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Chapter 10
She was snapped out her thoughts by Danny waving his hand in front of her face. He looked worried, head tilted a bit in a questioning look. "Sam, you okay?" She nodded, "Yeah, sorry about that." She grinned sheepishly. Then, a thud sounded, echoing in the room. The two turned their attention to a grinning Tucker and Jack, the former being covered in books.
"Dude! Be careful, North'll kill me if any books have been damaged," Danny chided while plucking books off the floor, Sam pulling Tucker up. Terxcy was picking up the books with her muzzle with Phy and Fang(the snake and bat)(Danny is not good at naming things) doing their best to help. Jack just laughed, petted Terxcy's head and slinging his arms around Danny's shoulders. "Chill, it was an accident. Besides, North almost never uses this place," Jack then pushed off and went flying back to the top.
The former hero rolled his eyes and picked up an open book from the floor. he was about to close it when the text caught his attention. Flipping the book open fully, he skimmed through it and smiled. he found the solution. Calling the attention of others, they crowded around the book, hope shining in their eyes. Somewhere, a dark figure chuckled while he looked at the book.
Bringing the book back to the rest of the Guardians, he showed it to them, "Sealing spirits... It might just work!" North cheered. Toothiana took over and read the rest, wings fluttering rapidly. "The things needed are simple as well. Salt, chalk and an object to trap the targetted spirit. Then we set everything up and just repeat this latin incantation." She said, snapping the book shut. Bunny pondered on it for a while before speaking out, " we wouldn't be able to touch the salt, it'd burn us. Sam and Tucker will have to help us."
Everyone nodded except for the two humans in the room. "Why not?" Tucker questioned. "Well, it's something to do about salt being pure and whatnot. Salt can actually hurt ghost and spirits, trap them even. I'm just glad that no ghost hunter in Amity thought to use them," Danny sighed while shivering at the thought.
"Wait, how'd you find out? You've eaten don't know how many salted things and it didn't seem to affect you at all," Sam asked. "I think because when it's in cook food, salt isn't pure anymore. It has to be literal salt to hurt us," Danny explained. "Anyways, let's get to work!"
They met up at Jack's lake and set up the materials, the end result was a pentagram with a ring of salt and a mirror in the centre. "Looks like some satanic ritual," Danny commented while flipping the book to the right page. "Let's just get this done and over with," Sam said, throwing the empty salt bag to the side. Danny nodded and started reading. As he read, the group noted that the circle started to glow dimly in the night, getting brighter the more he read.
While they were enamoured by the circle, no one noticed a shadowy figure looming behind Danny. Only when he suddenly stopped reciting that the others looked towards his direction questionably. Then they saw Danny being held against a tall, slender body, sharp nails pressed dangerously close to his neck. "How cute. you thought you could get rid of me that easily," Pitch chuckled darkly, his pale lips pulled into a smirk.
"How'd ya find out?!" Bunny growled. Sandy who was behind him, flashed all sorts of symbols rapidly, almost too fast for anyone to read. Except for one. "Through this little boy of course. You thought you could get rid of all the black sand? Please, don't underestimate me." With that, he brought his hands up, stopping right at Danny's face. Black sand started to creep up his arm, gathering at his hand to form a small, dark cloud.
Danny started to panic, eyes frantically darting towards the golden man. As the sand started to crawl to Danny, a ball of gold intercepted it, pushing Danny away from Pitch. Danny got as far away from Pitch and summoned his scythe, Terxcy, Phy and Fang appearing in front of him standing threateningly before the NIghtmare. "Fierce," Pitch purred. The Guardians all pounced, attacking Pitch.
Blows were traded and many times, Pitch managed to get a few hits in at the Guardians. jack froze Pitch to the floor and Danny swung his scythe to his head. Even though he was hit, Pitch broke few and gained some distance between him and them. Then, Danny grabbed at the end of the scythe that materialized to form chains, swing it towards Pitch. He managed to dodge it but was struck by golden sand and a boomerang. Falling, the dream sand held him in place, binding his arms and legs. As he struggled, his Nightmares charged forward, trying to defend their master.
Suddenly, Pitch screamed, seemingly in pain as his body seemed to vaporised. Dissolving to black smoke, it shot to the mirror like a bullet. With Pitch gone, the Nightmares disappeared. The Guardians looked to the circle where Sam and Tucker were, the former snapping the book shut. "Cool! We did it!" Jack whooped and high fived Danny. Sandy walked to the circle and held out his hand, hand curling around the handle of the mirror given by Tucker. He wrapped it into a ball of golden and sent it away. "Kinda glad Pitch forgot about Sam and Tuck. Who says it wasn't easy." Danny joked. "That's gotta be the seal-liest thing I've ever heard!"
With the threat gone, they cleaned the place up and relaxed, yetis and elves offering milk and cookies. The original trio gathered at one corner for privacy. "So, how's it been lately?" Danny awkwardly asked. "Er... It was fine. Maybe I guess a bit different?" Tucker said, unsure. The ghost smiled strained, trying to think of other ways to continue the conversation. "What about that dude? The one Sam kissed?" Sam laughed nervously. "That guy? That's Josh. I was trying to get my mind off your death so I tried dating. Not that it worked." Danny nodded.
The group was silent for a while before they burst out laughing. "Look at us, we were-are best friends yet we just have awkward ass conversations!" Sam chuckled. "I missed you guys, you know," Danny stated, smiling. "We know. We missed you too." Tucker hugged him, Sam joining in. The three cried with tears streaming down their faces. The Guardians watched on with smiles.
~The End~