Hiya!

I re-edited this chapter thanks to Here's The Plan's helpful comment:

Cool. I notice you seem to point out the obvious, or go into too much detail where you could use the focus somewhere else.

Thank you sooo much! :) Hopefully this fixed chapter meets your needs.

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"Frostbite's late," Bunnymund grumbled and winced as North patted him hard on the back.

"Relax, Bunnymund. The boy still new, yes?" North asked, though it was more of a statement than a question.

Bunny replied, "Well, he betta come-"

"Yes, he better come," Tooth interrupted him, "I have to check on how well he's been brushing his teeth!" Her tiny helpers chirped in agreement; Baby Tooth chirped the loudest.

Sandy and Bunny rolled their eyes.

"Anywa', he beta' come or I'll-" Bunny froze dead still when he felt something cold poking his back.

"You'll do what, Kangaroo?" asked a familiar voice.

Bunny whirled around so fast, you could hear the air whooshing. His surprised expression melted into one of annoyance. He growled, "About time ya bloody showpony."

Tooth and North shouted, "Jack!" while Sandy gave two thumbs up.

"It's about bloody time, ya dag. You're late," Bunny said.

Jack walked on the balls of his feet, his staff resting on his shoulder. "Actually, I'm right on time." he gestured to the clock. "I came exactly at three o'clock." He smirked. "You can't get anymore precise than that."

"Oh, you-"

North interrupted him, "Bunny, it matters not. He came at three, yes?" He didn't wait for an answer. "Anyways, back to the meeting-"

"What is this meeting about, anyways?" Jack asked. He said "meeting" with a mocking gesture.

"We have two meetingz every year and we just reflect on how year has been. We did not have one last year because of Pitch incident."

Seeing Jack's slightly confused face, the gift giver continued. "Me first. This year Christmas was a success! I got more cookies! More believers on zhe globe. Children are happy!" He pointed to the globe for emphasis. Then he quickly pointed his beefy finger at Jack, giving the startled boy an invitation to pick off where he had left off.

"Uh...ok then... Well, I've been spreading around snow days and fun around to the children. And, ...uh... since more children see me, I've been making sure that everyone has ...uh... fun..." Jack trailed off.

Everyone looked at him expectantly.

"Is that all, sweety?" Tooth asked.

Jack rubbed his head. "Uh... well, Jamie is excited about the end of January since there'll only be a couple more months of school..." He fiddled with his staff, tossing it from one hand to the other. "Uh, I think that's all."

North patter him - hard- on the back. "That okay. Your first time," the big man said. "Tooth's turn."

"ok." Tooth flew around them. "Guess what?!"

"What?" Jack asked.

"You have to guess," she sang.

"Uh, did you get more teeth?"

"No. - well, yes, but that's not it."

"Did-"

Bunny covered the boy's mouth with his paw. "Don't bother, mate. This can go on foreva." He turned to Tooth and raised his eyebrow. His expression conveyed a single thought. Really?

"Okay, okay." Baby Tooth nuzzled her mother's face. Tooth continued, "Thanks to Jack's idea, I had decided to promote Baby Tooth to my right-hand-man... Or should I say right-hand-girl?" Tooth's right-hand-girl chirped in delight and flew circles around Jack. Tooth kept talking "She's in charge of organizing and directing the teeth collecting teams."

"I'm so happy for you, BT," the Winter spirit said as Baby Tooth landed on his shoulder. He even flashed her his famous sparkling smile. Tooth (the big Tooth, not Baby Tooth) took this to her advantage and opened his mouth to inspect his pearly whites.

Sandy facepalmed. He made a sand image of two hands leaving a mouth. His message, of course, was ignored. No surprise there...

Good thing North took care of that problem even without Sandy's sand messages. "Tooth, hands out of mouth."

"Yesh pleash." Jack attempted to say before Tooth took her hands out with a delighted look.

Tooth cheered, "Your teeth are as white as ever!" Then her expression changed. "Unlike some of the children around the world. Their Teeth aren't as white as yours, Jack. Their teeth get yellower every year." Turning to North and Bunny, she continued, "I really wish you two would STOP GIVING THEM CANDY!"

North and Bunny took a step back in reply to sudden outburst.

"But it's Christmas, the best holiday ever!"

"Hey wait a bloody min-" It was Jack's turn to cover Bunny's mouth.

Tooth gestured to Sandy. "Your turn Sandy."

Sand gave a thumbs up. A smiling sand child appeared fast asleep over his head. A silent snore emitted from the child's mouth along with a cloud showing the child's dream. In the dream stood all five of the Guardians. Jack squealed in delight and pointed to his sandy image.

Sandy rolled his eyes - again - and passed the torch to Bunny.

The Easter Kangaroo - I mean, the Easter Bunny - harrumphed. "Anywa', I just started paintin ma googies and making ma choco-"

"Chocolate?" Tooth finished for him, her arms crossed.

"Er... yeah... Well, I'm planning for this coming Easter to be perfect. That means you will not ruin this Easter like you did last year with Pitch, Frostbite." He said the last sentence to Jack.

The young boy put his hands up in surrender. His eyes flashed an expression, but the expression flashed too quickly for anyone to catch it. However, no one paid much heed to it. They just passed it off as one of Jack's weird facial expressions. It was Sandy who really started to worry about it but, like always, didn't say anything. "Don't worry, I don't plan to. Your Easter will be perfect this year."

He backed up towards a window. The smile on his face seemed to be less real with each passing second. "Now if you don't mind, I'll be going now. I've got fun times and snowball fights to spread."

"But, Jack," North said, "We have food and-"

Jack didn't listen. He just flew out the window.


And everything was going so well...

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~PBR