I have one thing to say. I AM SOOOOOO VERY, VERY, VERY SORRY! Our internet got turned off the day after my last chapter. Has it turned back on yet? No. How am I posting right now? The library. Awesome! So now I'm updating this story. Thank you those who are still reading this!

PIPPA POV

Pippa awoke with a plan in her head and a determined look to her face. It was a little early for a twelve year old to be up on a Saturday morning, but who cares, this was important. She got ready and ate breakfast quickly. She was no longer questioning whether or not last night's visitor was Jack, she was sure of it. His appearance confirmed something else, he had joined Pitch. I mean what else is there? After writing a note for her mother, she headed towards Jamie's house.

JAMIE POV.

He didn't get any sleep at all last night. It was the reason he was walking around the house at 8:00 in the morning. His mom would've been proud. Sophie was at day care and his mom was at work. He was home alone. Ding dong! Jamie jumped about a foot in the air before checking to see who it is. Seeing it was Pippa, he went to answer the door.

"Hey Pippa." Jamie said. "Why are you here so early?"

"Couldn't sleep. Can I come in?" she asked.

"Sure!" Jamie said, opening the door wider. She stepped inside. An awkward silence followed.

"Sooooo…. "Jamie said. "Have you seen Jack lately? He said he'll come see us like a month ago." He just wanted to start a conversation.

"I've seen him. He's not himself though." Pippa said.

"What do you mean?" Jamie inquired.

Pippa paused as if she was unsure of herself. She sighed. "Jamie. I think Jack's joined Pitch." She looked at him to see his reaction.

Jamie was stunned, if you could call it that. "Jack and Pitch are on the same side?" he asked. She had to be pulling his leg. But he soon realized she wasn't, when she nodded her head. Jamie started pacing. Jack has joined Pitch. That was bad news. It went right up there with finding out your parents were dead. Jamie wasn't only worried for Jack, he was worried for everyone. No offence to Jack, but Jamie has seen what winter can do. Icy roads cause car accidents. Heavy snow knocks the power out, and tree limbs fall and kill. Avalanches, they explain themselves. Jamie had to say Jack being evil was not gonna help that death rate go down.

"Jamie, are you ok?" Pippa asked. He shook his head to clear it.

"Yeah I'm fine. So what are we gonna do?" he asked.

"What can we do?" Pippa said. She seemed just as worried as he was.

"Well… we could, ummmm…" Jamie sputtered.

Pippa gave him a look. "You don't have an idea do you?" she asked.

"I have something!" Jamie exclaimed. "According to Jack, there's a spirit for every holiday. Even ones like President's Day, and Labor Day. If it's November now…"

"That means the next holiday is Veteran's day. Which is only five days away. What makes you so sure this is gonna work anyway?" Pippa asked.

"Well… I'm not that sure." Jamie said. "Hope for the best?"

JACK'S POV

Jack awoke and found himself under the bed that North had put him in the night before. He didn't care, it was dark here and he liked it. But he could sense it was sundown, and time for his plan to proceed. He looked at the jar of nightmare sand he had taken from Jubilee. He felt a tingling in his hands and realized that sand was coming out of his own fingertips. He looked at the jar and chuckled to himself. "Looks like I won't need that." He put the jar down. He tried to make something with his sand. There wasn't much he could do with so little of it. He heard a knock on his door.

"Jack, are you in there mate?" a voice asked from the outside. It was Bunny. Jack couldn't help but smile. Small rivulets of fear were coming off the rabbit.

"Come in." Jack said. "Unless you're scared." Bunny stepped inside. That was mistake number one. He closed the door behind him, to talk to Jack in private. That was mistake number two. He sat down in a chair across the room, thinking Jack wouldn't do anything to him. That was mistake number three, for under the bed, Jack had finally managed to make a dangerously sharp dagger. Jack was gonna do far worse than hurting him; he was gonna make Bunny live his worst nightmare.

Bunny started to talk. "Jack, do you know where we can find Pitch's lair? We can help you." He started.

Jack couldn't take any more of their games. He lunged from under the bed, landing on top of the pooka. He looked him dead in the eye. "I heard everything you said. I heard it all." Jack said. He raised his hand and stabbed Bunny in the stomach. "Did you think I'll fall for your petty lies and tricks? You don't even care for me. The last two years were all a joke." Bunny cried out in anguish, as Jack turned the knife inside him. Jack leaned in close, his usual smirk on his lips. He leaned in until his lips were almost touching Bunny's furry ear. His voice was a deadly whisper. "And now, I'm gonna make you pay."

JAMIE POV

"Hi mom." Jamie said into the phone. "Can Pippa stay over tonight?"

"I don't know. Is your room clean?" his mother asked.

"Yes." Jamie answered.

"You know what I mean by clean, right?"

"Yes."

"What did Pippa's mother say?"

"She said yes."

His mother sighed. "Ok then. If it's alright with her, it's alright with me."

"Thanks mom!"

"You're welcome. I love you. See you soon."

"Love you too. Good night"

Jamie put down the phone, and looked at the time. It was 8:00. His mom would be home in 30 minutes and he shouldn't have to worry about Jack until he goes to sleep. He turned to Pippa.

"Pippa, I need your help to clean up my room."

Pippa laughed. "Of course you do." She said.

BUNNY'S POV

"I'm gonna make you pay." Jack blew a handful of snow at Bunny and watched him suffer. The snowflakes stung his face with an unbearable pain, but what he saw overrode it. Bunny's eyes glazed over and he saw something he never hoped to see. He saw his family. Both of them. The one he had now, the Guardians, and his old one, from his home world. Both families were dead. The eyes were glossy, and there was no reassuring rise and fall of the chest. There was blood everywhere, on the corpses, the ground, everywhere. He didn't understand. He had watched his whole world die, his family, his friends, the civilization as a whole was gone. When he became a guardian, he vowed that he wouldn't let this family die. Now look at them. He had broken that promise too.

"HAHAHAHAHA!" The sound startled him out of his stupor. He could recognize that laugh anywhere. Pitch Black.

"Come out you show pony!" Bunny yelled. He was pissed with this man and was ready to send him back where he belongs.

"Picking off your Guardian friends was so easy. The question is where were you?" Pitch taunted him from the shadows. "Some promise keeper you are. You can't protect your own family. What possessed Manny to think you can protect the entire child population?" Bunny couldn't take it. Pinpointing where the voice was coming from, he went at it. As soon as he got close enough, he saw the shadow move.

"Come out you bloody coward!" Bunny shouted angrily.

JACK'S POV

Jack chuckled to himself. "I guess history does repeat itself." With those words, he left Bunny withering in his own fear. He opened the window and flew outside, the wind carrying him. He left the pole and went to Pennsylvania. It was a state he was familiar with. If he worked fast, he could get at least a quarter of the state done. He started, of course with Burgess. He knew the kids here, and he knew all their worst fears. Cupcake's house came first. Once in her room he saw her dream. Is it just me, or is she always dreaming of unicorns? Shrugging, he sprinkled his sand on her. The galloping unicorn around her head, convulsed and withered into the shape of a nightmare, he couldn't help but smile as the girl cringed underneath the covers, her bottom lip quivering. It was the same with the other children. He had one more house to go. The Bennet house. He always had fun with these kids. Who said it had to stop?

JAMIE'S POV

He heard the window creak open. Sophie was asleep, and as his mother thought so were they. But Jamie and Pippa were wide awake. In the thirty minutes it took to clean his room, they had thought of a better plan than the one before. They were about to initiate it. "Ready?" Jamie whispered.

"Ready as I'll ever be." Pippa replied. They both felt a cold gust of wind as the wind opened wider. They heard the light thud of someone landing on the floor.

"3,2,1, now!" both kids popped up, and turned their flashlights on just as he was putting sand on Sophie.

"Hey!" Jack yelled as he covered his face with his hands, a scowl on his face.

Ok, maybe this plan isn't' better than the last one….

GOOD JACK (WHEREVER HE IS…)

He was imprisoned in his own mind. He could see everything he was doing. He heard every one of 'his' evil thoughts. He was like a cell phone light set on dims in a pitch black cave somewhere. Ha, Pitch Black. Wasn't he how he got in this mess in the first place? He thought over the last two days. When he had met Jubilee, he had gotten control of himself for about two seconds. He almost got himself killed as well. He had heard what the guardians had to say about his absence and it broke his heart. But it had to be a trick somehow! He sighed. Gotta love life. Due to nothing better to do he looked though 'his' eyes and he almost jumped for joy. Jamie and Pippa! If he could just get to them!

JACK'S POV

He couldn't believe it. Can't a guy spread fear in peace? But he can wonder about that later. "Leave my sister alone!" Jamie whisper-shouted.

"Or what?" Jack said. Before Jamie could answer, Jack felt his legs fail him and he fell to his knees holding his head. He was in pain and didn't know why. "What the hell?" Jack exclaimed. The pain was unbearable, he couldn't take it. He could feel himself screaming. Soon it was only him and the pain. Jamie came to his aid.

"Jack?" Jamie asked.

GOOD JACK (AGAIN)

"H-h-help me!" Jack said, his voice shook as he fought for control of his own body. "H-help me p-please!" He felt the dark shadows of his mind trying to pull him back in. They clawed at his ankles and legs. Jack kicked at them, desperate to get his message across. "Jamie please!" he shouted tears in his eyes. The shadows gave a great tug and Jack lost control.

JACK'S POV

Just as quickly as it had come, the pain went away. He didn't bother with the other two kids, he was distracted. Plus he had some questions and he wanted answers.

JAMIE'S POV

To be honest, he thought he wouldn't be alive right now. Jack just flew out the window. He didn't make him live his worst nightmare or anything. He was startled out of his stupor as Pippa asked a question. "Jamie, what just happened? Jack just fell to his knees for no reason screaming at the top of his lungs. Is he ok?"

"I don't know. But his eyes did turn back blue. What's going on?" he asked.

I am done! Sorry for leaving you where you are. But you're gonna have to deal with it. For now. Personally, I think this chapter sucks. What do you think? No flames not in the mood. However, there is one thing. I still can't decide if Jack should be saved or not. So tell me in your review! Go now, shoo, shoo!

P.S. Good Jack is still there. He was this whole time. We just don't know where. Like I said a cell phone light set on dim in a dark room. And getting weaker and weaker each day, we don't know how long…..

P.P.S. There is a difference between sand and snow. Sand, Jamie and Pippa's condition. Snow, Bunny's condition. See?