A.N. To make sure there's no confusion, the line break in this chapter signifies a change in point of view rather than location. Hope you enjoy the chapter, thanks!

Things had died down quite a bit since Mavis's birthday party had ended and the couple had left on their first trip, Dracula reflected as he strode down the hall toward the lobby. The shrunken heads yelled at him the whole way but he was quite used to that by now. Plus, it easier to ignore now that it was the off season. They didn't have many guests, and thus fewer heads shouted at him as he walked.

The young couple sent regular letters and post cards explaining their adventures, but he missed his daughter terribly. He also really missed Johnathan, which was a somewhat surprising realization. He wouldn't have thought he'd get connected to the human so quickly. But the human had earned his friendship and trust, and had really done a lot to brighten up the hotel. There were times when he wished something would happen that would create the same kind of excitement that human boy seemed to carry with him.

As Dracula stepped into the hotel lobby, he realized that he really needed to be more careful with what he wished for.

Wayne and Wanda's pups were running over everything! It wasn't even like the chaos that always occurred when the family first arrived at the hotel, where every pup ran off in a different direction. This time the pups were moving in a wave. All running up onto the fireplace mantel then jumping off like lemmings, then running all over the furniture, then all going over the piano and creating a racket. Drac was surprised to see Winnie at the head of the group, he'd always considered her the best behaved of the bunch. The hotel owner searched for the parents, and spotted Wayne and Wanda standing off to the side. The couple stared at the scene, seeming to be at a complete loss on how to resolve it.

"I take it this is the cause of the noise and disturbance complaints I've been getting on my way here?" The vampire asked, appearing next to the werewolves in a puff of purple smoke. Wayne scratched the back of his head in embarassment and Wanda looked guilty.

"Uh, yeah. Sorry Drac. We've tried everything, but none of the normal stuff is working. Not even bribing them with food." Wayne explained. Wanda nodded.

"The kids can be stubborn once they get their hearts set on something."

"What do they want so badly?" Dracula asked, brow furrowed. He wouldn't have to call in the knights would he? That could end in disaster.

"A new pet...I think." Wanda replied. "It looks like a little green hummingbird. Winnie found it this morning, but it got away from her." Her husband nodded.

"You know the kids can't resist a chase, and once it got out of the room they tracked it here." Neither werewolf mentioned the bird passing through the door, they still weren't sure what to make of that.

"So we need to catch the bird right? I'm on it." The small group jumped at the sudden voice, but the floating pair of glasses was already moving away. Aside from the werewolf family, Griffin was the only other member of their band who was visiting. You'd think that would make it easier to keep track of him, but it didn't. After walking a short ways the glasses came off and were folded away somewhere. So the invisible man was now completely invisible.


Baby Tooth zigged and zagged as she attempted to escape the pups and find an exit. It was hard to do through her panic. She'd heard stories from her sisters about the rare kids who woke up during retrieval and tried to catch them, but she never thought it would happen to her. No child had ever woken up while she was on a mission! She'd never heard of any of her sisters getting chased to this extent either. Apparently it was much easier to escape a single human child than a pack of werewolf pups.

The little fairy's wings were starting to hurt from having to keep such a fast pace. She needed to find a way out soon or-there! She could see a revolving door, and her way was free from the pups or any other creatures. Pushing herself as hard as she could Baby Tooth darted for the door. Once she got outside she'd be home free, she could fly up and out of the pups reach with the tooth she still carried and-

Her thoughts were suddenly interrupted by her smacking into something she was quite sure wasn't there. The impact dazed her and she fell downward, but something warm and firm caught her. She felt the thing wrap around her, pinning the hands that carried the tooth.

"Got it!" A cheerful voice called out from right above her. Baby Tooth looked around but saw nothing. She couldn't see anything holding her up either. The thing holding her moved and she was turned from side to side.

"Hey, are we sure this is just a bird?" The same voice from before called out. The fairy couldn't see who he was talking to, and she didn't care. She just wanted freedom. A part of her mind flashed back to when Pitch was holding her ransom against her Jack. No way was she letting that happen again! Wait...Pitch...she had felt this kind of pressure when being held by Pitch.

Without another thought Baby Tooth drove her beak downward into the nothing that held her, and met resistance. When the voice yelled in pain she knew she had done some damage, but didn't have time to celebrate it. The next moment she was thrown through the air. She tried to right herself, but didn't have enough time. She smacked into cold hard stone. Her tiny body slid down to the stone floor, still curled around the canine she'd retrieved.