Chapter 23: The Last Light

The sleigh was coming their way, going all over the place.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, whoa, whoa!" North said while trying to control the sleigh, it crashed, the reindeer ran off, then North yelled as he tried to get back up, "Ah, moi deti! Come back!"

"North, are you okay?" Tooth asked, helping him up.

"Is official. My powers are kaput," North said as the sleigh fell apart a bit.

"Look!" Tooth said as Jack and Cupid flew to them then exclaimed as she attempted to fly, "Jack! Cupid!"

"Are you okay?" Cupid asked as she helped her up.

"What are you two doing here?" North wondered.

"Same as you," Jack answered, turning back toward the house.

Jamie came running out and was happy to see them.

"The last light," North said.

"Wow. It is you! I mean, it is you! I knew it wasn't a dream!" Jamie said, looking at all of them, Jack and Cupid at the end.

"Jack, Cupid, he sees you," North replied.

Jack nudged Jamie's shoulder while Cupid ruffled Jamie's hair a bit.

"Wait. But where's Bunny?" Jack asked, making Cupid a bit worried.

"Losing Easter took its toll on all of us. Bunny most of all," North answered.

They all looked back at the sleigh for a small bunny to hop out of it.

"Oh, no," Cupid breathed as Bunny hopped on one wing of the sleigh.

"That's the Easter Bunny?" Jamie chuckled.

"Now somebody sees me! Where were you about an hour ago, mate?" Bunny asked, standing on his hind legs.

"What happened to him? He used to be huge and cool. And now he's...cute," Jamie pointed out, lightly scratching his neck.

"Oh, that's good," Bunny moaned a bit while thumping his foot, shooed Jamie's hand away, then asked Jack while going to him to fight, "Did you tell him to say that? That's it! Let's go! Me and you! Come on!"

"No. Actually, he told me you were real. Just when I started to think that maybe you weren't," Jamie told him.

"He made you believe? In me?" Bunny asked.

Jamie nodded before Bunny looked at Jack and they smiled at each other. Then Bunny looked at Cupid and crossed his arms.

"You're not gonna tease me, Cu?" Bunny asked.

"After what you went through, I don't see a point in that, Thumper," Cupid answered while approaching him and bending down to his level.

They hugged, him snuggling into her chest. Then thunder sounded, making them part and Bunny to hop out of her lap. They all looked in the sky to see an angry Pitch.

"Get Jamie out of here," Jack said then flew off.

"Be careful, Jack," Cupid whispered before they all left.

The others ran off as Jack flew up at Pitch.

"Jack Frost," Pitch remarked, sighed, then said as he charged at him, "Let's end this, shall we?"

Jack attempted the ice blast he did after Pitch killed Sandy, but Pitch managed to block it.

"That little trick doesn't work on me anymore," Pitch smirked.

Then he blasted Jack out of the sky before laughing.

Meanwhile, the others were trying to find a place to hide.

"This way, this way," Bunny urged then instructed, "Ahh, dead end. Other way, other way!"

Then Jack bounced hard off the roof and dumpster before hitting the ground.

"Jack!" Jamie and Cupid shouted as they all ran to them.

"That was good try, Jack. 'A' for effort," North told him as Cupid helped Jack up.

"He's stronger. I can't beat him," Jack said.

They looked at each other in worry before a laugh grabbed their attention.

"Aw! All this fuss over one little boy, and still he refuses to stop believing. Very well. There are other ways to snuff out a light," Pitch's voice sounded as some lights went out.

Jamie was getting scared as the others stood to protect him.

"If you want him, you're gonna have to go through me," Bunny challenged.

A shadowy hand appeared to pet him as Pitch mocked, "Look how fluffy you are. Would you like a scratch behind the ears?"

"Don't you even think about it," Bunny said after rushing into North's hand.

"I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see you all like this. You look awful," Pitch smirked as he and some of his Nightmares appeared in front of them.

Shadows came toward Jamie, freaking him out.

"Jack. I'm scared," Jamie said.

Before Jack could assure him, he remembered when he saved his sister.

"Jack. Jamie. I'm scared," the girl said as the ice started cracking from under her.

"I know. I know. But you're gonna be all right," Jack assured.

That's when he figured it out.

"We're gonna have a little fun instead," he whispered then said to Jamie, "That's it! That's my center!"

Jamie looked at him a little confused before they looked back at Pitch.

"So what do you think, Jamie? Do you believe in the Boogey..." Pitch started until a snowball hit him in the face.

This made them laugh a bit until Jack, while lightly tossing a snowball, saw some trash can lids, getting an idea.

"Now let's go get your friends," Jack told him.

Pitch wiped the snowball away before the Guardians zipped past him.

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A/N Crazy stuff here!

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