(Ok. I got two chapters done today! YAY! Tomorrow, I might get one up cause a party at my job starts at 6pm and I get off at 4-5 pm leaving me with maybe enough time to post something. Or if I can get Liz to be a dear and make a hotspot with her phone for me to hop on during work to update. I kind of made it obvious what was going on in the last chapter. I was thinking about making this turn out a bit differently but had trouble fitting in- Well, you will just have to read to find out what happens.)

How Do You Love Someone?

Chapter 23 - Stand-offs and Reasons

"You have the one the one thing quite a few spirits, myself included, want so badly. To to be seen. To be believed in. But that can't happen if we cease to exist. Why are you helping him?" Fay's foggy mind took a moment to assess herself and what she was hearing. First feeling came back and the knowledge that she was bound by her wrists and ankles. The second came the realization that she had been kidnapped and was currently hearing two men argue about the situation. The third was managing to open her eyes and what she saw stunned her.

"I have spent the last 329 years of my life granting others what I could never have. It's different from being believed in, Pitch. It's the all the difference. I want Love. I watch these foolish humans scorn my gifts and damn them in the end. I don't want to go on. But I can't die. So ending all existence is my only other choice. I had no choice but to kidnap her. That boy, Jack, was getting to close to breaking my seal" Cupid was standing at her right from where she was slumped against the ground. A few feet away, Pitch stood tall and dark, though his grey fringed gold eyes met hers with a patient calm. It wasn't that he no longer cared about anyone, he simply wanted to be acknowledged by children more then play along with the other immortals.

"I won't let you Cupid. The Guardians are almost here. Being lead by my Nightmares even as we speak." The mans crooked and grim smile had Cupid grasping Fay by her bound wrists, the rope rubbing her skin harshly. With a gasp Fay's powers kicked it into high gear and she forced to shift. Her face lengthened and became angular as her bones, skin and muscle pulled and snapped into new positions. As a snowy white hound with glowing eyes and mist wrapped fur, the ropes came free and she rolled away. The transformation only lasted for a few brief and painful seconds as normally this ability showed only on Halloween and the surge of power left her shaky and stiff as she curled up into a pain wracked ball besides Pitch.

"That really hurt" She moaned. Pitch stared in slight shock before summoning his nightmare sand to stop Cupid's arrow from making contact. With his Nightmare wrapping one of North's snow globes, they were able to appear to appear at the two's side in moments. You might wonder what had taken so long. It was simply their reluctance at trusting the Boogeyman. But worry of the lone girl had them accepting the offer to help pretty quickly. Tooth's hands quickly found Fay and examined her while the males took up a spot beside Pitch. There was a brief moment where startled gold eyes met bright blue, pink, dark blue, gold, and green ones, and suspicion turned to a temporary truce. They all wanted to exist after this.

"What are doing Cupid?! You were helping us!" Bunny hollered. Cupid knew he was out numbered and overpowered. But he had one more trick up his sleeve. North's snow globe lay in the snow behind Fay and Tooth. With a shout the Love spirit launched an arrow that spawned dozens more. It kept the Guardians and Pitch busy as he dashed forward, shouldering Tooth to the ground and snatching Fay. A swing of his bow and a snarled demand sent the snow globe bouncing to open a swirling black void that he dove into.

"JACK!" Fay's scream had all Guardians turning to the source to see her disappear, tossed over one tan shoulder. The void closed despite their efforts to reach it, leaving an angry Jack to punch a tree nearby, shaking the snow loose. Pitch sidestepped just in time to avoid the cold white stuff while Sandman just opened an umbrella made of dream sand. North approached the boy.

"We will Find her Jack. She is tough cookie"

"A touching hit and miss. Very emotional. Now, if I might say so, we should start out for Pompeii. I know a certain way into Darkness's Abyss from there" Pitch spoke up and Jack turned a weary eye on him.

"Why are you so helpful? You have no reason to help Pitch. So when did you grow a heart?" Jack sniped and Pitch gave him a sour look.

"I always had a heart Jack. I just never listened to it. And I help now because my existence is being threatened. I want to be believed in and feared, not fading into nonexistence simply because a child is throwing a tantrum over Daddy putting him timeout." Pitch had hesitated before adding more to his reason. "And- I might have met Fay before. Almost every Halloween. She made me realize what I wanted. Told me I was needed for kids to grow up. But I didn't want to hear her silly and kind reasons as to why I was needed. I just wanted to be someone bigger then the dust bunnies under the bed"

Jack sympathized with him but it didn't make his attempt to make children stop believing any better. It just put things into perspective. Without saying anything, Jack climbed into North's sleigh and leaned back against the tiered seats.

"We're coming 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.

Escape the Fate - Zombie Dance

Creature Feature - Such Horrible Things

The Devil's Carnival - Trust Me

Kamelot - The Haunting

David Bowie - Underground

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