"Tooth!" North shouted. "Fingers out of mouth!"

Tooth pulled her hands out of the boy's mouth and smiled sheepishly. "Sorry. Even his teeth are dirty. It's like he actually eats dirt. It's really not good for his gums."

"He snores, too," Bunny muttered. "Won't shut up."

They had taken the kid back to the North Pole, confiscated the sword, and dumped him on a couch in North's office. He was surprisingly light, even though he was well-built and strong looking. He was covered in dirt, even inside his mouth, as Tooth had noticed. At first, they thought that he was homeless, but a quick search had revealed a phone and a metal key with a note attached that read:

I swear if you lose this and get locked out of the house I will not let you in and I will personally scrub you until you sparkle.

XOXO,
Lizzie

"You would think that after 600 years she would use more punctuation than a period."

Tooth almost dropped the key in her hands but turned around to face the couch. The boy was sitting up with his arms crossed over his chest. Sandy readied another ball of dream sand, but North put his hand on his arm to stop him.

"Who are you?" Bunny asked, holding the tip of one of his boomerangs to the boy's throat. "And why are you covered in dirt?"

"Ugh. It's so hard to explain," the boy said, rolling his eyes. "But I'll try." He pushed the boomerang away and sat up. "My name's Jake. Me, my sister, and our friends can control the Elements. So I'm dirty because I control earth. And yes, I do eat dirt, and it tastes good."

"Were you awake the entire time?" Tooth asked.

"Yup."

"What did you mean about 600 years?" North asked him.

"I was actually born in 1390. We all became Elements in 1400, when we were ten. We age one year for every hundred years, so now I'm sixteen. Lizzie's my twin sister. She has terrible punctuation skills. Can I leave now?"

"You can try," North said. "But you won't get past the yetis."

Jake rolled his eyes. "Fine. Can I text my sister and tell her where I am then?"

Bunny held out the phone to him. Jake grabbed it and turned it on, then growled and looked up.

"Did you know you don't have service?"

Sorry the chapters are kinda short now but they'll get longer!