Jack: *Sees SD* About time you come back!

Me: Sorry! School started and now its as busy as ever.

Jack: Excuses, excuses.

Me: Hey! We can't all be winter spirits that can do whatever we want.

Jack: :-P

Me: Anyway, here's the next chapter. Enjoy!

It was like a thrill ride, the ice chute. Curving this way and that, one couldn't help but smile at excitement. Unless, of course, they were like Bunny. He look terrified the whole way and was worse once we were actually airborne. Jack and I couldn't help but laugh at him.

The view was incredible! There are no words to describe flying above all the snow and the wind in my hair made everything perfect. I could stay there forever. However, I was distracted as Jack whispered, "Watch this."

Then, from the rear of the sleigh, shouts, "Hey Bunny!"

The rabbit looks back. "Check out this view...EEEYAAAAGGHGHH!"

Jack was swept backwards and off the sled! Bunny gasps and peeks over the edge. I could hear Jack say, "Awww...you do care."

I stifled a giggle as Bunny shouted, "Ah, rack off you bloody show pony!"

Then I couldn't help but laugh and was joined by Jack as he flew back into the sleigh. North chuckled and then said, "Hold on everyone, I know a

shortcut."

Bunny mumbled a reply I didn't quite catch. North help up what looked like a snow globe saying, "I say, Tooth Palace." before throwing it. The globe then turned into some sort of portal which we proceeded to fly through.

"What?!"

The sight that awaited us was a shock to say the least. Although in the distance I could see what I assumed to be the Tooth Palace, I could only concentrate on the streaks of black flying around. Looking closely, I could see that each streak was actually a horse that seemed to be made of sand chasing what looked like to be hummingbirds. My jaw dropped and my eyes widened as I looked around at the chaos. "They're taking the tooth fairies!" Jack shouts.

Then he launches himself into the air, saving a fairy just as it was almost captured. As he talked to it, I watched as we approached the palace. Suddenly, North gave me the reins. "Here! Take over!"

I heard a "huh?" from Bunny but I ignored it as I cracked the reins. A smile spread across my face as I realized how easy it was. Then I heard multiple thuds. I looked back to see boxes fall from the horse North slashed open and land in the sleigh. "They're stealing the teeth!" Bunny exclaimed.

I look back just in time to see us headed for a pillar. "Whoa!" I shouted as I steered us away from it.

We ended up skidding to a stop on a platform. I let out a deep breath and looked up to see the weird lady from earlier flying around frustrated. "Tooth!" hollered North as we exited the sleigh, "Are you alright?"

Not stopping, she replied, "They, they took my fairies! And the teeth! All of them! Everything is gone! Everything."

As soon as the last word was spoken, she fell to the ground, seemingly defeated. Then the little fairy Jack rescued quickly flies to Tooth. Tooth hugs the fairy while saying, "Oh thank goodness! One of you is

alright!"

A cold voice then rings through the palace, causing me to jump in surprise. "I have to say, this is very, very

exciting."

We looked around to find a man in a robe standing above us. He had black hair and his eyes were yellow. Something about him gave me the chills. "The Big Four," he continues, "All in one place.

I'm a little star-struck. Did you like my show on the globe, North? Got you all together, didn't I?"

Tooth charges after Pitch shouting, "Pitch! You have 30 seconds to return my fairies!" but he disappears.

"Or what?" his voice echoing through the palace before he suddenly turns up near a column, "You'll stick a quarter under my pillow?"

"Why are you doing this?" North asks, still in attack mode.

"Maybe I want what you have. To be believed in."

After switching columns he continues. "Maybe I'm tired of hiding under beds."

"Maybe that's where you belong." Bunny comments.

"Ah, go suck an egg, rabbit!" he says upside on the platform. Then he's gone again.

"Hang on, is that...Jack Frost?" his echoey voice asks before he laughs, "Since when are to all so chummy?"

My body involuntary shakes slightly while Jack replies, "We're not."

"Oh, good."

I jumped as his voice came from behind us. Jack and I spin around to find Pitch leaning against another column as he continues his taunting. "A neutral party. Then I'm going to ignore you But, you must be used to that by now."

Out of the corner of my eye I see Jack's hands tighten on his staff. But then Pitch was gone again and when I turned he was right there, his face in front of mine. "And who's this?"