chapter 6: nightmares and memories

Normal POV

"sleep tight Feria" Pitch smiled a little as he closed the door to Feria's room after making sure the brunette went to sleep, after which he sighted and retreated into the shadows and to the room that had been assigned to him. He hadn´t put match match into the room really… he had kept the blanket and pillow North had given to him that first day (even tho their a irritating red and yellow collor) he had put some spare clothes in the closet and on his nightstand stood a double photo. At one side was a photo of himself with Fellandia and Lunar, taken on the day they had met… and on the other one stood a photo of his daughter Emily-jane… whom was now known as mother nature… and that was all… he had done nothing else to make the room more his own.

"there is no need for that…. Once i brought you home and got my reward I will be on my way" Pitch had told Feria when she had asked him why he hadn't made the room more his own a few weeks after arriving. "I am not planning on sticking around those guardians any longer then nessasary"

"understandable.…seeing you have never been the best of friends" Fellandia had agreed with a big smirk on her face. "even tho they never seemed to have given you a fair chance"

Smilng to himself Pitch took off his daytime robes and put on a black nighthemd before he got under the covers. Cuddling close in his pillow before be drifted off in a deep dreamless sleep...

Meanwhile in Feria's room the nightmares quitly entered the room. Putting the brunette's shoes upright next to her beth before they started to twirl around the brunette's head.

Feria dreamed of laying in the grass. Pitch was with her still as Prism, making her lauch as they were talking about something. Suddenly a round boy with brown hair appeared on a hill close to them and motioned them... sending butterflies her way as he did so.

Giggling Feria and Prism got up and ran over to the boy while holding hands.

Lauching Feria in the real world sat up in the beth and with some help off Ordenant and Onyx got into her shoes. Azure looked up as the brunette that was his owner let out a chuckle as she followed the nightmares to the door.

Feria in the dream world walked with Prism and the round boy up a hill. The boy was on top first and giggled as he motioned them to follow.

Feeling danger Azure ran to Pitch's door, barking at the top of its voice as it went straight throught the door and jumped on top of Pitch, desperatly trying to wake the older man up.

Meanwhile Feria had reached the top of one of the towers of Norths workshop.

Lauching the little round boy launched himself into the water below the hill were several people were.

"Wha...what?" Pitch asked, looking up at Azure with a suprised look. "Azure.. wha.. what's.. "

Pitch looked up at the little black sand dog with a dazed look from the sleep, before realizing all off a sudden what the little dog tried to tell him. Making him sit up instandly.

"FERIA!" Pitch realized, throwing his blanket off him and getting up as quickly as possible, grabbing his robe on the way out after Azure. "Find her Azure... we have little time!"

"Good morning sunshine!" The man in the water called, equally round faced like the boy. While the woman next to him looked a lot like Feria. "Wanne jump in and join us for a early morning swim?"

"Come on Fellandi! Let's Gooooo!" The round faced boy called as he jumped in, making the two adults and a silent boy wearing a swimsuit version of a bodyguards uniform giggle as the boy splashed them before splashing back at the boy.

Meanwhile in the real world Azure was sniffing the floor. Barking when he had found Feria's smell, which made Pitch sight in relief... that means she hadn't left the building yet..

"Good boy Azure! Lead the way!" Pitch called, making Azure barked again in understanding, before he let the way to the tower... and to Feria...

"Its perfect weather for a swim! Jump in dear" the man called smiling the brightest smile Feria had ever seen.

"Okay!" Feria called, taking a few steps back with a smirk on her face. "Watch out below! Here comes Feria!"

"FERIA NO!" Pitch's voice called. Feria looked up, but she couldn't see him... yet due to the loudness of his voice she knew he had to be close... "DON'T JUMP! IT'S A TRAP! THERE IS NOTHING BELOW YOU TO BREAK YOUR FALL! DON'T JUMP!"

"YES JUMP!" the sky suddenly turned a hellish red as the loving people... the famliar faces she couldn"t record-ice turned into nightmarish demons that started to pull Feria down a small edge. Match to the girls horror. "YOU WILL DIE LITTLE GIRL! THE LUNANOFF CURSE WILL BE FOREFILLED!"

screaming Feria kicked around as one off the monsters grabbed her around her waist and tried to pull her over the edge...

"Woah! Woah! Feria... its okay!" Feria opened her eyes, panting like she had ran the marathon around with a terrefied look in her eyes. "It's me... it's only me..."

"The...the curse...the lunanoff curse..."Feria stuttered, clutching to Pitch for dear life as her eyes darted around with a fearfull look in her eyes.

"The lunanoff curse? Wh...what do you mean? What are you talking about?" Pitch asked, shocked by Feria's words.

"I keep seeing faces... so many faces..." Feria panted, her eyes still darting around in fear, while behind the two North and Black plague ran up the tower from either side.

"Its okay...it's all okay now... it was only a terrible nightmare" Pitch reasured his friend, akwardly wrapping his arms around her when Feria clutched to his chest before he looked at North coming in from the North staircase first and gave him a nod before he looked at Black Plague coming from the southern sterncase and gave him a nod as well to sign all was well. "I got you kid...i got you..."

"What happened here?" North asked when Pitch walked by, supporting Feria as they stepped throught the window and back into the workshop then down the stairs towards the sleeping quarters.

"Some nightmares must have attacked her and lured her to the roof" Pitch replied, shooting Feria a worried look as they walked to her room. "They tried to make her jump off the roof"

"T...that bit is true" Feria confirmed with a trembling voice due to the shock she just had. "If Pitch hadn't come in when he did...wel..." the brunette hesitated, looking from North to Black Plague and back as she did so. "I don't wanne think about that"

"He saved your life..." North remarked raising a eyebrow as he looked at Feria "unlike Pitch if you ask me... but thankfully he did"

"I am very glad" Feria smiled as she shot a smile, who gave her a smal smile back. "If you hadn't called I would have jumped for sure"

"And we would never know whether or not your truly princes Fellandia" Black Plague added, looking at the way Pitch held on to Feria with a sad look.

"Well, judging by the fact nightmares attacked Feria i would say it is her" North suggested with a shrug.

"Well actually... come to think of it you have a point there North" Black Plague remarked holding his chin in a thoughtfull way. "Judging the fact they attacked her and defaintly wanted to kill her... we can safely assume that Feria indeed is the princes Fellandia"

"Well... i guess...asuming those nightmares were indeed in leage with Obscures and not acting out of their own wil" Pitch looked at Feria with a worried look as he spoke. "Only one way to find out for sure... and we"ll have out shot at that soon enough"

With these words Pitch let Feria into her room and gently lied her down, looking up when Feria grabbed his arm. Preventing him from being able to leave the room.

"Don't leave... please..." the brunette begged,looking at him with a desperate look. "I am scared to go back to sleep"

"Then i'll stay awake with you" Pitch smiled as he sat down on the side of the beth, while North looked at Plague... giving him a curt nod to let him know everything was ok. Black Plague nodded at this then headed of to go back to sleep. Leaving only North to look at Pitch and Feria sitting together on the side of the beth...

"Weird how Pitch wanted to destoy us only a month ago and now seems to be so nice" North thought to himself, grinning and shaking his head before he also headed off. "Strange how one person can change our ways"

With these thoughts Nicolas st. North also headed back to sleep while humming the inisiation music of the guardians.

Meanwhile with Feria and Pitch

"you don't have to… you know that right?" Feria asked, looking up at Pitch with a sad look. "I know you need your rest as wel"

"I don't mind... i don't need to sleep match anymore anyway" Pitch smiled a little as he looked at Feria, who looked back at him with a suprised look. "So what would you like to talk about until we fall asleep?"

"Would...would you tell me about my past... maybe about the day we met?" Feria asked with big cute eyes, making Pitch chuckled. Fellandia had also always been very good at using her puppy eyes when she needed something badly when they were kids. Feria saw the chuckle and looked at him with a cocked head. "Is that so funny to you?" She asked sounding slightly offended

"N...No... i wad having a chuckle because of how match you resambled Fellandia in that one moment" Pitch chuckled, before he walked to his room and opened a drawer getting a small globe from it before he offered Fellandia his hand. "Come on... i wanne show you something"

"Okay..." Feria said a bit hesitant, as she took Pitch's hand then followed the former nightmare king out of her room and to the roof of Norths workshop as the sun was slowly setting behind the hills made of snow. When they had settled down Pitch grabbed the golden orb from the pocket in his robe and showed it to Fellandia. "What's that?"

"Something i kept for a long time..." Pitch replied, looking at Feria with a semi-sad look in his eyes. Gently pushing in the sides of the globe which made a planet appear that was completly dark and seemed to lack water trees and all the other things that made earth livable. "Lunar and Fellandia's parents gave this to me... to...to allow me to see my home planet if i were to ever develop homesicknes"

"Did that ever happen?" Feria asked, carefully looking up at Pitch with a sad look, who looked out before him at the planet he was from with a unreadable face.

"No" the solemn answer followed moment later, making Feria looked up at him with a rather suprised look, since that hadn't been the answer she had expected. "I was old enough to remember what happened to me on the day I left my home planet Feria... and i can safely tell you i was happy to leave that hell hole behind..."

"w.. Was it that bad?" Feria dared to ask after a moment of taking in what Pitch had just told.

"that bad" Pitch nodded solemnly, zooming in on the planet so one town became visible as if it was being vieuwed with a camera from the sky. "I still had parents mind you… but it wasn't like they actually cared about me…"

"that sounds rough…" Feria commanded, looking up at Pitch with a sad look. "and that for something you couldn't help…"

Pitch looked up at Feria with a suprised look when she said this, but nodded slowly when it dawned on him their conversation was triggering hidden memories while he kept gazing at the city with a stern look in his eyes.

"I learned to deal with it…. Don't worry…" Pitch replied calmly, gazing at Feria for a moment before turning his attention back to his home planet.

"How? You were young when we took you along...right?" Feria asked, wrinkles crossing her face as she spoke. "How did you even survive on your own so young?"

"I was three years old when i was taken from my home planet yes..." Pitch replied, keeping his eyes still on his home planet as he spoke. "But i had my ways to get by...believe me.. "

"How?" Feria asked with a shocked look, unable to imagine what having to get by own your own and at such a young age must have been like.

"I Grew up on the sly" Pitch suddenly started to sing, a devious smirk crossing his face as he did so. "In the gutters and the streets of Nihilo"

Just a kid on the fly, getting good at getting by on Nihilo

"I've bathered for a blanket" Pitch smirked, balting his fists as if he was fighting a invisible enemy.

"Stolen for my bread" Pitch made a movement as if he was stealing something. "Learned to take my chances"

"And use my head" Pitch knocked against his head on the spot were his brain was.

A Nihiloan rat is clever.. clever or he ends up death!

Boils down to; there are some who survive, some who don't

"Some give up, some give in... me I won't" Pitch remarked, placing a hand on his chest, before raising his fists. "Black and blue, welcome to...my Nihilo!"

"Come om Feria!" Pitch smiled a little, gently taking hold off Feria's hand and pulling her to a higher platform off the tower of Norths workshop from were he could show the picture of his home town even more clearly, and so close it looked like you were on the planet and looking into the streets from the top of Norths workshop. Match to Feria's delight.

"Standing here, you can see. From the spires to the docks of Nihilo

"I've been dowm on that quay, selling stolen souvenirs of Nihilo" Pitch pointed out the small spot at the bay he usually stood.

The moon clipper parked at top bay, smaller ships below...

Funny when a planet...is all you know...

How even when you hate it! Something in you loves it sooooo!

Thats were i learned my stuff...in some rough company. Pitch smirked, pointing out a space between what seemed to be two factories, were Feria saw a little boy surrounded by bigger boys, teaching him how to steal.

"There's the boy growing up" Pitch smiled, pointing out a boy that indeed seemed to get older every time he stole something and ran throught the narrow streets to get away... "who was me"

"All I'll be... all i've been!"

We can do what were told

We can go were we lead

Feria beamed as she and Pitch jumped from ledge to ledge up to the towers highest point. Were they had a even better outlook over the map.

"But you and Lunar told me to see what's ahead

Nothing here to hold me, no one that i owe!

Funny how i boooooy can groooooow!" Pitch smirked at Feria as he spread his arms wide. "Funny when a planet... tells you it is time to goooo

Boils down to;

There are some (there are some)

Who have walls yet to climb (who have walls yet to climb)

You and I on the fly (You and I on the fly)

Just in time (just in time)

"But tonight...there's a sky...and quite a vieuw" Pitch looked towards Feria shyly, who looked at him with a suprised, then blushed at the compliment.

Welcome to:

MY NIHILOOOOOOOOOOOO!

"Wow… what a sad song… and a sad story…" Feria remarked when the song ended, looking up at Pitch with a sad look.

"I got used to it…" Pitch replied casually, trying to hide how match talking about his past had affected him. "and Lunar and Fellandia found me in time to save me from the past affecting me to match"

"still… you didn't deserved to to be treathed the way you were treathed" Feria held on firmly, placing a hand on Pitch's arm. And when the former boogeyman looked up, he could see tears glinting in her eyes. Even tho he barely told anything about his past… these small fragments must have triggered her memories once again…

"thanks" Pitch smiled a little as he placed a hand on Fellandia's knee, before he let out a tired sight. "we should probably try and get some sleep now"

"we should… tho there is one more thing" Feria looked up at Pitch, who looked back with a suprised look. And his suprise turned to pure shock when Feria suddenly hugged him to the side. He hadn't been hugged in a long time, meaning he had to calm himselt to keep himself from flinching or pulling away…"know that, even if i am NOT Fellandia… your my friend and I do care about you"

Pitch's shocked face suddenly melted into a genuine smile, before he returned the hug. And if if anyone had been in the room… they might have even noticed a tear stream down Pitch's cheeck. Whatever came out of this he had a friend and maybe even a ally now…

Obscures's POV

I Let out a loud growl when my glass globe showed me that little Prism had managed to grab Fellandia in the nick of time, preventing her from jumping over the side of the tower in the nick of time.

"DAMN! DAMN! DAMN! I ALMOST GOT HER!" I loudly cursed, using my tail to slap the table in two, match to the horror of Ordenant who wined and backed off after just returning from his failed attempt to murder the princes.. "why did that BRAT feel the need to meddle?"

At this question Ordenant looked at the globe and at his former master Pitch… whom was just then looking at Feria sitting next to him as Feria remarked she would be and would always stay his friend… whether she turned out to be Fellandia or not UURG PAFATIC! But it made my servant scoop a bit closer to the globe and carefully studied his face, before his face suddenly perked up. As if a idea hit him. HA!like he can even HAVE idea's! he was made my that PAFATIC Pitch black to serve ME! Even with a conciousness of his own now he would never be more then a mere servant…. A brainless tool for the right creature or person to use…

"master Pitch never looked that passionate… before… about anything…" Ordenant remarked as he kept gazing at the globe with a cocked head. WAIT WHAT? I quickly shoved Ordenant to the side to have a better look at the globe myself. Studying my two arch enemies before I started to lauch… loudly… this…. This was just to priceless…

"what's so funny master Obscures?" Ordenant asked with his ears flat in his neck, not seeing what was so funny about the way Pitch looked…. Oo if that dim wit only know what the look in his eyes meant…

"oo my dimwitted friend…. You cannot see what is right in front of you?" I let out a loud chuckle before i looked at Ordenant, who looked at me still with his ears flat, signing to me he still wasn't getting at what I meant with that command. "Pitch is falling in love with the princes.."

"in love… as in… hand holding… bring flowers and chocolates… in love…" Ordenant asked with a shocked look. Probably unable to believe Pitch of all people was falling in love! And believe me if i was anyone else I wouldn't have believed it either… yet here we were…

"yes, and I have reasons to believe the princes feels thesame about him… " I remarked, turning to face Ordenant fully now, my red eyes defaintly glowing red as a idea hit me on how I could finally rid myself of both of these pests… "because with Fellandia death…. Poor little Prism will have no one…. Left to stay alive for…"

With this I launched long and evilly. This time I wouldn't fail…. Fellandia would die…. And soon enough…. Prism... that know it all Nightlight and finally that pesky man in moon would all follow. The galaxy was mine to take! Mwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!

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