Chapter 10

Near Death Experience

Raina's Point of View

I was fighting the stone like creatures when my fellow Guardian's came. I could hear their shouting as they charged into battle. I knew the others could handle themselves, but Jack's never been on a battlefield, so I was concerned about him until I saw him turning the creatures into ice statues. I didn't stay amazed over his work, for I knew these creatures wouldn't stop attacking. I shoved Valdran in one of the smaller creatures and that's when I heard it, a shrieking. I looked up to find a creature that was the size of a troll. I charged and as I did so, the beast picked up a tree and I knew what it was going to do. Raising my hand, I felt strength and power inside me and using that power and using my mind, I created a stone shield, that was taller than a boulder, and the tree hit it. I heard a thud and a cry from the beast and I knew that it was dead. Once my shield disappeared, I looked up and saw that there was a town nearby and I saw that the cracks were heading towards it. Some of the creatures noticed it and began to charge. The people were oblivious as the monstrous beings ran towards them. Knowing what to do, I raised my hand again and ginormous roots rose from the ground and crushed them and the humans remained oblivious.

Then I could hear something whizzing towards me and then I felt it, pain going down my arm. I looked at my arm and found that an arrow pierced it. I took out the arrow and my fears were confirmed, it was poisoned. I looked up again and I don't know if the poison was making me have hallucinations or if it was real, but in the distance, I could see Barren looking at me with a bow in hand. If he was the real deal, then this must have been just a set up for him to gloat about his return.

"Raina!" I heard Jack shout my name, but I ignored him.

More cracks appeared and were getting closer and closer to the town and more and more creatures came popping out. I thought of what to do, seeing as my roots didn't really solve the problem, and without thinking, I took Valdran and slammed it into the ground, shouting while I did so. The ground erupted and there was a deafening sound as the ground raged forward like a wave crashing down on an ocean shore and then the cracks stopped getting bigger and all the creatures were lying on the ground in piles of ash. I stood up and saw that the battle was over. The mortals remained clueless of what happened. Then, I started to loose my balance and I would have fallen on the ground if it hadn't been a pair of cold hands holding onto me, they were Jack's hands.

"Raina what's wrong?" Jack asked his voice filled with worry.

I couldn't speak, I felt as if my mouth couldn't move and there was a pain that felt as if there was fire flooding through me. I had a hard time keeping my eyes open and my head started to feel as if it was going to explode.

"The arrow it's been poisoned." Bunny said examining the arrow that pierced my arm.

"We need to get her back to her home, I'm sure that her garden is filled with healing plants that we could use to make an antidote." Jack said, picking me up and I rested my head on his shoulder.

"Right, everybody let's go." Santa agrees and I felt Jack running and then we were all seated in Santa's sleigh.

"Hang on Raina." I heard Jack whisper to me.

The next thing I knew, was the sleigh jolting and then I could tell we were in the air. I heard Santa throwing one of his snow globes and I could hear a portal opening. Then we were on the ground and Jack picked me back up as he carried me and ran with the others towards my gardens. He probably thought flying would make the pain worse.

"Raina which plant's do we need to use for the antidote?" Jack asked, but all I could manage was to point at a bunch of flowers.

"I got them." Bunny replies running over to where the flowers were and running back with three of them in his hand like paws.

Then I felt Jack running again and I knew he was running into my home to one of the rooms I use as an infirmary. Jack laid me down on a cot and the next thing I knew, I was falling into a deep sleep.

Jack Frost's Point of View

"Hurry!" I say as Santa worked on the antidote.

"I'm trying." Santa said back.

My heart was racing and I started to feel like I was going to panic. Then Santa finally managed to get the antidote in a vial and we were racing towards the cot where Raina was in. Her fever was getting worse and I noticed that she was slowly losing the ability to breathe. I held Raina's nose while Santa had her drink the antidote halfway and then he was pouring the rest on her arm where the arrow pierced her. We waited for the antidote to take effect and when we thought that we lost her, Raina started coughing and then she opened her eyes. Santa placed a hand on her head and confirmed that her fever had broken. We all sighed in relief and I volunteered on looking after her.

No One's Point of View

"Did everything go to according the plan?" Pitch asked as he and the others joined Barren on the battlefield in New Zealand.

"Yes, I can sense that they gave her the cure and that the boy will be taking care of her." Barren answered in a loud whisper.

"Good, soon my friends, we will have our revenge." Pitch replied and he and his fellow Titan's left the area and went back to the Shadow realm.

Author's Note: Onwards! Leave a review please!