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Jack POV

I flew over Burgruss half asleep. We had searched all night for Sara, and we had no such luck. We eventually decided to split up by country after we couldn't find her in Australia, but I specifically volunteered to come back to where I had seen her to begin with. I don't understand why we didn't just start here, but North did seem pretty flustered, he probably just didn't think about it.

Tooth on the other hand didn't seem to grasp the danger of the situation. A new guardian was just chosen, and one of the most dangerous and powerful spirits is rising. We needed to find her and take care of this new threat before it got out of hand. Doesn't that sound serious? But Tooth was ecstatic, talking to me the whole time as we flew over kangaroos and koalas. She's apparently excited to finally have another girl to converse with. I guess I never thought about Tooth getting kinda lonely, but I guess it makes sense.

I decided to stop and rest for a bit. I landed on a near by rooftop and sat down with my staff lying next to me. I let my legs dangle over the sides as I blankly stared in front of me. I saw trees and the street below me, and a smile creeped up onto my face. This was the same rooftop I was near when I caught her watching me.

I don't know why I remember that moment as well as I do, but I seemed to be running every detail through my head. I was making it snow lightly when I saw her, she had her hood up and was looking down at her feet. I knew she had to have been watching me, I mean what else would she have been looking at? I remember when I scared her so bad she almost fell off the tree branch. I remember pulling her into my body, and feeling her palms lightly graze my chest. It just felt right having her in my arms...

I could feel myself blush from my thoughts. I had never seen anyone the way I seem to see her. I don't remember every detail of a situation like I do when she's in it. It felt strange, but somehow right. I kept smirking as I remembered her throwing her hood back and letting her silky hair tumble down her shoulder, when her cheeks were bright red with embarrassment, and when she finally locked her big brown eyes with mine.

"Let me go!" I snapped my head up as I heard the shout. I quickly stood up and grabbed my staff and flew toward the where the sound came from; near the lake. I felt panicked, I recognized the voice, I knew who it was.

"HELP! PLEASE! SOMEBODY!" I flew even faster as I heard her again, even louder and more scared then before. I flew into the clearing, I saw the lake and Sara thrashing in the arms of our new threat...

He had a pale hand over her mouth, and was close to her. He was to close. I felt a sudden blaze of fury inside me as I quickly raised my staff and shot an icicle right into his side. I didn't think about what I was doing, I was to angry.

He fell down and grabbed his side as Sara scrambled away. I saw her look around, and then up at me.

"Jack!" She said with relief in her shaky voice. I landed down on the ground next to her.

"Sara it's going to be okay," I said as I helped her up and pushed her behind me, "Just stay behind me okay?" I don't know if she nodded her head, I was to focused on the spirit in front of me.

He stood up and glared at me with bright red eyes and pitch black pupils. He grabbed the icicle and yanked it out of his side, never dropping his gaze. I also kept my gaze steady as I had my staff raised in front of me, ready to fight.

I hadn't had a chance to look at him before I attacked him, but he looked like an asshole. His outfit was all black down to his shoes. He looked like some weird goth guy that Jamie would talk about. He was just the person I just felt the urge to kill on the spot, there was just something about him.

"Frost," He began as he let the icicle drop to the ground, "Nice to meet you. Apparently your way of greeting people is to stab them in the side." His voice was thick with sarcasm, but I obviously wasn't laughing.

"What do you want?" I said as I continued to watch him walk closer. He didn't seem fazed by my staff ready to go at any moment.

"Well I came here to pick up something. But obviously you aren't going to let it be easy for me." A scowl came across my face, I knew who he was talking about. I suddenly felt Sara's hand grip my shoulder. I could feel her shake, she was terrified. When I first met her she seemed so strong, but know if I turned around I knew I would see her falling apart. The idea made me even angrier.

"If you want her," I started with a voice so menacing I was surprised it was coming from me, "You'll have to go through me."

"Hmmmm," He muttered with his hand on his face like he was thinking, "I seem to be on a tight schedule...so I'll just have to do it quick." He suddenly threw a dagger at me. It seemed to be made of shadows as it left little wisps behind it. But the blade was sharp. I barely had time to move out of the way, though it still skimmed my arm a little.

I began to shoot icicle after icicle at him. And he began to do the same with his knives. It was like he would create them as quick as I could think about dodging them. I flew up and down, and knicked him a few times, but I wasn't getting anywhere.

I suddenly saw an opening. I launched an icicle as hard as I could right at his heart. I had him, but suddenly a huge black mass sprang up and blocked it. I stood in shock as it seemed to absorb the icicle, and then fall to the ground in a pile. He was smiling, as he saw the realization hit my face...the mass that was now I pile on the ground, was sand.

A dark, ominous amount of sand quickly formed into Nightmares, and walking up next to the spirit he just saved, was Pitch Black. He let the Nightmares gather near him...there were so many.

"No," I muttered, "He can't be back." But there was no way it wasn't, he looked exactly how he had a few years ago. How had he come back so powerful?

I was to busy watching my old enemy rise from the shadows, that I didn't notice the dagger coming. When it was inches away from hitting me though, a wooden stake hit it aside. My heart skipped a beat as I realized what a close call it just was, and I quickly looked to see who had stopped it.

It was Sara. She had snuck away from behind me and grabbed her staff that must have been leaning against the tree, because that's where she was now. She was ready to fight.

"I don't know who you are," She stated in a clear, firm voice, "But you're not going to kill him."

"What, you think you can stop us?" Pitch said as the Nightmares next to him began to paw at the ground. Sara suddenly flew over and landed right in front of me.

"What are you doing!" I hissed as I tried to grab her shoulder and bring her back behind me, but she jerked away and stood firm.

"If you kill him, you have to kill me." She seemed so calm, but I knew she wasn't. She was still shaking lightly, but she stayed strong.

"That can be arranged." Pitch said as he began to lift his hand as if to start fighting once again. I was ready to jump out in front of her, when Mr. Dark and Evil held his hand up.

"No!" Sara jumped slightly at the sound of his tone, "Remember what I said." He suddenly locked eyes with her, I couldn't see her face but I'm sure she kept her gaze back just as strong. After a few seconds of silence he began again- "I'll be back."

Then with a sudden dust cloud, they all disappeared. It was if nothing had happened, it was just a silent clearing once more.

I saw Sara shake more, and fall to her knees. She let her staff fall to the ground next to her, and I could hear her begin to sob. I quickly kneeled down beside her, I don't blame her for crying. I would have been too.

I went on my knees and faced her. I gripped her shoulders and lifted her up slightly. Her face almost killed me, with the tear stains and fear still written on it. Then she did something completely unexpected, she hugged me. She wrapped her arms around me so tight it might have hurt, but I didn't noticed. I noticed a slight flutter in my chest, but that was it.

I had my arms up awkwardly as I watched her cry into my chest, but I eventually returned the hug and rubbed her back in the most soothing way I could.

"Who was that?" She asked in a shaky voice. I continued to comfort her as I replied. I also realized...our new threat was not just after the Guardians, but her.

"He's Death."