Odium Ardor

Disclaimer: in first three chapters/don't own 30 seconds to Mars 'A Modern Myth'

A/N: Thank you so much for the support MelTheAngryVegan, JasonTodd'sGirl42 and the one hundred and two souls to look at this story!

! It really motivates me to write more lol My co-pilot has become inspired too and you can find her poems of ROTG here on our profile! I love getting her mad at me for sucking her into my obsessions lol

OH Yeah! Dusk will talk in italics! will be explained in story!

Did we create a modern myth
Did we imagine half of it
What happened then, a thought for now

Save yourself
Save yourself
The secret is out
The secret is out

To buy the truth
And sell a lie
The last mistake before you die
So don't forget to breathe tonight
Tonight's the last so say good-bye

The secret is out

Good-bye

30 Seconds to Mars 'A Modern Myth'

Bunny frown at me from the ground, of course it might have been Dusk he was frowning at since she was next to me in the tree- don't ask me how a horse could be in a tree but hey here we were Dusk in a tree;

"Jack stay still there's a Nightmare behind you."

He sounded really tense and to some extent frightened- which made Dusk oh-so-giddy with the intoxication she gained from fear- she and Pitch both talked about it like it was alcohol or sweets or well really anything that made people happy and loopy.

"Bunny don't attack her."

The frown deepened;

"Are you crazy? What did it do to you?"

Dusk whinnied and tossed her mane of shadow hair;

This one speaks rudely!

I sighed;

"Now you've gone and done it."

"What?"

Can I bite him?

"Wha, no Dusk you can't do that!"

Aw your no fun-wait aren't you the spirit of fun! How shameful! no fun Jack they'll call out!

I felt my lips tug up even though I was slightly irritated at her words;

"No ones talking mate!"

Okay that was strange-didn't he hear her? I mean she was insulting him after all.

Maybe he can't hear me?

I sighed;

"Well if he can't hear you why can I?"

She tilted her head and thought for what felt like forever before speaking;

Maybe the Pooka is stupid?

I snorted;

"That's the best you can come up with Dusk? Shame on you!"

She snickered and rose up on her hind legs when a boomerang almost hit her;

"Bunny! I said don't attack her!"

Dusk cantered and stilled as Tooth darted out of no where to push Dusk away from me;

"NO! Stop it guys! Dusk are you alright!"

She screamed her anger at the others as they attempted to corner her- I lashed out creating a wall of ice between them and her;

"Run Dusk!"

She Galloped away as fast as she could- the others turned to me;

"Why are you protecting a bodgy Nightmare mate!"

Tooth frowned at me and then Bunny who seemed seriously steamed about Dusk.

"Dusk wasn't going to hurt me! I've been around her for weeks!"

Oops, maybe I shouldn't have said that?

"Weeks...Jack whats going on?"

Tooth asked meekly;

"He's gone nuttier than my Chokkie eggs is what's happened!"

I shook my head at Bunny's words;

"I'm not crazy, Dusk is good even though she's a Nightmare."

Bunny scoffed at my words but it was true- Dusk was good, she didn't hurt people, both her and Pitch explained that they fed off the fear, it made them whole in a manner of speaking. Dusk had heard once a quote by a mortal that she liked and used to explain herself;

If there is no darkness

than there is no light,

If there is no light

there is only darkness

I thought that suited all of us, Guardians and Pitch. Without him we wouldn't be around, and without us he'd be all there was.

"You know what, I'm leaving- you just don't understand!"

And I let the Wind pick me up carrying me to god knows where.

Australian Slang used by Bunny

Bodgy- of inferior quality

Chokkie- Chocolate