Author's Note: Here is the third chapter of New Fear! I hope everyone enjoys it! Please review! Thanks! Pitch will be in the next chapter, too finally!
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It was the day after Tooth had found Jack at his lake, and today was decided that there would be a meeting about the strange blue light on the globe. Tooth still suspected that Jack maybe had something to do with it, considering she in no way believed him when he had told her the little girl's voice she had heard was just a shy believer. She was the one who had asked if it was a believer, but when he answered, it was an obvious lie, but was that incident and the light in any way be connected? She figured that if he was keeping something from them, there was a good reason too, and had vowed to investigate soon if she noticed more odd behavior from him.
Jack, however, had a dilemma: he was not very willing to fly all the way to the North Pole and leave Kaylee behind for the meeting, which he knew about as soon as one of Tooth's mini fairies had come this morning and told him about it. It was a miracle he had managed to hide the little girl before Tooth's little helper saw her, since he was still against telling the Guardians about her.
On top of not wanting to leave, he wasn't sure if he could make it there: he was pretty tired. He hadn't slept for two days now. Normally he could last a few days without resting, with being immortal and all, but he had been desperately trying to get the little frost girl to remember why the Man in the Moon had sent her to find him, which was very hard when all she wanted to do was play. He spent a large majority of his time chasing her around and trying to keep her still, and it was starting to take a toll on the Guardian of Fun.
He groaned in frustration when he saw the Northern lights signal fanning out across the sky, meaning that he was supposed to be making his way to the North Pole right now. What was he supposed to do? He had tried to catch the little girl, and then think of something, but even that wasn't working; he had stopped attempting that when he made grab for her and she had swerved away at the last moment, sending him crashing into a tree and giving him a nice bluish-purple bruise on his shoulder and also a smaller one on his forehead near his right temple. Was there any way to get this child to calm down so that he could think?!
"Ooohhh! Pretty!" Kaylee shrieks suddenly, floating up in the air a little bit and staring at the signal in awe. This surprises Jack a little bit, as it is the first time that he has ever seen the little girl fly, but he quickly gets over it when he realizes that if she was a Winter Spirit, of course she would be able to fly like him. He wondered if she knew how to use her other powers? She was so young, so he assumed the answer was no; he would have to show her after the meeting, if he could ever get there. The signal had been going off for about 10 minutes now, and Jack knew that if he didn't leave soon, he'd be even later than he already was going to be. Coming up with a fast idea after seeing a knothole at the bottom of a tree, he quickly flew up to the little girl and said, "Kaylee, I have to go somewhere, but how about we play a game? You see that knothole in the bottom of the tree over there?"
The little girl looks to where Jack is pointing and nods her head, excitement bubbling up inside her at the anticipation of what the game would be. "Well, we're going to play a type of hide and seek; you go hide in there, and the goal is to stay hidden there until I get back. If you do, you win and I'll give you a prize! How does that sound?!"
Her eyes light up with happiness, and she bobs her head 'yes,' quickly flying into the little space. Satisfied, Jack covers the hole with a layer of ice, reassuring Kaylee that it is part of the game, and flies off as fast as he can, hoping that she will still be in there, unharmed, when he returned.
"Frostbite's half an hour late," Bunny says, pointing out the obvious fact with clear annoyance. "Why can't he be responsible for just once in his life!? As soon as the words lave his mouth, Jack flies in not nearly as fast as he normally would, looking pretty tired, and the older Guardians also noticed a bruise on his forehead. Bunny's anger at the younger spirit was forgotten while he stared at him, watching him slump down on the nearest couch, looking like his mind was elsewhere.
"Oi, Frostbite; what happened to you?" he asks, the slightest twinge of worry showing in his voice.
"Yeah," Tooth agrees, fluttering over to sit down next to Jack. "Are you okay?"
Snapping out of his thoughts, he replies, "I'm fine! Don't worry about me; let's get on with the meeting," he says, trying to sound perkier and more awake than he actually was at the moment.
"Well, what happened to your head?" North asks, referring to the medium-sized bruise.
"I hit it on a tree," he responds, and leaves it at that. The Guardians realize that he obviously doesn't want to elaborate on whatever happened, and don't push him anymore; however, they do remain suspicious of the boy, watching him as they start the meeting and picking up on slight strange things in his behavior, like how antsy he appeared to grow with each minute, glancing at the window occasionally as if considering flying out of it. As the meeting progresses, they try to focus on their priority instead of Jack's odd actions, but their thoughts soon wander to him again.
North had just finished explaining about how he had discovered the light and what his thoughts on it were, and turns to Jack to hear his opinion. The other Guardians follow his gaze and see his head lolled down to his chest. His breathing is even, and they realize simultaneously that he is asleep, unusual considering he was always full of energy when they got together, interjecting his own ideas on whatever topic they were discussing.
"Jack, wake up," Tooth says, shaking his shoulder gently. His head snaps up, and his cheeks blush the slightest light blue color when he realizes that North, Tooth, Bunny, and Sandy are al staring at him with concern and curiosity in their eyes. In an attempt to avoid their questioning gazes, he glances out of the window and notices the sun going down. His eyes suddenly widen, realizing that he had left Kaylee alone for a few hours now. Concerned, he shoots up into the air like a rocket, grabs a cookie from the platter on the table to bring back to her as the prize, and speeds out of the window, muttering a lame excuse about needing to make it snow in Burgess.
The Guardians stare after him, momentarily shocked; Tooth is the first to recover. "I got it," she says, flying after him at top speed; now was the time for her to investigate, because something was definitely going on with him. To Tooth's surprise, Jack hasn't gotten too far ahead of her, and she manages to catch up, tailing behind him without the boy ever realizing. An hour or so later, it is dark, and she follows Jack silently as he lands at his lake in Burgess, making his way over to a tree with a knothole in the bottom that has been iced over. With a wave of his staff, he removes the ice from it and gets down on his knees, poking his head in. Tooth watches him with curiosity, wondering what he could possibly be doing.
"Hey, Kaylee, wake up! I have your prize," she hears his muffled voice say inside the tree.
There is the sound of a yawn, and then a little girl's voice, the same one that Tooth had heard yesterday, speaks up: "Jack, you were gone for a long time."
"I know, I know; I'm sorry. I got you a cookie for winning the game, though."
"Yay!" she squeals happily, and after that Jack sticks his arms into the hole, and when he stands up he is holding a little girl with white hair and blue eyes.
Tooth gasps; she looked like a spirit! Jack turns around fast, releasing the girl with one of his hands but clutching onto her tightly with the other, his left hand wielding his staff protectively. When he spots Tooth, his eyes widen, and he quickly floats over to her.
"Tooth, you can't tell anyone," Jack says hurriedly, looking a little panicked that someone had found out about the girl he had been desperately trying to keep a secret. Jack never panicked, so Tooth knew how serious he was about this. She is about to question him when the little girl wriggles out of Jack's grasp and floats over to Tooth, gasping in excitement at her. "You're the Tooth Fairy!" she says excitedly, smiling widely at her.
Tooth blushes a little, and, obviously enjoying the attention, says, "Yes, yes I am! And who might you be little one?"
"Kaylee Frost!" she says, smiling at Jack proudly when she remembers that is his last name and decides to use it. Jack smiles back at her and ruffles her hair.
Tooth raises an eyebrow at Jack, and he just shrugs his shoulders, but she isn't letting him off the hook that easily, and Jack knows it too.
Author's Note: Okay, not the best way to end the chapter but it was getting long and I needed to end it somewhere. Next chapter should be up tomorrow, along with the next chapter for We Are Family for those who read that (it's not ROTG). Anyways, review please! Pitch will be in the next chapter!