(Ok. Plans have changed. I MIGHT be doing something tomorrow with my brother and father. Go Karts! Anyway... last chapter until tomorrow afternoon. This Chapter is a bit short but I'm tired so deal with it for now if you can. Ok! Thanks for being so great guys!)

How Do You Love Someone?

Chapter 18 - Close Encounter of the Dark Kind

"It's been many a millennium since you first locked me away. It's been almost as long since I stole the immortal you once chose to guard my resting place. Pitch has failed you and he has almost failed me. His fear gave me my opening. Let's see you fix it Father!" Darkness's hypnotic voice drifted through his silent halls currently devoid of his many darklings. Instead of sitting on his throne, he was standing before a mirror that did not reflect. Instead it showed his current desires. The faint image was dark with faint specks of light highlighting a group of seven. Three females and four males of varying height and stature. But only one held his attention. She had been laughing at something before the picture faded back into the swirling silver mist of the mirror.

"You have her guarded by your warriors of light. I will have her. One way or the other"

Fay stiffened as a shiver ran up her spine. Like icy spiders had decided she was perfectly climbable. It was swift and put a damper on her happy mood. The others didn't seem to notice until Sandy's image of a question mark drifted into her vision. His silence often caused the others to ignore him, but since it was dark, he had to move closer to her. Jack had noticed and so had North. Concerned Jack touched her shoulder and she gave him an unconcerned smile. It was probably nothing.

The werelights above their heads flickered and Camilia glanced up at them. Everyone fell silent as the glowing balls turned red. They were angry at something as they darted back and forth searching for the source. It didn't take long for it to show up. Or, at least, its power did. The werelights scattered as Tooth was thrown to the floor and Jack followed, as though something had slammed down on top of him. Camilia screamed and cursed at her horrible luck.

North had his swords drawn and Bunny was holding his boomerang protectively in front of him as Fay helped Tooth to her feet. Jack wasn't fast enough. The two girls were thrown from each other as a dark figure rose from the shadows. It ignored the Guardians and stepped to Fay, offering a hand with a blood red rose clutched in it's fingers. Camilia slapped the flower from the outstretched limb and stood straight in agitation.

"She isn't interested Darkness. And you should not be here. This place is neutral to both parties. You have no sway here" Her light voice had drifted past them and the figure knelt to meet her gaze with it's non-exisiting one.

"It is why I have not harmed them Keeper of Records. Otherwise I would already be trying to tear you down Child of Time." The creature hissed almost seductively to the girl. Camilia refused to budge. After another moment in it's crouched position, it looked back to lock it's gaze on Fay who was currently holding onto Jack as he picked her up off the floor. If it had eyes, they would have narrowed at the pair as a deep rumble echoed through the library. He wasn't happy.

That couldn't have been good.

And it wasn't. The being had melted into the floor only to reappear at the pair's side, it's clawed hand clutching the front of Jack's blue hoodie to lift him above it's head. Jack grasped the beast's hand with one arm.

"You! A little Boy. Don't you know me Boy?!" the shade chuckled darkly until Jack raised his staff and released a freezing spark that had the that recoiling, it's form wavering.

"I won't forget you boy. And you, girl, will be mine. I will have you just to spite all these pathetic creatures you call friends" Darkness faded into nothing more then smoke that cleared in seconds. Slightly panicked, Fay rushed to Jack and dropped to her knees besides him while the other Guardians gathered together once again.

"So that was Darkness?" North asked to himself. Camilia calmed down and so had her werelights, so she half answered his question.

"Darkness is growing stronger. A shade should not have any power to affect the world around it. But he actually lifted the boy from the ground. Lifted him! This has never happened before." The historian looked shaken for just a moment but calmed down.

"I must record this immediately. Everyone leave, NOW!" she had hurried the others out the Archive Doors and with nothing else to do, they headed back to the North Pole in silence. They had many things to think about.

Especially about what Darkness meant about 'Having' Fay.

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.

I'm tired so no new songs for this chapter...

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