Chapter 6: Preparing for Easter
You, Jack and the Guardians plummet through Bunny's tunnels. You, Jack, Bunny and Tooth arrive gracefully in the warren's antechamber, while North and the yetis comes to a crashing halt. "Buckle up. Is very funny." North chuckles.
"Welcome to the warren--" Bunny started to say as he stands before you guys when suddenly, he shifts his attention. He turns, his ears perk up and his nose sniffs the air.
"Something's up." He mutters as a faint scream begins to echo from within the depths of one of Bunny's egg tunnels. Tiny eggs come scuttling out from the tunnel.
Bunny grabs his boomerang, North draws his sword, and Jack readies his staff as the sounds of booming footsteps, screams, and the rustling of foliage grows louder. Bunny begins to charge toward the tunnel. At his side are you, Jack, the Guardians, yetis, and sentinel eggs all bellowing your loudest battle cries until...Sophie bursts out. All momentum comes to a halt.
"Sophie?" You and Jack said, confused, as you guys stare at the young girl. The others immediately withdraw their weapons, mildly embarrassed. Sophie giggles and immediately runs after one of the elves. "Elf, elf, elf!" She exclaims.
"What is SHE doing HERE!!?" Bunny asked, frantically, then North looks down at his coat pocket. "Ah, snow globe." He said, embarrassed. "Crikey! Somebody do something!" Bunny shouts as he looks around at everyone. "Don't look at us, we're invisible, remember?" Jack said, gesturing between you and him, while Sophie giggles and drags the elf by the bell atop its uniform.
"Don't worry, Bunny. I bet she's a fairy fan." Tooth said then she flies up to Sophie. "It's okay little one." She cooed and Sophie looks at her in awe.
"Pretty!" She said, smiling. "Awww! You know what, I got something for you. Here it is." Tooth said as she pulls something out. "Look at all the pretty teeth with little blood and gum on them." She said. Unfortunately, this doesn't work as Sophie runs away screaming.
You and Jack laugh at this. "Blood and gums?" You chuckled. "When was the last time you guys actually hung out with kids?" Jack asked the others. Meanwhile, Sophie is running around the warren, exploring and playing. Then she pokes her head into a small tunnel. "We are very busy bringing joy to children! We don't have time....for children." North replied, embarrassed.
Jack walks toward her, forming a snowflake, which floats over toward Sophie and she tries to grab at it. "If one little kid can ruin Easter, then...we're in worse shape than I thought." You said as Jack chuckles. Sophie follows the snowflake as Jack leads it over to Bunny. The snowflake lands on Bunny's nose and his concerns suddenly seem to slip away, Jack's magic is taking affect.
Sophie and Bunny were looking at a flower, which opens up to reveal an egg. The egg stands up wobbly on its spindly little legs, Sophie watches this in amazement while Bunny looks on, proud. "You wanna paint some eggs? Yeah?" He asked the young girl. "Okay!" Sophie exclaims, happily.
"Come on then!" Bunny said, smiling, and they head over to a massive stone spire. The spire was covered in moss, and thousands of unpainted eggs stream down the side of it toward a green meadow.
You, North and Jack stand in the midst of it all, slack-jawed, as the eggs rush towards you three. "Rimsky Korsakov! That's a lot of eggs." North said, gob-smacked. "Uh, how much time do we have?" Jack asked just as Bunny hops by nearby, Sophie clinging to his back smiling, leading a huge mass of eggs down a wide path.
As he passes, flowers bloom on either side in his wake, blasting the passing eggs with color as they go. "Alright troops, it's time to push back. That means eggs! Everywhere!" Bunny said while North looks out over the eggs as they get sorted. "Single file!" North orders.
Sophie, on her back, is carried by the eggs through the sorting stones. She giggles as North waves at her while she passes by. "Heaps of you in every high-rise, farm house and trailer park!" said Bunny to the eggs. Baby Tooth flies across a multicolored stream, while you glide, on your feet, across the stream. "In tennis shoes and cereal bowls! Oh, there will be bathtubs filled with my beautiful googies!" Bunny shouts while Baby Tooth joins an elf, who stands alongside an egg at the edge of a cliff.
The elf pushes the egg over the cliff, into the stream, and celebrates with a victory dance. The elf turns just in time to see a stampede of colored eggs come barreling toward him. They knock him off the cliff as he and the eggs spill into the multi-colored stream below.
Colored eggs wade through the water, emerging with secondary colors and intricate patterns of all kinds. An unlucky egg veers off and gets stuck in a whirlpool. North fishes it out, then looks at the egg curiously. It's now got a spiral pattern on it and its little legs kick madly. "Okay, that's little strange." North said. "Naw, mate --" Bunny said. North looks over and sees Bunny is surrounded by butterflies and cute little eggs. "That's adorable." He said.
As a technicolored elf climbs out of the stream, North sets the egg down and lets it rejoin the herd. Sophie leads a parade of eggs, while Bunny jumps to an adjacent rock and sits up to address the eggs as they walk in stride.
Meanwhile, Jack rides atop a group of marching sentinel eggs. He looks over to his right and sees you walking nearby, he raises his staff and used the curved end of it to wrap around your torso then pulls you toward him.
You let out a gasp until you were pulled on top of the marching eggs and pulled into Jack's chest. You look up at him and the two of smile as you place your hands on his shoulders and he placed his hand on your waist.
"Riding on top of marching Easter eggs? So romantic." You teased, making Jack chuckle. "Sorry it's not a fancy ride, like a horse-drawn carriage or a limo." He said and you just roll your eyes then kissed his cheek. He stands there in shock for a moment then looks you in the eyes, in a comfortable silence.
"There will be springtime! On every continent! And I'm bringing hope with me!" Bunny exclaims loudly, making you and Jack look away from each other in embarrassment, while a line of eggs run down curled vines and yetis sprinkle them with glitter.
They continue on down various vine corkscrew-like shoots, decorating the eggs with stripes. A confused elf emerges from the vines, striped with paint and walks off.
The striped elf walks past a Yeti, painting a mound of eggs red. Bunny hops across him and said. "Too Christmas-y, mate, paint 'em blue." The Yeti throws its arms up in defeat and tosses the eggs. Sophie spots an egg, and delicately lifts it out of the grass. She holds it close to admire the intricate detail of its shell. Then she brings the egg to Bunny for him to inspect. "That's a beauty!" He said as he takes Sophie by the hand and leads her through a stone archway.
"Now all we gotta do is get him and his little mates through the tunnels, to the top, and we'll have ourselves Easter." He said to you and the others. Then Bunny looks out proudly as the eggs gathered in front of the tunnels in the distance. You and Jack approach from behind and make your way alongside Bunny, who holds Sophie in his arms. This is a spectacular sight. You think as Jack said to Bunny. "Not bad."
"Not bad yourself." Bunny said while Sophie yawns and begins to fall asleep. Bunny turns to Jack with a smile. "Look, I'm sorry about that whole, you know, the kangaroo thing." Jack said. "Yeah, me too." You said. "It's the accent, isn't it?" Bunny asked and you and Jack smile.
North comes up from behind with Tooth at his side. They turn toward Bunny, marveling at the sight of Sophie, fast sleep. Bunny's face softens, as if remembering a distant memory.
"Ah, poor little ankle-biter. Look at her, all tuckered out." Bunny said, softly. "I love her!" Tooth gushed. They look up from the sleeping toddler toward you and Jack. "I think it's time to get her home." Tooth said as Bunny hands the sleeping Sophie over to her. "How about we take her home?" Jack suggests as he points at you and him.
"Jack, no! Pitch is--" Tooth started to say. "--no match for this." Jack said as he twirls his staff. "Or this." You said as you hold up the seashell pendant on your necklace. "Which is why we need both of you here, with us." Bunny said as they look at you two with concern. "Trust us, we'll be quick as bunnies." You assured.
At Sophie's house, Jack tries to lay a sleeping Sophie down in her bed, but she won't let go of his neck. You place your hand over your mouth, stifling your giggle as Sophie releases her grasp only to roll over and fall out of bed. Baby Tooth gives you two a scornful look.
"Sophie? Is that you?" You two hear Sophie's mom call out. Yours, Jack's and Baby Tooth's eyes widen then you and him quickly cover Sophie with a blanket and give her a squeaky stuffed animal.
Outside, Jack closes the window and looks to you and Baby Tooth with a sigh of relief. "We should get back." You said to him as you walk along the roof. Jack nods and starts to walk along with you.
Jack...
"What?" Jack asked you. You look over at him confused. "What what?" You asked, confused. "I heard you say my name." Jack said. "I didn't say anything, Jack." You said and you start to give him a concern look. He looks around himself then towards the woods. "Jack, you're starting to scare..."
(y/n)...
You stop and look out across the town, toward the woods, and the sound of the echoed voice, which sounded like a young boy. "Did you hear that?" You asked and Jack shakes his head. "I heard my name." And you start to listen then you heard the voice again just as Jack heard his name being called again.
Jack...
(y/n)....
You summon a cloud and you and Jack jump on it, then the cloud takes you two across town toward the sound of the eerie voices. Baby Tooth follows, trying to keep up. You take a moment to orient you two and land, settling on a rotating vent; as the momentum slowly spins both of you around, the voice calls out to you two again.
Jack....
(y/n)....
You and Jack turn, look to the woods, and take off. You, Jack and Baby Tooth land in the middle of a thickly wooded area. Both of you scan the forest when again both of you hear...
Jack....
(y/n).....
You and Jack give chase. Both of you sprint through the thickets and enter a clearing only to find the decrepit remains of a rotting frame from a child's bed. Baby Tooth looks at you two with worry. "Don't worry, there's still time." You told her as Baby Tooth desperately tries to get Jack's attention by tugging at his tunic, and tweeting desperately. Jack takes his staff, and breaks through the damaged frame, revealing a hole leading deep underground. Jack takes your hand and both of you jump down the hole, reluctantly followed by Baby Tooth.
Both of you continue along a long dark tunnel with Baby Tooth close behind. Eventually the labyrinth opens up to reveal a huge underground cavern. . "Baby Tooth, Baby...come on! We have to find out what that is." Jack said as Baby Tooth continues to tug at Jack's tunic. He waves her off then both of you travel deeper into the cavern.
You and Jack can't believe your eyes. Dozens of huge bird cages hanging from the ceiling, and in them are the mini tooth fairies. They see you two, and immediately perk up, tweeting and flitting like crazy. Jack jumps up onto one of the cages, while you leap and hold onto the side of another one.
"Shhhh! keep it down." You said as Jack leaps to another cage and you jump to another one as well. "We're gonna get you out of here, just as soon as we --" Jack started to say when you and Jack hear the voices.
Jack....
(y/n)....
Both of you turn away from the fairies, distracted.
Jack...
(y/n)...
"As we can --" Jack finished, distracted, as both of you look down and see the tooth drawers from Tooth's Palace. Mounds of them heaped to the ceiling. And inside the drawers are the missing baby teeth.
Both of you drop down to a mound and begin rummaging through the drawers, looking at the names on the boxes. In an instant you two forget your duties, the fairies, the Guardians and everything except those teeth, and the chance to finally get both of your memories back. The cavern suddenly goes darker than it already was. Both of you finally look up, as a shadow of Pitch crawls up a nearby column.
"Looking for something?" Pitch asked. Jack swings around with his staff and you spin around and wave your hands, shooting off a blast of ice, but Pitch isn't there. Both of you take off, following the sound of Pitch's cackle as it echoes throughout the chamber. Jack rounds a corner, you close behind him, as you two see Pitch's shadow glide across the walls into a shadowed corridor.
"Don't be afraid, Jack and (y/n). I'm not going to hurt you two." Pitch said. "Afraid?" You asked as you and Jack see Pitch on a bridge across the cavern and head after him. "We're not afraid of you!" Jack shouts at Pitch. "Maybe not. But you two are afraid of something." Pitch said as you and Jack approach, cautiously and steadily.
"You think so, huh?" You asked. "I know so. It's the one thing I always know." Pitch said as he finally turns to face you two. "People's greatest fears. Yours is that no one will ever believe in you two." Pitch said. Panic flashes in yours and Jack's eyes.
As you and him back away, the chamber fills with shadows, and both of you spin around. You two are disoriented as you and him thud into a wall, which flips to reveal that it's actually the ground. Pitch, unseen now, chuckles. You're unsure of where you two are. You look back to see the cavern entrance -- both of you are right back where you started.
"And worst of all, you two are afraid you'll never know why. Why you? Why were you chosen...to be like this?" Pitch taunts as you and Jack discover that the entrance has been blocked with bricks as Pitch's shadow encroaches on you two. "Well fear not, for the answer to that...Is right here." Pitch said as he stands directly in front of you two, holding out two tooth boxes.
Yours and Jack's eyes widen at the sight, the face of a young boy etched into one box, and under it is the name Jack Frost. There was a face of a young girl etched into the second box, with the name (y/n) Storm.
"Do you want them? Your memories?" Pitch asked as he holds them out to you two. Both of you stare at the boxes, fighting the impulse to grab them. Jack closes his eyes while you look down at the ground, struggling to make a decision. But when Jack opens his eyes again and you look up, Pitch has disappeared. His shadow moves across the pillars of the cavern.
Both of you head down a corridor, casted shadows from the Mini Tooth cages are everywhere. "Everything you two wanted to know......are in these little boxes." Pitchs' voice said. Every time you and Jack turn, Pitch disappears. It's like you two're trapped in a fun house. Multiple Pitch shadows appear on the wall around both of you. Then they start closing in on you and him.
"Why did you two end up like this? Unseen. Unable to reach out to anyone. Both of you want the answers so badly. You want to grab them, and fly off with them. But you two are afraid of what the Guardians will think. Both of you are afraid of disappointing them." Pitch said as he smiles. Meanwhile, yours and Jacks' breath quickens as you two were up against the wall, both of you are cornered. "Well let me ease your minds about one thing. They'll never accept either of you. Not really."
"Stop it! Stop it!" Both of you yelled and, almost reluctantly, the shadows back away and Pitch appears before you and Jack. "After all, you're not one of them." He sneered at you as Jack aims his staff at Pitch and you form a ball of water in your hands. "You don't know what we are!" Jack said to Pitch.
"Of course I do. You're Jack Frost and (y/n) Storm. You two make a mess wherever you go. Why, both of you are doing it right now." Pitch said as hetosses the boxes to you and Jack.
You and Jack, instinctively, catch them. You think over at what he just said then look up. Terror comes into your eyes, as you realize...
"What did you do?" You asked Pitch in a horrified whisper. "More to the point (y/n), what did you and your boyfriend do?" He said. Then he begins to back away, becoming one with the darkness, laughing as he disappears. Both you and Jack charge towards him only to be swallowed whole by one of Pitch's black holes.
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