Author's Note: Okay, so now I am going into why she is kind of the way she is. Last chapter you got her backstory. But now you get to hear her rationalize her behavior! Sorry if it is pathetic.

Being in the city at Christmas is an odd feeling. So many of the stores advertise things that make you feel warm and welcome. They seem to invite you in and want to ask how your day is. Seeing all of the people around in such a festive mood is somewhat therapeutic.

But I felt so alone. When I was in the cabin, sure I felt lonely, but this time I really felt alone. Isolated. In my own universe. Nobody was going to step forward and break the barrier that surrounded me. The more people that were around to ignore me, the more I felt like I had nobody.

After spending most of the day in the city, trying to figure out what I was going to do, I rushed away from the main streets, making my way to some of the less common, but still not dangerous roads. That way I could actually enjoy myself without becoming a ball of depression.

There was the slightest bit of snow coming down. It sprinkled down and put a heavy silence everywhere. Snowflakes stuck to the curls of my hair, some of them even catching in my eye lashes for a second. I giggled a bit as my vision gained a few blotches of white momentarily.

Then the oddest thing happened.

I felt a tap on my shoulder, and I instinctively turned around. The thought it might be somebody dangerous did not even cross my mind.

The woman behind me was about as tropical as somebody could get. Her body was covered in emerald green feathers, and an exotic headdress seemed to adorn her face like a crown. A faint blur behind her confused me greatly. When I saw her magenta eyes sparkling at me, I was suddenly frightened and confused.

Then I remembered I had seen her as a russian nesting doll not that long ago!

"Hi!" she chirped.

"Hello?" I said hesitantly.

Next, I had no idea what was going to happen. Being approached by some random woman was certainly not part of my initial plans for the day. Then again, neither was breaking into Santa's Workshop or returning home. Today was kind of up in the air for me.

Every day of my life kind of was. What did I have to lose?

"Are you the Tooth Fairy?" I asked.

She gave a great smile and fluttered a few inches higher into the air. That is when I figured out that the blur was actually her wings. Humming bird wings. Well, looks like all of my sketches were proven wrong in one fell swoop. Or flutter. Yes, hummingbird wings fluttered, now swooped.

"Yes I am! You are a really good guesser!" She lowered herself so we were directly at eye level. "But you can call me Tooth."

"My name is Summer." There was a small flicker in her eyes, but it slowly died out.

A silence grew between us. I could tell that she had not thought through approaching me. Maybe she expected me to be a bursting with questions for her. Questions, I had none. Well, I did, but I didn't really feel like voicing them at that time.

"So how do you collect all the teeth at night?" I asked. "And where do you keep them all?"

She looked relieved when I asked. "Oh, I have little Baby Teeth that go around and collect them for me. We keep them at the Tooth Palace. Do you want to see?" She extended a featherless hand to me.

I looked at it. What did I have to lose? Before I could stop myself, I took her hand.

The next thing I know, I am in the most brilliantly beautiful place I had ever imagined. Everything was either made of gold or marble. Arches and beams made of pure gold littered the downward spires that made up the palace. A swarm of millions of hummingbird like things were flowing in and out, either toting a tooth or a coin.

A few broke away and took to Tooth. They fluttered around in her, one of them daring to come up to me. It looked like a miniature version of tooth, only with different proportions and a beak.

"Beautiful," I commented. Only, my breath had all but left me, so it was more of my lips moving to form the word.

I inched to one of the edges and looked over. Clouds formed before the ground did. Much faster than I had taken to get there, I abandoned the edge and stood by Tooth's side.

"So, what do you want to talk to me about?" I inquired.

She looked at me with pure surprise. "Pardon?"

I sighed. This felt ridiculous, even for the random things I had done. "Well, it seems as if I am something important. Out of nowhere, Jack Frost was pestering me. Now you. So, you either think I am important due to Jack taking interest in me, or something else."

Tooth paused in the air. "Are you sure you are a believer?"

I blushed. Inwardly, I was cursing at myself for being such a loud mouth and ruining the magic that the moment held.

She giggled. "I am kidding." Nervousness was in her tone, but only a little bit of it. Wording was going to come into play. "It's kind of a combination of the two of them. Jack doesn't really take to people. He likes being alone."

I feigned a gasp, large eyes and hand over my mouth. "Really? Because you guys could have fooled me!"

She rolled her eyes. "Any way..." She fluttered a bit higher with nerves.

I really wish I knew what I was supposed to be doing any way. Was there some manner I was supposed to be holding myself? She probably cared about dental care a lot. Wait, when was the last time I brushed my teeth? Did she know my dental record? It was probably on file, which she had read over.

"In case it matters, which is probably does, I didn't willingly go along with him on the adventures. At least, I didn't want to go." I glanced at her before sending my gaze to the floor. "On the first one, he took me out of my house. The second time he would have, but I didn't give him the chance."

Tooth stared at me. "He kidnapped you?"

"And left me in a tree."

Only now did it dawn on me the true absurdity of it all. Sure, before hand I was thinking of it as odd. Really, it was! But now, here I was, stating it as if it was common fact! Totally normal and natural! My whole world was going to be questioned, each day being put into a new perspective of how everything worked. Only now did this strike me.

I suddenly felt sweltering hot. My winter clothes were making me roast like I was in an oven. As I took them off, I felt both freed and fresh. I fluffed my hair and pulled it over my shoulder, letting the slightest breeze from her wings cool me down from my neck.

Tooth did not know what to say to that. She just kind of stared at me while she tried to figure out what to say.

"What adventures did he take you on?" she inquired. Back to moving along the spire and off of gazing at me.

"Well first I spent a day in town making a snow ball war. Then he broke into Santa's Workshop, and then abandoned me in there. That was great." Even that was normal to me. How brilliant.

She looked at me with wide eyed shock. "You broke into where?"

"The North Pole."

So far, not so good. After hours and hours of searching, there was no finding of her tooth box. When one of my baby teeth saw her on the street, I had to go talk to her.

Jack had forced her along. Then took her to the workshop. She had been in the North Pole! From the news she had gotten, Jack got busted rather quickly in one of the halls. But they had not given any notice as to a girl being in there. What had she seen? What had she done? How much did she know?

My wings beat faster and faster than usual and I shot up about an extra foot into the air before settling down. She didn't notice due to her occupation with removing her excess layers.

On the back of her neck was a small tattoo. It was a solid black eighth note. It looked almost perfect, except for the crescent moon sitting at the edge of the flag.

And that was all I needed to see. I would have rushed away then and there to talk to the other guardians, but being calm was much more of a priority here. There was a rational, easy solution to this problem.

All I needed to do was take a deep breath.

That is when she looked at me. Her baby blue eyes took on an cautious glow. "Pardon me for being so direct, but what is it that you are hiding from me?"

Author's Note: Hey there you guys! So, let me tell you about something that might just kill all of you avid readers. Next Saturday, I am leaving to go on a trip to Mexico! Then, I will be gone for a week. So, no chapters or movement for a week... That means I am going to emotionally ruin you guys before disappearing! Have great fun with that one!

Any way, review! I hope you enjoy wondering what the heck I am slowly getting out!