Ch 20.
Nona squinted her eyes as they rocketed through the tunnel; she finally understood how he was able to hide all those eggs in one night.
"Remind me to never challenge you to a race!" she hollered.
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Sandy smiled down at Pitch's sleeping form. Lucky for him, the fight hadn't lasted long, and if all went well, the nightmare king would remain asleep for the rest of night. Rising off the ground, he turned to leave when something caught his eye.
Off in the distance several small objects glinted beneath the streetlights. Floating over he picked one up, and placed it in the palm of his hand.
It was a tooth.
He grinned excitedly; he had found Nona's missing teeth! Quickly, he gathered the others into his coat.
With a new found urgency Sandy rushed off to Toothiana's castle. He couldn't wait to share his discovery.
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Back at the warren Nona, closed her eyes, pinching the bridge of her nose. It had been less than 12 hours, and Bunny had already started to fight with her again.
"Ah don't see what the big deal is."
She sighed in frustration; they'd just been through this. "I can't just take the night off Bunny. The children need me."
Pivoting on her heel she turned to leave, but he promptly stood in her way.
"Yes they do, which is why you need to rest."
"I don't have time to rest!" she hollered. "It's Halloween night and I am the Spirit of Halloween. Without me, it's like having an Easter without an Easter Bun-" she instantly clasped her hands over her mouth, cursing herself when she saw his hurt expression.
She reached a hand out to him. "I-I didn't mean-" but he just leapt away shaking his head.
Nona pulled her hood down over her face. 'Idiot! How could you be so careless?' Halloween was important but so was her friendship with Bunny.
Now she was faced with another dilemma. 'Do I apologize or get back to work?'
Releasing a guilty sigh she decided she could spare a few more minutes, suspecting that phantoms could handle things in the meantime. Still she couldn't help but feel guilty; she was dumping more of her responsibilities on them. Not to mention they were probably just as exhausted as she was.
"Weakling..." she muttered to herself.
Shoving her thoughts aside, Nona set out to find Bunny, but the task proved to be more difficult than she'd anticipated. She had no idea where he could be hiding. Unable to fly she set off on foot to find him; but after about thirty minutes, she had to stop and catch her breath. She knew better than to push herself but needed to apologize. 'If I were a rabbit where would I be?'
Shifting her gaze she spotted his burrow. 'Of course! He's probably just as tired as I am.'
Smiling she rushed over to the burrow, slowly creeping through the entrance.
"Bunny?" she whispered. Making her way further into the room she looked for any sign of him, but upon closer inspection all she found was an empty nest.
"I give up!" she whined collapsing into the bundle of softness. Rolling onto her back she stared up the dirt ceiling, scanning the little roots that were poking through.
'Bunny where are you?' Closing her eyes, Nona let out a frustrated sigh; she needed to get back to work.
'Still...I suppose I can wait a little longer.'
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"This is fantastic!" Tooth cried. "We have to get these to her as soon as possible."
Sandy nodded in agreement, before formulating a message above his head.
Tooth smiled "That would be perfect Sandy. You can just drop them off when she's finished working."
Baby Tooth rushed to his side, holding out the small vial and he took with a grateful smile.
"Good luck!" she hollered, as he floated up on his golden cloud. Waving his goodbyes, he turned to stare down at the small vial of teeth before placing it into his coat.
The sooner he got these to Nona, the better.
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Bunny yawned as he made his way back to his burrow. He worried about Nona, they all did. She could be so reckless sometimes, putting others needs ahead of her own. He had wanted her to go home and get some rest, but all she could think about were the children. Still, he understood the way she felt about Halloween; it was the same for him and Easter.
He gave a weary sigh; she could be so stubborn sometimes.
Making his way through the entrance he began to grumble in frustration. "Halloween without the Spirit of Halloween, is NOT the same as Easter without the-" He froze.
After their fight, he'd expected Nona to return to her work; needless to say he was more than a little surprised to find her curled up in his nest fast asleep.
Sure he was happy she was finally letting herself rest, but this wasn't exactly what he'd had in mind. He let out an aggravated sigh. This day had taken its toll on him too, and there was no way he was giving up the comfort of his own nest. Jumping over her, he thanked MiM for his agility as he manoeuvred himself to the opposite side of the nest.
Lying down, he rolled onto his side with his back to the girl. This was going to be a long night.