A/N: Aagh sorry! I havn't been writing as much because school has me wrapped up tight in a vise of lab reports and history essays... But here's another chapter!

Wind and snow whipping your face, Jack soared through the frozen, crystallized air. Looking through the ice hitting your face, you watched as the tundra changed from a smooth white to mountainous terrain of pine and cedars. It was only minutes of jetting through the air when Jack started to slow, descending towards a dark forest. A small clearing opened through the dark trees, and Jack landed gracefully on the dead grass.

As your feet touched the ground, a wave of uneasiness flowed over you like the current of a raging river. The feeling felt dark and ominous, almost evil in a way. It radiated off the dead grass beneath your feet, sending chills going up your spine.

"Jack, where are we?" You looked up at him nervous, his gaze turned towards a black hole in the ground several feet from where you were standing.

"This is Pitch's hideout. At least, former hideout. The hole had collapsed in on itself when Pitch was consumed by his own nightmares." The dark horse… Jack glared at the hole, his expression showing that he was lost in his memories of what had happened here. "They must have dug up the tunnel." He stepped closer to the edge of the hole, peering into the dark depths.

Following his lead, you stepped lightly closer to the rim of the gaping hole. A light, heated breeze blew out of it, and with it carrying a poisonous aura. You stepped away from it, taking a deep breath of the cleaner air.

"Are you sure they're down there?" A sudden chill took over, and you held your arms close to you to keep you warm.

"Yeah. They're down there all right." He crouched down, plucking a small, lush, brightly colored flower from the ground. He stood up, tossing the flower to the side, and turned to you. "You don't have to come if you don't want to. I'm not forcing you." Walking up to you, he placed a hand against your cheek.

You looked away from the hole and into his crystal eyes. "I'll go with you, you know that." Giving him a light smile, he leaned in and brushed his lips against yours comfortingly.

"Let's go find Bunny's sorry tail, shall we?" Chuckling, he swept you off your feet, carrying you in his arms as he approached the evil hole and jumped in.

The hole swallowed you both, and you were encased in a pressuring cocoon for several seconds as you fell into the darkness.

You were jostled around as Jack hit the bottom, but the feeling of being encased left you as you now looked down a tunnel. Setting you down and taking your hand, Jack cautiously lead you through the tunnel of rock. A cave was seen ahead, and as you left the tunnel you got a good look of the huge cavern.

It looked like an entire city had been built at one point, but long abandoned. The black ruins lined the entire cavern, dark chains hung down from the ceiling, and sharp, bent metal covered the floor. Looking around, a memory of a nightmare came rushing back at you.

You started to shake, panic rushing through you like the blood that coursed through your veins. In your eyes, you could have sworn the chains started to waver towards you, like you were a magnet. The ceiling and walls started to move and shift as the black sand which had encased you was placed into reality. You could only watch in horror as it slithered it's way towards you once more.

A firm grasp on your arm snapped you out of the hallucination, and you looked to see Jack watching you worriedly.

"Im fine, don't worry." Taking his hand, you squeezed it tightly. He squeezed your hand back before he walked towards the dark city, bringing you with him.

You both walked through the ruins, staying in the brightest areas, but the light still seemed as dark as the shadows. Weaving in and out of the twisted, dark metal which lay strewn about on the ground, careful not to touch the razor-sharp edges.

You had split up wanting to cover more ground, but you were always within earshot of one another. A feeling of someone watching you appeared as you left Jack's side, and you grew nervous, always looking back over your shoulder.

It seemed hours before Jack called out to you from around the corner. Rushing to his side, dodging the jagged metal, you jogged up to his crouched form. Standing up, he turned to you and handed you a single green feather.

"Toothiana…" You looked up at Jack scared, grasping the feather tightly in your palm.

"We don't have any time to lose, we have to find them!" Panic in his voice, he hopped on his staff and rode like a surfboard through the jungle of chains, his white hair flipping wildly as he looked in every direction. "North!" His voice echoed in vain around the huge underground space.

"Tooth!" You decided to start calling as well, taking off running through the ruins. It wasn't long until you found a boomerang embedded in a crack on the wall. "Jack!" You called out for him, rushing to Bunny's boomerang.

Pulling it out of the rock, you traced a small crack in the wing with your finger. "Jack!" You called out again, but there was no response. Spinning around, you started to scream out. "Jack!"

You took off sprinting through the dark walkways, screaming his name every few seconds. Keeping your eyes mainly on the airspace, you waited for him to come surfing in on his gnarled staff, telling you everything was okay and that he was alright.

Your hope getting fainter and fainter, you turned the corner and stopped dead in your tracks.

Five, intact, black cages stood by the dark stone of the wall. Tooth, North and Bunny were trapped in the first three, the last two empty.

"Guys!" You ran up to them, grabbing the bars of the cage Tooth lay in. She was on her knees in the cage, her hands covering her mouth, an intense sense of terror rolled off her. "Jack and I came for you! We're going to get you out of here! Just hold on."

Tooth looked up at you, and in her violet eyes you could tell something had snapped. "He ripped out every single one of my teeth… then he took the children's, crushing them one by one… destroying their memories." Her eyes started to well with tears and her chest rapidly rose and fell in hyperventilation, and you didn't know what to do but start yanking at the lock. Despite what she said, her own teeth were still intact.

"Tooth, it's alright, the children's teeth are fine, so are yours, let me just get you out of here." You stepped back, looking around for something you could use to break the lock.

A/N: The next chapter should be up within the next few days don't you worry! Feel free to nag and yell at me if I don't update! (BUT IM SO READY FOR THIS NEXT CHAPTER AHH ITS GIVING ME GOOSEBUMPS)