Tooth took a deep breath, loving the feeling of adrenaline coursing through her veins. Seriously, why had she stopped going out into the field? And for four hundred and forty years, no less! Honestly, that was probably the biggest mistake she had ever made, giving up what she loved best.

The Tooth Fairy took a moment to stretch her wings, and gazed across the pink-streaked sky. "Okay girls, time to head in! The sun's coming up!"

With that, she and her busy workers flew in the direction of her home, their home. When they arrived back at the extravagant structure, she announced that they would be having their monthly head count to make sure everything is in place, instructing for them to line up. This was a tradition that had been in place for centuries, and Tooth was even more adamant about performing it after Pitch had captured her poor, precious little hummingbirds.

The fairies lined up obediently, gazing up at their leader with something akin to adoration. There were several hundreds of them, but Tooth had no qualms about counting them all. She fluttered to front of the line then began her count. Although it took her quite some time, she managed to get through majority of the small fairies. A sense of worry began to overcome her when she continued on counting, she was realizing she was missing more than a few fairies.

Twenty at least, maybe more. Tooth frowned, concern creasing her delicate features. Had they left some behind when they had pulled in for the night? No, it had been a while since then, and her babies would know to come back even if they had gotten separated.

So where were they?

She knew a few got lost occasionally, and a few liked to wander away when they had free time. But they knew that today was the headcount! The fairies were far too responsible to forget such a thing.

She took a few deep breaths to steady her nerves. Her best bet was to contact her fellow Guardians, see if they had noticed any stray fairies flitting about. She told her remaining fairies to stay where they are while she went to visit North so that he can call for a meeting.

XxX

Sure, North doesn't pay much attention to the elves when it came to how many he has, but when the numbers of his workers have dwindled down noticeably then there is obviously something strange happening. Even some yetis were missing! The toy-making process had slowed down and he needed those yetis to work!

Well, no matter. He was used to doing most things himself anyway, and the yetis had a lot of manpower even in fewer numbers. He hummed to himself as he figured, they were all probably passed out, drunk on eggnog or something. He reached for a cookie that the elves had brought him then took a bite as he made his way to the workshop area.

It was chaotic, as usual. Music to the large man's ears. Sure, it was still late March, but by the moon he had work to do! More work than the bunny. Oh yes.

He took a gulp of (admittedly vodka-infused) eggnog and inhaled deeply.

Of course, Tooth chose that moment to zoom in and call out cheerfully, "Hey North!"

He jumped up in surprise dropping his glass. North cursed at the spilled drink; what a waste of a perfectly good egg nog!

He finally turned his attention to Tooth. "You need to knock, too!" he scolded in his booming Russian accent. "What is big deal?"

Tooth bit her lip, "I was wondering if you've seen any of my fairies at all. Many have them have gone missing, and... can we call a meeting?"

North blinked. So she was missing some helpers, too, eh? And Tooth being Tooth, of course she would be concerned about it to the point of wanting to call a meeting. North frowned, thinking, and the fairy chewed on her lower lip apprehensively as she awaited his decision.

The large man sighed. "The bunny is not going to like this."

A small smile broke out onto Tooth as she repeatedly thanked him. She absolutely needed to find her girls before anything happened to them!

North gestured for her to follow him into the main room where he would send out their signal, the aurora lights. He grabbed the handle in his beefy fist and pulled it up, turning it to the side before slamming it back downwards.

XxX

The Sandman was a busy fellow. Quite possibly busier than the Tooth Fairy herself. He doesn't complain, though. It was a job that he enjoyed doing. Besides, Tooth had all those little fairies to help with. Sandman was alone.

He was on his way to the next time zone to spread the dream dust out to the children when he had seen the famous signal. Sandy sighed to himself. Again? In only a month? This had better be worth it. He sent out the last tendrils of sand, making sure his job was complete, before fashioning himself a jet-line. Say what you will, the Sandman knew how to travel in style.

xXx

Bunnymund groaned and facepalmed. "Not again! North, you never let anything go, do you?"

He thumped his foot against the ground to create the underground traveling portal. He hopped in then began his way to the North Pole. t grew progressively colder as he travelled further north, and the chill reminded him of who else would be present at the Pole.

Bunnymund groaned out loud. "Oh, great. Just when I thought I was free of the smarmy blighter."

He had made a great point to not see Jack Frost during that month hiatus, and now they're having a meeting.

Fan-bloody-tastic.

If the meetings weren't mandatory, Bunnymund would have skipped out. However, they were, so off he went.

Jeez. This was ridiculous. He could be spending this time looking for a few egg guardians that had mysteriously gone missing.

XxX

Ever since he had found his center as well as a few kids who could see him, Jack wasn't as lonely as he was in the past. He would often go and visit Jamie and the others as a matter of fact, but as of now, since springtime is fast approaching, (Steve the Groundhog had made it a huge point that they were having an early Spring that year) Jack had other places to go.

He'd been hanging around northern Canada for the past couple weeks, which was nice because it was constantly cold (Jack was into that) and he could drop in on the Pole whenever he felt like it. Sure, there weren't many people around, but hey, he was used to isolation. It did get old after a while; he'd been planning on moving to Scandinavia after a while.

He was seated on a large rock, watching the night sky when he saw the aurora light signal. This would be his first time actually being called in for a meeting. The aurora showed up quite often where he was, though mainly when he was flying around Alaska, but these were different. Jack could tell they had a purpose.

He jumped up, grabbed his staff then took off into night air, heading to North's place. It was a pretty short flight, as he'd made sure to stick close to the Pole, just in case. It only took less than an hour before the tall spires of the workshop came into view.

XxX

The Guardians started the meeting as soon as Sandy came. North marched up to the front, thinking of himself of the leader.

"So what's this meetin' about?" Bunnymund was the one to ask first.

North realized that, though was widely considered the leader, this meeting was Tooth's idea and it was called for her as well. Looking awkward, he stepped back and gestured for the fairy to take the floor. She smiled gratefully and rose a few feet in the air, looking down upon the other three.

"Well, see, I have some-"

Something came hurtling through the opening in the workshop ceiling and crash-landed in the center of the floor, sending snow raining down throughout the room.

The crasher, Jack Frost, was at his feet within a few seconds, calling out, "I'm here!"

The other Guardians had, admittedly, forgotten about Jack. It was out of habit to just start the meeting with just them four. He didn't need to know that they forgot about him though...

"You made a mess," Bunnymund told him, secretly feeling embarrassed about the slip-up. How could he have forgotten? He had been complaining about Jack all the way through the tunnels!

Jack glanced over at Bunnymund then to North who looked rather surprised than angry about the mess.

"Sorry about that," Jack told him, leaning down to retrieve his staff. While he'd always had it with him before, ever since Pitch had snapped it in half he never let it out of his sight, let alone grip.

North cleared his throat, "We clean it later;Tooth." he nodded in her direction.
She took a deep breath, "I've called for a meeting to talk about my fairies. Many of them have disappeared and-"
"Hold on, your fairies are missing?" Bunnymund saw her nod of confirmation. So it wasn't just him? "Many of my eggs are gone, too."

"I have noticed sudden lack of elves, as well," North chipped in, looking deep in thought. "This is strange indeed."

Tooth frowned, "Do we have any idea or clues even on who could've done this?!"

Jack, by then, had taken a seat, looking almost bored with the meeting. He looked over at Sandman to see how he was doing to realize he was nowhere in the room. He spoke for the first time since the meeting began, "Where's Sandy?"

"He's probably off doing something," Bunnymund replied flippantly, before turning back to Tooth. "We don't have any evidence about anybody doing anything, mate. It could just be a coincidence."

"Well, this coincidence is just weird." Jack replied, putting an emphasis on coincidence. The Winter spirit was still looking around the room for Sandman. He was irked by the fact that Sandy can just leave a meeting whenever he wanted to.

"What do we do?" Tooth asked, her voice becoming increasingly more agitated. "I need to find my fairies!"

"And I need to find my eggs-"

"As useless as my elves are, I do wonder where they have gone."

The room was full of constant chattering. They were each so distracted with worry, that the only person to notice Sandy stomp into the room was Jack. He noticed the long stick-like object that the Sandman was carrying as he went up to the center of the meeting to grab everyone's attention.

"Whatcha got there, Sandy?" he asked, casually balancing on his staff. This caught the attention of the other Guardians, who ceased their conversation.

The Sandman held up the arrow for all to see before the image of the large man known as Cupid formed in sand above his head. Everyone stared at him, letting the new information sink in. Tooth finally asked, "Where'd you find that?!"

Sandman indicated where, and the other four headed over to the area. The arrow was solid gold, and a heart served as the tip.

"Weird," Jack said, leaning in to examine it closer.

"Don't touch the tip!" Bunnymund snapped sharply.

Jack blinked. "How come?"

"It's Cupid's, it's likely one of his love arrows." Tooth explained, eyeing the weapon. "So if you touch it, you'll fall in love with the first person you see."

"Oh…" Jack frowned as he voiced everyone's question, "then what's Cupid's arrow doing here?"

"Who knows?" Bunnymund shrugged, with an air of suspicion.

"I think," North growled, "we need to pay a little visit to Cupid."

Lolo: Hello, hello! I'm here to bring everyone who is reading an update! And this chapter actually featured our favorite Guardians. Aw yeah! Hatsu is shopping as I type so she can't be here for the AN today. However, she should be here for next chapter's A/N!

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