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"You sure you're leading us to the right place?" Bunny groaned as he looked around.

"Yes, I'm sure." Crystal sighed back.

Bunny has been asking the same question repeatedly now, but Crystal could feel the anxiousness, and fear spike into her body the closer she got. Her body was filled with prickling needles that increased every step she took.

She stopped; there it was, the tunnel leading from inside the rock to the outside. The place where she woke up after Moony changed her, and where she was ready to get away from.

"We're here." She told them staring at the tunnel.

For once a chill went through her and made her whole body shiver, making her wrap her arms around her body. A hand was placed around her shoulders, and when she looked up Jack was there with a smile, telling her it was okay.

"This place feels wrong," Tooth said shivering.

Sandy walked to the edge of the tunnel and peered inside. He put an arrow on top of his head telling them he wanted to see what was on the other side. He followed into it and went down through the tunnel.

"I'll go with him," Jack told them, squeezing her shoulder before he went.

After a couple minutes they came back out with faces of confusion and shock.

"What did you find?" North asked with a raised eyebrow.

"A cave," Jack told them. "Or more like a home."

"A home?" Bunny asked shocked. "Who would like in a ca…"

Sandy nodded his head as he put a sand picture of Pitch on top of his head.

"Are you sure?" Tooth asked. "But I thought he was brought back to his place?"

"That's what I thought." North grumbled.

"Who?" Crystal asked looking at all of them. "Who is that guy? Do you guys know him?"

No one would answer her as they all shared knowing glances. They were putting two and two together about Crystal's new life and Pitch. Crystal furrowed her brows as she sighed and gave up seeing they weren't going to tell her anything. She walked over to the edge of the tunnel and peered inside. The fear and cold crept deeper into her as she watched the darkness stay still in the tunnel. Not one thing moved in the tunnel, making her hope that whatever had killed her was long gone. She touched the top of the tunnel thinking she may have to go into it, when a flash consumed her from her necklace.

The light consumed everyone in a blanket of white, making the background disappear from around them. The white disappeared and soon was replaced with black leaving them floating in space.

"What the heck?" Crystal asked in fear as she stood up and walked over to the others.

"Where are we?" Jack asked looking around.

They all brought their weapons out and prepared for any attack that may come towards them. They were all tense as the put their backs to one another.

"That won't work to well here."

Crystal jumped as a man suddenly appeared in front of her and grabbed her wrist. The others turned quickly around and held their weapons out to him, threatening him to try anything. Crystal looked at him closely and saw the same brown hair and grey eyes that she saw a couple times now.

"Father Time," She breathed, relaxing a bit, but still keeping her guard up.

"This is Time?" Bunny asked disbelieving.

He changed to an old man before their eyes and back to the young man, convincing them that he was who she said he was.

"I'm glad you found me." Time said ignoring all of the others and staring at Crystal.

"I want my memories," Crystal told him earnestly.

Time's eyes went from wise to saddened as he stared at her. Crystal stared in wonder as to why he would possibly look like that.

"There is a price." Time told her as he let her hand go.

Furniture appeared around them along with a room with plush furniture a large Victorian rug, and a fireplace to keep warm. He sat down in a chair his fingers crossed underneath his chin as he stared at her.

"I thought you said I wouldn't have to forget Jack!" Crystal shouted in shock. Her anger rising in her heart, yet fear was soon replacing that.

"What?" Jack asked uncrossing his arms.

He stared at her in shock wondering what she could be talking about. He looked from her to Time as a glare took form and bore into Time's head.

"You won't have to forget him." Time told her.

"Then what is the price?" Crystal relaxed.

"A piece of your heart." Time told her bluntly.

"My heart?" She asked more scared that she ever was before.

"Why would she need to give you her heart?" Bunny asked infuriated and protective.

"A PIECE of her heart." Time clarified. "It's more of a figure of speech."

"That still doesn't help," North told him.

"When you get your memories, you will have to fight our enemy, and that is why I need a piece of your heart." Time explained vaguely. "Your enemy is someone you know, and the only way to help is to take the part of your heart that holds love."

Crystal reeled back as she stared at him in horror. "Why would I give you that?"

"I cannot tell you the future. It is not right." Time told her with his blunt voice that was starting to irritate them all.

"You can't expect her to give you her love!" Tooth shouted flitting in front of Crystal protectively.

Sandy floated in front of her also as he crossed his arms over his chest. They were going to help her no matter what, but if getting her memories meant giving up love, then they couldn't let her go with it. Crystal looked back at the others and kept her gaze on Jack as he stared at her in the same hurt way.

"I won't do it." Crystal said finally, tearing her gaze away from Jack.

Time stood up, and somehow he seemed three times taller than he was before as darkness covered his gaze eerily. He waved his hand and suddenly Tooth and Sandy were with the others once again, and Crystal was standing right in front of him. Jack tried to rush forward, sensing the threat that was coming towards her. He crashed into something blocking them in, and as he placed his hands in front of him he realized it was an invisible shield keeping them out of this growing problem. He tried flying up, but it seemed as if the shield blocked above them also as he crashed into that and fell to the floor.

"The only way you will succeed is if you give up that useless emotion." He growled as his anger grew. "If that emotion is not given up, it will be taken from you once you face the enemy."

"By you?" She asked accusingly.

"No, by yourself." He said just as accusingly. "This emotion is useless. It has no need in a battle that can decide our futures."

"Love?" Crystal asked angry. "It is not a useless emotion! It is one that gives you strength! Maybe you're so determined to take it from me because you are scared! You are scared that you will cease to be!" She watched him take a step back, and saw that his height was slowly depleting. "Did you ever think that if you relied on your emotions, such as trust, that things in the future could change? The future is never written, because it is constantly changing."

Time looked at her with awe as he never would have thought Crystal would know so much about time. Yet here she was explaining to him how time constantly changes. He forgot about that, though he watched it happen every day. The Guardians are examples of that; they had died and were supposed to have their lives end, yet they were alive once again and were now protecting the children around the world.

He shrunk down as he finally looked at her straight in the eye. "I will not be blamed if you regret it later. But a price will still need to be given for the memories."

"Depends on what it is." Crystal said wearily now, but was happy he finally saw her side.

"I will give you your memories." Time told her as he was back to his normal size. "But you will have to open them on your own."

"Open them?" Crystal asked. "You mean like when Jack was talking about the teeth and you unlocked that memory?"

"Ah, I didn't unlock it!" He told her with a smile. "I just simply unlocked your mind at the time he mentioned it."

He walked forward as he placed his hand gently on her head as he looked into her eyes, as if he was looking into her soul. A grey light radiated from his hand, and Crystal had to stifle a gasp as she felt the light sneak into her mind and wrap itself around it. It prodded her brain as it slowly ran it's tendrils over every section.

Crystal could feel her brain relax and feel at ease, as if there wasn't a door blocking her way anymore. She wanted to push so much on the door now, and just get it over with, when the tendrils escaped and left her staring at Time with awe.

"Do not push all at once." Time advised. "If you do, it could be too much for you to handle and the consequences are dire." He waved his hand at the others and let the shield fade away from them. "A single memory can come with a key, or multiple can come with one."

She nodded her head. "So it all depends on what triggers it."

He nodded his head as he looked at the Guardian's. "For our sake, I hope you are right about your emotion of 'Love'."

"Can you give me any hint as to who it is I'm going to face against?" She asked him as she saw the light once again start to creep up on them.

"Someone you used to hold the closest to your heart." Time said before stopping and changing his words. "Before Jack."

Crystal and Jack blushed as Time faded away and the light with him, leaving them at the tunnel once again.

"As rude as ever." Bunny said huffing.

Crystal smiled as she looked at all of them. She looked at Jack as she stood and threw her arms around him in joy. "I can get my memories back!"

Jack laughed as he lightly wrapped his arms around her back and spun her around, making her squeal and laugh. Everyone's moods lightened as her laugh became contagious and made everyone else join in with her.

"What is with all the noise out here?" A voice yelled from the tunnel, echoing off the walls.

Crystal let Jack go as she turned to see who was crazy enough to go into the cave. Who came out gave her chills as her eyes widened and her head began to pound. A man with slicked back black hair, gray, pale skin, and eyes so gold they reminded her of cat eyes at night.

"Pitch," North grumbled as he brought his swords out.

Crystal saw a light flash before her eyes as she remembered Pitch smirking at her. She was in the cave as a prisoner, there were kids hiding behind her and terrified. She remembered how he used their fear, and did anything to scare them. She remembered when she took the kids and got them out of the cave through the tunnel, how they ran the second they got out. She remembers him grabbing her and sending her into the darkness.

JACK! That was the last thought she had as she died, she wanted to see him so bad, to hear him at least come for her.

As the light disappeared she found herself shaking and in Jack's arms. She had begun to drop and was barely caught by Jack as he kept his stare on Pitch.

"Ah," Pitch said smirking at her. "If it isn't the little wonder girl. The one who could still see us past the age of childhood."

"You…" Crystal said standing up and hiding behind Jack. "Y-you were the o-one who k-k-k…" She couldn't continue as her throat tightened and threatened to close up on her. She swallowed getting the lump out of her throat. "Who killed me."

Jack stared at her in shock as his mind processed what she said. He couldn't believe it; Pitch had been the one to kill her and take her away from him.

"Ah yes," Pitch said clapping his hands together. "What a wonderful trick it was too! I took the young girl right from under poor Jack's nose. Little did he know that when she didn't meet him and he went to go check up on her at her house, that it was just my little nightmare posing as her." His eyes fixed on Crystal as they narrowed and looked at her in irritation. "And little did I know that she would take the children I was holding and let them escape. Too bad she couldn't save herself." Pitch was thriving off the fear Crystal was radiating. "All she wanted was for her Jack to save her. It was the last thing she whispered. 'Jack, help.'" He said mimicking her voice with his powers.

Jack glared at him with a murderous glare; he clenched his teeth together and rushed forward slamming his staff against Pitch's chest and into the wall.

"You!" Jack growled. "You were the one that took her life away!"

"But aren't you happy now Jack?" Pitch smirked. "After all, she would have grown up without you, and she would have sooner or later moved on with her own life…without you in it."

Jack stared at him as his anger subsided and sadness filled in.

"Yes, you know, I can see it now. Without me, she would have had her own love, family, children, and her own life. But now she's stuck at about the same age as you, and can remain beside you." Pitch reasoned.

"That doesn't give any right to kill people!" Bunny snapped, making Jack's anger come back and slam his staff against him again.

"Pitch, that is inexcusable!" North growled taking steps towards Pitch with his swords.

Tooth clenched her fists as Sandy prepared for any of his nightmares. Just as they thought Pitch whistled and out of the cave came five nightmare horses staring them down.

"You want to be defeated again so soon?" Jack teased.

Pitch glared as he pushed Jack back and slammed black sand at him, making him jump away.

"Why should it matter now? Manny decided to make her a Guardian! Who cares whether I killed her or not! It's not like she had a good life!" Pitch yelled glaring at them all.

Pitch's head reeled sideways, making him shut up, and the horses to stare in surprise at their master. Crystal had walked up so fast towards him he didn't realize until she punched him across the face. He stayed in the position until his mind was working as it did before. He stared at Crystal as her glared pierced him with fury.

"I may not remember my past now because of you, but I know I had a good life!" She yelled at him as she jabbed him in the chest with her finger. "I had Jack, and I didn't care if I didn't have anything else!"

She kept jabbing her finger into his chest as her anger grew and she went on. Her finger began to glow and every time she jabbed him the light grew on him.

"What are you doing?" Pitch yelled looking down at himself.

The nightmares around him turned to yellow sand for Sandy as Pitch glowed brightly. He screamed in rage as he turned back into a small mass of black sand and disappeared into his cave. Crystal grumbled as she let out a huff and stared into the rock with a glare. One of the horses came over and rubbed it's nuzzle against her neck, making her relax and smile at it with a pat on its nose.

"I think that is one memory I wish I didn't remember." She muttered as she cooed at the horse.

"Not all will be good Crystal," Jack told her sadly.

"I know," Crystal said smiling at him. "But it's worth it."

Darkness swirled around them as a chill went with it, blocking out the sun and heat of spring. It wrapped around them threateningly and grabbed onto Crystal's wrist. She jerked away and walked quickly to Jack, grabbing onto his arm, not wanting to lose him in this dark.

"Just give up." A chilling voice echoed through the darkness. "You'll never defeat me."

"Who are you?" Crystal asked, realizing this must be who Time was talking about. "Why are you trying to destroy us?"

"Because, Man in the Moon decided not to let me see the one I most wanted to." It replied.

"Yeah? Who was that? Maybe it's not too late!" Bunny offered looking around quickly, but not seeing anything but swirling darkness covering them.

"It is too late!" It yelled. "I tried to see her, but Man in the Moon kept me every time."

"Why don't you see her now? Maybe I can talk to man on the moon." Crystal offered.

"Yeah, Manny would listen to us!" North agreed.

"It's too late!" It yelled making everyone flinch. "It's too late…she died. She's not the same anymore. She won't even remember me."

"You said she's dead. Of course she won't remember you." Tooth told him.

"She dead, but also alive." He grumbled.

Sandy showed a question mark, but it was no use because he didn't know where he should show it to.

"Who is it?" Crystal asked.

The darkness caved in around them, making them all duck and try to avoid it. A tendril reached out and wrapped around Crystal while pulling her up into the air. She screamed as it pulled her into the air, making the others try and grab her quickly but failed.

"You." The voice said wrapping around her tighter. "The girl was you."

"Who are you to me?" Crystal asked quickly, wanting to figure this out.

"See? You don't remember." He growled.

The darkness tightened again, squeezing the air out of her lungs and tightening the muscles painfully. She cracked her eyes open as she tried to peer into the darkness, hoping to find some clue as to who it is, or see some feature that give her a memory. Just as she got a glimpse of dark blonde hair a light flashed down at cut the darkness away, making Crystal drop hard. She caught herself with the wind and let herself down gently as she readily took air into her lungs.

Jack rushed to her side as they stared at the light that was fading, leaving Manny/Moony standing there before them, with anger apparent on his face. He glared at the darkness with no fear, before turning his hand into a fist.

"Stay away from her." Man in the Moon growled threateningly.

"You took her away from me!" The darkness shouted again.

"I did it to protect her." He replied.

Tooth and Sandy pushed her behind them as Bunny and Jack flanked her sides, and North took up behind her, staring at Moony with wonder.

"Moony! Stop!" Crystal shouted trying to run forward, but was stopped by Jack and Bunny. She gave up as she stared at the darkness and Moony. "I want to see who he is."

"No!" Moony yelled at her and not the darkness. He turned his attention back to the darkness quickly. "You need to leave NOW. I will not allow you to harm her."

"I'll be back, soon." It said before disappearing quickly.

Crystal clenched her fists and stomped towards him. "I want to know who he is."

"You can figure it out another time. Right now you need to get your other memories back." He said calming his anger down.

"I thought you said the key to destroying him was to get my memories." Crystal argued.

"It is. But not right now." Moony said.

"Why?" Crystal asked impatiently.

"Because, if you try to fight him now. You will die, and I will not be able to save you." Moony said finally facing her. "Now take my advice and use your time to get your memories back, and to learn your powers that you have yet to unleash."

Crystal wanted to ask more when she looked into his eyes and decided otherwise. She nodded her head and watched as he disappeared from her sight.

"Well," She said turning to the others. "I don't know about you, but I'm ready to get started." She smiled, trying to keep their attentions away from the scene that just happened.