Alondra and Cleo

Jack looked up at the moon that hung above him and the other Guardian's heads with a light frown upon his face. Over the year that he had spent with the Guardians, he was still unsure about forgiving the moon for abandoning him so long ago. He was kind of surprised that the Man in the Moon had shown himself now.

"Manny, Alondra has returned." North said as he spoke to the moon above him and the other Guardians. "We need to know where she is so that we can stop her before she harms any of the children."

The moon responded with a long stream of the moon's light shone towards one of the towers of Tooth's Palace. Jack frowned in confusion as he watched the moonbeams touch the tower for a moment before he looked around at the others for a moment.

"Um... does anyone have any idea what he's trying to tell us?" Jack asked curiously

"That's the tower where I keep all of the children's teeth in Europe." spoke Tooth with a frown "Do you think there might be something there that Manny might give us a hint on where Alondra is?"

"Best way to know is to find out mate," Bunny said with a shrug of his shoulders.

With that said, the Guardians made their way towards the tower that Manny's light had pointed too. Tooth and Jack flew up to the tower while Sandy conjured up his golden sand to create a large cloud to lift both Bunny and North up towards the tower. Once they got to the tower of Europe they saw a bit of Manny's moonbeam shining on one of the pillars that had the teeth of the children, which Tooth's fairies had collected from Poland. Jack's eyes widened in fear as realization came upon his face as he remembered that Jamie and his family were spending their summer vacation in Poland.

'Oh no' thought Jack.

"So... she's in Poland." mused North as he stroked his beard thoughtfully.

"We have to get there and fast!" exclaimed Jack fearfully.

The others looked at Jack as they were surprised about the young Guardian's outburst, but Bunny quickly realized why as he also remembered Sophie and her family going to Poland for their summer vacation. The thought of Alondra getting her hands on Sophie made Bunny feel his heart drop into his stomach. Bunny quickly turned to look at the others who were looking at him for answers.

"Jack's right," Bunny said firmly "Jamie and Sophie are in Poland with their mother during their summer vacation. If Alondra gets to them then..."

Tooth let out a gasp at this information, while North and Sandy had firm looks of determination on their faces.

"Then there's no time to waste," said North as he pulled out one of his snow globes "We must get to Poland as soon as possible."

Back in Poland, Cleo was walking around the streets of the city once again, while making sure that she didn't collide with any mortal that will pass through her. Cleo had slowly calmed down from her episode of being walked through a few moments ago, even through she was still a little shaken up. Cleo hummed a small tune as she strolled down the side walk, but then she came to a halt when she noticed a mother and her two children. The mother was chatting with another woman while an older sister and her little brother were looking through the window of a candy store. Cleo smiled as she stood beside a mail box so that people wouldn't walk through her again, while she stared at the sight of the two siblings talking and pointed out the candies together.

'It must be nice to have a family' thought Cleo with a sad smile.

Suddenly, the boy seemed to turn away from the window as he looked towards a dark alleyway in curiosity before a glazed look came over his features. Cleo frowned when she noticed this and watched the little boy beginning to walk across the street. Cleo felt her instincts kicking in as they screamed that danger was near. Cleo quickly ran towards one of the houses that stood near the alley that the boy was walking towards. Once she got to the house, Cleo began to climb up one of the storm pipes as she scurried up it like a squirrel climbing a tree. Cleo had years of practice when it came to climbing trees or rock cliffs to hide from spirits that wanted to hurt her. Cleo soon reached the roof of the house and pulled herself up before she cautiously crawled across it. Cleo then slowly made her way towards the edge of the roof and looked down into the alley that the boy was slowly walking towards and once she did, Cleo's eyes went wide when she saw what, or who, was in the alley.

Standing below Cleo was a tall woman that looked to be five feet and ten inches tall. The woman had long black hair that grew down to the middle of her back. She was wearing a long black sleeved dress with a long skirt that covered her feet. Around the woman's shoulders were two large black feathered wings. In the woman's right hand was a long wooden staff that was taller than her and on top of the staff was a medium sized black crystal sphere that was glowing in a purple aura.

The woman was going a beckoning motion with her left hand as she spoke in a dark sweet voice that sent an uncomfortable shiver down Cleo's spine.

"Come little boy," whispered the woman to the boy "Let me take you to a place where you are promised all of what you want without sharing with your spoiled big sister."

Cleo quickly looked towards the entrance of the alley and saw the boy slowly walking across the street towards the alley. Cleo didn't know who this woman is, but she knew that something about this woman was a danger and that she needed to act quickly to help the human child. Cleo quickly summoned a ball of fire in her right hand and threw it at the woman. The fire ball landed down in front of the woman as she flinched back in shock and surprise. the light on the black crystal went out and the boy quickly stopped in his tracks and shook his head to clear it as his sister, who had quickly noticed his absents, quickly ran to her brother and dragged him back to where their mother was. Cleo let out a sigh of relief when she saw the boy was safe, but her relief was short lived when the woman unfolded her wing and flew up to the roof that Cleo was on. Cleo let out a fearful gasp as the woman revealed her face.

The woman had long eyelashes, while on the lid of her eyes was black eyeshadow and on each cheek was black markings. The woman's dark purple eyes glared down at Cleo, who gazed up at her in fear.

"How dare you interrupted my hunting!" snarled the woman angrily "Now you shall pay the price!"

Cleo quickly retaliate by throwing a fireball at the woman before she swiftly made a run for it across the rooftops. The woman quickly summoned a shied to protect herself from the fireball before she snuffed it out. The woman then flew after Cleo at full speed as Cleo jumped from roof to roof to escape. The woman fallowed Cleo for a while before she summoned a black ball of energy with her left hand before she threw it at Cleo. The black sphere flew passed Cleo before it collided with the roof that Cleo was jumping to next and exploded. The explosion sent Cleo flying back through the air as she fell towards the cement streets below. Cleo landed on a few crates that protected her from the fall, but in the process injured her shoulder. The woman landed on the ground with a smirk as she watch Cleo struggling to get up.

Now you're mine." said the woman as she advanced towards Cleo, who watched her helplessly coming towards her in fear.

But the woman only got within two feet of Cleo when something flew towards the woman, who quickly jumped back to avoid being hit by the incoming projectile, which turned out to be a snowball.

"Leave that girl alone, Alondra!"