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*a few weeks after the movie*

Flying around busily in her golden palace, Toothiana was giving commands and orders to her fairies to retrieve teeth. Everytime a nice, clean tooth came in every few seconds, she chirped and squealed at the sight of them; it was wonderful to have everything back to normal again. She felt believed in again and happy to collect the teeth and memories from the beloved children they came from. The only thing that some what worried her, was the person who had been troubling her and the other Guardians for the past year...

Pitch Black.

Just the thought of his name made Tooth want to scream, she hated him, more than she thought she could hate anybody. But then, there was this pang of regret, seeing Pitch defeated and being dragged back into his lair by his NightMares, surely it would of injured him in some way. If it did, it would of set the Guardians back hundreds of years, they never hurt anybody. And it was after all, their fault...

Bah. What was she thinking? He was the bad guy, all of this was his fault, he deserved whatever punishment he got, no matter how badly he got hurt. Tooth shook her head quickly, trying to rid the thoughts from her mind before her fairies noticed something was up.. But no matter how hard she tried, she didn't seem able to get Pitch out of her head. It was like she wanted to see him, she needed too. She would of never been able to forgive herself if he was lying at the bottom of his lair now, alone, injured and cold, whilst she was thinking these things about him. But she couldn't help it...

A swift movement from behind her was all she needed to snap out of her thoughts and back to reality. A stray shadow that belonged to nothing visible lingered on the wall, it roamed around the palace swiftly, until it finally came close enough so Tooth could make out the figure within. Her eyes widened and she flew backwards to escape being run through by the black mist that now formed from the shadow... It twisted and moved around, as a new, dark figure became visible through the cloud of mist. Some parts of the black turned a grayish colour, and two small circles of gold found there way through the darkness.

Within the next moment, the cloud faded away, and in its place, stood a tall, skinny figure, in a black robe. Pitch. He said nothing for a while, just stood infront of her, watching her, looking ready to pounce the moment she moved. Tooth pretty much did the same, her mouth hung open at the unwanted visitor to the palace.. After a moment of staring at eachother, the startled fairy hovered closer to the man and crossed her arms, a sharp, serious expression spreading across her face.

'Pitch. What are you doing here?' She spat at him, eyes moving up and down his body for any sign of response. But nothing, he just stood there, he looked quite baffled actually, confused and unmoving. After a while, he opened his mouth to say something... But then closed it again, and looked about the castle, as if trying to avoid her gaze. She couldn't help but wonder what he was thinking, it looked important. His eyes flickered back to her after another few moments, and searched her eyes, looking for something. His jaw tilted slightly, open, but only slightly.

'I'm confused...' He muttered, he looked at her softly, not looking like his usual cocky, arrogant self at all. He appeared to be no particular threat, so she lowered her wings slightly, to show she wasn't going to attack any time soon. If he kept where he was that is.

'Okay...' Was the only thing she could find herself to say, as she explored his features with her eyes, trying to find some sort of clue as to his words, 'Why is that?'

He raised his eyebrows, just a tiny bit, and then lifted up a hand and pointed a long, slender finger at her. 'Why were you thinking about me?'

Tooth's eyes widened and she felt her hands drop to her sides, unresponsive to her body anymore. It took her quite a long time to even remember how to speak before she finally folded her arms and gave him a cold stare.

'Well, lets see.. you tormented me and my fairies for weeks, stole my fairies and the children's teeth... Tried to destroy kids belief in me.. And oh yes, attempted to kill me and the other Guardians.' She snapped out, for a few moments, he looked mildly impressed.. 'So why shouldn't I be thinking of you?' There was a hint of anger in her words, but she said them soft and gentle.

'Thats not what I meant, Toothiana...' If it was possible, she would of thought his words were soft and gentle too, but he was the Nightmare King. He was never gentle. She didn't respond to his comment on her speech, just stood there, watching him emotionlessly, waiting for him to elaborate further... He gave a steady but tired sigh, putting his head into his hands and rubbing his eyes, Tooth seemed to wonder if this really was the same person she had been at war with only a few weeks ago...

'The one thing I can always sense, are peoples greatest fears.. ' He started, his head going back up to face her, 'What they worry about, what they think will happen to them.. You get the idea...' Tooth didn't know what he was trying to get out of her, but she was enjoying the extra company, even if it was Pitch... So she followed along swiftly with a small nod of her head.

'And... The reason I'm here, is because at the moment, your greatest fear, is about me, but not in a hate kind of way...'

'What?'

'You fear that I was badly injured after the battle in Burgess.. That I was lying in the shadows, dead...' He hung his head a little at the last word, but he tried to keep his gaze fixed on her, incase she didn't like what he was saying.

'And does that make me a bad person? To be worried?'

'No.. No, that wasn't what I was trying to say...'

'Why are you here?!' She snapped out suddenly, she didn't mean to but she was getting rather annoyed at his little game... He looked up again, for a moment it looked like he was crying, but that couldn't be right... With one long, shaky sigh, he took a cautious step towards her, his thin arms falling to his sides, looked her right in the eyes and murmured..

'For help...'