Author Notes: Finally the fourth chapter is up! Sorry for the wait. "This is scaryk26 saying: HAVE FUUUUUUUUUUUUUN READING!"

The next morning, Scarlet was making breakfast for her brothers and herself. She put the bread into the toaster and got the jam and butter. She opened the drawer infront of her and took out two knives, one for the butter and one for the jam. She closed the drawer and reached above her and opened the cupboard. She pulled out four glasses and set them on the counter whilst she bent down and opened the fridge to bring out the pure orange juice. She poured an equal amount into each glass then the toaster popped and golden brown toast pinged up.

She grabbed the toast and laid them each on a plate. She buttered them and spread the jam on them, then she carried all four plates to the table where her brothers were waiting. As she went back for the glasses, the boys were tucking into their breakfast. When she came back and put the glasses on the table, Todd, the youngest pulled out a loose tooth and cheered.

"YAY! Look, guys! My tooth came out!" Scarlet smiled and walked up to him, placing a hand on his shoulder and bending down so she was eye-level with him.

"Oh goody! You know what to do, right?"

"YEAH!" And with that, he raced up the stairs as fast as his little legs could carry him and into his bedroom. Downstairs, the rest of the family finished off their breakfast and shoved their plates and glasses in the dishwasher. Thomas, the oldest of the brothers finished after Scarlet, Timmy, the second oldest of the triplets was next to clear his plate. When Todd came back downstairs, he gobbled his toast and gulped down his juice and put his dishes in the dishwasher with the others.

Meanwhile in Pitch's lair...

"Dumb ways to die, so many dumb ways to... ARGH! She was right! I never will get that song out of my head!" Pitch screamed continuosly at himself, then one of his nightmares trotted up a safe distance away from him.

"What's wrong, master?" She nickered and he swiftly turned to face her.

"Oh, nothing." He replied and began to pace about.

"Oh. It's just that I thought I heard you screaming at yourself again." He stopped and faced her.

"'Screaming at myself AGAIN'!? What is that suppose to mean!?" She jumped back and cowardly bowed her head.

"Nothing, master." He turned his back on her in rage. His shoulders loosened and he sighed quietly. He slowly turned his head to look at the frightened nightmare and asked softly,

"Do you want to go for a ride?" Her head perked up and she whinnied happily,

"Oh yes please, master!" He chuckled and walked towards her and stroked her nose. He patted her neck and climbed onto her back, he whipped the reins and they flew out of the lair entrance and into the open air. She flew high above the clouds so they could get a better view of where they were riding to. Pitch looked down to his nightmare.

"Have I introduced you to Scarlet?" She shook her head and snorted,

"I don't think so." He smiled to himself.

"Oh good, then that is where we shall go."

"Where does this 'Scarlet' live?"

"London."

"Is she a child?"

"Um... well... no, not exactly." She stopped in mid-flight and looked up at him.

"Not exactly? Is she a Guardian or a spirit? Another nightmare perhaps?" He shook his head at all of those things.

"No, she is in fact a 20-year-old woman, going on 21."

"How do you know that?"

"She told me. Also, she has believed in me for 17 years now." He whipped the reins once more allowing them to continue their flight to London.

"Wow! 17 years. That's a new record!"

"I know."

They were soon soaring above the streets of London, Pitch was keeping an eye out for Scarlet's house, or rather the street where her house was. He guided his nightmare down onto the road where she gently landed and galloped to Scarlet's house. The nightmare came to a halt outside of Scarlet's house, Pitch climbed off and looked through the living room window. He smiled at the scene before him. Scarlet had a black blindfold over her eyes and was trying to catch the triplets that were running widly around the room, all of them laughing their heads off.

He sank through the shadows and appeared in the living room, watching the happy family play. Thomas, Timmy and Todd noticed him standing in the door way and ran behing him giggling. They pushed him into the room and shouted,

"We're over here, sis!" She smiled big and ran towards Pitch, knocking him over with her on top of him. She had grabbed him round the legs and felt them, her hands going up and up.

"Wow. You boys have gotten tall! Or are you standing on each other's shoulders?"

"Or maybe perhaps you didn't catch any of your brothers, but caught me instead." She looked up to where the voice was coming from and slipped the blindfold over her head. She smiled and giggled.

"If you wanted to join in, why didn't you just say so!" She got up and helped him up too, he chuckled and looked down at the troublesome triplets. They laughed and hugged Scarlet's legs, she stroked their curly ginger hair and asked,

"What are you doing here anyway?" His eyes looked up to meet hers and he smiled.

"Well, I actually wanted to introduce you to someone." He beckoned them to follow him outside the house and into the street where the nightmare was waiting. Pitch stepped to one side and watched them as they gazed at the black sandy nightmare.

"Wow." They all said in unison.

"She's beautiful." Scarlet exclaimed. The nightmare neighed as she trotted over to her master and stood beside him.

"She said, 'Thank you'." He stroked her cheek and patted her neck. He looked at Scarlet with a small smile. "Would you like to go for a ride?" The triplets gasped together and begged their big sister to say 'yes'.

"To be honest, I'm not sure if there'll be enough room for all of us." Pitch smirked and clicked his fingers, then out of the shadows came three more nightmares.

"How about now?" He said smoothly. She smiled and felt her brothers tugging on her arms. She looked down and chuckled.

"Alright then! Go on!" They cheered as they ran over to an individual nightmare and tried to climb onto its back. She laughed and Pitch let out a small giggle. "Need help, boys?" They nodded their heads as they looked up at the tall horses. She walked over to Thomas and picked him up, he stroked his nightmare's nose and was then seated on its back. Pitch watched how she picked them up with great care and noticed how motherly she was, he sighed and felt a small tug on his robe. He looked down to see Todd smiling up at him.

"Can you help me get onto my horse, please?" He smiled as he bent down and picked him up. His left arm was tucked underneath Todd's bum whilst his right arm safely held his back. He carried him over to the nightmare and allowed him to stroke its nose, like Thomas and Timmy did. He then seated him on its back and handed him the reins, he told him to be careful and then headed back over to his own nightmare. He watched as all three of them took off at the same time, darting in different directions.

Scarlet watched them dissapear over the tall buildings and sighed. She heard Pitch clear his throat behind her, so she turned around to see him stroking his nightmare's neck. She smiled as she walked towards them.

"You can ride with me." She giggled. He allowed another small smile, then he gently grabbed her waist and lifted her onto the nightmare and handed her the reins. He climbed on behind her and slipped his arms around her waist. "Give the reins a quick whip when you're ready." She did as instructed and the nightmare reared back and neighed. It quickly went into galloping speed and flew to the top of Scarlet's house. Her hooves pounded against the roof as she ran. She lept off the edge for a burst of speed and flew higher into the sky.

Scarlet looked down onto the beautiful view below them and then looked up at the clouds, which were getting very close. Pitch smiled at her reaction and sighed quietly. He slowly pulled himself closer so his front was just brushing off her back and looked to his right at the Man in the Moon. He heard Scarlet gasp as she looked up at the moon in awe.

"Wow! I've never seen a moon that big before!" He turned his head slightly in her direction to watch her from the corner of his eye. He waited until she faced away then he looked back up to Him and smiled big. He was pulled out of his little world by Scarlet's shiver. "Gosh, it's getting cold. Can we head back now?"

"Of course." He took the reins and pulled back causing the nightmare to dive. Scarlet held on tight to its neck whilst they dived down to the ground. She quickly pulled up and galloped on the road and stopped outside Scarlet's house. Pitch climbed off and helped Scarlet down then told the nightmare to get the others. He turned to Scarlet and smiled. She smiled back sweetly.

"Thank you for that, Pitch. I had a great time."

"You're welcome." They looked up to see the other nightmares returning. They stopped infront of Scarlet and nickered and neighed. The boys hopped off their backs laughing their little heads off and ran over to Pitch. They hugged his legs and shouted,

"THANK YOU, PITCH!" They then ran over to their nightmares and hugged their legs. Pitch chuckled.

"You're welcome, boys." Scarlet giggled.

"Come on, boys. Bedtime." They let go of the nightmare's legs and slowly walked over to their sister, whining as they went. She slumped her shoulders and let her arms dangle infront of her and whined, mimicking them. Pitch giggled a little. "Come on. Don't you want to see the Tooth Fairy?" She said as she put her hands on her hips. They jumped with joy and ran inside the house, up the stairs, and into their rooms. Scarlet laughed as she walked towards Pitch.

"Tooth Fairy?" Pitch asked a little confused.

"Yeah. Todd lost a tooth today whilst munching on his toast. I may have lied a little, though. It might be Baby Tooth who takes the tooth this time. It usually is."

"Well, you'll see. And be sure to let me kow the next time I see you, alright?"

"Okay. Um... well, uh, would you like to come round tomorrow for dinner? I'm making Roast Beef with vegies! Yummy!" She clapped her hands playfully as she hopped a little. He chuckled as he watched her.

"Well... um... what time?"

"How about half five, 'cause it'll take at least half an hour for the beef to cook, and the vegies I can do in the microwave."

"Alright then. I've never had Roast Beef before."

"Oh. Well, I hope you'll like it." She smiled sweetly showing her bright white teeth. She hesitated for a moment and then pulled Pitch in for a warm tender hug. His eyes widened and he gasped. He was like that for about 8 seconds then he slowly raised his arms and put them on her back and allowed his head to rest on her shoulder. His open mouth turned to an open toothy smile. This was his first hug and he wasn't sure what the proper response was, but he just asumed this was it because she didn't pull away. It was wonderful. She was so soft, so warm, so loving. He closed his eyes with bliss as he hoped it would never end.

But, unforntunatley, all things must come to an end sooner or later. She slowly pulled away so as not to shock him too much and stood with her arms loosely around his lower back. His arms were hooked around her hips, he sighed with a loving smile and hooded eyes. She smiled softly and looked down at her arms. Her eyes widened slightly as she took her arms back and he did the same with a nervous laugh. He cleared his throat and looked away shyly.

"Uh... um, sorry."

"I'm sorry too. I just couldn't help myself." He looked into her big, blue, beautiful eyes and was already lost for words. "Well, uh, goodnight." He blinked a few times and smiled.

"Goodnight." She smiled and ran into the house, before she closed the door, she poked her head round the side of it and waved goodnight to Pitch. He waved back with a smile. He waited until she closed and locked the door then he sighed lovingly and skipped over to his nightmare, who was looking at him as if he was crazy. She nickered as he climbed onto her back,

"Are you alright, master?" He grabbed the reins and smiled down at her.

"I feel great!" He whipped the reins sending them flying into the sky. The nightmare smirked to herself as she saw him look back to Scarlet's house and chuckle.

Meanwhile in Todd's bedroom...

Scarlet had said goodnight to her little brothers and waited in Todd's bedroom for Baby Tooth to come for his tooth. She sat on the side of his bed and stroked his curly ginger locks. She smiled softly, then she could hear the beating of fast wings outside the room. She looked to the window and smiled again. She gently slipped the tooth out from underneath his pillow and waited. Baby Tooth appeared from the side and grinned, she flew in through the open window and waved.

"Hiya, Baby Tooth!" Scarlet whispered with a smile. Baby Tooth chirped for Tooth to come in. Her large wings could be heard fluttering outside the window. She popped her head up and smiled.

"Heard someone lost a tooth?" She said excitedly as she flew into the room. Scarlet held up the small white tooth between her index finger and her thumb and giggled quietly. Tooth held up the pound coin with a small quiet giggle and flipped it into the air. Scarlet threw the tooth to Tooth and caught the pound coin and slipped it under Todd's pillow. Baby Tooth caught the tooth and examined it with a large smile and eager eyes. She chirped excitedly and hovered over to Scarlet.

"Yeah, I know. It's a cute one, isn't it?" She nodded her head and chirped again with a more questionable tone. "He lost this one at breakfast time. One bite of that toast and he's pulling out teeth." She laughed quietly as did Tooth.

"Oh, by the way, I saw Pitch and his nightmares go by as we were flying here. He looked happy. Do you know anything about it?" Scarlet giggled and smiled.

"That could be off the hug I gave him earlier, well, before I went to put the boys to bed anyway." Baby Tooth and Tooth exchanged glances with large grins on their faces. "Oh and I've also invited him round for dinner tomorrow."

"What did he say?" Tooth asked eagerly and Baby Tooth chirped even more eagerly.

"What did he say: He said 'Yes'. What are we having: Roast Beef." Baby Tooth licked her lips then she snuggled into Scarlet's cheek. She cupped her hands around Baby Tooth, giving her a nice warm hug. She let her go and she kissed her soft feathery head, Baby Tooth smiled and kissed Scarlet's nose and flew out the window. Tooth watched her fly out the window and hovered over to Scarlet and hugged her. She hugged back and waved goodnight as she followed Baby Tooth.

Back at the Pole...

"Scarlet hugged Pitch!" Tooth exclaimed excitedly. Everyone looked at her not believing what she had just said.

"Wait, what!? They hugged!?" Jack asked sitting on top of his staff next to Tooth. She nodded multiple times.

"Wow! We didn't 'ave to wait long for tha'! Anythin' else?"

"Yep! She's invited him round her house for dinner tomorrow!" Tooth said and Baby Tooth chirped excitedly licking her lips. "Yes, well, you're not having any of that Roast Beef." Then everyone but Bunny and Tooth said,

"Mmm. Roast Beef."

"Scarlet's Roast Beef is the best! She makes it so well." North said in his great booming voice. Sandy had a picture of Roast Beef smothered in gravy with carrots and peas around it floating above his head as he daydreamed. Tooth sighed with frustration.