Elsa appeared in a cold, dark, room. She ran to the open door, then realized she was in a cage made of roiling sand. She started to run to the other side, then tripped and fell. She pulled her knees close to her chest and sat there, small and weak, and started to cry. "Jack, Jack, where are you? Please, I need you. Please, Jack, I love you, more than anything. Please, I need you. Please..."

Pitch cackled in the dark. "Oh Elsa. So small. So weak. So afraid! I love it," he said, his eyes glowing but the rest of him still shrouded in darkness.

"Stay-stay away from me. Don't come near me, just stay away. Don't touch me. Please!" She cried out.

"Why does everyone think I have to touch you to hurt you!" He said, pretending to be exasperated. "All I have to do to hurt you is this." He smiled wickedly and clapped. She screamed as the sand rose in front of her and six figures appeared, made completely of black sand. The first one stood in front of the rest, and she realized it was North. The dark North started toward her, and she backed up until her back was pressed up against the black bars of the cage. She cringed and cried out as he punched her. He came after her again and she shot him with ice. He disappeared in a flurry of dark sand. Seeming outraged that their companion was dead, the next three descended on her in a fury. She realized they were Tooth, Bunny, and Sandy. She screamed, and ice shot out of her hands randomly as they dragged to her the ground. They each got a few punches in until she froze them all. By then she was so weak she could barely get up off the ground. It was as if the sand was sapping her strength!

She shot ice at the next figure, her eyes blurry from exhaustion. "Anna! Anna, please no, Anna." She cried as she realized she had shot Anna. Anna had frozen when she was shot, just like before. A few seconds later, Anna's statue exploded into sand. "Anna, I'm so sorry. Please forgive me!" She cried out. She heard a laugh, and spun around.

Even though by then she was expecting this, Elsa still felt weak-kneed when she saw the last sand person. "Jack," she gasped, feeling like all the breath had just rushed out of her lungs.

"Hey Elsa," he said, casually leaning his staff up against the dark bars of the cage. "I've been wanting to do this for awhile. I was actually really glad when you disappeared. You were just a scared little girl. I don't know what I ever saw in you." As he said this, he swung his staff, the hooked end hitting Elsa in the neck. She cried out and fell to her knees. He kept hitting her, spinning around Elsa while she screamed out in pain. "Why won't you fight back? You too much of a sissy?"

"No," she said, grimacing as he hit her again. "I just won't give Pitch the satisfaction of me killing you. I would never-could never hurt you. I-I love you, even if you aren't really my Jack. I'm not afraid, I'll take it all. I do, I do love you." He swung his staff one more time, and they both gasped as it burst into sparkling waves of golden sand, which then traveled up his arm, turning Jack into a swirling ball of Sandy's dream sand.

At the pole, Sandy felt the black sand turn to dream sand, and gasped as he realized that it came from where Elsa was. He turned and furiously tried to get the other guardians to notice him. He finally shook an elf, and they all stopped to look at him. Sandy signed as fast as he could. "IknowwhereElsais,she'sinPitch'sdungeonsandshejustdefeatedsomethingmadeofnightmaresandandturnedittodreamsandand..."

North put his hand on the little man's forehead. "Slow down there, Sandy! Even I can't understand you!" Sandy smiled and nodded. He signed slightly slower, just so they could barely read it, and they each gasped as they realized what he was saying. "You know where Pitch's lair is?" North asked, shocked. They had been looking for that for a long time!

"Elsa turned something back into dream sand? She must be more powerful than we thought!" Tooth gasped.

"If Elsa turned nightmare sand into dream sand, that means Pitch is using his nightmare sand on her! We have to go, she could be hurt!" Jack cried out.

Bunny nodded. "Hate to admit it, but lover boy's right for once. We should go now, it could be our best chance to destroy Pitch."

"Well then it's settled. Everyone, to the sleigh!" North shouted, his Russian accent stronger than ever.

"No no no, mate, I'm taking my tunnels! It-it might be good to have underground support?" Bunny said, looking repulsed by the idea.

"What's wrong, kangaroo? You scared?" Jack asked teasingly.

"Ummm... Course not, Frostbite! You're not talking to just any old bunny! You're talking to the Easter Bunny. I'm not scared of anything," Bunny retaliated, angry.

"Okay, I guess we're done here! Hop in everyone! Oh, and Bunny; buckle up!" North said, bringing back an old joke between them.

"Ha ha. Very funny North," Bunny growled, looking like he was about to puke. They jumped in and flew off.

Meanwhile, Pitch had gone back to see Elsa. When he saw the golden tendrils of sand spiraling down from where her cage was hanging, he smiled maliciously. "Tell the others," he whispered to his night mare. "The guardians are coming for their Queen."

Hi again! Here's the second chapter I promised! Thanks for reading, please review, follow, and favorite!