Rotg fanfic- Taken Over By Darkness- Chapter 5
The jet of golden sand smacked into the bears snout, hitting it so hard it veered off course, and sped past him.
Jack was completely stunned- how had done that? He looked down at the Sandman, but the little man seemed just as shocked and clueless as the rest of them. Everyone was gaping at the youngest Guardian, Pitch included.
Jack, experimenting, held up a hand, and focussed. Sure enough, a steady stream of golden sand, flowed from his fingers.
He had absolutely no idea how he was doing it, but a sudden idea struck him. The sand had injured the demon bear! He could fight off his nightmares, with this! He grinned, even chuckling slightly- if those nightmares represented the darkest times in his life, then this was obviously the light. But what were the best things that happened to him in the three hundred years of his immortal life. He knew the answer in a heartbeat.
The Guardians. His friends had always been the best of him. So, he created in his mind, an image of something, which represented the leader of their group perfectly. Big, intimidating, jolly, fearless, caring and great at making toys.
More sand poured forth, and from it formed a huge, golden yeti, not quite as big as the bear, but still a formidable size. In the typical North fashion, naturally, it went for the biggest opponent. Slamming rock sized fists into the mound of black sand that was the bear. Jack grinned, what should he make next?
Bunny was still stunned by the golden sand show going on above his head, even though he'd figured out what was going on not that long ago. Pitch had been feeding Jack nightmare sand for months, when Jack had conquered it, he had gained the ability to bend it to his will.
Bunnymund was whispering to the scared Tooth Fairy, telling her what was going on. Sandy and North were looking worryingly close to falling unconscious, North even more so- Sandy, at least, was moving, but barely.
"He's just made a dolphin! It's going after the panther!" He shared a look with Sandy. The Sandman had always created dolphins to cheer the young spirit up, he adored the fun-loving creatures, being the Guardian of everything. He looked back up at it, and chuckled.
"It just gave Felix-zilla one hell of a tail slap, in the face." Tooth managed to smile at that, she particularly hated that nightmare. He paused, eyes widening.
"Bunny? What is it?" Tooth asked, beginning to panic. A couple of stray, ordinary nightmares were approaching them, whilst Jack was distracted.
Luckily he must have noticed, because a golden unicorn came charging their way. A shoutout to the kids of Burgess no doubt.
"Nothing, Tooth." he answered. "Jack's just created a unicorn, similar to the ones that, Cupcake kid loves, remember?" A slight scowl came over her face. She was the Guardian of memories, of course she remembered. A slight smile touched Bunny's lips. That was good, it meant she still awake, and her mind was still going. Truthfully, he kept a light, cheerful tone, but he was worried about the state of his friends.
North still wasn't moving, and Sandy's head was sagging from where he crouched in front of Tooth, who was faring no better. The deep bite wound in her side, sapping a great deal of her strength, and, though he didn't like to admit it, he felt no better. His injured leg throbbed and burned, in agony, slowly weakening him, but he kept on talking, keeping the others spirits up. He was the Guardian of hope, after all.
"I don't believe it." he said as another sand figure made it's appearance.
"That little snow brained block head, he's only gone and made a kangaroo." Surely enough, he had. "Ruddy boxing gloves and everything." He muttered, angrily. Tooth managed to giggle weakly.
"Has he done anything for me?" She asked. For her? Bunny thought, and then he realised what was going on. Each of the sand figures, represented the Guardians. North- the yeti, Sandy- the dolphin, and Bunny- the kangaroo. He looked around the room for another golden figure.
The golden kangaroo was wisely avoiding the black hound, and had, instead, taken the place of the dolphin, beating up the cat. The dolphin had switched to attacking the dog, the yeti was still wrestling the black bear, and the unicorn was charging any remaining horse nightmares.
"I can't see anything..." Bunny began, stopping, as a little speck of gold, fluttering around Pitch drew his attention.
"It's Baby Tooth," he realised out loud, "and she's going after Pitch!" He laughed, gently. "She's doing a good job, too. The ratbag can't keep up with her." The golden miniature fairy was darting around the Boogeyman, jabbing, now and then, at him with her beak. Pitch was getting more and more furious by the minute, but he still couldn't catch the tricksy, little fairy.
The sight made Bunny realise the absence of the Guardian's various helpers. Hundreds of fairies, eggs, yetis and elves were, in fact, trying to fight their way through the barricade of black sand, that stopped them from entering the room, and not making any progress. They were on their own.
The dolphin, shooting up into the air, caught his attention. It flipped over in midair, diving back down again at terminal velocity, before ploughing into the dark mutt. A cloud of gold dust obscured the scene, but when it cleared, the wretched hound was gone' In it's place stood a magnificent, golden wolf.
One of the giant nightmares had finally been defeated! They could be destroyed!
Bunny watched, as the wolf shook itself, and then charged of in the direction of the cat. If the other figures were the Guardians, Bunny had no trouble guessing who this one was meant to be.
The panther had been chasing the sand Baby Tooth, after Pitch had set it on the little creature, when it found itself face to face, with a giant, angry wolf. The sand of fear appeared to be wetting itself, and although Bunny knew wolves couldn't smile, much less smirk, this one was obviously trying to. The resemblance to Frost was uncanny.
Less than a minute later, Sooty the death cat had been reduced to a mewling little sand kitten, and, with six sand figures all ganging up on it, the bear soon followed suit, becoming a tiny cub.
Tooth couldn't see a thing, all she knew about what was going on, was whatever Bunny told her, and what she could guess from what she heard, and her hearing could tell her a surprising amount. She could tell that Bunny, despite his big talk, was scared, from the slight quiver in his voice. She could also tell he was doing badly, as voice was slowly getting weaker. She knew that North and Sandy were in a bad way, as she hadn't heard either of them stir, or say anything, in a long time. But, she could also tell, from the telltale sounds of the gusts of wind he rode, and from the lack of cries of pain, that Jack was ok, still fighting for them, and that thought, gave her strength. Hearing, the glittering sound of the golden sand sparkling around them, she could tell there was a lot of the stuff flying about. This worried her, she knew Jack only had a limited amount of sand in him, and hoped, he was being careful how spent it.
He was. Jack knew the importance of every little grain of the sand, there was just one more figure he wanted to make. The best times of his life just wasn't complete, without his first believer. He summoned the sand, and was just deciding what shape he should use for Jamie, when it stopped.
That was it. He was all out.
That alone wouldn't have been too bad. He already had plenty to work with, but with the sand no longer a part of him, he no longer had any control over it, and the shimmering figures dissolved into thin air.
The room suddenly seemed very empty: no more, no more nightmares... but wait, where was-
"Boo." A voice whispered, from behind him, right into his ear. Terror struck him, as he turned. Shooting away from the spot, with all the haste of fear- driven speed. But was a second too late.
The sharp blade of the scythe cut deeply into his side. A cry of agony escaped his lips, as black sand entered his bloodstream once more.
The other Guardian's hearts leapt in their throats, and Tooth's heart, all but broke, at the sound. She couldn't see what had happened, and was desperate to know, but Bunny was quiet. Too terrified, or ,more likely, too weak to answer. The others knew what happened though.
Black sand was racing through their recently-returned friends veins, and, this time, it was spreading to kill
Authors note: up with another one not long to go now (this isn't going to be a massive one but I hope you're enjoying it anyway^^) I actually have reviews to reply to :-D so excited anyway
Guest(chapter 3 reviewer from two days ago): sorry I know it says complete and that's cos it's all written I just haven't posted it all I am posting daily though hope the suspense didn't kill you the next few chapters are up thank you so much for reviewing^^
Guest(chapter 5 reviewer yesterday): Awww thank you I'm really glad you're enjoying it so much yeah the evil monologue was pretty fun to do ^^ glad you also liked it as for what Bunny said to Jack do you really want me to say every bad he said to him over three centuries ;-D put it this way they weren't exactly friendly towards each other and Bunny gets angry easy Jack likes to rule him up Bunny snaps back ill let you figure out the rest. I will update don't worry ^^ every day I promise there isn't much left of it anyway only a few more (this turned into a mini essay huh oh well happy to answer your questions^^) thanks so much for reviewing it means a lot :-D
That's all not loads but I'm thrilled with any review hehe so go ahead if you want I love hearing what you think^^ until tommorow with the next chapter BYE!