The sleigh ride was the best thing Jack had ever experienced. Now, that wasn't saying much considering he could only remember three days of experiences, but the fact remained. He had found with Tooth not long ago that he had a love for flying, but that revelation had ended with him crashing into a window. He had apologized to North about that, and the man had replied with a deep Russian laugh and a joke about having frosted glass now.

At the moment, though, Jack did not have to worry about crashing into any windows. He perched on the back of the sleigh, letting the wind whip his hair. Letting himself become engrossed in the sight of the world below him getting yanked away like some kind of never-ending patchwork quilt. He shot a quick look to his companions in the sleigh. North and Sandy, of course, were enjoying the whole thing enormously. Tooth was sitting comfortably in the back seat below him, a tight wound spring of energy. He assumed that this was due to the fact that they were on their way to a chance at regaining his memories rather than the exhilaration of the ride. She was capable of independent flight of her own, after all. Bunny had blanched at the word sleigh back at the pole, and immovably refused to climb in, dropping himself instead into some kind of hole that had appeared out of nowhere.

Jack wondered how close to all of these new people he had been. They almost seemed as excited as he was that he might regain what he had lost. That would only be natural, though. He reasoned. I would be missing three hundred years of memories with them. His pale fingers gripped his staff a little tighter at this. Although he didn't know all of them very well yet, he liked them. The whole group had a distinctive family vibe to it. Jack definitely didn't have a problem with that. He didn't know why, but the things they did for him gave him a warm feeling inside. When Tooth hugged him. When North showed concern for him, or for that matter, when Bunny tried not to. When Sandy smiled gently at him, like he would accept him regardless of anything he'd ever done. He didn't know which urge was stronger. His need to get his old memories back, or his want to make new ones as soon as possible.

Suddenly, the earth below Jack morphed drastically. The ground was traded for a rippling stream of lighted colors. Jack gave a yell, wondering what was happening. Before he could panic, however, it was over. They were now above a different, but thankfully normal, landscape. He turned to the others, questions in his eyes. Tooth say the movement, and the confusion, and giggled a bit.

"I keep forgetting that normal stuff like that is new to you again." she explained. "That was just a portal. North smashes something called a transport globe to create one. We were halfway around the world from the Tooth palace a second ago, but now we'll be there in a couple more minutes. Look," he followed her slender finger with his eyes. A majestic, bright castle with seven towers was growing in front of them. It was floating on what appeared to be a cloud. "There it is now." she smiled up at him. "You ready?" she asked, a little quieter.

"I think so." he replied. "I don't really know what to expect. You guys will be there with me, right?"

"Of course we will. We won't be able to see your memories with you unless we're touching, but we'll be there."

"You said I told you about them once, right? What did I say?"

"Just that you had a sister that you loved very much and that you found your center, that is, what you protect in children, by helping her somehow." He could see a deep curiousness in her sparkling purple eyes.

"You want to know." it was a statement rather than a question. Tooth was taken aback.

"Jack, I… those memories are very personal. Yes, I want to know. But that's only because you are a precious friend of mine, and friends always want to learn new things about each other. I can access those memories without you because of who I am, but I would never ever do that. They're too special to you, and you're too special to me."

"Tooth, I don't mind." he couldn't explain why, but he had an inexplicable desire to let the guardians in on the encounter he was headed to. In a way, it was his want to reciprocate the familiarity they had shown him. He did, after all feel the natural possessiveness that came from them being his memories, his life that was so long ago. But he pushed it down. These people had obviously accepted him as part of their family. There was no way he would he repay them by being enigmatic. "I kind of want you all to see them with me."

"Jack," she said, her brows knitting together, "I don't think you quite understand. Anything could be in there. There might be a reason you didn't tell us about them in detail."

"Or maybe the reason the Man in the Moon hasn't let me have my memories back yet is because he wants me to learn now to trust you guys. From what you've told me, he is the one that orchestrates most things concerning the guardians, right?"

"Yes, but... Are you sure? What if you regret this?"

"What you see in those memories... Will it change the way you think about me?"

"Of course not!"

"Then I don't see how there could be anything to regret. Unless the others think differently."

"They don't. Trust me."

"Even the big bad Bunny Wabbit?" Tooth laughed, though she would usually admonish him for talk like that.

"Yes. Even Bunny." The sleigh was touching down on the tooth palace now, and flocks of little fairies were gathering to greet their mother. She instructed one to retrieve Jack's teeth as she climbed out of her seat after him. It didn't take any of them long to spot Bunny, who was leaning against a wall with his arms folded.

"Took ya all long enough ta get here." He commented.

"We all know you haven't been here for longer than couple of seconds." North said as he walked over to give Bunny's head a vigorous rub.

"No way! My tunnels got me here faster than that reindeer powered death trap, and you know it."

"I know you'll keep telling yourself that. Because one has to have dreams, da?"

"Yeah, yeah, can it." He snapped as he turned to Tooth. "Now. Where can we get those memories from? And how how do they work?"

"Oh, I've had them for a while. We've just been watching you boys argue."

Bunny coughed to hide his sheepishness. "Uh, sorry. Lets get down to it, yeah?"

"Please." Said Tooth. "Let's. Jack says that he wants all of us to participate in this, so here's how it's gonna work." She held the gold cylinder out to the boy beside her. "When your ready, just put your finger here." She pointed, then motioned for the others to gather. "With your other hand, hold mine. I'll hold Sandy's, and Sandy...?" Sandy nodded, grabbing both her hand and Bunny's paw. Bunny extended his other paw to North, then at Tooth's lead, the all folded to the floor. "Now sweet tooth, remember," she continued. "If at any time you want is to stop watching, just let go of our hands. We can't see if we don't have skin to skin contact."

"Okay." He replied. He took one last look at the faces around him, lay the memory case on the ground in front of him, then pressed his fingers to it gently.

A/N: Hey! Sorry it took so long to update, and its so short. I was going to put the next chapter together with this one, but I decided it would just be too long. I kind if want to go in depth with his memories, so be excited for that!

Also, on an unrelated note, you guys have no idea how happy your comments and reviews make me! Every time I see them I just jump around and flail happily. I also got a review in French the other day! I had no idea people in other countries were reading this! So I had a French friend help me translate it and write this.

To Delph1762: Je vous remerci beaucoup pour votre commentaire! J'apprecie votre commentair et vos traduction xD

thanks for being so awesome! All of you! Love, mariah.