CHARAPTER 7: KATRINA: nightmare queen of Hyria's planet
"oh look guys" Katrina mentioned "there he is...your king of nightmares...but im afraid he's on the opposite side!" Katrina finished as the guardians approached
"who are you?" North asked
"so it's you that's running the fearlings" Jack conluded as she rolled her eyes
"oh my of course, and to your question" he motioned to North " i'm a fearling...a beautiful, loyal and powerful fearling!" she finished as Bunny and Sandy chuckled
"what are you lauging at?" she asked at the two as Sandy kept laughing
"B-Beautiful? hahah oh my god! too funny!" Bunny cried from laughing as the others returned serious
"no more jokes!" Pitch said drewing closer "i'm the nightmare king! you should obey to me!" he said to everyone
"and why?" Asked Katrina "for living in the shadows forever?" she asked as Pitch kept silent "no thanks! if you're going to stay there...remain where you are but don't drag us down with you..." she finished as "her" fearlings started to attack the guardians
"this fearlings are stronger than usual!" said Jack killing off two of them in one blow
"yeah!" said Bunny "and they're almost as fast as i am!" Bunny mentioned as he blew to bits 3 of them
"wait a second!" said tooth "where is Sandy?" asked her a little frightened
"he's there fighting with Pitch" Jack mentioned as the group raised their stare to look at the scenario...
Pitch and Sandy were fighting furiously against Katrina that laughed in the background.
Sandy took out the fearlings he could with his sand-whips while Pitch did a full scale attack with his bow and arrows (not speaking of his synth) matching each other's fighing style perfectly...they were combaining their strenghts but neither one of them was using their abilities...each afraid of corrupting the other...
the nightmares were so many...Sandy started to get tired as well as Pitch as the nightmares drew closer to them
"oh well" Katrina started "this is looking familiar, does it Sandman?" she said as Sandy tried to hit her not succeding...
suddenly Katrina disappeared along with all the nightmares and Pitch and Sandy came back to the ground
"i-i don't see the others" said Pitch as Sandy looked around...whips in hand
there was an ankward silence in the air as both fighters were bound back to back in order not to be surprised by an attack...
"i'm here!" Katrina said as both fighters turned to her and froze in place...
she had captured all the guardians and kept them in a cage made of nightmare sand...
Jack and Bunny were unconsious while North and Tooth tried to break free, failing...
she raised her hand...as Sandman tried to attack her but she stopped him with her speeching
"if you dare making another step" she said darkly "i will personally turn each of them into a nightmare!" she finished chuckling at Sandman's reaction as he froze in place...
"hahahaha you're so easy to control Sandman!" Katrina said as rage build up into Sandy who tried to think of a solution
"c'mon little sandman..." she began "let go of those whips can you?" she said as Sandy looked to his hands then back to her...he looked at the cage and saw North shaking his head in negation but Sandy gave up, and with a sigh he let the sand-whips along with his dream sand fade into the darkness...
"good boy..." said Katrina as he stared "now stay still" she said as motioned for the nightmares to attack him
"Sandy look out!" North said as she shadows started to move forward Sandy's position and circled him until he was almost drowned in nightmares...but he was resisting...instead of turning into a nightmare, Sandy's color grew golder and golder by any second...as the shadows retreated...
"now this is new..." Katrina said stopping the nightmares "i'm not able to corrupt you" she said as he laughed in silence but returned serious the moment she grinned in a winner-like expression
"you don't want this to happen, do you?" Katrina asked indicating North and the others and Sandy shook his head in a "no"
"well then...let yourself being taken over..." she finished as the nightmares again tried...this time succeding...Sandy's eyes were full of pain as he saw his body turning to black again, eyes dulling as well as his breaths were faster and faster as seconds passed...
he was half changed before all the nightmares were literally cut through and disappeared in the air...
the one that had attacked was no-one other than Pitch that stood right in front of the little man, now gasping for breath,,,under the astonished looks of everybody...
the little man, despite his pain succeded in looking up to look at his saviour...but he was really tired right now...
"P-Pitch..." trailed off the Sandman as he fell to the ground unconscious...
the nightmare king gave a glance at the sandman then returned his stare to Katrina
"SANDY!" screamed North trying to break free from his jailing
"you protected the bringer of dreams..." Katrina said as Pitch's vision went darker
"I am the nightmare king!" he began walking towards Katrina "while you are only a FEARLING! you shall obey to me!" he said erading fear into Katrina tha dissolved into the darkness...
"this is not the end...i'll come back!" she said as she faded and nothing 'but the silence of the night remained in the air...
Pitch looked around and smirked
"i'd like to see you try.." he finished as he loked back at the cage where the guardians were...everybody had just woken up...
he began getting closer to them...until he was an inch apart from Jack...
he spread his right arm at middle air forming the shape of his synth breaking the cage that disappeared into the darkness
Jack bowed his head in a thanks as North and Tooth ran to Sandy, still motionless on the ground
Pitch glanced at the moon that had his reys upon him then to the ground in anger moving back to Sandy...
the little guardian was awake but in pain...part of him still black as Pitch's sand...
"Sandy's trying to fight off the nightmares in him" said Pitch "but...he's not succeding.." he finished
"SANDY!" Tooth screamed "you can't! leave us! not again!" she said
"can't you do anything Pitch? nightmares are your doing" North asked
"maybe yes..." Pitch said as Tooth and Bunny stepped aside
"Sandy!" Pitch said to the little man "can you hear me?" he asked as the sandman painfully nodded
"good...listen...try to concentrate all the nightmares in one place of your body..." he said "understood?" he finished waiting for the sand-maker to do his job...
after a few minutes, the sandman nodded and Pitch put a hand upon the place the nightmares were "imprisoned"...
"this will be a little painful" he said as his hand began glowing darker and the black-sand attached itself to his hand exiting the little man's body that relaxed...
the sandman smiled at him and then fell into a deserved sleep...
Pitch wasn't sure if he had done right of wrong...he was the bogeyman, not a guardian...so...but his thoughing was interrupted by North who gave him a strong pat on his shoulder making him almost fall over...
"thanks Pitch!" he began "you saved him this time!" North finished as he took Sandy onto his shoulders returning into his castle...
"good job guys..." said Bunny as they walked
"yeah right...said from the one that passed out!" teased Toothiana
"oh shut up! she surprised me..." Bunny retorted as Jack laughed
"what the hell are you laughing at?" asked Bunny
"nothing cotton-tail" teased Jack as Bunny growled
"c'mon guys stop it..." said North carring Sandy
"if it wasn't for Pitch, we'd just be dead" North said as he looked behind
"isn't it right Bogeyman?" North asked
"well i suppose..." Pitch shyly retorted as they looked at him...
"c'mon let's go...we have to prepare another plan in case she comes back..." North said motioning too Pitch to follow...
