I do not own Rise of the Guardians or any of their Characters, Calavera however is mine, so don't steal her! Please enjoy and review.

Recap: Dad and I had just hopped out of one of his rabbit holes and grabbed a tooth. Dad holds it up tauntingly and I turn to see Jack glowing in the window. I snickered, and he shot us with frost. Oh it was so on! As we got ourselves deiced, dad was about to hop out when I cleared my throat and gestured to the kid in the bed.

"What?" he asked confused and I face palmed.

With a sigh I took a quarter out of my pocket and stuck it under his pillow. Dad had the decency to blush and I shook my head, really who could forget that part of the job.

Soon I swung in and out of the houses leaving gifts and taking teeth. It was a fun event, I even hear North found a house with twins, and dad got a hockey player who lost lots of teeth. Finalley I met up with dad and added my collection to his. We hi-fived and Onyx and Scarlet flew around us happily. We all met up with Tooth later and held out the bags of teeth.

She fluttered around excitedly, "Wow! You guys collect teeth and leave gifts as fast as my fairies."

The other guardians looked sheepishly, and she turned serious, "You guys have been leaving gifts right?"

I sighed, "Really? Even dad forgot until I reminded him. You're all hopeless." We all set out to leave gifts at the places the others forgot. We all stood in line in a laundromat, waiting their turn to put dollar bills into a coin dispenser. What can I say? I ran out of coins. For the love of the Moon it was going to be a long night.

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After running about the city collecting the last few teeth, and making sure we left coins or other little gifts, we were all exhausted. I glance to my left to see Dad hopping from roof to roof before landing on the sleigh, silently laughing at his expression as he hunkers down low in the chair. From my position ridding piggy-back on Jack I watched the city as we flew by, the night always looked so magical to me. A flicker of yellow caught my eye as I saw a nightmare skulking in the shadows. Glancing at the Guardians and Jack I bit my lip in indecision. I wanted to tell them it was there but I also knew we didn't have much time to finish delivering the teeth to the children. Resolutely I signaled to Onyx and Scarlet and they wrapped themselves around my writst and I used them to grab onto the nearest building and swing myself up. Jack spun back confused and raised an eyebrow in question. I smiled and waved him to follow the others.

"I thought I saw some Day of the Dead decorations through that window. I just wanna go check it out really quick. Don't worry I'll be right behind you." I held up the snow globe North let me barrow. I knew it wouldn't sound suspicions to Jack, I was always snooping around peoples houses when they had Day of the Dead decorations.

He rolled his eyes, " you and that holiday, alright don't be long, it's lame hanging around these guys without you." He smiled and fallowed the others as they disappeared through the snow globe portal. Letting my brows furrow I turned to look at the nightmare. It leaps off the roof, through a drain, and down into the sewers. I sighed. It was going to make me follow it through the sewers. That's just terrific.

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Keeping back just enough that the dumb horse didn't see me I followed it out through the sewers to someplace dark and sinister. Cages hung on the walls filled with the stolen baby tooth fairies, dark shadows filled almost every crack and corner. And in the center the nightmare settled to a halt and whinnied at Pitch black, who was staring at a dark globe scattered with shinning lights.

Pitch hissed at this nightmare, "The lights...why aren't they going out?" The Nightmare approaches from behind and lets out a soft whiney; Pitch stiffens at the news. "They're collecting the teeth?" I jump as the fairies start to make a ruckus, twittering excitedly, which echoes throughout the lair. Pitch snarls and snaps, " Oh pipe down, or I'll stuff a pillow with you!" The Mini Teeth begin to settle down and Pitch looks at the Nightmare, frustrated, and growls. The Nightmare then winces and disperses into tiny particles. A strand of NIGHTMARE SAND from the Nightmare twirls in the air, and Pitch twists it with his fingers, turning it into a crude image of the sandman. "Fine, have your last hurrah. For tomorrow, all you pathetic scrambling will be for nothing." As he crushes the image in his fist I couldn't hold back my gasp of horror. I quickly covered my mouth to stifle the sound but it was too late. Pitch froze and then vanished in a cloud of black sand. I frantically looked around trying to asses where he had gone. Next thing I knew his hand closed around my wrist and bent my arms behind my back.

"it's not nice to spy Calavera." He purred into my ear. I writhed in his grip desperate to escape. And he laughed as Scarlet and Onyx tried to free me from his iron grip. But to no avail. "struggle if you wish, it will make no difference."

I squawked as he dragged me forward towards the center of the room, a mound of tooth capsules sat just below a larger cage. Black sand blurred my vision as I realized he'd teleported us up to the cage and thrown me inside. I heard an audible click as the closed the door and locked it. I spun around and lashed my whips out at him. He sidestepped and he used black sand to coat Scarlet and Onyx in the black sand. They fell limp and he yanked them from my hands.

"NO!" I shouted in panic, I launched myself at the bars desperately reaching for my loyal scarves but Pitch held them just out of reach. He leaned in so close our noses were almost touching. I could see my panicked face reflected in his eyes as he chuckled.

"Don't fret my dear, Calavera. As long as you behave yourself I won't have to hurt your little toys." He threw Onyx and Scarlet to a nearby nightmare and they started playing tug of war with them. I watched as they writhed in pain and tears sprung to my eyes.

"Please don't!" I begged tears filling my eyes. And Pitch regarded me with a smirk.

"hand over the snow globe and I will give them back to you, they will still be immobile naturally but you'll have them back in one pierce."

I hesitated for a brief moment, then I heard a tearing sound and looked over to see one of the scarves beginning to tear. I quickly reached into my pocket and pulled out the globe, holding it out to him. Pitch grinned and snapped his fingers. The nightmares flew over and dropped the trembling scarves in his waiting hand. He plucked the snowglobe from my hand and placed my scarves in it's place. I pulled them to my chest and cradled them. I backed away to the far side of the cage and slide the floor, keeping a watchful eye on Pitch as he watch me with a predatory gaze.

"See now, that wasn't so hard was it. They won't be able to help you escape my dear."

Tears of rage filled my eyes as I felt the scarves tremble. "there is more to saving them then hoping they help me escape you creep, you truly are heartless."

He threw his head back and laughed. "flattery will get you nowhere my dear. You could simply join my cause and I would release you."

I growled and shook my head, "NEVER!"

He sighed and crossed his arms over his chest. "I'm a patient man my dear, fear and death will always work toward the same goal, I just have to find your trigger. Perhaps it's this."

My Jaw drops as I see that he is holding a tooth capsule with a picture of a dark haired, smiling, girl on the front. She…..looks like me.

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Jack gently runs his fingers over the colorful drawings that line along Jamie's walls. Specifically the robot and the sketch of his sledding adventure. Jamie was sound asleep in bed. A smile across his face reveals the recently formed gap between his teeth. Tooth pickes up the tooth under his pillow and smiles knowingly at Jack "Left central incisor, knocked out in a freak sledding accident. I wonder how that could have happened, Jack?"

Jack laughs as he looks sheepishly at Jamie's drawings of himself during the snowball fight on the wall. He was midair, blasting his friends with snowballs. He smiled and then turned back to Tooth. "Kids Huh."

He watches as Tooth twirled the coin between her fingers and put the coin under the pillow. She hovers over Jamie as he stirs in his sleep. A dreamy smile comes over her as she gazes down at the sleeping boy. "This was always the part I liked most - seeing the kids." Her expression turned regretful. "Why did I ever stop doing this?"

Jack leaned casually against his staff and smiled knowingly, "It's a little different up close, huh?"

Tooth returns the smile and spun hands on her hips, "Yeah however for how confidant and cocky you are it's a wonder you haven't told Cala how you feel."

Jack lost his balance on his staff and fell in a haggard heap gaping up at tooth like a fish. "wh….what are you talking about?"

Tooth smiles knowingly at him and rolls her eyes, "Oh please, we've only recently meet and all my fairies could see you making moon eyes at her every time she wasn't looking. You carried her everywhere, and where always within touching distance when trouble hit.

Jack blushed and looked away, "she…..she's my best friend I ….. I don't wanna make things weird between Cala and I. plus we still don't know who we were…"

Tooth smiles reassuringly and puts a hand on his shoulder, " she can't know if you don't tell her, but Thanks for being here, Jack. I wish I had known about both your memories, I could've helped you."

Jack nodded his thanks, "I'll talk to her, but hey, look let's just get you taken care of. Then it's Pitch's turn, huh?"

At a sudden loud commotion they both turn to see North, carrying a large sack over his shoulder, struggling to climb in through the small window. Sandman and Baby Tooth climb in after. Everybody whispers. "SHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

North freezes as they point to the sleeping Jamie and drops his voice to a whisper, "Oh, what gives slowpokes!? How you feeling, Toothy? And where is Cala?"

Tooth fluttered over happily "I feel believed in!"

North smiled, "Haha! That's what I want to hear."

Jack looked out the window, noticing hwo much time has passed, "Cala should be here by now, she went to go check out some kid's decorations in the last town and said she'd catch up."

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHES NOT HERE!" Bunny thundered as he climbed from his hole, "and I see how it is all working together to make sure the rabbit gets last place."

"SHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Jack swaggers over to bunny and pulls a bag of teeth, "You think I need help to beat a bunny? Check it out, Peter Cottontail."

Bunny smirks and bulls a larger bag of teeth, "You call that a bag of choppers?, Now that's a bag of choppers."

North steps between them, "gentlemen! Gentlemen! This is about Tooth. It's not a competition! But if it was –" he threw a massive bag of teeth down between them, "I win. YEEEEEHAAAHH!"

North freezes however as a flashlight hits him.

"Santa Claus?" A small voice whispers in awe. They all turn slowly to see Jamie sitting up in bed, holding a flashlight, wide awake and beaming in disbelief. " The Easter Bunny?...Sandman...The Tooth Fairy! I knew you'd come!"

Tooth laughs nervously, "Surprise! We came…."

Jack looks forward in awe, "He can see us?"

Bunny winces in sympathy, "Most of us."

Tooth flaps at them frantically interrupting, "Shhh! You guys, he's still awake."

"Sandy! Knock him out!" They all look to him, scandalized as Sandy hits his fist into his palm. Jamie looks concerned. " With the Dreamsand, ya gumbies"

Just then Jamie's greyhound rises up onto the bed, fully awake, its nostrils flaring at the scent she's picked up. Jamie frantically pulls on her, "No, stop that's the Easter Bunny. What are you doing, Abbey? Down!"

"Alright nobody panic," Bunny mumbled going nose to nose with the dog.

Jack Chuckled,, "But that's a um, that's a greyhound. Do you know what greyhounds do to rabbits?"