That is why you weren't here? YOU where WITH PITCH?!
Jack...what have you done?
We should NEVER have trusted You!
Those words played over and over in Jack's head, as he flew towards the Antarctic, where he then landed on a nearby cliff. He didn't mean to ruin Easter. He didn't mean to disappoint the Guardians. He knew what he had done was a selfish move. But he had to find out the voice that kept calling his name. Jack paced around as he held the golden box of memories in his hand, wondering what he should do. He kept thinking, since the Guardians probably didn't want him around anymore, there was no point in keeping the golden box. It was this little box that created this mess. "Maybe...I'm better off not knowing...Pitch was right...I'm not one of them..." He said sadly. After a moment, he began to get angry. Angry at himself. If this box was the problem, he would get rid of it. He looked over at the edge of the cliff and got an idea. He suddenly ran towards it, and threw it over, where it would be lost forever.
Little did Jack know, that when the memory box landed in shadow, Pitch was there to catch it. Pitch grinned as he caught the box, and kept it, just in case. He could always use it against Jack any time. Once he saw Jack was lost in his thoughts again, Pitch used the shadows to appear behind the winter spirit, but not to be too close to him. "I thought this might happen. They never really believed in you. I was just trying to show you that. But I understand" He says, with a sad voice. Jack grew angry as he attacked Pitch with his powers. "You don't understand anything!" Pitch glared at Jack as he blocked the attack. "No?! I don't know what its like to be casted out?! To not be believed in?!" He says as the two continue to throw attacks at each other. "To LONG for...a family?" Pitch said, putting on the most sadden expression on his face that he could. That's when Jack stopped. Pitch wants a family? He thought to himself. He was rather surprised. He didn't think Pitch understood what it was like not having a family. "All those years in the shadows I thought no one else knows what this FEELS like. But I was wrong" Pitch says, showing his hand to Jack, as if pointing at him, understanding what the boy had been through. "We don't have to be alone Jack...I believe in you. And children will too! What goes together better than COLD and DARK?" Pitch said, getting rather excited about the idea. Jack knew where this was going. Pitch wanted a world of fear and darkness. Not of Jack Frost. "They'll fear both of us...and that's not what I want." the winter spirit said, as he glared at the boogieman. "Now please...leave me alone." He said as he began to walk away.
"You can't run away forever Jack. Especially when I have...a little friend of yours." Pitch said slyly, as a new noise caught Jack's attention. He turned around to see Baby Tooth being squeezed in Pitch's hand. "Baby Tooth!" he exclaimed as Baby Tooth made a tearful noise. "Let her go Pitch! She has nothing to do with this..." growled the boy. Pitch smirked. "Oh, but she does. Either you join me...or she dies. Along with the other Guardians." Jack's blue eyes widen with fear. "No! You can't do that Pitch!" He said angrily. The Nightmare King laughed. "Oh but I can dear boy. Now...join me, or the little fairy dies.." Jack held his staff at Pitch angrily, but paused unsure of what to do. He couldn't risk having Baby Tooth destroyed. But he knew that by joining Pitch Black, the Guardians would hate him even more. Maybe...its better this way. It's not like the others even cared about me until a few days ago...Jack thought to himself, as he lowered his staff. "Alright...I'll join you. Just...dont hurt Baby Tooth." Jack said sadly. This put a smile on Pitch's face. "Very well. But first, the staff." Jack was confused on why Pitch wanted the staff. "What do you plan on doing with it? You know I need it..." Pitch's smile grew. "Don't worry Jack. I'm just taking the precaution that you wont turn on me as you did to the Guardians. Now then..The staff Jack." Pitch said as he held out his other hand. Jack sighed, as he handed The Nightmare King his staff, and when it was touched by the other, it turned black. Black sand covering it. Once the staff was completely covered, it sank into the wood. almost merging with it. Pitch then handed the staff back to Jack, which in turn shocked the boy, as he was able to feel some of Pitch's powers. Not only would Jack be able to shoot ice and snow powers, but nightmare powers as well. "Oh..and in case you get cold feet..." Pitch says, as another strand of sand flows out from the darkness around him, shooting towards Jack, and latching on and around his neck. "This will tell you to do what you are told." Pitch said evily. Jack gasped as he tried to get the sand off of his neck, but nothing worked. The more he struggled to get it off, the more it would squeeze hard cutting off air. "I really wouldn't try to fight it Jack. You do what I say, and you will be fine." said Pitch.
Baby Tooth looked at Jack with sad eyes. "O-ok..I get it...Can you just let Baby Tooth go at least? I promise...I'll do what you say..." Jack said, eyes falling to the ground with guilt after hearing Baby Tooth's cry. "She can go back to the Guardians. And then lead them right to us." Pitch said with a wild smile on his face as he opened up a dark portal, and threw Baby Tooth into it, where she would land wherever the Guardians were.
"Come Jack...it's time we prepare ourselves to snuff out the last remaining lights" Pitch said with a dark laugh, as they make their way to North's workshop.
-End Of Chapter One-
A/N: So this is my first fanfiction in a LONG LONG time. PLEASE be nice! I also hope that you enjoyed the chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'm sorry that its very short, but hopefully my chapters will get longer the more I write them. Like I said its been a long time since I really WROTE anything, so my first few chapters may be short. I'm not even real sure where this story will go but I've got a few ideas I want to use. I'd also like to add that I own NOTHING but the plot in this story! Thank you. All characters belong to respective owner!