He slumped over in exhaustion letting out an amused huff. His revisions to the enchantments on the globe had worked perfectly. There was now a warning system in place for when the lights flickered. If they were flickering because a child had simply outgrown their belief the light would be green. If the child was being forced to stop believing the light would turn yellow. If the child was in mortal danger the light would turn red. Pitch didn't even want to know which color Silvia's light would have been.

The only thing left to do was take the new enchantments to North at The Pole. But he was certain that his arrival there would spark some sort of conflict and with how exhausted he was because of the drain on his power he wouldn't stand a chance of defending himself. "I'll take it to him tomorrow." He muttered to himself.

Just then he felt the familiar pull of being summoned. Thalia and Silvia had finished their shopping trip. He suppressed the urge to groan. Not having believers left his magic in a weakened state and the enchantments on the globe had taken much more of his magic than he had originally thought it would. Had it not involved his daughter the summons would have been ignored. At least shadow travel wasn't a magically draining exercise. He sighed and took to the shadows.

When he reappeared he was almost immediately met with a hug from Silvia. He stumbled back slightly. She looked up at him worriedly. "Are you okay daddy?"

He nodded. "I'm fine."

"You're exhausted." Thalia corrected. "What were you doing while we were out shopping?"

"I had to revise some of the enchantments in my lair." He explained. "It took more energy than I had intended." He looked down at Silvia who was smiling widely. That's when he noticed something. "Did you lose a tooth?"

Silvia nodded. "Yeah. There was dog dog that wanted to play and he accidentally head butted me in the mouth."

Pitch groaned. "That means that one of the mini-fairies is going to be visiting tonight."

"Is that bad?" Thalia asked.

Pitch sighed. "Potentially. Toothiana isn't going to be thrilled about a child being in my care."

"Toothiana?" Thalia asked.

"The tooth fairy." Silvia answered.

"The tooth fairy exists?" Thalia asked skeptically.

Pitch nodded. "She does indeed."

"Would it be better if the two of you stay here again tonight?" Thalia offered.

Pitch shrugged. "It might. Though if the mini-fairy that visits sees me with Silvia it will alert Toothiana. And before you even suggest it I'm not leaving Silvia here alone overnight."

"I wasn't even going to suggest that." Thalia replied.

Pitch nodded. "Alright."

Silvia pulled Pitch towards the guest bedroom. "Come on daddy you need to sleep."

Pitch allowed himself to be lead to the bedroom. "I thought I was supposed to be the one caring for you. Not the other way around."

Silvia giggled. "Families care for each other." She said as she pushed the door open.

Pitch walked over to the bed and practically collapsed onto it. He was mildly surprised when Silvia climbed up onto the bed and snuggled up to his side. He looked an arm around her pulling her close. "Aren't you a little old for napping?" He joked.

Silvia shook her head. "You're never to old for a nap."

He chuckled sleepily. "I'll have to keep that in mind."

Later that evening a mini-fairy slipped into the room. She was focused on a single task find the tooth her favorite child had lost. That was until she noticed just who her favorite child was sleeping next to. She squeaked in alarm. Why was her favorite child with the boogeyman? She looked over the child. They didn't seem to be in distress but that didn't mean they were safe. She sighed softly and followed her original plan of finding the tooth. It turned out to be under the pillow like usual. She took it leaving the usual coin in its place and flew back to the tooth palace at high speed.

She put the tooth in the proper memory case, and headed straight to Toothiana. She found her leader issuing orders in her typical rapid fashion. The mini-fairy flew directly in front of her face squeaking frantically as she tried to explain the situation her favorite child was in.

"Slow down Baby Tooth." Toothiana requested. "For a moment there I could have sworn you said there was a child with Pitch."

Baby Tooth squeaked in confirmation.

Toothiana gasped in horror. "Take me to them." She demanded.

Baby Tooth nodded zooming back to her favorite child with Toothiana following close behind. When they arrived at the house they went straight to the guest room. Toothiana looked at the scene before her and found herself confused. The little girl was curled up against Pitch sleeping peacefully as a dream flitted about over her head. Sandy knew about this? And he hadn't sounded the alarm? "What in the moon?" she murmured.

The girl shifted in her sleep letting out a soft groan. The dream slowly began to fade as she began to wake. Toothiana began to panic slightly. "No no no no…" The girl sat up then gasped in shock. Toothiana let out a sheepish giggle. "Hi there."

Pitch groaned as he woke up. He was still exhausted from his work but his daughters shock had woken him. He looked around for the source. His eyes narrow when they landed on Toothiana. "Why am I not surprised?" he asked sarcastically before yawning widely showing off his pointed teeth.

Toothiana wrinkled her nose at the sight. "Baby Tooth told me you had a child with you." She looked at the little girl. "What happened?"

Pitch looked from Toothiana to his daughter. "As hard as it may be to believe what I'm about to say I rescued her from an abusive… home."

Toothiana crossed her arms. "You're right I don't believe you. What really happened?"

"He's telling the truth!" Silvia exclaimed. "He saved me from the monster, and he's been taking care of me. He's my dad now and I won't let you hurt him!"

Toothiana backed away in shock. "You can't… This isn't…" She seemed to recover from her shock. "We're going to The Pole."