This is a Rise of the Guardians fanfiction. FANFICTION. I do not own. I don't really own the Ice Queen either. Or at least bits of her character. I'm hoping to get at least one more chapter out before Monday. However, if I do, it'll be tomorrow. I'm not going to be online again until tomorrow afternoon.

I almost had writer's block for this chapter. AgentBugs's review gave me a few ideas. Everyone thank him/her! (Unless you don't want to. Still.) The ideas were Pippa's teeth and flying (which wil be next chapter). Besides that, you guys are awsome! The amount of reviews, favorites, and alerts are amazing for one week, three chapters, and just over 7,000 words (as of ch. three)! Thanks a lot!

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Jack clamped a hand over his sister's mouth. She really had to stop doing that.

"That's not a monster, it's the tooth fairy," he told her. Pippa nodded slowly, eyes still wide. He pulled his hand away from her mouth. "Tooth, this is - "

"Pippa, your sister. I know. North told me," Tooth interrupted. She and Babytooth zipped to window in the back of the room. Babytooth flew right above Jack's shoulder as Tooth pried Pippa's mouth open to examine her teeth, much like she did to him a few weeks ago.

"Gah!" the younger girl cried in surprise.

"Not as white but in good condition. You should floss more," she told Pippa cheerfully. The little girl bit down on her fingers. "Ow!" Tooth snatched her hands away.

Jack smiled tightly, trying to stifle his laughter. It was at that moment Tooth decided to pry his mouth open for inspection again.

"Still as white as snow as last time! So perfect," she sighed happily.

"Stop that," Jack tried to say. It came out as, "Hop ath."

Pippa stared at the tooth fairy strangely. "You're weird." Tooth didn't seem to hear her. If she did, she ignored it.

Jack grabbed her wrists, yanking her hands out of his mouth. "Anyway..."

Tooth zoomed in on his sister again. Pippa leaned back toward the window to put distance between them. "She's so cute! You two look so much like each other. Have you lost the rest of your baby teeth yet, sweetie?" The question was directed at Pippa.

The little girl continued to stare the tooth fairy stangely before looking at her brother. "Is she your girlfriend?"

Startled, Tooth flew a few feet back, blushing. Jack jumped backwards, hitting his head on the window pane. "Ow! No! Where'd you get that idea?"

"She said I'm cute and we look like each other. Doesn't that mean she's calling you cute?" she asked innocently.

"No, no, no! You misunderstood!" Tooth quickly said. "I didn't mean it as one thought! I -"

"We're not together, Pippa," Jack said firmly. Babytooth angerly pecked him under his ear. He half-heartedly swatted her away.

She shrugged. "Okay, if you say so."

"We should get back to the others," he suggested, standing up. "Cut it out, Babytooth!"

The fairy glared, gave him one final peck, and flew back to Tooth's side.

Well that was embarressing! Did Pippa have to ask that out in front of Tooth?

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When they got back to North's globe - where he, Bunnymund, and Sandy were talking (or making sand pictures) - Pippa hid behind Jack's legs, squeezed her eyes shut and stuck her tounge out. Bunnymund was the first to notice them. Having dealt with Jack for so many years, he must've been able to sense that someone (particularly a Frost) was mocking him. The bunny scowled at the little girl. Jack looked down to see what he was making that face at and grinned.

North and Sandy looked, too. The smiled, though it was obvious they were nervous.

"Ah, hello little girl," North greeted.

"Are you really Santa?" she asked.

All nervousness disappeared from North's manner at the innocent question. "Of course!"

"This is ridiculous," Bunnymund scoffed. "We ought to make sure she isn't a fake first."

"She's not fake," Jack defended her. She couldn't be. Especially if she got on the bunny's nerves while hardly trying. That had to mean she was definately Jack's sister.

Pippa glared at Bunnymund. "I'm not!" she repeated to him.

Another one of Tooth's fairies flew up to Pippa. She inspected Pippa briefly before flying up to Tooth and Babytooth. The bird seemed to say something to them. Tooth nodded.

"Pippa," she started, "do you want to tour the workshop?"

"What?" North and Jack exclaimed in shock at the same time.

"Why would you offer that? The yetis are working!"

"No fair! Everytime I try to see the place I either get thrown out or some sort of talk!"

Tooth shot them both a look that said, 'Be quiet, both of you! I'm working.' Turning back to the younger Frost, she smiled brightly. "My fairies and the yetis can show you all the toys. I'm sure North will let you play with some of them, too."

"Those are for Christmas! Not now," North objected.

Tooth shot him another look.

Pippa locked her jaw. "Not without Jack. I know what you're doing."

They wanted to talk privately about Pippa without the kid around. Huh. What a perfect oppurtunity to finish seeing the rest of the workshop. Jack smiled mischieviously. "I'll take her," he offered.

"No," Bunnymund said firmly. "You're staying here with the rest o' us. We have to talk."

"About?" he asked without any enthusiasm, just to get on the bunny's nerves.

"About - You know what!" Bunnymund stomped his foot in frustration. Success.

"Why is this such a big deal? It's not like Pippa's with the Snow Queen or whatever she's called anymore," he said.

"That's not the problem, Jack," Tooth said. "Pippa, really, go play with the toys."

"No!" she shouted definatly. "I wanna listen to - "

"OH, for goodness sake!" Bunnymund complained, slapping his forehead. "Sandy, just knock 'er out already!"

"What?!" the younger Frost looked scared. Sandy threw a bit of his sand at her. The sand hit her square in the face. Pippa's eyes drooped. She wobbled a bit before falling over on her side, passed out asleep.

Jack scowled. "Was that really necessary?"

Sandy shrugged, smiling sheepishly, as if to say 'sorry'.

He glanced at his sister's peaceful, sleeping form on the floor before looking back at the other guardians. He didn't want to wake her up now. She would just throw a fit and be put out again. "Okay, so what's up?" he asked, tone irritated.

The four looked at each other, probably surprised he went along with it so easily.

"This is first time we've heard from the Ice Queen in centuries," the guardian of wonder began.

"We were startin' to think she died," Bunnymund continued.

"Even Pitch would pop up every once in a while after the dark ages," Tooth said.

An image appeared over Sandy's head, depicting a woman in a parka.

"That's her?"

Sandy nodded.

"Sooo...you guys are worried she'll start kidnapping again?" Jack guessed.

"That and she'll team up with Pitch to take over the world again," Bunnymund replied.

Tooth nodded. "And for your sake, Jack. She might try to get rid of you."

"For my power over ice and snow?" he recalled his conversation with Bunnymund earlier.

"Yes," North confirmed. "She may believe if you are out of way, she will get her full powers over winter back."

That was definately a scary thought. Jack didn't want to lose his powers. How would he have as much fun? (Aaaannd the Ice Queen might start another ice age. But that wasn't as important right now.) "Would she?"

"Who knows?" North raised his hands, palms up, shrugging. "It has never happened before. Has it?" He looked to the other guardians questionably.

"Not that I know of," the bunny responded coldly.

"I don't remember anything like that," Tooth answered.

Sandy shook his head no.

North looked back at Jack. "See?"

He made a sick face. "And...you think she's using Pippa to get to me?"

"I think your sister's long dead," the Easter Bunny said. "That girl right there is a fake. Nothing but a sham meant to gain your trust."

Jack shook his head. He was starting to get frustrated with that idea. It couldn't be true. Some sham wouldn't act completely like Pippa or blurt out it used to live with the Ice Queen, would it? "I really don't think that's true. Isn't there any way you could test that idea?"

"Maybe," the tooth fairy answered instead of Bunnymund. "If she can open her cylinder of baby teeth. Altough, a convincing double might be able to, too..." She sounded unconvinced of the suggestion herself.

"Why do you want to believe she's your sister so much, anyway?" his furry rival asked him suddenly, eyeing him curiously. "I know she might be, emphasize on 'might', yet she probably isn't and you know it. Why're you defending her so much?"

The Easter Kangaroo did have a point. The chances that this Pippa was fake were higher than the chances she was real. She even had white hair instead of brown. Pippa was no winter spirit and this was a young child, not an old woman. So why was he so attatched to idea that she was his sister so fast? Because of how she acted and resembled her? Because he saw her cry two or three times already and felt bad? Or was it because he finally had a member of his family back?

The last one made the most sense. He had wanted a family for so long, he was tired of being lonely. When he finally remembered his real family he was ecstatic; yet they were all gone, dead. Even with his new guardian status and friends, he was believed in only by a handful of children, meaning most couldn't see him. Having his little sister back would be wonderful for him. He would have a family, someone who believed in him, and would always be with him. Jack would never be lonely again.

He thought he was he content with just knowing he had once had a family before. Now, he realized that he missed them more than he originally thought.

This girl had to be his sister. He needed her to be - Jack shoved that thought away. Little sisters need their older brothers, not the other way around.

Pippa stirred on the floor.

Jack glanced at her before looking back at the guardians. Not wanting to explain his reasons, he shrugged. "I just do."

Bunnymund threw his arms in the air. "That's not a good reason! If she turns out to be the Ice Queen's pawn, you're going to regret it, Frostbite! You'll - "

Jack was already sick of the lecture. He aimed his staff and shot some frost at his rival, freezing his mouth shut. Bunnymund glared at Jack so viciously, the teenager wondered if he was going to lunge at him and beat him with his boomerang. Jack held his staff in front of him defensively. Sandy seemed to decide it was time to step in between the two.

A picture of a tombstone materialized above his head.

"He's going to kill me?" Jack guessed the image meant.

Bunnymund nodded, agreeing, reaching for his boomerang. North held his arms down with one hand.

Sandy shook his head. The picture changed to an entire graveyard.

"I don't understand," North said, rubbing his chin in confusion.

"We should go to a cemetary?" Tooth tried, cocking her head.

Sandy nodded enthusiastically. He was probably happy someone understood him.

Jack raised an eyebrow. "Why?"

The sandman pointed to Pippa, who stirred again. The tombstone reappeared above his head.

North gasped, horrified. "You want to kill her?!"

Sandy seemed to groan as he slapped his forehead. Shaking his head once more, the image changed to Jack kneeling at grave that read 'Pippa'.

"Ooooh," Jack realized what he was saying. "We should see if she has a grave."

Sandy nodded, exasperated.

"Oh." North scrated his head sheepishly.

"If she has one, it would be in our hometown," Jack said.

"Unless she moved," Tooth said. "Or her something happened to her tombstone."

The frost finished melting on Bunnymund's face. "You little, rotton, ice cold bugger - "

North clamped a hand over the Eatser Bunny's mouth when Pippa started to open her eyes. She yawned and sat up.

"Why was I sleeping? Is that what the yellow man's dust did?" She asked her brother.

"Pretty much," Jack answered, relaxing and leaning against his staff. "And he's the sandman. You can call him Sandy, though."

"O-kay... Why'd he put me to sleep? What were you talking about?" she demanded.

"How to prove you're real," her brother answered casually.

Pippa's face lit up. "How?" she asked eagerly.

Jack stared at Tooth. "Could we try letting her open her baby teeth container-thing?"

Tooth looked unsure. "Well...I suppose I can go get it. What about her grave?"

"My grave? I don't have a grave. Do I, Jack?"

He shrugged. "I don't know. Let's go check the graveyard in Burgess. Tooth can bring us your baby teeth there. Right, Tooth?"

"Alright..."

His sister stood up. "Why do we have to see if I have a grave to make sure I'm real? Or my baby teeth?"

"Because if you have one and it says you died when you were, I don't know, eighty..." Jack trailed off. "And only the real Pippa would be able to open it."

Pippa seemed to understand. "Okay. Then can we play together?"

Jack grinned. "Yeah! I'll even show you around, let you meet my friend Jamie, his friends, and his younger sister. Hm, I wonder if they'll be able to see you or not?"

Pippa shrugged. "Why wouldn't they?"

"It's a long story. I'll tell you later."

"Alright. How are going to get to Burgess? Down another rabbit hole?"

His grin widened. "Nope. We're gonna fly there." He stooped down. "Get on my back."

"Fly? You can fly?! Why didn't you say so before!" Pippa jumped on his back and wrapped her arms around his neck. He tucked his arms under her knees. Jack stood up straight.

"Because we took a rabbit hole here! As fun as that is, flying's better! Can one of you open the window?" he asked the others.

North let go of Bunnymund and opened a window, watching the oversized bunny suspiciously. Bunnymund scoffed.

Jack took off and jumped out the window. "Wind!" he called. The wind picked up and carried them away, Pippa shrieking in delight.

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The guardians watched them leave.

"I hope she really is his sister, for Jack's sake," Tooth muttered.

"I just hope he isn't too torn up if he find that she's not," Bunnymund replied.

North sighed sadly. "What do we do if she's not? Or about Silvia?"

Sandy closed the window. He wondered if it were possible she was the real Pippa yet was willingly working with the Ice Queen. For Jack's - and all of their's - sake, he hoped not.

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storygirl99210: I'm trying to squeeze more brother-sister love in. It's just that I'm new to writing family fics. I don't think this chapter has much of a moment in it, but I'll try more next chapter (unless something happens in the plot).

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