;So now we find out who the mystery friend is! (And any who where wondering that was Pitch at end of chapter 14). Any who- I don't own ROTG just the plot and any OCs;
High above in the sky, beyond human reach, a large white marble palace rested on the clouds.
The walls went up high with golden towers and few windows. The whole palace seemed to age differently. Different sections would grow old and cracking before repairing its self to brand new then starting the process over again.
Through out the palace, clocks of every shape, type, and size hung covering every inch available on the walls.
A young boy, about 10, with stuck up white hair and black eyes with gold pupils, walked through the halls of the large palace.
He was wearing white a long sleeved shirt with gold robes rapped over he shoulders and tied around his waist. Under the band he wore simple gray pants and pitch-black shoes. In his right hand, he carried a large staff, 10 times his own height, with an hour glass on the top.
Around his neck was a large golden watch hanging on a chain. The watch was old fashioned with 4 hands constantly moving around in a clockwise circle.
He was muttering to him self watching every clock carefully. Sometimes he'd stop and snap his fingers and one of the clocks would change time or a new clock would take a place on the wall.
As the boy walked, he himself seemed to grow older.
Slowly he grew taller and stronger. His beard grew from his chin down to his stomach. By the time he reached the end of the hall he was 80 some years old.
He looked out one of the few windows in the palace and scowled with disgust and annoyance.
A large wave of black sand was shooting strait for the palace. Even from where he was standing, he could make out the rapid horses running out ahead of each other.
He walked outside the window and looked down upon the up coming attack. He sighed with boredom. Could he have made any more pathetic of an attack?
He simply lifted his staff and hit the butt against the ground. large gold lights shot out like seismic waves slowing down the time around the sand horses slowing them to a near stop.
The old man laughed. "You'll have to do better than that if you want to defeat me, Black." He half laughed walking away from the frozen mass of black sand.
"Oh, I know..." A dark voice echoed.
Black nightmare sand shot up from the shadows and rapped the man up in a cocoon from his shoulders down.
A tall, thin shadowed man walked out of the darkness. "You don't think I wouldn't have come with out a plan, do you Father Time?" He mocked walking up to the entangled lord of time.
"What is the meaning of this, Pitch Black?" He demanded while struggling to fight free. "Oh, I've just stopped by to get a little trinket of yours, Time." Pitch said walking over.
The Boogeyman ripped the golden chain carrying the clock off of Father Time's neck and rapped it around his own.
"You don't know what you have taken into your power, Black." Time snapped as the nightmare sand rapped tighter around him.
The Boogeyman laughed. "I know exactly what I'm taking, Time. I can reassure you that." He took the four spinning hands of the clock in his own and spun them counterclockwise.
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Taking the portal in the sleigh was a hundred times less nauseating than actually just going through it.
Maeve spun in several 360s before flying out of the magic portal. The teenager flopped onto her bum and shook her head.
"You know... I don't think I like traveling by portal..." Maeve muttered sickly while Jack helped her stand up. "It takes a while to get used to." He told her. "First time I went through I was shoved in a sack." Maeve wasn't sure whether or not he was joking, so she just smiled a little and nodded.
"Welcome to Tooth Palace!" Tooth exclaimed happily.
The palace was smaller than Maeve thought.
A large mural of children from every continent holding out their lost teeth to Tooth and her fairies. Surrounding it was gold designs spreading out into smaller murals. The painting took up most of the small along with the large river ended right underneath it.
On the sides of the river, where the Guardians and Maeve where standing, was rocky land with a few trees and grass.
"It's -um- a lot smaller than I imagined." Maeve said looked around the small area. Tooth laughed. "Oh, no! This is just the little area I used to keep the teeth. The real palace is this way!" She said flying up.
"Shall we go?" Jack asked while he took Maeve by the waist and the two of them flew up followed by North, Bunny and Sandy on a sand cloud.
"Woah..." Maeve muttered.
Tooth palace was larger than the small shrine. A whole lot larger.
An entire inside of a mountain was carved out perfectly so sunlight to fill the entire palace. Along with large spikes of stone, Huge pink, orange, yellow, and purple towers hung from the ceiling of the cave. In the very center was a large cage like sitting area, or flying area since Maeve hasn't seen Tooth sit or stand since she met her, where she must've stayed. Below them where a series of bridges connecting the palace, probably for people who couldn't fly.
Maeve was lost for words. "This... this looks just like my..." "Painting?" Jack offered. "Just like the Pole? and the Warren? Yeah, they all exist. That's why I was so surprised when I saw them. Oh, and trying to figure out why you've been seeing these places in your dreams." Maeve's cheeks burned different shades of red. He still remembered all that?
The guardians regrouped down on the bridges. "This place is amazing." Maeve exclaimed looking up at the towers.
"I've seen better. But that's just my opinion, isn't it?" A dark voice echoed.
The dark voice didn't make the Guardians jump like it had Maeve. in fact, it seemed to have set them from "Peaceful" to "Bad-Ass-Action" mode.
Bunny pulled out his two boomerangs, his ears up like a rabbit would if it sensed danger. North pulled two large deadly looking swords from the inside of his jacket. Tooth grabbed two swords from her fairies as they all gathered around her, wings buzzing so fast they could be chain saws. Whips made of golden sand grew out of Sandy's hands. He looked the angriest of all of them.
Jack gripped his staff with one hand and took Maeve's hand in the other. "Stay close." He told her looking around.
"My, my... The "Big five" all together because of one teenage girl." The voice mocked again. "I must say I'm impressed. You, my girl, have achieved what took me months in a few hours. I applaud you."
"Pitch!" Tooth yelled angrily. "Show yourself!"
Pitch Black walked out of the shadows standing above Maeve and the Guardians on one of the upside down towers. He sure wasn't the Boogeyman from "The Nightmare Before Christmas."
He was probably 6'0 with a long thin face and dark grey skin. He was wearing a large black robe that only showed his hands with a pretty long "V" neck that exposed part of his chest. Around his neck he was wearing an old fashioned gold watch with four hands constantly spinning faster than any 60 second clock Maeve had ever seen. His black hair was streaked back, similar to Sandy's, and his gold eyes seemed to give off a glow of triumph.
"Or what? You're going to punch me again?" He asked mockingly. Maeve just noticed he was missing one of his front teeth. It made her wonder what he had done to tick Tooth off that badly.
Tooth looked even more angry now. "You have 30 seconds to get out of my Palace, Pitch!" She yelled flying at him, followed by her fairies.
Pitch side stepped into the shadows as Tooth flew around the structure he had just been standing on. While the Tooth fairy looked around confused, Pitch reappeared several feet from North. Jack instantly stepped in front of Maeve protectively. She looked from behind his shoulder. Pitch was staring right at her with interest.
"Oh, but I just wanted to stop by and show you my new trinket." He said holding up the clock with his long fingers. "And to meet your new friend."
Maeve felt herself grip Jack's hand tighter. Her heart felt like it was going to burst. Something about being around Pitch made Maeve horrified and unnerved.
"Tell me, Maeve." Pitch called. "What have the Guardians told you about your past-" "Enough of thiz!" North boomed charging at the Boogeyman.
Pitch merely grinned as if that was what he had wanted. He grabbed the four spinning hands of the clock and turned them counterclockwise.
Large gold waves shot out of the clock like a beam and hit North square in the chest. The toy builder hollowed and dropped his swords as he started to shrink smaller and smaller.
Sandy's rage had hit breaking point. He lashed out his whips at Pitch, rapping them around his wrists. The Sandman slammed the Boogeyman against two pillars before sending him flying into the ceiling.
Sandy then made a large cloud of sand and spiraled up after Pitch.
"We're going to help Sandy!" Tooth yelled to Jack while Bunny hopped up the buildings. "You help North!"
Jack and Maeve ran to North's aid. By the time they got there, there wasn't anything left to aid.
The only thing of what was left of the toy builder was his large red jacket, hat, swords and large boots.
"North..." Maeve muttered falling to her knees. Jack squatted next to her and rested his head against his staff.
They both jumped at a slight gurgling noises followed by giggling and farting sounds coming from North's hat.
Jack and Maeve looked at each other. She reached out to remove the hat when Jack grabbed her hand half way to stop her. The winter spirit hooked North's large hat with his staff and flipped it off.
"Oh no..." He muttered.
A year old infant with dark brown hair wearing shrunken version of North's shirt and pants was laying on the toy makers normal sized jacket while sucking on his foot.
Maeve scooted closer to the infant and looked down at him quizzically. Baby North noticed Maeve and held his little tattooed arms out to her, wanting to be picked up.
Maeve reached down and picked up the one year old. She turned to Jack and looked at him desperately. The winter spirit forced himself to keep a strait, calm face. If he panicked, Maeve would freak out for sure.
"Don't worry." He said standing up. "We'll find a way to change him back." She nodded and stood up as well, still cradling baby North in her arms.
The loud thumping caused them both to look up. It was Bunnymund and Tooth coming down from the battle. The two teens had completely forgotten about the other guardians in their panic of baby North.
"Pitch is gone." Bunny called while he hopped down from the top of the Palace. He landed in front of them with a loud "thump". Other than his stuck up fur he seemed unharmed from fighting Pitch. "What's t'news with- oh no." He said noticing baby North in Maeve's arms who was chewing on her hair.
"Did anybody else get hit?" Jack asked. "Where's Sandy?" Tooth floated down with her fairies holding a squirming, gold bundle in her arms. "Oh no." Jack muttered again.
"Not Sandy too..." Maeve said walking over to the Tooth fairy.
Sandy looked the same way as he did before, but much smaller. He didn't even make giggle noises. He just smiled and waved his little hands around while little gold symbols popped up and vanished above him.
"We need to get them back to the Pole. We'll work something out there." Jack said picking up North's remaining clothes and swords with Bunny. The others agreed and they headed back the Guardians headquarters.
;YAY BABIES- I mean... Oh no...babies. thanks for reading and please leave a review down below!;