Chapter 16: Midnight
'Do you keep tabs on your pitiful sister?' spat Pitch as he passed his apprentice. The two black sanded people stared at each other. Midnight gave him the evil eye and walked down their lair. Pitch chuckled and dissaperated next to his version of North's globe. Many lights glowed like coal, marking the children that believed in the Guardians. He slammed his fists against it in anger and let out a muffled scream. Midnight merely swished her hair.
'Midnight, I need your help in my plan to renew fear into the world.' Pitch said in an unusually calm voice. Midnight looked up and smiled evilly. 'I need you to bring me your brother.'
'W-what?' gasped Midnight, unable to understand what he was saying. Pitch chuckled at her out-datedness and began to circle her.
'Your brother. You don't realize that your sister has made contact with his descendant, a young Lila Jones. She lives in Burgess, even.' Pitch said, eyeing his apprentices' reaction. She was shocked. Matthew had actually survived. Continued to live on, knowing the guilt of killing his own sister. But, who was she to judge? She did the same thing. She controlled her facial expressions and gave him a smirk.
'What- why do you need him?' asked Midnight casually. Pitch waved the question off and walked away.
'Just get him.'
It was midnight when Midnight appeared in Burgess. Her black boots clinked against the roof tiles of a house as she landed. Placing a hand on the chimney, she scanned the other roof-tops for any signs of her brother. Something orange caught her eye. A flash of orange hair zoomed by with snow-white hair. Midnight watched with hawk eyes at the pair as they circled each other, laughing as they flew. Midnight's confused stare turned evil. She could kill two birds with one stone.
'Well, well. What do we have here?' sneered Midnight as she appeared in front of the two love-birds. Jack's eyes widened and he stepped in front of Angela, staff at the ready. Midnight chuckled.
'What are you doing here, Midnight?' Jack demanded, his usual cheery expression overridden by something more powerful. The apprentice bobbed up and down as she began to circle them, changing from floating to walking. Angela balled her fists and made a low-whistle. Soon enough, a flock consisting of five ravens arrived, their eyes determined to protect their master.
'Don't need to call the protection, Angie-baby. Fight me yourself and not by puppets.' Provoked Midnight. Being her sister gave Midnight an advantage, she knew her weaknesses. Angela trembled, not by fear but by the hate she had stored inside of her for her sister.
'Don't listen to her Angela, you're strong.' Jack shouted, his blue eyes shifting to the orange haired girl. In that split second, Midnight shot her arm out and a cloud of black sand collided with Jack's abdomen. Angela screamed and ran to the fallen Guardian of fun. Midnight shook her head.
'When will you learn?' sighed Midnight as she appeared behind her sister and knocked her out with a spear made of black sand.
Angela gasped, her bright green eyes widening before drooping. Something in her body told her to sleep. She fought to keep her eyes open but the feeling of something pulling her into the sleep took over and she surrendered to the sleep.
Midnight looked at the two fallen spirits in front of her. Winter and Autumn. So similar yet so different.
A door creaked open, gaining Midnight's attention. She dissapperated to the roof of the house and peered below. From the wooden door, out came a young girl. She had chocolately brown hair and was wearing a pink pyjama dress. The little girl gasped and ran back inside. Midnight could hear the protests from the little girl, telling her older sister to check outside with her. the door opened silently this time and another girl, who was taller and had reddish-brown hair that fell just above her shoulders with a white hat, walked out, holding the younger girls hand. The older sister gasped. She ordered her sister to stay put where she was as the older girl ran down the street.
The little girl approached the unconscious spirits, poking their heads. For some reason, Midnight felt a slight tug of love towards her. She creased her brow as the young girl sat next to Angela.
The young girl gasped as Midnight apperated in front of the girl, getting a clear look on her face. Midnight placed a hand over her mouth as she got the shock of a lifetime. Although the girl was seven, she wasn't stupid.
'Who are you? Why do you look like Angela?' asked the girl, her caramel eyes searching Midnight's face. Midnight smiled sweetly, trying to gain the girls trust.
'I'm Angela's sister.'
'Wow! I didn't know she had a sister!' exclaimed the girl, her eyes brightening. Midnight was close to tears. She hadn't seen her brother for 301 years and now his descendant was standing in front of her and she was the splitting image of her brother. Only thing was, that older girl... she didn't look like anyone Midnight knew, or remembered. So what about the older girl?
I'll ask father time about her when I get this girl back to Pitch. Thought Midnight as she smiled.
'Angela and I were in a fight quite some time ago, so we don't really like to mention each other to our friends.' Lied Midnight, 'I have an idea! Why don't you me? I want to show you to my friends!'
The young girl's face broke into a huge smile and she nodded. Midnight grabbed the young one by her waist and the both of them disappeared just as Pippa and Jamie came running down.
'Lila! Where are you?!' called out Pippa when she saw that her little sister was gone.
'Maybe she went back inside.' Suggested Jamie as he bent down to Jack's level. Pippa shook her head.
'She wouldn't do that without telling me, she's very obedient! You know that!' exclaimed Pippa, her voice growing hysterical. Jamie placed a hand on his friends shoulder, calming her down slightly.
'Then we find her. But first, we need to get Jack and Angela to my room! C'mon!'
'Where are we?' Lila asked as Midnight placed her down. They were standing at the heart of the lair and Midnight bit her lip nervously.
'Ah, look who we have here!' cooed Pitch, coming out from the shadows. Lila gasped and ran behind Midnight.
'Boogeyman!' gasped Lila as she grabbed Midnights shirt. Pitch chuckled and swirled his hands, creating a blue-black dust. He blew it towards the two girls. The blue-black dust circled around the seven year-old, putting the girl to sleep on nightmares.
Midnight picked up her body and placed it gently on a flat surface of a rock. She turned to Pitch.
'The two pesks are knocked out.' Confirmed Midnight as she flew up and sat on a golden cage. Pitch grinned and disappeared.
Jack slowly opened his eyes and saw Jamie's grinning face. He slowly sat up and held his abdomen. There was black dust staining his hoodie so he took it off, revealing his black undershirt. He looked to his right and saw the levitating form of Angela.
'What happened?' questioned Jack as he tried to remember what happened before he black out. Jamie shrugged and placed a newly wet cloth over Angela's forehead. Jack noticed that her neck and the nether regions of her back were also covered in the black dust stains. Jack caught Jamie's wondering eyes on the dust and sighed.
'Angela has a evil twin sister who works with Pitch.' Explained Jack. Jamie's eyes doubled and breathed out "wow". Angela coughed and the two boys look towards her. Pippa, who was sitting nearby, got up and helped the autumn spirit sit. Jack noticed that Pippa eyes were sagging.
What happened while we were out? Thought Jack as he stared the reddish-brown haired girl. Pippa could feel Jack's gaze but tried her best to not look at him and focussed at the re-awoken spirit.
Angela brought a hand to her forehead to try and calm her headache. No luck. Angela stared into the eyes Pippa and also saw the sadness within them.
'Where's Lila?' she asked casually but the desperation in her voice could not be masked.
Pippa looked at Jamie before the two spirits. 'Gone.'
Authors note:
Hey! sorry i've been gone for so long! its just been a week since my exams and iwent on vaccation with my family :P
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