I wasn't planning on writing another fanfic write away but I got this story stuck in my head for a while, just needed to finish the first one. Anyway, I've seen a lot of vacation fics for the Guardians but very few where Jack actually picked the place. I figure he doesn't like overly hot places but would be just find in places like places like northern Canada where it doesn't yet overly hot, usually. Something like New Foundland where they have the odd heat wave but it avergaes 14C.

Jack was nearly bouncing with joy when the portal opened on the dark sandy beach. After years of being dragged all over the world to places the other Guardians felt were good vacation spots, it was Jack's turn and he was so happy North had handed him the magic snow globe, much to Bunnymund's horror. Whispering Fundy's Coast Sea Caves had everyone raising their brows. As the portal opened Bunny made some commet about his tunnels and Jack quickly shoved him through the portal before the Pooka could do anything.

Now they stood on the sandy red beaches of Funy's Coast, meters away from a large cave. North, Tooth and Sandy looked around in awe as Bunny picked himself up and dusted off the sand. He whistled at the sight that met them.

"Wow..." Bunny breathed seeing the sprawling ocean and rocky islands. "This is what ya been going on 'bout, Frostbite."

Jack's smile faded as he turned to his fellow Guardian. "You don't like it?"

"Nah, mate, Ah love it."

Jack was beaming now even though some of Tooth mini-fairies were hooving about, trying to catch glimpses of his pearly white teeth and not faint. Tooth swooped around, ducking in the cave and fluttering about in her hyperactive way. "This is amazing! How did you find this, Jack?"

North placed a large hand on Jack's shoulder, also admiring the coastal view. "Dis is outstanding, Jack," he said with a smile.

"Yeah, I come here fro time to time when I'm not spreading snow and frost," he said, rubbing his left arm. "I always found it relaxing and I love exploring the caves."

"Ah, much like I in my younger days," North laughed, placing his large sack on the ground, depositing camping supplies rather then toys. "How I used to explore forbidden caves in search of treasures, those were the days."

Laughter met them as Bunny used a hind leg to scratch behind a ear. "Yeah, that was what, when ya was half your size 'nd good trillion presents ago?"

"Says bunny who reshape planet before human race was born," North retorted as he rummaged through his sack, starting to pull out supplies. "Bah, you just jealous I had more grand adventures."

Jack just laughed as the two bickered. It seemed they always argued about something. Constantly competing over something. He leaned against his staff and looked out over the vast ocean with a smile. It was late summer, the cove was isolated it was unlikely they would be distrubed by humans, not that any would see them but still, no one wanted to be walked through just because adults didn't believe in them. Besides it was vacation time. Time for rest and relaxation with no elves or yetis or egglets or mini-fairies...okay, so they couldn't get rid of the mini-fairies but that was only because Tooth never really got to take a vacation. Collecting teeth was a full time job.

Sandy floated to Jack, giving him a thumbs up for the stunning location. Jack grinned at him. "Yeah, it is cool, isn't it? Never gets too hot here."

Symbols floated over Sandy's head.

"No, I've never swam here. This'll be my first time." He couldn't help the shiver that ran up his spine. Bunny and North had made it a point in the last five years to teach him to swim and while Jack now had the hang of it he could never really shake the fear of drowning. Of course, considering it was how he had died in his mortal life it was to be expected. He never went out into the water alone and always stayed within arms reach of his fellow Guardians. This would be his first time swimming in the ocean. So yeah, he was nervous, especially of undercurrents that could pull his feet out from under him. That was a scary thought.

Dream sand formed into a lawn chair and Sandy settled back with a pair of sand sunglasses, looking completely at ease and ready for a vacation.

"Jack," North called, drawing the young Guardian's attention. "Come help me set up tent."

A grin adorned Jack's face. North had sad he, Jack and Bunnymund would be camping but, despite the large sack, Jack hadn't really let it sink in. Until joining the Guardians Jack had led a nomad like life, traveling around the globe, spreading snow and frost but never really settling down. Sure Burgess was his home and he would always return but he really settled. Neither had he camped. This was his very first camp out. All the other "vacations" were more like day trips.

North handed him what looked like a very large freezbee inside a shape matching carry bag. Jack raised a questioning brow. Demostrating, North opened the bag then threw the freebee like thing to the side, it popped open to form a dome shape tent. Jack copied him, laughing when his did the same. Next North handed him some pegs. "We need to anker them to the ground. If the wind picks up we don't want them flying away," North explained with a wink. He begand pulling out more stuff, lawn chairs, a portable BBQ and sleeping bags, more than what Jack was sure the sack should be able to carry. And Jack should know, he'd been thrown in that sack a number of times.

In under a half hour the two had the camp site set up while the others played in the surf. Jack removed his hoodie, wearing a blue t-shirt North had gifted him with the day the Guardian of Wonder declared Jack needed more clothes than just his blue hoodie and the clothes he had been reborn in. It was the same day North had presented him with his own bedroom in Santoff Claussen. The moment he was in just the t-shirt and jean shorts Bunny grabbed him from behind, threw him over his shoulder and matched toward the ocean, not giving the smaller spirit a chance to grab his staff.

"Stalled long enough, Snowflake," the Pooka declared, his usual saying when he thought Jack was trying to stay out of the water because of his phobia.

Nonetheless Jack struggled, slapping at Bunny's backside. "I can walk you know!"

"Yep."

"Put me down or I'll freeze that cottontail."

A hand rested on his back, his only warning before he was thrown in the water. It was Bunny's way of preparing him. As much as Jack hated the water - he'd never completely get over his death - he kept himself calm, squishing that bit of fear as he held his breath. He hit the water, only a few feet deep, and for a moment he froze, panic seizing him. He squeezed his eyes shut, counted to five and let his body slowly relax before pushing himself to the surface. It wasn't as if he could drown again, he was technically dead therefore a ghost but there were some fear harder to concure than others. At least there was no ice bursting from him as there had been the first dozen times Bunny had thrown him in.

He wiped water from his face and glared at Bunny. "I was going to come in."

"Sure you were, Frosty," Bunny taunted, splashing him.

And that was the start of an all out water war. Even North got dragged into it. Sandy protected himself with a sand umbrella, moving further away from the slushing water. For hours they played and soon noon came. North bowed out of a full contact football game to BBQ lunch. There was a no power rule in play that after five minutes was ignored, especially between Bunny and Jack as they became more competitve, rough housing on the sand the moment either got the ball and soon Tooth and Sandy stayed in the air, passing the ball to either one of the competitors just to watch them tussel and roll around. There was laughter and teasing. Jack was extremely happy, he waited all year for this, when every could get together and relax and just goof off. He didn't even mind when Bunny pinned him to the ground, declaring himself the winner.

"This is football, not wrestling," Jack protested, but at some point the ball was lost in the tussel.

"Says who?" Bunny laughed, straddling the winter child's hips. Jack went to push him off only to have his wrists seized and pushed to either side of his head. "Say it."

A cocky grin lifted his lips. "Make me," Jack challenged.

Bunny growled, pushing down a little harder.

"Boys," North called from the BBQ. He frowned at the two and sighed. "Bunny, let Jack up. It's time to eat."

A snort came from Bunny as he let Jack go. "Papa North ta da rescue again. Aren't'cha happy ya got him, kid?"

Jack pushed him off. "You're just jealous because he likes me better."

Bunny only huffed by helped Jack to his feet nonetheless. He ruffled Jack's hair and gave him a squeeze. "Yeah, ye dango, who wouldn't want ol'Santa fussing ova'em all da time?"

Grinning, Jack hip checked his "big brother". "Jealous!" he sang.

"Brat," Bunny retorted with a grin of his own. "How 'bout you show mah dat cave afta we eat?"

Jack's smile grew. Launch couldn't past fast enough. He gobbled down his food quickly, slowing only after Tooth and North told him to three or four times. He waited impatiently for Bunny who seemed to take his sweet time eating his roasted carrots, as if purposely stalling but in truth was joking around with the others, oblivious to Jack's impatience. Or so Jack thought until Bunny shot him a smirk. Jack's mouth fell open. He blinked and then frowned.

"Lunch to go!" he suddenly announced, grabbing the last of Bunny's carrots before jumping off and running down the sandy beach toward the cave, leaving his staff in North's care.

"Frost, get back here!" Bunny yelled, giving chase. He caught up just inside the huge cave, stopping when he saw the sheer size of it. He gave a low whistle before hopping over to Jack. The ocean swept into the large cavern, forming small islands out of rock croppings. The ceiling was nearly fifty feet fro the ground and strangely smooth. It went on forever, or so it seemed. Two or three hundred feet in was covered in shadow, the light not penetrating that far. There were rock ledges datting the cavern and huge pillars created by the raise and fall of the ocean. "No wonder you were in such a rush."

Jack nodded, handing Bunny his carrots. "You should see it in winter. The ice hangs from the ceiling, almost touching the water. I made that ledge there my home when in the area," his voice tiny and far away.

Ignoring the ice cold carrots - stupid ice elf froze them without thinking again - Bunny stared at the youth in shock. "You lived here?"

Jack shrugged. "From time to time. When Spring came too early to Burgess or I just needed a place to hang out. I like exploring the caves." He shook off the momentary loneliness he felt when he remembered his many, many years alone. "Come on, I've got to show you something cool."

The sudden change in mood almost threw Bunny for a loop. It still surprised him how quickly the teen could go from happy-go-lucky to sad and back again as if nothing had happened in between. Teenagers were naturally awkward but an Immortal teen was worse, Jack would never grow out of it. Forever trapped as a 14 year old he also had the mind and heart of one and all the complications that came with it.

Said immortal teen was already bouncing from island to island, heading toward a rather high ledge on the edge of the of where the light met darkness. Without his staff his ability to flew was limited if not gone but he was still able to leap and bounce from island to island until he reached the rock wall, then he was climbing with such agility one would think it was first nature. He shimmied over the ledge and peered over the edge down at Bunny.

"What'cha waiting for, Cottontail, hop to it." He grinned childishly and moved out of the way as Bunny leapt up.

"Okay, Ah'm up here, now wha-" He fell silent, eyes growing wide as Jack touched the far rock wall. Frost crept over it, it's blue white magic lighting chalk pictures that Jack must have drawn over the years. The wall was loaded, not a free space left. Bunny moved closer, admiring the hard work and detail put into every drawing. Something crunched under foot. Blinking, Bunny looked down to find a makeshift bed. Old raggy blankets, and straw littered the ground making the child's 300 years of solitude all too real. "Jack..." he whispered, looking up at the winter sprite. "Ah'm sorry."

Shaking his head, Jack pulled his hand back and sat down, leaning against the wall. He pulled his legs to his chest and wrapped his arms around them, making himself small as if trying to protect himself. If he had his hoody Bunny was sure he'd be hiding within its folds. "I didn't bring you here for pity," he said firmly. "I wanted to show you something cool. I forgot this junk was here."

Bunny wrapped an arm around Jack's shoulders. "How long did ya live here?"

"Don't know." Jack shrugged. "I never really lived anywhere, just slept wherever. This place just drew my interest more often and I decided I might as well make it a little more comfortable, especially since I stayed here more often in the Summer."

Bunny gave him a squeeze. "Ya know ya never hav'ta worry 'bout dat anymore. Ya got a home now."

A small nod but Jack pulled his knees closer and rested his chin against them. "This was a bad idea."

"Nah, this is pretty cool. Look at dat view."

Jack glanced up then smiled softly. "Yeah."

"So what's bothering you, Snowflake?" Bunny asked, watching Jack carefully. "There's another reason you wanted to come here for vacation."

Another small shrug before Jack huddled into himself more. "It was stupid."

"I doubt that."

Sighing Jack looked up. "Promise not to tell...or tease me later?"

"Promise."

"North watches the Globe of Belief all the time. None of the lights go out, you know, not the little kids. And I've overheard him talking to Sandy about how I still have only a handful of believers."

"Jack, it takes time."

Jack frowned. "I know. But you'd think after fiver years I'd have more. At least North thinks I should."

Bunny sighed. "Dat ol'blow hard is worry too much. Yer an elemental. Most are never seen but they're still known. Just 'cause the kids don't believe in ya yet doesn't mean ya should get yer knickers in a twist. They'll come, give it time."

Jack only nodded, holding himself tightly. Bunny pulled him close, offering him a comforting shoulder for him to lean on. As tough as Jack tried to act he was still a child with abandonment and self-confidence issues. He so wanted to be believed in and after loosing believers, even for such a short time, Bunny was sure he understood where the kid was coming from. Jack's head rested on his shoulder as they watched the tide roll in. Soon they would have to head back to the others but for know they could just sit together.

A shadow deeper than all the rest moved deeper in the cavern. Pitch Black watched silently as the two Guardians talked. He smelt Jack's fear, the same fear that had clung to him long before they met. That fear of not being believed in. It was something he hid well behind smiles and games, trying to bring fun to children with his blizzards and snowballs. He was very good at hiding it. Pitch may not have followed him all the way here had Bunnymund not accidentally triggered it in his discovery. Jack would have been perfectly happy forgetting about his fears. Pitch drank it in like a sweet wine. Oh how he loved Jack's fear but it wasn't enough, it was never enough. And with the child under North's protective eye in Santoff Claussen and his own power limited at this time, there was no way to capture and torment him. There was nothing more powerful than an immortal's fear and Pitch was intent on soaking himself in Jack's. The question of course was how. How to get him away from the Guardians? How to make sure he was defenseless? Oddly enough the answer was one he never would have considered before, especially for a Guardian. He would grant Jack's wish. He would make children believe. A cruel smile lit his face. Oh yes. Children will believe in Jack Frost and they will fear him. What a perfect revenge that will be.