Chapter 13

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Tears fell freely from Alicia's face as she moved in the freezing forest of Burgess.

Once a strong seasonal spirit was now broken. She didn't even care about the pain or tears, nothing mattered anymore.

She came by the whole in the ground and hesitated, which was the wrong thing to do. A Fearling jumped out and hit her head on in the chest. She was sent flying against a tree. She flinched as the branches scraped her skin and glared at the Fearling.

Something wasn't right and she knew it. What's going on? She thought and heard laughter. "Stupid girl" She heard Pitch say and saw a pair of blood red eyes in the shadows.

It frightened her to the core. "Afraid I see, let's see how I can get more" he said with a sick smirk. More Fearling's attacked her and she had barely time to defend herself.

Pitch! Stop it! Alicia yelled at him but it fell on deaf ears.

She was hit, scratched and thrown. She coughed and stood shakily up from the snow. There was no sound and it made the hairs behind her neck stand up.

She heard a twig snap and spun around, only to get hit by Pitch's scythe in the shoulder. She yelled in her mind as he cut it open and hit her with Black Sand.

She fell onto a lake and held her shoulder. Tears fell as she endured the incredible pain. Then to intensify it the moon shone on her and started to burn her.

The pain increased tenfold and Alicia's body soon felt numb. She began to fade in and out of consciousness but saw a figure attack Pitch.

Bunny…? She thought numbly before she passed out.

The figure threw liquid in Pitch's face and he fell to his knees, yelling in agony.

The figure quickly went to work and threw smoke onto the ice. The smoke that emerged blocked the moon's rays and she grabbed hold of Alicia.

"Hang on" The Woman spoke and disappeared to her domain. "Hang on Diana" The woman said and ran through a beautiful forest. Alicia's cut was bleeding rapidly and her skin was losing its color.

The woman sat her down on a flower bed and grabbed a few bottles. She started to mix it and smiled as it was done.

She then poured the potion in Alicia's mouth; luckily she managed to swallow it. Her face showed disgust for a few seconds before it turned stoic.

Vines grew over her and her eyes snapped open. It glowed bright blue in the sky like a beacon. The woman sighed in relief.

Her face quickly turned back to a serious one. "Hurry up and heal her. My daughter has loved ones to save"

Bunny groaned as he slowly woke up. His head felt fuzzy like it was drugged and he couldn't remember what had happened. He grabbed his head with his paw.

"Bloody hell, what did I do?" He asked and slowly opened his eyes. They widened when he saw he was in a cage and next to him his fellow Guardians looking at him in worry.

"Bunny! Are you okay?!" Tooth asked worriedly and Bunny saw she was on the verge of fainting. "I'm fine mate but where are we?"

"Wouldn't you like to know, Bunnymund" A figure spoke out from the darkness. Bunny growled at the voice, now he remembered. They were tricked.

The figure laughed and stepped out of the shadows. A black cloak covered its body. Its body was covered in scales and its reptile eyes shone bright. Its reptile tongue slashed out and its smirk was sickening.

"Argh HATE! What did ya do?!" Bunnymund shouted angrily and hit the cage, but to avail.

Hate laughed, "Simple really, I tricked you pathetic souls and then overpowered you. So much better than Pitch's plan" Hate said with a smirk.

"Speaking of Pitch I wonder if he finished his business yet? It couldn't be that difficult. Getting rid of that pathetic Sorrow should have been no trouble at all" Hate said. The Guardians gasped and looked at him in horror.

"You monster!" Jack yelled at Hate. He had finally regained consciousness and heard everything Hate had said.

Everyone noticed Jack was without his staff and their weapons were also missing.

"So nice of you to join us Jack! I must say you took a while to wake up" Hate taunted. "But I'm not the monster here, you are" Hate said.

"You see you were the one to judge Sorrow and forget her. Even after Manny had chosen her you had ignored her" Hate laughed while he Guardians felt the truth in his words.

"Even Manny harmed her, but that was thanks to me" Hate said with pride.

"What did you do?!" North snarled. "Well you see North there is a fine line between Love and Hate. I learned that a while ago"

"I had always hated you Guardians. Pathetic spirits that brought joy and light to children" Hate sneered.

"I only wheeled power when they hated, but they never did! I was left powerless that was until I saw it. Love. The one thing I could use to my advantage to destroy you!" Hate said and laughed.

"It was so easy. It is true what they say. Love is blind, wouldn't you say Bunnymund? After all you did betray her" Hate said and smirked.

Bunny growled, "What do ya mean?!" he shouted at Hate.

Hate smirked, "Oh how clumsy of me, I let it slip" He said like he cared.

His smirk then returned, "I'm shocked you do not know! But then again not that you cared, or that it matters now. She's dead" He said.

Bunny growled, "What are ya talkin' 'bout?! What did ya do?!"

"Oh no Bunnymund on the contrary, what did you do? You had a second chance of love and ruined it" Hate said and his eyes grew wide.

"That's right Bunnymund, your precious Alicia was brought back as the spirit of Sorrow by Pitch" Hate said and laughed while he disappeared in the darkness.

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