Hello, I hoped you enjoyed that cliff hanger I left you with, and I hope you forgive me for the late update. Well, I wont stall anymore, so enjoy the next chapter.

I don't own RotG


Morana stood in the room just as she had been when Jack had left, staring with a smile on her face at the egg that danced happily in her hand, small giggles falling from her on occasion. She still couldn't believe that Jack had even gotten her to this point, she always believed that she would just kill anything and everything she got close to. as she tilted her head to the right her mind wandered to Jack. he was amazing, he find some random girl that kills anything she touches in a cave and his first response is to bring her back to his home and try to teach her to control her powers even though he has just about as much understanding of her powers as she does. And to top it off, regardless of how much she protests, he hasn't given up on her. It was the first time that she can remember that someone was genuinely kind to her, and she didn't know why. Was it just the way he was? Or was there something else? Her mind went to before when she had first held the egg and Jack had whispered to her and smiled at her, and the look at gave her as he had met her eyes, there was something in his eyes that she just couldn't place, but it certainly wasn't his normal mischievous look that he often held. It was deeper than that, it was intense, it was some strong emotion that she was unfamiliar with seeing, but knew all the same. It was a look of love. She shook her head as the thoughts swam through her mind and looked at the egg once more and saw that it was still dancing happily in her hand.

She heard footstep behind her enter the room and she smile, "Well, that was sooner than I thought." She joked as she turned around and froze, the egg slipping from her hand and falling on the floor with a soft thud. "You." her quite voice held nothing but fear as she beheld Pitch standing before her.

He laughed darkly, "You didn't think you would really escape, did you?" He asked as he stepped closer, causing her to back up until she hit the wall behind her.

Her breathing picked up as she stuttered, "Ho-how d-did you fi-find m-me?" She asked nervously, her eyes darting around trying to find an escape.

A sinister smile spread across Pitch's face as he walked even closer, "Jack led me to you." He said tauntingly.

"No." Morana said quietly as her eyes fell to the ground, "He wouldn't do that." She concluded as she stared down Pitch trying to see his lie, her eyes widening slightly at the proud honesty she saw in his eyes.

"But he did," Pitch continued, "He realized that you are nothing more than death and destruction and that no matter how hard you tried that would be all you are. You kill everything you get close to, and you alway will." He said coldly and Morana's head fell in defeat as tears started to silently fall down her face.

Pitch smiled as he reached his hand out to the defeated girl, but the sound of footsteps behind him drew his attention and he turned around to see Jack run through the threshold of the room, "Morana!" He shouted with relief and Morana's head flew up to look at Jack, her tear stained face suddenly hardening as she turned back to Pitch.

"Catch me if you can." She dared with venom in her voice before she fell into the shadows at her feet and disappeared, right as Pitch's hand lashed out and tried to grab at her, nut just missed as it closed around where she had once been standing in a terrified mess.

"No!" Pitch shouted as he turned to see North had joined them in the room, "I will get her back and there is nothing you can do about that." It wasn't a breath, it was a promise.

Jack glared at him and reached behind him towards North, "We'll see about that." He responded and Pitch just scoffed as he turned around. Unbeknownst to him though Jack pulled his hand back in front of him and in it he was holding one of North's globes, he held it to his mouth and whispered "Pitch's cave." And threw it to the ground. The crashing sound was enough to draw Pitch's attention and he barely had time to breath before Jack pushed him through the portal and watched the man fall as it closed. He turned back to North, "Get the others, tell them of the situation." he said before walking to the window and preparing to fly out, stopping momentarily to pick up the tiny egg that had fallen to the floor.

North nodded, "But what are you going to do?"

Jack sighed as he turned his head, "I'm gonna try to get Morana back." he said unsure of himself as he flew quickly out the window.


Morana shuddered as the coldness hit her bare skin, the shadows always an unwelcoming chill against her bare skin uncovered by the torn fabric of her dress, and as she emerged from them she fell to her knees on the snowy ground and panted. She couldn't believe she had been so foolish, she should have known Jack was going to betray her, why wouldn't he? It's as Pitch said, she kills everything she gets close to, and she always will. The tears started to fall again and as the shivers racked her body she looked to her left and saw the same cave she had stumbled into when she first came to the south pole. Carefully she hauled her body up and ran to the shelter of the cave and sat against the wall near the back, burying her face in her knees as the tears fell freely and her shoulders shook with the force of her sobs. She knew Pitch was going to be there any moment and she honestly didn't care at this point, he could win, she was gone anyways.

She just couldn't believe she was stupid enough to actually trust Jack. If anything though, she was amazed at his acting skills, to pretend he cared about her as much as he did was a skill she didn't think anyone would have ever had. but it makes sense, gain the trust before you betray that way no one would suspect it. And she didn't. She actually thought that he would get back from the North Pole and would actually be by himself. But she was wrong. She was very wrong. But if she knew that then why was she crying over it? She already knew the answer to that before she asked it, it's because she honestly thought that Jack was going to be different. She honestly thought that Jack cared about her, and that she could trust him not to hurt her. But he had, and she had learned her lesson.

She shakily breathed in and out as she tried to calm her heart and make the tears stop falling as she waited and listened for the inevitable. And the footsteps behind her alerted her to its arrival.


Jack flew above the landscape for mere minutes before he spotted the retreating shadows and the girl that was left in their wake, he watched for a moment as she simply sat in the snow before running to the cave to her left, the very one he had found her half frozen in when she first cam to the south pole and into his life. He quickly flew down and carefully walked into the cafe to see her huddled in a ball near the end of the cave. "Morana?" he asked quietly.

Morana started at the voice, not thinking this would be the voice to greet her, and slowly she stood, but she didn't turn to look at him, "Is it true?" She asked in a voice that was almost a whisper.

Jack sighed, knowing exactly what she was referring to, "Yes." He admitted after a moment.

Morana closed her eyes against the onslaught of tears, "Why?" She asked with a shaky voice.

Jack slowly walked up to her, "He had me believing for just a moment that he was telling the truth," He sighed in defeat, "and a moment was all it took." He finished quietly as the sounds of Morana's quiet crying hit his ears. "I'm sorry." he said regretfully, his own voice cracking with pain.

"He was right." she said with a cracky voice and Jack looked at her in confusion, "I'm just death and destruction and there's no reason anyone should ever see me as anything but that."

"That isn't true." Jack quickly retorted, "You are so much more than any of that, and I've seen it." He said urgently grabbing her shoulder and turning her to look at him, ignoring the pull of her powers that seemed to be reaching out to him with a vengeance, "You are nothing that Pitch has told you, and you never will be."

Suddenly her eyes shot to his and in them he saw a fiery anger burning within her as she smacked his hand away from her, "If you believed any of that why would you help Pitch find me?" She asked angrily, "What could he have possibly told you about me that would make you think for even a moment that helping him was the right thing to do?" She asked in an ernest tone as the tears continued to stream down her cheeks.

Jack's eyes cast to the ground for a moment before falling closed, "He told me you already knew how to control your powers and that you were just using me as an escape so that you could wreck havoc on the world like you did before he trapped you." He explained.

Morana took a step away from Jack and as he glanced up at her face he saw nothing but hurt and betrayal. "Before?" she asked in horror, "Before, I had no control." She uttered quietly and Jack had to strain his ears to her as he looked at her fully. "Before, anywhere I went death followed, I didn't mean to-to kill all those people, thats why I ran away to," She stopped as she looked at Jack, "to here. Where there was nothing I could hurt." And Jack's eyes widened in understanding as to why of all the places on the earth she ran her when she escaped, "Pitch found me, and caged me because he thought he could use my powers to his advantage, he was trying to find a way to control them for himself." Her voice cracked through the explanation. "And you helped him."

Jack looked her dead in the eyes, "And I won't make that mistake again." He promised, "Trust me."

She took another step away from him, "I did."

He sighed in defeat again, "Then don't trust me, but trust the other Guardians, North is already gathering them to help keep you safe from Pitch. If you won't forgive me at least let me help fix what I caused." He offered, and after a moment of silent contemplation she nodded her head. Jack smiled softly before pulling another globe out his pocket and slamming it on the ground a portal to the Pole appearing. He gestured for Marana to go first and she stared at it in confusion, "Jump in." He said and she tentatively followed his instruction.

She felt like throwing up as she fell through the swirling portal and emerged in a stumbling ball on the other side, looking up to see North standing above her. "You must be Morana." He said as he offered her his hand. She shook her head frantically at the offer and instead hauled herself up as Jack came tumbling out of the portal, landing much more gracefully than Morana did, and looked to North.

"Did you talk to the others?" he asked.

"Yes, they are preparing defenses against Pitch and are keeping watch for any activity from him, mainly Sandy." Jack nodded and looked to Morana.

"Keep her here," He said looking back to North to see him nod, "I will go back to the south pole and prepare defenses before I bring her back there, Pitch knows of the location and knows that she could be there, she'll be safer here." North nodded in agreement and Jack looked back to the girl, he walked up to her and noticed her refusal to look at him, he pulled the egg out of his pocket and held it out to her, "Keep practicing." He instructed and after a moment of staring at the egg she silently took it and placed it on her shoulder where it sat happily and started kicking its tiny legs back and forth. Jack walked back to North and whispered something to the man before glancing back to Morana one last time and flying off.

North turned to Morana, "If you will come with me I can show you to your room." He said and Morana nodded before being led off by the man. North led her through a maze of hallways before after about fifteen turns and Morana losing her sons elf direction of where they were in relation to the room Jack had opened the portal to, they arrived in front of a large oak door with intricate carving of holly on the frame, "You can stay in here, I have left some clothes on the bed in case you would like to change." He told her as the opened the door.

Morana gasped at the sight of the room, Jack's castle was beautiful but all ice was slightly impractical, this room however was majestic in both size and craftsmanship. There was intricate carving all over the walls, most off which appeared to be the same type of designs that adorned Norths arms. There was an average sized windows with window seats under them that were covered in green and red pillows on both sides of a huge bed that sat atop a beautifully carved bed post and atop it sat a huge comforter that was a mixture of red and green with yet more red and green assaulting the big pillows at the head of the bed. Morana's eyes landed on the clothes that North had selected for her sitting on the edge of the bed. She walked up to them and fingered through them, noticing many of them were a spotless white fabric with different accents of color here and there, before turning to North, "Thanks, but I don't think white is really my color." She said gratefully as she looked down at her own clothes with a shrug.

North laughed heartily at her before seeing the pain still present in her eyes, he pursed his lips before walking closer to the girl, "It is not Jack's fault." he said softly and Morana looked at him confused, "I am the one that told him we must help Pitch. He only trusted what I thought was right." He explained. Morana took a shaky breath as she absorbed the information and watched as North slowly walked to the door and before closing it he turned back to her, "Try the clothes on, you might find white is your color." He said before closing the door and leaving Morana to herself yet again.


Angst! Angst! Angst! Gotta love it, right? Well, I know I do. I hope you enjoyed that chapter and I would have had it up Saturday but I wanted to have more time for you to wreath with agony and annoyance at what was going to happen next. Mwahahahahah. Well, until next time lovelies.

The Freak is out of here! :)