I can love a block of wood (septiplier nutcracker AU)

Chapter 12

"Mark, what's wrong?" Jack asked worried as Mark pretty much dragged him down. "What did you see?" He didn't answer his questions.

"Go to the sleigh and do not leave it. I will join you in a minute." The prince ordered. He wanted to say no but the look on his face told him not to. He went to the sleigh and quickly got in. He watched Mark say something frantically to Amy and Amy started talking to others, getting them to... leave? Jack got even more worried. Soon came, joined by Ethan and Tyler.

"I thought this could only hold 2?"

"We are going to have to make room." Mark told Jack after he asked and rushed the other two in.

"Care to explain what is going on now?" The Irishman asked, worry slipping into his tone against his permission. The prince noticed and looked down at the man, silent for a moment. Jack was right now squished next to Ethan and Tyler and Mark was standing, holding onto the roof of the sleigh.

"I saw a spy fly. They belong to Felix and now he knows not only that my spell is broken but that you have broken it and that Amy is here and everyone else. We need to get everyone out now before Felix shows up." Panic spread over Jack's face when he heard this and gripped the sleigh a bit tighter. Jack looked away for a moment but then something that Ethan said mad Jack look back with a snap of his head.

"Mark, your turning back!" Jack saw it too. Mark was turning back to wood limb by limb. the process then sped up until Mark was completely wood again.

"How did this happen! He isn't here!"

"Or am I?" All heads in the sleigh snapped to the man in blue and white robes. Mark cursed and without thinking, pulled out his sword then cut the rope. Since they weren't prepared they screamed as they shot to the ground. Mark fell out and Jack jolted forwards to try and catch him...

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Jack shot up in his bed panting hard. He looked to his chair and didn't see his nutcracker there, so he sprang up and ran to the living room, slipping at some point and hitting the ground near the living room, and stood in the doorway. Everything was fine nearly exactly how he left it. Nearly. His Nutcracker was on the floor near the presents at the Christmas tree near Ethan and Tyler. Both were safely sitting against a box but the prince wasn't so lucky. He was broken again and there was a dull look in his glass eyes. Jack was quick to pick him up, along with Ethan and Tyler, and run back upstairs. No one had woken up from Jack's run around so he wasn't stopped on his way back. He closed the door and placed the dolls and nutcracker on his bed.

"It wasn't a dream, was it?" He told himself as he went looking for his tools. "He really came alive and all that really did happen. Why else would they all be where they were? I know I didn't put them in and none of my siblings are bad enough to break my nutcracker." He kept on talking to himself about everything he experienced. He thoroughly believed that he didn't dream up what happened last night. Someone on the outside listening in would have thought he was crazy. He sat down and started repairing Mark as best as he could with shaking hands. At some point, working on his leg, Jack had to stop and calm his nerves so he could continue without making it any worse. it took him an hour to fix him properly. Jack looked at the three toys on his bed and just thought for a while. He thought until there was a knock on the door. "Come in."

"Hey, Jack. Godfather sent me over to check on you." Rose stepped in wearing a simple but pretty emerald green dress. "Are you ok?"

"Do you believe the stories godfather tells you?"

"Of course I do. Why?" She asked as she went over and sat next to him on the bed. Jack thought for a moment before saying

"Just asking." They were quiet for a few moments before Jack realized he didn't know where Mark's sword went. "Oh no! His sword is gone! It must have fallen out downstairs!"

"Do you want to go down and look for it?" Rose asked and he nodded. They got up and Jack took a moment to change, rose stepping out of the room for him to do so. He paused for a moment and put Mark on his special chair carefully. He left the room with rose and they went looking around down in the living room. For an hour they looked before they found it near the fireplace. It was standing upright, like someone had either stabbed the floor with it or thrown it down there and it landed like that from how fast it was falling. Jack sighed softly in relief as he picked it up and checked it, making sure it was still straight. "Is it ok?"

"I think so..." He put it in his pocket. "I'll bring it up in a bit. Since i am down here, lets go say hi to Amanda." Jack smiled and ran his fingers worriedly after rose smiled, nodded, and headed towards the kitchen quickly. For a few moments he didn't move, then he followed the woman to visit his in-house friend.