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Chapter Six: Peri

Peri supposed that, for North, it was a gentle knock. But because of her small stature and size of the room (lent to her by the elves), it was more like a thunder clap that shook her to the bones. She instantly flew out of bed and to the door, throughly rattled.

"Yes?" she asked, annoyed. But all aggregation and thoughts of sleeping in, vanished at North's serious face. Something was wrong.

"Trouble at Tooth Palace," he said. "I've just received a distress call. Come on."

Peri followed him through the maze of hallways and workshops until they reached the sleigh room. The reindeer had already been hitched up, and the other passenger's had taken their seats. Elsa sat rigidly next to a nervous looking Bunny, and Frozone looked slightly skeptical that the odd contraption could fly. Jack just looked excited.

Before she even knew what was happening, the sleigh shot forward, knocking her into Jack's lap. They skidded into an icy tunnel, and the sleigh ran up the walls and upside down. Elsa's queenly resolve melted and she screamed, grabbing onto Bunny with all her might. He returned the gesture. Only moments later, they burst out of the tunnel and flew into the sky. Laughing delightedly, Jack held on until he knew Peri had adjusted to the flying, then turned to Frozone. The skepticism had flown away, and he grinned. Maybe it wasn't as safe as an airplane in his mind, but it was ok.

They flew through the air for a few moments, enough time for Elsa to relax her grip on the Easter Bunny and look a little mortified she had grabbed him in the first place, when North pulled out a snowglobe from his enormous red Russian robe. He was so deep in thought and worry that he didn't say a word. Luckily, Jack knew what to expect.

"Everybody, hold on!" he yelled as North threw the snowglobe in front of their flight.

"Tooth Palace!" North yelled with urgency.

A cloud of colors much like pixie dust appeared in front of them, swirling beautifully. Then they crashed into it. They spun in a tight corkscrew, and Peri thought her head might explode with the enormous pressure. Just when she thought she couldn't handle it any longer, they straightened with a pop. Peri gasped for air, it was like being underwater for as long as you could hold your breath, then exploding back to the surface.

The sleigh crashed onto a golden floor, and the passengers tumbled out. Elsa lay flat on her back, looking a little green, and Bunny scrambled as far away as he could.

"What in the name of Jack-Jack just happened?" Frozone exploded.

"That was basically time and space bending around us," Jack explained calmly. "Brought us thousands of miles from the North Pole to the Tooth Fairy's palace in the Himalayan. And what in the name of "Jack-Jack" does Jack-Jack mean?" he asked with a playful smirk.

"My friend's kid," Frozone explained, still gasping. "He has some weird, freaky super powers."

Jack Frost shrugged, then waved in greeting at the Tooth Fairy, who was rapidly descending from a high tower.

As much as Peri had always wanted to meet the Tooth Fairy, the most famous fairy of all time, she couldn't help admiring the palace. Golden spires flecked with green and pink decorations rose any direction you looked, and green specks fluttered everywhere. It was a little like a beehive.

Turning, Peri saw the Tooth Fairy embracing Jack and thanking North for coming so quickly. She was unlike any of the fairies at Pixie Hollow. Although she was about the same size, her whole body seemed to be covered in blue-green and yellow feathers; only her eyes, cheeks, mouth, and delicate hands were uncovered. Her purple, fluorescent wings fluttered nervously behind her. She seemed very anxious about something, until she caught sight of Peri.

"Oh my goodness you found a new fairy!" she squealed, flying over. "My name's Toothiana, what's yours?"

"Tooth," North groaned.

"Periwinkle," Peri said shyly, shaking her hand. "Or Peri."

"Not now," North insisted.

"Your hair is so white…"

Peri formed a snowball and threw it at Jack. "I'm a frost fairy at Pixie Hollow."

"A frost fairy!?" Toothiana opened up Peri's mouth and squealed with delight again. "They're just like Jack's! They sparkle like freshly fallen snow!"

"So do mine," Elsa said grimly, moving gingerly to a sitting position. "But there's no need to check."

Frozone clamped his mouth firmly shut, and Toothiana looked at them all in awe. "Looks like there's more going on here than I thought."

"Ah yes, finally we are back to the point," North said. "Tell us what is going on."

The excited, youthful look dropped from Tooth's face instantly. Suddenly, she looked hundreds of years old. Above, the tiny green specks stopped moving and hovered, listening.

"It's the children. During the rounds last night, several of my fairies noticed children were missing. Some teeth were in weird places…like in dark alleyways, or just in the halls. They looked like they'd been knocked out. I think they've been kidnapped," she said in a rush. Then she looked up and noticed the stillness. "Hey, get back to work! There are still other children out there who need their memories!"

Peri was confused, but it didn't seem to be the right time to ask what the connection was between teeth and memories.

"Tooth," North began.

"I know, I know. I've seen evidence of a few kidnappings before, but I didn't call you. Why would I? You wouldn't be able to help anything. The thing is, I've never seen this many. This is a mass kidnapping, on a global scale."

"I want to go to Burgess," Jack said suddenly. "I need to check on my followers there. If anyone will know if something's going on in the human world, it's them."

"Excuse me?" Frozone said.

"Oh, right. Well, do you know what's been going on lately?" Jack asked.

"I've been a little too busy saving this earth to notice," Frozone said sassily. "I was defeating a super-vililan and then something messed with my ice powers, so I went on a road trip up to the North Pole."

"Ok, then. Let's go to Burgess," Jack said firmly.

"Jack, I understand your concern," Tooth said. "But this is an urgent matter. We don't want to waste any time. Elsa, you're a human, aren't you?"

Elsa looked shocked. The little fairies had been flying around her for several minutes now, making her quite nervous. She had her arms crossed and her eyes flickered back and forth.

"Erm…yes. But Peri and I are from the past. We got pulled out of TIME!" she shrieked as a fairy dive-bombed right past her ear from behind.

A small blast of ice shot from her hand, narrowly missing a group of fairies. Tooth lunged and caught Baby Tooth as she fell, then quickly backed up, protectively holding her.

"Sorry," Elsa whispered, wincing.

"Burgess is a great idea," Tooth said overly brightly.

"Yeah," Elsa said sullenly. "Drop me off at the Pole and then head to wherever the heck Burgess is."

"No," Frozone said. "You're coming with us. You need more practice in public."

"What! No! I'll hurt someone and make it even worse!"

"You won't hurt anyone," Jack said. "Remember what I told you, you can control your powers if you believe you can."

"This isn't my fight, it's not my problem."

"Elsa, there are children missing," Peri said seriously.

"This isn't my kingdom, this isn't my time. This is basically a whole new world, and I don't have to do anything for it."

"You were pulled out of time for a reason," North said. "Around the same time, forgive the pun, there is a mass disappearance. These incidents might be linked. All of you, go with Jack while I return to the Pole and set up…oh, I'll think of something that will help! Come along, Bunny."

"Oh no, I'm going there MY way."

He tapped his large foot on the ground and disappeared into a large hole. North shrugged and hopped back into his sleigh.

"Wait!" Frozone said. "We're in the Himalayan mountains! How are supposed to get to Pennsylvania?"

"I thought we were going to Burgess," Elsa whimpered.

"You'll find a way," North said with a smile. "You don't know your own abilities yet."

"So that's what this is, a test?" Jack asked angrily. He lowered his voice, but Peri could still hear. "I'm the only one here who really knows what he's doing."

"You can help the others, then," North said.

"I'm not a leader!" Jack insisted.

"You are now," North grinned. "On Dasher, on Dancer! On Prancer and Dixen!"

The reindeer flew off, and Jack groaned. "I should never have shown him 'The Night Before Christmas.' Worst mistake I think I've ever made."

Confused, the four of them looked at each other blankly. Toothiana looked panicked at the thought of uncontrollable Elsa left alone at her palace.

"How are we supposed to get to Burgess?" Frozone asked.

"You don't have any magical transport, do you?" Peri asked Toothiana.

"No, sorry. I'm afraid you're on your own."

"I have the wind, which will take me and Peri there in, oh, ten minutes? The problem is with Elsa and Frozone. You can't fly, so I don't think the wind will help you."

"If we went above cloud level," Frozone began. "I could build ice bridges and sled on them extremely quickly."

"I can't."

They all looked at Elsa, considering the problem.

"I'll carry you," Jack said finally. "We won't get there in ten minutes, but it's the best we can do."

"Great!" Tooth said. "Well, you'd better get started. Good luck!"

"Wait!" Elsa said suddenly, running after her. Tooth stopped dead and turned around slowly, a fake smile plastered on her face. "I'm sorry I nearly froze one of your fairies. What you were saying earlier, to your fairies, the teeth have memories?"

"They contain the most important memories of your childhood," Tooth said slowly. She looked curiously at Elsa. "You're very quick."

"So, like, if the memories in your head were tampered with by a troll…would the teeth memories be original? Even if you still had all your baby teeth when the memories were changed?"

"Yes. Those meddling trolls have been messing with memories since before I became a fairy," she said crossly. "I made sure that what they did to the head wouldn't effect the teeth."

"You wouldn't happen to have my sister Anna's, would you?" she asked, desperately.

Tooth's eyes widened and her face softened. She thought for a minute. "No," she said firmly. "Not in this time. After people die, their memories are no longer needed, and the teeth are…destroyed."

Peri saw Jack raise his eyebrows. Somehow, she knew this wasn't true, but he motioned her to keep quiet. Toothiana must have a reason for lying. Elsa sighed and thanked Tooth, then joined Jack.

"We're going to head north, over the arctic, and down into Canada."

"Where are we going?" Elsa asked wearily. "Burgess, Pen…Pen something, or Cananada?"

"Oh, I forgot, you're from Medieval Times, where there is no sense of world geography except your little serfdoms," Jack said sarcastically.

Elsa looked shocked. "Excuse me, I'm from the 1800's! We are much more civilized than that!"

"Burgess is a city in the state of Pennsylvania," Frozone explained, glaring at Jack. "A state is sort of like a province, or a big area of a country. The state of Pennsylvania is part of the country the United States of America, or USA."

"What kind of name is that?" Elsa asked. "What happened to poetic names like Arendelle or Corona?"

"Or of the Southern Isles," Peri said pointedly.

Elsa opened her mouth to protest, but stopped. "Good point. Apologies. Continue, Frozone."

"Canada is the country north of USA," Frozone said, creating a literal snow globe in his hand. "We'll be flying from here, Asia..."

"That's the country we're in now," Elsa said.

"Er, for the sake of time, sure. We'll be flying up through here, over the arctic, and down into Canada. Then we'll be flying at a diagonal towards Pennsylvania, and Jack will lead us to Burgess."

"Ok, I think I got it. Let's go."

She stopped, realizing what she had just said. Without knowing it, a smile spread across her face.

"What?" Jack asked as Frozone started off.

"Oh, inside joke," Elsa said carelessly.

Awkwardly, she put one arm over his shoulder as he put his arm around her waist. Peri stood next to them, trying not laugh.

"Wind, take us to Jamie's house," Jack said.

The wind protested a bit to the extra weight, but sensed Jack's urgency. They caught up to Frozone pretty quickly, and only had to slow down a little bit. It was bitterly cold, even Frozone and Elsa felt it. Jack explained that supernatural beings, like himself and Peri, were impervious to cold, unlike the two humans, who could withstand lower temperatures for a long time. After that, they didn't talk too much. The wind hurtled them along, even helping Frozone, and finally they reached Burgess, half an hour later. The wind dropped them off at the lake, instead of at Jamie's house; Jack was annoyed, until they spotted a girl with glasses and a brown ponytail crying on the other side. Peri instantly ran over to her.

"Hey," she said quietly, sitting next to her. "What's your name?"

"Margo," the girl whimpered. "And I want to be left alone."

"I don't think you really do," Peri said. "What's the matter?"

Margo pulled her green jacket around her tighter and looked up at the group. She started when her eyes fell upon Jack.

"You're Jack Frost!" she exclaimed. Jack raised an eyebrow. "Jamie told me about you."

"Is Jamie ok?" Jack asked.

"Yes," Margo said, looking down again.

"Not now, Jack," Peri hissed. "Margo, what's wrong?"

"I don't know where my parents or sisters are!" Margo sobbed. "They just vanished, without a note, or a phone call, or anything! Agnes even left Fluffy behind. She doesn't go anywhere without her unicorn! I don't know what to do!"

"Jamie," Jack said firmly. "They'll take care of you there. And it's no bother, we were just on our way now."

Margo nodded and allowed Jack to pick her up. Quickly, they made their way through the streets to Jamie's house. He saw them coming and ran out to meet them.

"Jack!" he called. "Wait, is that…Margo! What's happened?"

"Her family is missing," Jack said seriously. "Will your mom take care of her for now?"

"Yeah, of course we will!"

"I'll take her inside and explain everything," Frozone said. "Since she can actually see me. What's your mom's name, kid?"

"Emma Bennett," Jamie said distractedly.

"Jamie, I need to know something," Jack said. "We need to know something. Has there been a lot of kidnappings in the mortal world, lately?"

"Yeah, lots! Mostly kids, but sometimes parents too. Families are being torn apart all over the world! It's been in the news and everything, but nobody seems to think they're connected except me. The police say they're looking for clues, but they haven't found anything yet. Jack, do you know what's going on?"

"No," Jack said sadly. "We only just now found out about it."

"But we will find out what's going on," Elsa said fiercely. The others looked at her in shock. They hadn't heard her speak much louder than a whisper before now. "We're going to find the missing, and reunite the families."

"I thought you said this wasn't your problem," Jack said.

"It is now," Elsa said grimly.

"I'm confused," Frozone said, rejoining them. "Oh, Jamie, your mother wants to see you. Elsa, you just said you didn't want to come out in public because you were afraid of hurting somebody."

"Yeah, I was afraid. That's why I stayed hidden from my sister for so long. That didn't help matters at all. I understand the pain and longing of being apart, even if it's for the greater good. The families aren't separated for any good reason. You guys understand me, right?" she turned to Jack and Peri.

"Yeah," they said.

"I don't have kids," Frozone said. "But I do understand. My father, Cobra Bubbles, was a social worker on Hawaii."

"Cobra Bubbles?" Jack asked, smirking.

"Bubbles was a nickname," Frozone said, gritting his teeth. "He was rather intimidating, and we thought it would help soften his image if he changed his last name. It didn't work. But that's not the point. I've seen many broken families, and I don't want to see anymore. One of the things we learned while staying in Hawaii was what ohana means. Ohana means family, and family means nobody gets left behind, or forgotten."

"We should make that our motto," Peri said after a moment of silence.

"What's a motto?" Elsa asked.

"Nothing, what's the motto with you?" Jack asked. He burst out laughing.

"Uh…ok. A motto is a sentence that sums up what a group is all about."

"We're a group now?" Frozone asked.

"Yes," Peri said. "We can all control ice, we all experienced some sort of ice pull and were brought together for some unknown reason, and we all want to help with this situation. Why not?"

"So, basically," Jack said. "We're all in this together?"

Frozone glared at him. "NO."

"What? Just saying."

"Do we need a name?" Elsa asked.

"Well, we can't just call ourselves the not-Guardians plus one Guardian," Jack said.

"It needs to be something we all have in common," Peri said.

"Duh," Jack said. "Our powers. What about Just-ice League" Jack suggested.

"I like it," Elsa said, smiling.

"Has a nice ring to it," Frozone admitted.

"Let's do it, then!" Peri said.

"Do what?" Jamie and Margo asked, coming out of the house.

"We're going to become a team!" Peri said excitedly. "To hunt down the kidnappers. Margo, we're going to bring back your family."

Margo grinned. "Where are you going to start?"

"The North Pole," Jack said. "We need to report this situation to the big man. He's been setting up some sort of technology that will help us, too. See you guys later."