Chapter 5
Jack's POV
I got back to the workshop to see that all of the other Guardians had returned. Well all but one. "Where's Elsa?" I asked. "Elsa?" everyone asked. "Oh, right. Cupid, her name is Elsa." I explained. "Ahhh," they all said. "So where is she?" I asked again."Behind you,"I heard. I turned around and offered her a smile. She returned a small smile. "How are you guys feeling?" Elsa asked. "Believed in," the Guardians said in unison. Everyone laughed. We watched as the lights on the globe began to shine again. Finally, everything was back to normal. That was until I heard a grunt from someone next to me. I looked to my right to see Elsa on the floor holding her chest. "Elsa what's wrong?" I asked worried. She looked up and her face was scrunched with pain, her eyes held fear, and she bit her lip in order to keep her screams in.
"Something's not right" she said. She screamed a blood curling scream. I felt so helpless. What was happening? What is hurting her? I stood there, useless, as I watched her scream in pain, being unable to do anything. Everyone stood there, not knowing what to do. It hurt to watch her in pain, but at the moment we were all just shocked and scared. We can't lose her. I can't lose her.
Elsa's POV
We stood there, watching the lights shine brightly against the globe. All of a sudden I felt a burning in my chest. I groaned as the feeling got stronger. Suddenly it turned into a sharp pain. My legs gave out on me as I fell to the ground in pain. "Elsa, what's wrong?" I heard Jack ask with fear and concern in his voice. I looked up to try to speak but my mind was clouded from the pain I was feeling in my heart. The pain continued to grow and I felt fear spread around me. I bit my lip to keep from screaming, but that proved useless when the pain became unbearable. I let out a blood curling scream and tears began to fall from my eyes. What is happening? Am I dying? I can't die, I'm not even a Guardian.
The Guardians watched me and I noticed how they must've felt scared and useless. Somehow the pain continued to increase and I continued to stay on the ground, crying. Suddenly we heard a maniacal laugh. Not just one, two. One sounded hoarser than the other which made it sound even more dark and evil. "It's been a while my friends," one of the voices said. The Guardians and I all turned to the source of the voice. "Pitch," Jack sneered. "Why hello Jackie," he said in a teasing manner. "What do you want Pitch," Jack yelled angrily. "Oh you know what I want," he said as he chuckled. "Revenge," he said grinning as he came out of the shadows. My heart began to sting more. "I believe you've heard about my new friend," he said. "Allow me to introduce you to my secret weapon, Hate." Out of the shadows came another being, he wore dark crimson red, like blood, and had a menacing grin on his face, which was covered with scars. His hair was dark and spiked. He looked strong and powerful. He looked at me and even more pain began to spread throughout my body.
Jack came in stood protectively in front of me. "Don't touch her," he said. My heart warmed slightly at his protectiveness, but that soon faded. Pitch chuckled. "Why isn't this cute," he began. "Jack Frost protecting his new friend." Pitch began walking towards us. "I don't believe we've met," he said to me. "My name is Pitch, Pitch Black. Bringer of fear, King of Nightmares," he said. Shivers ran throughout my body. "Leave her alone," Jack sneered. "Touchy, touchy," he said as he walked away. "What is your real plan Pitch? Why are you actually here?" North asked. "My real plan? Well, seeing as you guys have recovered, I'm here to take your only hope," he said as he looked towards me and Jack. "I believe the Man in the moon has given you a new Guardian. I'm here, to take her and your hope from you. And once she's gone, it's bye bye for you," he said as nightmares began forming around us. "You'll never get her," Jack said. "Oh, I already have," Pitch said as the nightmares began to attack, swarming around us. All I saw was black.
Jack's POV
"I believe you've heard about my new friend," Pitch said as the Guardians and I stood in our stances, ready to attack. "Allow me to introduce you to my secret weapon, Hate." Out came a being wearing a dark blood-like red with a grin plastered on his face. He had scars all over his face with black hair spiked upwards like fire. He looked at Elsa and I noticed as she clutched harder onto her chest. I stood in front of her, ready to protect her from anything. "Don't touch her," I said as I saw the looks Hate was giving her. "Why isn't this cute," Pitch chuckled. "Jack Frost protecting his new friend," Pitch said as he began walking towards us. He stood in front of Elsa and I felt ice begin to flow through my veins, ready to be released at Pitch. "I don't believe we've met. My name is Pitch, Pitch Black. Bringer of fear, King of Nightmares," he said. I saw Elsa shiver in fear. I held onto my staff tighter, "leave her alone," I sneered. "Touchy touchy," Pitch said as he began walking away. I kept my staff trained on him, ready for his attack.
"What is your real plan Pitch? Why are you actually here?" North asked. Pitch grinned. "My real plan?," he began. "Well, seeing as you guys have recovered, I'm here to take your only hope." He looked towards Elsa and I. "I believe the Man in the moon has given you a new Guardian. I'm here to take her and your hope from all of you. And once she's gone, well, then it's bye bye for you." Nightmares began forming around us. "You'll never get her," I said as I got ready to attack. Pitch smiled, "Oh, I already have," he said as the nightmares began to attack. As I saw movement, I then realized that Hate had gone somewhere. I looked behind me to realize they had taken Elsa. Anger flowed through me and I released a giant blast of ice. Thousands of nightmares were destroyed, just like what happened when Sandy died. I looked around to see that there were still millions of nightmares. I spotted the Guardians fighting them and trying to decrease the amount of minions.
I searched frantically for Elsa while destroying some nightmares along the way. I looked up to see a mass amount of nightmares circling around an area. A shiver ran down my spine as I observed the crowd. It wasn't the numbers that scared me, it was the fact that these weren't just regular nightmares. These ones were a dark red containing both fear and hate. That must be where Elsa is.
I flew over to that area as fast as I could to see Hate holding onto Elsa's neck collecting some sort of light from her. White and blue light began to come out of her mouth and eyes and go into Hate. Soon, all of it was gone and Elsa was limp, her eyes barely open. Hate smiled and then created a ball of blue light in his hand. He then thrusted it into Elsa. I heard a cracking sound and looked at her wings. It was then that I realized what he had done. He took her powers and then used them against her. I saw her wings freeze over and then crack and break off. My heart broke at this and I began to feel anger course through my veins. I felt my power began to swell and suddenly a giant burst, bigger than ever before escaped my body. Sparks flew everywhere and I aimed the attack at Hate. All of the nightmares in the workshop were destroyed, but Hate and Pitch had gotten away.
I recovered from my blast and flew over to catch Elsa who, at this point, was drained of all energy. I checked for a heartbeat and felt a very faint one. I breathed a sigh of relief and noticed her hair becoming slightly darker and redder. Hate will pay for what he has done. I met the Guardians at the ground and they all gasped when they saw the state that Elsa was in. "Oh my moon," Tooth said. I then felt a warm liquid on my arms. I looked to see that Elsa had a wound in her stomach and was bleeding. "Guys, we need to get her to the infirmary now," I said. They all looked and saw her wound. We ran to the infirmary in the workshop as fast as we could. As we did, I couldn't help but notice her becoming paler. Please stay with me Elsa. Don't leave me. We finally got there and the yetis began working on her immediately.
While the yetis fixed her, the Guardians and I went back to the globe room. "Jack, how did this happen?" North asked. I winced at the memory. "Hate took her while we were all fighting nightmares. I saw as he absorbed some sort of light that was coming out of her. I realized it was her powers that he was taking when he created a light and shoved it into her. He froze her heart and her wings froze over and broke. I had thought that he had just taken her power, but after seeing her blood, I guess he must've also taken her immortality." I said. Why couldn't I have gotten there faster? How could I have let this happen? The Guardians all had solemn expressions.
"It's not your fault Jack," Tooth said. Yes it is. "Yes it is! It's my fault that he was able to get her. If I had just been smarter. If I had just attacked Pitch when I had the chance to,- You didn't know," Tooth interrupted me. "None of us knew that he would attack right at that instance and that he would use the attack as a distraction," North explained. "Well I should've. After all, he did it with Sandy. Why am I always too late?" I said as I fell to my knees. "You weren't late Jack!" Tooth said. "Yes I was! If i had just gotten there sooner, Elsa-" I couldn't finish. The guilt was eating me up too much. I should've gotten there faster. I should've protected her. Why wasn't I protecting her? Why can't I ever protect the ones I love? Love. Do I love her? She's beautiful and generous. Kind and fragile. Do I love her? It's too soon. Do I like her? Definitely. A lot. "Jack, it doesn't matter when you got there. What matters is that you did. If you hadn't gotten to her, then she could be in a worse condition than she is now. Just be glad she survived because of you/" North said. I didn't respond. I couldn't.
"Sandy, Tooth, Bunny, continue doing your jobs. Keep an eye out and report immediately if you see any signs of Pitch or Hate," North said. I heard everyone leave. I continued to sit on the windowsill staring off into space. I wonder how Elsa's doing. Will she recover? Is there a way to get her powers back? Her immortality? "Jack," North said as he laid his hand on my shoulder. I looked up at him. His eyes were filled with concern. "Walk with me," he said. We began walking to his office. When we got there I sat down. "Jack, remember our talk earlier?" he asked. "Our talk?" "Yes, our talk. Not too long ago I told you what your heart truly wanted." North said. Not this again. "Oh yeah, that." I replied. "I believe you found it." He said. "What?" I asked. "Elsa, you love her, I can see it. " He answered simply. "What?! No you've got the wrong idea. We're just friends that's all," I said. "You can't fool me Jack Frost. You look at her the same way I look at Mary. You are very protective of her. You're eyes say it all," he said. "It's too soon to be love," I said. He chuckled. "Love is not measured by time. It can be a slow process or can come before you know it. Its never changing, but it's a beautiful thing" he said. I love Elsa. That's the feeling I get when I see her. When I hear her name. Love.
Just then, one of the yetis came in. "Ah, I see. That's great news. Thank you Kyle," North said. "What's going on?" I asked. "The yetis have just finished mending Elsa's wounds. They said that she's stable, but exhausted," he said. I breathed a sigh of relief. "Shall we pay her a visit. I'm sure she's just as excited to see you as you are to see her," he said as he winked and began walking out the door. I followed behind.
Look I managed to get this chapter to 2,000 words. I'm pretty proud if I do say so myself. I'm thinking that the chapter after this will have the part that inspired me to make this whole story. It's not even an important part, but I've always just though it was good for like drama and stuff. But yeah, hope you enjoyed this chapter. Thanks to you guys who have followed me and my story and who have left reviews on it. It really helps to boost my confidence.