I finally discovered that the soldier nightmare things could be called knightmares! Of course it's sad I discovered this so late but hey knightmare sounds cool, right?

Anyway for the last time with Trick and Treat...I don't own ROTG so take your time and enjoy the ride.

Alice groaned as she rose slightly from the tough concrete under her, her head pounding and her eyes taking much too long to adjust to the night around her.

When they did finally adjust she looked to her left to see Jack lying on his back, still unconscious. She crawled over to him and shook his shoulders much rougher than she had intended but when he finally blinked open his frosty blue eyes she smiled.

"Jack! You need to get up!" she said in a strained voice as she looked around and saw they were in Burgess with no one around.

The spirit protested at first but as Alice further shook him he finally opened his eyes fully and sat up, wincing slightly at the pain in his head.

"W-Where are we, Alice?"

"Burgess," she stated calmly as she stood and helped Jack up as well, then she furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, "Why would Pitch bring us to Burgess?"

Jack shrugged, "Maybe he wanted to beat us in the place he lost last time?"

Alice nodded, it made sense, then she conjured her skates, "We should look for the others."

Jack's grip on his staff tightened, "Yeah, let's hurry."

Stein was rudely awoken by several taps on his already pounding head, and when he awoke he quickly glared at the Pooka that had been doing it.

"About time you woke up," Bunny growled.

Stein rolled his eyes as he sat up, looking over at Sandy who did the same. Sandy pointed to Bunny, who was huffing about, and then formed a snowflake of sand, Stein quickly understood and nodded as he stood.

"Welp, let's get moving, shall we?"

Bunny nodded without a word and took to the front while Sandy and Stein walked side by side.

Stein conjured his board and wheeled lazily as he followed the seething rabbit, "Bunny, calm down, I'm sure Jack is fine."

Bunny's ears twitched and he looked over his shoulder, "Who said I'm worried about him?"

Stein rubbed the back of his neck, "Kinda obvious, right Sandy? See, even Sandy agrees with me."

Bunny glared at him, "Last time Pitch was around Jack the boy ended up getting molested! I don't plan to let that happen again!"

Both Sandy's and Stein's eyes widen and Stein choked out, "W-When? Why...?"

Bunny stopped walking and faced the two completely, "When we went to save Alice, and who the hell knows why! Pitch is a creep!"

Sandy gestured in front of them with a worried look and Stein nodded, "Sandy's right, we need to hurry and find the others."

"Jack! Sandy!" Tooth yelled into the streets as her and North tried to find the others.

North was on guard as Tooth fluttered next to him, "I do not think yelling is working."

Tooth huffed slightly but then looked at the ground sadly, "We need to find them quickly, North..."

"Da, Pitch is planning something, we must all be together."

When the pair had awoken and found none of the other Guardians around them they quickly raised and began treking through Burgess in order to find them. Pitch had attacked them at the Pole but yet had moved them.

"Why do you think he brought us here?"

North looked over at the disheartened Tooth and sighed, "I don't know, maybe he wants to beat us in place he lost."

Tooth nodded and lowered on the ground so she was walking beside North.

"I hope everyone's okay..."

North nodded silently as they walked side by side.

After a couple more minutes of the trio moving swiftly through the streets Stein stopped, earning him a confused look from the other two.

"This isn't working," Stein stated as he flipped his board up and help it tightly.

"Well what do you suggest we do?" Bunny asked angrily, "Just sit here?"

Stein shook his head then looked down at Sandy, "I was thinking you could sent a firework or flare...something to let the others know where we are."

Sandy grinned and raised on of his arms shooting a large sand firework into the sky.

Bunny crossed his arms, "Now we wait."

North and Tooth were the first ones to arrive and when they did Tooth quickly tackled Bunny in a hug and North hugged both Sandy and Stein.

"N-North, you're...k-killing us..."

North quickly released the two and Tooth and Bunny picked themselves up from the ground.

"Is everyone alright?" Tooth fluttered around them in a concerned manner.

Stein smiled lightly and Sandy gave a thumbs up, "We're fine, though Bunny's worried about Jack."

Bunny glared harshly at Stein, "I am not worried about him!"

Everyone rolled their eyes as Bunny huffed and Tooth fluttered closer to him, "I'm sure him and Alice are just fine."

Alice and Jack were quickly flying through the streets when they saw Sandy's firework go up.

Alice whistled as she stopped to watch the firework, "That's impressive."

Jack laughed, "True, Sandy is quite amazing."

Alice nodded as the two took off toward the firework, moving quickly since they weren't that far.

"We're fine, though Bunny's worried about Jack."

Both Alice and Jack stopped and Jack's eyes widened as Bunny yelled, "I am not worried about him!"

Alice looked over at Jack and nudged his shoulder, "He is worried about you, Jack."

Jack nodded as he looked at the ground, "I know...but he's only worried because of Pitch."

Alice hummed lightly, "True, but I also think if the thing with Pitch never happened he would still worry about you."

Jack gave a hollow laugh, "Why, because he thinks I'm a kid?"

"Maybe, but I was thinking more along the lines of, because you're very important to him."

Jack whipped his head up to face Alice's warm smile and then smiled slightly himself.

She grinned and called out, "Hey guys!"

The rest of the Guardians looked over and Jack and Alice jogged the rest of the way to meet them.

Bunny quickly hugged Jack close, surprising the Winter spirit, and Tooth hugged Alice kissing her cheek as they parted.

"I'm so glad everyone's okay," Tooth said with a sigh of relief.

"But now the question is, where is Pitch?" Bunny questioned as he released the flustered Jack.

Alice took a step forward but in mid-step stopped as pain pulsed through her body, she clutched her shirt and winced in pain.

"I'm right here," all the Guardians looked up to see Pitch standing on one of the buildings in Burgess, with a chuckle and a wave of his wrist knightmares began to circle the group.

Alice winced again as another burst of pain shot through her, and as the group was looking around the circle Stein noticed as Alice began to hunch over more in pain.

"Alice! What's wrong!"

The rest of the Guardians turned as Alice fell to her knees, Stein got on his knees as well and tried to look into her eyes but saw nothing but black.

"Her eyes are black...just black."

"But why? She was fine when we flew here."

Sandy came next to Stein and gasped as he looked into Alice's eyes, the group quickly looked to him as he furrowed his brows.

Sandy formed a small sand scythe above his head and a small figure of Pitch, then sprinkled some sand and gestured to Alice.

Everyone remained confused but Bunny tried to piece it together, "Alice was cut by a scythe made of sand-"

"I don't know where I am...guys...it hurts...where am I?"

North tapped his swords against his shoulders and Sandy continued to gesture to Alice with a worried expression.

There was a loud sigh and all the Guardians but Jack and Stein looked up, "Are you all so daft that you have yet to figure it out, I pity you Sanderson, I really do."

All the Guardians sent Pitch a glare but Pitch simply smirked back, "I'm growing bored so I'll just tell you, my nightmare sand is still in her. It's taking over her body. She becoming a little slave for me to use."

Stein stood quickly, " I WON'T LET YOU!"

Pitch rolled his eyes and Alice fell on her side, her eyes closed, and the knightmares attacked.

Alice stood in the center of nothing and gripped her hair as pain still pulsed through her.

"Where am I?!"

"Please do not fret, you are sleeping."

Alice looked behind her to see herself, but this Alice's eyes were pitch black.

"Well, I need to wake up! They need me!"

The other Alice chuckled and walked closer to Alice, she flicked her wrist and an image of the Guardians fighting off the knightmares became clear.

They were fighting while they protected her in the middle, though they fought the knightmares kept coming and their exhaustion was beginning to show.

Alice turned to face herself and roughly grabbed her by the shirt, "Wake me up!"

The Alice gripped Alice's wrist and squeezed hard, causing Alice to wince in pain, "Don't worry...soon you will...at least your body will."

Alice ripped her hand away, "I won't let you hurt them!"

The other Alice returned the glare, "You don't have a choice," then she gestured largely and laughed, "This nightmare is happening!"

Alice just continued to glare and the other Alice smiled, "It looks like you're going to break your promise," and with those words the other Alice disappeared and Alice's eyes widened.

She turned and looked at the screen in front of her and watched as her body stood, "Jack!" she screamed but of course no one heard.

The group of Guardians weren't sure what was going to happen as Alice began to stand but sighed with relief as they saw her with her normal bright purple eyes.

"Alice, you okay?" Bunny questioned as he threw one of his boomerangs.

The Alice smiled brightly and nodded her head, to the relief of everyone else, "Fine, I just need something."

The Guardians continued to fight but Jack looked over his shoulder briefly to quesiton, "Something?"

The Alice looked over to him and smiled, forming her skates, "You."

She quickly stormed forward and kicked Jack's staff out of his hand, the other Guardians gasped but were unable to get close as more knightmares formed and blocked them off from the two.

Jack looked at the Alice with wide eyes, "A-Alice-"

"Is sleeping," the Alice retorted as she walked toward Jack with a smile.

"Please bring him to me," Alice and Jack both looked up to see Pitch grinning widely.

The Alice nodded as her smile fell, "Of course, sir," she quickly grabbed one of Jack's arms and painfully put it behind his back. She used her skates to fly to the building Pitch was enjoying the show from.

She let him go as Pitch used some sand to bind Jack and then quickly dismissed her to watch the fight from somewhere else, the knightmares were more than enough.

She nodded and began to descend from the building but Jack's shouting stopped her...only briefly.

"You promised! You promised me!"

Alice flinched as she watched Jack scream and then began to clutch her hair tightly and sob.

"What do I do...What can I do...?"

She fell to her knees and screamed loudly.

She looked back to the screen with fearful eyes as Jack struggled against his bindings and as the rest of the Guardians began to grow tired.

"This is all my fault. I'm sorry...I'm so sorry..."

She watched as the other Alice sat on one of the balcony railings and smiled.

"Alice! You can do this!"

She looked back to the Guardians and saw Stein looking at the other Alice, he had a resolute face...he believed in her.

"What could I possibly do, Stein?"

Stein looked away from the Alice and up at her...through the screen, he sent her a smile and said, "I believe in you," warmly before he turned to fight more knightmares.

"You're scared."

Alice didn't need to turn to know that the other Alice was behind her, she simply nodded, "I'm scared."

"Good. It's good to be fearful."

Moments passed as Alice watched her friends fight off the infinite number of knightmares, "Is it?"

The other Alice nodded, "Of course, there is nothing to do but be afraid."

Alice shook her head slightly and stood up slowly, "But he believes in me."

"What?" the Alice questioned.

Alice turned to face herself and wiped the tears from her face, "I need to save them..."

The other Alice let out a dry chuckle, "You're trapped in here, you can't save them."

"Why can't I?" Alice questioned with a slight determination.

"Because it's impossible," the Alice said with a growl.

"I survived getting robbed and almost raped, I survived get stabbed by knightmares, I survived getting captured by Pitch...I'll save them."

The Alice took a step back, "You can't!"

Alice looked up from the ground and smirked, "I believe I can!"

Pitch descended the building, leaving Jack on top, the knightmares parted as he entered the circle and the Guardians warily turned to face him. Bunny gave Jack a quick glance trying to reassure him.

"My, my, how the tides have changed," Pitch said with an airy chuckle as he stopped in front of them, "I thought you'd put up more of a fight but...oh well."

The Guardians huddled closer together as Pitch began to move forward again, but he was stopped.

He looked down with a an annoyed glare as Alice's hand pushed against his chest.

"What are you doing, girl?"

Alice didn't look up she just muttered quietly, "Saving them."

Pitch's eyes widened but before he could move all the sand inside Alice turned golden and exploded from her body. All the knightmares were wiped out and Pitch was thrown back forcefully.

Jack's bindings became undone and Bunny threw him his staff.

Alice looked up at where Pitch lay back against the building and smiled, "Keeping a promise..."

Stein rushed forward to catch her as she began to fall forward.

All the other Guardians approached Pitch angrily as Stein picked Alice up carefully.

Pitch was afraid...again.

"Guys shut up! She's waking up!"

Alice blinked open her eyes and winced as she heard a shout come from...Jack? Yeah, Jack.

"You just basically yelled telling us to be quiet, Frostbite."

She couldn't yet see but she could tell Bunny had rolled his eyes and Jack had huffed with a pout.

She let out a small chuckle and as everyone came into view she smiled.

Everyone was there but Tooth and Sandy, who, as North soon explained, were both working and would be back soon.

North was sitting in a chair to her right and to her left was Stein who had laid his head and arms on her bed and was sleeping. She laughed lightly as she pet his spikey hair.

In front of her Jack was perched on his staff and Bunny was standing next to him with his arms crossed.

"How long?"

North grinned and patted her shoulder, "Only three days."

Alice rolled her eyes, "You make it sound like it's a good thing."

"Sandy thought you would be out for longer," Jack replied as he stepped onto the floor and twirled his staff.

"Stein never left your side and I had to drag Frostbite over here away," Bunny commented with a gesture toward Jack and a roll of his eyes.

Jack simply shrugged his shoulders as he went to sit at the foot of her bed, "Are you feeling okay?"

Alice nodded, "I feel perfectly fine actually."

"You discovered your center?"

Alice looked up from her purple blankets to North's content face, he had a warm smile as he laid back with his eyes closed, then she looked down at Stein.

"I think we did..."

"Alice!" Tooth yelled as she flew into the room and flung herself at the surprised spirit of Halloween, Sandy followed in and gave everyone a slight nod of the head.

Stein jumped up when Tooth yelled and rubbed at his tired eyes, "What is going on?"

Tooth released Alice and stood by Sandy and North, when Stein looked up at Alice he grinned and tackled her with a hug.

"I told you you could do it!"

Alice laughed and hugged Stein back, "I couldn't have done it without you."

They released and Stein grabbed her hand kissing it and grinning as her cheeks blushed.

"So," Stein and Alice looked forward at Jack, "What's your centers?"

Alice grinned and placed her right hand on her heart, "You are now talking to..."

Stein grinned as well, "The Guardians of..."

"Beliefs!" both chorused at the same time and everyone in the room smiled brightly.

"As long as kids believe, no matter the age..."

"We'll be there to protect them," Alice finished as her and Stein continued to hold each others' hand.

I thought I wouldn't be that sad with concluding this because exciting sequel to come but I still shed a tear TT-TT

So, I hope you enjoyed the conclusion to my story and I hope you all read its sequel Black and White (Ooo, I wonder what it means~) Hope to see you all there!