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"You're silly Daddy." A young girls voice rang out.
"Silly. I am the King of Nightmares. I and terrifying not silly. I can prove it!" Pitch raised his arms above his head and started towards the six year old girl. She squealed happily and ran off. Just at that moment Jack landed in the entrance tunnel to their home. The girl saw him and started laughing.
"Mommy, Mommy save me! Daddy's trying to get me!" She ran toward the winter spirit and clung to his leg.
"Oh is he?" Jack picked her up and flew back up to the surface where the sunlight was streaming through the snow covered trees. Pitch emerged from the shadow on the ground. Jack saw him and clutched the girl tighter and flew midway up a tree.
"Now what are you going to do Daddy?" Cherny called down. Pitch disappeared into another shadow and emerged right in front of them.
"I'm going to get Mommy to hand you over. Unless he intends to take on the tickling intended for you." Jack sighed in mock defeat.
"I'm sorry Cher-Cher..." She clung to him even tighter, laughing even more.
"No! No mommy don't." Jack handed her to Pitch who then melded back into the shadows with her, reappearing at the bottom of the tree. Cherny was laughing trying to escape her fathers skilled tickle-fingers.
"Cherny, the ribs, go for his ribs!" Jack called down. She complied managing to catch Pitch off guard. Jack flew down and gently wrestled him to the ground. "Let's get him." He said as they both set about trying to tickle Pitch.
"All right! All right! I give up." Pitch called out in between laughs. Jack and Cherny relented and high fived each other.
"We beat Daddy!" Cherny shouted jumping into Jack arms. Jack nods and rubs noses with her. Pitch, dusting himself off, places a gentle hand on her head.
"Having fun?" A voice asked from nearby. they all turned to the source of the voice.
"Uncle Bunny!" Cherny smiled climbing out of Jacks arms to give Bunnymund a hug. Pitch looked away, embarrassed that Bunny had seen him acting like that. With the others there wasn't much of an issue but for some reason Pitch hated the thought of Bunny seeing him like that.
"Heya little ankle-biter." He said picking her up.
"Bunny!" Jack said. "What are you doing here?" Jack asked. Bunny locked eyes with them, seriousness carved into his expression, as he put Cherny down.
"We need to talk." Jack and Pitch looked at each other, concerned but nodded.
"Cherney ,sweetie. Let's go back inside ok?" Jack said. She smiled and took Jacks hand and they all went down into the tunnels. The took Cherny into her room and told her to play in there and not to leave. She didn't ask why, she knew something was going on. Then Pitch, Jack and Bunny went into a different room to talk.
"So what's going on Rabbit?" Pitch asked Bunny just glared at him.
"Like you don't already know." He said angrily. "Nightmares have been running around rampant. The children of the world are all terrified. What the hell do you think you're DOING!?" He shouted at Pitch. Pitch sat wide-eyed at the outburst.
"I haven't been doing anything." He said calmly. "I haven't made any new nightmares. I only have the few from before." He said flatly.
"Yeah, sure. Then what the hell have me and North been chasing the past few days!?" Bunny spat glaring daggers at the nightmare king. Pitch shrugged.
"I have no idea. They aren't mine if they were I would know. I have an attachment to my nightmares, these ones can't be my creation. To illustrate my point..." He placed his fingers to his lips and whistled. A nightmare trotted out of the shadows standing next to Pitch. "See Bunny my nightmares obey my command and I haven't commanded any to scare." He started to place a hand on the nightmares neck when it whinnied, turned, and kicked Pitch hard enough to send him flying into the opposite wall. He slumped to the ground and Jack ran over to see if he was alright. Groggily Pitch sat up, hearing a voice in his head.
"We are no longer your servantssss Lord of Shadowsssss. We free ourselves and fulfill our purpose. Fear." Pitch shook his head. and the nightmare ran back through the wall.
"What happened?" Jack asked.
"The nightmares don't obey me anymore. They have left to cause fear and chaos on their own. And without a master Nightmares cannot be controlled."

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"You're silly Daddy." A young girls voice rang out.
"Silly. I am the King of Nightmares. I and terrifying not silly. I can prove it!" Pitch raised his arms above his head and started towards the six year old girl. She squealed happily and ran off. Just at that moment Jack landed in the entrance tunnel to their home. The girl saw him and started laughing.
"Mommy, Mommy save me! Daddy's trying to get me!" She ran toward the winter spirit and clung to his leg.
"Oh is he?" Jack picked her up and flew back up to the surface where the sunlight was streaming through the snow covered trees. Pitch emerged from the shadow on the ground. Jack saw him and clutched the girl tighter and flew midway up a tree.
"Now what are you going to do Daddy?" Cherny called down. Pitch disappeared into another shadow and emerged right in front of them.
"I'm going to get Mommy to hand you over. Unless he intends to take on the tickling intended for you." Jack sighed in mock defeat.
"I'm sorry Cher-Cher..." She clung to him even tighter, laughing even more.
"No! No mommy don't." Jack handed her to Pitch who then melded back into the shadows with her, reappearing at the bottom of the tree. Cherny was laughing trying to escape her fathers skilled tickle-fingers.
"Cherny, the ribs, go for his ribs!" Jack called down. She complied managing to catch Pitch off guard. Jack flew down and gently wrestled him to the ground. "Let's get him." He said as they both set about trying to tickle Pitch.
"All right! All right! I give up." Pitch called out in between laughs. Jack and Cherny relented and high fived each other.
"We beat Daddy!" Cherny shouted jumping into Jack arms. Jack nods and rubs noses with her. Pitch, dusting himself off, places a gentle hand on her head.
"Having fun?" A voice asked from nearby. they all turned to the source of the voice.
"Uncle Bunny!" Cherny smiled climbing out of Jacks arms to give Bunnymund a hug. Pitch looked away, embarrassed that Bunny had seen him acting like that. With the others there wasn't much of an issue but for some reason Pitch hated the thought of Bunny seeing him like that.
"Heya little ankle-biter." He said picking her up.
"Bunny!" Jack said. "What are you doing here?" Jack asked. Bunny locked eyes with them, seriousness carved into his expression, as he put Cherny down.
"We need to talk." Jack and Pitch looked at each other, concerned but nodded.
"Cherney ,sweetie. Let's go back inside ok?" Jack said. She smiled and took Jacks hand and they all went down into the tunnels. The took Cherny into her room and told her to play in there and not to leave. She didn't ask why, she knew something was going on. Then Pitch, Jack and Bunny went into a different room to talk.
"So what's going on Rabbit?" Pitch asked Bunny just glared at him.
"Like you don't already know." He said angrily. "Nightmares have been running around rampant. The children of the world are all terrified. What the hell do you think you're DOING!?" He shouted at Pitch. Pitch sat wide-eyed at the outburst.
"I haven't been doing anything." He said calmly. "I haven't made any new nightmares. I only have the few from before." He said flatly.
"Yeah, sure. Then what the hell have me and North been chasing the past few days!?" Bunny spat glaring daggers at the nightmare king. Pitch shrugged.
"I have no idea. They aren't mine if they were I would know. I have an attachment to my nightmares, these ones can't be my creation. To illustrate my point..." He placed his fingers to his lips and whistled. A nightmare trotted out of the shadows standing next to Pitch. "See Bunny my nightmares obey my command and I haven't commanded any to scare." He started to place a hand on the nightmares neck when it whinnied, turned, and kicked Pitch hard enough to send him flying into the opposite wall. He slumped to the ground and Jack ran over to see if he was alright. Groggily Pitch sat up, hearing a voice in his head.
"We are no longer your servantssss Lord of Shadowsssss. We free ourselves and fulfill our purpose. Fear." Pitch shook his head. and the nightmare ran back through the wall.
"What happened?" Jack asked.
"The nightmares don't obey me anymore. They have left to cause fear and chaos on their own. And without a master Nightmares cannot be controlled."