Though the tragedy of the girl and the ice had shocked some of Burgess's residents so badly that it seemed time had stopped, time continued stalwartly on. The days passed, slowly but consistently nonetheless. The sun rose every morning and every night, just like this one, the moon calmly made its way across the sky over the small town.
iI should have guessed that Pitch Black would try to interfere. I had a feeling that he would get involved – but not until much later. Why this way? What has he to gain from making the girl get the powers? He could've simply tried to corrupt Jack, why bring the girl into it? Unless... No, Pitch is not the sentimental sort, it couldn't possibly be because of... No. But, "you're not afraid of one little girl, are you?" That's what he said. What did he mean by that? What does he have planned? I have to fix this but I'm still not sure how. The girl will have to give up her powers so that Jack may become Jack Frost... This may yet work in the favor of the Guardians though. The closer the situation is to his sister, the more Jack will be motivated to take on his new role. But right now, there is not much I can do but wait and watch./i
The moon continued across the sky and eventually dawn came, the sun rising on a day that would be simply one more in a long line of misery for a young boy, and one that would devastate a little girl.