Jack POV

I blinked in surprise, still soaking in what just happened, Shine's screams echoing in my head. Sandy poked me and I snapped to attention, my fingers tightening around my staff.

"SHINE!" I yelled, letting the wind drop me. I sped after her, spiraling towards the ground. "LET! HER! GO!" I screamed, shooting an icicle towards Pitch.

He dodged it easily, which was a win-lose situation for him. The dodge broke their fall, and Shine crumpled to the ground, Pitch exploding into black dust and flying through different directions. I landed next to her and knelt down. "Shine? Hey, Sunny, are you okay?"

Shine moaned, the saddest and weakest sound I've ever heard come out of her mouth. She looked up at me, and I gasped. It was quite unlike her,she refuses to ever show any weakness in front of us. Now here she was, looking up at me with tears in her eyes and blood dripping from her cheek. My staff fell from my hand and clattered to the ground.

"What did he do to you?" I whispered.

"I...I have no idea. But when he was pulling me down, there was dust flying around me, scratching at my skin. I don't...I don't think it was that bad. I'm fine," she muttered, lifting herself off the ground and grabbing her staff. She grunted as she picked my own staff up and held it out to me. She grimaced and my staff fell out of her hand. She clutched her hand, glaring at the staff.

"What the hell is wrong with that? Why did it shock me?" she curled her fist and uncurled it again.

I shrugged, picking the staff up. "Don't as me! Where did Pitch go?"

Shine shrugged, wiping blood off her face and pulling her sleeve over a cut on her shoulder. "He just...exploded."

"More like disappeared, I doubt he would just combust like that," I said, looking around, holding out my staff, ready to attack.

Sandy landed next to us, pointing at the trees. "What's in there, Sandy?" I asked.

An evil laugh echoed through the trees, and suddenly, Pitch was there, stepping into the light. "I failed to kill the daughter of my sworn enemy, huh?"

"What do you have against my father?" Shine asked, pointing her staff at him warningly.

"Light, darkness, I think you can connect the dots!" I muttered. "Or are you too stupid to even know that?"

"STAY OUT OF THIS, FROST!" she spun around, glaring at me and smacking me in the leg with her staff. I pushed her staff away and kicked her in the shin.

"I'm standing right next to you, how am I supposed to stay OUT of this?!"

"BECAUSE IT'S NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS!"

"WELL IT IS NOW!"

"JUST BECAUSE YOU HEARD US TALKING ABOUT IT DOESN'T SUDDENLY MEAN YOU UNDERSTAND ALL OF IT!"

"WELL, OBVIOUSLY I UNDERSTAND MORE THAN YOU DO!"

"LISTEN, FROSTY THE DOPE-MAN-"

"YOU GOOD FOR NOTHING HEAT WAVE-"

"Are you two quite finished?" Pitch groaned, leaning against a tree, the malicious look originally on his face was replaced by a look of boredom. Slowly, in unison, Shine and I turned around.

I cleared my throat and whispered to Shine; "We'll save this for later."

"Agreed," she muttered back before crouching in battle position.

"Alright. With all of that out of the way..." Pitch cackled, throwing his hands in the air. Shine squealed as she was thrust into the air, grabbed by invisible and hands. She dangled in the air, her staff falling from her hands. I grunted as I was thrown into the air too, but I held tightly onto my staff. I struggled, trying to break free from the invisible hands.

"FROST!" Shine yelled. I glanced over at her, and she winked. I raised an eyebrow, and she closed her eyes, her face turning a bright red. Her whole body shook, tense and focused. Suddenly, a bright light burst from her body, and she straightened her body, yelling. The light burned brighter as it wrapped around her. She screamed louder, the light nearly blinding me. What is the freaky light girl DOING?!

Then I gasped as the light around her reached it's full power. Pitch yelled and covered his eyes, but I squinted through it, staring at one thing and one thing only.

The shadows of the invisible hand.

I twisted my wrist, pointing my staff at the shadow without moving my arm, which was pinned down against my body. I shot an icicle, and the hands exploded, and shine tumbled to the ground and fell with a loud and sickening THUD! She reached out and grabbed her staff, rolling onto her hip and hitting the hands that bound me, and I controlled the wind to lower myself to the ground.

"WHAT?!" Pitch screamed as the lightness overwhelmed him.

I elbowed Shine gently, and she looked up at me. I grinned. "Good idea, with the light thing."

Shine panted, her lips pulling into a smile. "Thanks...I'm...not...sure how...I...did it." She clutched her stomach, gasping for breath. I stepped in front of her protectively, pointing my staff at Pitch.

"Alright, I'm getting sick of your stupid tricks, Pitch! They are too easily foiled!" I growled, and Pitch chuckled.

"Easily foiled? I'm just getting started, Jack Frost."


North sat up with a start, gasping. Slowly, he looked around, making sure to stay quiet. He saw a young boy in his bed, Bunnymund sprawled out on the ground, and Tooth leaning against the dresser, each one asleep. North rubbed his big blue eyes, yawning and stretching. Scratching his back as he stood up, he realized Jack, Shine, AND Sandy were missing. He instantly turned to the window and groaned.

The window was wide open, the curtains swinging in the wind. He heard a scream off in the distance. Tooth and Bunnymund sat up with a start.

"What could that be?!" Tooth asked.

"Where's Sandy and the kids?!" Bunnymund gasped, eyes widening as another scream pierced the air.