Jack did not have the best sense of time to begin with but flying all over the globe only led by the directions of the Tooth fairy's little helper had him wondering how long this trip was taking them.
They reached some sort of valley. Below them was a deep gorge filled with yellow water. The scenery was dominated by strange yellow and red stone structures. And some trees. The sun was just setting and the whole place looked so beautiful dipped in the orange golden glow that Jack even forgot about the warmth that would usually have bothered him.
The fairy squealed excitedly, directing him to head for the structure that floated in the sky ahead of them. "Is this the Tooth Fairy's palace?" Jack asked, his jaw dropping for a moment.
"Wow", he exclaimed as he flew closer. He saw a figure hovering in the air, on top of one of the structures.
She was shouting orders at little flying dots, her helpers: "13b Maple Street, left canine, go, hurry it up", Tooth Fairy said in a stern voice, that still maintained a beautiful and kind quality.
"Oh, little accident in Susunogawa, both upper central incisors, better get going, here is a 100-yen coin, go", she said and then noticed Jack approaching.
Her wings whirred with a soft humming sound and her feathers were more beautiful than anything Jack had ever seen.
"Why hello there", she said kindly but her expression was puzzled. "And you are...?"
Jack was mesmerized by the Fairy's sheer beauty. He opened his palm to show her the small fairy. "Uhm", he stuttered, "I happened to find on of your, uh... little helpers and she seemed to be hurt so I-" Tooth Fairy gasped worriedly and zoomed towards him. "Oh my, are you alright?", she paid no attention to Jack anymore. She took the fairy in her delicate feathered hands and stroked the smaller fairy's cheek. "Don't worry, I'll fix you right up. Let's get you back to hall C." She kept talking to the little figure in her hand and disappeared into what was apparently Hall C.
Jack hovered in the air, a little uncertain whether it was best to stay or leave now.
He waited for a while, taking in more of the beautiful details of the Tooth Fairy's palace.
Just as he had made up his mind to leave a small fairy came flying towards him. It chirped and pointed towards the palace.
Jack wondered whether it was the same fairy whose wing he had crushed, but no, it couldn't be.
Also if it had been the same fairy Jack was sure it would have taken another shot at poking him with its beak. He followed the fairy to a large room inside the palace. The interior burst with color and arch structures. Tiny multicolored windows let in the soft evening light from everywhere.
The place buzzed with the bustling of a beehive, the tiny fairies carrying teeth and shiny coins from here to there.
Jack looked around, amazed, as he heard the voice of the Tooth Fairy again: "I am sorry to have kept you waiting, my dear", she said, shaking his hand enthusiastically.
"This place is beautiful", Jack said, his eyes still taking in the richness of details in the room. Then he looked at the Tooth Fairy, her delicate hand still holding his. "I am Jack. Jack Frost."
"Wonderful! My name is Toothiana, but you can call me Tooth", she said with a pleasant smile. Jack's ears felt hot all of a sudden.
Tooth's head twitched around as though she seemed to hear something that Jack could not. Suddenly she barked "Himmelsstrasse 34a, Frankfurt, first upper molar, right side and second lower premolar left side in Suvorovsky , St. Petersburg. Get going, ladies!"
Jack had stepped back, a little baffled by the power with which Tooth had just given out her orders.
Tooth looked at him as though she had just remembered that he was even there. Seeming a little embarrassed now she said: "Oh I am so sorry, I rarely ever have visitors here. Come, let's sit down and have some honey tea, hm?"
Jack tentatively sipped from the golden cup in his hand. The liquid inside was just as golden and tasted sweet. Like flowers. He didn't mind flowers but they also reminded him of Spring. And Spring reminded him of Bunny. And the big fight they had the other year. He was pretty sure next time they met things would get pretty unpleasant.
Jack snapped out of his brooding and looked at the Tooth Fairy. She was holding her cup in her hands and delicately sipped from it every now and then.
"So, what brings you to this world, Jack Frost?" she finally asked.
Jack did not know how to respond to that. He scratched his head and shyly looked away.
"Oh, you don't know, do you? Poor you, has Moon not talked to you?" She looked genuinely worried.
"Uh, he did. He told me my name. And that was about all he ever said to me."
Toothiana looked out of one of the open arches and stared into the night.
"What is it that you are good at then, Jack?" she asked.
"Oh", Jack sighed and thought about this for a moment. "I can make it snow, freeze water and fly with the help of the wind."
Tooth smiled at him. She seemed to wait for him to say more.
"I don't know", Jack said, the words flowing out of him with more ease now. "When I make a snowball and throw it at a child, they won't know who hit them but they like it and will start a snow ball fight with each other. Or when I freeze a lake or a river, they go ice skating. They seem to like what I do."
Was it the honey drink in his tummy or was he just going crazy, somehow his head felt light and his mouth just kept blabbering.
"But that is lovely", she exclaimed and refilled his cup. "You are bringing them fun, Jack."
Jack felt his cheeks burning up. "Yeah, I guess."
