Jack watched Tooth who sat on the edge of the cliff looking down to where Lena and Pitch had vanished beneath the waves. The others, all except for Bunny who was sitting in the sleigh starring off into space, were busying themselves trying to find the missing pieces of the sleigh. Jack walked over and sat down next to Tooth, letting his legs dangle off the edge of the cliff. Tooth sniffed and he looked over to find her face tear stained.
"We failed. We let love die." She mumbled. "I thought she had a plan Jack. All that talk about 'love in idleness' I thought she had a plan. Now she's gone." Jack looked down at the unforgiving sea and swallowed his fear of water.
"I'm going to get her. We're gonna bury her properly. Give her a ceremony. And then, we'll deal with the rest." Jack slipped from the cliff and let the wind carry him down to the waves. It's not that he hated water, it was more the being submerged bit he didn't enjoy. He took a deep breath and dove. It took her very little time to find her. Lena clung tightly to her bow which had gotten stuck to the glacier. Jack carefully released the bow from the ice and cradled her body bridal style. Even under the water Jack could see the discoloration of her skin. He rose to the surface and flew back up to the edge of the cliff where the others had gathered, waiting for him to return. He landed softly and for the first time took a good look at Lena.
She looked peaceful, happy even. Her skin was a pale blue and her black hair had begun to freeze to various parts of her shoulders and face. Her bow was held tightly in her hand which hung limp in front of her. Jack swallowed back his sadness and looked up at Tooth, who had been silently crying ever since he had reappeared on the cliff.
"Toothiana," her full name drew her attention to Jack who was giving her a comforting look, "could you please get her bow?" Tooth nodded and fluttered forward. She reached down and gripped Lena's hand tightly. In that instant gold light flared from Tooth's hand and raced along the bow. Tooth leapt back in surprise and what remained was a single golden thread that ran the length of the bow.
"Jack put her down." Jack lowered Lena's body slowly to the ground and watched as Tooth took hold of the hand that held the bow. She looked up at Jack and gave a smile.
"Do you trust me?" he nodded. Tooth held out her other hand to Jack. "Take my hand and then grab hers." Jack took an deep breath and grabbed Tooth's hand. The gold light that sparked from the touch was almost enough to make Jack jump, but he remained. With his other hand he grasped Lena's right hand and suddenly light exploded. Between the uncomfortable warmth Jack could feel he could also feel joy and happiness and hope and then he felt her. He could feel Toothiana. Feel her hope that this would work. Feel her wonder. And right at the very center he could feel Tooth's love for him. In that moment he knew that everything was going to be okay. He laughed.
That laugh. It called her out of the darkness. Called her back to the cold and the bright of the day. She stopped. Yes the sun was bright, but at the north pole – for that is where she remembered being last – the sun didn't really shine gold but more white. She blinked open her eyes and was met by the bright gold light of magic. Her magic. Jack laughed off to her right and she turned her head slowly.
"Jack?" at the sound of his name he stopped laughing and looked down.
"It worked!" Tooth's voice was high and very close to Lena's ear. She looked over at the fairy and smiled.
"Of course it worked. Love in idleness, pure magic just waiting to be directed somewhere. And since you two were a little busy I figured that I might as well gamble on it." The golden light faded as Lena sat up slowly, her back aching and a strange pressure giving her the urge to move. She flicked her wrist and her golden bow faded away. Her hair fell in her face as Jack and Tooth helped her stand up.
"Whoa. That's new." Snow-white strands of hair floated gently around her face. She had spent the last five hundred years with blonde hair and now it was white. She felt a soft familiar rustling and she looked over her shoulder only to be surprised once again. In place of her normally solid white wings were feathers that seemed to reflected a hundred different shades of purple, blue and green. She let her wings stretch in and out all the while Lena watched the opalescence catch the sun and shimmer.
"Shelia?" Lena spun and smiled widely. Bunny, North and Sandy were all standing a little ways away. She waved lightly.
"Hey guys." Bunny leapt forward, shoving Jack to the ground to get to Lena. He hugged her tightly, keeping her wings close to her body. She laughed into Bunny's shoulder and he held her at arm's length.
"Don't you ever, go and do something like that again. Do you hear me?" she nodded and unfurled her wings.
"You got it Bunny. What ever you say. Now, how about we get you all back to the workshop and then I'll go and finish a week worth of work that needs doing." Everyone agreed. It took them an hour to get all the reindeer back and then using a snow globe they got everything back to the workshop. Bunny left to go check up on all of Pitch's usual hideouts to make sure he wasn't well and hiding, North went to work on the sleigh, saying it need his 'personal touch' and Sandy took to the skies to deliver good dreams to the children. All that remained in the globe room at the end were Lena, Jack and Tooth.
Jack and Tooth seemed glued together, Tooth was even walking just to be closer to Jack, their fingers intertwined in a loving hand hold. Lena sat on one of the tables with a mirror, adjusting her hair and looking at her eyes, which had also changed color to match that of Tooth's purple ones. She placed the mirror on the table beside her and twirled her right hand, a golden hair taking shape.
"Now you two are gonna be alright without my magic right?" Tooth laughed and nodded.
"No magic needed Lena. Thanks." Jack agreed and smiled up at the newly born again Cupid.
"Thanks for the push though. It probably would have been another century before I even tried to hold her hand if it hadn't of been for you." Tooth playfully shoved him and Lena laughed. She flicked her hand and the arrow vanished.
"My pleasure, well, duty, but out of all the couples I've ever put together, you two are my favorite. And that's saying something." She leapt down from the table and walked over to the couple, her wings readying themselves for the long journey ahead.
"Thank you both, so much, for everything you did to help me. I'll be checking up on you two from time to time so be ready." She flapped her wings and headed for the top windows. Turning she gave a smile fitting of the Tooth Fairy.
"But don't think this is goodbye. I expect recreational visits when you guys have down time." Jack and Tooth laughed and waved goodbye as Lena flew from the building. Her wings welcoming the howling wind. The north wind tumbled around her as if to say 'I've missed you'. Lena laughed and poured on the speed as she flew from the arctic and towards civilization. And for the first time, in her immortal life, Lena was excited about the work she was about to do.