They reached the North Pole in time for North to tell them to pile into his sleigh with the others. Elsa found riding behind these reindeer a little bit more terrifying than riding behind Sven. Okay a lot more terrifying and she thanked her lucky stars Sven couldn't fly because she just knew that her sister would take advantage of that. She looked over at Jack who was enjoying himself way too much and then at Bunny, who looked as terrified as she felt and kept muttering about how holes were better.

They made their way to a desert and Elsa gulped as she looked down upon the sands. For unlike its usual tan color, this one was made of black sands. She took a calming breath and started preparing herself mentally for what was to come. Ahead she could see where gold, dream sand seemed to be flowing towards the center, turning black and spreading out across the ground. Of course in the center stood Pitch and he laughed as they came his way.

"Come to try and stop me have you?" He mocked them, "You may have defeated me last time, but I have returned far stronger then I was then. It helps that my friends Ill-Will and Spook have been out there whipping things into a frenzy lately." They didn't notice the tiny arrows until they had struck both Bunny and North, causing them to grunt, but they didn't puncture to deep. "You're growing soft Pitch, those were hardly worse than a bug bite."

"Oh those weren't ordinary arrows. Those cause you to see and live your worst fears." Pitch said gleefully. Suddenly Bunny said, "Hey why is the Groundhog out hiding my eggs? What do you mean he has replaced me?!" and North turned to Elsa with a deadpan look and said, "Life is so dull, everything has become routine. Where has the wonder gone?" "You're going to pay for this Pitch!" Jack said gripping his staff as he stared at North, so lost without his wonder.

Pitch tutted and said, "Feeling left out Jack? I have one for each of you, in fact, I have one for every child of the Earth!" "You Monster!" Tooth yelled before flying at him, yelling at the top of her lungs. An arrow struck her and she fell to the ground and said, "No, not cavities! They don't hold memories if they have cavities! Why are all of the teeth full of cavities?!"

Sandy had come along too and Elsa realized while they had been distracted by Tooth's outburst, Sandy had been struck by one as well. Though he couldn't verbalize what he was seeing, by what she gathered from the images that flashed quickly above his head is that nobody in the world slept anymore, nobody had any dreams for their lives that he could protect anymore.

It was just her and Jack against Pitch now. Jack said something softly and the wind stirred before speeding off to do whatever he said. "Last chance you two, join me or join your friends in their fate." "Never!" The both exclaimed at once, with Jack continuing, "We will defeat you Pitch, and this time it will be a long while before you show your face again." Pitch laughed a mirthless laugh before saying, "Have it your way Jack." before he began to rapidly fire his tiny arrows in Jack's direction.

Jack dodged them, taking to the air for more maneuverability, drawing Pitch's attention away from Elsa so that she could try to get at the King of Nightmares. Seconds before Elsa was close enough to do anything, Pitch got a lucky shot and Jack fell from the sky. "They forgot me!" he said in a heartbreaking tone, "They are walking right through me! And because I was a Guardian I lost all my powers! I have nothing! How will I ever get someone to believe in me again if I can do nothing to make them believe?"

It was all Elsa could do not to run to Jack and tell him it was alright, that there were those who believed in him. She took her shot at Pitch, but he just pulled up a shield of dark sand at the last second, causing her snow to fly in all directions. "Now, now my dear, that is no way to treat me, I can cause your life to be far more miserable then what it will be once one of my arrows pierces your skin."

Just then the wind picked up again, bringing Jamie with it. "You are not welcome here, Pitch." Jamie said as he landed, "Go back to hiding under your bed." An evil gleam came into Pitch's eyes as he said, "Ah the one who destroyed my sand last time. It was not happy about that you know, and has wanted to get back at you since. Let's see what your worst fear is, shall we?" With that an arrow went flying towards Jamie.

"No!" Elsa yelled, jumping in front of Jamie and taking the arrow herself. "Elsa!" Jamie exclaimed. Elsa felt dizzy briefly before she saw people fearing her again. But she pictured Anna and Jack and Jamie and she knew that they at least, would always love her for who she was. With one last thought, she tossed off the illusion that Pitch's sand was trying to cause her to believe.

Shock registered on Pitch's face as he said, "Why isn't it working on you?!" "Because I have already faced that fear and beaten it. You can't make me fear what I don't fear anymore Pitch for my sister showed me that a little courage goes a long way!" Elsa said to him. To Jamie she said, "Go to Jack and tell him you believe and will always believe in him Jamie and then have him help you break through to the others. I have got to show Pitch what a little courage from me and a lot of belief from your fellow children can do."

Jamie smiled at her and said, "On it!" Before rushing to Jack as she turned once again to face Pitch. The King of Fear had that very emotion cross his face briefly before putting up a strong front as he said, "That may not have worked on you, but it will work on the children of the world. I am connected to their dreams, I can do it from here if I wanted!" Elsa gave him a look before bending down and touching the ground.

The black sand started to turn golden and where it wouldn't turn to gold because of its close proximity to Pitch, it froze over. "Guess again Pitch, you are finished here, you will not harm these kids again." Her ice continued, starting to cover his legs so he couldn't move. She could feel the fear radiating off of Pitch as the ice started to cover him. "Go to sleep Pitch, you won't be waking up for a long while." She said to him as her ice finished covering him.

She made two snow creatures and told them to take Pitch to North's place, before finally turning her attention back to the others. Jack and Jamie had succeed on getting them free of their fears, though it had taken some doing with Sandy until Jamie had touched the black arrow that was still imbedded in him, causing it to lose its power as it turned golden. North looked at Elsa and said, "So you have learned what you are Guardian over?"

Elsa nodded and said, "I have. It's courage."

*thanks stardust for suggesting it and Maddi for being the only one to vote on which way to go.