Tigger: I am so sorry this chapter is so short and out really late. HOWEVER I have lots of FLIRTING to make up for it. So yeah. Enjoy.
What followed next could only be described as the weirdest flirting ritual ever. Riley and Jack stole tooth after tooth, competing with the others but also with each other. The game seemed to be who could sneak up on the other and make them drop the current tooth. Riley slapped Jack's ass and grabbed the tooth he dropped. Jack pulled Riley out of the way using the hook of his staff and then proceeded to pull her close only to steal the tooth from her stunned hands. Riley told a dirty joke and proceeded to open a portal beneath Jack's feet. Jack put a snowball down Riley's back. Riley asked Jack if his staff was compensating for something. Jack froze Riley's shoes only to feel her up and then steal the Tooth. Riley licked Jack's neck. Jack bit Riley's ear. Riley kissed Jack on the cheek. Jack kissed Riley on the forehead.
Of course these moments only occurred when the other guardians weren't around. When Santa or Sandy or Bunny was around they restrained themselves to sly winks, smirks, and flirts. Taunts flew back and forth between the two.
"Keep up cute ass," Riley yelled before leaping in another portal.
"Too slow, Snowball!" she said after jumping over a frozen Bunny and into another portal.
"See ya sweet cheeks!" Riley winked, holding her up prize.
"Head over heels for me?" Jack mocked as Riley lay on the floor, her feet frozen to the ground.
"I am on the naughty list after all," Jack winked at Riley who was trying to get snow out of her pants.
"Language, fiery Riley," Jack pressed a finger to her lips to stop her stream of cursing before flying out the window.
Eventually they had gathered up all the teeth in Hong Kong. Every person was holding up their bags full of teeth, trying to see who had the most.
"Good job," Tooth cheered, "You did remember to leave a quarter right?"
All the guardians and Riley glanced at each other.
"Well, shit." Riley voiced.
The next thing Riley knew they were all standing in line for a change machine. It would have been exceptionally funny to see the most powerful magical guardians of the world waiting to get quarters if she hadn't been in line too. After the third time the machine refused to accept Sandy's dollar the others exchanged knowing looks. Those kids weren't getting quarters under their pillows. Instead there was another race to replace the teeth with whatever was on hand. Santa left presents, sleds, and in one incident a Christmas tree. Bunny left eggs. Sandy actually left quarters and Jack left super frozen snowballs that wouldn't melt for hours. Riley walked into a 24/7 store to buy herself dinner, use the bathroom, and buy a bunch of candy. She was only human after all. Then she proceeded to use the portals to leave candy under every kid's pillow she could. Tooth complained about the cavities but let Riley be.
The five guardians and Riley continued this pattern throughout the night, throughout the entire world. Luckily enough working with the guardians was tons of fun or else Riley would have been pulling her hair out a long time ago. However while the guardians could eat and sleep, they didn't need too as much as Riley. Somewhere over eastern Europe, Riley fell asleep in the sleigh. She woke up several hours later, holding a snow globe in her hand, as the sleigh made its final stop somewhere in America.
"No fair," Riley protested as the others prepared to leave the sleigh, "I missed several hours of teeth gathering."
"You snooze you lose," Jack grinned.
"Tell you what," Santa said, "Last tooth will be worth at least 500 teeth, okay?"
"You're on North," Bunny said.
The others nodded in agreement and quickly split up. Riley recognized this place as the town she had met Jack in earlier. Clearly if she was going to win this game she was going to have to resort to sabotage. Riley used the portals to pick magic source after magic source and portal the unwary Santa, Bunny, and Sandy to random locations she had seen throughout the night. Santa had his own snow globes so he was able to come back rather quickly. Bunny had his tunnels but it did take him a while. Sandy well Riley wasn't sure how he got back but she saw him in her mad dash for the last ten houses. Riley left Tooth alone for the most part. As for Jack, well Riley waited till the right moment to strike.
She spotted Jack several houses away through a window and put her plan into action. Riley opened a portal, took a few steps back, and leapt through. She came flying out the other side and tackled Jack to the ground. Jack made a sound of surprise but Riley quickly covered his mouth with her hands so the kid wouldn't wake up.
"Hiya cute ass," She said, "Sorry about this."
Riley reached into the hoodie of Jack's pocket and pulled out his bag of teeth. Jack quickly flipped them over so Riley was on the bottom.
"Quick, but not quick enough," Jack said leaning way too close to Riley's face, "Trying to steal my teeth. You're a naughty girl aren't you? Santa's going to give you coal for Christmas."
Riley's face could possibly not get any redder. Her heart was beating loudly. Her Tumblr brain had exploded. Her inner fangirl had died and gone to heaven. She was speechless. Jack leaned forward and bit her lip before jumping away and out the window. It took Riley a few minutes to recover and when she did she realized something.
"Damn it! He stole my teeth!" she shouted.
The little girl stirred in her sleep and Riley quickly rolled through her portal. Riley reappeared at the last house to find Santa, Bunny, Jack, Tooth, and Sandy all in one room. The boys were arguing over who had the most teeth. Santa had the biggest bag until Jack pulled out Riley's bag as well.
"I'm going to melt all your snow with my flamethrower," Riley threatened.
"He stole your bag, Little Red?" Bunny asked.
"He did! He's a big meanie!"
"You curse like a sailor, and you resort to big meanie?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
"Shut it smart ass!" Riley yelled.
A small noise came from the bed. The guardians and Riley whipped their heads to see the little boy stirring. He saw everyone at the end of the bed. He froze.
"Sandy, knock him out," Santa ordered.
Sandy made a fist and punched it into his other hand.
"No with your sand!" Santa whispered.
It was too late. The boy recovered from his shock and immediately jumped up on his bed.
"Santa! The Tooth Fairy! Sandman! Easter Bunny!" he exclaimed, "I knew it! I knew you guys were real!"
Everyone glanced over at Jack. Jack tried to keep his smile, but it was obvious he was disappointed that the little boy couldn't see him.
"You're a lot taller then I imagined," the little boy told Bunny.
"What are you implying mate?"
"You have such pretty wings," the little boy told Tooth.
"Thank you," Tooth curtsied, "You have such pretty teeth."
"Santa! You're so tall!" the boy exclaimed.
Santa started laughing at that one.
"Hello Mr. Sandman," the boy greeted.
Sandy formed a top hat with his sand and then bowed with it.
"And who are you?" the little boy asked Riley.
The other guardians stared at Riley. She had sort of forgotten about the fact that she could be seen. She was so used to hanging out with people who were "invisible" most of the time, she had just assumed she was invisible too.
"Well," Riley began looking to the others for help.
They had none.
"I'm a believer," Riley improvised, "If you believe in all magical spirits and creatures then you get to help them. My job is to go around and help other people believe. Right now though I'm helping the guardians out."
"Oh that's so cool!" the boy exclaimed, "Can I be a believer too?"
Riley looked over at Jack.
"The Man in the Moon has to select you," Riley leaned close, "But I'll tell you a secret. If you believe in everyone, and I do mean everyone, then you'll probably get chosen. Remember seeing isn't always believing."
A little frown appeared above the boy's head.
"Everyone?" he asked.
"Everyone," Riley answered.
Santa made a motion to Sandy to knock the boy out. Sandy threw some sand but the boy moved his head at the last minute to pick up an Easter egg Bunny had dropped. Bunny was hit instead and he fell over unconscious.
"Watch it!" Santa said as Sandy threw the sand again.
This time the boy purposefully ducked, the sand bounced off the lamp and hit Tooth.
"That's so cool!" the boy began bouncing around, "How did you do that? Can you show me? Can I do it?"
Santa reached out to hold the boy still, but he was hit. Santa hit the bed, causing the boy to fly up. Sandy caught him and finally managed to hit him with some sand.
"Well that was interesting," Riley sighed, "What do we do now?"
Sandy and Jack glanced at each other before shrugging their shoulders.
"We can't just leave them!" Riley protested.
"Oh come on, it's funny," Jack pointed at the unconscious guardians of the world. Santa snored in his sleep.
It was all fun and games until an evil pony of doom flew past the window. Santa and Sandy exchanged looks. Sandy dumped the kid into Riley's arms and Jack and Sandy flew through out the window.
"What am I supposed to do with him?" Riley asked holding up the boy.
Tigger: See lots of flirting. Okay I'm going to be superbusy this weekend so no time for puns but I will still respond to all reviews. Also I'm sorry for the shortness. PLEASE FORGIVE ME! I GAVE YOU FLIRTING!
