Tooth slammed herself against the rails of the cage for what seemed like the millionth time. Pitch observed her doing so in a bored fashion.

"You done yet, Dear?" he yawned sarcastically.

"Not until I'm out of this thing!" Tooth screamed.

"Alright then," he rolled his eyes at her. "Don't complain when your shoulder begins to swell."

"Oh, shut up!" Tooth was far too angry to take his crap right then.

Jack, Bunnymund, North, and Sandy were exhausted, but they continued their search.

"How are we going to find her?" Jack whined. "There's no sign of them on any continent."

"We'll find her, Jack, no worries!" North consoled the ice-man.

"We're not going to stop until we do," Bunnymund announced. "At least, I'm not." The Easter Bunny used his intimidation to urge Jack to not give up on the search.

"Do you really think you're going to keep me in this damn thing?" Tooth was getting more infuriated every minute she was stuck in that cage. Her shoulder was in more pain than she ever felt before; but she continued her attempt to break out.

"This has gotten so tiresome," Pitch was so bored of the scene. "Will you stop, the clanging is irritating me."

"No," she retorted fiercely. "Not until I'm out."

"Honestly, Toothiana," Pitch groaned. "You just mere human now, you shan't have the strength to break the cage. Unless, of course, you manage to retain your Guardian form."

"EVENTUALLY, I WILL!" Toothiana screamed and rammed the bars once more, managing to bend one. Tooth smiled, but then fell to the cage floor from the shock of the pain in her shoulder.

"I think you may have dislocated you shoulder there," Pitch laughed as he watched her sprawled in pain.

"You won't win this!" Tooth screamed.

"You may think that now, but, I'm still in the lead," Pitch told her. "Especially since the Guardians are so Hell bent on rescuing YOU that they've yet to realize that they are neglecting their own duties for their holidays. Children are slowly beginning to lose their belief in them all once again. I'll have to get rid of the mini fairies later, however, seeing as they continue their teeth collecting duties with or without you."

"No," Tooth ignored the pain. "OH no, no, no, no." how did she not see that was his plan? It angered her. Her negative emotion was so deep now that the black sand within her, keeping her human, resurfaced. The sand was planning on making her forget it all again. She felt her memory draining again. "NO!"

"Damn it!" Bunnymund yelled. He was getting agitated from not being able to find Tooth. "When I get my hands on that damned Boogie man, ooooooh."

"Calm down now, Bunny," North. "Keep head straight. Got to keep looking."

"Yeah, yeah, I know," Bunnymund mumbled and crossed his arms in a pouting manner.

Tooth fought back against the sand, even though it hurt.

"You should stop that, it's not going to help any," Pitch informed her. "Just naturally let it happen."

"No!" Tooth kept on her feet as she rejected the sand. "I won't forget everything again! I can't!"

Pitch was thrown back the sand exploded off of the girl and turned a golden color. After dusting himself off, he stared wide-eyed at Tooth. "No." he said.

"This is another dead end!" Jack and Bunny growled as they searched another town.

"We'll find her," North told them.

The cage was broken and Tooth pounded her fists. "Well, well, well," she chuckled."What was that about fighting won't help?" she retorted.

"Now, now, lets not do anything irrational!" Pitch stuttered.

"Oh, I'm not the irrational one, that's Bunny," Toothiana laughed, then shook her head to get focused on the situation. "But I could always make an exception for you, DEAR."

Pitch let out a loud, piercing scream as Toothiana ferociously headed towards him.

"I do not think we shall find her this night," North said. "We must return to homes and rest." Santa Claus was disappointed in himself.

Sandy sighed and patted North on the back. The sandman knew they would eventually find her.

"Thanks Sandy," North said. "Get on Sleigh." Everyone did so, even Bunny.

It wasn't long before they depressingly made it back to Santa's work shop.

Tooth giggled as she hung Pitch upside down after carrying him all the way to North's place. "Pitch, how do you think they'd think when they see you now?" she asked the Boogie man. Pitch wanted to insult her, and he would've if he wasn't gagged. Tooth decided to place a pink flower in the battered man's hair.

"TOOTH?" North and the other Guardians exclaimed as they saw her sitting on the globe.

"Hey guys! Welcome back!" Toothiana tackled Jack and Bunny. "I've missed you all so much!"

Bunnymund became flustered and thanked the heavens that he had fur to hide his red face. "Yeah, uh, Tooth," Bunnymund said. "How?" he examined her.

"Oh! I don't actually know exactly how, but, well, you know, I'M BACK!" Tooth cheered. "and I did it all on my OWN! Isn't that awesome? It's awesome, we all know it! I defeated Pitch without you!" she teased her friends.

Yes, Toothiana was back. She was the Tooth fairy once again; feathers and all. No one knew what to say, but, they were ecstatic to have their precious Tooth back. "Oh, oh, oh!" Tooth began to speak again. "look, guys, I got you all a present!" she pointed to the upside down and gagged Pitch. "isn't it just lovely."

"Is anyone else a bit on the terrified side," Jack asked the other males in the group.

"Yes," Bunnymund and North replied. Sandy nodded his head in agreement as they all could feel the anger that was still emitting from Toothiana.

"So, guys," Toothiana turned towards them again. "I think we should work on getting you guys prepared for Christmas, winter, and Easter, don't you? Especially Easter, since it's the one coming up really soon. Sandy, have you been good on giving the children their dreams instead of nightmares?" Toothiana laughed.

"Oh, right!" The other Guardians retorted. Sandy nodded in response to Tooth question.

"Good, now, let's get started."