Defend: Character A protecting character B

Fight: Character A fighting with character B

It wasn't supposed to go like this.

It was supposed to be just a normal day, well, as normal as you can be with two spirit siblings hanging out in their hometown with their believers.

It wasn't supposed to end up as a fight with the Boogeyman, but unfortunately, things rarely go to plan with Jack Frost and his sister.

And it certainly wasn't planned for Jack to be nearly out of commission during the battle!

Let me explain. It started off just as I said, with Jack and Pippa going to Burgess to hang out with Jamie, Sophie, and everyone else. Unfortunately, Pitch had other plans.

They were flying over the forest when a streak of black sand slammed Jack into a nearby tree, causing it to uproot.

Pippa raced after her brother, landing down beside him.

Jack was lying down on the frosted grass, arm bent at an unnatural angle and staff about ten feet from him. His head had a bump, but the frost and his natural coldness would take care of that.

His feet were tangled with each other and Pippa was pretty sure his shoulder was dislocated. She would've fixed up all she could and gotten him to the North Pole, but the stream of sand materialized into a Nightmare before she could do anything.

Pippa raced to get to Jack's staff, but the Nightmare was faster, charging towards her, forcing her to retreat.

Pippa realized she had two options: Stand and fight or run away and let the Nightmare take her brother.

Option two was instantly eliminated. Pippa was not going to give up her brother just because some narcissistic maniac had a grudge.

No. Not going to happen, not today, not ever.

Jack knew a great deal about his sister, her favorite food, color, game, what she hated, and why she did all the things she did.

However, he never expected that his little sister knew how to fight, much less have weapons to fight with!

He thought he was hallucinating from pain when he saw Pippa withdraw a shield and javelin from freaking nowhere.

The Nightmare charged again, but instead of Pippa dodging, like it had expected, she expertly thrust the javelin through the creature's "chest", causing it to explode in a puff of black sand.

Another Nightmare came from Pippa's right, only to be sliced in half by the same javelin. More and more Nightmares kept appearing, each one meeting its end from Pippa's javelin as she advanced towards her brother's staff.

Once it was safely tucked behind her, she continued to fight back to her brother, who was now sitting up against a nearby tree. The bump on his head was significantly reduced, and all the cuts and scratches he had were frosted over.

Pippa had just defeated the final Nightmare and was about to tease Jack for his open-mouthed shock was a voice with the slight twinge of an accent rang out.

"I suppose I should've suspected that the Frost brat's sibling would fight just like her brother. Ah well. Now see the true power of fear."

That was all the warning Pippa had, and all the warning she needed. She raised her shield, blocking the attack of the black sand scythe that was aimed for her head.

"Pippa!" Jack croaked, seeing his sister fighting for her life. He wasn't powerless without his staff, but his arm was broken and his shoulder felt funny and he thought that the communicator.

Jack nearly face palmed. The freaking communicator! How could he forget?

When Pippa and Jack were reunited, the Guardians got a message that Pitch was regaining strength and was very likely to go after the Frosts. So North developed a communicator for the two. Pippa's had broken earlier from when it had fallen out of her ear while playing and she stepped on it. (That's actually where they were before heading to Burgess; they were explaining what had happened to North and asking if he could make a new one. He had agreed, but it would take a little while.)

Jack pushed the button.

"Hey North, help would be greatly appreciated. We're about a mile north-east of Burgess. It's Pitch, MiM was right."

Meanwhile, Pippa was mainly blocking with her shield, never going on the offensive. She saw an opening in Pitch's guard and took it, swiping the handle of her javelin across Pitch's floating ribs, tossing him to the side. While he was distracted, she tossed Jack's staff over to him and called out "Now would be a great time for a cold snap!"

Whether he was human or spirit, Pippa always got what she wanted. A raging blizzard appeared very quickly, the rushing Winds probably responsible, as they were always worried when a storm this large was called from the frost child.

Just then, north arrived with all the other Guardians. Pippa stood in front of her brother, her body language challenging any reformed Nightmare to try to get closer to him. Pitch had been slammed against multiple trees and rocks and then the ground a few times by the Winds before being knocked out.

The Nightmares scattered at the sight of the other Guardians, leaving the six behind in the clearing.

Pippa's javelin and shield disappeared. Jack was staring at his sister, who was staring back. Jack perked up and exclaimed "Hah! You blinked! Now can you tell me what just happened?"

"I protected you, just like you protected me. Siblings protect each other, isn't that how it goes, Jack?"

"Yeah. Yeah it is."

Pretending like they hadn't heard the conversation, the Guardians took Pippa and Jack to the North Pole to patch them up. Jack's arm was in a sling for three weeks afterwards, and his shoulder flared white hot if he bent it the wrong way, but even those eventually faded.

Jamie was sent a notice somehow and once popped in to visit Jack but had to leave quickly, as his mom wouldn't believe he was visiting Jack Frost at the North Pole as an excuse for not being home or in town.

Jack and Pippa continued to hang out as per usual. Or as usual as you can get with two immortal siblings.

Jack realized he didn't know everything about his sister.

But that was okay. After all, they had an eternity to catch up.


A/N I would like to thank my amazing little sister (Zorua Illusion) who actually wrote this for me because I've been busy with school and track and taking the ACT and stuff. I also haven't been in the writing mood, but I didn't want to leave you guys hanging for any longer. Hopefully I'll be able to write for this story more often when school gets out, which is in about a month. I'll have stuff up before then so have no fear. Thanks for reading and reviewing! (You should also check out some of Zorua Illusion's stories. They're pretty amazing if I do say so myself.)