Chapter 1

The day started out like any other. Jack woke up, stretched, and then fell out of the tree he was sleeping on. When he sat up, he noticed that he was slightly lightheaded. Jack just put it off to how he hit his head when he fell. He stood up and called the wind to fly him to Santoff Clauson for the monthly Guardian Meeting. During the trip, Jack has another bout of dizziness and his head started to hurt.

"I hope I don't have a concussion," he thought to himself. "I'll tell North about it when I get there."

When he got there, he completely forgot about the promise he made to himself. The giant globe in the middle of the meeting room was full of glowing yellow lights. That meant that the amount of believers had risen tremendously, more so than two years ago after the defeat of Pitch.

After staring at the globe for a few more minutes, Jack sat down to take his place at the table. It was then that he realized that he was first one to arrive. Looking at the clock on the far side of the room, Jack noted that he still had an another hour until the meeting started. All of a sudden, Jack was overwhelmed with a sense of fatigue and exhaustion. He laid his head on the table for a few moments and thought,

"A few minutes of shut eye won't hurt." He closed his eyes and was instantly asleep.

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When North walked into the meeting room, he was surprised to see Jack there. He walked over and said

" Jack, why are you here so e..." but stopped himself when he saw that Jack was asleep.

"I wish I had a camera." North thought to himself as he chuckled a little. He put a sign on the door to the meeting hall that said "PLEASE ENTER QUIETLY". North then sat down and waited for the rest of them to arrive.

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When Toothina saw the sign on the door, she was immediately confused. Still, she followed the sign and walked in quietly. When she Jack asleep at the table she instantly cooed at the sight. She whispered to North "He is the cutest thing when he's asleep!" North nodded and smiled.

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" I hate these monthly meetings!" Bunnymund mumbled to himself. He tapped his foot on the ground twice and jumped into his hole he created that led to Santoff Clauson. Upon arriving, Bunny noticed the sign on the door. Figuring that there must be a good reason behind it, he pushed the door open as quietly as he could. He walked in and saw North and Tooth staring at something. He looked at the direction that they were looking at saw Jack asleep with his head on the table. Bunny smirked and took his seat beside North and Toothina.

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Sandman drove his sand airplane straight to the doors of the meeting room. He stopped his plane to read the sign. Curious, Sandy jumped out of his plane, opened the door and floated silently to his spot at the table. When he looked around, he noticed that Jack was asleep and he broke into a fit of silent giggles. Everyone looked at Sandy an soon they all started to laugh too.

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When Jack's mind came back to consciousness, the first thing he noticed was that his stomach was very queasy. He was hot and cold and he felt pounding behind his eyes. He then realized that he heard laughing, and it did nothing for his slowly progressing headache. Jack realized after a few moments that laughter meant people, people meant meeting, he fell asleep and everyone decided to not wake him. His eyes quickly shot open and he sat up so fast that his neck popped. This sudden movement startled everyone who was at the table and they ceased their laughter. Everyone stared at him, noticing how disoriented he looked. North broke the awkward silence by stating,

" Well hello Jack. Glad you can join us!" Jack smiled and blushed a light blue blush. Everyone smiled at him. The meeting started.

During the middle of the meeting, Jack felt a sudden rush of nausea and felt bile come up the back of his throat. He tried to swallow it, and he luckily, but painfully, succeeded it. Nobody notice Jack's moment and continued to talk. Bunny and Tooth got into an argument about wether or not chocolate was good for the teeth. Their voices elevated to screams and yells, while Jack had his eyes closed while he tried to suppress their noise. His headache had been bearable throughout the whole meeting, but the yelling had quickly elevated it to a migraine.

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Sandy, who was the only one who noticed Jack, tried to signal North who was trying to choose which cookies he wanted. After about five minutes, North decided on chocolate chip with a cup of milk. When he looked up, he saw Sandy's frantic signs. They showed Bunny and Tooth yelling, then Jack holding his head, and finally an arrow pointing at Jack. North quickly saw Jack and rushed over to his side. North whispered soothing words to Jack and kept shooting Sandy distressed looks. Sandy floated over and put himself right between Bunny and Tooth. Their argument immediately subsided when they Sandy's face. He looked angry, stressed, and worried. Confused, Bunny and Tooth looked at him strangely. That's when they heard North's soothing words to Jack and they all turned to see what had happened. Jack was cradling his head in his arms, eyes pinched shut but tears streamed down his face. He was paler than normal and a sheen of sweat covered him. North looked up at Sandy and mouthed the words "Thank you." Bunny and Tooth just looked at North with worry and confusion. North ignored them and went back to a now shaking Jack. All of a sudden Jack keeled over and vomited all over North's shirt and shoes. North just calmly rubbed Jack's back. When Jack finished vomiting, he dry heaved. After he was done with that, Jack just cried and held onto North.

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Jack felt horrible. His head pounded and everybody was yelling at each other. He thought that maybe they would notice him in that state and stop yelling. The yelling continued and Jack pried his eyes open to squint at Sandy. He saw Sandy trying to get North's attention. He saw a few of Sandy's signs and saw himself cradling his head.

"Thanks for trying Sandy." Jack thought. Then another wave of pain went through his head and he closed his eyes again. Jack didn't know how long it had been until he felt a strong and on his shoulder mumbling phrases like

"It's okay Jack." and "Shhhhh, it'll all be over soon."

Jack only leaned into the hand more. He then heard silence. Jack almost shouted with joy. Bunny and Tooth stopped arguing! Jack then felt his stomach roll angrily and he started to shake. He knew what was coming and he knew he was in to much pain to swallow it. Jack started to cold sweat when he felt bile come into his mouth. Jack keeled over, not even noticing that he was almost on top of North, and vomited. He stayed like that for five minutes, stopping only to take a breath. After he was done, Jack dry heaved. That was the most painful part. He did that for about two minutes. Jack felt absolutely drained after that and his head was pounding even more. Jack looked up and saw North looking at him with an expression a father would have for their sick child. Realizing what he just did, Jack started to cry. He cried from embarrassment, shame, and pain. He leaned into North and just cried.