We went sledding down the street like I had a few days before, but there were a few differences this time. This time I wasn't so scared because I knew Jack was controlling where we went, and this time we were going through all sorts of twists, turns and loop-d-loops or whatever else Jack could conjure up. During the ride Tooth, Jack, North and I were having fun but bunny acted kind of nervously. The onlookers gave me funny looks since I was the only one they could see, but I was fine with that.
Then Jack and I went around to my friends houses throwing snowballs at their windows, making it snow in their rooms, and flying; no matter what it took to see Jack. North, as I learned he was called, also chipped in by making some presents appear in their rooms. The group sledded down the street shouting their famous sayings "Ho, Ho, Ho Merry Christmas!" "Happy Easter!" and "Don't forget to floss!"Pretty soon all my friends were sledding down the street saying "The Easter Bunny's real!" "The Tooth fairy's real!" "And Santa!" "They're real, they're all real!
Unfortunately, that wasn't enough to keep pitch at bay for long. He surrounded us and the town in humungous waves of black sand. "Woo-hoo, yeah!" yelled Monty, but soon as he saw pitch he ran back behind Jack. "You think a few children can help you? Against this?" he gestured to the huge waves of sand, which were now cracking lightning.
North raised his sword, but his arm was weak and he quickly switched to using it as a cane. Tooth and Jack went over to help, and I almost did. Jack turned to me and said "They're just bad dreams Jamie." Bunny nodded with agreement, he turned and said "We'll protect you mate." Pitch just seemed to be amused by that idea "You'll protect them, but who'll protect you?"
I knew he was right; they all seemed to look worried as the idea set in. Bunny was an 8 inch tall fluff ball, North was using his swords as a cane, Tooth wasn't using her wings, Sandman wasn't even there, and even Jack had bags under his eyes! They needed someone to protect them, but who? They had been around for who knows how long, the only thing he knew that kept them around was... That was it. He knew now what he had to do! He stepped forward, in front of them all and said "I will."
Quickly afterwards my friends joined me, first Cupcake, then Claude, then Caleb, then Pippa, even Monty said he'll try. "Still think there's no such thing as the Boogeyman?" He asked maniacally. Then he sent his wave of nightmares down on us, breaking streetlamps and pushing cars as it bounded towards us. "I do believe in you." I said standing tall, "I'm just not afraid of you." I put my hand out in front of me for protection from the sand, and just as it hit my hand it exploded into bright yellow sand, floating in the air.
"Whoa!" I said as I saw the sand, as it filled the air the group got a burst of energy. Tooth used her wings again; Colour filled north's cheeks and held his swords in the air. Bunny waited for the effects but was pursued by nightmares before he got the chance and bounded under a car, when they pulled him out he was full size. As pitch set more nightmares at us we began to fight, north opened up these portals and sent a bunch of yetis and toy-riding-elves out of it, Bunny opened up these tunnels and sent giant stone eggs barrelling out of them, Tooth started smashing everything in sight, Jack blasted nightmares with his staff. Meanwhile all we had to do was touch the nightmares and they turned into dream sand, which I must admit was pretty cool.
Then everybody went off to face Pitch, except for us kids who stayed on the ground to keep his nightmares at bay with the yetis, Elves, and eggs. I could only see bits of the battle happening from where I was but I knew they needed help. Caleb was looking at the sand "Wow, look at that!" He said. I was thinking at the time of how the team was incomplete, they needed Sandman. Then with a complete team they could defeat Pitch. The Sandman had to have been gone, otherwise he would have been here; but there was all this dream sand moving around. They had created it, which meant... "I got it. I know what we have to do!" and me and the others ran off so we could set my plan in motion.