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Chapter 7 – Collect the Teeth

(Atheia's POV)

I laughed in delight as I jumped into the sleigh. Tooth jumped in after me, plopping herself into a seat beside me. She beamed at me; all her sadness and misery gone, replaced with one emotion; hope.

The others piled into the sleigh; North took the front, Sandy sat behind me, Jack sat in front of Tooth and I and Bunny took the other spot next to me, clutching the side of the sleigh.

North cracked the reins, and the reindeer launched into the sky. I smiled as the wind rushed through my chocolate-brown locks, and Sandy's hands went up in a chiming sound as his mouth upturned into a smile. As normal, Bunny clutched the sides of the sleigh in fear, his claws scratching along the paint. Jack smirked at him, before telling him how painful the fall would be if he happened to fall from our height in the sky. Tooth scowled at Jack and Bunny's face seemed to turn a slight green colour, but it was kinda hard to tell from under all his fur.

"Where to, Tooth?" The jolly, Russian man called, looking back slightly to glance at the fairy.

Baby Tooth squeaked at her mistress with a happy grin, and Tooth nodded. "Asia."

"Then let's go!" North cried as he pulled out a snow globe, muttering to it under his breath.

Bunny groaned, where as Jack and I grinned. North threw the snow globe, causing it to shatter and twist into a swirling portal. Cracking the reins, North urged the reindeer into the portal. They dashed in, pulling us along with them.

I ran along the rooftops, leaping from house to house as everyone peered into windows, looking for any sign of fallen teeth. I grinned as I saw one peer out from under a little girl's pillow, and, quickly making sure no one noticed me, I dashed in through the open window. Plucking the tooth off the bed, I gave the sleeping girl a quick smile, before flying out the window to catch up with the others.

When we stopped off in India, we realized that the sleigh wouldn't really be the most subtle mode of transport. So, we all improvised; North leaped through chimneys, Sandy flew on his dream-sand cloud, Bunny hopped over the rooftops, Tooth used her wings and Jack and I asked the wind to guide us.

I put the tooth in the sack Tooth had given me, before hiding it under my cloak. I smirked; no one knew how much teeth I had gotten, and it was hilarious. Everyone else thought I only had a couple, but I at least a couple dozen. Seeing Jack, I grinned, before leaping over the rooftops to catch up with him.

"Hop to it rabbit!" I heard him shout over to Bunny as they ran along the rooftops beside each other. "I'm trying to keep ahead!"

Bunnymund laughed as he jumped across the rooftops. "Yeah, right. Ya' know I'd tell ya to stay outta my way, but really what's the point? Cause you wouldn't be able to keep up anyway." He smirked at Jack, ready for a race with the winter spirit.

I flew up beside Jack, grinning as he pointed his staff out to Bunny. "Is that a challenge, Cottontail?"

"You don't wanna race a rabbit, mate," Bunny grinned, before jumping along the rooftops at a faster pace, leaving Jack behind.

Shrugging off his surprised state, the winter spirit turned to me, a crooked smirk on his face. "Let's win this race."

Before Jack could race after the Bunny, I flew in front of him, stopping him and causing the winter spirit to hover before me. I gave a semi-evil grin and he replied with a confused gaze.

"Sorry, Frosty, you're on your own," My smile grew wider as Jack's puzzled expression deepened. Pulling out my bag of teeth, I smirked Jack's way as his mouth dropped slightly. "After all, I can't have you holding me back," I shook the bag, before putting it away. I looked at Jack, twirling my staff between my fingers. "I've got a race to win."

"A race? Is it a race?" I heard North cry as he popped up from different chimneys. "This is going to be epic!" I zoomed away from the two, leaving a dumbfounded Jack and an ecstatic North.

I laughed as I twirled in the air, flipping about and running across the rooftops. When I was kidnapped by Bunnymund and brought to the Guardians, I never had the chance to really fly. Sure, the wind helped me get from place to place, but it was such a nice feeling to pretend I was free. I flew up to the clouds, before slowing stopping and letting gravity take control. Falling down towards Earth face-first, I closed my eyes and smiled as the wind whipped through my hair and my dark cloak wrapped lovingly around me. Eying the approaching roof, I pulled up, skimming across the tiles and ducking into a nearby window as I saw a flash of white from the corner of my eye.

Jumping through the window sill and onto the floor, I brought my eyes up to meet the one and only Jack Frost. He smirked up at me as I jumped through the window, and brought his hand up showing a bright, gleaming tooth. Glaring at him, I sent a bolt of green towards him, which ended up slamming into the roof.

Jack grinned victoriously. "Ha, you missed."

I only smirked back at him as a storm cloud appeared above his head. "No I didn't."

Jack's grin of victory fell as rain poured out of the storm cloud and onto Jack's body, soaking the winter spirit. The little boy in the bed didn't wake; neither the boy nor his room was affected by the down pour of rain. If its soul purpose was to annoy the hell out of Jack; mission accomplished.

I grinned and walked up to the soaked winter spirit, his glare barely visible under his matted-down silver hair. I plucked the tooth out of his fingers, giving him a smirk as his blue eyes met up with my emerald ones.

"Oh, Jack, you didn't think I just controlled rainbows and flowers did you?"

Jack brushed his damp hair out of his eyes, giving an evil grin as stared up at me. "Game on, Sunshine."

And that's how it was. It suddenly became war, not just between me and Jack, but everyone else too. As we crossed the globe, the fight for the most teeth got more and more intense. At one point in China, Jack had frozen my feet to the floor. (I swear I've got frostbite now). Another time, somewhere in Russia, I had to chase after Sandy when he stole a couple of teeth from my bag when I was trying to get back at Frosty for icing my feet to the floor. And I swear, I'm gonna kill Bunny if I fall into another one of his rabbit holes and end up in Australia again.

Meanwhile, Tooth was as hyper as she's ever been. She zipped around, squealing as she named the different types of teeth that were hiding in the children's homes; I guess four hundred and forty years does that to you.

When we finished with Asia and Europe, we all met Tooth back at England. Everyone held up the bags of teeth, and I gave a side-ways look at Jack, grinning as I saw mine was bigger that his was.

"Wow!" Tooth cried as she and Baby Tooth gazed at the five sacks held up at her. "You guys collect teeth and leave gifts as fast as my fairies!"

Wait, what? Everyone's victorious look faltered at her words. I looked over to the others, who all gave a Tooth a wide-eyed look.

Her face fell as she stared at our faces. "You guys have been leaving gifts, right?"

I sheepishly chucked, rubbing the back of my neck. Sandy started to nod, but then changed his mind and shook his head. Everyone visibly cringed, and I dropped my head with a sigh.

So that's how we ended up back in Asia. After grabbing a handful of coins each, we all ducked and weaved through the countries, jumping into the rooms of the children who lost their teeth, leaving the gifts behind. After a while, we ran out of change, and then it became a race to see who gave the best gift. At one point, Sandy and I walked in on North setting up a Christmas tree, laughing at us as he plugged the lights in. Scowling, I leaped out the window and flew into a little girl's room.

I gazed at the girl's floral decorated walls, along with the flower artwork hanging up on them. Glancing at the little girl, I grinned as I saw her mouth sightly agape, a blank spot missing from where her front tooth was. I pulled out one of my remaining quarters, looking between it, the girl and the floral designs on her walls. Smiling, I tossed the quarter away, before pulling out my staff and shooting a small ball of green on her bedside table. As the glow faded, I grinned at the bouquet of full-bloom red roses, before flying out the window.

After a bit more traveling in the sleigh, North led us into a tiny, yet familiar town; Burgess. I looked out of the sleigh to see my home forest still intact. Giving a small sigh of relief, I sat back down and watched as Tooth inspected the teeth in my bag.

"Oh, this one is beautiful!" She cooed, looking down at Baby Tooth. "Look how well she brushed!"

"How can you tell that one was from a girl?" I asked curiously.

Tooth just gave me a blank look. "You can't?"

My curious look turned into a sheepish smile. "Er…never mind."

After a few more minutes of flying, North landed the sleigh and we all jumped out, dashing into the houses of the children. I visited a couple of children, and I recognized a few from when I had been casually flying about the town. Collecting about ten more teeth, I flew out into the street, my bare feet immediately feeling numb as they made contact with the iced gravel.

Looking up towards the sky, I noticed Sandy's golden form hang out the window for a bit, before floating in. Curious, I slowly floated up towards the two-storey window, smiling as I saw Jack, North, Tooth and Sandy all cramped up in a little boy's room. Jamie's room, I noticed as I saw his chocolate-coloured mop of hair peek out from under the quilt he was lying under.

I poked my head through the window, grabbing the attention of everyone inside, minus Jamie of course. "Hey guys," I whispered as I floated the rest of the way in. "Not meaning to be a party pooper, but why are we having a meeting in a little boy's room?"

A hole suddenly opened up, and Bunny's form hopped out, an annoyed expression written on his face. "Oh, I see how it is, all working together, to make sure the rabbit gets last place."

Everyone shushed him and pointed to Jamie, who had groaned and rolled over in his sleep. Bunny had his hands up defensively as they glared daggers at him.

"You think I need help to beat a bunny?" Jack said as he pulled out a sack of teeth from behind him. "Check it out Peter Cottontail!"

"You call that a bag of choppers?" Bunny asked, pulling out a bigger bag. "Now that's a bag of choppers."

"Gentlemen, gentlemen, this is about Tooth!" North said, stepping in between Jack and Bunny. "It's not a competition. But if it was," North dropped an enormous sack of teeth between the two. "I win!"

North began laughing and jumping around the room. I looked towards Tooth who had a slightly frustrated look on her face. I caught her eyes, and rolled mine, gesturing towards North and mouthing "Men."

She giggled, and I reached for the bag of teeth slung around my shoulder. But before I could pass it to Tooth, I heard the click of a flashlight, and a bright light enveloped the room. I stood rigid at the foot of Jamie's bed, and I turned towards his once-sleeping form on the bed, which was now wide awake, gapping at the sight before him.

"Oh no…" I heard North mumble, as he backed away from the foot of the bed.

"Santa Claus?" Jamie mumbled, his eyes wide with shock as he stared at North. He turned towards Bunny, his mouth dropping slightly more. "The Easter Bunny?" He glanced down at Sandy's form standing next to North. "Sandman." His eyes finally turned to Tooth, widening as he saw her figure. "The Tooth Fairy! I knew you'd come!"

"Surprise! We came!" Tooth, said laughing sheepishly.

"He can see us?" Jack gasped, taking a step forward towards the boy. My eyes widened as a smile grew on my face. If he could see me…

"Most of us," Bunny mumbled, looking over between Jack and I.

Jack's look of hope and my smile melted away as we both realized the boy's eyes were skipping over our forms; only staring at the four guardians.

"Uh, you guys? He's still awake," Tooth murmured, tearing her eyes away from the awe-stricken boy.

"Sandy, knock him out," Bunny said, glancing towards Sandy, who had his hand wrapped around his fist. Jamie gave a look of confusion to the golden man, and Bunny rolled his eyes. "With the dream sand, ya gumby!"

Everyone's attention suddenly turned towards the growling sound in front of Bunny as a greyhound hopped onto the foot of Jamie's bed. All eyes widened at the dog as it locked eyes with Bunnymund.

"No stop, that's the Easter Bunny!" Jamie cried, crawling towards the growling dog. "What are you doing Abby? Down."

"Alright, nobody panic," Bunny said as he slowly lowered his teeth bag onto the floor.

"But that's a…um, that's a greyhound," Jack said, smirking towards the Pooka. "Do you know what greyhounds do to rabbits?"

"Well, it's a pretty safe bet he hasn't met a rabbit like me," Bunny said as Sandy conjured up a ball of dream sand.

I saw Jack eying an alarm cloak. I had seen one it action, and it wasn't pretty. I caught Jack's eye, shaking my head in a 'no' gesture. He only smirked and lowered the hooded end of his staff towards the alarm trigger.

"6 ft 1, nerves of steal, master of Tai Chi and…" Jack hit the alarm clock, causing it to ring out a deafening noise, panicking the greyhound. Bunny's eyes widened in fright as the greyhound snarled louder. "Cricky!"

Bunny yelled out in fright, before bouncing around the room as the greyhound chased him. I ducked out the way of the two animals, sending a couple glares Jack's way. Everyone was crying out, and Sandy launched the ball of dream sand towards the greyhound, which ducked around it. The ball headed towards North, and he dodged out of the way, only for it to hit Tooth and Baby Tooth. They both sighed, a dreamy smile on both of their faces before they plummeted towards the ground, golden sand pictures of teeth floating above their heads.

My eyes widened at the sight. Okay, note to self: do not get hit by that stuff. I watched in fear as the ball of golden sand rebounded off Tooth and bounced off the walls. I ducked and weaved through Bunny, Abby and the golden ball of sand. The dream sand reflected off a picture still on Jamie's wall and hit Bunnymund. He collapsed, pictures of carrots dancing above his head. The dream sand also crashed into Abby, who fell to the floor, sand bones floating above her head.

The golden ball finally crashed into North, who looked up at the candy canes dancing around his head. "Candy canes…" He mumbled, before falling back onto Jamie's bed. Jamie launched up into the air, in which Sandy grabbed him and sent a pinch of dream sand his way, knocking him out.

I lowered my defensive stand, letting out a deep breath I didn't know I was holding in as everyone around me slept soundly. I walked up to Jack and slapped him on the arm. "You idiot!" I cried glaring at him. "You could've gotten me knocked out!"

Jack looked like he was trying to say something, except the words seemed like they were stuck in his throat. I suddenly felt something hit the back of my head, and a small chiming sound filled the air. I slouched, feeling drowsy all of a sudden. My eyelids started to close on their own accord, and I could feel my knees quivering underneath me. I tried to steady myself using my staff as I weakly reached up behind my head, grabbing a handful of…something. I pulled back my hand, opening my palm up and trying so hard to keep my eyes open. I stared down as the golden sand in my hand shone up at me.

I gave a tired glance up at Jack, dropping my hand to my side and letting the remaining dream sand fall to the floor. "God dammit…" I mumbled, before my legs gave underneath me and I crashed into a world of my dreams.

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