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Church of Bones	By : LuciferDragon Category: +M through R > Rise of the Guardians Views: 1334 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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22.
We emerged on the grass, right in the middle of the battle that came to an abrupt halt. In mid-swing for everyone the corpses stopped moving and dropped, lifeless once again. The night air stilled and calmed once more.
I started fighting against his grip. "We need to go get him."
"It's too late."
I clenched my teeth together, feeling myself breaking. "The hell it is. We didn't do all this in vain. Let me go."
"Accept it. The ability was too much for him. He knew." The words stung, but I knew they pained him just as much to say by the way his grip increased.
The others approached once they were certain the corpses were down for good. I kept my gaze focused on the church as Pitch repeated what had happened. I heard a few reactions from Clara and Tooth, but nothing more. The form that Drago had… That was the form he would only have when he had stripped himself bare of the humanity inside of him. It was the form Pitch had refused to let me ever see, and he had been the one to introduce me to horrors that would give the mortal mind nightmares on the thoughts alone. On Drago, it seemed wrong. He wasn't Sin. He was my baby. He wasn't able to use his powers to damn a soul to Lucifer's domain. Neither of us had the ability to do something like that. There would have been no way for him to even think about the skill. He was still so young to think of such things on his own. Manny couldn't have told him…
Manny.
Manny had known all along.
I grew furious and pushed at Pitch's shoulders, standing up and turning on North. "Call him."
He looked confused, just as the others. "Who-"
"The Man in the Ever-Foreseeing Moon." Tears stung at my eyes and I swallowed a forming lump in my throat. "I know you can call him. You're the only one who can among us."
"Hana, I don't—"
"He saw this happen!" I didn't know what to do. I was so furious, so distraught. "Eleven years ago, he gave me back my ability to have children. I thought nothing of it. I thought he was granting a wish, like he's supposed to do." I swallowed again, clenching and unclenching my fists. Once I realize what I was doing I gripped onto my arms and looked away from North. "He saw this coming. He saw Charon in motion. He knew Drago would be the key to Charon's success, and his defeat." I licked my dry lips and tried to sooth my raw throat. I was beginning to realize the others putting it all together. "So please. I'd like to have a word with the man who made my son a martyr."

The relocated Lamadary was a place few had the chance to see, even for our realm. North was a welcomed friend of the Lamas, as was Bunny, Tooth and Sandy. Even Clara was accepted, just not as heartily. Only Jack and myself were viewed as outsiders. Pitch was another story entirely. If he was looked at, it was with such scorn I had never thought possible of such a peaceful race. It took a lot of convincing from the others to let us in, and even more to let us near a large gong. One of the geese honked in Pitch's direction, effectively startling him, myself, and Jack as we took up the rear.
"Ever have that feeling where you aren't welcome?" Jack muttered, relaxing the hold on his staff again as we caught up to the others.
We were all placed in front of the gong, and a Lama who looked slightly different from the others came forward to strike it. Immediately it shimmered and became clear, showing us what Manny really looked like, for those of us who had never physically seen him before.
He gave a sad smile. "I know what this is about, and I truly am sorry. I had no other choice." Before I could speak he interrupted me, making me angrier. "The only other way he could have been stopped was through Lucifer's power. I didn't think that was the best option for us all."
"You gave me my wish after all those centuries of asking," I said, the pain spreading through my chest. It hurt to breathe. "Was it only because it would be advantageous to you now? Was it because you saw this happen?" My throat hurt as another thought crossed my mind. "Is that why I'm alive today?"
His smile grew sadder, if possible. "You always were clever." He gave a quick motion to something off the screen. "Everything happens for a reason, Serah. Some things only needed to be added to make it work."
My legs felt weak. "I-I thought I was brought back to take care of Halloween, to keep it alive."
He nodded. "You were. That and more. You fit the role perfectly, just as Jack does his role with such precision." He folded his hands together in front of him. "It was something that had to be done. I tried helping him strengthen his skill while I could, to better his chances."
I scoffed. I wanted to fade away from existence. It was too much.
"You are not the only ones with connections to the darkness, Serah."
Everything stopped. The pain, both physical and emotional, everything vanished. The next thing I knew I was being hugged around the middle. Nothing else mattered as my brain processed what was happening.
"I told you not to be mad."
I looked down and saw a familiar head of shaggy black hair. Unable to believe my eyes I dropped down and held on to his shoulders, pulling him into my arms as his pale yellow eyes and bright smile met my gaze. "How…" Another set of arms joined us as I looked back to Manny.
His smile had brightened. "There is a dark side of the moon. A single area of absolute darkness, where no light can penetrate the surface. I created a moonshadow from that, and sent it to help bring Drago back to his solid self, and brought him here, where I knew you'd come looking for him."
I couldn't help but smile as said moonshadow made its presence known, hovering in front of me. "You really know how to grant a wish."
He chuckled, and all my anger, my distress, it melted away. "Let's say I enjoy happy endings over sad ones." He folded his arms over his chest. "Now go home. All of you. You've done it once again, and saved the human race. Well done, my Guardians."
I frowned and looked at Pitch. "But we're not—"
"Even the Guardians can use consultants," Manny answered with a wink. "Now I believe you have a holiday to prepare for in eleven days. Hope it's a real scream." The gong faded back to nothing, leaving us in an odd sort of silence.
"So, I guess I have a new pet then," Drago said between us, breaking the quiet.
Pitch was the first one to laugh. "I'm not taking care of it. I already take care of your horse!"
I giggled as well. "That's nothing, I have to take care of both of you!"
"Oh, that stung." He looked back to the boy. "What did you even do?"
We were all interested in what had happened when he had thrown us out. "The thing is something Manny said I could do to really bad people when they needed it. When they harmed me or my family, or wanted to harm others. I could give them the punishment they deserved." He pulled back a bit. "But the ability spreads to all the bad things by me. If I wanted it to work, it needed to all go to Charon." He took a breath as the others listened on. "I sucked up his sins, something that would drain his own powers. But at the same time it takes a lot of mine to do. Without the moonshadow to help me…" He trailed off and I nodded.
"You don't need to say more."
North touched our shoulders. "Think it's time we go home. It seems there is much to talk about for many."
Much didn't even begin to cover it.
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