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The sight was terrifying. Pitch Black stood in a huge wave of Nightmares that was larger than Jamie's house, and that wasn't even half of the army.

Knowing that she was the only one that even stood a slight chance against the Nightmare King, Jack turned to North "Get Jamie out of here," she ordered.

As she flew up, she heard North call, "Be careful, Jack!" Then they all turned and ran.

Jack approached Pitch. 'No fear, no fear, no fear.' It wasn't working very well. She was scared of the army in front of her, scared of Pitch's new power, scared that something would happen to Jamie and the Guardians. 'Enough! You don't have time for fear!'

Pitch could hardly believe who he saw fly up to challenge him; it was the annoying winter spirit he had gotten rid of only a few hours ago. "Jack Frost?" Honestly, in the past 24 hours, the kid had fought Pitch twice, got cast out by the Guardians, got her staff snapped and was thrown into a crevice that she was supposed to be unable to get out of. And still the kid refused to back down. Not to mention she was only seventeen.

It was admirable, it really was. Pitch thought of her as a strong opponent. But enough was enough. He raised his hands and he and his Nightmares started spiraling towards the girl. "Let's end this, shall we?"

An ice bolt shot out of Jack's staff and hit Pitch. If Pitch was being honest, it hurt. Quite a bit. But her attack wasn't as strong as he was "That little trick doesn't work on me anymore!" He held off Jack's bolt and his Nightmares attacked her, knocking the young spirit out of the sky. He laughed as she plummeted towards the ground.

Meanwhile, Bunny was leading everyone away. Unfortunately, he didn't really know the streets of Burgess very well, and had no idea where he was going. "This way, this way!"

They ran into a dead end. "Ah, dead end. Other way, other way!" Everyone turned and started running when they heard a large crash. Jack fell from the sky, the Wind desperately trying to slow her fall, and smashed into a building. She tumbled off of it, bounced off of a garbage bin and painfully hit the ground.

'Oh, that's gonna leave a mark in the morning' she thought. It felt as if she had a broken rib, which was most likely the case.

"Jack!" Jamie cried. He rushed to go help the fallen spirit. Tooth, North and Bunny all crowded around her.

"That was good try, Jack. A for effort," North said. He patted Jack on the back, making the girl hiss in pain. She struggled to her knees.

"He's stronger," she groaned. "I can't beat him." North and Tooth shared a look. If Jack wasn't strong enough, than no one was. The Guardians were if too rough of shape.

Above them, Pitch let out a cackle, and descended towards the group. "All this fuss over one little boy and still he refuses to stop believing. No matter." The lights in the alley all exploded. "There are other ways to snuff out a light."

Jack put her arm in front of Jamie. There was no way she would let him near the boy.

Bunny had the same thought. "If you want him, you're going to have to go through me."

A large shadow of a hand rounded on Bunny. "Look how fluffy you are."

The little rabbit leaped into North's arms. "Don't you even think about it!"

Pitch walked into the alley riding a Nightmare. There were more than ten Nightmares with him. "I can't tell you happy it makes me to see you all like this. You look awful." The look he gave them was terrifying. Shadows started closing in on the group.

Jamie backed up. "Jack." He looked up at the older girl. "I'm scared."

Jack quickly knelt beside him. "I know, I know. But you're gonna be alright." She realized she was repeating the same words she had told her little sister all those years ago. It finally hit her what she was actually saying. "We're gonna have a little fun instead." Fun. That was what she always tried to give the children. The thing she loved most about them. "That's it. That's my center!" Jamie just looked at Jack, confused.

The Nightmares continued walking towards them. Pitch was laughing, enjoying every bit of this. The fear that was coming out of them was beautiful. Everyone that is, except surprisingly from Jack. He would deal with that soon enough. "So what do you think, Jamie?" The boy looked at him with a terrified expression. "Do you believe, in the Boogey-AH!"

A random snowball smacked Pitch in the face. It made him almost want to laugh. He felt like he wanted to throw a snowball back. His Nightmares were looking at each other in confusion.

Jamie laughed, as did the Guardians. Jack smirked and tossed another snowball in her hand. She looked around for an escape, and saw the perfect solution. She turned to Jamie. "Now let's go get your friends."

By the time Pitch shook of the snowball's magic, ice was forming on the road and the Guardians, Jamie were sledding across it on old thrown away pans and ladders. Jack floated in front of them, trying to ignore the pain she felt in her chest, hands, legs, face, ect. She was having fun creating ramps and jumps for the group as they whipped across town.

She threw magic snowballs at Jamie's friend's windows and caused it to snow in their rooms. Then she picked up Jamie and flew him up to Pippa's window. He knocked on the glass.

Pippa opened the window. "Jamie, how are you doing that?"

"Jackie Frost!" he replied, pointing to the invisible girl that was holding him. "Come on, we need your help!"

As Jamie flew away, a snowflake hit Pippa's nose. She saw a girl holding Jamie appear. "Is that…"

Monty, who was zipping up his coat, called out to her. "Jack Frost!"

Claude and Caleb were staring at the snow when presents fell from nowhere and landed on each of their beds. "Merry Christmas!" they heard Santa call. They looked out their window and saw Santa Clause, the Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy slide past their house.

"Happy Easter!" the Easter Bunny yelled.

"Don't forget to floss!" the Tooth Fairy added.

Then they heard a familiar yell. Cupcake was sliding across the ice on her sled behind the Guardians. Soon, all the kids had grabbed their sleds and were following Jack.

Every kid was yelling some sort of comment. "The Easter Bunny's real!"

"The Tooth Fairy!"

"And Santa!"

"They're all real!"

Finally they reached the middle of town. Jack stopped and stared in horror at the sight before her. Nightmares covered the sky. Every cloud had turned black. Lightning flashed, and Pitch was at the front of it all, sitting on his Nightmare horse.

Monty cheered and ran past Jack, but quickly ran back when he saw what they were staring at.

"You think a few children can save you? Against this!" Pitch gestured to his army.

North tried to bring up his sword, but was too weak to hold it up. Jack and Tooth caught him before he fell over.

Jamie gasped. Jack quickly tried to reassure him. "They're just bad dreams, Jamie."

"Yeah, we'll protect you mate," Bunny added. Jack almost face-palmed. That was not helping.

"Aw." Apparently Pitch thought so too. "You'll protect them?" He laughed at the pitiful excuse for the Guardians. The only one standing tall was the seventeen year old girl, and she despite the fact that no one else had noticed, it was obvious to Pitch that she was in pain. "But who will protect you?"

Jack took a deep breath. She knew what was coming. North tried to grab her, but she just awkwardly patted his arm (she still wasn't very good at the whole 'physical contact' thing) and stepped towards the Nightmare King.

Before she could fly up to challenge him though, Jamie came up beside her with a determined expression. "I will."

Cupcake pushed past the other kids. "I will." She stood behind Jamie.

Caleb and Claude both said, "I will," and joined the two.

"And me," Pippa added.

"Uh, I'll try," Monty said.

Jack and Jamie shared a look. Jack nodded at Jamie. She didn't want him to get hurt trying to protect her, but she wasn't strong enough on her own, and the kids were giving her some courage.

Pitch found the whole seen amusing. "Still think there's no such thing as the Boogeyman?" The Nightmares started crashing towards the group, knocking over cars and breaking lights.

Jamie held his ground. "I do believe in you. I'm just not afraid of you." As the Nightmares crashed down towards Jamie, the boy held out his hand. Jack tried to jump in front of him but the pain in her ribs prevented her from doing so.

She didn't need to anyway. As soon as the Nightmares hit Jamie's hand, golden sand erupted and destroyed the huge wave of black sand. "Whoa!" Jamie gasped. All the kids started laughing.

Tooth's wing suddenly started flapping again, and she flew into the air. "Yeah Tooth Fairy!" Cupcake cheered.

North felt his strength return and he easily lifted up both his swords. He laughed. "Oh yeah!" Monty pumped his arms.

"No!" Pitch shouted. "Get them!"

"Come on, come on!" Bunny's whole body was wiggling as he waited to change back. Nothing happened. He glanced back at the Nightmares that were charging towards him. "Oh, crikey!" He ran.

North threw his snow globes to the ground and yetis came out of the portals, ready to fight. Toys soared across the air. Elves followed behind the yetis in an unorganized manner.

The Nightmares were still chasing Bunny. He dove under a car. One of the Nightmares reached under and pulled him out, but Bunny had changed back by then. "Gooday mate.' Bunny kicked the Nightmares away and threw his boomerangs at them, turning them into dust. He smirked and tapped his foot, opening up his tunnels and summoning his giant egg golems to help in the fight. One appeared right under Caleb, and the boy ended up sitting on its head. "Come on!" Bunny yelled.

Cupcake lead the rest of the kids into battle. "Let's get them!" she yelled. All the kids raced forwards and touched the Nightmares, turning them back into dream sand.

Jack landed on a roof behind Pitch and ran towards him. Everyone else was doing their part; this was hers. She still ached all over, but she found it easier to fight through the pain now. She and Pitch blasted each other with ice and sand which attracted the attention of Bunny and North.

"All yours mate," Bunny said as her jumped down a tunnel. North was right behind him.


Pitch threw a sand spear at Jack, but Tooth jumped in the way and caught it. "Thanks Tooth!" Jack yelled.

Bunny appeared right behind Pitch and threw his boomerang at him. "Ho, ho, ho!"


North jumped out of a chimney, only to realize that the battle was happening on the roof behind him. "Wrong roof!"


Tooth and Bunny drove Pitch off of the roof, and North leapt up to slice at him in midair. He ended up destroying the horse Pitch was riding, and he and Pitch dueled on the ground.

Bunny joined in the fight, followed by Tooth. Lastly, Jack jumped in and kicked Pitch in the stomach knocking the Nightmare King away. She and the Guardians backed Pitch into a corner, their weapons raised.


Jamie and Claude were looking at the dream sand. "Look at that," Claude said.

"I got it," Jamie announced, an idea forming in his head. "I know what we have to do! Guys, come on!" His friends followed behind him.


The Guardians and Jack trapped Pitch in the corner. "It's over, Pitch. There's no place to hide," Jack said. She was at the front of the group.

Pitch looked almost afraid, but a grin spread across his face and he laughed as he melted into the shadows. He wasn't strong enough to beat them all, but he knew for certain that one of them was weakened, and he was determined to take at least her out.

They all raised their weapons again and looked around, trying to see where Pitch had gone. Jack didn't notice as Pitch appeared behind her.

Bunny was the first one to see him. When he saw Pitch appear behind Jack, his scythe ready to swing, his eyes widened. 'Oh no you don't.' "Jack, look out!" he warned. He threw his boomerang at Pitch, but Pitch easily blocked it. Jack spun around just to see the weapon swing towards her, leaving no time to get out of the way. She held up her arm and closed her eyes…

…as it smashed into her and sent the winter spirit flying.

Oh I'm evil. Didn't that scene end a bit differently in the movie? MWAHAHAHAHA! What's going to happen to poor Jackie? Be sure to leave a review!