This is just a one-shot, but if I feel up to it I will continue writing this story. The death of my baby sister has really taken a toll on me and this is all I feel I can do, so expect silence and occasional one-shots for a while. I will, however, try to continue the story of Jack with cancer because my therapist says it will help me process my sister's death.

The Guardians could hear Jack's wailing from the Globe Room and they were honestly getting tired of the noise and the pain that hit their hearts with every note. Finally Bunny stood, his green eyes misty, and left the room. They all knew where he was going, there was no guessing to be done. Bunny was going to see Jack and he'd see what they had been hiding from him this whole time.

Flashback:

Jack stumbled in through the window and hit the floor. "Dark. Too dark. Shiny black sand. In my blood. Red not good. Red inside. Not outside. Too bad. Too dark. Too evil." he babbled into the rug.

North stared at the winter spirit in horror. He wasn't making any sense! Quickly he had the yetis summon Sandy and Tooth, Bunny would have freaked out and they couldn't handle that while trying to help Jack.

When the bird-woman and man of sand arrived Jack was huddled into a corner staring at Sandy. "Gold sand. Not black. Shiny lie. But it's like the sun. The sun is good. Black is bad. Black hurts. Black is evil."

"What should we do?" Tooth asked hesitantly.

"Put him in a room and wait until we can figure out what happened." North said, obviously having put a lot of though into this.

The other two nodded and helped him move Jack.

The moment Jack saw the room he began to wail and try to get out of their grasp. When he noticed that he struggling was pointless he started to claw at himself which only got his hands chained above his head and if he wanted to hurt himself he'd have to try really hard and there was no way Pitch would allow him to kill himself.

Back in the Globe Room they could still hear Jack screaming and wailing. It didn't take long for Bunny to show up looking for Jack and all three of the Guardians were nearly killed as they tried to explain why Jack was locked up. Of course he didn't believe them, but they convinced him to not go to Jack.

For three days he screamed.

End Flashback.

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Jack writhed on the stone floor and wailed, trying to find some source of light and some way to free himself from the chains that went from the ceiling to his wrists, keeping him from the walls. He was stuck in the middle of the room leaving to relief from always having to hold himself up. The chains made sure that his head couldn't connect with the floor. Even if he wanted to die, he couldn't.

"Buuuuuuuuuunny!" this cry was particularly long and mournful.

The door slammed open with a loud BANG.

Jack looked up through his white hair and saw the silhouette of someone tall and bulky with large ears.

"Bunny!" he said with a large smile. His hands reached forward, but he couldn't go very far.

Instantly Bunny was holding Jack close. "What did they do this t'ya?" he asked softly.

"Bunny, Pitch got me. I. Jack. Jackson." Jack seemed to have a hard time finding the right word.

"Jack, what did Pitch do?" he pulled back and looked into Jack's blue eyes.

"Jack ran. Jack hid. Pitch hurt Jack." Jack babbled, desperately trying to get Bunny to understand.

"What do you mean?"

"I hear them." Jack whispered darkly.

"Who?"

"Shadows. Fearlings. Nightmares. Pitch."

"Where are they?"

"My mind." Jack threw back his head and cackled.

Bunny recoiled.

"No!" Jack screamed. "Not alone. Don't leave Jack alone. Not again. They get louder. So dark. No talking back." then he tilted his head as if listening to something. "No!" he yelled again. "No hurt Bunny. Bunny friend. Bunny good friend. He plays fun games."

"Jackie, what happened to you?"

Jack's hands went to his head and he began to sing loudly and off key, "You are my sunshine, my only sunshine. You make me happy when skies are grey. You'll never know dear how much I love you. Please don't take my sunshine away."

"Jack?" Bunny was actually scared. This was not his Jack , this Jack was a raving lunatic.

"Bunny!" Jack yelled making the poor Pooka nearly jump out of his skin. "The shadows move. Where's Tooth? North? Emma?! Where's Emma?!" he yelled, trying to claw his way out of the chains.

"Who's Emma?"

Jack's movements froze.

"Jackie, who is Emma?" Bunny asked.

"Dead."

"Jackie, what do you mean?"

"Emma is dead. Three hundred dead." then he started to wail again, but this time he tried clawing at his face.

Bunny lurched forward and held Jack's hands up so he couldn't touch his face. "Sh..." he murmured into the white mop of hair under his chin. "It's okay. We'll help you." he tried to hold of his tears, but just couldn't when Jack started to babble nonsense again.

"Sun and flowers. Purple and pink. No red. Promise no red."

"I promise." Bunny choked.

"Why tears?" Jack stretched up and licked the tears from the Pooka's face. "Salt not good. Makes fur not soft." he smiled proudly as if it took a genius to figure that out.

"Yeah. I know."

"Groomed pretty groomed. Fluffy shiny Bunny. Kids laugh and smile." he grinned.

"What are you trying to tell me?"

Jack's face screwed up in concentration. "Eggs in flowers. White like snow. Snow not good for eggs. Pink and purple. Blue and green. Orange and red... No, not red. No red. Promise no red. Blue is good. Blue is good."

Bunny looked at Jack sadly and tiredly.

Jack giggled and smooshed Bunny's cheeks. "Eyes shut. Sleepy time. Eggs not white no more."

Then it dawned on him. "You want me to sleep so I can paint the eggs?"

Jack laughed and nodded happily. "E. Aster soon."

"Easter." Bunny whispered.

"You're the E. Aster Bunnymund!" Jack cackled.

"Easter. Easter Bunny." he whispered then he smiled softly to himself. "You want me to take care of Easter."

"E. Aster makes kids smiles. Big, big, biiiiiiig smiles." he smiled hugely to show Bunny what he meant.

"Okay Snowflake. I'll sleep and get ready for Easter."

"Here? Not dark. Not lonely."

"Sure, I'll stay with you."

Jack smiled again and watched expectantly with his hands in the air, waiting for Bunny to sleep. Even when Bunny let go he saw that Jack was highly uncomfortable with his hands above his head and having to sit up. With one swift movement he released Jack and curled around him. "Sleep Snowflake." he said softly.

Jack quickly pressed against Bunny and fell asleep.

"We'll fix you Snowflake. I promise." Bunny murmured before he fell asleep.

I hope you all liked it, again I will only continue if I feel up to it.

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Have a wonderful day/night.

The Lonely Goddess