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Crystal grumbled as she turned her head and came face to face with Jack. His eyes were still closed and his breathing was steady, showing he was still fast asleep next to her. His arm was being used as her pillow and his other one was holding her tightly around her waist.
"Jack," She whispered gently. His breath hit her face, sending a shiver down her spine. "Jack, wake up."
He groaned as he cracked his eyes open and stretched his arms out, allowing her to sit up on her arm and stare at him. She smiled watching him wake up slowly, she slid her feet off the bed and stood up walking towards the door.
"Where you goin?" He asked groggily.
"To get something to eat." She giggled watching as he sat up and his hair was misplaced all around. "I had to get out of your hold to do so."
Jack groaned as he slid out of the bed and twined his fingers with hers, rubbing his eyes with his other as she tugged him out of the room and down into the workshop. She stopped as she spotted the others standing in a circle around the Guardian star, with grave faces and furrowed brows. Hushed whispers filled the circle as Tooth argued against Bunny and North, and Sandy put an 'X' over a smaller Crystal made out of sand.
"What's going on?" She asked them curiously as the smile left her face.
Tooth flitted over quickly as she tried to usher Crystal away before the others could say anything and bring her into the conversation.
"We need you to tell us what happen." North said walking over and telling her quickly.
"She doesn't need to tell us anything!" Tooth said protectively.
"We need to know what happened." Bunny said gently, putting his arms out as a show of no harm. "It will help us."
Sandy floated over and stopped in front of Crystal, crossing his arms and glaring at the two who were trying to make her remember.
"She shouldn't have to remember any of that! You saw how she was!" Tooth yelled at them, forcing her glare at them also.
"Tooth," Crystal said gently, touching the Fairy's arm. "It's okay. I'll tell them."
An audible sigh came from the two as Crystal nodded her head towards an open area. She waited till Jack sat in the corner of the window sill, then situated herself in between his legs, with his arms around her waist, and his chin resting on top of her head. She took in a deep breath and recounted the events from when she went to her former house, to when the darkness dropped her off at the lake where Jack and Sandy already were. She told them all about what Pitch did, and how he took her power and strength from her, keeping her unable to fight against him.
With everything that Pitch did, Jack tightened his hold around her till it was almost strangling around her stomach. He looked out the window with a glare as his jaw clenched tightly.
"Jack," Crystal whispered as she tugged on his arm gently.
"Sorry," He said loosening his hold around her. He kept his gaze towards the window as his mind made every kind of situation of revenge for everything he did to her by torturing her.
North grunted as he rubbed his brows in irritation before sighing and looking up at her guiltily. They were all looking at her in that way. They all felt like they should have been there to protect her, that they should have been able to help her, but as they were trying to find her, she was being tortured under Pitch's watch.
"Sheila," Bunny said with a sigh. "We're going to need you to take us to the lake."
"No," Jack said whipping his head to look at him. "I'm not letting her going there again! They could be there, waiting for her."
"Jack," North said standing up again. "It may be the only chance we have to find any clues."
"No," He said more firmly, gripping her dress in his hands.
Crystal gripped his hands and slid out of his hold. She stood before him with a gentle smile and held her hand out to him, gripping his hand. "Jack, I'll be alright. I'll have you there."
"That didn't stop them before." He murmured angrily as he squeezed her fingers.
She crouched down and took his face into her hands, making him look at her in the eyes. "Jack, listen to me. You weren't there when he took me. You aren't at fault for what he did."
Jack clenched his jaw again, turning his head from her. She sighed as she stood up and walk over to Bunny, turning to look at Jack over her shoulder.
"I'm going with them. Whether you come with us or not is up to you." She told him firmly.
"No! It's too dangerous to go there!" Jack said standing up and storming over to her.
"They're right! It could help us figure out something!" She yelled at him.
"Why is this so important to you?" He argued.
She clenched her jaw as she looked down at the ground before composing herself and looking back up to him. "Because, our enemy, who Moony said is out to destroy us, is familiar to me. Whoever he is or was, I knew him."
"What?" North yelled behind her stepping closer to listen.
"I want to know if he is somehow connected to me." She argued with him, staring straight into his eyes. "He won't hurt me. If he wanted to he would have when Pitch took my powers away."
Her eyes were hard and determined as they gazed into his. A glint in her eyes and a slight darkened ring on the outer edge of her iris, showing how stubborn and hard headed she was on this subject. He had seen that look before, and whenever she gave it to him he always lost. He wasn't going to win this time, and knew that the only way he would feel better was if he went with her.
He let out a sigh. "Fine. But only long enough to find some kind of clue, then we get her out of there." He told North and Bunny with a fierce stare.
"We can do that." North said with a nod.
He yelled to the yetis to get the sleigh ready, as it slid into view with the reindeer stomping by. Jack teased them a bit as he tried to get his anger away. Crystal punched him lightly on the arm as she stood before the reindeer, cooing to them to calm them down. They glared at Jack before diverting their attention to Crystal as it nuzzled her neck affectionately. She walked towards the sleigh, brushing her fingers across their fur as she went by, getting a satisfied snort as she did so.
North grabbed a struggling Bunny into the sleigh, and lifted Crystal lightly up into it also. They others floated up into the sleigh, and Crystal sat next to Bunny, scratching behind his ears, making him sigh out in relief as his lids fluttered. She continued to do so as they twisted and turned through the icy tunnels to the outside, and stopped as they glided through the air gently.
"Crystal," Jack said waving his hand, urging her to come join him.
She smiled as she climbed up to the top of the sleigh and sat down next to him, holding her dress down as the wind blew greatly around them and blew her hair back behind her. He pulled her to his side as he twined his fingers into her s and put his arm on the other side of her waist, kissing the top of her head.
"I'm sorry," He said gently. "I know I was pushing it too far. I'm just… I'm worried."
Crystal smiled at him as she turned her head. "I know. I understand completely." She leaned up and pecked his lips sweetly.
Jack looked down at her and saw the light reflecting in her eyes as she looked up at him with a loving smile. He pressed forward as his lips connected with hers passionately. He leaned on his hand on the other side of her as he felt how warm she was, and tasted the sweet fruity nectar on her lips, smelling the Sakura seep out of her skin and into the wind. Crystal reveled in his kiss as she parted her lips and kissed his upper lip, feeling the iciness of their touch, and tasting the mint that went with his breath.
Tooth looked forward with a giggle as she tried to calm Bunny down from his fear of heights. Sandy flushed as he floated up towards North, to avoid looking at the couple on top. North laughed heartily as he knew what was going on for the peace and quiet going on in the back and the flushed Sandy to take up his right hand. They had to part soon as they had to help lead North in the right direction of the lake.
Crystal stood up and looked at the lake as it came into view. Her heart was telling her to be terrified of the place, and her head was warning her to be careful the closer they got, but her anxiousness got the best of her to try and figure out what is going on and how to solve it.
"Okay let's look for clue." North said clapping his hands together as everyone split up.
They looked in every crevice for any slight clue that could help them with this, with Jack hovering close to Crystal the whole time, not letting her get too far away. No one could find any hint of anything as Crystal groaned and looked around. She glanced at Jack before sneaking off around the corner, hoping to find something….anything… that would help her remember.
The darkness loomed on the outside of the woods as it watched Crystal search around. He needed her to come to his side. He had to take her away from them. He seemed out of the woods and squirmed next to Crystal making her jump away from him in surprise.
"What are you doing here?" She asked him wondering.
"You need to come with me." He said quickly, looking at her desperately.
"Why?" She asked him stepping closer, but keeping out of his reach.
"They'll only hurt you. The Guardians are bad people." He hissed at her, anger bubbling.
"They have helped me! They save me and took me in." She argued with him.
"No!" He said gripping her arm in his hand, almost bruising her skin. "They work for Man in the Moon! They'll only betray you! He will betray you to gain in his own needs!"
"What?" She gasped looking at him and feeling his desperation seep into her. "Is that why you're trying to destroy them? Did Moony do something to you? Did he betray you?"
"You will come with me." He growled not answering her questions.
"No!" She shouted, pulling back away from him.
"Too bad," Pitch said laughing as he seeped out of the ground from the shadows. "Her own savior, and she doesn't want to go with him. Poor dear, you're scaring her."
"Crystal!" Jack yelled, running around the corner quickly with Bunny in tow. They stopped taking their weapons out and preparing for a fight.
Crystal jerked her arm away from him as she stepped back a few steps, but stopped again as she turned and saw Pitch trapping her in with his arms out on either side of him, as if welcoming her to him.
"You buggers! You are working together!" Bunny shouted as he glared at them.
"Get her out of there!" North shouted landing on the other side of them.
"No! It's not like that!" The darkness shouted at them. He whipped his head back as Pitch stepped closer to her. "Stay away from her!" He shouted throwing a spear at Pitch and making him jump back away from her.
Pitch glared at him as he created a huge wave of dark and crashed it into him, throwing him backwards, and making the others jump away from the attack. Darkness swirled through the air as Crystal stood in the middle, wanting and trying to stop both from killing one another.
Neither listened to her as both were aiming to take her away as the prize of the whole battle. They both wanted her; both for different reasons. And neither was going to give up till one of them won this and took her away. Crystal gasped as she felt the darkness surround her and suck the power from her body. The darkness heard her and halted for a second, taking a hit from Pitch and hitting a tree.
"Stop!" North shouted as he grabbed the darkness and shoved him away from Crystal.
Jack and Bunny attacked Pitch, keeping him away from Crystal and throwing anymore darkness across the space. Jack rushes over to her and puts his arm around her waist to help her stay standing in place.
"Would both of you stop this?" She yelled at the two. "I'm not going with either one of you."
She jerks herself out of Jack's grip and walks up to Pitch smacking him across the face and pointing a finger in his face, making him look at her in shock with his wide golden eyes.
"You had no right to take me against my will and destroy my home!" She yelled at him, causing the others to stare in shock. "I'm not my mother! I will never be her! You know I understand now why my mother couldn't love you!" Tooth flitted close by, ready to take Crystal away if Pitch lashed out. "You are selfish, conceited, and cruel! You don't care about anyone other than yourself! And you're so bent on enriching fear in others! My mother would NOT have wanted that!"
Crystal turns on her heal as she storms over to the darkness and Pitch looks down guiltily, clenching his teeth in anger. She dodged Jack as he tried to grab her and stop her from getting any closer to their enemy. Clouds appeared in the sky, threatening of a storm and brutal rain and winds. Vines rose out of the ground and wrapped around his ankles as he tried to back away.
He began to freak out as darkness swirled out of him and tried to surround her, pushing the others away. He couldn't let her know who he was. He had to protect her from who he had become. He could hurt her, and wouldn't even mean to.
He makes the darkness swallow and choke the vines to death and flings himself into the air.
"Oh no you don't!" She yells flying up into the air after him.
He looked back at her and stopped, seeing how desperate she looked as she followed his movement intensely. The darkness was still swirling down below as the others tried anything to fight it off and keep it away.
"Please! Stop!" She shouted after him as he flew around.
He was flying around in circles, trying to keep her away from the darkness and him at the same time. But he couldn't let her follow him into the darkness. His heart was battling with itself as it told him to take her with him and the other told him to keep her here and safe.
"Leave me alone!" He shouted back at her.
"I want to help!" She begged speeding up to him.
"No!" He yelled flinging her hand away from him angrily. "I will not drag you into what I have become!"
"How did I know you?" She pleaded with him.
Manny appeared down below as a flash of light appeared, blinding everyone, and sending the darkness away.
"You!" The darkness shouted glaring at said man who was looking at the battle ground.
Pitch flew up quickly and grabbed Crystal, dragging her away from the darkness and everyone else. The darkness reacted quickly as he flew down and hit Pitch with a dark lightning bolt, sending him flying across the space and into the rocks.
"Do not touch her with your filthy hands!" He spat at Pitch as said Boogeyman tried to look up, but couldn't register from the hit.
"Crystal!" Manny shouted looking at her desperately. "Come over to me quickly."
"No! I want to know how I know him!" She argued with him.
"Come to me now!" Manny hissed getting angry.
"Don't you dare try to take her!" The darkness said stepping next to her.
"Manny what did you do to him?" She asked him quickly. "Why does he hate you so bad?"
"I'll tell you once you come to me." Manny begged looking at her pleadingly.
"No! I want to know now!" She shouted glaring at Manny with hate.
The darkness shot out at Manny, pulling back his hand as an orb of darkness formed in his hand. He pushed his arm forward, ready to hit Manny at full force.
"No!" She shouted moving forward.
Manny glared at the darkness coming towards him, raising his hand and flicking it upwards, sending light up into a wall, making the darkness crash into it and seize his attack.
"You bastard! I won't let you take her!" He yelled at the powerful man.
"I won't do a thing to her." Manny growled standing face to face with the darkness with only the light wall in between them.
"Manny!" Crystal shouted, running forward.
North grabbed her quickly, holding her in place before she could get in between the two and stop them. "Don't interfere."
"Interfere?" Crystal asked angrily. "All of you are interfering!"
Her power flowed through her quickly and strongly as it pushed North away and sent her forward towards the two that were still glaring at each other.
"Man in the Moon! ENOUGH!" She yelled at him as she slapped him across the face, making him drop his barrier and stare at her in shock.
"Crystal," Jack whispered looking at her in surprise.
The darkness sneered proudly as he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the air with him. She looked at him curiously as she tried to get a peak of him in the hopes of seeing any characteristic that will remind her of the past.
"Let me see your face." She said desperately.
He jerked away from her, dropping her hand and flying away from her. "Don't touch me."
"Why not?" She argued flying forward and grabbing his arm. "Tell me who you are! I know you know!"
"No!" He growled.
She glared at him as she felt a great power start in her stomach and spread throughout her body. She felt it reach her hands and heard him gasp in surprise as it shot into his arm. It spread up him as it made the darkness slowly recede away from him.
She let him go quickly as the darkness drained away from his face, showing dark blond hair and deep blue eyes that peered into her as if knowing everything about her. She was propelled backwards as her memories hit her like a hurricane.
"Daddy!" She yelled as a child, following her father around the house eagerly.
He turned with a smile on his face, lifting her into the air and spinning around as she giggled above him. He nuzzled her nose with his own, making her laugh more, before he set her down and ruffled her hair.
"Crystal!" Tyler said appearing in the room. "Let's go to the creek!"
"Okay!" She said excitedly.
She grabbed his hand and waved excitedly to her father as they walked out of the house and down to the small creek that they played in for the next couple of hours.
"Tyler!" She laughed excitedly as she hopped from rock to rock across the creek, determined to reach the other side.
He stopped on the other side and looked back as he held out his hand for her and caught her as she jumped the rest of the distance.
"Big brother is the best!" She shouted excitedly as she hugged him around his neck.
He chuckled as he hugged her back before setting her down and grabbing her hand again.
The memories rushed by one by one, threatening to split her head in half as they all rushed to her. She could hardly hear the voices shouting for her as she stood on the ground and fell to her knees clutching her head, and pressing her hands tightly to them.
They last thing she got was the last time she saw her family with the accident, getting the real memory. The only thing that changed was that they didn't blame her, but instead told her to keep living on. To stay happy and find the one for her.
When she could finally see the ground in front of her again she realized that she was shaking as tears flowed down her cheeks, leaving trails down them before they hit the ground. Sobs racked her body as the pain began to seep away from her. As she looked up she saw that they others couldn't get anywhere near her because of the wind and power that had seeped out of her and was out of control, pushing them all away.
She looked at the Guardians who looked at her worriedly and panicked, then at Jack who was trying to reach her desperately to calm her down and help her. She looked at Manny and saw not the look of worry or fear, but of guilt, as if he knew what she was remembering.
Finally she looked up and saw as the man floated down to the ground, standing in front of her. The wind died down around her as he stepped closer. His dark blond hair glistening in the light, and his deep dark blue eyes watching her with wonder and hurt. She knew now why he didn't want her to know.
"Big brother…" She whispered staring at him with wide eyes.
She took a step forward and watched as he looked away from her guiltily, clenching his fists and closing his eyes. She glanced at Manny and he was glaring at Tyler with a glare as he clenched his jaw and fists.
"Tyler," She breathed, racing towards him.
He held up a hand and stopped her as she looked at him hurt. "Don't come near me. You shouldn't have known who I was."
"No," She said, watching as he lifted himself into the air. "Please….please don't leave me again!" She reached out for him, hoping to get him to stay. "I'm sorry! It's all my fault you all were killed! Just please! Please don't leave again!"
He looked down at her in surprise as guilt flooded his eyes and he wanted so badly to reach out for her and bring her into his arms and tell her he was going to protect her like he always did before. Tears continued to spill down her cheeks as she begged him to stay. He felt his heart twist in guilt as he remembered how he was now.
"Goodbye." He said simply.
He forced himself to turn away from her and fly away quickly, disappearing in the darkness. Pitch gave her one last look, before walking over to Manny and clapping his shoulder.
"We need to tell her." Pitch told the man with hurt seeping through his voice.
Manny nodded as Crystal let out a sob and brought her hand over her mouth and nose, trying to calm down. She dropped onto the ground with her legs on either side of her, her body turning numb, and her mind closing off.
She finally had her brother back, but he was the one trying to destroy all of them. He was so close, yet she couldn't stop him as he left her there. She had to find out what Manny did to her brother. She knew Manny had something to do with why her brother was they was he is now.