Chapter 8
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Alicia woke up with a yawn. She slowly stood up and winced slightly at the little pain that stayed from yesterday.
I'm not training again. She thought and stepped out of her bed. Alicia knew she would return to the outside world again today and she knew where she would go.
Even if it kills her she had to go, something told her she had to go.
She walked out of her room and looked around. No sign of Pitch. She quickly made her way through his lair and stopped.
She took a deep breath and fell into the shadows. Like before she moved freely and controlled her movements as she went.
Alicia stopped after a while and took a breath. She looked up and couldn't help but smile. Home.
She walked up to her tree house and jumped up. The half burnt house was now covered in vines and thorns, like a cocoon.
She managed to pull an opening and stepped through. She felt a burn in her arm. Her hand snapped up and she held it. She looked at a cut that a thorn had inflicted.
She looked around and saw her cabinet looked fine. She opened it and pulled out a potion for healing. She still had a few potions left that looked like they would still work fine and half a bottle healing potion. She let a drop fall on her wound.
She bit her lip as it burnt but then disappear. She sighed and closed the cabinet. Her whole house was covered in debris and vines. The bed was now a flower bank and the floor was withering away. Well it held this long.
She jumped out and dusted the dust of her clothes. She froze when she heard groaning nearby. She looked around for any sign of where it may come from but found none.
Wait! What's this? She thought and rushed to a bush. It was covered in a red liquid.
Blood?! Where's the source? She thought and jumped in behind the bush. There were trails of blood and she followed them through the forest.
Her eyes grew wide when she saw a figure laying unconscious in a puddle of crimson. Oh no. She quickly ran to her house. She got the healing potion and rushed back. Hang on. She said and kneeled at the figure.
It looked like a creature that must have been in a fight. The fur was a caramel brown color and had white markings.
She opened the healing potion and turned the figure around. Oh moon…no. She helped the figure up and made her drink it.
She drank it and Alicia could see it was working. Several wounds were starting to close and bruises disappeared.
The pain would still be there but she would cope better. She looked at the blood covered fur and narrowed her eyes.
Those tattoos…no it can't be! Another Pooka?!
Jack laughed as he froze the roads and windows where he flew. "Woah!" A man yelled and slipped on the side walk. You could only see groceries fly.
Jack laughed, "Wind! Take me to North!" He yelled and a cold wind carried him to the North Pole. He soon arrived and opened the doors.
The cold wind rushed in and some torches went out. The doors were quickly closed again by two yetis.
The yetis yelled at him. Some f them pointed a warning finger at him and other was ready for attack. "Okay, Okay! I'm sorry for disturbing you!" Jack said and stopped in front of another yeti.
"Oh hey Phil. Do you know where I can find North?" Jack asked and Phil pointed at a door.
"Thanks Phil!" Jack said and walked to the door. On the way he froze elves and some toys. He was sure some yetis were out to get him later.
Jack knocked on the door and opened it. North had almost yelled his head of last time when he didn't knock and made sure not to mess with the toymaker.
"Ah Jack, good to see you again" North said sitting at his work table carving out toys. "Hey North, how are things coming for Christmas?" Jack asked looking around.
"Good, Good. So Jack what brings you here?" North asked and stood up. "Well I wanted to discuss something with you" Jack said.
North turned to look at him, "No White Christmas" He said and Jack's face fell. "Aww come on North, don't be like that. Bunny enjoyed his white Easter" Jack said and North laughed.
"No" He said and Jack huffed. "Whatever" He mumbled.
"But that's not what I'm here about. I met a new Sprite the other day" Jack said and North took a cookie. "Is that so?""Yes, but she has a problem" Jack said.
North looked at Jack, "What problem?" he asked and sat back in his chair.
"Well more than one but anyway, she's afraid of Manny" Jack said. There was a moment of silence before North burst out laughing. Jack stood there dumb struck as North laughed.
"I'm serious North!" Jack said and North stopped. "Jack, how can a spirit be afraid of Man in Moon when he created her?" North asked standing up and walking out of his workshop.
"That's just it! He didn't" Jack whispered. Luckily North didn't hear him.
"If she is afraid Manny , give her reason not to be. She's probably scared and unsure. How did you feel the first time?" North asked and Jack shrugged.
"Yeah, that's probably it""Yes! So help her and make friend. Maybe even bring her here sometime" North said.
"Yeah! I'll do that" Jack said and North smiled.
An uproar from the yetis was heard and the 2 Guardian's head snapped around. "What is going on?!" North yelled.
Jack held tighter to his staff but it immediately loosened when he saw who it was. He raised an eyebrow. "Sorrow? How on Earth-"He stopped when he saw who she was helping.
Sorrow sighed in relief when Jack came by her side. "Bunny?!" He exclaimed and Sorrow hit him on the shoulder. "Ow! What was that fo-"He saw Sorrow shook her head and showed down at the Pooka.
His eyes grew wide, "North!" Jack yelled.
"Phil, get her to infirmary and patch the wounds up! I will help. Jack you and friend get Guardians! Go!" North's voice boomed and they took the Pooka to another room.
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