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Chapter Seven: The Locked Door


It had been several weeks since Jamie had begun learning how to use Destiny's Guardian, and Jamie had to admit, Pitch really was a great teacher, if only he gave slightly more praise. He was patient and knew Jamie's limits better than Jamie himself.

Jamie was even now a match for the dark spirit, able to hold him off for around a minute. Pitch had said that if Jamie was a spirit he would last longer, purely through the boost in speed and strength it would give him, but said for a mortal to hold off the King of Nightmare's and a Former General, it was unheard of.

Jamie took this unexpected praise to heart, the King of Nightmare's had quiet often after defeating Jamie collapsed down and stared breathing heavily, looking over and nodding to Jamie. Who took this as a good sign, several Times, Yuki-Onna joined in, Jamie watching in awe of the Winter Princess, her grace while using a Rapier was unmatched and could easily defeat the Nightmare King, she had duelled with Jamie several times, while speaking of what she had been teaching Sophie.

Jamie hadn't lasted long in the fight, however had enjoyed it, much like he enjoyed walking the halls of the Winter Palace, it was on one of these occasions Jamie found a door, unlike any other in the whole Castle, it was massive, easily fifty times the Size of Jamie and locked with over a thousand locks and chains, several hundred 'snow-soldiers' stood guard and made Jamie leave as soon as he came anywhere near.

Jamie had resolved to ask Jack about it when he next saw the Winter King, however as the days had passed, Jamie had to wonder where Jack was, he had decided to try and find about the door in the massive library, so far he had gone through a dozen books on the palace and not found a single mention of it,

"What are you looking for?" Pitch asked as he walked in,

Jamie frowned, he knew that Pitch was Jack's 'Grandfather', so maybe he would know, "I found a door, deep within the Palace, it was locked"

"Was it a large door?" Pitch asked, and Jamie could tell the dark spirits interest was on his words,

"Yes" Jamie replied calmly,

"So, this is where they hid it" Pitch chuckled to himself, "The Door of Monsters"

"What's the door of Monsters?" Jamie asked walking over,

"an old tale, I originally believed it to be a fable, a tale from another universe… but if you have seen" Pitch began before shaking his head, "the legend states that before Mortals and spirits roamed the word freely, the word was controlled by creature… monsters if you prefer, then the Original Spirit's came…"

"The Titan's" Jamie muttered,

"Indeed, the Titan's, Mother Nature, Father Time, Great Galactica, Man-In-The-Moon, Ocenius, Landori, Grim and Airious" Pitch nodded, "Over time the Spirits and Creatures fought for survival on this world and many others, however, only when the Beasts leader was locked away, did the others vanish too, the Legends states that the Titan's locked the beasts underground, behind a massive door that can only be unlocked by the power of Earth, Lightning, Cold and Heat, the power of nature combined"

"What is said to have been locked in there?" Jamie asked looking over at the King of Nightmares,

"from the Legends, dark creatures, Basilisks, Harpies, Hydra's, Manticores, Minotaur's, Giants, Corrupted Phoenix's, Chimera's, Dragon's, Dragon spawn and the Leader of the Beasts, Galzara" Pitch listed off as he counted them on his fingers, "but naturally they are not the only creatures in this word, there's the Kraken, Leviathan, Labbu and Hafgufa, each controlled by one of the four thrones…. Now, you should be in the hall training"

With that Pitch turned his back on Jamie and walked out, Jamie sighed, and rushed after the Spirit, determined to ask more….


(Many Hours Later)

"Your Idiots"

Yuki-Onna stood in the centre of the grand hall where Jack, Reece, Holly and Dawn had just walked in,

"We need to summon the council" Jack ignored her words and walked, or rather, limped passed her, followed by the other rulers,

"What happened?" Yuki-Onna asked,

"We lost the battle" Jack told her, calmly, "As soon as we got anywhere near the Citadel, the Four Sheppard's walked out, and a few minutes later, a second army appeared over the hills, our army was slaughtered and we had to flee to the Crystal Caves to hide out"

"But we got it" Reece smirked,

"Got what?" Yuki-Onna asked,

"We'll discuss It with the council, not before" Jack told her as he walked up the stairs past Pitch who'd just arrived on the scene to see Jack walk past him,

"Jack is taking the loss hard, we lost dozen's of spirits each and some of those were Jack's friends from before he became King" Holly sighed as the ice beneath her formed into a chair for her to sit on, the others each created seats of their own to sit on,

"So how many soldiers are we dealing with?" Yuki-Onna asked,

"Thousands of Element Beasts, and hundreds of corrupted spirits" Reece sighed, as he leant backwards, "And that's not the worst part"

Pitch glided forward curiously, to make sure he didn't miss anything,

"They're on their way here" Dawn growled, "they know that we don't have any troops in reserve, they intend to finish this, and we have no way to stop them"

"Why not flee, hide?" Pitch asked, with a scowl,

"They'd track us, we have nowhere to hide, anyone who takes us in would be as good as sacrificing themselves for nothing"

"Very Well" Pitch frowned, "I will return for the final battle"

Pitch turned and vanished into the Shadow's, before the Seasonal spirits made the chairs vanish before anyone could see, someone had been watching the whole thing…..


(An Hour Later)

The door opened silently as a figure crept inside the room, the room was dark and only a sliver of light shone over the sleeping form of Jamie, the figure crept slightly closer, sleeping over Destiny's Guardian, the figure simply stood watching the sleeping boy, taking in how peaceful he was.

The figure watched as golden dream sand twirled above his head, a small smile appearing on Jamie's lips,

"I'll protect you Jamie, no matter what I have to do, you will be safe… I swear it" The figure whispered into the air, before turning and leaving.


and done

and the true plot can finally begin, lets see who can find it

Frosty B. Out