The Chosen one

Chapter 4

A place beneath the bed

For twenty years I have not yet revisit Pitch's lair. I walked long miles in the icy remote area. North never knew where I was going and I would never tell because he would get angry at me. Jack would seriously be over his head if I told him. So! I will take the dangerous journey on my own. As I reached the black castle, I opened the door for the first time in twenty years. The sun rays beamed through the broken windows and dust flew around me making it very impossible for me not to sneeze. Every piece of black furniture was kept covered by white sheets. Except for one. The throne. The same throne Pitch sat in. I walked around the throne, searching for every detail and piece that held it together. The way the black shadowed the beams, I placed my fingertips and traced them around the detailed patterns.

I then headed over to the staircase and walked up the steps. The place was dense and silence. Some parts were a little scary due to the dark corners. As I walked up the steps I traced my fingers along the black wooden banister. Once reaching to the top I saw the doors to the room wide open. The sheets were never touched by anyone and it has sat there like that sense me and Pitch lied in the satin sheets. I headed into the master bedroom and traced my fingertips across the black marble counter top of both sink and tub. The shower still held soap scum on the glass frame door and the wall was still tanned sense I been here. A curtain covering the window made an illusion of a figure standing there. I walked towards it. And heard the bed room door slam shut. Startled I turned around breathing heavy. I hurried walking out of such a place. Somehow I found myself crawling out of the dirt. And from under the bed. Breathing heavy and faster I was tired.

I walked along way back to the pole. "Ah! Mary? Where have you been huh?" North grabbed me by my shoulders and kissed me on the cheek.

"The…store."

"Yes. I can tell." I finally felt some great relief. Jack came into the main lobby.

"Where were you?"

"The store." I swallowed as I looked at North and then back at Jack. I fiddled with my purse. I could not help but lie as if I have no choice.

"Mary come." Jack grabbed me by my wrist. "Come here. I want to talk to you about someone." I looked at him with wide eyes.

"Why?"

"I leave you two alone." North left the room.

"Where were you? Honestly. I know your lying because you are playing with your purse."

"Why should it matter Jack? If you want to know where I was. I went to Pitch's lair."

"You lie!"

"No!"

"You lied!"

"Jack! I have not lied to you really, this is the first one. Please I went to visit the place for memories."

"Memories? What kind?"

"The kind sense I have been in high school, the only kind sense I met him. He was like a prince than a king. He loved me for being myself. I wish…I wish Jack that someday North can forgive him and make him free. I love him."

"You still love…Pitch." Tears rolled down his cheeks and before they reached the surface of his chin, they frosted and turned into a snow flurry. He scratched his forehead by his fingertips and pointed.

"Please."

"How could you love a man who is just controlling and can't keep his life under control? He has a daughter like you said! That left him for good. He had a wife like you said Mary and she jumped out of a window!? I understand he never made this shit up! But! For over three hundred years stuck in this…body I can't believe you are in love with him. He will kill you in every way he can Mary. It is my job as a guardian to protect you. Jamie and the rest are scared of him still and you should too."

"He won't kill, but he will kill your dreams."

"Am I your dream?"

"Yes."

"Then he must be killing this dream already." Jack shook his head in disappointment and flew away. He flew into an empty room and slammed the door shut. I closed my eyes for a moment listening to a soft sobbing sound of Jack crying. All I could do was let my own tears trace my face. I hurt him so bad, the young man was crying and yelling for the moon to help him. I ran upstairs to see him, I flung the door open. "You say you love him, be with him."

"No. No. Jack. I cannot like you said be around a man who scares children and forgets his own child." I kneeled beside him placing his head on my shoulder.

"No more. No more of him. He belongs in hell."

"He is in hell." Jack lifted his head up and kissed me passionately. I fell on my back hitting my head on the floor. I wrapped my arms and legs around him as he hugged me tightly and kissing me. He took his hands and ripped my dress off. As I thought it was the icy hands, the hands got warmer and I looked down and saw gray hands. As I looked back up it was Pitch again smirking. I looked down at my hands as I felt wet liquid. The wet liquid was blood. I looked back at him and the figure was gone and went back to being just Jack all of this time.

"No!" I pushed Jack off. He looked at me confused.

"What?"

"I can't…put your clothes on." I fixed my dress before heading back to Jacks room.

"Wait! Mary!? Why are you running away from me!? Was it something I did?" I ignored him and folded my arms. I could not believe this. It was all a hallucination. Pitch cannot be the one causing all of this, sense my last visit it was all fine and now I'm seeing him too many times. The blood on my hands I did not know how and where it came from. Pitch has his ways to get to me. Maybe Jack could help me, I don't really know what to say to him. I just need time to think and be alone. Maybe, just maybe it could all just be him trying to get me till I make up my mind. Pitch has been a jealous one for the longest. As I sat there I heard a stomp from someone's heavy feet. "Mary? Open up! It's me north." I wiped my tears and tried to cover my breasts as my lose dress kept falling. As I got myself ready I told North that he could come in.

North came in and stared at me with worried eyes. He placed his big hands on both of my shoulders and kneeled down to my height. He sighed before speaking. "I know you don't want to hear this…But! Pitch escaped from prison."

"What! How!?" My eyes widen with tears about roll down. I did not know how to say anything anymore to both him and Jack. I was stuck in another nightmare.

"They don't know, Tooth looked it up and she found a paper stating that the man in black has escaped from prison. He is on the most wanted list."

"No. No!" I hugged him tightly as I let my tears fall onto his red coat. I am scared. I know…I know everything is going to be alright. It's just him. North and I sat there for a moment hugging that was until Jack came in. "I'm not the one who want to bust in, but I am going to find more info on why he did what he did and where he is at?"

"Jack?" He came in and tapped on North's shoulder.

"Sorry. She was tearing up and scared so I comfort her."

"I know…thanks North." North took a step back and Jack put his hands around my waist and I placed my head on his shoulder. We rocked back and forth. "Aww they are so cute together." Tooth said while standing at the door.

"Yea. I like it better them two than just her and Pitch." North said with his arms folded. I looked up at Jack and kissed him.

"I'm going to lie her down. I want her to rest before anything worse comes."

"Jack! No! It's okay. I know what he is going to do."

"No! I am not going to lose you and see you go through what I went through."

"Jack!? I am fine. If this is what he wants then let me be with him. I might plan to send him back or maybe North could do something."

"I can't!" Jack yelled. North signaled Tooth to leave and North followed. As the door closed I clasped on the bed.

"Why!? Why can't I handle my own battles?"

"Because Pitch…Pitch will destroy you just like he did to me."

"Yea. He break your staff."

"No! He nearly killed me back in Antarctica."

"How!?"

"He…used his sand to strike me, and as it struck my chest, I fell back hard on an icy rock and fell. And not to mention, he hurt baby tooth."

"What!? How did he do it? I want to know!"

"He tried choking her." I gasped as I sat up on the bed.

"Killing her?"

"Yes." Jack placed his face in the palm of his hand. As we sat in silence we heard a loud bang. It sounded like a door fell down.

"Jack!?" He came over to me and whispered.

"Stay here. I am going to see what is going on."

"No!"

"Just…Just here." I curled up in a ball watching him leave my sight. The loud bang happened again. I closed my eyes hoping it was all a dream. I heard North's voice yelled out. Then I heard screams and screeches. A sudden knock on our room's door. I started panicking as I scrambled my way into the closet. I hid in the dark corner and waited until the door opened. I hoped that whomever crashed into the place won't be able to find me. "Pitch!? You better not bother her!" I heard Tooth yell. Then I heard a few men, I can also here Jacks voice yelling at them to let him go. Something was wrong. Pitch probably has North and Jack on hold.

"Pitch! You have thirty seconds to leave or we will…or I will take you down!" A few men laughed at Tooth's remark. I placed my hands over my mouth trying not to make a sound. The door was knocked down. "Let go!" Tooth was held captive too. I tried to scoot back close as I can to keep them from seeing me. I saw black and Pitch's black cloak.

"We can't find her sir."

"Take them downstairs and into the carriage! Make sure that they don't do anything sneaky."

"What about their weapons?"

"Break them." The men left and I was stuck hiding from Pitch. I watched him wonder around the room searching and tearing every piece of furniture and clothes. Then he stopped and turned to the closet. I left the door open by mistake.

"I know where to find you my love."

"No. please don't." I mumbled. Pitch stopped suddenly and really turned his head. He them came towards the opening. My heart was beating faster and faster each step he makes. I moved my foot and a clothing fell off the rack. Shit! Pitch rushed in and punched through all of the clothing. Pitch took his other hand and grabbed me by the hair. He dragged me out of the closet.

"Come on! Let's go home! You won't be needing to hide from me again!"

"What do you want!? Let me go!"

"No! I can't. You must have been so stupid if you think I was going to sit in a prison with nothing to do!"

"Ouch! You are hurting me!"

"You think that Jack could protect you!"

"Please!"

"Please!? Please? He he! You couldn't let me go could you? I know you wanted me to come back." Pitch lifted me up wedding style and carried me off down the steps. I did everything from biting him and hitting him. I felt like slipping out of his arms. Even the globe was teared down. It was all the start of another nightmare.