[IC] Disney's Magical Institute for Student Training (M.I.S.T.)

[Nehelenia]

Nessa realized they had made it back to the school and that the boy was still holding her in his arms. She careful stood up, though she stumbled a bit as she did. "All of us who were in the cave, are we going to die?" She asked Pitch, fearing for her life. She noticed the change in color of Kristoff's hair, a sign of the infection. She wondered how she would know about the infection rate on herself since her hair was already black naturally.

[axleonex]

"By the looks of it, she's terrified to death that she might die from an unknown disease." Pitch interrupted, "Listen to me closely, there is a very high probability that you've all been infected by a black curse. Nessa, you've been known to specialize in shadow magic, so you and I may be immune. Kristoff and Fredrick, you two aren't so lucky."

Kristoff stood up, shaking as he stood. "Professor Pitch," Kristoff spouted, "Why does Jack hate you?"

Pitch ignored the question, he took out his surgical kit and began collecting blood samples from the unconscious students that still laid in the clinical beds. "Not now, we have more important things to worry about."

Before Pitch could begin collecting the blood samples, Kristoff grabbed Pitch by the arm. "Pitch, we're dying. Tell us the truth."

Pitch sighed, "Don't be dramatic. You're not dying, you're simply converting."

"What?" Kristoff asked.

"A year ago I began an experiment that involved controlling people's dreams. It was meant as a surveillance precaution to know what each and every students intents and desires were." Pitch waved a hand over Kristoff, his black hair faded back to a golden blonde. "It worked for awhile, we were able to know exactly what all the students were thinking. Eventually though, Maleficent wanted to push the limits of my experiment."

Pitch takes the palm of his hand and forms miniature running horse. "She wanted to know if she could intimidate her students into thinking a certain way. Change their personalities and desire to become something more like... her. It didn't work obviously, to change someone's being, you'd have to completely alter their memories into something different. Change the way they were raised, instill certain events to warp them into something else. It could take years of work to change ideology of a single student."

The shadow in his hand morphs into a hospital bed. "I warned her it wouldn't work, the only thing that happened was that a few students fell into commas." The thing about truth, is that if you give people half truths, people will completely believe you.

Pitch's shadow turns into a black radio antenna, "She then asked me to create a hive mind, to allow her to instill her ideology into the other students. Very much like propaganda television." All he has to do, is make these kids believe Maleficent was the enemy. "I did as I was told, and of course the students didn't buy it. They just thought they'd been spending too much time studying."

Never ask for the truth from a villain. "In the end, we found out a morbid truth to my experiments. The magic I used to control dreams, caused a leak in the student's powers. Their powers and abilities, leaked into the air around us. It was draining the students of their life, and we were forced to stop it."

Pitch's shadow transforms into a giant worm. "Apparently, those nightmares have leaked into the caves. This curse, is a result of this school's nightmares."

[axleonex]

Pitch let out a laugh, "of course a student from doctor finklestein wouldn't be surprised."

Pitch pulls out a tiny box from his pocket, he hands it to Fredrick. "The only way to end the plague is to destroy it's source. Find the creature that the nightmares has leaked into, kill it, and everyone infected by it should be cured. What I'm giving you is Pandora's box, when you open it, any weapon you choose will come out of it, fully at your disposal. Share it if you must, but your magic alone can't kill a corrupted monster."

XXX

"Due to the rising number of missing students, No one is allowed outside of school grounds without written permission by me or Maleficent." Gothel spoke into the school intercomes, "this is simply a precaution to ensure all of your safety. If a student attempts to leave school grounds, they will be met with the utmost punishment."

XXX

"Damnit." Pitch cursed, "This makes getting you all to the caves harder." Radcliffe probably has his security golems surrounding the school. Pitch could sneak the students past them, but he'd need to wait for nightfall for the golems to not see them.

[axleonex]

Pitch, to his own surprise, did what the student asked and started supplying the portal. The portal was... amateurish, but he himself couldn't do better since he doesn't specialize in them. Pitch flowed his powers through the disk.

XXX

Jack Frost, or at least the shadow of Frost, sat at the end of the cave. "Did you hear that!?" Jack yelled into the cave.

Inside, Elsa yelled back, "Leave me the fuck alone."

Jack let out a growl, he cursed to himself, "damnit. Even tainted she still hates me..."

[axleonex]

"Well... That was... comical." Pitch couldn't help but think to himself, Why would they want to go to the caves?

XXX

Jack flew back to the cavern where the giant worm, thing was. "Are we done yet?"

The worm didn't say anything. It just rested in it's nest like it always had.

"They'll kill you if we don't act."

The worm still didn't say anything, it just laid there, waiting.

"Fine, your better off dead anyways." Jack flew back to the cave entrance.

[Nehelenia]

"My name is Nessa." The black haired girl said as she watched Fredrick and Pitch work on a plan. She had felt slightly relieved that she may be immune to the curse but all the others who weren't... She decided to try and focus on helping to create a solution. though she wasn't sure how much help she would be since she was still covered in wounds from her recent excursion into the caves. "What can I do to help?" She asked, as she began rummaging through the infirmary supplies to patch herself up.

[axleonex]

The portal formed before Pitch and Fredrick, Pitch's power was more then enough to keep it open. "Nessa, enter through the portal. Find the source of the infection, it's going to be a monster of some sort. Kill it using Pandora's box, destroying the source will end the infection."

Pitch waits for them to jump through the portal.

[axleonex]

Pitch shook his head. "That'll be hard to do since the school is on lockdown. Plus, the more time we take the sooner these sick patients will become uncureable. To be honest though, a few extra students won't make much of a difference, and no teacher will be willing to go with you all out of risk of getting infected. Just use Pandora's Box," Pitch insured, "it will conjure up any weapon and armor you can think of. It's weapons are virtually invincipal, it will help you a lot more then a few students will."

Pitch looked at the portal that was created, "but if you'd really feel safer with more students, fine. Go and find some willing to help. When your ready, return here."

XXX

Jack watched the portal form before his eyes. He sat in front of it, waiting.

XXX

"What the fuck are you three supposed to be?"

Elsa crouched down to the three dressed up teenagers that had just dug into the monster's den.

"I'm surprised your piggy heads haven't been bitten off." She said, looking over to the monster.
The worm was still sleep, hissing in it's sleep, but still sleeping.

"God your stupid." Elsa stood up,she put on a twisted grinned and extended her hand out for the kids to grab. "Hey kids, wanna build a snowman?"

[FoxFireOfDawn]

Yoichi had been wandering around the school for quite a while now, listening in on conversations whenever he had the chance. Most of it was just normal gossip and such, sadly. He sighed, before dashing down the halls towards the infirmary. He thought he might as well check up on some of the others and make a bit of fun while he was at it. He then shortly realized he didn't know where the infirmary was. Yoichi sighed, before speaking to his Chain, Owl.
-Owl, could you make a thread connected to Pitch? Since he deals with shadow magic, I'm sure he'd be dealing with the students injured by the shadows in the caves.- he stated.
Owl stayed silent, but obeyed and made a thread.
-Thanks, I owe you a lot.- He said before following the thread to where Pitch was. Luckily, the thread could only be seen by ones contracted to Owl, so it didn't look strange to other students.

[axleonex]

After Fredrick stepped through the portal, Pitch wrapped the imaginary chain around his hand and gave it a tug. He flowed a nightmare through it, giving whoever's it was a small fright.

Pitch steppe out of the clinic, "Youchi is it? You do know it's against school rules to perform magic on teachers. There are severe punishments towards that thing. Fortunately, it's in both our best interests that no one knows what I'm doing in the clinic. So how about we make a deal? If you do me one favor, I won't report this to Gothel."

XXX

"Too long." Jack said calmly, "long enough. To watch my skin fall off."

Jack looked at his hands, slowly, but surely, his body was disintegrating into black dust. Within time, his entire mass would disappear.

"I saved Anna's life. As long as she stays in that ice block, the curse won't spread..."

Cursing could be heard from inside the cave. It was probably Elsa shouting again.

Jack took a deep breathe, "something Pitch didn't tell you is that the people who have been fully transformed will die if the source is destroyed. You can kill the worm and save those patients, but it'll kill me and Elsa in the process."

Jack stood up from where he was sitting. He waved his staff and created a few demonic snowmen. "I hope you understand why I have to do this."

The snow minions charge and Fredrick.

XXX

Elsa sent some ice monsters through the hole, "that ought to teach those brats..."

[FoxFireOfDawn]

Yoichi turned to face the two that had spoke before. He simply smiled when he saw Lock, before looking back at Shock. "I'm Yoichi, nice to meet you, Shock." He said, before jumping slightly at the nightmare Pitch sent through the thread Owl made. The Chain screeched loudly in Yoichi's head, before disappearing, the thread along with it. He held his ears, cringing at the sudden loud noise. He turned to face Pitch,narrowing his gaze on him. "I'm surprised you remember someone like me. But I'll hear what your request is, as long as it's in my ability I'll most likely accept to it. So, go ahead, I'm listening." He replied, smirking slightly.