When Darkness Reigns (Pitch X Jack)

In an alternate timeline where hope died 300 years ago, the Guardians lost their first battle against Pitch Black during the Dark Ages. Now, the Nightmare King rules the world unchallenged, his reign of fear and darkness absolute.

The remaining Guardians-North, Bunnymund, Sandy, and Tooth-are shadows of their former selves. With only a few hundred believers scattered across a stagnant world, their powers have withered to nearly nothing. Sandy and Tooth suffered the worst fates: both captured and imprisoned deep within Pitch's stronghold. Sandy languishes in a warded cell, his dream sand harvested and corrupted into nightmare sand that feeds Pitch's power. Tooth hangs chained in the dungeons, her mini fairies trapped in cages around her, forced to watch as Pitch destroys every child's tooth-every precious memory-and melts down the capsules to forge his throne, artifacts, and a cursed currency that enslaves humanity's hope.

But Pitch has kept one memory capsule intact: the teeth of Jackson Overland. He knows what the Man in the Moon planned 300 years ago-that this boy would become Jack Frost, the newest Guardian. Now a neutral spirit who's been quietly disrupting Pitch's dark empire, Jack has become an unexpected thorn in the Nightmare King's side.

Pitch sees an opportunity. With Jack's stolen memories as bait, he plans to corrupt the winter spirit and bring him into the darkness. After all, what pairs better than cold and dark?

But Pitch may have underestimated the power of a spirit who's spent 300 years alone, and the resilience of Guardians who refuse to stop believing-even in their darkest hour.