ELSA

Elsa opened her eyes slowly, still groggy. At first she couldn't remember where she was. Then she remembered. Ivan. The fire. She had to get out of here. She had to find Anna. She sat up quickly and looked around.

Well, there were Anna and Kristoff. They were lying beside her on the floor, still asleep. The three of them were in a jail cell, and not like any jail cell she had seen in the castle. Her hands were again incased with metal and chained to the floor. She brought them up to her face to study them.

"I wouldn't try anything if I were you." Said a voice from outside the cell. It was Ivan. Why was it that every time she saw him, he was one step ahead of her, hiding in the shadows waiting to strike? He was sitting in a plush read chair outside of the cell, observing her.

"Everything in there is made from the strongest metal in the kingdom," He said, "Totally ice-proof."

"This is treason." Elsa said, standing up, "Why are you doing this?"

"Because I want the throne, why else would I do it?" Ivan said, "And it seems to me that I would make a better ruler. I will actually have control of my powers as to not let the whole of Arendelle know about them."

"The kingdom is better off than it has been in a century because of me."

"I'll make it better."

"You'll never get away with this."

"Oh my dear Elsa, I already have! Sit down, I will tell you a story."

Elsa remained standing.

"Have it your way." Ivan smiled evilly and began to pace as he told his story. "One particular summer night in Arendelle, after the queen turned everything in the land to winter back to spring again," Ivan stopped pacing and looked at her. "That would be you." He resumed pacing. "A certain, shall we say, friend? Came to me with a business proposition. We both had a similar problem. We both wanted to get rid of someone. Can you guess what my friends name was?"

He stopped and looked right at Elsa. "Pitch Black."

Elsa's stomach dropped. No, no, no. This could not be happening. Jack. She needed to get to Jack. She had to know he was all right.

He laughed. "I thought you would know that name. You see his powers were growing. He realized that wanting to be believed in was trivial and the only thing that really mattered was power, true power. That's the only way people notice you. And as far as he was concerned, he only had one problem. Jack Frost. And I only had one problem. Elsa, Queen of Arendelle."

"What did you do to Jack?!" Elsa burst out, unable to keep quiet any longer.

Ivan turned around, smiling, "Oh my dear Elsa, what a good question," He said, coming closer to the bars, "You'll know in good time."

"As I was saying," He stood back from the bars and began pacing again. "Pitch had a plan. You see he always knows people's greatest fears in the past, present, and future. And Jack Frost's greatest fear was going to be loosing you. It was going to be his greatest fear of all. So we led him to you."

Elsa struggled against her chains. "What did you do with him?" She screamed.

Ivan laughed. "I didn't do anything to him my dear," He said, "But Pitch is going to kill him. Then I'm going to kill you and everyone in your little family."

"If you try I will kill you." Elsa said.

"Oh darling, if you could, you would have done it by now," He said. He began to walk toward the door. "Goodbye Queen Elsa, I'll see you at your execution."

"You can't do this!" Elsa screamed.

JACK

Jack, Bunny, North, and Sandy stood at Burgess's entrance to Pitch's lair. It was a hole in the ground. Not so formidable to the naked eye. But Jack's could sense the fear all around them as they looked at the hole in the ground. His heart felt heavy, and every fiber of his being wanted him to turn back. He couldn't. After everything he had heard about Pitch's powers, he knew he didn't have a choice in the matter. He had to be stopped.

Pitch had killed people this time. Innocent people. And he had crept his fear into every corner of the world, even the adult were terrified. There was chaos everywhere. The one safe place was the North Pole, where they were keeping the last remaining believers.

Jack took a deep breath. He looked up at his fellow Guardians.

"Ready?" North asked. Jack nodded. North jumped down the hole first, the, Bunny, then Sandy, then Jack.

Jack landed on his feet as the other three made a semi circle with their back toward the entrance. He got in his position and readied his staff. The other three were all looking at something so Jack followed their gaze.

Pitch.

He was sitting on a massive throne made of black obsidian. He had a slightly amused look on his face. The fear radiated off of him and made Jack feel cold all the way down to his bones. This was not the same Pitch they had faced before who just wanted to be believed in. This was a Pitch who would do anything for true power.

"How nice of you to join the party Jack," Pitch said, "You always do make things so much more fun." He got up from his throne and walked down to them. "Tell me, how was the trip to Arendelle? Relaxing? How is dear Elsa?"

Jack pointed his staff at him. "How do you know about Elsa?" He said angrily, through gritted teeth.

"Oh please Jack, I knew about Elsa long before you did." He said, "Her fear about her powers was so fun to play with. I didn't realize how much she would come to mean to you." Pitch turned directly to Jack, "I would have tortured her more."

"If you ever hurt her again-" Jack said.

"Oh please like you could hurt me. Besides, you should be thanking me."

"Why would I ever thank you?"

"Because I brought you two together. I gave you dreams of Elsa. Remember?"

Jack's entire world began to spin.

"She was a lovely little distraction wasn't she? True love is the best distraction of all, wouldn't you say? And while you were gone, I did all this." Pitch raised his arms to gesture to his new sinister fortress.

Jack was so angry. What had he done? He was so glad he had met Elsa, but what had it cost him? What had it cost the world?

"So, I assume you've come here for your precious Tooth Fairy?" He asked.

"You better hand her over." Bunny said, stepping up, next to Jack.

"Oh, don't worry you can have her. Have this small token. For when we next meet again I will destroy you and everything you hold dear." Pitch snapped his fingers. A Nightmare ran down from one of the upper levels of the fortress, carrying Tooth on its back.

Her feathers weren't as bright as they used to be, many of them were falling out. She looked tired and weak. She climbed off the Nightmare. North picked her up.

"Now get out of my sight." Pitch snarled.

Someone opened a portal behind Jack. Everyone but Jack exited without saying a word. The fear was too great for them. It was almost too great for Jack.

"Whatever fight you have with me," Jack said, "Leave Elsa out of it."

"Oh, Jack," Pitch said, coming closer to him, "She's already in too deep to be out of it now. Oh, and just a hint, she has her own problems to deal with."

"What did you-" Jack started.

"Uh-uh," Pitch cut him off, "Can't tell. Run along."

Pitch moved his hand forward and a blast of black sand sent Jack backward, into the portal.