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It was obvious that they were losing this battle. Sandy was their greatest weapon against this sand, and he was beginning to get tired. The others stood ready to fight it, but it wasn't like fighting against the nightmares. None of them could kill sand and only Sandy could purify it and turn it into normal dream sand. North had his swords out, ready to face Pitch and any sand that had an actual form. Bunny stood by his side, also looking for a fight. All of them looked grim while Sandy lashed out with his gold sand, keeping the dark sand from hitting them.

"We can't keep this up forever, mate. What are we going to do?" Bunny asked, realizing that they had come too late. Pitch was clearly causing this and it took all of their powers to protect themselves. They couldn't help anyone in the kingdom and they hadn't even been able to find Jack. North looked over at Bunny, feeling overwhelmed as well. Tooth had been hit with the sand already and even Sandy hadn't been able to bring her out of whatever nightmare Pitch had created. She was sitting on the side of the road, hunched over like the rest of the citizens. It was after she fell that the Guardians realized they could be affected by the sand as well, so they began fighting to protect themselves.

North knew that even though they were tired, they had to keep going. Jack needed them as did the rest of this town. "Now is not the time to give up! We will fight until the very end, until every last child has given up their belief in us." North yelled, standing tall from within their group. As he looked up, he saw a sign of hope. Blue ice shot across the sky, freezing and destroying a path of sand in the air.

"Jack!" North cheered, relieved to see that he was okay. Jack grinned and landed next to them, his staff held in front of him and ready to battle. "Hey guys. Nice work Sandy, keep it up!" he yelled, sending another burst of frost into the sky. "I see you are being as helpful as ever, Bunny." Jack taunted, irritating him. "Yeah, like you could do any better! I don't see you swinging you staff around without magic to block this sand." Bunny replied, upset that his weapons didn't work against the sand. He had tried, but it had no effect. Only Sandy had been able to do anything. Even North's swords had no effect on the sand.

"Enough both of you! Now is not the time for your bickering, we need to focus on getting these people to safety." North said, feeling like they had a chance now that Jack was with them. Looking around, the others seemed to agree, but Jack was frowning and staring at the sky. "It won't work, all of them have already been hit with the sand. Elsa was right, we don't have another choice." he said, holding something in his fist. North was curious to know what it was and who this Elsa girl was, but he had a bigger issue to deal with.

"Jack, what happened to all of your hope? A Guardian does not give up when things look bleak. We stand and fight to protect the children, no matter the cost." North claimed, but Jack still shook his head. "This cloud spreads farther than you think, North. I came from outside of the kingdom and it was still reaching out that far." he replied. "Look, just trust me this once. I've been here longer than you and I have a plan. Where's Tooth anyway?" Jack asked, realizing they were missing a member of their group.

North glanced at Tooth, still trapped in some kind of nightmare on the edge of the road. Others walked through her, unable to see the girl they didn't believe in, but they were still wearing looks of terror on their face. Some were running and screaming in fear while others just sat silently and let that fear overtake them. "She was hit by the sand." North said after a moment. Jack followed his gaze and stared at his friend, feeling saddened to see her in this state. "Jack, how are you here? I thought your heart was frozen." North asked, remembering what the rock trolls had told him.

Jack didn't exactly know himself. He had meant to ask the trolls about it, but he had been in too much of a hurry to get back to the town. He remembered his body freezing, the ice slowly covering him while he tried to conceal what was happening from Elsa. It had gone away suddenly, replaced with a feeling of warmth. After recovering, he had sat up and saw Jaimie. "I don't know. Wait, what do you mean my heart was frozen?" he asked, curious to know how they had found out what happened.

Jack didn't get his answer as more sand started falling down. He swung his staff, sending blue ice through the sky and shattering it along with the sand. Sandy attacked as well, lashing out with whips made of gold dream sand and fending off the darkness. It seemed to be slowing down, even if it wasn't finished yet. Now that they had taken care of the immediate problem, they had another break to talk.

"The trolls told us about it. You were hit with ice magic, which froze your heart. As a result, your powers were frozen as well and you would turn completely to ice without an act of true love." North explained. Jack was confused, trying to think of someone who could have performed this act of love. Elsa had been too far away and she didn't love him, at least he didn't think she did. She seemed to yell at him more than anything, so she wasn't an option. Then, there was Jaimie. He had appeared randomly in Jack's cell, sometime after he had frozen completely. Did Jaimie actually love him? Jack knew that the kid believed in him, but he never realized that Jaimie thought of him as a friend, someone that would protect him always.

Jack knew that it was the only option, though. He didn't quite know what to say to the kid, but Jack knew he had to thank him somehow. That kid was going to get some extra snow days next winter, Jack was going to make sure of it. "Jaimie. Manny brought him here." Jack said, looking up at the sky. The sand had stopped falling and most of the cloud was gone. All that remained were black letters, spelling out Pitch Black. Feeling grim, Jack knew that this was the last stage of Pitch's plan. Everyone would believe in him now, especially after everything that had happened. Looking around, he saw people waking up from their nightmares and pointing at the sky. This was getting bad, fast. The Guardians had to do something or this world would be lost to fear and darkness.

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