Lost and Forgotten Chapter 9
Forest. 8:48 pm
Don sat in the rain. It's a miracle that he was not hurt. For once, he was happy that he mastered the cloning technique from some ninjas in the south. Don saw the train leave him behind, then he remembered a while ago.
"I can manage." Said the voice that threw his clone out the train.
The little mouse chuckled. "I'm not gonna be there when the angel gets mad. Sorry kiddo but I need to be elsewhere.."
North Pole
It was early in the morning when Pitch broke in the workshop. "Show time." He grinned.
Pitch tried to remember where Claus's room is located the time he last visited the place. The workshop is quiet and the only noise that can be heard is the ticking of the large clock. He started at the second floor that has four corridors. Red carpets covered the floor in three corridors but the last one is different with a red colored carpet with golden stars on it. The carpet withe the golden stars leads to a double door room. A sign hung on one of the doorknobs that says " Room Sweet Room." Quickly the so called Boogeyman headed to that room. "You're making it too easy." He said. He quietly opened one of the doors and inside was a huge room in red and white. There was a small light coming from a star shaped nightlight.
"You never told me you were afraid of the dark." Said Pitch heading for the bed where his victim sleeps. The old man was in his pajamas and is snoring loudly. Above his head hung a portrait of himself holding a thirteen inched cookie. Pitch looked down at the sleeping North and got a small sack from his pocket. He opened the sack and the scent of freshly baked cookies filled the room. "Cookie..." North whispered, still asleep. The white bearded man got to his feet. He started sleep walking to Pitch following the heavenly smell. "Get the cookies..."
Pitch slowly back away heading for the door. To his surprise the sleepwalking North started running after him. North ran over Pitch, both of them crashing on the floor. North is face to face with Pitch. Unfortunately North is steel snoring, exhaling directly at Pitch. "Does he ever brush his teeth?" After a few minutes Pitch got himself free and is now dragging North out the building. He got outside when his phone let out a loud ring that almost woke up North. His eyes half opened and his stomach rumbled. Pitch sighed and reach for his ringing phone. At the other end of the line was Cromos.
"It is done." Cromos said at the other end of the line.
"I am done as well." Pitch replied.
"It's been almost a millennia when I last saw my father."
"I'm sure it's going to be a big family reunion."
"Enough of this chit-chat. Make sure you stick to the plan."
"What makes you think I will not?" Pitch asked.
"I don't trust you."
"So do I."
"Just make sure you get me what I want. I'm growing impatient."
"You already are."
"You have no right-"
"You'll hear your dear father as early as the day after tomorrow." Pitch cut the call and turned off his phone. He always enjoy doing that to Cromos but he doubts that he would do it again when the God of time returns.
Bunnymund's Warren, Australia
Bunny is sound asleep in his bunny hole. The sound of a loud horn woke him up in his sleep. The creatures eyes opened wide. "Now who could be callin this late?"
He glanced at his wall clock and was surprise to see that it was already afternoon. "Crickey! I knew I shouldn't have watched that movie." He grab his boomerangs and egg bombs from a shelf and run of to the pond. When Bunny got there he saw The Sandman on the clear water.
"What up mate? There a problem?" Bunny asked. Sandy began creating images above his head. First a a hand pointing down then a candy cane and a pair of pajamas. "Sorry, what?" Bunny asked confused. Then a skull with two bones the resembles an ex appeared above Sandy's head.
"Mate, what ever it is it must me urgent. I'll come right away." Bunny tapped his paw on the ground and a tunnel appeared. Before jumping into the tunnel bunny asked "You're in the workshop right?" The Sandman nodded and Bunnymund jump into the hole.
North's Workshop
"I don't even know why he got fooled by a cookie" Jack Frost said reaching for a cookie that was left lying on the floor.
"Where could Pitch take him?" Tooth asked. Then she froze and started talking to her little fairies.
Then Bunny barge in the room. "Yuck! His stench is all over the place." He wrinkled hi nose. "That pain in the head, breaking North's aurora... Thing"
The three guardians continued their conversation while Sandy was left in a corner of North's room. He noticed a note that was taped on one side of the bed. He started jumping and pointing on the note but gave up when he realize that he caught no one's attention. In one corner of the room he found a gong and at the other corner a candy cane. He used the candy cane to sound the gong. Once it was sounded the other guardians covered their ears and turned to the sandman. "What?" They all asked. Sandy pointed to the note on the bed and the other guardians came to look at it. "Dear Guardians I'm sorry to say that you will never see North again. But if you do lets just say that you're all doomed." Jack read.
A yeti came in the room jumping and waving his hands. "Mfmm drbl nm." The yeti said in alarm. "He said that he wants to wear pajamas... Wait no... Lets just follow him..." Tooth said. They followed the yeti to a TV room. The screen showed a world map on the souther part of the map was a blinking red light. The yeti pointed to one of the bells that hung from clause pajamas. Then the. Creature pointed to the red light on the giant television screen. He later then got a remote and pushed a yellow button. A part of the wall in front of them moved and a secret compartment appeared.
"Ho should make me one of this." Said Jack.
In the little compartment was a what looked like a phone. The yeti got it out from the compartment and held it to show the guardians. The little gadget's small screen showed the same image as the one that is sown on the television. "So mate, you tellin us that this is a Claus detector?" Bunny reached for the detector. The yeti nodded.
"But why would Pitch take him there?" Tooth asked. The instance she finished the sentence, she started talking to her mini fairies. "What ever the reason is we need to save Clause." Bunny tapped his paw on the floor and a tunnel appeared. "Hope in." He said.
"Yeah... I think we can fly all the way there." Jack backed away.
"Suit yourself." Bunny jumped into the hole along with the detector. After two seconds Bunny jumped out the hole and landed on Tooth's hands, shivering. The detector fell on the floor.
"Nice work Cottontails. You broke it." Jack picked up the detector and saw the image glitch.
"Bunny, what's wrong?" Asked Tooth worried. She settled the trembling creature on the floor.
"Worms!" Bunny said pointing to the hole. Jack laughed.
"You never told me you were afraid of worms..."
"I'm not- it's just that... Never mind..."
"We can't leave you here, now can we?" Jack smiled.
"Of course not, Mate!"
"But we can't carry Bunny all the way there. Jack what would we do?" Tooth asked.
"I have an idea." Jack smiled.
"I don't like the sound of that..." Bunny said and Jack gave him a smirk.
Minutes later the four guardians were in Noth's Sleigh. Jack was sitting on the drivers seat. "Woohoo...! Yeah!" Jack howled while controling the reindeers.
"Crickey!" Bunny turned green.
"Jack, I think you should slow down a little." Tooth took a quick glance at Bunny.
"Fine..." Jack slightly pulled the rope making the reindeers gallop slower.
Tokyo Japan
The train stopped in a forest in the southern part of Tokyo. Don and Chihiro got out the train. Chihiro started walking to a pathway made out of bricks.
"Dear, not there." Don pointed to a direction where in a little light is visible.
"Oh." She said. It's not hard to see the small light, considering its night time.
Don started running. "Wait! Don!" The girl started running after the white mouse. After a few moments they reached a quiet neighborhood. Chihiro is surprise of how quiet this part of the city was. Don stopped in the middle of the sidewalk. The girl almost ran over him.
"Can't you be faster? We're loosing time." Said Don.
"But-" Chihiro said before Don could get to a cute looking house. Chihiro followed him, a black dog tied in chains woke up and started barking. "Are you sure this is the right house?" Chihiro asked. She saw an odd figure on the wooden door. It was a triangle with a straight line in the middle, cutting it in half. A crystal stone was placed in the center of the figure. The time Chihiro got to the doorstep she heard foot steps coming down the stairs. Her tattoo started to glow to life frightening the black dog. And as if her hand has a mind of its own, it grabbed don in a flash.
"Put me down you brat!" Don demanded.
"I-I can't."
Chihiro's hand, holding the white mouse, pulled her away from the house. The girl tried to catch up with the force. She started running at first but soon realize that she is now flying. She was frightened at the moment but soon she saw the beauty of Tokyo. Lights were everywhere, she even saw the colorful bridge.
"How- how are you doing this? Put me down brat!" Said Don after a moment of silence.
"Since when did you start calling me a brat?" Both noticed that they've stopped moving. And then they fell from the sky. The two of them started screaming. Even Don couldn't hide his fright. Far down below a yellow figure became visible. As they got closer Chihiro realized that it was a blond girl. The blonde looked up at them with eyes full of surprise. Before they know it Chihiro and Don fell on top of her. And after that everything went black...
Tooth Palace
"So mate why are we here again?" Asked bunny.
"I told you guys, I'm going to turn on my tooth detector. North made it for me." Said Tooth.
"Aye, North and his gadgets." Said Bunny.
The sleigh came to a halt, waking Sandy up. "Something's wrong." Jack said. "It's too quiet." As they got closer in the center of the palace they realize that all tha fairies are asleep.
Tooth's eyes widened. "My fairies!" She flew to one of her fairies and started waking it up but failed. There was the sound of a pipe. Although the sound was only of a single note it made the rest of Tooth's fairies, whom she brought along, fell to sleep.
"Guten tag guardians." Said a voice.
Tooth's eyes narrowed. "Piper..." Tooth turned to see the man I. Red clothes and hat with a yellow feather.
"So it's you who've done this with your crooked pipe." Bunny readied hi boomerangs.
"It's not that old... Is it?" Asked the Piper. "At least it's not as ugly as the boys staff..." He turned to Jack.
"Hey!" Jack said.
"Piper, you have less than a minute to wake up my fairies!" Tooth ordered.
"Afraid not." Said the Piper.
Images started flickering above the Sandman's head. A letter Y then a rope in a knot.
"I'll take that as a WHY NOT question. Let me explain this. We planned to male the four of you weak by deducting your believers."
"And what ya mean by WE?" Asked Bunnymund.
"The Piper smirked. "You'll find out soon enough. But you should know that your friend North is in a more dangerous situation than her."
"What have you done to my mate?" Bunny demanded. He threw his boomerang at the Piper. The Piper got his pipe and blew a single note that send the wooden boomerang at Bunny's direction. Before the boomerang hit the bunny Jack froze it with his staff that made the flying object drop to the floor.
"Farewell." The Piper said.
"Oh no, you ain't gonna get away that easily." Bunny threw his other boomerang at the Piper. Before the boomerang could hit him he played his pipe in a simple tune. Out of no where a giant furry monster appeared, with big sharp teeth and long claws. It was nine feet tall in height. The creature got the Piper by its tail and put him on its back. Then it ran out the palace and disappeared.
"He's gone." Said Jack.
"My fairies..." Tooth looked down at them.
"Let's go..." Bunny said.
"But my fairies.."
"If we find North, we will surely find the Piper."
Tooth glanced at Sandy and Jack. Both nosed in agreement. Finally Tooth nodded too. Then there was a tiny movement of one of the sleeping fairies. It was Baby Tooth, she is slightly awake.
"Baby Tooth!" Jack cradled her in his hand. The little fairy whispered something to the white haired boy. Jack's eyes widened. "What?" Then Baby Tooth yawned and fell back to sleep.
"Jack, what did she say?" Asked Tooth.
"It's Pitch- they're going to steal the Grail."