Hey Everyone! Here is the next installment of the story. I apologize for all the dialogue and the spelling in them, I was trying to also show the accents of Bunnymund and North. If they seem too OC let me know and I'll edit it, I added the bit with the teeth for Tooth, since we all know her feelings about them! As always, I only own Shade, Spook, and her sprites! I'm prob gonna do a chapter on just the Guardians soon

Shade quietly stepped out from her shadows and looked around, shivering slightly from the cold. She chose to remain partially hidden to be cautious and took note that the Guardians seemed to be having a party of sorts. Her eyes dulled slightly in sadness for a few moments as the happy spirits laughed and joked with each other. They were obviously very close. Bunnymund was annoyed as everyone else laughed, so he must have been the butt of the joke.

Taking a deep breath, she forced herself to step out into view and waited for them to notice. After a few moments, Sandman looked over and his eyes widened in shock. Multiple images flashed above his head ending in a question mark, before he tried to catch others attention, but like normal his silent nature failed him This being the case, he grabbed an elf and shook him until the others turned to him in confusion, their eyes following the direction of his finger...That's when the room's mood took a turn for the worse. Once they saw the dark spirit, all of their eyes hardened.

"Wha are ye doin 'ere Hallow?" Bunnymund demanded, "Leave. Ye don belong 'ere!"

She glared in response, but remained silent. Awaiting the response from the others.

"You should not ave' come here Shade Hallow. Vhat would make you think this ok?" North inquired, distrust clear in his voice.

Shade remained silent for a few moments, trying to figure out what to say. In those few moments, the Guardians' suspicious glares only grew in strength. "I-I...I need help. Something is coming. Something bad...dark." Shade stated tentatively.

"HA! Ye expect us to believe ye?! Dark? This has got ta be a trap mate!" Bunnymund said angrily.

"Its not a trap you overgrown rabbit! Something is trying to escape, something powerful!" She said, her thoughts pleading them to understand.

"Escape? Why should we believe a Spirit of Fear?" Toothiana asked, finally speaking up from behind to the two larger spirits, "You scare children...You hurt them..AND when you don't they get candy! It destroys their beautiful teeth!"

"What? I do NOT hurt children! I keep them safe!" Shade said in horror at her statement.

"By causing them to be afraid of the dark? Jamie was terrified on Halloween three years ago!" Frost said, his voice filled in anger for his beloved believer.

"Look...I didn't come here to argue. I came to ask for help! We are getting off topic! I.." Shade was cut off as Bunnymund lifted her up by her neck, "We ain't fallin for ye's trap Hallow. Now get out. Before we do something drastic." He threatened, before throwing her to the ground, which she hit with a cry of pain.

Slowly rising, Shade stared at the "Great Guardians of Childhood" in sorrow. Eyes moving slowly to take in the hate and anger radiating from the loud spirits in the room. At one point, Shade looked up to them and believed in them with every bit of her being...

"I didn't want to come here you know?...Hell I would rather deal with this on my own like I always do...But I can't...I don't know what this is...But its...Dark...A different kind of dark then me...or even Pitch...I wanted to believe that in times of emergency...I could at least trust you to help...I guess I was wrong...The Gate is weakening...and so I am...But I guess you would at the very least be happier without me in your lives to scare your precious believer...Goodbye...Guardians..." Shade stated before fading into the shadows once more...holding back the tears she knew were fighting to break through.

What she failed to notice was the eyes of the silent Guardian, which held a different emotion than his friends.

Reappearing once more at the gate, she saw a line of spirits awaiting her. The night was done, and the rules were law. It was time for them to return, so with apprehension in her gaze, Shade called upon her magic. The thing was still there, just at the edge, waiting...So she forced all her magic into the Gate to push it back, giving the spirits enough room to sneak through. What seemed like hours, were mere minutes, but thankfully she was able to hold it back. As the final spirit passed, the grandfather who's grandson received her gift, she called forth the rest of her magic to seal the Gate.

Collapsing to the ground, she finally allowed her sorrow to escape. Only here, with Spook and her sprites, would she allow her tears to flow free. They didn't believe her...And now she...the Spirit of Halloween...feared the future of both the physical...and spiritual plane.