Wow, just wow! I actually wasn't expecting any favourites or watches or anything like that… especially after 1 Chapter! I wasn't even going to finish writing the second chapter until later the weekend, so thanks for the motivation to finish faster! Thank you to those who reviewed, I really appreciate the feedback. I hope this chapter pleases you as much as the first had.
Tears sparkled against Tooth's rosy cheeks as she sat on the small wooden stool in front of Sandy who meticulously picked at her concrete-like wings. She let out a shaky sigh before turning her head to look behind herself. "Are they… are they going to be alright?" She asked softly, pain obvious in her expression. The tooth fairy had never felt soo heavy, the black sand pulling on her wings and ripping them slightly from her delicate skin.
Sandy pulled another grain from tooth's wing, watching her wince. The silent sandman sighed and placed his hands on his lap with a frustrated frown.
Tooth bit her lip and decided to look away again, trying to focus on her surroundings. She looked up to the ceiling of the high room to the intricate golden designs of her sisters before her. They were all safe in her palace for now, having brought a few yetis and elves from the pole to aid them, but they were very far from the South Pole they had just travelled from. Tooth smiled a little before another pull of sand from her wings snapped her back to reality.
"Maybe… maybe you should go see how Jack is doing." The fae nodded, trying to assure herself that Jack's situation was far worse than her own. When they had brought the dying ice child to her palace he was barely breathing. The black cone of sand had begun to shrink and sink into his body, seeping into his blood and forcing the wound to open more. Sandy had tried to force the black sand out, but found the smaller dust-like grains nearly impossible to control; they were much like the ones attached to the fairy's wings. When the sandman was almost completely worn out, North stepped in. He ordered a few of his smaller elves over to the bedside, threading a needle as he went. Shouts between Bunnymund and North filled the room as Toothiana was dragged away to get her own medical attention; at that point she had a feeling that the worst had yet to happen.
Sandy left Tooth, then, making his way solemnly out the door of the emptier room to go to the busier and more crowded one that hosted Jack. The sandman sighed, looking up to the bed where they had bandaged the boy and were already hooking several machines to his frail looking body. Bunnymund was pacing in the western corner of the room while North stood in the centre, ordering his elves and yetis around.
Like usual, no one noticed Sandy at first. "You can see the black sand in his veins!" Bunnymund shouted at North who was beginning to wipe down some of the medical tools they had used to stitch the boy up. "We have no idea what that could do to him!" His accent almost seemed thicker through his anger.
"If we had left him and waited, he would be dead." North responded in a strangely calm tone. He looked to Bunny a little sadly, letting out a heavy breath before sitting down in a chair laid by the bedside. "We can worry about the sand later, right now we sh-"
"He might not be alive later, North!" Bunny stopped his pacing, stopping directly in front of the Santa Clause with a large, furry finger pointed at his face. Once again, no one noticed Sandy climb up onto an empty space of the bed, lightly poking at Jack's darkened veins.
His neck and arms seemed to be the worst for discoloured veins, though Sandy couldn't see his chest for the tight bandages. They were blackened and slightly bulging from the skin, looking as though only a little pressure could cause them to break. It looked painful, to say the least, and the sandman was almost afraid to try and gain control of the small specks of sand in fear of hurting the unconscious boy further.
"Has he woken?" Tooth's voice at the door made everyone's head turn in her direction. A few of her babyteeth were hovering around her worriedly, encouraging her to go back to the other room and rest, but Tooth stepped into the room and over to where North sat.
"Uh, no… No he did not." North cleared his throat and Bunnymund slowly lowered his pointed finger at the presence of the other injured Guardian.
"I see…" Tooth whispered, running a shaking hand down the boy's cold and pale cheek. "Please, tell me if he does?"
"We will…" Bunny relaxed a little, going to the fairy's side and trying to pull her away from the bed and back out of the room. "But you should be resting too…" The bunny cringed at the sight of the woman's dark wings that were almost flattened to her back in pain. "We'll get you if anything happens."
"Will you?" She looked at Bunnymund with a powerful glare that made the leporidae swallow hard.
"Why wouldn't I?" He whispered as the two left the room.
"You don't exactly tell me anything anymore…" The woman frowned, glancing away to try and soften her expression. She raised a hand to her face, rubbing the temple of her nose in hard circular patterns. "I'm sorry." She mumbled tiredly. "I'm just worried…"
Bunny pressed his lips together, opening the door to her bedroom, knowing the tooth fairy needed to rest more than any of them. "I know… we all are." He sighed, patting her shoulder. "I'm-" He paused, trying to find the right words. He knew what her slight outburst was really about.
"It's ok…" Tooth stepped into the room. "I know you didn't mean to hurt me." Her expression showed both physical and mental pain.
"Tooth…"
"And I know he doesn't like me. He likes you."
Bunny made an apologetic face, stepping back for the fairy to close the door on him. The Guardians knew Tooth had liked Jack, despite Frost's oblivious nature to her feelings. It must have killed Toothiana to walk in on Jack leaning up to kiss Bunnymund just before the battle.
So… more twists and plot! I promise you some answers will be revealed in the next chapter… which I will upload either Sunday evening or Monday. Enjoy your weekend and please comment/review! Your encouraging words really help =)