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(Y/N) grunts as she races after the nightmare, her cloak swishing behind her wildly. The nightmare jumps up before disappearing, causing the girl to scoff at the retreating sand trail.

She unsheathe her daggers, rolling her shoulders a bit before bringing her arm back and throwing her right arm, the dagger shooting out of her arm and piercing the black sand.

The creature wails in pain, forming back into a horse as it rolls around on the pavement, it's head thrown back and eyes wide.

(Y/N) bends down, her breathing heavy as she rips the dagger out of the nightmares side, the creature huffing and puffing as black sand oozed out of the wound.

The (H/C) girl sighs as the creatures breathing slowly subsided, it's corpse beginning to melt away and become permanently engraved into the cement beneath her.

She sighs heavily, her shoulders relaxing as a strong presence looms behind her, the figures shadow casting over her. She bites her lips gently, her eyes beginning to sting as she feels long, slender fingers wrap around and grip her waist.

She turns around, her lips parting as her (E/C) irises lock on with Pitch's soft ones.

Pitch breaths out, his lips beginning to tremble as his grip's tightens. He hunches over, his frame covering (Y/N)'s as he slowly wraps his arms around her, pressing her flush against him as his hand reaches up to cradle her head.

"..you're here."

(Y/N) breaths out a shaky breath, tears beginning to stream down her face as she knocks into Pitch's chest, her arms shooting up and wrapping around his shoulders. Pitch grunts as he's tugged down, but dosnet make any point to move.

"..I'm here Kozmotis.."

The two chuckle shakily, their faces buried into eachothers necks as their shoulders slowly fall before relaxing.

(Y/N) sniffs as she pulls away, a shaky laugh leaving her as she stares at her old friend before reaching up and cupping his cheeks gently. Pitch hums at the feeling, his eyes fluttering closed as he leans into her touch.

"I've missed you." He whispers, his eyes slowly opening as (Y/N)'s widen, her chest squeezing as her lungs pull together. She stares at the man a few seconds longer before smiling slightly, her cheeks hurting.

"I've missed you, so much."

Pitch smiles wide, his eyes shining as he squints, his back arching as he reaches down, his forehead pressing into (Y/N)'s.

(Y/N) hums, "Why did you leave?" Pitch reels back at the question, licking his lips as he tries to find the right words. He opens his mouth, sucking in a breath, about to speak. (Y/N) leans closer, her eyes pleading for an answer.

"Pitch!!"

The two pull away from eachother, their chests heaving as Jack nears the two. Pitch scowls at the boy, his hands curling into fists at his sides. He glances back at (Y/N), nodding to her before disappearing into the ground.

The girl releases a breath she didn't know she was holding, her chest beginning to hurt. Jack reaches her, his staff at the ready as he stands infront of her. "Are you alright?" He questions, his brows pulling when he dosent receive an answer.

"(Y/N)?" He mumbles, turning to the girl and frowning. Her eyes were glazed over, her hands trembling at her side as her gaze stayed on the floor, her lips trembling. Jack sighs at the sight, his arm coming up and wrapping around the girls head, bringing her forward so her forehead rested comfortably in the crook of his neck.

(Y/N) trembled softly, her arms coming up and clutching onto Jack's hoodie, balling the fabric with her fists as her tears slowly came to a stop.

Her breathing evened out, her chest rising and falling painfully as she manages to croak out a single question.

"Why did he leave me..?"

Jack frowns further, his own eyes beginning to water at his friends question. He shakes his head furiously. Stop it. Now wasnet the time to wallow in self pity, it was time to fight.

"Jack Frost?" Pitch questions, his figure appearing infront of the two. His eyes flicker to (Y/N), the girl having calmed down from her little episode. They lock eyes but turn away.

"You know, for two mutual parties, you spend an awful lot of time with those guardians." He muses, his gaze forever locked on Jack.

"This isn't your fight, Jack.."

The boy narrows his eyes dangerously, the grip on his staff tightening by the minute.

"You made it our fight when you stole the teeth!" Jack snaps, gripping his staff tightly.

Pitch's Nightmare whines as it charges at the two, making (Y/N) gasp as she leaps away from Pitch, him disappearing before reappearing further from her. His Nightmare snorts before trotting to Pitch, disappearing.

He clears his throat, dusting off his coat as Jack smirks (Y/N)'s way. (Y/N) tucks her blade away, glaring at Pitch. "Just give us the teeth," (Y/N) sighs. Pitch's eyes furrow at the statement.

"Teeth?" He repeats, his voice holding disbelief and confusion. "Why do you care about the teeth-"

Pitch suddenly looks behind him, gasping and jumping when he sees Sandy standing there with his arms folded, a hard glare on him.
(Y/N) smirks as Pitch nervously laughs, Jack gasping lightly before grinning.

"Now this is who I'm looking for!" He slightly smiles as Sandy's glare never falters. Sandy's eye twitches as he cracks his sandwhips, Pitch yelling and dodging them.

Pitch summons a scythe, swinging it towards Sandy as (Y/N) gasps. She quickly tosses her dagger, the weapon shooting through the air and knocking the scythe down.

Jack rushes forward, ducking under the blade as it swings at him and looks up at the two.
(Y/N) flies upward, flying over the swinging scythe and kicking Pitch in the back as Sandy continues to strike at him with the sandwhips.

Pitch snarls and swings his scythe at her, making Sandy quietly gasp and narrow his eyes in determination. He cracks his whip, wrapping it around the scythe's handle and whipping Pitch into the air, slamming him down and into a building as he cries out before tossing him off the building.

"..remind me not to get on your bad sides," Jack lightly jokes as he joins two. Sandy grins in reply as (Y/N) smiles, taking his hand and giving it a gentle squeeze.

Jack's chest tightens before he frowns as (Y/N) removes her hand. He clears his throat before following after Sandy and (Y/N) as they join Pitch.

"Okay! Easy! You can't blame me for trying, Sandy!" Pitch frantically says as he scrambles to his feet. "You don't know what it's like to be weak, and alone!"

"Don't you dare!"  (Y/N) yells, making him flinch. "When we were together, you never saw me moping around and feeling sorry for myself when no one could see me!" She screeches, her voice wavering.

"I never cared that I wasent seen..because I had you!!"

Pitch freezes, his eyes glazing over. (Y/N) slumps forward. "I was happy..because I had you.." Jack frowns, his hand coming up to gently rub his friends back.

"I know, I know," Pitch frowns, his tone holding sadness. "It was stupid of me, to leave you. And it was stupid of me to mess with your dreams. So..I'll tell you what."

His pleading look turns to one of malice as he smirks, (Y/N)'s eyes widening as the sky grows darker.

"You can have them back."

Jack gasps and jumps at the sound of whining, Sandy looking around with wide eyes as (Y/N) looks forward.

Nightmares slowly move in, appearing from every nook and every dark alleyway you could imagine. They came from rooftops and houses, and began to swarm the whole area.

"You take the ones on the left and we'll take the ones on the right?" Jack nervously questions with a grin, back-to-back with (Y/N).

Sandy shrugs with an uncertain face, turning as Pitch appears on the back of his Nightmare. His sandwhips appear in his palms, (Y/N)'s hair flipping wildly as she and Pitch glare at one another. She tried searching his eyes for any regret, and form of hesitation.

..but she found none.

Slowly, the girl breaths in, her chest finally feeling at ease as she opens her eyes, her face set in a harsh glare.

"I hate you..Kozmotis Pitchnier.."

Very quickly, Pitch's face falls, his nightmares coming to a still, their bodies rigid, almost like statues. Jack and Sandy look around nervously, their gazes quickly falling on (Y/N) and Pitch. The two spirits stare eachother down, heartbroken, betrayed.

Pitch shakily breaths out, a single, black tear rolling down his cheek. He looks up, his eyes void of any emotion.

"Boo.."

Sandy gasps, cracking his sandwhips around and lashing at the Nightmares. (Y/N) charges at a Nightmare, her blades slicing through some as she uses her dagger to strike at others.

She uses her cloak as a cover, grunting and staggering back as it collides with a Nightmare. Pitch looks up with wide eyes when he notices
North's sleigh, gasping softly when it lands harshly.

...

Tooth sleeps comfortably on North's shoulder, the Russian fast asleep himself. The sleigh hits the top of a building, startling everyone awake.

...

Sandy looks around with narrowed eyes before grabbing Jack and (Y/N), hoisting them onto a cloud and into the air in a spinning speed. The Nightmares pursuit as Sandy loses his grip on Jack, continuing on when he saw he was alright.

...

Jack lightly gasps as he spins in the air, striking down one of the Nightmares. (Y/N) watches with bated breath as her friend flies through the air, her grip on Sandy's shoulder fighting by the second.

...

Tooth shakes herself awake, swiftly flying to help her friend, wobbling a bit as she does so.

...

Jack grunts, spinning around and striking another Nightmare before shooting at one that flies over him. Tooth swoops down, destroying as many Nightmares as she can.

...

Pitch laughs maliciously, shaking his head before charging, hundreds of Nightmares following after him.

...

Bunny leaps onto a reindeer, jumping onto the rooftop of a building and throwing his boomerang with a yell. He leaps over a Nightmare, striking it down before kicking another one.

He races to the edge as his boomerang strikes down another in its path before returning to Bunny, and he leaps onto North's sleigh once more.

North lets out a loud laugh as he draws his blades, swinging them and striking down any Nightmare that dared to approach.

...

Jack looks between two Nightmares with narrowed eyes, smirking as he becomes stiff and dives down. The two crash into one another, dissipating instantly.

He gasps as another Nightmare slams into him, causing him to lose his balance and staff.
Jack frantically tries to grab at the staff, eventually managing to do so before landing on the wing of North's sleigh.

Bunny raises a brow with a carefree face.

"You might wanna duck.."

Jack looks back before swiftly ducking as Bunny throws his boomerang, killing the Nightmare. Bunny smirks with a raised brow as Jack looks back, laughing heartedly.

...

Sandy pants lightly as he continues to strike at the Nightmares, looking at (Y/N) in concern as she collapses onto one knee on his cloud. She shakes her head hastily, her mind quickly becoming fuzzy at the height they were at.

She quickly rises, cutting through more Nightmares with shaky hands. Her heart starts to pound harder and harder, her throat closing up as Sandy rises the cloud further and further.

Pitch slowly rises above the others on his
Nightmare, looking between the two with an emotionless expression, he stares at the back of (Y/N)'s head, his black heart oozing with despair with what he was about to do.

...

"We gotta help them!" Jack shouts as he looks up at the two in concern. North nods, directing his reindeer towards his friends.

...

(Y/N) gasps as a nightmare rams into her side, knocking her down and causing her to loose her grip on her blades. She gasps as the blades slide off the cloud and plummet towards the earth, the girl grunting as she rises, her fists balled and ready.

Sandy quickly turns to her aid, quickly whipping at any Nightmares that charged at her.

The wind suddenly picks up, causing (Y/N)'s hair to flap harshly. She looks around, confused, before turning around and gasping at the sight infront of her.

Pitch wielded a black, sharp tipped bow, a sharp, black arrow clutched between his fingers. He stares at (Y/N), gritting his teeth, he closes his eyes.

And he fires.

The arrow whips through the air, cutting through it before imbedding itself into Sandy's back. The little man gasps, his chest becoming hollow as the arrow absorbs into his skin, his entire being becoming numb as the black sand slowly envelops him.

(Y/N) let's put a hollow sob, her throat tightening as she falls into her knees, her hands pulled to her mouth as her brows furrow tightly. Sandy stares at her, wide eyed, before gifting her with the warmest smile he could muster. The sand surrounds him, swallowing him whole and leaving nothing behind.

...

"No!" Jack yells, launching himself towards them. "Jack!" North shouts after him, cracking his reigns.

...

"Don't fight the fear, little man!" Pitch laughs as Sandy slowly turns to him, (Y/N's) eyes wide with tears as she reaches for him.

...

Tooth gasps softly, trying to fly to them. She and the others were stopped by Nightmares swarming them. "Hurry! Hurry. Jack!" North yells.

...

"I'd say sweet dreams...but there aren't any left." Pitch whispers towards the two, his fists loosening. He brings his bow up once more, breathing in shakily as he readies another arrow.

...

Jack gasps as he flies faster, his eyes stinging from the harsh wind.

"(Y/N)!!"

...

The girl gasps as she looks up, time seeming to slow down as Pitch fires the arrow. The weapon spins as it sores through the air one final time, the tip sparkling in the moonlight before continuing its way towards (Y/N).

The arrow reaches her, about to tear through the fabric of her clothing and pierce itself straight through her heart, ending the girls life instantly.

..well that was the case before she caught it.

Pitch watches, wide eyed as (Y/N) stands there, the arrow clutched between her hands, a deep gash between her palms, allowing some of the sand to seep through the cut and into her skin, her hands quickly turning black all the way up to her wrist.

She stares up at the man she once called a friend, her entire being shaking violently as sobs racked her body, her shoulders bouncing up and down as she sobbed, harder, and harder.

"WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS?!" She yells, she couldn't hold it in anymore, the betrayal she felt, the hurt she felt, she just couldn't handle it anymore. She needed answers, she needed to know why this was happening, why the man she would have done anything for, tried to kill her.

Pitch sighs heavily, his shoulders slumping as he stared pitifully at his old friend. She was hurting, he understood that. But she left him, she abandoned him, they used to be happy, so happy that Pitch never cared whether someone could see him or not.

"Because you left me for Frost.."

(Y/N)'s breath hitches, her mind becoming clouded as her consciousness slowly began to slip. "..what?"

"We were happy (Y/N)!!" Pitch wails, his breath ragged. "We were together for years, years! But the minute you found Frost all alone and helpless, you didn't waist a single second to go running to him, spending every waking moment with him, and leave me behind!!

I was alone (Y/N)! Alone and scared, wondering when you'd come back. And when you did, you'd barely even see me (Y/N)!!" Pitches voice cracks, (Y/N)'s conscious slipping away, but her mind stays on his rant.

"..you didn't even see me.." Pitch whispers the last part, sucking in a breath as he stares at the girl, swaying side to side. "I absolutely hated you, Horae.." he spits the name with venom, knowing how much the girl hated the name she was given.

"But I will always, always see you as my dearest friend.."

And that was it, (Y/N) gave Pitch one final, heart throbbing smile, before she allowed herself to succumb to darkness, her body sways one last time before falling completely off the cloud, quickly plummeting towards the ground.

Pitch watches with a blank expression, his mind empty as he watches Jack reach for her, the boys eyes filled with tears.

...

"NOO!!" Jack screams, grunting as (Y/N)'s body slams into his. He wraps his arm securely around her waist, pressing her to his side as Pitch summons a horde of nightmares, racing towards the two with a powerful glare.

The nightmares collide with the two spirits, Jack yelling and screeching as he receives several scratches and cuts from the creatures. (Y/N)'s head rolls back, her eyes fluttering open at the painful stings across her face.

She grabs hold of Jacks arm, the boy gasping as she pressed their fingers tightly against the boys staff, the weapon slowly lighting up a brilliant blue.

...

Pitch watches with a scoff as the two disappear into the sea of nightmares. His face falling into confusion as a spark of blue and white poke out of the swarm. The colors flicker for a second before disappearing, Pitch leaning closer to get a better look.

He yelps as the creatures explode, getting thrown back as his nightmares disappear.

...

Jack grunts and yells as he over exerts his powers, (Y/N) limp in his hold as they both grip his staff, their powers swirling together and mixing, quickly surrounding the two as they glare at Pitch.

Jack cries out as he claps his hands together, frost easily enveloping the nightmares before they all freeze over, exploding into beautiful shards of blue and white.

...

Pitch yelps as he's thrown out of the sky, his heart and head throbbing as he plummets towards the ground. He watches with a clouded expression as Jack clutches tightly onto (Y/N)'s body, the boy loosing conscious and falling out the sky.

...

"Jack! (Y/N)!" North shouts as Tooth flies to the pair, grunting as they collide harshly into her form. She falls into the sleigh, propping the two on the side, her breathing heavy.

Jack groans lightly as he opens his eyes, shaking away his dizziness as he looks down at (Y/N). The girls head was pressed firmly into his neck, he'd breathing heavy as sweat quickly formed against her skin.

The boy sighs at the sight, gently caressing her neck, he places a gentle kiss to the crown of her head, the girl humming at the feeling as she clutches onto his hoodie.

"How-how did you do that?" Tooth breathes out, looking at (Y/N) in concern as she pants lightly. The guardians look down, their eyes widening at the girls hands. They were completely black, from the tips of her fingers to the end of her wrists, and fading into her skin at the end.

"I didn't know I could," Jack manages to reply, shifting her so she was resting on the seat. "Is she alright?" Bunny questions in concern, watching as (Y/N) mumbles in her sleep.

"I'm fine honey.." she breaths out, laughing lightly as. Bunny scoffs playfully, rolling his eyes as the rest of the guardians chuckles lightly.

Jack hums against her skin, wrapping both arms around her and pulling her tight against him, his breathing slowing down as they both succumbed to slumber.

...

Pitch stumbles as he rises, rubbing his jaw while laughing. He looks up, his eyes lighting up as the Guardians disappear, his face spreading into a large, sadistic grin.

"Finally!! Someone who knows how to have a little fun!"

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