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~Chapter 5: In Which Pitch Becomes Pissed~

"How about you tell me why I'm here?"

Everyone froze after hearing that question. No one made a sound. Everyone stared ahead of them. They all knew who that voice belonged to. And that voice sounded pissed. Beyond pissed; infuriated to the extreme. Wrath was expected from him if they ticked him off enough, but when they looked at him, he was supporting himself using the arm of the chair. It was Pitch. The Boogeyman's entire figure was even more disheveled and disoriented since he was brought to the workshop, since he had tossed and turned in his sleep. His dream had not been a good one; it had been about the things he hated the most. For example, the color pink, the Guardians, and the Guardians' Believers. He was in a pink room with them all in there. All of them were taunting him, telling him about all his failures again and again and again. Never leaving him alone, no matter how far away he ran. All of their voices kept on echoing around in his head. That was another reason he was pissed.

"Well,"spat the Nightmare King impatiently,"Is anyone going to tell me? Or are you going to stand there like weaklings?" All of the Guardians glared at him in distaste except for Cupula. "Oh, we're here to be the two new Guardians of Childhood! Isn't this going to be fun?" she chirped kindly. The Boogeyman's eyes widened in shock before narrowing them. "You CAN'T be serious! I hardly LIKE children, so what makes you believe that I can be a Guardian?" Cupula looked deeply into his eyes before glancing off to the side,"Because you used to be a good man once...you used to care." "Tha' can't be right Firecracker; he was evil throughout time since he was born with the world,"snorted Bunny,"Even the Groundhog does." Cupula just stared at Pitch for a moment before gaining her usual insane grin. "Where's the kitchen?" Sandy pointed to the right. All of them heard a "Thanks Sandy," as she sprinted toward the kitchen. "So I'm going to be a Guardian? Joy." he muttered. Pitch started walking dizzily toward the door, ignoring the group as he walked past. "Where are you going, emo?" asked Jack, tilting his staff slightly toward the Boogeyman. The Nightmare King growled,"Somewhere far, far away from you. You've already ruined my life once, I don't need you to do it again." While he reached for the door handle. His hand never made it to the handle. A whip made of dreamsand curled around his wrist and made him fall backwards. Glaring at the Sandman, Pitch snapped,"What?!" at them all.

"MiM wants you to be a Guardian, so you must be one! For the children, for the human race ,for US! If children are in danger, than all aspects of childhood are in danger including YOU! So stop being a jerk and HELP!" snapped Jack,"MiM said that this guy can twist everyone's beliefs by just a twiddling of his thumbs! If all the aspects of Childhood are forgotten, then evil would conquer the world and everyone would DIE! Is THAT what you want Boogeyman? Is THAT what you want?!" All of the Guardians and Pitch stared at the youngest spirit in the room. The winter spirit ignored the stares and looked Pitch coldly into his eyes. Pitch shivered under the stare; it was unnerving. He was about to say something, but was interrupted by a loud crash coming from the kitchen. All of them heard a shout," GET AWAY FROM MY COOKIES YA DING DONG!" All of them except the Boogeyman ran to the kitchen in a haste to see what was going on. He just laid there on the floor, thinking. What Jack had said is true but...he could never become good...

Right?

And with that, Pitch passed out from exhaustion, snoring softly on the floor...

~LINE BREAK~

In the kitchen, a mess was created; plates were on the floor, food was scattered everywhere, and Cupula was tug-o-waring with Phil, each gripping one side of the cookie tin. "What happend here?! Who made this mess?" roared North in fury. Both of the rivals stared at North blankly. There was a silence hanging in the air for a while until the cat hybrid answered,"Uhhh...the internet did it?" Jack snickered at the answer; ah, a person who finally made jokes like him. Fantasic. "You DO realise that you have to pick all of this up, Cupula?" She pouted,"Yeah but...that fiend won't give me a cookie!" The girl pointed an accusing finger at the yeti. Tooth just shook her head and stated,"Cookies have sugar in them and sugar rotts teeth; you shouldn't eat it. We'll help you clean up." And all of them got to work cleaning up. Surprisingly, what took 5 minutes to mess up, took an hour to clean up. When they were finished, they were greeted by the sight of the ententity of fear curled up like a new born pup on the floor. If Pitch could look back on this time he was asleep, he would've gagged at the peacefullness surrounding him. Everyone left him alone except for Jack and Cupula. "Did he care trully one time? About the children, I mean." Jack asked, staring at the man on the ground. "Yeah, yes he did. He just doesn't remember it..." Cupula dragged the Boogeyman to the couch and layed him down on it. He'll need as much energy as he can get if he wanted to recover...

~END OF CHAPTER 5~