Rise of the Guardians (C) DreamWorks Animation. OC's (C) HikariNoTenshi-Crystal

Here's another chapter! Hope you guys enjoy it!

R&R

"Crystal!" Jack shouted, snapping her out of it.

Crystal shook as she looked up and saw Jack crouching in front of her, hanging onto her shoulders as he tried to get her to look at him.

"Are you okay?" He asked her, watching her face for any sudden change. "Crystal! Are you okay?" He asked more slowly.

"Seraphina," She said, her eyes widening as she looked quickly around. "Where's Seraphina?"

"She's not here," Pitch said, rising out of the ground suddenly.

"You," Crystal asked confused. "What do you have to do with Seraphina?"

She stood up suddenly and charged over to Pitch, grabbing his shirt in her hands, and shaking him as her eyes narrowed with anger. He just looked down at her with sad eyes, seeing the hurt in her own that he felt for so many years.

"She's my daughter," He told her, eyes dropping as his sadness overwhelmed him.

Crystal dropped her hold from his shirt as her eyes widened in shock and her mind tried to process what he was telling her.

"Don't lie," She told him strictly.

"I'm not lying," He told her with a sigh.

"Stop lying!" She yelled at him, knocking him to the floor in fury.

Jack raced forward and grabbed her around her waist, holding her from the boogeyman before she showed him real fear. Her breathing was deep and heavy and her eyes were still glazed over from the memory recollection.

"Let me go!" She said, wind gathering around her quickly as she glared at Pitch. "What the hell did you do to her?" She accused Pitch as he sat up and rubbed his head.

Jack pulled her back and pushed her into a wall nearby, making her stop and her anger to disappear. She stared at him in shock as he gave her a pointed look, daring her to try that again.

"You need to settle down," He told her sternly, scaring her by the serious tone in his voice.

She clenched her teeth and closed her eyes, slamming her head backwards into the wall to knock her senses out. She breathed in and out deeply, feeling her nerves unwind with her anger fading away. Jack let go of her slowly, watching her shoulders slump and her crouch on the ground into a ball.

"Is she really your daughter?" Crystal mumbled into her arms.

"She is," Pitch agreed, watching her carefully as he stood back up. "We used to be together quite often, but then she was taken away."

"She became Mother Nature," Crystal said, remember how powerful Seraphina was.

She remembered how Seraphina would make the tree's grow and carry them into the air, making them feel as if they were flying. Flowers would fly around them as if dancing a secret dance in the wind they only knew. She could control the weather, tree's, earth, flowers, animals, everything related to Nature. Crystal used to look up to her and wished she had the same powers to make the world seem brighter.

"Yes, but now," Pitch clenched his teeth, as if talking about his daughter now caused him pain. "She's lost control."

Crystal looked up at him with furrowed brows, "What do you mean lost control?"

"She was never really good at controlling her powers," Pitch said with a sigh. "She often lost control when her emotions came out."

"Emotions…." Crystal said, thinking back to what Seraphina told her.

I'm sorry, it's all my fault. I shouldn't have lost my temper. I'm sorry. Your family is gone because of me.

Crystal wondered at the time what she could have meant. She stood up slowly and walked over to Pitch, and looking him straight into the eye.

"You say she often lost control when her emotions came out," Crystal said, looking at him with narrowed eyes. "Before she erased my memories of her she told me that my family was gone because of her."

Pitch gave her a sad smile, knowing where she was going with this, and what she was asking her. "You know what she meant."

Crystal shook her head, trying to get the conclusion out of her head. "No," She said defiantly, "She wouldn't do that! She was like my sister!"

"She didn't mean to do it on purpose!" Pitch told her grabbing her shoulders.

Jack narrowed his eyes at Pitch, not liking how Pitch was grabbing her so easily. After what Pitch did to her, he felt as if Pitch shouldn't even look at her. He walked up defensively towards Crystal, pulling her away from Pitch and keeping her close to his side.

"She didn't mean too," Pitch said again, but softer this time. "She wasn't able to control it when she was emotional."

"So because she got angry, I lost my family?" Crystal asked, her throat tightening as she forced the tears back. "How?" She yelled at him, still being stubborn.

"That tunnel collapsing wasn't some freak accident," Pitch told her gently, not wanting her to lose control. He knew what she could do with her powers when she was angry. "Seraphina lost her temper over me telling her that it was too dangerous to be around you. Because she got angry at me, an earthquake was creating, causing that tunnel to collapse." He shut his mouth, diverting his eyes from Crystal. "You and your family being in that tunnel was by some odd chance."

"So, she didn't mean to do it," Crystal said, her legs shaking beneath her.

"She blamed herself after she found out." Pitch said, looking at Crystal again.

Crystal's legs buckled beneath her as all her emotions rushed out of her, leaving her numb. Jack got her quickly, helping her sit down gently before she collapsed completely. He held her carefully, because she looked like she would break at any moment if you moved to fast, or pushed too hard.

Pitch took a step towards Crystal, stopping as Jack gave him a pointed look. Pitch ignored him anyway and took another step, crouching in front of her so he could be eye level. "This is why we are asking for your help," He told her seriously, trying to get her to understand. "After she erased your memories, she began to sink into her emotions, letting them take over."

"Why do I have to?" She asked, leaning into Jack for support.

"Because she still see's you as important to her. You are the only one who can pull her out of her emotions." Pitch told her, his own anger rising because of her stubbornness.

"Crystal," Manny said, walking over and laying his hand on Pitch's shoulder to calm him down. "If her emotions become anymore out of control, then the whole world could be at stake and in danger. More accidents like the tunnel will happen."

Crystal snapped her head towards them, her eyes widening at the thought of people suffering like she did when she lost her family. She stood up, looking down at Pitch with shocked eyes as she shook her head, not wanting something like that to happen.

"I can't," She said, not putting enough faith in herself to help Seraphina.

Pitch stood up with eyes ablaze, glaring at Crystal harshly. "It's your fault she lost control!" He shouted at her, making her flinch. "She was always emotional around you! That's why I told her to stop hanging around you! She used to not have problems until she met you!" Pitch's anger was growing as he advanced on Crystal.

Jack backed away with Crystal quickly, keeping her out of Pitch's reach. The others stepped forward quickly, watching Pitch with analyzing eyes.

"You're family's death was because you made her too emotional! If there was anyone to blame it would be you!" Pitch accused, pointing his finger at her as his temper rose to incredible heights.

Crystal froze, her body standing stock still as she the words slammed into her heart. Her hands balled into fists as she clenched her teeth, and her eyes hardened into a fierce glare. Tears brimmed on the corners of her eyes. "You think I don't know that?" She screamed at him, making him flinch away from her now, eyes wide in shock. "My whole life I have been blaming myself for their death! Even when people told me it wasn't my fault, I knew it was!" She advanced towards him this time, "But if Seraphina was emotional it was because she was alive! She was feeling the love she never got from you!"

Pitch lifted his hand, ready to smack her, but stopped as her eyes pierced into him, making his heart freeze like ice in his chest. "I loved my daughter! I gave her everything I could! You took her away from me! You deserve everything you got! Seraphina should have just stayed in the dark with me! She didn't need anyone else! Especially not you!"

A smack resounded through the air as Pitch's head was thrown to the side. Crystal's hand remained still in the air from where her smack ended. Tears were spilling down her cheeks as she glared at Pitch, feeling the pain from him and mixing it with her own.

"How dare you," Was all she said to him, watching as he snapped back to reality.

"Crystal," He said, realizing all that he said, and what it must have done to her.

"That's enough," Tyler said, glaring at Pitch instead as he stepped up and pushed Pitch away.

He stepped in front of Crystal, picking her up and letting her cry into his shoulder silently. She clung to him tightly as the tears seeped through his shirt. He walked past the others as they divided a path for him.

"I didn't mean…" Pitch began, but stopped as North and Bunny stared him down.

Jack followed after Tyler quickly, not letting Crystal out of his sight as she let the tears stop. Tyler looked at Jack with a glare, before realizing who it was and softening his eyes. He reached out his hand to Jack, jerking his head towards Crystal. Jack didn't ask questions as he grabbed Tyler's hand.

"Tyler wait!" Manny said, appearing in front of them suddenly. "Crystal needs to…"

Tyler held up his hand out of Jack's reach, stopping Manny before he said anything else. "She is not doing anything right now. You want her to help? I suggest you talk to the person who originally wanted her help." Tyler said, glancing momentarily at Pitch angrily.

Tyler grabbed Jack's hand again, before letting them disappear completely from Bunny's place, reappearing back at their house, hoping it would give comfort to Crystal.

"Jack," Tyler said, letting his hand go. "Please, cheer her up. I don't know what to do anymore, she's not the little girl who would laugh at anything."

Jack looked at Tyler and gave him a reassuring smile. "You just need to learn. I had to learn what made her smile."

"But she needs to be happy right now," Tyler said with a sigh.

Jack looked around, wanting to help Crystal and Tyler at the same time. He knew the siblings needed to become closer once again; especially after such a long time. But he also didn't want to leave her alone; he was always there for her when she cried in the past, so he couldn't leave her even if he tried.

"Let's watch a movie," He said, spotting the TV.

Tyler took the hint and nodded his head, setting Crystal down on the couch gently as she curled her legs up to herself and fell sideways. He sighed as he walked back over to Jack with hopeful eyes and raised eyebrows.

"What do I do now?" He asked him, watching Crystal carefully.

"Do you know how to make food?" Jack asked with a laugh.

"Of course, I wasn't born under a rock." He said with a huff, placing his fist on his hip.

"Grilled cheese sandwich, pickles, oreo's, hersey's, and cookie's and cream icecream." Jack said proudly, giving Tyler a victorious smirk.

Tyler raised an eyebrow, wondering why he was so happy and proud over listing a couple of foods. "Okay? What are those?"

"Comfort foods," Jack said with a chuckle. "You want to learn, know these and make them, well at least one of them. She loves these and eats the heck out of them when she is feeling down."

Tyler chuckled, patting Jack on the shoulder before heading to the kitchen. "Thanks Jack," He told him with a smile.

Jack walked over to Crystal and sat down, pulling her back up into a sitting position and letting her go. She instantly fell back over, like a doll that couldn't sit up on it's own.

"Come on, don't be like that," He said, pulling her back up, but this time letting her fall onto his shoulder.

He sighed as he curled his arm around her shoulders, kissing her forehead. "What do you want to watch?"

Crystal let out deep breath, feeling Jack's comfort seep into her coldly. His icy touch was cooling her head and nerves from the anger, turning her back to her normal self. "Mulan," She said finally, making Jack relax.

"Mulan? Of all things," Jack laughed, getting up from the couch to look for the movie.

"Mulan is awesome! She's the most badass princess there is!" She told him, a small laugh escaping her lips as she saw his expression.

"You used to love that movie," Tyler said, leaning forward and setting three plates on the coffee table in front of the table.

"Grilled cheese!" She said excitedly, looking at her brother with shining eyes.

"That's not all!" He walked around and started setting bowls of pickles, oreo's, icecream, and Hershey chocolate bars down onto the table as well.

Crystal's jaw dropped as drool formed in her mouth and the food called to her sweetly. She looked at her brother again and hugged him greatly, kissing his cheek lovingly.

"You're the best big brother!" She said, scooting forward on the couch and looking at the food as she bounced where she sat.

"Go ahead and eat," Jack laughed, popping the movie in and jumping onto the couch. "Come on big brother, sit your butt down."

Tyler looked at them and saw both their faces inviting him to sit down and join them. He smiled and sat down next to them, watching the movie and snacking out on the junk food until they were bursting to the brim.

Tyler felt a thump on his shoulder and looked over, finding Crystal fast asleep on his shoulder with a spoon still in her mouth.

"See? You just learn." Jack said smiling, happy for Tyler.

"I was wrong," Tyler said with a sigh, leaning his head on top of Crystal's. "You were meant for her. No matter how old you two are, you two know each other better than any other two people could."

Jack stared at Tyler in surprise, not expecting that to come from Crystal's protective older brother. Normally he'd push it off as a joke or joke back to him, instead he smiled at Tyler and nodded, accepting what Tyler gave him for a compliment.

The three of them slept on the couch; Crystal lying on top of Tyler, and Jack lying on Crystal's lap. Tyler knocked out not long after the other two, watching them momentarily before letting peace and light consume him into sleep.

"Tyler,"

Tyler snapped awake, grabbing the hand that was touching his shoulder.

"Tyler, it's me,"

Tyler blinked his eyes and rubbed at them with one hand, before looking over at who was talking to him. Manny stood there with a calm face, glancing at Crystal who was still asleep on him.

"We need Crystal to come with us now," Manny told him sternly, sliding his hand out of Tyler's grip and reaching for Crystal.

Tyler gripped his wrist, and jerked it away from her. "Why should she help if Pitch is only going to hurt her?" He said protectively.

"We have control over Pitch, he will not hurt her anymore." Manny told him factly. "Right now we need Crystal to talk to Seraphina."

Tyler looked down at Crystal and lifted her gently, letting her lie on the couch still comfortably sound asleep. He stood up and dragged Manny into the kitchen away from his sister.

"You're wanting me to send my sister into danger?" Tyler asked with a raised eyebrow.

"You knew what we were wanting to do with her," Manny reasoned with him.

"You never told me it was Pitch's daughter and how powerful she was and out of control." Tyler grumbled, glaring at Manny warningly.

"Your sister is more powerful than you think," Manny told him sternly, giving him as much of a warning tone as Tyler was giving him.

"I am not sending my sister out there," Tyler growled, throwing Manny's hand away from him.

Tyler glared at Manny and vice versa, hoping one will back down before the other and the matter will be solved. Both were just as stubborn as the other.

"I'll do it,"

Manny and Tyler stopped glaring at one another, snapping out of their little battle, and looked at the opening of the kitchen. Crystal stood there with her hair messy and her eyes still only half-lidded, with her hand rubbing her eyes from the sleep.

"Crystal," Tyler said softly.

She shook her head, looking directly at Manny afterwards. "I'll do it. If I can help Seraphina, then I'll do it."

Manny nodded his head, walking over to Crystal quickly and looking her in the eye. "We'll be there to help if anything goes wrong, but you're the only one who can help Seraphina now."

"She's staying next to me," Jack said, walking on air next to Crystal before hitting the floor and wrapping his arm around her waist.

Manny looked defiantly at Jack and shook his head. "Seraphina will react badly if she see's you."

"I can't just leave her," Jack said stubbornly.

Crystal touched his arm, making him settle down before he got riled up. "You can stay close by then," She told him sternly. "I'll talk to Seraphina. Moony's right, you can't be in her line of sight or you could be hurt."

"You sure?" Tyler asked, looking at his sister worriedly.

She nodded her head, keeping her brother's eyes locked with her own before looking at Manny. "Take me to her,"

Manny looked at all of them carefully before sighing in defeat. "Come close,"

They gathered around him quickly, not wasting time to head out. Manny had all of them grab onto him somehow before breathing in deeply, letting the wind wrap around them gently. They disappeared from the room, reappearing outside next to the ocean.

Wind was roaring in this area, the ground was vibrating, and the waters were crashing all around, reacting to the emotions of one girl floating in the air. Seraphina was in the middle of it all as her hair flew around her crazily, yet entrancingly.

Crystal let go of Manny quickly running up to everyone who stood waiting for them to get there. They looked at her with wide eyes, surprised to see her there.

"Shiela!" Bunny said, back to normal in his Easter Bunny form.

"Crystal, are you okay now?" North asked, putting his hand on her head to make her look at him.

"What happened?" She asked, diverting the subject quickly.

"We found her, but then Pitch walked up to her and tried to talk." Tooth said, looking at Pitch who was still lying on the ground a few feet away.

"She tripped out on him," Bunny said, looking at Seraphina with wary eyes.

Sandy tugged on her dress, making her look down at him. He showed a picture of an explosion, with a miniature sand Pitch flying through the air and being smacked down by water, earth, and wind.

"If we don't stop her soon disasters will start to form." Manny told them quickly.

"Take this," North said, handing Crystal a small sword that was thin, light, and almost white in color.

Crystal grabbed it and looked at it warily, before looking at Seraphina who was grabbing her head and mumbling to herself. She held the sword up and slammed it into the ground.

"I don't need it," Crystal said determinedly.

She walked past them quickly, ignoring their outstretched hands that were trying to stop her without protection. She walked up slowly, the wind flowing around her fast, billowing her dress around her in circular movements. Her hair was flying smoothly around her face as she held up her hand and swiped it past her, calming the wind down around her to a light breeze.

"It's my fault. It's my fault. I didn't mean to. Please don't be mad at me." Seraphina was mumbling, not paying attention to Crystal as she got closer. "I didn't mean to hurt them. Don't hate me. I don't want to be alone."

Crystal stopped and listened to her, hearing the same words she uttered when she lost her family being uttered by Seraphina. As she watched Seraphina, it reminded her of herself as a child. They way she is curled up into a ball; the way she grips the sides of her temple in fear; how her eyes are open, yet they don't see anything.

It was as if Seraphina was no older than a child still. Had she been alone all these years? Had she never had anyone to grow up around? Crystal watched with sad eyes at the girl she had no clue if she could even help.

"Please, don't leave me alone. I'm sorry. It's my fault. Please don't be mad at me. I didn't me to hurt them. Don't hate me. Crystal," She cried, making Crystal stop once again and look at her with wide eyes full of worry and sorrow.

All this time Seraphina had been waiting for her, hoping the young girl she was best friends with would come back to her. She clenched her jaw and ran towards Seraphina, no longer worried about being hurt by the young girl.

"Seraphina!" Crystal shouted, using the wind to help her carry her voice up to the girl.

Seraphina stopped mumbling and looked up slightly, making direct eye contact with Crystal. Her eyes widened in shock as she saw Crystal standing there with a wide smile and open arms.

"Seraphina! Stop this! I know this isn't you!" Crystal said, giving her a big smile.

"Crystal," She whispered, taking her hands off her head. "Is it really you?"

"It's me! I remember! I remember you! I remember how close we were and how much fun we had!" She told her excitedly, letting the joy finally take over.

"Don't listen to her!" Pitch groaned, sitting back up.

Seraphina glared at him, pounding him back into the ground with the wind.

"Stop! Sera! Please!" Crystal shouted, using her nickname for her.

Seraphina stopped and looked at Crystal, the wind slowly dying down as she floated towards the ground. Crystal walked towards the girl, getting underneath her as she watched Crystal's every move.

"Don't be mad. Don't hate me." Seraphina cried, letting a hiccup out.

Crystal smiled warmly and held her arms up to Seraphina, giving her a warm welcoming. Seraphina cried as she dropped into Crystal's arms, standing in front of Crystal with her arms in front of her.

"I don't hate you. I'm not mad at you." Crystal told her, wrapping her arms around the girl as she cried into her shoulder.