Faith and Trust

Future Imperfect

Jack awoke, his mind still clouded from sleep. He lay there for a minute, unsure of where he was and how he got there, but he was to tired and was feeling to lazy to get up and check. He tried to at least open his eyes but for some reason they were stuck together

Until of course he heard a sound like a truck or an animal snarling. He jumped up, startled and ready to blast whatever was making that noise, but then realized it was just North snoring. His eyes were stinging, and he realized that they had been stuck together, with a combination of, the yellow eye goop (the stuff people always mistook for Sandy's Dream sand) and cobwebs.

North's loud snores broke the silence again and Jack look for the source of the rucas. The rest of the Guardians were sleeping, sprawled in awkward positions on the floor. They were also covered in cobwebs, and a thick layer of dust. It wasn't just dust though...it was mixed with a silvery sand. Jack's brain finally began to work and he remembered.

Emergency Guardian meeting.

MIM's warning

Somnus's attack.

Falling asleep.

Great. Just Great

Jack hurried over to the other's, sending clouds of dust in to the air, and almost tripping over a sleeping Yeti, who he though was a large pile of dust.

Tooth was already up and wiping her eyes.

"What's goin' on" She said confused "I remember Somnus, then falling asleep, but...." She yawed "What happened after that? Why's everything so dusty?"

"I dunno" Jack said "I only just woke up. Let's wake the others" Tooth and Jack tried every method of waking something, from shouting, to dumping Snow on their faces. Bunny, Sandy and North seemed to be insistent on staying asleep.

Just when Jack was ready to give up, Bunny coughed and sat up and soon after North and Sandy got up as well.

North began to walk around the workshop and Jack hurried to keep up with him.

"Hey, North who was that guy, how did he get us to fall asleep"

"That vas Somnus" North said shortly "He is the Spirit of Sleep"

"I thought that was Sandy?"

"Sandy is the Spirit and Guardian of Dreams. He and Pitch can control vhat goes on during Sleep, but Somnus is the master of actual sleep. He is a very dangerous Spirit. He once tried to put the whole world to sleep and nearly suceded. It would seem like he has decided to use the opposite tactic, putting the spirits to sleep instead." North stopped abruptly and Jack smacked into him, and fell over.

"No..." North said horrified

"What! What is it..." Jack trailed off as he found what North was looking at. They had walked into the globe room. Like everywhere else, the room was covered in a thick layer of dust and had an abandoned air about it. North paid no attention to this however. He was looking straight ahead at a very dark globe.