Little Tooth

Chapter Six:

Nightmares

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Baby Tooth didn't quite know where she was, but by the looks of it, she was in the streets of Savannah. It was dark and foggy and quite scary. It looked like Pitch could be in every corner and crevasse, it being so dark. Some Street lights were on, thank MiM. Baby Tooth started walking. There was nobody around, and the scent of blood harassed her nose. She was stopped by a gust of wind, motioning her towards a certain area of Savannah. She saw a big, brick fence and a large gate door. The wind made it fly open and make haunting banging and clashing sounds.

Baby Tooth, being curious, walked towards the gate to find that it lead to a large graveyard. Savannah had a lot of those, she heard. This one had many trees that made it even darker. She walked inside and looked around, gazing at the graves and even feeling a little sorry. The gate door behind her slammed shut and Baby Tooth jumped, scared out of her skin.

"Hello?" She called, hoping somebody would be there.

"CA!" A crow screeched, flying from a tree and into Baby Tooth's face.

"Ah!" Baby Tooth squealed, fighting the black bird. She hit it's wing and it flew away, screeching and screeching.

Baby Tooth fell to her knees, the crow scaring her enough to make tears form in her eyes. She shook her head, pushing the tears back, and stood up, walking onward. She shook a little, more afraid than before. She looked up at the sky, past the clouds, to see the moon shining down on her. MiM was watching her, right? He wouldn't let anything bad happen to her, right? Suddenly a cold gust of wind blew from the side, sending Baby Tooth a horrible shiver throughout her body. She looked down at the ground, mainly to shield her body from the wind, only to see little streaks of frost appear over the dirt and grass. She looked up at the sky to see the shadow of a boy flying around in the air. The shadow of Jack Frost.

"J-JACK!" Baby Tooth screamed, running after the shadow.

The shadow flew away, and she couldn't see him anymore. A cloud blocked the moon from her sight and she tripped over a rock. She hit the ground, pain shooting to every nerve in her body. She broke into tears. She laid there for a few minutes…

After a while, she decided to stand up, however she was greeted with a horrifying sight. In front of her was a line of eight graves. She each name that was carved on the graves as they came, left to right.

Norm.

Aster.

Bryan.

Sara.

Sebastian.

Alyss.

Jackson.

Mrs. Hamilton.

"Oh…..n-no…" Baby Tooth gasped. There was a grave for each one of them.

Baby Tooth's tears came again as she walked down the line, stopping at Jackson's grave. The tombstone was cracked. Just looking at it made her feel sorrowful and even weak. That's when she heard something else. Looking over, she saw a girl bent over, crying in front of Mrs. Hamilton's grave. Baby Tooth watched the girl, realizing who it was. It was Alexis Hamilton, Mrs. Hamilton's daughter.

Alexis was crying over her mother's grave, and that didn't help Baby Tooth at all. She was out of words, wanting to say something…anything.

"A-Ale-" She was cut off.

"ALEXIS!" A louder female voice came from the left. Baby Tooth looked over to see Mrs. Overland.

"Y-yes!?" Alexis gasped, standing up and wiping her tears away.

"Come here." Mrs. Overland commanded and Alexis ran over to the woman's side.

Baby Tooth was surprised. Where did Mrs. Overland come from? What was she doing here and why did she have control over Alexis? If Mrs. Hamilton was dead, then what happened to her father? Was he dead too? Was Alexis an orphan too? Baby Tooth shook her head. She didn't want to think about this.

"Toothiana."

Baby Tooth looked back up at Mrs. Overland. Mrs. Overland stared at Baby Tooth.

"You…" She began. "You don't know everything."

Baby Tooth was confused. "Huh?"

"Jackson isn't who you think he is."

Baby Tooth's fist clenched as she looked over at the cracked tombstone with Jackson's name on it, then she looked back at Mrs. Overland. "What do you mean?"

"Jackson isn'-" Alexis started, but then Mrs. Overland pushed the girl, the girl almost falling against a tree.

"Shut up!" Mrs. Overland hissed.

Baby Tooth flinched at Mrs. Overland's hiss. Alexis whimpered and looked down at her shoes.

"Toothiana." Mrs. Overland looked back over at Baby Tooth. "You are a good girl who deserves more than an Orphanage…"

Baby Tooth was surprised.

"But…If you don't leave...you'll regret leaving your mother's side."

Baby Tooth's eyes widen in shock. Did Mrs. Overland know about what happened or was this a lucky guess? Mrs. Overland still called her Toothiana, so it's best to guess she didn't know. Mrs. Overland began to leave, pulling Alexis with her. Baby Tooth began to run after them.

"No! Wait!" She huffed. "What are you talking about!?"

As Mrs. Overland and Alexis began to disappear, Mrs. Overland looked back and whispered one last thing. "Goodnight, my dear Tooth."

Baby Tooth stopped and the two were gone. She stood there, thinking about what just happened. What did Mrs. Overland mean and…what was going to happen? Baby Tooth shook her head. NO! This was just another stupid nightmare, and everything was fine! Little Apple was a wonderful place and everyone was there to watch over her….everyone.

Baby Tooth turned her head to look at the graves again, however, to her surprise, Every single one was covered in fresh blood, and Jackson's…Jackson's grave was gone, as if it never existed...

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"Gah!" Baby Tooth gasped, waking up in her bed in Little Apple.

Baby Tooth's breathing was off and she could feel her face wet. She had been crying in her sleep. With the blankets on top of her, she felt really hot and decided to get up. She slowly got off the bed and walked towards a window on the other side of the room. She tried her best not to wake anybody up, and it seemed she was doing a good job because everyone else were sleeping, and you could even hear snores.

Baby Tooth sat at the edge of the window, staring out into the night sky that was on the other side. It wasn't creepy, like her nightmare, and in fact rather peaceful. There were tons of beautiful stars and even the big, bright moon. The light from the moon made the ends of the windows glow, and Baby Tooth smiled slightly, believing MiM was watching over her. She rested her head on the ledge of the window and stared up at the moon.

"M-Man on the moon…Please tell momma I'm alright…" Baby Tooth silently begged, a tear running down the side of her face.

For the rest of the night, Baby Tooth didn't move. She fell asleep there, and with not dreams to remember, she would be awoken the next day with Norm and Jackson by her side, wondering if she was alright…

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