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Chapter 14: Katherine Shalazar AKA Mother Goose
Katherine knew she should have expected something like this, after all it had been she who had shown Sarah the rabbit hole that led to the Workshop many years ago, and with how worried Sarah was about Jackie it would make sense that she would use it to head over and find her friend.
It shouldn't have been so hard yet, when she saw the people she had once so long ago called her friends staring back at her with shock and surprise her anger at them for not contacting her at all over 300 years and when they finally had, it had been to berate her for not running into the fray when Pitch had returned 25 years in the future. Not giving a damn about her reasoning as to why she couldn't...
Yet when her eyes turned to meet those of Jack Frost her eyes softened. Him standing there looking so much like Nightlight, she couldn't help but just stand stock still as emotions she hadn't expected rose up and threaten to spill over as she saw in Jack a boy she had not seen for hundreds of years.
Sarah seemed to realize the pain she had inadvertently caused and with a hesitancy that Sarah only rarely showed, she stepped forward.
Sarah looked around and as though just remembering something she opened her mouth. "Where's Jonny and Mom?"
Katherine turned her head to face Sarah. "Your mother... went out for a walk, Your brother is... in his room." She said slowly as though trying to remember something very difficult.
"Grandma?" Sarah asked just realising that something was wrong. "Are you ok?"
"You're Katherine's granddaughter?" Bunny asked in shock, being the first to recover from seeing a woman he had not seen again in a long time, his eyes darting from Sarah and Katherine as though trying to find a family resemblance that didn't exist.
"Why didn't you tell us?" North asked looking almost betrayed.
Sandman just stared sadly at the family, silently berating himself for not believing what he was seeing sooner.
"Indeed" Katherine said her eyes flashing with unprecedented anger as she answered Bunny's question. "You would have known that had you bothered to call or listen to anything I had to say at all through the years."
Bunny's eyes widened at the anger in Katherine's voice, while the other Guaridians just looked down ashamed. Jack tilted his head in surprise at what the woman said. Katherine wasn't surprised that what she said resonated with him, Jack had been treated the exact same way.
Guilt hit Katherine in the stomach as she realized that the guardians had treated Jack the same why they had been treating her. Katherine had every reason to seek Jack out yet her own personal feelings had gotten in the way and as a result she ended up avoiding Jack.
The realization of that took the anger out of Katherine and she took a deep breath to calm her nerves.
"Sarah what happened?" She turned to her granddaughter calmly, while Nick folded his arms across his chest glaring at his daughter sternly.
"Jackie's missing" Sarah said. "And I know she's on her way here, and it will be much easier to let Jackie just come here then to try and convince her to turn around and go back to the Pole."
Katherine sighed Sarah had always had a logical mind, which she could always use to flip her opponent's arguments on their heads. Cup that with her manipulation abilities and the girl could be unstoppable.
Screw what Sarah did to free Jack; Pitch would want her just based on her abilities alone.
Katherine turned to the guests in her home. "Come on, it seems we have much to discuss."
Very angry story isn't it? Lots of different people angry for one reason or another at the Guardians. Katherine does have a reason for not being at the battle 25 years before and it has everything to do with her adopted son Nick which will hopefully be explained either in a future chapter or in MLWS One Shot.
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