Hello, and welcome to my newest ROTG story, My Friend, Nightlight. Recently I got the Guardians of Childhood series and it is SO GOOD!

This is the story of Sadie Bennett, the older adopted sister of Jamie and Sophie. This mostly takes place about three years after the movie. This first chapter, however, does not.

(No One's POV)

A young girl, only about three or so, turned over in bed and looked out the window at the moon in the night sky above. She wore thin, light pink, long-sleeved pajamas dotted with small purple polka dots. Giving up her hope of sleep, she sighed and climbed out of bed, going to the window. She leaned against the windowsill, her blonde hair cascading gently onto her shoulders. Her dark blue-almost black-eyes looked up at the comforting glow of the moon. An old lullaby popped up into her head. The lullaby had never been sung to her, and yet she remembered the words clearly. She began to sing it softly to herself, over and over, the words comforting her, though she wasn't afraid.

"Nightlight, bright light,

Sweet dreams I bestow.

Sleep tight, all night,

Forever I will glow."

High in the sky, the song reached the ears of a particular boy.

He glowed in the night sky, like any other ghost would. He was very thin, almost pencil thin. His messy white-blonde hair sat in a mop on his head. His green eyes glowed with their usual delight and wonder. He was dressed in dark blue armor, which glowed with small white lights that dotted randomly on it. In one of his hands, he held a spear made with a diamond dagger on a wooden staff-like stick.

He had been dead for almost three hundred years now, and for some reason, this song made him stop in mid-flight during his job of protecting sleeping children. The song seemed to trigger an old memory again: a memory of a small baby boy that he, the ghost boy, had watched over. The memory came randomly, never staying long enough for many details to be seen. As it had before, the memory was fleeting and left before a lot of details could be seen. He groaned inwardly and floated downwards to see the little girl at her window. She had her eyes closed, as if entranced by the song. As she stopped, she opened her eyes and left the window, going back to her bed. He followed her in, floating through the wall. He leaned against his spear and watched her.

She settled into bed and was about to lay down when she froze, staring at the spot he was standing in.

"Who are you?" she said aloud, staring at him; not in fear, but curiosity.

He blinked, staring at her in confusion. "Are you talking to, to me?" he asked, his voice as airy and light as his eyes.

The little girl cocked her head. "Who else could I be talking to?"

He blinked again. She... she sees me… he mused to himself. It had been a long time since anyone had seen him. Not even his old friends could see him very well. It had been even longer since a mortal child had seen him…his oldest friend, Katherine, had been the last to… "Nightlight. My name is Nightlight."

The little girl smiled at him. "That's an interesting name… My name is Sadie. Sadie Bennett."

"Nice to meet you," he replied. "Why are you awake?"

Her shoulders slumped slightly. "I'm having trouble falling asleep."

He smiled lightly at her. "Perhaps I can help." He floated over to her bed as she lay down on her pillow. He sat above her on the headrest and slowly waved his spear over her head. The moonbeam inside began glowing and started to emit dreamdust, which swirled above Sadie's head. She gasped in surprise and delight. She smiled at him one last time and then closed her eyes and fell asleep. The dreamdust swirled to form pleasant dreams above her head.

Nightlight smiled down at her little, sleeping form. But in the back of his mind, he was somewhat worried. She was so young, younger than Katherine had been. He was afraid of what could happen to her if Pitch found her, or worse.

From that moment, he made a decision: he would visit her every night and protect her from the dark. He would keep the one person who could see him safe from Pitch's nightmares and Fearlings.

As morning came, he kissed her forehead and wished her well until he saw her again that night. Then he took off into the skies and was gone.

Well, how did you like it? If you want me to continue, just let me know. If not a lot of people are interested, I can leave it as it is. I really like this story and I hope to finish this, though.

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