Jack's POV

I can't believe she's dead. I finally get a friend that isn't a spirit, that likes me for who I am, and now she's gone.

Tears rolled down my face and the others cried as well, except for Sandy. But no one was more upset or distraught than Pitch. We looked on in mild shock as he kissed Claire's cold lips. None of us had any idea of the relationship between Claire and Pitch until a few moments ago. If I wasn't already grieving, I would be angry, maybe even jealous.

After a few moments of silent crying, Pitch abruptly stood up and stalked over to Sandy.

"YOU KILLED HER YOU BASTARD!" Pitch's voice was thick with grief and anger. I stepped between the two just before Pitch killed Sandy.

"Don't kill Sandy, Claire wouldn't have wanted you to become a killer."

As much as I may want to avenge Claire, she wouldn't have wanted this.

"How would you know what Claire would have wanted?" He glared at me with such intensity, I almost had to look away.

"You're not the only one that cares for her. She was my first real friend, the first person who liked me the way I was, the first person who genuinely made my smile, my first Believer"

We glared at each other for a few moments, then, without warning, he dropped to his knees, crying even harder than before.

Even in death, Claire still amazes me. She managed to make a monster like Pitch act almost human, with emotions and passions.

Suddenly, Pitch's head whipped up, and he basically ran over to Claire's corpse. He placed both his hands on her wounds, and within seconds, a dark and powerful aura circled the two.

"What is he doing?" I whispered to North.

"I don't know. I have never seen anything like this."

After a few minutes, I saw the deep wounds in Claire's torso slowly close up, and moments later, her chest began to rise and fall.

She's alive? Holy crap, she's alive!

My tears of sadness became tears of joy, as I saw my first ever friend open her eyes.

"Pitch?" I could barely hear her speak.

His head snapped up, and he too cried out of joy.

They spoke for a little while. It took the others a little while to comprehend the sight before them.

Both Pitch and I gasped when we saw Claire's eyes. Her normal colour was completely gone, instead they were identical in colour to Pitch's.

Then, I saw some of Pitch's black sand appear in Claire's hand.

So, she has his abilities too. Wait, that means she's immortal!

My smile widened, and I ran over to Claire, and hugged her in a tight embrace.

"I'm so happy that you're alive!" I turned to Pitch "Thank you for bringing her back."

Pitch looked surprised at my lack of hostility and then he too smiled.

"No need to thank me. I can't live without her, and neither can you apparently."

"I guess I can't" I smiled

Claire started to cry

"What's wrong?" Pitch looked concerned

Claire's POV

"It's just… I'm so lucky to know guys like you two." She continued to cry, then she stopped, "You, on the other hand." She glared at Sandy "I wish that I never knew you."

Tooth leapt to Sandy's defence, glaring at Claire "What did he do to deserve that?"

"Are you fucking blind? He killed me."

"Only because you flew between him and Pitch. If you didn't do that, Pitch would be dead, and all this crap would be over. Pitch should have died."

I stood up and was about to punch that damn fairy in the face, but I felt two sets of arms hold me back.

"Don't fight her Claire, she is entitled to her opinions." Pitch half spoke, half whispered.

"I know that! It's just that her opinions piss me off!" I yelled.

I never liked Tooth as a character. I'm not sure why, I just didn't.

I tried wriggling out of Pitch and Jack's grip, and failed. So I settled for glaring at Tooth, who returned my glare, but after a few minutes, she looked away. I smirked, no one can compete with my glares, Eliza always said that my glare was one of the most terrifying things she's seen.

I miss her so much.

I lowered my head, and stopped struggling against Pitch and Jack. They both let go, and I fell to my knees and started to cry, again.

"Claire, what's wrong?"

"Oh, nothing. Just got something in my eye!" I managed a weak smile.

"You really can't expect us to believe that!" Pitch spoke "Why are you crying, really?"

Should I tell them? Tell that where I come from, they are no more than characters in a movie?

The answer was obvious,

"I have a killer migraine, coming back from the dead rather hurt." I smiled slightly

"Oh, I see." They said simultaneously

Thank fuck they believed that.

"Now, let's go to the North Pole, I'm fucking starving!"

I saw the others exchange glances,

"What? Is there something wrong?"

"Claire, we can't enter that place." Pitch replied

"Why the hell not?! You did before all this happened!"

"How did you know that?" he looked confused,

Oh shit, shit shit shit…

Lucky for me, Jack spoke,

"She's physic!"

"Really?" The others chorused

"Ermm, yes"

"What am I thinking about right now!" Bunny spoke excitedly

"I can't think with this migraine, so I can't tell sorry."

"It's ok" he replied, slightly crestfallen.

"So, back to before, why the hell can't Pitch and I go to the North Pole?!"

"When Pitch was at full strength, he could have entered, but now, since he gave half of that power to you, he can't enter, and neither can you. I have magic on my workshop to protect from intruders, like Pitch."

"Can't you take that magic away?" my voice raised an octave

"Not without destroying half the workshop."

"Ok, I see. Well then, Pitch, let's go to your place, I just need some food." I sighed, standing up. "You do have food, don't you?"

"Of course I do."

"Good!" I nodded my approval.

I turned around to face the Guardians,

"Well, then I guess I'll catch you guys later!" I smiled at North and Bunny, then glared at Tooth and Sandy.

I was just about to start walking away, then a certain voice stopped me,

"Where's my goodbye?" Jack fake pouted. "Forgotten me already?"

"Like I could forget you" I laughed, hugging him tightly. "I'll see you soon, you should come by sometime, now that I'll be living with Pitch, I can make his place less like a cave and more like a place where people actually live. Not to mention that I can stop him from trying to pull a stunt like this again." I released Jack, and said one last thing to the others,

"Do me a favour, make the kids believe in Pitch. As much as you may like to deny it, he's protecting the children too."

"We'll do what we can." North smiled

"Thanks" I beamed. "Let's go Pitch, I need food, ASAP!" I grabbed his hand and we walked towards the forest, a trail of Fearlings behind us. I turned around and waved at the Guardians, and they waved back, some more enthusiastically than others.

After walking for a few minutes, we reached the edge of the forest, and Pitch decided to break the silence,

"Do you remember when you were in my cave just before?"

"No….Of course I remember, I was in a cage for fucks sake. Why?" I laughed

"You said that you were only afraid of one thing, and I was wandering what it was."

"You want to know my only fear?"

"Yes"

"It's zombies."

"Zombies?!" he stopped walking and looked at me "Why zombies, might I ask?"

"Why not?! They're creepy as fuck, run at you in packs and try to eat you alive. Not to mention the terrible smell and-"

I was cut off by Pitch suddenly pressing his lips to mine. He wrapped both his arms tightly around my waist, lifting me slightly. After a few dumbfounded moments, I started kissing back, wrapping my arms around his shoulders. I smiled into the kiss as he held me tighter. We stood like that for what seemed like mere moments, and centuries. A meteor could have fallen from the sky, and we would still be kissing, completely oblivious to our surroundings , but a soft neighing from one of the Fearlings brought us back to reality, we kept our arms around each other and saw the sun starting to rise. We had been kissing for a few hours at least. I hadn't even noticed my hunger till then.

"Let's go home." Pitch smiled down at me.

Home. I like the sound of that

1 Year Later….

"PITCH! WHERE THE FUCK ARE YOU?"

I was walking down one of the many hallways in Pitch's domain. One thing that the movie didn't show us was what this place really looks like. Off the main cave was a labyrinth of hallways and rooms. The old me would have definitely gotten herself lost, but now that I had some of Pitch's powers, I could find my way around relatively easily. When I first explored here, I found so many bedrooms and closets that I couldn't count how many there were. The only problem was when I couldn't find Pitch. Thank god he got us walkie talkies.

"The library." He replied calmly.

"There's four damn libraries, which one?" I was on the verge of losing my patience.

"The main one, do you remember how to find it?"

"Of course I do."

I turned back the way I came, turned left, then right, then left again and walked straight for a few minutes, until I finally arrived at the main library. I opened the door to see Pitch reading a thick novel in one of the many black velvet armchairs that would be big enough to hold at least 2 full-grown people quite easily.

"There you are!" I smiled, walking over to Pitch and sitting next to him on the armchair. The moment I sat down, he place one of his arms around my shoulders.

"Why were you so eager to find me?" he smirked

"Did you forget? We have to start getting ready for Bunny's Easter party! It's going to start soon."

Pitch groaned, "Why did we agree to go to that again?"

"He's our friend Pitch. He came to our Halloween party, remember?"

"I forgot, about that. How long until it starts?"

"Half an hour."

"You know it takes at least 25 minutes to get to the Warren, right?"

"Yeah, I'm ready to leave now!"

"You're wearing that?"

I looked down at my little black dress. "What's wrong with this?"
"Absolutely nothing, you look beautiful." He smiled

I blushed, "Thank you. Are you ready?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." He said as he stood up

We left the library together, holding hands. I smiled up at Pitch, and he smiled back.

"I love you Pitch."

"I love you too, Claire."

THE END! Well, the end of the Pitch storyline anyway, the Jack one is on its way!

I'm not really sure about this ending, it seems a little too corny and fluffy for my liking, but I wasn't really sure how else to end it without having a cliff hanger.

I would like to say thank you to all my loyal readers for sticking with this story and taking the time to review. : )

I love you all!

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