I hopped out of the window and ran over to the sleigh.
"Is official. My powers are kaput." North said to Tooth. I ran over with a grin.
"Bull crap, Big Red. You're just old." I said.
"Freya!" North gasped.
"What are you doing here?" Tooth asked. I smiled.
"I was looking for someone." I said, shifting to reveal Jack.
"Jack!" Tooth gasped. She went to flitter over but her wings gave out and she fell. I knelt and helped her stand.
"You okay?" Jack asked. She smiled up at him. I cringed mentally, realizing she had a crush on him. I hope it's just his teeth.
"Jack, what are you doing here?" North asked. Jack grinned.
"Same as you." Jack said, looking to Jamie. Tooth and North gasped.
"The last light!" North breathed. I nodded.
"Wow! It is you! I mean it is you! I knew it wasn't a dream." Jamie exclaimed in excitement. Jamie turned to look at me and Jack before turning to fangirl over the others again.
"Jack! Freya! He sees you!" North said. I smiled as Jack placed a protective hand on Jamie's shoulder.
"Wait, where's Bunny?" I asked nervously.
"Losing Easter took its toll on all of us. Bunny most of all." North said. I froze, blood draining from my face.
"Oh no..." I muttered in shock. I curled into Jack's side and buried my face in his shoulder. He rubbed my back but then snickered.
"Freya, look." He said. I turned and saw Bunny as a tiny, twitchy-nosed... bunny.
"That's the Easter Bunny?" Jamie said. I gasped and covered my mouth so that I wouldn't laugh.
"Now somebody sees me! I mean, where were you about an hour ago, mate?" Bunny exclaimed. Jamie walked over with a chuckle.
"What happened to him? He used to be huge and cool! And now he's..."
"Cute?" I suggested. Bunny shot me a glare. Jamie scratched Bunny under the chin. Bunny's involuntarily began thumping his paw.
"Oh, that's good." He muttered. I snickered. Bunny caught himself and swatted Jamie's hand away with his little paws.
"Did you tell him to say that?" Bunny asked Jack. He hopped over and put up his paws in challenge. "That's it! Let's go! Me and you! Come on!"
"No! Actually he told me you were real. Just when I started to think that maybe you weren't." Jamie said, kneeling down to get closer to eye-level. Bunny looked between the boys in shock.
"He made you believe? In me?" He asked. His gaze settled on Jack, his eyes wide and watery in appreciation. Thunder broke the moment and I frowned darkly.
"Get Jamie out of here." Jack said. I grabbed his staff and he gave me a look.
"I'm coming with you." I said.
"Freya, no. I can't let you get hurt again. Not after what happened last time." Jack said. I bit my lip and enveloped him in a hug.
"Be careful, Jack." I whispered. I kissed his cheek before backing up to let him take off.
"Come on." I said. I let Bunny lead and I followed in the back. I took out the patrolling Nightmares easily with bursts of red light and frost.
"That's new." North said, giving me a look.
"I'll explain later." I said.
"Quick, this way this way!" Bunny said. We followed but the alley stopped us. "Dead end. Other way other way!"
Suddenly, a loud crash sounded and I whipped around to see Jack limp on the ground. I gasped and knelt next to him, cradling his head in my lap as he groaned.
"I told you I wanted to come, ya idiot." I said. He smirked half-heartedly.
"That was good try, Jack! A for effort!" North said as I helped Jack to his feet.
"He's stronger. I can't beat him." He said, wincing in pain. I placed a hand on his neck and a small stream of icy blue light flowed from my fingers and healed him. "Thanks, Fey."
"All this fuss over one little boy. And still he refuses to stop believing." My dad scoffed, his shadow appearing in the alley. Fear clawed at my heart but I stood tall. I wrapped a protective arm around Jamie's shoulders and held Jack's hand.
"Very well. There are other ways to snuff out a light." Pitch snarled. Suddenly, the lights in the alley began bursting. I knelt and held the terrified Jamie in my arms.
"If you want him, you're gonna have to go through me!" Bunny said. Pitch laughed.
"Look how fluffy you are! Would you like a scratch behind the ears?" Pitch chuckled. Bunny hopped backwards and leapt into North's hand.
"I can't tell you how happy it makes me to see you all like this. You look awful." Pitch said, riding into view. He gasped.
"You?!" He said. I stood, letting go of Jamie.
"Me." I said.
"But... I killed you." Pitch said. They gasped, minus Jack.
"No, you tried. You can't kill me, Pitch." I took another brave step forward. "And I won't let you kill Jamie either."
"Good luck, little dream." He said. He shot a nightmare at me and I deflected it with a shield of ice. I snarled.
"Nice try, you old fart." I said, prompting him to attack. I nightmare cut my hip but I shot my own volley of ice daggers, nicking Pich's cheek.
"Bring it, dad!" I yelled. He growled and a swarm slammed into my stomach. I grunted as I was sent flying into the wall, slamming my head. I stood shakily and smirked.
"Well, ya brought it." I said. I stumbled, still smirking. "I guess I deserved that one, didn't I?"
"Freya!" Jack yelped as I fell over and he caught me.
"Jack... I'm scared." Jamie said. Jack's eyes widened as he realized something and the spots in front of my eyes disappeared as that one sentence triggered a memory of my own sibling, the one I died for. I stood.
"We're gonna have a little fun, instead. That's it. That's my center." Jack said. Jamie gave him a confused look but I merely grinned.
"So what do you think, Jamie? Do you believe in the Boogiema-" Pitch cut off as a snowball connected with his face, knocking him off Onyx, who snorted. I laughed with the others.
"Now let's go get your friends." I said. Jack and I frosted a path past Pitch and we sledded away to rally our forces. This was going to be one hell of a battle.
Sorry that I haven't been updating as often, aka, that I haven't been. I've been busy playing catch-up with HW and I was banned from my computer until I was up to date. So, I'll try harder to be up to date so I can update. Good? Again, sorry for the wait. And to those getting impatient, SANDY WILL COME BACK. IT'S PART OF THE STORY DANGIT! Ahem, anyways. Sorry once more. Toodles