Don't own RotG. Just a warning, this one's pretty sad. Also, Jack starts to show that he has a slight crush on Freya and is protective of her, which of course, is adorable, cause it's Jack.
I ran after Jack and Sandy, dodging nightmares as I went. Jack was cheering, enjoying the chase, as Sandy tackled a nightmare into a stingray mount. I felt like I was about to be sick. I couldn't focus and I stumbled a lot. Sandy nor Jack noticed. Jack managed to freeze a nightmare and he whooped in joy.
"Sandy! Sandy, did you see that?! Look at this thing." Jack said, prodding the frozen nightmare.
"Frost?" Someone said. I fell to my knees. That's why I was sick.
"You know, for a 'neutral party' you spend an awful lot of time with those weirdos." Pitch said. "This isn't your fight, Jack."
"You made it my fight when you stole those teeth." Jack said angrily. I clutched my head in pain. My dad regarded Jack curiously, not seeing me.
"Teeth? Why do you care about the teeth?" He asked. Pitch turned to see Sandy next to him, causing him to back off.
"Now this is who I'm looking for-" Before Pitch could finish, Sandy whipped a stream of dream sand at him, causing him to duck.
"Whoa-" Pitch said. He summoned a nightmare and turned it into a huge sickle. I curled into fetal position as they began fighting. Jack ducked under the sickle. Sandy grabbed Pitch with dream sand and repeated slammed him into the rooftops before throwing him off. I cringed as Pitch hit the ground with enough force that he bounced. Sandy dusted his hands and calmly followed Pitch, hopping off the roof. Jack watched him, astonished.
"Remind me not to get on your bad side." Jack said. I rolled off the roof and landed on my hands and feet.
"Okay, easy! You can't blame me for trying, Sandy. You don't know what it's like to be weak and hated. It was stupid of me to mess with your dreams. So I'll tell you what-" Pitch stood, no longer cowering. "You can have 'em back!"
Before Jack or Sandy could react, nightmares appeared from nowhere and surrounded them. I, on the other hand, was able to roll out of the way to my feet. Now that nightmare sand was out, I somehow felt stronger. Sure, one wrong move and I felt that I would puke, but my strength seemed enhanced.
"You take the ones on the left, I'll take the ones on the right?" Jack said to Sandy. Onyx formed beneath Pitch and he leered at the two Guardians.
"Boo!" Pitch yelled. The nightmares charged. I will never know what told me to do this, but I raised my arms above my head and half of them froze. Pitch turned and glared at me as Jack and Sandy destroyed the frozen nightmares. Suddenly, I heard bells and I grinned. North's sleigh flew a few feet over Pitch's head and Pitch watched it, slightly confused. North was asleep and nearly crashed int City Hall. I cringed at the crash and lost focus. The nightmares were free. I swore and pulled out my bow. I ran towards Jack and Sandy. Sandy grabbed us and launched all three of us into the air with dream sand. He let us go and I yelped.
"I can't fly, Sandy!" I yelled. His eyes widened and he formed a small platform under my feet. It turned black when I touched it. It was in my control. I began firing arrows at nightmares. I managed to control one of them and mounted it.
"Giddy up?" I said. It whined and took off. I fired arrows as I charged through the sky on my new mount.
"Come on, Blaec, faster." I said. My mount listened and I whooped, shooting a few more. Tooth flew by, cutting nightmares into sand with her wings. Bunny's boomerang's flew too close for comfort as they looped around me and Blaec. I directed Blaec towards the sleigh and gasped as I saw Jack get tackled by a nightmare. I dove off Blaec and grabbed his staff. I grabbed his arm and handed him the staff. Jack, who was screaming, quieted and grabbed me around the waist as he regained control. We landed on the sleigh and I whistled for Blaec. He galloped along side the sleigh.
"Ya might want to duck." Bunny said. We did and his boomerang flew through a nightmare that was about to take us out. He turned to Blaec, about to attack, but I slapped him.
"Touch my steed, and I'll kick your ass to Easter Island. Capiche?" I said. He nodded. Speaking of nightmares; I looked up to the Pitch and Sandy. Sandy was trying his hardest to fend off the black swarm. I mounted Blaec.
"We have to help him!" I said. "Hyah!"
"Wait, Frey-" Jack was cut off as Blaec reared up and took off. I galloped at a break neck pace towards the black and gold swarm. I gritted my teeth as I charged straight threw nightmares. I watched Pitch make a large arrow of nightmare sand and I watched, horrified, as he let it fly. It pierced Sandy's back and exploded on impact. I heard Jack scream behind me but I was numb. Not Sandy.
"Hahahahaha!...Don't fight the fear, little man. I'd say sweet dreams, but there aren't any left." Pitch taunted Sandy. The golden man faced Pitch bravely as the black sand crushed him.
"Noooo!" Jack yelled. I stood on Blaec's back and felt rage boil beneath my skin. I saw that I was glowing red out f the corner of my eye. I gritted my teeth as tears slipped down my face. I screamed. Nightmares exploded and came to me, boosting me forward. I flew forward, forming a scythe. I gasped slightly as Pitch's nightmares charged, swarming me. I was enveloped. I curled into fetal position, letting them surround me. It was over.
"Freya!" I heard Jack scream. I peered through the nightmare sand and saw Jack drawing closer. I turned back to my father and screamed. The nightmares turned on Pitch. They were bloody red. Light arched from my chest and hands, entwining with the red nightmares. They smashed into Pitch, knocking him back. He snarled, and regained control over his nightmares. I gasped as they came at me again. I was powerless from exhaustion. I felt myself begin to fall. Suddenly, a cold arm wound around my waist and pulled me to them, cradling me. I held onto them. It was Jack.
"Don't you dare touch her!" He screamed. Nightmares enveloped us and I hugged him closer.
"I don't want to go." I whispered. A bolt of lightning erupted from Jack and suddenly, a powerful gust of wind blew Pitch and his nightmares back. Frost and ice rocketed up the stream of nightmares and knocked Pitch out of the air. Pitch screamed as he went down. Jack started to lose consciousness.
"Jack?" I said. His grip loosened and he began plummeting towards Earth.
"Jack!" I yelled. I tightened my grip on him and whistled to the tamed nightmare. He came galloping after us as we fell. My gaze flickered over Jack's face as I wished for him to wake up. I grabbed onto Blaec's mane and swung up, holding Jack in my arms. I rode the beast to the sleigh and hopped off, collapsing to my knees, refusing to let Jack go.
"Come on, Jack." I whispered in his ear. He gasped and his eyes flew open.
"Freya... you're okay." He said, hugging me.
"Thanks to you. Are you alright?" I asked, pulling back slightly to look him in the eye. He nodded.
"Jack, how did you do that?" Tooth asked.
"I, I didn't know I could." Jack admitted.
"And Freya, you can control nightmare sand?" Tooth said.
"Apparently. That and I glow it up when upset and in a rage." I said. We all fell silent. I blinked back tears. Without warning, I burst into tears.
"He was like my father. He raised me." I sobbed. Jack held me to him and let me cry into his chest. He rubbed my back as I cried. Sandy was gone. My uncle was gone. His own brother killed him. My father killed him. I hated Pitch. I hated him. I eventually cried myself into a restless sleep.
