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"Pitch Black, A.K.A. The Nightmare king!"
"That is I!" said the dark spirit with a melodramatic voice, as he rose from his seat.
The short man - seated on a very high and large chair that was placed in the very middle of a beautiful room made of white stone for the wall and gold for the floor - looked Pitch in the eyes, brow furrowed.
"This is not a time for jokes, don't you think this is serious?"
"Oh please Mim! We both know how this is going to end... Why not spare everybody sometime and tell them already?"
"How would you, Pitch Black, know?" Sternly asked a skinny little man that was writing one a large sheet with a quill and who was siting by the Man in the Moon's side - probably the secretary.
"Nightlight..." Muttered the Moon prince.
"Sorry, your highness."
Pitch answered the question anyway, but his answered was visibly directed to the prince and not to his secretary.
"I wouldn't, but HE would, because he knows you... Hahaha! I should say, he knew you. Because now he is gone…"
While Pitch and the Man in the Moon were talking, the five guardians were following the conversation. All of them were sitting on a long and comfortable bench facing their enemy who was standing 10 feets away from them, chained to his wrists and ankles by Sandy's gold sand.
"What are they talking about, who's 'he' ?" asked Jack who couldn't follow the conversation at all.
"Not now Jack this important, we talk after." Answered Nicholas.
Jack frowned at being treated like a child in a moment like this! A sentence was about to be given, he would be asked to give his opinion and he couldn't even make up his own mind because nobody would explain just what exactly was going on! He'd asked Tooth but she only gave him a sad look, then he'd asked Sandy but strangely the little man fell asleep... fake sleep Jack could swore! When he asked the Bunny, he only said "When the time comes you better say yes and let us get rid of that MONSTER!" In such a frightening voice it gave him chills just to remember it. And well Santa... he just kept avoiding and delaying the 'talk'.
Jack was brought out of his thoughts when all the other guardians rose from there seats, he did the same.
"Guardians, I bring Pitch Black before you today his sentence will be decided. On the call of your name, each of you must give his verdict."
"Nicholas St-North, your verdict?"
"Guilty"
"Toothianna, your verdict?"
"I... I... G-Guilty"
" E.Aster Bunnymund your ver-"
"Guil-ty"
"Sanderson Mansnoozie, your verdict"
*Guilty*
"And finally, Jackson Overland Frost, your verdict"
"Honestly!? You're asking me?"
"Well, yes." Answered the prince a little surprised by the frost spirit's question.
"Because you see, nobody is telling me nothing and... and everyone here seems to assume that I will just say 'alright kill him', this is death penalty we're talking about, I don't know what he did to all of you, because no one wants to tell me, but he didn't do anything worth his death to me. So... s-so no. My verdict is not guilty."
"You betRAYED-" Growled the Bunnymund.
"E.ASTER BUNNYMUND, IT IS ENOUGH! You are no ruler in this room, I am. Mister Frost has the right to his own opinion. However, I am sorry to say that it won't change anything... one voice against four...is not enough."
The prince of the Moon sat straight and looked at the small audience before going on.
"Pitch Black, you are guilty of using your powers to bring extreme pain and sorrow all over this world... and beyond..., of attempting to take over our beloved planet Earth, of hurting children AND you are guilty of murder."
"Am I now?" Pitch murmured, mostly to himself.
Jack noticed Bunny tightening his grip on his boomerang obviously the Easter Bunny was having a hard time controlling his rage.
However, when Jack looked at Pitch something seemed off. Even though he was acting mischievous and playful as usual, it's like he was looking at a pale copy of an original. This Nightmare king looked empty... of course this was just his impression, after all he didn't really know the man... but still.
"Pitch Black you are convicted to the death penalty! "
To those words the Man in the Moon slammed his hammer once in finality. Though paying attention one could probably see a glimmer of regret in the prince's eyes and a micro-bit of hesitation in his movement. Jack was paying attention.
"D-death penalty?" muttered Jack in shock.
"That's all he deserves…" Growled E.Aster.
Pitch was standing straight looking MiM in the eyes, with an expecting gaze.
"True to the rules, you however are granted one last wish. Choose it wisely, you may take someti-"
"I have already decided what I want... old friend..."
"Speak dark spirit and if possible, you will be granted"
" My last wish... is to dance. Dance with the Winter Spirit. "
"WHAT!!" Exclaimed the four guardians who had kept quiet until now. Not a second had past before the guardians reacted. Jack was surprised, it was as if they would have object to anything Pitch would have said.
After Pitch had said his last wish, the Man in the Moon lost control of the small audience, all the guardians, except for Jack, were now expressing there disapproval quite clearly.
"Wh-"
"The hell you will!" Snarled Bunny.
"I think-"
"Why you want dance with Jack? Because he's young spirit and you can abuse him!" Add Santa.
"Can I-"
"Oh No nononono!" Cheeped Toothiana.
*Sandy was flashing a big NO sign*
"MIM YOU CAN'T ACCEPT THAT!" Yelled the four guardians completely oblivious of Jack who was trying to talk!
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