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After their talk, Jack felt a lot better about everything. He may not have learned anything new from the man in the moon but sometimes just saying your feelings and worries out loud made it easier to deal with. He may not know what was going to happen in the end between him and Elsa but for now he just wanted to enjoy her company, and maybe steal another kiss or two.

He gently floated down onto the bedroom balcony and quietly opened the door, trying not to wake up the queen. But as soon as he walked in, he knew something was wrong. He looked to the bed and saw that Elsa wasn't in it. He was about to panic but thought he should at least look around the palace. Maybe she had gone to the bathroom or maybe to grab a late night snack. But even as he made his way through the place, he knew he was just being hopeful. By the time he had finished the entire palace and still had not seen a sign of Elsa, he was fully panicking. He ran into the bedroom hoping beyond anything that she was back sleeping peacefully but he wasn't that lucky it seemed.

As he walked up to the bed he noticed something catching the last rays of the moon before it set for the day. Jack picked up the odd substance that was scattered across the bed and brought it closer to his face for further inspection.

His staff clattered to the floor, the sound echoing through the empty palace as he slumped down to his knees.

Black Sand

He had only been gone a few minutes but a few minutes were all Pitch had needed. Pitch waited in the shadows, waiting for Jack to slip up before he made his move and now Elsa was gone.

Jack had failed her.

He had promised her that he was going to keep her safe. That Pitch wasn't going to do anything to her but he broke his promises.

It felt like the life was being sucked out of him. Tears began to form on the corner of his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. Jack felt the despair turn into anger. He clenched his fists cursing Pitch's name and swearing that he would stop at nothing to bring Elsa back home. Jack jumped up, grabbed his staff, and ran towards the balcony, making the doors burst open with a strong gust of wind. He started flying and heading for the mountains but after a moment he stopped.

He glanced over at the moon as it was disappearing and the sun was rising. Before Jack became a guardian, he would run off into mischief without thinking twice. But now he was a guardian, and right now he had to think not about himself, but about Elsa. He needed to think this through before he ran out into the mountains.

He looked over the range. There were more mountains than he could count and more snowy land than he could cover. He ran his hand through his hair frustrated beyond belief. It wasn't that he wanted to find her, he NEEDED to find her.

But he couldn't do it alone.

Anna, was currently sitting on one of the plush couches in her sister's office looking over even more paperwork. She soon grabbed one of the pillows and screamed as loud as she could into it…again.

"Problem?" Kristoff popped his head in.

Anna looked up to see him walking in with a tray with two steaming mugs. She prayed that it was hot chocolate. "I don't know how Elsa can deal with all of this. I know that she's only been the official queen for a few weeks but she's been an avid part of running the kingdom for a few years."

"So?" Kristoff placed the tray on the table and took a seat next to his girlfriend.

"So?! That means that Elsa has been dealing with this kind of paperwork for years!" She looked over at the blonde with wide eyes. "Years! I don't know how she has stayed sane for that long. I've only been doing it for a couple of days and I'm ready to rip my hair out."

Kristoff couldn't help but laugh. Anna was a lot of things but patient wasn't one of them. It really showed how much she loved her sister for her to be willing to sit in an office all day and look over documents so she could have a break.

"Calm down. Elsa will be back either later tonight or early tomorrow."

"I know." Anna sighed. "I just hoped that she had a good time and that her and Jack got closer."

Kristoff turned and gave Anna a suspicious look. "Why are you doing this?"

"I don't know what you mean." Anna tried to look innocent but was failing at it.

"Trying to play matchmaker with your sister? I mean, we barely know Jack and here you are sending him off with Elsa."

Anna couldn't help but roll her eyes. Boys could be so dense sometimes. "It's obvious that they like each other. I just decided to give them a little push in the right direction."

Kristoff shrugged, knowing better than to argue with his girlfriend. "If you say so, I just hope you know what you are doing."

Anna was about to respond with a smart retort about how much she knew about her sister and about love but before she could even get a word out, the doors to the balcony bursts open and a large gust of cold wind came in, sending the papers flying across the room.

"What the?" Kristoff blocked Anna from the wind and covered his eyes with his arm. Once the wind had settled the two looked up to see a very frazzle looking Jack standing there breathing heavily.

"Jack?" Anna looked over at the winter spirit. "What's going on?" Her eyes went wide. "Where's Elsa?"

Back in the mountains deep within one of the caves, Pitch walked around his creation smirking.

"That's right. Just let the darkness and fear consume you." Elsa stood there and with her glowing red eyes, watched the Nightmare King walk around her. Since she left the ice palace she had not said a word. She simply watched the man. "Now I want you to attack that Nightmare over there." He pointed to one of the corners where the horse-like creature stood watching them. As if on cue the Nightmare began charging them.

Elsa turned and raised her hand. She didn't do anything until the very last moment. Right when the nightmare was about to crash into her, Elsa sent an icy blast its way. Pitch smiled when he saw the results. The sand and ice collided and became a sculpture of sorts. It was just like when Pitch and Jack faced off against each other.

"Good….good. Now…" He came to stand right next to Elsa. "Together this time."

Another nightmare came charging at them. Together the two raised their hands. Elsa sent out another blast of ice while Pitch sent out his own blast of darkness. The nightmare was gone and in its place was a new type of monster made of sand and ice. It let out a deafening roar making the icicles shake. Pitch let out a joyous laugh. He was truly unstoppable now.

Soon the whole world would know of the Boogieman.

"Woah, woah…" Anna put her hands up to stop Jack. For once she had to tell someone else to take a breath in between sentences.

Jack ran his hand through his hair again. He didn't have time for this. He needed to be out there looking for Elsa. But instead he was in her office, trying to explain everything to her little sister and her little sister's boyfriend.

"Let me get this straight…" Anna continued. "The Boogieman has been attacking Elsa's dreams and turning them into nightmares and now he has kidnapped her?"

"Yes." Jack looked down in shame. "And it's all my fault. I wasn't there to protect her when she needed me."

Anna moved across the couch and sat next to Jack and placed her hand over his. He looked up at her and she gave him a sad but kind smile. "It's not your fault Jack. This…Pitch Black sounds like a horrible being and he was just waiting for the perfect moment to strike." She squeezed his hand. "You couldn't be there all the time and I know Elsa knows that too."

Although what Anna said had some truth to it, it didn't mean that he didn't fell any less guilty.

"So what do we do?" Kristoff came into the conversation. "We don't know where Pitch is or where he took Elsa and I've been going to that mountain range my entire life and it would take years to cover it all."

Anna sat up and looked surprisingly calm considering the situation they were in. "I think its time to go see your family." She turned and looked at the blonde. "It's been quite a long time since I said hello."

Jack had no idea what Anna was planning. How would Kristoff's family know where Elsa is? But it seemed that were determined to go and Jack didn't have a better plan so he watched as they hooked up the sleigh to Sven and the couple was off with Jack flying next to them.

It seemed that Sven knew exactly where they were going even if Jack had never seen this part of the kingdom before. They rushed through not even looking around, eventually the reindeer slowed down when they came to a bunch of…

"Rocks?" Jack asked out loud when he landed next to the couple. "How are rocks supposed to help us find Elsa?"

"Just wait." Anna smiled at him. "I was confused the first time as well."

Kristoff walked over to the largest rock in the center and gave it a gentle knock. "Hey guys we need to talk."

"He's crazy." Jack whispered to Anna. "I'll distract him while you run."

Anna laughed and shook her head. "Just give him a minute."

Jack was about to argue but suddenly the rock began to move and so did the others that surrounded him. And just like that, all the rocks turned into small little creatures with large noses and cloaks made of moss and most of them seemed to have some type of crystal around their necks. The one that Kristoff had knocked on seemed to be the eldest of them all and the leader.

"Grand Pabbie…" Anna knelt down to his level. "We need your help." Anna was about to explain the situation but before she could get one word in the trolls, in their meddlesome way, started asking questions.

"How are you Anna?"

"Are you two married yet?"

"Did you fix him up yet?"

"Does he even know how to kiss?"

Kristoff sighed and face palmed. His family just couldn't leave his love life alone it seemed.

"And who is this?" Bulda asked looking over at Jack. All the trolls stopped pestering Anna and looked to the new person.

Jack was a bit creeped out having all those little black eyes starting at him.

Grand Pabbie pushed the others out of the way to stand in front of Jack. "Let me look at you boy."

Jack did what he was told and knelt on one knee to be on the same level as the rock troll. Grand Pabbie took his hand and closed his eyes. After a minute or two they shot open.

"Family," He called the others attention. "We have a Guardian among us."

The trolls gasped and bowed to Jack.

"What are they doing?" Jack stood up and took a couple steps back.

"I don't know." Kristoff looked on in confusion. "I've never seen them do that before."

Grand Pabbie stood straight again and took a step closer to Jack. "The man in the moon has chosen you has he not?"

Jack's eyes went wide. "You know about him?"

Grand Pabbie nodded. "He has been around even longer than us. It was he that showed us the way to our crystals." The others held up the crystals around their necks and smiled. "He must see something special in you to bestow such an honor."

"Can we discuss that later Grand Pabbie?" Anna stepped forward grabbing everyone's attention again. "We need your help with Elsa."

And that's when everything came back to Jack. He couldn't believe he had forgotten even for a moment.

"Yes, what seems to be the matter with our queen?"

"She's missing." Jack explained. "A man named Pitch Black has kidnapped her." He said through gritted teeth.

"We have no idea where they are and we were hoping that you could help us find her." Anna added.

"Who was the last one to see her?"

"I was." Jack stepped forward.

"Let me take your hand again."

The winter spirit did was he was told and once again Grand Pabbie closed his eyes for a moment before opening them again. Grand Pabbie then waved his hand and silhouettes made of colored light appeared above their heads. Currently it was showing an image of Jack. He recognized himself due to his ever so present staff.

"Your powers give you a strong connection to our queen. One that has only gotten stronger these past few days." Jack tried to hide his blush as the group watched as another figure, obviously Elsa, appear. Both Jack and Elsa waved their hands sending a wisp of snow into the air. Then the two figures came to stand awfully close to each other and hold hands.

"But understand that fear has always been the queen's greatest weakness." Jack's figure disappeared and Elsa's figure fell to its knees and covered its head with her arms to protect herself while horse-like figures with red eyes came and surrounded her.

Jack knew exactly what those creatures were…nightmares.

"And all that fear has attracted attention." Another figure appeared. This one pure black and Jack knew exactly who that was.

"Pitch." He gritted his teeth as he watched the figure of Pitch come closer to Elsa until he grabbed her hand and made her stand. Jack clenched his staff so tight it could have snapped in two.

"The fear has now consumed her and blackness has covered her heart." Pitch's figure raised his hand above the figure of Elsa's and black dust rained down on her. They watched as Elsa's figure, which had been icy blue the entire time, changed to black matching Pitch's.

"What are you saying?" Anna stepped towards the rock troll leader. "Are you saying that my sister is evil now?"

Grand Pabbie looked at her with a sad expression but shook his head. "No my dear. She is not evil. Her heart has not be frozen per say, but it has been covered in dark magic."

Elsa's figure walked over to stand by the figure of Pitch.

"But it can be broken right? I mean an act of true love can break the spell can't it?" Anna looked at him hopeful.

Grand Pabbie didn't answer the question outright. He looked up to the figures and everyone's eyes followed. "You must know that now that ice and darkness has been combined, Pitch is stronger than ever before. And Elsa's fear continues to feed him. But they can be stopped. As you said Anna, an act of true love will help to break the spell of our queen."

A figure, which seemed to be Anna appeared and went to protect Elsa's figure from Pitch. "But because you have already showed your love before…." Another imagine showing Anna's figure saving Elsa's from a figure with a sword appeared before disappearing again. "Your act will not work."

The figure of Pitch sent a blast at Anna's figure making it shatter.

Anna gasped. "Then how can we save her?" Tears were beginning to form in the corner of Anna's eyes.

"Another person…" A figure the color of icy blue but did not showing any other distinct features appeared in Anna's place protecting Elsa from Pitch. "Must show their true love for Elsa. If you cannot find another person who loves our queen as purely as you do then she will remain like this…..forever."

Another chapter down! Hope you like this one, I really enjoyed writing up the Rock Troll scene.

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