This is the edited version of Father Fear. Thank you, TheEquestrianidiot 2.0 for the help. This person knows more about the "dark entity" than me.

So here it is.


Father Fear

Part 1: I Fear

A sudden winter came to the Tooth Palace. The multi-colored fairy flew over to her bedroom window to look out and smiled. A pale teenage boy with stark white hair and a dark blue sweater rushed by the fairy's window and left a cool breeze in the fairy's room, making her shiver slightly. As the boy landed on the golden floor below, Tooth flew down to meet him.

"Jack" she cried, "What are you doing here?"

"Well, I heard from Bunny that you had a bit of a problem." Jack Frost said. "I came to see if I could help."

Tooth's eyes widened with hope as he said this. "Really Jack? Do you mean it?"

"Of course. Just tell me what's wrong Tooth."

The fairy suddenly looked at Jack with worry, the spark of hope gone. "Ok. Baby Tooth is missing."

"What?!" he cried. "When? How?"

Tooth started pacing in the air as she told Jack "Well, its only been a couple of days, but it's not like her to not come back to the Palace. The last time I saw her, she was heading off to collect a wisdom tooth from a girl named "Kate Chaser".

"Ok, so where is this "Kate"? Jack asked.

Tooth stopped pacing to look directly at Jack. "Somewhere in Hawthorn, Illinois. A small house on the outskirts in the middle of a forest. The only house around for miles."

Jack smiled, a big white grin that made Tooth blush slightly. "Well then Tooth, pack your hiking gear. We're going to Illinois."

~X~

"There it is."

Jack look around and noticed a big, two-story house surrounded by brick fence. Getting closer, he noticed some of the windows had been left open. As he peered through, the light suddenly began to fade. He turn to look up and noticed that the daylight was fading faster than normal. "Come on" Jack said, "Let's get inside."

Jack slipped through the open window and helped Tooth inside. As Jack closed the windows, he heard Tooth gasp behind him. The boy turned around and his jaw dropped. On the wall he was looking at, the was a large drawing of . . . what Jack thought was a man.

A tall man.

"Whoa . . Who did this?" Jack asked.

Tooth was equally stunned. "I don't know. Maybe we should look around, see if we can try to find some clues or something."

"Ok." Jack said. "I'll look around in the back. See if you find anything near here and the kitchen."

"Ok." Tooth placed a hand on his shoulder, before saying "Be careful."

"Relax, Tooth. This isn't that big of a house. I'll be right here if anything happens." Then, Jack flew off to the back, leaving Tooth alone.

~X~

Tooth was shivering. Not from the cold, but from the nervousness she was experiencing. She'd never felt this way before. Even when facing Pitch she hadn't been this nervous. She entered the next room and looked around. A large Grand Piano stood in a corner with a Tv that was laying on one side, unplugged and broken. She noticed a phone laying on a table and picked it up, placing it to her ear after hitting "talk". Nothing. As she placed the phone down, she noticed a letter with a pink lining and neat cursive handwriting next to it.

'I can't thank you enough for coming out all this to help me! It's been a pretty rough road trying to seek this old place. I wish I had turn to you sooner. You have no idea how happy I'll be once this is all over!

Love you always,

Kate'

As Tooth pondered what the note was talking about, she heard Jack call out, "Hey Tooth! Come here! I found a flashlight and some kinda note!"

As she flew across the house to find Jack, she stopped for a second when she felt a slight tickle in her throat. She gave a single cough, then flew off again. But then the tickle came back, and she coughed again.

Another cough, then another, and another. Soon she was hacking, no longer in the air, but on the ground on all fours, bent over, tossing her head down to the floor and wheezing. That tickle festered into a burn, and her coughs grew dry and raspy. Arching her back, she jerked her head down and continued to rasp. Her face grew red and strained, and her body began to shake. Her lungs were running out of air, and her head grew light. Then, as quickly as her coughs had started, they stopped.

She let her body relax as she gulped down air. The sudden relief brought an odd smile to her face. She tilted her head back, letting her throat recover from the spasms.

One eye cracked open. Something was at the window.

Tooth snapped her head back down.

It was gone.

Chills ran up her spine as she stared out the window, looking out into the darkness. Suddenly, a cold hand reached out and grabbed her shoulder. She jumped slightly, as Jack said "Hey, are you okay? I heard you coughing and I came to see if you were alright."

"Yeah" Tooth said, "I'm fine. You said you found a note and flashlight?"

"Oh, yeah. Here's the note." Tooth took the note and looked at it. It resembled an E-mail that read:

'To: kmllens .co

From: unknown sender

Sent: Sun 23/11 8:33:43 AM

Subject: RE: Good to hear fro...

Attachments:

Thanks for calling last night. It probably sounds dumb, but it was good to hear your voice again. Good to hear that Lauren's been doing really well too. But, yeah, about what we said: I'm not sure what to think of it yet. What are the odds of two people having the exact same hallucination? Could it really just be a coincidence? I have to go to my doctor for some routine stuff so I'm going to try and casually bring this up and see what he says about it. I'll let you know how it goes.

- CR'

"What do you think this means?" Tooth asked Jack.

"I don't know. For know, let's try and focus on finding Baby Tooth." Jacks turned and started going up the stairs as he said "Come on. Maybe we can find something upstairs."

As Tooth followed Jack up the stairs, a chill crept up her spine . . . As if she was being watched.

A door lay unopened at the end of a hallway. Flying towards it, Jack placed his hand on doorknob and twisted . . . with no avail. Jack struggled to open it, finally giving up and saying to Tooth "I'm going to go look for a key or something to see if I can get this door open. Would you mind looking up here while I check downstairs?" He flipped the flashlight over, motioning for Tooth to take it.

She hesitated slightly, but grabbed the flashlight. "Ok, Jack. Just be careful. Something about this place feels . . . Off."

Jack smiled, a big toothy grin that made the fairy blush slightly. "Don't worry. Like I said, it's not that big of a house." And then he flew downstairs, leaving Tooth alone.

Noticing an open door on her left, flashlight in hand she slowly entered the room. Books lay thrown about, windows were open, and a suitcase lay near the door, open with clothes scattered everywhere. Slowly, she made her way across the room, when it happened.

The coughing came back, harder than ever. She fell to floor and hacked until her face turned a deep crimson. Tears of strain trickled down her cheeks as she forced out all the air she could.

And then it was gone again. She fell to her side with a thud, her face strained. Forcing herself up with heavy breaths, she stumbled towards a nearby bed and leaned against it for support. When she was stable, she wiped her eyes with a hand and swallowed dryly.

She leaned into the bed, falling into the plush surface with a weak moan. Sniffling, she let her eyes close and her head rest down on the mattress. Everything grew still once more. Even time seemed to stall, and for once tonight, she took in a deep breath of relief.

"Tooth?! Tooth, are you alright?!" Jack called frantically as he flew up the stairs and into the room where Tooth was still laying her head on the mattress.

"I'm fine, Jack. Just a slight coughing fit. No big deal." Tooth picked up her head and gave him a weak smile.

"Are you sure? I don't want you to-"

Tooth cut him off before he could continue. "Jack, I'll be fine. You don't have to worry about me. And look there's a set of keys right here." She dragged her hand across the bed a grabbed the set of keys near her head. Groaning with her body screaming in protest, she lifted herself up and walked over to Jack, hanging him the keys. "Here." she said, "Lets find Baby Tooth."

~X~

The door unlocked with a slight 'click'. Jack slowly pushed open the door and gasped. The room was covered in drawings. Broken glass cover the floor and a single lamp lit the room. Tooth entered behind him and asked frantically "Do you see anything? Is Baby Tooth here?!"

"No."Jack said, "But I did find this."

"Wha-" Tooth stopped in mid sentence and stared. A single, white Tooth rested in Jack's palm. Next to it a tiny, bright green feather.

With shaking hands, Tooth grabbed the feather from his hand. Tears filled her eyes as Jack said "Don't worry. We will find her. I promise." Jack placed a hand on her shoulder, and noticed something behind her on a desk resting in a corner. A single not lay in the lamp light. Upon further inspection by Jack, he noticed that it was a map.

Jack called Tooth over. "Hey Tooth, look at thi-" a loud scream interrupted Jack in mid sentence.

Tooth rushed over to the window and said, "Jack? Jack, what was that?!"

"I don't know." he said. "I don't know. Baby Tooth was here. We know that, but the question is, where did she go?"

Tooth crossed over Jack and looked at the note.

'TO THE WOODS' it said.

A scrawled out pictured of a tower and a building covered the page. And what looked like a picture of . . .

"Baby Tooth." Tooth covered her mouth to hold back a sob. Regaining her composer, she looked at Jack and said "Jack, I think Kate has Baby Tooth."

Jack looked over at the note and his eyes widened. "Oh, no . . . Tooth. . ." He sighed and looked at the fairy. "So . . . What do you wanna do?"

Tooth looked up at Jack. A fire glowed in her eyes, one that he hadn't seen since Pitch kidnapped her Mini-Fairies. "We'll find her. No matter what. I've never lost a fairy, and I'm not going to start now." Tooth turned towards the broken window and said "Are you coming?"

Jack looked at Tooth, her eyes gleaming with confidence. "Yes." he said. And with that, the two Guardians flew out the window, out the fence, and into the night.

Just outside the house, a silhouette of a man, tall and dark, watched the two guardians entering his domain.

TO BE CONTINUED...