Hello again! Did you actually think I wouldn't update again? No? Darn :(

Moonlight...your comment made some sense, but it confused me a little. I don't think you need any more cookies or brownies O.o

On to the story!

He stood there in shock as the others kept fighting Envy. Nessie had smiled, smiled, when she grabbed Pride's hand and dragged her under. Drac couldn't understand why she had felt the need to sacrifice herself again and screamed wordlessly to the sky and moon.

~The End...wait...nope, I lied :D~

I opened my eyes after the weight of Pride was pulled off of me. She must have used up most of her power trying to get out of my grasp, but we were in my element. There were trickles of blood leading to the surface of the water.

'Are you alright?' the monster asked me through our bond.

I nodded, 'Just need a few seconds to readjust and heal myself.'

She just looked at me with concerned eyes so I said sarcastically, 'Red is SO not my color!'

The monster rumbled as the trickle finally faded away to nothing, 'Do you still need a couple of seconds? I could go up first…'

I shook my head, 'Let's just get it over with,' pointing myself towards the surface I told her, 'Let's go!' before propelling myself upwards.

She rumbled again and followed me up, pushing every so often if I slowed down. It took a while for us to get back to where they had subdued Envy. The first thing I saw when I broke the surface of the water was Jack and North trying to keep Drac from coming after me. I walked over to them and put my hand on Jack's shoulder, "You've done well, Snowball." I smiled as he nearly gave himself a headache as he whipped around and gave me a hug.

"Nessie!" a chorus of voices cried as Jack put me back down on the ground. I was tackled by a distraught Dracula right as I found my balance.

He touched my hair and my face, "It's you, it's really you! You're okay," he exclaimed before hugging me again.

I stayed there for a moment, hand resting in his hair, before I said, "Who did you think it was, the Reaper? I told you I wasn't planning on dying again!" Drac didn't smile as he mumbled something about sacrifices and stupidity.

Everyone else smiled, "Glad to have you back Nessie," North said, "Now, about becoming…"

"No."

"Vhat?"

"I'm not sure about these two," I said pointing to Pitch and Drac, "but becoming a Guardian isn't high on my list of things to do. Not that I'm not flattered, I am, but I can't. I'll be around if you ever need me, but I can't see myself being like you guys."

"But Manny…"

"Would agree with me."

Tooth looked at the pearl that I had given her earlier and whispered, "Is there any other way to contact you?"

"Of course! Just touch any water and whisper my name, or use the Aurora Borealis!"

She nodded and touched North's shoulder. North grumbled and used a snowglobe to make a portal to his base in the North Pole. Sandy, Jack, and Bunny stayed behind to talk to Pitch.

I sat up, Drac had exhausted himself worrying about me and had fallen asleep in my arms, and smiled at the moon. It seemed like we would be left to our own devices for a little while.

And that, my friends, is the real ending. I hope you enjoyed it, and let me know if I should do some oneshots about what happens afterwards (or maybe some on the past?)!