I was brought along a narrow hall, a living dead guy following behind me while I followed Seraphina. With each step I took a floorboard creaked beneath me. Do you know how infuriating that is when you're going to meet Evil himself? VERY INFURIATING! But, I suppose an unnatural silence would have freaked me out altogether. I wondered if Seraphina could hear my heart beating? It felt to me like it was vibrating my bones. Or, that might have been because I was shaking out of nervousness. Why did Evil want to talk to me? I mean... Even jack would have been more useful than myself.

My hands trembled and I closed them into a ball to try and stop them but to no avail.

We turned a few corners until finally we came into a large room. Okay, talk about cliché! This is basically how I imagine anyone evils place. Well... it's how I imagined my maths teachers place anyway, and to me he was pretty evil!

However, this place had one exception. On one wall a time line of every war ever to happen in the world was there. I recognised many civil wars: Ours, the Irish Civil war, and many more. I noticed the world wars, the Vietnamese war, and even ones I didn't recognise. There's only two possible reasons to keep a time line like that: One, you're a history teacher or whatever, and secondly, you're the leader of the wars. And Evil was the leaders.

Evil stood gaping out a large window at a forestry. The forest at night gave me the chills. Who knows what roams in them? Especially if Evil decided to build his place beside it. I can't lie: I was absolutely petrified.

"Uh, you wanted me?" I said gaining Evil's attention. He seemed startled that we had entered the room without him realising it. Seraphina shot me a look. Oh, I'm sorry, did she expect me to be polite to him or something? Should I bow to the Lord of freaking evil? Whoops, my bad. I should have known to say a cheery hello first! Ugh, seriously! I now understood why Katherine called her Mother Insanity! BECAUSE SHE IS! God...

"Ah, Sophie," Evil growled. Growled? Who does that? Does he think he's some sort of animal in the wild or what-? Wow... I really was getting sassy lately. "Sit," he said gesturing to a leather black couch placed in front of an open fire place. I didn't move a muscle. "Suit yourself. Anyway, I brought you here in hopes of recruiting you. I mean, you're new. We're building you up from scratch. Who knows what powers you have?"

"I know what powers I have.." I muttered. Huh... I have the power to kill vegetation, but could it work on people? Hm... I noticed Seraphina was standing alongside me. I reached out a little and hit her side (making it look accidental). I put all my thoughts into dying life... but nothing happened. Okay, it definitely only works on plants then. Too bad, that power would have come in handy. "All I can do is kill plants."

"No, no," evil insisted. "There's much more to autumn than you believe. But anyway, I still believe you haven't declined my request... I can make you an offer even."

"An offer?" I asked my heart thumping inside my chest.

"How about their freedom for you to be on my side," he suggested.

"And what makes you believe that I would trust anything you say?" I question him. "You're called Evil for a reason. I will never want to be on your side, ever."

"Good answer," he simply said. He looked out the window again. "But sadly, that's not the right answer. You see, it's either you join me now or I will destroy you-"

"Wait, you didn't say anything about destroying her," Seraphina interrupted. I could see a little shock on her face- maybe because of what he said or because she interrupted him without a second thought. I stared suspiciously at her. Why would she suddenly care if I'm destroyed or not? I bet she'd gladly see me gone. Mother Nature was a very... strange person. (Maybe even stranger than Tooth). I narrowed my eyes at her before returning my gaze back to Evil. Like me, he looked very suspicious of Seraphina suddenly.

"Did I say you could speak?" Evil snapped. Was it me or was his shadow getting larger? His shadow resembled... I shuddered. No way did I see that. It had to be my eyes playing tricks on me. But I did see it. His shadow resembled Satan, but then it changed to Death. My heart skipped a beat. Okay, clearly Evil was in a foul mood now.

"No sir," Seraphina replied, bowing her head. Her eyes looked frightened; wide like a lost puppy who didn't know where to go. Maybe she didn't. For some reason I don't think she even wanted to be on Evil's side, but was there because she truly did believe that The Guardians stood no chance against him. Maybe we didn't, but we weren't going to give up. Seraphina clearly had given up all hope.

He gave one last look to Seraphina before returning his gaze to me. His eyes were full of fury. "I don't give choices, Sophie. You will join me!" He raised his hand up like he was going to strike me, so I did the obvious: I held up my hands in front of me in defence.

I felt my hands grow hot and there was a blinding flash of white.

I blinked, trying to regain my eyesight (and shockingly enough, it came back quickly). What had that flash been? It had come from my hands. Well, that was a bit worrisome.

I saw Seraphina had been pushed against the door, the living dead had burned to ashes and Evil lay on the ground, his back pushed up against the wall. What they hell did I do? Because to be honest, right now it was pretty awesome- it had bought me some time.

I immediately ran from the room. I ran back to the room where Jack and Katherine were being held prisoner.

My hands were clammy, my heart was racing and my legs felt like they were going to collapse beneath me any second. The second the door opened Jack and Katherine stood up. Oh damn it. I didn't even have a key- the weapons! Powers didn't work, but weapons did, right? I ran to the wall and took a gun. Okay, I have never used one of these before so I grabbed the smallest one I could find. It was a handgun and it felt horrible in my hands.

"Please stand back," I begged them. "I have never done this before so my aim is going to be really off."

And I was right. It took me three goes before I made any impact on the lock. Plus, the gun bounced back every time I shot as the force of the bullet leaving the gun pushed it back. I swear, the first time I narrowly avoided my face with the gun.

The lock broke off from its hinge and I swung the door open.

"How did you-?"

"I'll explain once we get out of here," I said cutting Jack off.

Okay, and where the hell was the exit? Surely another room would have a large window like the room Evil had been? Plus, it's not easy getting past living dead. Good thing once we were out of that room we could use our powers again. Jack just froze them. I dared not use my power again as I feared it a little. I'm not even sure what I did.

I opened a door and we were greeted by emptiness. I mean, there was actually nothing in this room but a box (how strange) and a very large window that looked very appealing to me right now. "Katherine, get on Jack's back," I told her. She obliged and jumped on his back. I opened the window, and as the cool air wrapped around my face I felt myself relax. Before me was freedom.

I allowed Jack go first with Katherine on his back. I followed after. I looked back. Who cared what happened Evil? Or Seraphina? We were free and that's all that mattered to me right now.

Jack was a faster flyer than I. Kindly enough of him, he took my hand in his to speed me along. His touch sent a shiver down my spine, but I didn't tense up. It felt great to have a human hand in mine. It made it all more real. This was all happening. Jack and I had just saved Katherine from possible death. And even our own deaths. I can't express the amount of relief I felt as the home of Evil was nothing more than a dark dot behind us.

The morning sun was rising slowly and it felt nice to have the warm, golden rays illuminate my skin.

I finally felt comfortable to talk again.

"I.. I don't know what I did, Jack," I told him. "I held out my hands, there was a flash of white and Seraphina and Evil were pressed up against the walls. I don't know if they're dead... I don't know how I did it. I have another power."

Jack slowed down so that he was at my side. He still held onto my hand, but I don't think he realised it. I was too scared to let go. "We'll figure it out," he said. "But, what did he want with you?"

"He wanted me to join him," I confessed. "But I said no. And he said he was going to destroy me if I refused and... Jack. I don't think Seraphina's truly on his side. When he said that she looked shocked and scared. She looked lost. Jack, I think she's lost hope of anything."

"She's Mother Nature," Jack reminded me, "I doubt she's lost hope."

"Everybody loses hope at some point in their lives," I told him. "I did, and you did too. You lost hope of ever gaining a believer. People lose hope all the time. It doesn't matter who they are either."

"I guess that's true," he sighed. "We have to find the others. We've been gone since yesterday so... I'm pretty sure they're worried. I hope they haven't gone in search for us already."

"Want to split up and look?" I asked him.

His hand tightened around mine. "No. I'd rather not."

Katherine seemed to be asleep on his back. Her eyes were closed- and do I detect drool? Better not tell Jack that! I can't believe we escaped. How was that possible? We escaped the most evil man to walk the earth. And that is true considering he is every bad person in the world. I wondered had I blown him up or something. I was baffled by my own power. A blinding flash of light? What on earth could that be?

His hand loosened and eventually dropped to his side. "The memories didn't make you feel any different, did they?"

"Honestly, I don't even know," I tell him. And it wasn't a lie either. I don't know how I feel about him. I just know that if he wasn't here I'd be lost completely. Maybe I'd still be alive, but I'd be lost. With that in mind I know I do feel something positive for him. It's all just too confusing in my mind at the moment to even tell you. When I thought about if he hadn't been here for me the last few months it made me feel sick. What if he left? What if he gave up hope on me? The thought made me sad. I guess I really did like him.

And when I saw myself kiss him... It sent butterflies off in my stomach. Even the thought gave me butterflies.

A flash of a memory swam before me: He was by me in bed. I was asleep and so was he. Oh god- more feels! I CAN'T HANDLE THIS MANY EMOTIONS AT THE ONE TIME!

"Actually... I do," I admit. "I... Is that a fairy?"

Behind Jack a small blue and gold blur whizzed around his head. It stopped just by his face and he smiled. I did too- it's Baby Tooth. She began to tug on Jack's hair and pointing back behind her. For a minute I feared she meant danger but only to realise she meant that the Guardians were there behind. Well, not behind us as I couldn't see them, but they were somewhere back there, maybe even on the ground.

"Hey, Baby Tooth," Jack grinned at his favourite admirer (... After me... Just putting that out there...). "You want us to follow you?"

Baby Tooth nodded eagerly. Jack let her lead the way and we followed closely behind. Oh, so you might be wondering: 'weren't they trapped?' May I remind you that that was three months ago and of course they were found. They had been trapped in a forest... A forest? Maybe even the same forest that Evil had built his home by. Who knows? The world is a big place and I've only ever been around some parts of America. And now Tooth was okay again, which was even better.

We followed Baby Tooth down to the ground, a forest. The same forest by Burgess. I was so close to my home. I was very eager to see my family after what happened yesterday. Although, it was only early morning so I bet they weren't even up. However, I was still going to get Jamie out of bed. I liked Jamie. He was actually an awesome brother. And now that I remembered him, it made me even happier.

We flew threw lots of leaves (agh- my face!) and branches before we landed on the ground. I smiled at the sight of Tooth, Bunnymund, Sandy and even North. Katherine was still dozing off. Nightlight stood looking worriedly at her.

"See, told you they have everything under control," North said beaming at Jack and I. I frowned. We didn't have anything under control. We escaped by sheer luck. I had no clue was I did. That was not having everything under control at all.

"Actually, it was because of Sophie we got out," Jack said to them.

I shrugged my shoulders. "No, it's because I have other powers I didn't know about."

"Other powers?" Mund asked. "What other powers do you have?"

"I wish I knew. I just put my hands up... and there was a flash of light.. I don't know what I did, honestly. All I know is that it gave us plenty of time to escape. But now I'm guessing we're going to be dealing with an angrier Evil than before," I told them.

"Have we landed?" Katherine asked sheepishly. Rubbing her eyes, she got off of Jack's back and stepped down onto the ground. Her yellow coat was full of dirt and rips. In the light you could see how pale her face was and the wounds were more visible. She looked around at everybody until finally her eyes rested on Nightlight. "Nghty," she exclaimed, running towards him and embracing him in a hug. You could see all worry leave Nightlight's face as he held Katherine. You could see how much they cared for one another and it made me feel warm inside.

"... And she's got her memory back too," I heard Jack finish. He had been talking to Mund. I smiled. I remember how much of a father figure Mund was to me. I remember how every Easter he would get me an egg despite my age. The thought made me feel excited and so happy. Do you know how amazing it's to have my memory back? Oh my, words cannot describe how amazing I felt right now.

"So, li'l ankle-biter's back," Mund smiled.

"I never left, Mund... I just had... difficulties, that's all," I reminded him.

"Still, I'm glad you're okay," he told me. "If you were hurt in anyway, it's Jack who I'd kill."

"I could take you on, Cotton Tail," Jack said defensively.

"I wouldn't bet on it," Mund said narrowing his eyes.

"Is that a challenge-?"

"Guys, seriously," I said interrupting them both. "We're not having a fight till the death, okay?"

"Fine," the both sighed in unison. I laughed a little. I love how despite what had happened, we can still continue as though none of it had. The other guardians (well... besides Sandy who simply made a laughing face with his sand) laughed as well. I know despite their constant bickering that Jack and Bunnymund really did care for one another. I guess they just liked teasing one another. They had a complicated friendship, all right?

"Is it okay if I visit Jamie?" I asked them.

"I'm coming with you," Jack said straight away. "Somebody needs to watch you." He was talking about last night when I said I was going home but instead had went in search for Seraphina. What if Jack hadn't followed me? I would still be trapped and possibly dead. I shuddered at the though. I hated the thought of death ever since I had died. Dying is NOT fun, okay? It actually sucks.

We said goodbye to the other guardians and flew up over the forest. I could see the town of Burgess from up here. The sight of the town always made me feel safe and secure. My family were there, and home is where the family is, right? The sun was a little higher in the sky and I guessed it to be about seven or eight. Jamie was not going to be happy with me waking him up at all. He still hadn't got use to me being able to fly either. He always freaked out when I went higher than the car.

"Are you okay?" Jack asked as we flew towards the town.

"Oh, ya. I'm fine," I promised. "You?"

"I've been better," he admitted. That seemed reasonable. I mean, it hasn't exactly been the best day for either of us. "And... you were about to say something to me when you saw Baby Tooth." Oh god. He had to remember that? I took a deep breath. why did he have to remember that? I was about to tell him... that I did have feelings for him... But I don't know if I was ready to date someone yet. But seeing Nightlight hold Katherine made me long for something like that, and I had that but I chose to ignore it. Why was I so self important?

"Uh... well... I was..." Okay, this was a lot more difficult than I had thought. I definitely had a way with words anyway. "Look, I do have feelings for you, okay? There, I said it." And now I'm embarrassed. My cheeks went red and I looked down to the ground as we flew over houses. Jamie's was close.

Jack didn't say anything, but I could see from the corner of my eye that he was smiling. He brushed his hand through his hair and flew down as we reached Jamie's. Oh, we were there already.

And I was disappointed Jack hadn't said a thing to me after that. I just confess I like him and he does nothing despite him liking me too? Well, that was definitely not what I had thought would happen! What happened to movie moments where the guy kisses you when you tell him you like him?

Real life sucks sometimes.

Okay... This is getting bad! MY WRITES BLOCK! GOD DAMMIT! :/ Ha... xD Anyway.. Oh! I have an idea for another ROTG fanfic I want to write. Actually I have two options to be honest... I want to ask you all about them first:

Okay...

1) Another SophieXJack fanfiction except it is completely the opposite of this. It's like Sophie is really trying to grow up so she's trying to push the guardians out of her life (including Bunnymund). But Jack being Jack, he's determined for Sophie NOT to forget about them seeing as she was so important to the guardians and him. Blah, blah, blah. You get the idea, right? :)

2) A Harry Potter next generation Fanfiction: ScorpiusXRose (I love those two together). :)

So, should I do both, or should I not do any or just whichever one ye like best? Blah! XD Anyway, don't forget to review guys! I love reading your reviews so much! :D I was shocked to get so many reviews so quickly on the last chapter especially considering I didn't like it at all... :P And sorry about this chapter too, but I'm really, really stuck for ideas. Luckily your reviews usually help me out. :D So, thanks for the reviews guys! :)

Oh and I'll reply to the comments next chapter. I have headache and blah... :| I guess listening to Paramore full blast isn't going to exactly help that, is it? XD

Anyway, again: PLEASE REVIEW? :D Bye! :D x