7. A Rushed Plan
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Tooth managed to get away from the sudden business rush, it was only a couple days after Easter and it seemed Aster has outdid himself again with the chocolate eggs and baskets filled with goodies. How could one's teeth stay perfectly clean after Easter? The answer is, one's teeth cannot stay perfectly clean after Easter. In-fact most of her minifaires were out collecting the rotten teeth, of course Tooth would like to help out, but she saw something she just had to look into. A nightmare, it had to be one. Except it looked different, but the bright golden eyes could be seen miles away. When she tried to get a closer look it disappeared into the night. After giving notice to her fellow workers her and Baby Tooth flew off after it.
The two flew for hours, hoping to find any trace of the figure Tooth had just witnessed. The guardian glanced over at her smaller copy noticing she was a little hesitant. Tooth smiled trying to explain her that everything was going to be okay. Baby Tooth smiled back but she was more worried then frightened, and she had her reasons. She wanted her Momma Tooth to be safe, when Toothiana and Pitch had a show down she felt like a let down. It didn't matter how many times the female guardian would try to assure her that nothing was her fault, that she did her part by helping Jack when he needed it most.
It just, Baby Tooth always felt so guilty.
" Just stick close and we'll be fine", the small fairy looked down at the ground as the two continued to fly over the vast landscapes.
Tooth noticed this," Hey", the guardian tried to grasp the smaller copies attention," Everything is going to be fine."
The minifairy nodded giving a weak smile back to the queen, she then started to slow down.
Toothiana stopped in front of the full moon that hung in the middle of the night sky. It was bright, a pure white colored filled the darkness and complemented the stars that surrounded it. So captivating, it was impossible to ignore. She lowered her head and asked," Can you at least give me a clue?" Tooth begged holding her hands together. Please give me your guidance.
Seconds passed and nothing happened the area they hovered above was silent and still," Not even a little one? This seems to be important you know-"
" Hello Toothiana", a voice taunted.
Suddenly from the forest below, a dark figure shot out from the trees slamming into the large fairy. Dark sand exploded upon impact, sending her flying back, plummeting towards the ground. The smaller fairy screamed, then quickly flew down trying to catch up with Tooth. She gripped onto her arm trying desperately to help stop her fall, the female guardian's feathers were plucked, held in Baby Tooth's hands. Her body weight was just to heavy for the small fairy. Baby Tooth turned around, the shadow beast was just inches away her. The dark beast snarled, growling out it roared. It's mouth stretched open, it's jaws towering over the colorful creature. Baby Tooth grew weak, fear grasping her, strangling her, gripping her. Her multicolored eyes flickered, then slowly closed, from the sky the small fairy fainted, and fell down towards the ground.
The small body was caught in mid air, something warm and comforting held her. Gold sand wrapped around her body, pulling the copy close to the familiar guardian. A small round hand patted the minifairy. Sandman looked over to the other guardian, watching as Tooth slowly sat up on his dream cloud , her wings draped over the sides of her body. The fairy groaned rubbing the back of her head, pain pulsing through her skull from the attack.
" Oh.. Sandman", she looked over smiling weakly,"Thank you... Thanks so much."
The dream guardian smiled as Tooth rose to her feet on the huge mass of sand, she wobbled but soon caught herself.
" Pitch", she started," I heard his voice and I saw a nightmare heading towards the forest."
The sand that cradled Baby Tooth reached over to the female guardian dropping her into the elder fairy's hands," We tried to follow him-"
Sandman held his hand up, motioning for her to stop, the image of a rabbit appeared above his head.
" Bunny, what about him?" Followed by and arrow that pointed the image," Oh, well do you think now is a good time?"
Sandman shrugged then pointed the the shadowy figure that ran away in the distance, screeching as it vanished. A horrible reminder that their one enemy was still planning something. No they shouldn't belittle this. This wasn't a little shove, this was an assault, a warning. It wasn't a good idea to stay where they are, it would be best to check in on the two, maybe stay with them for the rest of the night. Both fairies sat at the very front of the dream cloud, as Sandman sat behind them guiding the large golden dream mass to the warren located in Australia.
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Jack woke up, feeling very different. It was dark out, it seemed to be close to midnight, and he woke up with a temperature. Not a high temperature but his body wasn't freezing. It was his stomach, for the past couple hours the winter spirit has been in and out of his sleep. Every time he would wake up, his stomach felt more and more heavy. This was the forth time his dreams were interrupted, sick of ignoring all of the odd tingling feelings inside his belly Jack pulled his sweatshirt up, only to see a faint light glowing under the flesh that coated his stomach. He screamed, quickly pulling his shirt down over the odd light he started to panic.
Aster, who was laying next to him woke up, eyes still dazed. " What-What's going on?" The pooka yawned looking around.
" I'm glowing- My stomach is glowing!"
The rabbit watched as Jack sprung up, frantically walking around in circles. " Stomach's don't just glow Frostbite", Aster sat up yawning again," And calm down you'll wake up the whole place." Ya already woke me up.
When Aster's eyes finally focused, he noticed a faint light was glowing underneath the dark blue sweatshirt. Slowly approaching the fellow guardian he lifted his shirt. Eyes grew wide as he looked at Jack. Quickly letting go, the rabbit jumped back," Bloody hell, what's wrong with you!?"
The teen narrowed his eyebrows, highly offended," This happened after we-" Jack blushed at the reason," We had... Relations!" He didn't like saying that dirty word.
" Don't blame me for this mate." Aster growled.
" My body is warm! My stomach is warm, it's not freezing it's just cold!" It's Jack Frost not Jack Cold or Semi-Frost!
" Jack I just need ya to calm down."
" Calm down, how can I calm down?!"
" Look I know it's very surprising-" Jack cut him off, hand in front of the pooka's face.
" Surprising?! My stomach is glowing and it's warm, my stomach is actually warm! I'm not supposed to be warm I'm supposed to be freezing! That's not normal!"
" It's not supposed to be normal mate."
Back at the workshop North tried to drop the subject, but for a brief moment the Easter Bunny was able to get the jolly old man to talk. Pregnancy, in the eyes of the man that inhabits the moon, only he decides the fates of the guardians. North told him that he has his reasons for every choice he makes. Guardians were not like normal living beings. They're different, not only different but enchanted, ever lasting, some would even say super beings. For them anything was possible, even pregnancy.
" For one brief time, man in moon talked to me. He said that there is always purpose for something."
" A purpose?"
" Jack wasn't meant to have the children of Pitch, the moon has other plans for the boy. Plans he won't agree with, but in due time, he will understand."
Thinking back Aster started to wonder.
Did North know Jack's fate, could he have possibly known what the two would eventually do behind the scenes, away from the others in secrecy? Maybe that was the reason he pressured Aster to take Jack under his wing until Easter was over. His reasons weren't even good ones, they are just don't ask don't tell. He didn't even give Jack an option, he just told the boy to make sure he was ready to help out for the next couple days and listen to whatever he said-
" Oh god."
Jack looked over glaring at the large rabbit," What did you do? TELL ME WHAT YOU DID ASTER!" Jack lunged at the pooka gripping the fur around his neck. His eyes were practically bulging out of his skull, Aster had to be really careful about the words he would use next. He knew the answer, but he wasn't sure if Jack would accept it.
" Look Jack, please just take a deep breath", That old bastard.
" But-"Aster placed his finger on Jack's lips as he silenced him.
"- Take a deep breath", the teen did as instructed. That bloody pervert.
Aster leaned down, eye to eye with his partner he tried to help him understand," Look, I know this is hard to take in none the less believe but I need you to listen. Ears open and mouth shut, do ya understand?"
Still upset and confused Jack just couldn't say no to those big, round, green orbs. Jack slowly nodded, still locking eyes with the pooka.
Bunnymund tried to approach this in the most delicate way possible, Aster tried to get down to the boy's level...Mentally... Which was proving to be quite the challenge," Jack you know there's only one person who decides our fate, he controls everything, and he has a reason for everything." Even some things I don't understand or agree with.
" Yes I know that", Jack nodded.
" This has never happened before, but there must be a reason why it's happening."
" What- whats happening?"
There was no easy way to say this, maybe because it wasn't something that was easy to say. Aster closed his eyes, opening them with a serious looked he simply answered," I think... I think you're holdin in a litter mate." There was no way it could only be one.
" A what?"
" You're pregnant Jack", Bunnymund put it in simpler terms. Judging by his facial reactions, the winter spirit must have gotten the picture.
Jack paused for a minute, mouth open he tried his best to grasp for words. Finally his thoughts started to collect," This isn't the time for jokes", growled. He was desperately hoping it was a joke. Stop pulling my leg!
" Who said I was jokin?"
" I said stop joking!"
" I'm not, just shut up and listen!" Aster grabbed the boy's shoulders, holding him still," I'm not jokin!"
" I can't have kids, I'm a kid! I can't die, I can't grow old, how is that even possible?!"Jack jerked away," I'm a guy for crying out loud!"
" It wasn't up to me, he choose it, so that's your answer."
" The moon choose it?! So I have no say in this? Do you know what a freak I'll look like?"
" You won't stay like that forever, though I'm not sure how long though", Bunnymund placed his hand on his furry chin trying to think.
" I can't be Jack Frost looking like this!" Jack walked up flailing his arms about," I'm the element of fun, how is this-" he pointed to his stomach," fun!?"
" It's just until the litter is born!"
" Litter! A LITTER!?" Aster had a feeling the teen didn't hear the word before.
" Well yeah", the rabbit replied.
" HOW MUCH IS A LITTER?!"
For his own amusement Aster replied calmly," Three or four, sometimes five."
The nature center went, and plop onto the ground the boy's body went. The information he just gained was to much for him, and from the lightness in his head he passed out in the middle of the warren.
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Baby Tooth flew over to the boy that lied unconscious in the grass. Sitting on his chest she cooed as she jumped up and down on his body. Trying ever so hard to wake him up. Aster rolled his eyes, looking over at his surprise visitors," You never knock, or give me notice at least", he groaned. Tooth looked at him with an apologetic face, Sandman soon followed. The rabbit rolled his eyes as his picked the small fairy off the winter spirit and placed her on the ground.
" So you both heard everythin I'm guessing", he sighed picking up his partner, wrapping him in his arms," You're both gonna go run to papa North and tell him the great news?"
Tooth flew over," That's not the case Aster, now this is very serious. I'm talking really really serious!"
" Ya don't say?" Aster growled taking a step back," Like this isn't serious enough?"
" It's Pitch, we saw one of his Nightmares, not so far away from here. Okay sure it was about a country away but still we saw one."
Aster glanced at the golden guardian, eyebrow cocked," This true Sandy?"
Sandman nodded trying his best to mimic the shadow beast they saw before, on the top of his head,
" He just doesn't know when to stop", the pooka looked down at the boy in his arms. His ears sulked at the thought of Jack getting hurt again, he didn't want to fail him again. Aster wanted to be his protector.
" We need to get North involved, he'll know a way to help Jack."
" The lad needs his staff back Tooth", Aster informed, he needs to be able to defend himself.
" Then lets go get it, me and you can just go back into Pitch's cave and take it back. Sandy can watch him until we come back!" Tooth was happy with her plan yet it wasn't full proof, it lacked a lot of common sense.
" It's not that simple Tooth."
" What's not so simple? Sure we could run into him-"
" I mean Jack won't want to touch it."
" Well, why not?" She was never told any specifics about what happened to her friend and why certain things are the way they are.
" I can't say, it's his business."
" We can just go get it then, if he doesn't want it at least we have it back."
" I'm not sure."
" Well can we at least go see North first?" Tooth shrugged.
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