"Princess, I'm home!"

It had only been about ten minutes since Jack had left and I sighed in relief. Pitch burst through the door and spun me around kissing me hard. I hated his extremely happy mode, it almost made me like him. "We are off the Bunny's," he declared.

"What? It's still only the afternoon…" I said, completely confused.

"Princess, what have you been doing these last hours? It's 8.30 at night." Oh gosh, I hadn't even realised how dark it had gotten, Jack and I must have been talking for longer than I thought…

"Oh! Sorry, I- uh- fell asleep," I lied. "You said we were going to Bunny's, I thought Sandy was first."

"Ah, he is all taken care of, Princess, don't worry." What have I done?! If I hadn't of delayed Jack by those few minutes, he could have gotten back in time, he could have saved Sandy. A lump rose in my throat as I stood there in disbelief. "Off to the rabbit's we go!" Pitch said grabbing my hand and then disappearing. Jack better have had warned the others…

We arrived at Bunny's and sure enough, Jack had left a snowflake mark indicating he had been there and warned Bunny.

"You know what to do," Pitch whispered as he went into the shadows. I stepped forward shaking a little and called out Bunny's name. Bunny came bouncing around the corner at the sound of my voice.

"Lizzie! I thought you were with Pitch…" He said bitterly. Thank goodness, they thought of a plan.

"Pitch? No… I want you Bunnymund," I said, trying to supress giggles. I pressed myself against him and pushed him against a wall. I stroked his ears and kissed the tip of his nose. Bunny's foot began hitting the ground at a fast pace in excitement then he shook his head and stood up straight. He towered over me enormously but that was because I was just short, Pitch was even taller than Bunny.

"I am not falling for your games, sweetheart," he said glaring at me and then winking.

"What games?" I pouted my lips and the lifted one leg onto his waist. I ran my hands up his torso and stroked his cheeks gently. I then got his hand and place it on my thigh, finding this absolutely hilarious. "This kind of game?" I whispered into his ear softly. I felt Bunny's breathing deepen and I noticed his pupils dilate and his foot started thumping the ground again. I pulled a face at him and he looked apologetic and shrugged. He seemed to be enjoying our little act a bit too much and his hand tightened on my thigh. Pitch's cold laughter came from the shadows and that was my signal to go. I kissed Bunny on the nose again and he slipped a small vile into my hands before I darted off. I placed it into the small black pocket on the side of my outfit and hurried off in the direction of Pitch. He swooped down from a black cloud of sand and picked me up, laughing as he went.

"Pitch, you sly Bastard!" yelled Bunny and I slipped out a giggle.

"You're too easily distracted, Bunnymund," Pitch said, emphasising his name. "Look at your home now! Oh dear, no Easter this year." He laughed his sadistic laugh then made us both disappear back to his home, straight to his bedroom. I don't know what the Guardians had planned to avoid Bunny's home from being smashed but hopefully, the plan had worked. Pitch grabbed my waist and pulled my hips to his, kissing me roughly. I was now used to his thin lips and lustful ways so just went along with it. There was nothing I could do.

"Enough work," he said, "let's have some fun…" Think of Jack I thought. 'Come on Lizzie, think of me.' What? Was that Jack's voice? 'You don't have to do this Liz, I know it's for us but please, be careful.' I stopped kissing Pitch and walked over to the wall, placing my head on my forearm and leaning against it. 'Lizzie, I need you to be strong, for me.'

"Stop it, please…" Tears welled up in my eyes. I hated the fact I was doing this whilst being with Jack, the idea of it made me sick. Memories of previous nights flooded into my mind, my past came back and the sick smile of Pitch appeared too. Tears flowed down my cheeks as the reality of what I was doing hit me. 'Be strong…I love you…' I gasped and covered my mouth, he loves me… I smiled through my tears and suddenly felt stronger. I don't have to do this…

"Pitch," I said spinning round, "why don't we get rid of all the Guardians tonight?" Pitch's face was of utter disbelief, as though I had just hit him.

"What the hell just happened, Lizzie," he said angrily.

"Nothing, I just felt sick," I lied.

"Don't give me that SHIT," he yelled and smacked me so hard I fell to the floor. Be strong, be strong… Pitch walked over to me and grabbed my hands. "You will do what I want. Understand?"

"No, Pitch. If you love me, you'd listen to what I say." That earned me another smack. "If we get rid of them now, then I will do anything you want." I promised. I wanted to get this over and done with. I should have gone home while I had the chance. Pitch hit me again around the face and I was pretty sure I saw stars.
"Why are you so eager? I thought you loved Jack?" I shook my head violently. Oh shitty, shit, shit.

"I am not an idiot, Lizzie, I know you still love him. I heard you say his name." He kicked me in the ribs and I gasped. "Alright, you little Bitch. I will get rid of them. But you have to give me your word you will stay with me if they lose and you will do everything I ask you to." I nodded and Pitch threw down my hands. "I'm going alone. I don't think I want to trust you and your games." He spat and with that Pitch disappeared. I waited for a few moments in the same spot just in case he decided to come back. When I was sure he had gone, I pulled out the vile Bunny had given me. A small note was taped to the side and it read;

Rub this on your bruises, they will heal instantly. One of North's inventions.

Love you lots, keep strong, Jack will be in contact tonight, divert Pitch to North's A.S.A.P.

Bunnymund x

Oh my goodness, I just did exactly what the bottle said without even being aware of the instructions. I jumped up and removed my suit, taking in the fresh blue bruises from Pitch's hits. I rubbed in the oily substance and as promised, my bruises disappeared almost immediately and for the first time in a while, I felt completely full on energy. I quickly pulled the suit back on and wiped tears from my eyes. Pitch still thought I was weak, the idiot. Right, I thought as I lifted myself into the air and out of the door, time to kick some ass.