Chapter 3 – What happened at the tree?
I sat alone in the dark and cold room as I heard the Guardians looking for me. All I could do is sit there and weep at the bruises that Bunny had left. I opened my bag and pulled out a tiny tube that read "Insta-Skin" and coated my bruises, covering them and dulling the pain. I heard the sounds of Bunny's huge paws on the floor outside my door. I sat on the broken bed and heard the door.
"Evan! I'm so sorry! I didn't know you survived, or how! I thought you were Pitch!" he said approaching me and about to hug me but stopped a few inches from me as I curled tighter into the ball, hiding from his touch. He backed up and spoke to me cautiously, like his words were needles.
"You smell of Pitch….what happened? Did he hurt you?" he said sending a googie to the others to signal he had found me.
"N-No….he just…..kinda…." I said and then sighed. I began explaining how Hal and the nightmare made me go to the tree, and how Pitch had tried to use me. Bunny occasionally looked at me scared and hurt, but when I stood up, he grabbed me and looked into my eyes.
"Mate, don't ya worry. Manny told us how you are the newest guardian, but not that he saved you. Come on, let's go introduce you to the rest of 'em." He said, and walked with me back to the globe room.
We arrived and Jack was sitting in his staff, looking happier. North and Tooth were talking about me in the corner, and Sandy was napping in North's chair. Tooth and North saw me and waved, Jack met my eyes and grinned, running towards me and hugged me, his chest colder than mine, but just a bit.
"Everyone, this is Evan Hollow." Bunny said pulling me to the rest of the group. Tooth didn't seem to happy to see me, mostly because my candy damages teeth. North grinned broadly and hugged me, swinging me around in the air, making me blush heavily. Sandy seemed happy to see me, and shook my hand, smiling.
"So, Bunny, Jack, how exactly do you know him. And what happened exactly to make him the new spirit of Halloween" North said, crossing his arms and looking at them. Bunny chuckled and Jack just grinned at him, as they explained their friendship with me for nearly 2 years now.
"So, Evan is it? Would you like me to give the Jack treatment? The giant party and such?" he said staring down at me, with a suddenly strict look in his eyes.
"N-No…thank you, but I don't like being loud and making big ordeals…" I said looking up at him slightly scared.
"If you insist. It is late, no? We should rest. Your welcome to stay here, unless you have to go.' North said shrugging and nodding at a clock. I accepted his offer and walked off slowly to an empty room, and flopped down on the bed, drifting off. I awoke to a dark room and a loud chuckle, Pitch appearing over me.
"Hello again, you little brat." He said, grabbing my arms and pinning them to the bed, and tossing my bag of tricks aside, and looked down at me.
I blushed and struggled, my fear building and making Pitch grin and look into my eyes. "Let me go, please. What did I ever do to you?!" I said loudly, hoping someone would hear me and he chuckled.
"Other that blow my face up, nothing. But you just don't do that to me. No one does!" He growled out and said, picking me up and tying my hands with his black sand. He started pulling me into the shadows in my rooms corner. I formed a pumpkin with a help sign on it with an image of Pitch on it, just as we faded away.