"Who...Who are you?" I ask. This guy, what is it with him. I recognize him. But, from where?
"Me? I am the person who knows all your fears, who lurks under your bed in the darkest of night. I am the one who you find in the shadows, the one who keeps you company in your darkest nightmare. Got an idea now?"
"N-No..." I say hesitantly. "Now get out of my house, out!"
He only laughs at me and starts to pace my room.
"It's sad you know, that the only person who wants to be your friend doesn't help you. He doesn't even know why you want to see him."
"See who?"
"The rabbit of course, you asked Jack just two minutes ago." He rolls his eyes. It looks really strange when he does it, because he has no eyebrows at all. Every expression he makes looks strange actually.
"You have no business here, you don't know what I want!" I yell at him, kind of surprised at my rudeness.
"Oho, but I do actually." he smirks.
Suddenly, he throws black sand into my eyes, and they seem to be forced shut. Horrible memories of the past start to flood in. Me running away after my father told me mom was gone. Me yelling at my father for not telling me what happened. Me at the funeral, crying and holding my father's hand.
I'm suddenly back in my room and I stumble back, accidentally knocking over the lamp on my nightstand.
"You see, I know everything about you Marie. I know what you want, and I might be able to provide the answers for you."
A shock goes thru me. Could this man possibly be speaking the truth? No, something about him doesn't seam right.
"i'll manage on my own, thanks." I say. I'm still not fully recovered off the sudden rush of memories and have to lean against the wall. But, every sign of me struggling seems to please him even more.
"Fine. But just know that without me, you'll never get the answers you desire." And then, he disappears in a wisp of dark sand.
I don't feel safe in my own house anymore. My dad has only just left, just at the point when I need him the most. I'm sitting downstairs, trying to stay awake. Only the light coming from the christmas tree lights the room. The small fire in the fireplace has died out a while ago. Guess it's for the best, don't want old Saint Nick to get burned. Wait...Santa...he'll be here soon.
Maybe he could help me?
(Jack POV)
Come on, North should be around here somewhere.
I fly around, searching for any sight of a big sleigh or a guy jumping out of chimneys. The guardians should know about this. I don't care if they find out about Marie seeing me, but this is the only way to make sure she's safe. I can't believe I let Pitch do this. He was supposed to be trapped in his lair anyway! I suddenly hear a loud "HoHoHo" echoing through the streets.
"Jack! Good to see you!"
He seems to have appeared out of nowhere. But I guess it's normal, him being North and all.
"North, we need to round up the other guardians!"
"What, now? But it is christmas, you want me to stop giving presents to hold a meeting? We'll hold it tomorrow!"
"No, North, you don't understand! It's Pitch!"
"Pitch? What about him."
"He's back!"
North quickly stops and lands on a rooftop.
"How? Where?" He asks, a tone of panic in his voice.
"I didn't see him...it's just..." I sigh and quickly explain how I met Marie and how much we went trough to let her see me.
"Okay, I will ignore you breaking rule." he points his finger at me. "But what this have to do with Pitch?"
"Well, her fathers not home for a whole week, and I felt bad about the idea of her being alone on christmas. So I spent christmas with her and we had fun and watched a movie. At the end of the evening she fell asleep on my shoulder so I carried her off to her bed."
North started to give me a weird glance. He was grinning at me. "You seem to really like her then, but I still don't understand what this have to do with Pitch."
"Well, I wanted to leave so she could sleep soundly. But all of a sudden she starts yelling in her sleep. North...she...she had a nightmare, and it was a really bad one."
North seems to be thinking it over. He strokes his beard wisely.
"Jack, you go to North pole. I can not go. I need to deliver the rest of the presents. In front of the globe is a lever. You push it down and turn to the right. The other guardians will appear and you tell them the same as you told me."
Oh no, I'm going to get it so bad from the kangaroo.
"Okay, but can you do me a favor. Can you check on Marie if she is okay?"
"I do not know, what is last name?"
"Underweather, I think..."
"Oh dear..." he suddenly slumps his shoulders.
"What, what is it? Have you been there already?"
"no, no not yet. She is very nice girl but..." he stops and looks at me.
"But what?" i'm getting kind of annoyed.
"No, this not something that is to be told by me. This is Bunny's mess. Oh...uhm...forget that isaid that. You go warn guardians, I check up on her and finish my round." He leaves in a haste.
"Wait, what mess that Bunnymund made?" I yell after him, but he ignores me and continues to deliver gifts. Well, if he won't tell me, then I guess the kangaroo will have to do it.
I change the wind and let it fly me towards the North pole. Not really looking forward to tell them though. Bunny will get angry, tooth will obviously be disappointed and Sandy...well, he'll just not say anything. But this is something that has to be done. Pitch needs to be stopped.
I reach the North pole. The yeti's luckily let me in this time, witch feels weird. I've never been able to just walk in through the front door. I ask Phil, the yeti, to point me towards the globe. The handle is there, but no matter how hard I push, it doesn't go down.
"Phil! Help me out will ya!"
We both lean against the handle, and slowly, it goes down. I turn it to the right. A blue glow spreads out of the globe, into the sky. So that's what the northern lights are for!
I sit down, because for all I can do now is wait.
Wooooh, Pitch!
For a long time i wondered if it was a good idea to bring him into the story. But then i saw Rise of the Guardians again last night (For like, the fourth time) and i thought "Nope, he has to be a part of this." Did anyone else find it freaky that Pitch had no eyebrows. It's weird but it like really, really bothered me!
Me and my friends wore actually supposed to go see Wreck-It-Ralph, but a school had gone to watch it with their kids, so we weren't allowed to watch it. So i convinced them to watch Rise of the Guardians, because they hadn't seen it yet. They didn't want to first (FOOLS!) but i kept whining and they gave in. When the movie was over they thanked me like a million times, so i guess this was another success for me. (Plus, can we ald just rage together at how annoying movie theaters are! The movie was busy for only a minute and suddenly, they turned the movie off. We sat there, for twenty minutes, in utter darkness. But...it was worth it.)
My exams are over! I think i did good. Al i have to do now is wait for the results. I have a lot of free time now. You know what that means!
IIIIIT'S FANFICTION TIME!
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