Una sat down on her bed, rubbing her eyes, trying to remove the mixture of annoyance and exhaustion. This night couldn't get any worse could it? First she ran into Carrie at the market, next her mother managed to ferret out some very well hidden anger directed at her father…. And now she had a mythical being taking a turn about her bedroom, who was now studying her iPod very closely. He began to shake it relentlessly. "What the hell are you doing?"

The words came at an angry hiss. Jack glanced up. "I saw you doing this earlier."

Earlier? "You've been watching me?"

She was on the verge of hysterics, not only was he here, but it turns out he's been watching her. Lovely, a supernatural stalker that always worked great for the leading lady in a story. Una shivered at the thought of a particular bland lady in distress by the name of Bella Swan, stalked by a vampire, and then bore him a mutant devil's child that tore out her insides. At the thought her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates. What the hell was this Jack Frost going to do to her?! Kill her with Frost bite….. Frost bite? Did that mean he actually bit people to death? Unconsciously, she found herself leaning away from her guest as if he was the carrier of some sort of virus.

Jack took notice of this and put her iPod down. "Look, I'm not going to hurt you alright."

Her eyes remained wide, and they swept the room, in search of some sort of make-shift weapon. "You've been watching me!"

Biting his lip, Frost averted his eyes. "Yeah…B-but it's not like that, I was just looking out for you!"

Fingers clawing into her blankets, Una stared at him, and then her attention when to the crook that he had lazily rested on his right shoulder. What did he use that for? Sure it was a simple piece of wood, but this guy was supernatural! Could be some sort of well crafted murder tool! Taking notice of her focus on the staff, Jack pulled it from her shoulder. Una pulled away even more. Rolling his eyes, he knelt down and set it on the ground. In his crouched position, he lifted his hands to display himself weaponless. "Come on Una, I'm not gonna hurt you."

Pulling back, Una moved to stand on the opposite side of her bed. "Yeah, and I'm just suppose to trust a stalker?"

He laughed. "Seriously, you think that I would put in the effort to make you see me, to only hurt you…. That sounds like something old Pitch would do."

She stared at him, her face blank but her eyes betraying what Jack mistook for confusion. "He's the Boogeyman."

The blank look never left, all that came out was an almost dead whisper. "I know who he is."

Looking away, Una stepped out from behind the bed. "Yeah, he exists."

Her eyes snapped up. "I know he does, moron. He had a habit of proving himself when I was kid."

Sliding his foot under the staff, Jack tossed it into the air. Catching it, he moved forward, practically pressing Una against the wall. "You believe in him?"

Her posture stiffened. "No, I just knew he was there."

His eyes never left hers. "But you said that the nightmares went away."

Una pushed him away. "Christ, how long were you stalking me."

Jack took to the air, floating a few inches over her. He ignored her demand, and rendered her silent with his own. "How did they go away?"

She blinked, looking away; her words came out at a mumble. "I made them go. I got lucid in the nightmares."

The explanation was enough to knock Jack out of the air. No one, not even a Guardian had the ability to pull from Pitch's Nightmares; even the Sandman had been lost in them. Despite the fact that he came back, you couldn't dismiss the fact that e had help in breaking away from the terrors. It made no sense that Una, a mortal teenager had the ability to make her nightmares go even when she still believed in his existence.

Author's Note: I apologize for the long wait on this chapter. It appears that I am in need a new computer due to the fact that my current laptop is having some serious difficulties, seeing that I got in 2008. So, I hope that this chapter was well worth the wait. I hope that this happening when it comes to Una and Pitch in their past relationship is palpable and creates some intriguing and interesting thoughts. Please review, and tell me what you think of it all. Merry Late Christmas, and a Happy soon to be New Year.