Odium Ardor
Disclaimer: Don't own Rise of the Guardians or any of the music that inspired me
A/N: Hello there dear readers! Due to an Alert by MelTheAngryVegan I have continued on this crazy quest to write a ROTG! Lol Thanks for the support I endeavor to write a likable story!
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I see the truth
I've given you my heart to break
I would die for you
I feel your body crawl
pale flesh for my devotion
true pain was all you ever meant
love will be a last emotion
-Black veil brides 'Die for you'
His eyes burned with an unholy light, He sighed and pressed a grayish hand to his own forehead;
"You are not the cause for the nightmares raging and using ice to their advantage?"
Wait Nightmares raging and using ice? Did I just hear that right?
"How would I control them? I think their beautiful and all but I don't want to get that close to them again."
His eyes narrowed as he looked at me between his fingers;
"Never mind your right, what would a foolish sprite like you know about Nightmares?"
Okay he didn't have to rub it in! But if he looked like this what did it mean about the power these Nightmares had? Would they drain every last drop of his essence if he continued to fight them alone? Did he need someone to watch his back?
"Do you need help?"
Pitches eyes roved over me for several uncomfortable moments as he allowed his hand to fall back to his side;
"You would offer me help after what I did to you?"
I nodded, so he did bad things-I was sure that he wasn't always in his right mind because of the fearlings and Nightmares that surrounded him. Was I seriously considering helping him? Yes, had I meant to offer my services? Nope, not one darn bit and yet I couldn't help but to want to help him- I knew what it was like to be alone, hell he'd pointed it out when I'd been angry and hurt. He'd been reasonable to me up until he broke his word and my staff, but without that I wouldn't have been able to defeat him or to become closer to the others.
"Sure."
Those things were good and all but if I was honest with myself it was more because Pitch seriously looked like he could use a rest, and if the nightmares were giving him problems then it wouldn't be long before they began to plague everyone else. I was a guardian and I had to protect the children after all from their menace.
"What will your friends think?"
He still sounded like he wanted to rip them a new one, but why didn't I get the same venom laced words? Why was he considering letting me help him?
"What they don't know won't hurt them."
He chuckled and took a deep breath;
"When they find out-"
I couldn't help myself as rage build up in me-how could he even say that to me? How dare he think that any betrayal on his part wouldn't make me attack him with every thing I had? No that wouldn't happen-the others would never find out;
"I won't help you if you tell on me-and if the deed is done I'll hunt you down."His eyes darkened and his face grew stony but he nodded all the same;
"Ah, but don't you think they'll notice something is wrong with you if you started chasing shadows?"
I snorted;
"They may like me now, but they hardly pay me much more attention-they still have jobs of their own to do, They won't notice."
Of course I could be wrong if getting the nightmares back into their rightful places took a long time. Than again we were immortal, what would they care if a few years passed? Would they even notice something was off about me?
"Ah, pity."
I didn't believe he truly meant that, but why had I told him that? Sure we were Immortal but there had to be a way to kill us…would he attempt to smother me? How long would it take the others to notice my passing?
"So, tell me what's been going on?"
Pitch gave me a bored look, one that told me I was being stupid. Honestly did he have to give me that look?
"Something changed my Nightmare's- something that made them wild and cold. With every step they freeze anything…they will not listen to me, they've even attacked me outright."
Okay this was pretty bad, Nightmares attacking Pitch Black? I'd seen how they fed off of his fears when we stopped his plan to take over-the plan that had made me a guardian. But if they were still this violent, what was stopping them from turning on every other living thing?