Hello all and welcome back.

The nightmare stood and stared into Jack's eyes. Its eyes were cold and black. Much like a crows but less beady. It reared and brought its hoofs down next to Anna's head. It huffed a breath, almost challenging Jack. Footsteps were ringing out from the hall. Elsa, no. They were getting closer. The nightmares muscles surged, they had grow to almost double their size. It lowered its head, then reared back. Before it could bring its hoofs down on Anna's head, Jack frosted the space above Anna's head. The ice cracked and wobbled, but didn't break. Jack could feel his own fears creeping up on him. But he suppressed them, if he lets them show the nightmare would only become that much stronger.

The footsteps were almost right behind him. Now or never. Jack swung his staff striking the nightmare above one leg, the leg crumbled to the ground. The nightmare followed with a blast of power from his staff, he hits the it right in the chest and the rest falls to inactive black sand. Anna stopped shaking but was still asleep. Elsa pushed past Jack, "how could she be sleeping right now, I was worried you was dead, or worse."

"Worse?"

"I don't think I need to explain what's worse than death." She stared into space for a second, then walked back down the tunnel.

Jack lifted her body, she was light and her skin was stained with sweat. He carried her off to her room. Elsa sat in the throne room, thinking to herself, mainly about Jack. When Jack returned he looked shaken. "What's wrong Jack?"

"Oh its nothing I just have to leave. There are some friends I need to talk to."

Before Elsa could ask, Jack was standing and out the door. Elsa ran to the door, but Jack was no where to be found.

The wind grabbed Jack and pulled him from the ground, Jack steadied it, and forced it north. It was time to call a meeting. Since Jack didn't have a place to permanently he went to the next best place the large doors swung open and Huck called out "we got a problem".

North was on the toy floor inspecting some new toys. He turned to see Jack stroll through the door. "Time for a meeting?"

"Time for a meeting."

The grouped assembled. Tooth didn't brewing any fairies except for baby tooth. Bunny looked shocked that Jack called the meeting. Sandy was sleeping and North was eating cookies.

"OK guys, I'm just going to come out and say it plainly." Jack started, but he was interrupted by Bunny.

"Wait, I thought you were straight. You called a meeting to tell us this." Bunny looked pleased with himself.

"NO" Jack breathed in deeply " Pitch is back. Anna was just attacked by him, he left a nightmare to guard her. I destroyed it before Elsa saw it, but you guys remember they can smell fear?" Everyone nodded. "Well this one thrived on fear, Elsa must have been terrified of what she would find. Because that thing grew double their normal size." Sandys head flashed with dropping particles, sand.

"Yes Sandy there was black sand. A trail of sand, and bodys." Everyone gasped. North looked up into the night sky, the moon was passing overhead. its beams of silver light shining as bright as ever.

" What I don't get is three things. One why would Pitch attack Anna, why did he leave this nightmare and how, in easters name, is he back. the nightmares destroyed him."

"Did you see Pitch?" North stroked his beard.

"No, I had helped Elsa get back into the city. She went for a walk and got locked out. when i got there the two torches had blown out and she was terrified with her back the gate. When we got back." Jack stopped, but forced himself to continue "There was black sand in a line through the doors, and the guards were dead."

The moons light shined brighter.

"Wait, man in moon you're not going to…" North trailed off. There was a flash of silver light.

"He can't b, we just got Jack…" Tooth was astonished. Another bright light, than the room went still.

Sorry for the short chapter, and how late it's going up. i had some shopping to do, and its dead week sooo, thats fun. But that cliffhanger, and i need some time to think of what's happening next, leave a review if you would like, any creative direction would be loved, and credited. The next chapter goes up the day after tomorrow. (Hopefully)