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~TheWriter'sMistress~

Lily wasn't much of like herself anymore. She didn't bother doing much except sleep, she didn't eat much, and she stopped matchmaking.

Ever since she started having nightmares, Lily wasn't the same. Theodore was happy that he stopped having bad dreams, but he felt bad that they were hurting his big sister.

He's tried to get her out of bed but she wouldn't budge. His sister only wanted to sleep. The little boy hated seeing his sister like this; he missed his sister's old self.

"Hey bud." Young Theodore's thoughts ceased by the voice of the town's trickster. "What's the matter?"

Jack sat down next to the boy with a look of concern spread across his face. Theodore sighed and looked away from the trickster.

"Lily." The boy mumbled. Jack nodded; he understood the younger boy's sadness. The trickster too wanted Lily to get out of bed and play with them too, but he also couldn't get the girl out of her bed.

The older boy stood up from his spot beside the boy and looked down at him with his dark brown orbs. A mischievous grin formed on the older trickster's face, he knew how to cheer up the boy.

Jack grabbed the boy Theodore by the arm and dragged him away on an adventure, away from the sadness.

That night Lily was having another nightmare, she whined and moaned. Her whining and groaning were hushed by a sudden golden glow. Yellow sand hovered above her head showing a more pleasant dream.

The blind girl sighed and a peaceful smile formed on her young face. Her nightmares ceased thanks to the man in gold, the Sandman. Manny had told the Guardian of Dreams about the situation and Sandy had heeded to that call.

The spirit smiled at the matchmaker, this was only step one to solving the problem. The next was confronting Pitch Black, the cause for all this fear. The Sandman moved from the young girl's room to the outside.

It had not taken long for Sandy to find the Boogeyman as he was only feet away from outside the small house. The Spirit of Fear shook with laughter as the golden guardian stood in front of him with an unhappy look on his face.

Pitch thought it was humorous that MiM sent the Sandman over because of just one child having nightmares!

The laughter soon subsided when Sandy threw a golden whip at Pitch, wrapping around his slim form. The Boogeyman yelled in protest as he thrown to the side hitting a tree.

The Sandman cracked his knuckles as he approached Pitch. The dark spirit stood up and looked up at the Sandman with a menacing look on his slim face. "I give one child nightmares," Pitch said in an icy voice "and I get punished."

The Boogeyman shifted into the shadows and hid from the Sandman. "All I want is to believed in!" Pitch shouted. "You have millions of children believing in you, and I only have one!"

Sandy's eyes searched for the Spirit of Fear and waited for his next move. "Why is this child so special that she had to have the Sandman come to her aid?"

Sandy didn't answer and turned his body to face the sound of Pitch Black's voice. The Boogeyman appeared behind Sandman and struck him, sending the man in gold feet away from him. Sandy landed on his side and lifted his head to see the dark spirit walking towards him with a menacing look on his face.

Sandy got to his feet, steadying himself on a tree holding his side. The man in gold held his hand out and a gold ball of sand swirled above his hand. When Pitch got close, the little ball of golden sand turned into a large hammer and attempted to strike the Spirit of Fear.

The Boogeyman dodged the attack and grabbed the Sandy by his neck and held him high against the tree. "This girl is mine to torment!" Pitch said through gritted teeth. "You can tell that to your Man in Moon too."

Sandy's eyes diverted to the form behind Pitch, the Boogeyman noticed this and turned to see the same girl he was plaguing.

The dark spirit chuckled and dropped the stocky spirit. "What have we here?" Pitch took a step towards the young girl with a smirk on his face. Lily stepped back, her heart beating at a fast rate. Pitch could almost taste the fear coming off the blind matchmaker.

Before he made another step towards his victim, a lasso of gold sand wrapped around his ankle. The dark spirit fell to the ground as the Sandman dragged him away from the blind girl. Sandy wrapped another lasso of gold sand around, and threw him up in the air.

The Guardian of Dreams made a bat out of his golden sand, and hit Pitch as he came close the ground. The Boogeyman disappeared into the night as he was thrown into the air, away from the blind matchmaker. Sandy wiped his hands together and smiled at his success.

Lily felt an amount of pressure come off her chest, she felt like she could finally breathe. "Is he gone?" The blind matchmaker did not receive an answer but instead got golden sand blown into her face. The Sandman caught the girl in his arms before the girl could fall to the ground.

Sandy smiled and put the girl back in her bed. The Sandman put on his sand goggles and flew out into the night on his golden sand airplane.

The moon flickered in the sky, pleased that this girl was now going to sleep without any nightmares that night.

The next morning, Lily got up with a smile on her face. Her blonde hair was a mess and tangled but she didn't care. She was able to match-make for the first time in months and this surprised everybody. In one day she managed to matchmake three couples; and that was a record in her book.

Lily was happy and everything was ok again. But for how long? That was the only thing that bothered the young matchmaker, were the nightmares going to plague her dreams again?

Lily kept her mind off of it by spending time with Jack and having fun. She felt bad that she had pushed him away during the time of her nightmares. Lily wasn't going to let the trickster down again, they were best friends and it was going to stay that way.

Lily was telling Jack of what happened that night. She felt it was all a dream, but for some reason she wasn't sure that it was. They were talking in an area in the woods only they know where it was. It was by the lake and it was quiet and peaceful, perfect place to getaway.

Jack wasn't sure how to respond to his friend's story of what happened that night, it was some story, that's for sure but the fact that she said she wasn't sure if it was a dream or not really confused him.

"You're not sure if it was a dream or not?" Jack quirked a curious brow at his best friend. "How can you not tell?"

Lily shrugged. "I don't know, but that night was the first time in awhile that I didn't have a single nightmare." Jack smiled at the blind girl. He was happy at seeing his friend happy. It was a while since he saw her back to herself.

"It's good to have you back, Lily." Lily smiled, and for the first time in months it was genuine.

"Thanks Jack."

"No problem." Jack stood up and helped Lily stand up from the log. The blind girl put one hand around Jack's arm and they started walking back to their small village.

There you have it folks! I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please leave a nice review my lovelies! I couldn't have done it without icewindsleetandsnow or you guys! :)

~TheWriter'sMistress~