Note: Rise of the Guardians' characters belong to Dreamworks Animation. Original characters belong to me.
Chapter 1
Darkness had surrounded Pitch, it had enveloped him ever since that one cold morning. Now, his own fear had been eating away at him and he blamed it all on the Guardians, but for some reason, he blamed himself.
"How did I get into this mess?" he asked himself and one of the night mares seemed to hear him.
"All I ever wanted was to be believed in, but why must I be hated?" Pitch asked the black sand horse.
Just then, he felt a force pulling him away from the blackness and in one minute, he was out of his fears and entered into the light.
Pitch looked around, he was in some kind of court-room setting; the walls and tables were marble white and in the seats were the other Guardians, including North, Jack Frost, Bunnymund, the Sand Man, and Tooth.
"Pitch Black," a mighty voice spoke and the boogeyman knew that voice, it was of the Man in the Moon.
Then, a figure appeared; he was white as marble, he wore majestic white robes and a shiny crown rested atop his head. The Man in the Moon had a long, white beard and hair, but he had muscles. He looked like a god from Greek mythology.
Pitch stood forward and bowed his head to his master. "You have been brought here to have your fate decided," the Man in the Moon said.
"Why don't we erase him out of existence?" Jack Frost asked, but everyone looked at him.
"That is not an option, he needs to learn about his mistakes," North replied in his thick, Russian accent.
"I have," Pitch said to them. "I just wanted to be believed in as much as you are, but the children hate me and fear me. I honestly wish that some of them would believe and admire me."
The Man in the Moon rubbed his chin, "So, you are saying you wished to be loved?" he asked.
Pitch gave a sigh and answers, "Yes."
The other Guardians looked at one another; they were the ones who were loved the most and Pitch was the feared one.
"Pitch Black," the Guardians' master said to the boogeyman. "I'll give you this one chance to prove yourself that you can be loved. However, you need to change your ways. I have decided that you can make bad dreams to children who deserve it."
"But, how does that make me be loved?' Pitch asked.
"That I am getting to; I have decided to assign you to watch over a young girl living in the English countryside. She believes that you do exist, but you have good intentions," the Man in the Moon said, "If you show how good you are to her, you will be forgiven and I'll assign you to be Guardian of, not just bad dreams and fear, but of the holiday, Halloween."
The other Guardians were surprised, so was Pitch and he stared at his master.
"What is this girl's name?" he asked.
"Grace, Grace Dawson. She has a gift in art and you will be surprised at her work," the Man in the Moon replied. "Before I forget, I have something for you."
The god pointed to the ground and swirling mist appeared. It whirled around and then, it desperate, revealing a beautiful, black Pegasus with fiery brown eyes and strong muscles.
"This is Erebos, he will watch your ever move and take you from place to place," the Man in the Moon said.
Pitch touched the majestic creature's neck, it was hard as stone and the fur was soft, but the black coat shined like a gem.
"You have one year to prove yourself, this court of Guardians will re-commence one year from today. Dismissed," the Man of the Moon said and everyone left the court room.
Erebos nudged at Pitch, as if ordering him to move and the boogeyman obeyed. Then, the Pegasus whinnied and moved one of his wings, opening it up to reveal an English-style, leather saddle.
"You want me to get on?" Pitch asked and Erebos neighed.
The boogeyman did get on the saddle and then, Erebos flapped his wings and he was airborne and he ascended away from the marble courtroom.