(Sorry I only updated once yesterday. And I might update one more time tonight. I'm really tired and promise multiple updates tomorrow. At least 3-4 chapters. I'm not going anywhere since I have to take a type of test for some of my health problems.)

How Do You Love Someone?

Chapter 17 - In the Beginning

The next morning, the ragtag group of Guardians were piled into North's sleigh along with Fay and were on their way to the Archives. Along the way, Jack had informed them all of his run-in with Pitch. The others hadn't been to thrilled about Pitch's new development, but at least he wasn't against them this time. After all, if Creation was erased, all life would slowly drain with Darkness as the only survivor.

"Where are these Archives, Fay?" North called to the girl over his shoulder. She climbed off the seat to take a look at the globe on the front of the sleigh. She motioned to an area on it and North slowed down.

"There? Bermuda Triangle?" Jack laughed as Bunny slipped off the seat to scramble over to them with a complaint about there being no land there.

"There is land. It's only open to immortals. And only those who are looking for it can find it. The Man in the Moon made sure it was protected from humans" Fay pointed to the globe again.

"What about the storms? There's always storms around that place!" It was a concern but Fay rolled her eyes.

"No excuses. We can fly right through. We are magic; not technology."

Despite Bunnymund's fears, they made it through the storm with not so much as a scratch. There WAS land. And it was full of life that greeted them with a threat before guiding them to a strip of open dirt. A short path lead to a pair of heavy metal doors that were carved to the smallest detail, showing miniatures of all Guardians, immortals and immortal creatures.

"I didn't know dragons existed!" Jack exclaimed as the heavily armored beast lifted it's reptilian gaze from them to take to the skies once again. Tooth was ecstatic about that new knowledge. Bunny was the only one on edge around the massive predator.

"Unicorns, phoenixes and griffins are real too. Most creatures of myth lived and still do on this island" A child stated from besides the door. Her large eyes were white and her skin unnaturally pale. Her hair was pitch black though. Fay bowed her head in respect.

"Camilia. It's nice to see you outside for once" both girls smiled even though Camilia seemed not to take notice of the others.

"I'm not particularly happy to be outside. I can't see in this light, you know" The child-like spirit of History touched the doors and they swung open silently on nothing more then a breeze to admit them to the dark insides. Little floating lights danced around the many floors and rooms in the massive down-spiraling tower. Everything from history, to blueprints, to regular books must have been stored here.

"We need information Camilia" Fay's voice whispered from somewhere to Jack's right. A ball of light took up a place beside her and a second hovered over his oown head. More lights gathered unti la decent portion of the room around them was lit in pale light.

"I have much information young one. I can tell you how many freckles you had on your breasts when you were human. I could give you the number of presents delivered on Christmas over the past decade. I could tell how many times the Tooth Fairy and Easter Bunny had been together. I could give a direct history of Europe. You must be specific dear." Fay had flushed to a pale pink at the mention of her freckles, and everyone stared in shock at the mention of Tooth and Bunny.

"You two? Really? You and the Kangaroo? Kind of hypocritical, eh, Tooth?" Jack laughed and Bunny attempted to smack the teen only get to smacked in the face by one of those brightly lit balls as it flashed red. Fay laughed.

"This is a library, Gopher. The werelights will protect this place if you get rough. If you wish to be loud and fighty, take yourself outside and stay there. I'm sure someone up there will keep you company." Camilia stated with a somewhat monotonous tone. Her attention turned from Bunnymund the 'Gopher' to Sandman who was signing her a question.

"Ahhh. I know that one. I've read it so many times; I can tell you it from memory" the girl sighed, her hair faded into the dark surrounding them as chairs drifted to them from no particular direction. Everyone took a seat when the furniture slid to a stop.

"Now where to begin... Ah. In the beginning... there was darkness. It had no form. No emotion. Nothing existed within it. Then light appeared and chased the darkness back. With the creation of light, came life, warmth and everything the darkness didn't have. And from the light, was born The Man in the Moon." The girl sighed.

"Concerned over the darkness's lack of form and it's danger to the world he came to love, he pulled it together to form another being. Darkness was formed and locked away under the Earth. When Creation was threatened by humans themselves, MiM put the power into an immortal of his choosing. When that Immortal failed, he moved it into another. And it's been that way ever since, changing hands at even the slightest change of Darkness's state of imprisonment." Camilia fell quiet and nothing but the faint sound of the humming werelights broke the silence. It stayed that way for minutes as the story drifted through their heads. Fay was the first to break that silence.

"Wait. If The Man in the Moon created Darkness, wouldn't that make Darkness his..."

"Tell me, do you think you could stop me now-, Father?"

You guys seemed to like the music list I put up and I have decided to put up the list of music I was listening to if I had any playing while I wrote the chapter. Everything is spelled properly so just copy and paste to youtube's search bar. If you can't find the right songs, PM me and I'll send you the right ones.

Danny Blu - Wild Card

Metric - Black Sheep

Celldweller - Own Little World

Incubus - Blood on the Ground

Kamelot - The Human Stain

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