Author's Note: Sorry nothing new to report.
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Hallow's POV
It was a pretty normal day so far. The ghosts and will-o-wisps were, as always, distracting me with their weird augments. Don't asks me, I'm not explaining. I was making sure my jack-o'-lanterns were perfect for a little fright when I felt the temperature drop several degrees.
"Jack, I told you not to bother me this close to Halloween!" I yell, starting to stand up. As I got closer to the door, I heard multiple voices talking. Great, he brought friends. When I open the door, I get quite the shock. Every member of the Guardians was on my Porch. A whimpering sound drew my attention to the person the Easter Kangaroo was holding in his arms.
"Sam!" I quickly grabbed her and held her close to me. She was shaking really bad and was crying. Furious, I turn back to the Guardians. "What the hell did you do to her?"
Jack steps up to explain. "We didn't do anything, it was Pitch."
"Why would Pitch do something to her? He's terrified of Sam." I ask, confused. Sam cries out and I start to go inside. "Never mind that for now. I guess you can come in."
No longer worried about having people in my house, I bring Sam to my bedroom and lay her on the bed. Immediately, she curls up in a fetal position. Sitting down beside her, I rub her back. "Sam, can you hear me?"
She nods. "Okay, just listen to me. Don't think about anything else. Everything will be alright." I pull her closer to me and stroke her hair.
"I can't." She whispers, barely audible.
I take another approach. "Fine, then talk about it. What do you see? What are you doing?"
"I don't want to."
"Well you can either talk to me or listen to me. If you just listen to me now, I'm just going to make you talk about it later." I reason to her.
"Fine, I'll talk about it." She lays her head on my shoulder. "It's the day my village was killed. When I died." I thought that's what it was. It was the only thing that got her this bad shooked up.
"My siblings and I were playing hide and seek in the gardens when we heard the first screams. I told them to go into the forest. Lucas tried to protest but I made him promise to take care of Tova." Sam was shaking slightly less now. "When they left, I went back into the village to help."
"I got some of the children out and they caught me when I was helping the elders. They killed the elders on sight. I don't know why they didn't kill me then too. They dragged me to the village square where a man put the cuffs on me and…" She started shaking badly again. I kiss the top of her head. Sam didn't think I knew what happened then, but I did. Artemis told me.
"Shhh, I know what happened. It's okay, I won't let anyone else touch you." I told her, meaning every word.
Sam looked up to me. "How do you know?"
"I wondered why you were scared of me when I first met you, so asked Artemis. After the hundredth time, and when you fully warmed up to me, she told me." I explained.
She nods and put her head back on my shoulder. "Do I have to talk about it anymore?" I shake my head and lay it on top of hers. After a while, I feel Sam stop shaking but she was still crying.
I pull back a little bit to look her in the eye. "I love you and I'll try my best to make sure to keep you safe."
"I love you too, Dimitri." I smile at her and kiss her forehead before pulling her close again.
"I'm sorry but I have to ask, why were you with the Guardians?" I ask her. She sighs and shifts in my arms.
"Well long story short: Manny thought it was a great idea to choose me as a new Guardian so I got kidnapped and was brought to the North Pole. There, I said I couldn't be a Guardian for the fiftieth time when Pitch kidnapped all of us. From there, it's kind of self-explanatory." She shrugs. Even though I had a lot of questions, I drop it.
We stay quiet for a while until Sam yawns. I laugh and start to lie down, bringing her with me. She closes her eyes as I start to play with her hair. Soon, she falls asleep. I close my eyes and soon follow suit.