Hi everyone! Once again, thank you for your lovely reviews and I would have answered each of them personally, but I'm kinda in a rush now, sorry. Just to let you know, I'm currently really busy as my trial exam is coming up, so please bear with my slow updates. And I hope I did the Australian accent justice in this chapter (you'll find out soon). Please listen to:
Shadows Die - Black Veil Brides
You were shocked into a stunned silence as you gaped at the place where Pitch and Jack had literally evaporated.
Slowly, your senses started awakening again and the first thing you registered was numbness.
Anger and sadness soon followed suit.
How could Jack have done that to you?
Why did he do that?
The sting of his betrayal lashed at your fragile heart with every thought of his cruel smile.
Suddenly, you weren't sure.
What if, Jack had done that to protect you?
You then mentally snorted.
Protect you, how exactly?
And then it dawned on you.
He had unwittingly sacrificed himself to be a Fearling in order to save you.
With a sharp gasp, you got up from the floor and paced around the room, trying to…
Trying to do what, exactly?
Go after them? It was insane by even your standards.
You then thought that maybe Jack might have brought some back up and you were momentarily relieved- until you remembered that you didn't even know the name of the human he stayed with.
It only left you with one more choice.
Start yelling.
"Hello! Mystical Guardians!" you shouted into the empty air and you vaguely realized how much of an idiot you looked right now.
"Santa Claus! Tooth Fairy! Sandman! Anybody!" you said, your voice cracking on desperation.
"And then, the Sheila forgets the Easter Bunny," an Australian accented voice said from behind you and you nearly fell back when you saw who it was.
A really, really tall grey bunny with strange markings on his head and hands. He also had a set of mean looking boomerangs in his paws.
You didn't know what had came over you, but you were suddenly elated by the sight of this bizarre rabbit, that you went barreling into his arms, burying your face in his grey fur.
"Oh, thank heavens," you blubbered as the bunny looked at you with a strange look but nonetheless; let you wrap your arms around him.
"What's 'appened?" he questioned in that thick accent of his and suddenly, it struck you.
The Easter Bunny was in your room.
Giving a shriek, you immediately let go of him as you backed away none the more graceful, your back hitting the wall.
"How did you get in here?" you questioned.
The rabbit gave you a look as if to say you're crazy as he gestured to a magical portal on the floor behind him.
That's funny; the Easter Bunny just looked at you as if you were crazy. Hmm, wasn't that supposed to be the other way around?
A moment passed where the Easter Bunny just stared at you and then…
"Are you sure you're not crazy, I mean, with the hugging and then the screaming?" he questioned and you shook your head.
"I gave up being sane when I met Jack," you muttered but unwittingly, you had caught his attention.
"Jack?" he asked urgently. "As in Jack Frost?"
You nodded. He looked panicked.
"How is tha' lil guy? Haven't seen him around much and-
"He gave himself up to Pitch to keep me safe," you blurted out and the whole room suddenly went silent.
Wow, talk about being subtle (F/N).
"He… He what?" the rabbit spluttered, trying to control the nausea he felt.
It suddenly struck him then. "You're tha' Sheila he's protectin', ain't ya? The daughter of tha' Moon Guard?"
Your silence must have confirmed it for him because the huge rabbit then started pacing around the room, muttering under his breath.
"When did they leave?" he questioned in a breathless tone, advancing towards you.
"Just- just a minute ago," you stammered, feeling intimidated by his tall stature.
His emerald eyes widened as he released a few selective curse words that sounded foreign to your ears.
"Crikey! Tha' tosser! Why, I'll have his-
He then seemed to notice me as he carefully walked towards you again.
"Ankle biter, ya think youse be alright here?" he asked, emerald eyes full of concern.
Before you could even reply, he interrupted.
"Ya know, while I go and save that scrawny show pony's arse."
Your eyes widened when you realized what he was trying to tell you.
"No," you vehemently said as you glared at him. "I will not stay here, biting my nails while you go and bring Jack back!"
The rabbit looked offended as he leveled a glare at you.
"Oh, and might I propose how bloody brill'ant it is to bring an ankle biter along," he glowered. "It's not as if you can take care of yourself, Sheila."
You then got on your tiptoes as you faced him eye to eye.
"Try me."
Throwing his paws up in the air, the huge Easter Bunny gave a sigh as he nodded.
"Alright, bu' on one condition," he said, scowling. "We do it, my way."
"And what way would that-
The ground beneath you suddenly gave way and gravity took a hold of you slid past tree roots, your terrified scream filling the strange tunnel. It felt like a slide- a bizarre, outlandish one- as you tried to avoid the overhanging roots or shoots that threatened to smack your head. Suddenly, like a chute, the tunnel ended and spitted you out, crumpling you into a heap on the ground.
Beside the makeshift tunnel, the Easter Bunny appeared in another one of those deathly contraptions, looking at you with a smirk on his face.
"If you ever, ever do that again, I will stew every single one of your eggs," you said and flashed him a death glare.
The rabbit just laughed as he helped you up, ignoring your mutinous gaze.
He then started hopping forward and you were left behind. Giving a sigh, you followed hot on his heels.
"Hey, Easter Bunny, mind slowing down a bit?" you called as the huge mass of grey fur stopped, turning back to give you an unfathomable look.
"The name's Bunnymund," he offered as you manage to catch up with him, already out of breath from that light sprint.
"(F/N)," you gasped, clutching your sides.
He stood on his hind legs, supporting your shoulder as you tried to get the oxygen flowing back to your brain.
"You might want to hold on tight," he said, out of the blue and before you could even open your mouth you question what he meant, he grabbed you by the waist, tossed you on his back and started running at a breakneck speed.
"What the hell is wrong with you?" you yelled as the scenery passed by you at lightning speed.
"No offense, but yer not really a fast runner," Bunnymund said as he suddenly came to a screeching stop.
You groaned as you rested your head in his fur. God, you felt like you were going to be sick.
Prying your eyes open, you took in the scenery before you and gasped.
It looked like a setup for a horror movie. Trees closed in eerily from all sides as they blocked the moon rays from filtering in, the darkness making the whole place look almost black.
It didn't help that you were standing directly in front of a creepy looking cave with jagged edges, either.
"Where are we?" you whispered, suddenly hyper aware of the darkness surrounding you, as if closing in on you.
A tense moment passed as Bunnymund gathered his wits.
"We're in Pitch's territory."