Chapter 3: Who's There?

Jamie was standing on his lawn like he always was, and was playing in the snow by himself. I walked up to him thinking I could have some fun with him. "Hey kiddo," I greeted. Once Jamie saw me his face fell, seeming much darker than before.

My eyes narrowed and I took a step back. Jamie glared and me, his eyes forming tears at the sight of me. "Jack how-how could you hurt me like this?" he shouted, his eyes not leaving my icy ones.

My heart broke instantly in half.

I said, "what are you talking ab" – "Just stop talking Jack! I don't trust you anymore! Not what after you took from me!" His eyes were becoming more distance, as if he wasn't even talking anymore.

I couldn't even speak. I didn't steal anything! My hands shook at what he threw at me. A dog bowl lay in front of me, with the dog's name neatly printed on the metallic object.

It spelled Goldie.

My hands shook and I said, "Don't worry Jamie," I didn't want him to stop believing in me, "I have her with me I'm sure she's here somewhere." I turned around but she was no where in sight.

Jamie screeched, "Y-You lied to me! You said she was okay! This is all your fault Jack!"

My eyes widened, Jamie was balling his eyes out on the ground, and his nose was turning red. I had never seen him so worked up before.

"Why didn't you tell me the truth!? Why did you lie?!" he repeated, and pointed his shaking hand towards a pile of snow. I had a sickening burning feeling in my stomach as I walked towards the small hill of snow.

Goldie was lying there.

Her eyes were lifeless, and still lay opened. Her neck was turned in a wrong angle, and blood was splattered from her muzzle to the clumps of red snow surrounded her.

She wasn't breathing.

My body trembled as I knelt down. How did this happen? I did this? H-how could have I done this? My eyes were watering at the sight of her face. Fer lifeless face.

She was dead. Completely gone. I touched her fur and immediately pulled my hand away. Her fur was even colder than my hands.

My breaths shuddered as I turned and stared into Jamie's eyes.

Jamie's face was becoming darker by the second and I didn't know what to say. I was speechless.

"I will never forgive you Jack! I will never never never never NEVER forgive you!" he screamed as he kicked my motionless legs. He ended up on the cold icy ground sobs escaping his breaths.

"JUST LEAVE AND NEVER COME BACK AGAIN! I DON'T BELIEVE IN YOU ANYMORE!" he roared his voice piercing my heart as if he stabbed me.

Suddenly, a dark figure loomed behind Jamie and I shouted for him to look out but he didn't listen to me. A skinny arm came from the shadows patting the little boy on the back. "That's right Jamie forget about Jack Frost… he doesn't love you anymore," his voice whispered in the winds, causing shivers up my spine.

Pitch's pale face appeared behind Jamie and wide smile plastered onto his long skinny face. My body shook at the sight of him touching Jamie.

I screamed to Jamie and started to search for my staff but it was no where in sight. When I looked back to them Jamie's eyes were becoming darker, and as lifeless as Goldie's.

"That's right Jamie…forget," Pitch melodically placed his pale hand on the side of Jamie's face that was turning paler by the second.

I tried to grab Jamie but my arm went through him as if I wasn't even alive anymore.

I screamed at the top of my lungs as Pitch's hands caused blood to drip from Jamies forehead lightly cascading down his check.

Pitch let his hand fall down and Jamie tumbled onto the ground, as if he were a doll waiting to be carried.

"JAMIE!" I screeched as I rushed towards him.

Pitches face appeared behind me, and I noticed Jamie's face looked the same as Pitch's. I turned to the other Pitch who grinned at my narrowed eyes. His voice dripped like venom, "Oh little Jack little Jack, Jamie doesn't believe in you anymore, remember?" I cursed at him and turned back to Jamie who still looked like Pitch.

"Silly Jack. Now are happy about what you did?" my face turned, my eyes getting smaller by the second, my heart beating faster than I could imagine, "Are you ready to pay the price for what you did my little Jack?"

He placed his icy hand onto my shoulder.

Then everything went black.

I flashed my eyes open gasping for breath, my body trembling and dripping with sweat. I darted my eyes around the room, still seeing Pitch's creepy face grinning at Jamie's lifeless eyes. My heart hammered against my chest, and the images faded from my mind.

I was sitting on a bed, in a small room. My darting eyes narrowed at the sight of the window opened. I jumped out of bed and scampered towards the window with white curtains flowing around from the winds. I nearly stubbed my toe on my nightstand as I flinged myself to the open window.

Cool air brushed against my hot and sticky body as I peered out the window. The giant moon appeared close to the ground, even though it was far away in space, and the deserted tundra looked spacious and remote. No one was around. Relieved that Pitch wasn't here I looked back into the dark room. I still gasped for breath as I flopped myself onto the carpeted floor. I lay there for a couple of minutes as my heart pumped to reach blood.

I don't think I ever experienced my heart beating that fast. It was almost as if it was starting to hurt whenever it beat in the dream.

I shuddered.

I never experienced such a terrifying, skin crawling nightmare ever. At least not with familiar faces.

I lifted my pale hands up against the bright moon casting shadows in my room. They were still shaking.

I put my cold hands to my sides and checked the time flickering on the clock on top of my nightstand. It was 1:00 AM.

Once my heart began to pace normally, and my hands only shook a little, I decided to stand up. The cold air filled the entire room, so I decided to close the window so Goldie wouldn't freeze to death. Realization coming over me, I searched the room for the golden dog.

For a moment I froze thinking someone had taken her from me, then I when I looked on the other side of my bed, sitting on the floor I was Goldie sleeping peacefully on the ground. A sigh of relief came over me as I walked to her calming face. Her body lay normally, unlike in my horrifying dream and her ivory damp nose took in long breaths of air.

I beamed down at her for a quiet moment, and noticed how she lay her large body outstretched onto the side, as if she did it all the time.

And I'm sure she did.

I envied the fact she could dream peacefully without a nightmare nearly breaking her heart. I looked at my bed, thinking of what to do next, but the bed seemed much too scary at the moment. I would rather stay up instead of have another nightmare. So headed downstairs and took my time to reach the tea room, which was now completely cleaned up and organixed. I lazily sat down on one of the chairs and tapped my fingers against the table.

This was really boring.

My throat felt dry, and dehydrated from the energy-consuming dream so I walked to the kitchen in North's large station. The kitchen was filled with many foods as I looked into the fridge, but I settled on some chocolate ice cream from the freezer.

The one benefit of having a nightmare, were the treats that came afterwards. I poured myself a glass of water from the Brita container in the fridge and drank the cup quickly. I wiped my mouth from the water, and decided to refill another cup of water.

I drank the metallic tasting water and searched for a spoon in the many cupboards in North's kitchen. Why the hell do you need so many damn cupboards North?! I know your huge but do you seriously need 50 packs of Chewy bars? I cursed to myself, until I finally reached the utensils. I quickly grabbed a spoon and stabbed it into the ice cream.

I smiled victorious, before gulping down a bunch of cold icy piece of heaven into my mouth. My head spinned and burned from the brain freeze, but hell it was worth it to get my mind off things. I hungrily mumbled as I ate the tasty treat until I heard a door creak out of nowhere. I paused for a moment listening for any other sounds. Not hearing anything, I continued to eat greedily.

Then I heard it again coming from the living room with the giant plazma screen T.V. for, 'entertainment purposes,' North always said. Yeah, he just wants to watch the sports in 'High Definition.'

I questioned nervously my voice wavering and cracking slightly, "W-Who's there?" This better not be North or Bunnymund playing games, or else someone is definitely going to get hurt. And if it IS Bunnymund I'm sure Goldie would love to have another one of her chats with him.

I tiptoed towards the room, and stumbled slightly since I was getting pretty tired from the annoying day. But I guess it was yesterday since its 1:00 in the morning! It was pitch black, and I didn't bother to even remotely find the light switch. There were a gazillion lights in this place, so I don't even try anymore.

I saw the leather couch and a small nightlight plugged in a nearby outlet. It barely even lit the room but I decided to sit near it since I had a feeling I heard someone here.

I was getting pretty sleepy and before I even knew it my eyes were closing by themselves, and I had fallen into slumber. This time my dreams were blank, as they usually were and filled with nothing but darkness.

My worried nerves relaxed and my tensed shoulders appeared more slouched as I fell drowsily onto the cool tiled floor. I heard footsteps coming toward me, but I didn't bother looking up. I knew if they were a threat I would be dead by now.

Or at least that's what I thought.

Writer's Note:

I know this seems short but I really didn't want to continue or else it would be SUPER LONG! And I don't like it when my stories are a drag to read, so tell me what you think! Longer chapters or shorter? Tell me what you think! Oh and do you have any ideas who was there? Or what will happen next? Tell me your guesses! Also were you guys scared in the beginning?! Please tell me cause I'm don't know whether it seemed scary or not! XD Thanks for the support with reviews, faves, and follows! It means a lot! R&R!