(I know I'm evil. I'm gonna say it now... You guys won't like the ending of this chapter. There will be one more and a bonus chapter. Then this story will be closed. It's been nice. Give me those reviews guys. I have plans but I need your support in this. Yes, I killed Cupid. He deserved it. He was a bloody moron. )

How Do You Love Someone?

Chapter 25 - Goodbye

"FAY! Fuck you Darkness! Give her back!" Jack hollered and the dark spirit laughed knocking his attack away with surprising ease. Jack stumbled and caught himself but his staff didn't stay with him, having been knocked a few feet from Darkness. Without thinking, Jack rushed past Darkness to snatch his staff, Pitch and Sandy joining together to stop Darkness from taking another swipe at the boy. It didn't do much as they were tossed back into the other three guardians, effectively knocking them out of the fight. It was one on one with Darkness. Jack had spun to face the being only to find him sprinting in the spirits direction. Jack was forced back the spare foot and into the wall as the massive horns slammed into the stone on both sides of him. Their eyes met and Darkness grinned.

"I know you boy. I know the darkness inside of you. Inside of us all. You can not defeat me. Look inside and know it's true. I am a part of you boy. I'm the little white lie you tell. I am the excuse you give when you can not follow the rules." The deep voice crooned. Jack smacked one black horn with his staff, freezing it over and Darkness roared in fury as it snapped and rolled from his head. Swiftly, Jack hopped away from Darkness's furious fit. He stomped around and swung his head, now looking quite off balance without one of his horns. An angered gaze finally settled on its target and Darkness swung at him. Jack's attempt to flee failed as Darkness grasped his ankle and threw him. His body bounced off the crystal where Fay's body had settled at it's center. Before his senses returned to him he was lifted off the ground by the front of his hoodie.

"I will kill you boy. I will end you at the feet of your beloved" Darkness roared and Jack gagged as the pressure on his neck and chest increased.

"I'm sorry Fay- I love you." The edges of his vision began to darken. He just wished he had the power to stop Darkness from ending everything. The plants, the animals, the kids and even the other immortals would fall simply because he didn't have the strength.

"NO! You are dead!" A warmth settled into him and his vision suddenly cleared as the pressure vanished with Darkness's agonized shout. He was released and found himself standing before the crystal. The previously dark shine was now clear and bright as sunlit glass and Fay's body was merely a soft silhouette in the stone. The pretty white light wrapped around him with the sound of Fay's laughter and his name as a soft whisper against his skin and hair. Tendrils of silver slipped past him to awaken his comrades before it turned on Darkness. With quick motions, it forced the beastly spirit back, trapping him and cocooning him. With an angered shout Darkness cursed them.

"You have not seen the last of me. There are others and I will be back!" he cried and the light faded leaving nothing more then a wisp of shadows that faded into nothing. Turning Jack pressed his hands against the crystal. The light no longer allowing him to see Fay from the inside. For the next few hours, the Guardians had tried many things in an attempt to break the crystal but everything failed. Even Pitch, who had been touched by the sacrifice, finding the love in his heart at the touch of Fay's light had stayed to help. Nothing touched the solid surface.

"I'm sorry Jack." - Tooth

"We tried everything mate" - Bunnymund

"This one tough rock" - North

"I might not like you but Fay didn't need to die" - Pitch

Even Sandy offered his condolences. But nothing could fit what Jack was feeling quite at that moment. Fay had become so dear to him in only two months. It hurt to know that he wouldn't hear or see her ever again. But they spent enough time trying to bring her back from the crystal. It was time to go. The words almost didn't make it out of his throat.

"Goodbye Fay."

You guys seemed to like the music list I put up and I have decided to put up the list of music I was listening to if I had any playing while I wrote the chapter. Everything is spelled properly so just copy and paste to youtube's search bar. If you can't find the right songs, PM me and I'll send you the right ones.

Poets of the Fall - War

Poets of the Fall - Dreaming Wide Awake

Tangerine Dream - Loved By the Sun

Evanescence - My Immortal

Tcy Force - Chocolat

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