(Marie POV)

"What I want, is Jack Frost."
I nearly drop the snowglobe in my hands.
"Wh-Why?"
"Let's just say I have some unfinished busyness with him and he won't come along nicely."
"No...this...this is wrong." I clutch the snowglobe and start to think about going back. An image of Norths workshop appears inside.
"Ah, I see...too bad, you wore so close. I guess you'll just never know then." he says. "And I even could have shown you what happened."
"What?"
Show me, what can he travel trough time or something?
From behind his back, he reveals a golden, cylinder shaped thing. A picture of a young girl is painted on the front.
"You know what these are? These are your baby teeth. This little box can show you your childhood memories. All you have to do, is touch it. It might clear things up."
I quickly snatch at the box, but he pulls it out of my reach.
"So, does this mean we have a deal? You get me Jack, I give you these?" he asks.
I don't know, should I? It is the only way I will find out... I think about Jack. What would he think? He'll be mad obviously, but...he didn't help me when I needed answers.
Pitch's arm is stretched out for me to shake it. I hesitate.
"You promise you won't hurt Jack? You won't give him nightmares or...i don't know what you can do but...just promise you won't hurt him."
He chuckles and nods. I quickly shake his hand.
Jack, I really hope you forgive me for this.

"So, you know what you have to do." Pitch smirks.
I nod and throw the snowball. For a third time, I go through the portal. This time, I arrive a my own house. It still looks the same as the day before. I go to the living room. I smile as I see the two bowls of fruit loops still sitting on the table. We had so much fun last night. No, I can't think that way. I turn my head away quickly. Suddenly, a strange idea pops into my head. I grab the present North gave me and start to rip it open. It's a pair of ice-skates. Great...and of course they fit perfectly. Memories of me and my mom flash by. Us, on the ice, laughing as we race and twirl. I take the skates off again and start heading for the forest. Please Jack, just, don't search for me. I quickly reach his lake. It's still completely frozen. You can see the fishes that used to swim here, probably frozen solid for years now. Poor things. I change back into my new ice-skates and get on the ice. It's been so long since i've done this. Dad always encouraged me to continue skating, but it just wasn't the same without her. Even though it's freezing out, I feel warm and comfortable. I guess that's because of these clothes I got at North's workshop.
"He's taking a while to get here isn't he?"
I nearly slip as Pitch suddenly shows up from behind the trees. Seriously, can't this guy just announce he's here without scaring the crap out of me?
"No, he'll come though."
"He'd better, because if he doesn't...well, I wont spoil it for me. Oh no, I would love the surprised look on your face."
He hides behind one of the giant rocks surrounding the lake.
I notice Jack flying over, but he doesn't land here. Guess he'll be checking the village first.
Moments later,, he arrives. I can't look at him. The moment I would see him I would change my mind.
"Marie, I was so worried!" I hear him shout. He's running towards me but I quickly stop him.
"You know...i never told you how I learned to dodge all the snowballs." I say. I'm trying to stay calm, I think about why i'm doing this and I focus on the idea of finding out everything. To finally have my questions answered.
"No, I guess you didn't. But that doesn't matter now, you're safe!" he says happily.
I take a deep breath and start to skate. The ice is smooth and I easily glide over the surface. I try every trick my mom taught me and i'm surprised that even though it's been nearly a year, I still know how to do every single one.

I stop in front of Jack, but I stare at my skates. And I don't know why, but I tell him about my mom. I tell him how she skated, how she told me stories and I even tell him about the way I acted after she died.

"You have to understand...I-I had nowhere else to go." I finish my story and finally dare to look at him. He still looks a bit transparent. I don't want him to stand here. I don't wan to see him. I don't want to hurt him like this...
"What are you talking about?"

He looks at me confused. His bright blue eyes staring at me. I feel the tears streaming down my cheeks. "Jack...forgive me for this." I whisper. This is something I have to do.
I quickly race towards him and grab the staff in his hand. It's the only way Pitch can talk to Jack, at least that's what he told me. It easily slips out of his hands and I skate away from him, only to turn around at the side of the lake. I watch as Pitch's sand starts to crawl toward Jack's leg. Twisting around him, enabling him to move forward.
"Hey, give that back! Wha..." he tries to come towards me again, but the sand crawls even further up his body and starts to tie him up.
Pitch appears from behind the rock.
"Hey! You know our deal! You promised not to hurt him!" I yell at him.

"Oh, I won't hurt him emotionally like I used to, i'll let you do that for me."
Jack is squirming to get loose, but in vain. "Pitch you bastard, let me go!" he yells loudly.

Pitch only laughs, I look away from Jack as Pitch takes the staff out of my hands.
"Marie...how...how could you." I hear jack yell at me. The words sting at my chest.

I yelp as the sand also starts to curl around me. Pitch doesn't seem to acknowledge and floats towards Jack. He seems to be whispering something in Jack's ear, but I can't hear what he said. I start to squirm too.
"Let her go!" Jack yells angrily.
"Time to go to sleep Jack." I suddenly hear Pitch say. No, he wouldn't.
I watch in horror as the sand crawls around Jack's neck.
"NO! JACK!" I yell as loud as I can. But slowly, his eyes close. His limp body crashes to the ground.
"NOOO!" I scream loudly. "How could you!"
"Oh please, he's not dead, we're immortal, he'll wake up in an hour or so. But that doesn't mean I can't hurt him an awful lot. I never managed to catch him with that staff of his though. It's the only way he can channel his powers. He's pretty useless now."
The sand starts to curl around my neck and around my mouth. I can only make muffled noises. Pitch throws Jack's staff aside and it snaps in two. He comes back to me, placing his face inches away from mine. "I guess you held your end of the bargain. Now, it's time I held mine."
I flinch as my world goes dark.
"I am the one who killed her."

Haaay!
So sorry, i had such a busy weekend!
I went to see the Hobbit on thursday, it was awesome!
On Friday i had to get my report card and clean the house a bit (we're those kind of people that don't clean up immediately, so we have these gigantic cleaning days. Friday was one of these days.)

Yesterday, it was my dad's birthday party and i had to entertain my nephews. They are so hyperactive...
So i could only write today and i don't know when i can write again now with the holidays and everything.

Don't forget to review! See you next chapter.
Love,

Theicecreampirate