Rise of the Winter

Chapter 5

The guardians left Jack alone for four hours. Finally, having enough of solitude, Jack went to find some company. He found the guardians in North's office. They looked pleased to see that he could walk. When Jack asked what they were doing, North said that they were discussing strategies. After an hour, the strategy was finalised. They rushed to the sleigh and clambered on. North flew them to Pitch's lair by the lake. The guardians wandered over to the entrance and North jumped in first. Bunny went second, then Sandy, followed by Tooth and then Jack. When Jack got down, the others were in position. All Jack had to do was provide a distraction. Then he saw Elsa. She was dressed in black and Pitch was smiling evilly at her.

"NO!" Jack screamed.

He saw Elsa look at him in shock. Pitch was surprised but he gathered his senses quickly. Pitch summoned the nightmares just as the guardians encircled him.

"It's over Pitch. Call off the nightmares or we'll attack!" Bunny commanded.

Jack saw Elsa being held by sand people. Other than that, she didn't seem to be in any imminent danger. But what he didn't notice was more of the sand people slowly making their way to where he was standing.

"Let Elsa go!" Jack ordered.

Pitch smirked and then asked "or what?"

"Or we'll do our best to kill you," Jack stated.

The nightmares walked towards Pitch and the guardians. The neighed and whinnied as if they were agitated.

"Fine! Have her!" Pitch snapped as he walked backwards, disappearing into the shadows.

Jack surged forwards. Pitch was going to pay for taking Elsa away from him. The guardians were busy trying to get Elsa out while Jack was going after Pitch. A couple of minutes later, he gave up. He flew back to the hole and when he was about to fly to the sleigh but Pitch grabbed his legs and started pulling him back down.

"Hey!" Jack protested.

"Jack!" Elsa cried.

Bunny hopped off the sleigh and towards Jack but as they reached for each others hands, Jack was pulled down. Bunny sat back defeated.

"Bunny, it's time to go. Jack will be fine. He'll get out," Tooth said.

He got up and sadly got on to the sleigh. North threw a snow globe and they were transported to North's workshop. Elsa realised that she was still in the black dress. So when she walked into the room where Jack had been asleep, she used her powers to change her dress. When she was done, it looked like the one she wore when she was the Snow Queen, after she learned how to control her powers with love. She felt sad. After all, she agreed to marry Pitch to save Jack and when the guardians went to rescue her, Jack was taken. It made Elsa think of the saying "an eye for an eye."

"Hey, Elsa. Are you okay? Did Pitch hurt you in any way?" Tooth wondered.

"Yeah, I'm okay. He didn't do anything except put me into a room with sand people for six hours," Elsa said.

"It's going to be alright. If you're thinking about Jack, he can take care of himself and Jack has fought Pitch by himself on multiple occasions so he can do it again!" Tooth soothed.

"I fell like I should've done something to help you guys, you know. If I had have helped Jack, maybe he would be here!" Elsa said.

"Elsa, Jack will come back. Jack Frost has strong feelings for you and, by the looks of it, you return those feelings. Look, you guys have virtually the same powers, that makes you the perfect match. You could have his back and he'll know that he can trust you. If you are thinking about helping him, form a simple plan because simple plans have less chance of going wrong!" Tooth advised.

Elsa watch Tooth fly out of the room. She knew what she had to do in order to save Jack.

"Jack. Wake up," Pitch said.

"Pitch," Jack hesitated, looking down at his body, he saw that he was tied to a chair, "let me go!"

"You come in here, take Elsa away, you are dumb enough to follow me, you get left behind..." Pitch started.

"Only because you pulled me back down!" Jack interrupted.

"I'd say it's an eye for an eye!" Pitch finished.

"That's not how it goes!" Jack reminded Pitch.

"Really? How does it go then?" Pitch asked.

"An eye for an eye makes the whole world go blind!" Jack stated.

"In that case, I'm already blind!" Pitch said.

"What's that supposed to mean?" Jack asked.

Pitch walked off without answering.

"WHAT"S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?" Jack repeated.

Pitch still didn't answer. He left Jack to wonder what he meant by him already being blind but Jack didn't get it. The more he thought about it the more confused he got. Eventually, he gave up and started to wonder if anyone would find him. He started to think about Jamie and if Pitch could remember Jamie - the light that wouldn't go out. When Jack thought about it, the night he visited Jamie to get him to believe in the guardians it was so funny. The moment he stopped trying to get people to believe in him, they start to. And Bunny was so cute when he was small. A faint smile came to Jack's mouth. It only stayed for a second before Jack started to make a plan in his mind. He started pulling his hands towards him and he moved them up and down, cutting through the bonds. After an hour, Pitch came back to check on him. When he left, Jack continued. A few minutes later, he was free. He found his staff in the corner and Jack grabbed it. He flew around trying to find a way out. But when he turned the first corner, he heard a voice. His voice. Jack heard his own voice. He turned around and saw himself. A perfect clone except for one major difference. Fake Jack had a black hoodie and dull eyes.

"Where are you going? You're not meant to leave!" demanded Fake Jack.

"I'm leaving. I won't stay just because Pitch locked me up. He knew that I would escape. So, bye!" Jack said

"Oh, but Jack, we're going to have so much fun with you. He'll die screaming!" he said.

"No, I won't die scream... Wait. What? He'll die screaming? Who is 'he'?" Jack asked.

"You'll have to find out yourself!" he taunted.