Sighting, he glanced at the colorful orbs that contained the Guardians´ powers. They were scheduled to break once the clock struck midnight. He grabbed Jack's, whose blue color had lost some of its brightness, as if it knew the fate of his owner. Manny knew he could bring the boy back, just like he had done 303 years ago…

The sound of the red, green, yellow and pink orbs breaking brought him back from his thoughts. Manny glanced at his telescope: the sight of Pitch about to kill Toothiana made him angry. He sent protecting moon beams with the powers to serve as shields for the children and the Guardians.

He then proceeded to watch.

"NO! NO! NO!" Pitch yelled in anger as he saw the silver light protect the Guardians and kids from the attacks. The same light glowed more with the Guardians, temporally blinding everyone. As it faded, a golden whip made out of sand came from it and grabbed Pitch and Amelia by the ankles, lifting them from the ground and yanking them down in fury. Sandy, now clad with his sand attire, grinned.

"Sandman!" Cupcake said. He bowed in response.

Pitch quickly recovered and made more nightmare horses, but before they could do something, colorful bombs and boomerangs destroyed them.

"All right, who's next?" A six foot rabbit with a familiar Australian accent said as the boomerangs returned to his paw.

"Easter Bunny!" Sophie said happily. Bunny smiled.

"You've got to be kidding" Amelia muttered as she saw a tall, buff and a little round (thanks for the great amount of cookies and eggnog that he ate) man dressed with a black fur hat, a long red coat with black fur trim, and a red plaid shirt take out two swords and plunged forward her.

"AMELIA HEAT! YOU HAVE EARNED YOURSELF A PLACE IN THE NAUGHTY LIST!" North yelled with his Russian accent loud and clear.

"Yay for Santa!" Claude yelled.

"For Rosi!" Caleb exclaimed.

"PITCH!" Tooth's voice made itself clear in all the commotion. The Nightmare King looked up, only to be punched in the face from a hummingbird… who may have knocked out a few teeth.

"Tooth?" Amanda asked as she looked at her feather-covered friend. Tooth, however, ignored her as she continued attacking Pitch.

"This is for ruining a perfect night!" she said as she punched him in the stomach.

"This is for the nightmare!" she said as she shoved him into the ground.

"AND THIS IS FOR JACK!" she screamed as she kicked him in the gut. The silver light faded.

As Amelia and Pitch were distracted by North, Bunny and Sandy, Tooth was looking for Jack.

He wasn't there.

Man in Moon commanded one of the beams to bring Jack's lifeless body to him. The light carefully placed Jack on the floor. Manny knelt beside him, placing his hand over the teenagers' heart.

"Get up Jack" he ordered. Jack opened his eyes as he gasped and coughed as he had swallowed as great amount of water.

"What- where… where am I?" he asked weakly.

"In the moon" Manny said. He chucked slightly at Jack's expression as he realized who he was talking to.

"Manny? But how?" Jack asked as he tried to get up, only to yank in pain over his stomach.

"I wouldn't do that" Manny said. Jack decided that it was better to listen to him.

"I don't understand, Manny. I got stabbed by Pitch, and I swear that I died again" Jack said, hissing in pain.

"Yes, you did" Manny said with sadness in his voice.

"Then how can I be talking to you then?" Jack asked confused.

"I managed to get you somewhere in between, Jack. You are in a limbo" he confessed.

"Why? Not that I'm complaining" Jack asked.

"I need to talk to you about something" Manny said as he showed Jack the orb that contained his powers.

"Are those…?" Jack started to ask, but the sharp pain in his stomach prevented him from continuing.

"Yes, these are your powers. And that's precisely what I wanted to talk about with you" Manny said. The sight of Jack's confused look made him sight.

"Jack, I owe you an apology. A big one. The day that you died, the one in which I made you Jack Frost, I gave you a new identity, erased your previous one and left you alone. I listened to all of your pleas, and yet I ignored you. I thought I was making the right thing, I didn't realize that in my foolishness I left you with scars. For that I'm sorry" Manny said. Jack remained silent for a while.

"I don't think I can forgive you that easily, but in time I guess I could" he finally said. Man in Moon smiled.

"I can live with that" he said.

"But what does this has to do with my powers?" Jack asked, still confused.

"I have been watching you and the rest of the Guardians this week Jack. I heard the conversation you had with North in the morning… and he was right. I could have left you immortal to serve as an invisible guide to them during the week. But I decided to give you the chance to be, once again, a normal teenager. This is where your powers come… Jack, I'm giving you the chance to choose to have them back; or to walk away from this. You could have a normal teenage life, live the life you never did… or, you can choose to go with your family. Whatever it is it's up to you" Manny said.

Jack looked at him, and then at the blue orb. He smiled faintly. He already knew his choice.

"Thanks, but as much as I would love to see my family again, I know they would be proud of me. Plus, I have new one back there" he started to say as he gestured to the telescope.

"And as for the normal life… I already had it this week. It was short, but it was good" Jack finished with a weak smile. Manny smiled back.

"In that case…" he started to say as he smashed the orb into the floor, leaving the power to spread around Jack.

"Have fun, Jack Frost" Manny finished saying as Jack's body glowed and disappeared.

Man in Moon smiled, and he focused his gaze into the telescope.

Meanwhile, back in Burgess the battlefield was a disaster. The moon beams kept protecting the children, so they weren't participating in the new battle. North had called for reinforcements, and yetis and elves were punching and biting sand horses. A few elves had decided that Amelia's legs were tasty treats, too. He had commanded Phil, one of yetis, to help Rosi out. Bunny had called his sentinel eggs, who where destroying nightmares by stomping them.

After seeing that Jack's body was gone, Pitch had taken advantage of the despair, as he enjoyed taunting everyone about it.

"Well, it seems that Man in Moon doesn't care at all for the brat" he said as he dogged North's attacks.

"Shut up!" Tooth hissed. She was keenly aware that she never told Jack that she loved him before he died in her arms. Pitch could notice this.

"Oh, well, he died. He's probably in a better place by now" Pitch continued with a smile.

"You KILLED him!" Tooth said with tears in her eyes as she fought him. Pitch merged with the shadows, disappearing from sight. As everyone tried to guess where he would appear, he silently crept behind Tooth, drawing out the same dagger he used to stab Jack.

"Tooth, look out!" Amanda yelled. But before Pitch could harm her, a snowball hit him in the face, making the battle stop almost immediately.

"Could it be…?" North whispered as everyone turned around looking at the direction the snowball came. All of them gasped.

A teenager with snow white hair, deadly pale skin and striking icy blue eyes was standing on top of a large curved stick. He was barefoot, and was wearing brown pants and a blue hoodie with frost patterns.

"Now that was fun" Jack said with a mischievous grin.