"What goes together better then cold and dark?! We cane make them believe! We'll give them a world where everything, everything is-"
"Pitch Black?"
"...and Jack Frost, too. They'll believe on both of us."
"No they'll fear both of us, and that's not what I want! Now for the last time, leave me alone!"
"Jack... what do you want? You say 'leave me alone' but you don't want to be alone."
Jack stopped, and turned around, glaring as if to attack.
"You know Jack, you know how much fun children have while watching a scary film or going on a scary ride? Children love fear, Jack, we don't need to hurt them Jack, not the way you think."
Jack shook his head "does nightmares are not fun!"
"Then I wont use them any more, Jack, I used to them to get rid of the Sandman, but if it makes you happy, I'll stop. They can have peaceful dreamless nights, and I can feed of the fear they have while they have sleigh rides with you, that mix of joy and fear."
Jack's eyes widened and he looked up at Pitch who was smiling at him "how does that sound?"
"How do I know I can trust you?"
Pitch pulls our baby tooth, and released her "I'll release them all, every single one of does baby tooth, I'll take away the nightmares, and all that I ask is that you help me to rid the world of believe of does guardians."
Jack looked hesitant "wont that get rid of them?"
"It will only leave them like you or me, and not even that cause they wont be alone, think about it Jack, they left you alone for so long. Now it's our turn to play with the children, and there turn to hide and wait!" Pitch shouted "it is the only way Jack, the only way you will ever get what you want and over come that one truly bad fear of yours" Pitch smiled.
Baby tooth flew into Jack hood and shook her head, trying to convince Jack to say no. But Jack had already been convinced he looked up at Pitch and nodded "but nobody will get hurt" he said.
"Of course not, Jack, I am strengthened by fear, not pain."
Jack leaned against the wall, which was now covered in frost. He was in Pitch lair where baby teeth ran around the floor. Jack choose to ignore them knowing that they would find there own way out eventually, they seemed to be trying to get him come with them but he refused.
"Three... two..." Pitch whispered grinning as he stared at the globe.
Jack crossed his arms rolling his eyes "no need to sound do excited" Jack mumbled pressing his head against the wall, he heard a squeak as he pressed too much weight against his hood "hu? Oh sorry baby tooth" he whispered getting her out of his hood putting her in his pocket instead. She glared at him but when he grinned she couldn't stay angry and just hid inside the pocket to sulk.
"So who is the lucky last light?" Jack said approaching the globe.
Pitch shook his head "I don't know every child in the world by memory... I used to do" he said, shrugging. Jack chucked looking at the light and stopped laughing.
"Jamie, Jamie Bernett" he whispered.
"Hm? You know him?"
"Yeah, he lives near my lake" he said "his great fun to play with, lovely kid" he said smiling.
"Yes, well we need to find a way to stop him believe... any suggestion?"
"I can sort it out" he said turning to leave "if I'm not back in an hour or what ever come looking for me, but I'll be back. This shouldn't be a problem" he said heading towards the old bed.
"Careful with the guardians, there probably still angry with you after the whole Easter thing" Pitch warned, making the desired effect as Jack held his staff tighter, anger towards the guardians filling his head as he fought of how they had refused to listen.
Jack landed on the window sill of the young child's room and poked his head in to see the child talking to his toy bunny.
"If you are real and it wasn't a dream, then you have to prove it, like, right now" he whispered, there was no reply "I've believe in you for a long time, okay? Like, my whole life in fact, so you kinda owe me now" he picked the bunny up "you don't have to do much, just a little sign so I know" there was still no reply "anything... anything at all..."
Finally Jamie gave in and threw the bunny to the floor "I knew it."
Seeing the child begin to cry, Jack felt the urge to correct the child, tell him the guardians where real. In fact he had to back away to stop himself from doing so "I'm sorry Jamie" he whispered "but it will be ok, you just wait and see, we will have lots of fun soon" he whispered.
He stood there and watched the child for a few minutes longer, then he turned hearing shouts followed by a crash. He flinched as he saw the reindeer run of "now I understand you Bunny" he said holding back from laughing.
"Jack!" North shouted seeing the boy. He looked happy. Jack hesitated then landed, they didn't know about him being with Pitch yet, not that it mattered, from the look of them, Tooth not being able to fly and North using the swords for support, he could easily get away.
"What you doing here?"
"I... came to see the last believer" he answered, no lie.
"Ah, where is he?"
Jack pointed to the window "but it is too late North, he stopped believing already" he explained. Seeing the horrified faces of the two guardians he almost said sorry then remembered what Pitch said about them.
"I-I... oh..." Tooth whispered.
"What?" Bunny shouted, Jack looked around trying to spot him and had to cover his mouth to hide his smile when he jumped out onto the wring of the sleigh "what do you mean he ain't believing in us no more?!" Bunny demanded "what did you do Jack?!"
"Bunny!" Tooth scolded.
"Jack did nothing, he couldn't have, right boy?" North said.
Jack levitated so he was out of reach "well, actually, the hamster's right" Jack said not being able to hide his grin any longer.
"What?!" The three guardians all asked at once.
Jack was finding this a lot more comical then he expected and had to hold back from bursting into laugher "you see, the boy was asking for a sign, I probably could have figure out something but... well you gave me the impressions I shouldn't be interfering earlier" Jack said.
Bunny's eyes widened "you just let the child stop believing?! Just because I shouted at you! You little! How could you?!" Bunny shouted jumping up and down as if trying to get at Jack.
Jack laughed "well, Bunny, you've held a grudge on me for much longer" he pointed out still grinning.
"That ain't the same, you could 'ave ruined Easter!"
"Perhaps, but I didn't. You know, you are all so upset right now, but what happened to you now is only what I've been forced to live though throughout the last three hundred year, and worse, I was alone" he pointed out remembering what Pitch said.
"None of you bothered to interfere then, to perhaps tell me why I wasn't scene or heard, so why should I interfere now, and help you out?" he asked.
None of the guardians to give him an answer and this made Jack very happy, because it completely washed away the guild and doubt he had before "exactly."
"Jack, listen if this all ends well, we'll help you, ok?" Tooth looked up at him.
"Too late, Tooth, I found someone else to help me" he said and looked towards the sky, the clouds covered the moon and he knew he had been gone for an hour "right, Pitch?"