Hi everyone,
Sorry it took a bit longer then anticipated. I've been very busy with a comic con coming up. It's no secret I am a geek and a cosplayer, and it's around the busy time for me. but, I still pushes to write and put up the newest chapter.
Now our little spirit is about to make the biggest decision of his life. A deal with the devil. what will become of him?
Please enjoy.
Just a Disclaimer: I do not own the characters or the world they come from. Just the idea of the story
Jack couldn't help but look around as he follows the two nightmares. The green forest started to turn dark and twisted. The bark almost black with scary faces engraved, and their leaves were chard and burnt. It was like a scene form a childhood story, but the scene to scare the kid. Like red riding hood meeting the wolf, or Snow White lost in the forest. But Jack is trying to not let this freak him out.
'It was too late to turn back now,' he thought to himself. 'I have to do this. It's the only way I can be with Elsa.'
He continues to follow the nightmares, with Bunny and Baby tooth following on the ground. Bunny couldn't believe Jack would even consider Pitch. He should know what kind of monster he is. But none the less, here they are. Bunny thought about breaking formation and telling the king. But then again, telling the king is what led to this. If he goes back now, Jack will be in more trouble and will never forgive him. So for now, he stays close and only watches. If he needs to act, he will certainly get Jack away to safety.
Finally the nightmares stop in midair, making Jack stop too. They then dive down to the ground and to an odd object that shouldn't be in the middle of the woods. An old broken wooden bed, just in the middle of a dusty clearing in the woods.
The nightmares fully transform their upper bodies into snakes as they slip past the wooden planks to a dark hole under north. "This way," they echo to Jack.
Gathering up as much courage as he can, he flies down to the floor and uses his staff to break the wooden bed frame. He kept going until he made a hole big enough to fit through. As soon as he was done, he looks down. He couldn't see the bottom or any signs of light in there.
He started to have second thoughts about this, but realizes this is his one and only chance to have his dreams come true. He let out a sigh to push away his worries before jumping into the darkness.
Not so far away, Bunny and baby tooth poke their heads out from behind a tree and hurry to the bed.
"A bed?" Bunny questions while thumping his foot on the ground. "I kinda expect more from Pitch."
Baby tooth let out a sneering chirp before she descended down, followed by Bunny.
The hole led to a giant tunnel of darkness with no source of light. It did go only one way for Jack, so it was simple to find where he's going. He kept walking till he reached a giant room with only subtle light. He looked into the area, and his face was horrified. On the ceiling was a bunch of black iron cages hanging down. Stairs were all around leading all over the place. Columns were placed in every dark corner of the room, and rock statues of men, women and creatures were spread across the floor.
But there was something odd about the statues. The way they've been made and formed, it was like each one was running away or scared or both. Jack flew down to examine them. He looked at the nearest one to him, seeing a woman with hair draped across her face, her dress tangling her legs, and her face so afraid of something behind her.
Jack leaned in closer trying to examine her closer, only to hear a faint moan. It sounded so close, but there was no one nearby.
Then, he heard it again. It sounded like it was coming from...the statue. Jack leans in again, this time close to the statue's mouth, only to draw back when he heard it again.
The statue was alive, someone is frozen in stone.
The realization made Jack so scared, he took a few steps away. He stopped as soon as he hit another statue, a centaur moaning in agony. He also hears mumbles a cry as the other statues try to scream or holler.
Fear over took Jack as he leaps away to a ledge above. He looked down at the statues, wondering what became of these people.
"I have to say, this is very exciting."
A voice from behind Jack sends chills up and down his spin. He quickly turned around to see a giant globe with blinking yellow lights all around it. But that wasn't what caught Jack's attention; it was the person behind it. It was a very tall man with grey skin, yellow eyes and jet black hair. He wore a long plain black cloak and he fingers a stream of black sand around his hand.
His smile spread wide as he shows off his nearly sharp teeth. "Jack frost, in my home," he continued, ending with a bow. "It is such an honour."
Jack wasn't too sure whether to be flattered or scared.
Pitch rose and waves his hand playfully as he walks towards Jack. "You know, I haven't seen you since your father banished me and my loyal subjects into the darkness of night. But I trust there'll be no hard feelings between us."
As if on cue, a number of nightmare shape horses, snakes, and birds peeked out of the shadows.
Jack nervously held onto his staff with both hands, and held it close to his body. "Listen Pitch," he said trying to sound strong. "I'm here, because I was told that you can help me."
"Of course," Pitch said lifting his arms, gently scratching twin nightmare snakes at the back of their heads. Jack could guess they were the two nightmares that led him here. "My creations have a way in lending a hand or claw to those in need."
He singles them to leave and he makes his way behind Jack and holding on to his shoulders. "Now then," he said. "You're here because you have a thing for a mortal. This...queen. Not that I blame you, she is quite beautiful isn't she?"
"Yes, she is."
As Jack looks down remembering her, Pitch leans in, baiting the boy to listen. "Well, Jack. I have to say you solution is quite a simple one."
"It is?" Jack asks looking at Pitch.
The dark spirit nodded. "The only way to get what you want, is to become mortal yourself."
Jack was taken back, become a mortal? Was such an idea possible? Could Pitch be capable of making it happen? If he can, then he can be with Elsa.
"Can you do that?" Jack asks with a hint of disbelief.
Pitch smirks deviously to himself, his plan is working. He lets go of Jack and flails his arms around. "My dear boy, that's what is do, it's what I live for. To help unfortunate beings like yourself. Poor souls with no one else to turn to."
He walks away and gestures to the darkness around them. They fly around the ceiling as Pitch continues to bait Jack.
"I admit that in the past I've been a nasty
They used to call me, Nightmare King Pitch,"
He deviously smiles as he disappears behind the globe, a reappears on a stair way far away.
"But you'll find that nowadays
I've mended all my ways
Repented, seen the light, and made a switch
True? Yes."
Pitch sinks back into the floor as Jack jumps and flies around to try to find Pitch. But only his voice echoes through the room.
"And I fortunately know a little magic
It's a talent that I always have possessed
And here lately, please don't laugh,
I use it on behalf
of the miserable, lonely and depressed"
Pitch quickly appears in a dark corner and whispers to his nightmares.
"Pathetic"
The nightmares giggle as they disappear into the shadows.
Pitch smiles as he reappears in front of a giant cauldron with green smoke pouring out. Jack spots him and flies to spot a little wary.
"Poor unfortunate souls!" Pitch cries out.
"In pain, in need"
With his fingers, Pitch produced two figures from the smoke. One was a toga man with a skinny body a weak muscles, the other was a plump woman with messy hair. They were both droopy and sad.
"This one longing to be thinner
That one wants to get the girl
And do I help them? Yes, indeed"
With a flick, the man was strikingly handsome and the woman was thin and beautiful. They hugged each other with love in their hearts.
Jack leans in closer; happy to see those two having their wishes come true. Unknown to him, Bunny and Baby Tooth came from the tunnel. They're mouths open to the view and the horror of the statues.
"Jack!" Bunny cries out, only to have something stop him from entering the room. An invisible blast that sent him flying back. He jumped to his feet and felt with his paws an invisible force field blocking his way.
"Hey!" He yells as he punches the field, only in vein. Not only can't he enter the room, but Jack couldn't hear him at all.
"Those poor unfortunate souls," Pitch continues.
"So sad, so true
They come flocking to my lair
Crying "Miracles, Pitch please,"
And I help them?
Yes I do."
But as Jack looks at Pitch with a smile, the dark spirit drew back from the cauldron and became strict.
"Now it's happened once or twice
Someone couldn't pay the price,"
He held out his kind fingered hand to the couple, wanting payment. But the two of them shook their heads and held out empty palms.
"And I'm afraid I had to rake 'em 'cross the coals"
With a wave of his hand, pitch swirled some dark magic around them. In an instant, the couple bodies became frozen in place and their skin, hair and clothes turned to stone.
Jack became horrified. All those statues back there were people that couldn't pay Pitch's price. Now they're statues forever.
"Yes I've had the odd complaint," Pitch said with innocence.
"But on the whole I've been a saint
to those poor unfortunate souls!"
He turned his attention back to Jack, gesturing him close to the cauldron.
"Now, here's the deal," Pitch said. "I know a spell that'll turn you into a mortal for three days."
"Three days?" Jack repeats with confusion. He wanted to be with Elsa a lot longer than three days.
"Yes," Pitch exclaim. "Now listen, this is very important." He waves his hands around to make three balls circle around Jack. "Before the sun sets on the third day, you got to get Elsa to fall in love with you, er kiss you." The balls came together in front of Jack and explode into a heart shape with a crown around it. "Not just any kiss, a kiss of true love."
As Jack leans in to look at the heart, it changed into a figure of him. But he didn't have his staff; it was him with his feet on the ground, and with Elsa. Jack couldn't help but to smile at the image.
"If she does kiss you, you'll become mortal, permanently," Pitch explains. "But if she doesn't..."
The figure changed. Elsa was gone, replaced by his staff. And the lonely spirit was hovering off the invisible floor.
"...you'll turn back into a spirit and you'll belong to me!"
"Jack! No!" Bunny shouts upon hearing everything. He bangs his paws on the force field harder than ever. The last thing he wants is to have Jack tangled with Pitch and his cruel deal.
"So what do you say Jack," Pitch playfully asks Jack.
Jack's eyes narrow, trying to consider all the possible outcomes this decision will make. He'll be with Elsa, but what about the guardians. There is no way he can be with them ever again. He may not be able to see them. And what of his dad?
"If I'll become human," he thought out loud, "I'll never be with my father again."
"That's right," Pitch replies, "but you'll have your woman. Life's full of tough choices isn't it?"
Jack sighs, knowing that Pitch is right about that.
He became off guard when Pitch let out a surprise, a bit over dramatic gasp. "I almost forgot one thing."
Jack leans in to Pitch, wondering what Pitch means.
"We haven't discussed payment. You can't get something for nothing you know."
"But my dad destroyed everything I had," Jack said. "I don't have anyth-"
"I'm not asking for much," Pitch interrupts him. "Just a token, really. A trifle. You'll never even miss it."
He disappears into the floor behind the cauldron, and appears behind Jack, nearly giving him a heart attack. He then places his thin finger on Jack's chin, getting ice boy's full attention.
"What I'm asking from you is...your center."
Jack gasps as he backs away. His center? Is Pitch serious? His center is what gives him his ice powers. How can he part with the thing that's been with him for three hundred years? He placed a hand on his chest, feeling his heart rate increasing in speed.
"My center?" Jack repeats in shock.
"You got it," Pitch nods. "No more ice, no more frost, no more snow days."
"But Elsa saw me with my powers," Jack objected. "How am I gonna explain what happened if I can't show her?"
"Well, you'll have to figure that out for yourself," Pitch replied. "But you might want to avoid the subject all together. Cause if you accept the deal, you can't tell your lady you've had ice powers to begin with."
"What?" Jack gasped in shock.
"This is a test to see if your queen will love you for who you are. And not for doing some cheap carnival trick," Pitch explained.
That logic did make some sense to Jack, but it certainly didn't make him feel any better. Give up his powers? Live as a mortal? This is too big a decision.
"Without my powers, how can I-?"
"Don't sell yourself too short," Pitch said as he moves back to the cauldron. "You have your looks, you're charming face, and don't underestimate the importance of a calm demeanor."
Nightmares came flying from above, with various bottles full of stuff in their hands, tails and claws. They swoop down and present them to their master.
"The laddies don't like a lot of blabber," Pitch said as he looks at his selection.
"They think a boy who boasts is a bore!
Yes, out there it's much preferred
for men not to say a word
And after all, Frost, what is idle prattle for?"
He grabs flasks and bottles of strange liquid and tosses them into the cauldron. Soon, the water bubbles and boils with puffs of different colour smoke came out of its top.
"Come on, they're not all that impressed with conversation
True women avoid it when they can!
But they dote and swoon and fawn
on a man who's withdrawn
It's he who holds his tongue who gets his woman!"
A bolt of lightning came flashing out, nearing scaring Jack. But Pitch seemed please of his work.
"Come on, you poor unfortunate soul
Go ahead! Pay your price!"
Jack bit his lip out of nervousness. But then saw a swirl of magic coming out of the cauldron, and making Elsa's face, clear for Jack to see.
"I'm a very busy spirit, and I haven't got all day
It won't cost much. Just your ice!"
Just as easy as she appeared, the face of Elsa disappeared into the smoke and swirls of magic.
"You poor unfortunate soul
It's sad but true"
Out of total surprise, Pitch appears behind Jack again. only this time he has a golden scroll in his hand. Jack leaned in to read it.
'I hearby give Pitch, Spirit of Nightmares, my centre in exchange for his service and miracle for all eternity. Singed, _'
Though this contract is a little sketchy, it seemed to fit the situation. Jack held his head as he looked at the scroll, everything was happening so fast. He suddenly didn't feel right about making a deal with Pitch. Is this really what he wants to do?
Pitch leans back to his cauldron and made a small pen appear beside the contract.
"If you want to cross the bridge, my pal, you've got the pay the toll
Take a gulp and take a breath, and go ahead and sign the scroll"
Pitch looks back at his minions snickering.
"Can you believe it, This trick never gets old.
The boss is on a roll! "
The nightmare holler and laugh as the circle up above and make the area seem more closed in.
"THIS POOR UNFORTUNATE SOUL!" Pitch cries out as he watches Jack's face. His blue eyes focused on the scroll and then the pen. With all his courage, he grabbed it and signs his name on the line.
Victory gleamed over Pitch's eyes as the contract disappears into thin air. He cracked a smile as he waves his hands over the cauldron.
"Beluga sevruga, come winds
From the mountain high!" He commands.
Soon, a swirl of dark sand in a form of a tornado came circling around the two figures.
Bunny, who has been watching and listening this entire time, finally punched through the force field. With little time to think of anything else, he hopped his way to the platform and threw a boomerang at the tornado. Unfortunately, the boomerang bounced off and went off to the side. It was clear that nothing was going to get through, all Bunny could do is watch in horror, same as Baby tooth.
"Genommen eis seele
Come to I!"
One nightmare came flying down and hands Pitch an empty cork bottle to him. He looks at Jack, completely scared and nervous for what is about to happen.
"Now, hold still," Pitch commanded.
Jack obeyed, as he stood a still as he can. Suddenly, a tentacle shot out of the tornado and grabs his left leg. He resists the urge to flick it off with his staff. Then, another tentacle grabs his arm, making it shoot straight out. Two more tentacles came and grab his other arm and leg, lifting him and holding him in place.
Jack's eyes widen as he sees two dark, smoky hands appear from the cauldron and reaching down to him. A flash of light reached the bottom his eyes. He looked down just to see something in his chest shinning a bright white light, in a form of a circle.
Before he can process this kind of magic, the two hands quickly stab into his chest. He winced and groans in pain. He can feel the hands grabbed whatever that light was, yanking it out of its natural position. Soon they came out, holding that light in their grasp. They took it and shove the light into the empty bottle. With one swift movement, Pitch corked the bottle, sealing the light inside. The dark spirit started to laugh hysterically with madness
All of a sudden, Jack's body felt numb. He began to go limp and loosing all sense of feeling. With no strength, he let his staff go, making it clank hard on the floor.
Then, his heart started to pump faster and faster, making his chest ache in pain. He cries out in agony as Pitch continues to laugh.
"What's happening to me?" Jack grunts in pain as he tries to curl his body against the shadows that bind him.
Pitch waves his hand and made the dark sand swirl Jack inside a giant cocoon.
"My boy, you are becoming alive," The dark spirit answered as he smiles deviously.
That smile was the last thing Jack saw before he was encased in darkness.
"No!" Bunny shouts as he and Baby tooth try to break the cocoon with all their might.
Pitch raises his hand, making the cocoon rise as well. "Here, let me give you hand. A one way trip to Arendelle!"
With a flick of the wrist, the cocoon sent flying up and out of the lair.
Bunny knew he has to follow Jack, to see what's been done to him. He quickly give Pith a quick growl before he and Baby tooth hurried out of the dark lair.
They follow the dark she'll, until it crashed lands on a beach. The same beach Jack brought the royal sisters to. When the cocoon burst open and broke apart into millions of dark sand bits, Bunny and Baby tooth were shocked at what they saw.
Laying semi unconscious was a boy with short chestnut hair, brown eyes and fair skin. If it wasn't for the blue hoodie and brown pants he's wearing, they would've mistaken him for an ordinary boy.
But this is Jack Frost, laying there in front of them. But he wasn't a spirit anymore, he's mortal.
Song: Poor Unfortunate Souls.
Here are the new lyrics meaning for the spell. since I can't use the stealing voice for stealing powers. all the words are German translation
genommen means take
eis means Ice
seele means soul
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