Rise of the Guardians 2

The Future

With Jack...

I can't see a thing. Where's Crystal? I'm worried. Something brushes against my foot. Something soft. I squint and look closer to the delicate thing. Crystal's long blonde hair brushed against my foot. She looks hurt, but that's obvious. She's on the floor spread out. That's not like her.

"Crystal?" I say worried and shake her "Crystal" she doesn't answer. No. She's not. I refuse to believe it. But what if she is? I stand up and pick her up. I can't see a thing. Where are we and where's Pitch? Hopefully, he doesn't return. But just as my hopes were up, everything glows. I squint at the brightness and keep walking. Crystal hasn't moved one bit. I wish she would so I know that she's alive. I stumble on something and almost fall. I wish the light would disappear, but then it would be total darkness again and more chance of Pitch showing up. The light slowly dissolves and a clear picture emerges. I'm somewhere with me and Crystal. What is this? I've never done this. This isn't real. It might be in a few weeks, or days, or months. I see Crystal talking to me. I yell at her. What are we saying? The speech isn't clear, but then it slowly sinks in.

"I don't care" I yell at Crystal. Why are we fighting? Is this the future?

"Well you should" she yells back. What are we fighting about? I can see tears start to fill her eyes. What is this? I hear Pitch laugh. I look around. Where is that coming from? Is it the picture around me? It is because I see Pitch come forward in the picture. What's he doing? I put Crystal down but stay next to her. I watch as Pitch mocks us. He takes Crystal. I try to take her back. I watch as I try to kill Pitch. He keeps dodging and blocking. Crystal pleads Pitch to let her go.

"Stop" Pitch yells "Or she dies" I stop and calm down, my eyes start to tear up. I see my eyes tear up.

'No' I think sadly. I hope Pitch won't actually kill her. I watch as I plead Pitch. This can't be happening. It can't happen. It won't. This is all a fake. Tears run down my face. I hope it is all a fake. I keep pleading.

"Give her back" I plead sadly "Please"

"The staff, Jack" Pitch yells holding out his hand "Hand it over or she dies"

"No, Jack" Crystal tries to persuade me. I hand over my staff.

"Now give her back" I demand

"No" Pitch smirks, "I think I'll do what I want with her" He shoots out a blast of black sand. Crystal falls off of her knees and bangs her head on the snow really hard.

"NO!!!" I watch myself yell.

"No" I whisper to myself sadly and worried. I watch myself run towards her. I just stand still. This won't happen. I won't let it. I watch as I put Crystal in my lap.

"No" I whisper putting my forehead against hers as a tear rushes down my face "Please"

'Please. No' I think 'What will I tell Crystal when she wakes up?' The picture around me fades. What just happened? I look down at Crystal. What will I tell her when she wakes up.

'Oh, I just saw Pitch kill you in the future. No big deal' I think. I can't say that to her. What will she think? I kneel down beside Crystal and roll up her sleeve.

"What does she have to do?" I whisper sadly, looking her, now completely black, arm. "Will she die this way or the way I just saw?" I hear Pitch's laugh.

"All she has to do," Pitch says evilly as the darkness returns "is touch me"

"No," I say as tears run down my face "She'll turn"

"That's exactly why," Pitch say out of the darkness.

"Is there any other way?" I ask him randomly looking into the darkness "Please there has to be"

"Someone has to die" Pitch laughs

"Who?"

"Someone she loves" Pitch evilly says coming where I can see him. I realise what he means. But then...

"What?" I ask in shock

"She will live if she kills the one she loves when she wakes up" Pitch smirks as he fades back into the darkness. Crystal coughs. I put my staff down and help her sit up.

"Crystal this is important," I say importantly "Who do you love the most?"