"Finally, she met his eyes and stared with her infamous disapproving glare that he always seemed to be at the end of. He tried to clear his dry throat to sound braver than he felt, but only managed to croak out: 'Mother...'" After his return to the Southern Isles, Hans is abused and humiliated at the hands of his family while civil unrest spreads throughout the country.

"Heh, look at us. Corrupted by our mistakes. I, from opening a simple box and releasing evil into the world. You, for opening the prison door and allowing the nightmares to consume you." The Guardians worked together to defeat Pitch, but Pandora, a lover of chaos and ruin, has gone back in time and is now working with Pitch to destroy the Guardians from the inside. Completed.