Chapter 9:
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Humming to myself I started to grow a blanket of lily of the valley over one of Bunny's hills. I took in a deep breath smelling their sweet sent.
Wonder what's taking Jack so long…..he better no be doing anything stupid.
I started to get a little worried, but I tried to not let it bother me. He probably has to find her house or something…Even though I was a little worried, for some reason, I had this elated feeling that made me want to twirl in the air, laugh, and fly around in all directions. I actually felt happy.
Maybe….just maybe this is going to work. Everything is going to be okay.
That happy feeling was crushed when I heard Bunny franticly call out my name.
"Cly?! Sheila?! Sheila where are ya'?!"
Quickly flying over to the source his voice, I saw him and the other guardians and….MAPLE?
"Maple what are you doing here? Is everything ok?!" I said to one of my wolves.
Maple responded by whining and grunting franticly.
"Oh no…" I whispered as tears welled up in my eyes.
"What did 'e say Sheila?" Bunny said in a worried voice.
"No…NO NO NO! This can't be happening!" I said holding my head and pulling on my ears.
"What is wrong Nature?" North said putting both hands on my shoulders trying to calm me down.
"He-he's attacking my base! PITCH IS ATTACKING MY BASE! I-I have to go and protect my babies! I won't let him, I won't!" I said hysterically pushing off North's hands, starting to fly away, followed by Maple, who was jumping on a trail of clouds that he brought with him.
"Wait! I'm coming too!" Tooth said trying to fly.
"Wha- I-I can't fly!" She said trying to flap her wigs as fast as she could, but couldn't get more than an inch off the ground.
"Cly stop! You can't go on your own! Get back 'ere!" Bunny called out.
I turned around and called back, "No! I won't let him take them! I won't let him take my family again!"
I didn't care. I didn't care what happened to me, as long as my family was ok.
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"There aren't any eggs anywhere."
"There's nothing here."
"Come on let's go."
All the kids were wandering around looking for Easter eggs that weren't even there.
"Hey, yes there is! There is! I mean these are not my best looking googies, but they'll do in a pinch," Bunny said running up to the kids, holding up one of his eggs from his egg basket he was holding.
"I can't believe it," one of the little girls said.
"I-I I know, haha," Bunny said nervously laughing, thinking she was talking about one of his eggs.
"There's no such thing as the Easter Bunny…" she said frowning and walking away.
"What? No!" Bunny said in astonishment.
"Wrong, not true. I-I'm right in front of you kids-" he said walking in front of a kid to only have him walk right through him.
Bunny gasped in horror and looked around with wide eyes.
"They don't see me…They don't see me," he said in realization as his ears went down in sadness.
Bunny then crouched in a ball on the ground, holding one of his eggs to his chest. Jack had now finally arrived and just witnessed what happened. Tooth had now flown over by Bunny trying to comfort him.
"JACK!" North's booming voice called out.
"Where were you? The nightmares attacked the tunnels. They smashed every egg, smashed every basket. Nothing made it to the surface. And now Nature's base is being attacked!" North said to Jack.
"Wait, WHAT?!" Jack said in horror. "Is Cly-"
"Jack!" Tooth said flying over by Jack, but then gasping seeing a memory case in his hands, "Where did you get that?"
"I was…It's-" Jack said trying to find the right words.
"Where's Baby Tooth?!" Tooth said with wide eyes. "Jack what have you done?"
"That is why you weren't here? You were with Pitch?! Nature is now in trouble and you weren't here to help her or to help Bunny!" North said with his voice raising.
"No! Listen, listen. I'm sorry," Jack said in a rasping voice. "I didn't mean for this to happen."
"Will ya' all stop blabbering?! Cly is up there, fighting those nightmares all by 'erself! You're the only other one us that can fly mate, so go up there and help 'er. And let me be clear frostbite, if you don't bring her back, I'll crack you like an egg," Bunny said in a dark voice. "NOW GO!"
Jack quickly flew to where my base was. He knew where it was located because he tried to break in it so many times. He only hoped that he would make it in time.
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"AGHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I plunged my spears into another nightmare.
Oak and I were fighting side by side as everyone else was either fighting or told to evacuate. Wolves and eagles were running and flying everywhere, defending our home, and others that were evacuating were taking the sproutlings with them, well the sproutlings that weren't already destroyed.
"Oak, I need you to evacuate everyone, including the wolves and eagles!" I said as I hit two more nightmares.
He looked back at me like I was crazy and he grunted in protest.
"I know! But I need to make sure they're all safe. That you're safe! Now go!"
He still stood his ground and continued to fight.
"THAT'S AN ORDER!" I yelled.
He grunted and ran off calling for the other wolves to follow. As they all left, I felt myself fighting nightmares right and left. It was overwhelming. There were so many. It was like a swarm of mad bees in the middle of spring.
"So that's how it's going to be Pitch! You're going to have your nightmares do your dirty work! YOU'RE A COWARD! WHAT, YOU TOO SCARED TO FIGHT ME YOURSELF!?"
After that comment, they started to trample me and I eventually fell down and curled up into a ball, but as soon as I curled up they stopped. Not giving up, I grunted, and with all my strength pushed myself to stand up. And when I did, all the nightmares were standing in a line behind none other than Pitch.
"You called?" he said in a nonchalant voice.
I only glared back at him, trying not to fall over.
"You see my dear," he said throwing some sand at me, making me get thrown back and tied up on the wall. "Can't you see what's happening? Can't you feel it?
"Feel what?!" I snarled back.
"Can't you feel yourself getting weaker, almost as though your power is slipping?" He said twirling his finger in the air.
"What are you trying to say Pitch?" I questioned.
"Ha, and I thought you were the smart one."
"If you're trying to say nature won't survive without me it will. It did in the past."
"Oh yes and it did rather well without you too. Just like the ice age. You won't be here to prevent things like that if you are gone. You see, when I made this dark sand, I didn't intend it to just cause nightmares; I made it to poison you. To poison the land."
I gasped in horror.
No he-he can't do that!
"Now don't worry I am not going to kill the land. I won't have any people to scare if I did that, would I? If I can make the land dull and grey, it wouldn't bring any comfort. You see nature is one of the last things that would bring people hope and happiness. And I can't have that can I?"
Glancing over I saw some more of the nightmares coming in….with Oak and some other my wolves.
"Oh look we have visitors," he said with a smirk.
"No…no they got away!" I said struggling to break free from the sand that was restraining me to the wall.
"Too bad they won't see tomorrow," Pitch said making a knife appear out of this black sand.
He raised it above Oak's head, about to slay him.
"Say goodbye," he said about to plunge it down.
"NOOOOO!" I screamed out.
He stopped and looked back at me.
"Please, just let him go and kill me instead. Just…leave him alone," I said tears streaming down from my eyes.
"Oh how sweet. I hate sweet, but I suppose I will spare him. And there is no point in trying to kill you it is impossible as you know, but you will meet your end soon enough. Take them away," He said motioning to the wolves.
"NO! OAK! Let them go! OAAAAAAK!" I screamed out as the nightmares carried them away.
"You see my dear there are no happy endings…" Pitch says walking to one of the big open windows. "Too bad you're so sweet. You would have made me a wonderful queen."
As he was about to fly out, something popped, something snapped.
THERE IS NO WAY I AM LETTING HIM GET AWAY!
With all my strength I broke out of the black sand and flew straight towards him.
"I am not letting you get away!" I yelled.
Quickly flying out the window he evaded my grasp, but I still followed him. I wasn't going to stop until I knew Oak was ok. But something else happened. This shooting sharp pain was surging throughout my back and when it finally stopped I found myself falling.
"AHHHHHHHH!" I screamed as I fell down from the sky.
Feeling my back my wings somehow retracted. I tried to bring them back out to no avail. Then out of nowhere something caught me. Well, more like someone.
"Cly are you-"
"Let go of me!" I screamed thrashing around.
"It's me Cly! It's me Jack," Jack said cupping my face with one of his cold hands. "Why were you falling, can't you fly?"
It came to me in realization that I couldn't fly. I was getting weaker…..
"Just get me down…" I sobbed, burying my head into his blue sweatshirt.
As we were flying I noticed that he had a memory in the pocket of his sweat shirt. It didn't take me long to put two and two together. After getting me back to everyone else, he gently placed me on the ground. Bunny ran right up to me and hugged me.
"I am so happy you're ok Sheila," Bunny said hugging me tighter, but I pushed him away.
Looking directly at Jack, I screamed, "WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER TRUSTED YOU!"
Jack had a very hurt expression on his face but I didn't care.
"WE TRUSTED YOU! YOU PROMISED!"
"I-"
"YOU PROMISED THAT YOU WOULD BRING HER HOME AND BE RIGHT BACK!" I screamed trying not to sob.
"I thought….that you changed…we needed you...I needed you..." I said putting a hand to me chest, full of hurt and betrayal.
"Now I can't fly, my home is destroyed, Easter is ruined, and….they're gone…my family…Oak is gone," I said with my voice quivering.
"I-I'm sorry."
"NO YOU'RE NOT! THIS WHOLE TIME ALL YOU CARED ABOUT WAS YOURSELF AND YOUR MEMORIES! IT WASN'T ABOUT THE KIDS OR US! THIS ISN'T JUST ABOUT YOU JACK, THIS IS ABOUT ALL OF US! EASTER IS A TIME OF NEW BEGINNINGS! NEW LIFE! I HAD DAFFODIL SPROUTLINGS TO PLANT TODAY AND BABY DEER TO TEACH HOW TO WALK! EASTER IS ABOUT HOPE…..now it's gone…" I said looking at Bunny with said eyes.
Just then I felt that sharp pain surge through my body again; this time it was in my head. I held my head from the excruciating pain.
"Are you alright?" Jack said coming near me.
"Don't touch me!" I said walking back.
"AAAAGGGGGHHHHHHH!" I screamed from the pain.
I felt it surge through my head and through my mouth. It felt like my canine teeth were being pulled out and as though someone was stabbing my head. I ended up keeling over on the ground, on my knees. Finally the pain subsided and I gasped for air.
"Oh….oh MN," Tooth said walking up to me.
She helped me stand up and looked at me with her tear-filled eyes. Everyone was looking at me with wide eyes.
Tooth quickly opened my mouth and started looking through it.
"WHA-" I said taking her hands out of my mouth, "What are you doing?"
"Your canine teeth. They-they aren't. They're human canine teeth…"
Putting my hands into my mouth, my canine teeth were dull. They weren't sharp like they used to be. But I noticed something even more bad…
"Cly-"
"SHHHHHHH!"
"Cly-
"SHHHHHHH!" I shushed Bunny in a panic.
"What?"
"I can't hear…"
"You can't hear?!"
"I can't hear them…." I said looking around. "Nononononono, this can't be happening!"
I put my hands on my head and didn't feel my ears. I patted my head a million times hoping I would find them, but when I put my hands on the sides of my head, and felt hairless cartilage ears, I knew it was true.
"Wha-no!" I said tears running down my eyes
The usual buzz of mingling voices of trees and animals was not filling the air. I quickly walked up to a random squirrel and kneeled by it. But I didn't hear anything.
"Please," I whispered, "say something…."
But again I heard nothing. So ran over to a tree and put my head to its trunk.
"Cly, you can't-"
"NO! I can! If I just try really hard…." I said closing my eyes.
"Please….please…please just say something. Anything! Please…" I said starting to sob, as I slid down the trunk.
"Please," I said sobbing, clutching onto to trunk.
I felt Bunny put a paw on my shoulder. He tried to pull me away from the trunk, but I refused. I felt so lost. As if I didn't know who I was anymore. I felt like I lost a part of my very soul. The way I lived for the past 687 years, my way of life, was gone…I had lost so much in such a short time. I was surprised I hadn't died of sadness. But I had to stay strong. I had to find Oak and the rest of my family. That is what Sandy would want me to do.
I stood up and walked over to Jack and said, "Go."
"Cly, I-"
"This is ALL YOUR FAULT!" I said losing my temper.
"I swear, I never wanted to hurt you," Jack said with a sincere voice.
"WELL YOU DID! And now I can't hear them! YOU WILL NEVER UNDERSTAND WHAT IT IS LIKE TO LOOSE SOMETHING LIKE THAT! I am Mother Nature, but how can I be Mother Nature when I can't even hear it!"
"I'm so sorry," Jack said, tears brimming his eyes. "I never wanted this to happen…."
"Just go! Leave and take your precious memories with you. That's what you came with us for, isn't it! Well you got them now! So you can leave. I thought maybe you changed. I thought that…well I was wrong. And I guess you were right," I said with a fake chuckle, "You're not meant to be a guardian," I finished saying turning around not wanting to see him anymore.
"Cly," Jack said his voice cracking slightly.
"You should go mate," Bunny said in a stern voice.
Jack looked at Tooth and North who just looked away. Even though I had human hearing now, I could still hear the wisp of the wind as Jack flew away.
Oh great evergreens….he was our only defense against Pitch…what do we do now?
DUN DUN DUUUUUNNN! OH NO! What will they do? Well you will find out in the next Chapter! YEAH, sorry but that's about it...C U IN THE NEXT UPDATE!
Cly****
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