Did you really think Nelya would die Nellie's hair pink? IMPORTANT NOTE AT END PLEASE READ IT.

"Why did you dye Nellie's hair pink?" Tooth asked again.

"Don't you guys understand? I didn't dye her hair! I was in my room the whole time, hiding from Gavin in tag!" Nelya said. The Guardians were very annoyed at her, and Jess was trying to help Nellie with her hair.

So far, they had gotten a little of the dye out, and the top of Nellie's head was once again carrot orange.

"Ew, Nellie." Jess said and pulled a black spider out of her hair. Nellie screamed and fell off her chair when Jess showed it to her.

"How did that get there?" Tooth asked. Suddenly the spider gave a horrid shreak and disinergrated into- black sand?

"Um," Nellie said, and the Guardians looked at each other worridly. Sandy frowned. Was Pitch Black behind Nellie's dyed hair? And why would he dye her hair in the first

place?

"That was discusting." Jess said, and continued to scrub Nellie's scalp.

"Nelya?" Nellie asked.

"Yeah?"

"You really didn't die my hair, did you?"

"Of course not!" Nelya said.

Gavin turned to Jess. "Did you see anything unusual about the imposter?"

Jess thought about it for a moment.

"Well, the fake Nelya had..." Jess paused. "Uh, she was wearing a black shirt?"

Everyone looked at Nelya.

"I don't own a black shirt. Nellie's the one that likes black."

"It looked good with my hair." Nellie said in her defence. "And know I'm gonna wear black to mourn for it."

"Ugh," Jess said, partly because of Nellie's comment, and partly because of the empty bottle beside her.

"I ran out of shampoo. Can I use yours?" She asked, and looked at Nelya.

"Go right ahead."

"Thanks."

Jess dropped the empty bottle and sprinted off- after washing her hands. Jess was thinking of the dye pool as she raced across the field.

"Let's see, Josh, Reid, Gavin," Jess mummered, counting off the names on the door. "Here we are! Nelya."

Entering Nelya's little Hobbit Hole, (At least, that's what Nellie called them,) Jess opened the door (Yes, it was round,) and walked to the bathroom.

"How many shampoo's do you need Nelya?" Jess asked, and looked at the shelf full of them.

Jess quickly scaqnned across the shelf, grabbed the kind she wanted, and then left the bathroom, and she went back to the front door, the lights went out, and she gasped surprise.

"Hello there." A voice said, and Pitch Black emerged from the shadows.

"Who are you?" Jess asked, and looked Pitch in the face.

"My name is Pitch." Pitch said. "And I have an offer for you."

"Well, before I listen to your offer, Pitch, tell me this," Jess said. "Why did you shove Nellie into the pink dye pool?"

"So I could tell you my offer." Pitch said calmly. "And the dye pool wasn't pink, by the way. It was Champane Pink."

Jess groaned. "Champane Pink is a shade of pink!"

"Yes, but it isn't pink, so the dye isn't going to stay in her hair." Pitch said calmly.

"Why, excatly, are you telling me this?" Jess asked.

"Just thought you might want to know in the future." Pitch smiled, and Jess shiverd. his smile was certainly creepy. "I noticed that your a little annoyed at the Apprentice's."

Jess crosssed her arms, the bottle of shampoo still in her hand as Jess blew a strand of hair from her eyes.

"Well yeah, who wouldn't be annoyed if you were whisked away with your friend by a giant rabbit, then got to watch them get magic powers of whatever, and have to just watch them!" Jess relalized she shouldn't be telling Pitch this. Bunnymund did say he was the bad guy, right? Well, she didn't care at the moment.

"I mean, why can't I be the hero like them!" Jess said. "Besides, why do you care."

Pitch smiled evilly, and dissapeared into the shadows.

"Great." Jess mumbled. "I've told everyone out. No wonder I'm not the hero. I'm useless!"

Oh no. Pitch's voice said. It seemed to be edmitting from everywhere and nowhere at once. You are quite useful. I would like to take in as my Apprentice.

Jess spun sround. Pitch was standing right behind her.

"Why should I listen to you?" Jess asked.

"Because," Pitch said, and put a hand on Jess' shoulder. "I was cast out to. You and I can show them who is truely right."

Pitch smirked as Jess thought for a moment.

"Fine." Jess looked at Pitch. "I'll do it- but I have to finish Nellie's hair first."

"It does come out, just in a few weeks." Pitch said.

"She can't stand pink." Jess said. "As Nellie says: "I hate pink more than Samwise Gamgee hates Gollum!""

Pitch nodded, though he knew nothing of Lord of the Rings, and Nellie's obsession with it. "I shall meet you the next time you are at the North Pole."

"JESS!" Jack called, and Pitch slunk into the shadows as Jack came bursting in, a small flurry of snowflakes following. "Nellie's freaking out, you might want to hurry back. She says if you don't hurry she's going to chuck you into the cracks of Mount Doom- where ever that is."

"It's in a movie," Jess replied, seeing the confused look on Jack's face, and walked out of Nelya's room.

"When are we going to the North Pole?"

A VERY IMPOTANT NOTE:

I have a poll on my homepage, and you can pick if you want Romance. If you do, you can also review and tell me, or PM me. Thanks,

~Poppy

P.S.,

Should I start a LOTR fanfiction where Merry and PIppin are taken to Isngard? (Because that is tottaly orginal) *Sarcasm*