Chaos And Love (Frostbunny Ship)

To Safety

(AN: Mild cursing)

*Jack's P.O.V*

The race had gone on for several hours and the final count had been three to bunnymund and two for me. By the time evening fell me and bunny had gone to make a batch of chocolate as a just cause sort of thing sense his holiday wasn't for a few months yet. The only downfall was bunny had seemed distracted pretty much the entire time which clued me in not everything was happy go lucky.

I had tried to ask about it though im pretty sure why he was like this and it honestly concerned me. If it proves correct I feared the guardians would be going in my place and could potentially get severally hurt and I didn't want that.

I get in my current state I wouldn't be able to fight even if I wanted to. I may be healing faster then a human could do to being a guardian but, even with that its still going to take another month or so before im fully healed because of the nature of the injuries being from the opposite element. My opposite is similar to North's sense we're both winter oriented however unlike me north can be in cold and warmth sense he's the leader. Tooth is affected by the cold so I try not to stay super close to her for longer then nessasary as her wings could freeze over and become very brittle.

Bunnymund wasn't nearly as sensitive to cold however I knew from heart wrenching experience that he could succumb to it too. I've seen far too many humans and animals killed by the cold. I may not be fully responsible for it but, despite that I honestly fear my own powers sometimes as they were fueled by my emotions. The fire/summer spirits knew that and so did the seasonal spirits like the groundhog who Bunnymund seems to dislike too. Unfortunately for me they use that to paint me as the bad guy despite me not actually being the one to kill those people or animals and the few times I had told the fire and summer spirits that they kill indirectly too had gotten me beaten.

After the first few times I had tried hiding only for them to find me again and over time it became a sort of sick game for them to designate a specific day to beat the shit out of me to the brink of death only for them to stop and leave me there and them saying "see you next year killer!"

As they leave me beaten, burned and bloodied they laugh so loud it becomes almost a cackle and when the coast was clear I would force myself to my feet and go to the Artic with wind basically going on autopilot to get me there as quickly as possible without hurting me in the process.

None of the guardians knew of this cycle for obvious reasons and I know they were working on trying to fix what they could but, no matter what they could't replace two hundred years of torture and beatings that haunt my mind. It was going to take time to fully trust them not to turn their backs on me unless it was absolutely deserved. That one Easter was one I never want to repeat for several reasons. None of us could handle that again especially Bunnymund who was willingly helping me learn this new ability that has unlocked.

I needed to learn how to shift between human and animal in this case a pooka because I knew I wouldn't be able to use the ability when flying unless it was a animal with the ability. Wind wouldn't be able to help in this form despite having my staff. One of the side effects of the ability that im coming to find out is that some of the fears of the animal I currently am become mine and knowing Bunnymund was deathly afraid of heights that same fear likely rubbed off on me when in the pooka form.

I was brought from my thoughts when the smell of what I assumed was dark chocolate had reached my nose and though bunny was mumbling to himself as he measured ingredients I could tell he was listening to something further away. When I did the same I could hear what sounded like footsteps above ground echoing through the tunnel system. Whose steps they were I couldn't quite tell until both of Bunnymund's ears went straight up as he sniffed the air.

The next thing I know bunny turns off the pot he was using for the chocolate and grabbed an emergency snow globe and whispered something quickly before he tossed it causing a portal to form and after a quick apology and a very quick shoulder pat he had pushed me through. As I sat disoriented the shadows of what appeared to be rhinos went through and the sounds of Bunnymund's battle cry were all I heard before the portal closed leaving me in Sandy's castle unable to help bunnymund in the fight.