I have two other stories out now! Messengers of Light and When Worlds Collide, but don't worry, I won't slow down in editing due to them. I've been lazy on getting a picture up for this story, but I promise that I'll finish it and put it up by tomorrow.

Chapter 4: Breaking the Spell

I couldn't stop thinking about the others. Tooth just woke up, and I smiled to make her believe everything was okay. Maybe I could slip out and go back for the others the second she became entranced in her Tooth Fairy duties again.

"You still didn't answer me." Tooth's voice snapped me out of my trance. I looked up to see her studying me with her penetrating violet gaze.

"What question?" I asked like I didn't know what she was talking about, but I already had a good idea.

"What happened to you?!" she repeated again, with more emotion, reaching out to stroke my scrapes from the boomerang.

I shrugged, and hoped she would accept my answer. "I fell asleep in the trees again, and when I woke up I was already falling and hitting every branch on the way down," I lied, "I promise I have learned my lesson and would never make that mistake again." I raised my right hand in the air, exaggerating every movement to throw her off.

She squinted at me, deciding whether or not to believe me. I held my breath. "Well, just be more careful," she demanded softly, but I didn't think she was about to let this go.

"I will," I promised, flying off in the air, waving goodbye. When I was sure she couldn't see me, I accelerated forward and zoomed back to the North Pole, desperate to get back to the others. The large building came into view, and it was as quiet as ever.

I landed softly on the snow, forming another snowball in my hand. Creeping around the area, I waited for another being to come into view, daring them to come out even.

A hard thump on my side knocked the snowball out of my hand, along with any sense of security I had. I slid into the snow, but quickly pushed myself up and connected my foot with my attacker. The feeling of soft fur on my bare feet immediately alerted me that I had just kicked Bunny in the chest. I pushed off his chest and twisted around, sliding back in the snow on my feet.

I leaned forward and scooped up and fistful of snow as I launched myself at Bunny, still dizzy from my last attack. "Oof!" A wave of sand crashed into my gut, knocking the air out of my lungs. I flipped backwards and tumbled through the snow. Feeling the ground rumble against my back, I barely was able to look up when a herd a sand-elephants trampled over me.

Instinctively, I thrust my staff into the nearest elephant's ankle (cankle is more like it…). Ice spread up its leg, and to the rest of its body. Quickly, all of the elephants were frozen, allowing me to shatter them to shards. I jumped into the air, ignoring the painful bruises forming across my chest.

I scanned the area. Where did everyone go? While I pondered this, I found that I was completely unprepared to dodge a giant bat made of sand swinging towards me. It connected, and I was thrown back, quickly approaching the ground …and a giant pair of scissors. I swerved upwards and began to fly the other direction, when the sandy scissors caught up to me. With a slice across my back, I accelerated towards the ground.

I couldn't help thinking on the way down that that was the most creative way that I have ever been beat up. After skidding face-first into the snow, I looked up to see that I was surrounded by Bunny, Sandy, and North. They must have had some of their minds left, because when I smiled they all looked slightly confused.

"Batter up!" I yelled as I leapt to my feet, karate-style. A snowball formed in my hand and I hit it with my staff, sending it flying towards Sandy's face. Feeling the sharp pain all over my body from his elephant stampede and the blood from the scissors dripping down my back, I had decided that he was my first target. I couldn't take much more of his attacks.

Sandy's eyes faded back to a golden-yellow, and he slumped down in the snow. "Yes!" I shouted, feeling victorious. For once, the same trick worked twice. I didn't have time to celebrate though, since North was now on top of me, his sword poised to strike.

I rolled to the side and sprayed snow on his face with my staff. He stammered back, blue lights flickering around his eyes, slowing changing them back. North fell over, exhausted like the others from the spell.

Bunny was the last one. I glanced around, looking for him. Just then he sprang out of a hole that opened up in the ground in front of me. He toppled me over, and we rolled back together a few feet. Bunny's paws pushed against my shoulders and held me to the ground. He took out his boomerang and pushed it towards my throat; the only thing stopping it was my staff, placed in a defensive position in front of me.

After the flash of deja vu ended, I reached up and touched his face, which was only an inch from mine. Like I had hoped, blue tendrils of light flickered around, erasing the red and black from his eyes. "Frostbite?" Bunny whispered, right before collapsing on top of me. Bunny weighs a lot, if I do say so myself.

I heaved him off, letting Bunny roll to the ground. As soon as I got up, slow clapping from behind me made me freeze. I whipped around to face Heat, smiling contently. The snow melted in a five feet radius around him, leaving nothing but mud. Flames danced off his hair randomly, and his eyes flickered in amusement. "Good job," he sneered, "But you still have to deal with me."

Well, that chapter was a little longer than I expected, but I think the action made up for it. Reviews are loved, and I'll be back soon. ^^