Fear of the Dark

Chapter 4

I open my eyes hoping to see the morning light shining through a window. Hoping that I dreamt every little detail of what happened. But no. Once my eyes are able to focus all I see it darkness. I sit up from where I was laying and look around. I'm in a dark room and I'm sitting on a small old bed. Suddenly I know I know where I am. Pitch must have brought me back to his lair. I stand up and speed to the entrance. Looking out the entrance I see a long stairway leading down to some room that's more lit up then the rest of them. I go down the stair slowly because I don't know what is down there.  I hear a voice. Its Pitch. He seams angry but I can't make out what he's saying. As I get to the doorway I see him standing next to a globe. He's pacing around it with one of the Nightmares next to him. I try and hide so I can hear his plan. I listen very closely. But what he's doing is something that can't be heard. So I watch. He takes his hand out and makes sand appear. It turns into a figure. While focusing very hard I see the figure resembles Sandy. But it isn't too long until Pitch crushes it with his hand.

I get startled by this motion and jump back making more noise then I meant to make. Pitch turns around in one motion and smiles as he sees my face.

" I was wondering when you would wake up." Pitch says with the smirk I've come to enjoy. I step forward to look at the globe. After a short silence I turn to him.

" What are you going to do to Sandy?" I ask with annoyance. He looks down at me and laughs nervously.

" Nothing love." He says with this seductive tone that tells me he's lying.

" Stop lying and tell me." I say more annoyed. He does sometimes forget that I know him very well. I can tell by the smallest motion of his finger what he's going to say next. That's a lie but I can usually tell when he's lying and when he's not.

" He's my complete opposite, do you expect me to do nothing about that." He then says as he circles around me smiling. I get his point. I understand his pain but Sandy is my friend as well as him. Its hard to pick a side but apparently it's needed.

" You are thinking quite a lot love, does this mean you understand?" He asks like he doesn't already know. I have a habit of taking his side in conflicts like this. I don't really know why. I just always end up believing in him more then the Guardians.

" Fine, But I'm not helping you in any way." I say. As I let those words out a huge smile appears on Pitch. He starts laughing. But then pulls me into a hug. This type of affection is not common in him. And frankly I don't care because I haven't felt his touch in so long. This cold yet familiar touch I had gotten used to.

I was terrified for tomorrow though. He said it would happen tomorrow. Frankly I don't want to know what.

   Jack's POV

Jamie's bedroom got very quiet after Sandy's dream dust smacked everyone in this room expect us. It's hilarious seeing this.

" I really wish I had a camera right now." I say in mid laugh. Sandy looks at me amused. His expression changes quickly as a Nightmare appears in the window behind me. It flies away very fast once it notices us. I jump out the window to catch up to it telling Sandy to hurry up. I catch up to one as Sandy turns on into a dream. I see one go up onto a roof and channel frost though my staff.

" I got it!" I yell in excitement as I fly up to look at its frozen corps. I call out to Sandy to see if he saw what I did as I look at the strange black dust frozen to the roof. I brush my staff over it and that raises more questions about this creature. But they have to wait, for now. All the sudden I feel eyes on me.

" Frost." I hear a voice behind me say. I turn around to see Pitch. I get shocked and send frost his way. He disappears and then reappears on another roof close by.

" You know, for a neutral party you spend an awful lot of time with those weirdos." He then says as he walks closer to the edge of the roof.

" This isn't your fight Jack." He then continues. His expression is blank, making me uncomfortable.

" You made it my fight when you stole those teeth." I say annoyed because I need to know what made me this way. Only the teeth can tell me that.

You're POV

Being in a ally way with more then a hundred Nightmares is very unnerving. But Pitch told me to wait. Looking at my wrist as I see the familiar letters in black. Every time I take his side I get this weird temporary tattoo of his name on my wrist, and it doesn't really go away until I've stopped doing stuff for him. 

I hear a loud crash. Someone was thrown to the ground. I look out the ally way to see Pitch in the middle of the street trying to stand up. I gasp. I really want to run over there and help him up but he told me to not come and help. 

I hear the signal and the Nightmares start running past me, while I'm standing in the ally way. One of the Nightmares then lifts me up, making me mount it and I end up next to Pitch. The look on Sandy's face as he sees me is what makes me regret every stupid little thing I do for Pitch. But they glare at each other while I look at Jack's questioning gaze. I turn to Pitch and with one small word and motion everything changes.

"Boo." Pitch says with a mocking motion and all the Nightmares charge except our's. We hear sleigh bells in the sky, that means North is here, probably with the rest of the Guardians.Pitch's expression changes quickly and he motions me to get out of here but I stand my ground. The sleigh comes into view behind us. It's heading right at us. North can't actually want to crash his sleigh twice in two days. Plus he would't hurt me like that. Pitch turns to me with worry.

" Get out of here now!" He says as the sleigh comes closer. I can see a twitch that makes the reindeer's go up. I stand my ground and the sleigh flies over me and Pitch much to his surprise. He sighs in relief and looks at me with a smile.

Sandy then takes Jack's hand and flies up making the Nightmares around them follow. I look up and see the Guardians fighting and Jack as well. Pitch makes my Nightmare start flying as he goes and joins the fight. I'm not going in the same direction. I go to his lair and am to wait.

Once I'm there the Nightmare I was on turns to dust under me, making me dismount but because of the shock I fall to the ground. The Nightmare then flies out of the lair to join the fight. I stand up slowly as I shed a tear. 

" Why do I always do this?" Why am I such a disappointment?" I say as I see the moon creep into view. I look at the moon with my watery eyes.

" This can't be the path you set for me!" I yell at the moon. I feel so weak that hearing the fairies in their cages above me is giving me a headache. Then I hear a booming voice come from above.

" Your path is your own decision. They all need you. But you can't help them all." The booming voice says. It was the moon.