Okay! So I just wanted to sort of do an introduction/explanation for my story here… If you want, you can go ahead and scroll down and go to the actual first chapter. I just thought that I should probably explain why I'm writing this and what gave me the idea.

So here it goes:

This actually started before I saw Rise of the Guardians. I saw a picture of Jack Frost and human Jack together, and I saw something about Pitch… So I thought human Jack was Pitch.

And in the picture, Jack and "Pitch" looked pretty close and Jack looked like he felt guilty for something.

So I thought Jack and "Pitch" were like really close friends, but then "Pitch" turned evil and Jack had was responsible for getting rid of him.

And then I saw another picture of human Jack kneeling on the ice, with his arm stretched out saying "Believe me." So then I thought that "Pitch" was trying to reason with Jack, to keep him from "getting rid" of him.

And the first picture made it look like a sacrifice had gone down (I don't really want to say what I thought had happened because it would spoil my story).

So I went into the movies thinking it was going to be really angsty (I'm addicted to angst). But then I got introduced to the real Pitch, and I was confused. But I just sort of shrugged it off and thought 'Okay, so maybe *blank* happened with him instead.

But it didn't.

And don't get me wrong; I LOVE Rise of the Guardians. I'm obsessed with it. It just had a little too much of a happy ending for me.

I mean, yes, this movie was intended for children, but it was just too easy of an ending for my taste.

So finally, I just couldn't take it anymore. So I started this fanfic in order to adequately fulfill my angst needs.

So there. That is my bizarre reasoning for this fanfic. The real Pitch does actually exist in this story because I ended up combining what I thought was going to happen before and during the movie. So I named "Pitch" Jack Black.

And I will explain more about him in the story.

So without further ado, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you:

Cold and Dark