{This chapter is a whole page longer then the previous chapters, so I hope you enjoy it even more! I can't wait to write chapter 5 though, it's finally going to be all about dark Jack. But I digress! Here's the new chapter~~~ and once again

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Chapter 4: Plan Failed

Over the past few days after the meeting, weathermen all over the world have been saying how this has been the worst winter on record. The day before Christmas Eve, Jack took a break down in Antarctica. This was mostly to calm himself down and reserve some energy for the big day. While he was there he saw a group of penguins siding around and having fun, he remembered he used to love watching them play in the snow and sometimes he would join in! But that felt like a very long time ago. Now the sight of them made him mad. No one deserved to have fun in the snow he created. From a distance, he aimed his staff at one of the penguins and froze it in place. The other penguins went over to their frozen friend, after realizing why it wasn't moving some of them started to cry out in distress. Jack froze two more and the penguins went into a frenzy, frightened by the new threat. Jack laughed, but not in his old way when something was funny, but in a maniacal way.

The big day was here and Jack was more or less ready. He still hated Pitch, but he was willing to put that hate aside if he was actually able to get rid of the Guardians. However, that didn't make Jack feel any better about the plan itself. None the less, it was almost time; Pitch had just arrived to the agreed meeting spot.

A church bell tolled off in the distance signaling that it was midnight. "The time has finally come." Pitch proclaimed. "Start the storm, and remember to stay out of the fight. North should be here any minute now." He ordered, grinned wickedly. Jack flew up into the air; despite being mad at Pitch, he was tingling in nervousness and excitement. It was only a matter of time before the Guardians were gone, hopefully, then the cold and dark will take over and kids all over the world will believe in them, in Jack.

But that's not how it worked out. The Guardians had their suspicions about Pitch Black's return and his plan to bring fear back into the world. It wasn't until a week before Christmas that the Man in the Moon confirmed this and told them how Pitch was going to strike on Christmas Eve with the help of Jack Frost. The four were shocked that the fun loving spirit was on Pitch's side. However, this new information did answer a lot of questions, like why this winter was the worst one by far in the past 300 some years. The four spent the remaining week before Christmas preparing for a long hard battle that they were sure the two mischievous spirits were going to cause.

It was close to midnight, Christmas Eve, and North's Sled was ready to go. North stepped onto it and grabbed the reins with fierce determination to protect the children and stop Pitch from ever trying to come back ever again. Bunny hopped on reluctantly, he wasn't a fan of the thought of flying through the air at high speeds. Despite his fear, he settled in next to North without complaining, the children were way more important than his silly fear of heights. The thought of them loosing hope gave him courage to do his best to help them.

North looked at Bunny "You ready?" He asked in a thick Russian accent.

"As ready as I'll ev'a be." Bunny replied in an equally thick Australian accent.

The two looked over towards Sandy and Tooth who were going to fly alongside the sled. They nodded, remembering their plan to protect the sled and use their full straight to stop Pitch at all costs. It was time to go, North whipped the reins and the reindeer pulled the sled as fast as they could through the tunnel leading out of the North Pole headquarters. Within moments they were shooting into the sky at breakneck speed heading towards their first destination. Siberia, Russia.

Just as the storm Jack was gathering started to kick in, thick snow and heavy winds, he could see off in the distance a colorful flash of light coming from the porthole that North used to get around. He was here. Angrily remembering what Pitch had told him, he stayed up in the air, feeding the blizzard more power and staying out of the fight.

From Jack's vantage point he couldn't see that the other three Guardians were with him, but Pitch could. "No matter," Pitch thought "I'll just have to get rid of them all at once." He laughed out loud and used his nightmares, of which he now had over 50, to hoist him into the air to intercept and surround the Guardians. They were ready for him.

Pitch started off the fight by sending in some of his nightmares to attack at full force up front while secretly sending a group to seek up from behind. The Guardians accepted the challenge and began their own attack. Tooth went first, faster than a bullet and wings sharper than North's blades, she cut through the first wave of nightmares with ease. Undeterred by how quickly the first mares were taken down, Pitch sent in an even larger group. As this larger round of nightmares came charging in, the Guardians were distracted. So the black horses that snuck in from behind made their move. The first one aimed for North's sack of presents while the others rammed the side of the sled. This caused the sled to tip dangerously; Bunny held on for dear life also making sure the bag was safe as well, not wanting his ride to end short with him and the presents falling far below. When the sled straightened out Bunny threw his boomerang at the nightmares as they were about to ram them again. North cursed as he tied the reins to the front of the sled and drew his swards. When Bunny looked up he saw that they were being attacked from all angles. The snow storm was doing its job, they had no idea they were coming until they were about to hit.

Luckily, Sandy was ready to take them on with his two dream sand whips and held them off long enough for the others to realize just how many of the nightmares there were. Twenty minutes of dream sand whipping, boomerang throwing, sword swinging, and flying through later and all but a handful of the nightmares were left. Pitch faltered, how could they be so strong?! Even with this storm whipping around them, they still defeated more than three fourths of his nightmares! "Fine, I'll just have to deal with them myself." He spat to himself. Pitch came up behind North, drawing up an oversized scythe made of black sand ready to attack, but Bunny saw him and warned North who in turn blocked Pitch's attack with both of his swards. Sandy used one of his whips on the scythe and converted it back to his own dream sand then used his other whip to tie Pitch's hands together.

"Give up Pitch; you are no match for Guardians." North spoke intimidatingly. Pitch was surrounded by all four of the Guardians; a flicker of fear crossed his face.

At that time, Jack couldn't hear the sound of fighting anymore so he risked slowing down the blizzard so he could see what was going on. Earlier, he could tell that there was more than just North fighting against Pitch and his nightmares, but when he could finally see through the snow he was surprised to see that all the Guardians were there and it did not look good for Pitch. He saw one of the nightmares charge in then come back out with Pitch on its back to make a getaway, the other nightmares followed close behind. It was clear what had happened. Pitch was too weak to take on the Guardians after all. Jack was furious again.

After Pitch's quick escape, the Guardians realized that the storm had almost stopped. "Where did that good fur nothin' brat go?" Bunny asked first. The others almost forgot that he was there in the first place.

"Why didn't he fight, like Pitch?" Tooth wondered out loud.

The others shrugged. It was odd, but it was also over. The whole battle took just over 30 minutes and North was running late on his deliveries. Bunny went with him just in case Jack or Pitch tried anything else, while the others went back to doing their usual jobs, and none of them thought too much about Jack for the rest of the night.

Back at his layer, Pitch was cursing to himself. It didn't make sense to him; he thought it was the perfect plan. "How could I have failed?!"

"I'll tell you how you failed." Jack revealed himself from the shadows. The nightmares were restless, he could tell they sensed Pitch wavering. The look of panic crossed Pitch's face at the sight of pure hatred emitting from the other being. Pitch's weakness made Jack sick.

"You're weak. Pathetic." Jack spat. "And there's one thing you should have done the whole time."

"What is that?" Pitch muttered, attempting to sound strong, but failed.

"You should have listened to me!" Jack charged at Pitch, slamming him against the far wall pinning him there. Jack's staff was pressed uncomfortably on Pitch's neck. The nightmares neighing in agreement and excitement, Jack continued, "You have done nothing but hold me back. You don't deserve to be called the "Boogieman". Let alone have any believers." He paused, shoving his staff down harder, and studied the look of horror in Pitch's face. "From now on, the only darkness and fear this world will have is me."

When Jack had finished talking, Pitch noticed that his body had been frozen from the neck down. His eyes filled with fear, the nightmares crowded around neighing with an evil laughing sound, watching as their former master's head started to be covered in ice. This was the end for Pitch and the nightmares had a new leader. Jack stepped back and observed his work. He laughed a bit then laughed harder and more maniacally. Jack Frost was broken, no longer the fun loving spirit he used to be.

{So yes, that was Chapter 4, what did you think? There is a possibility that the next chapter will be the last one. I mostly just wanted to write a fic about Jack going dark. I don't know. I'm open to some suggestions.

Thanks again for reading! }