A/N: Thank you FlockPack for the correction, I made sure to fix that.
So this idea was suggested to me by general yumi. It's going to be an arc, but not a very long one. My guess is probably two or three chapters. So, yeah! Hope you all like it and be sure to leave me a review!
Tooth was fairly certain Jack had ruined bread for her. After eating a slice of the home-made bread that had just come out of North's oven? She would never be able to go back.
"This is amazing! Jack, where did you learn to bake like this?" she asked.
The spirit shrugged. "Oh, you know. I'm a 1700s kid and I'm female. Had to learn how to cook and clean and all that."
Just then, North barged in. "We have problem. Some fire spirit is going crazy and starting forest fires a little too close to civilization. I'm going to go deal with them."
Jack stood up. "I'll go with you."
"Are you sure that's a good idea Jack? I mean, fire and ice don't mix very well. I don't want you to get hurt," Tooth said.
"I'm well aware. Trust me, I've had plenty of bad experiences with fire and heat. But even though it's painful for me to be near it, I'm also really hard to burn. That may come in handy."
"Fine, but I'm coming too."
"Hate to sound rude, but if you are coming then hurry up. I want to get there before Nelson is just a big pile of ashes," North added. Jack and Tooth nodded and followed him to the sleigh.
Jackie loved Canada. Always had. Of course, Canada wasn't always too fond of her considering she would make winter last almost half the year for certain places, but she couldn't help it. Canadians knew how to have good fun in winter. It was so easy to start a good snowball fight and Jack would sometimes spend days sledding and skiing down the Rocky Mountains.
As they crossed into British Columbia, Jack took a deep breath. The air didn't have the nice winter smell anymore seeing as how it was July and Dylan SunRay would kill her if she made it snow in his season again (come on, that was years ago. Almost a full decade. He has no right to still be mad). Even still, the smell of pine was strong and she loved it.
As they got closer to the spirit though, the smell of pine and fresh water was replaced with smoke and ash. In the distance, she could see flames coming from a forest just outside of a town called Nelson. Forest fires were normal in the area, but never so close to town before.
"Hang on! We're going in!" North yelled. He steered the sleigh towards the flames. Jack braced herself for heat and it didn't disappoint. The heat hit her hard, and she started panting even before the other two were past just discomfort.
"You doing okay Jack?" Tooth asked.
"Yeah, I'm good. Just…never mind. Let's just finish this up quickly before I melt." She held up her hands when she saw Tooth's reaction. "Figure of speech! I'm can't actually melt, Tooth."
The fairy glared at her for a second before turning her attention back to the inferno ahead. North landed the sleigh just outside of the circle of flames and they all jumped off.
"Jack, you and Tooth fly yourselves to the spirit. I'll make my way over on foot."
"Okay. Be careful, North."
The girls took off and flew towards the center of the fire. Jack was finding it difficult to even stay airborne, but she wasn't about to tell that to Tooth. She just prayed that Wind would be able to keep her from falling.
"There!" Tooth pointed to a small spirit. Her hair was bright red, she had a red dress on and her eyes looked orange. She was very tan. Jack would almost call her beautiful, but the crazy look in the spirit's eyes kind of ruined it.
They landed. Jack did her best to keep the air temperature around them low, while Tooth slowly approached the spirit.
"Hey there. What's your name? You're a new spirit, aren't you?"
The spirit looked at Tooth cautiously. "Yes," she finally said. "I'm only eleven. My name is Bree Flame. Who are you?"
Tooth smiled at her. "Bree. I'm the Tooth Fairy, and this is Jack Frost. Listen, I know you just recently took over from the old spirit of fire, but you can't do this. Spread fire so close to a town like this."
Bree glared fiercely. "They don't see me. None of them do. They walk right through me as if I'm not even there. Like I don't exist. How would you know what that feels like? I've heard them talk about you. Even I know about you. The Tooth Fairy. They can see you I bet."
Jack stepped forward. "Yes they can. But I they won't be able to see me." Bree snapped her head towards the other spirit. "I only recently got a few believers. Just a couple of kids in a town called Burgess. But I'm 300 years old. I know exactly what that feels like."
At first, Bree just stared. Then she turned away. "Don't talk to me, Winter. I've heard about you from Summer and he says you are a pain. He doesn't like you and neither do I."
"I understand that. Dylan and I don't get along at all. We kind of hate each other. But he would agree with me on this, I know he would. Starting fires will not make them see you. It will just make them afraid. Leave the fear to Pitch."
She glared even more intensely. "I said to stop talking!" She thrust her hand out and fire shot at Jack, who just barely managed to jump out of the way.
Tooth gasped. "No! Bree, enough! We are not here to fight!"
"You brought Winter here to confront a fire spirit and you don't expect a fight? Fire spirits are loyal to Summer, and any enemy of his is an enemy of mine."
"She's right. Enough," North's voice boomed. He walked up to them with a familiar spirit following him.
"Dylan," Jack wheezed. She had lost the strength to get up and was shaking in fear. Fire. Why did she suggest to come and help face fire? She had never liked fire, even before she was a spirit.
"Jack," Dylan said. They both had angry looks on their faces but neither of them had attacked which was progress. He turned to the spirit. "Bree, you must stop this. Tooth is right. You can't be spreading fires this close to human civilization. Come on, if you need to blow off some steam we can go to into one of the forests in the mountains."
Bree hesitated for a moment before nodding. She raised her hands and the fires died down. She took Dylan's hand and they erupted into flames. When it faded, they were gone.
Tooth looked confused. "Where did they go?"
Jack coughed. "That's how they get around. Elementals serve seasons. Fire serves Dylan – I mean Summer, so that's how he gets around. Air serves Winter so I travel using Wind."
North grabbed Jack's arm and hauled her to her feet. "Are you alright Jack? You looked spooked."
"No, I'm fine. I just don't like fire."
"That's understandable. Being the spirit of Winter after all," Tooth added.
"Well, yeah and…" She hesitated. "Nothing. Just don't like fire. Never have."
Tooth looked confused. "Even when you were human?"
For some reason, that seemed to make Jack angry. "Forget it, okay? Let's go. This place is too hot for me, I can barely keep myself standing."
Back at the Pole, Jack went outside to lay in the snow for a while to cool off. Tooth took that time to talk to North.
"Something is wrong with Jack. When I asked if she was afraid of fire when she was human, she shut me out really fast. There's something she isn't telling us."
"What do you think that is?"
"I'm not sure. But if I looked at her memories, I bet I could figure it out,"
"Are you sure you should? The memories we hold are sometimes very private."
"North, I want to help her. But she isn't exactly the opening up type. You know that."
"True. Very well, if you believe that this will help her, I will not tell our little spirit anything."
"Thank you North. I'll be back soon."
She flew away to Tooth Palace. "Baby Tooth, can I place you in charge tonight? I need to check something and I don't know how long I'll be."
Baby Tooth squeaked happily. She never minded helping her mother out and ever since the incident with Pitch, Tooth had been placing a lot of faith in Baby Tooth. Such as letting her take charge every once in a while.
Tooth grabbed Jack's teeth and flew into her library. She didn't come here often (too busy) but Jack loved it. This would be the first time in years since it had been used by anyone but the winter spirit.
"Okay Jack. What are you afraid of?" she thought out loud. Placing her hand on the container, Tooth felt herself get pulled into Jack's memories.
