"Shade?" he asked, looking at me in disbelief. I looked back at him.
"I'm sorry, do I know you?"
"You don't remember me?" he asked, sounding a little hurt.
"Um... No, I don't." I scrunched my eyebrows together in thought. His voice did sound familiar, but from where?
As I was trying to place a name to his voice, Pitch strode in.
"Ah, Jack..." He said disdainfully, coming over beside me. I looked at him incredulously. He put an arm around my shoulder and pulled me to him, almost protectively, which confused me even more.
"Um... Pitch?" I said.
"Get off her." Jack growled, raising his staff defensively. I looked between the two, trying to slip away from Pitch without him noticing. Luckily, Jack's threatening tone made Pitch step forward, releasing me.
"And why is that, Jack? Are you afraid?"
"I'm not afraid of you!" Jack yelled, staff sparking.
"No, but you're afraid for her." Pitch chuckled, moving through the shadows. I turned to look at Jack. Afraid for me?
Jack growled, and I decided to retreat to the shadows to avoid getting hit by anything.
"This isn't about me!" Jack shouted. "This is about Shade!"
"What about her? Why are you so attached, hm? She did cause you to fall through the ice. She did abandon your for 300 years. I bet she didn't even-" Pitch was cut off as i threw a shadow bolt at him, which he only barely deflected. They both turned to look at me, and i was suddenly aware of the tears pouring down my face.
"Shut up." I said quietly, wiping away my tears. "You have no right to say that. You think i wanted him to fall? I thought he died... you have no idea what pain..." I felt like curling into a ball and hiding, but i knew i couldn't. Not here, not now. i faced the wall. "Just shut up."
Jack looked sadly at me and then turned to Pitch.
"Burn in hell" He spat, walking over to me.
"Already there," Pitch grumbled, give Jack an almost warning look.
"Shade?" He came closer to me.
"Go away."
"Come on, whats wrong?"
"Your wrong. In the head. I said go away."
"Shade, I-" I turned around fast, startling him.
"Jack Overland Frost." I said, adding an edge to my voice. "I swear to the heavens, one more step and i will personally deliver your broken soul to Hazel."
Jack winced and took a step back.
"Haha! She hates you!" Pitch yelled over at us. Jack gritted his teeth and raised his staff.
"Pitch?" I said.
"Yes?"
"Shut up."
He fell silent. Jack looked at me, awed.
"I'm going to count to three, and if you're not on the other side of the room, I will call up Hazel." I threatened, turning around.
"One..." Footsteps.
"Two..." Shouts. I frowned and turned around to see the two at war again.
"Get out, she's mine!" Pitch snarled, swinging with his nightmare scythe. Jack ducked and shot a blast of ice at the other spirit.
"Let her go, she's not a piece of property!" Jack said, blasting the scythe into dust. Pitch made a arrow and fired.
"She's a shadow spirit, she's my child."
"She's my friend, not your toy!"
"At least I didn't leave her sobbing over my dead corpse." Pitch snapped. Jack froze and lowered his staff just a bit.
"Low blow." I muttered, sinking into the shadows. I called upon my staff.
"You don't know what you're talking about." Jack said
"I know perfectly well what I'm talking about, Frost. I know your fears, and you fear she'll never take you back."
"Shut up."
"You fear that she won't love you anymore." I snuck up behind Pitch, holding my staff up
"Shut up!"
"You're afraid tha-" THUMP! Pitch crumbled to the ground. Jack looked around confused and saw me. His expression was so confused it was almost adorable. Almost.
"What- Why'd you do that?" Jack asked. I took a few steps back, letting my staff disappear for now.
"Leave me alone." I said, voice shaky. "I- I just- I need to get out of here." I turned and ran into the shadows, calling them to whisk me away. I couldn't even look back at the boy I used to love.