Hi! So, in this chapter you learn about how Pitch became well, himself. I DO NOT OWN RISE OF THE GUARDIANS... Enjoy!
Hold up, hold up... THE Man in the Moon?! Where was she? What was she doing there? What happened? All these questions flowed through her mind at once.
"Slow down, slow down. You'll strain yourself with all these questions." He said with a light chuckle.
He could read her mind? What?
"Okay... First question, where am I?" She asked.
"You are in my home. Welcome." He said with a warm smile.
He said that her piano playing was perfect. In the present or the past?
"Was I just really playing that piano?" She asked as she took a step back from it.
"Yes, that's what brought me to you." He said. "I was sitting in my study and heard that marvelous piano. It just sounded magnificent." He said
She thought back to Jack's newly brown hair and how other humans could see them.
"Are you the one making people see us? And the color of Jack's hair? Will we be like this forever?" She asked.
The man made eye contact. "Yes and yes... But because of Ms. Bennett's very... Sudden departure, you and Jack will be seen by mortals... Forever... But only when they need to see you." He explained
Jack? Why Jack? And why her?
"What about our powers? What will people see when we fly?"
"I've censored your flying so when you and Jack fly, humans will see a helicopter or a bird. You two still have your powers." He said with a smile.
"I'm sorry about Pitch." He started "he's so disrespectful he's sickening. I regret the day I even created him." He said with a frown.
"What happened, what's his story?" She asked
A moment of silence passed. He inhaled deeply and exhaled.
"There once was a planet.." He started, the walls and floor started to crumble into what looked like space. There was a blackish looking planet in the distance. This must be a flashback.
"I kept the fearlings there in imprisonment. I needed someone with a powerful will and heart to keep control and guard them, so I created Kozmotis Pitchiner. "
there was a picture of a man with tan skin and brown hair. He was very masculine and strong, his face was the same as Pitch's except it wasn't evil and twisted. Instead of piercing gray and gold his eyes were a warm green.
"I made him with everything just as I said, a strong will and heart, But it wasn't strong enough... He admired the sleekness and stealthiness of the wretched creatures and I warned him that they were very dangerous but he ignored me. One day he snapped and released the fearlings causing him to be possessed by their dark magic and fear. And on that day he was and shall forever be known as the Nightmare King." He finished. The room came back together piece by piece until it was whole again.
"And from that day on he has been spreading fear and darkness, turning children into fearlings and trying his best to rid life of its happiness. "
Turning children into fearlings? How brutal!
"Listen, I really don't know what happened to me after I blacked out. Am.. Am I... Dead?" She Asked.
His expression faded into a frown.
"Nearly, just nearly. You put up quite a scare in the hospital room. Especially for Jack. You're in a coma right now, he cares a great deal about you."
Jack. She felt so bad for almost dying on him like that.
"I'm gonna wake up... Right?" She asked nervously as if she were afraid of the answer.
"Oh yes, you don't have to worry about a thing my girl. Right now they're trying to get that glass out of your gut. " he said a he placed a comforting hand on her back.
She looked down to her engagement ring that Jackson gave her.
"Hey um.. Can I call you Manny?" She asked
He chuckled. "Of course my dear child. "
"Manny, Am I ever going to remember him?" She asked motioning to her ring.
Manny turned her so she was facing him and placed both hands on her shoulders. She looked up to him.
"My dear girl, all in good time. And when you do, I assure you it will change your life forever. You will remember him... But not yet, not yet." He said with his voice soothing.
A white grandfather clock went off in the corner and then went silent.
"I believe it's time for you to return. Goodbye my girl." He said and then kissed her forehead.
The next thing she knew she was waking up in the hospital bed
