Chapter 10

Turning Point

She sat there in the darkness pitch kept making her use her powers she thought he had cared about her but guess not.

"Good morning my love" maybe he still cared for her but who was the boy he brought with him in chains every day the he made her try to freeze with her powers but she couldn't they was something about him something special and the way he looked at her like his world was coming to an end like she was a light that was going out. Pitch left and came back a few hours later but instead of the boy walking in behind him he was being dragged into the room by a huge nightmare steed she gasps.

"What wrong my darling?" Pitch says grinning.

"Nothing"

"Awe" he says looking at the clean spots that run down her face she had been crying "don't cry little one he's not worth your tears"

"But. . ."

"NO BUTS!" He shouts "really you must get over him after all you're almost ready to join me"

"Okay"

"Now freeze him!" He graves the chained boy and throws him at her feet. Reluctantly she gets up and drags him to the wall where she had been sitting and futilely tries to lift his arms up to the cuffs and falls over backwards with an ow! She tries again. This goes on for two minutes before Pitch get frustrated enough to yell at her "Why isn't he up yet!"

"I can't lift him" she says softly. Pitch comes over and grabbed her wrists and drags her to the cuffs beside the ones she was trying to put him in "wait nonono please I'll do it I just need a second to rest please!" She is crying and speaking fast.

"You had your chance not hold still!" She stops struggling and stayed still as he chained up her wrists. the boy beside her was chained up next but the chains extended and he was kneeling in the middle of the room he starts waking up. Jack lifts his head she watches him look around and see her to his left the door to his right and pitch standing in front of him.

"Now Jessie you will see what happens to the weak!" He backhands the white haired boy who falls over backward then Pitch provides to kick him around the room until he is at her feet again "You see Jessie we are strong and the weak must be destroyed!" The sadness was building in her power with nowhere to go but out she screams as she realises it and everything in the room is covered in a thick layer of frost. She hung from the chains barely conscious of everything around her pitch walked up to her "you're ready, your birthday will be tomorrow." Then everything went black, pitch black.

Waking up again still in the chains from the other day pitch is standing front of her "look who just woke up come on darling" he says sweetly the white haired boy is chained up in the opposite corner of the room right in view "there we go" he says lifting her up and sliding the chair under her for her to sit on "now who is going first? Eh jack don't you think that Jessica should go first?"

"no." He says softly "I'll go."

"But Jack you're still tired why don't we let Jessica go first hmm." He says.

"Go first for what, if it will get me out of these" she shakes the cuffs tears in her eyes he had never left her in them before "then I'll go first."

"No!" Shouts the boy across the room his drowsy-ness forgotten "Pitch, don't you touch her!"

He smiles evilly at the boy "awe, how much you care for her" he smiles evilly "okay Jessie let's get started then" he says turning and slowly walking toward her a black dagger slipping out of his sleeve into his waiting grasp. this making her try to move to get away but the chains preventing that "don't worry this will only hurt, A LOT!" he yells as he lunges the last foot toward her plunging the dagger into her heart. He draws it out quickly no blood coming from the wound she is quiet for a moment before she feels it the darkness ripping apart every last shred of hope, wonder, and everything light the scream that escapes her lips is terrifying even though it still sounds like music.

"Aiyeeeeeeee!" her soul being torn apart she writhes in the chair clamping her mouth shut as she fights the darkness, pushing it out. Her memory suddenly flickers, she loses an inch of the inner battle. Forcing the darkness out again the black gunk seeps out of the hole in her chest leaving it whole once more she collapses into the chair trembling slightly.

Pitch growls fiercely "I guess I'll have to up the anti what do you think Jack that was 5 percent maybe I should do 10 this time" he grins as he looks at a silent Jack "what did you say, 10 isn't enough you should do 15 I agree totally!"

"NO!" the chained boy yells.

"What you think I should do more?" the white haired boy looks away "I thought not, anyway I doubt she would be able to fight for much longer."

The girl is barely aware of the argument she is more focused on the memories flooding thru her head she looks up slowly and speaks "Jack?" he gasps in the corner "w-what's happening?"

"Jess?" his voice is no more than a whisper.

"W-where are we?"

Pitch is furious she was remembering he yells out a defiant scream and lunges at her again stabbing her and sending so much of the blackness into her she falls unconscious immediately.

Jess doesn't wake up a nightmare does, her memory is completely wiped clean her body transformed she wakes to hear someone yelling 'JESSICA, JESSIE NOOOO! PITCH I SWEAR I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS!" there was something around her wrists but it was quickly removed. a grown escapes her dry mouth as she opens her now amber eyes to see the world.

Jack watches as the nightmare king plunges the dagger back into his love, screaming out for her until his voice hurt and he was forced to stop the only sound was Pitches laughter and his own tears spilling onto the ground as he cried. He looked up to see Pitch remove the cuffs from around Jessica's wrists. Only it wasn't Jessica anymore her beautiful pure white hair now had black streaks running thru it and was no longer the clean white rather a more sooty white. Her skin went from the lovely pale like his to a light grey colour, but then she opened her eyes once a beautiful deep blue but now revealing eyes semi akin to Pitch. They were amber in colour, but with a strange silver ring around the inside beside the black center of her eye. He burst into sobs and hears Pitch's laugh at his weakened state he composes himself just to look up and see her studying him.

The man in Black was laughing and the white haired boy across the room eyes were filled with tears he was looking down but a few seconds later he looked up, to see her staring at him, to say he was beautiful was an understatement she feels a longing feeling in her heart at seeing him even in his current state she stands there staring at him for a few more seconds before directing her attention to the black clad man standing closer to her, uncomfortably close she shoves him away "Hey did I give you my permission to intrude on my personal space?" she says speaking for the first time but quickly getting distracted but the sound of her beautiful voice.

He chuckles at her "You will get used to me my nightmare queen." he smiles "I, am Pitch Black and your new name Is Ebony, Ebony Black."

"What am I your daughter or something?"

"Very funny you are my wife" the look on her face making him angry.

"Okay then, sooooooo who, is He" she says pointing at him the lust in her eyes explaining everything to him she still had feelings for him which made him more furious.

"Him? he's a nobody now come on my queen lets go."

"He must have a name" she says affectionately she walks over to him "HEY," she says loudly to gain his attention "What's your name handsome" she says semi kindly but forceful, she plays with his beautiful white hair he is about to answer when Pitch drags her away.

"He, is about to join us" he says not want to put off the inevitable he walks over the white haired boy she is now waving at because he is looking at her confused. Pitch whispers to him holding the dagger "this will hurt more but it will allow you to keep your memories" a devilish grin adorning his features "but unable to not obey me, if you're good I might allow you to spend some time with my new queen." he says looking back at the new Jessica.

Jack stares at him setting his jaw firmly just as Pitch stabs him. The pain, it hurt so much but he didn't let a single sound escape his lips. Instead looking into Pitches amber eyes and glaring the same way he had in the cell nearly 3 weeks ago. Just before everything went black he looked back at his love he had never told her and now he never will be able to with that thought his hope died and the nightmare consumed him.

He doesn't remember why he used to think that way but he does remember the way he used to think but now it disgusts him how he used to be nice to those guardians and be their ally HA! now he knows the truth but the one thing he can't get out of his head is why does he have these feeling for that girl he remembers that she is powerful he thinks maybe that's why but it's something deeper and it makes his heart ache when he thinks about it. All these thoughts are running through his head while he's out then he opens his also amber eyes with a blue ring where her silver one was.

he was so beautiful before, but now he was gorgeous! now that they more resembled each other it made him more handsome than before, his white hair had gone sooty his pale skin went a light grey colour as she watched it was entrancing now he was stirring "I love it" was all she could say beside her Pitch was also taking in the sight of the turning teen, "OMG, PITCH" she almost shouted he was waking up but she still didn't know what to call him.

"What should his new name be my pet" ignoring the 'my pet' comment for now, she deliberated for a few minutes unsure she asked.

"Why don't you tell me his old name and we'll go from there?" Pitch seemed to think this over for a second before consenting.

"His name was Jack Frost."

"Ooooo, did he have like winter powers or something?"

"Yes"

"Will he be able to use these powers still?"

"Yes" he wasn't saying much to eager to hear her answer on what they should call him.

"I think we should call him Jack Black, see what I did there I like the name Jack it somehow suits him but the frost thing is to LIGHT he needs something dark with it hence the Black, and" with a girlish squeal "IT RHYMES!" Pitch stands there in shock Black was his name he didn't want frost messing that up for him but he would let the girl have her fun she would pay for it latter, he was getting exited just thinking about how he would make her pay.

Just then Jack's amber eyes with the thin circle of blue open, to see her standing there squealing with girlish delight he smiled to himself she was captivated by his eyes which made him really-. Really what, he had no word for what he was feeling. Then he noticed the chain holding his bloody wrists "Umm. . ." he says looking at the chains.

"OH!" she cries out turning to Pitch and holding her hand out grinning at him with a devilish smile on her face he smiles back warmly and hands her the key. Jessica or Ebony runs over to where Jack is and stops in front of him, the key dropping from her grip landing just out of reach of his foot he narrows his eyes at her seeing what she is doing, she pretending to not know where she dropped it is down on all fours looking for it making Jack antsy laughing wickedly she finally grabs it and unlocks the cuffs unknown to her Pitch has been think she was giving him a show of her behind the whole time.

"Can I tell him master" he hears her asks Pitch. Pitch smiles and nods the go ahead. with another girlish squeal hurting his ears she runs over to him -after handing pitch the key- he is rubbing his wrists still "HELLO," she says a bit too loudly, also too excited, "I'm Ebony Black and your name is Jack black" grinning she grabs his wrist and turns to Pitch "This is our creator Pitch Black!"

"What are we like some family or something?" the word family making him think of the cursed guardians for some reason.

Pitch lets out a evil sounding laugh "No, I am the nightmare King this is my Queen" he says grabbing her away from him "and I guess you're the nightmare prince" he snuffs that thought him a prince it sound too light too joyous, but when you put nightmare with it, that made it sound so much better.

she was just too excited she pulled out of pitches grip and going over to the beautiful boy she grabs him and begins twirling around the room pulling the dark winter spirit with her both grinning hugely. their mirth is stopped by Pitch yelling "ENOUGH OF THAT!" he yells at the dancing winter spirits "let me show you around your new home young ones" the warm smile making Ebony grin again and lock arms with Pitch and Jack. As they walked out of the room a memory flickered in her mind of her looking different and the old white haired boy walking out of a brightly lit room arm in arm like now smiling and laughing followed by a big man in a red coat, a huge rabbit, a hummingbird/girl, and a man that seemed to be made out of sand. She pushes the memory out of her head and soon forgetting about it putting it off as a bad dream or maybe a good one.

Authors note: Well that took longer than expected but I loved writing it my muse came back two on Friday and someone had made it hyper! I didn't know when to break this chapter off soooo its looonnnggg, hope you don't mind the last ones have been so short just as another reminder I am not giving up on this story it has just been hectic in my life so a little patience goes a long way. sooo REVIEW!