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SORRY FOR THE WAIT! my computer has been on the fritz and won't charge at times, but will at others, so I have no clue when I can update! I will time it at school from now on then send it to myself so then I can find someway to update it! SO PLEASE STICK WITH ME!

"Muah! Why can't I remember anything else!" Crystal groaned irritated.

"Fly! Fly!" Sophie said suddenly jumping into Crystal's arms.

Her and Jack made a new promise to meet them at the cherry blossom clearing every now and again. Now Jamie and Sophie came here once a week, and always had a smile on their faces when they did.

"You want to fly?" Crystal asked with a warm smile.

She nodded her head so quickly it made her look like a bobble head. Crystal held the little girl close to her body and slowly let the wind lift her up into the air. The wind was warm, but just cool enough to decrease the temperature. She soared up into the air, making Sophie squeal in delight, and flew around the cherry blossom tree, making the flowers and petals fly around them in a mid-air ballet. Sophie turned in her arms and put out her own as Crystal gently, but tightly, held onto the little girl's stomach. The wind blew gently past them and let the sweet air of the tree float around them. They descended and landed on the ground with a soft pat, leaving Sophie's hair in a tangled mess.

"Big Sis!"

A small body crashes into Crystal as she turns around. She lands on her butt, only to laugh and hug Jamie who is looking up at her with his big smile.

"It's good to see you too." She giggled brushing his hair from his face.

Jack walked up with a big smile and his hands in his sweater. He pulled Jamie up and then helped Crystal as she dusted off her dress from the grass and petals on the ground. She slipped her hand into Jack's and smiled as he slid his fingers into hers, rubbing her thumb with his own.

Sophie came hopping over to Jack with a joyous smile and grabbed his sweater to get his attention. "Bunny! Hop! Hop!" She said jumping up and down.

"Sorry kid, he's not here today." Jack said ruffling her hair.

Sophie looked down sadly as she let go and stood there with a pout. Crystal leaned down and scooped her up into her arms, making the small girl smile and giggle. She laid her forehead on hers and held her tightly around her legs to make sure she wouldn't fall.

"Next time I'll make sure Bunny come's. K?" She told Sophie.

She beamed in joy as she nodded her head and hugged Crystal tightly. She scrambled out of Crystal's arms and over to her brother, hopping around him the whole time.

"Hey, Crystal," Jamie said grabbing her attention from Sophie. "Why don't you say hi to mom?"

She stood there frozen not sure what to tell him. She definitely didn't want to dash his hopes of them being together again like they used to. "Jamie, your mom wouldn't be able to see me."

Jamie instantly flushed feeling embarrassed and guilty for bringing it up. "It wouldn't hurt to try. You could just try and see."

"Jamie…" Jack said stepping forward.

"Okay," Crystal said squeezing his hand and nodding her head to Jamie. "We'll see. But don't be disappointed if she doesn't see me Jamie. A lot of adults don't believe in us anymore."

"But you believed in Jack!" Jamie said with a smile on his face. Hope lighting up his features brightly.

Crystal chuckled as she bumped Jack with her shoulder and squeezed his hand again as she looked up at him. "That I did."

"Let's go!" Jamie said excitedly.

He grabbed his little sister's hand and quickly took off towards the exit, that lead to a hill down to the town.

"You sure about this?" Jack asked her as they turned and walked after the children.

"Yeah," She said with a smile. She looked up and saw the uncertain look on his face. She stood on her toes and kissed his cheek, smiling at him gently. "What's the worst that can happen? They don't see me? I'm pretty used to that."

Jack let out a sigh before shaking his head and smiling. Crystal smirked and ran forward, pulling Jack after her quickly, almost making him fall over, but he caught himself and ran with her to Jamie and Sophie who were waiting at the bottom of the hill for them. They walked through the town till they reached their house, making Crystal stop for a minute.

"Ready?" Jack asked her.

"I don't know," She said letting out a breath she didn't know she was holding.

He slid his hand away from hers and gently lifted her chin to look at him. He kissed her gently, melting her worries away from the situation. It felt like she was there for hours kissing him, but when they pulled away, mere seconds had gone by.

"How do you do that?" She whispered against his lips.

"Do what?" He chuckled.

"Melt everything." She said smirking. "Ironic since you control the cold."

He pulled away laughing before bringing her close to him and winding his arms around her waist. "It's my secret power." He wiggled his eyebrows, making her laugh more.

Jamie made a gagging noise jokingly as they watched the two Guardians. They held the door open for the two of them and Crystal and Jack linked hands once again before walking into the house carefully. Crystal looked around and found it a simple home with furniture, kitchen, living room, and an upstairs with bedrooms.

"Mom! We're home!" Jamie yelled kicking his shoes off. Sophie trailed after him quickly after doing the same.

"Welcome back! Did you have fun?" She asked walking out.

She looked like Jamie with her brown hair and brown eyes. Crystal stared in recognition as she looked at the woman with a smile.

"Did you take care of your sister?" A man said walking through the door. He had blond hair and green eyes just like Sophie, making her think he was their father, and the kids cheered as they hugged him tightly.

"Dad!" Jamie yelled happily confirming her thought. "Oh! I brought some friends with me!"

He turned back and looked at us expectantly. The parents looked up with a smile, ready to welcome the friends, but their smiles turned to smirks as they gave a knowing look towards each other.

"What are your friends' names?" Mrs. Bennett asked.

"It's Jack Frost, and Crystal! It's Big Sis!" Jamie said excitedly, and giving a proud smirk towards Crystal and Jack.

"Big Sis! Big Sis!" Sophie shouted happily. She rushed over to Crystal and grabbed the end of her dress as she hopped around.

The parents stopped smiling as they looked forward and stared. "Jamie," His mother whispered with a note of sadness. "Big Sis Crystal is gone. She died a while ago."

"She didn't die! She became a Guardian!" Jamie argued looking from the two Guardian's to his parents in disbelief.

"Jamie, it's okay." Jack said warmly.

"It's normal for adults not to see us." Crystal told him with a small smile. She let go of Jack's hand and walked over to Jamie. She placed her hand on his shoulder and crouched down to look at him. "They won't believe I'm a Guardian Jamie. I'm sorry."

He looked at her sadly before hardening his face and looking at his parents with a pout. "She's right here! Don't you see her?" He grabbed Crystal's hand as she stood up, making her stand next to him.

His face smiled as he nodded and said a 'hello' to make Jamie happy, but it wasn't fooling him as he narrowed his eyes at his dad and looked helplessly at his mom. She stuck out her hand and decided to play along with his father.

"It's nice to meet you, I'm Jamie's mom." She said sweetly.

Crystal reached forward and brushed her fingers across Mrs. Bennett's palm. She stared at her palm in wonder, before shaking her head and smiling. Jamie pouted as he pulled Crystal along and went outside.

"I can't believe they can't see you." Jamie pouted as he kicked a rock and sent it flying.

"They think I'm gone Jamie. It's not their fault." Crystal said hugging his shoulders comfortingly. "It's okay."

Jamie sighed, then brightened up as he looked at Crystal excitedly. "What if we tried to make them believe you?"

"Like how?" Crystal laughed.

"Leaving them clues!" Jamie offered smiling. "They have to know if we show them clues about you!"

Jack came over and ruffled his hair before looking at Crystal and giving her a shrug.

"Okay," She said giving it to his looks. She thought about the plan and saw that it would be a pretty good idea if it worked. "Here," She said taking out the ribbon from her hair.

Sophie took the ribbon and looked at it as if it was made out of gold.

"Tell your mom this is mine." Crystal told Sophie. She nodded quickly and took off into the house. They waited a couple minutes in anticipation as Sophie showed them the ribbon.

She finally came out, but her shoulders were sagging and her smile was gone. "Mom got mad."

Crystal felt guilty as she hugged Sophie and told her they weren't mad at her. They decided to end that for the day and left. Jack landed on his ice pond that he called home and held onto Crystal's hand as she continued to look down. He knew she felt bad, and hadn't said a single word on their way there.

"I thought you would be happier to come to my home." Jack teased.

Crystal looked up and realized where they were and gave a small smile. "I am." She said stepping towards him. She laid her head against his shoulder and wrapped her arms around him as she let out a breath. "I don't want to give them anymore hints. They'll just get mad at the kids. And I don't want that."

Jack wrapped his arms around her and placed his chin on top of her head. "They really are stubborn kids."

She laughed in agreement. Jack took a step back, placing his staff against the tree and began to slide along the ice. He tugged her along and made her smile appear on her face again as they glided along the pond with ease. They skated, played in the snow, had a snow ball fight, and played a couple games until dark began to fall and a full moon was out in the sky.

"You know," Jack said. "I blamed Moon at first for making you one of us. But now that I think about it, it may actually be better that he did."

Crystal walked over and watched as he jumped into the tree and lay back with his arms behind his head. She jumped up after him and sat on the branch next to him. "I wonder how the children are doing. The one's I saved."

"I bet they got home safely. Moon would have made sure of that." Jack said looking at her with the moonlight shining down. "Knowing Pitch he would have placed his shadows in place of the children like he did for you. So they parent's wouldn't have ever known."

He tugged on her arm making her look down and smile. She scooted down on the branch and let him guide her to lie down on top of him. She placed her head in the nape of his neck as she listened to his breathing and heartbeat. She fell asleep to the rhythm and his hand gliding along her arm and back.

A week passed by before they could meet up with Jamie and Sophie again. Both Jack and Crystal had work to do with bringing in winter and spring to places. They decided to surprise the kids by sneaking through their window and stepping down the stairs.

"I told you to stop placing these everywhere!" Mrs. Bennett shouted.

"But mom! Crystal is alive!" Jamie argued.

Crystal peaked around the corner and saw his mom holding her ribbon and a note.

"I don't know where you got her ribbon from but she is not alive!" She shouted at him. She pinched her lips together and let out a pent up breath before waving him along.

Crystal stormed angrily towards Mrs. Bennett and sent a rushing wind towards her to blow the ribbon away and out of her reach. She gasped and grabbed the ribbon quickly as she looked for where the wind came from. Crystal reached behind her and unclasped her necklace and lay it on the counter before storming out. She found Jack with the kids on the couch, watching a peter pan.

"You remind me of Peter Pan." Crystal joked sitting next to Jack. He always decided to sit on the arm of any couch or chair. "Jamie," She said poking the boy next to her who was still pouting. "I left a little present for your mom, and if she doesn't believe I'm alive after that, then I don't think she ever will."

They watched the movie and Crystal began to tease and torment Jack about being like Peter Pan. Jamie and Sophie soon joined in and tried to get him to say a couple of Peter's lines.

Their mom stood in the kitchen, listening to the kids laugh and talk to their 'friends'. She was frustrated that they kept insisting that Crystal was alive, no matter how much she told them she wasn't. She didn't mean to get mad at them, after all they were probably just making up a friend like Crystal because they wanted to see her again. She felt guilty for not being able to help Crystal in any way. She always knew her aunt and uncle hated her.

Crystal's aunt and uncle used to complain to her all the time. They hated Crystal's father because he was the oldest and was the one who got the money from their parents in the will. Nothing was left to her aunt. Her aunt became fiercely jealous over their happy lives and their growing family. She resented her brother and his family greatly, even to the point that when they had their car accident, when they tunnel came crashing down and locked them inside, she cheered and didn't shed a single tear for them. Her anger built as she learned the money was not going to her as she had thought, that it was truly going to Crystal who was still alive, and was the sole survivor of the tunnel cave in.

Mrs. Bennett cried for days when she learned Crystal had gone missing and expected her to be dead. Her aunt and uncle cheered that they would have the money finally. Their greed had gotten the better of them, that when the news came that they weren't getting the money, they decided to pack up and leave as quickly as possible. Crystal had made a deal with the attorney that the money would go to them.

She turned to look out the window over the sink, to keep the tears at bay from thinking of Crystal again and how she took care of them even when she was gone. A gleaming caught her eye making her look down and her eyes to widen in surprise. On the counter was a small blue diamond in the shape of a 3D diamond no bigger than a pinky. Crystal had always worn it, it was a present from her family on her birthday before the accident and she never took it off. She picked up the small necklace and put a hand to her mouth in shock.

A sweet laughter was added to her children's along with a deeper laugh. She turned quickly and rushed to the entrance to the living room and stood frozen. There sitting on her couch were not only her children, but now Crystal and a boy with snow white hair.

"Mom! I think Peter Pan is our new favorite movie!" Jamie said smiling.

"I want fly!" Sophie said jumping on the couch.

"Mom?" Jamie asked looking at their frozen mother.

Crystal turned her head with Jack to look at Mrs. Bennett.

"It's really you," She said in a whisper. She walked forward, gaining speed until she reached the couch and lunged forward, wrapping Crystal up into a hug. "You're really alive."

Crystal stared wide eyed at the mom as her hands stayed splayed out in the air not sure what to do. She finally placed her hands on the mothers back and looked at her. "You can see me…"

Mrs. Bennett leaned back and rubbed the tears from her eyes as she looked down at Crystal. Jamie and Sophie were beaming with joy as they stared at their mother.

"I should have known much sooner." She held out her hand with the necklace on it, making Crystal smiling knowingly.

She grabbed it and clasped it around her neck again. "I'm glad you finally see me."

Crystal and Jack spend their time with them for the rest of the day until they finally have to leave, promising to visit again soon.

"Where are you going tonight?" Jack asked hopefully.

"I have to stay with Sandy tonight." She told him begrudgingly. "How about I meet you in an hour?"

Jack groaned, but stopped as Crystal leaned up and kissed him sweetly. He kissed her back and started to kiss her more deeply. He wrapped his arms around her waist and pulled her as close as he could to her, wanting to feel every part of her against him. She began to play with his hair as she let him enter her mouth and memorize every part of it and savor her taste.

A tug was on her dress, making her look down and notice Sandy standing there with a flush on his face. He wagged a finger at them and tugged on her dress once again. She laughed before giving Jack one more kiss on his lips and following after Sandy.

"Hey Sandy, don't you have to work?" She asked him.

He nodded his head and showed a spinning clock showing he was almost late.

"Then go to work. I'm just going to drop by my house and see if there is anything else I can get." She explained to him.

He looked at her pointedly before nodding his head and rushing off to do his work. Crystal rushed off towards her house, in high hopes that she could find something more. She went through her window again, and took in a sharp breath. The house was destroyed. Utterly destroyed. Things were broken and torn. Things were thrown across the room. It looked as if a tornado had gone through the house leaving nothing. She searched the house quickly, hoping for something to be left intact, but the whole house was the same as her room. There was a pungent smell throughout it, one she remembered, but couldn't place it. She went into her parent's room, and as she stepped into the destroyed room, a floorboard popped up. It had been pushed loose from whatever her aunt and uncle did. She lifts it up and pushes it aside, looking underneath.

She pulled out a small box and looked inside. A photo album of her family was sitting inside still intact and kept well from harm. She pulls the album out and out drops two rings. Her parent's wedding rings came out of a small pouch that was sewn to the inside of the album. She slipped the rings into her dress, and picked up the album gently.

"Get out now!" A voice rang inside her head.

She looked around for the voice, but couldn't find where it came from as she clutched the book close to her. Smoke began to seep under the door, making her stare at it carefully. She continued to smell the pungent smell from before, and finally placed what it was. Gasoline. The house was splashed with gasoline on every floor and possessions. Fire rushed under the door and threatened to touch her, making her run and jump through the window, landing on the tree outside gently. The house was instantly engulfed with flames, torching everything inside of it. She watched the house with sadness as she tried to not breathe the smoke in.

She was so preoccupied with the house she didn't realize the branch had caught on fire till it snapped underneath her, making her scream out. Her head smack the tree as she begins to fall. The darkness rushes quickly towards her, catching her before the ground seizes her. She passes out catching a glimpse of blue eyes, and feeling a familiar comforting presence.

Crystal head ached as she woke up and sat up quickly. The world twisted around her making her put a hand on the ground and the other to her head.

"Are you okay?"

Crystal looks up quickly to see Pitch looking down at her with his eerie smile and his hand outstretched to her. She flinched away from him and stared in disbelief.

"I saw what happened to the house." He said with fake sympathy. "You know, I used to know your mother."

Crystal stopped at that, that instant tug to want to learn more. "You did?"

"Yeah, I did." He said. He let his hand fall down to his side, before he leaned up against the tree and watched her with interest. "She was a beautiful woman. She was strong, smart, brave, and courageous. She always cared about other people more than herself."

He continued to tell her about her mother, and she noticed that he never once mention her father. "I cared deeply for her, more so than anyone else I knew. She was one of the few people who could see me."

Crystal listened to him intently, but didn't want to go anywhere near him. She still got that chill from him that sent her heart into a frenzy of horror.

"You don't have to be alone." Pitch told her stepping closer to him.

"I'm not alone, I have the others." She argued to him.

"But they lie to you, even Manny does." Pitch inquired. "Your brother is alive. He's with me."

"That's a lie." She said instantly and angrily.

"Oh? Why's that?" He smirked at her evilly.

She opened her mouth to tell him, but she couldn't remember anything that would help prove that he was lying. But it wasn't only that she subconsciously knew, it was that smirk of his, that told her he was lying.

"I can show you." He told her smiling. "Come with me and I can show you that your brother is still alive and well."

She shook her head, but her heart was telling her to go with him. He insistently pushed his hand forward to her, making it harder and harder for her to resist the urge to see for herself that her brother was alive or not. She took it, and instantly tried to take it back the second she saw his victorious smile, but couldn't as his strength overwhelmed her. Darkness came up and surrounded her, suffocating any light she could get from the moon. Her breath felt like it was being sucked out of her, and her muscles were being turned to stone as her strength left her body completely. Without any light, she was completely helpless to his strength.

Her vision blurred out and began to form black spots around the edges. She felt herself fall, but also felt herself rising into the air. Pitch held her in his arms watching as her eyes closed and her strength leave her body.

"Crystal!"

Pitch looked up to find Jack flying down where they were and instantly go into a battle stance with his staff in front of him. Jack had flown as fast as he could to the clearing where they usually met, but when ten minutes passed their meeting time he flew off to her house only to find it burned to the ground. He flew around quickly sensing something was up, until his necklace Crystal made for him shone brightly, pulling him in a direction to his right. He followed it and it lead her to the woods, with Pitch holding Crystal, and his darkness swirling around her limp body.

Jack shot ice out towards him, only to have the darkness come up and surround it, freezing it in place into a blue/black figure with spikes everywhere. Pitch smirked at Jack evilly and victoriously as he caressed Crystal's face gently and looking up at Jack.

"She very beautiful. Just like her mother." Pitch said with a laugh. "I promise, I'll take good care of her."

Jack yelled out in anger as he rushed forward towards Pitch, wanting to reach Crystal before he did anything to her. Jack's anger burst seeing Pitch touch her like that, he didn't want Pitch's dark hands touch her in any way. As Jack swung his staff at Pitch, the Boogeyman disappeared into the ground, out of his reach, taking Crystal with him.

Jack pounded the ground angry that Pitch took her, and in pain from Crystal being taken to who knows where. Darkness surrounded him, stopping him from getting up and running after them to the cave where Pitch had his hideout.

"Enough!" The darkness seethed at him.

Jack struggled against him, wanting to get out and go after her, but realized it was futile as the darkness was much stronger than him.

"Leave her alone and mind your own business." The darkness seethed again. "If you don't want to get hurt, leave Crystal alone."

The darkness let him go, dropping him to the ground roughly. Jack sat there on the ground staring at his staff that had done nothing to help Crystal. The darkness circled threatening around him, before flying off to who knows where.

Jack sat there numbly his mind going 90 to nothing as he came to the conclusion he needed to get to the others and tell them. He raced to the workshop and quickly looked for the others.

"North!" Jack yelled spotting the big man working on some toys. "Where are the others?"

"Doing their jobs!" North laughed at Jack for not thinking that.

"Get them here quickly! Call them here!"

It took them a matter of minutes to all get here and crowd around North wondering why they were suddenly dragged from their work.

"Jack said to call of you here." North shrugged.

"And you just went ahead and did it? The mate is probably playing a joke!" Bunny groaned.

They began to argue back and forth wondering if it was really worth their time to be here.

"Crystal was taken!" Jack yelled, making all of them shut up and look at him in disbelief.

"What?!" North yelled, making the whole workshop rumble and echo with his voice.

"I told you he wouldn't be able to protect her! She was in danger and you couldn't help her?" Bunny yelled grabbing a fistful of Jack's sweatshirt and pulling him to his face.

"How could you leave her alone? You knew she was in danger! She's a girl Jack! She needs protecting!" Tooth yelled at him, flitting on the other side of his face and glaring at him.

"She was supposed to go with Sandy! I thought she was safe!" Jack yelled in his favor.

Sandy, though angry, knew what Jack said was right and tried to break up the fight, before anything happened.

"I should feed you to the yeti's!" North growled at him as he suddenly had a handful of rope and a cloth for his mouth.

A bright light shone down in the workshop before anyone did anything. They looked quickly and saw Manny standing there, face red, and ready to burst.

"All of you knock it off right now!" Manny yelled at them.

They all flinched and stood stock still, hands to themselves, as they stared at Manny in shock. They had never seen him lose his temper before. Heck they have hardly seen him at all.

"You have to stop this right now! This is no time to fight!" Manny shouted at them. "Crystal is out there right now in Pitch's hands, and something is going to happen if we don't get her back. She's in danger, but it's not from Pitch. But if we don't get her back she will be hurt, or worse killed."

"Manny…who…" North said, but it was too late as Manny flinched and quickly disappeared from the workshop, using up the rest of his energy to come down.

"He's right," Tooth said looking guilty. "It's not Jack's fault. We need to get Crystal back."

Bunny glared at Jack one last time before nodding his head and getting his boomerangs ready. Sandy got his whips out, North got his swords out, and Jack got his staff ready. All of them preparing for the ensuing battle.

Crystal moaned out in pain as she sat up. She tried to wiped her head, but something tugged on her wrists, stopping her. Her body felt weak, and like stones as her body dragged down. She needed sunlight, but didn't know where to get it from in this bleak place. She looked around helplessly as she tried to find anything that will help get her out of there or give her some strength.

The darkness watched her carefully, as her helplessness struck his heart strings. He wanted to help her with the scared, painful looks she was throwing around, but the second he thought he would, he would harden and just watch her. He let her sit there in pain and weak. He wanted her to remember, and if hurting her did that, he would do just that. He just let Pitch do his dirty work.