Cori's Note: HA HA, I FOOLED YOU! I'm only posting today because I want to be over with this fanfic. The Hobbit was AWESOME by the way(triple emphasis!). I want to start writing a book or whatever ya wanna call it, and I have an idea which I don't wish to lose, so I'm going to finish this either today or tomorrow. I won't be writing any Doctor Who fanfictions until I get to know Clara, the new companion. HER NAME IS NOT A SPOILER! Also, no Hobbit or LOTR fanfics. I find those to be kinda stupid, since the adventure is in the movies/books. Okay! Enjoy chapter 7!
Chapter Seven: A Family Together Again
Tooth flew around Michigan, along with the fairies who weren't collecting teeth at the moment, searching frantically for Jack. He definitely had to be injured, because how else could Pitch have made that decoy?
She knew that Pitch's layer had previously been somewhere in the forests here, thanks to Jack having found it before. She had come to the conclusion that Pitch had brought him there, since it was the least likely place the other guardians would look for. But Pitch didn't know Toothiana well, and he didn't know just how clever she was, even if she was panicking.
Tooth was in a forest near one of the cities, when Baby Tooth and two other fairies flew at high speed over to her. They chirped frantically, so fast that even Tooth couldn't understand them.
"Calm down, girls, calm down!" Tooth said. They stopped, and Baby Tooth took charge, chirping something.
"You found Pitch's layer!? Show me, now!"
The fairies and Tooth flew threw-or really, with- the wind to the forests around Burgess, but not near Jack's lake. The wind seemed to be pushing them faster to the area. It seemed anxious to find Jack, just as anxious as the Guardians.
In the middle of a small clearing covered in snow was an old, broken bed. Upon closer inspection, Tooth noticed a hole about the size of one of Bunny's rabbit holes underneath the broken frame. But unlike Bunny's, Tooth could not see anything inside. It was pitch black.
"Baby Tooth, go get Sandy, and be quick! Tand, get North! Prämolaren, get Bunnymund!" The three fairies saluted, and flew off.
Most people would investigate the scene before calling anyone else over, but Tooth just knew that Jack was there. As North said, she could feel it in her belly.
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Sandy flew over Europe in his dream sand airplane. He hoped that Jack was somewhere cold, so he wouldn't get more injured than however injured he must have been. He had gone over the continent twice already, and was going a third time, but from what he could tell, Jack was not there.
Suddenly, something landed on the steering wheel of the plane. He guessed it was a bird, but when he looked he saw Baby Tooth. A picture of Jack appeared on his head, then one of Pitch, and then one of a question mark. Baby Tooth nodded, and beckoned for him to follow, darting off. Sandy followed quickly behind.
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North flew his sleigh over Asia, looking for any possible place Jack could be. While looking, a small purple fairy landed on the reins.
"Hello, little fairy! What news do you bring?" He shouted over the wind. She chirped something, tugged a little on the reins which didn't help, and pointed in the direction they needed to go.
"You know where Jack is?!" The fairy nodded. "Then let us go! Prosledim feya, druz'ya moi!" North shouted, going in whatever direction Tand pointed.
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Bunnymund raced around Australia, searching every nook and cranny for Jack, praying that he was not there. It was too hot. He had already searched Africa and New Zealand, grateful that Jack wasn't in either. Jack may have been an anyone little brat, but Bunny still cared for him.
Something blue hit Bunnymund in the face, and he stopped. Turning around, he saw it was a fairy. He picked it up carefully.
"Are you okay?" He asked. In response, the fairy fluttered into the air and started pulling on his ears, trying to drag him somewhere. "Woah, woah, calm down, Bluebell! I can only get there threw my tunnels, so tell me where we're going."
The fairy chirped and began writing in the dirt. When she had finished, "BURGESS" was written in big letters. Bunny nodded. He tapped his foot, and a rabbit hole appeared. He jumped in and raced to Burgess.
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The three guardians arrived in clearing within minutes of each other, Bunnymund turning up last, as usual.
"Tooth, where is Jack?" North said. Tooth showed them the old bed and the rabbit hole.
"How do ya know Jack's down there, Tooth? It's to dark to see anything," Bunnymund said.
"I just know. I can feel it!" She said. Bunnymund shrugged. A feeling was better than nothing, at this point. "Sandy, can you make it light in there so we can see?"
Sandy nodded, and went inside Pitch's layer, placing several dream sand torches on the walls as he went. The other followed close behind. Soon enough they came upon a large room filled with cages hanging from the ceiling. Tand and Prämolaren quickly hid behind Tooth, remembering being stuck in those cages for hours.
Unable to see which cage Jack was in, Tooth took to shouting. "Jack!" She yelled. In reply, a gasp echoed throughout the cavern, followed by some sort of yelp, or shout.
Bunnymund jumped up onto one of cages and started to hop from cage to cage, singling out where the noise had come from. Tooth and her fairies followed behind, and Sandy used dream sand to carry North over to the area above the ground.
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Jack hit his head against the side of the cage a few times. He had been there for hours. He was in pain, but for some reason couldn't fall asleep, or unconscious. He assumed it was the nightmare sand that kept him awake.
He kept his eyes closed. The dark seemed less dark when you couldn't see. Because of this, he did not see the glow come from below.
Suddenly, his name rang threw the room and his pounding head. He gasped, snapping his eyes open. Jack recognized the voice as Tooth's, and tried to yell 'I'm here!'. It came out as some sort of croakish, yelp thing.
The four guardians and three fairies came into view, but to Jack they were all a bit blurry. He did not lift his head, but he did move his eyes to look at them.
"Jack!" Tooth shouted again, this time with worry. She flew over to him. "Oh, Jack! How did this happen? No, not important right now!" Tooth reminded herself.
"We need to get him out," North said, attempting to get Jacks foot out from between the bar. Jack yelped, and he stopped. After several different attempts, Bunnymund finally got frustrated and used his boomerangs to break the bars.
"...didn't think... you would..." Jack tried to say.
"Frostbite, don't even try talking right now. You're in no state for it," Bunnymund said. Jack ignored him, but before he could say another word, Sandy sprinkled some dream sand on his face, causing Jack to instantly fall asleep.
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Jack was brought to Santoff Clausen to recover for the second time. North, Tooth, Bunnymund, and Sandy searched for Pitch for the next day, eventually finding him back in his layer, clearly angry, holding Jack's staff. A battle commenced the second Bunnymund spotted the old Shepard's crook. This time they made sure that Pitch wouldn't gain his powers back for a long time.
The End
End Note: Sorry for the crappy ending, but my brain is done for today. My brother is distracting me with his stupid bass playing, and I'm terrible at endings in the first place. *Sighs* Whatever. I probably won't write anything more until after Christmas or in January, so be patient. What am I saying, I know you won't! Gah. * Cori is brain dead at the moment, please wait until she comes back to her right mind* BEEEEEEEEEEEP. Okay, I'm back. In my headcannon, the fairies are all different colors and their names are different languages for tooth or the scientific names for different teeth. Tand is Dutch for tooth and the other one is german for bicuspid. GOODBYE NOW.
