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Children's laughter wasn't something a tooth fairy ever got to hear. They came at night, while children slept. Hearing the sound of a child's laugh for the first time had been a magical experience. As she wondered what else she had been missing by only visiting at night, Baby Tooth watched Jack play with a group of children. They were currently in a small village in the northern part of Greenland, helping winter start to take grip of the north.
They had arrived last night amidst a flurry of ice and snow to begin "fun training." It was a Saturday, that meant no school and maximum time for winter fun. Though these children couldn't see Jack, he was still happily busy forming piles of snowballs and giving magical aid with the formation of snow forts.
Stepping back to admire his work he noticed that Baby Tooth was still hidden away, watching the fun from the sidelines. He shook his head, today was about learning how to have fun and, if Jack Frost couldn't teach someone how to have fun, no one could!
He ran over to her, taking her hand in his, wordlessly pulling her into the games. Placing a snowball into her hands, Jack pointed towards a child at the edge of the group. The little boy looked like he wanted to join in the fun, but the snowball in his hands had fallen to pieces. With the ease of several hundred years spent sneaking presents under pillows Baby Tooth knocked the broken pieces from his hand and replaced them with Jack's snowball. The little boy looked down in surprise and a huge grin spread across his face. He carefully took aim at one of the other children and threw. It was a terrible throw, but Jack was ready for that. The snowball, which should have splattered to the ground in front of the boy, was instead grabbed by a strong winter breeze and flew straight into the other child's chest.
Laughing the little boy started to run as the older child chased after him, crying out, "I'm going to get you, little brother."
The joy in the little boy's eyes was nothing compared to Baby Tooth's. Jack watch happily as she began to run around the group, summoning snowballs by children's feet and laughing with them as they chased one another through the winter air. He suddenly realized that he was now watching and they wouldn't do. Summoning a snowball into his hand, Jack joined the children and Baby Tooth in their chilly games. Finally, when every face was tinged a bright red, calls of "dinner time" rang through the air and children disappeared into brightly lit houses, leaving Jack and Baby Tooth alone amidst the ruins of a winter war.
As the door closed on the last child Baby Tooth ran over and threw her arms around Jack, laughing into his chest, "That was incredible!"
As she clung to him Jack felt a sudden warmth spreading into his cheeks, He was suddenly very glad the sky had already started to darken. Ignoring the blush that was slowly creeping along his face, he wrapped his arms around Baby Tooth, hugging her back. "I'm glad you liked it."
She pulled back, gazing up into his face, "I loved it! Can we do that again?"
Icy wind swirled around them, though neither felt the cold, and Jack's face light up like the night sky, "Again? We can do it every day!"
He wrapped his arms around her once more, twirling her around as snow began to fall, "Every day is going to be full of fun, snow, and winter!"
They both fell back into the snow, Baby Tooth landing by Jack's side. Laying side by side, laughing as snowflakes fell from above, Jack could feel a tiny glow spark inside of him. This was all he'd ever really wanted, someone to share all of the things he saw with. Calming his racing heart he propped himself up and grinned down at Baby Tooth, "So, where shall we go tomorrow? It's still too early for winter to reach most of the world, but we can go wherever you like and bring some cool breezes with us."
"I get to pick?"
"Sure! Where's your favorite place to go? You've been all over picking up teeth, surely you have one?"
She lay back, looking up at the stars, and thought. Sure, she had been all over the world, but she hadn't really taken the time to see it. "I don't know. What's your favorite place?"
Jack lay back down, placing an arm behind his head as he did so, "Well, I used to spend a lot of time in Burgess and it's still one of my favorite parts of the world. After all, it's the first place a child ever saw me! It not my favorite, though. I think my favorite place would have to be Switzerland."
"Switzerland?"
"Yeah! The Swiss Alps are an incredible place in winter. There's this little town, called Mürren, where everything is dedicated to snow. When I bring a snowstorm there no one complains about the fact that they have to shovel a driveway, everyone's excited!"
Baby Tooth was sitting up now, watching Jack as a dreamy look spread over his face, "Why's that?"
"Because it's a skiing town! People come from all over the world to play in the ice and snow there and, at night, when everyone has spent all day playing in my wintery world, they all gather together and laugh and play into the night. Music pours out of buildings, into the snow covered streets, and everyone's happy. It's how every winter's day should be."
Baby Tooth tried to imagine a place like the one Jack was describing, but she'd never had to collect a tooth from the Alps. It sounded incredible. "Can we go there?"
Jack smiled up at Baby Tooth, watching as the rising moon played in her hair, dying it shinning silver. He really needed to work on this blushing issue. "Sure."
In this way Baby Tooth and Jack passed the days between the autumn equinox and the time when winter would come to the rest of the north. While most of that hemisphere enjoyed autumn, Jack and Baby Tooth visited the mountains of the world, bringing laughter and snow wherever they went. Soon, though, the time came for Jack to spread his icy touch to all. With Baby Tooth by his side he set out to create the first snow day of the season.
