"Okay look, you and I are obviously at what they call a crossroads." Jamie is sitting on his bed talking to a stuffed bunny. I came here after Jack flew off. He's the last child who believes, but I'm afraid that won't last long.

"So here's what's gonna happen: If it wasn't a dream and if you are real, then you have to prove it. Like right now. I've believed in you for a long time, okay? Like, my whole life, in fact. So you kinda owe me now," Jamie keeps talking to the bunny. I have no idea what to do to make him keep believing. I see Jack over at the window and hope he'll come up with something.

"You don't have to do much, just a little sign so I know. Anything. Anything at all." Jamie looks expectantly at his stuffed animal. Then he lets it fall to the ground with defeat. "I knew it."

But then, Jack frosts the window over and begins drawing an easter egg on it. Jamie notices and looks over. "Huh?" Jamie's eyes light up and a smile stretches across his face. "He's real!" Jack is delighted. He draws a bunny on the glass and brings it to life, making it hop across the room. I'm relieved that Jack figured out a way to keep Jamie believing.

But the threat is still lurking in the shadows of the streets. Outside the window in the darker places, I can see nightmares waiting to pounce on an unexpecting child. All they wait for is Pitch's command. I exit the room, leaving Jack in control. I have to make sure the nightmares don't get to Jamie.

The first one I see is right outside his window. I swoop down, freezing its hooves. It turns its attention towards me and starts galloping after me. I try to impale it with icicles, but it dodges every move I make. It's like it knows where I'm going to be before I do. The horse keeps chasing me, forcing me up into the sky. Then it turns and gallops off like nothing happened. I'm about to go after it when I see Pitch in front of me.

"Hello, Elsa," he says in that terrifyingly smooth voice of his.

"What do you want?" I demand.

"I'm trying to find Jack and the guardians. You wouldn't happen to know where they are, would you?"

"No," I say firmly. He can't find out. I know he'll hurt every one of them if he gets the chance.

"Is that so?" he asks. "Well, I have a guess. With the last light. Trying to make him believe again. Nightmares!" He calls out. Almost immediately, two are at my sides, keeping me from flying off. "I'm going to let you watch while I turn every child to fear. Soon, they'll all believe in me!"

"No!" I shout. "Jack would never let you do that."

"How can you be so sure when all your life you have been running away from him? You're in constant fear of never getting him back. In fact, I'm feeding off your fear right now."

How had I not noticed? His black sand is swarming him now, growing bigger and bigger around him. I've led myself into a trap that is now going to make it harder for the guardians to defeat him.

"Oh, look. There are the guardians now. Enjoy the show," he says in a menacing voice and leaves me to the mercy of his nightmares. I can't stand to just watch him take over, so I don't.

I zap the horse on my left with a ball of ice, hoping it would get scared and run off. But to my surprise, the ice spreads across the horse, slowly turning it to ice. When it's completely covered, it explodes into snow. I look at my hands in shock. I didn't know I could do that. But I forgot about the second horse. It charges at me, catching me off guard. It rams into me, causing me to fall. I stop myself right before hitting the ground and infect the second horse with ice the same way I did the first.

I look around, trying to see where Pitch is. If I can stop him, I will. I see Jack on the ground. "Jack!" Jamie runs to him and helps him up.

"That was good try," Santa says. "A for effort."

"He's stronger," Jack moans. "I can't beat him."

"All this fuss over one little boy, and he still refuses to stop believing. Very well. There are other ways to snuff out a light," Pitch says. I protectively move in front of Jamie.

The easter bunny steps through me. "If you want him, you're gonna have to go through me."

Pitch is not phased. The bunny is the size of a normal bunny now because the children stopped believing in him. "Look how fluffy you are! Would you like a scratch behind the ears?"

"Don't you even think about it!"

"I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see you all like this," Pitch says as he moves closer. The guardians form a circle around him. "You look awful."

Jamie's eyes have grown huge. He looks up and says, "Jack, I'm scared."

Jack looks distant for a minute, as if remembering an old memory. "I know, I know. But you're gonna be all right," he says, still looking distant. Then he snaps back to reality. "We're gonna have a little fun instead. That's it! That's my center!" I look up at him. He told me that long ago. I wonder if he's forgotten about me and everything we did together.

I force these thoughts out of my head as Pitch advances. "So, what do you think Jamie? Do you believe in the boogiema-" He's cut off as a snowball hits him in the face.

"Now let's go get your friends," Jack says to Jamie. It doesn't take long for them to round up all the kids from the neighborhood.

"You think a few children can help you against this?" Pitch gestures to his nightmares.

"They're just bad dreams, Jamie," Jack comforts him.

"But we'll protect you, mate," Bunnymund says.

"Aw, you'll protect them. But who will protect you?" Pitch laughs. Everything seems to be in his favor.

"I will." Jamie steps forward. All of his friends stand forward with him.

"I will."

"Me, too."

"And me."

"I'll try."

"Still think there's no such thing as the boogieman?" Pitch sends a wave of nightmares towards them.

"I do believe in you," Jamie admits. "I'm just not afraid of you." Jamie and the neighborhood kids hold up their hands just as the nightmares come. Then, the black sand changes into golden sand when it touches them. Their belief made his dark sand good. They run around the street touching any dark sand they see. All the golden sand is accumulating in one place around the corner. "I got it," Jamie says to his gang. "I know what we have to do! Guys, come on!" Jamie leads them to where the golden sand is.

I follow them around the buildings and see a giant mass of golden sand. "Come on, guys!" Jamie puts his hands in the golden dust. His friends do the same. Suddenly, the sand rises up in the sky and lets out beams of light. When the light recedes, I see the little golden man Pitch defeated earlier. He comes down and gives Jamie a high five before flying over to help the guardians. I follow him, eager to see the turnout of this situation. I get there just in time to see the sandman shake his finger at Pitch and throw him in the air just to slam him back onto the ground.

We won!

Well, they won.

All the guardians are in the sleigh headed back towards North's workshop. Jack just told Jamie that he and the guardians would always watch over him. I followed them, determined not to run from my fear anymore.

"Um… Hey, North, Jack?" Tooth says.

"Yes, what do you want?" North asks.

"Back in your workshop the other day, when you were showing Jack your center, Bunnymund, Sandy, and I saw something. The moon… chose another guardian."

"What?!" North asks. "Why did you not tell us before?"

"Well, there was a lot going on then. Anyway, in the crystal there was an image of a girl with light colored hair braided down the side and blue eyes. She was wearing a blue dress. Does anybody know her?"

All the guardians shook their heads except Jack. "I might actually," Jack said in deep thought.

"Well, who is it?" Bunny asked.

Then, Jack looked directly at me, took my hand, and said, "Elsa."