Sorry the last chapter was a bit late, my internet was out the day it was supposed to come out, soo yea, sorry, here you are though. Enjoy!
"See anything?" Emma called to the two guardians that were with her in Burgess.
"Nothing yet," North and Bunny's voice echoed from the forest they were in.
"Now, let's see..if I were the Boogeyman, where would I have my lair.." Emma said to herself, and checked around all the tree's in hopes of finding the broken bed post.
As she walked further into the forest, the air around her seemed to be getting heavier, and the atmosphere was getting darker. It seemed that this part of the forest was darker and more sinister than the other parts.
'Emma' a voice whispered through the forest.
"Hello?" Emma turned an ugly shade of neon green, her brown hair vibrant against it.
The voice called to her again, 'Emma'
"Wh-who's there!?" she stuttered, and pulled out her bow that was strung to her back.
Strings of black sand started to swirl around her, and slowly grew higher and higher.
Her now shocking orange eyes, dress, and headband were blazing furiously with her fear. Emma tried to aim her bow, but didn't know where to shoot it, she reached for one of her bombs, but they were gone.
Emma looked up, fear in her eyes as the nightmare sand rose above her, and enveloped her, whisking her away to the land of dreams and nightmares.
Everything was dark, she was alone.
She spun around a few times at a breakneck speed, and when she slowed, she was back at the pond which she and Jack had both died. She crept closer, and saw them both there-this was a memory!
But something was wrong.
Emma sprinted to the ice, and skidded to a halt when she saw herself and Jack standing on the ice. But it wasn't the way it should have been, Emma was the same, but Jack..Jack showed no emotion on his face, he didn't move and stared at Emma's past self with no remorse.
Emma's past self fell through the ice, screaming, and clawing to get back up, shrieking at Jack to help her, but he didn't move.
The present Emma clenched her fists, and started to march towards the memory. Watching her past self fall through the ice, tugged at her heart.
In this strange reality, Emma had no colors, everything that would normally change according to her emotions, was a color unlike others, it wasn't even a color itself;it was like some otherworldly color, or feeling.
She marched towards Jack, "Why didn't you do anything!" she screamed. Even though she knew that this was the making of the nightmare sand, she still felt unimaginable rage at Jack, herself, and the world itself.
'He never loved you-" the same sinister voice echoed as the memory faded away.
"Stop it!" Emma screamed at the void.
'Why? Because you know it's the truth?' the voice sounded like if it had a person, the person would be smirking, 'Face the facts Emma dear, you belong by my side, you can bring emotions, and along with them is fear,' sand swirled around her, and Pitch formed, gently ran the back of his hand against her cheek. It sent a shiver down her spine, chilling her down to the bone.
'Do what your foolish brother could not, he to was offered this to join me, but he choose to stay with the guardians!' Pitch spat at the mention of his arch enemies.
Emma just stood there, Pitch circling around her, even though she only saw one thing, millions of questions were swirling around in her head.
'Join me, and we could rule in a world of fear! You could control the emotions of children, and puppeteer their wills to your own will,' he spoke softly, trying to persuade Emma.
Emma clenched her teeth, grinding them, "I will never join you Pitch..especially after what you did to me!"
PItch snarled, 'Fine! Be that way! But heed my warning child, I will not rest until you and all the guardians suffer the worst fate they can,' he paused and smirked, 'Especially that brother of yours, Frost, I'll make sure he pays the most. For your sake!"
Once Pitch finished speaking, the darkness was torn like a veil, light bursting through the tear. The light soon enveloped Emma, blinding her, and whisking her away from the realm of dreams and nightmares.
Grey eyes fluttered open, Emma's vision was a bit blurry, but she could make out a furry face gray face, and normal peach colored skin with a long white beard.
Her vision came more into focus, and she saw North, and Bunny standing over her, worry in their eyes. Emma groaned, and rubbed her eyes, trying to get the dizziness to go away.
"Ya alright mate?" Bunny held out his paw to Emma, and she took it, and slowly stood up. She was a bit wobbly, but leaned her weight against Bunny.
"Dah! We came around, and found you laying here unconscious for much time."
"Oh, um, I must have hit my head on a branch or something.." she lied, she couldn't tell them about Pitch, she was still buzzing with questions. Jack got this offer too?! Why would I want to spread fear? What if really doesn't love me? she thought, but shook her head wiping the thought from her head.
She was sure that there was nothing that could change her mind about the guardians and Pitch, she would always fight him.
But there was always that seed of doubt that lay unknown in the folds of reality.
Alright, here you are! I hope you enjoyed! It would mean the world if you could tell me what you thought, and if you think there's anything you're confused about, want to change, really like, whatever! I love getting feedback on this stuff, and it helps me write and gives me inspiration to keep on writing! But enough rambling, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and I'll see you next time!