Amelia Heat was currently in Central America, hopping from country to country spreading summer. As the spirit of this season, she loved those places, since she barely had to share them with the other seasonal sprits… Especially Jack Frost.
Oh, how she hated him, together with his snowy days. The fact that HE (out of all worthy spirits) had been chosen by the Man in Moon to be the new Guardian made her loathe him even more. Just thinking about this made Amelia accidentally set a tree on fire.
"Having a bad time?" a British-accented voice asked from behind her. Amelia turned to face none other than Pitch Black.
"Boogeyman? I thought you were rotting in a cave" she said while trying (and failing) to hide both her amusement and fear from the Nightmare King, who chuckled.
"My dear, there is no reason to be afraid. I'm not here to ruin your beautiful summer work" he assured her with his most charming smile. Amelia didn't looked very convinced, though.
"Oh really? Last time someone heard something about you, you were crushing eggs, kidnapping tooth fairies, making little Broadway shows at the North Pole AND killing the Sandman" she said with an accusing tone. The smile in the Boogeyman's face disappeared.
"I see that news travel fast…" Pitch muttered. Amelia nodded in agreement.
"They do. But the stellar one of the year was the one regarding…" she started to say, but was unable to continue because of the rage that she felt.
"… Jack Frost being chosen as the new Guardian" Pitch finished for her. The tree that was burning near them exploded.
"Yes. That one" Amelia said as she clenched her fists in anger. This made the temperature around her unbearably hot. Pitch smirked.
"Well, well, I had heard that you two weren't the greatest of friends, but you really seem to detest the Spirit of Winter" he said.
"You have no idea…" she hissed.
"Oh, believe me, I do. Thanks to him and the Guardians, I have spent three years rotting in a cave… as you said" Pitch said with a tone of understanding in his voice. Amelia's orange eyes looked at his silver-gold eyes, and she could see that it was true.
"If you are not here to ruin my work, then why are you here for?" Amelia asked with curiosity. To her surprise, Pitch laughed.
"I'm here to give you some news, and subsequently, I'm going to make you an offer you can't refuse" he said grinning.
"And what would that be?" she asked with interest.
"What if I told you that the Guardians have been turned human, which means mortal, which means… powerless?" he said while pausing for dramatic effect.
"You mean that… they are completely human? Even the winter brat?" she asked in disbelief. Pitch nodded with a smirk on his face.
"And what is this… offer that you were talking about?" Amelia asked, as an unknowing evil smile starting to form in her lips.
"Oh, I was thinking that maybe we could team up to destroy our common enemy when he is at his weakest moment" Pitch simply said.
"Humm. Well I have tried to get him out of the way a couple a times… He is very powerful, you know? There's a town in the United States that has a frozen lake. No matter how much I try, it never melts because of him… so yeah… it would be nice if he just stopped existing" she said. Pitch smiled. This was going all according to plan.
"I guess we have a deal then" he said as he gave out his hand. Amelia didn't shake it, though.
"What's wrong, my dear?" Pitch asked.
"Before I agree on this I want to know the plan, Pitch" she said.
"Very well. First, you should know that I have my nightmares preparing themselves to attack this Saturday night-" he started to say, but he was interrupted.
"Saturday? Why not now?" Amelia asked.
"I'm getting there, just let me continue. You see, fear is something that cannot be eliminated. No matter how people try to hide it, I know that is there…" Pitch started to explain. Amelia's eyes widened.
"You are going to bring fear to him and then you are going to attack him" she guessed.
"Smart girl. But not only Frost, the others too" he said. Amelia thought this for a moment.
"Humm… If you want me to work with you on this, then I ONLY want Frost. I don't care about the others" she said. Pitch sighed.
"Women!" he thought.
"Fine then" Pitch said forcing a smile.
"And what am I going to do until Saturday? Bake you cookies?" Amelia asked with a bit of impatience in her voice.
"Of course not!" Pitch said.
"Then what?" she asked
"You are going to give them the wrath of summer" he said with an evil smile.
"Now that's something that is going to be piece of cake" Amelia said. She shock her hand with Pitch's.
"We got ourselves a deal, then" she said, also with an evil smile.
"Well then, let talk about the details in privacy…" the Nightmare King said as his shadows spread around them. Amelia grabbed his arm tightly.
"Finally, the chance to get rid of Jack Frost!" Amelia though as Pitch took her to his lair.
"Finally, the chance to get rid of the Guardians!" Pitch thought as they arrived at the lair. They were greeted by some of the Nightmares, who looked at the girl the same way a wolf looks at his prey.
"Easy there... She is a guest. Show her around and make her feel welcome" he commanded to his minions. Amelia gave him a look, but she allowed the Nightmares to take her around the lair.
The Nightmare that had informed him that the Guardians were human appeared beside him.
"Why is she here, Master?" the sand-minion asked. Pitch smirked.
"Well, when the deed is done someone needs to be blamed, don't you think?" he said once Amelia was out of reach.
"Can we feast on her after that?" the Nightmare asked, a bit of excitement in his voice.
Pitch laughed.
"Of course… after all, she is going to be the side dish. The main course will be the children of the entire world" he said while glancing at his globe of belief.
"And the best thing is that no one will be able to stop me…"