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Toothina, better known as the Tooth Fairy, was having a busy day. Her fairies had all thankfully recovered from their time in Pitch's clutches, and so her force was at full strength. She had even felt good enough about their recovery to spend some time in the field herself a few times. But this was not going to be one of those days. Today was even busier than usual, as an unusual amount of children had lost teeth. All Tooth could do was try to keep up with demand by directing her fairies to the places they would be of most use.
It hadn't helped that Baby Tooth had disappeared a few hours before things got hectic. After the whole disaster with Pitch, Tothina had been keeping that particular fairy close to her side, and she had become the large faerie's favorite. However, the small fairy also had taken a liking to Jack, and would often go off to find him when she wasn't busy running errands for Tooth. Baby Fairy seemed to have the amazing ability to find Jack no matter where in the world he was, so Tooth never worried if she was gone for a while.
At last the constant bustle of fairies moving in and out slowed to a more normal pace, and Tooth felt it was safe to take a breather. She caught the nearest fairy gently, and told it that she was going down to the spring, and anyone who wanted to speak to her could find her there. When the small fairy nodded she released it and made her way from the palace down to the water where she had talked to Jack about his past. She sat on the water's edge, thinking on all that had happened since the Man in the Moon had told them of the newest guardian.
Bunnymund had told all of the other guardians of his encounter with Jack, and his suspicions that something bad had happened to Jack before he became a guardian. Tooth herself had no idea what to think. After North had reported that the boy had willingly come to him, the other guardians had made it a point to go in and see Jack. Though he had apparently stopped avoiding them, he worked diligently to make sure that no one ever remembered to question him, or he would leave quickly if they did. Jack was ovesily hiding something, but what no one had any idea. Tooth hated that she couldn't take the boy she was starting to see as family into her arms to hold until it was all better. She knew, however, that she would have to gain Jack's trust first before he let her that close. She would just have to keep trying.
She was distracted from her thoughts by the alarm calls of her fairies. Surprised, Tooth jumped up and moved at top speed to the top of the palace, fearing the worst. When she got to the top, she was absolutely swarmed by tiny fairies, all talking at once. "quiet down," she called, and there was instant silence. She looked around, sighing in relief when she saw that no one was hurt. "alright, one of you tell me whats going on, slowly," she commanded, and one of the small fairies stepped forward.
The fairy took a deep breath, and then began. Apparently some of the fairies that had been sent to Northern Africa had come back saying that Baby Tooth had accosted them. She had told them to send word back that Jack Frost was injured. When Tooth heard that, she panicked. Tooth ordered the fairies that had brought the news to show her where they met Baby Tooth, telling the others to continue working, she then took off, barely waiting for her guides in her hurry to find her family member.
When she reached Africa, Tooth began looking around desperately. She couldn't see a hint of snow or ice, and that terrified Tooth more then hearing that Jack was injured. Jack Frost was a winter spirit, he needed to be somewhere with snow or ice or he would begin to get sick. If he had been unable to make some kind of snow oasis where he was, then that did not boad well for how Jack was doing.
Tooth and her fairies combed the area, desperately searching for the ice spirit and the small fairy. At last Tooth saw them, and with a shout flew as hard as she could to the desperate fairy and the too still child. What she saw almost made Tooth reel back in horror.
Jack's body was a mass of cuts, scrapes, and bruises. His usually white hair was streaked with red from the wounds that were sluggishly bleeding on his head and shoulders. His hoody was barely recognizable; it had been torn in so many places. But the worst part was his skin, which while normally pale was slightly pink now, almost normal looking in between all the injuries. Jack was a winter spirit, and for him to look that warm he must have been in indescribable pain from the heat of the desert where he lay. Looking at him lying here, Tooth swore that the moment she found out who had don this to the boy, she would make them wish they had never even heard of Jack Frost or the guardians.
But vengeance could wait, she thought as she carefully directed her fairies to help her move Jack into the air with the least amount of movement. She would make sure Jack was fine first, then she would wreck divine vengeance on those that had hurt her boy.
Am I evil enough to stop this here? yes, yes I am. anyone who wants to know what happens to Jack will just have to wait till tommorow. Please review and tell me what you think!