"Are you ok?" A boy's voice sounded behind her.
"Huh?" Scarlet spun around to see a boy with white hair and a blue hoodie behind her.
"Are you ok?" The boy asked again.
"Is this the boy dad warned me about? He matches the description. He looks harmless, but how do I know?" Scarlet thought. So many emotions were spinning around in her head. She didn't know if she should scream or if she should attack the boy.
"Jack… She likely can't see you. She looks like she is around 18." A girl's voice announced this time and as this was said a girl who looked almost identical to the boy walked to his side.
"Can you see me?" The boy asked and Scarlet decided to nod her head.
"Are you lost?" The girl asked and Scarlet shook her head.
"Why are you out here, then?" The boy asked.
Scarlet opened her mouth to speak, but then one of the guards neighed.
"What was that?" The girl asked the boy.
"It sounded like a horse, but its midnight… It's likely one of Pitch's nightmares.
"Father…" Scarlet whispered to herself.
"What?" The girl turns to face Scarlet.
"He…" Scarlet tries to choke out, but stops herself for her safety.
"Is he after you?" The girl says to Scarlet.
"Yes…" Scarlet said knowing he was, of course, after her.
"Jack. We need to get her out of here." The girl says as some of the guards appear around the clearing.
"Give her back!" Pitch yells as he appears from out of the shadows.
"We won't let you hurt her!" The Jack yells at Pitch.
"Hurt her? Why would I hurt her?" Pitch says staring at Scarlet then back to the Jack.
"We're not falling for your tricks, Pitch! We did nothing to you, then you try to kill us and you will just lie to kill this girl!" The girl yells at Pitch.
"He tries to kill you for no reason?" Scarlet stares at her father.
"I do it to protect you... For our freedom and acceptance."
"What else haven't you told me? You lock me in a room and all I can do is sit there and wait to die and that will never happen!" Scarlet screams at her father.
"What has gotten into you? They try to kill us! Those people I told you about will kill us!" Pitch says in a half angry half worried voice.
"I have no reason to believe you! I trusted you my whole life and now I find you attack them without cause! They are fighting you to protect me! You lock me up and say you are, but how do I know those aren't more of the lies you've told me!"
"I guess I can't take you home peacefully…" Pitch snaps his fingers and the guards rush at Jack, the girl, and Scarlet.
"Grab on!" The girl says and motions for Scarlet to take her hand and Scarlet quickly accepts the invitation. Then, the first second they are on the ground and the next they are in midair.
"AH!" Scarlet screams looking down at the quickly disappearing ground.
"Scared of heights?" Jack asks flying over to Scarlet who is clinging to the girl for dear life.
"I've never been off the ground!" Scarlet yells over the screech of the wind.
"Jack…" The girl rolls her eyes. "Stop fooling around and make sure they aren't following us."
"I don't see any…" Jack says without looking.
"They can fly and are made of black sand." Scarlet tells Jack who apparently wasn't worried at all.
"I know…" Jack says looking over to Scarlet. "So why does he want you anyways?"
"He…" Scarlet wanted to say was her father and not lie, but she knew they wouldn't help her if they knew. "He raised me as a child."
"Not the best parent, is he?" Jack says before he laughs at his joke.
"Does he get what I'm saying?" Scarlet thought to herself. "And why is he laughing?"
"You're confusing her with your humor." The girl says like she could read Scarlet's thoughts.
"It's sort of funny, though. Why would Pitch want to be a father?" Jack said like he was asking me for the answer.
"How do I even get along with him?" The girl says to herself.
"Maybe because can talk to each other in your heads?" Scarlet said thinking others knew.
Jack and the girl both stopped flying and hovered in midair staring at Scarlet.
"How did you know that?" Jack finally spoke up.
"I thought a lot of people knew?" Scarlet said timidly.
"Only Emma and I know that… and maybe the other guardians…" Jack said answering Scarlet's question.
"How do you know about it, then?" The girl, who was likely named Emma, said.
"Pitch told me." Scarlet responded hoping they would keep moving.
"That's something we should tell the others about." Jack told Emma.
"What are we going to tell them about her?"
"We'll say he's trying to get her… It is the truth in different words."
"Are you guys capturing me?" Scarlet says ready to break Emma's grip if she had to.
"No, we're not capturing you. If we say Pitch raised you'll, they'll think we stole you."
"Who's they?" Scarlet asked.
"Santa, Tooth, Sandman, and Bunny."
"That sounds like the man made of sand and the giant bunny… That means that Santa and Tooth are likely the other two." Scarlet thought. "Will they hurt me?"
"Why would they? They bring happiness to children."
"How?"
"You mean you've never heard of Santa Claus, The Tooth Fairy, Sandman, or The Easter Bunny?"
"Never in my immortal life." Scarlet said honestly.
"You're immortal?"
"Partially… My mom was a human."
"You're saying you died and were reborn?"
"Pretty much…" Scarlet knew that if they found out she was truly his daughter they would likely kill her or capture her.
"So what do you control?"
"Huh? Oh… I…" Scarlet thought for something that was actually true. "Myths and Legends."
"That sounds hard. I mean it's impossible for someone to see someone they have never heard of."
"They can see me, but no one believes in me." Emma told Jack growing angrier.
"That's different. You are technically part of me."
"I can still hurt you…" Emma says giving Jack the 'you better shut up or you will die' face.
"Don't take her personally…" Jack whispers to Scarlet who look more lost than someone who can't remember anything.
"Shut up!" Emma says elbowing Jack in the side.
"Ow! I'm still not the best since that fight with Pitch." Jack says rubbing his side.
"I'm sorry… Do you need your cuddly Kangaroo?" Emma says laughing.
"Stop saying… Actually I don't mind that much… He is pretty cute when he is mini-sized…"
"Oh, brother…"