THE DARK AGES
(i did read only "sanderson mansnoozie" book of William Joyce so don't judge me on the others...by the way...the title speaks itself ;) the fic is focused mainly on Sandy's and Pitch's backstories as i wiew them...well enjoy...)
PROLOGUE: CURIOSITY"hey" no answer...
"hey" no answer...
"BUNNY!" screamed Jack as Bunny jumped from the table he was sitting on, glaring daggers at Jack in anger
"what do you want?! Don't you see that i'm busy?" Bunny said waving his arms around as Jack rolled his eyes
"yeah, i see how you're busy...playing chess with North" said Jack as Bunny mph'd
"really, i had a question..." Jack began earning North's attention as well as Bunny's
"remember when Pitch attacked the tooth palace right?" asked Jack
"yeah of course...why?" said Bunny, busy to find a move to defeat North
"when we were there, you mentioned the dark ages..." began Jack "what did you-" Jack was cut off by North
"CHECK-MATE!" screamed North as Bunny face-palmed looking at the table hatefully as elves jumped around in happiness at the victory of their boss...
"you promised you were going to ride in my sleigh one time if you'd lost" said North as Bunny's eyes went wider
"damn..." he muttered under his breath thinking of an escape way
"i tought you said you had a question Jack" Bunny said turning back to Jack as the other played with his staff
"i asked you what did you mean with dark ages" said Jack again as Bunny looked nervously at North before looking back to the winter-spirit
"it was time when the bogeyman had a lot of power" said North, with his russian accent, in attempt to ease the situation
"yeah, i got that. But what happened exatly?" asked Jack as Bunny's ears went down at the momories
"why do you want to know?" North asked as Jack freezed an elf on the ground near him
"because, if i'm now a guardian, don't you think i should know?! And besides...i'm curious" Jack said as North sighed
"well..." North began "we don't speak of those times often" he said as Jack went closer to the table, sitting down
"it was when the man in moon choose us, guardians" Bunny concluded as North nodded
"if you want to know better, you should go to tooth palace to ask for our memories...but before, a warning..." North said getting close to Jack
"those memories are full of sadness and sorrow..." said North "for that each one of us, lost something in that era" finished North as Bunny cut in
"yeah, i don't think you should watch them...it's just past" said Bunny
"no Bunny, Jack has to know..." North said
"c'mon then, to the sleigh!" North said as Jack ran after him, leaving a bunnymund dumb-struck in the room
"Bunny..." North echoed from the corridors "pay you're bet" North remembered him as Bunny tensed up
"fine, fine i'm coming" he said as he ran off with the others
flying up in the sky, North grabbed his snow-globe and called for "tooth palace" and they transported.
Of course the tooth fairy was rather busy, and Bunny was about to throw up but Jack needed to know the past in order to face the future, along with the guardians
"a right molar in Milan, and another in London" said the tooth fairy counting teeths and helping the little fairies to put them in their places...
"hello Tooth" said North as the tooth fairy noticed him in the corner..
"hey North" said Tooth "and Bunny, and Jack! Oh gosh, did something happen?" asked Tooth a little out of breath from her activities
"no, no...well..." North began as Bunny's ears went down again
"don't tell me something happened to Sandy...again" Tooth then said, as North smiled
"no, actually Jack wanted to see some momories..." North said as Jack nodded
"but he saw his already" Tooth said looking at Jack
"he wants to see memories about the dark ages" said North as Tooth gasped
"the dark ages? Why?" asked Tooth but then let it go "fine just give me a minute" said Tooth as Jack nodded
"shouldn't we ask Sandy first?" asked Bunny at North "for his permission as well?" Bunny then finished
"you're right...all of the memories are almost his" said North as Jack nodded
"i'll go to him" said Jack heading straight into the sky looking for a small gold-cloud in order to find Sandy
_30 minutes later_
"found you" said Jack spotting a sandy cloud in the sky
"hey Sandy" said Jack as Sandy greeted him "i have to ask you permission for something" said Jack as a question mark appeard on Sandy's head
"i asked the others if i could see your memories about the dark ages and they told me to ask you for it" said Jack as Sandy's smile faded...
after a couple of seconds he nodded with a sad smile on his face
(i'll come with you) Sandy sand-way said as Jack nodded and the both of them headed back to the tooth palace.
Once arrived, Sandy was greeted by the others as Tooth came back with the memories in hand
"woah...this is bigger than the one with my memories" Jack said examining the memory-holder...it was about the double compared to the one that held his memories and, unlike the others that had all a wonderful and bright color, this one was just dark grey with a shade of black on the back...
"yes, Jack...it is because there are the memories of Pitch and Sandy together...ours are only at the end...i tought Sandy's memories are the best ones to understand that time because...well you'll see for yourself why..." said Tooth as he held the object at Jack with trembling hands at the idea
Sandy approached Tooth and pressed his small arms over hers in a reassuring way and gave her the warmest of his smiles. Seeing that Sandy was trying to confort her, she calmed down and smiled back at him giving the memories to Jack who kept them close...
"before you go..." said Tooth "remember that this are just memories...no-one will hurt you but nobody will see you as well" said Tooth as Jack nodded.
"don't worry, i think i'm kind of used to that" said Jack with a little smile as Tooth and the others stepped back a little
(okay then) thought Jack before activating the memories...
he didn't knew yet but he was going to expiriece another adventure
the golden age and the dark ages
all in a memory of the once, general of great glory
now the worst villain of them all
and the story of a poor and little star
becoming...the one and the last sandman