Chapter 3

Jack, Baby Tooth and the Guardians walked or flew to the Globe Room, where Manny's skylight was. As Jack flew into the room, several of the tooth fairies fainted, hid, or flew closer for a look. Now, Jack might have thought the tooth fairies cute and harmless when they were the size of a finger, but now they were the same size as him, and they were crowding him! Thankfully for Jack, Baby Tooth came to the rescue. She shooed the other fairies away, then gave Jack a light hug. "Are you ok? I know you don't like crowding. I'll tell them all about you know if you want, so that they won't be so invasive next time." he nodded shakily and Baby Tooth called out, "Jaine! Talia! Come here!" Two of the fairies who had come to investigate, and also two of the biggest of the fairies, Jack noticed.

The two fairies called flew over and Baby Tooth set about telling them about Jack's accident, and told them to tell the other fairies not to crowd Jack. Talia and Jaine nodded, but as they flew back to tell the other fairies, they realized that Baby Tooth had not left Jack's side since his change, and, now they thought about it, she had barely left his side since the Pitch incident. They flew to Tooth to tell her their concerns.

Tooth listened to her two fairies with worry, but decided it wasn't bad enough to yell the other Guardians yet. Jack would be back to normal in a few minutes anyway, so no use worrying the others, right?

As Tooth worried, the moon peeked out from a cloud, bathing the room with moonbeams. North immediately stepped towards the moonbeam lying on the floor. Spreading his arms open wide, he called, "Ah Manny, old friend! What have you got for us?"

The Guardians, Baby Tooth and Jack felt a smile land on them, and a deep solemn voice echoed inside their heads. It said, Guardians. Jack Frost. Dear, brave tooth fairy. Jack is the very embodiment of the saying 'curiosity killed the cat.' everyone chuckled. Manny continued, unfortunately for everyone involved, that potion was one of a kind. Jack drank the only potion I have never heard of, and so I cannot fix him. However, Manny added, as the Guardians groaned and Jack slumped in mid-air, I can help you. Jack, you are aware of your communication problem, are you not? Jack nodded tiredly. I can remove that barrier for you. Also, do not despair, young Jack. Even I know that everything happens for a reason, and that even a curse-or a stray potion- can be a blessing in disguise. Do you understand?

All six nodded as the moon was covered with cloud once more. Jack sighed and turned away. "Well, that was disappointing." He muttered. North, Bunny and Sandy all whirled round in surprise.

"Was that you, mate?" Bunny asked.

Jack blinked "You can hear me?" He asked. The three Guardians nodded. Jack cheered up slightly. "Well, at least MiM came through on that part." Jack said. The others all nodded, but Jack noticed that Baby Tooth wanted to talk to him about something. He excused himself from the guardians and flew over to talk to her.

Tooth watched the two fairies interact with a worries frown before flying over to the Guardians. She needed to tell them what was going on. "Guys, we need to talk. Without Jack." She added pointedly as North moved to call the fairy away from Baby Tooth. Blinking in confusion, North came back and sat down next to Bunny, who was on the couch. Tooth fluttered closer and said in a dramatic whisper, "I think Jack and Baby Tooth are falling in Love!"

The other Guardians all relaxed. "Is that all you're worried about, Shelia? No problem." said Bunny. North nodded his head. "Don't worry Tooth. they will be fine, Yes? I feel it.. in my belly!"

Tooth sighed, but nodded. It was not as if she could stop love, was it? She shrugged her shoulders and turned to watch the two Mini-fairies fly together. Despite herself, she just HAD to coo slightly. They were so cute together!

Meanwhile Jack and Tooth were talking together as they flew around. Jack looked at Baby Tooth. "Hey Baby Tooth? Can I ask you a question?" She smiled and nodded at him. He kept going. "Why do the other Tooth Fairies have normal names and you don't?" He was, understandably, a bit confused when she started laughing.

"Ooh dear, Ooh!" She gasped as she tried to stop laughing. She saw Jack's face, and saw the hurt on it, and stopped laughing immediately. "Oh, no Jack, it's not you, it's just," she giggled again, she couldn't help it, "Why on earth would you think my name is Baby Tooth?"

Jack blinked, then started to laugh as well. The two fairies flew laughing for a while before they became serious again. Jack shrugged. "I have no idea. I guesss I made up that name on the spot, you know, when I was saving you from the nightmare." They both shivered, at the thought of being eaten by one of those horendous things. Jack kept going "I don't know, its just, you never objected to the name, and I couldn't comunicate with you and I thought you liked it and..."

"Jack." Baby Tooth's voice held so much amusement and care that Jack shut up immediately. "You're rambling." He nodded mutely. "Baby Tooth had to laugh, but she told him affectionately, "I DID like it, in fact, it was one of the better names people had given me over the years. my real name is Lyra."

"Lyra." Jack tested out the name on his tongue. "I like it. I can call you that now, right?"

"Of course!" Lyra teased him. You'd hate it if I called you Frostbite all the time, like the Annoying Bunny does, wouldn't you?" then Lyra blushed. "That shouldn't have slipped out. Stipid, Lyra, stupid!" she scolded herself. Jack however, was rolling around laughing. "The Annoying Bunny!" He gasped out between laughs. "That is priceless! I should go tease him about it right now!" He made to fly off, but Lyra flew into his face, wings whirring anxiously. "NO Jack! Please don't tell him!" she begged, and Jack, seeing that she was serious, stopped flying over to tease Bunny and flew over to her. "Why Lyra?" He asked, voice gentle. "Why don't you want me to tell him?"

She smiled slightly. "If he found out we-The tooth fairies that is- made it up, Tooth would be made at us, and he would try to grab us!" She shivered at the memory. "He might not be very scary while he's not that much bigger than you, but to us, and now you, too, he is a giant!" he Lyra cracked a smile. "Although if you were to call him that to his face, when you are human sized again, Now, that would be funny!"

At the thought the two mini-fairies started laughing again, although they each felt slightly sad. The thought of Jack being human sized, although apealing Two hours ago, now left the two fairies with a small feeling of dread. Watching from the side, Tooth sighed. She knew that the Mini-fairies were falling in love, and there was nothing to do about it. With a heavy heart she flew back to the Guardians, knowing someone would get hurt in the end, and not liking it in the least.

Angela here! Ok, that was a slightly gloomy end, but I think it will come in handy later. I really love writing this story, and any suggestions will be taken very seriously. See ya next chapter!

Angela