"One must fall...so the rest of the world can rise."

"Are you saying... that I am the one to fall? That I'm the one...to die."

"No... I know that you're the one to die if we do it this way. If we use this technique. There is no doubt in my mind that you will fall."

I bit my bottom lip. Haya's words sinking deep into my mind as I stare at the carving in the wall. Contemplating on what to do, on what I could handle. There was only one choice and if it saves the world...so be it.

"I'll do it." I said, my back to Haya as I stared at the wall.

"What?" Her voice was shock. Almost afraid and I could feel her concern pouring onto me.

"I'll do it. We'll use this method to defeat Tooth and save the world." I turned to look at her, determination running through my veins.

"But Elsa you will die."

"If my death saves this world, the world that Jack lives in... than it's beyond worth it. As long as they're safe, I can die with no regrets. We'll tell the others of this strategy tomorrow, let them rest for now. But Haya... I need you to promise something."

Her eyebrows raised in confusion, her arms crossing over her chest. "What is that?"

I walked towards her, placing my hands on her shoulders. My eyes filled with desperation, "I need you to promise that no matter what they choose, they cannot know that this could kill me."

"But Elsa-"

"Do you want to save the world?" I snapped at her. She hesitated with her response at first but then nodded quickly. "Then promise me that you will not tell them. For they will never put my life at stake, even if it meant the survival of the world. So promise me, promise me that you will not utter a syllable about this to them. You must promise me."

She was silent for a moment. Her eyes scanning my face as if she was trying to find fear within it. She had found none. "Elsa Dellen... I promise that I won't speak to anyone about this. Not one soul will know."

I sighed in relief, "thank you. Now I should probably get some rest. Big day tomorrow, you know?"

"Yes I know." She spoke with a smile.

"Yeah, well Goodnight Haya." I smiled, walking pass her as I headed back to my room.

"You're stronger than I thought." She stated, her voice a mixture of emotions. I stopped, my shoulders and arms stiffening. I moved my left leg back, looking at her as my body stood at an angle.

"I lost my mother and father before I could grow up. I will not lose anyone else."

"Even if it means death?"

"Especially if it means death." And with that I continued my walk to my room. Turning in for the night.

❄️ Pitch's P.O.V ❄️

My heart was like a freight Train about to run into a mountain. Frantic and unstoppable. I took a deep breath, trying to steady my nervous hands. You think I would be the calm cool guy, right? But you're wrong, I'm the most nervous person in the world. Especially when it comes to her.

'Knock knock.' My knuckles tapped softly on the door. The wood feeling smooth against my skin. I waited for an answer and there was none. So I knocked again, this time a voice coming from the other side of the door.

"I'm coming." My heart only skipped from her voice. Leaping into another form of speed. My ears relishing in the sound of her, god I miss her. It's only been a few days yes, but in those few days I finally realized how much I really needed her. And how much of a fool I was for hesitating.

She opened the door. A small smile appearing on her lips in acquaintance. But her eyes held so much pain as she looked upon me. A feeling of lost overcoming me. Her body was stiff, her scarlet hair tied back in a ponytail as she wore a black tank top and grey sweats. A small strip of her tummy showed due to her tight form tank. She was beautiful, absolutely breathtaking.

"Can we talk?" I asked, hope residing in my eyes as I looked into her beautiful violet ones.

"Pitch, this really isn't the time to talk about us. We have-"

"Please, I beg of you." I was more than just desperate, I needed her. Unconditionally.

She stared at me for a long moment. Letting her read my face as if I was an open book. I wanted her to see the regret and pain that resided within me. I wanted her to see how I was without her. I wanted her to see that I was broken.

"Come in," she replied, stepping aside to let me through the door.

"Thank you." I walked in. Seeing that her bed hadn't been untouched, steam coming from the bathroom. She must have just got out of the shower. I stood next to her bed as she was parallel to me. Leaning against the wall with her arms crossed over her chest. Her face and voice were emotionless, but her eyes held all the pain in the world.

"So, um where should we start?" Her voice was nervous. Her heart moving frantically as if she was a rabbit running from a wolf.

"Ask me the question."

"What?" She was confused, fidgeting a little.

I walked towards her. My feet stopping once we were inches apart. Our eyes perfectly aligned as she stared into my golden orbs. Her neck flexed as her head was titled up to look at me.

"Ask me the question that you asked me the night you saw Yami. Ask me the question that I hesitated answering."

Her lips creased into a thin line. Letting the back of her head lean against the wall. Her arms tight and stiff as they were crossed. Her breathing was shallow and almost tense. Biting the right corner of her lip as she contemplated. Then in a voice almost like a whisper, she said...

"Do you still love her? Do you still want to be with her?"

And with a voice filled with all certainty, I replied. "No. I want to be with you."

Her eyes lightened with hope, falling back to darkness as she darted away from me. "How could you be so sure now? What changed?" Her back was toward me, tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

She was scared, scared that I would change my mind. Scared that I will hesitate with my love. That my heart will falter after a mere touch from the other. I had to show her that what I felt for her was the real thing. That no matter what happened, I will always love her.

"Distance."

"What?" She looked at me over her shoulder. Her lips parted as the unknown danced in her eyes.

"Distance is what changed me. It showed me how lonely I was without you. It made me remember the pain that I went through when I left you those many years ago."

"If you had so much pain, then why did you go to her? Why did you fall in love with someone else?"

"Because I was stupid and out of my mind. I was so overwhelmed with pain that I was easily manipulated by Yami. Looking back on it, I'm not even sure what I was thinking nor what I was feeling. I was never in love with Yami and I never will be. All I know is that it happened and there's nothing I can do to change it."

"How can I be sure?" Her eyes fluttered close and two tears traveled down her cheeks. Staining her face. "How can I be sure that I won't wake up one day and see her in your arms?"

I grabbed her face, my thumbs wiping away her tears. "Because I came back to you." My voice was almost a whisper. Tight from the lump in my throat. It seems I have made you cry again, my little birdie. "I can't promise you many things Saraphine. I can't promise you that the future will be happy and bright. For I know as long as we exist someone would want to defeat us. I can't promise that our lives will always be filled with bliss and happiness when I know others would want to crush it. I can't promise you that. But I can promise you that I will always love you. Even if you stop loving me, my heart and my soul will belong to know other. Only you. You come before everything in my life, before power, before happiness, before me. If you cease to thrive in this world, I would surely die. A corpse roaming in a world I wish not live in without you. You can't fathom how much I love you, not in words or images. Only god knows how much I love you and not even he can cover the mass. You are my everything. And I will wait centuries for you to trust me again. I will wait no matter how long it takes. I love you Saraphine and always will."

     Her tears flowed more quickly now. Her hands trying to vigorously wipe them away. I was unsure if they were tears of joy, but I hope they were. My lips perked into a small smile. Kissing her forehead long and lingering, as if I was saying goodbye one last time. Hell, I might be saying goodbye for a while... and that is what pains me the most. My hands held her face as if she was a rose. Afraid that if my fingers held her too roughly, she would surely break. Breathing her in one last time, I took a step back. Willing to give her the space and time she needed.

"Sleep well Saraphine. I will wait forever if I need to." And with that I turned, heading for the door. My heart sinking more and more to the earth's core with every step I took. I was now standing in front of the door, my heart in the pits of hell. Give her space, give her time, it's what she needs. I reached for the door knob, but two arms stopped me from turning it.

Her arms clung to me as if I was her life support. Her head buried between my shoulder blades. I could feel her cold tears stain my shirt, soaking all the way to my skin.

"Saraphine-"

"Please don't leave. God, please don't leave me. The nights have been restless without you and the days barely savable. My heart aches when I'm not with you, it wanes for it wants you to hold me. I can't bare to see you walk out the door, not again. I love you, so please hold me and never let me go!" Her last sentence was more of a demand than a plea. And upon this demand, I gratefully obliged her order.

I turned in her arms, her head now on my chest as I held her tight. My hands clinging to her for dear life, for the need to hold her. My hold was desperate but tender, my hand finding her scarlet hair. She exhaled with relief once my fingers ran through her strands of red. Her once restless heart finally settling down due to my touch.

"I missed you so much." I whispered in her ear. A beautiful smile playing on her lips.

"I missed you more." She retorted.

"Nah, I definitely missed you more." I chuckled, my laughter soon joined by hers. We stood there, just holding each other in silence. Our silence was soon broken by a yawn that came from my love. It sounded like a coo from a dove.

"Is my Little Birdie sleepy." I asked softly, booping my nose against her's. Slouching so I could be the same height as her. Her cheeks flushed to a rose pink, soon fading back to their normal color.

"Nope!" She yawned again, contradicting herself.

"I don't know about that, I think it's Little Birdie's bed time!" I laughed, my hands falling to her hips.

She groaned, "fiiiiiiiiine" then she smirked. A great idea coming to mind. "But only if my Nightingale sleeps with me." She proposed as she wrapped her arms around my neck. Making me blush this time around.

I smiled, wrapping my arms around her tight as I pulled her against me. "My pleasure."

She smiled and grabbed my hand. Her fingers intertwining with mine as she led me to her bed. With a wave of her hand she opened the covers. Crawling into the sheets as she pulled me in with her, making me lose my balance. I fell onto the bed and she laughed. God I love that laugh. She grabbed the covers, pulling them over us as we cuddled in her queen size bed. My arm draped over her waist as the other was beneath her. She cuddled into my chest, holding me with the same tightness that I held her with.

"Goodnight my Little Birdie," I whispered in her ear. Kissing her forehead in a long goodnight kiss.

"Goodnight my sweet sweet Nightingale," she spoke, yawning afterwords. But before she lulled off to sleep she kissed my chest, her lips landing right over my heart. She giggled as she felt my heart skip a beat, knowing it only beats for her. I chuckled as I turned off the lights as she snuggled deep into my chest.

And finally with a calmed heart filled with love, I was finally able to get a goodnight's rest.

❄️ Elsa's P.O.V ❄️

"What do you mean we've been doing it wrong?!" Saraphine questioned, her voice stern. Pitch stood behind her, placing his hand on her back trying to calm her down. It's about time those two made up.

"Me and Elsa found something in the garden. I prophecy if you will."

Pitch, Jack, and Saraphine all looked at each other as I stood next to Haya. Each of them locking eyes before Jack took a step forward.

"What does it show?" He asked.

"This," Haya replied. Snapping her fingers as a circle of smoke formed, the image appearing inside of the circle. The same image that we saw in the garden. "You have to shoot Elsa with all your powers and then she will absorb that energy. Using it against the darkness inside of Tooth. Instead of removing the dark influence, you will be cleansing it from within Tooth's soul."

"But won't shooting Elsa with all our powers...kill her?" Pitch asked uneasy, Saraphine and Jack stiffening from the question.

Haya said nothing for the moment. Sighing as her eyes fell to the floor, "if she does not learn how to absorb it, then there is a great possibility that she might die."

"No, no!" Saraphine shouted.

"Saraphine-" Haya began.

"I said no! We will not do it this way. We'll keep practicing the way we've been doing it. We will not sacrifice one of our own." Soon the others began to yell and converse out of turn. Turning it into total chaos.

"There is no other way!" I spoke, my voice like a general. Everyone fell silent from my sudden outburst, all 4 of them looking at me. "There is no other way. It's obvious that what we have been doing is not working. We're running out of time, with each passing day Yami gets stronger and soon she will escape. And I'm not even sure if we're strong enough to take on them both. This world comes before any of us. We're guardians, our job is to save the world and all the children in it."

"We'll do it, but only if I take Elsa's place." Saraphine said with confidence, taking a step forward.

"No, it must be Elsa." Haya intervened. Her arms crossing over her chest as she herself took a step forward.

"Why? I'm a council member. Stronger than Elsa, I can take the power."

"No," I said. Shutting down her every thought of taking my place. I must take the fall, it has to be me. "I already decided that I will do it, that I will save this world no matter what it takes."

"But Elsa-" Jack began, his eyes looking at me with all the worry in the world.

I knew this was going to be hard, especially for Jack. He loves me so much and I don't ever want to put him through this much pain. I don't want to lose him, I don't want to leave him. But this world needs to be saved. I must save it for him, for Saraphine and Pitch, for Anna, for all the kids in the world. This world deserves to be saved and if I'm the one to die for it to happen, so be it.

I walked up to him, scanning his face as my hands held it. Seeing all the love and worry dance within his eyes. His beautiful dark blue eyes. God, I want to stare at his eyes for eternity. "Jack, I know you're scared and worried, I am too. But I love you so much that I have to do everything in my power to keep the world we live in safe. I promise you, that I will be okay."

"Do you promise? Like really really promise?" He said concerned, but the really really made him sound like a child.

I smiled, "I promise. I really really promise that everything is going to be okay."

He nodded, still concerned and struggling to completely agree with the idea. But I know he was willing to try, "okay, we'll do it."

"Jack-" Saraphine began to protest.

"We have to least try Saraphine and if it doesn't work, we'll go back to the old way. But we have to try first."

She contemplated, seeing what our odds could be if we do it this way. She scoffed and growled, "fine. We'll try it this way, but if it goes down in burning flames we're doing it the original way. Does everyone agree with that?"

"Yes," everyone, except Saraphine, replied in unison.

"I would like a word with Elsa in private. Would the rest of you mind stepping outside." Haya suggested politely. The other three complying to her wish as all three of them walked out of the training him. Once they were out of ear shot, she placed her hands behind her back. Looking at me with the outmost respect and encouragement.

"If you don't accept those powers Elsa, they would eat from the inside out. They would be the wolf and you will be the rabbit if you don't accept those powers."

"I know, I know. How do I accept them?"

"First, you most not fight them. You fight them you will only be in more pain. Second, you have to think of them as energy. Like they are a life source that you need to charge your body with. And last, but not least you must be able to contain them. This is the most important step for if you don't know how to control them, you will-"

"Go nuclear." I finished for her. She only nodded in reply. "Thank you for the instructions, I will try my best to follow them." I turned away from her, standing in the middle of the training room.

"You lied." She said out of the blue, breaking the dead silence. I was surprised by her statement, my eyebrows rose in confusion as I turned to her.

"What do you mean?"

"You lied to Jack. You told him that everything was going to be okay."

"And everything will be okay."

"Is you dying okay for him?!" She said passionately, a flash of guilt in her eyes.  Her sudden emotion surprised me. She seemed so calm and collect, sometimes heartless even. But now that I'm looking at her, really looking at her, I see that she feels all the guilt in the world. This is her sister that we're fighting and it would be foolish to think that she has no pain about it. She knows that her sister has to be stopped, but she feels powerless because she can do nothing about it. She feels guilty because she brought four innocent souls into this mess. Four souls that deserve to not have a care in the world. She created us, we are practically her children. She knows of our struggles, our accomplishments, of our pain and our joy. She knows what makes us tick and what makes us break. She knew from the start... that losing me would devastate the world. I finally understand, I finally understand the creator named Haya.

I looked at her and smiled. "We don't know what will happen in the future. We can only recall from the past and live in the present. There's a possibility would could change that prophecy of one must fall or whatever. We don't know if it's true, but what I do know is that it's the only chance we got. So I am willing to cost everything to at least try. Are you?"

Her face that was once filled with guilt, was now filled with determination. "I will do anything to protect this world. But I draw the line when it comes to the life of another."

"Haya, I volunteered. We must, it's the-"

"I know, it's the only way." She sighed, "I just wish you didn't have to get hurt in the process."

"Do I have to promise you that everything will be okay too?" I said jokingly.

She laughed and shook her head, "shut up."

I chuckled in reply. "See, if I'm not worrying about it then you shouldn't worry about it. Understand?"

"But-"

"Understand?" I repeated and she only nodded in reply. With those same eyes of worry. "Good, now bring them in. It's time."

"You really are something you know that?" She waved her hand, opening the door that the rest were behind. They walked in, standing in a triangle behind me.

"I know," my lips forming into a grin before I looked forward. The same old golden and black figure of Tooth appearing in front of me. A bar raised from the floor, looking like a staple that comes from a stapler. I placed my hands on the bar, knowing it was there for my support. Haya stood along the wall, the other three poised to fire.

"We'll start easy at first. Use the most lowest form of your power. If she can take it, we'll gradually increase to your full power."

"What if she can't take it?" Jack questioned, his heart pounding fast with fear.

"Then we'll stop and rush her to the emergency room as quickly as we can." Jack only nodded in response, his fear escalated out of his chest.

"Now you must hit her all at once with the same amount of energy. Otherwise it would be hard for her to absorb the powers all at once. Do I make myself clear?"

"Crystal." They all replied.

"Now once she has absorbed all she can, you need to get out of here."

"Why?" Pitch questioned.

"Because it's one thing to absorb your power, it's another thing to control it." My heart was pounding like crazy, making her instructions fade in the distance. "So as soon as you're down leave the room and lock the doors."

"What's going to happen to Elsa?" Jack asked.

"I'm unsure. We'll deal with that when it comes to it. Just get behind that door before the unknown happens. Are you ready?"

They nodded, all three of their hands raised towards my back. Their energy flowing to their hands, waiting for Haya's word.

"Fire!"

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❄️ Jordananime Here ❄️

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