Oh nooooooooooo! Not the children! *Falls to knees shaking fists at the sky* So, even worse, Garret decides to hand himself over to save the kids that are in mini comas. However, he seems to have a plan. Me wonders what it is? O.o
Chapter Twelve: What Lies in the Darkness
[1st Person POV; Garret (oh my god he has a name!)]
After using one of North's' snow globes, Toothiana Hilaria and I came out into the Tooth Palace. All of the fairies were buzzing about, dealing with the children that had lost teeth and put them under their pillows. I turned to the Tooth Fairy and asked her my question.
"Do you have Pitch's and Hilaria's teeth here in you palace?"
Tooth paused and looked at me oddly. Then she answered, "Yes I do. Why do you need both of them?"
"I'll explain that when we get them. Let's hurry and find them."
Tooth nodded and told Hilaria and I to wait at the pond with the mural down below. We said that we would while she was getting the teeth and quickly we split up. Hilaria and I went down to the bottom of the Tooth Palace while Toothiana flew off to go find the teeth I had asked for.
As we waited Hilaria made flower chains which, if any normal person saw, they'd think it was a happy thing. However, I've known her most of my life and came to learn that she only does this when she's nervous and scared. When I saw this I put a hand on her shoulder, causing her to look up from her flower chain, and smiled. She smiled back but it was an uneasy one.
Just then Tooth returned with the two containers of teeth. Hilaria's was the normal gold but Pitch's had tarnished and only gave off a dull shine in the sunlight. She handed both containers to me and sat on the grass next to us, worry etched into her expression. Giving her the same warm smile I gave to my friend I handed the shiny gold cylinder to the Spirit of Spring.
"What am I supposed to do with this?" She asked.
"Remember your past and family. You had one and the information about the is invaluable." I told her.
"Are you sure? What if it hurts me?"
"I'm sure and if I'm right, it won't hurt you physically but it might hurt emotionally. Please Hilaria."
She paused for a moment and the, with a grim but determined expression, she nodded and turned her attention to the cylinder in her hands. Tooth and I watched as it opened and light came from it. Then things were normal but Hilaria was asleep with small floating gold diamonds around her, all of them shimmering in and out of existence.
"What do we do now?" Tooth asked.
"We wait until she wakes up. From there we can proceed." I answered.
Tooth nodded and that was what we did for maybe five hours. It was only when Hilaria started mumbling and twitching that we knew she was coming around and would soon wake. We waited a little over thirty minutes until finally her eyes snapped open and a look of horror was clear in them.
We stayed quiet and gave her a minute to collect herself and calm down. But she didn't need it and instead looked at me, her gold eyes showing that she was indeed emotionally hurt. Something had happened to her in her past life that obviously was shocking, even now.
"…Did you know what I would see?" She asked shakily.
"I had a hunch, that's all. Please, what was it you saw?"
"I saw me, when I was alive and just a normal person. I also saw Pitch…he was my father and worked against the nightmares before they tricked him and took over him….Pitch is my father! That's why his attacks did nothing to me isn't it?"
"Possibly. But, do you realize what this means? We can give him back his memories and maybe, just maybe, get him away from Kuroi. If Kuroi loses him as a partner then his plan to kill people in their sleep won't work…at least not as well." I explained, letting them know what my plan was.
Tooth interjected and said, "That's great but what if it doesn't work Garret? You'll be there weaponless and most likely die a horrid death. Kuroi has no mercy for any of us and would give anything to see all of us in pain or dead."
"Well, it's a risk I'll have to take. I can't let one of the elders die and I can't let the kids die. Now, can you put these teeth in a small pouch?" I asked while holding up the tarnished cylinder.
"Okay. You plan to give them to Pitch?"
"Yep. I have to try."
"Alright. I'll hide it in your sleeve so Kuroi doesn't notice it." Tooth said sadly as she flew off to get a pouch for Pitch's teeth.
[3rd Person POV]
Kuroi and Pitch stood in an empty and dead field, waiting for the Guardians answer to their threat. It was night and the moon was completely blacked out due to it being a new moon. Around them there wasn't a single sound not even from the wind.
Just as they began to think that they had been refused the sleigh came into view and soon landed on the ground about twenty feet away. Inside were only North, M.N., Eros, Bunnymund and the Spirit of Summer. All of them got out and walked over, every single one carrying their weapon on them.
"So Guardians, have you made a choice as to what you will do?" Kuroi asked with a small smile.
"Well, yeah but none of us are happy about it and we'll make sure you pay for this." Bunnymund answered angrily.
"You're threat is hilarious E. Aster but that doesn't tell me anything. And if I don't get an answer I will keep to my words and kill all those children."
"Why you yellow-bellied jack rabbit! I oughta-"
"Bunnymund stop. Getting angry won't solve anything. And I'm choosing to hand myself over Kuroi so stop threatening them." Garret interjected, calming down the Easter Bunny.
Kuroi looked at the Spirit of Summer curiously and his smile greatened as he saw how upset the others were to lose their young Guardian. Watching them all give him a hug and ask if he was sure about his choice Summer nodded and looked at Kuroi and Pitch who had been watching. Before walking any closer, Summer gave his staff to M.N. who for once in her whole life looked ready to cry. Then, putting on an obvious faced, the Spirit of Summer walked over to the two dark figures.
"Well well well, this is rather brave of you. Did they warn you about me at all?" Kuroi asked, staring intently with his empty eyes.
"Yes they did. And yes, I know what my fate is. Now please wake up the children, like you said you would."
"Well I never said I'd do that but since it's you I'm being given I will be more than happy to. I also don't mind waiting here until your fellow Guardians are sure the children are alright." Kuroi said and looked over at Pitch, giving a quick nod.
Pitch nodded in return and put his hand to the ground, sending out black veins in the ground. It was a minute or so until one of Tooth's fairies flew up to North and spoke to him. He listened and nodded, his eyes widening only a little.
"Well?" Eros asked North.
"All of the effected children are awake and alright." North answered somberly.
Kuroi grinned now and said, "You're welcome. You're also lucky that I'm now in a rather good mood. Pitch, take the Spirit of Summer and let us be off."
Pitch nodded again and tied Garret's arms together behind his back with his nightmare sand. Then he shoved him forward towards a black hole in the ground. Before being sent down into the darkness Garret looked over his shoulder at the others and gave a small smile. Then he was roughly pushed forward and fell down and out of sight. Pitch followed and then they were all gone and the hole was closed.
It was silent amongst the Guardians for a moment as they stared at where Garret had just been. They all were in shock as to what happened. They were all also thinking the same thing but Bunnymund was the only one that voiced it.
"I sure hope his tooth plan works." He said as he looked at the dark ground.
[3rd Person POV]
Garret was spat out of the dark hole and crashed into a hard rock pillar, grunting from the impact. He struggled to move having accidentally knocked his head on it. The Spirit of Summer didn't get very far though when Kuroi came up next to him and grabbed a fist full of his gold hair. Laughing in triumph he threw the new Guardian across the once Boogieman's lair and cackled as he saw the slender form hit another pillar with a crack. Overjoyed he walked over to the pained Garret and began kicking him while he was down, mainly aiming at the chest.
Pitch had been watching all of this, but did not take part in it nor did he take joy in seeing the young Guardian like this. He simply watched as Kuroi shattered the right leg and stopped on the left wrist until it was bleeding profusely. Next he saw his partner take up the Spirit of Summer by his shirt collar and slam him into a wall. It was only when the figure wasn't moving that the embodiment of death walked away, his hands tainted crimson.
Curious as to whether he had been killed right away Pitch got to his feet and slunk over to the still form. Leaning in close he soon saw that they were still indeed breathing and barely alive. Pitch looked down at the Guardian, noting that his breathing was shallow and switching between fast bursts and slow ones. He was in pain, obviously a lot, and for some reason he felt sorry for the young Guardian. Maybe because, like himself, he couldn't be seen and wasn't thought of nicely by the children of the world.
He crouched down next to the pained spirit and wondered why it was that he was on the side of good and agreed to become a nameless and hated Guardian. What joy did this spirit get from helping others while being hated? Pitch just couldn't seem to put his finger on it and this irritated him greatly. Right as he was about to ask the Spirit of Summer why he was on the Guardians side he was cut off. Garret began coughing and soon spit up bright blood, letting out a pained sigh afterwards.
Pausing and wondering whether or not to still ask his question Pitch eventually did something that was odd, even to himself. He took part of his coat and wiped away the blood the spirit had just expelled, cleaning off his face too. The he carefully lifted the twisted and ruined wrist and set it on his stomach, making sure to not irritate it. With that he got up and left the shivering and barely breathing boy to rest.
What in the heeeeelllllllllll just happened?! Pitch did what? Hilaria is who? And what the…lskhfklasjfk! *head explosion* Okay…R&R please and thanks.
