HAI GUYS! I'm sorry this chapter didn't come sooner! I sorta didn't want to write this chapter, and I sorta did. I was just too damn lazy today and yesterday, and almost everyday since Summer vacation started. And BTW! Did you guys catch on with the Vocaloid reference in the chapter title? No? Okay then. ENOUGH OF MY USELESS RAMBLING. IT WILL GET US AND YOU NOWHERE.

ONWARD WE GO!

Once the door was opened, and Jack stepped through, the door immediatly shut behind him. "What the-?!", he exclaimed, turning around to look at the door behind him, only to find that it wasn't there anymore. "For the love of... What is wrong with this place?", the boy asked himself, looking around. Everything was still dark, but he could see most of what was around him. Like the fact that entire room was fairly huge, and there were big, hunking cages hanging from up above. A lot of cages; more then he could

The atmosphere felt somewhat familiar, like he had been that same place before. But for the life of him, he could not remember where he had seen this sort of setting before. In the middle of everything, he saw a glowing light. As he went closer, the light morphed into a globe with lights everywhere. Some were flickering off, and Jack thought, This is sort of like the globe we have back at...

Then, something clicked in the back his mind.

The cages, the familiar dark atmosphere, the globe with flickering lights...

He was in Pitch Black's lair.

He had figured out who kidnapped him.

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Despite wanting desperatly to keep searching, Tooth, and the others knew that they had to stop, and rest. There were still their 'jobs' that they needed to take care of. Recently, they had noticed that most of the children in the world had stopped believing. More then usual. Tooth and Sandy had tried restlessly day and night, along with North and Bunny, to find their beloved Winter Child. But in their haste, all of them failed to noticed the reason why they were so tired.

So, North decided to take matters into his own hands.

"What?!" What!? Sandy and Tooth shouted at the same time. North actually had to cover his ears. He lowered his hands after the shouting. "I'm taking you both off the search. You two need to keep up with your belief," North wrapped his arm aorund Bunny shoulder and said, "Me and Bunny will keep up the search for Jack, alright?" But were perfectly fine! the Sandman 'yelled' See, look!

Sandy tried to form a miniture horse made out of his dream sand, but as soon as the horse was formed, it quickly desintigrated in a pile of dream sand on the floor. North gave the Sandman a look that said, 'I knew I was right' Sandy looked away, cheeks puffing out in frustration. "Santa" gave a hearty laugh, and Tooth sighed. She said, "Fine. We'll keep doing our jobs. But, you will serch for Jack while were gone, right?" Bunny came forward, "We'll do everything we can, sheila." Obviously still angry, Tooth puffed out her cheeks and flew away, bringing numerous fairies with her. Then Sandy flew away on his dream cloud, following Tooth.

After a few moments of silence, North slapped Bunny on his back, followed by a loud gasp of breath coming from Bunnymund. "Well," North began, "let's start on that search again." Aster shook off his hand, and answered bitterly, "Yeah, yeah, no need to remind me..."

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He looked up to the ceiling.

Nothing.

He looked around on the walls.

Zero.

He even looked on the ground.

Nada.

"How in god's name am I supposed to get out of this hellhole!?", Jack yelled. All he could tell was that there were numerous cages, and that he shouldn't be scared. That would only cause Pitch to have more power. And besides. Who said Jack Frost was a coward?

But there was another matter pressing in his mind. When did Pitch get a girlfriend? And since when did he make her his servant of eternal gratitude? And who is that lady? She mentioned her name was Fionice... Jack thought, more questions arising with the questions he had already answered. A while later, after thinking for so long, he realized he was standing perfectly still. "Well, I'm not gonna get anywhere from standing here." And with that, he continued to search for his way out.

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"That was mighty impressive, Fionice," Pitch said, "You actually managed to get some dark sand in him." Fionice stood still on the other side of the room, smirking evilly, "And thank you for covering all of the exits with vines." "It was fairly easy, considering he was asleep. And it was my pleasure, Dark Lord. The thing is..." Pitch looked at his servant. " 'the thing is' what?", the Dark Lord repeated, a sourness increasing in his voice. Fionice continued, "... the thing is that I could not manage to get all of the dark sand in him before he awoke. When I went to inject another dose, he was already awake."

Pitch Black laughed, and said, "My dear, do not worry. Even with little sand in him, he can turn. Give it time. And with time, Jack will turn to our side." Pitch laughed evilly, and then he vanished away into the shadows, leaving Fionice in the dark room by herself. "Okay, your Highness," Fionice mumbled, a bright green color vibrating in her hands, "I will wait."

And with that, she too vanished.

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Bunny was miserable.

All he wanted to do now, was to go back to the Warren, and to finally sooth his aching bunny feet. But, no. He had to go Jack-hunting with North. Why did he ever agree to this? His conscience got the better of him, that's why he agreed. They searched for a few more hours on Burgess, and then they headed straight to the forests. North searched above, and Bunny searched from below. In Bunny's perspective, the forests got scarier, and creepier as he traveled deeper and deeper into them. The trees began to look blacker, and more age-ridden.

And now he thought he was lost.

"Come on, come on...", Bunny muttered, swerving his head left to right to try and get an angle at any of the trees. No signs of blue, and no signs of a stick- er, staff. He couldn't make any sign of a human that had roamed the forests recently. And just when Bunny was about to give up on the ground floor, something weird caught his eye. Was that flower always there? The Pooka thought, eyeing a black rose sprouting from the ground. Why is there a black rose in the middle of a forest? There shouldn't be any flowers growing at this time of year; it's the middle of Fall for Christ's sakes! Bunnymund thought, moving closer to the flower. And I've never seen a black rose before.

The gigantic rabbit looked up to the sky, and yelled, " 'Ey North! Come take a crack at this!" North turned in his direction, and noticed Bunny furiously waving his arms left and right. North then flew down to the ground, and got out of his sleigh. "What's wrong?" Bunny pointed at the black rose sprouting form the ground. North then got on one knee in front of the flower, and began to examine it. While he was examining, the rose began to pulsate, and sway back and forth. His eyes went wide, and North yelled, "Bunnymund, stand back!" "What?", Bunnymund said. North grabbed a random glass dome from the back of his sleigh, and plopped it on top of the flower.

Suddenly, the black rose exploded into a pile of black sand inside the dome.

Bunny's eyes widened, then he exclaimed, "What was that!?" North got up. "That," he began, "was called a Black Dahlia. The sand it holds is poisonous to anybody who steps too close to it. So, when it explodes, the sand goes off in different directions, targeting the person that's nearest to it." Bunny looked at North, and breathed, "So we...?" The old man nodded, and whispered, "I believe we were being targeted. Along with the children nearest to it," North began to walk back to his sleigh, when he finished his sentence. "Look's like someone doesn't want to know where their hiding place is. Let's keep searching!" And with that, North rode off into the night, bells ringing on his sleigh.

Aster E. Bunnymund stared at the decomposed plant, and made a mental note to steer clear of the Black Dahlias. And soon, he was on his merry way, looking closely at the road for any sign of a black flower. He tried to figure out who would make such creations. He figured Pitch was behind these strange flowers, but then he thought, Who uses flowers as a weapon? There was absolutely no other clue!

...Unless Pitch had help from someone.

And then it finally clicked. He knew who was helping him. That damn Poison Ivy...! Bunnymund thought, hopping through the woods once more.

OKAY! So do you guys like the new character I added? Do you hate her, love her? And remember, If I've made any sort of mistake in this chapter, please tell me so I can fix it right away, alright? And yeah, I stole the name Poison Ivy! WHAT NOW!?

...okay that was stupid.

AAAANYWAY, now that you guys know who kidnapped our poor Frost Child, tell me if that was sort of predictable. Cause in my opinion, it was. Well, my name is Revolv-kun and I will read you... in the next review. BA-BAI!