Chapter 30
Pitch was once again sitting on the couch. He took deep breaths, completely exhausted from absorbing the nightmaresand. The Guardians (except Jack and Bunny) also looked exhausted from trying to hold him back in his crazed state.
There was a huge gust of wind, and Jack flew into the room. He wrapped his arms around Pitch. "What is wrong with you?! I was fine, you didn't need to do that to yourself!"
"You weren't fine," Pitch countered.
Jack sat up. "Yeah I was. There was no point doing that to yourself, if all that I was gonna have was a yellow eye. That's no big deal!"
"It was a big deal. Although it was only a small amount o
Chapter 29
While Jack kept himself entertained waiting for Pitch to arrive, said Boogeyman made an example of the fearling that kidnapped Jack. Pitch kicked its head for the umpteenth time, and it finally blacked out. The Boogeyman inspected his work; the thing was severely bruised and had small cuts all over its body. He turned to the crowd of nightmares and fearlings that stood watching. "You don't touch Jack. Do I make myself clear?" His minions nodded. "Good," he turned into a shadow and disappeared.
He appeared next to the fireplace at North's workshop. At that moment, Jack ran into him. Pitch managed to catch him before he fell. "Why
Chapter 28
Everything was happening very quickly for the Guardians. Jack jumping out the window had given them all quite the scare, and Pitch saving him and practically hugging him to death was a big shocker. They now stood outside the globe room talking and trying to wrap their heads around everything. They left two yetis in the room with the couple, to make sure nothing funny happened.
"C'mon, do it!" They heard Jack ask.
"Not now, Jack." Pitch answered in a tired voice.
"Please? Please, please, please?!" He gave a well practiced pout. "Come on Pitch, it's fun!"
The Boogeyman laughed. "Alright, but no more jumping out windows!" Jack cr
Chapter 27
SPOILER ALERT!(From the book series)
North let Jack keep playing with the remote control car, despite Phil's protests. He hoped it would keep Jack distracted so the boy would stop interrupting his interrogation. Jack sat down on the floor, and drove the car and the elves around the globe room. He especially kept driving them into the wall. He claimed it was always an accident, but Pitch saw the mischievous smile on his face. The elves didn't seem to care though.
North continued to ask Pitch many questions. The Nightmare King answered since he was obviously outnumbered, but he was growing really annoyed. He was about to ask anothe
Chapter 26
"Just be glad we didn't leave ya out there," Bunnymund replied.
"I'm only glad when I'm making people miserable." Pitch pointed out.
"That's not true," Jack said, thinking of all the times he and Pitch had fun.
Pitch shrugged. "You're the exception, I suppose." He turned to look at the Guardians that scowled at him. "So then, are you going to interrogate me?" The boy looked back and fourth between them nervously.
"Question," North clarified. He thought that it might be a more kid-friendly word for Jack.
"Ah, 'question.'" He snickered. "If you wanted to 'question' me so badly, why didn't you pay me a visit?"
Sandy glared as a
Chapter 25
Jack landed with a small plop on his feet outside the workshop. He turned to Pitch, who was standing a few feet away from him. "You transport me outta there, just to come out here?!" The boy asked frantically.
"I'm happy to see you too," he replied sarcastically. "And you're a snow spirit, I figured you'd like to be where it's cold."
"You need to leave! They're gonna be out here any minute!" Jack looked back towards the workshop which seemed to be glaring at the boogeyman.
Pitch shrugged and walked closer. "So?" A bit of nightmaresand appeared in the palm of his hand. "I have an army that I can summon in less than a second." He
Chapter 24
Jack woke up the next morning completely confused. He wasn't sure where he was, what was going on, or even who he was. After a few seconds the dreamy haze disappeared, and his memories came flooding back. "Oh," he whimpered as he let the elves go. He stood up slowly and looked around. He had no idea what to do or what he should do. He ran his fingers through his hair, hating that things had gotten so complicated.
He felt a small tug on his pants, and looked down to see a small group of elves surrounding his feet. They ran over to a table on the other side of the room where food was waiting for him. "Thanks," he managed to say. He
Chapter 23
As Pitch and Jack continued to play-fight with each other, Babytooth flew over. She chirped curiously, almost as if asking who Jack was with in the shadows. The boy whirled around, accidentally dragging Pitch into the light. Babytooth let out a terrified chirp and backed away. "Wait!" Jack shouted, scared. "Babytooth, let me explain!" But she just shook her head, terrified, and quickly flew away. "No, Babytooth!" She was already far out of sight.
"Pitch, we have to go after her!" The young Guardian exclaimed, about to take off.
Pitch grabbed him by the arm. "Jack, tooth fairies are one of the fastest creatures alive, and she has
Chapter 22
"I'm beating you old man!" Jack shouted at Pitch who was a ways behind him. "I thought you said you were fast!" He looked back, but Pitch was no longer there. He suddenly ran into something; it was Pitch. "What?!"
"I told you I was fast." The Nightmare King snickered and threw Jack up into the air, but before he could catch him Jack took off riding his staff like a surfboard.
"Well Boogeyman, you gonna surf or what?" Pitch gave him an 'are you kidding me' look. "Well if you can't do it, you can't do it." Jack giggled mischievously, knowing Pitch couldn't back down now.
"Fine, if it'll prove to you that you're not as amazing as
Chapter 21
Pitch woke up to a painful feeling. He looked down at his left hand; there was a beam of sunlight hitting it. With a scream he jumped farther into the shade, waking Jack in the process. "S-stay out of my snow fort!" Jack shouted, surprised at being awaken so suddenly. The boy looked over to see Pitch leaning against the tree holding his hand. "What's wrong?"
"I got burned." The Nightmare King answered. He winced as the pain throbbed in his hand.
"Aw, poor baby." Jack said sincerely. Pitch glared. Jack scooted closer. "Lemme see."
"No!" The Boogeyman said. "I mean, I'm fine. I don't want you to touch it."
The frost elf huffed i